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The scholars handed in the pleadings and knelt all night outside the Chengtian Gate, waiting for His Majesty's response. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Shen Bing said softly: "After the assembly of the Wen Mansion, all the officials left through the back door and did not face the scholars. After that, Prime Minister Wen fell ill. ”

Qin Lei nodded, put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "It's full." Ruolan put away the dishes and chopsticks and asked softly, "Is the prince wearing civilian clothes or formal clothes today?" ”

Qin Lei said with a smile: "Wang Changfu, if you want to meet a few elders, it's better to dress formally." Ruolan nodded and whispered, "Got it." So he went to the inner room and fetch his clothes.

Taking advantage of this space, Qin Lei asked Shen Bing softly, "Is Wen Yanbo really sick, why do I always feel that something is not quite right?" ”

Shen Bing frowned and whispered: "This is the most secret inside information, and the last time Mrs. Wen and Mr. Qiu's private relationship was confirmed by her, it can be seen that she is lurking around Wen Xiang." The message should be accurate. ”

Qin Lei nodded and chuckled: "Yes, this old man has suffered so many blows, and it is understandable that he is sick like that." He remembered that after he was stimulated by Qiao Yunsheng's potential last year, he fell asleep for a long time before recovering, and he was relieved to touch this method that the old thief also used.

At this time, Ruolan came out, and the two of them stopped. After changing into the black dragon royal clothes, Qin Lei smiled at Ruolan and said, "You don't have to wait for me to eat today. After speaking, he walked out of the room with Shen Bing.

After boarding the king's car, the two continued the topic, Qin Lei said softly: "Once the group united by interests loses its common interests, it is easy to fall apart. We must take advantage of the time when Wen Yanbo is in a coma to try to win over and divide his henchmen......" said with a wry smile and said: "I can only take advantage of this time to do something, and when the dust settles, we will not forget it." ”

Shen Bing nodded at you, and said with a slight question: "Why did the Empress Dowager decree yesterday that you should not harm Prime Minister Wen too much?" When the two sides fought a decisive battle, how could the old man of the Queen Mother make such a ...... What about the command? "He wanted to say 'chaotic life', but knowing that the prince had always respected this old man, he stopped abruptly.

Qin Lei pursed his lips, peeled a golden citrus and said, "This is the second time that the old queen mother has reiterated it, I really can't figure out why she is?" Said with a smile full of evil taste: "Could it be that the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it?" ”

Shen Bing smiled with difficulty: "Family affection...... I guess it's just one aspect. ”

Qin Lei glanced at him and chuckled: "Okay, boy, I'm getting better at talking," said in a strange voice imitating his tone: "It should be just one aspect......" Throwing half of the peeled orange to him, he smiled: "It's really just a very small aspect." ”

While slowly chewing on the orange petals, he muttered inarticulately: "The last time we visited the palace at night, I decided that there should be some secret between the imperial grandmother and Prime Minister Wen...... Or what kind of agreement. But it's too old to figure out what it is. ”

Shen Bing held the orange petal given by the prince, and said with his chin bowed: "Do we have to abide by this decree?" ”

Qin Lei shook his head firmly and said, "Don't fight to the death, you still want to leave a way for the opponent to live, so you will definitely die." As he spoke, he clapped his hands and said softly: "Wen Yanbo is the prime minister who has stood in the court for eighteen years, if he didn't have some superhuman features, he would have been swallowed alive by life...... Let's worry about ourselves. Shen Bing nodded yes and said no more.

The car stopped in front of a slightly old compound for half an hour. Shi Dang straightened his clothes, looked up at the horizontal plaque hanging on the door, and then strode to the door, knocked on the closed door, and said in his heart: 'What door is closed in broad daylight?' ’。

After a while, a question came from inside: "Who?" ”

Shi Dang said in a clear voice: "This brother, please give a respect, His Royal Highness the King of Longwei County has come to visit the old minister." ”

The people in the door did not panic as expected, but said respectfully: "Disrespectful." Then he heard a creaking, the ochre-brown door opened, and an old man with pale hair showed his face, glanced at the carriage without any markings outside the door, and whispered to Shi Kang: "This little brother is a famous thorn, and the little old man should report to my master." "It is obviously impolite to ask for a prince's name thorn, and it is replaced by a euphemism from the old man.

Shi Dang smiled and said, "Yes," he said and took out the prince's brocade thorn from his arms, handed it to the old man with both hands, and said, "Please also ask the old man to hand it over to the old man," the old man took it and didn't look at it, and handed it to the little guy on the side, and the little guy walked to the yard with his hand. The old man stretched out his hand and said, "You invite the porter to have tea, my old lady lives farther away." Qin Lei didn't get out of the car, so the old man naturally couldn't rush to invite.

Seeing the two of them enter the gatehouse, Qin Lei motioned to Shen Bing to close the car window, and couldn't help but praise: "From the perspective of the door alone, this old prime minister is far better than Lao Wen." ”

Shen Bing said softly: "Originally, it wasn't bad, but the Wen family has been in full swing all these years, and Menzi is naturally more impetuous and frivolous, and he is about to lose his duty in the early years." ”

Qin Lei snorted and said, "The entire Wen family has forgotten their duty, and they want to make them remember it again." Without saying a word, footsteps were heard in the courtyard, and after a while, an old man with a white beard appeared at the door.

Qin Lei also got out of the car, and smiled at the old man: "But the old man? ”

The old man smiled and returned the salute to Qin Lei: "Old Jiang Zhiyu, if you miss the distance, the prince forgives the sin." He welcomed Qin Lei into the mansion.

Qin Lei saw that he walked steadily, walking like flying, although his head was full of white hair, his face was full of red light, and he couldn't help but envy: "If I hadn't known that you were my father's teacher, I would have thought that you would be fifty or sixty years old." ”

Old lady Jiang invited Qin Lei into the main hall, and said with a smile: "The old man will waste eighty years next year." Qin Lei sincerely admired: "You are old and have health skills." ”

The old man invited Qin Lei to take a seat, and after the maid served tea, he twisted his snow-white beard and said with a smile: "Twenty years ago, the old man had an illness and almost killed me. Later, a friend saved me and passed on a set of health preservation methods to me, and I persevered for 20 years, which can be regarded as a small success. "It seems that he is quite happy with his condition.

Qin Lei's heart moved, and he asked with a smile: "I don't know what kind of master's magic method is?" It's a young man who makes me quite excited. ”

Old lady Jiang glanced at Qin Lei with a smile, and said with a smile: "That recipe is actually not rare, but it is difficult to persevere," said to the butler who was waiting on the side: "Copy a copy of that recipe." The butler bowed and withdrew.

Jiang Taigong looked at Qin Lei, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The prince is really lofty and heroic, no wonder people say, 'There are women who don't see the five highnesses'." ”

Qin Lei's face blushed rarely, this is a sentence that has only been circulated in Beijing in recent days, and the full text is, 'Men don't see the second princess, and women don't see the fifth highness.' It means that when a man sees the second princess, he will be like a woman seeing the fifth highness, and she will be lovesick. Although it is not a burying person, it makes His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness, who has always regarded himself as a tough guy, quite depressed.

'Lao Tzu is a powerful faction, not an idol faction! muttered in his heart, and quickly diverted the topic: "I took the liberty to come this time, first, to visit the old minister; Also, there are some things I want to ask you for. ”

Jiang Taigong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The prince is honored, and it is really an honor to be old." But I have been a member of the government for nearly 20 years, and I have long been bent on being a rich man, and I don't know what is going on in the world, so I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. He pointed to the front door and said: "I don't believe you look at the Spring Festival couplets on the door, 'Heshun has a hundred blessings and peace is worth a thousand gold', and the old man now only seeks peace and harmony." ”

Qin Lei held the teacup in one hand and the lid of the cup in the other, and gently stroked: "A hundred years of heaven and earth will return to vitality, and the rivers and mountains will be peaceful...... What does the old man think of this pair? ”

Jiang Taigong smiled awkwardly and said: "It's also a good wish, why should the prince dig deeper?" ”

Qin Lei took a sip of tea lightly and said with a smile: "The lonely king thinks that the two Spring Festival couplets are still better to adjust the lower position," put down the tea cup and said: "The old man is the dry city of the country, and he naturally knows that there is peace in the country first, and then there is peace in the small family." When this Great Qin is in danger, why should it hide everywhere? ”

Jiang Zhiyu was stunned by what he said, and then laughed and said: "Why does the prince think that my old man buried in the loess to his neck is useful?" ”

Qin Lei pouted and smiled, and said lightly: "Just because my father, the queen mother, the princess, and the minister of literature have all sent people to your mansion in the past few days." ”

Jiang Zhiyu squinted slightly, and said indifferently: "It seems that although the prince is still shallow when he entered Beijing, his strength is not shallow. ”

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled: "It's still very shallow, but I just happened to know." He didn't tell nonsense, if he hadn't arranged a team of the Kyoto Spy Bureau around Jiang's mansion to secretly protect Yunsheng, he would not have known about these secret things.

The two are not entangled in this issue, since they know, they know, as for how they know? It doesn't matter.

Jiang Taigong pinched his snow-white beard and muttered, "I want to ask the prince what he thinks about the situation in Beijing?" ”

Qin Lei bowed his head and said: "If there is no external force, the three-legged tripod will become a confrontation between the two males, and the dispute will be protracted, and the Wen family will be removed from the top gate valve." ”

Jiang Taigong laughed and said, "What if there is external pressure? ”

Qin Lei knew that the old man would take the school again, so he smiled and said, "If there is external pressure, the three parties will quickly compromise, but the Wen family will still be removed from the top gate valve." ”

"Does the prince prefer the former or the latter?" Jiang Zhiyu stared at Qin Lei's eyes and asked.

"The latter," Qin Lei said without hesitation: "The threat of the Qi State is just around the corner, so this time it is still impossible to completely distinguish the winner from the loser." ”

Jiang Zhiyu nodded and said with a smile: "Since the prince has understood the outline, he can be invincible, why do you want to come to the old man to ask for advice?" ”

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled: "Lone doesn't care about his own good fortune and misfortune, Lone wants to keep more elites for my Great Qin, and he is here to ask the old prime minister for help, how to keep that group of people...... And the hundred officials? ”

Jiang Zhiyu glanced at Qin Lei in surprise, and said with a smile: "The prince wants to keep the hundred officials? Aren't you mortal enemies? ”

Qin Lei shook his head and said with a wry smile: "As the saying goes, 'the plan of the year lies in spring', and spring is about to begin." Daqin can't be in chaos now. Rubbing his brows with some annoyance, he said: "Prime Minister Wen is looking at this opportunity and is ready to use it to blackmail the imperial court. ”

Jiang Zhiyu nodded and said: "Yes, if you judge the situation and see the wind and steer, Prime Minister Wen is outstanding, he is like a loach, he can't catch it if he doesn't leave his hands." As he spoke, he looked at Qin Lei with flickering eyes, and said softly: "To be honest, the old man feels that it is difficult to hurt Prime Minister Wen this time. ”

This is not the result that Qin Lei wants, after thinking for a while, he couldn't help but smile brightly: "The loach has a fatal flaw, this thing lives in the mud soup, the eyes are not very good, and it can't see too far." ”

As he spoke, he sat up straight and said confidently: "Today, after a long period of war, the army and the people are exhausted, and they are desperate to end the current situation of endless disputes, now centralization and unification is the theme. Therefore, the downfall of the Wen family is the trend of the times, and no one can stop it, it is ridiculous that he is called the first wise man of Great Qin in vain, but he deceives himself and others, does not want to face the reality, and tries to use his mantis arm as a car, and the end can only be self-destruction. After speaking, he laughed loudly: "The foundation of his existence is gone, how can the tree without roots come from the fundamentals?" ”

Jiang Taigong fell into deep thought, and only after a long time did he say with a little sadness: "Old ......" waved his hand to stop Qin Lei's words of relief, and said softly: "Among the Quartet who came to me in the past few days, the Queen Mother has a similar view to the old man, and they all hope to stabilize the word first; His Majesty and Taiwei Li have similar ideas, and hope that the old decay can help them to win the hearts of civil officials; And what about Prime Minister Wen......" glanced at Qin Lei and chuckled: "I hope that the old man can sign your excerpt." ”

Qin Lei laughed and said, "He's better take care of himself first." ”

Jiang Taigong smiled inexplicably, and asked in a deep voice, "Has the prince always been so confident?" ”

Qin Lei nodded and smiled: "The Lone King never fights uncertain battles. ”

Jiang Taigong closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyelids for a long time, and said softly: "Wen Yanbo is going to lose this time," said with appreciation: "With an opponent like you, even if he doesn't lose now, he will lose in the future." Anyway, it's all about losing, so it's better to come early, so as to leave more vitality for my Daqin. ”

Qin Lei was overjoyed when he heard this: "So you agree?" ”

Jiang Taigong sighed and said: "Time is like a knife, who is singing the mirror with white hair?" Looks like we're all outdated......"

Qin Lei said in his heart: "I'm not outdated. I saw the old lady looking at herself with blazing eyes, and said with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, or the Prime Minister, no matter how good you were back then and now, the hero is easy to grow old, and he is destined to become your foil in the future." ”

Qin Lei was silent, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he was embarrassed to nod and smile: "The hero sees the same thing......

Mrs. Jiang looked at Qin Lei carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Since you have decided that Wen Xiang will lose, then he will definitely lose, twenty years, he has enough scenery, it is time to come down and rest." ”

Speaking of this, Qin Lei's goal has been achieved, and he doesn't expect the old prime minister to tell him by name, who will help you, who will be neutral, etc., because this kind of predator hidden under the surface of the water will not surface his body unless he has to.

The two said a few more words, and Qin Lei wanted to get up and say goodbye, but saw that Jiang Taigong seemed to smile and said: "Lord Wang, your problem has been solved, shouldn't you also solve the problem of the old man?" ”

Qin Lei smiled gently: "The old prime minister just talks, Yutian just does his best." ”

Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "The prince is indeed free and proud, no wonder he fascinated my granddaughter......

Qin Lei's face suddenly looked like a red apple, and he had no confidence to speak, and snorted: "We...... Nothing ......."

Mrs. Jiang glanced at Qin Lei and said with a smile: "My granddaughter sneaked out in the middle of the night two days ago and was caught by me, she said that she was bored at home and went out for a walk. Such a strong reason, only Yunshang can come up with.

Qin Lei couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I should have come to visit your old man a long time ago, but ......"

Jiang Taigong laughed and said: "But I don't know whether to go left or right, so I just don't go to anyone's house, right?" "Their family and the Li family are neighbors, and it seems that even Qin Lei's dilemma he knows.

Qin Lei twitched in his heart and said, "These old guys, why have they all become essences. Scratching his head, he smiled helplessly: "I didn't expect that the first time I saw my elders, I would be such a failure." ”

Jiang Taigong smiled and said: "The old man is almost eighty years old, and he can barely rely on the old man to sell the old, if it weren't for my family's Yunshang having some upper hand, His Royal Highness wouldn't want to see the old man's good face today." ”

Qin Lei laughed dryly, and finally understood where Yunshang's temperament came from.