When Liu Jin changed from a stool to a sedan chair and stopped at the gate of Xing'anbo Mansion in Wu'an Hou Hutong, it was already nearly an hour after he learned that the emperor had left the palace. The reason is very simple, he is now a celebrant eunuch, no longer a favored eunuch in the East Palace, plus there are many officials and chalkers under the chalk gate, this residence is easy to nourish the body, even if he doesn't care about it, others must erect the rules for him. When he arrived at Bei'anmen, he was delayed for a while from the stool to the sedan chair, and the scolding along the way made people make way for a long time, and it was easy to get off the sedan chair, and he learned from the left and right chalks that the emperor really came here to visit Xu Xun.

He didn't care to listen to what else was going on in the henchman's chalk, and immediately walked straight inside. The people of Xing'an Bofu were used to seeing this Liu Gonggong before, and they knew that Liu Jin was now different, so naturally no one dared to stop him. However, when he was about to enter the second door, he almost collided with a person who came out.

"Someone is in the way, don't you have long eyes, this is the master of ceremonies Liu Gonggong!"

Liu Jin drank a small fire without thinking, however, Liu Jin, who was not lightly hit, covered his sore nose, but immediately recognized the person who came out of it. Almost without thinking, he turned his head and slapped the scolding little fireman, and scolded loudly: "Blind your dog's eyes, that's Grandpa Gu!" ”

Gu Dayong rubbed his forehead, raised his head as if he didn't care, and nodded at Liu Jin with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that the little guy didn't recognize me without eyes." Lao Liu, are you here to see Xu Xun, or do you have something to do with the emperor? Everybody's in there, just go in. I've got a little bit of something to do, so let's go first! ”

Since he bumped into Gu Dayong, Liu Jin originally wanted to find out why the little emperor was here, but who knew that the people below were so stupid. At this moment, he was not good at staying in the valley, and he watched people leave after a few words with a smile on his face. It wasn't until Gu Dayong's figure was out of sight that he glared viciously at the little fireman who was kneeling there with swollen cheeks, and then commanded sharply: "Drag this torturer away to our family, our family never wants to see him again!" ”

Because of this episode, when Liu Jin entered the hall in front of the main room, he happened to meet Zhu Houzhao who came out of it. He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but Zhu Houzhao waved his hand casually and said, "Come on, what are you doing with so many false texts outside." Xu Xun is inside, you go and see him, I will go back first! ”

Liu Jin came completely at Zhu Houzhao, but at this time, as soon as the little emperor Chrysostom Yuyan came out, he was not good at contradicting or disobeying, so he had to laugh and bow down to send the Son of Heaven out, he took away his smile and stood in place for a while, and then he put on another expression and entered the main room. When he arrived at Westinghouse, he saw Xu Xun reclining there reading a book, and he coughed heavily.

"Lao Liu? Oops, I thought you came to me to find the emperor, but I really didn't expect to come to see me! Xu Xun said while instructing Zhu Ying, who was waiting on the side, "What are you still doing in a daze, move a comfortable chair for Father-in-law Liu, and then go and make good tea, it is the Longjing that the emperor just given!" ”

When Xu Xun said this, Liu Jin was a little embarrassed. Although most of the people who visited Xu Xun before and after these days were blocked from the door, most of the people who were close to each other could see people, Zhang Yonggu Dayong and these two people are said to have come two or three times, and even Qiu Juma, Yongcheng, Gao Feng and others have visited at least once. However, he never came to visit with Zhu Houzhao that day, so it was a little unreasonable.

"Ahem, I'm not an outsider, aren't you so polite?" Liu Jin unconsciously revealed his old name again, sat down directly on the edge of the bed with a smile, and then asked with a concerned face, "How are you doing these days?" By the way, why don't you see the doctor, I still want to ask you how your injury is! ”…,

"It's not in the way, I said it's just a few small injuries to the flesh, but the chalk is busy up and down. Isn't it just a little poison quenched on the copper dart, and it's not a poison that seals the throat with blood, and it's almost better after a few doses of medicine. Xu Xun looked at Liu Jin with a smile, as if he asked casually, "When you came in just now, you should have seen Lao Gu in addition to the emperor, right?" ”

"Sensei, I only cared about my feet, and I bumped into him, and a stupid kid next to me even scolded Lao Gu, what do you say is this? Sure enough, people are easy to get carried away as soon as they are proud, and I must restrain these individuals around me in the future. Liu Jin said here with a pun, and immediately opened his mouth to say tentatively, "Brother Xu, I don't know if the emperor and Lao Gu are coming ......one after the other."

"Oh, the emperor is purely here to visit me, an unlucky wounded, and as for Grandpa Gu, he is here to report on my assassination. Lao Gu is also a warm-hearted person, and I heard that he tortured the assassin to a chalky human form, and he asked all the confessions that should be asked. ”

Liu Jin's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked a few questions, and when he learned that Gu Dayong did not involve Jiao Fang or even himself, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face naturally grew. He was supposed to sit for a while and leave, but he couldn't bear Xu Xun's complaints that no one spoke these days, and he actually pulled him to study what kind of chalk Zhuangzi together. Although he finally succeeded in using the excuse of the supervisor to get up and say goodbye, it was already more than half an hour later. However, as soon as he left the Xing'anbo Mansion with a sense of relief, an entourage ran up quickly.

"Father-in-law, no, there is news from the palace, saying that Father-in-law Gu rushed to the noon gate and stopped Father-in-law Ma who was going to make a court rod to Wang Shouren, and said that it was the emperor's dictation, and the two of them quarreled in front of the palace gate, and it is said that the quarrel went to the front of the palace at this time!"

Gu Dayong left in such a hurry before, it was for such a reason!

Liu Jin only felt angry and hateful, and just now because this case did not involve his own people, he immediately threw all of them to Java. Seeing that the four sedan chair drivers were struggling to bring the chalky sedan chair for four people, he shouted angrily: "Don't want this time-consuming and troublesome thing, quick, lead me a horse!" ”

Following Zhu Houzhao such a master, Liu Jin rode a horse or drove a car, all of which were first-class skills, and at this moment, a group of entourages watched as the No. 1 Dajue of Tianzi, who is now the actual celebrant of the celebrant of the celebrity, jumped on the horse and raised the horsewhip, and galloped away in a moment, and chased after him in a hurry, and the honor guard that had just blocked the entire Wu'anhou Hutong was suddenly scattered. The news was reported to the Xing'an Bo Mansion, and when he learned that Liu Jin was in a mess, Xu Xun couldn't help but sigh.

The good scene in front of the emperor must be lively. Compared with the impatient Ma Cha Yongcheng, Gu Dayong is honest and refined, and he can't suffer losses. What's more, Liu Jin has a ghost in his heart, and when the time comes, he will really make a big fortune, he has to suffer a dumb loss by himself, and Gu Da can't suffer a loss with a decisive plan - even if he suffers a loss, it will be beneficial to him and harmless.

Thinking of this, he raised his voice and shouted: "Come on, go and invite Mr. Tang to come!" ”

Although Zhu Houzhao's will was to go to Guizhou Longchang Post for chalk duty immediately, as long as he left Beijing Chalk City first, this could not be disobeyed. In the past few days when Wang Shouren was imprisoned, two friends who had been running around for his business followed him at the left gate of Chang'an, and hurriedly rented a car to go out of the city, but he went to the Xianyuan near Tongjiaqiao in the south of the city to find a clean inn first, and let Wang Shouren bathe first and then change his clothes, and then went outside to order some food to be sent to the room. …,

"I almost got a scepter, I misread you before, your bones are harder than ours!"

After bursting out such a sentence, Li Mengyang looked at Wang Shouren with a complicated face, and secretly thought that although he had drafted such a recital for Han Wen, but now in this situation, he knew that the chalk book was attached to those Kedao officials who asked for emasculation, but the mantis chalk arm blocked the car and killed himself, and he didn't go to the egg to touch the stone, but he didn't want Wang Shouren to stab the sky at such a time. Seeing Wang Shouren smiling bitterly and filling the wine glass in front of him, he drank it all with a tilt of his neck, so he said abruptly: "I went to ask Yuanfu for your matter, but Yuanfu said that the emperor is angry, it is better to ask for someone with ability...... Boan, I kind of understand what you mean by that. ”

"Even now, I still mention this." Wang Shouren put down his wine glass, wiped his mouth nonchalantly, and looked at Zhan Ruoshui again, "Brother Yuanming, you haven't begged Xu Xun for my business, have you?" ”

"You said it, if I go to beg him, you will cut off relations with me, how dare I go?" Zhan Ruoshui saw that Wang Shouren's face was full of relief, and he was angry and funny, "Aren't you covering your ears and stealing the bell?" I didn't go, but Xu Changgu went to see Tang Bohu, Yan Weizhong co-signed with the convener of the Hanlin Academy to give you help, if I hadn't blocked it with your instructions, I'm afraid this matter would be ridiculously big! Now, don't tell me you don't know why you can avoid this rod! The emperor has only been to Pingbei Bofu, and he will dispense with you from this board, and it is already very clear who is asking for it. You...... Why bother! ”

"I know...... I didn't suffer much in the Jinyi Guard, when Ma Yongcheng passed the decree of the court staff, those school captains also helped to delay, and the people who waited for the execution before the noon gate were procrastinating, and in the end, it was Gu Dayong who came to deliver the decree in person...... But even if I knew, I didn't agree with his approach. When a husband walks in the world, he should sit upright and upright, and colluding with those eunuchs is not the right way after all! He was talented, courageous, and magnanimous, why... …”

Before he finished speaking, a voice came from outside the door: "Those who do great things, don't be informal, Brother Wang, don't tell me that you don't understand this truth." ”

With these words, Zhan Ruoshui immediately stood up and went to open the door, and when he saw that the person standing outside was Tang Yin, he turned sideways and let him in. After entering the door, Tang Yin ignored Li Mengyang's face was a little heavy, and he arched his hand and said, "My lord, let me bring a few words to Brother Wang." What you reminded him before, he is not unaware, nor is he without suspicion, what is the use of being suspicious? You still have the affection for the emperor to get along with the professor of scripture and history for many days, but this time the book has been ended up like this, let alone others? The chalk arm blocks the car, the wise man does not do it, he admires your courage and bones, but I can't agree with your recklessness this time.

If Brother Wang thinks that he is doing something wrong, and stays for ten years, he will see what is right and wrong. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Yin took out a small cloth bag from his arms and solemnly placed it on the table: "The emperor's will is for you to leave immediately, I'm afraid that you won't have time to pack anything, the adult has already asked people to prepare a few sets of clothes in advance, all of which he prepared in Xianyuan before, and you are about the same size now, just enough." In addition, I have prepared two hundred taels of instruments for you, and I ordered them to be collected on the counter below, and whether you accept them or not depends on yourself. As for this cloth bag, it was a letter he sent to Du Jin, the eunuch of the current Admiral of the North Canal, and asked him to take care of it on the road. If you're safe all the way, this thing will burn by then, but if something happens, maybe you can help. My lord's last words, he should have come to see you off, but I still didn't come after thinking about it, please cherish it. ”…,

After Tang Yin finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Wang Shouren, and then arched his hand to Zhan Ruoshui and Li Mengyang, then turned around and left, and closed the door again before leaving. At this time, Li Mengyang couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

"When the matter comes, it is Xu Xun who saves you and helps you, not the one who is the mainstay of the DPRK...... I heard that even Wang Ge Lao wanted to say good things for you, but he couldn't do it......" He suddenly picked up the wine jug, lifted the lid and poured it straight into his mouth, then he raised his head and said, "I used to see Xu Xun wrong, whether he was loyal or treacherous, but at least he was a friend who was righteous enough!" ”

"Maybe......"

Wang Shouren looked at the cloth bag on the table, and it took a long time for him to reach over and untie it, and saw that there was only a letter written by Du Gongqi and no words for himself, he couldn't help but pinch the letter and hesitated for a while, and finally took it into his arms. However, after this incident, the three of them did not have the slightest happy atmosphere that was easy to produce at the beginning, and even Zhan Ruoshui was stunned, and the three of them were actually sitting there drinking a glass of wine until the door was knocked again.

This time, Wang Shouren personally stepped forward to open the door, and when he saw that it was one of his own servants, he couldn't help but be stunned. And after the little guy bowed, he lowered his head and said, "Big young master, it was the young grandmother who learned that the young master was going to leave Beijing immediately, and ordered the little one to follow the young master." The young grandmother said that she would serve Mrs. Chastrum's wife at home, so that you should not worry about it. In addition......"

He hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "Young Master, Gonggong Liu sent someone to see the old chalk before, but he was sent away by the old chalk with a few words. The old chalk said that since the evidence of the crime of unfilial piety is conclusive, he will deal with it as he wants, and he will listen to the holy will. ”

If it was usual, hearing his father's awe-inspiring words, Wang Shouren would inevitably be agitated, but now that he is having mixed feelings, hearing this, he is even more chalky and depressed. Even Li Mengyang, who usually says that chalk righteousness must be called chalk, was silent for a while, and in the end, Zhan Ruoshui opened his mouth to break the silence.

"Master Ling Zun also sees it thoroughly, if it is just a void and a wife snake, Liu Jin will definitely not let you go. But if he really voted for Liu Jin, Ling Zun was not only the champion of the past, but also the prestigious Shilin Confucian, how could he ......?"

"You don't have to say it, I know it all!"

Wang Shouren interrupted Zhan Ruoshui's words, and learned from the chalk of the little guy that the person came empty-handed, and only his wife entrusted him to bring some personal silver, so he ordered someone to go to the counter downstairs to get the Cheng Yi and clothes left by Tang Yin, and then closed the chalk door and walked back. Seeing that Li Mengyang's expression seemed to be even more decadent than himself, he picked up the wine jug and filled Li Mengyang's Zhanruo water, and then poured himself a glass.

"I'm going to go on the road, and I'll give you a glass at the end!"

Seeing that Wang Shouren raised his glass and drank it dry, after Zhan Ruoshui drank it full, he instructed: "The mountains are high and the water is long, you cherish yourself!" ”

Li Mengyang pinched the wine glass, and said word by word for a while: "Bo'an, you won't suffer in vain, those honest and outspoken people in Beijing, I will go and connect them, I can't let Liu Jin have such a chance to practice again!" ”

In the evening of this day, a boat carrying a small amount of luggage and Wang Shouren's master and servant quietly set off from Tongzhou Wharf to the south. Although there were also many chalk students who had listened to Wang Shouren's lectures and friends who had heard the news, it was still difficult to hide the bleakness of the scene. Li Mengyang watched the flat boat gradually move away along the river, and couldn't hide the sourness in his heart, and couldn't help but say to Zhan Ruoshui: "Now it's not that the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, I just hope that Bo'an will not be a strong man who will never return." …,

You say, what did Xu Xun mean by that letter to Bo'an, was he afraid that someone would be unfavorable to Bo'an? ”

"Wang Yue, Xu Zhifanting, three of them, it is said that two have died, this worry is not unreasonable." Zhan Ruoshui replied thoughtfully, and when he saw Li Mengyang staring at him, he smiled bitterly, "Don't look at me, Xu Zhenqing and I are both Jishi after all, he is a person who often comes and goes in the Xu Mansion, so of course he is well-informed." Let's go, we have to say goodbye to you for a thousand miles, we still have things we have to do, and then there is Han Shangshu's case! ”

Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng had a good dispute in front of the emperor, but it finally ended in the defeat of Ma Yongcheng, and the Han Wen case, which had been shelved for a while, was put on the table. Xu Xun protected Wang Shouren, however, when Liu Jin instructed a large number of people to start bombing the Hubu Shangshu Hanwen indiscriminately, he continued to recuperate from his injuries behind closed doors, and he had no intention of interfering at all. Liu Jin, who had already done enough to prepare to deal with it, punched the cotton with all his strength, so it was not uncomfortable. And what he didn't expect was that the punishment he asked Jiao Fang to drum up was originally to dismiss Han Wen, but in the end he was sent to the front of the palace but he became a demote to one level. He thought it was Xu Xun again, who would have thought that Zhu Houzhao would call him in person.

"If you see it, you will accept it, even if you make a mistake in this Korean, it means that you just need to drive people away, Liu Jian and Xie Qianzhen have let them take care of themselves, let alone a Hangul?"

The Son of Heaven has commanded, even if Liu Jin is still insufficient, he can only stop hatefully for the time being. He was afraid that Xu Xun would be worried about the position of the head of the household department again, because there was really no one in the pocket, and the court pushed Gu Zuo, the left attendant of the household department, as the leader, so he asked Zhu Houzhao to temporarily settle on Gu Zuo, but he made up his mind to secretly pay attention to it and reserve a group of talents who can be of great use.

As the days passed, when Xu Xun "easily" recovered from his injuries and the Xu Mansion, which was closed to guests, resumed its busy traffic, the Xu family ushered in the second iron coupon in addition to the original Xing'anbo hereditary iron coupon at home. For such an unprecedented honor, some people in the Jingcha City are envious, some are jealous, some are accused, and some are despised, but they can't stop the scene of Xufu He Keyingmen. However, compared to the last time when the lord was attacked, this time there was no one at the door of the Xu Mansion, but the owner was not there.

Just when those congratulatory guests were stunned, Xu Xun, who had offered the iron coupons behind the main hall after receiving the order early in the morning, appeared at Tongzhou Wharf at noon that day. He had already been assassinated once, and naturally he would not come back to the set of light cars and simple followers, and there were a total of thirty or forty chalky and strong soldiers on the left and right, and almost no outsiders could get close to him. As soon as the group made such a stop at the pier, the others around them were naturally busy retreating, until an inconspicuous-looking boat slowly approached the shore.

"It's only been a few months, and you've set up a big battle!"

As soon as the ship docked, Lin Han, who came out of the cabin, saw Xu Xun wrapped in a cloak and personally got on the boat to greet him. Brother Gongshi has repeatedly told me that you are blessed with a great life, but I am not at ease after all. ”

"It's okay, fortunately, there are these loyal people who stand in the way, so I just suffer some flesh and skin." Xu Xun didn't see Zhang Fuhua, and immediately frowned, "Why don't you see Master Zhang?" ”

"Don't worry, although he is old, he can't afford to toss so much." Lin Han smiled slightly, and then said, "He didn't know how many excerpts he had written in the cabin to impeach Liu Jin along the way, he had written and burned, and how many times he complained to me, saying that this time he came to Beijing Chalk City was a knife on the head of the word Ninja, and I am afraid that he is still complaining about you at this time." ”

"Complaining about what he did, since he agreed, the old man would not be so untreatable." Zhang Fuhua came out of the cabin in response, and saw that Xu Xun looked a little thin, and his face was not bad, so he said angrily, "Now you know how powerful?" How can those eunuchs sit idly by and watch you grow so easily! ”

"Master Zhang is wrong, even if they can't sit idly by, I have already become bigger, otherwise how can I let the two of you enter Beijing smoothly?" Xu Xun smiled and arched his hand at Zhang Fuhua, and then said sincerely, "The two of you are here with the expectations of the Manchu officials, and today I will take over, and there must be someone who wants to make a noise, but now the situation between the DPRK and China is extraordinary, and I have to come." Now that I have been seriously injured, I have already prepared the carriage, how about I ask you two to get on the carriage and talk? When you arrive in Jingcha City, if you want to talk so freely again, I'm afraid it will not be so easy. ”

"What's not easy, if you come to the door, will the old man still drive you out of the door?" Zhang Shihua raised his face and drank, and immediately smiled at Lin Han, then looked at Xu Xun and said, "Since Hengda and I are here, we are ready to ruin our reputation, and we will not be easy to be chalky." Let's go, the two of us have a lot of words to ask you, and you can come to the car and invite us truthfully! ”。 ）