After sending the master back, Shen Mo devoted himself to the cultivation of history, but this early summer was destined to be unpeaceful. A few days later, a eunuch actually sent an edict from Jiajing, ordering Hanlin to write Shen Mo and serve as the cabinet secretary, and then report to Xiyuan on duty.

As soon as the eunuch left, Zhu Dashou and Tao Dalin came over to congratulate him: "Congratulations to Brother Humble Yan, you have transcended the sea of suffering and joined the cabinet." "If the scholar is the emperor's secretary, then this 'Si Shilang' is the secretary of the scholar, although he is also from the sixth rank official, but it is much more prominent than the Hanlin revision buried in the pile of old papers, so the two brothers congratulated him like him.

"What is there to congratulate? Don't say 'four wolves', even if seven wolves enter the cabinet, they have to serve tea and water to those cabinet elders and serve them carefully. Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "If there is another person who looks at me unpleasantly, maybe one day they will find me." ”

They knew that he didn't mean what he said, but it was impossible for anyone else to tell the truth, 'I'm glad to be in the cabinet, and the brothers should continue to suffer here......,' so they didn't squeeze him again.

Shen Mo went to Li Chunfang, the actual master of the academy, explained the situation to him, and asked to transfer a few people over to help the two brothers continue to revise the "Yuan History". Seeing that he had only been here for less than two months, he had to be transferred to the cabinet in a moment, Li Chunfang knew that this kid was hot, and of course he didn't want to offend him, so he asked him to pick two from the Jishi.

Shen Mo thought about it and said, "Then Xu Wei and Sun Yan." "There is a way that fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and now that the revision of the "Yuan History" has been sorted out, of course, we can't let others pick up the cheap.

"Xu Wei definitely can't," Li Chunfang shook his head and smiled: "Just now, at the same time as giving you the decree, there was also a eunuch who sent the decree to Xu Wei, and ordered him to concurrently serve as a member of the Zhongshu House, and join the cabinet like you. "Zhongshu Sheren is from the seventh grade, the same level as the Shujishi, but in essence, it is no different from the errand of the 'four wolves'.

"Really?" Shen Mo secretly rejoiced: "Then ask Wu Dui to replace him." ”

"No problem." Li Chunfang smiled and said: "Humble words, after going to the cabinet, don't forget our Hanlin Academy." ”

"Of course not." Silent smiled: "It's a pity that my little Si Zhilang can't help much." ”

"Of course it helps." Li Chunfang said with a smile: "If you say the right thing in the ears of the elders, it is much better than the people below us who break their legs and wear out their mouths." ”

"If there is a chance," Shen Mo said, "it is incumbent on me to say nothing." ”

Early the next morning, Shen Mo and Xu Wei waited outside the West Garden to open the door. Two good friends can progress at the same time and are excited about each other.

When the clock rang and the door opened, the two of them held the holy decree in their hands and explained their intentions to the door guard. After more than a quarter of an hour, a purple-clothed eunuch and a green-robed official came out and smiled at them: "The two of you came together." ”

The two laughed: "I met at the door." ”

The official said, "Shen Xiu, please come with me." "From this title, it can also be seen that although the Hanlin official has no power, he is indeed valuable, so people don't call him 'four wolves', but still call him Xiu.

The eunuch also smiled and said, "Xu Shuchang, please come with the miscellaneous family." "Shu Chang is the name of Shu Jishi, and Shu Ji Shi Xu Wenchang is honored as Xu Shu Chang.

Shen Mo and Xu Wei were surprised: "Didn't we go to the same place?" ”

"Of course not," the official smiled, "You're going to the Wuyi Palace." The eunuch said: "Xu Shu is often the Zichen Palace. ”

Xu Wei's face changed at that time, who didn't know that Wuyi Hall was where the cabinet was located, and Zichen Hall was the place where Tao Zhongwen's old bull's nose alchemy was practiced?

Shen Mo gently pulled him, and Xu Wei remembered where he was, and lowered his head sheepishly. The two had no choice but to separate, each following their respective guides, to where they should go.

After walking a distance, Shen Mo smiled at the official who led the way: "Haven't you asked Lord Taifu yet?" ”

"What an adult is not a big person, we are all Si Zhilang, and we are commensurate with brothers." The official looked at him and Zhang Juzheng of the same age, but he was not tall and had a fair face, but his eyes were bright, which made people feel very kind. smiled: "My name is Zhang Siwei, Ziwei, from Puzhou, Shanxi......"

"Oh?" Shen Mo was surprised: "You are Zhang Siwei of the legendary 'Shanxi Yibao'?" ”

Hearing this title, Zhang Siwei almost fell to the ground without a fall, and said with a wry smile: "Needless to say, you know my little uncle." ”

"Su Song prefect Wang Chonggu is the uncle of Brother Ziwei?" This time it was Shen Mo's turn to be surprised, it was when he had dinner with Yu Dayou and Wang Chonggu last year that he heard that this Zhang Siwei was very good.

Why do you say he's a cow? It is said that this person is a prodigy, fifteen years old, and obtained a small three yuan, and Liu Feng of Shanxi University appreciated it very much, saying that he must be a pillar of the country. Then, at the age of twenty-four, he won the second place. At the age of twenty-seven, he was ranked fourth in the thirty-second year of Jiajing, and entered the Hanlin Academy as the first Shujishi, which happened to be one subject earlier than Shen Mo.

Although this resume is much more pale, it is enough to make people all over the world call 'genius', so Wang Chonggu often talks about it...... has such a genius nephew, it is indeed very face-saving.

With Wang Chonggu, who was far away in Suzhou, a Shanxi man and a Zhejiang person, he actually surged up the feeling of meeting his old acquaintance in a foreign country, and the two of them were young talents, and they had some sympathy for each other.

I only heard Zhang Siwei point to the Wuyi Hall and said, "This is where the cabinet scholars work," and pointed to the side halls on both sides and said: "That's where the adults sleep, and you will have one." ”

Looking at the low side hall, Shen Mo said in disbelief: "The elders are sleeping here?" ”

"Yes," seeing the incredulity on his face, Zhang Siwei smiled bitterly: "Xiyuan is low-lying and narrow, and it is all east and west rooms, exposed to the sun in summer and cold in winter. He smiled and said, "I'm joking." According to the elders, this is still the emperor's grace...... It is said that although the emperor lived in Xiyuan, but the ministers did not have a fixed residence here, they came with the call, said again or again, and retreated at night, all of which were commonplace, which made the scholars miserable. Later, the Holy Lord was merciful and ordered the left and right wings of the Wuyi Hall to be turned into a 'duty house', and gave the ministers on duty to live and work, so that the adults were spared the pain of running for their lives. ”

"But Shousuke doesn't live here." Zhang Siwei pointed to a small courtyard in the distance, and said with envy: "The Holy Lord loves Yan Ge Lao, and ordered someone to build a new residence for him over there, although it is not big, but the five rooms are complete, and the halls are all south-facing, so Yan Ge Lao doesn't have to suffer here." "The five rooms refer to the kitchen, study, bedroom, bath and thatched house, which represent the basic living facilities.

"Oh......" Shen Mo nodded and followed him into the main hall.

After entering, I found that the huge palace was divided into several single rooms, and the largest one was naturally the room of Yan Gelao.

Zhang Siwei asked Shen Mo to wait, and he went in to make a report, and after a while, he opened the door curtain and said, "Shen Xiu, Shoufu invites you to come in." ”

Silently straightened his clothes, went in with vigor, and paid a big salute to Yan Ge Lao, Yan Song, who was old, actually held the table up, personally helped Shen Mo and said: "Why should Zhuang Yuanlang be more polite?" The old man doesn't like to see outsiders. ”

Another voice sounded in the room: "That's right, everyone is their own people, and there is no need to be polite." ”

Shen Mo looked up and saw a middle-aged man wearing a three-grade suit, with a fat figure like a rich man, but with a lingering gloom and ruthlessness between his eyebrows, who was helping Yan Song to talk to him.

guessed the identity of the other party, but Shen Mo still arched his hand and asked, "Dare to ask your lord?" ”

"I'm Yan Shifan," the fat man said with a smile: "Call me Brother Donglou, just don't call me Lord Yan, just call me Lord Yan, you will be born." ”

"It's better to call Donglou Gong," Shen Mo is no longer in the capital, and he has long heard of this guy's reputation as a thief and a flying thief, so he naturally doesn't dare to hold it up.

"Whatever you want." Yan Shifan helped Yan Song sit down, and said with a smile: "Although we are meeting for the first time, we have been friends for a long time. Hu Ruzhen wrote several times, describing your cooperation with him in Zhejiang and your kindness to him, so my father and I have long wanted to meet you and thank you personally. ”

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Yan Shifan's gourd, Shen Mo hurriedly said a few words of modesty, saying that he 'didn't do anything'.

In the Zichen Hall at the other end of the West Garden, Xu Wei changed into a wide Taoist robe, and had already begun to write green words with cinnabar on green paper, and there was a Taoist priest with a Shandong flavor chattering endlessly: "You are a good brother of Shen Xianggong, right?" He is my father-in-law, then from now on, you will be my brother, you will not disown me as a brother, right? ”

Xu Wei was already unhappy with his current errand, his head was two big, and he put down his pen and scolded: "Lan Daochang, if you don't stop talking, I won't be able to finish writing." ”

"Then I won't talk about it." Lan Daoxing hurriedly silenced his voice: "Write quickly, write quickly, Your Majesty is still waiting to burn it." ”

(To be continued)