The two houses where Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua live next to each other in Yongfang Velvet Hutong were when the two were called to Beijing, Xu Xun said a few words to Zhu Houzhao and "rented" them to live without much effort. The house in Sanjin charges five taels of rent every month, which is almost the same as giving it for nothing. If it weren't for the fact that Lin Zhang and the others were both first-class upright Geng Jie's tempers, these two houses would have not been rented a long time ago, but rewarded. Now that the two of them have moved in for less than a year, except for the furniture and furnishings that Xu Xun had already purchased, the two of them have not added anything new, and even the rewards in the palace during the New Year's holidays have been sealed in the treasury.

Therefore, Yang Shen came to the door at the invitation of Lin Han this night, seeing that there were very few servants in the Lin Mansion, the utensils were simple, and even the tea for hospitality was a common common commodity in the market, which was even worse than his own home, and he couldn't help but be in awe for a while.

However, Lin and Zhang started from the previous wine banquet to gossip along the way, and then asked Yang Shen about the scriptures and history he had learned, as well as his own opinions, and their eyes were all bright.

It is said that there is a family history, but there are more people in the official eunuch family, but the upper beam is right and the lower beam is crooked. Even if it was a famous old scholar like Sanyang back then, his family assets had been exhausted in less than a few generations, not to mention his children and grandchildren. And Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua are busy with government affairs on weekdays, and they don't have time to pay attention to their children and grandchildren, so at this moment, they are extremely envious of Yang Tinghe for having a good son.

"Young Fengqing is in Lao Fengsheng, I thought that your father was weak and famous in Jinghua, but I didn't expect that now you are also a young man. Your foundation is already very solid, the two of us have nothing to guide you, and these old books at home are also placed, so I'll give them to you! Lin Han stroked his beard with a smile, and when he saw Yang Shen hurriedly getting up to say goodbye, he waved his hand and said, "Good things should also be given to bosom friends, my nephews and nephews are also ruining things, and I think Brother Gongshi and I have the same thoughts." ”

"If you say that, I can't be stingy." Zhang Shihua smiled to himself. Immediately, he looked at Yang Shen and said, "Have you passed the township test?" ”

"I wanted to go back to Sichuan in the spring to try this autumn, but I didn't want to delay it for a while." Yang Shen never mentioned that he disobeyed his father at that time and never returned to his hometown, precisely because of the popular "Heshuo Tragedy" in Beijing. He was fascinated by the few folds he had just felt. Because I was eager to see how Kang Hai's champion and Tang Yin's Xie Yuan would play such an ending together, it has been delayed until now. At this time, he naturally didn't want to show it in front of Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua, so he could only vaguely confuse the past, which naturally attracted the two of them to pay attention to it again.

By the time he came out of the Lin family with the stack of books, it was already moontop in the treetops. Because the Yang Mansion and the Velvet Hutong were only not far apart, he refused to send a car from the Lin family. I walked all the way out. Thinking about today's experience, he only felt extremely excited in his heart, and he drank a lot of wine during the banquet, so he even walked a little lightly at this time. When he reached the mouth of the alley, he glanced at it and found a carriage parked opposite, but he didn't care. It wasn't until he had not walked a few steps that he heard the sound of horses' hooves and the wheels of the cart behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that the cart had come up. He suddenly felt a pang in his mind.

Could it be that Ning Fan's guilt was exposed in public today, so someone can't help it?

He instinctively clutched the books with both hands, however. When the carriage came up, it stopped beside him. After the coachman got out of the car, he gently opened the car door, and then the curtain was lifted, and someone poked his head out: "Yang Gongzi is out, I have a few words to say to you, and let's get in the car and talk about it." ”

Yang Shen saw the man's face clearly by the bright tile lamp hanging next to the carriage, and he was stunned for a moment. After a while, he said with a look of surprise: "What is the Hou Ye looking for me?" "Why, do you still suspect that I am going to harm you?" Xu Xun asked with a smile, and saw Yang Shen's face change. Without saying a word, he stepped forward to board the carriage, and sat down in it, and when the coachman lowered the curtain and closed the door, and the carriage moved forward slowly, he said, "I am here this time. It's for the fold you handed over tonight. ”

Just boarded the train on impulse, and at this moment, with the dim light in the carriage, Yang Shenshao, who was sitting opposite Xu Xun, had to carefully examine this famous figure in the streets and alleys. He was still thinking about why Xu Xun, the newly promoted Hou Ye, waited for him on the night when the great happy event came, and even avoided Lin Han and Zhang Shihua, but when he heard this, he immediately thought that he understood, and his eyes immediately turned cold.

"Could it be that the marquis is going back on his word and doesn't want to hand this fold to the emperor?"

Although he looks the same age, Xu Xun is a human being in two lives, and it is difficult for Yang Shen to shoot a horse in terms of treachery, so he had long expected that his opening sentence would cause such a backlash, and immediately smiled slightly: "That's not it." I don't hide it from Yang Gongzi, I have already handed it to the emperor long before you left the Xu family. In other words, I don't need to hand it over, the emperor has already heard your generous statement in the room. ”

If Yang Shen's evaluation of Xu Xun plummeted just now, then at this moment, his mood could be regarded as a big ups and downs. He stared at Xu Xun in amazement for a long time, and then stammered a little and asked, "Master Hou is saying...... It means that when you were entertaining guests at that time, the emperor ...... The emperor is actually behind? ”

"Yes, later, when I excused myself from the table, I already handed your fold to the emperor." Xu Xun showed a more and more kind smile, and said slowly, "The emperor has already believed three points after listening to your generous statement, and when he learned that you are the son of Lord Yang, he has at least four more points, so he has already ordered someone to go to Jiangxi to investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Seeing that Yang Shen's eyes lit up, and he burst out with such a sentence without thinking about it, Xu Xun said unhurriedly: "I know that you have just returned from Lord Lin, and they must be full of praise for you." And today, because of your strong advice, people are able to know about Jiangxi, but your fame is not small. Let's not mention the results of this inventory, after all, it can't come out in a day or two, but does Yang Gongzi know that you have caused Ling Zun a big trouble? ”

Yang Shen, who was happy, suddenly heard the word trouble, and immediately became vigilant again: "What does Master Hou mean by this?" ”

"Do you think that now there are many people in the court who have told the old Zhishi to return to their hometowns, and there are not a few old ministers who have gone through Chenghua Hongzhi who have stayed in the court, but why are people like Lord Lin and Master Zhang, as well as Yuanfu and Lingzun, still staying in the court?" Xu Xun saw Yang Shen's brows furrowed slightly, so he said lightly. "It's just that I'm worried that the government will be controlled by traitors."

Faced with Xu Xun's calm attitude of not caring at all that he was also one of the traitors rated as one of the traitors, Yang Shen couldn't help but feel a little more good, and the urge to question again was forced to endure. And Xu Xun paused, and said lightly: "So." Yuanfu did not hesitate to slander his reputation and swallowed his anger in the cabinet, but also to preserve those backbones who are honest and dare to speak up and can do things, you might as well calculate, how many people have Yuanfu saved in the past two years? As for Ling Zun, it is easy for Zhishi to return to his hometown to cultivate and study, but instead of keeping his own name, it is better to do what he can in the court. This is much more admirable than those who pick on their sons out of righteous indignation! ”

No matter who it is, it is the most gratifying thing for his father and teacher to be complimented and looked up to, even if Yang Shen usually has a lot of complaints about his mentor Li Dongyang and his father Yang Tinghe who has never admonished the little emperor's relatives and virtuous ministers and villains, but at this moment, he will never refute Xu Xun's words. It's just that he is still haunted by Xu Xun's previous alarmist words. ..., "Hou Ye didn't say that I got into a big trouble, what does this have to do with what I just said?" ”

"Of course it matters, because you're a student of Motosuke. Lord Yang's son, so your impassioned nature today will inevitably be regarded as Yuanfu's instruction. Lord Yang's envoy. ”

Seeing that Yang Shen's face finally became solemn, Xu Xun said solemnly: "The matter of Ning Wangfu's guard, everyone knows that it was strongly supported by the master of ceremonies and eunuch Liu Gonggong, and now that you slapped him in the face, everyone inevitably thinks that Yuan Fu and Ling Zun want to attack him." When the time comes, I am afraid that it will not only involve the simple matter of Ning Fan. Therefore, I just want to ask Yang Gongzi one thing, is this book today just your own righteous indignation, or have you heard something before. Or did someone pry you up for something? ”

Yang Shen immediately understood what Xu Xun meant, and his face changed greatly for a while. At this moment, the initial impulse has passed, and under Xu Xun's meticulous analysis, if he still doesn't understand the danger of this time, it will be in vain for the past twenty years in the eunuch gate. However. He still had some doubts about Xu Xun's intentions, and he fell silent for a while.

"I just reminded Yang Gongzi, but it was really something that someone else said to you, and you don't need to tell me, after you go back, you just say it to Ling Zun and Yuan Fu. In addition, you have only made such a big splash tonight, although it is the Yongfang Velvet Hutong is very close to your home, but you should not take it lightly, you must know that the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, in case someone has a bad intention, knocks you out and throws it at those flower streets and willow alleys, so that you have a bad reputation? So, for now, I'll give you a ride. Also, I heard that you originally planned to go back to Sichuan this year to take the township test, and the weather is just right recently, although the time is a little rushed, but it is not too late to leave at this time. ”

Does Master Hou think that I am not responsible?

Yang Shen was about to burst out with such a sentence. However, he finally held back. And Xu Xun saw the meaning of the struggle in his heart, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be afraid of people saying that you are not responsible. In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, when Jiao Huangzhong, the son of Jiao Ge, should take the exam, the first emperor also gave a new book. When you look back, the emperor will naturally give you new books and so on, so that you can go to Sichuan to take your township test with peace of mind. Everything has already come out, and it is useless for you to stay in the capital. In addition, you might as well tell your father that the emperor has just ordered Admiral Neichang Qian Ning to go to Jiangxi to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Ning Domain. ”

It wasn't until the driver lifted the curtain again that Yang Tinghe saw the two lanterns at the door of his house and got out of the car with a complicated expression. When he looked back and saw that the curtain was about to be lowered again, he suddenly stood there and shook his body, and watched the carriage fade away, and then he took a deep breath, turned and knocked at the door. In a few moments, the gate opened, and an old man with a lantern saw him clearly, and immediately pulled the man in with surprise and joy.

"Young Master, why did you come back so late! The old man asked the door several times! ”

"Daddy is still in the study?"

After getting an affirmative reply, Yang Shen didn't say much, and went straight to the study with the pile of books in his arms. When he arrived at the door of the study, he asked the scholar to pass the word, and after a while, Yang Tinghe's voice came from inside, and he hurriedly entered the door. After saluting, seeing his father staring at the books in his arms, he had to briefly tell about being invited by Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua to talk at home, but after only saying a few words, he was interrupted by his father.

"I've heard about your showmanship in Xufu, and I don't want to hear about it." Yang Tinghe saw that Yang Shen's expression was stunned, so he said lightly, "How did you think of suggesting this, tell me the cause and effect as it is." ”

Yang Shen opened his mouth, but in the end, he did not tell the cause and effect of the matter first as his father instructed, but bowed his head and said, "Return to my father, and let my son tell me later." After I came out of Lin's house, I met Pingbeihou's car at the intersection. When he saw me all the way back, he said a lot to me. ..., these words greatly surprised Yang Tinghe. When he heard Yang Shen repeat Xu Xun's original words almost word for word, he immediately fell silent. Sitting there motionless and thinking for a long time, Yang Shen took the initiative to explain how he met a few Jiangxi scholars in the Sichuan Hall in the outer city, and when he was indignant about those injustices in Nanchang, he finally waved his hand.

"That's it, don't say any more." Yang Tinghe slowly closed his eyes, and only after a long time did he speak, "If the emperor really gives you a new book and money to return to your hometown to take the exam, you should go on the road immediately, and don't stay in the capital for long." ”

"Dad, is what Pingbei Hou said true, I got into big trouble?"

Seeing Yang Shen's face full of guilt, remembering that he had always been proud of this eldest son, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but sigh: "It's too early to talk about whether it's troublesome now." All in all, you provoked the matter, but how things develop next has nothing to do with you, you have nothing to do in the capital, it is better to go back to your hometown to take the exam. I and your late Uncle Wang have already set up a marriage for our children, and the girl of the Wang family is not young now, and she is alone, this time you went back to your hometown to take the exam, and by the way, the marriage was also done, and you are not in a hurry to come back to take the exam. ”

Yang Tinghe didn't think about the possibility of his son failing in the township test, so he signaled Yang Shen to retreat. When his son came out of the house with a complicated face, he sighed for a while.

is almost about the same age, but Xu Xun is too experienced compared to his son, who is only eight buckets taller! In this way, at this moment, even if Yang Shen felt that the previous Jiangxi scholars were supported by someone, he would never think that it had anything to do with Xu Xun, and he would be grateful to people. And right now, even he has to receive Xu Xun's reminder, and he doesn't know if this matter is Xu Xun's instigation, it's really a little fox! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )