Shen Mo came out of the Qianqing Palace, it was already white, and the palace lights were all extinguished.

Tightening his collar, he went to the gate of Huiji, and when he reached the door, the soldiers had just opened the door, and the scribes were cleaning the courtyard. Seeing Shen Ge Lao appear at this time, everyone was startled at first, and then hurriedly saluted.

Shen Moji nodded, and went straight in, just in time to meet Xu Jie coming out of the value room.

Seeing Shen Mo appear here, Xu Jie was not surprised, but his originally gloomy face became even darker. He didn't ask Shen Mo how he got into the palace, he just beat the god jīng, and smiled kindly like an old father: "Let's go early." Shen nodded silently, took two steps forward, took Xu Jie's arm, and walked to the 1 canteen in the backyard, and walked to ......, in the outer hall of the canteen, there were already a lot of Si Zhilang and Zhongshusheren, and when they saw Shen Ge Lao helping Yuan Weng in, they all got up to say hello, but there was a strange light in their eyes...... Although the intrigue of the cabinet is covered in clouds and mountains, it can't be hidden from those people under their noses, and I really don't know how deep the scheming of the master and apprentice must be in order to pretend to be so harmonious.

When I arrived at the inner hall, it was still the long dining table, but the tablecloth was replaced with a white sè. Xu Jie sat down on the main seat of the north head, sitting silently on his left hand ......, a long dining table, and the two of them only sat in one corner, which seemed a little empty and deserted.

In the blink of an eye, there were four hot and cold dishes of jīng, three drawers of different flavors of each sè pastry, and two jars of health porridge made by jīng...... It's not extravagant, it's elegant, and it can be seen that the chef has grasped the tone that the elders like.

In front of the two of them, there were cups, dishes, and chopsticks neatly arranged, and both of them were a little distracted...... The two had imagined the scene of meeting again, but before tonight, neither of them thought that they would have breakfast together today. So for this breakfast, in fact, both of them lack the necessary psychological preparation, just like the steaming xiaolongbao in the cage, no one knows whether it is meat or vegetarian before they bite into it.

Xu Jie remained silent, "Silent, naturally waiting quietly." After a while, the old Shoufu came back to his senses, looked at the tableware in front of him, and instructed the waiter, "Bring some wine." ””

"Ah......" The waiter was a little surprised, "Does Yuan Weng want wine?" Seeing Xu Jie's slight nod, he knew that he had heard correctly, so he hurriedly went to get the wine and brought the wine utensils over. The reason why the well-trained attendants were so surprised was that the imperial court clearly stipulated that officials were not allowed to drink alcohol before entering the curtain, so as not to delay their official duties.

I heard that Xu Jie's request for wine" was silent, and the surprise in his eyes was also fleeting.

If the elder asks for wine, he must give it. Suddenly, a bottle of aged huā carving lying in hot water was added to the table, as well as three blue grapefruit wine glasses from the official kiln of the Yuan Dynasty............ On the opposite side of the silence, there was also a set of utensils, which was prepared for Zhang Juzheng, who was staying in the pavilion.

But both knew that he wasn't coming back this time.

Spend a waiter and let the entourage watch the door, and there are only two elders left in the inner hall.

There is no attendant" Shen Mo had to stand up, picked up the wine bottle and poured himself some to taste first, and said softly: "It's just right." He poured Xu Jie's full, but he only poured half a cup...... This is the etiquette of drinking wine in winter this year, and it is necessary to try the temperature of the wine for the elderly first, but because after all, it is a little drunk first, so the first cup for yourself should only be poured half to show reparation.

"Swim up to the ......" Xu Jie asked him to pour the wine full.

Silent and hesitated, he had to comply, and then put the wine bottle back in the basin, and raised the wine glass to toast", but he heard Xu Jie say slowly: "Seeing this situation, what do you think?" Shen Mo looked at the wine glass in front of Xu Jie, then looked at the wine glass in his hand, and gently put it down and said: "Wine is a good thing, it can relieve worries, the student remembered Cao Cāo's "Short Song Xing"...... Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the problem? Only Du Kang. This is a decent answer, Xu Jie felt a little satisfied after listening to it, and then chanted: "Qingqing Zijin" leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, Shen Yin has been "Shen Yin to the ............" said jīng, shook his god, picked up the wine glass and said: "Jiangnan, I respect you for the teacher." Shen Mo hurriedly got up and said, "How can any teacher respect students, I respect teachers." He picked up the wine glass, drank it first, and then gave the bottom of the glass to Xu Jie, and sure enough, there was not a drop left.

Xu Jie took the wine and continued to sink him...... After a long time, he said slowly: "I don't deserve to be your teacher." Shen Mo was really surprised this time, and said in a deep voice: "Teacher, why did you say this?" "All this time, you have knocked out your teeth and swallowed in your stomach, and you have to have a smile on your face. Xu Jie raised his head and said calmly: "This is all caused by me." ””

Looking at the indescribable surprise on Shen Mo's face, Xu Jie's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts: "You just heard that I want wine, a trace of surprise flashed in your eyes, although I am old and dizzy, but I should be right,", after a pause, he looked at Shen Mo with complicated eyes and said: "What flashed in your heart at that time was not "only Du Kang", right!" Shen Mo was completely passive, but after all, he was a battle-hardened veteran, even if the waves in his heart crashed on the shore, he would not mess up so easily, and shook his head lightly: "At that time, I just didn't expect that you would ask for wine early in the morning, and drinking on an empty stomach would hurt your body." "Hehe, is it ......", Xu Jie smiled noncommittally: "It seems that the old man has thought too much." As he spoke, he pinched the wine glass, looked down at the wine in the glass, and said quietly: "How many times have you read "Taizu Records"?" "No less than ten times." Shen Mo whispered.

"With your champion qualifications, you must already be familiar with it." Xu Jie said slowly: "I thought that when you picked up the wine glass, you would think of Taizu's famous saying. Speaking of this, he stopped, sent the wine glass to Shen Mo, and then read out the famous sentence that Zhu Yuanzhang said when he invited his minister Ru Taisu to drink: "The golden cup is drunk together, and the white blade is not forgiving 1", which is definitely a curse! Hearing this thunderbolt on a sunny day, Shen Mo had to leave the table and kneel, pointing to the sky and vowing: "If the student has the heart to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, let the heavenly thunder kill me!" "I don't know if I can travel back to the Song Dynasty......

looked at Shen Mo lying on the ground, not daring to raise his head. Xu Jie let out a slight breath of evil, but this was completely different from the result of his thinking about it all night, of course, he couldn't let Shen Mo kneel down anymore.

"Hurry up." Xu Jiedao: "The old man believes that you don't have this heart." ””

Silent and silent, he lay there pretending to be dead, but the ground was obviously wet with a small patch, as if tears were pouring out.

"That's it, the old man has made amends to you." Xu Jie also got up with the corner of the table as he spoke, and slowly knelt down towards silence.

Shen Mo couldn't pretend to be dead this time, so he quickly got up and supported Xu Jie's already bow-shaped body, and cried bitterly: "Master, are you going to lead the thunder to kill me!" "Clumsy words, why did we get to this point? Xu Jie also cried bitterly: "Do you really want to make your relatives hurt and your enemies happy?!" The teacher and student hugged their heads and cried......

The teachers and students still held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes, babbling a lot of thoughtful words, as if the barriers of many years had all been swept away, and they had become close masters and apprentices again.

When the clouds and rain stopped, Shen Mo got up first, and then picked up Mr. Xu and sent him to the chair. He walked back to the chair but did not sit down, but took out the confession from the emperor from his sleeve, handed it to Xu Jie, and said: "This is the reason why the student was summoned to the palace late at night, and the emperor handed over the matter to the student, and the student relied on the teacher's orders." "Oh............" Xu Jie took out a handkerchief, wiped his tearful eyes, and said hypocritically: "The old man can't look at it." ””

Silent but did not stop and said: "There is no secret between teachers and students, but it doesn't hurt for the teacher to see it." Only then did Xu Jie squirm and said: "That's right, then I'll take a look, and I'll help you get an idea......", so he took the confession "took out his old huā glasses from his sleeve robe and looked at them intently."

Xu Jie looked at him very slowly, and Shen Mo kept looking at him with a respectful expression, waiting for his old eyes to finish reading the confession.

"There was such a shocking scandal," Xu Jie took off his glasses and said stubbornly: "The old man must ask for guilt, and it's time to abdicate and make way for Xian." "Teacher, don't say this! Shen Mo hurriedly got up and persuaded: "The three capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all carried on your old shoulders, and others can't bear this burden!" ”

"You don't have to persuade if you are clumsy!" , Xu Jie shook his head and said: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves" generation of rivers and mountains to replace the old. As a teacher, he is nearing the end of his life, and this first assistant will not be able to do it for long. ””

Shen Mo was a little stunned and said: "How could the teacher suddenly be so pessimistic, you can work for another twenty years with your body." ””

"If I work for another twenty years, others won't hate me to death." , Xu Jie sighed: "The imperial court has accumulated many drawbacks, and it urgently needs to grass the old and cloth the new." However, for the sake of the teacher. "Accumulation yīn mystery is not a thin force can be decided; The turbidity current is unrestrained, not an inch of glue can be cleared, in vain years, there is no benefit, every nostalgia for the ancients "next to the future generations, can not help but blush, sweat. In fact, I have already abdicated to let the virtuous heart, but who will take over the succession can take on this important responsibility, I have to be responsible for the imperial court, and I have to be cautious. He said with a sincere look on his face and said silently: "Don't mention the previous things, as long as you know, you have been selected as a teacher." ””

"Student, student......" Even if he was silent, he was stunned for a moment, and said a little stammered: "The student is still too young, don't scare me." "Get rid of your middle-of-the-road problem, now what Daming needs is a resolute and courageous leader, who must have the momentum to be the one who does not give in!" Xu Jie looked at him fixedly, and said word by word: "Now if you don't take advantage of the fact that the old man can still shelter from the wind and rain, and show your ability in front of hundreds of officials, when will you be able to take on this great responsibility?" ”

Shen Mo has completely seen now, what is ginger or old spicy, what is wine or old fragrance, what is rice or overnight rancid............ There are mountains outside the mountains, little comrade.

Soon, from a cordial master and apprentice, it was sublimated to a mantle and a mantle-to-man relationship, and it seemed that in Xu Jie's heart, there was no place for Zhang Juzheng.

"The teacher taught me a lesson." Shen Mo frowned slightly: "But these are all things without evidence, and they are all said by Teng Xiang with one mouth." He pulled out the governor, Jiuqing, and the elder. But when I asked him for evidence, he said that it was all burned, which became a drag! Yang Yushu and Hai Rui were also dizzy, and they actually presented such confessions. Teacher, if you ask the emperor to go old and investigate thoroughly, what can you find out? "Groundless wind may not be without cause. Xu Jie said bitterly: "Investigate thoroughly, and let that Hai Rui take the lead, the reason why the old man let him come out as a four-grade official to take the lead is that he is a sharp blade with an all-incomprehensible handle, this time this sharp blade cāo is in your hand, as long as you work hard, you will definitely find out the evidence!" , said and said: "When the time comes, who to arrest, who should be done, the old man will fully cooperate1" "Anyway, I don't want money, Xu Ge likes to do this kind of thing."

"But the Sacred Heart ......," said silently and softly, "I don't think so." ”

Xu Jie was stunned and said, "What does the emperor mean?" ”

"First, I don't want this matter to spread too much, cause chaos in the government and government, and make state affairs worse." , replied silently: "Second, I hope to let go of his two humble masters." ”

"The first one is understandable." Xu Jie said slowly: "But the second request is not something that the emperor should mention." ””

"It's understandable." Shen Mo said softly: "After all, the emperor has just been in power, and at this time, he will deal with the teacher of the past, which will inevitably give people the impression of being mean and unkind, and it is contrary to the norm...... You know, today I want to be different from the first emperor. ””

"Hmm......", Xu Jie slowly twisted his beard and said: "There is some truth in saying this, but if a courtier wants to be Jun Yaoshun, how can he blindly obey?" ”

"You can cool it down first, and then deal with it later." , said silently and softly.

"Well............" Xu Jie agreed: "Okay, then cheapen them first." Only those involved in the Hu Zongxian case, such as Li Chūnfang and Wang Tingxiang, will be investigated, and the rest of the bribes will only be archived, and they will not be investigated this time. ”

"Yes......" Shen Mo responded softly, and then frowned again: "But just check Li Chūnfang's words, will he bite Taiyue to death?" ””

"It's a dead knot." , Xu Jie said hatefully: "If it weren't for the emperor's sake, it would be right to investigate the two of them together!" ”

"Don't talk angrily." , smiled silently and bitterly: "Actually, this case depends on how much the student is willing to suffer, since the ninety-nine bows have been worshipped, it is not bad for this trembling." Li Chūnfang's share, I'll carry it too. ”！ ~！