Two days later, Ji Feng completed the handover and officially stepped down from the post of commander of the Jingwei Commander, and he could leave for Jinling at any time. Jiang Yun, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, thought about it again and again, and decided to see the emperor again, so he could say hello and leave. He didn't have time to wait for Ji Chong's next opportunity to review the folds, so he asked Wang Li again to send a message to the old emperor.

When the news reached the harem, Ji Chong didn't want to see Jiang Yun again, but after a little hesitation, he still ordered to set up the imperial study and announce that Jiang Yun would enter the palace to meet him.

Still the familiar lying posture in the impression, as well as the slightly exaggerated Long Live Mountain Hu, Ji Chong Lao showed a long-lost smile on his face, and raised his hand with a pleasant face and said, "Get up." ”

Standing up and raising his eyes to look at Ji Chong, Jiang Yun's heart quickly flooded with complicated and incomprehensible feelings. The emperor was a lot haggard, even at this moment he was still exuberant, and his eyes were not angry and arrogant, but Jiang Yun saw a thick exhaustion between his eyebrows. His temples are even more gray, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are like chiseled ones, and the whole person exudes a kind of aging that is about to die.

His eyes were slightly red, and Jiang Yun's vocal cords choked up: "Your Majesty, you... Quite a bit older. This performance is not simply contrived, it is indeed a rare emotional side of him. In fact, from the very beginning the emperor treated him well, permissive, indulgent and tolerant. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, or a coincidence, Jiang Yun did a lot of things for the imperial court and made a lot of contributions. But without Ji Zhong's continued support, he might not have achieved anything.

If you regard being an official in Da Zhou as an experience, Ji Zhong is not surprising to be his benefactor. Seeing him like this now, Jiang Yun really didn't feel good in his heart.

The revelation of his true feelings made Ji Zhong stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "What? Reluctant? Otherwise, don't leave, stay in the capital and continue to work for me, and try to see if you can climb to the position of the top grade. ”

This is a joke, Jiang Yun also understood, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty is eloquent, and everything in the future has a plan, if Weichen stays, I am afraid that it will cause you chaos." ”

"You're embarrassed to say it!" Ji Zhong glared at him and said: "Counting the officials of my Great Zhou Dynasty, how can there be such a person who has been in prison one after another like you, it is better to get away as soon as possible, lest I always have the heart to finish." ”

After a period of silence, Jiang Yun said softly: "Your Majesty, the minister is leaving, and I have come to say goodbye to you." ”

There was another silence, and both of them understood that the so-called "goodbye" was actually goodbye, and Ji Zhong had no time to wait for Jiang Yun to enter Beijing again. He waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, be careful all the way." When I arrived in Jinling, I greeted Mingcheng. ”

"Yes, the minister."

"Jiang Yun, I have been the emperor for nearly forty years, and I have countless courtiers, in all fairness, you are the one I admire the most. You are greedy, shameless, despicable ... ”

“。。。 Your Majesty, can't you have a good word at parting? ”

"You think I'm scolding you? No, I'm complimenting you. Ji Zhong put away his smile and said seriously: "Greed is the driving force of struggle, and only greed and desire will prompt people to keep climbing up." is shameless, you can ignore moral constraints, obey the king's orders, and help me accomplish many things that are inconvenient to do with my own hands. despicable, you can do whatever it takes, everything is focused on the end, and you are bound to complete the emperor's mandate at all costs. Such courtiers are the king's favorite. And, of course, the most important point, do you know what it is? ”

"Loyalty?"

"Not bad! It is faithfulness. Ji Chong's face suddenly darkened a little. But unfortunately, in your eyes, I see many mixed emotions, but I am not faithful. ”

The emperor said that the courtiers were disloyal, and the courtiers were basically not far from death. Before Jiang Yun could change color, Ji Chong suddenly said: "Needless to say, although I am old, I am not yet faint, and I can see some things by myself, and I don't need to prove it." Jiang Yun, in my opinion, we are not simply a relationship between monarchs and ministers. In addition, you are Luo'er's husband and my relative. I still have a lot of inconvenient things to say to others, and I can speak freely in front of you without hesitation, which is more like a year-old friend. In all of this, I am not obsessed with asking you to be loyal to me, because I think I can hold you down. ”

“。。。”

"Now you're leaving, and before I leave, I have something to tell you."

"Your Majesty, please."

"If the grandson lets go of the grudge with you in the future." Ji Zhong stared at Jiang Yun and said word by word: "I hope you can also let go, do your best to assist Taisun, and hand over your loyalty to him." Talents can be met but not sought, I hope that one day, you can become a minister of the Great Zhou court. ”

"Keep it in mind."

"Go ahead."

"Your Majesty... You take care. Jiang Yun looked deeply at the old man in front of him, turned around and walked away without looking back, and at the last glance, he would keep it in mind, this was the only thing he could do for Ji again. As for allegiance to Ji Qiyun? Jiang Yun didn't even think about it. The moment he left the imperial study, he seemed to faintly hear an inaudible sigh behind him...

In the afternoon of the same day, Jiang Yun and the others had already packed up and stopped and planned to leave immediately, but Ji Feng's reluctant appearance made everyone feel awkward when they saw it, so they simply gave him a chance to go to Xiaoxiang Hall to say goodbye to Yan Wudao.

Ji Feng flashed a flash of joy, and went out in a hurry. Walking to the door of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he really didn't know what he could say when he met. At this time, it is the answer to the sentence: it is better not to see each other than to see each other. He stood on the opposite side of the street, staring at the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and stood for most of the hour, until his legs began to go numb, and then he reluctantly turned around and left.

Ji Feng came back, Jiang Yun didn't waste any more time, helped Ji Luo and Xu Huanting into the carriage, sat side by side with Ji Feng in front of the carriage, and raised the horse whip in his hand: "Drive!" ”

The carriage drove slowly and steadily towards the south gate of the capital.

Ji Feng didn't see the last side of Yan Wu, and he was quite depressed when he left, but as soon as he left the boundary of the capital, the whole person quickly regained his vitality. It's been more than three years! said that he was an official in the capital, but in fact it was no different from being in prison, it was nothing more than a slightly larger cage. After leaving the city, even the air seemed to be a lot fresher, and he was no longer fettered by the fish, and he kept looking left and right, even the most ordinary huts on the side of the road, the rice fields, made him excited.

Jinling, I can finally go back!

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Three visitors suddenly came from outside a hut by the mountains, two men and a woman, who stopped in front of the door, staring quietly at the slightly dilapidated wooden door, which was dotted with mildew and covered with a thick layer of dust, announcing that no one had been here for a long time.

"Uncle Dingzhou, are you sure he's here?" The man standing in the middle was Lian Zhan, who had not shown up for a long time, compared to more than a year ago, his complexion was much darker, and his whole person exuded a gloomy aura. He stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes were calm and indifferent, and he looked extremely stable and mature at a glance.

The girl standing beside him had already tied up the young woman's hair in a bun at this moment, and when she heard what Lian Zhan said, she couldn't help frowning, and said coquettishly: "Brother Zhan, we have been married for more than a month, why haven't you changed your words?" ”

"Huh." Xue Dingzhou didn't care, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhan is now the hall master of Xuanyin Hall, Lian'er, you must not talk to him in this tone again." ”

Lian Zhan's face softened a little, and he immediately spoke: "Father-in-law, don't blame Yulian, it's my fault, and I forgot about it for a while." ”

"It doesn't matter." After revealing the matter, Xue Dingzhou said lightly: "The ink cone is in this house, you can't be wrong." Xiao Zhan, before entering the house, the old man must make it clear to you that you are not allowed to participate in this matter. ”

"Why?" Lian Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "I have been waiting for a long time to wait for this opportunity, my father's hatred can be avenged by looking at it, why is my father-in-law... ”

"Xiao Zhan, the target this time is not Jiang Yun." Xue Dingzhou glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "When it comes to the prince, you must not show your face, otherwise you will be placed in the public target if you are not careful." Besides, the meaning of the lord is very clear, this matter can only succeed, not failure, failure is death! The old man is in his last years, and he is not stingy with his life, but you have only been married to Yulian for a month, and you have not left any heirs, if there is the slightest accident, what will the old man look like when he dies in the future to see your father? ”

"But..."

"No, but, you have to listen to the old man in this matter!" Without hesitation, interrupting the battle, Xue Dingzhou bowed his head and signaled: "Let's go, go in!" ”