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A shout of scolding pulled Shen Mo back from his distraction. He followed the prestige, and saw that the officials stopped a large car, and the driver was a young man in a short shirt, and the person who spoke to the officials was another man wearing a melon skin hat and a navy blue straight hair, forty miles away, and with a rich physique.

"What's the noise?" Shen Mo frowned slightly.

Listening to Lord Qincha's questioning, the official messenger hurriedly came over to report: "Lord Hui, it's the vendors who deliver goods to the Yan Mansion who are so small that they will drive them back." ”

"Who told you to chase people away? Silent and unhappy: "It is Yan Shifan who is being confiscated, not Yan Ge Lao, this is still the Prime Minister's Mansion, not a place for you to make a fuss." ”

The soldiers were reprimanded, and did not dare to say anything more, so they obediently let the cart in.

The merchant-like melon skin hat hurriedly stepped forward to thank him with a humble face.

As soon as he approached, Shen Mo smelled a smell of pickles and chuckled, "What did you send?"

"Back to the eldest master, it is the pickle that the melon skin hat said humbly: "My name is Liuxinju, and I have been sending pickles to the Prime Minister for 20 years."

"Oh." Shen Mo nodded and said softly, "Let's go in." ”

The melon skin hat was a little hesitant, and Shi Bu asked three in his heart, "Dare to ask the eldest master, what's wrong with the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

It's not much, Shen Mo said lightly: "Just enter you, no one will detain you." ”

"Oh, oh" Hearing him say this, Guppi Hat had no choice but to say to the guy behind him, "San'er." Let's go inside

The guy pushed the cart inside, and Shen Mo followed him into Yan's mansion.

In Yan's mansion, all the people in the family were ordered by Yan Ge to stay in their respective rooms, so the Gaomen Mansion where the servants were like clouds in the past has become deserted today, only the old housekeeper Yan Nian, leading a small servant, to deal with the official errand who came to the door alone.

Silence entered. He came out of the gatehouse and saluted without humility or arrogance: "You are Lord Shen, right?" ”

Shen Mo nodded, looked at Yan Nian and said, "It's exactly below." ”

"Old servant Yan Nian, I have been waiting for you for a long time." Yan Nian smiled.

Shen Mo's heart moved, knowing that this was the other party demonstrating towards him, look, you haven't come yet, I know it's you, don't think that our phoenix is not as good as a chicken, we are still powerful.

This did not cause Shen Mo's displeasure, and he still smiled warmly and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Heshan." Don't look at this Yan Nian as a slave of the Yan Mansion for a long time, but he is a well-known figure in Beijing City, and he is the henchman of the Yan family's father and son. If others want to see the Lord, they must first attach themselves to him, compete with him, and even dare not call him by his name. Mr. Heshan said, "It is necessary to be sincere and filial." It is said that when Yan Song was 80 years old, Yan gave gifts in the new year, and the amount reached tens of thousands of taels, which can be seen from the weight of his corruption.

But at this moment, Yan Zai was snub in front of the door, and his good days were over, and he heard this title again. Yan Nian was a little surprised, and changed the topic: "Who is this?" His gaze shifted to the melon skin hat.

Little Zhang Degui. Seeing that Shen Mo called him "Mr.", he didn't dare to slack off at all, nodded and greeted Yan Nian, and said, "I've sent pickles to Xiangye." "In previous years, pickles were brought directly to the kitchen by the family. You can't see anyone in the house at all. This is the first time I have seen the great butler of the Yan Mansion.

"Oh, I know" Yan Nian nodded, and said to the little guy next to him: "You take the cart to the back, and don't open it before you unload it." ”

The little guy replied and said to the guy who pulled the cart, "Come with me." ”

The melon hat was going down with the guy he was pulling. But he heard Yan Nian say: "Just let the guy go, you stay."

Zhang Degui, the melon skin hat, had to let the guy push the cart with him, and he stood there without knowing it. Wait for the Yan Mansion Grand Butler to speak.

I heard Yan Nian say: "Don't you want my lord's inscription?" My lord is gracious, you can go and get it in person. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Degui was overjoyed, and said with an excited expression: "Xiangye, Xiangye really said that?"

"What else will you do?" Yan Nian glanced at him, and said silently, "My lord, please." ”

Shen Mo nodded, and followed him to the inner courtyard, and Zhang Degui, the boss of the Six Heart Residence, also followed cautiously, but the expression on his face was a little complicated, not as excited as Fang Cai.

Yan Nian took the two of them to the cross-courtyard where the main study was located, and saw Yan Ge Lao wearing a wide cotton robe, sitting in the patio basking in the sun, holding a delicate purple sand teapot in his hand, smiling and watching his two great-grandsons playing, completely no different from ordinary old men.

Shen Mo and Zhang Degui stood still, and Yan Nian went over to report. When Old Yan Song heard that Qin was coming, he asked the two little grandchildren to stay in the house, and then asked Yan Nian to help himself up, and came over to Shen Mo tremblingly.

That Zhang Degui suddenly felt at a loss, his heart fluttered and beat hard, so he had to retreat to the outside of the Yuemen Cave, but he couldn't help but be curious, peeked inside, and saw the young adult saluting the white-bearded old man, and said, "The lower official is silent." Meet the elder of the pavilion. After him, he said, "There is an edict."

"Silence? Isn't that the legendary Shen Liushou? I actually walked all the way with his old man" Zhang Degui shouted in his heart: "Oh, I'm here, here."

Then I saw the old man with a white beard again, and slowly knelt down towards the young Shen Zhuangyuan. He said: "Sinner Yan Song, I respectfully invite Sheng'an to be Yan Ge Lao!" It's really old enough" Zhang Degui heard that Yan Ge is eighty-three years old this year, and it is definitely rare to live at such an age. can be a prime minister at such an age, except for the withered teeth in the commentary, he really hasn't heard of it.

But why do you say sinners? Zhang Degui was muttering in his heart, and he felt that someone was patting him on the back, and when he looked back, he was the big housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, so he had to be obediently pulled away, leaving endless regrets.

In the garden. Shen Mo took out a yellow leather-faced edict from his sleeve and read in a deep voice: "Weizhong." You have served as the first assistant for 20 years, and you have served the United League for an even longer time, and you have always been conscientious and deeply in line with the United States. Lian also said several times: "I am willing to be a model for the monarch and the minister with you, and a model for the descendants of future generations" However, Yan Shifan, the son of you, is corrupt and perverts the law, arrogant and disobedient, and loses the way of being a minister, the son does not teach, and the father's fault, you cannot be blameless; Go to the year to order Mrs. Ouyang Immortal to go, you have asked for your resignation several times, and there will be no punishment for you, and you will go to the office, and you should be treated as before, with the friendship of all monarchs and ministers."

After reciting the holy decree, he silently went to look at Lao Yan Song. He thought that the old man would be sad and sad. At least he would be stunned, but he was wrong, only to see Lao Yan Song kowtow and thank him with a flat expression, and wait to get up. The expression of relief on his face made his spirit much better.

In Yan Song's view, it can be at the time of a big defeat and loss. only fell into a "godson is not strict." of minor crimes and "to return home." 's decent ending is already the emperor's great grace, at least a hundred times stronger than Xia Yan.

But he forgot that when Xia Yan left Beijing. But it also got a comment of "old and mediocre, unbearable to be used again", and the same reason why "decent and gentlemanly" finally had that kind of ending, isn't it all due to his strict division?

Seeing that Yan Song was distracted, Shen Mo waited patiently there. It wasn't until Old Yan Song came back to his senses that he smiled apologetically: "Lord Shen, what other holy oracles are there?" ”

Shen Mo shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Okay, Lord Shen, please take a seat." Yan Song smiled and said: "The old man has been friends with you for a long time, but he has not met alone, and I have always regretted it, please let the old man make this wish today." He smiled and said, "Otherwise, it will be goodbye." ”

Hearing this, Shen Mo sat down and said with a smile: "Elder Ge's words made the lower officials panic. ”

Yan Song shook his head and arched his hand towards Shen Mo: "The old man wants to thank Lord Shen first, if you don't protect him, the old man won't be so dignified this time." Those who rely on me will also be unlucky. ”

Shen Mo was shocked in his heart, and said secretly, I don't know if this old man has become an immortal, or if he sells it well, anyway, he doesn't dare to take it lightly, and said humbly: "The old man is polite, and the lower official is just doing his duty as a courtier."

Yan Song smiled, didn't argue with him that some things stopped at the point, and it would be boring to say it, so he said softly: "Lord Shen's career has been a little bleak during this time, do you know what's going on?" ”

didn't tell lies in front of real people, shook his head silently and smiled: "Xia Guan doesn't understand if he wants to break his head." ”

"Hehe, you don't know the true face of Lushan. It's just because I'm in this mountain. Yan Song smiled: "Actually, I don't know if it's you, as well as Zhao Zhenji, Yang Bo, Guo Pu, Zhang Juzheng and others, all of you are suppressed, either you can't return to the court, or you can't be promoted, or you are directly idle; Although in the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, it is very common to rise and fall. But you are in the evaluation of the officials, and you are excellent. In His Majesty's heart, he is also a capable minister who governs the world. If even ministers like you are to be ostracized, the day when my Ming dynasty will die is not far off. ”

Silent never imagined that Yan Gelao, who had always been known for his cronyism and money, would say such a thing, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to listen silently.

Don't think that the old man has ulterior motives, Yan Song's eyes seem to be able to see through his heart, and he said lightly: "The old man has been in the country for 20 years, and if he blindly acts as nepotism, he will die a long time ago." Said proudly: "You may not know about other places, just the southeast." Hu Zongxian, Tang Shunzhi, Tan Lun, Lu Keng, Yu Damei, "Which of these civil and military generals was not promoted by the old man?" And all the time guarding? ”

Shen Mo had to nod and said, "That's true, the southeastern officials are very grateful when they talk about the elder pavilion." ”

"Hehe" Yan Song smiled with relief: "Okay, don't boast." Gangnam, can I call it that? ”

"It's better to call the lower official to speak humbly." Shen Mo said humbly, in fact, he didn't like his number.

"Okay, Yan Song nodded and said, "The few of you I just said were ignored for a while, it's not that the emperor doesn't look down on you." On the contrary, the emperor values you very much, so he hid you for the use of his successor! ”

"Oh?" Shen Mo heard this statement for the first time, and couldn't help but whisper: "I want to hear the details."

"It's actually very simple, it's just that you don't stand tall enough to see that far." Yan Song said slowly: "Take Lord Shen as an example, you have already been a feudal official at a young age, and according to the merits of these years, you have wronged you by giving you a third-grade waiter." But can the emperor give it? Can't give. If you are allowed to be in a high position early and hold great power, once the new emperor ascends the throne. Your worth will skyrocket again, and you will become a veteran of the two dynasties who supports the new emperor to ascend the throne, an important minister of the auxiliary state, and the official is the best, and there is no promotion and no reward! Your subordinates have a large group of protégés, old ones, and even formed a partisan group. What do you want the new emperor to do?

Seeing that Shen Mo's face has changed," Gao Wei smiled and continued! "At the beginning, Yang Yuanhe, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, and Fei Nuanshan flew into the emperor, and the emperor's teaching was too miserable, can he forget it? What is the big gift? It's just that the cabinet and the emperor are fighting for power, the cabinet wants to continue the previous dynasty, the Holy Son of Heaven is ruling with the arch, and now the Holy Lord wants to restore the Qiangang dictatorship during the Taizu Taizong period, and everyone is going to follow the "succession to the heir, the beginning of the pinch, the current emperor is decisive and hard, and finally the ministers won, but it also made the Jiajing New Deal come to an abrupt end, the Ming Dynasty has no cheering up weather, and the monarchs and ministers have a gap since then, and the price can be described as heavy. ”

Shen Mo couldn't imagine that Yan Song saw things so clearly, and he couldn't imagine that he could speak to such an extent, it might really be the head and mouth of the human being, you are in that position, you can experience things that the people below can't understand, but you can't say it as much as the people below.

"You say that the old man is cowardly, or that the old man is greedy for power" Yan Song said slowly: "If it weren't for the wilderness, the old man would never have confided in these words." Said with a self-deprecating smile: "The old man is pretending to be confused and never violating the authority of the emperor, so that he can change the Jiajing Dynasty like a marquee in the first assistant, and it will be twenty years." The smile on his face was a little arrogant: "If there is no old man, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are probably still mired in party strife and cannot extricate themselves, how can they still have the heart to deal with the southern and northern captives, and be in internal and external difficulties?" ”。

Shen Mo sighed secretly: "Yan Song is indeed too old. There is no point in speaking, and the divergence is powerful, how can it be Xu Jie's opponent? , and asked softly: "You mean that the emperor pressed us to prepare for the future?" ”

"Not bad." Yan Song paused and said: "When the new emperor ascends the throne, only an edict is needed to promote you, so that your talents can be displayed, can you support the new emperor without gratitude?" Are you embarrassed to do it against the new emperor? Isn't that scolded to death by the world? Now you understand the emperor's good intentions, right? ”

smiled silently and noncommittally, and said softly: "But the emperor is in his prime, and I think it's too early to consider these issues." ”

"Hehe, my humble words are insincere, and the old Yan Song smiled: "I am talking to you deeply, I am not telling you this, not to let you fight for anything, but to let you know your weight in the emperor's heart." Saying that, he glanced at Shen Mo, smiled and said, "Of course, the old man didn't have any good intentions, in fact, he had something to ask for." ”

The elder said softly: "As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it." ”

"I don't believe what others say, but I believe what you say." Yan Song said: "It's about the southeast generals, they were all promoted by me, and when I went to the field this time, they would inevitably be beaten by Qing Bitun and said: "What I'm most worried about is Hu Zongxian, he is too high and too powerful." I don't know how to restrain myself, I will inevitably be attacked by those people, and when the time comes, I hope that for the sake of your goodwill, you must keep him safe! ”

He did it so much, and there was no big fault, Shen Mo shook his head slightly: "Even if someone wants to fight their idea, the emperor will not agree." ”

"Hehe, the humble words are still young" Yan Song looked at Shen Mo and said: "Don't feel harsh when you say a word, you can live peacefully to this day, in addition to your own extreme intelligence and superhuman precocious wisdom, more importantly, it is the protection from the emperor, the emperor can't let his six-yuan protégé die in his career, so he protects you and doesn't let people hurt You said with a sneer: "Otherwise, although I didn't say it again, I will see its righteousness."

The silence couldn't help but feel creepy, and there was no sound at all.

"Do you want to know why? Because you've been single-handed." Yan Song said: "No matter how strong you are, no matter how powerful you are, your two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and a good tiger can't stand up to the wolves, Zhao Zilong is seven in and seven out, only in the book, it is impossible in reality!" Speaking of this, Yan Song suddenly remembered that Xia Yan, who was the first in combat power in the Jiajing Dynasty, was not the same as being cleaned up by himself.

"So what should I do?" Shen Mo asked.

"You've got to huddle!" Yan Song's voice became sharp and seductive: "One hero, three gangs, one." Fence three. Pile, you have to huddle with your protégés, you have to huddle with like-minded people. With the enemy, there is danger. This is the only way to be invincible! As he spoke, he looked at Xiyuan in the distance and said, "You either follow Xu Jie." Either they have their own faction, and anyway, they can't fight alone like this, it's too dangerous."

Shen Mo finally understood what Yan Song's intention was in saying so much, asking himself to protect Hu Zongxian and the others was secondary, and more importantly, he wanted to provoke the relationship between himself and Xu Jie, and bury a timed bomb for Xu Jie! At this moment, he finally saw the true demeanor of Yan Song, who had been in the court for decades, and under the enthusiasm, he silently poisoned you!

Yes, he has been poisoned, and although he knows it, he still has no understanding of the ** of power. It is a terminal illness of men, and there is no immunization method.

My body was better, my mental head was so bad that I couldn't hold on at ten o'clock, so I had to get up early and write")