However, it was said that after Peng Yue came back from the Arsenal, he had been carefully pondering Zhu Houxi's words and deeds in the Arsenal, and at the same time he was constantly thinking about the series of things that happened before and after Xia Yan entered the cabinet, and he couldn't help but feel a little afraid. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He vaguely felt that Zhu Houxi proposed to go to the Ordnance Institute that day, not just to see the results of the Ordnance Institute, his actual purpose was to take the opportunity to knock himself and let himself reflect on the relationship with Xia Yan.

Peng Yue didn't know what to do, so he decided to visit Xia Yan's mansion on this day.

But when Peng Yue got out of the carriage from Xia Yan's door, he happened to see a person walking out of the mansion.

"Master Peng..."The person in front of him bowed first.

"It turned out to be Lord Yan." Peng Yue returned the salute, his tone a little cold. It turned out that the person who came to meet was Yan Song, the right attendant of the ministry.

Peng Yue didn't have a good impression of the first traitor of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, but Yan Song was polite to him, and he was extremely respectful to the officials of the DPRK and China.

Moreover, Peng Yue heard that several close relatives came to Yan Song to ask for officials, but they were all rejected by Yan Song, and in order to avoid secrecy, none of the clan people in his hometown served in the court, and there was no traitor at all, so that Peng Yue always wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of him. Despite this, Peng Yue has always been wary of him.

"Is Lord Peng coming to the mansion today to congratulate Lord Xia on his promotion?" Yan Song gave Peng Yue a smile.

"Just come and have a look..."Peng Yue said perfunctorily, with a usual smile on his face. Although he has a bad impression of Yan Song, he has been in the court for so long, and he also knows the truth of reaching out and not hitting smiling people.

Moreover, now Yan Song has not done anything beyond the norm except for privately accepting gifts from some lower-level officials. But just about Yan Song's acceptance of gifts, he really can't say anything, because many people accept this kind of gift, and it has been regarded as a normal unspoken rule, and no one is willing to pursue this kind of thing. Zhu Houxi naturally turned a blind eye to the tacitly accepted rules among officials.

"Then Master Peng walks slowly..."Yan Song smiled and waved his hand, "I'll take the first step." ”

"Master Yan go slowly..."Peng Yue smiled and saluted back.

Whenever Yan Song called himself an "adult" with a smile on his old age, Peng Yue felt embarrassed. Could this really be the legendary "knife hidden in laughter"?

Although he has discovered many people and things that do not match the history books since he came to this world, Peng Yue firmly believes that there are some things that the history books will not be mistaken. For example, Yan Song is a traitor and not a loyal minister, and Peng Yue does not believe that this will be inconsistent with the history books. Therefore, in line with the idea of preventing trouble before it happens, Peng Yue has always wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Yan Song and get rid of this traitor who may cause trouble to the court in the future.

"Lord Xia, there is always an endless stream of guests in your mansion, haha..." Congratulations to Master Xia for his promotion to a scholar of Wuyingdian University and his successful entry into the cabinet. ”

"Where is Zirui, aren't you also promoted to the left waiter of the household department, and crowned the prince Shaobao, what a supreme honor, haha..."

"Lord Xia, Lord Yan Songyan is a frequent visitor to your mansion, haha..."Peng Yue asked tentatively.

"Weizhong is humble and polite, and he is diligent in his work, I am about to be promoted to him, haha..."Xia Yan was obviously very satisfied with Yan Song, "What, Zirui, do you have an opinion on Weizhong?" ”

"Ahh Not really. However, Peng Yue's somewhat gloomy eyes were still captured by Xia Yan.

"Alas... Actually, I'm worried about it. Xia Yan seemed to have something on his mind.

"Oh? I don't know why Lord Xia is worried? ”

"There are so many guests in the house, I'm afraid it will make the saint have some doubts." Xia Yan waved his hand and motioned for everyone to go out, "I understand that the reason why the emperor promoted me so much is because I never formed a party. But since the fall of Zhang Xuan, people have continued to come to my mansion..."Xia Yan sighed, "Although I have always rejected his wishes, and the number of guests in the mansion has gradually decreased recently. But since I was promoted, the number of guests in the house has increased dramatically. I am deeply worried about this, and I am deeply afraid that the emperor will suspect me and follow in Zhang Zhang's footsteps. ”

"Lord Xia doesn't have to worry about this, Lord Xia can hang relevant poems in the house, in the courtyard, and outside the door, so as to be alone in the Ming Dynasty and be dedicated to the country." Peng Yue's eyes rolled, "Lord Xia can also cut off his arm, for example, Lord Yan often goes in and out of the Xia Mansion, and Lord Xia can temporarily transfer him to Nanjing first." In this way, the Holy One will have peace of mind. ”

The laughter of the two sounded in the room, one laughed knowingly, and the other laughed "sinisterly".

Peng Yue's heart was also settled at this moment, he didn't need to mention that matter to Xia Yan, as long as Xia Yan did a good job, he would be safe. In the final analysis, what Zhu Houxi is afraid of now is Xia Yan. As long as I pay attention to it on weekdays, I don't go to Xia Yan's Mansion a few times, and I can be safe.

Of course, the thing that made him happiest was that he finally persuaded Xia Yan to squeeze Yan Song to Nanjing, after all, he must not let this traitor have a chance to gain power. Although Yan Song is sleek and has no handle, and now that he is also in a high position, Zhu Houxi is also more fond of him, and it is indeed not easy to drive him away from the imperial court, but it is okay and effective to send him to Nanjing, so that he has no chance to get close to the center of power.

"But Lord Xia, those contradictions between you and Huo Tao... It's better to slow down, don't put this matter on the bright side..."Peng Yue said hesitantly, "After all, the emperor will always feel uncomfortable when he sees this kind of quarrel..."

"That's him, Huo Tao has nothing to do, how can he blame me?" Xia Yan snorted coldly, "He Huo Tao always made some twists and turns a few days ago, saying that he was criticizing current affairs, who couldn't hear that he was referring to Sang scolding Huai, and it was clearly attacking me secretly." This kind of villain, if you don't scold him back, this tone in your heart is really unsettled! ”

"But... Lord Xia, you also said that everyone can see that Huo Tao is referring to Sang scolding Huai, so the emperor will naturally understand. So who is right and wrong in this matter, the emperor is also like a mirror in his heart..."Peng Yue looked up at Xia Yan, "But if you scold him back again, the nature will be different." Because the emperor hates the endless attacks and slanders among the ministers, even if you take advantage of it at that time, it will leave a bad impression on the emperor. Didn't the emperor put aside the previous few arguments and did not pursue either side? ”

"But I just can't swallow that!" Xia Yan said indignantly, "At the beginning, Huo Tao and Zhang Fujing jointly designed to frame me and formed an alliance to attack me, and I was angry about it. But since I was promoted, I haven't taken the initiative to attack and frame them. Especially now, Zhang Fujing, Gui Cao, Fang Xianfu and others have passed away, and Huo Tao is the only one left who has left the dynasty, and I am even more unwilling to investigate the previous matter. But I didn't expect him Huo Tao to be so ignorant of lifting, and when he came to this step of the field, he still wanted to fight with me! ”

"Lord Xia is angry..."Peng Yue said slowly with a smile, "You also said, now that Huo Tao's strength is weak, he still can't set off any big waves, why do you have to worry about him?" Besides, he has already fallen out of favor with the emperor, if you leave a bad impression on the emperor because of your entanglement with him, wouldn't it be worth the loss, wouldn't this just fulfill his Huo Tao's wishes? ”

"Huh... Yes, Zirui has a point, but I'm confused. Xia Yan said, laughing himself, "But there's no point in mentioning this matter now, because hasn't Huo Tao been demoted to Nanjing by the emperor?" Now, even if I wanted to argue with him, I wouldn't have a chance. ”

"I just said this to remind you Lord Xia, not only for Huo Tao, but also for other people in the future..."Peng Yue saw that Xia Yan's face was a little wrong, and hurriedly put on a smiling face, "After all, we are all people who serve the emperor, what we should care about most is the emperor's thoughts, and sometimes we should really suppress our emotions, and we can't let them control themselves and do anything irrational." ”

"Well, I see..."Xia Yan's tone was light, so that Peng Yue couldn't hear what he was thinking.

Peng Yue looked at Xia Yan and was faintly worried, he didn't know if Xia Yan could listen to these suggestions he made, or if Xia Yan listened to them, but could he change them?

Ever since the moment Xia Yan and Huo Tao attacked each other, Peng Yue had a sense of foreboding. During the time when Xia Yan was trying his best to please Zhu Houxi, he would never do such a thing. But Xia Yan's current favor is better than one day by one, showing that he was promoted to the crown prince and the prince, and was soon promoted to the young master and the prince and the prince. Now he is also a fellow scholar of Wu Yingdian University, and officially joined the cabinet to participate in aircraft maintenance.

Peng Yue didn't know if Xia Yan would be lost in this kind of grace, or if he would be corrupted by this power and lose his mind. Peng Yue had to have this suspicion, because a few days ago Xia Yan did an extremely bad thing, Zhang Yuanxiao in Langzhong, Li Sui violated Xia Yan's wishes in the government, which made Xia Yan angry, and as a result, Xia Yan asked Zhu Houxi to demote them, which is already an obvious sign of the power of the ministers. But fortunately, Xia Yan stopped his hand in time and didn't do anything bad.

"Maybe when you are above 10,000 people under one person, everyone will have a little temper, and everyone will have a time when you are a hundred secrets..."Peng Yue could only comfort himself silently in his heart.

But Huo Tao's matter finally left a shadow in Peng Yue's heart, and he gradually felt a great weakness in Xia Yan's character: he was too obsessed with power, and too much to remember old things, and even sometimes he was carried away by them and lost his mind. At the beginning, because of the issue of entering the cabinet, he lost his basic judgment on Zhai Luan, Zhang Fujing and others. And now because of Huo Tao's new hatred and old hatred, he has also done some behaviors that are beyond reason and disliked by Zhu Houxi.

"Power is a good thing, but it's also a bad thing..."Peng Yue shook his head and sighed.