"Phew, it's clearly to bewitch the Sacred Heart, and if you're old and don't die, you're a thief!" Tong Guan scolded hatefully, it turned out that although Cai Jing had withdrawn from the core of power, he still had a shelf for editing history books, and he could continue to stay in Tokyo Bianliang. This has the possibility of reviving at any time, as soon as he thinks of the vicious methods of this old man in the past to treat political enemies, Rao is Tong Guan can't help but feel a chill behind him, he jumped up from the couch, and paced back and forth in the house barefoot a few times, and the maid didn't dare to step forward to put on his shoes. Tong Guan walked around the room a few times, but didn't come up with any way, and saw the subordinate in front of him like a wooden stick, and flicked his sleeves in annoyance: "What are you doing standing here, useless things!" ”

The subordinate hurriedly retreated as if he had been amnestied, and Tong Guan was the only one left in the room, and he sat on the soft couch, thinking about it but not having a clue. He knows in his heart, don't look at the current scenery, if he loses his power, let alone sit on the throne and enjoy wealth, even his net worth and life may not be saved, and those old party ministers who were kicked to the far evil military state are all scheduled to die of illness? He didn't believe it.

"This thing of cutting down swallows must not stop, it must not stop!" Tong Guan suddenly felt a dry mouth, picked up the teacup on the small table on the side, took a sip, and suddenly threw the teacup on the ground, scolding: "Why don't you even have a cup of hot tea, are all the people in our house dead?" ”

The two maidservants waiting outside the door hurriedly rushed in, fell to the ground in panic, and kowtowed again and again begging for mercy, Tong Guan looked at the two faces that were very pretty and pleasing on weekdays, but at this time he felt extremely disgusting, and he waved his hand impatiently. He said to the housekeeper outside the door: "Such useless things, I don't know how you train them on weekdays, so they were sent to a certain house!" ”

"Master spare your life! The master spares his life! The two maidservants were immediately dragged out by the strong woman, and Tong Guanhun didn't care about the hot tea sent by the housekeeper, took a sip and said, "You go to Zhao Longtu's mansion to guard, as long as he comes back, let him come to me, you know?" ”

"The villain understands!"

After the housekeeper left, Tong Guan lay back on the couch, but for some reason, the soft couch that was soft and suitable on weekdays seemed to be covered with thorns. He tossed and turned, always feeling uncomfortable. The two new maidservants didn't dare to say much, but just stood aside and trembled, lest they offend their master and cause a big disaster.

"Sir. Master! The butler's voice came from outside. Tong Guan sat up. "What's the matter?" ”

"Yanjing is here, saying that there is something urgent, and I want to face the master!"

"Yanjing? Hurry up and invite him to the study! Tong Guan was overjoyed when he heard this. Hurriedly stood up and shouted to the maidservants on both sides: "It's better to change clothes for a certain family!" ”

In the study, all the green smoke flowed out of the gilded incense burner, setting off a picture of "Washing Horses" on the wall, which was particularly quiet. Zhishan sat on a low stool, his cheeks had lost a lot, and his cheekbones on both sides were more prominent, but his eyes were still bright. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and he hurriedly stood up, bowed to Tong Guan at the door, and said, "The poor monk meets Xuanshuai!" ”

"Zen master, please get up, Zen master, please get up!" Tong Guan's face was full of smiles, and he couldn't see Fang Cai's anger at all, he took a step forward, gave a little help, and said with a smile: "Zen master is a person outside the square, so there is no need to be so polite in private." You came back from Yanjing, but what is the movement of the Liao army? In the end, he still couldn't bear the anxiety in his heart and said what was on his mind.

"It is the Liao army that has moved!" Zhishan replied: "Deputy Envoy Zhou learned from that Li Chuwen's mouth that Xiao Gan, the capital of Liaozhi East Road, has gone to the Xibu of the prefectures in front of the mountain and behind the mountain to recruit troops, and the hearts of the Han officials are floating, and the two ends of the head of the army are resentful, and Yanjing is empty, which is a good time to use troops!" ”

"What about the 100,000 horsemen of Yelu Yanxi's generals who went south to watch the troops in Xiongzhou?"

"This is just a trick of the Liao people, that Xiao Gan wants to recruit soldiers from his own clan to suppress the resentful army, and he is afraid that when he leaves Youzhou, the Hanchen in the city will collude with the resentful army outside the city to make trouble, so he released such rumors, wanting to delay time!"

"Really?"

"It's true, Xuanxiang! If Yelu Yanxi really led 100,000 horsemen to the south, the first thing to deal with was not the Great Song Dynasty, but the rebellious ministers and thieves in Yanjing City, how could Xiao Gan dare to leave his sister inside and outside the city to recruit troops? Li Chuwen and his ilk were even more panicked, how could they stay in the city honestly. Zhishan lowered his voice and said: "And Deputy Envoy Zhou has already sent capable people to the northwest to inquire about the movement of the army, and there will be accurate news soon!" ”

"What the Zen master said is very true!" Tong Guan nodded with satisfaction at the supreme defense, obviously willing to believe the other party's reasoning. He looked at Zhishan's appearance and suddenly asked, "The Zen master has worked the road, so he must have not eaten fasting." Someone is coming—" Tong Guan said loudly to the butler: "You go and tell me about the cheese crisp that the housekeeper rewarded me with last time!" ”

"Xuanxiang, how does this make it!" Zhishan hurriedly got up and excused himself.

"How not?" Tong Guan said with a smile: "This cheese crisp was originally rewarded by the official family for my military merits, Zen master, you have meritorious service in the country, isn't it right to share this cheese crisp with me!" After a while, the housekeeper took a very beautifully decorated silver box and put it in front of the two, Tong Guan opened the silver box casually, took out the silver knife and divided the cheese crisp in the box into several pieces, took a piece of himself, put the silver knife in front of Zhishan, and said with a smile: "Please!" ”

Tong Guan smiled and watched Zhishan eat a piece of cheese crisp, and suddenly asked, "Zen master, do you have a place to rest in Beijing?" “

"The poor monk is placing an order in Daxiangguo Temple——"

"Zen Master, this matter is very important, you can rest in my house for two days, and then bring me a letter to Deputy Envoy Zhou!"

"The poor monk obeys!" Zhishan hurriedly got up and saluted.

"The official has some important things to deal with, and the Zen master is at his own convenience," Tong Guan made two gestures for the other party to sit down, turned around and went out. He walked through the two courtyards, suddenly stopped, and said in a deep voice: "You guard this monk carefully, he has been in the mansion for a few days, he will give him whatever he wants, but he must not be allowed to walk out of this courtyard for half a step, if he leaks the slightest rumor-" Speaking of this, Tong Guan turned around, his face was already full of murderous aura.

"The villain understands!" The housekeeper nodded hurriedly: "The villain will detain all the people who have seen this monk together, and lock him up until he leaves, and he will never leak the news!" ”

"That's good!" Tong Guan suddenly laughed: "Cai Yuanchang, Cai Yuanchang!" A certain family will make you proud for a few days, and then let you fall to pieces, and you will never be able to live forever! ”

Cai Fu.

This minister, who was called the head of the "six thieves" by Chen Dong, a student of Tai in Jingkang, has left the core of power at this time, but still retains a lot of false titles, and can stay in Beijing to be invited by the court, and can be called 'public minister'; In the court meeting, he can still sit in the chief position, as if he is the head of a hundred bureaucrats. But he can no longer enter the core political hall of power, even if he is "three days to the capital hall" treatment. For Cai Jing, gaining power and holding power is almost the same as eating and breathing, and depriving him of power is simply equivalent to not letting him eat and eat, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Fortunately, he has exercised enough patience in his decades of career as a eunuch, and he knows very well that the key to whether he can proclaim hemp four times is in the "Holy Grace", and who knows better than him the frivolous character of today's Holy Lord? So he decided to adopt a roundabout strategy to achieve his goal: first of all, he must always keep himself in the sight of the official, so that when the official family wants to "Yima", he can remember himself; Secondly, he also vaguely pointed out to the officials that the policy of Tong Guan and Wang Hao, who are now on the stage, to join forces with Jin and Liao, is wrong, so that after he comes to power, he can justifiably change his ways; Of course, this kind of expression should not give the official family the impression that it is aimed at themselves. Cai Jing is convinced that in this struggle, the final winner must be himself, and he will only be himself.

In his favorite family, Zhao Ji dressed very casually, a cyan robe, a white hosta, he believed in Taoism, and he became a Taoist priest more and more often after middle age. For him, who already has mastered the richest empire in the world, the only thing that matters is to stay in this state for as long as possible and enjoy everything. As for those laborious military affairs, Zhao Ji prefers to hand them over to those ministers he trusts to deal with. When he saw Cai Jing's eyes were dull, as if he was a little distracted, he smiled and said: "Taishi, it's not early, you are old, rest early!" ”

Zhao Ji's words were like a needle stabbing Cai Jing, he hurriedly cheered up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is as stubborn as ever, and he has not fainted so far!" ”

"Oh? Don't be strong! Zhao Ji said with a smile.

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can give it a try!" Cai Jing said with a smile.

"A try?" Cai Jing's answer suddenly touched Zhao Ji's playful nature, and said with a smile: "How do you try this?" ”

Cai Jing was secretly happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "The old minister is under Huaisu's "Thousand Character Text" at this time, if there is a single stroke, it is the old minister who loses!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, and Cai Jing said that Huai Su was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, famous for his cursive writing, and "Thousand Character Text" is his famous article. Zhao Ji's calligraphy has copied Huaisu's post, and he knows that copying it is very exhausting. Cai Jing's proposal immediately piqued his interest as a calligraphy artist.

"Okay, I haven't seen Cai Aiqing's wonderful pen for a long time, come on, take pen and ink!"

Soon the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were ready to stop, Cai Jing walked to the bookcase, and after a long time, he suddenly picked up the pen and wrote on the paper.

"Heaven and Earth, Xuanhuang Universe, Flood of the Sun and Moon, Dawn and Chen, Su Li, Zhang Han, Summer Harvest, Winter Harvest, Leap Leap Age, Rhythm of Lu, Yang Yunteng, Rain and Dew, Frost, Gold Shengli, Water Jade, Kungang Sword Number, Juque Zhu Called Night Light——" With Zhao Ji's chanting, lines of words jumped on the paper. Different from Huaisu's "Thousand Character Text" post, Cai Jing uses italics, the font is scattered in the opening, and the pen is charming in the strength, and Zhao Ji on the side of Rao is side can't help but secretly bow his head. (To be continued......)