Xu Tianguan sent Li You to show favor to the eldest princess of Guide, firstly, he did not want to make enemies in many ways, and secondly, the officials who were responsible for supervising the whole process of Jingcha were recommended by His Royal Highness Chitose to become an official in the matter, which was one of the minions that the eldest princess planted in Kedao.

And the eldest princess of Guide and Peng Ge Lao do not deal with each other, if Xu Tianguan's main goal this time is to attack Peng Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao, the power of the largest party in the current cabinet, His Royal Highness Chitose will naturally be happy to see it.

According to the instructions of Guide Chitose, Li You went to the Horse Mansion that night to retrieve a list. Then in the next day, he secretly entered the ministry and sent the list directly to Xu Shangshu. Although Lord Xu closed his door to greet guests, Li You, who has a task, is obviously not among them.

Seeing that Tianguan accepted the list, Li You secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most worried about was the conflict between Chitose and Tianguan, which would make it difficult for him to be an intermediary.

At noon the next day, Zhu Fanghe, a member of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly came to the outside of the cabinet and sent a message to invite Li You to drink, which was located in a place called Shengchun Building outside the right gate of Chang'an.

Master Li didn't think much about it and came at the invitation.

After a few glasses of warm wine, Zhu Vice-Lang bluntly said: "I have a friend who is also very talented, but he has been a little old and sick in the past two years, and the examination language given by their cousin is afraid that it is not good-looking, and he will not be able to pass the Jingcha level." ”

There are eight methods in Jingcha, and each person who is inspected must check whether there is such a problem one by one, namely: greed, coolness, impetuousness, lack of talent, inaction, carelessness, old age, and illness.

If the person in Zhu Vice-Lang's mouth is really old and sick, and one person accounts for the old and the sick, eighty percent will be ordered to be ordered.

Li You wondered: "I don't care about Jingcha's affairs, what's the use of you coming to me for this?" ”

"Brother Xian, Ming people don't say secret words, if you don't have this ability, your brother will definitely not come forward to embarrass you. It's easy for you to go in and out of the ministry and see Xu Shangshu, this thing is too simple for you..."

Li You was greatly surprised, "I did go to the Ministry of Officials quietly yesterday, how do you know?" ”

Vice Zhu Lang laughed and said, "Go quietly?" Who in the yamen today does not know? I thought you were going with a lantern in the light. ”

There are quirks! Li You thought that when he went to the ministry yesterday, one of the few officials he had met leaked out. These officials are really cunning, shameless, and hateful!

At this time, I suddenly heard someone next door filming the case, and said loudly: "My generation has no way out!" I heard that the heavenly officials wanted to take advantage of Jingcha to rectify the situation, and it is said that the law of ten to one has been set, and every ten people must be eliminated and deposed! ”

There are such ridiculous rumors? Li You asked Zhu Fanghe again: "Is this really the case?" ”

"The yamen in Beijing have indeed spread this rumor."

This is clearly a trick to deliberately use rumors to provoke group emotions, although it is simple, but looking at the past and present from the Chen Shi family to the Jinghe Dynasty, it is tried and tested, it can be called a classic scheme, and Li You himself has done it no less.

"Bad!" Master Li commented, "It's just a headache for Lord Tianguan, you and I just have to drink." ”

Vice Francis Zhu smiled, "It seems that you will also have a headache." I also heard that Li Zhongshu, Zuo Wenxuan, and Pan Kaogong are known as the three most powerful people under Tianguan. Now those two live in the yamen, in order to avoid suspicion, only you are still running outside, so those who have thought about Jingcha must come to scold you. ”

What the? And this kind of rumor? Li You was speechless for a while, and suddenly felt like he was hit by an arrow while lying down, what does Jingcha have to do with him.

In fact, he knew that he was different from Zuo and Pan. Those two are both right-hand men from Zhengtu professional class, and Xu Tianguan's cronies.

And he himself, to put it mildly, was just a low-cost pathfinder temporarily found by the heavenly officials, and he was born in a wild way. It's just that he dared to fight and was lucky, and at the same time betrayed the hue to the eldest princess, and he was a little cheap with the queen mother's fellow villagers to fight for the current status of the rivers and lakes.

He Li You has developed to this day, although it is undeniable that he has borrowed the power of Tianguan, but it cannot be said that he was cultivated by Xu Tianguan himself. The difference here is too big, and Li You himself is quite concerned about it.

Master Li was stunned for a long time, and then cleared his mind before saying, "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”

"Of course no one else would say that to your face."

Li You, who was worried, wrote down the name of the person entrusted by Vice President Zhu, went out of the restaurant to see that it was getting late, and went home with a sense of wine. But when I got to the mouth of the alley, I was startled. I saw that from the front of my house to the mouth of the alley, there were more than a dozen sedan chairs... This must be all fools who listen to rumors and believe rumors!

Master Li may have imagined himself in and out of the picture when he was dreaming about it, but it will definitely not be what he can have at present. Such a swagger is not a blessing!

Could it be that what Zhu Fanghe said is true and not a joke? At the critical juncture of Jingcha, did he make such a play, was it accidental or did someone with a heart add fuel to the fire? Probably the latter is probably the most surnamed.

Master Li, who originally had the mentality of playing soy sauce, was very helpless about being involved in the turmoil, this is the price of the party's thighs. Once the leader has something, no matter how innocent the people below are, they will want to ask for a soy sauce but can't.

It is estimated that some people with ulterior motives want to open a breakthrough from him, one is to pour dirty water on him, and the other is to force him to mess up and expose his flaws. Now Xu Shangshu and other key figures are deeply in the ministry and isolated from each other, only he, a recognized Tianguan cronie in the eyes of others, is still showing up normally, who is not to toss him?

Most of these people who came to visit made mistakes and worried that their official positions would not be secured. Although he was sought after with a sense of vanity, Li You judged very clearly in his heart that he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were watching his every move, so he couldn't see these people, and if he saw it, he couldn't tell clearly, so he would have to trouble his body.

When he was still in a daze, Li You, who was standing at the mouth of the alley, had already been discovered. I don't know whose house slave recognized Li You and shouted, "Lord Li is back!" ”

Don't stay here for long! Li You pulled his legs in a panic and left, the wolf ran and the dolphin suddenly couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and he just looked for the direction and just buried his head forward, but he didn't know where to go.

Of course, finding a place to hide can be hidden for a while, but Li You still has to go to the inner court to work after all, and it is impossible to hide all the time without showing up. As long as you show up, it is not difficult for someone with a heart to find a hiding place. After the place of residence is discovered, I am afraid that people with ulterior motives will hear the news!

If other officials encounter a similar situation, they can naturally roll up their covers and go to live in the yamen, but they can't hide from it. But Li You can't, the palace is locked every night in the palace ban, how can he be allowed to stay overnight for no reason?

With the size of the Beijing Division, Master Li was homeless and had nowhere to live for a while! Fortunately, in order to have a drink with Zhu Vice Lang, Li You was wearing ordinary clothes at this time. It will not let the people of the capital witness the comedy of the Liupin courtiers living on the streets.

In any case, the dirty water has not been completely splashed on his body at the moment, and Li You, a veteran who knows this well, naturally understands that the best strategy at this time is to ignore it without contact. Anyway, the person who presided over Jingcha was not him, and a little bizarre rumors about him couldn't affect the overall situation, as long as there was no actual action, it wouldn't be a problem to endure until the end of Jingcha.

"That's right! The old man can't learn from the stone ginseng of Suzhou Mansion! Chang followed Zhang San's voice to cheer up Li You. At the beginning, Shi Shenzheng collapsed because he couldn't bear the gossip and had to come out.

As soon as the words fell, I heard a leisurely voice behind the two: "It's not a gentleman's job to talk about other people's shortcomings behind their backs." ”

Li You turned his head to take a closer look, and when he almost lost his mind, he saw an old face that was nearly fifty years old and had a good appearance. It's been a long time, and the former guard Su Song Daoshi is involved in politics.

Daming now has 100 million people if there are not two or three hundred million people, the sea of people is vast, and you can meet it just after mentioning it in your mouth, how much fate does this have?

Shocked, Li You subconsciously asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"The old man was favored by the imperial court, and he reinstated himself as a Taixue sacrificial wine, and he just arrived after the New Year."

Li You remembered that he had heard about it at the beginning, but he didn't feel at ease. Facing Shi Dashen, who was upright but had been defeated by him, he was a little uncomfortable and embarrassed. He was accustomed to a natural arch of his hand and said, "Congratulations! Leave! ”

"Wait!" Master Shi stopped Li You: "Last autumn's Guozijian bloody case, I heard that you experienced it?" ”

When Li You heard this, he hurriedly cleared his eyes and said, "It's not an experience, it's just a misunderstanding when I met a few supervisors by chance." ”

Just kidding, the bloody case of Guozijian is bottomless, and it is still like a fog, and only two officials have been dismissed. Li You finally pulled himself out of the quagmire, how could he want to get involved in this matter again. This Lord Shi is too responsible, do you still want to uncover this shady scene?

Shi Lun stroked his beard and said: "When the old man took office, he saw that the morale of the students in the prison was low, and he was impetuous and inexplicably unwilling to learn, and he failed to live up to the country's heart of cultivating talents. The dignified Jingshi, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the Taixue of the country, how can it be accommodated..."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Li You arched his hand again, and left without saying anything, staying away from this person.

"Sir, where are we going?" Zhang San asked.

Li You thought about it again and again, and finally remembered a good place, "Go to the Guide's Horse Mansion to stay for a few days." ”

Lin Yuma is a noble clan and does not belong to the civil official circle, so it is not good for those officials to stalk this unfamiliar Fuma Fula, right? Secondly, the status of the horse is noble, and it is not something that others can unscrupulously disturb, and the shield effect is good.

So Master Li thought about it, it was most appropriate to go to the Horse Mansion to borrow a few days, and Lin Horse should give this face?

It is said that Lin Juma is chatting and laughing with a group of idle Qingke at home. Seeing Li You visiting, it was not strange for him to come to visit, Li You came to "visit" more often. But he suddenly thought that the eldest princess was not in the Horse Mansion at the moment, so he felt strange about Li You's intention.

"This official is homeless, and if he wants to ask for help from the horse master, he will be temporarily contained for a few days." Master Li said very familiarly.

Lin Yuma looked at Li You with mocking eyes, can't you be so shameless? It's just a matter of not caring about returning to Germany Chitose with you, do you still want to have a dove occupy the magpie's nest? Is it bullying him to be brainless to say that he is homeless and making up such a childish lie?

Also, the people in the whole Beijing Division laughed at him for being stingy, misunderstanding that he was reluctant to give away even a servant, so he asked Master Li to write a fake Gu Mulan resignation to break off friendship... I just wanted to refuse coldly, but Lin Juma suddenly remembered the father and daughter of the Cheng family who were guarding the mansion, and changed his mind again.

(To be continued)