Hong Jixun's strange plan to "lure the snake out of the hole", whether it can be done or not, Deng She hesitated.

This is not a trivial matter, and if it is done, it will certainly be just around the corner to pacify the Northland; But if it doesn't work, the country that has been fought in a bloody battle for several years will inevitably be destroyed. This is no longer a question of whether it is a "strange plan" or not, but a question of "national fortune".

How can such a big thing be decided in just a few words? Deng She thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't make a decision, and said slowly: "This matter is not trivial, and it cannot be decided in one word. Well, sir, wait a few days, and let me think about it. ......, by the way, send a letter to Lao Yao and see what he said. ”

Deng She's two capable ministers, two major strategists in Haidong: one Hong Jixun and one Yao Haogu.

Hong Jixun is young, energetic, sharp, and vigorous; And Yao Haogu is old, and he is old. It is a matter of "national fortune", not only to Hong Jixun, but also to listen to Yao Haogu's opinions.

Hong Jixun has always had a bad temper with Yao Haogu, and after listening to Deng She's words at this time, he was slightly dissatisfied, but he also knew Yao Haogu's status in Deng She's heart, and understood that it was impossible for Deng She not to ask Yao Haogu's opinion, so he held back his dissatisfaction at the moment and said: "Yao Pingzhang is old and seeks the country, and the lord should ask his opinion." However, there is one thing that please be cautious about. ”

"What?"

"If the king is not secret, he will lose the country, and if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body. Don't let the fourth person know until you've made up your mind. ”

"I don't need my husband's advice, I know it in my heart."

The two of them discussed in the study, and the guards and attendants in the corridor and courtyard outside stood far away, very quiet. At this moment, I heard a sound of footsteps coming from far and near, coming outside the door. The two stopped talking and looked at the door together. I heard a report outside the door: "The minister Ma Debao asks to see the prince." ”

Ma Debao, the envoy of Yanwangfu. What is he doing on this hot day?

Hong Jixun looked at Deng She suspiciously, Deng She patted his head and said with a smile: "I almost forgot!" Before Mr. came, I sent a few people to the Yidu Mansion to see how Wu Henian dealt with the two officials who violated discipline. Thinking about it, this Ma Debao must have come back to his life. Raising his voice slightly, he said to the door, "Come in." ”

Ma Debao pushed open the door, came inside, and bowed. got up, saw Hong Jixun, hurriedly saluted again, and said, "Lord Youcheng is also here." ......, my lord, didn't the minister disturb your conversation? ”

"People are here, what do you say to disturb or not? Hypocrisy! ”

Somehow, after "Ma Debao's demotion and reinstatement" and so on, now Deng She wants to make a few jokes and flirt with him when he sees him.

Ma Debao smiled and said, "Yes, yes." The minister is talking nonsense, the minister is hypocritical. However, hypocrisy is certainly not good, you can see it, but how can it be better than the villain. ”

"You're a real villain! Die to shame! Are you embarrassed to say that hypocrisy is better than villain? ”

"Yes, yes. The minister is a real villain, you can see that although the real villain is not good, how can he be better than a hypocrite. ”

"......, are you arguing with me?"

"How dare the minister, how dare the minister!"

"Come on, tell me what you came here for."

"The minister's life is here."

"Oh?"

"On the order of the prince, the minister just went to the Yidu Mansion. When I went, it was just in time for Wu Henian to deal with the two officials who violated discipline. ”

"What did he do?"

"Those two officials, one is a member of the left and right divisions, and the other is a member of the Privy Council. Wu Henian didn't care about the left and right divisions, nor the Privy Council, he was the head of the local government, so he didn't dare to punish himself. ”

"'Don't dare to punish yourself.'" Released people? ”

"Not really. After asking the facts, he detained the two officials in the yamen and ordered someone to invite their separate officials. Please ask his superiors to dispose of it. ”

"Hey, hey. This guy is slippery and doesn't leave his hands. ”

Fang Buzhen was ordered to patrol the streets, representing Deng She. If Wu Henian let these two officials go, it would be tantamount to not giving Deng She face, and it would definitely attract Deng She's thunderous anger.

But if he doesn't let go, he will offend people, what should he do? Under the pretext of "not being under the control of the local government", the bosses of the offenders were invited and asked to deal with them themselves. Reasonably, no one can find fault. Pleasing both, the best of both worlds. The words "slip without leaving your hands" are very apt to evaluate.

Ma Debao snorted and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Ah, the minister suddenly remembered something, so he laughed."

"What's so ridiculous?"

"But it was Fang Caichen who saw Wu Henian and heard him tell him an interesting story."

"What's the matter?"

"Last night, Zhao Zhong invited Jing Hui and Dao Yan to a banquet at the Buddhist and Taoist Yamen, and invited some officials to be present. Wu Henian is also among them. ”

Zhao Zhong invited Dao Yan and Jing Hui to a banquet, and Deng She knew about it. It is a guest from afar, especially Jinghui's famous teacher and apprentice, and the outstanding man of Daoyan's generation, so he can't help but entertain him. He nodded, waiting for Ma Debao to continue.

Ma Debao continued: "At the banquet, a ridiculous thing happened. Lord, you know, the monk Daoyan has a strange appearance, and after Wu Henian saw it, he was greatly surprised, and praised him again and again, saying that he was 'a strange appearance, a big husband'. ”

"Dao Yan is indeed surprisingly good-looking, what's so ridiculous about this?"

"There is nothing ridiculous about this, but the funny thing is that Monk Daoyan also came with a sentence, and the same words were taken to praise Wu Henian."

Deng She was slightly stunned, and the appearance of Wu Henian suddenly appeared in front of him, Wu Henian looked very ugly, with white sideburns and black face, long neck and high throat. Monk Daoyan said the same thing about him, "Strange appearance, big husband", the meaning of praise is minimal, and nine times out of ten it implies irony. It's funny indeed.

Ma Debao followed up with another sentence: "Monk Daoyan also said: 'Lord Wu is really like his name, and his appearance is like his words'." ”

Wu Crane year, the name of the crane year, the word turtle age. What does it mean to be "like its name, look like its words"? Isn't this saying that Wu He is older like a crane and a turtle? When you think about it, it's quite similar. Wu Henian has a long neck, and the crane's neck is also long; Wu Henian's face is black, and the turtle's shell is not white.

Deng She and Hong Jixun glanced at each other, and they couldn't help laughing.

Hong Jixun was drinking tea, a mouthful of water almost squirted out, almost "rude in front of the king", barely swallowed, coughed again and again, choked and reddened, pointed at Ma Debao and said: "Old horse, old horse!" ”

Ma Debao said: "Do you also think it's funny for the prince and Youcheng? In the palace, when Wu Henian talked about this matter with his ministers, his face was full of anger and he scolded endlessly. ”

Deng She waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay." Don't play tricks on Lao Tzu here. ! Ma Debao saluted and went down with a grin.

After he left, Hong Jixun settled down, easily stopped coughing, and said with a smile: "The lord said that Wu Henian slipped and didn't leave his hands, but the ministers looked at it, Ma Debao's guy really didn't leave his hands." ......, I don't know how much silver Wu Henian gave this guy, and he came here to help Wu Henian say good things to the lord! ”

Deng She and Hong Jixun laughed, but how could they not know that the interesting story that Ma Debao said was not 100% true, and it was definitely his fabrication.

Monk Daoyan, who Deng She has seen with his own eyes, is smart and steady, how can he say such an insulting joke to a person he meets for the first time, and "this person is still an important minister of Haidong"?

Needless to say, Wu Henian must have been afraid that Deng She would not be satisfied with his treatment of the two officials who violated discipline, so he specially begged Ma Debao to help say something good. This "good word" really works, laughing and having fun, Deng She's dissatisfaction with Wu Henian's slippery indulgence has long since disappeared.

After laughing for a while, Deng She served tea with his own hands, poured a bowl of cold soup, handed it to Hong Jixun, and said: "Just now, I only cared about discussing state affairs and military aircraft with Mr., but I didn't pay attention to it, and Mr. was sweating again. Let's drink this bowl of cold soup, let's go for a walk? Listening to the wind outside the window, it must be cool in the bamboo forest. ”

Hong Jixun took it, but he didn't drink it first, but filled a bowl for Deng She, handed it to him too, and said with a smile: "Why not, the lord?" ”

But it was not only Hong Jixun, but Deng She also didn't feel that he was sweating early. They were fascinated by the discussion of "luring the snake out of the hole", but no one paid attention to it just now.

The two smiled at each other, raised the bowl, touched it emptyly, and drank it all.

Out of the study, someone led the way and turned to the bamboo forest behind the window. The stream in the forest is murmuring. The cool breeze is blowing on the face, the water is full of air, and it is really refreshing. He also asked someone to bring a soft chair and sit under the forest by the stream. The two attendants brought a large pot of various fruits, all soaked in well water, and tasted cold and crispy.

With the stuffy room, there are two worlds in a trance.

The breeze blows the placket. Hong Jixun closed the folding fan, untied his belt, sat down quietly leaning on the bamboo, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "The bamboo forest is elegant, and the stream is quiet. Sitting in the wind, the heart is relaxed. There is no silk and bamboo, and there is no case. If it can be fifty years now, fluttering like a legacy and independent, as if feathering and ascending to the immortal, it is not too fast! Or go up the river and strayed into the peach source. Walking to the poor place of water, sitting and watching the clouds rise, it is also a great joy in life! It's a pity that in troubled times, you can't settle down! Fortunately, yes? ”

"People live for a lifetime, and the grass and trees are autumn. The eldest husband was born in the world, he can't make meritorious contributions, and he wastes time, won't he waste seven feet in vain, and he will be ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors! ......, Mr. said that in troubled times, he could not live in peace, and asked if he was lucky or unlucky? In my opinion, this is both unfortunate and fortunate! The people of the world, because of the war and chaos, this is unfortunate! Mr. is highly talented, so he has to be famous and famous all over the world, which is fortunate! ……，

"Although Su Zi asks for immortal words, in the final analysis, it is because of 'mourning the moments of my life and envying the infinity of the Yangtze River'. Time flies like a white horse, and I can't catch up. Mr. Ben is a hero, a contemporary celebrity, worried about the world, and has the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers. At this moment, why did you suddenly feel melancholy? ”

Although Hong Jixun is enterprising, he is a literati and a scholar after all. Scholars have always used "Confucianism" when they enter the WTO and "Taoism" when they are born, and they not only have the Confucian ambition of "self-cultivation and Qi family to govern the country and level the world", but also will be more or less influenced by some Taoist "quiet and inaction".

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless. In the hot and busy season, Hong Jixun suddenly enjoyed this leisure moment, and some sighs of "stealing half a day of leisure" are also reasonable. Not only him, but even Deng She, doesn't he often have the feeling of "flowers are not red for a hundred days, and people are not good for a thousand days"?

It's just that for Hong Jixun, there are too few natural emotional outflows like now.

After listening to Deng She's "criticism" and "encouragement", he smiled to himself and said, "What the lord said is true. The minister couldn't help himself for a while, but he was a little 'moaning without illness'! ”

……

Both of them are very busy, and they can't steal long for "half a day".

After chatting for a while, Hong Jixun got up to say goodbye, and Deng She personally sent him to the door. Seeing him go away, he turned back to the study, did it himself, laid paper and polished ink, wrote down the strategy of "leading the snake out of the hole" in detail, sealed it, summoned his entourage, ordered it to be handed over to the General Administration Department, and sent a capable man to Yao Haogu to see it on the same day.

He's busy here, and he doesn't talk about it.

There are two flowers, each with a branch, but it is said that Jinghui and Daoyan are two great monks.

……

With Deng She's other eyes and Zhao Zhong's diligent care, the two great monks have been living comfortably for a few days in a row. But the two of them came to Yidu, but they didn't come for "comfort".

Originally, Zhao Zhong planned to invite the two of them out of the city in the afternoon, go to the mountains nearby, visit the monks in the ancient temple, and travel to the mountains and play in the water along the way. Monk Jinghui resigned with "physical discomfort", and after the meal, he invited Daoyan to the name of "chanting Buddha", and the two discussed secretly in the room.