"What did I say before?" On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Chang Jinglin carried moon cakes and went to visit Jiang Wenbin.

After seeing his friend with a sad face, Xie Changjing said: "You are a little master, even if you have the heart to plan for the northern realm, there is only a limit to what you can do. The military department is deep, and Zhou Shangshu is very sophisticated, even if you work very hard to call for the affairs of the north, how many people listen carefully in your ears. ”

"So Chang Jing," Jiang Wenbin raised his head and looked at Xie Changjing with a serious face: "Have you listened to my words in your ears?"

"You are my friend, I naturally listened carefully to your words," Xie Changjing nodded: "But Wen Bin, I am a speech official, what is the use of hearing it."

"Useful." Jiang Wenbin looked at Xie Changjing with an eager expression: "If you hear it, Xie Xiang hears it." There is a sentence I want to ask you, you give me a real answer. ”

"You say." Xie Changjing nodded: "I know everything that can be answered." If I can't answer, I won't say anything at most, but I won't lie to you. ”

"Xie Xiang...... Your father," Jiang Wenbin hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Although I am good friends with you, you have known it for more than ten years, and I have only had a relationship with you in the entire Xie Mansion." Chang Jing, I won't hide it from you, I actually have some ideas about selling my reputation, and I always felt that I was high, better than you who rely on the power of your family. ”

"That's true." Xie Changjing smiled and nodded: "You Jiang Wenbin is talented, and he is indeed much stronger than me, and I am convinced in this regard." It's just that everyone has their own strengths, you are a person, it's not wrong to be high, but you also have some problems with arrogance, and you are also a little stubborn, and you are not tactful enough, friends for so many years, can I still not understand you? I said earlier that you will suffer sooner or later, but you don't believe me. ”

"You're right." Listening to Xie Changjing's words, Jiang Wenbin not only didn't get angry, but nodded and smiled: "You are for my good, I know, and now I also have a long memory." I have been associated with you for many years, and for the sake of my unknowing pride, I have always avoided dealing with the rest of your family, especially your father. Before, I was quite proud, and I felt that I had a bit of a backbone that would never break my eyebrows and bend my waist to the powerful, but now it seems that I am indeed stupid and strong. ”

"Jiang Wenbin, Jiang Wenbin," Xie Changjing shook his head with a smile: "You scold yourself, you are more ruthless than scolding me."

"I was stupid and short-sighted before," Jiang Wenbin put on a serious face and asked in a cautious tone, "But now I want to ask, what kind of person Xie Xiang is, and what does he value?"

"Your Jiang clan is also a big clan in the south of the Yangtze River," Xie Changjing looked at Jiang Wenbin with a smile: "Although no one has been an official in the court for these generations, there are some things that you don't need to say explicitly, you can understand them."

"Nature." Jiang Wenbin was silent for a moment before he said softly: "But although I am only a six-rank official, and I don't see many things thoroughly, I don't like Prime Minister Lin Xiang very much." Stealing power for profit, stubborn and self-serving, and taking authority very seriously. ”

"I won't say anything about it," Xie Changjing replied lightly: "My father is a person who takes his reputation very seriously, and there are some things that Lin Xiang can do, and he really can't do it." Because he can't pull down that face. ”

"Chang Jing," Jiang Wenbin stared at Xie Changjing's eyes for a long time before asking, "I can believe you, right?"

"It's not good for me to pat my chest and promise." Xie Changjing also shook his head cautiously: "The court is treacherous, one thing, one thing. Although I know what kind of person my father is, as a person in the situation, the situation is compelled to follow the trend, who knows what he will choose when things come. ”

After hearing Xie Changjing's words, Jiang Wenbin didn't ask anything anymore, he lowered his head and clasped his fingers lightly, as if he was thinking carefully. Xie Changjing was actually slightly puzzled.

It stands to reason that the last time the two met in Nanshi, they had already promised each other, Jiang Wenbin had promised to attach to the Xie family, and Xie Changjing had promised to help him find a shortage of more than five grades in the household department or the military department, what Jiang Wenbin was thinking about this time, Xie Changjing was actually a little uncertain.

But Jiang Wenbin lowered his head and didn't speak, Xie Changjing asked twice and he didn't say anything, so he had to give up, so he could only sit aside and drink tea and wait. As a result, Xie Changjing drank two pots of tea, but Jiang Wenbin still didn't move.

"Wen Bin......" Xie Changjing finally couldn't hold back and opened his mouth again: "If you have something to say, you won't ...... it"

Xie Changjing didn't say a word, but was intercepted by Jiang Wenbin's next action. He saw that Jiang Wenbin, who was sitting opposite the tea table, still didn't say a word, lowered his head and took out two thick envelopes from his arms and handed them to him directly.

Xie Changjing opened the envelope in confusion, and took out two stacks of thick paper full of dense fly-headed letters, long and neatly folded, like two sparse regulations.

Xie Changjing finished reading the first letter at a glance, raised his head in shock, and glanced at Jiang Wenbin, who was still silent with his head down.

He threw away the first note, and hurriedly grabbed the second letter on the table, only read the first few words, and stood up directly from the chair in shock: "Wen Bin, you ...... This...... This...... This ......"

"Hmm!" Jiang Wenbin raised his head and glanced at Xie Changjing with a very calm expression: "It's all handed over to you." You go back and discuss it with Xie Xiang and give me a reply. I have promised you, and I have to consider your Xie family's position first. Whether to hand over one of these two copies or both, Xie Xiang decides. ”

"You don't want to die!" Xie Changjing threw the two letters in front of Jiang Wenbin with a snap, and seemed to be so angry that he couldn't speak clearly: "I said that you are stubborn, why can't you change it?" Do you want to take your life to make yourself a direct minister? Don't get confused! Li Xiang and Zhou Shangshu, can you be the head of the six-grade military department who can pull it? Even if you don't want to die, think about your sister-in-law and the children at home!"

"Don't worry about this first," Jiang Wenbin still looked calm: "The emperor is not a faint king, as long as I can present these two notes, I will not be able to die easily." You better go back and discuss with Xie Xiang first, if Zhou Shangshu falls, who will be the right person to take this shortage. Don't fall into the wrong hands. ”

"Confused!" Xie Changjing circled around the house, looking very eager to smash the tea bowl and lose his temper: "What if the emperor sees your play?" Even if the emperor immediately detains Zhou Shangshu, it will not be a matter of a day or two for the imperial history platform to be clear. During this period, Li Xiang can send you in as long as he finds an excuse casually. Isn't it easy to give you a mere six-grade principal charge? You go in, Zhou Shangshu will sue you for false accusations again, it's hard to say if he has anything to say, you will definitely not be able to get out. ”