The pustules, which had already bulged, were swollen again for no apparent reason. Honghui and Hongsheng closed the tent in time, no matter how patient Qianlong was, he could no longer catch this group of fish that sank to the bottom of the abyss. had to wait for Liu Tongxun to track down the results of Sun Jiagan's fake case. Liu Tongxun thought that there were registrations in and out of the upper study, and it was very easy to check, so he dropped a few big cases at hand and went to the upper study to clean up in person. It's strange that there is no such record text. Prince Zhuang Yunlu has never cared about these details, Hongxiao is busy at both ends of the study and the military aircraft, and he does not take pictures at both ends. Liu Tongxun personally came to the door to ask, and it was all one sentence: "This is the matter of taking over the company, how can you ask us?" When we are princes, we even have to ask about such things one by one? ”

Only then did Liu Tongxun realize that things were not so simple, and the Military Aircraft Department sent someone to urge him and passed on Ortai's words: "This case has been investigated for a month, and Liu Tongxun has done nothing, and it has been reported to the Holy Bow." The Holy God has commanded you to report every ten days, and you must clear your mind. I can't imagine that Liu Tongxun is capable and so incompetent in doing practical things! When Liu Tongxun heard this, he couldn't figure out which was Qianlong's words and which was Ortai's reprimand. I really didn't do it well, so I had to swallow my anger. He simply took out four old officials from each of the four divisions of the Criminal Department, asked for money to be the leader, and he didn't ask about everything, and investigated the case. I was so tired that my hair grew more than an inch long, and I didn't care about shaving, but there was still no clue. After the July Festival, the inner court sent an edict to reprimand on the third day, and Qianlong actually disregarded the situation and demoted Liu Tongxun to two levels to show punishment. Liu Tongxun also ignored it, and took people to the six departments to investigate day and night. It was not until August that he finally checked the military department, but there was still no result.

Liu Tongxun dragged out of the military department with steps that seemed to be filled with lead, and he was just distracted when he looked at the rope craftsman alley where the criminal department was located. Qian Du followed from behind, knowing that he was worried and didn't dare to speak, Liu Tongxun said for a long time: "If sincerity is not there, the golden stone will not be opened...... It seems that I, a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, really want to go to the temple to get a stick of incense and beg for a dream or something. Qian Du also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "No matter who made the pseudo-folding, anyway, the people who went to the study to receive the book and the transcription office can't escape the involvement. Now Prince Zhuang, Prince Yi, and even Ortai have been condemned by the royal critics, and they dare not go back to the study. Besides, no matter what happens in the future, the officials in the study will always be punished......" Liu Tongxun didn't finish listening, and he knew that Qian Du, who was born in this master, had already had the idea of "Li Dai Taozhuang", and he wanted to take the pen and post style in the study, and the officials of Si Wenlang were going to take the cylinder, so he shook his head again and again: "Originally, this case was only in the big officialdom, and if you do it like this, it will shake the world." Do you think those pen posts are easy to mess with? Those are all hard-rooted people. You can touch the master behind them casually, and you can't afford to provoke any of them! This is a desperate method, not to mention that the real offender may not be in it, this pot of raw rice is burned again, how can we eat it?! ”

"That'...... But how can it be good? Qian Du is a shrewd person, and he suddenly knew that he had a bad idea, so he said: "Everything that should be checked has been checked......

The muscles on Liu Tongxun's black and red face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and smiled: "I didn't expect that I, Liu Tongxun, would be so incompetent!" - Let's go, go to Li Youyu's mansion, and take a look at his illness! He seemed to have made up his mind, and walked away. Qian Du had no choice but to follow him, and he didn't call a sedan chair, so he went out of the military department alley and turned north and then to the east, and saw the very conspicuous big locust tree in front of Li Weimen. Several family members were sweeping the fallen leaves under the tree, and when they saw that it was the two of them, they hurriedly threw their brooms and stepped forward to say goodbye. Liu Tongxun asked, "Lord Li is getting better these days?" ”

"Your Excellency came here!" The family replied, "Every autumn, our lord's illness is cured, and our family is afraid of frost. Please come in, our father and wife are taking a walk in the West Flower Hall for a while! ”

Liu Tongxun and Qian Du entered together, passed through the moon cave door on the west side of the main hall room, and saw Li Wei and his wife Cui'er sitting on the stone drum pier in front of the flower hall, pointing and laughing. At this time, it is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the garden is red, thin and green, and the miscellaneous trees in the garden are either crimson, or light yellow, or orange, or blue, and the colors are colorful. The courtyard wall that had been torn down was not repaired, and only a new fence was made of moon thorn roses. The half-collapsed west study has not been restored, and the high frame stands in the autumn sky, showing a history of its prosperity and decline. Liu Tongxun bowed his hand from afar and said, "Gong Yu, congratulations on your recovery." I'm in the mood to come out and walk today! ”

"It's Yanqing who is here, and Qian Du," Cui'er said to Li Wei, seeing that Li Wei was about to get up, she hurriedly pressed his shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's not an outsider, you just sit - Qian Zhuzheng hasn't been to our door for a while!" Qian Du looked up and thought about it, and said with a smile: "It's been a month, but fortunately, I am very busy with our Lord Liu today, and every day is messed up, like a bee sting!" Liu Tongxun hurriedly smiled: "This is true, Qian Du didn't tell a lie." We had just come out of the military headquarters, and we asked the governor to say goodbye to him. ”

Li Wei has not left the East Study since the beginning of summer. This is the first time I have come out to see autumn. He was in good spirits, only a serious illness had not been cured, and his face was unusually pale in the bedroom for a long time. Seeing that Liu Tongxun and Qian Du were still saluting, he smiled and said, "Don't ...... Don't be like that, just sit in one place. He paused, licked his lips and said, "This autumn scene is not bad, but unfortunately I read too little, and I can't talk about it if I want to." ”

"Now I know all the sorrows, and I want to talk about it, but I say that the weather is cool and autumn." Liu Tongxun said with a smile, "Your Excellency is just in this state of mind at this time. You can take care of it with peace of mind. The saint also said about you yesterday, if Li Wei is in power, how can there be any reason why he can't find out the case of forgery? There are many places where the emperor relies on important people! Li Wei sighed: "The emperor treats me like a mountain, I only hate my fate is not good, and my body is not angry." Isn't there a clue to that falsetto twist so far? Liu Tongxun hurriedly said: "Yes." No clues. I dare to assert that it was not written by an official of the Sixth Ministry. Thinking about it back and forth, the princes' mansions have not yet been checked. They know the most about the things in the palace, and the low-ranking officials can't write about it. So let's ask my seniors, how to start this matter? ”

Li Wei didn't say anything, leaned over and pinched a piece of grass and put it in his mouth to chew, Cui'er was surprised when she saw Qian Du, and said with a smile: "Master Qian, don't laugh at him." He is used to begging for food, chewing grass roots whenever he has something on his mind, and he can't change it after counting it many times, and everyone laughs at him. That year, the prime minister of Gao Jiangcun inscribed three words for this matter, saying that this is called 'knowing the taste'. There are a lot of people who learn from him! Li Wei ignored Cui'er's words, and said slowly for a long time: "This case should be handled on a case-by-case basis, but you can't think on a case-by-case basis." This is connected with the court situation, so the master is in a hurry and urges you to turn on your back. You have been tossing around in the six parts for a few months, even if any prince is making trouble behind his back, the evidence will have been completely destroyed long ago. I'm not ruining your interest, don't go to the idea of the princes. Now there is no such stupid prince in the capital, he will fabricate a folded book on the spot, hide it and stuff it into the upper study. But the fold book will not fall from the sky. Since it can't be found in the six parts, it must come from the lower province, and sometimes there are dozens of copies of a fold, and it is not difficult to get some means on this. ”

"I understand what the adults said." Liu Tongxun bowed and said, "I think I'm too ashamed." If you don't get to the bottom of it, it's hard to swallow this breath in your heart, and you can't stand the master. Since the old governor said so, the students will use 600 li to step up the documents tomorrow and send them to the provinces to be reported by the governor. Qian Du smiled and said, "Who is willing to take this responsibility?" I've been with several Futai, but only big things have been turned into small things, and small things have been turned into small things. According to me, I asked the governors of all provinces and the officials who had the right to play directly to make a list of the memoraries that had been reported to the study since last year, and said that they should check it with the booklet on file in the study room. In this way, no one dares to cheat and entertain. As soon as you say that you are checking the forgery, you will first scare the souls of the adults below, and there is evidence, who will give it to you? Li Wei nodded and said, "It's really just this way through." I've been a governor all my life, and that's the way it is. ”

Li Wei said, conspired silently for a while, smiled and said, "You are too stupid about this matter." You feel ashamed, others don't see it that way. Everybody knows the difficulty here. is the master, and his heart is also bright, and the reprimand and punishment are all for people to see, just knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. It is said that this matter is directly related to Sun Jiagan, you can see that he is not in a hurry at all, which means that he already knows the Sacred Heart. What the master wants is your Liu Tongxun's stupidity, and he also wants to see your loyalty. You can rest assured that you will not suffer a loss after all. Liu Tongxun saw Li Wei with a tired look on his face, so he got up and said, "Commander, I didn't make a false come." At this point, my heart is already clear. You're tired, we'll quit and visit another day. ”

"Okay." Li Wei stood up with a smile, swayed his steps to send the two people out, and said as he walked: "I have read the Di newspaper, Xiao Yin has already received the order, and Sun Jiagan is about to set off for the south." If you don't want to see him, you're going to see him, and say hello to me. Qian Du thought as he walked, and said: "I just don't understand, the emperor is 'knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger'?" Who is the Tiger? Why not catch the tiger? Liu Tongxun said: "That's not our business. I don't want to ask either. Just do your duty as a courtier. Li Wei just smiled, but changed the topic: "Qian Du, last time you said you wanted to get married, it was a small family, why didn't you listen to it later?" ”

Qian Du couldn't help blushing, he asked someone to go to Zhang's house several times to propose marriage, and the matchmaker said that it would definitely be done, but after the Dragon Boat Festival in May, Zhang's family moved away, and no one knew where he went. I was embarrassed to say this, so I had to answer vaguely: "I just want to find someone to wait by." Later, I inquired that the family was a butcher, and the reputation in the neighborhood was not good, so it was just that. If you find a good one, you must come and tell your lord. ”

"That's good." Li Wei stopped when he sent the two to the second gate, "It's windy outside, so I won't go out." Watching the two go out, Li Wei went back to the study to rest in peace.

Sun Jiagan was ordered to preside over the Nanfu Township Test, and when he arrived in Nanjing, it was August 18, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival. As soon as I crossed the Yellow River, I felt that the climate of Henan and Zhili was very different, as if I had retreated in Beijing for half a month. He hurried east by way of Kaifeng, because he was in a hurry, and did not take a boat, only brought three or four masters, and provided food and lodging, carriages, horses, and mules from the post stations along the way, and went straight to Nanjing from Anhui. Several masters are his staff members in the mansion for many years, and they are uninhibited. This road is clear and clear, the autumn breeze is pleasant, or the village or spring, or the hill or the river crossing, sometimes walking through the bamboo trees, sometimes lingering in the maple frost-dyed forest path, or chanting poems, or making jokes, but also do not feel the pain of the detainment of the journey. By the time I arrived at a small shop outside Nanjing Stone Town, it was already late. According to Sun Jiagan, at that time, he was about to go to Tongjiang Governor Yin Jishan, but several friends stepped forward to stop him and said: "We walked for a day, and we were dizzy on horseback, and our feet were swollen. This time, I will tell you that Yin Zhongcheng must come to worship. The lord is so kind to us, and we can use it all night today and have a good rest. Ming'er, you personally went to visit the governor's yamen, wouldn't it be polite and thorough? We arrived five days earlier than the decreed date, and we couldn't make a mistake! Sun Jiagan had no choice but to agree.

The people of the inn are accustomed to receiving Beijing officials, at first only as the official of which department, hearing this, only to know that it is the minister of the Qincha, and suddenly into a pot of porridge, sending tea, pouring water, leading horses and drinking mules for a while. He also respectfully invited "Master Sun" to rest in the upper room. A few people had just finished scalding their feet, and dinner was already on the table. As soon as he dropped the dishes and chopsticks, the hot towel was handed over again. The masters have never enjoyed it like this, and they are all comfortably waited for one by one. They were tired, and after a few pleasantries, they went back to their rooms and fell asleep. Sun Jiagan had a child problem, the more tired he was, the more difficult it was to sleep, and he lay on the bed for a while, and was reminded by the chirping of autumn insects outside the window. I couldn't sleep left and right, Sun Jiagan pushed the pillow and got up, ate two mouthfuls of herbal tea by the bedside, and suddenly became poetic, so he chanted and said:

Outside the wall of the abominated green tree, there are even autumn shadow scoundrels. The town is in a hurry to cause people to worry, and it fills up the debts of a river of poetry. Autumn comes and autumn comes, and they are all sad......

When he was thinking about chanting, he heard someone in the room sing:

Leaving the sorrow in the embrace, when the river grass is green, the love is broken, the mountains and clouds are sorrowful, the sorrow of the unforgettable wings, the nine peaks and the three Hunan are together......

"Who?!" Sun Jiagan was taken aback, lifted the cover buckled on the lamp, and when he looked around, he didn't see anyone. Surprised, I heard a slight sound on the beam, and a man in black was suddenly standing in front of Sun Jiagan! Sun Jiagan calmed down in an instant, and when he looked at the man carefully, he saw that he was of medium stature, a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, with thick black eyebrows condensed into two balls, like someone had lit two tadpoles above his eyes. only stared at Sun Jiagan and smiled, but he didn't seem to have any malicious intentions. Sun Jiagan said coldly: "I am Sun Jiagan, a scholar from Shanxi, the official is not small, but he is so poor, I have handled a lot of cases in my life, or which enemy invited you here?" Please take my head. ”

"It's not a secret," the man shook the braid around his neck and said with a smile, "I'm the protector of the Baiyang Sect in Shanxi, my real name is Yao Qin. Because of his high jealousy and high understanding, he misbehaved, so he turned his back and ran away. Fu Heng broke the village, and I survived. Wandering in the rivers and lakes, he had no food and clothing, so he had to be this gentleman. Originally, I just wanted to steal something in exchange for wine, but listening to your husband's clear groan, I couldn't help but itch, and I also groaned a few words. I'm sorry to surprise you. With that, he was leaving. Sun Jiagan grabbed it and said, "I listened to your words, they are not mortal tones. I have a self-written poem, so I will ask for advice. So saying, he turned over his horse, took out a booklet from it, and handed it to the man. Mo Junzi smiled: "People in the world call you bold as a fight, if this is the case, you are really a bold person!" He took the notebook and sat under the lamp and read it carefully. After a long time, he returned the poetry collection to Sun Jiagan and said: "Your poems have the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the late Tang Dynasty has fallen in the late Tang Dynasty on "Spring and Law" 'Apricot Blossoms Cold Food Ends in the Morning Rain, Yangliu People Are Windy'. He pointed to the "Song of Hatred of the Title" and said with a smile, "You see-'If no one notices to the whisper, but is known by the Taoist priest of Hongdu?'" This sentence is frivolous. Just like Li Yishan's 'King Xue Shen is drunk and the king is awake', it can't be said that he is not scathing and fresh, but as a poet, he has lost the way of loyalty. ”

Sun Jiagan chuckled and said, "Mo Junzi is a bandit first and then a thief, and here he is talking to Sun about his 'loyalty' way!" Fang Cai is on poetry, which has been seen. Is there a good work, please give me a song? Mo Junzi sighed: "The thieves and the official family are only separated by a wall, so there is the saying that the prince of the successful is the loser and the thief, for example, you Sun Xigong, when you walk three hundred miles to kill people on Chinese New Year's Eve, do you follow the king's law, or the heavenly reason?" Do you think that the thieves you speak of are all gone? Wang Yangming's so-called thief is easy to break the mountain, and it is difficult to break the thief in the heart. But only teach Chu to save three households, and the death of Qin will be Chu. You are also a reader, so you naturally understand this truth. I have broken eggs from the nest, and the old work has long been burned out. Then he clapped his hands and sang:

Guan Hesuo leads the way to a slim place, and the new battlefield is empty.

Relying on the gentleman Mo to give Gao Xuan a pass, but to prevent the pearl from losing his tips!

Sun Jiagan was extremely surprised in his heart, touched his sleeve, there was only five taels of silver, took it out and put it on the table, and sighed: "It is the fault of our courtiers to fall into the dust with such people. You have no merit, and I can't grant you fame. With your talents, you can learn your skills, wash your hands in the rivers and lakes, wash your heart and serve the dynasty, and you can be on top of the clouds. This little bit...... I told you that I was a poor officer, and I couldn't help you. Take it for a while, and don't let yourself fall into depravity. ”

"Jackie Chan mentioned one of my seniors earlier." Mo Junzi calmly took the silver, "There have been persuasions like yours." The predecessors said, 'The road is not good, and the chariot floats in the sea, and the troubles of people stand in the court', I have accepted the silver, and these good words of yours should teach your children and nephews to go. ”

Sun Jiagan was silent for a moment, and Mo Junzi did not speak. The two are of different ages and have different personalities, but they both have an indescribable sense of confidant, but they both know that they are enemies. Sun Jiagan said after a long time: "The court lord Ming Chenxian is advocating the way of sanctification, why are you suffering?" If you don't want to be an official, it's also a noble ambition, why should you blindly do trouble for bandits? Mo Junzi smiled and said: "It has been a hundred years since the wind blew, and 'number' is determined by creation, and it is difficult for me to say whether it is right or wrong." But with one breath, I will do my own way. When I just talked about 'Heavenly Principles', I have decided to establish the Heavenly Principles Sect in the world. Thirty years later, this 'Great Qing Dynasty' was subverted. Maybe you can see it. He spoke in a very weak voice, and Sun Jiagan felt mad:

"I won't live for thirty years. You're calling it a fool of oneself. Of the people I've seen, you're not very talented. ”

"Maybe. But your children and grandchildren will be able to see the Tenrikyo flourish. ”

"My children and grandchildren will kill you."

"Not necessarily. But they can see it. ”

"They'll kill you, or I'll not see them!"

"It's still the same sentence, they don't have your ambition, and they can't break the thief in their hearts. Wildfire, spring breeze. ”

After Mr. Mo finished speaking, he clasped his hands and said, "I should go." Chincha-sama. Sun Jiagan smiled bitterly and clasped his fists, and said, "That little bit of silver, don't use it on your teaching affairs." "Of course!" The ink gentleman's figure flickered, as fast as when he came, and suddenly disappeared outside the door.

"It's easy to break the mountain, but it's hard to break the heart...... The three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman can't win the ambition......" Sun Jiagan wandered alone under the lonely lamp like a nightmare, muttering. I heard the rooster crowing three times in the distance, but I still didn't feel sleepy. personally dialed the lamp and added oil to the desk, and wrote what Qianlong said last time he saw him as "Three Advices and One Drawback", thinking about it back and forth, or turning to the article of "entering the gentleman and retreating from the villain", without this article, it is difficult to achieve long-term peace and stability. At the end it is written:

…… From this point of view, the opportunity to control chaos is turned to the advance and retreat of gentlemen and villains; The opportunity to advance and retreat is held in the heart of the master; If you can know what is wrong, you will respect yourself unexpectedly, and if you don't see it, you will be unexpectedly arrogant. The foundation of the gentleman's rule is also, and the order of the villain's mediation is also ...... I only hope that my emperor will always abide by this heart and dare not be self-right, and the royal road of Tiande is nothing more than this!

After writing, I prepared another note about the encounter with the giant thief Mo Junzi tonight, and wrote down the seal in detail. Outside the courtyard, it was already bright, the kitchen was cooking, the horses and mules in the backyard were neighing, and the water porter was walking slowly back and forth in the courtyard with a flat pole. Sun Jiagan simply washed his face, blew out the lamp, sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.