Ling Tiancheng looked at her eyes that lit up with excitement, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

How could it be possible to pick them up? At most, it's not the county order of Song'an County, and these people are obviously related to the people behind the scenes, and if they come, they will only treat them to death, and there will be no response at all.

The outside door was opened, and someone came in, and the sound of footsteps in the room where they had been stayed, was very loud, indicating that there were many people coming.

Zhuang Siyan was about to move forward, but was stopped by Ling Tiancheng first: "Wait a minute......"

Zhuang Siyan looked back at him, just like that, she had already seen the danger in Ling Tiancheng's eyes.

Her feet, which were about to go out, suddenly stopped.

Yes, even if there are officials here, they must not be here to rescue them, it is likely that someone like Tian Hai came to negotiate with them.

At this moment, the mystery in Zhuang Siyan's heart is getting bigger and bigger.

Obviously, in the entire Song'an County, whether it is an official or a bandit, it is all for one person, and these people are actually very good.

Take Tian Hai as an example, in his heart, if he doesn't do bad things, but does something seriously, he must be a very capable person.

Not to mention the county order of Songan County.

But why are these people willing to serve that person?

The questions raced through her mind, and someone had turned the curtain of the narrow door into their sight.

Sure enough, he was wearing the official uniform of the Dasheng Dynasty and a hat on his head.

The moment he saw Ling Tiancheng, he was still dressed and kowtowed.

It's just that before Ling Tiancheng could call him up, he stood up by himself, and then asked as if he was a little surprised, "Your Majesty, why are you here?" ”

These words are the same as Tian Hai, not like what a courtier said to the emperor.

Zhuang Siyan remembered inappropriately, it seems that not long ago, during the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in August, she inadvertently went to the Zichen Palace, and saw the Xiguan area sent into the palace to ask for an excerpt.

In fact, there is one copy from Song'an County, and the county order is named Ouyang Huai.

At that time, she was still very amazed, because the excerpt of this county order was written quite horizontally, and it was more than ordinary adults who could attach to the horse, but it was not annoying.

This kind of excerpt requires skill, not everyone can do it, and his handwriting is also very good.

Zhuang Siyan himself used to practice calligraphy, and after arriving in the Dasheng Dynasty, he often read books, and when he was idle in the palace, he would also practice calligraphy.

But her words, at most, are passable, not ugly, compared to Ouyang Huai, that is far worse.

So it's kind of impressive.

So she still had a good impression of this person at the time, at least he had some specialty, and he wasn't a mixed official to eat rice.

But now that I have seen the real person, I know that his specialty is just writing excerpts, he is simply too special.

Ouyang Huai bowed slightly, there was no humility in his words, but he could hear the purpose of his coming.

"Your Majesty, this is a poor and remote place, and it is really not suitable for you to come, how about the lower officials arrange carriages and horses to send you away?"

Ling Tiancheng looked at him coldly, and let him finish his words, before he slowly answered: "What if I don't want to go?" ”

Ouyang Huai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "Why don't you want to leave?" The palace has fine clothes and food, everything is better than here, even if the lower officials and the entire people of the northwest want to keep you here, you will not stay. ”

He went to Ling

Tiancheng glanced there, and said in a changed tone: "Besides, even if you don't want to leave, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee will not be willing, is it possible to build the capital of our Dasheng Dynasty into this small county of Song'an?" ”

It's a peaceful statement, but it's full of threats.

Even Zhuang Siyan heard it, if they didn't listen to him and went out from here, then Ouyang Huai would probably send a letter back to the capital, saying that the emperor was detained by them here, and the capital would definitely be in chaos at that time.

Don't say anything else, but Ling Tiantian is extremely dangerous.

He is a few years old, alone in the palace, there are many people around him who can use it, but there are few credible people.

If Ling Tiancheng and the two of them were safe, others would naturally not dare to touch him, but if something really happened to them, someone with a different intention to seek a position would kill him in a moment.

Even if there is no one to take the position now, then he is a little child who is put in the right position, and he will be controlled by others in the future, and he will not have a good life.

In the past, Zhuang Siyan never considered these issues.

Because every time she left the palace, Ling Tiancheng still stayed there, and there was no problem for her to go out and do something carefree, or just to play.

After going back, her son is still her son, and the emperor is still her husband.

Now that the backing is gone, Ling Tiancheng came out with her, that palace, that one that belongs to their house now is unguarded, and things have become extremely dangerous.

Ling Tiancheng held her hand tightly, the warmth of his palm, because this grip also passed to Zhuang Siyan's hand in time, and then from his hand to his heart.

So little warmth, at this moment, made her feel a lot more at ease.

She looked up at Ling Tiancheng, but he didn't look at her, just stared at Ouyang Huai.

"Are you not afraid to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes?"

Ouyang Huai hurriedly shook his head: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood, the minister is just a minor official......"

He pinched his little thumb with his hand, and showed it to Ling Tiancheng, and there was more indignation in his tone than just now: "The minister is just a petty official, how can he coerce the Son of Heaven, the minister just wants the northwest to be too bitter, and it is really not suitable for the emperor to be here, so he wants to send you back." ”

Ling Tiancheng was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone was not as cold as it had been at the beginning.

His eyes were still looking at Ouyang Huai, but his voice seemed to float from far away, with memories exclusive to that era, knocking on the memories of everyone present.

"Jinglong for six years, Qiuke Jinshi, eight years of champion, in Beijing Panhuan for a year, exhausted, but did not get a good errand. In the ninth year of Jinglong, he was recruited to the Third Princess's Mansion, and since then he has disappeared, and no one asks. ”

Ling Tiancheng's eyes narrowed: "After Princess Suning died, you went to Beijing again to take the exam, you were already thirty years old at that time, and you were in the top three again, but you only received a nine-rank official position, and you were sent far away to the northwest." ”

Ling Tiancheng said: "Ouyang Huai, I know that you are an ambitious person, you have taken many scientific examinations, and your results have been among the best every time, but the imperial court has not given you a satisfactory answer, think about it, you are also angry in your heart, right?" ”

There was a moment of silence in the room.

It was so quiet that he could hear Ouyang Huai's breathing, I don't know if it was too close, or if he was wheezing a little quickly and heavily.

Also, the wind outside the window.

The wind exclusive to the northwest is unusually cold, and even if it is the door and window of the next station, a little bit of it will come in through the cracks, and it will also make people shiver.

is like a person's resentment, after many years, through time and space, and came out of a crack, just showing a head, making those who come into contact with him chill.

Ling Tiancheng and Ouyang Huai confronted each other, and the two of them were no one for a while

He didn't speak again, as if he was shocked by Ling Tiancheng's words.

I don't know how long it took, Zhuang Siyan felt that his feet were numb, and only then did he hear Ouyang Huai smile slightly, and his eyelids raised again.

"The emperor remembers it clearly, but now I am in my forties, and I am still in this remote and small place, doing the county order of the nine grades."

He smiled even wider, the corners of his mouth pulled back a little.

I have to say that when Ouyang Huai was young, he must have been a handsome guy, why couldn't such a good-looking and talented young man be reused at that time?

Zhuang Siyan knew that Ling Tiancheng's father was relatively mediocre, and the evaluation and appointment of officials at that time were basically controlled by a few ministers.

All the fat shortages, or not at all, can be called fat shortages, as long as they are official positions in the capital, they can arrange their own people into it.

And Ouyang Huai probably has no background, and at that time, he shouldn't want to look at people's faces, or do some hypocritical things.

He was originally talented, but after many hardships, he was finally placed in a small place, and after doing it for so many years, in addition to the wind and sand, there were also the miserable people in the city, and he probably couldn't see any other colors in his eyes.

Zhuang Siyan didn't know whether to feel sorry for him or hate him.

It stands to reason that he is not wrong, but what is wrong is that era, he was not reused, and he was bullied.

But no matter how bad the times are, he can't return them with the bad.

Besides, the old emperor of the Ling family has long since died, the throne is different, and the dynasty has changed, and now it is no longer the scene at that time.

Ouyang Huai stood for a long time.

Then he slowly straightened up, straightened his back, and looked directly at Ling Tiancheng: "I really didn't expect that someone would remember it after such a long time." ”

Ling Tiancheng: "I don't remember, it's just that in the past few years, I have often turned over the past examination papers, and for some talented people, there are also things about re-recruiting back to the imperial court for reuse." ”

Ouyang Huai said: "I have heard that the people the emperor wants to recruit are also clean people from the past, like me......"

"There's nothing wrong with you, there were many people who did things against their hearts in order to survive in those days, I can understand this, but why are you now?"

As soon as Ling Tiancheng said this, Ouyang Huai looked at him directly and laughed.

He laughed for a long time, and the laughter was so bad that he finally laughed out of his own tears.

A forty-year-old man, like this, is really impossible to look at, and himself, after laughing, suddenly showed a cold light in his eyes: "Your Majesty, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk, do you really think that everyone will put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot?" ”

This was obviously not for Ling Tiancheng, he didn't wait for Ling Tiancheng to answer, and immediately said, "Not to mention whether someone is willing to let go of the sword, even if they let go, can they really become a Buddha?" What he experienced really didn't leave a trace in his heart? Those ......, those people he killed, really as if they had never been? ”

Ouyang Huai shook his head: "Many things, once they happen, they can't go back." I am, and so do you. ”

He took a step back: "After chatting for so long, the time is almost up, are you still unwilling to come with me?" ”

At the same time as he spoke, Zhuang Siyan saw Tian Hai, who was knocked unconscious by them, who had already woken up at some point, and was standing not far from Ling Tiancheng.

The two of them have now left those frosts, standing in this house, in the middle of the front and back separation, being added by Tian Hai and Ouyang Huai, and they don't even have the opportunity to show their hands and feet.

(End of chapter)