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There was an old man standing outside the door, with a half-white beard and strong spirits, and his face was no more than forty. He was smiling, and his goatee was curled, a little funny and a little festive.

But no one who knew his identity dared to despise this seemingly harmless old man.

Fu Yan, the prime minister of the country, the powerful arm of the emperor in the early years, the people who the ancestors and the princes tried hard to win over but couldn't, even Mo Chen had thoughts.

Seeing Mo Chen personally open the door to greet him, the smile on Fu Yan's face became even brighter, and he waved his hand: "Eh~ Today is outside the palace, the old man is a bad old man, he doesn't talk about business, he doesn't talk about business." ”

Mo Chen's face remained unchanged, and he changed his words with kindness: "The student has seen Mr. Fu, Mr. Fu, please." ”

Fu Yan laughed and followed Mo Chen into the room.

Zuo gradually got up and saluted him: "Student Zuo gradually has seen Mr. Fu. ”

Fu Yan paused, looked at him carefully, stroked his beard and sighed: "Zuo Zhangheng has a good son, the old man is envious, do you have words?" ”

Zuo gradually said respectfully: "The student's words are right, and my father gave it." ”

Fu Yan sat down at the table and stretched out his hand to the two: "Sit down and say." ”

And then he said, "The right way? Good words, worthy of being a great Confucian in the world, your father has high expectations for you. ”

A blank look appeared on the left fading face, and the right way is high expectations?

He glanced at Mo Chen, not knowing what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd of the right minister.

Fu Yan didn't seem to see the communication between the two at all, so he picked up a teacup and poured tea: "Come on, sit down and talk, don't see each other like this, the old man doesn't like those empty tricks." ”

Mo Chen and Zuo gradually sat down, and Gu Seventeen and Gu Fourteen retreated with great vigour and stood at the door.

Mo Chen looked at Fu Yan, who was drinking by himself, and said tentatively: "Mr. Fu is here today, but what's the matter?" ”

Fu Yan's beard was curled, and he pointed at Zuo gradually with a smile on his face: "What?" Can't come and walk around if you have nothing to do? It's good that the old man and his father are also old acquaintances, and they have assisted your father for many years, so they can barely be regarded as half an elder for you, right? ”

Zuo Yan's eyes flickered.

Is he an old acquaintance with his father? This is unusual, one is the Taifu of Dakang, and the other is the right minister of the country, how did the two get acquainted?

Zuo gradually thought that he had done his homework on Fu Yan, but he had not heard the news at all. Back then, he and Mo Chen thought about wooing this person, but they touched the nail a few times without being soft or hard, and then had to give up.

"Oh? It's the first time I've heard of it. Mo Chen said quietly, "The country and Kang Guo are far away, when did Mr. Fu get acquainted with his teacher?" ”

"The kid is not honest, and he wants to trick the old man." Fu Yan waved his hand at Mo Chen mysteriously, "After years of old things, don't mention it." Aren't you curious about the old man's intentions? ”

Mo Chen arched his hand: "Please also ask Mr. Fu to solve your doubts." ”

Fu Yan put down the teacup and looked at Mo Chen again, with a contemplative look on his face: "Like, really like." ”

Mo Chen's pupils shrank, could it be ......

"You're really like a girl with such good looks, it's a pity."

Sure enough, Mo Chen's eyes were slightly condensed, did he recognize his mother?

Fu Yan woke up from his memories: "Don't talk about this, you are probably very curious, the old man avoided you in the past, why did he rush to the door in person today?" ”

Mo Chen and Zuo Yan did not answer, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

Fu Yan smiled slightly: "Although the old man has a lot of connections with you, the old man is a politician, the so-called politician, has no principled position and no faith. In the past, you had no value at all for the old man to come to the door, but now it is different. ”

He talked eloquently, without the slightest embarrassment, as if he was proud of it.

Mo Chen tugged at the corners of his mouth: "According to the students, I'm afraid it's not just that, right?" ”

"Oh?" Fu Yan stroked his beard and played with the taste, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"I heard that Mr. Fu said that he was sick for more than a month and closed his door, and the students guessed, could it be that the ancestor put pressure on you?" Mo Chen said lightly.

Fu Yan's eyes lit up, and he saw that Mo Chen's eyes showed satisfaction: "The kid is good, it seems that the old man has made the right move." ”

Without waiting for Mo Chen to ask, he continued: "The ancestral family is known as the hidden family, but it has reached out to the court several times, and it has gone back more and more. When the old man was young, he went from being excluded and questioned to sitting in the position of the right minister, how could he be a gutless rat? ”

Fu Yan had contempt and pride on his face: "The old man refused to stand in line before, because he wanted to tease his grandson after withdrawing from the court, but the ancestor was a woman, but he wanted to steal the day, if she didn't hit the old man with the idea, the old man was happy to watch the fire from the other side, but she tried in vain to use the old man's family to coerce the old man, which was really a miscalculation." ”

Mo Chen glanced at Zuo Yan, saw him nodding slightly, and had a calculation in his heart.

"The little tricks used by the students to come to the country must not be hidden from you, Mr. Fu, you should know what the students want."

Fu Yan glanced at him: "Don't talk nonsense, wouldn't it be better to go straight?" You want to take the throne, has the old man said something wrong? ”

Mo Chen's face remained unchanged, and he only looked at him with a smile.

Fu Yan seemed a little embarrassed, and chuckled: "That's it, your kid is also a little fox, but it's okay to do this, so as not to overturn the boat in the gutter." Tou Cheng needs to have a letter of nomination, so I will let you see the sincerity of the old man. ”

He put away the joke and looked solemn: "If you want to ascend to the big treasure, with the help of the old man, and then win over to the Baqi Department, it is almost the same if you don't say that you can get nine out of ten." But if you want to find out the truth about the destruction of the ancient family, even if the six departments are loyal to you, they may not be able to do it, but you still have to insist? ”

Mo Chen's pupils shrank, and it was more difficult to find out the truth about the destruction of the ancient family than to be the emperor? Why is that?

Fu Yan only stopped when he said this, and Mo Chen didn't want to say anything more about him.

The student has one more question.

"Let's hear it, if it's about the Gu family, please forgive the old man for not being able to do anything." Fu Yan's attitude was very resolute.

"No, the student wants to ask, why did Mr. Fu give up the sky-high Mo Hong and Mo Yan, who has great military achievements, and choose students? If it is said that Mo Hong is the son of the ancestor and does not want to support him, but Mo Yan has already received a secret edict and will return to Beijing on the same day, and Mr. is not even optimistic about him? ”

"You're well-informed." The look of satisfaction on Fu Yan's face was even worse.

"Mo Yan is just a reckless man, he has no force but no brains, otherwise he would not have been assigned to another level, and he will be guarded for ten years. Besides, he is very obedient to his mother concubine Shen Guifei, if he is allowed to get the throne, he will only be a puppet emperor in the end. ”

Mo Chen nodded slightly, this was similar to what he thought, but I don't know if this Prime Minister Fu would work so hard after he knew that he had promised Emperor Kangdi half of the country.

Mo Chen no longer hesitated, got up and saluted Fu Yanbi respectfully: "Mo Chen is valued by the prime minister, and he will live up to his expectations. ”

The corners of Fu Yan's mouth curled, he understood what Mo Chen was referring to, calling the prime minister instead of the right minister, what it meant was self-evident.

He raised his hand to help Mo Chen, squinted his eyes with a smile, and lowered his voice: "The old minister is afraid, since His Royal Highness values it so much, the old minister will hand His Highness a second letter of nomination, Your Highness can know that there is a partial hall in the palace, called Ganlu Palace?" ”

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