Yang Tinghe's mansion is located in Xiaoyongfang, the environment is elegant and comfortable, the inner city land is as expensive as gold, it is not easy to be among these with Yang Tinghe's background, but in fact, it is not difficult to understand, and Yang Tinghe's mansion is separated by a wall is Li Dongyang's mansion, Li Dongyang's mansion in the south of Taifu Temple is tall and gorgeous, and the adjacent Yang Tinghe's mansion is much smaller, and it looks like an annex building of Li Mansion. Linked to the teacher-student relationship between the two, Yang Tinghe's house can be said to come from without guessing.

However, this does not affect Yang Tinghe's reputation, Yang Tinghe's appearance is handsome, and his words and deeds are also indifferent, after entering the cabinet, he has experienced several years, and there is a faint layer of majesty on his body, and the temperament of the whole person has become very different. In the outer court, Yang Tinghe has been hidden as the head of the civil officials, and he is sent a four-character test of 'calm and serious'.

Yang Tinghe's house faces a square pond, because Yang Tinghe likes lotus, so there are lotus flowers planted in the pond, Yang Tinghe once said: see the sharp corners in spring, enjoy the lotus flowers in summer, look at the cover in autumn, and taste the residual snow in winter.

After returning from the public house today, Yang Tinghe changed his official clothes and still habitually went out of the house to the lotus pond in front of the door to watch the remnants of the snow after the snow, the broken lotus leaves and stalks were covered with a pinch of snow, in the eyes of others, this is the scene of Xiao Suo's slaughter, but Yang Tinghe didn't think so, he knew that under the dead lotus stems, there was a new vitality sprouting, a qiē on the water surface is an illusion, and a qiē under the water is the true meaning.

"Hey, who are you? This is the private residence of the Cabinet University Scholars, so you can take a quick detour. A commotion came from Dongshou, and Yang Tinghe was interrupted, and his brows were not only furrowed.

The bluestone road in front of the Yang Mansion leads to the east of the main road of the street, Graychang Street, which is connected to West Chang'an Street a few miles to the south, because it is the residence of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty and the scholars, and the relevant card is set up at the end of the bluestone road and the gray factory street, and there are officials to guard it, so as to prevent lawbreakers from harassing the private residences of the two cabinet ministers.

The bluestone paved road of the horse's hooves clicked, and in the noise, a black horse rushed straight from the east, followed by a group of officials guarding the street entrance who were shouting and shouting, Yang Ting and the guards around him quickly appeared out, pressed the handle of the knife to meet the horse's head and asked.

"What man, what are you riding a horse forssaking around? This is the private residence of the university scholar, leave quickly, otherwise you will be arrested and go to the official. ”

Immediately, the man wore a plush animal skin hat, a large mask covering his face tightly, and an ordinary cotton robe.

The leader of the guards shouted, "Escort your lords into the house." While shouting, he led a few other people to draw their blades and pounced, and immediately the man didn't pay attention to the Yang Mansion guards who came up, the horse galloped to a few people, and as soon as he lifted the reins, the black horse jumped up, and jumped over the heads of several guards who were pale with fright.

Everyone was frightened in a daze, but when they saw the black horse rushing to Yang Tinghe with lightning speed, they were about to knock Yang Tinghe away, but the person on the horse took the reins, and the big black horse suddenly stopped, and stood in place with a neigh, and the hot air from his mouth sprayed Yang Tinghe and his face.

Yang Tinghe was frightened in his heart, but his expression was extremely calm, and he took a step back and shouted: "Bold, come on, take this guy." ”

Several guards who had come slowly rushed up with a scream, and immediately the man laughed, stretched out his hand and slowly took off the mask on his face, and arched his hand: "Lord Yang, it's polite." ”

Yang Tinghe looked at the man's face, and after being shocked, he was angry, waved his hand to stop the guards from rushing up, frowned and reprimanded: "Song Nan, what are you doing?" As a member of the imperial court, is it restless to learn to ride horses on the long street? ”

Song Nan laughed and jumped off the horse, and then saluted: "Don't worry, Scholar Yang, I can't help it, who told the guards at this street to not let me in?" As a last resort, if I want to see you Yang University, I can only break in. ”

Yang Tinghe said suddenly: "How is it possible? It's not easy for you to meet me? Cabinet offices, inside and outside the palace, and there are people you Song can't see? If the guards at the entrance of the alley see your Commander Song's waist card and are not frightened one by one, who would dare to block your drive? ”

Song Nan laughed and said, "Scholar Yang, is this praising me or hurting me?" I, Song Nan, am you the Yama King that people are afraid of? ”

Yang Tinghe sneered: "King Yama is good to say, the bull head and horse face are difficult. ”

Song Nan didn't care, raised his hand and held the whip and reins to the stunned Yang Mansion guards: "Why, didn't you Yang scholars teach you hospitality?" Do you want me to lead the horse and tie the horse myself? ”

The guard looked at Yang Tinghe, and Yang Tinghe said, "Don't you take the horse yet?" Ask people to watch the tea in the flower hall. ”

Song Nan laughed and said, "This is like words." Lord Yang, you happen to be outside the mansion, otherwise I would have planned to rush into your mansion on horseback, which would have saved trouble. ”

Yang Tinghe said patiently: "I have just returned home, and I am enjoying the snow scenery of the remnants of the lotus, and it is my habit to go out for a walk before dinner to enjoy the scenery." ”

Song Nan looked around and said, "You don't have anything here, what kind of scenery are you admiring?" Do you mean this messy lotus pond? Is this also a scenario? It's ridiculous to lose big teeth. ”

Yang Tinghe smiled disdainfully and said: "The scenery is born from the heart, because people are different, Lord Song looks at the messy scenery, but Yang thinks it is very meaningful; Lord Song likes spring flowers and autumn moons, isn't it permissible for others to like the remnants of the lotus falling snow? ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "I just think it's strange, Scholar Yang is elegant and elegant, in my mind, I would like some flowers, plants, grasses, fish, insects, birds and beasts and other things, but I didn't expect to like a pond of messy things, he is really a cabinet minister, the head of the ministers, and his preferences are also unique." ”

Yang Tinghe didn't want to talk more to Song Nan, he just wanted to figure out the purpose of Song Nan's coming, and Yang Tinghe had always been contemptuous and contemptuous of Song Nan. If it weren't for Song Nanhong's purple hair now, he was afraid that he wouldn't even see him.

The two entered the Yang Mansion, and Song Nan pointed all the way, one saying that the big stone mill in the courtyard was too old-fashioned, and the other saying that the tree in front of the hall was unlucky with its neck crooked, and Yang Tinghe frowned when he heard it, and there was a faint anger on his face.

When he came to the hall, Yang Ting sat down with himself but did not signal Song Nan to sit down, pretending to be negligent and humiliating Song Nan, but Song Nan didn't care about this at all, he didn't treat himself as an outsider, and after sitting down, he brought a tea cup and drank tea.

Yang Ting's amiable face turned purple, and he finally couldn't help but shout: "Lord Song is here to accuse these people?" Tinghe's sleeves are breezy, and the furniture at home is naturally not too good, and it is far worse than Lord Song. ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Stop your anger and stop your anger, just casually put forward some opinions, Scholar Yang came to be the great Confucian of the world, the head of the civil ministers, and Yawang is all over the world, I just feel that I shouldn't live so tastelessly." ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Taste lies in the heart, not in the external object." ”

Song Nan nodded again and again: "What I said is that what I said is that Lord Yang is grabbing a pickle root and gnawing it, and he is also tasteful and graceful, but it is not mine." ”

Yang Tinghe held back the anger that was about to explode and said quietly: "What is Lord Song looking for me Yang?" If there is nothing important, please go back to your home to rest. ”

Song Nan smiled: "What a little family, is this going to be an eviction order?" You Yang University is busy, and I, Song Nan, am an idler? Naturally, there are important things to ask. ”

Yang Tinghe said lightly: "Please speak." ”

Song Nan sighed and said, "Lord Yang is so boring, he can't joke. ”

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Do you say it or not." ”

Song Nan raised his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll say I'll say." Today's visit to Mr. Yang is to ask Mr. Yang a question, this matter has been bothering me for a long time, and I have not been able to make a decision, thinking that Mr. Yang is thoughtful and calm, maybe he can help me get an idea. ”

Yang Tinghe was silent, guessing in his heart what tricks Song Nan was playing, and let him mess around, and he would talk about it quietly.

"This matter is about my appointment, you know, this time to suppress the thief, I inherited the emperor's grace, and made some contributions; The emperor saw me last night, and said that he would give me a knighthood, and said that he would let me supervise a battalion of regiments, and I naturally thanked the emperor for his grace, but when I went home after leaving the palace, I felt that something was wrong, and the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, so I wanted to listen to the opinion of Scholar Yang. ”

Yang Tinghe smiled and said, "What's wrong with such a good thing of being promoted to a knight?" I would like to congratulate Lord Song in advance on the commander of the regimental camp, and in the future, there will be another general in the Beijing camp, and the peace of the capital will have an extra layer of security. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "I accept your praise, but I said, I feel that something is wrong, do you think, the twelve marquis of the regimental camp each supervise a battalion, a radish and a pit, I suddenly went in and squeezed a position for others, what should I do if I teach others?" Doesn't that make me an enemy? Scholar Yang, don't you think so? ”

Yang Tinghe raised his eyebrows and said: "You can't say that, as the so-called capable people go up and those who are mediocre, and the regimental and battalion military positions are not private property and can be privately awarded and received, this is the official position of the imperial court, for the safety of the capital, one must think about the overall situation, how can it be based on personal self-interest and affection?" Lord Song was too worried. ”

Song Nan said: "Then what Scholar Yang means is that I can accept it?" ”

Yang Tinghe stroked his beautiful hair and said: "Naturally, I don't know about others, but I, Yang Tinghe, am in favor of raising my hands, and my cabinet colleagues will not object." ”

Yang Tinghe's meaning is that the civil officials will not object, you can rest assured, but it stopped in Song Nan's ears: You go and fight with the relatives, I support you spiritually, and it is you who die, not me.

Song Nan scolded secretly in his heart, but his face was full of smiles, and he arched his hand: "It turns out that Scholar Yang also thinks that I can accept it, so I am relieved, it seems that my worries are purely unnecessary." ”

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "It's really redundant, in fact, you shouldn't ask me about such things, the British Duke is the Governor of the regimental camp, the elder of the DPRK, you should ask him, but I don't think the British Duke is easy to say, after all, you are the quick son-in-law of the British Mansion, and he should avoid suspicion." ”

Song Nan nodded and smiled: "That's right, otherwise what would I do to bother Scholar Yang, today with Scholar Yang's guidance, a stone in my heart will fall to the ground, thank you very much." ”

Yang Tinghe smiled and said, "Be polite, if there is nothing else...... I don't have dinner for Lord Song here. ”

Song Nan hurriedly said: "Where is it, I bothered and said goodbye." ”

Yang Tinghe raised the teacup in his hand, which was the meaning of serving tea to the guests, but Song Nan just turned half of his body, but turned around and said: "Oh, there is something I almost forgot, look at my brain, I must have seen Scholar Yang very excited, and I almost forgot about the big thing." ”

Yang Tinghe was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Song Nan sat down again, Yang Tinghe also had to put down the teacup, and listened to Song Nan whisper: "The emperor also asked me one thing last night, it was about the vacant Shangshu candidate in the Ministry of War, and the emperor said that the cabinet elected Lu Wan, the squire of the Ministry of War who had made meritorious contributions to the suppression of the rebellion with me, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”