10,000 filaments, rippling in mid-air, shrouded in a hazy light veil; First, a silky light rain descended from the sky, draping Bianjing with a white veil like cicada wings.

The rain is very fine and dense, like the catkins floating in spring, and the wisps are constantly lingering. In an instant, the raindrops formed a line, and with a "boom", the heavy rain poured down from the sky as if the sky had fallen. The rainstorm is coming, and as the wind blows, it rolls up countless dead grass and leaves.

Outside the Zhengde Gate, the ground was full of people, the forbidden army drove them away, and they turned back, so repeatedly, they could not be dispersed.

Things have a beginning, how can it be so easy to end, the anger of the students is completely stirred up at this moment, and in the pouring rain, they are kneeling wet on the white marble masonry.

This situation is surprisingly weird, but at this time, two figures in the distance braved the heavy rain, the two wore robes, walked hard in the rain, a lightning bolt crossed the sky, someone wiped the mist in front of them, and recognized the person.

"Shen Ao is here......"

"He is Shen Ao? Hmph, is that the so-called Bianjing genius who cowered in the prison of the country? In my opinion, he is nothing more than that. ”

"Such a man should do what he does. You see that he is wearing a lily coat, and he does not get a drop of water on his body, so he must have lived a very fast life these days! ”

The whisper was accompanied by the sound of thunder, Shen Ao strode forward, went straight through the classmates and students who were kneeling on the ground, stepped on the stagnant water to the front of Zhengde Gate, saluted the forbidden army at the door, and said: "Contemptible Shen Ao, there is a painting to present to the emperor, can the general pass it on?" ”

The leader of the forbidden army glanced at Shen Ao up and down, thinking, "It turns out that he is Shen Ao?" He didn't dare to slack off, Shen Ao's name is often associated with Qi Guogong, Yang Jian and others, everyone knows that this person is already a celebrity in front of the official family, and he hurriedly laughed and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I don't know what kind of painting it is?" ”

Shen Ao said: "The general presents it." He took out the painting tube from his coat and handed it to the leader of the forbidden army: "Please, general." ”

"Bachelor Shen don't stay there." The leader of the forbidden army did not dare to delay, and hurriedly held the painting tube and entered the palace in the rain.

Shen Ao stood in this Zhengde door hole, pounced on the rain on his body, and looked outside the doorway, those students who were on their knees looked at him at this moment, those eyes were angry, incomprehensible, disdainful, and so on; He smiled and ignored it.

Many people were already filled with righteous indignation, and only then did Shen Ao pacing over, and some people had expectations for him, thinking that he had lost his way and wanted to go to the book with them, but who knew that he had come to offer paintings. The flood in the south of the Yangtze River became a disaster, countless people were hungry, their clothes were poor, and their wives were separated overnight. It's really shameless, shameless.

…………………………………… Zhao Ji was in Wenjing Pavilion, because it was raining, the weather was colder, a charcoal basin was lit in the pavilion, and a small chamberlain was holding fire tongs to stir the fire. Several palace lantern pavilions were illuminated, and Zhao Ji was absentmindedly half-lying in the collapse, casually flipping through the latest issue of the Elegant Weekly.

Although he was careless, but his mood fluctuated, the matter of the Liao envoy had just made his mood happy for a few days, but the ensuing Jiangnan West Road disaster made his mood gloomy again.

Everyone has compassion, how can Zhao Ji be an exception? After listening to the disaster, Zhao Ji would not sit idly by, but he was just thinking about Hua Shigang, and Wang Hao and others knew his mind and made a few false reports about the disaster on Jiangnan West Road, which made it difficult for him to make a choice for a while. But on the contrary, a group of students made a fuss.

The Great Song Dynasty treated scholars preferentially, whether they were prisoners or students, Zhao Ji asked himself if he treated them well, especially the students, knowing that most of them were born poor, and they always had to ask about their recent situation. If it rains, they will say that the weather is so cold, you can teach people to send some clothes, don't let some cold people freeze, the weather is too hot, and people will be asked to buy some melons and fruits to cool down. Zhao Ji never expected that the first to stand up against him and not give him any face at all were these students.

How can this be true, how can it be that I treat them like this, but where have they ever sympathized with me? The countless joint recitals on the bus moved to Zhao Ji's imperial case, and Zhao Ji's rebellious heart followed, the more the students asked for disaster relief, Zhao Ji, who originally planned to allocate some money from the inner treasury, immediately changed his mind, don't you want disaster relief? When I procrastinate, I said, see what you can do? I just won't let you get your wish!

But when Wang Hao and the others resigned, Zhao Ji suddenly became extremely wise, and he smelled a hint of danger, a possibility that his authority would be shaken! The dignified young master, several scholars and bachelors, was criticized by a group of students, so they were so frightened that they wanted to resign, what kind of force is this? Behind these students, who is behind it?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji was cold all over his body, an indescribable chill to the bone, which made him sleepless all night.

can't be connived at any longer, now they can force Shaozai away, wouldn't it be Lian Zhen tomorrow...... Are they all in their way?

But who can preside over the big picture? The first thing Zhao Ji thought of was Cai Jing, so he issued a decree overnight, summoning Cai Jing into the court, when Cai Taishi was there, I handed over all the state affairs to him, the world was peaceful, and now Cai Taishi is a teacher, but the troubles are coming one after another, and only Cai Taishi can guard this country for me!

Zhao Ji sighed, threw the weekly magazine in front of the couch, turned over and sat up, and said to Yang Jian beside him: "Have all the students outside retreated?" ”

Yang Jian didn't dare to come out today, he knew the surname of the official family too well, the more the official family pretended to be careless, the worse his mood was, and if he said a wrong word at this time, it would be a big disaster, and he lowered his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty, the students were dispersed, but they are back." ”

"Oh, I see." Zhao Ji smiled, smiling indifferently, with a little coldness.

"It's raining so hard today." Zhao Ji continued slowly: "Go, push the window open, I want to see the rain scene." ”

Yang Jian didn't dare to disobey, he personally pushed the window, and a cold wind poured in, which made Yang Jian shiver, although the few palace lamps in the pavilion were covered with light yarns, they also swayed sharply with the cold wind, and then went out.

"In such a rain, those students haven't left yet?" Zhao Ji looked at the storm outside the window and muttered in a low voice.

It was at this moment that hurried footsteps came, and an attendant pushed open the hidden door, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Master Shen presents a calligraphy and painting ......"

"Shen Ao?" Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, his mood suddenly lightened, and he beckoned: "Present the painting." ”

Holding the painting tube, the little chamberlain lifted the lid, pulled out a roll of paintings wrapped in oiled paper, tore the oiled paper again, and cautiously walked to the imperial case and put the paintings on the table.

Zhao Ji looked at it and was stunned, where is this painting, just a blank, but the top of the white paper, is a big character with a dragon flying and phoenix dancing, on which are written the five words "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", and there is an inscription in the whereabouts, writing "Student Shen Aojin presents the imperial view" A few fly-headed small letters.

The painting sent by Shen Ao was actually blank...... Zhao Ji frowned and said, "Is the painting sent by mistake, where is Shen Ao now?" ”

The waiter said: "I am waiting outside the Zhengde Gate." ”

Zhao Ji said: "Call him in, ...... quickly" There was a little impatience in his words.

"The country is thousands of miles, but it is a blank, this Shen Ao, and I don't know what to sell? I'm going to ask him personally. Zhao Ji thought in his heart, and his heart was attracted by the calligraphy on the painting paper, aside from the painting, the calligraphy of the name and the inscription alone is good, the penmanship is strong and graceful, and there is subordination, so that Zhao Ji can not put it down at a glance.

"Student Shen Ao, I've seen Your Majesty." I don't know when, Shen Ao entered the pavilion, he obviously just took off his robe, and there was still a little rain on his body, and bowed deeply to Zhao Ji, this time Shen Ao called Zhao Ji His Majesty, with ulterior motives.

Zhao Ji was still immersed in calligraphy, snorted, and beckoned to Shen Ao: "Come on, I think this calligraphy is quite interesting, there are some traces of Ouyang Xun's brushwork, but the style of writing is different, how did you realize it?" ”

Shen Ao approached to see it and said with a smile: "On a stormy night......

"Huh?" Zhao Ji looked at Shen Ao with a straight face, meaning to threaten him not to talk nonsense.

Shen Ao had no choice but to say: "It came out when it was written, Your Majesty wants to ask the student how to realize it, and the student himself doesn't know." ”

Zhao Ji nodded his head, and suddenly said angrily: "I ask you, since you are offering a painting, why is this painting a blank piece of paper, are you trying to bully the king?" ”

Shen Ao hurriedly said: "The student didn't dare, the student originally wanted to make a painting to dedicate to the emperor, but when he wanted to put down the pen, he hesitated......"

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Shen Ao said: "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, this topic is too big, how can the student be able to write, how can he write." ”

Zhao Ji was gloomy, secretly said pity, and said: "You are right, these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are indeed not easy to write." ”

Shen Ao said: "The student can't put pen to paper, but if the world says that he can find someone who made this painting, I'm afraid that only His Majesty." ”

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment, but shook his head: "I am only good at flowers and birds, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains...... I'm afraid that if I really draw it, I will teach people to laugh. "He's not taboo at all, and when it comes to painting, he doesn't have a frame at all.

Shen Ao shook his head: "Your Majesty is wrong, the student heard: The wrath of the Son of Heaven, millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting." The benevolence of the Son of Heaven, Baotai holds a profit, and all the people are safe. Your Majesty's joys, sorrows, and sorrows are not exactly making a picture of the country? ”

Zhao Ji glanced at Shen Ao deeply, sat back on the royal collapse, and said with a calm face: "It turns out that Shen Ao is also here to be a lobbyist. ”

Shen Ao Zhengse said: "The student is not here to be a lobbyist, but just wants to discuss painting skills with His Majesty, for example, this picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, whether it should be a thousand miles of red land, or a happy one, this painting, only in Your Majesty's heart, Your Majesty's thoughts, can make this painting look different." The students have some friendship with His Majesty, so they also know some of His Majesty's personality. ”

There are people in this world who dare to say that they understand the emperor as a person, but I am afraid that only Shen Ao is the only one. Zhao Ji was aroused by his words. Who dared to say these words to his face in the past? But Shen Ao not only said it, but also spoke it smoothly and calmly, just like chatting with an old friend, without a little restraint.

Zhao Ji felt a little moved in his heart, others were afraid of him, afraid of him, and flattered him, but in this world, people like Shen Ao treated him as a friend, but they couldn't find a second one.

"Okay, you say, what am I as a human being?" Zhao Ji was calm, relaxed all of a sudden, and left many worries behind.

Shen Ao said: "Your Majesty is generous, sincere, and a good person. ”

There is no exaggeration in this sentence, in terms of character alone, Zhao Ji is indeed not bad, but as an emperor, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a faint king; It's just that many times, a good person is not necessarily a bright man, and a bad person is not necessarily a faint man.

The last sentence is a good person, which made Zhao Ji laugh, he had heard that the direct minister scolded him for being a distant gentleman and a villain, and he was a faint gentleman; I heard more about the words of my emperor Shengming Renwu, but he was a good person, but he had never been said to him.

Zhao Ji said: "Okay, even if I am a good person, then you don't have to go around the bend, what do you want to teach me to do?" ”

Shen Ao said with a smile: "Relief for the victims!" ”

Zhao Ji's face changed suddenly, and he said unhappily: "I have my own thoughts, you are a bachelor, you don't have to worry about these things." ”

Shen Ao said: "It is precisely because the student is a bachelor's degree and is responsible for accompanying His Majesty to write and paint, so he has something to say. Your Majesty wants to paint thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, since you want to paint a picture of the world's Jingtai, the people are happy, now the river is overflowing, if you don't give relief, it is starvation all over the land, is your Majesty's generosity, can only be used by people close to you? The students knew in their hearts that His Majesty was not unkind, but unwilling to fulfill the wishes of those students under the Zhengde Sect, but His Majesty thought about it, just because His Majesty was angry for a while, he wanted to make a tragic scene appear in the picture scroll of Jiangnan, how could the student, as a student in the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, ignore it? ”