In the city of Bianliang, not far from the imperial city, are the residences of those court officials, most of which were given to officials by the imperial court, and they still had to be taken back after their abdication.

Of course, there is such a thing as greed for money, no matter who is more or less a little, so less than a hundred years after such a policy came out, the mansion here has been occupied by those officials, and even after retirement, they are unwilling to return it.

Fortunately, such a thing, after the ancestor of Emperor Jianyuan Zhou Shangwen, Zhongzong, used thunder means to clean up some officials during the reign of Emperor Jianyuan, no one dared to continue to occupy these mansions.

Of course, not everyone's is borrowed by the imperial court, for example, the palace here belongs to the mansion that is rewarded by the emperor.

At this time, Wang Yuan, the owner of this mansion, had just returned from the next dynasty.

If you want to talk about the Shoufu Wang family, it is really the top level in the capital, no matter who you want to give them some face, fortunately, the Wang family's tutor is excellent, and no one in the family has done anything bad to bully men and women, otherwise, Wang Yuan would not be so easy to exit today, at least he would have to be disgusted.

Today, although Wang Yuan has an advantage over the court meeting on the surface, as long as anyone with a little insight knows that Wang Yuan's treatment of Yan Songran will definitely be an accident, they may have thought about making him a minister, but they definitely didn't think about pulling him down directly.

After all, there was really nothing that could be done about the other party's case at that time.

Fraud in the imperial examination, if you want to say that it is big, it is naturally very big, after all, it is all related to the election of officials in the imperial court, and if you are not careful, you have to take off the black gauze hat.

However, it is obvious that this kind of situation can only happen to those officials who have no backing, if it is those who want Yan Songran and have a backer behind him, if he refuses to admit it and throws out a domestic servant to take the blame, as long as he is shameless, what can you do with him.

Although he said this kind of thing, he was sure that his political career would be stained, but if he wanted to pull him into the water with this, it was obviously too much to look down on the backers behind him.

So when something like this happens, it's really a little incomprehensible, and the strangest thing is why Yan Songran took the initiative to resign.

Of course, in fact, this kind of thing is not unguessable, it is nothing more than that the family must have done something that is more difficult to withstand the investigation of the three law divisions than the fraud in the imperial examination.

Of course, I guessed that since he had resigned, everyone would not continue to target him, even a person with a strong temperament like Yang Congnong knew that he could not target him at this time.

After all, if you don't suffer your family, it can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the political circle of the capital.

Otherwise, if everyone doesn't follow the rules, and if anyone becomes a political enemy with me today, I will send someone to assassinate him that night, and if such a thing happens, won't it be a mess?

Therefore, for Yan Songran, who has resigned to save his life, no one is willing to break the rules to deal with him.

Of course, the premise of these is that this guy doesn't continue to die in the future, otherwise I'm afraid even Tian Yuan won't be able to protect him.

The matter should have ended at this point, but Wang Yuan always felt that this matter was not simple.

Don't look at him a lot younger than Tian Yuan, and the party is a lot smaller, but this doesn't mean that his ability is not as good as that old thing.

It can even be said that Wang Yuan, who has become the first assistant, although there are factors of compromise between all parties, his own political ability is stronger than that old thing of Tian Yuan.

That old thing, now so powerful, is completely because he inherited his own party back then, and took the household department into his pocket, if you really want to talk about ability, this old thing is definitely not as good as Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan has finally come from a poor scholar all the way to today's height, not to mention that he has not joined any party in the process.

It is not easy for such a person to just stay in the center, let alone sit in the position of the first assistant.

So, in fact, his ability is very strong.

At this time, based on his many years of political experience, he actually instinctively felt that something was wrong, and he even suspected that someone was secretly calculating him and Tian Yuan.

However, such a thing is unlikely.

After all, the Shangyang farming he was able to contact this time was actually a complete accident, and the reason was because Yang Farming happened to want to deal with Tian Yuan's side, and he himself could only be regarded as having a good relationship with Yang Farming, after all, he was a doer no matter how he said it, and there was no need for Yang Farming's character to be bad with him.

That is to say, if there is really anyone who can plot against them, then even if he accidentally contacted Yang Connong, he was also looked at by the other party, looking at the princes of the court, who has such ability and motivation?

The faces of one old guy after another appeared in his mind, but in the end they were all denied by himself, and he couldn't imagine anyone who could really do this.

In fact, if you infer from the perspective of the beneficiary, Emperor Jianyuan is actually the most suspicious, but how is this possible?

After all, Emperor Jianyuan has not been a few years since he became the emperor, and he has not done a few things that can show his ability during this period.

Even, even Cao Yun's big benefits were finally handed over by him.

If it was only the previous ones, in fact, Wang Yuan might still suspect that he had been hiding all along.

However, even Cao Yun was such a big thing, he was able to give it to others, and from that moment on, Wang Yuan really didn't feel that Emperor Jianyuan was hiding clumsy at all.

After all, if it's a petty profit, then give up and give up.

But Cao Yun is not, it can bring millions of taels of silver to the imperial court every year.

He worked hard to order the rectification of Caoyun, which caused a huge impact on the people and fishermen, but he didn't get anything.

Wang Yuan really didn't believe it, such a person was still hiding his clumsiness.

Therefore, since that day, the image of Emperor Jianyuan in his mind has become a mediocre emperor who has the heart to do things, but lacks the ability and talent.

And this time Qingtian's matter is even more so.

Obviously, he had already ordered the opening of a test site in Yunzhou, but he was actually told by Tian Yuan's old immortals that he was going to give up.

With such ability and courage, it's really no wonder that Wang Yuan looks down on him a little, it's really that this emperor is a little bad, at least far worse than his father Emperor Yong'an.

However, if Emperor Jianyuan is excluded, Wang Yuan really can't imagine who is behind the scenes.

He rubbed his forehead, just thinking that he had overreacted a little, and this time it should be just a coincidence.

Seeing her husband's frowns, Mrs. Wang was a little distressed, as soon as her husband came back, she had already made hot tea for him, but now the tea has been cold, and she hasn't taken a sip yet.

Mrs. Wang is Wang Yuan's wife, originally the daughter of a rich family in Yunzhou, since childhood familiar with reading poetry and books is also considered to be knowledgeable, and later when doing business in other places, and Wang Yuan is still a poor scholar in love, really to say, the poor boy Wang Yuan, the cost of entering the imperial examination in Beijing, is Mrs. Wang's family to help pay in advance.

Later, Wang Yuan won the top prize in the examination and rejected the daughters of many famous families in the capital, but officially married Mrs. Wang.

For so many years, the two have also been close to each other, because of Mrs. Wang, Wang Yuan has never taken a concubine, and Mrs. Wang has also done the duties of a good wife and mother very well.

At this moment, seeing Wang Yuan's sad face, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but say comforting words on the side:

"What's wrong? Who are you arguing with again? ”

Wang Yuan shook his head, this matter was no longer as simple as his friendship with Tian Yuan.

In fact, although his henchmen are far inferior to Tian Yuan, he is not afraid at all.

On the one hand, this is because he is also the first assistant of this great departure dynasty, and his power is still very large, and this alone can actually be balanced with Tian Yuan.

In addition, this old guy has become more and more powerful some time ago, and today's scene made him and Tian Yuan tear their faces, but at the same time, it also made others realize that although this old guy has not been able to enter the cabinet, he has been operating so much in the six departments for so many years, and almost three of the entire six departments have been captured by him.

Such a force is naturally intended to be targeted by other parties.

To sum up the above two points, Wang Yuan is actually not worried about Tian Yuan at all.

What really worries him is whether he has any enemies hiding in the shadows.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, it's not as simple as you think."

Mrs. Wang naturally knew that she didn't understand these political things, so she didn't continue to speak, but walked behind and pinched his shoulders for him.

Wang Yuan enjoyed his wife's exquisite craftsmanship, while closing his eyes and thinking about the current situation.

"By the way, Yawen is also of age, right?" Wang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and asked casually.

Mrs. Wang has been with him for so many years, how could she not understand him, almost as soon as he opened his mouth, Mrs. Wang knew that he was not asking casually.

"What do you mean?" She asked, somewhat wary.

Wang Yawen is their old daughter, and she has always loved her, especially Mrs. Wang, who can't wait to hold her in the palm of her hand.

"I mean, she's not too young, she can have more contact with those young people in the capital, I think the young man from the Bai family is quite good, with a good personality and a bit of talent......

Before he could speak, he was slapped on the back by Mrs. Wang.

Over the years, although Mrs. Wang has been very virtuous most of the time, there are occasional times when she is very "ruthless"

And now that her baby daughter is involved, she must not be virtuous anymore.

"Wang Yuan, you bastard, you're not human, that's your daughter, you actually want to use her lifelong happiness to help you connect to the Bai family, you bastard!"

Mrs. Wang was angry, and Wang Yuan had a headache, so she hurriedly pulled her wife and coaxed in a good voice:

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, besides, when did I say that I wanted to exchange Yawen's happiness, I just said let them know each other, Yawen has also reached this age, if she doesn't like it, will I force her to fail? After all, it's my own daughter! ”

After he coaxed him so well, Mrs. Wang finally relieved her anger a little, but she still kept a cold face and did not speak.

"I don't care, anyway, if you dare to say that, let's sleep in separate rooms."

Wang Yuan listened to a wry smile, although his wife is usually virtuous, but when she encounters such a thing, she can't do it.

But he thought about it again, if it weren't for her character, regardless of her family's obstruction, she insisted on being with him, how would they be where they are today?

Thinking of this, he also showed a rare happy smile.

It's just that such a smile didn't last long before it froze.

"No, it stands to reason that if I arrange young talents for Yawen, you should be more attentive than me." Wang Yuan felt that he had found a problem.

"Tell me honestly, does Yawen have a sweetheart?"

Mrs. Wang's face stiffened when she heard this, but she still pretended to be normal.

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

Looking at her expression, Wang Yuan didn't know the truth, and suddenly felt a little sad, his baby girl met a wild man, and she actually hid it from herself, and the most excessive thing was that even his wife hid it from him, which made him feel sad.

He just wanted to say something cruel, but he thought of Wang Yawen's character that was almost exactly the same as her mother, and finally sighed helplessly.

"That's it, you pay attention to help her take care of it, don't let her be deceived."

"That's nature, I've seen that kid, it's much better than you were back then!"

When Wang Yuan heard this, he felt sad again.

……

Longyuan Lake, here is a lake in the forest garden on the royal garden of Dali.

Part of this lake is very close to the capital, so Emperor Yong'an, the father of Emperor Zhou Shangwen, built a palace here when he was still young, and regarded it as his living place, and gave it the name Dragon and Tiger Tower.

However, at this time, time has passed, and the incomparably prosperous Dragon and Tiger Building has now been abandoned.

For some reason, no one wanted to mention such a place, whether it was the imperial family or the Chinese military officials, so as the former residence of the former emperor, it was gradually abandoned.

And because it is a royal garden, this once extremely prosperous palace has not even been visited for a long time.

Of course, it is not completely absent, for example, the second prince of the year, the current Jianyuan Emperor Zhou Shangwen, often brings his personal eunuchs here.

Moreover, he often let the eunuchs stay outside, and he sat in this abandoned Dragon and Tiger Building for one night.

No one knows what the current Emperor Jianyuan is doing in it.

But when you think about what happened back then, no one wants to pursue the answer to this question.

"Ome, you can stay here." Zhou Shangwen whispered to Feng Daban.

Feng Bin seemed to have long been accustomed to such things, so he just nodded and did not continue to follow up.

He had forgotten how long ago he had last been here, maybe a few days, maybe a few years ago.

In any case, what happened in this Dragon and Tiger Tower back then, he still remembers it vividly.

Now there are a few people who still remember how ambitious Emperor Yongan was when he first ascended the throne.

And that ambition was matched by his amazing talent.

In just three years, Emperor Yong'an almost doubled the state of Dali and expanded the frontier by hundreds of miles.

Jianyuan Emperor Zhou Shangwen found a place to sit down.

This is the place where Emperor Yong'an feasted hundreds of officials.

I remember that he drove his own expedition, won more with less, broke the 100,000 army of the neighboring Caiyi country, captured the enemy generals alive, and sacrificed them to Taimiao, and the king of the Caiyi country came in person and bowed his head to the courtiers.

Later, Emperor Yong'an held a banquet by Longyuan Lake and invited hundreds of officials.

That year, the young Zhou Shangwen was only thirteen years old.

At that time, he really felt that his father was the greatest person in the world.

He stood up and continued on.

Soon, he came to the second floor of this Dragon and Tiger Tower.

Here, there used to be all kinds of exotic treasures, all of which were in the Yong'an period, when the country was strong, and those foreign countries took the initiative to offer them.

The gorgeous robes woven from the silk produced by the golden cicadas of Caiyi Kingdom, the treasure knife made of the fine iron of Tianshan Mountain in Beirong Kingdom, and even the treasure Chinese New Year's Eve pearl presented by Daqian......

Countless extravagant treasures, like ordinary things, are placed here at will.

Even Emperor Yong'an did not arrange for anyone to guard these treasures at all.

Perhaps for him, these things outside of his body could not cause any waves in his heart at all.

Zhou Shangwen sighed softly, and then continued to walk to the next floor.

Here, on the third floor of the Dragon and Tiger Tower, it is also the highest floor, and it is the place where the first emperor Yongan feasted the immortals.

Zhou Shangwen slowly opened his eyes and looked at his father's residence.

This is where Emperor Yong'an lived.

Back then, Emperor Yong'an conquered almost the entire Dongbao Divine Continent. Knowing the existence of immortals, he called on the world to set up a banquet in the Dragon and Tiger Tower to invite immortals, and asked the immortals to give the elixir in order to live forever.

This kind of idea is something that almost every emperor will have, but Emperor Yong'an achieved what ordinary emperors couldn't do, and then he put what those emperors wanted to do, but didn't dare to do, into reality.

Back then, he collected the world's treasures and gathered them in this dragon and tiger building, just to feast on the immortals.

If that's just the case, then that's all, but for Emperor Yong'an back then, his pride has penetrated into his bones, so even if he wants to ask the immortals for the elixir, he doesn't have the slightest attitude of convincing.

He wants to make the immortals the master of the Great Departure, he wants to learn immortal art from the immortals, he wants the immortals to start a sect here, and he wants to make the Great Departure an immortal dynasty where everyone can live forever!

So, that night, the immortals came.

Zhou Shangwen walked forward and looked around.

Different from the lower two floors, although deserted, you can still see the glory of the past, but this third layer is a mess.

The ground around it was covered with dark red marks, and to this day, it is even difficult to clean.

He came to a halt suddenly.

An almost endless wave of anger and humiliation welled up in his heart, instantly swallowing up what little confusion he had left.

Even after almost thirty years, he still can't forget it.

That night, he and his father were here, watching the immortal in the blue robe, pinching one big man after another into scum.

It was that night that the immortal gently swept his father's head with the dust, and then made him kneel before him, and said in that voice with great disdain:

"Don't get an inch, little emperor!"

It was also that night that the first emperor Yong'an, while tearing up to the young man, told him the inheritance of the Zhou family:

"Wen'er, you are different from me, I have been broken and I don't dare to resist, but you are different, you still have the heart of the Zhou family in your heart, and the pride of our great departure from the royal family, for the next life of your father, we will lay the foundation for you, and you remember, there is only one thing you have to do, even if you can't do it, you must pass it on to your descendants, you must remember it, this is the greatest wish of our Zhou family,"

"Since the immortals have no way, then we-"

Zhou Shangwen slowly raised his head, his eyes were as sharp as sharp blades, and he said slowly in a voice that was already slightly hoarse:

"Slaughter Immortals!"