There was a light snow outside the hall, the white snowflakes were fluttering, Dai Quan walked in, one leg was lame when walking, and he saw Emperor Tianyou wearing a loose brocade robe sitting there with his eyes closed, so he walked to the incense burner and added some agarwood to it, and lit the open fire, and the inner hall warmed a lot.

Emperor Tianyou has felt much better since taking a dose of medicine in the morning.

Dai Quan reached out and touched the medicine jar on the small stove, and said to himself, "You can drink it." As he spoke, he took down the medicine jar, lifted the lid on the jar, and carefully poured the decoction into the bowl.

"Your Majesty, it's time for medicine."

Carrying the bowl of medicine, he walked towards Emperor Tianyou.

"Slow down." Emperor Tianyou opened his eyes, "Beware of falling." ”

"Your Majesty." Dai Quan knelt down in front of the soft collapse with the bowl in his hand, "It's just right, it's not cold or hot." His Majesty hurriedly drank it. ”

Emperor Tianyou took the bowl with both hands and drank the bowl of medicine in one gulp.

Dai Quan smiled a little at this time, and said again when he took the bowl with both hands: "Your Majesty has taken Li Yuanzheng's medicine, and you will be angry with them again when your body is better." ”

Emperor Tianyou wiped his mouth with a towel: "What's wrong?" ”

Dai Quan: "Yan Shenggong went directly to the Wen Mansion. ”

Emperor Tianyou was silent for a moment: "You say, can he do it?" ”

Dai Quan was stunned for a moment and replied: "In the end, it still depends on the army of Xingyang Bo." ”

Emperor Tianyou frowned, and was silent again.

............

At this time, five days have passed since Wen Fangyan's death, and the imperial court has already given the explanation, and issued a letter to the world in the form of a holy decree, giving Wen Fangyan the last glory.

There are still many officials in front of the gate of the Wen Mansion with solemn expressions, lining up in front of the spirit to take turns offering incense.

At this time, nearly 100 officials appeared in front of the Wen Mansion, and they stood solemnly in the mourning shed with white belts around their waists.

The family members of Wen dialect, who got the news, wore linen and filial piety, and knelt down with tears to greet the minister who came to pay their filial piety.

A carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Wen Mansion, the door opened, and the white-bearded Yan Shenggong stepped out of the carriage with the support of the old man who was driving the car.

The sudden appearance of Yan Sheng Gong immediately caused a sensation, and the officials waiting outside the spirit shed knelt down in unison.

"We greet the Holy Father!"

"Students, wait to meet the teacher!"

Yan Shenggong nodded, "The old man is here to pay tribute to his old friend, so these false gifts will be waived." ”

Kong Qian immediately helped Yan Shenggong to walk towards the mourning hall, and all the officials followed with solemn expressions.

Yan Shenggong silently took the burning incense stick from the eldest son of Wen dialect, saluted with incense, inserted it in the incense burner in front of the spirit card, tears filled his eyes, and said to himself: "When people reach the age of fifty and learn to serve the old, they must see their fate clearly and let go of some obsessions. Don't worry about it, no. How about it, get in the way of others! ”

A trace of vigilance flashed in the eyes of Deng Tong, the secretary of Dali Temple!

The rest of the officials looked at the ground as if they hadn't heard anything.

At this moment, Wen Fangyan's eldest son and youngest son walked up quickly, knelt down and cried: "My father was forced to die, please ask the teacher to call the shots!" ”

Yan Shenggong hurriedly instructed Kong Qian, who was following closely beside him: "Quick, help me up." ”

Kong Qian hurriedly helped their brothers up, and said sadly: "This is not the suffering of the Wen family, but the shame of the entire scholar, not only the first assistant, but also the thousands of unjust souls at the entrance of the vegetable market, this blood debt will be recovered sooner or later." ”

Hearing this, Deng Tong was stunned for a moment, and then he approached Yan Shenggong and said softly: "Teacher, these two things were set by the cabinet and the military respectively, and they have nothing to do with the palace. ”

Yan Sheng said publicly: "The guilty and the innocent, God knows it, and the world knows it, so how can it be cleared up if it has nothing to do with it?" ”

All the officials were shocked, and then many people were excited, and some people began to slowly walk to the spirit and kneel.

Then, except for Yan Shenggong, everyone in the courtyard slowly walked over and knelt down.....

............

Zhu Wucheng, who was reviewing the folds, put his pen on the shelf and stood up, his eyes flashing coldly.

Dong Shan hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "The slave went to call Kong Shangshu?" ”

Zhu Wucheng snorted: "What did you call him to do?" Come to demonstrate?! ”

Dong Shan didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhu Wucheng walked slowly in the hall with his hands behind his back.

Dong Shan followed with his hands down.

Zhu Wucheng: "How is Kunning Palace?" ”

Dong Shan: "It's still the same. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Wucheng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Send someone to keep an eye on the Confucian Mansion, and report it as soon as there is news." ”

Dong Shan understood: "Yes." ”

............

A hundred years of Confucius, is located in the bustling place of Andingmen Street, across the street is the Confucian Temple and the Guozijian, a large piece of forbidden land is circled in front of the house, as a place where the carriages and horses converge, not far away opposite is a restaurant, every year I don't know how many officials and students who come to Confucius Mansion to pay homage here to see and rest, these officials and students are proud one by one, and the restaurant business is very good. But for some reason, the restaurant suddenly closed a month ago, and it is said that it has changed owners and is being renovated.

In front of the Confucian Mansion, there were full of sedan chairs and attendants, and those officials who had come to pay homage to the Holy Father of Yan were now lined up in a mighty long line, waiting to be summoned with solemn expressions.

Yan Shenggong was resting after a long journey, when a word came from the backyard that everything should be reported in half an hour.

The cold wind howled, rolling up clouds of snow and hitting the faces and bodies of the officials, but they did not move, and there was silence in front of the Confucian Mansion.

Even those people from the Confucian Mansion who shoveled and cleared snow did not dare to laugh, and they were silently busy with their errands one by one.

At this moment, the sound of firecrackers sounded on the street!

The steward and subordinates in the front yard of the Confucian Mansion were stunned, and a housekeeper immediately ran out of the inner courtyard: "What's the matter!" said that the Holy Father of Yan is resting, who will set off firecrackers! ”

As soon as the words fell, the steward who entertained the officials outside the door hurriedly ran in: "No, it's not good! Chamberlain..... You, go out and see! ”

The butler: "What's the matter! ”

“......”

The steward hesitated, "You'd better go and see for yourself." ”

Butler: "Let's go, come out with me." With that, he strode out.

The restaurant, which had been closed for more than a month, suddenly opened its door, and the front of the door was full of people watching the excitement.

The butler came over, he looked at the plaque covered with red cloth, he couldn't help frowning, hesitated for a moment, and walked forward.

The door of the store was wide open, and a large poster was displayed in front of the door, and the words on it were clear: "Open today." ”

"This.... This, this ....."

The butler took a few steps back.

At this time, a voice came: "Girls, it's open!" An old bustard came out of the door and said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time that my yard has been opened, please take care of it in the future." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and tore off the red cloth on the door plaque, and the three bright gold characters of 'Happy Forest' were particularly dazzling.

With a bang, the windows on the second floor were all opened, the pungent aroma was permeated, and a large row of young women stood by the window.

Someone downstairs shouted, "Little bitch, what's wrong with flirting with Lao Tzu?" You wait, Lao Tzu will go back and get the money now! ”

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

The butler's eyes widened.

Steward: "..... Chamberlain! ”

The butler came back to his senses,

A singer opened her voice and sang, her eyes flowing as she sang, looking at the crowd downstairs and throwing her eyes away.

After singing the song, everyone applauded.

Someone else shouted, "Little bitch, wait for me!" ”

The crowd laughed again.

The old bustard: "Ladies and gentlemen, please come inside!" ”

"Little bitch, I'm coming!"

Amid laughter, a group of people walked in.

In the crowd, the people in the palace laughed and went out.

The housekeeper was angry: "Go, find the people from Shuntianfu and the Terracotta Division, by the way, there is also the imperial history of patrolling the streets." ”

The steward nodded yes.

Upstairs, the sound of the sandalwood flute sounded again.

...........

The living room of the Confucian Mansion was packed with people.

All the civil officials above the fourth grade of Shenjing came, but they all stood there silently, and no one said a word.

The Prophet sat on the front of the chief.

Kong Qian held a booklet and sent it to Yan Shenggong.

Kong Qian: "Teacher, this is the gift list of the thank-you gifts presented by your classmates, you can see it." ”

Yan Shenggong looked at it and shook his head: "It's cheesy." You don't understand what I, a bad old man, am doing with these lonely books. To put it bluntly, these are all money, things outside the body. If you can copy a sage's essay by hand, or compose a poem and song by yourself, the old man will be happier than if he has eaten honey. ”

Officials: "The teacher is educating you—"

Kong Qian bowed: "Teacher, what Lord Lang Jia, the left attendant of the military department, is presenting is a hand-copied sage article. ”

"Oh?" The joy in Yan Shenggong's eyes showed that he was very happy, and slowly swept over everyone: "I don't know which one is Lord Jia?" Please come up and see you. ”

Jia Zheng tidied up his robe, stepped forward, and gave Yan Shenggong a deep bow, "Student Jia Zheng meets the teacher!" ”

Yan Shenggong: "Raise your head." ”

Jia Zheng slowly raised his head.

"Not bad! Indeed, he was a man of humility and understanding. ”

Yan Shenggong: "What subject are you from?" ”

The lobby fell silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes looked at Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng's old face turned red, he took a deep breath, and replied, "I'm ashamed, the student has never been in the subject class. ”

Yan Shenggong was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Prisoner? ”

Jia Zheng swallowed his saliva and nodded.

A trace of loss flashed in Yan Shenggong's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal, and smiled slightly: "You are not only a sage in your heart, but also a reader. Since you have become an official in the court, you must remember that the face of a scholar is more important than his life, and he should not ruin the face of a scholar for his own selfish interests. Speaking of this, he said to everyone: "You must also work hard, share worries and solve problems for the court, and fight for the face of the world's scholars." ”

Everyone: "Follow the teacher's teachings!" ”

Yan Shenggong waved his hand, "Sit, sit down and say." He turned his gaze to Jia Zheng and asked, "Your surname is Jia, I don't know which Jia it is?" ”

Jia Zheng: "The student's ancestral home is Jinling, and his ancestors once followed Emperor Shengzuren in the Northern Expedition to Keding Shenjing, and was blessed by Emperor Shengzu and was knighted as the Duke of Rongguo. ”

Yan Shenggong narrowed his eyes and looked at Jia Zheng: "..... Look up for a long time. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Jia Zheng, heard the voice.

Jia Zhenggang wanted to speak, but Yan Shenggong continued: "Since it is a meritorious service, the old man does not dare to hold it up, you can call yourself a junior." ”

Jia Zheng was stunned and replied, "Yes, the younger generation understands." ”

Yan Shenggong ignored him, Kong Qian walked to Jia Zheng's side and said in a low voice: "Lord Jia, please go back!" ”

Jia Zheng seemed to understand something, his lips moved, first he gave Yan Shenggong a deep bow, and then turned to those officials and bowed deeply.

Deng Tong and other officials hurriedly got up and saluted, but more officials looked at the ground as if they didn't see anything.

Yan Shenggong saw it in his eyes and said, "Go ahead." ”

Jia Zheng bowed and retreated, Deng Tong and the others glanced at each other, and then bowed to Yan Shenggong and retreated.

...........

The earth-shattering sound of firecrackers came from inside the gate of the Happy Forest.

In the center of the courtyard, a group of small servants carried burning firecrackers and set them up lively.

The second floor sang again, and as soon as everyone cheered, the sound of horses' hooves and running was heard on the street.

"What a bold man!"

The street patrol Yushi came with a group of street patrol soldiers and shouted loudly: "There is no royal law!" Which one allows you to open a brothel privately? It's also on the edge of the Guozijian! He dismounted and entered with a group of soldiers.

Sure enough, the place was already full of people, including many high-rollers dressed in big clothes, ordinary people who took the opportunity to come in and join in the fun, and there were even many secretive literati.

These people sat and drank tea, or stood and listened to music, but they all looked to the second floor.

The street patrol Yushi led the soldiers to rush in violently, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Don't blow these people away yet!" ”

Those soldiers roared in response to drive the guests on the first floor out, and in a commotion, the imperial history took a few soldiers to the second floor, and just about to drink the order to take people, he immediately found that the atmosphere on the second floor was not right.

In the sound of the flute, Niu Er slowly opened his eyes.

The imperial history looked at Niu Er who was sitting there, and then looked at the row of armored soldiers standing behind Niu Er.

"Know me?" Niu Er asked suddenly.

The imperial history tried to be as calm as possible: "General Niu is a Ming official who was specially praised by His Majesty, how can this official not know." ”

Niu Er: "Are you going by yourself?" Or will my brothers send you away? ”

With a bang, the soldiers behind him pulled out their waist knives together!

Those soldiers hurriedly ran to the front of the imperial history to protect them, but they didn't dare to pull out their swords.

At this time, the old bustard spoke: "This lord, we are here in the authentic courtyard of Shuntian Mansion, not a brothel. ”

That Yushi's face changed at this time, gritted his teeth, and said, "That can't be opened in this place!" ”

The bustard: "What's wrong with this place?" We are serious businessmen, and as long as it is not forbidden by the "Great Ming Law", we can do business. ”

Niu waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him took a step forward together, and at the same time shouted: "Retreat!" ”

The imperial history gritted his teeth: "I have been an official for so many years, and I have never met you so unreasonable." Yan Sheng Gong is in the opposite house. ”

Niu Er stared at the eyes of the imperial history, not moving at all.

That Yushi's face turned pale: "You..... Ruthless enough! With that, he left without looking back.

Niu Er said to the old bustard: "Call all the people on the street in, and continue singing." ”

"Girls, keep singing." The old bustard pushed open the window and shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, the market is open." ”

The imperial Shi Tie walked out with a blue face, listening to the sound of the sandalwood flute coming from upstairs and the laughter behind him, stomped his feet, and strode towards the opposite face's mansion.

Yan Shenggong already knew about the happy forest at this time, and looked at everyone with a smile: "The old man will stay in Beijing this time, everyone has time to study the way of the sage, the old man has been tired all the way, and he is a little tired, please go back." As he spoke, he instructed Kong Qian: "Send you on my behalf." ”

Kong Qian: "Please." ”

Everyone got up together and looked at Yan Shenggong deeply: "Students and others will retire!" ”

After sending off all the officials, Kong Qian stood tremblingly in front of Yan Shenggong.

Yan Shenggong took a sip of tea: "Say, what's going on?" ”

Kong Qian: "Back to my grandfather's words, I went to patrol the street and went to the imperial history, the courtyard was registered in the Shuntian Mansion, and there was a group of soldiers guarding it, it was a person under the Marquis of Zhongwu, oh.... is Jia Zheng's nephew. ”

"Humph!" Yan Shenggong put the tea bowl on the eucalyptus table, and said in a deep voice: "Shaft! ”

..........

Daiyu took a letter, looked at it, and laughed to herself.

Jia Jue also smiled, "How is it?" ”

Daiyu shook the letter in her hand, "You can figure it out!" I guess I'm going to be angry. ”

After a pause, he said, "Ming'er, you are going to be impeached again." ”

Jia Jue groaned slightly, "I'm afraid this old guy won't accept it!" ”