As soon as Fang Xiaoru's eyes came into contact with the other party's wolf-like gaze, he felt the murderous aura on the other party's body, and couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back.

Lan Yu's blade-like eyes flickered, and he suddenly smiled, and said in his heart: Although this famous genius has fear in his eyes, he has no heart, and he wants to come here because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent him to test me. Thinking of this, his face straightened, and he said in a deep voice: "As a courtier, but he covets the throne, he is a rebellious minister and thief, and Lan naturally can't tolerate him." As he spoke, he unconsciously crushed the teacup in his hand. Lan Yu threw away the broken porcelain piece in his hand, took out a square towel from his arms, and casually wiped the blood gushing out of the cut in his palm. He knew that since Fang Xiaoru had such amazing words today, he would explain it clearly, so he was no longer in a hurry to ask.

Fang Xiaoru saw that Lan Yu heard such a secret, but he still held his breath, secretly approved, and said in a low voice: "Today's Yan King Zhu Di and Ning King Zhu Quan are not long-lived people, I am afraid that after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, the two of them will have disobedience." Speaking of this, he hesitated and continued: "It is because I have the courage to hide His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and I came to inform the general, hoping that we and other ministers who are loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can work together and take precautions." ”

When Lan Yu heard him say this, he couldn't help but nodded, and said secretly: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not a person who is good at scheming, but it turns out that today he made his own decision after meeting me, and he couldn't help but believe the other party's filial piety words by three points. sighed lightly and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan has seen it before, and he is indeed a deep and resourceful person in the city. Speaking of this, he asked again: "But I don't know what the character of His Royal Highness King Naning is?" ”

When Fang Xiaoru heard him say this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Doesn't General Lan know Ning Wang Zhu Quan?" ”

"Lan has always been in the border army, but he is not familiar with the princes of the Beijing Division." Lan Yu shook her head and said.

Fang Xiaoru said with a wry smile on his face: "Fang was by the river, and the young man who fought with the general is the current King Ning. ”

"Oh" Lan Yu couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said in his heart: This kid is actually King Ning, although he is a prince, he has no real power in the court, what can I do? Fighting with me by the river today is not a glorious thing, and he may not sue the emperor in the future. Thinking of this, he reached out and rubbed the faint pain on his waist, recalling the ruthlessness when Zhu Quan and himself were beaten just now, he cursed secretly in his heart, and snorted: "It really doesn't look like a soft person." Speaking of this, he paused for words, turned his head to look at the other party and asked lightly: "According to Mr. Lan's opinion, what should Lan do?" ”

Fang Xiaoru saw that he knew that the person he had beaten just now was the current emperor's own son, Ning Wang Zhu Quan, although his eyes showed surprise, his demeanor was not at a loss, and he couldn't help but be secretly convinced, and said in his heart: Although General Lan is young, he is worthy of being a figure in the thousands of troops, and he has the bearing of Mount Tai collapsing in front and not changing. After pondering for a moment, he said in a low voice: "If you knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, the general will show his loyalty to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the appropriate occasion, so that the two kings will no longer have luck and no longer think of separation." ”

Lan Yu nodded, agreeing, although he praised Fang Xiaoru's loyalty to the crown prince, but he always felt that there was some indescribable estrangement with these powerless scholars, and he always felt that he was a little not speculative. At this time, after expressing his heart, he didn't want to entangle with him anymore and left.

Fang Xiaoru stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the back of the blue jade horse from afar, but there was a sense of joy in his heart, and he said in his heart: Marshal Xu Da, as the crown prince, has always been close to His Royal Highness. The young general Junyan Lan in this army is also loyal to His Royal Highness, as long as the two of them stand tall in the court, His Highness will be as stable as Mount Tai. I heard the old bustard's words in my ears and knew that Cao Guogong Li Jinglong had already been evicted by Ji Qingbo's euphemistic order, and he had already left unhappy.

Fang Xiaoru turned around with a wry smile and walked into a very elegantly furnished room in the painting boat, but his nose was full of wine, and he looked up at the back of a young man dressed as a green-shirted scholar who was buried on the sandalwood table, thinking of what happened to him, he couldn't help but sigh, and the joy in Fang Cai's heart suddenly disappeared.

The other person in the room was a woman in her twenties, with a handsome appearance and wearing a light yellow shirt, who was the owner of the painting boat, Ji Qingbo. She is a very empathetic person, knowing that Fang Xiaoru came here today to find this young scholar Xie Jin, not for the sake of the wind and snow, at this time Xie Jin was drunk and talked to him and the place where the gaffe fell in her ears must not look good, so she smiled and poured a cup of tea for Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin, and said goodbye and left the room.

Fang Xiaoru sat quietly at the table and did not speak.

After the tea time, Xie Jin's drunkenness disappeared slightly, shook his head, sat up, picked up the teacup and poured two sips, only to realize that Fang Xiaoru, who was sitting at the table, felt out of shape, couldn't help blushing, picked up the towel in the basin next to the table, wiped his face, and felt a lot sober. But it was the sect brother who smiled. I regretted it in my heart, it turned out that although he was much younger than Fang Xiaoru, he was smart and studious since he was a child, and he was extremely talented, known as a talent, after entering high school this year, he was specially summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang in the imperial study of Wuying Palace. The "Ten Strategies for Taiping" he presented also put forward extremely pertinent suggestions and criticisms on today's government and politics, and to the surprise of many people, Zhu Yuanzhang did not cut off his head like thunder, and he also had a lot of praise.

After this incident, Xie Jin's reputation in Shilin suddenly rose, and he was already close to Fang Xiaoru, a senior. Xie Jin's conceit is only eight buckets, and he is much younger, so it is inevitable that he will no longer respect the filial piety of the other party as before. At this time, his drunken ugliness fell into the eyes of the other party, and he inevitably regretted it.

Fang Xiaoru said warmly at this time: "Although the virtuous brother has suffered a setback this time, don't you know that there will be a comeback in the future, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, the foolish brother will definitely try his best to recommend you, so that the virtuous brother's ambition to govern the country can show his strengths." ”

Xie Jin heard his words, and couldn't help but feel like ashes again, his face was pale, it turned out that he was killed yesterday because he was involved in the case of Li Shanchang in a book for his friend, and his words were full of complaints about Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of Li Shanchang. actually got a cold sentence from the emperor: "Discuss the government in vain, return to your hometown within three days and live idle, and use it again after ten years." ”

Xie Jin has been famous for his talent since he was a child, he studied hard in the cold window, his heart was arrogant, and he thought that he would be reused by the imperial court, but he didn't know that yesterday he was expelled from the capital because of a few words, and at this time the ideal ambition in his heart seemed to have been shattered, and he couldn't help but feel discouraged. At this time, hearing Fang Xiaoru's words of relief, he also sat in a daze and did not say a word. I just secretly asked myself: Is it wrong to speak out and dare to admonish? In my mind, I imagined how many people I would have to face when I went home, and it was even more depressing.

After Fang Xiaoru was relieved for a while, he immediately asked a few words of good luck and cherished words, and then got up to leave.

Xie Jin, who was standing at the bow of the boat, watched Fang Xiaoru's back from a distance, and suddenly recalled in his mind the old eunuch who came to convey Zhu Yuanzhang's will to himself and expel himself, Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, quietly said to himself: Although Mr. is knowledgeable, he can only be a scholar, not an official. Thinking of Xue Jing's sympathetic gaze, Xie Jin couldn't help but be stunned, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart, and he said: If my teacher is also like Fang Xiaoru's teacher, the four scholars who assisted the emperor in founding the Ming Empire, and Song Lian, will I still have such a sad and panicked way back to my hometown today? When I thought of the "friend" who asked me to write a book to ridicule the emperor and kill Li Shanchang, but afterwards I didn't see him because of illness, and I felt a little remorse for the move that touched Zhu Yuanzhang's backlash two days ago. In my heart, I already vaguely understood the difference between the way of officials and the way of learning.

Zhu Quan followed the way he came, walked all the way towards his Ning Wangfu, and when he returned to the vicinity of the palace, he suddenly recalled that when he was washing his face by the river, he saw a strange appearance with black circles under his eyes, so he did not enter through the gate, and quietly came to the area where Jing Jun and Sima Chao were in charge of his duties by the wall, let the two of them squat, stepped on the shoulders of the two of them, and crawled into the back garden where he lived.

Jing Jun and Sima Chao couldn't help but snicker when they saw him like this. Jing Jun secretly thought in his heart: It seems that His Royal Highness really regards my brother as a confidant, otherwise such an ugly thing would not fall into the eyes of the two of us.

Zhu Quan turned into the courtyard, and saw that the lights were still swaying in the study on the ground floor of the small building, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and walked towards the building. When he came to the study, he saw Ma Sanbao and Jing Kun reading in the room, so he sat down.

After Ma Sanbao poured him tea, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw the bruises in his eyes, and after glaring at Zhu Quan, he went out of the room.

Jing Kun put down the scroll in his hand and looked up at Zhu Quan's face, his eyes showed surprise, but he still sat upright and did not say anything to ask. When he heard Zhu Quan talk about the fight with Lan Yu by the Qinhuai River tonight, Jing Kun was quite a bit ridiculous, but when he heard the fight, he actually met Fang Xiaoru by chance, Jing Kun's face sank, he pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked with a smile: "I don't know where the young man surnamed Lan went when His Highness left?" ”

Zhu Quan took a moment and said, "It seems that I am on Fang Xiaoru's painting boat." Thinking of this, he suddenly got up and had to enter the palace tomorrow morning to read Zhu Yunwen, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in his heart: I am not lucky today, I was caught by the teacher in a fight, and it seems that I will have to eat a ruler tomorrow.