In the private room of a teahouse not long after Guozijian in the capital, Ye Qiong wore a bib and sat opposite Lu Chunwang at the table by the window.

Outside the Guozi Prison, a group of students were gathering at the gate of Jixian, the gate of the Guozi Prison, chattering about something.

Lu Chunwang, who had been silently paying attention to the students, suddenly moved, and motioned to Ye Qiong to look at a student led by Guozijian, and said: "This student, named Huang Jiayun, is the best at meeting the source from left to right, and from time to time helping students from poor families, he has quite a prestige among the excellent prisoners of Guozijian, and most of the people gathered below are the excellent prisoners who have been helped by him. Huang Jiayun is the son of Huang Ruizao, the supervisor of Guozi, Huang Ruizao is a disciple of Hu Zhezhang, and in the Guozi Prison, in addition to Su Siye, the voice of supporting Huang Ruizao as the sacrificial wine is not small. ”

Excellent supervisors refer to the prisoners in the Guozijian, who are selected and recommended to the Guozijian by the government in various parts of Daliang, and most of them are poor students who have no way. It is not easy to live in the capital, although Guozijian has contracted the food and lodging of the prisoners, most of these excellent prisoners are still living in great distress, and it is no wonder that Huang Jiayun was able to buy the hearts of many people through this.

Ye Qiong looked down at Huang Jiayun, this person was barely upright, but he had a pair of overly flexible eyes, which made him look a little thief-eyed, and his gestures revealed obscenity. Looking at the son, you can know the father, and can raise a son like Huang Jiayun who stands behind and picks up the students, and Huang Ruizao is not an upright person.

At the door of Guozijian, Huang Jiayun didn't know what to say to those students, and immediately the voices among the students became louder, and some students shouted: "Su Qingyi, hypocrite!" ”

One person took the lead, and more voices rang out one after another: "Su Qingyi, hypocrite!" Unworthy of the sacrificial wine! ”

"Even Mr. Zou dares to bribe, hypocrite! Not worthy of a teacher! ”

The noise became louder and louder, attracting many people who did not know the truth to stop and point at the gate of Guozijian.

The students didn't make a fuss for a long time, and two lecturers rushed out of the Guozi Prison, with two Jin Wuwei soldiers stationed in the Guozi Prison behind them.

The two lectured doctors were very old, and they were most disgusted with these young and vigorous students who were easily incited, and they were so angry at the moment that they shook their beards and scolded loudly: "I don't know how to be respectful, and I don't know how to respect my superiors!" If you don't disperse quickly, do you still want to go to the rope hall to receive the punishment? ”

The Rope Hall is a place used to punish students who make mistakes, and every time a student makes a mistake, they will be tied to the bench of the Rope Hall and whipped with a bamboo board, which is a nightmare for many students.

Hearing that the lecturer mentioned the rope hall, sure enough, there were many students with a sense of retreat on their faces, but it also added a handful of oil to the already burning anger of some students, and immediately some of them were stunned and shouted loudly with their necks raised: "We are just doing righteous things, and for the sake of the future of the country, why do you punish us?" ”

Ye Qiong, who was sitting upstairs, listened to the student's words, sneered, looked at Lu Chunwang's calm side face, poured a little bit of a test, and asked, "What do you think of such a student?" ”

Lu Chunwang was a little surprised by Ye Qiong's sudden question, his delicate eyebrows drooped, but the words he said were very harsh: "A group of fools who are used but don't know it." ”

Ye Qiong was noncommittal: "There are too few really smart people in this world, most of them just stand on their own standpoint, looking at their own interests and morality, but they can't be said to be stupid." ”

Speaking of this, Ye Qiong's eyes were a little tentative, and she asked, "If you were them, what would you do?" You are also from a poor family, and in a place like Guozijian where nobles gather, if you don't choose to follow a nepotistic student like Huang Jiayun, you will be a lot behind others. ”

Lu Chunwang's eyes flashed with surprise and appreciation.

He knew that Ye Qiong was smart, but he never thought that Ye Qiong could see the situation of those poor students so thoroughly.

Lu Chunwang pursed his lips and said cautiously: "I will not choose to be in the same league as Huang Jiayun." I am confident in my talents, as long as I am good friends with several teaching assistants and doctors, and I am among the best in the assessment of Guozijian, I will not worry about getting ahead. ”

Ye Qiong sneered in her heart, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Lu Chunwang is still too young.

Young people, being young and vigorous is not a bad thing, but if you enter the officialdom and still can't restrain this youthful vigor, it will be harmful, especially if you don't have a deep identity background like Lu Chunwang.

Perhaps the same is true of Lu Chunwang in the previous life, although he is talented, he is too sharp, which will raise questions when the second prince ascends the throne in the previous life, and he was killed by the chicken and monkey cane outside the Taihe Gate.

Ye Qiong said pointedly: "If you don't choose to join the same stream, then the filth will take the initiative to contaminate you." If Huang Jiayun and his ilk killed you like Uncle Su, you were just a poor student and had no power at that time, how could you save yourself? ”

Lu Chunwang opened his mouth, as if he wanted to argue, but Ye Qiong waved his hand and continued: "Don't forget, you have a weakness. If you are alone, you will only die a rotten life, and you will die. But you still have a mother and two younger sisters, and if they threaten you with your relatives, can you really do justice? ”

Lu Chunwang was stunned. What he learned since he was a child, it was the way of Confucius and Mencius, no one had ever told him this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, and after a long time, he filled his teacup, picked up the teacup and said respectfully: "Please also ask Miss Ye to teach." ”

Ye Qiong also picked up her teacup, raised it to Lu Chunwang, took a sip and said: "You should have heard, the water of the waves is clear, you can wet my feet, the water of the waves is turbid, you can wet my feet, it's just a flexible truth." If you can put down your body and take the initiative to kneel in front of my master's carriage, and have lived in the poor alleys for so long, you should know this truth better than me. Sometimes, it's not the means that matter, it's the ends. ”

"Purpose?" Lu Chunwang asked rhetorically.

Ye Qiong looked at Su Qingyi and other officials from the Guozijian who were hurrying under the window, and said, "Yes, the purpose." If I were one of those students, I would follow Huang Jiayun to pretend to support the students to denounce Uncle Su, so that the people behind the scenes would get carried away and show the fox's tail, and then make a countermeasure. In the process, although I echoed Huang Jiayun, I achieved the purpose of luring the snake out of the hole. ”

This principle is also applicable in officialdom.

There have never been pure corrupt officials and clear streams in this world, but they have different positions. Especially in the officialdom, one day yesterday you can make a fuss about a matter with different opinions, and tomorrow you can be like brothers and sisters for something with the same interests.

Lu Chunwang is already a staff member of the Ye family, and he has already been marked with the mark of the Ye family.

If Lu Chunwang can really learn this truth and apply it, he will be able to go further in the officialdom in the future, and it will be beneficial to the future of the Ye family.

Lu Chunwang is not a stupid person, Ye Qiong just gave an example, Lu Chunwang already understood that Ye Qiong's original intention was to teach him the truth of being rigid and easy to break, and he was very moved in his heart, so he simply stood up and bowed to Ye Qiong, and said, "Disciple is taught." ”

Ye Qiong raised her eyebrows and smiled: "You are two years older than me, where did I get a disciple like you?" Sit down, Uncle Su is about to speak. ”

At the gate of Guozijian on the other side, Su Qingyi stood in the middle of the indignant students, his brows furrowed.

He naturally understands the rumors in Beijing, and his married daughter also handed him a message early to explain what happened.

His married daughter just went shopping with Mr. Zou's wife, how could she bribe Mr. Zou? Before the two returned home, this rumor has spread all over the capital, who can believe that there is no push behind it?

Seeing that Su Qingyi was slow to speak, one of the students who made trouble impatiently saluted the masters first, stared at Su Qingyi and said, "Lord Siye, now that you have made a big deal about the bribery of Mr. Zou, shouldn't you give us an explanation for this matter?" ”

Su Qingyi frowned and said: "What I haven't done is what I haven't done, that day, the dog girl just met with Mr. Zou's wife and had a conversation, does this also require me to prove myself?" ”

Su Qingyi said righteously, but the students looked unconvinced, and only whispered sarcastically: "Hypocrite, some people say that they saw with their own eyes that he gave Mr. Zou a purse full of golden melon seeds, but Mr. Zou sternly refused." ”

"That's it, I also heard that the Su family came to the door from time to time, annoyed Mr. Zou, and hid in the disciple's house!" Another student said.

Su Qingyi's face was even darker, and he was about to say not to listen to the rumors, but behind him, Huang Jiayun's father, Huang Ruizao, the supervisor of the country, stepped forward and said, "Lord Siye, it stands to reason that I am the supervisor of the Guozijian and the responsibility of the supervisor." I have received a number of testimonies, many of whom have seen Ling Ai have been in contact with Mrs. Yu. You can't argue with this matter, you should give me and all the students a convincing explanation! ”

Su Qingyi looked at Huang Ruizao's smug face, couldn't help but be angry, and said, "How to explain?" As the students said, do you want to resign from your majesty? ”

Huang Ruizao rolled his eyes, smirked and said, "I didn't say that, you said it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me!" ”

Su Qingyi trembled with anger by Huang Ruizao's shameless face, but another official standing on the side stood up and persuaded: "Lord Siye, Lord Jian Cheng is just performing his duties in the final analysis, but his speech is not good, everyone is serving in the Guozi Prison, don't hurt the harmony." ”

Su Qingyi's face was a little better, but he just glared at Huang Ruizao fiercely, and Huang Ruizao also "snorted", but didn't say anything more.

Ye Qiong, who was leaning against the window, keenly noticed that something was wrong, and asked Lu Chunwang, "Who is that person?" ”

Lu Chunwang glanced at it and said: "This person's name is Pan Yun, a Jinshi in the eighth year of Shunhe, and he was awarded the title of Doctor of Zhengwupin Guozixue two years ago, specializing in teaching the descendants of the princes of Zhengsanpin and above and several princes and grandsons of the Heavenly Family. ”

Ye Qiong let out a "hmm" and stared at Pan Yun tightly.

She had a hunch that this person was not simple.