After this dispute, the brotherhood between Wei Xia and Xia became more and more cold. Wei Huai began to dislike Xia Yuanlong's grim face, he never thought that Xia Yuanlong only recognized the name of reform, and the best friends who fought side by side with him seemed to be just a tool: once he broke away from the will he believed in, he would suffer the contempt of the former. He didn't want to stay in the academy for a while, although his house was not peaceful, but the scolding of the people could even make Wei Huai sober up.

Gradually, everyone in the alliance who noticed the abnormality began to form their own camps and factions, and most of them supported Xia Yuanlong, and they all urged him to act on his own to save the academy from fire and water.

Xia Yuanlong also wanted to clean up the current messy situation, but he finally remembered his long-term relationship with Wei Huai, and he didn't want to play this kind of conspiracy behind his back, so he severely reprimanded everyone: "Although Mr. Wei resigned in front of everyone, there is no conclusion yet, and I can't make the decision." If you are for your own selfish interests, and the party fights against differences, will you not be ashamed of your heart? Yuanlong is here for a day, and he will not let the evil wind cause trouble! ”

The crowd was silent and did not dare to speak of it again; Xia Yuanlong knew the true faces of several people because of this, but because of the imminent crisis, it was not appropriate to have internal friction, so he only secretly derogated.

But Xia Yuanlong has always been a persistent person, of course he will not stand idly by, so he found another way and came directly to Ye Yongjia to discuss. He himself was not in the yamen, Xia Yuanlong instructed the official to take a chair and sit in the second hall to wait.

At this time, Ye Yongjia inspected the water potential before the desecration, saw the official coming to report, and was busy asking what was the matter.

The official pointed back: "Xia Siye is now in the yamen, and he wants to discuss official affairs with the adults. ”

"Official business?" Ye Yongjia frowned, "Okay." I know. ”

He first took care of the things in front of him in an orderly manner, and then left Yundu in a hurry, asked the attaché to come to the official sedan chair, and took a shortcut to the palace.

The sedan chair man was killed, and he was going to walk through the street in front of the Weifu Gate, but who knew that the spectators in front of him were blocked, and there were people everywhere, and the sedan chair could not pass through at all. I had to put the sedan pole down and turn it back.

Ye Yongjia could also hear the noise outside, so he dialed the copper bell, stopped the sedan chair, stuck his head out of the curtain, and asked, "Why can't it be done?" ”

"My lord, for some reason, there were many people gathered on the road, as if they were cursing."

Ye Yongjia tilted his head and saw that there were hundreds of people, either climbing the wall or kicking the door, and some of them were throwing stones in the courtyard, making a sound that could almost tear the ground.

"I don't really see it. Whose residence is that? ”

The palanquin man tiptoed to look at it and replied: "Guarding the sacrificial wine." ”

"Yes."

The corners of Ye Yongjia's mouth raised a strange smile, his body leaned out, his legs fell to the ground, and he felt the warm and warm sun above his head.

"I'm not going to cause trouble," Ye Yongjia stood under the wall, "just look at it from a distance." ”

He stood alone in a large open field, in an interesting contrast to the scenery there: the sky was beautiful here, the crowds were crowded there, and the shouts were like thunder, but it seemed to add a dark cloud.

Ye Yongjia was staring, even though his expression was not serious, but with a bit of teasing and playful and cold observance, what could not be changed was always that gaze full of deep meaning.

His mind immediately drifted over, as if he had suddenly zoomed his perspective closer, and fell into that indescribable frenzy, seeing the hideous faces of the onlookers. These people's facial features were about to be torn, and their eyes were bloodshot, aiming at Wei Huai's mansion gate like looking at an enemy. Their words are becoming clearer:

"Wei Huai, where is all your nonsense?! You swore to take us out of the sea of suffering, why haven't you seen the new deal come out now? Everything we were supposed to have was ruined by you! ”

A scholar who claimed to be a student of Wei Huai blocked the door again, and said: "I'm afraid this Wei sacrifice wine is the money received from the government!" These words are like a firewood, which ignites the scene more vigorously.

Although Ye Yongjia didn't remember that Wei Huaihe had made a similar oath, it became undoubted in the crowd; As for the 'student', who was also known to the prefect, was the son of a wealthy gentry and a farmer, and the land confiscated by Wei Huai in his family was only reclaimed yesterday due to the abolition of the New Deal.

The most condemned enemy stood in front of them, but they were credulous enough to insult the dean who had done justice. He knew that the people were burdened by taxes and exploited by landlords, so he longed for a saint to save the people. They were willing to fanatically pursue this saint, willing to carry a banner of blood for him; But for the New Deal, they only stood on tiptoe and looked at each other from afar—they thought that thought was something that the saint was born with, unfathomable, inaccessible, and seemed to have to wait for the saint to do it, and everything would be solved.

This frenzy is still built on numbness. Ye Yongjia remembered the group of people in Chenzhou, why wasn't that the case? He suddenly realized that his feelings for people were complex, and he sometimes mocked this numbness as if he were watching from the wall; Sometimes he also pitied their situation, and wanted to make everyone in the world cheer. He wanted the day when this fanaticism would come from the bottom of his heart and make his enemies truly tremble.

He retracted his mixed emotions, lowered his eyelids, sighed secretly, and ordered his subordinates: "Let's go, get on the sedan chair." ”

"Lord Ye!" Xia Yuanlong saw Ye Yongjia's face, and his eyes lit up with joy, "You really made me wait!" ”

Ye Yongjia hurriedly said: "The junior is busy with official business, so I forgive you to wait longer." ”

"Now that the academy is in danger, I think in the whole of Nanjing, you are the one who can help," Xia Yuanlong patted him on the shoulder without scruples, "I hope you can help one or two." ”

"Say it." The two sat down.

Xia Yuanlong saw that there were people on the left and right, so he dipped his fingers in the tea lightly, and wrote on the table, 'Ask the adults to try to rescue the captured righteous people'.

Ye Yongjia couldn't recognize all the words, but he probably understood what he meant, and nodded: "This matter is a little difficult, but I can do it." ”

Xia Yuanlong hugged his fists and thanked him: "The future of the academy is all on the adults!" ”

"I wonder if Mr. Wei knows?" Ye Yongjia knocked on the lid of the pot and asked naturally.

Xia Yuanlong's face turned pale, and after a long silence, he replied coldly: "He doesn't need to know." ”

"You and him...... What's wrong with it? Ye Yongjia rubbed his eyebrows and asked puzzledly, "Now we need to unite even more." ”

"He has lost the heart of a reformer, and he is no longer on the same path as me. Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me. Xia Yuanlong's words were very anxious," to put it simply, he retreated. ”