The duke listened to the news he returned, locked his eyebrows and pondered, and then said: "There is no fault in this guy's words, and it is difficult to think of his truth." Even if he spits out one thing in the court, we can handle it, but we can't help it, and we can use the words of the magic stick to vaguely pass it. ”

The strong man smashed the wall board angrily: "I hate that he wrote two words and I don't know what it is, and he asked the people of the palace to bring it back...... I should have snatched it! ”

The other person immediately said: "Now that the matter is over, it is better for me to go back to Beijing first, and inquire about anyone in the Ye Party who has left the city, if it is someone else, it is quite light; If it is Cui Yi, I will secretly ask the prince and quickly participate in his book of unfilial piety of 'not keeping the mourning period'! ”

"This is the way," said the strong man, turning back, "you and I must not return in vain!" I'll stay here, don't worry. The two said goodbye.

It was almost night, and the old servant of King Yi's mansion had returned, and spread the two words all over the house, asking everyone, but most of them didn't know; Only a few of King Yi's disciples saw it and exclaimed in surprise: "This is not the name of a confidant of Ye Bing's department?" Mr. Chenzhai spoke to us before leaving. ”

He hurriedly asked the old servant about the reason for the matter, and after everyone heard this, they woke up and were immediately disturbed; Fortunately, the doormen are knowledgeable and still have decisions, and they persuade everyone not to panic, and it is not too late to invite Cui Yi into the house at dawn tomorrow.

Cui Yi didn't have any worries, and slept peacefully until the morning, only to learn from the shopkeeper that someone had sent a letter. Cui Yi smiled knowingly, took the letter back to the house to open it, and saw that in addition to the invitation, he also had a silver ticket of thirty taels. He folded the silver ticket gently, stuffed it into the blanket, first went to find the gentleman who broke the word, and handed him the thirty taels of silver ticket directly, without any embarrassment.

He immediately said goodbye to the alley, went to the gate of the palace, shook the letter in front of the guard's face, and said: "The contemptible Zeng Yuan, invited by a certain celebrity in the palace, came to count his fate. The guards knew that he was Cui Yi, and without talking much, they led him into the inner courtyard and went to the back hall.

"What a Cui master, he can hide from the world and go all the way here!"

Cui Yi followed the voice and looked at a literati walking out of the warm pavilion, hurriedly took half a step back, and said, "Xiao Ke is still Zeng Yuan, don't be quiet." ”

"What are you afraid of?" The man smiled, "In this royal palace, the eyes of the eyeliners can't stick in." Could it be that Cui's main thing is addicted to divination and fortune-telling? ”

Cui Yi didn't dare to be rash here, and replied solemnly: "That being the case, I can talk to the adults with confidence." I don't know your name. ”

"Under the surname Cheng Mingqin, the number is Woting, it is a Jiangnan clan, and he has been tossing and turning for a long time, so he has been a guest in front of King Yi's door, which is not worth mentioning. What are the instructions of Master Cui here? ”

Cui Yi said: "Now King Yi will be framed by the crown prince, and he is afraid that he will be expelled from the capital and return to the domain. I heard that there are many guests here, and they may be able to help, so they do not avoid the difficulties and dangers. I don't know what Mr. thinks, this power of yours is enough? But what works? ”

Cheng Woting paced while bowing his head and said: "I won't hide it from you, there are more than 50 people who are courteous to the prince in the mansion, although they are all famous people in the world, but they don't have deep friendships with people in the officialdom, they have no roots and no power, and their words and deeds are like sinking into the sea." ”

Cui Yi was still calm and full of spring, but he just smiled: "The sentence 'not deep' in the woting is extremely clear, and there must be a shallow relationship." ”

Woting shook his head: "It's useless to make a shallow handover." ”

"Then let me ask you, have you ever met with a member of the capital in Beijing?"

"Except for the principal, never."

"Have you ever met with the governors of the provinces?"

"No, I didn't."

"What about the governor?"

"I've seen this a few times."

"On what occasion?"

Cheng Woting thought carefully: "The local governor invited the prince to the banquet, and I waited for the scribes to go to the banquet and write poems for it." Since then, although we have been repeatedly summoned to accompany us, it is only to add elegance and not to political affairs. ”

"How?" Cheng Woting smiled bitterly, "What I said before is not bad, right?" Alas, what use can this little communion be! ”

"Of course you can!" Cui Yi's eyes were extremely firm, "The reason why the state officials are willing to respect you is because you have a pivotal position here!" Even if you don't participate in political affairs, you can still call on the entire literary world. As long as you seize the right time, and then use your fame to incite the people a little, thousands of people will shout in unison, and the government will not ignore it. ”

Cheng Woting was worried: "If the adults are unhappy and the name of 'inciting chaos' is lowered, how to deal with it?" ”

Cui Yi shook his head and said, "No." You can kneel in front of the yamen hall and ask Zhizhou to write on your behalf and advise King Yi. In this way, there is no disadvantage of making a fuss that is difficult to control, and second, it can shock Gyeonggi, and it will soon spread all over Beijing, making a storm in the city, and it will be difficult for King Yi not to stay. ”

Cheng Woting pondered for a long time, but still undecided, so he had to call the two slaves and order: "You two and take Master Cui out of the house." After that, he waved at Cui Yi again: "I'm sorry, this matter is very important, if you make a slight mistake, you will be done with the big crime of beheading." Rong Cheng thought about it for a few days, and if he had a way, he would consult with you. ”

Cui Yi didn't care about the etiquette at this time, his eyes widened angrily, and he asked, "What are you doing here?" Let go! The two minions honestly lowered their hands and lowered their heads, not daring to take one more step.

"You...... This ......"

Cui Yi didn't say a word, walked straight to the middle of the living hall with resolute steps, and sat on the circle of chairs.

Cheng Woting's face turned pale, and he hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Cui Yi said: "Isn't Mr. Woting afraid of cutting off his head? Then I won't go back to Beijing and sit here until the incident is completely over. If it really becomes a great sin of rebellion, you can ask me for it! Whether it's beheading or Ling Chi, I'll let him come! ”

Woting was shocked, hurriedly invited Cui Yi to come down, and arched his hand several times: "Master Cui, Master Cui, Cheng Mou just promised, you must not be so angry." ”

Cui Yi breathed a sigh of relief, dusted off his clothes, stood up and looked at the sleeping pavilion and said, "Time is pressing, don't hesitate, I hope you understand my approach." I was going to leave when I was done, but now it seems that I still need a backbone town. Everything will seek me for planning in the future. Without waiting for the nod of the pavilion in agreement, he strode out of the guest hall.

"Waiter Lan, this news...... How so? ”

The prince took a letter that had just arrived, turned his head and asked Lan Yuandao.

Lan Yuan looked down: "Cui Yi is out of the capital......"

"If he really participates in one of them, won't he be able to escape?" The prince smiled and closed the letter, as if he had made up his mind.

After hearing this, Lan Yuan was shocked: "Your Highness, this letter must not be kept!" ”