In the palace, Wei Zhilin stood indifferently outside the Jixian Palace, listening to the bell of the retreat in his ears, looking at a few plum blossoms in the snow outside the palace, he couldn't help but be in a trance......

I can't remember how long I haven't been here, but the first emperor often discussed state affairs with his mentor here, and he taught the two princes on the side.

Now that the first emperor is gone, the eldest prince is buried in a foreign land...... Everything here doesn't seem to have changed, every grass and tree, including the furnishings in the hall, is still the same as it was back then.

Everything here seems to have changed again, and it has become a matter of things and people, and the vicissitudes of life......

"Why is the teacher standing outside the temple? Come on in! ”

Wei Zhilin glanced at the corner of his eyes, and turned a corner of the Ming Yellow Dragon Robe at the corridor, and before the person arrived, there was a hearty laugh, it was Emperor Chen Zhao Chang.

Wei Zhilin bowed his head solemnly and knelt down slowly: "Minister...... Wei Zhilin, see Your Majesty! ”

"Whoa...... The teacher is free of courtesy, free of courtesy......"

Under the umbrella of Huang Luo, Emperor Chen wore a crown of heaven on his head, stepped on the clouds, followed by several eunuchs and palace maids, looked at Wei Zhilin with a smile, and saw the other party kneeling and bowing, stretching out his hand to help, but his feet were unhurried and stepped forward.

"I ...... I haven't seen my teacher for a long time, and I miss it tightly! Today's teacher is just a narrative, the teacher doesn't have to be polite, no matter when, you are my teacher! ”

Emperor Chen took two steps forward as he spoke, held Wei Zhilin's hand, enthusiastically helped Wei Zhilin up, and walked into the Jixian Hall with his arm.

Several eunuchs and palace maids followed the fish in, someone had already moved to Jindun, Emperor Chen helped Wei Zhilin to sit down, and asked the eunuch to bring the brazier.

"The Zhixing Academy has cultivated many pillars for the imperial court over the years, and the teachers have worked hard and made great achievements...... I heard that the national teacher is traveling again? I don't know when I'll return? I...... I really miss him! ”

Emperor Chen picked up the tea cup, held the tea lid and gently plucked the floating tea leaves, his face became hazy in the steam.

"Mr. Dean has always been like this, and he will naturally come back when it is time to come back!"

Wei Zhilin picked up the teacup, blew it gently, and took a sip.

"Hehehe...... That's what the teacher said! At the beginning, the Cui family was preparing to build Longmen Academy, and they also wanted to contribute to the imperial court, so they ...... I'm right! I...... It's not for Zhixingyuan, the teacher must have listened to the rumors outside...... I have to deal with many things every day, and it is inevitable that there will be some omissions, and then some small people will chase after the wind and shadows, and spread false rumors, which will inevitably make the teacher misunderstand! ”

Emperor Chen's tone was gentle, seeing that Wei Zhilin did not answer, he took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, rubbed his chin mustache and said, "As long as it is beneficial to the imperial court...... I will adopt it! I remember that at the beginning of my ascension to the throne, Mr. Guoshi once said to me to be a good emperor! Sir taught, I always keep it in mind! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chen stood up and looked around in the Jixian Palace.

"Back then...... Right here, my father and the national teacher discussed the major events in the world, and I ...... Listening to the teacher's teachings with the royal brother, this scene is like yesterday...... Thinking of the tragic death of the imperial brother in Qinzhou City, this revenge has not been avenged, and I can't sleep and eat, in the teacher's opinion...... Now...... Can you send troops to attack Xiliang? ”

"The lord of Xiliang is terminally ill, and the two princes are fighting for the throne, why don't Your Majesty wait for work and reap the benefits of the fisherman? In time, if you can surrender the soldiers without a fight, it is the best policy! ”

Wei Zhilin saw Emperor Chen looking at him with burning eyes, put down the tea cup in his hand, stroked his long beard, and smiled meaningfully.

"Just as the teacher said! Nowadays, although my Dachen Kingdom is increasingly abundant in soldiers and horses, money and food, it is also the external troubles that have not been eliminated, and the internal worries are continuous! ”

Emperor Chen let out a long sigh, sat down and took out a stack of pieces from his sleeve, his expression was full of worry: "Jizhou, Yizhou, Yizhou and other places have been in drought for three years, and there is no harvest, and the imperial court's annual disaster relief fundraising is not a long-term solution after all!"

Emperor Chen's face was solemn, and his bloodshot eyes looked at the snowflakes that were slowly falling outside the hall.

"For the sake of the common people in the world, I am determined to build a canal, leading the water of the Yangtze River in Hanyang County, on the way to bring together the Huai River, Ru River, Luo River, Hai River, all the way through, until Jizhou and other places, in the meantime, the land of Jiyi is fertile for thousands of miles, and there is no drought suffering, and the canal is through, and the Cao runs the business, this move can be done once and for all!"

"The project is huge, and the cost is huge, Your Majesty needs to be cautious......"

Wei Zhilin was secretly surprised in his heart, and stroked his beard and groaned for a long time.

"I have made the Ministry of Industry compatible, and the teacher's worries, I know in my heart that I am ready to pour taxes into the treasury for three years and levy 500,000 people...... For the sake of the people of Lishu, for the sake of generations to come, even if I bear the infamy of working hard and wasting money, I ...... I admit it! ”

Emperor Chen's voice was not loud, but it was loud, and in a trance, the wind and snow outside were much smaller.

Wei Zhilin looked at this former student, the second prince who was once vigorous and resolute, and suddenly felt familiar and unfamiliar, and a touch of complicated emotions rippled in his heart.

Emperor Chen asked the little eunuch to renew the tea, and talked with Wei Zhilin about the governance of the Yellow River and the reform of the tax system.

After two hours, Emperor Chen held on to Wei Zhilin's hand and reluctantly sent him out of the palace......

Emperor Chen stood in front of the Jixian Palace, squinted his eyes, and was silent, looking at Wei Zhilin's departing back until the figure disappeared into the snowy palace......

Wei Zhilin walked out of the palace in the face of the wind and snow, looked at the vermilion palace gate behind him, and the guards with guns and armor, and suddenly felt a little unreal.

It's just a short period of more than ten years, but this palace, which is close to Zhixing Academy, seems to be far away from the end of the world, and I can't remember the last time I came, when it was......

Wei Zhilin was walking on the road and was sighing to himself, and a sedan chair came in front of him, carried by four powerful men, walking vigorously and stepping on the snow like a fly.

The wind and snow blew through the sedan curtain, setting up a gap, and Wei Zhilin's eyes reflected a touch of scarlet.

The four men carrying the sedan chair walked unusually neatly and suddenly stopped.

"Is the person who came to be the head of the Zhixing Academy?"

A voice sounded leisurely in the sedan chair, and the wind and snow seemed to be stagnant.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

Wei Zhilin was calm and secretly on guard.

These four sedan chair bearers have a long breath, at first glance they are not idle people, although the people in the sedan chair did not show up, but a strong atmosphere permeated from the sedan chair.

"Hahaha, I've heard for a long time that the Zhixing Academy is famous all over the world, and the two heads of the Academy are even more miraculous, but I don't know if you are the head of the Academy of Literature or the head of the Academy of Martial Arts?"

With a shrill laughter, a palm as white as jade lifted the sedan curtain, and a man walked out of it.

This person was wearing a scarlet robe, black hair on his shoulders, light eyebrows and thin eyes, fair skin, if it weren't for the thin lips and a mustache, people would think that she was a woman. He exuded a strong aura all over his body, and he looked indescribably bewitching and weird.

The other party's words were rude, and he was dressed so evilly, Wei Zhilin's face couldn't help but sink, and he snorted coldly.

"Hahaha, I have long wanted to ask the head of the courtyard for advice, but unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity, and it is rare to meet today!"

The man in red said, clasping his hands into fists, and with his movements, the snow under his feet exploded one after another, and in the snow and fog, two air currents were like dragons, rolling towards Wei Zhilin.

It has been a long time since anyone dared to take the initiative to attack him, Wei Zhilin smiled slightly, three long wisps of long beard fluttered, and took a step forward.

Just took a step, but his figure was like a mountain, and a few sedan chair bearers not far from the oppression couldn't breathe.

The two strong air currents collided like a mountain and dispersed in an instant.

The red shadow suddenly bullied, like a halberd finger, stabbing at Wei Zhilin's eyebrows.

When that finger was less than two inches away from Wei Zhilin's eyebrows, Wei Zhilin fell backwards, his body like a willow branch, as if broken by this finger, and fell backwards in an extremely wonderful posture.

With his heel as the axis, he drew a semicircle, but in an instant, the whole person was like a light smoke, floating behind the red shadow, silently, and slapped out with a palm.

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and a hand as white as jade greeted him and slapped it.

Hitting each other with both palms, Wei Zhilin's figure stood still, and the man in red took two steps back, his face flashing with a hint of surprise.

Wei Zhilin's palm was white, and there was a layer of frost on it, and his palm lightly drew a circle, clenched into a fist, and instantly melted away the other party's cold true qi.

"Xuanyin Pole Dao? Who are you? ”

The other party's Yin Han Technique is the same as the "Xuan Yin Pole Dao" of the Xiliang Han family, this kind of master appeared in the imperial capital, Wei Zhilin couldn't help but have some doubts.

"Xin has no life in the Lower Dragon Gate Academy, and the head of the academy really has good means and has taken his leave!"

After the man in red finished speaking, he turned around and retreated, got into the sedan chair, and the four sturdy men carried the sedan chair and left quickly.

Longmen Academy, Xin has no life?

The other party turned out to be a person from Longmen Academy, Wei Zhilin looked indifferently at the sedan chair in the distance, obviously he was also going to the direction of the palace, could it be that he was also going to see the emperor?

Xin Wuming sat in the sedan chair, gently lifted the sedan curtain, the cold wind outside, he covered his chest and couldn't bear it anymore, "poof" spit out a mouthful of blood, and the red blood fell in the snow, shocking.

"It's so powerful, Zhixing Academy, under the fame, it's really worthy!"

He wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, and his heart was secretly terrified, the other party dissolved his cold true qi lightly, and that palm, obviously did not use all his strength, he underestimated the strength of the other party too much.

Wei Zhilin returned to Zhixing Courtyard, the snow gradually stopped, on the trees, on the roof of a thick layer, walked to the small courtyard where he lived, pushed open the door of the courtyard, Wei Zhilin habitually glanced at the ink bamboo in the corner.

The black bamboo leaves, covered with white snow, are black and white in the lush greenery, and it looks very beautiful.

Wei Zhilin suddenly felt that something was wrong, this ink bamboo seemed to be missing a branch, and after looking carefully, he found that there were still a few bamboo leaves falling on the ground, and his face suddenly changed.

Someone dared to steal the ink bamboo that he regarded as a treasure, and Rao was his calm temperament, and he couldn't help but be angry.

Wei Zhilin stood in the courtyard and slapped his palms, the sound was not loud, but it was clearly transmitted in all directions.

After a while, a figure floated into the courtyard like light smoke, a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, standing silently.

"Let's check, who has come into the yard and broken a branch of "Purple Thunder Bamboo"!

Wei Zhilin leaned over to pick up the fallen bamboo leaves on the ground, and a trace of regret flashed on his face.

The middle-aged man gave up his life, and his figure turned into a light smoke, and disappeared in an instant.