"Ahem, ahem......"

Mr. Meng sat on the bed and coughed violently. Seeing this, Zheng Xilin hurriedly raised his hand and gently patted the back of the other person's hometown to help him calm down.

When the old man didn't cough anymore, Zheng Xilin was busy picking up the hot tea on the table again, and carefully fed Mr. Meng the tea.

Mr. Meng doesn't even have the strength to serve tea now. He lowered his head and slowly drank the hot tea. After drinking a small half of the lamp, Mr. Meng felt a little more comfortable, and his chest was a lot easier.

Zheng Xilin put down the teacup and raised his hand to help Mr. Meng calm down.

Old Mr. Meng smiled slightly at Zheng Xilin. His face was extremely pale, without a trace of blood. In the past, a pair of bright eyes were also cloudy at this time. There was a thick twilight between the eyebrows, and the cheeks on both sides were very thin. Before the Chinese New Year, his state was still okay, but after the New Year, his condition suddenly worsened, and the whole person instantly grew old and declined.

"You don't have to worry about me so much, I can last a while with this body."

Zheng Xilin was not comforted by Mr. Meng's words at all. He knew in his heart that Meng Lao's time was short, and he could last more than a month at most.

"If you worry about snacks and pay less attention, your body will be better and you will be able to live longer." Even after being sick for a few months, Mr. Meng has been busy. He knew that he wouldn't survive this time, so he wanted to arrange everything before leaving.

"Alas, I don't have much time, but there are still many things that have not been explained, and I have to arrange these things properly before leaving." Mr. Meng had an extremely weak smile on his pale face, "Fortunately, you have saved me a lot of effort." ”

Zheng Xilin asked, "What else is bothering you now?" "Sure enough, the person who knows Mr. Meng's temperament best is Zheng Xilin. In the past few days, he saw the worry in Mr. Meng's heart. Mr. Meng didn't say, and he didn't ask.

Mr. Meng said bluntly: "The imperial examination. ”

Zheng Xilin also guessed, "Are you worried that the imperial examination will not be able to be carried out smoothly at the local level?" ”

Mr. Meng was worried that Zheng Xilin would say a word. He bowed his head slightly and said: "That's right, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the local officials are secretly doing things in the imperial examination, and the emperor who is far away in the capital will not know." ”

Zheng Xilin, who said this, let out a chuckle: "You are too old to underestimate the emperor." ”

When Mr. Meng heard Zheng Xilin say this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression became a little expectant.

"You mean the emperor has a way?"

"Do you think the emperor would not have thought that local officials would make small moves in the imperial examination?" Zheng Xilin picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea slowly, after which he continued, "Our emperor is very good at calculating. Whether it is the officials of the court or the local people, they are all in his calculations. ”

When Mr. Meng heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Listen to what you mean, the emperor has played everyone in the palm of his hand."

Zheng Xilin said in a meaningful tone: "That's right. ”

Mr. Meng was slightly startled, and immediately thought of something, and said with a sudden expression: "The reason why you are no longer willing to enter the court as an official is because you have also been calculated by the emperor." ”

"The emperor calculates a lot of things about me." When Zheng Xilin thought of some things back then, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. However, he did not show half a point on his face. He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I also calculated him back then. ”

Mr. Meng laughed teasingly: "Now it seems that you didn't calculate the emperor back then, otherwise you wouldn't be in front of me." ”

"I've done everything I need to do, and there's no need to stay in the DPRK." Zheng Xilin smiled lightly, "Besides, now that the Great Zhou Kingdom is peaceful and peaceful, my ambitions have all been realized, and there is no need to continue to soak in power." ”

Mr. Meng also knew Zheng Xilin's temperament, and knew in his heart why he was unwilling to become an official in the court. He deliberately laughed and scolded: "You are just lazy, you don't want to worry about so many things anymore." ”’

Zheng Xilin followed Mr. Meng's words and said, "You are right. ”

"You mean the emperor will be wary of local officials tampering with the imperial examinations?" Mr. Meng pulled the topic back again, "What will the emperor do?" ”

"Send Qin to monitor all over the country." Although Zheng Xilin is far away from the court and does not participate in the affairs of the court, he knows the affairs of the court well. "I will also send ministers from the DPRK and China to various places to invigilate the examination."

After hearing this, Mr. Meng felt a lot more relieved.

"The emperor attaches great importance to the imperial examination, and he will never let anyone destroy the imperial examination." Zheng Xilin knew that Mr. Meng's real concern was not about the imperial examinations in other places, but about the Jinling and Suzhou areas. "Officials in Jinling and Suzhou dared to cheat in the imperial examinations, and Yangzhou many years ago was their end."

Mr. Meng was worried about this. He frowned slightly, and said with a somewhat calm face: "They have the support of the crown prince and the acting king behind them, but I'm afraid they will still do something." ”

"If the crown prince and the acting king are smart, they should be stopped from being clever in the imperial examinations." Zheng Xilin had a casual smile on the corner of his mouth, "If they are not smart, conniving or directing their people to mess around, what awaits them is to be abolished." ”

He said again: "It just gave the emperor an excuse to abolish them, which is exactly what the emperor wants." ”

"Then do you think the crown prince and the acting king will mess around?" Mr. Meng is concerned about chaos, and he doesn't want to let the imperial examination have an accident.

"It depends on whether the crown prince and the acting king are smart or not." After Zheng Xilin finished speaking, a playful smile appeared on his face, "However, as far as I can see, the crown prince and the acting king are not smart people. ”

"You say so, the crown prince and the acting king will still do it?" Mr. Meng was anxious, and coughed again, "cough, ......cough,

Zheng Xilin hurriedly took out a towel from his arms and helped Mr. Meng wipe the blood on the side of his mouth.

"What are you anxious about, didn't I say it, the emperor will have a countermeasure."

Mr. Meng panted violently, and said in a weak tone: "The imperial examination must not have an accident, it must be carried out smoothly, so that there is hope for all the students in the world." ”

"The emperor knows the importance of the imperial examination in his heart, so he, like you, will never allow accidents in the imperial examination, so don't worry."

Mr. Meng was not reassured by this, and still frowned and said: "The crown prince and the acting king are the emperor's own sons after all, do you think the emperor will really punish them at that time?" ”

"If you think the emperor is an emotional person, then you are very wrong." Zheng Xilin comforted Mr. Meng and said, "In the emperor's heart, no one is more important than the Great Zhou Jiangshan. Besides, he has many sons, and he has lost the crown prince and the acting king, and he has other sons. "The person the emperor likes is not the crown prince, nor is he the acting king. The crown prince and the acting king are just two chess pieces in the hands of the emperor.

"Alas...... Unfortunately, my time is short. Mr. Meng's face was full of regret and regret, "Before the imperial examination did not appear, I thought that I would die without regrets, and now I want to live a little longer, at least until the end of the college examination." "He wanted to see the imperial examinations.

"If you want to live until June or July, you can't work as hard as you do now." Zheng Xilin understood in his heart the reason why Mr. Meng wanted to live until the end of the hospital examination.

"If I live, I can still control these people in a town, so that they don't dare to do bad in the imperial examination." Speaking of this, Mr. Meng sighed again, "It's a pity that I can't even survive the county test." ”

"You can relax and recuperate, and you will definitely be able to survive to the county test." Zheng Xilin encouraged Mr. Meng and said, "You should take a good look at the grand occasion of the imperial examination when the time comes." ”

"I want to too, but my body doesn't allow ......" Mr. Meng's words suddenly stopped, and his face was gloomy, "I knew that there would be an imperial examination, so I didn't go out of the mountain to lecture and recuperate honestly." ”

Zheng Xilin deliberately scolded the emperor fiercely and said: "It's all to blame for the emperor for proposing the imperial examination too late." ”

Mr. Meng was amused by Zheng Xilin's words: "Didn't you say that the imperial examination was the idea of His Royal Highness the Tenth, how can you blame the emperor?" ”

At the mention of His Royal Highness the Tenth, Zheng Xilin's face instantly became a lot more kind.

"He's almost there, and when he comes, you'll be buzzing here." Thinking that every time Zhao Yao crackled and said a bunch of words in the letter, Zheng Xilin's mood unconsciously improved. "This kid is very good at making people happy, and he can talk about very small things happily."

"Although I haven't been in contact with His Royal Highness Ten for a long time, I can see that he is a pure person, and such a person will live happily." At the mention of Zhao Yao, a smile appeared on Mr. Meng's face, "His Royal Highness Ten's scheming is not shallow, he didn't even say it until last year when he concealed such an important matter as the imperial examination." ”

"If there is a father, there must be a son, and there are many things he hides, and the imperial examination is just one of them." Zheng Xilin said again, "It's just the most insignificant one among them. ”

"The imperial examination is the most trivial one?" Mr. Meng's face was full of shock, "The imperial examination is ......" because his breath was too urgent, and he was blocked in his throat, making him speechless for a while.

"His Royal Highness Ten has a lot of things in his mind that are more powerful than the imperial examination."

Mr. Meng relieved himself at this time, and his expression was very excited: "Really? ”

Zheng Xilin did not directly answer Mr. Meng's question, but said meaningfully: "Born to know." ”

When Mr. Meng heard this, his face was full of horror at first, and then he suddenly muttered, "I see, so I ......."

"Ahh On the river not far from Jinling, Zhao Yao, who was sitting in the boat, sneezed coldly, startling Tongxi, who was dozing off.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you, are you suffering from the cold?"

"I'm fine, someone must be nagging me." Zhao Yao rubbed his itchy nose and said, "It must be that the third uncle misses me." ”

"We'll be in Jinling tomorrow." Tongxi was very curious about the third uncle that Zhao Yao often mentioned.

"yes, it's finally here." Zhao Yao thought of having been on the boat for this period of time, and pursed his lips with disgust, "If I don't get any longer, I'll be seasick." ”

When it comes to seasickness, I have to mention Song Jicai's four conspicuous bags. At the beginning, the four of them got seasick when they took the boat, and then they finally didn't get dizzy, but just a few days ago, the four of them began to get seasick again, even worse than they did at the beginning. If he didn't go to Jinling again, Zhao Yao felt that his four good brothers were going to vomit to death.

Hearing the word "seasickness", Tongxi felt sick for a while and couldn't help retching. He hurriedly covered his mouth and said, "Your Highness, please don't say these two words. ”

"Alright, you can go back to your room and rest."

"Your Highness, what about you, aren't you still sleeping?"

"I'll sleep later." Zhao Yao waved his hand at Tongxi, and then continued to look down at the book in front of him.

The book in front of him was written about the Wakos, and it was the people of the Soochow Sea who wrote the book based on their own experience in dealing with the Wakos.

At this time, the Fuso people were still barbarians and did not have their own writing. I heard that in the past few years, Fusang's domestic wind and rain have been unfavorable, coupled with the cruelty and unkindness of their emperor, which has made the people miserable. In order to survive, many Fuso people started to be widows.

The book is not badly written, but there is a bit of a pity that there is no map of Fuso. If there is a map of Fuso, then his people will be able to go to Fuso.

Although I don't know what the situation is in Fuso, it must be similar to the previous dynasty. At this time, it is a good time to go to Fusang Country, and then you will be able to subdue Fusang Country.

The more Zhao Yao thought about it, the more he felt that it would be a pity if such a good opportunity was missed. He hurriedly picked up a pen and wrote a letter to He Lianfang, asking his second uncle to send some people to Fusang as soon as possible to make Fusang even more chaotic.

After he finished writing the letter, he asked Xiaojin to send it back to the capital.

"By the way, Xiaojin, after you go to the second uncle's, go to my starling brother again and ask Xiaoqing about the starling."

Kim lifted one paw and stretched out three fingers.

Zhao Yao saw Xiao Jin's action, and smiled unconsciously: "Okay, no problem, I'll give you two more." ”

When Xiao Jin heard this, he cried out with satisfaction, and then flapped his wings and flew away.

Zhao Yao's fingers tapped lightly on the book in front of him, his expression thoughtful.

After messing up Fusang, they took the opportunity to take Fusang and turned Fusang into a state capital of the Great Zhou, but the Fusang people were despicable and dark by nature, they bullied the weak and feared the hard, and they were good at currying favor. For such people, it is only useful if they are afraid, and if they are beaten, they have a shadow in their hearts, and if they are frightened in their bones and blood.

To make the Fusang people afraid, it is only useful to beat, as if it is useless, and it is useless to torture them fiercely. In the dream, the people in Zhao Yao's world had suffered from the tragic torture of the Fusang people, so they would return it to the Fusang people a thousand times.

If Tongxi is still there, he will definitely be frightened when he sees Zhao Yao's gloomy and bloodthirsty appearance at the moment.

Before going to bed, Zhao Yao had already planned how to deal with the Fusang people in the future.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yao and his official boat arrived at the wharf in Jinling.

Zheng Xilin personally led some people to greet Zhao Yao and them at the dock.

Although Zhao Yao had never seen Zheng Xilin, he recognized Zheng Xilin as his third uncle at a glance.

He never expected that the third uncle was a beautiful man, and he was also immortal, looking like an immortal.

The second uncle is also a fairy-like figure.

How fortunate he was to meet two fairy-like figures.

Zheng Xilin saw that Zhao Yao's eyebrows were full of aura, and his whole body was full of agility, which made people can't help but like it.

I have never met, but the uncle and nephew who have been communicating for a few years are very familiar with each other, and there is no strangeness.

On the way to Mr. Meng's house, the two talked a lot.

Knowing that Mr. Meng was terminally ill and that time was running out, Zhao Yao's mood became very heavy. When Zhao Yao saw Mr. Meng, he found that his old man was already shaped like a tree, and he was like the one he saw in the capital last year.

At this time, Mr. Meng's whole body was full of death, and he could see at a glance that his time was short.

Mr. Meng was very happy to see Zhao Yao, but his body was too weak, and he fainted after talking to Zhao Yao for a while.

Zheng Xilin saw that Zhao Yao looked tired, so he asked him to go and rest first, and then talk about it in the evening.

Zhao Yao, who had slept all day, regained his old spirit and ate with Zheng Xilin at night. After eating, I followed Zheng Xilin to visit Mr. Meng.

Perhaps because of Zhao Yao's arrival, Mr. Meng's complexion became better.

He kept holding Zhao Yao's hand and carefully asked him if he had an accident on the way to Jinling, or if he was in danger.

Zhao Yao held Mr. Meng's withered hand tightly and told him that the old man was all right on the way to Jinling.

He also told some interesting things that happened on the way here, which made Mr. Meng laugh very happily.

After Mr. Meng gossiped with Zhao Yao for a while, he talked about the imperial examination.

The old man went straight to the point and asked Zhao Yao how he came up with the imperial examination.

When Zhao Yao heard this, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly waved his hand to deny it, saying that the imperial examination was thought up by the emperor and had nothing to do with him.

Zheng Xilin sat aside and said with a smile: "Don't hide it, the imperial examination was not thought up by the emperor, it was you who came up with it." ”

Mr. Meng didn't speak, but he had a see-through expression.

Zhao Yao was slightly stunned, and then reacted: "Third uncle, it must have been the second uncle who told you." "The second uncle and the third uncle are friends, and they must have told the third uncle about this a long time ago.

Zheng Xilin did not admit it, but he did not deny it either.

He Lianfang didn't tell him about it. His relationship with He Lianfang was not very good, and He Lianfang did not tell him anything.

"Your Highness, the old man thank you for the world's scholars......" Mr. Meng said, struggling to get up and thank Zhao Yao, but Zhao Yao hurriedly stopped him.

"Elder Meng, you don't have to be so polite."

"Your Highness, the imperial examination ...... cough cough ...... "Mr. Meng wanted to say something, but coughed again.

Zheng Xilin saw that Meng Lao was coughing up blood again, so he helped his old man to lie down quickly, and persuaded him to rest quickly, and if there was anything to talk about tomorrow.

Mr. Meng had something to say to Zhao Yao, but because his body was too weak, he couldn't hold on after talking for a while.

Zheng Xilin took Zhao Yao out of Mr. Meng's room and immediately went to his room.

Zhao Yao saw that Zheng Xilin kept smiling and looking at him without speaking, and he was a little inexplicable. He touched his face and asked with confusion, "Third uncle, is there anything on my face?" ”

"Nope." Zheng Xilin picked up the teacup, took a few sips elegantly, and then said, "Jinling is the territory of the prince, do you know?" ”

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "I know, Suzhou is the territory of the king." He continued, "Jinling has been peaceful over the years because of Meng Lao's presence, but now that Meng Lao's health is not good, the prince's people have become impatient." ”

Zheng Xilin saw that Zhao Yao was clear in his heart, his expression suddenly became serious, and asked, "After Elder Meng leaves, what will happen in Jinling, do you know?" ”

Zhao Yao: I won't have an accident when I go to Jiangnan this time, right?

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