In the cabinet duty room, Li Dongyang sat inside, with several layers of brocade mats under his buttocks, drinking tea and eating pastries.

In the scorching summer, the three elders of the cabinet have a small basin of ice for each person to relieve the heat and relieve the heat; But at this time, the three basins of ice were all placed in front of Li Dongyang, for fear that Li Ge would be hot.

There were also a few scribes who took a pu fan and helped Li Ge fan the wind. Li Dongyang's name is the second assistant, but today he has enjoyed the treatment that the first assistant has never enjoyed, but he is right, and the old man is about to die.

The old man has worked hard all his life on state affairs, can't he enjoy it before he dies?

The other two ministers of the cabinet didn't have the heart to vote, just looked at Li Dongyang quietly, and after a while, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, opened his mouth to break the silence: "Binzhi, the more the old man thinks about it, the more ashamed he becomes. ”

Xie Qian also sighed with shame: "Xie Mou is more than fifty years old this year, and he has been in a career of ups and downs for 30 years, so he can be trusted by His Majesty to occupy this high position. For personal gain, the crown prince is the only son of His Majesty; For the public, the prince is my Ming prince.

Now the prince is in deep danger, life and death are uncertain, the so-called gentleman sacrifices his life for righteousness, it is the time to repay the king's grace and ministership, Xie Mou is actually retreating in his heart at first, he is really greedy for life and afraid of death! In vain to ignore the grace of the monarch and the country, read the books of the sages of these decades in vain.

Together, these evil thoughts even put Bin's brother in "

Speaking of this, Xie Qian couldn't say anything, and he was ashamed that he didn't dare to look directly into Li Dongyang's eyes, but just turned his head and said quietly: "Now calm down and think about it, Xie is extremely ashamed and angry, and he is ashamed of himself!" Brother Bin, let me go with you, even if I die in Puzhou, I should sacrifice my life to repay the king's kindness. ”

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Li Dongyang looked at the two of them in a bit of a daze, his beard was still stained with the crumbs of pastries, and then the indifference and disdain in those eyes gradually dissipated, and he could see that these two people really wanted to follow, but they were also really ashamed.

Whoever is not greedy for life and afraid of death, he is also afraid.

Ants are still greedy for life, let alone people.

But after experiencing the instinctive fear of the forefront, slowly, I remembered those righteousness and integrity.

From the timid retreat at the beginning, to the momentum that surged into his heart, Li Dongyang was a little relieved, and even put life and death out of the way.

What he is more worried about now is not his own life and death, but whether the Ming prince is alive or dead now.

Li Dongyang knew that Liu Jian and Xie Qian must have experienced the same ideological struggle as himself, everyone is a person who has read poetry and books, who has not longed for Su Wu's humiliation in this Qu Festival, although he was born, how could he return to the Han Dynasty.

Who has not longed for Wen Tianxiang's life, who has not died since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat.

"Brother Xixian, you are nearly seventy years old now, how can you endure the suffering of this long journey? Li is over 50 years old, and his body is still strong, and it is enough for Li to go for this disaster relief. ”

"Brother Bin, Xie is also fifty."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Dongyang, "Yu Qiao, if you go, why is Liu Gong busy with all the affairs of the imperial court?" It is to concentrate on staying in Beijing and assisting His Majesty in handling state affairs. ”

Saying that, Li Dongyang actually laughed, "This kind of sacrificing one's life to repay the king's kindness, leaving a name in the annals of Huanghuang, and a long history of history." Li is reluctant to let others be pretty, let alone let others steal the limelight from the old man. ”

At this moment, the overturned friendship boat was lifted up again and began to move smoothly on the water.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the cabinet room, followed by two people running in from the door.

Running in front was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man, his face and neck were covered with sweat, and he was wearing a seventh-grade official robe, and the patch in front of the official uniform was soaked with sweat.

There was a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties behind, who was also sweating profusely.

As soon as the two of them came in, they looked around at the few pavilion elders who were a little stunned, and finally looked at Li Dongyang, and then both knelt down: "Li Gong, please be sure to bring the next official with you for this Puzhou disaster relief!" ”

After a short period of stunned, Li Dongyang looked at the young man, feeling strange, strange and with a hint of familiarity, as if he had no impression, and seemed to have some impressions, and finally he looked at the middle-aged man kneeling behind, this person Li Dongyang still knew.

"Master Wang, you"

As soon as the words came out, Wang Hua actually kowtowed, "Please Gong Li must take the lower and lower officials, and the lower officials will die in Puzhou!" ”

"Elder Li Ge, the same goes for the lower officials, the lower officials will also die in Puzhou!"

Li Ting kowtowed repeatedly, his eyes were red, as if he had just shed tears, but they were mixed with sweat, and he couldn't tell whether it was tears or sweat.

The news of the collapse of Puzhou reached the Hanlin Academy, and Li Tingxiang, who was copying the book, was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and immediately threw the pen away and copied Aunt Qi's book!

Crying and running, he ran all the way out of the Hanlin Academy, and many Hanlin thought that this Tanhua was crazy for copying books, but no one dared to stop him.

And this trip to Puzhou, Li Tingxiang has to go, Puzhou is his hometown, his mother and little sister are still in Puzhou, and I still don't know whether it is life or death.

As for Wang Hua, his son let the prince and Xia Xima take him away a few days ago, or from the yamen, and he didn't know what to do at that time, but now he knows that he actually went to Puzhou.

He also has to go, even if he dies, he will die in Puzhou.

That's a son, although Mune, although he has a strange temperament, not like a normal person, but no matter how he says it, he is also a son, biological.

Both of them had reasons why they had to go, and Li Dongyang had no reason to stop them, let alone want to stop them.

Before noon, another group of people ran over, including the high-ranking officials of the six yamen, as well as those who had been selected to go with them to help the disaster.

The high-ranking officials looked ashamed, and the selected ones looked firm.

But no matter what, Li Dongyang still didn't take those high-ranking officials with him, these individuals are too old, and it is useless to go, or a burden, just a few officials.

Immediately, a group of officials set off with escorts, a total of hundreds of people.

There was no boat ride, but a carriage, and the guards rode on horseback, heading west.

Soon, Li Dongyang regretted it, those six Jiuqing who had roasted him on the fire before, no matter what, at least he still had some conscience and knew shame.

So he chose to be a man and didn't tie up these people.

In addition to Wang Hua and Li Tingxiang, only five accompanying officials were selected, three middle-aged and two young people.

There are relatives here in Puzhou, and even two of them are sons who are officials in Puzhou.

Seeing that Wang Hua and Li Tingxiang were so determined, they even had the mentality of dying in Puzhou.

Li Dongyang thought about choosing a similar person, at least this kind of person is fearless and determined.

There are hundreds of officials in the entire Beijing Division, and a few of them can still be found from Puzhou, but they are all a little older, so they can only retreat to the second.

In the end, these five were selected.

This goes to Puzhou, more than 1,000 miles.

Counting Li Dongyang, there are a total of eight officials, and the rest are all guards.

The seven officials were urging him to leave quickly, and Li Dongyang squatted in the carriage, wanting to die.

This carriage only has two wheels, and it is already bumpy when it runs, not to mention that Li Dongyang is still a person with big hemorrhoids, he must not be able to sit, and even his stomach is turned upside down, only by squatting like this, clamping his legs and controlling the thighs, can he feel better.

came out of Beijing, went out of Beizhili, and arrived in Hebei, Li Dongyang thought about resting, his buttocks hurt to death, and let the old man relieve himself.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, several people rushed up.

Li Tingxiang had already put aside what bullshit and humility, and quickly stepped forward and clamped Li Dongyang's wrist, his eyes were red, and he asked in a country voice: "Elder Ge, go well, why don't you stop?" ”

Li Tingxiang was a teenager, and he was so anxious at this time that he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly to Puzhou, he didn't have a light or heavy attack, how could a half-hundred-hundred-year-old man like Li Dongyang stand this, and his tears almost hurt.

The young man was impetuous, and a middle-aged man like Wang Hua was still relatively stable, so he broke Li Tingxiang's hand, "Pay attention to the system, how can you be presumptuous in front of the elder?" ”

After saying that, he looked at Li Dongyang with a solemn face and said: "Elder Li Ge, disaster relief and peace of the people are in full swing. The people of Puzhou are in the midst of fire and water, waiting for us and other court officials to come to the rescue, not to mention that my Ming prince is also in danger, the situation is unknown, I still hurry up. ”

Li Tingxiang nodded vigorously beside him, "Yes, yes, yes, hurry up!" ”

The rest of the officials also said with a straight face: "Elder Ge, it's important to hurry, the people of Puzhou are looking forward to it, they are all waiting for us to go to the disaster relief, the prince of the country is the future of my Ming Dynasty, I am waiting as a courtier, how can I slack off, or hurry up." ”

"If it is because I am too late to wait and cause a catastrophe, it will be a big mistake that the iron of Kyushu has not been cast!"

Seeing that these people opened their mouths to benefit the people and closed their mouths to the prince and prince, they all stood on the commanding heights of morality and righteousness, and never mentioned their sons or relatives.

Li Dongyang's lips squirmed for a while, and then he finally spoke, with a consultative tone in his tone, "Can't let the old man rest for a while?" Even if it's a nap leaning against a tree? ”

"You can rest, but why can't Gong Li rest in the carriage?"

"Yes, isn't this carriage more comfortable than leaning against a tree?"

"Li Gongshan takes a carriage, even if he sleeps in it."

Seeing a few people say a word, Li Dongyang was angry, and you thought that the old man didn't want to sleep?

If it weren't for the old man's unspeakable illness, the old man would have been lying in it a long time ago.

Before he could attack, the pair of powerful hands clamped his thin wrists again, "Elder Ge, hurry up and get into the carriage, I'll help him up." ”

Li Dongyang's tears came down again, but seeing that none of these people came to help, he even wanted to come over and hold together, but he finally chose to give in, "Don't help the old man, the old man will go on his own!" ”

As he spoke, he was passively and actively forced to get into the carriage, and then squatted inside.

"Elder Ge, why is the grain piled up in it?"

The grain pile is squatting, Li Dongyang and Ma Wensheng are officials in the same dynasty, and they still understand some of the Central Plains dialect.

"Old Man"

Just thinking about how to explain, the curtain of the car was suddenly lowered, and then Li Tingxiang's voice came, "Quick, Elder Ge is in the car, hurry up!" ”

Immediately there was a whip sound, and the carriage immediately ran away, feeling the bumps and pain, Li Dongyang hugged his knees tightly, and wanted to die again.

(End of chapter)