In late spring, the eyes are full of green.

The backyard of Sima Xunian's mansion is a lake of more than ten acres square, which is specially introduced by him from the Bitan outside the mansion to bring in living water, so the lake water is clear all year round, sparkling, reflecting the flourishing scenery of the branches and leaves in the late spring, a clear and clear.

He was playing chess with Shen Jiyue in the Moon Pavilion in the middle of the lake, and when he was thinking hard, Mingxin walked in.

"Mingxin, didn't I say you don't need to add tea? Hurry up and get out, if I lose to Yue'er, I will ask you. ”

"My lord, it's not that I mean to disturb, it's Yiming, he just came to report that Master Sima You is here, and now he is drinking tea in the front hall."

Sima You? Sima Xunian and Shen Jiyue exchanged glances with each other.

"He's coming...... It's not going to be looking for you to talk about the court, is it? I'm not going out to disturb you. When she was in Sima You's other garden, Shen Jiyue vaguely felt Sima You's thoughts about her, and she didn't want to anger Sima Xunian.

Sima Xunian raised his eyebrows and looked at her fixedly, "Sima You said, if it weren't for me, you would be his Madame Sima, what do you think, madam?" ”

Shen Jiyue really couldn't cry or laugh, "The husband asked, the concubine was speechless, if there was no husband, the concubine would have fallen into the dust a long time ago, and there would be no return." But...... It is said that Master Sima You is good at hunting for beauty, and he may find me from Yingchuan, but not necessarily. ”

Sima Xunian snorted coldly, "Mingxin, ask Yiming to take him to the study in the vestibule, remember, it's the vestibule study, not the backyard study!" ”

Mingxin agreed, and took the order to leave.

The corners of Shen Jiyue's mouth climbed into a smile, and she shook her head slightly.

Sima Xunian threw himself in the towel, "Madam, on the way of the game, I am not your opponent, admit defeat for my husband." ”

Shen Jiyue smiled lightly, "It's okay, next time the concubine will let you have a few more sons." ”

Sima Xunian was speechless for a while, and after a while, he suddenly stood up, leaned over and kissed Shen Jiyue's cheek.

Shen Jiyue was startled, came back to her senses and covered her face with slight disgust.

Sima Xunian was in a good mood, "Madam, I'll go to meet Sima You, and wait for me to come back." ”

Sima You was sipping tea in the study, getting up and walking around casually when he was bored, and by the way he looked at Sima Xunian's table, but he didn't find anything new, it was all boring government affairs.

"Master Sima You, are you trying to steal the secrets of the officials?"

Sima Youzi followed the prestige, and saw Sima Xunian striding in.

"It's boring, this official is already annoyed by the identity of the governor of political affairs, and he will still take care of these mundane affairs after leaving the political affairs hall?"

Sima Xunian walked straight to the chair and sat down, "Since it's not, then please leave my desk and come here to sit down." ”

Sima You walked over, and soon after he sat down, someone came to serve tea to Sima Xunian.

"Sima You, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, just say something if you have something." Sima Xunian picked up the teacup, shook the tea leaves in the cup a few times, and didn't look at him, still thinking about the game of chess with Shen Jiyue in his mind.

"Master Sima, don't forget me when you are promoted."

"Don't you dare, after you entered Zhongshu Province, you have been a lot busy," Sima Xunian suddenly turned his head to stare at him, and asked half-jokingly and half-seriously, "What, how about collecting talents for your brother again?" ”

He asked coldly, Sima You seemed to be a little weak-hearted, avoided his gaze, and said, "No...... As I said, we only engage in politics, not personal interests. ”

"Oh, that's for the best. The saint is the least willing to form a party for personal gain, and corrupt and pervert the law. Sima Xunian took a slow sip of tea.

"But ......," Sima You began to speak, "Last time, the Holy Lord left you alone to discuss you, but asked you about the candidate for the vacant position in the court?" ”

Scold...... Getting to the point so quickly, Sima Xunian laughed in his heart, "I asked." ”

"In this way, Xu Ren and Shen Guangfeng were recommended by you?" Sima You was a little anxious.

"If Shen Guangfeng is recommended by me, there are still people who believe it, Xu Ren? I don't have any friendship with him, how can I recommend him?! ”

When Sima You heard this, he relieved his heart a little and said, "Indeed, you can't fight with Xu Renba, how can you recommend him to be a member of the Zhengsanpin." ”

"Xu Ren has served in the household department for more than ten years, and the saint can see it clearly, what's so strange about promoting him," Sima Xunian glanced at Sima You, "I advise you not to try to sway the saint's mind, let alone use the saint to cultivate his own power, he is an old man who understands." ”

"Who dares to ...... this," Sima You's words changed, "However, as Shangshu's right servant, do you know that your two commanders are going to send people to the court again?" ”

"I don't know." Without thinking, he answered directly. Qin Tianlin's actions couldn't be concealed from Sima Xunian, but he really didn't know that the person he sent in again would have any position, since he didn't know, there was nothing wrong with answering if he didn't know.

Sima Yu asked wistfully, "Aren't you curious?" ”

"I only care about whether the Holy One will get rid of me, and the rest, why do I care? Besides, you talk about Jiangshan Sheji every day, is this your Jiangshan Sheji? This is the Holy Mountains! ”

Sima You couldn't imagine that Sima Xunian's mind was so peaceful, could it be that Gentle Township was really a hero's mound, Sima Xunian married a beautiful woman, and he just wanted to live his own life wholeheartedly? He seems to be a little bored with himself, but he actually doesn't like these intrigues in the court, but he has been involved and has no power to escape......

"Okay, if you don't care, you don't care, but recently, there was an old man of yours in Chang'an City, I don't know if you care."

Sima Xunian's parents have already died, like an orphan, and there are no relatives in Yizhou's hometown, where did the deceased come from?

Seeing that he was interested, Sima You urged, "How about going to the Jiaofang Division together tonight?" As he spoke, he took out an invitation card from his arms and handed it to Sima Xunian.

After taking a look, it turned out that Pei Guogong was holding a banquet at the Chang'an Teaching Workshop Division tonight, and the invitation card was impressively written with Sima Xunian's name.

"I have no friendship with him, so what do you ask me to do?" Sima Xunian tossed the invitation aside.

"You're still a little curious," Sima You glanced at him, very proud, "Pei Guogong was a swinger in Fengyue Field when he was young, and now he is old and strong, and he calls himself 'Xianxian', and he is very keen on making friends with powerful people. Now that the people in the court have changed a lot, he can't start to make some new moves. ”

"It is reported that Pei Guogong is very afraid of guilt, and he doesn't want to get worse now."

"He is afraid of guilt because his wife is from the Taiyuan Wang family," Sima You glanced at Sima Xunian, and saw that he didn't react much, thinking that he didn't understand, so he was a little anxious, "It's the cousin of the current queen!" ”

Sima Xunian was picking up the teacup, his hand paused slightly, and after a while, he continued to bring it to his lips and took a sip, "Then what does your old man have to do with him?" ”

"Huh...... You'll know when you go", Sima You deliberately sold Guanzi, "Yingchuan is here." ”

Hearing the word Yingchuan, Sima Xunian finally got into mind about this matter.

After sending Sima You away, he returned to the backyard and told Shen Jiyue about tonight's entertainment.

Before Shen Jiyue could react, Mingxin exclaimed, "Teaching Division?!" ”

"Hmm......" Sima Xunian pretended to drink tea seriously and didn't dare to look at Shen Jiyue.

"Sima You is so attentive, it seems that the visitor from Yingchuan is indeed someone you know."

Hearing Shen Jiyue's words, Sima Xunian hurriedly put down the teacup, walked to her side, and swore solemnly, "I know you alone in Yingchuan!" ”

Shen Jiyue looked at him anxiously, and smiled faintly, "Why are you in a hurry, you broke in on the night of the girls' hometown, I'm afraid that many girls have an impression of you, since they recognize you, aren't you an old friend?" ”

It turned out that she meant this, Sima Xunian was a little relieved, "Don't worry, I'll go and see what medicine is sold in Pei Guogong's gourd." When I went to Yangzhou to take the exam, he actually gathered with Xue Yang to probe your tone. Now that the situation has been decided, he has come out to set up a banquet again, I am afraid it will not be simple. I don't think he's just a high-roller. ”

"Xu Nian, you go, I won't mess with him, just ......" Shen Jiyue straightened his clothes, "You have to be careful in everything, the Jiaofang Division is a place of right and wrong, you just don't get involved in those disputes." ”

Sima Xunian held Shen Jiyue's hand in arranging his clothes and pressed it on his chest, "Don't worry, I'll go with Yiming." ”

Mingxin heard that Yiming was also going, and muttered, "My lord, you have to take a good look at Yiming......

When the two of them heard this, they immediately laughed, and Sima Xunian said, "I'm afraid that the girl from the Teaching Workshop Division won't be able to look down on Yiming's elm head." Won't you and your wife go to the suburbs tomorrow, I will ask Yiming to accompany you, and you can interrogate him well when the time comes. ”

In Chang'an City late at night, it was already a curfew, and everything was silent, only the wind and moon field were still noisy as day.

Sima Xunian handed over the invitation, and soon he was ushered to the private room in the middle of the second floor, and it seemed that he had been arranged to share a table with the host's family. Pei Guogong greeted guests in the private room early in the morning, and when he saw Sima Xunian coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward, and the two saluted each other, and Sima Xunian first said some words of thanks.

"Lord Sima doesn't need to say thank you, being able to come here is already a great face for the contemptible people. Come, please take a seat. So saying, he led him to the left-hand side of his seat.

The guest is as good as the host, and Sima Xunian does not refrain much. Soon after sitting down, other guests came one after another, Sima Yang and Qin Tianlin naturally would not come to this kind of Fengyue venue, and Pei Guogong probably wouldn't be bored to invite them. However, there are still a lot of major leaders in the three provinces and six departments, including Sima You, Shen Guangfeng, Yang Zheng, Xu Ren and others.

When Xu Ren saw Sima Xunian, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Recommending this kind of thing, in order to avoid forming a party, the emperor will certainly not easily reveal the details behind it. Although outsiders don't know why, the person concerned still knows. Xu Ren is also interested, and he has never gone to Sima Xunian's mansion to thank him after taking office, but now that he has this opportunity, he naturally wants to come to pay his respects.

Sima Xunian waved his hand and didn't say much.

As soon as the guests and hosts came, the banquet began, Pei Guogong said some painless opening greetings, and everyone pushed the cups and changed them.

After three rounds of drinking, Pei Guogong seemed to be about to get to the point, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know anything about the court, but I don't know anything about the big things in the court, but I know a little bit about the stomach, ears and eyes." Some time ago, I traveled out of Beijing, passed through Yingchuan, and found a treasure, and now I brought it to you to talk about your boredom. When he finished speaking, he clapped his hands.

Suddenly, I saw the door of the private room open, and two rows of women entered, separated on both sides, and then a woman slowly bypassed the door screen and walked in lightly.

Everyone was holding their breath to see what kind of person Pei Guogong regarded as a treasure.

I saw that the woman lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, and came to the banquet until she came to the banquet, only to bow slightly, Sima Xunian couldn't see her appearance clearly, and when she finished saluting and raised her head, he looked at it and was surprised.