Bai Ruoxian always remembered his kindness, although he didn't like to eat, but in the end he was full.

That was his first memory of going to Beijing, and everywhere was unfamiliar, full of uncomfortable places, like putting on a pair of inappropriate shoes, but insisting on walking to get the right fit.

At that time, he was so young, he felt that he could do everything, that he felt that he was the most powerful person in the world, and until not long ago, he still felt so, but now he is willing to admit that there are people outside the world, and there are mountains outside the mountains.

Bai Ruo ate the six rice balls first, and then continued to walk out along the street until he reached Tongxi Building, and walked in with his feet raised.

In fact, he has always disliked Tongxi Lou.

When he first entered Shangjing, he still couldn't figure out the taste of Shangjing and didn't know what he could eat in Shangjing.

Shen Hong came to Shangjing, but he already had a Tongxi Building that belonged to him, and every dish in it existed because he liked it.

Heaven favors this man too much.

However, he has eaten all kinds of dishes in Shangjing, but he has not yet tasted Tongxilou and Shen Hong's life.

I sat upstairs and ordered a table.

Lin Piao was talking to Da Zhuang in the back kitchen, and now a batch of new goods came, saying that it was sea fish, which was raised with seawater all the way, sealed in a big box, and hurried along the river to bring fresh goods, Da Zhuang currently wants to make some seafood, because he sometimes travels from south to north, and after seeing more, he still thinks that the taste of sea fish is more delicious.

Da Zhuang said: "These fish are alive, the fish in the sea are very strange, some of them can't survive as soon as they are caught, and they will die after a while if they are raised in the raw water. ”

Lin Piao came to check the results of Da Zhuang's trade, and after checking a lot of them, he found that Da Zhuang was addicted to trade, and as long as he found something that could make money, he was bent on reselling it to make a profit, but this idea is not a bad thing, and he may not necessarily make money in other places, but he will definitely make a lot of money in Shangjing.

Da Zhuang said: "Little sister-in-law, you will stay in Beijing for a few days, and it just so happens that there are some new things to come over these days, and I want to pay homage to you, so you have to take a look." ”

Lin Piao heard this: "Then I must take a look, besides, I will come back to see Bai Ruoxian's lively, Bai Ruoxian's affairs have not yet been understood, and I will not rush out in a day or two." ”

Lin Piao was very disgusted with Bai Ruoxian, Shen Hong was smooth sailing and did not do anything bad, but Bai Ruoxian always wanted to suppress and hone Shen Hong, and he couldn't see that Shen Hong had the slightest appearance of bones, and then he always regarded Shen Hong as his opponent with a self-righteous appearance.

Lin Piao felt that this old man was funny enough, but he wanted to see how he was unlucky, he was so self-righteous, but in the end, he was ruined in the wrong things he had done, and he would only end up ruined.

While the two were talking, a little second ran in hurriedly, and seeing them was like seeing a savior.

"Madam, shopkeeper, Mrs. Bai is here."

Lin Piao was stunned for a moment: "Bai Ruoxian? ”

"Yes, it's Bai Ruoxian."

"What is he here for? Who is he looking for? ”

He ...... He came to dinner, and he had already ordered the food. ”

Lin Piao felt even more confused, he didn't believe that Bai Ruoxian came here on purpose, just to come for dinner, after all, he was so disdainful of Tongxilou before, and he looked like he didn't care about eating Tongxilou's food at all.

Lin Piao thought for a while and muttered to himself: "Could it be that he heard that I came to Tongxi Building today?" ”

When Da Zhuang heard him say this, he said cautiously: "Little sister-in-law, you must not go out. ”

Lin Piaoke couldn't hear this kind of words: "Could it be that I'm still afraid of him, he wants to come to find fault, I want to see him, the reason is that he is not us, he doesn't hide away from us, and he dares to come to the door to eat our food in Tongxilou." ”

Lin Piao shoved the small fishing net in his hand into Da Zhuang's hand and walked out, but when Da Zhuang saw that he couldn't stop him, he asked someone to follow Lin Piao and watch more to prevent anything from happening.

Lin Piao walked out, not in a hurry to get too close, but went upstairs and stood next to the stairs to take a look from a distance, and what he saw was indeed Bai Ruoxian sitting by the window, with a few dishes on the table, and a few small dishes in front of him were set out, and Bai Ruoxian was holding up a spoon to taste.

Bai Ruoxian had an attendant beside him, so he naturally noticed Lin Piao's arrival, and reminded Bai Ruoxian, Bai Ruoxian's expression was indifferent, and it was not an accident, so he asked the servant next to him to invite Lin Piao.

Lin Piao stood next to the staircase when he saw the servant next to Bai Ruoxian coming over, and said respectfully when he walked to him, "Mrs. Shen, my lord invites you to come over." ”

Lin Piao didn't allow him, and nodded: "Okay." ”

Walking forward, Lin Piao sat down opposite Bai Ruoxian, and asked Xiao Er to put an extra pair of chopsticks.

Bai Ruoxian thought Lin Piao was very funny.

So rightly sat across from him.

Bai Ruoxian said lightly: "Although I am from the countryside, I also know the etiquette, if it is not for the wife and daughter of the relatives, the man and the brother cannot sit together, I don't want to pick your thorns, but I am curious, don't you know this." ”

Lin Piao raised his eyebrows: "It was you who invited me over, the invitation is sincere, the seat is a guest, etiquette and morality should be strict with oneself and lenient with others, not like you, putting yourself outside of morality, looking down on others, making others make mistakes, and in turn blaming and pointing, does Lord Bai feel that he is very unique, everyone in the world is among them, but you can stay out of the matter, it is an exception." ”

Bai Ruoxian's face changed slightly, and finally smiled helplessly: "Mrs. Shen has a good mouth." ”

Lin Piao held his chin: "It's okay, I just said what you did, how can it be considered my power." ”

Bai Ruoxian was silent for a moment: "Mrs. Shen, do you think that you have never done anything wrong?" ”

Lin Piao looked at him with a smile: "Are you saying that you can't win this case, do you want to go through the old accounts to see if you can press me?" ”

Bai Ruo was choked first, thinking that this brother was worthy of being a person who could raise a person like Shen Hong, with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and refused to eat even the slightest loss.

At this moment, the pickled pepper rabbit was brought up, and the lotus leaf porcelain plate held such a large plate of rabbit meat, and the pickled pepper vegetables in it were red, green, and green, which was very beautiful.

Bai Ruo took a piece of rabbit meat first, took a bite, tasteless food, and looked at Lin Piao.

"You have ruined the Chu family."

Lin Piao wanted to laugh when he heard this, and he really laughed, but in order not to be too arrogant, he still raised his hand to block his mouth and looked at him with a smile.

"In Lord Bai's heart, the royal blood is the most important?"

"The royal bloodline is orthodox and the destiny of heaven, and it has been the foundation of Daning for 300 years, but you treat this as a thing in your hands and fiddle with it at will."

Lin Piao looked at him, and suddenly vaguely remembered that Shen Hong seemed to have said that Bai Ruoxian was hindered by something, so at that time, Shen Hong had already begun to look down on Bai Ruoxian, and now that he thought about it, Shen Hong could see through Bai Ruoxian's true colors at a glance.

Lin Piao looked at him and felt very funny: "It is your father and mother who provide you with food and clothing, the people who farm the land and farm to feed this world are farmers, and it is the merchants who bring new things through business and trade. ”

Lin Piao looked at him with some pity: "You are also from a humble family, and now you are a dog of the royal family and the family, you don't feel ashamed, and you don't want to reflect, but you feel the supreme glory and sweetness from it, and you have a different taste." ”

"You!" Bai Ruo stood up first, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out.

"Ridiculous, how dare you say such ridiculous things, you chaotic minister and thief, you despise the etiquette of the court!"

Seeing that he was excited, Lin Piao glanced at the nearby diners who were eating and were stunned, and said with a smile: "Lord Bai is a little excited, I will invite everyone to eat today, let the guys take down the dishes, and put them on the first floor to eat, I will talk to Lord Bai." ”

Lin Piao said this, naturally no one dared to say badly, Bai Ruoxian really looked like he was going crazy, and he wanted to leave in a hurry, only his curious gaze couldn't help but linger a few more glances between the two.

Lin Piao was shaking his head and said with a look of pity: "You sit and talk well, don't buckle such a big hat at every turn." ”

How could Bai Ruoxian sit down, the glory of his life, all the things he was doing, were said by Lin Piao to be worthless, looking at Lin Piao's fluttering appearance, he wanted to strangle this brother who didn't know what to do.

"Then in your eyes, etiquette is worthless, that's why you got involved with Shen Hong and did these immoral things, right?" Bai Ruoxian sneered at him.

Lin Piao still smiled lightly and looked at him: "That Lord Bai is too polite in his heart, so he wants to kill the people of Bao Xuan's party?" Obviously there is no evidence, but the evidence is fabricated, it is clear that Bao Xuan has not done anything, but he has planted all the charges on him, you are just a disgusting hypocrite, what qualifications do you have to educate others with the two words of etiquette and religion. ”

Bai Ruoxian glared at him, the corners of his forehead were bruised, and his hand slapped heavily on the table: "Yes Bao Xuanxian did something wrong, he shouldn't want to shake the family, the family is deeply rooted, he shakes the family in the end will only make the situation chaotic, and in the end, if Daning is decayed because of this, how can he afford it." ”

"Is it because the family is very important, so you maintain the family, or because you have abandoned everything and invested in the family, you have become a part of the family, so you maintain the family so much, the family falls, everything you sacrificed before is meaningless, not to mention that Bao Xuan is the same as you, the meaning of existence is also the same, if he does not die, the family wants to win him over, then your position will also be replaced by him, after all, you have never wavered to the family, but he has begun to touch, he is more capable than youNow, you're in a dilemma, no matter what, he's going to die. ”

Bai Ruoxian's eyes had already begun to redden, as if he was extremely angry: "I have paid so much for Daning, naturally I am dead, and in the end, I should not be said so unbearable by a little brother." ”

Lin Piao looked at him: "Oh, then tell me what you did." ”

"Since 11 years ago, every year in the drought and flood situation, I have not mobilized manpower and organized ...... before and after?"

Lin Piao interrupted him and looked into his eyes: "So who built the ditch?" ”

Bai Ruoxian was silent for a while: "I also thought about it, but at that time, the struggle in the court was constantly ......."

Lin Piao asked: "In what year has the struggle in the imperial court stopped?" ”

Bai Ruoxian will be speechless.

"Is it hard to admit that you just didn't do well? Admitting that you haven't done anything, doing nothing for decades, just dancing between the family and the court for decades, and consuming all your youth and ambition, admit that these are difficult for you, right? ”

Bai Ruo's first important teeth.

"Although it is difficult to admit this, you have no opponent all along, you are constantly being touted, constantly being praised, as long as you pretend to be kind to the children, and be kind to the old people on the side of the road, there will be a large number of people who boast that you are a good official, and slowly you also believe it, thinking that you are really a peerless good official in the world, and it is a blessing for Daning to have you."

Lin Piao looked at him with a faint sneer, and sat on the back and looked at him with a cold expression.

"What have you done, what have you done for the people, you are obsessed with being the dog of the family and the court, loyally guarding the door every day, thinking that you are the most amazing person in the whole of Daning."

"No, it is not."

"Where is not, tell me what you did is hard? Or do you find it hard to say something like your party victory? Helping the family or Bao Xuan? Helping the court suppress the people? Since you are an incorruptible and powerful first assistant, I would like to know that in the first year of ditch repair during the great drought, the grain that was put down was stripped of a layer in Shangjing. Or is it that the hundred officials of the family are only busy eating their own benefits, and they have squeezed you, the chief assistant, out of the world? ”

Bai Ruoxian's face was gray at the moment, almost pale, he felt a burst of cold and heat on his face, and Lin Piao's words were like a slap in his face, making his skin and flesh numb.

He knew, of course he knew, but he didn't want any benefit from these people, and he didn't want to get involved, so naturally he didn't find out at all in the end.

"I didn't take a penny from those people."

Lin Piao smiled: "Your greatest credit as the first assistant is to give you money when others are corrupt, and you insist on not accepting it, right?" ”

Bai Ruoxian's face had already begun to turn blue, and a burst of blueness appeared on his face, and his face was extremely ugly.

"I've always wanted to know why you don't like Shen Hong, or rather, what qualifications do you have to dislike Shen Hong, why don't you like Shen Hong, and give him so many faces and anger."

Bai Ruoxian looked at Lin Piao: "He is a natural rebel and thief, he is the Imperial Dragon Order, I learned early in the morning, so naturally I can't tolerate him." ”

"Dragon's Life?"

"If you listen to the words, you should know what they mean."

Lin Piao thought for a while, unless he had read the history books, it would be difficult to say that Shen Hong was the Emperor of the Dragon: "How did you know about this kind of thing?" ”

"A friend of mine, who can pinch and calculate, has long seen Shen Hong's extraordinary."

Lin Piao quickly reacted, and it turned out that he had been seen through by metaphysics: "Then why didn't you tell the emperor?" If you had told the emperor, you might not have today. ”

Bai Ruo choked first and couldn't speak.

Lin Piao looked at him: "So you don't want to take risks, you can do things that you can do, but you are afraid that you will cause trouble if you say it rashly, you say that you are loyal to the Lord, but you hide the most important information from the emperor, which caused today's situation." ”

Bai Ruoxian felt numb: "So, the first emperor is also you...... Yes. ”

Lin Piao was silent for a while: "The people are noble and the monarch is light, and people who are bent on playing with power are not worth it. ”

Bai Ruoxian seemed to be a little shorter, and his posture was stiff

Lin Piao looked at Bai Ruoxian who was scolded by him as if he was ten years older, and thought to himself, the biggest benefit of being an emperor may be that no one dares to scold him in front of him when he dies.

Bai Ruoxian stood opposite, his body was shaky, and the world in his heart seemed to be collapsing, was he really wrong? What did he do wrong? Did he pick the wrong one? Did he read it wrong?

Shen Hong's face appeared in front of him, Bao Xuan's face also appeared in front of him, and those young faces appeared in front of him one by one, their faces full of vitality.

"No, I'm not wrong, I won't be wrong......!"

Bai Ruoxian subconsciously muttered, pushed away the table and staggered out, only to take two steps, and then stumbled and fell to the ground, and the servant next to him nervously stepped forward to support him.

Bai Ruoxian's face flushed: "Don't help me, don't care about me, I can get up." ”

When he said this, the servant did not dare to touch him, and when he saw that he did not stand up with his arms propped up, he hesitated for a moment and finally helped him up with the servant beside him.