After the old turtle disappeared, the Xiao family looked at the thunder and the river in the storm for a long time, and finally it was Du Changsheng's reminder that made them come back to their senses.

"Lord Xiao, Master Xiao, Wu Daoyou has left, you should go back quickly!"

Both father and son were in a trance at the moment, Du Changsheng swept away some rain for them, temporarily so that this side would not be caught by the heavy rain, and shouted again to repeat it.

"Go back quickly, you don't have to worry about this sacrifice, I will let my disciples prepare!"

"Ahh......h

Xiao Du agreed in a trance, and Xiao Ling hurriedly helped his father to the carriage on the other side, and the two were soaking wet, stumbling into one of the carriages, and then felt alive again.

"Master, are we back?"

"Hurry back, hurry back!"

"Yes, yes!"

The coachman led the carriage and turned its head, and the carriage swayed on the way back.

In the car, the embarrassed Xiao family's father and son were not lightly frozen, Xiao Ling was better, after all, the younger ones also had martial arts, and Xiao Du's lips were already purple and trembling.

"Ho...... Ho uh ......"

"Daddy, take off your wet coat, put on a blanket, and roast the fire, roast the fire!"

Under Xiao Ling's true qi, his hands and feet are quite neat, taking care of everything.

Fortunately, the rainproof function of the carriage is not bad, the charcoal stove on it has not been extinguished, and there are some warm blankets, the father and son took off some wet clothes, wrapped in blankets and shivered in front of the charcoal stove, as for the servants who were driving the car outside, they could only drink strong wine.

After a few sips of wine, wrapped in a blanket and baking on the charcoal stove, Xiao Du finally felt that he was alive, the father and son looked at each other, there was sorrow and relief, in comparison, Xiao Du was more sorrowful, and Xiao Ling was more relieved.

The two were silent for a long time, not knowing if it was an illusion, but after the carriage left the river and walked onto the official road to Gyeonggi City, the storm weakened a little

"Dad, as long as we find the lights of the hundred houses of the House of Kindness, the grievances between our Xiao family and the old turtle will be over!"

Xiao Du nodded and shook his head again.

"But it also wants me to stop being an official in the Xiao family...... I'm afraid that this official career is going to end, looking at Du Guoshi's appearance, it seems that he won't help here......"

"If you don't be an official, you won't be an official, our Xiao family is not short of money, isn't it good to be a rich man with peace of mind, now that the government and the opposition are in turmoil, it's not a good thing to quit early, Dad, the matter has come to this, why be obsessed!"

Xiao Ling persuaded a few words, and Xiao Du also smiled.

"That's right, and even his life is gone, what's the use of being an official, I just don't know if the emperor and some other people are willing to let Xiao retire safely......"

Xiao Ling is not ignorant of political affairs, and he was slightly shocked when he heard this.

"Dad is worried that Yin Xiang will fall into the well?"

Xiao Du shook his head.

"Yin Xiang, I'm not worried...... Forget it, you have to do it anyway. ”

After seeing the horror of the monster with their own eyes, the Xiao family no longer had any luck mentality, but just thought about how to get out of the way.

On the bank of the river, the carriage full of sacrificial items did not leave, and Du Changsheng and his three disciples stood in the rain and watched the two carriages of the Xiao family disappear into the rain curtain in the distance.

"The three of you prepare the sacrificial supplies. ”

After leaving these words, Du Changsheng walked quickly to the side and bowed to Ji Yuan and the Dragon Maiden.

"Mr. Ji, Jiang Shen Niangniang, this matter is so over, what do you two think?"

Ji Yuan stood up and looked at Tongtianjiang.

"You don't need to ask me if it's appropriate. ”

The dragon girl also stood up, and with a flick of her long sleeves to the sky, the torrential rain gradually decreased, turning into a continuous drizzle within a few breaths, and the shining thunder disappeared.

"You don't need to ask me. ”

Ji Yuan turned around and took away the table, chessboard and other things, and said to the dragon girl and Du Changsheng.

"Ji will go back first. ”

After that, Ji Yuan strolled and left in the direction of returning to Gyeonggi Mansion, the dragon girl looked at Du Changsheng, and his three apprentices who noticed the master's movement but couldn't see anything, nodded, stepped into the river, stepped into the waves, and sank and disappeared in the center of the river.

"Master, who were you talking to over there?"

Seeing that Du Changsheng was back, Wang Xiao and the others, who were moving out of the carriage, still asked.

"It's nothing, Jiang Shen Niangniang just watched there, her movements were sharp, and we went back to sleep after the sacrifice. ”

"Yes!"

Except for Wang Xiao, who is slightly better, the other two disciples are very shallow, but after all, they can be regarded as having the method of correct cultivation, and they can still do it by simply avoiding water, so they are not afraid of the drizzle at the moment.

......

Unsurprisingly, Xiao Du contracted the wind cold, and two of the servants who went with him were sick, only Xiao Ling and the other two servants did not get sick with their excellent physical fitness.

But even if he was sick, Xiao Du dragged his sick body to write his resignation the next day, and sent someone to the palace, he didn't dare to gamble on this matter casually, it would have been early, and it was not that he could resign immediately if he wanted to resign.

In the imperial study, Emperor Hongwu was still a little incredulous when he really read Xiao Du's resignation.

"This Xiao Du is really going to resign!"

Yang Hao grabbed the resignation letter in his hand and looked at the old eunuch Li Jingchun on the side.

"That monster is really so scary?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the giant turtle is as big as a small building, the demon eyes are fierce, and the rain is very evil, eighty percent of it is also caused by monsters, and the old slave's innate realm skills do not have the courage to approach. ”

Yang Hao narrowed his eyes and looked at the resignation letter in his hand, every word in it was the courtier's old age, frailty and lack of energy, and he did not reveal half a word of the grievance.

"Is this Xiao doing this, is it considered a bully?"

Hearing the emperor whisper like this, Li Jingchun, the old eunuch on the side, felt a slight burn in his spine, fortunately, it seemed that this question was not what the emperor wanted to ask him, just said to himself, and then saw the emperor smile and smiled.

Since Xiao Aiqing felt that he was powerless, then Gu allowed him to resign from the old man. ”

Emperor Hongwu did not send his resignation back first, as Xiao Du thought he would, and then summon him after he recovered from his illness, and then seriously discuss the resignation of the imperial historian after several times, but directly approved it with the imperial pen.

A few days later, the news of the resignation of Xiao Du, the imperial historian, and the emperor's approval, quickly circulated in the bureaucratic system of the capital, causing a major sensation among several factions.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, the resignation of the imperial historian is no less sensational than or even better than the resignation of an ordinary prime minister, after all, Dazhen is a multi-phase system, and some prime ministers may not have the important position of the imperial historian.

First of all, there was a scene of day and night upside down and the stars falling in the capital;

Then Yin Zhaoxian's condition improved, and his body was recovering;

Then there is the imperial historian Xiao Du who resigned from the old man;

Subsequently, the current emperor actually directly approved the resignation request of the imperial doctor;

There are frequent movements between officials of several factions in the DPRK and China, among which there are private meetings between courtiers and foreign ministers, even if Xiao Du has resigned, he will not be able to live in peace, or hide or open, and people will visit the Xiao family's mansion day and night.

......

A month later, in the Yin Mansion, in the courtyard of Ji Yuan's guest house, Yin Zhao, who had already taken off his fox mask, sat opposite Ji Yuan and played chess with Ji Yuan.

"Hey, Mr. Ji's chess strength is no longer comparable to Yin's, how about letting me have ten sons in the next game?"

Ji Yuan grinned, this is more and more.

"That's not possible, Ji Mou's chess strength is so much stronger than that of Yin Fuzi, but if you want ten sons to play something, it is better to count you directly as winning, at most six sons. ”

"That's okay, six sons are six sons, let's have another game!"

Yin Zhaoxian took the initiative to clean up the chessboard, and Ji Yuan had no choice but to shake his head and accompany him, this Master Yin was full of righteousness, but he was still careful about playing chess with him, but this is the real Master Yin, not the Yin Wenqu who was mythologized by the outside world.

At this time, the two brothers, Yin Qing and Yin Chong, walked into the courtyard one after the other.

"Dad, Mr. Ji. "Daddy, sir. ”

The two brothers greeted their elders one after another, and when they got closer, Yin Qing first glanced at the chessboard, and saw that the chessboard had not yet been played, and his father had already placed six chess pieces, so he understood what was going on, but he was not here to watch the two of them play chess.

"Dad, the Xiao family looks like they're ready to leave Beijing. ”

During this time, Yin Qing has also been distracted and paid attention to the Xiao family, at first he was afraid that the Xiao family would retreat, after all, the Xiao family's actions were too decisive, and it was not this way to get rid of everything and retreat, the emperor had a chance, it was easy to cause people to think too much, but later they heard something from Ji Yuan, and Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing believed that the Xiao family really wanted to retreat.

Originally, the Xiao family must have done some corrupt things over the years, and they must have reaped a lot of benefits, or take a step back and say, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, the real ass is completely clean and too little, the Xiao family retreated by itself, so that the Yin family has a lot less trouble, and the Yin family is also happy to spare the other party, and everything is not to blame.

However, the private public opinion in the DPRK and China contains many versions, and the officials of several factions are all in danger, and there are even rumors that the emperor is so decisive that Xiao Du resigned, and Yin Xiang has recovered from his illness again, among which there is a big conspiracy, which reached its peak after Yin Zhaoxian resumed the early dynasty on the first day.

In this environment, there are still a large number of officials who try to contact the Xiao family every day, putting the Xiao family in a dangerous situation.

Hearing Yin Qing's words, Yin Zhao first glanced at Ji Yuan, who was really about to fall, thought about it and sighed.

"Hey, Xiao Du also had to do it as a last resort. ”

Yin thought about it for a while.

"Dad, although there are reasons for the Xiao family to leave Beijing and return to their ancestral hometown Jizhou, it is convenient to abide by the agreement, but if they really leave Beijing, wouldn't it be very dangerous for them?"

Yin Qing smiled and patted Yin Chong's shoulder.

"You can think like this, you can be regarded as growing, but Xiao Du thinks more than you, and now there are many people who regard the Xiao family as a thorn in their side, but the Xiao family, who has obviously resigned from the capital, continues to be secretly visited by court officials and even foreign ministers...... The emperor used to be a saint, but now he is shrewd, he may let the Xiao family retire safely when he remembers the old love, but it is easy for a shrewd person to think about it, Xiao Du also knows this, he is no longer a doctor of the imperial history, someone is behind the trouble, he can only be in a hurry, and he can't pull his face to beg my father, leaving the capital is a double win, although there is a risk, but it is also worth taking the risk, after all, the Xiao family still has accumulation. ”

Yin Qing said such a string, even the plan that didn't know much about the government and politics could be understood, and he could even reverie some intricate relationships, let alone Yin Chong.

After explaining this, he said to Yin Chong.

"Hu'er, you'd better follow the Xiao family secretly, if there is any case, help them at the critical moment, let them return to Jizhou safely. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Yin understood why he wanted to help this former opponent.

"Okay, then father, Mr. Ji, and brother, I'll retire first. ”

Yin Zhong bowed his hand slightly towards the three elders in the courtyard, turned around and walked away.