At the time of the turmoil in the star-picking building, the excerpt written by Emperor Yanling himself in the imperial study was quickly sent to the yamen of the criminal department, and after the chapter of the king of the criminal department who had been anxious for a long time took it, after opening it and looking at it, his face quickly changed, and then he walked out of the hall in the surprised eyes of the officials of the yamen of the criminal department, and asked the officials to prepare a carriage and leave the yamen of the criminal department.

After the groom invited the court-central tycoon, one of the six Shangshu, into the carriage, he did not forget to ask where he was going, and then the Shangshu just read a place name and stopped talking, and the groom did not dare to slack off, and soon drove away with a whip. Walk slowly along the street in front of the yamen of the criminal department.

In the carriage, Wang Zhizhang, who was still holding the excerpt written by His Majesty the Emperor with a red pen in his hand, had a complicated expression, and regret and relief on his face, as the yamen who dealt with the monks and immortals the most in the dynasty, not only did the occasional monk haunt in the territory need to come forward from the criminal department, but even the few monks in the dynasty worshipped, except for those in the palace, the rest were all hung under the name of the criminal department, although he Wang Zhizhang could not move, but on the surface he was still the top boss of these people, but in fact, this extremely powerful criminal department Shangshu was really disgusted with these monks who did not take the laws of the dynasty seriously all day long, Even every year the school palace comes to select students to enter the palace, he has been against the attitude, the first emperor has been out of the official of the criminal department of the boss, at the beginning is to learn the magic power together, after entering the court as an official, he has been advocating the rule of law by law, but in Yanling is destined to be difficult to achieve, a few years ago has been suppressed by the scholars of the court and many Confucian masters, the career is extremely unsmooth, but just when the civil and military officials feel that this young man will not stay in Luoyang City for a few years will be degraded out, His Majesty the Emperor will throw the young man into the criminal department, after entering the criminal department, Wang Zhizhang is conscientiousAfter the previous old Shangshu resigned and returned to his hometown, he really entered the criminal department, although it is still as rigid as ever, but for those monks and immortals, there is the holy oracle of His Majesty the Emperor, but they are not demanding of them, but they are not satisfied with what they do.

Now he is holding the letter in his hand written by His Majesty the Emperor, inexplicably feel a little helpless, the dozen or so monks who went south with the army of Chen Guo before were enshrined by the Criminal Department, and after his death, he naturally had to be taken by the Criminal Department, and then His Majesty the Emperor sent three monks from the Criminal Department to arrest the initiator who caused more than a dozen monks to die in the Luosang River, but according to the content of this excerpt now, it was obviously a failure, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor would not let him be such a scholar of the Criminal Department, and the important minister who stomped his feet in the middle of the court made the court tremble a little bit and personally took this fold to invite a criminal department who even he admired a little。

Among the many offerings in the Criminal Department, most of the Yanling Emperor can be dispatched with a holy decree, and only a very few will use this invitation word.

There are not many offerings that can be used to invite in the worship of the criminal department, but it is definitely not something that can be counted with one or two hands.

In the midst of his thoughts, the carriage stopped in front of a narrow alley in the middle of nowhere, and the groom shouted softly outside the carriage, "Lord Shangshu, it's here." ”

Wang Zhizhang came back to his senses in a trance, put the folded letter in his hand into his arms, lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage, and then ordered: "Don't move around here, I'll go and go back." ”

The groom nodded yes, don't dare to say more.

Wang Zhizhang turned around and stepped into the narrow alley, the alley was too narrow, and in some places only one person was allowed to pass, and when he walked halfway, Wang Zhizhang's official robe was stained with a lot of dust.

The criminal department secretary did not show the slightest impatience, but after looking down at the upper of his shoes, he continued to move forward.

Coming to a small courtyard, Wang Zhizhang stopped and looked down at the two pots of orchids placed in front of the door.

Wang Zhizhang knocked on the door first, but no one answered, so he waited patiently.

After half a ring, a sound finally came from the courtyard.

Hearing this voice, Wang Zhizhang tidied up his clothes, wiped the dust off his official robe, and pushed the door in.

There is an untimely plum tree in the yard, it is not winter, but it is still blooming very brightly, and a tall middle-aged man sits next to the stone table.

On the stone table was a game of Go and half a cup of tea.

The man didn't turn his head, but just invited and said, "Lord Shangshu, can you come and talk about a game?"

Wang Zhizhang was silent for a moment, walked to this person with a smile and sat down, and sighed: "It's not as leisurely as Mr. Yanqing, the emperor's life is in his body, and there is only a hard life of running around, although we have the same surname, we don't have the same life at all." ”

Wang Yanqing smiled, "Lord Wang, when you say this, it's just a trick. ”

Wang Zhizhang stopped laughing, and his expression became extremely serious and said, "There is indeed something that needs to be asked for Mr. Yanqing's action today. ”

Wang Yanqing picked up the half cup of tea on the stone table and took a sip, and only after putting it down did he say, "What's the matter that requires a blind man?"

Hearing the word blind, Wang Zhizhang subconsciously looked at Wang Yanqing's eyes, although Mr. Yanqing's eyes were open, his eyes were empty and lifeless.

He is indeed blind.

Seeing such a pair of eyes, Wang Zhizhang, who couldn't help but think of some old things, sighed, and other monks had to leave the school palace to "travel through the mountains and rivers" because their realm had not improved for a long time Different, this Mr. Yanqing is a student of a certain academy in Yanling, and the reason for leaving that academy is also simple, just read a few volumes of forbidden books that the academy is not able to see, and he was expelled from the academy by the school palace, but according to this person's temperament, maybe he doesn't have too many thoughts about those forbidden books, he just likes to read books, when the collection of books in the academy is basically turned over by him, this reader will naturally have some other ideas, in fact, after this Mr. Yanqing was blinded in the eye, when he came to Luoyang City, when he met His Majesty the Emperor, Emperor Yanling asked: How can Mr. stay？

Wang Yanqing just smiled and said, "Just have a book." ”

Emperor Yanling laughed, and then on the second day, he found a well-spoken palace maid for this Yanqing gentleman, and brought books from the palace from the Hanlin Academy to read to him every day.

Now these days just listen to some poems, listening to the palace maid said, Emperor Yanling seems to like those poems very much, after reading it will be sealed in the palace.

The reason why Wang Yanqing chose to stay in Luoyang City, in addition to being really blind and not suitable to be the kind of reader who has to travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books, another reason is that he admires the Yanling Emperor a little.

Both of them were almost slightly distracted, and when they came back to their senses, they both smiled apologetically at each other.

Wang Zhizhang didn't hide it, took out His Majesty the Emperor's fold, knew that Wang Yanqing couldn't see it, and after reading it for him, he said softly: "Mr. Zuo is an old friend of Mr., presumably Mr. Yanqing will not shirk it." ”

Wang Yanqing shook his head, "Zuo Sifan seems to have intersected with me, but he just wants to find out some experience in the cultivation realm in my mouth. If I don't see that his chess skills are still good, how can I ignore him?"

Wang Zhizhang was speechless for a while.

Wang Yanqing waved his hand, "Although this person is not enough for me to make a move, but since it is invited by His Majesty, I will go out on this far-away errand, and the Criminal Department only needs to send a horseman, and I also need Lord Shangshu to tell Your Majesty that when I return to Luoyang, I want to talk to Your Majesty." ”

Wang Zhizhang smiled bitterly, everyone in Luoyang City knows that the chess player with the highest chess power in Yanling is Gu Shiyan of the Hanlin Academy, but only a few people know that this Gu Shiyan also needs to be a disciple in front of Wang Yanqing.

Wang Zhizhang didn't say anything in the end, and after getting up to say goodbye, he didn't forget to instruct: "Early tomorrow morning, the carriage of the criminal department will be outside the alley, Mr. Hou." ”

Wang Yanqing nodded, didn't say a word, just picked up a white piece and put it on the chessboard.

On the chessboard, the sunspots are all lost.