After the five tigers left, Tao Zhongwen dragged Chen Shandao and the two apprentices to the secret room alone and chatted again before leaving.

Chen Shandao, who only heard it, sighed and said:

"Ruofeng, it seems that your master is indeed old, do you understand the meaning of what the master just said to us?"

Cheng Ruofeng replied:

"The master finally said to us, 'In the future, the exposition depends on you, the master, the old man will concentrate on accompanying the emperor in the future, and there will be no time to manage, so you want to do it yourself', doesn't this mean that you have already guessed your intentions, master, it is obvious that you have already handed over the teachings to the master, and the master should be happy!"

On the side, Zhao Zihang interjected a sentence at this time:

"Maybe it's not as simple as Senior Brother Cheng thinks, Master Zun may be testing the master!"

Chen Shandao said at this time:

"Zihang is right, let's just be cautious in the future!"

Then he commanded the two of them:

"Hurry up and pack your luggage, it's time for us to leave for Datong Mansion!"

Du Buchu also wanted to go to Datong Mansion with him, but after thinking about it, it was the most important thing to find his two apprentices first.

Du did not forget that he had gone to Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, for several days in a row, and planned to ask him about He Sheng, but for some reason every time he went to the yamen or the mansion to inquire, he never found him.

At this time, Du Buyi seemed to understand a little in his heart, Wang Qiong seemed to be deliberately avoiding himself, after all, he was just a common man now, so Du Buyi also thought about it, and waited directly outside the noon gate tomorrow for Wang Qiong to come out of the morning court.

On the second day, Du Buyi went to the noon gate and waited for a long time, when the first Zhang Fujing, who was not wearing the official palace and the crown, walked out of the palace with a dejected face.

Du Buyi saw Zhang Fujing and immediately went over to say hello, Zhang Fujing saw Du Buxing with a surprised face, and asked:

"Brother Du Xian, why did you come to the capital?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Of course, there is something important to do!"

Then asked Zhang Fujing:

"Brother Zhang, why do you look like this?"

Zhang Fujing sighed and said:

"It's really a companion to the king, like a tiger, I, Zhang Zhang, have done my best for His Majesty the Emperor over the years, but I didn't expect to be deposed and return to my hometown!"

Du Cheng Cheng said:

"Brother Zhang, I understand your mood at this time, after all, I have also experienced it, just want to open a little!"

Zhang Fujing also smiled reluctantly at this time, and said:

"Also, I can just go back to my hometown in Zhejiang to live idle, after all, I have been busy every day for so many years, and I am really tired physically and mentally!"

Du did not forget to say:

"Actually, it's good not to be an official, otherwise why would there be so many troubles!"

Zhang Fujing asked:

"Brother Du Xian, I don't know what you have to do, I don't know if I can help you, brother?"

Du didn't forget to think about it, it was not convenient to talk here, anyway, Wang Qiong might not be able to wait, so he pulled Zhang Fujing to a private room in the restaurant, and the two chatted while eating wine and food.

Du did not forget to take the opportunity to ask:

"Last time I wrote your letter to Brother Zhang, I don't know if Brother Zhang read it?"

Zhang Xuan took a sip of wine and replied:

"Of course I saw it, not only did I read it, but I also presented it to the emperor, and the emperor has now ordered the recall of the town guards and eunuchs from all over the country, and has also ordered people to arrest that Liu Hong!"

Du Cheng Cheng said:

"That's good!"

Zhang Fujing patted Du Buyi on the shoulder and said:

"Thank you Brother Du Xian for doing you a great favor for the people!"

Du did not forget to say:

"How can I help?"

Zhang Fujing said:

"Your brother has long wanted to make a statement to His Majesty to dismiss those eunuchs who poisoned the people in various places, and I am suffering from no excuse, just so your paper is here!"

Du did not forget to ask again:

"Since Your Majesty has read it, do you know that I wrote the paper?"

张福敬 says:

"Of course I know, in fact, Your Majesty often thinks of your brother-in-law in private, but as an emperor, it is difficult for him to do it, and now he has also exempted you from all your crimes!"

Du Buyi also took a big sip of wine and said:

"Actually, I miss my second brother a lot!"

At this moment, someone suddenly pushed the door open and walked in, and then sat directly next to the two of them.

Du Buyi and Zhang Fujing were shocked when they saw this person.

Zhang Fujing hurriedly got up and was about to kneel, but was stopped by this person, who is this person? Who can make Zhang Xuan do this except for Emperor Zhu Houxi?

At this time, Zhu Houxi was dressed in civilian clothes, and he didn't look at his majestic face, and he couldn't find that this person was actually the current emperor.

I saw Zhu Houxi look at the two of them and said:

"You don't call me brother when you drink, teacher, big brother, have you forgotten me?"

Du Buyi was stunned at this time, and Zhang Fujing on the side immediately replied:

"Where do we dare to call you when we drink in this small place!"

Zhu Houxi smiled and said to Zhang Fujing:

"Teacher, today I am above the court...!"

Suddenly, he was used to it, and then Zhu Houxi remembered that he was wrong, so he immediately changed his words:

“... I also have no choice, my teacher has always been my most trusted person, teacher, you can take a look at this first!"

Then he took a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Fujing.

After Zhang Fujing took the letter, he opened it and looked at it, and said:

"It's rare that you are openly belittling me Zhang Fujing, and secretly want me to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to help you check the tax matter?"

Zhu Houxi replied:

"Exactly!"

Then at this time, a man dressed in cloth walked in and handed a sword to Zhang Fujing, Du Zhen didn't forget to take a look, isn't this the Shang Fang sword that he also received at the beginning?

Emperor Zhu Houxi said to Zhang Fujing again at this time:

"This Shang Fang sword must be known to you, this time you go back to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with this Shang Fang sword as if I am here, it is easy to do things!"

Zhang Fujing immediately said:

"Thank you for caring so much about me!"

After the two finished chatting, Zhu Houxi said to Du Yiyi:

"Big brother, are you okay during your time in the Western Regions?"

Du didn't forget to think of the Western Regions is heartache, and couldn't help but say:

"Thank you, second brother, for still caring about my eldest brother, this escape from the Western Regions is indeed the most uncomfortable one in my life!"

Seeing this, Zhu Houxi said again:

"Big brother, I've heard about it too, isn't it just a woman, second brother, I'll help you find a few beautiful women one day!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Second brother, you don't understand, people have feelings and love, this time I lost not only Xi Siqi, who has the deepest feelings with me, but also my only confidant, Feng Niang, second brother, you can't help but say it too easily!"

Zhu Houxi also poured a bowl of wine from the wine jug at this time, drank it, and said:

"Big brother, in fact, I also understand your feelings, once I also loved someone, that is the dead Lian'er, because I was too short-tempered, and I killed him and the flesh and blood in my belly on impulse!"

Du did not forget and said:

"Is Your Majesty talking about Empress Chen?"

Zhu Houxi replied:

"Yes!"

Then I drank a large bowl of wine and began to reminisce.

It turned out that Zhu Houyu and Empress Chen were meeting two concubines at that time, one was Concubine Zhang Shun, who is now Queen Zhang, and the other was Concubine Fang, Zhu Houxi's biggest hobby was to look at women's hands.

couldn't help but wait for the two of them to offer tea to themselves and Empress Chen, staring at the hands of the two concubines, while Empress Chen was pregnant with Emperor Zhu Houxi's fetus in her belly at this time, and she was jealous and directly threw the teacup in her hand to the ground.

Emperor Zhu Houxi was furious, so he scolded Empress Chen, who was too frightened and fainted, and finally had an abortion after being examined by the imperial doctor.

After this incident, Emperor Zhu Houyu was also angry and did not want to visit Empress Chen, Empress Chen began to be depressed after this incident, and soon died of illness, and Zhu Houyu woke up before Empress Chen died, and the result was naturally too late.

As for why Empress Chen dared to smash the cup in front of Emperor Zhu Houxi, it was because Emperor Zhu Houyu had nearly 100 concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, but in the past few years, these concubines have never given birth to a son and a half daughter for the emperor, and Queen Chen finally became pregnant at this time.

At this time, Queen Chen was not as willing to follow Zhu Houyu as before, and after she became pregnant, she often put up a stand in front of Zhu Houxi, and this time it also made Zhu Houyu unbearable.

After listening to this, Du Bu sighed and said:

"Second brother, I didn't expect you to love someone so much!"

At this time, Zhu Houxi asked again:

"Big brother, don't you resent me when I treated you like that before?"

Du Buyi raised his wine glass and said to Zhu Houxi:

"Second brother, there is nothing that can't be solved with a glass of wine, besides, you also give me a lot of opportunities to serve Daming, besides, who in the world doesn't want to work for Daming, it's a pity that there are too few people who can get such an opportunity!"

Zhu Houxi replied:

"Yes!"

Then he said:

"Not everyone is as talented as you, big brother, most of the people in this world are pompous people, how dare I trust them?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Probably not, most of these people are actually talented people!"

Then he gave another example:

"Like Li Bai and Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, which one didn't want to serve the Tang Dynasty, but they were always excluded and couldn't be reused!"

At this time, Zhu Houxi smiled and replied:

"I won't talk about Li Du, do you think about Li Yu and Song Huizong, don't they want to govern their own country?"

At this time, Zhang Fujing on the side said:

"I think if Song Huizong was born in our era, His Majesty would definitely let him die in the Hanlin Academy, and if His Majesty Li Yu was born, he would definitely give him a prefect!"

At this time, Zhu Houxi smiled at Zhang Fujing knowingly.

Du did not forget to say:

"How can Li Yu and Song Huizong be compared with Li Dubi!"

At this time, Zhu Houxi said again:

"That's not far away, let's take my brother Wuzong Emperor Zhu Houzhao as an example, he has loved to lead troops and fight all his life, but he has never been defeated, but it has caused my Ming Dynasty The entire court and the world were in a miasma!"

At this time, Du Bu didn't forget to reply without helping:

"It seems that the life of the people in the world is not as good as that of Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao during his reign!"

Zhu Houxi said with some displeasure at this time:

"Big brother, are you talking about it, second brother, am I not as good as my brother Emperor Wuzong?"

Du Buyi directly drank a bowl of wine at this time and said:

"Although some things of Emperor Wuzong look really ridiculous, but during the reign of Emperor Wuzong, the people of the world were happy, but for example, the people of today are sad!"