These two sentences naturally ridicule Yuan Shouyin and Zhang Nanrong for being suppressed by Ao Mang, and they can't make decisions in case of trouble, so they have to pretend to be deaf and dumb, just like the clay sculptures and wood carvings that are raised high in the temple, they have no fame but no real power.

Hearing this, Zhang Nanrong glanced at Ao Mang, and there was no resentment in his eyes, but he smiled bitterly: "I don't know these two sentences." It's just that I am fortunate to be in the center and assist the Son of Heaven, and I must always endure each other for the country. ”

Yuan Shouyin smiled: "That's right." The three of us stood too high, and those who climbed to the halfway up the mountain watched from a distance, and they couldn't see clearly, and they couldn't really hear it. As everyone knows, who can climb to the top of the mountain, who is the real straw bale mediocrity? Who is really stupid if he does not take the clay carving and wood sculpture as a god. ”

"None of us can suppress this letter, although I am not the first assistant, I am also a co-organizer of the university, and if something happens, naturally I can only bear it. ”

Yuan Shouyin said as he walked slowly towards the outside of the hall: "Yu Huolin has not been in Chang'an County for a long time, but there are already people on the streets of Jingshi who are spreading the reputation of the strong order. I, Yuan Tie, am old, and with this stump, I will support this strong point for a ride. ”

"Iron Shoulders Stay!"

Ao Mang stretched out his hand to stop in front of Yuan Shouyin, and said with a smile: "What is this doing? I thought that although the old man was old, he was not confused, how could he say such depressing words?"

"Ao Mang!

Zhang Nanrong was angry, and couldn't help but take a step forward, and took the initiative to confront Ao Mang for the first time.

Ao Mang didn't see it, so he pulled up Yuan Shouyin's sleeve and pulled out the letter: "When Mang first entered the official career, he once heard someone say that once the manna was born, the text had Yuan Tie's shoulder, and Wu had Cao Hu's head. Now that the old and strong tiger-headed military plane is gaining momentum, if the Son of Heaven is angry, and the iron-shouldered prince will return to the old countryside, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Hearing this, Yuan Shouyin had not yet answered, and Mr. Jingqi Zhang Nanrong had already taken the first step and snorted angrily: "Lord Ao is really domineering, to put it mildly, it is clear that the two of us are not allowed to interfere! If you can't take it out, don't blame me Zhang Nanrong for intervening sideways. ”

Ao Mang laughed, and suddenly looked left and right and said to him: "Dare to ask Lord Cheng in the imperial history, His Royal Highness Lanling has jumped from the king of the county to the prince, but the candidate for the chief history of the palace has not yet been decided, what is this like? What kind of important thing is the conquest of the demon barbarians, it is decided by His Royal Highness's words, and we don't care about the Privy Council, but has His Royal Highness informed the cabinet and the military department in advance?"

Zhang Nanrong didn't know why Ao Mang suddenly mentioned this matter, and his heart was full of doubts, but he still nodded subconsciously and said: "I have been worried about this matter for a long time, and it is indeed not a blessing for the court to delay it any longer." ”

Ao Mang listened to this, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "Since Mr. Jingqi has this intention, why didn't he bring it up on the spot at the court meeting, but instead watched coldly like a wood carving from beginning to end?"

Zhang Nanrong glared at Ao Mang, and said confidently: "You and I are a stunned young man like Yu Huolin, who can't understand the power change? The Son of Heaven occasionally neglects to supervise, and as a courtier, he should be admonished, but this admonition also has to pick a good time, isn't it? His Royal Highness Lanling is the Prince of Jinfeng, that is a great joy, how uninteresting I have to be to stand up and disturb the scenery at that time?"

As he spoke, he suddenly realized something, and glanced at Ao Mang meaningfully.

Ao Mang couldn't help but stroke his palms and laughed: "That's it, where is the reason why I just gave an order yesterday to prepare for the Western Expedition and pour cold water on Your Majesty today?" Yu Huolin's excerpt might as well be pressed for a few days, and when I find a good opportunity, I will use this as a joke to tell Your Majesty, maybe Your Majesty will laugh at it, and it is unknown if you will let Houlin and the three of us unlucky eggs fart together." ”

"Before that, if Your Majesty hears the rumors and issues an order to ask, the two elders can only push the charges of blocking the way of speech and bullying the monarch on Ao Mang!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nanrong immediately stopped talking, and Yuan Shouyin simply sat back on his big circle chair.

I heard the old iron-shouldered man say quietly: "I, the more I am not far from death, the more I love to recall the past, and I often regret the mistake of thinking back then, and I did many wrong things, and now even if I want to make up for one or two, it is too late." ”

"As the saying goes, a misstep becomes a thousand years of laughter, and then a hundred years of people look back. Ao is in power, are you really not afraid of leaving a bad reputation as a courtier, a courtier, and a powerful minister on top of that history?"

When Ao Mang heard this, he waved his hand very simply, quite disapprovingly: "The name of the study at home is not taken, in order to wait for the death of people in the future, and it is up to future generations to cover the coffin." As for what kind of reputation I can leave behind, I am all dead, so what does it have to do with me?"

After he said that, he squinted at Zhang Nanrong, and said without leaving a word in his mouth: "I am not Mr. Jingqi, and I want to welcome the Son of Heaven, and I want to satisfy those so-called Qingliu, and I suffer from that splint like a little daughter-in-law all day long." Master Zhang doesn't want to think about it, since the Chang'an Order is recommended by me, even if he doesn't want to see me, I am also a real leader, can I still let you pull it into the bowl of the Yushitai?"

Zhang Nanrong narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Lord Ao, I have let this matter go, and you still want to be aggressive? What is the bowl of the Imperial Historical Observatory? The Imperial Historical Speaker and the Clear Stream Matter Discussion are public weapons, and Zhang Nanrong will never dare to use them for his own purposes! Yu Yulin is on the table at this time, although it is out of place, but after all, he is a outspoken and daring minister, and I want to protect him, it is completely out of the public heart, and I have absolutely no intention of showing favor and cultivating party henchmen! As for the so-called splint qi in Ao Da's mouth, now that there is a benevolent and virtuous heavenly son and a public Zhengying dynasty, it is even more impossible to talk about it!"

Ao Mang smiled when he heard this: "Mr. Jingqi is angry! The boss's ethics have always been admired by Ao Mang." It's just that Yu Huolin was assassinated by Yu Xian Ti and escaped by luck, although this matter is secret, I don't believe that Mr. Jingqi doesn't know! Once it spreads out in the future, Yu Huolin will definitely be worth twice as much in the clear stream of Shilin, and today he has such a stabbing recital, and the weather of the famous minister has appeared! It is hard to guarantee that he will not become a character comparable to the Iron Shoulder Gong and Mr. Jingqi in the future...... Hehe, everyone has the heart of talent!"

Yuan Shouyin listened to it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sigh and said: "Lord Ao, it is obviously a good story about the Chang'an Order risking death to admonish and the three ruling governments to retain talents for the country, how can it come out of your mouth, it is not a taste? Who has no selfishness, but as long as this selfishness is beneficial to the family and the country, it is comparable to public heart, and no one is blameless." ”

Ao Mang immediately said with a straight face: "What the Iron Shoulder Gong said is the golden and jade words of Lao Cheng to seek the country, and Mang has been taught!"

He bowed, got up and said, "But this time is different from the past! Your Majesty is in a hurry, and now his mind is spent on the Privy Council, I'm afraid that I don't have the spare time to fight with our cabinet." What a small Chang'an Ling said, if no one is behind it, it is actually insignificant. But if we are scrambling to protect Yu Yulin at this time, what will the officials of the court think, and what will the feudal officials of the local states and counties think, if the western expedition is delayed because of this, do you really think that Your Majesty will not kill anyone?"

"Fueling the fire?"

Zhang Nanrong's eyes were a little more vigilant, but he still refused to show weakness, and snorted: "Lord Ao pretended to avoid it at first, and put on a look of making up his mind to stay out of the matter, just to see if there is anyone standing behind Yu Yulin, such as me Zhang Nanrong, and even Iron Shoulder?"

Ao Mang nodded without hesitation: "Exactly." ”

Seeing this, Yuan Shouyin couldn't help but ask: "Then why did Ao Zheng suddenly change his mind and make the first statement to protect Yu Yulin?"

Ao Mang smiled openly, and replied in a rare and serious manner: "It's almost the same as what the Iron Shoulders Gong just said, just because Ao suddenly thought that if the two bosses who had been thinking about fighting and winning and replacing them were such unbearable stupid things, then Ao Mou, who still failed to reach the top, should be such a mediocre and incompetent person?"

"Iron Shoulder, Mr. Jingqi, is Ao really so mediocre and incompetent?"

Zhang Nanrong was silent.

Yuan Shouyin looked at Ao Mang's gaze and suddenly felt a little relieved, and there was even a hint of admiration and envy that he had not even noticed.

The next moment, in front of all the officials in the palace, the iron-shouldered duke, who had entered his twilight years, suddenly sighed: "Old man!"