The sun was in the west, it was past noon, Lin Yinyin took the white horse and walked forward after leaving the inn, the people in the rivers and lakes who had been performing on the street corner to survive had already dispersed, and the road between the neighborhoods was smooth again.

Yin Yin went all the way to the east, and soon came to a mansion. Yin Yin had inquired clearly before, Liu Dingzhi's official worship department is also a bachelor of Hanlin, and he is a minister, his official residence is located next to the famous lake in the east of Beijing, it is said that when this official residence was built, Liu Dingzhi specially invited someone to see the feng shui, and felt that there was purple gas surrounded by purple gas here, and the official luck was excellent, so he built a civil engineering next to this famous lake. Decades have passed, and Liu Dingzhi has really prospered in official fortune, and has been promoted again and again, and he is already the humerus minister of the imperial court.

"This should be it!"

Lin Yinyin turned off her horse, tied the white horse to a large willow tree in Fame Lake, and then walked towards the official residence.

Although this official residence is not splendid, extremely luxurious, but it is also magnificent and magnificent, the momentum is extraordinary, there is a pair of palm-sized copper rings hanging on the red vermilion lacquer door, and there is a golden silk nanmu plaque hanging on the top, the inscription has three big characters of "Shangshu Mansion", it looks very simple and atmospheric.

Lin Yinyin walked calmly and walked straight, but before she could reach the door, she was stopped by two guards with knives.

"What are you doing? Do you know what kind of place this is?

The two guards glared at each other angrily, with a scolding between their words, and stopped Lin Yinyin at the door.

Yin Yinxiu frowned slightly, and said secretly in her heart: "This Shangshu Mansion is so big, even the guards outside are in such a situation, could it be that Elder Liu Ge let them do this?"

Although she was displeased, Yin Yin always didn't want to make a side difference, and said respectfully: "The two eldest brothers, in Xia Lin Ying, have important things to see Lord Liu, and ask the two eldest brothers to make it convenient." ”

"Hmph, Lord Liu, is it you who you can see if you want? I advise you to leave by yourself quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being polite!"

As the two spoke, they pulled out their long knives and stopped in front of Lin Yinyin.

Yin Yin was about to have a seizure, when suddenly an old man in the mansion heard the sound.

"What happened?" asked the old man

The two guards with knives saw that the old man had come to hurriedly put away the long knives, greeted them, and said attentively: "Manager He, how dare you work hard, you are just a hairy boy who is not long-eyed, clamoring to see the master, and my brothers are preparing to send him away." ”

The old man was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said suspiciously: "Do you want to see the master?"

The guard nodded.

The old man walked up to Lin Yinyin, looked him up and down, and then asked, "Young man, do you want to see our master?"

Lin Yinyin saw that the old man was polite and polite when he spoke, not as arrogant as the two guards just now, so he bowed down and said: "Old man, in Xia Lin Ying, Kaifeng people, entrusted by others, here is a letter that I want to hand over to Lord Liu in person!"

"Oh, I don't know who entrusted it, and what kind of letter must be handed over to my master himself?"

Yin Yin hesitated slightly, and replied: "I was entrusted by the master of Hanshan Temple to make a special trip to deliver the letter, as for the content of the letter, the master told me not to open it unless Lord Liu himself, and I was entrusted by someone to be loyal to the person, but I don't know the content of the letter." ”

The old man was puzzled, but when he saw that the other party's words were sincere, and his conversation was relaxed, and it didn't look like lying, he tentatively asked, "Is there a token?"

"Yes!"

Lin Yinyin took out a string of Buddhist beads from her arms and handed it over.

When the old man saw the Buddha beads, he was first shocked, then picked up the Buddha beads and checked them repeatedly, and finally said with a smile: "Lin Gongzi has offended a lot, please forgive me, please inside!"

This sudden change surprised the two guards next to him, although they didn't know why the manager had changed his attitude towards this young man, but a discerning person could see at a glance that this young man was not an ordinary person.

"Uh, uh, Lin Gongzi, this ...... Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding" The two hurriedly stepped forward to explain, and the change in attitude was staggering.

Lin Yinyin ignored the two, put away the Buddhist beads and followed the old man into the Shangshu Mansion.

This string of Buddhist beads was given to her before leaving, and it was given by Liu Dingwen personally when she was preaching scriptures in the palace before. A string of Buddha beads has a total of 18 pieces, each of which is made of Nanmu from the South China Sea, which has been carved by skilled craftsmen, which can be described as priceless. At that time, Liu Dingzhi and Du Du Zhen hit it off at first sight, discussed the philosophy of Buddhist scriptures together, and sent this string of Buddhist beads out to show respect to Liu Dingzhi. The old man is the head of Shangshu Mansion, and he knows this.

Lin Yinyin followed the old man to a place, and as soon as she stepped into it, she felt that the smell of books and ink was strong, and she came to the study.

The old man stopped, told him to stop there, and went up to knock on the door

"Knock knock!"

"Come in!"

As soon as the words fell, the old man pushed the door in, entered the study, and closed the door again.

In less than half a cup of tea, only a "squeak" was heard, and the old man walked out of the study, came to Yin Yin with a smile on his face, and said happily: "Lin Gongzi, the master is invited!"

"Youlao!" Lin Yinyin clasped her fists with both hands, and after a rough salute, she walked straight into the study.

Walking into the study, Yin Yin only felt that the smell of books was thicker, and looked around slightly, and found that although this study was not big, there were a lot of books in it.

On the desk in the square are the four treasures of the study, and an old man is practicing calligraphy with his back to him.

"Grass people Lin Ying greets Lord Liu!" Lin Yinyin bowed.

Liu Dingzhi turned around and smiled when he heard this: "No need to be polite, it's just that Xiaoyou wants to see the old man?"

When Liu Dingzhi turned around, Yin Yin saw the old man's true face clearly, with red phoenix eyes, one-word eyebrows, and three locks of long hair, which were already gray, and he was still radiant and radiant despite his age.

Yin Yin saw the old man looking at him with a smile on his face, his eyes were full of kindness and kindness, and a trace of uneasiness in his heart completely dissipated, and he hurriedly replied: "Elder Ge, I really don't hide it, I really have something important to discuss this time" As she spoke, she handed over the letter written by Du Yi to Liu Dingzhi.

Liu Dingzhi took the letter, read it carefully, and when he read it, his eyebrows were deep and his face was full of shock!

"Is what the letter says true?"

"It's true!"

Liu Dingzhi fell into deep thought, did not speak for a long time, just paced back and forth in front of the desk.

After another moment, Liu Dingzhi stopped, picked up the lantern on the desk, and lit the letter.

"Little friend, the stakes are very high at this time, don't leak it out!"

After the letter was burned and turned into ashes, Liu Dingzhi put his mind at ease and sighed: "Xiaoyou doesn't know, now that the eunuchs of the imperial court are in charge, the Jinyi Guard of the West Factory has brutalized Zhongliang and lawlessness, which is really the misfortune of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Fortunately, there is also a humerus minister like Ge Lao, which also makes the people of the world feel a little comforted!"

Yin Yin saw that Liu Dingzhi was a little sad, so she comforted her.

Liu Dingzhi smiled miserably: "What can I do with my own strength, as far as the things mentioned in the letter are concerned, I expected that they would have nothing to do with Xichang and Jinyiwei, but I never thought that they would be so bold and want to rebel!"

"I wonder if Elder Ge has heard of the Xuanyin Sect?"

"I've heard a little!"

Yin Yin said: "The mastermind behind this incident is Xuanyin Sect!" immediately told Liu Dingzhi what happened in the realm of Gusu.

Liu Dingzhi sneered after hearing this, and said: "Colluding with the forces of the rivers and lakes, creating turmoil, persuading the imperial court to send troops to obtain military power, and finally turning against each other and launching a rebellion, it is really a good strategy!"

Lin Yinyin was shocked in her heart, this Liu Dingzhi was really intelligent, and he only listened to his rough retelling to sort out the ins and outs of the whole thing, and respected him for three points in his heart......