Chapter 153: Temptation

"The ministers are only sparse and thin, they live in important positions, they go back and forth in the cold and summer, and they have not built an inch of ......"

Above the court, Wu Jingguo was bowing to the emperor and said.

What is he going to do? The emperor had doubts in his heart, and his guard suddenly rose.

"There is no way to serve the Son of Heaven, and there is no way to appease the people. It should be self-avoided, but for a long time to bathe in the rain, vegetarian Tianlu, and I am afraid that it will be a loss to the court, every time I read the holy grace, I hesitate to advance and retreat, only to work for merit, and wait for the sage to change ......"

"Does he want to resign? It would be nice if that were the case, and it would save a lot of trouble. The emperor's heart gradually calmed down, a wave of joy rose, he couldn't help but secretly clenched his palms, and did not dare to miss half a word at the moment, and listened attentively.

I only heard Wu Jingguo continue: "Now that the holy monarch is on the throne, the four seas are one, Lan Fang Turui, the cranes flutter their wings, the ministers dare not plug the road of the sage, and return from begging, hope that the saint is gracious, and the ministers should worship the heavens and worship the gods, and pray for the peace of the country and the people, and the generations will come." ”

Ecstasy swelled, and a smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's face. "Brother Emperor, this scourge is finally gone. ”

He was so happy in his heart that he couldn't help himself for a while, and he couldn't help but stand up, and was just about to agree, when he suddenly felt shocked: "No, I was worried that I couldn't deal with him, so he took the initiative to resign, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

He was suspicious and felt that something was wrong. That Wu Jingguo Douda can't read two stones, can know the bullshit 'Lan Fang Turui, the cranes flutter their wings' This remark must be ghostwritten by his master, and it stands to reason that it is common for the master to write it, but Wu Jingguo is bound to have more difficulty reciting it, if he has the heart to resign, he can hand in the resignation form and wait for approval, why bother to do this and read it out in the court?

Don't...... Is he tempting?

This thought flashed through the emperor's heart, and he was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat. secretly said 'It's dangerous', and the smile on his face did not decrease but increased, and gradually turned cold. The ministers looked at the emperor's still a little immature face with a chilling smile, and they couldn't help but have a cold war.

"Hmph!" a cold snort, and the emperor shook his sleeves and left.

"Retreat!" shouted the eunuch.

"What does this mean?" The ministers were puzzled, Wu Jingguo observed his words, the emperor sneered, full of irony, knowing that he was very unhappy, but Wu Jingguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Governor, you are always a pillar of the imperial court, why do you suddenly want to resign?"

"yes, you can't go. ”

......

More than seventy percent of the officials in the court came to persuade them.

"It's dangerous!" The emperor's hands and feet trembled, his palms were full of sweat, he walked as fast as the wind, and all he heard in his ears was the sound ......of his own heartbeat, and his blood pounded and he had a splitting headache.

"Your Majesty......" Seeing that the emperor was coming over like the wind, the 'Dragon Guards' hurriedly retreated to the side, bowed down and said. This line of five people is headed by Zhao Jin.

"Get out!" the emperor scolded casually, and his figure did not stop for a moment, and it was far away in an instant.

The sound of this voice was not only Zhao Jin, but also all the 'Golden Guards' guarding the imperial city, the 'Dragon Guard' was directly under the control of the emperor, although they had no real power, but they were all genuine, and they could speak well by the emperor's side, even Wu Jingguo was polite to them on weekdays, and the first emperor had a very good temper and was less reprimanded, how could they have enjoyed this kind of hospitality? Others were reprimanded, and it was just that, then Zhao Ji was cold and arrogant, so where could he stand being scolded for no reason? I saw that his face was blue and white for a while, and it became extremely ugly.

The emperor walked into the inner court quickly, his face was still angry, but his heart was quite calm, this was completely for Wu Jingguo to see, it would not be long before his every move, word and deed would reach Wu Jingguo's ears.

"I'm angry at your resignation, you who know people's hearts well should be relieved this time, right?"

Old man, since you want to play so big, let me play with you well, and see if it's you'Jiang Gui's nature, the hotter it gets older' or me's 'the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves'.

This is a crisis, and perhaps an opportunity for a reversal.

"Which one of the blind ones made our emperor angry?" Holding his arms, he wandered around, and saw the emperor shouting from afar, with a gloating expression on his face.

"Who else?" said the Emperor angrily.

"Is it the governor?"

The emperor let out a heavy 'um' and said, "What do you mean when I just succeeded to the throne and he resigned under the excuse of doing things? I have wronged him by doing things under me? Brother Huang is the emperor, so I am not the emperor anymore?"

"Hehe, the resignation of the governor as the emperor happens to be in power, what's so angry?"

"In power? Hmph, I thought that being an emperor was like a royal brother, and I wanted to do whatever I wanted, but how did I know that it was so boring, and it was only a few days? The imperial court collects so many taxes a year, and I have to earn it myself if I want to spend some money, so should such an emperor give you you? He didn't want to help me solve my worries, but he wanted to resign and return to his hometown, throwing the 'Dragon Guard' to select this half of the mess and ask me to wipe his ass?" the emperor's face turned red, and he scolded angrily.

Yu Wuchang didn't care at all, and said sleepily: "I can't remember such a lot, or the emperor will say it again?"

The emperor still had a sullen face and said, "Forget it." After a while, Wang Xiu drafted a decree, and the two of you went to his house to persuade and persuade instead of me, saying that I would not allow his resignation, and by the way, I would reward him with a unicorn suit to wear, you must know that if it is not for the merit in the society and the dedication to duty, even the biggest official will not be able to wear the unicorn suit. ”

"Good. Is this the second thing I do for the emperor?"

"Whatever. The Emperor said that he would take care of himself and leave.

The emperor was originally very dissatisfied with the bold and rude people who did not play cards according to common sense, but he would rather believe this person than dare to believe Zhao Ji, Zhuang Zejing and Jin Milling and others, so he looked for Yu Impermanence before. On the one hand, it is to plant a variable for Wu Jingguo once he plots chaos, although he doesn't know if he can plant it, and whether it will be useful after planting, on the other hand, if he is really loyal to Wu Jingguo, then he can also say something that Wu Jingguo wants to hear through the mouth of Wu Jingguo. In fact, the emperor not only said some good things about Wu Jingguo in front of everyone in the palace except Xu Nianen, he didn't know who would tell Wu Jingguo, and he didn't know who was Wu Jingguo's people, but he knew that some of these people must be Wu Jingguo's people, and there would definitely be people who told Wu Jingguo their words. If you don't believe it once, I'll say it twice, if you don't believe it twice, I say it four times, and if you don't believe it four times, I say it every day, say it all the time, no matter how shrewd and careful you Wu Jingguo is, you can't help but don't believe it, because even he himself gradually began to believe that Wu Jingguo was loyal to his duties and loyal to the court.

"'Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Taizong Dao should be Xuantian, magnificent rivers and mountains, east rejection of the island, west of Mao Fan, south of Zhuyi, north knock on the gate of heaven, seal the dragon city in the border stop, expand the four seas in the sky, spread the blessing in the future generations, avoid the people in the famine, is a few generations of prosperity. And up to now, the East Island is flat, Mao Fan is not prosperous, the south is declining, the north disaster is gone, and the gold of the Sichuan is difficult to ride, and I am very worried. The territory of our dynasty is vast, the people know the etiquette and abide by the law, and they are content with Sannong, but the three states of "Zhong", "Tang" and "Er" are not in tune with the wind and rain, the people are young, the "danger" and "dream" of the two states are difficult to sangsi, and the court is thin, but the military salary of Beichuan has increased year by year, and the court has been unbearable for a long time. My talent is not as good as Taizong, but the affairs of the world are troublesome, and my virtue is not as good as that of Taizu, but the affairs of the world are in danger, and my strength is not enough! At this time, too, the imperial court seeks a virtuous man and fights with his fist, how can he see it and abandon it? Because of the two sages of Zhang and Han, the ancestors of the former Han Dynasty are thousands of years, and because there are Xiao He is the two sages of Zhang and Han, so it is said that those who are good at doing good deeds are the great sages. I often hear that Qingqing's ability to be virtuous is no less than Xiao He, and the emperor's brother gave Qing the name of Jingguo, and Guy is also. At the beginning of my reign, the world is undecided, and the only one who depends on it is one person's ear. I specially gave the unicorn to serve in the Qing, and still prayed that the light of the sun and the moon would shine forever, bless my monarch and ministers with one heart, and the people would be peaceful. ’”

After the announcement was completed, Wu Jingguo thanked him for receiving the order, Master Li, the elders and Wu Jingguo's guards also got up, Wang Xiu smiled and said: "Congratulations to the military governor for winning this honor, since the establishment of this dynasty, the governor of the palace who has been rewarded with a python robe and a unicorn uniform is still the first person." ”

Wu Jingguo smiled, didn't answer, and asked, "Do you have anything to say when the emperor sent the two here?"

Wang Xiu said: "The emperor was quite dissatisfied with the resignation of the governor, but he did not say anything, only ordered the little one to comfort the governor and ask the governor to continue to serve the court." ”

Wu Jingguo nodded and asked Yu Wuchang: "Lord Yu is a popular person around the emperor, and the emperor will probably not avoid Lord Yu when he has something to say." ”

He said: "The little kid just complained, so naturally he had to scold the governor." ”

"Oh, what did the emperor scold Bendu?"

"The emperor scolded the governor, half of them have been written on the holy decree, and the other half, naturally, it is the matter of the 'dragon guard', the governor has set a candidate, and he will resign after three days after the selection is left alone, and this ass is handed over to the emperor to wipe, of course he refuses. Yu Wuchang learned the emperor's tone and relayed the words to Wu Jingguo as they were.

Wu Jingguo smiled faintly when he heard this, his face was not shocked, and asked, "In the opinion of Lord Xu, what does the emperor mean by doing this?"

Yu Wuchang said: "Hehe, there are people around the governor who specialize in eating this bowl of rice, so let's leave this troublesome matter to Master Li." ”

Master Li said: "Lord Yu and the emperor are the closest, and the emperor's mind is naturally better than that of the emperor. ”

"Makes sense. "Impermanence 'hehe' smiled and said: "Impermanence has an enemy, strong martial arts, impermanence will ask him to fight to the death tomorrow, please master for me." ”

Master Li said: "Lord Yu said that he was laughing, in the next scholar, it is really not what he is good at fighting, so Lord Yu should ask another master." ”

Yu Wuchang said: "Master Li said that he laughed, in the next martial arts, the power and calculation are not the director, Master Li should ask another master." ”

Master Li smiled slightly and said, "Since Lord Yu refuses to see him, that's it." ”

Yu Wuchang glanced at Master Li and said: "All I can do is say what I see, as for what the emperor thinks, it's up to you to guess, guess the right governor will reward you with silver, guess the wrong governor wants your head, just like ...... Just like our duels in martial arts, it's simple and clear, and Tong Su is not bullied. Governor, elder, do you say yes?"

The patriarch smiled and nodded, but there was a long sigh in his heart. What I am most afraid of happening has happened, this attempt is bound to make Master Li even more proud, and the current situation is confusing, the emperor's city may be really unfathomable, or maybe he really doesn't plan to do anything to the governor. After this attempt, the emperor's approach made the patriarch not sure about his mind for a while, he only felt that his heart was empty, maybe this move of the governor will completely change from active to passive, or maybe the governor really has no worries from now on.

"It's time to leave. The patriarch said in his heart.

He had something in his heart, and then he didn't want to listen to the conversation between Wu Jingguo and Master Li, Yu Wuchang and others.

Several people chatted about the emperor's interest and style, and Master Li's pride was evident, and his eyes swept towards the patriarch from time to time.

After sitting for a while, Wang Xiu and Yu Wuchang got up to say goodbye, and were about to return to the palace to resume the decree, and Master Li sent the two out of the Jingguo Mansion on behalf of Wu Jingguo. Wang Xiu politely said a few words, turned around and got into the sedan chair, but he was impermanent but did not take the sedan chair, and followed him with his arms in the back.

Master Li and Yu Wuchang walked side by side and sent them away.

"Lord Xu, I heard that your martial arts training is extremely hard, right?"

"Yes, otherwise how can there be so much waste and so few masters?"

"How long does it take to be a first-class master in general martial arts?"

Some people have practiced for three or five years, some have practiced for more than ten years or decades, and some people have practiced diligently for a lifetime and cannot become masters. ”

Master Li nodded and said: "It's really hard, Zen meditation pays attention to epiphany, isn't there a quick way to practice martial arts?"

Yu Wuchang smiled meaningfully: "Yes, the quickest thing is for someone to learn martial arts such as 'Passing the Lantern Dafa', and then give you all the skills of his life, then he can become a master in an instant." What's the matter? Master Li is interested in martial arts?"

Master Li shook his head and smiled: "If you are cowardly, forget about fighting and killing, you might as well have a good time." These days, I hear the patriarchs often talk about all kinds of martial arts, and all kinds of masters, which sounds like they have a different way. ”

"Oh, I can't see that you two have such a good relationship?"

Master Li said: "It's not good or bad, it's just chatting, it's just listening to a book." The patriarch has a wide range of knowledge and martial arts, and he is also admired in the next place, but some people in the rivers and lakes list him among the top ten masters today, and his name is still above Lord Xu, Lord Zhuang and Lord Jin, so it is inevitable that people will be unhappy. I'm in the Tang and Tang Dynasties, no one is in the top ten, but the veterans are on the list, don't these Jianghu people look down on the masters of my Da Nei?"

Yu Wuchang said: "The martial arts of the patriarch were originally above Jin Lao Er, and they were stronger than impermanence, so it is not surprising that we are ranked in the head." ”

Master Li shook his head and sighed: "Alas, the people of the rivers and lakes can't be trusted after all, the patriarch has been making frequent changes recently, and the military governor is quite vigilant, so he needs to take precautions before he talks to Lord Yu to discuss." In this way, if he has the intention to rebel, there will be no one in Ouchi to cure him?"

Yu Wuchang said: "That's not necessarily, the level of martial arts is one thing, and the fight for life and death is another, if it is not far away, the battle in the world is difficult to win." ”

Master Li exclaimed: "Huh, so I can rest assured, the patriarch is seriously injured, and he is not the opponent of several adults, but it is said that his body has what kind of 'Passing the Lantern Dafa' If one day he accepts an apprentice and passes on all his skills, then wouldn't his apprentice be stronger than Lord Jin, who is the first in Ouchi, within a day?"

"Logically speaking, that's the case. ”

Master Li said: "It's a pity that he refuses to pass on this technique to Lord Xu, otherwise, with the foundation of Lord Xu, coupled with the lifelong skills of the patriarch, not only will he sit firmly on the throne of the number one master in the Ouchi, but it is not impossible to fight against the dragon god." Lord Yu is young, and he has this opportunity, he is really a strange person through the ages. ”

Yu Wuchang yawned and said, "I don't have that interest in dealing with the elders, I can't get disabled, who will support me for the rest of my life?" ”

"How can he be his opponent if he has no power to restrain him? Not to mention that he wants to do martial arts in the next scholar?"

Yu Wuchang said: "The origin of killing people is sharper than the sword, Master Li's mouth can be called the top ten famous blades today, if you slander in front of the governor, how can the patriarch and a martial artist fight for you? Moreover, he has a feud with the 'Juntian Jiuding', and it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in our court without the protection of the governor, Master Li's words are enough to put him to death, why is it impermanent?"

"Hehe, there is no enmity with the patriarch in Xia, as long as he has no two hearts, why bother to be this wicked person in Xia?"

"Two hearts, three hearts, four hearts, five hearts, six hearts, how do you and I know the things in this belly? Maybe at this time, Master Li also has more than a dozen thoughts about impermanence. ”

If you don't know how to grasp the great opportunity, it's no wonder that you can't make it into the climate. Master Li shook his head and said regretfully: "The shaft is not enough and the plan, the shaft is not enough and the plan." ”

"Mr. Li, I thank you for your advice, but please don't point fingers at me, you are not much better than in my eyes. ”

"Hehe, 'words are not speculative for more than half a sentence', since Lord Yu looks at it this way, then I won't say anything about it. Adults go all the way, don't send it!"

"No need to send it, I'll give you a ride another day. ”