"We are friends, I want you to be well, but I don't want you to be better than me. ”

The contradictions of human nature, inner conflicts, and the cruelty of reality are vividly reflected in this sentence.

Qi Tai had never heard this sentence, but at this moment, this sentence could just right express the entanglement in his heart.

Huang Zicheng was promoted, from a bachelor of Hanlin to Taichang Siqing, and he also served as the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials (Du Ze was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the original position was vacant).

And Qi Tai is still just a left squire of the military department. Under the situation that Ru Yu suppressed and dozens of governors of the five armies were checked and balanced, this title of squire did not seem to have much influence.

"Why is this?" Qi Tai was puzzled, yesterday the Wenhua Hall faced the saint together, Huang Zicheng repeatedly spoke against the saint, why did he rise to the top today? It can't be that the emperor likes to find himself unhappy, right?

Thinking like this, Qi Tai's eyes looking at Huang Zicheng's back couldn't help but be a little complicated.

It's hard to say what a person's sixth sense is. Invisible, intangible, but there.

Feeling a deep resentment, Huang Zicheng, who was also thinking about the changes in the morning today, stopped on the Jinshui Bridge, turned his head, and looked at Qi Tai just in the same eye.

Qi Tai was stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward with some embarrassment: "Lord Huang." ”

"Brother Qi. Huang Zicheng returned the salute and said with a smile: "You and I are old friends, how can you be called adults, so you see the outside? But what did Huang do to offend Brother Qi?"

Qi Tai wanted to say, "You have been promoted, I don't like it." But this is obviously unrealistic, in the end it is a proper reader, Qi Tai Shili said: "Brother Huang smiled, Brother Huang didn't do anything wrong, but the younger brother himself had a bad heart, and he had the teachings of the saints, he should be beaten, he should be beaten." As he spoke, he reached out and slapped himself twice on the head.

Huang Zicheng stretched out his hand to stop him, wanting to laugh, but in the end he didn't laugh: "Brother Qi, don't hide it." For what His Majesty did today, the foolish brother is also a monk of the second brother-in-law, and he is confused.

And don't look at the surface scenery of my foolish brother, it's actually not that good. ”

"How?"

"Alas!" Huang Zicheng sighed heavily, stretched out his hand to pat the stone beast on the bridge railing, and said, "Who is the official book?

"Du Ze?" Qi Tai's face showed a sudden expression, and his gaze at Huang Zicheng also carried some sympathy.

There are many rumors and many sayings about how Du Ze became a minister, but the most mainstream is that he took the eunuch of Dongchang, some people say that he gave silver, some people say that he offered his wife, and some even say that Du Ze recognized Xu Ruyi as a godfather, in short, none of them are good words.

In fact, Du Ze was able to become the Shangshu Tianguan of the Ministry of Officials, but Du Ze did not give any substantial benefits, let alone the absurd act of offering his wife and recognizing his father. I just wrote a letter expressing my willingness to do what I was told in the future.

And Xu Ruyi didn't do much, and didn't even mention it to Zhu Yunwen. It's just that on a dark and windy night, he quietly met with Wang Wen, the right attendant of the ministry, that is, Du Ze's biggest competitor. And the place of meeting was in Wang Wen's treasure room. Located behind the bookshelf in Wang's library, there are probably more than a box of gold and silver and a few pairs of calligraphy and paintings by famous artists.

didn't say anything, didn't do anything, as if it was really just a chance encounter, nodded, and Xu Ruyi left. The next day, Wang Wen wrote and handed in his resignation, which made Zhu Yunwen feel inexplicable.

As soon as Huang Zicheng mentioned Du Ze, Qi Tai understood. Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, in short, this Du Ze and the eunuchs of Dongchang must be unclear, otherwise how could they be groundless?

And Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai have always looked at the admiral eunuch in Dongchang unpleasantly. The two are related, and Huang Zicheng's errand in the Ministry of Officials is estimated to be no better.

The two looked at each other, feeling a little difficult to be brothers. But in his heart, Qi Tai is still not very comfortable, don't forget, Huang Zicheng was also promoted to Taichang Siqing, this is a real errand, theoretically in charge of the Hanlin Academy (in fact, the Hanlin Bachelors are all the top people in the previous imperial examinations, arrogant and arrogant, and can talk directly with the emperor, so they don't care much about the jurisdiction of Taichang Siqing).

Thinking of their respective situations, they thought of Ru Yu and Du Ze. Thinking of the two of them ...

"Hiss~" Qi Tai suddenly took a breath of cool air: "Brother Huang." ”

"How?"

"Du Ze of the Ministry of Officials, Ru Yu of the Ministry of War, so calculated, the six departments of the Central Committee, the most important Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials are all close to the eunuch leader in Dongchang, this... ”

Huang Zicheng sighed: "I thought that Your Majesty would reuse you and me when he ascended the throne, and many like-minded colleagues came to congratulate him, but there was another Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin in the oblique thorn, and the eunuch in Dongchang made waves from time to time." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Zicheng was filled with indignation, and couldn't help but open his arms and shout: "First Emperor, !!"

In the archway, a little eunuch who swept away looked at Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai not far away, smiled weirdly, carried a broom, bent his waist, and walked into the palace with brisk small steps.

"Go, you tell Liu Xi what you see and hear now. The chubby old eunuch said with a smile, and the little eunuch turned around and ran away again, not putting down the broom in his hand.

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"Huh?" Zhu Yunwen saw Liu Xi go to the door of the hall and say something to a little eunuch and come back, and couldn't help but look at Liu Xi curiously.

"Your Majesty. Liu Xi's face seemed to be very entangled, and he wanted to speak and stopped, and Zhu Yunwen was a little uncomfortable when he saw it.

"Say, what's wrong?" Zhu Yunwen asked again with some displeasure.

"Your Majesty, that little eunuch just now was the sweeper of the palace gate, he saw, he saw... Liu Xi's voice was low, and he "saw" it for a long time, and he didn't continue.

"What do you see, you say? Zhu Yunwen was a little impatient.

"I saw Lord Huang and Lord Qi talking on the Jinshui Bridge for a long time, and finally Lord Huang shouted 'Emperor Xian', looking like he was wronged and aggrieved. ”

"Huh. Zhu Yunwen chuckled, it seems that Huang Zicheng has seen that his future under Du Ze will not be too bright.

In fact, Zhu Yunwen didn't know that Du Ze was Xu Ruyi's person, but yesterday he saw that Du Ze and Huang Zicheng had a left opinion, and he expected that the relationship between the two would not be too good, so he made this arrangement.

"Hmph, it's long overdue to find someone to treat you, save you from reprimanding me all day long. But... Zhu Yunwen's face turned dark suddenly, "The first emperor shouted on the Jinshui Bridge, are you dissatisfied with me and have resentment?"

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The scene on the Jinshui Bridge, Zhu Yunwen's muttering, these news have not yet been worn back to Dongchang, in fact, even if it is transmitted back, it is estimated that no one will pay attention to it for a while.

In the East Factory, except for the black cat who was still staying in the edict prison to "play", the other big people, up to Xu Ruyi, Yun Zheng, down to several stalls, were all standing outside a quiet room in the back of the East Factory at this moment. In addition to them, Wang Yongzhen, Hua Pengfei, and several others were also there, and even Xiao Ouyang was standing quietly by relying on Dong Chao's fat arm.

Everyone's eyes were staring at the small door of the quiet room in front of them. Waiting for the results inside, waiting for a miracle to happen.

That's right, in the quiet room, Shen Hongxian is taking over for Yamazaki Ryuya. There were three people in the quiet room, Shen Hongxian, Yamazaki Ryuya, and a passer-by.

Yes, it's passerby A, the name doesn't matter. It seems that the brother-in-law of the criminal official is still the eldest aunt, anyway, when was he arrested together in the imperial prison. Shen Hongxian said that his hand was the most suitable, so he was brought over.

"Why don't you come out yet, nothing will happen, right?" Wang Yongzhen muttered to himself, the fine beads of sweat on his face, the indescribable nervousness, it looked as if his mother-in-law was giving birth to a child...

It's not quite a good analogy, but it's still very graphic.

Depressed chatter, depressed chatter. The heart of the man who speaks is irritable,

"Be quiet, it's okay for you to tell you something!" Xu Ruyi kicked Wang Yongzhen's buttocks, without any strength, but when he was caught off guard, Wang Yongzhen was still kicked.

"Brother Yongzhen, Brother Long will be fine, don't worry. Ouyang's crisp voice comforted.

I have to say that the development of girls is indeed faster than that of boys, coupled with good food and drink, practicing martial arts and refining bones, now Ouyang is only thirteen years old, but he is almost one meter five or six or so, except for his face is a little immature, he is completely like a big girl, except that his chest is a little flat...

"Squeak~", the door opened, and a graceful figure appeared in front of everyone, still dressed in white, but his face was no longer veiled as before.

"How's it going? Did you succeed?" asked Wang Yongzhen, the first of the crowd.

Shen Hongxian's chin was raised, she snorted arrogantly, and walked in front of Ouyang: "Ouyang~, it's so good today, let's go outside the city to fight butterflies?"

Maybe it's because of the lack of a female companion since childhood, after only a few days of acquaintance, Ouyang and Shen Hongxian got together, a little sister in red and a big sister in white, as if they were sisters who had been separated for many years.

"Don't. Ouyang shook his head and said, "Ouyang wants to see Brother Long to rest assured." ”

"yes, what's going on?" said the crowd urgently.

Although there should be no problem with Shen Hongxian's appearance, there is still a definite answer from her, and the big stone in her heart can only land.

"Cut, what else? It's just an arm, look at your surprise. Shen Hongxian rolled his eyes, and then stretched: "He's asleep inside, let's see, don't disturb him." When he wakes up, remember to tell him not to use his arm for seven days. The head of the family is tired, so go and rest first. ”

After speaking, Shen Hongxian's waist swayed and walked away.

"I... I... Gu Yuezhen blushed, looked at Shen Hongxian's beautiful back, and stammered to say something.

"Go ahead, I'm really convinced of you for not being afraid of being beaten. Xu Ruyi waved her hand, Gu Yuezhen nodded vigorously, and hurriedly followed: "Miss Shen, wait for me, the road is dangerous, I will escort you back to the room!"

"The head of the family still uses you to escort you!"

"Ah~~~"

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Even if you see it with your own eyes at this moment, it's still so unbelievable. The Yamazaki dragon in front of him also fell asleep deeply. The upper body is naked, and the right arm, which was originally empty, is now attached. Except for the difference in skin color and a thin blood stain, the others seem to be indistinguishable from the original.

How did you stitch it without a needle and thread? Xu Ruyi reached out and wanted to touch it, but in the end he put the thought aside. Let's wait until he's completely better.

A male corpse was lying quietly on the ground, his right arm was gone, blood was left on the ground, and there was a bloody smell in the room. It's just that no one cares.

"Okay, since it's okay, let's disperse first. Leave someone to look after you, and remember to clean up the floor when you go. Xu Ruyi commanded softly, turned around and left, there was no way to have something to do.

All the way out of the East Factory, Xu Ruyi came to the back yard wall of Renxin Hall outside the Dongzhi Gate. He didn't knock on the door, he twisted his waist and entered in a vertical way.

"Who!"

"It's me. Xu Ruyi spoke, and walked into the back hall.

A strong herbal flavor is stronger than ever.

Looking at the sweat on Li Er's forehead and the miserable white face of Qian Kemu on the kang, Xu Ruyi frowned and said, "Did he do it?"

"If you are careless at the moment, please punish the door master. Qian Kemu wanted to get up and give a salute, but was stopped by Xu Ruyi.

"It's okay, just take care of your injuries, and I'll talk about it when I have something. Xu Ruyi motioned for Li Er to go to the backyard with him for a detailed discussion.

"That Ma Sanbao's hand that moved first?" Hearing Li Er's story about the front and back, Xu Ruyi couldn't help frowning.

Ren Xiao had instructed him to take Ma Sanbao into the underground palace to worship the ancestor. So when Xu Ruyi learned that Ma Sanbao was also in the team that came to Nanjing, he asked Qian Kemu to contact him, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.

Now that I think about it, some things are really as simple as I think about them. Ma Sanbao has lived in the Yanwang Mansion for many years, and is nominally a member of Tianmen, but in fact there is no intersection. If Tianmen and Yanwangfu are really placed in front of him, I am afraid that it is more likely to choose Yanwangfu.

It seems that you can't take him to the underground palace rashly. In case he doesn't know the severity and tells Zhu Di or someone else, it may cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"The master of the door. Li Er said respectfully: "Do you want to touch it again?"

"There's no need. Xu Ruyi shook his head and said: "Don't pay attention to him for the time being, our family will naturally make a clear statement with him when we find an opportunity, but now is not the time, just keep an eye on him." ”

After a pause, Xu Ruyi asked, "By the way, do you have anything here... I want the kind that can time my attacks, preferably the kind that I can control the time. ”

Glancing at Xu Ruyi strangely, Li Er said: "Yes, but it's not as accurate as you said, you can only roughly calculate the time of an attack, and an hour or two is still okay, but I won't be worthy, so we have to come to our hall master." ”

"Okay, go back and ask him to give me three pairs, I'm going to use them. ”

"Yes. ”