Chapter 428 – No Other, No Central Plains

Xiangfu three years, late fall.

Instead of going south to Liangzhou Pass, the army of the royal tent that participated in the annual autumn hunting roundup went north at a rapid pace and returned straight to the capital of Beiting.

His Majesty the emperor during the autumn hunt, in addition to one night in the painting of the gray deliberations, and then did not show up, Taiping order and the three dynasties of ministers of the Gu Order of Yelu Chu Cai accompanied all the way.

In the night, the palace palace heavy, a far from the opulent hut, candlelight gently swaying, but did not illuminate the house as bright as day, but added a few points of gloom and darkness, this is probably the so-called cicadas noise forests over the quiet.

An old woman with a peaceful face, lying quietly on the couch, seems to be in remembrance of the past years, but also seems to be in memory of the youth of the once magnificent time.

Beside the couch, the Taiping Order, who is the Imperial Teacher of Beimang, sat on a small bench and gazed down at the old woman with bulging cheeks, who had white hair like frost.

Li Mi Pi, who single-handedly created the spider web of Beimang, was even more eccentric in his behavior, just sitting on the threshold of the house, at this moment, this shadow chancellor, who made countless powerful nobles of Beimang feel creeped out, was really like a late old man, lonely and lonely.

“Your Majesty, is it ever difficult?”

The words of the Order of the Peace were calm, and could not hear half a bit of apprehension and trepidation, nor could they hear the slightest bit of sentimentality and grief, but rather there were a few moments of rare gentleness that was out of place.

The old woman replied softly: “you are not very strange why I do not want to accept the gift of the celestial beings, not willing to hold on to live for four or five years?”

The Order of the Peace nodded, then quickly shook her head again, still softly saying, “It doesn’t even matter.”

The old woman laughed it off and asked, “Do you think that my foolish son, whose heart is higher than the sky and whose life is thinner than paper, will be able to lead an army of 400,000 men under his command and finally defeat that Rejecting North City?”

Order Taiping replied cautiously, “As long as Tuoba Bodhisattva defeats Xu Fengnian, the situation is finalized, not to mention a dozen or so Central Plains martial arts masters, even ten more would be of no help. Taking a step back, even if Topaz Bodhisattva loses, we may not lose, Your Majesty need not worry too much about the battle.”

The old woman gently folded her hands on her abdomen and slightly pulled the corner of her mouth, “Worry? I am not worried about the war outside the Liangzhou Pass, after handing over the military power to Yelu Hongcai, I put it down. This child when more than thirty years of aggrieved prince, let him be proud of once, mother and son love, the righteousness of the ruler and subject, are counted as each other do not owe. As for the war there is burned to the Liangzhou Pass, or spread to the territory of the South, I am a dying man, worried about what? What can I worry about? My life, I think I’m the best at the word “forgiveness”. Guilt for people, not long, for their own remorse, but also put down. This life, the first half of the life lived on thin ice, but at least the second half of the life lived comfortably, quite good. Not to mention the woman’s wearing a dragon robe sitting in the dragon chair, the first person in the ancient world, whether it is good for a hundred years, the stench of ten thousand years or so, the future generations of history, destined to bypass the name of me, what is the big regret in this life? Probably no more.”

It is rare for the old woman to ramble like this, and it is even more rare for her to be so light-hearted.

The old man gave a hmmm.

The chess sword music house of the peace order, when the indignation to leave the grassland, to go away from the sun in the Central Plains of anonymity for twenty years, change identity dozens of, travel north and south of the Yangtze River, see all the world, full of spring and autumn mountains and rivers.

Thousands of readers in the world, perhaps only the great devil Huang Sanjia, than this name has long been forgotten by the North Mang emperor, more “read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles”.

The old woman took a breath and asked, “Zhao Bing and Chen Zhi Bao teamed up, can they go all the way north to fight outside Tai’an City?”

The old man nodded and said, “Surely, if not unexpected, the two rebel kings will intentionally hold their troops, only waiting for us to fight with the Northern Liang Border Army to determine the winner, otherwise, if we take the capital of Liyang too early, we will be worried that we will return to the grasslands, and even more so, we are afraid that we will simply give up the southern territory and decisively retreat to the North Court, then it will be the same embarrassing pattern of the original Liyang Zhao room unification of the Central Plains, with the nature of the King of Yan Zhi Wang Zhao Bing, will never let himself be defeated. With the temperament of King Zhao Bing of Yanzhi, he will never let himself be undone, and then Xu Fengyen will really be the next Xu Snapdragon, and Beiliang will still be the same Beiliang, which is not cost-effective. The only variable in the Central Plains, only in Gu Jiantang’s two Liao border army, openly and secretly, holding 300,000 soldiers, seize the opportunity, may not become the Xu Snapdragon after the Battle of Xibei Bi, and Gu Jiantang will never lose the opportunity, after all, Liyang is no longer the old emperor Zhao Li, the world is no longer the same as that year’s world, at that time Xu Snapdragon ruled by the river, unpopularity, Gu Jiantang, once he succeeded in dominating the city, it will be in line with the heavenly City, it will be in accordance with Heaven’s destiny and be very different.”

The old man saw the old woman’s vitality is still good, then try to concisely continue: “The Central Plains in this chaotic time, among the military generals, Liyang Lu Shengxiang Xu Gong a few people, outside the storm, but also have the opportunity to choose the wood and shelter, in the city of Tai’an Tang Tiexian stream, most likely to end up miserable. As for those temple courtiers, the short-lived emperor Zhao Xun not to say more, Zhao Bing Zhao cast father and son, no matter who usurped the throne, are willing to treat those reading seeds, only the left scattered ride standing minister Chen Wang, the future is illusory, the key to see the new emperor in the end is really generous or false elegance.”

The old woman laughed to herself, “I give up the opportunity to live four or five more years, I will not be able to see the magnificent scenery, is it wrong?”

The Order of the Peace said softly, “If Your Majesty ……”

The old woman seems to know what the imperial teacher is going to say, and smiled broadly, “Forget it, the world’s regret medicine, the most tasteless. I don’t care about it.”

Order of the Peace smiled, “Your Majesty is a true hero.”

The old woman suddenly spoke softly on the subject, “Li Mi Pil, that woman may not die, but she must never see the light of day again.”

Lee Mi Pil, who was sitting on the threshold, froze and said in a voice that His Majesty could just hear clearly, “I know.”

The old woman seemed to remember something else and asked, “That Wang Duk in the Southern Dynasty who liked to plant plum blossoms, was he really a pawn?”

Li Mibi slightly raised his voice and said, “Although there is no conclusive evidence, I can still conclude that Wang Duk is a secret pawn of Northern Liang.”

The old woman sighed, “Hearing Tide Pavilion, Li Yishan, is truly formidable.”

Order of the Peace exuded a few moments of heartfelt admiration and nodded, “Indeed.”

Li Mibi asked, “That Winter Pressure Bowl Wang Jing Chong, how to dispose of it?”

Order of the Peace replied on his behalf, “His 10,000 family private cavalry, must have already converged with the Yu Luan blade ministry of the light cavalry of Youzhou, nowadays the South Dynasty’s military strength is weak, like a house leaking on all sides, unless the dispatch of masters of the dead to sneak attack secretly, or else to take him out of the way. But this trip to kill with a borrowed knife, more this winter press bowl, is nothing more than to make the knife faster, no harm done.”

Li Mibi said blandly, “If your majesty really wants him dead, I can do it myself.”

The old woman laughed, “That’s just it, the South Dynasty is such a big place, even if I give it with both hands, with so little cavalry in Northern Liang, it will have to be eaten before it can be eaten, just let them make a mess.”

Speaking of this kind of military affairs involving Liang Mang war direction, the old woman is obviously a little tired, there are also a few points can not hide the distraction, she slowly closed her eyes.

It was as if she wanted an out of sight, out of mind.

She does not want to go to the end of the path to the sun in this life, still can not get rid of those who are fighting and those who are in the way.

The old woman took a strong breath, her tone of voice snapped up firmly, and her dry and thin face was no longer the casual look she had earlier when she was chatting, “I only have three things to deliver, Dong Zhuo must take Huaiyang Pass! Yelu Hongzhai must die before me! The Murong clan must leave behind a bloodline, male or female!”

Speaking the last sentence, the old woman laughed out loud for no reason, cheerful to the core, “superfluous! Then there are only two things ah.”

The old woman turned her head for the first time this night, looking at the Order of the Peace who diligently bowed and scrapped for a country’s imperial government, and asked with a smile, “You can be considered to be a scholar of the heavens, so tell me, is it that man’s calculations are not as good as heaven’s calculations, or is it that heaven’s calculations are not as good as man’s calculations?”

Order of Peace calmly said, “Due to the time and place, and due to the different people, people counting the sky counting, in the final analysis, there is no fixed number.”

The old woman retracted her eyes, not to be denied, muttering to herself, “A muddled account!”

A long silence, the candle flame in the room is still dim.

The old woman murmured in a small voice, “The sky is cool …… You all go, I am going to have a good rest.”

Autumn is high and cool.

If you don t die at this time, when will you wait.

The Taiping order gently rose, then bent down and bowed, and the old man refused to straighten his waist for a long time.

Turning towards the house, Li Mi Pil stood on the steps of the small courtyard as if he was waiting for the Taiping Order.

After the Order of the Peace closed the door to the house, the two old men stood side by side.

Li Mi Pil softly sighs: “There are still too many things have not been accounted for clearly ah.”

The Taiping order does not comment.

Li Mi Bi suddenly sneered, “The more white space left, the more power you, the emperor’s teacher, will have, and the fact that His Majesty didn’t even leave a list of Guiding Ministers in the end is indeed just what you wanted.”

Regarding the aftermath of the female emperor of Beimang, destined to be secret without mourning, the old woman at the time of the exhaustion of the lamp clearly refused to celestial “add oil”, knowing that her days are numbered, also early with the order of the Taiping Li Mibi two people greetings, once she could not hold out to reject the end of the battle of the northern city, then the occasional infection of autumn cold as the reason, will be the northern capital of the capital of all the political affairs by the order of the Taiping cheaply, she has long ago. Taiping order to act cheaply, she has long been in charge of the size of the seal ribbon of the relevant personnel, are replaced with Taiping order of the beloved, previously Taiping order that she is a true hero, is indeed the words of the heart. The three dynasty Gu life old minister yelu hong material must die, so, if not LiMiPi still can barely restrain the chess sword music house of the big boss, the whole grassland and no one can with the board, may be the next grassland of the candidate, will manipulate in the hand, after all, his majesty the emperor until the end, simply did not mention her intention to inherit the throne, the last that speech, to the son of yelu hongcai is still very cold, “I’m the son of my children, I’m the son of the emperor, I’m the son of my children, I’m the son of my children, I’m the son of my children, I’m the son of my children, I’m the son of my children. “my children and grandchildren, not like me”, this sentence, has been widely circulated in the grasslands, fortunately did not replace the word Xiao Xiao for filial piety, or else Yelu Hongcai I’m afraid that we really have to sleep and eat uneasily, after all, mediocre descendants are not similar to the Xiongjie ancestor, a generation is not as good as a generation, which can be interpreted by the will of God. To a certain extent, Yelu Hongcai can live to today, and even be able to grasp the power of four hundred thousand soldiers, how is not attributed to the “weak Prince of the unscrupulous iron blood emperor”, otherwise two tigers, how can the young tiger live?

Li Mibi’s heartbreaking words did not let the Taiping order face the slightest change.

The old man who once threatened to buy Taian with black and white, is pondering the weight of certain pieces in his mind.

Crown Prince Yelu Hongcai, naturally, is not really as the world mistakenly believe that the mediocre talent, can not be used, but the affair of the private meeting Wang Dugu, so that the Crown Prince completely lost the favor of His Majesty the Emperor.

The youngest and lightest general of the grassland, Dong Zhuo, has always been highly valued by His Majesty the Emperor, but it’s just that the lord’s temperament is difficult to control. Even the best person under the heavens, as long as he becomes the Emperor, is likely to do the worst thing under the heavens. The heavenly beings can actually be divided into two kinds of people, the emperor, and all the others.

Yelu Dongbed, having lost the patronage of his grandfather, Yelu Hongcai, will he fall flat on his face?

Murong Baoding, is there any chance that it will become the life-saving talisman of the entire Murong family?

Tuoba Bodhisattva, the loyal guardian deity of the grasslands, would he have ever thought of taking the yellow robe as well? After all, the presence or absence of His Majesty the Emperor made a world of difference to Tuoba Bodhisattva.

The Order of the Peace finally came back to his senses and turned his head to laugh, “Me, you, and Xu Huainan, all seem to have lost.”

Li Mibi, who did not expect that Taiping Ling would say this, froze, then put his hands behind his back and snorted, “Each has his own way of living, Xu Huainan has the deepest heart, so he lives the most exhausting life. You are not much better, people who can play chess, tend to win and lose heavy heart. Only I think the least, live the most relaxed.”

Order of the Peace laughed softly, “You don’t think the least, but you admit defeat the earliest.”

The expressionless Great Spy neither admitted nor denied.

Order of the Peace sighed, “You’ll have to work hard next.”

Li Mi Pil didn’t have the good sense to say, “Duty calls for it, why would I say it’s hard work.”

Taiping Order reached out and patted Li Mi Bi’s shoulder, smiling and teasing, “That’s right, you’re the kind of gloomy nature that likes to hide and calculate people, and it’s only right that you enjoy it.”

The Northern Mang Shadow Chancellor, who was used to keeping to himself, was obviously not too suitable for the other party’s expressed actions, frowning, only some pent-up frustration in his heart, but it dissipated a few points.

The night is deep.

Outside the house two grassland authority most giant old man successively walked down the steps, in the small courtyard door parted ways.

After walking out of the Taiping order for a long time, he looked back suddenly, old tears, brokenly reading: “Murong girl, Murong girl ……”

Inside the house on the sick couch, the old woman gently grabbed an old sable fur on her side, covered her body, and slowly fell asleep.

Her dry fingers gently brushed the sable fur.

Like that little girl with a peach blossom face, she was like a spring breeze when she first met that Liaodong young man in a foreign land.

Xiangfu three years, winter.

The Central Plains are unstable, the original Guangling Jiangnan north of the balance of power, the situation instantly turned sharply downward, because the King of Shu Chen Zhi Bao and Yan Zhi Wang’s son Zhao Zhi, just two people two riders, without any escort, to go to Wu Chongxuan army tent, to persuade that lead the Ministry of War title of the general of the southern expedition to fall back again.

The rebel army swung northward, and Lu Shengxiang, whose army was stationed in the southern part of the capital city, was in a precarious situation in the blink of an eye.

The yellow and purple ministers of Tai’an City Temple Hall, after hearing this horrifying news, everyone was in chaos like ants in a hot pot.

Originally has been due to illness resigned Tantan Weng had to re-engage in the size of the court, which only a little bit of the people’s hearts to stabilize.

In the middle of winter, the sky is cold and the ground is freezing.

A carriage slowly drove out of the Huan Mansion to a dilapidated mansion only one street away, the plaque has long been removed and has become an ownerless place.

The old man carrying two jugs of wine stepped down from the carriage, picked up the steps, and reached out to tear off the seal affixed to the front door.

The several Zhao Hook spies hidden in the shadows, although of extremely high rank, all turned a blind eye.

The old man clutched two jugs of wine to his chest and pushed the gate open with one hand with great effort.

The old man familiar with the way around the corridor through the building, directly to the study, some books have been moved, some books are still left, moved left, in fact, are just eating dust, is just a change of place.

The study is still only a chair.

Thinking back, the dynasty and field, in addition to Zhao Li Zhao Dun two Liyang king, I’m afraid that only he Huan Wen can be here in a big grin seat, feel free to take over the magpie’s nest.

Huan Wen walked around the empty bookcase, put two jugs of wine on the table, and wiped away the heavy dust with his sleeve before slowly taking his seat, if it was in the past years, that purple-bearded, blue-eyed child would have stood at the window.

Tantan Weng looked toward the window, softly said: “Bieye child, you see, you put down the challenge of a go, did not change your mind in a peaceful world, the result is only replaced by such a messy bullshit situation, you do not feel guilty? You ah, also thanks to the early death, or regret also regret death you!”

The old man snorted coldly, “That’s why you’re not here, otherwise I really hate to slap you on the brain, I can really hit, never scare you.”

The old man fell into silence.

Guangling Road Festival Minister Lu Baijie’s life and death is unknown, but it is the Secretary General Wang Xionggui somehow even expelled from the country, whether it is life or reputation, have escaped, and ultimately in the Lu Shengxiang sent soldiers to escort, is about to return to the capital.

In welcoming back Wang Xionggui to the capital on this matter, Tai’an city court will have the leisure to argue, originally to Wang Xionggui’s Zhanglu heir, the former Ministry of households as well as the current one together with the triple identity of the Secretary General, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites Sima Parkhua, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites Sima Parkhua, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Secretary of the Ministry of Rites Sima Park Hua out of the city to meet, of course, but the fall of the Guangling Road, resulting in half of the country rotten, Wang Xionggui down and out, even if alive back to the city of Tai’an, the future days of how bleak the light can be imagined, the Ministry of Rites Yamen in the court of the Liyang more and more high status, is now only the second after the official of the Ministry of Justice of the Tianguan Yin Maochun, Sima Park Hua is worried about the capital’s wind rating is damaged, and even more so for fear of being involved in the Wang Xionggui for the anger of the young prince of heaven. Anger, naturally not happy to personally take over Wang Xionggui this hot potato, the second in command of the Ministry of Rites Jin Lanting is many times in the scholarly poetry, openly scolded Wang Xionggui mishandling the situation, but also will never go out of the city to meet, so it is the turn of the poor right minister Jiang Yongle out of the horse, in fact, the newly risen in the temple of the Liaodong scholarly group, for the always close to Jiangnan scholars by the Secretary General to the adults, made up his mind to beat the dog in the water in the The city of Tai’an publicized Wang Xionggui’s untenable position. If not for Qi Yanglong’s hammering to stop the growing trend of crusade, I am afraid that what greeted Wang Xionggui would not be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, but the officials of the Ministry of Penalty carrying shackles.

Huan Wen is accustomed to seeing the ebb and flow of the eunuch sea, which can not be said to have much feeling, just some discouragement.

Peaceful times, the civil ministers speech excessively, like Yong Hui years on the human butcher Xu Snapdragon comments, harmless, that far away in the northwest of the Xu cripple also lazy to think about.

But today is not the same as back then ah, can not be the same.

Huan Wen for no reason to think of that young man, Bieye’s youngest son Zhang Bianguan, that was said to be the capital’s most noble identity but no character of the official son, was said to be even bullying men and women do not dare to wimp, high not low, the young people do not rely on the two ends, so no one love to take care of.

Bieye’s children, on the contrary, only Zhang Bianguan most pleasing to their own favor, see themselves are not afraid, what jokes also dare to open.

Huan Wen heard that Zhang Bian Guan that year after leaving the Zhang House, married a woman from a small family, in the city alleys and lanes to live a small, uneventful life, his favorite thing to do, is to wander around, see those pigeons in the sky of Tai’an City fly swept, day after day year after year.

Unfortunately, in the end, such an uncontested young man also died.

The old man opened a jug of wine, tilted his head back and took a sip, and was suddenly a little sad.

The old man carried the jug of wine, got up and went to the window, pushed the window and looked into the gray sky.

The evening sky wants to snow, can drink a cup of no?

One cup is not enough! A jug of wine is not enough.

The old man drank a mouthful of wine, wiped the corners of his mouth, and laughed: “Hey, this kind of wine, you can’t drink it, and you’re craving for it.”

This Tantan Weng, who had always stood in a high position through three dynasties, sighed and whispered, “I almost forgot, you’re the one who doesn’t like to drink.”

The old man looked like a child with an indignant face and said, “There are even people under the sky who don’t love drinking! Outrageous!”

Tantan Weng leaned his back against the window and looked at the bookcase, taking small sips of wine, and soon drank most of it, with a few drunken eyes.

Small sound but not yet big drunk, life to the state.

The old man seemed to see a purple bearded, blue-eyed scholar, sitting squarely behind the bookcase, was smiling and looking at himself.

Tantan Weng remembered when he was young with that guy, together with the window to read the book of sages, slowly raised the wine pot, laughed softly: “Do not say that Confucian crown error, reading is not responsible for people.”

The man seemed to reply, “Tanshe Lang in the morning, and Tiantang in the evening.”

Tantan Weng then continued to recite a sentence, “A dynasty full of Zhu Zi Gui, all of them are studying.”

Finally the two recited together, “The Son of Heaven emphasizes the heroic!”

Tantan Weng laughed out loud and didn’t dare to look over there again, fearing that the next moment he would never see that figure again.

The old man drank the last mouthful of wine in the jug, put the jug on the window bar, and staggered out of the study.

Only my generation has to bear the burden of the book of sages, since ancient times the book of sages do not bear my burden.

On the book case, leaving a pot of wine that no one drinks.

Since ancient times, all sages are lonely.

Only the drinker leaves his name.

Surprisingly, after Wang Xionggui returned to the capital, His Majesty the Emperor not only did not face the wrath of the dragon, but on the contrary, at the court meeting of the Guangling Road Secretary Secretary to comfort, only to learn that the Tongxi Sword Immortal Lu Baijie’s life and death is unknown, and did not attach to the rebellious feudal king Zhao Bing, the young Prince of Heaven’s expression seems to be a little touched.

After hearing this news, not only the emperor Zhao Zhuan sighed with relief, in fact, all the Jiangnan Road origin of the court officials are like a relief, Jiangnan four big valves, after Lu Daolin Lu Baijie successively served as a part of the Liyang Shangshu, Lu’s has been considered a latecomer to the top of the Jiangnan system of officials to the ear, once as the leader of the South Party on the stage Lu Baijie rebelled from the Zhao room in Liyang, will certainly be a wave of the Liyang center of the officialdom of the disaster! I’m afraid that with the Lu family, the three Jiangnan Road, deep down, more or less hope that Lu Baijie rather than live to be rich and powerful, it is better to kill themselves to martyrdom to clean up, take a step back, as long as there is no news of Lu Baijie, it is absolutely unfortunate in the fortunate.

In fact, after the Spring Snow Building incident, the performance of the military generals, too disappointing.

Yuan Tingshan, the general of Jizhou, mutinied.

The old general of Spring Snow House, Song Kasa, who had become the newest member of the Liyang dynasty by virtue of pacifying the remnants of Western Chu, and who was a powerful general of Zhen, mutinied.

Qi Shenze, the son of a powerful warlord in Guangling Road and a first-rate scholar of the Shangyin Academy, who has just emerged, has also defected.

Moreover, it is rumored that the three of them are leading a cavalry army as a vanguard, and are about to push into the yet-to-be-constructed defense line of Lu Shengxiang’s army in the southern part of Gyeonggi.

Good news is also encouraging: Xu Gong, the new governor of the two Huai provinces, has deployed his troops to the south and is preparing to form a north-south defense line, and is already holding several major passes and towns, making the western gateway to the capital safe for the time being.

The two Jizhou vice generals, Han Fang and Yang Huchen, each personally led the elite cavalry galloped south, and the new Jing’an Road Festival Minister Ma Zhongxian north and south echo, so that the hinterland of the Central Plains north of the Guangling River is not so turbulent and uneasy.

Cai Nan’s son, Cai Bo, was promoted to general of Hezhou on the recommendation of Han Lin, a strategic envoy, and quickly rushed to Jizhou with troops to reinforce Xu Gong, without any intention of shirking his duties.

The same is the hands of military power of the local military generals, one side is the son of the chaos, the extravagant hope of establishing the success of the dragon. On the other hand, one side is the stormy wind and the test, the board swings to recognize the loyal ministers.

Temporarily is still the Guangling Road, Wang Xionggui after returning to his residence, did not accept the advice of the lady, not immediately bathe and dress to wash away the bad luck, but recruited two stewards of the house, respectively, to invite the two have not been many years of interaction, one is the Ministry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, second only to the current head of the Ministry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Qiyanglong, Zhao Ruiling. One of them is Zhao Ruiling, the second most important minister in the Chinese Civil Service after Qi Yanglong. Wang Xiong Gui’s two beloved steward are greatly surprised, to know not only the master and the two adults before the clear death of the old, in fact, the Yong Hui Reserve Minister Yin Maochun and Zhao right Ling, although they are in-laws, but also has always been a shallow relationship, after the marriage, but also from the private exchanges.

Therefore, the two left the door can be sparrow residence, feel that to waste a trip, but the two did not expect, before and after the foot there is a person to pay a visit, and the identity of the prominent, Yuan Guo!

The same from that “Yong Hui spring”, the same was in Zhang Lu glittering promising officials, and Yuan Guo in the early years of the high talent, and even beyond the first three of the Zhao right age Yin Maochun, has always been the Tantan Weng the most eye-catching juniors. Only due to Yuan Guo’s disposition is too loose, too much knowledge, too much sharpness, soon in the officialdom was Zhao Yin two people over, and finally even Wang Xionggui and Han Lin also left him far behind, it is not easy in the Yong Hui Xiangfu alternation in the resurgence of the successive two ministries of the minister, but then because of the emperor does not fit the heart, and quickly left the city of Tai’an, relegated to the two Liao Road to serve as a deputy governor, nothing, whether it’s Gu Jiantang or Both Gu Jiantang and Jiaodong King Zhao Suo are not very interested in Yuan Guo, even the two Liao scholars don’t really see this “Mr. Good” who has no opinion as he gets older, so Yuan Guo’s entry into the capital this time didn’t create any waves, but the group of junior characters who have been tricked by this unscrupulous predecessor to drink alcohol since they were young, got together in the Yuan Guo’s mansion.

Wang Yuanyuan, the youngest son of Wang Xionggui, the most famous son of the capital, was abducted by Yuan Guo when he drank flower wine for the first time in his early years. In order to similar to this kind of rubbish, has always been known as a gentle and gentle and frugal, the former Ministry of Justice Minister Han Lin, and Yuan Guo this for the old disrespectful guy completely cut off friendship. However, after so many years, Wang Yuanyan this set of idle playboys, Yin Maochun first son Yin Changgeng these ambitious young people, but also, with the least elders of Yuan Guo is very compatible.

When Zhao Ruiling Yin Maochun two center big brother before and after came to Wang Xionggui’s study, when Zhang Lu most colorful five young people, in addition to far away in the northwest as a strategic envoy of the Han Lin, they all came together.

After the four people gathered and seated, a time is actually all speechless.

As the host, Wang Xionggui raised his teacup and laughed softly, “I’ll take tea instead of wine, Zisi will be in your care from now on.”

Zi Si is Wang Yuan Gui’s epithet, which was given by Tantan Weng Huan Wen. However, the four people here know that there is a secret, the beginning of Wang Xionggui is hoping that the four of them seat teacher Zhang Julu give word, but Zhang has always been the first to this kind of icing on the cake is not interested in the matter, there is no one with whom to open the mouth of gold, but it is the profound knowledge of Tan Tan Weng, traditionally are not rejected, whether the official field of peers or the scholarly friends, have asked for it. Tantan Weng’s officialdom does not fall, probably because of this accumulation of little by little. In fact, Wang Xionggui was just casually mentioned, which dared to hope that the head of adults for their own exceptions, after all, when the teenager Wang Yuanyuan in the children of the family’s reputation, he when the father’s heart knows, I’m afraid that the head of adults are not happy to take a positive look at Wang Yuanyuan, every year in the first month of the New Year’s Eve, Wang Yuanyuan and several older brothers followed Wang Xionggui door to the head of the mansions, time and time again with the rats into the cats’ nest is almost the same, and definitely do not dare to say more than one! The word “I” is the word “I”. No wonder Wang Yuanyuan is so timid, imagine even the chief minister’s sons see Zhang Julu as an enemy, do not dare to breathe a breath of air, Wang Yuanyuan how dare to make a mistake.

Just do not know why Wang Yuanyuan table word Zisi, indeed is from the handwriting of Zhang Julu, only to find an opportunity to relay Huan Wen, not willing to publicize it.

Wang Xionggui was overjoyed at the time, when it is really tears of joy are not exaggerated. Only well versed in the official rules of the Ministry of the household, not dare to publicize, and even to the wife’s son side, have never broken the truth.

Yuan Guo was the first to speak, “What’s wrong with this, Zi Si is now the return of the prodigal son, no longer like the year that muddled through the day, it is a good thing, I do this elder, of course, no reason to shirk.”

Then Yuan Guo smiles and turns his head to look at Zhao You Ling, deliberately asking, “Lord Zhao, right?”

Zhao Yuiling glared at this fellow, but faced with Wang Xionggui’s almost pitiful gaze, so he nodded his head and smiled, “No problem.”

Only Yin Maochun was left without opening his mouth.

Among the Spring of Yong Hui, Yin Maochun was extremely outstanding, or else he wouldn’t have been cultivated by Liyang’s former imperial master Yuan Benxi as a Reserve Minister, and valued more than the other person, Song Dongming.

Yin Maochun, who has been in charge of the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years, is also the most famous minister in the world today who deserves the reputation of “full of plums”, in a sense, Yin Maochun is more energetic than Zhao Yuling, who has a slightly higher official rank and heavier authority than himself for the time being.

Wang Xionggui saw Yin Maochun did not say, also do not force, also dare not force.

Unexpectedly, Yin Maochun put down the tea cup, the word is like gold: “Good.”

Wang Xionggui suddenly said, “En master once said back then that a scholar is responsible for ruling the country, and a scholar is capable of saving the country, but only a scholar must not mess up the country.”

Yuan Guo hmmmed, “If I remember correctly, it was said.”

Wang Xionggui was silent for a moment, “At that time, when the Western Chu Rebellion was quelled, the chaos at that Jiang’s temple on Guangling Road, the three of you had not seen it with your own eyes, and probably wouldn’t have known that kind of scholarly people are only willing to show the human condition when it’s a matter of life and death.”

Wang Xionggui scoffed to himself, “After my dynasty pacified the Spring and Autumn to unify the Central Plains, I revised the history books of the previous dynasty, and I always saw some jokes, what the water is too cold and the well is too small, and what I have a family of four, no big beams and no white damasks. I wasn’t too willing to believe it before, it’s only this time, when I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, that I had to believe it.”

Wang Xionggui stood up, came to the window is the snowy window position, “spring snow building celebration banquet, Chen Zhi Bao and Zhao Bing and Nalan right Ci three together, imposing, downstairs is thousands of rebels iron armor, the only Mr. Tongxi, stand up, out of the voice of the spot to question Zhao Bing. And I, Wang Xionggui, and Lu Baijie is also a positive second grade feudal official, although angry but do not dare to say.”

Wang Xionggui turned his head and asked with a smile, “I’ve always wondered, if Enshu had been present at that time, what would he have said and done?”

Yin Maochun fell into deep thought, and Zhao Youling smiled without saying anything.

Yuan Guo twirled his whiskers and said, “Let me guess, Mister, who has never fought with anyone in his life, would have broken the mold by throwing a full punch at Zhao Bing.”

Yin Maochun broke into an unprecedented fit of laughter without a care in the world.

Zhao Yuiling, who was also a great master in official cultivation, also let out a heartfelt laugh.

Wang Xiong Gui straightened his lapel and turned toward the window, bowing solemnly.

Yuan Guo sighed and slowly got up, similarly straightening his lapel and making a bow.

Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun looked at each other and smiled, simultaneously getting up and making a bow.

The matter of the readers.

Regardless of what other readers in the world think and do, I, Zhang Lu scholar, cultivate my body! Qi family! Rule the country! Peace in the world!

Tai’an city imperial city a fringe area, small courtyard house door half hidden, blind young man and dependent maid, the two snowy night around the stove cooking wine.

The maid named Apricot Blossom said worriedly: “Sir, it seems that the world outside is getting more and more uneasy, I went to buy food, I heard that the three rebel feudal lords fought all the way over here, just short of colliding with Lu’s army, the price of rice in the capital city has risen a lot, we don’t hurry up to hoard some, it will be troublesome.”

The young man who now boasts of the kings and lords in white softly said, “Don’t worry, we won’t starve. However, it’s good to have food in the house and not be panicked.”

She was about to speak, but finally couldn’t help but ask in a low voice, “My lord, can we hold on? Is it true that as long as Gu Dazhu Guo’s two Liao border armies come down to the south to provide assistance, we will definitely be able to successfully quell the chaos? But even I know that King of Shu Chen Zhi Bao is very powerful with his troops, and he’s helping King Yan Zhi Wang and the others to help the tigers, so what’s the best thing to do?”

Lu Yan, who was in charge of Liyang Zhao Hook, said softly, “That white-robed Sage of Soldiers chose to admit the army of Wu Chongxuan’s ministry not only because he wanted a quick battle, but it also means that the scenery in the farthest reaches of his sight is not in this Tai’an City, but in Gu Jiantang’s two Liao border towns.”

Apricot Blossom looked puzzled, “Ah? What is he thinking about?”

Lu Dang joked, “That’s something only heaven knows.”

She carefully handed Lu Fang a cup of hot wine, these years of living together, the two have long had a heart-to-heart relationship, although blind but naturally took the cup of wine, while Lu Fang lowered his head and drank, she sighed, “Alas, it’s only been twenty years of peace and quiet, and then it’s going to be war and chaos again.”

The corner of Lu Yan’s mouth curled up, “We can probably be considered lucky, and happen to have just lived in these twenty years. The people of the Central Plains in the pre-Yonghui period, and after the summer of this year’s Xiangfu three years, the old people before, and the children now, all have to live in fear.”

She spread a smile, “Your Excellency is right.”

Lu Daan turned her head to look at the half-hidden, half-open door of the house, her lips pursed up, her expression serene.

She looked at the side of her son’s face, and her eyes were infatuated.

She did not have any extravagant hope, she only hoped that she could stay by his side, until she saw him slowly gray, but he would never see her gray hair and old age.

Lu Daan slowly turned back to break this tranquility, “I have dismissed Zhao Hook Spy today, so I can say anything.”

Apricot Blossom hesitantly said, “My lord, will you feel lonely once in a while?”

The blind young man smiled and shook his head, “I, ah, ayi chicken at the urn, happy.”

Apricot Blossom spat out her tongue, “Gongzi’s serenity and aloofness is truly awesome.”

He laughed at himself, “A well frog talking about the sea, a summer insect talking about ice, that’s what’s awesome.”

She didn’t understand much and didn’t say anything.

Lu Daan suddenly said, “I remember that there is spring water in my hometown, which is regarded as the ninth most famous spring in the world by the Tea Sage of the Dafeng Dynasty, and if the spring water is poured into a cup, the surface of the water goes over the cup without overflowing, and it is even able to float up copper coins.”

Apricot Blossom stared at those autumn water eyes, “Is it really that amazing?”

Lu Dang laughed loudly, “Water floating copper coins, is definitely fake, but like wine staining the cup, is a real thing. If there is a chance, we will use the spring water there to cook wine in the future.”

Xinghua nodded vigorously.

Lu Daan tilted her head slightly and whispered, “This spring is most agreeable, and the spring winds return eighteen times.”

She asked curiously, “Sir, who composed the poem, it’s quite good.”

Lu Daan stretched out his finger and pointed at himself with a gentle smile.

Apricot Blossom immediately said in a serious manner, “It’s really top-notch poetry!”

Lu Yan pointed at her, “You’re not kissing your ass very well.”

Xinghua blushed a little.

Lu Dang gently spread a palm to the woman beside him.

She was struck by lightning, timidly and softly, finally summoned up the courage to stretch out her somewhat cold, slender catkin and placed it on his palm.

Lu Daan held her hand tightly and said, “Xinghua, I am blind, in the future you will help me to see those great mountains and rivers, when you see them, I will see them.”

She choked and said, “Your Excellency don’t dislike me for being stupid.”

Lu Daan shook his head and softly said, “Husband wouldn’t dare.”

Outside the house, heavy snow falls on the earth, inside the house, the hearts of the people are as warm as spring.

Xiangfu four years, early spring.

The last goose feather snow at the end of last year has not yet melted away.

Jiaodong King Zhao Suo has mobilized all of his elites and swung his army southward, while Hezhou General Cai Bo’s elite cavalry and Yang Huchen Han Fang’s cavalry army have successfully merged, and Jing’an Road Minister Ma Zhongxian has declared that he has gathered 100,000 elites under his command and is about to break through to the east.

These good news made this year’s initial court meeting add a lot of festive atmosphere that even New Year’s Eve never had.

After the exit of the court, Sun Yin found Fan Chang Hou in the crowd, saying that he had recently picked up a remnant of a book, which was really a great success, and his chess power skyrocketed, and he was definitely able to make this 10-dan chess saint look good on the chessboard.

Fan long after the original and the same serving in the Hanlin Academy of Song Keli side by side, the two like-minded, the relationship is irreconcilable, the family has fallen that the Song family phoenix has always been silent, only with Fan long after the often candlelight night talk.

After hearing Sun Yin’s provocations, Fan Chang Hou laughed and agreed to meet tonight at Sun Yin’s mansion to compete, Sun Yin repeatedly reminded the great masters, before landing on the door, remember to remember not to forget to take on the way to take the Liu Kee Mutton of the Stopping Horse Square, Fan Chang Hou had to promise even if the people do not come, but also never let the mutton missed the appointment, Sun Yin only then give up.

Li Jifu, the last imperial examination scholar, jogged all the way to the side of the madman Sun Yin, some gasping for breath, was Sun Yin hard eyes, Li Jifu smiled coyly.

Li Jifu, who has a mediocre appearance and mute temperament, has always been ridiculed as the bottom three figures of the one a three of the successive Liyang imperial examinations, neither the celebrity style, nor the work of tactics, not to mention that the outstanding and elegant leading the Yong Hui ministers of Yin Maochun compared to the same imperial examination of the same year with the first prize winner of the Gao Tingshu scouting Wu Congxian, are far inferior to the background of the background, the career prospects, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and all are the same. Li Jifu three full years of inactivity, reputation is not obvious. Now will soon usher in the next examination, although there is no result yet, but last fall’s autumn exams will be Qin Guanhai, no matter the elegance or temperament, than Li Jifu exceeded a chip, the son of a family Qin Guanhai in the city of Tai’an has a rising reputation, but also Jin Lanting Gao Tingshu and others to help advocate for the momentum, Li Jifu will naturally fall into the green leaf, and from time to time will be carried out to ridicule and mockery.

Li Jifu, the only compelling place of this honest man, probably willing to do the Northern Liang fanatic Sun Yin’s heel, something or other to go to find just transferred to the Ministry of Rites when the Sun Yin, every time out of the court will be followed by the Sun Yin ass, as if not to do so will not feel at ease, the Temple Hall of the civil and military has long been seen this is not strange. On the contrary, Sun Yin, can really do not stop the Lord, in the State Prison that debate on the tongue to be famous after the group of scholars, and soon lost the official, in a year from the Ministry of War and transferred to the Ministry of Rites, it did not take long to scold a succession of two Shangshu, the three Langzhong, so that the only one left Langzhong who managed to escape, almost every time to the court are going to be the other part of the big brother chased after the question, such as “Ma Langzhong, yesterday,” the “I’ll be the one to block the door. “Have you been scolded by that one yesterday?” “Is he likely to be spared today?” “Sir Ma must hold on, I’m betting on you to be safe and sound this month! I’m counting on you for next month’s salary!”

Soon this Minister Ma somehow became a well-known figure in the court and the countryside, which shows the arrogance of Sun Yin, the “little official of the Ministry of Rites”.

In the dusk, in the Sun madman that leased a small mansion, the game between the two sides, but not the self-proclaimed god of chess Sun Yin and Fan Chang Hou, but an unimpressive appearance of a foreigner, with the long-famous world Xiangfu chess saint, in the chessboard, and more than 60 hands, the former still do not lose, the more know Fan Chang Hou’s majestic chess knower, know that this is not easy. The world of chess is recognized as “Fanzi” after Fan Chang, strength has surpassed the Western Chu master Li Mi, very likely to catch up with Huang Sanjia and Cao Changqing, the victory or defeat in the five-five, so there is a “Xu Wei Xiong does not come to the capital, within an arm of the Fan invincible,” the harmonic saying.

A few national players were convinced of their loss, and Yuan Mai, a famous chess master who authored the “Peach Spring Game Record”, even confessed that Fan’s invincibility after a long move was a misunderstanding, just because no one in the capital was able to really drag the game into the middle game.

In addition to Sun Yin and chess two people, there are Li Jifu and Song Ke Li in the room, Sun Yin squatting on a small bench, pocket a large plate of peanuts, the gentleman is to watch the chess does not say, the chess is not good Sun Yin is to watch the chess nonsense, fortunately, the young scholar did not listen to his advice. Song Ke Li did not watch the battle, in the Sun Yin do not know where to pick up the leakage of a Feng version of the ancient books, no chairs and stools to sit Li Jifu directly squatting next to Sun Yin, and occasionally from the plate picked up a peanut, chewing and swallowing slowly, if it is to take the fast, will be Sun Yin a slap slap off, Li Jifu can only be a face of resentment.

After more than eighty hands, the young scholar threw his son to admit defeat, although the strength of this person has been extremely shocking, the beauty of the shortcomings is that the flick of the son or not, drop the son or not, the gesture is too on the stage, and the dashing style does not have a half a penny relationship.

Fan Chang Hou raised his head, looked at the peer who gazed down at the game, and asked gently, “Brother Liu, may I ask how many years have you been learning chess?”

The young man surnamed Liu raised his head and smiled, “Less than three years, I only learned it after I went to the capital to catch the exams, and I didn’t play much, and after a few close friends left the capital last year, no one was willing to play chess with me.”

Fan Chang Hou laughed bitterly, “Brother Liu is like a god on the chessboard, marvelous.”

Sun Yin laughed happily, feeling more painful than he played and won Fan Chang Hou, this scholar surnamed Liu who was rushing to the exams, was he even abducted and cheated outside to strengthen the pull, only with great difficulty to give a toss to this mansion, even so, if it is not Sun Yin’s Beilang identity, this guy is afraid that he will still not come to this borrowed residence. The young man surnamed Liu Huai, is also the northern Liang people, is the only one last year to participate in the autumn exams will test the scholar, but the name is extremely backward, barely able to participate in the temple test, if the results according to the test, is certainly a same as the origin of the scholar. But Liu Huai can not be counted as nameless, because there is a middle-aged Confucian scholar surnamed Zhang who has no merit in the body, in front of the State Prison to help Liu Huai copied the scriptures. After Liu Huai landed here, he stayed in a simple house and devoted himself to learning, while the madman Sun Yin, when he was studying in his hometown in Beiliang Dao, was known for his “superb craftsmanship”, at that time, even Yao Baifeng, who served as the left priest of the Imperial College, and such a leading literary figure were willing to vigorously make a name for him, and after that, Tantan Weng, who steadily sat on the first chair of the Central Committee of the Book of the Imperial Household of the People’s Republic of China, was also a member of the Committee of the Imperial Household of China, which was the most important committee of the Imperial House of China. Personally verified this matter, had to teach Sun Yin to be low-key people, while also pinching the nose and humming that “this son of the imperial examinations to win the title, the bag of gold”.

Liu Huai here to prepare for the spring of this year’s temple test, naturally benefited greatly, and although Liu Huai character rigorous, but no arrogance, to teach, sparing no effort, several times picking lamps at night to read to the unintelligible place, will certainly be written down, and then only in the early morning hours, wait until the need to participate in the morning sun yin get up and open the door, and then asked, only sun yin, although the question must be answered, get up and gas is quite heavy sun berserk, still can not stop scolding Liu Huai! A few sentences, “more than diligent, qualification is slightly inadequate ah”, “even Li Jifu that fool is not as good as” and so on, if it is not too much time to get out of bed, to the time, will also pat Liu Huai shoulders, encourage a few words, “all right, the article is written and Li Jifu half a catty eight or two, and then asked one by one. Li Jifu half catty eight two, is not too shameful, after all, you are not my Sun Yin Well, Liu Huai Li Jifu stream, ten years out, but I Sun Yin a hundred years hard to meet ah “,” Liu Huai old brother ah, the ability of the readers, not in the temple exams to see the power of Yin Mao Chun, Yin Mao Chun in the first prize it, but his master, our Zhang, chief minister, when the temple exams only the first few? You look at Li Jifu this guy, not also won the first prize, with me this even did not participate in the temple exam, can compare?”

Often in this borrowed Li Jifu, every time this time, always laugh and do not speak.

Damn, to know that although Li Jifu’s career is not good, but his imperial examination article, really is no one can pick half a flaw in the first prize text!

Three years ago, his article of the scriptures, a former scholar, willing to bow to the wind, laughing in public, “can not with Li Jifu the same year of the temple exam, my how lucky also! A certain former scholar was so impressed that he laughed in public and said, “How fortunate I am not to be in the same year as Li Jifu!

Thanks to Li Jifu never refute half a sentence.

Liu Huai at first only when the temperament of the gentle brother Li, just with the first year of the Xiangfu yuan Li Jifu the same name, until he learned the truth, had to privately advise Sun Yin, at least in front of their own not so much as a joke about the brother Li, but Sun Yin a wave of the sleeve, put down a sentence, “I Sun Yin scolded and humiliated, countless people, by my Sun Yin reluctant to recognize the people, very few, Li Jifu is a very good man. Li Jifu was too happy to be angry!”

With Li Jifu after recognizing quite close to Liu Huai anger, almost to move out of the mansion, or Li Jifu tried to stop, the two outside the door after some heartfelt words, Liu Huai, which returned to the mansion, after half a decade Sun Yin finally resisted the impulse, but obviously held back a lot of power.

Finally is Li Jifu at a time Sun Yin forced to the edge of the mouth of the words swallowed back to the stomach, scratching his head and laughed: ”Sun brother, want to say I just say it. You’re uncomfortable, I’m actually more uncomfortable.”

Sun Yin pointed at Li Jifu, looked at Liu Huai who was full of helplessness, and said triumphantly, “Hear that?!”

Get along with Sun Yin for a long time, learned a number of unorthodox mantra of Liu Huai can not help but mutter: “His mother’s no heavenly reason, but also his mother’s no king’s law!”

Therefore, the three people get along, quite harmonious.

Liu Huai also knows that Li Jifu is a great real talent, the most important thing is that there is a more rare “neutral and calm”, no arrogance and pride, never the kind of “seemingly loyal and good people, but in fact, the heart of the treacherous” of the people.

Today, Liu Huai only know that Sun Yin has a chess friend to play chess at home, the two guests of the gas attitude is not bad after the arrival of Sun Yin also did not introduce the identity, only said that if you win that guy, take him and Li Jifu to the end of the street to the restaurant building down to go, can be strong big fish and meat, I Sun Yin salary to hand, with those hole square brother dawdle, not enough, if you can also be credited, the two words of Sun Yin, but also not worth his tens of thousands of taels of gold?

So Liu Huai only knew that one of the two people surnamed Song and the other Fan.

At this time to hear the young man surnamed Fan praised himself “like a god”, but also said “great”, Liu Huai is a little strange look, I unintentionally learned to play chess layman, you so praise me, inappropriate, right?

Sensing Liu Huai’s line of sight, Fan Chang Hou was also very helpless ah, he is not Sun Yin, did not have the cheek to register himself.

Sun Yin is more and more happy, grabbed the last handful of peanuts in the plate, divided half to Li Jifu, got up and shook his robe, only then laughed and said: “Liu Huai, know who this guy is? Chess world ‘Fan Zi’, ten-dan chess saint, our dynasty’s first great player, Cao Guanzi’s second, the famous Hanlin Academy Huangmen Lang, Fan Shouxian!”

Fan Shouxian?

Bamboo tube pouring beans, such a large number of nicknames names to Sun Yin shouted out, even Song Ke Li who was reading from afar couldn’t help but laugh, gently shaking his head.

Fan long after reaching out and holding his forehead.

Liu Huai is not stupid, quickly came to his senses, got up and bowed, “Liu Huai thanked Mr. Fan for pointing out.”

Fan Chang Hou hurriedly got up and returned the bow, “It’s just a sparring match, I don’t dare to instruct.”

Sun Yin blankly stared and turned his head to Li Jifu, “See, sourpuss! Or two!”

Not waiting for Li Jifu to speak, Sun Yin sighed, “Plus you, three!”

But without waiting for Sun Yin to continue speaking, Song Ke Li already said, “I don’t need to praise you, brother Sun, add me, four!”

Sun Yin came up with a sentence for no reason, blunt to the extreme, “Song Ke Li, not I say you, since you and the younger brother-in-law Yan Ji Ji familiar, counted as a gentleman’s friend, and why care about those gossip, alas, in the end, cheap Fan short after the two of you inserted a foot in the cross between you two.”

Holding the book Song Ke Li took a deep breath and did not speak.

Sun Yin is still not willing to stop, read and chattered: “Song Ke Li ah, must know to the thick of it will turn pale, a good pair of beauty and good match, don’t because you a negative, in vain, the old man of the moon red line.”

Liu Huai and Li Jifu looked at each other in the face, can not be here really have a mystery?

Fan Chang Hou, who roughly knew the inside story, forced a smile.

Song Ke Li raised the rather rare Feng carved version of the ancient book in his hand, “A small three hundred taels of silver! Don’t accidentally give it to the fire, it’s not even worth thirty taels!”

Sun Yin hurriedly stretched out his thumbs and tsked in praise, “Straight up, using the army like a god! I’m convinced!”

Song Ke Li snorted coldly and continued reading.

Liu Huai tentatively asked, “Mr. Fan, can we play another game?”

Fan Chang Hou smiled and nodded, “Just call out my name.”

The two sat back on their stools and continued to fight again.

The bored Sun Yin lost his interest in watching the game and could only stare.

Li Jifu does not have much interest in playing chess, chess power is also general, but appreciate the two masters of the game, or watch with great interest, as for chess, naturally is higher than Sun Yin more than a dozen floors.

Sun Yin said to himself, “It’s a pity that Chen Shaobao and Yan Chi Ji are not here, otherwise the guys I have my eye on would all be in one nest.”

Liu Huai was extremely focused on playing chess, in fact, Liu Huai was always this distracted whether he was reading or doing something.

I don’t know how many times Fan Chang Hou who played the score is of course also like this, it can be said that when the pieces fall, the thunder is not moving.

Song Ke Li sniffed in slight thought.

Only Li Jifu smiled, just happy.

It is strange, although with Sun Yin acquaintance and friendship and know not short, but between the two, from what no heartfelt words, Sun Yin always like to think of things in a daze, often outside the world. Li Jifu in the side of Sun Yin, also rarely take the initiative to speak, often quietly look at the book, think about the size of the officialdom, Yamen in the high and low people.

Sun Yin said to himself: “In fact, ah, Fan Shouxian win heavy heart, and take it, but also really suitable for the official, not suitable for chess, first in the Hanlin Yuan Guozijian Chongwenkan these places to wander, not afraid of slow for fear of fast. Song Chick …… Oh no, Song Chick Feng, but it is expensive in the courage to advance, three years as a minister, five years as a minister, ten years as the first minister, oh and not right, the first minister has to be my Sun Yin to be, only counted as the name of the real return, Song Ke Li you still obediently when you are a minister of the book, the big deal is that I’m going to let you pick the six ministers with you. Liu Huai, don’t drill the book pile can’t come out, do teaching, no big interest, hold up the dead is also cackling after the fart, give a not too high and not too low medium posthumous name, what Wenjie ah Wenyi ah Wenda ah, where is the beauty of the posthumous name, scolding it is not …… As for Li Jifu you, ah, make up for in the public door cultivation simmering life, remember to nothing more burning incense worship Buddha, good luck to get a positive three Buddha, good luck to get a third-ranking minister, or a state assassin or something, but if you’re not lucky, alas, you can only borrow money from my old man to spend the day, and I guess to marry a passable daughter-in-law is hanging …….”

Li Jifu solemnly nodded his head vigorously.

Well, it looks like this scholar Lang also took it seriously.

Song Ke Li again shook his head.

Before the night ban in the capital, Fan Chang after Song Ke Li resigned and left, Liu Huai then got up and sent to the door. Li Jifu later left the mansion, Liu Huai helped carry the lantern to the corner of the alley, and then handed out the lantern.

Liu Huai clearly saw that the scholar scholar was holding the lantern with one hand and blocking the view with the other, and his shoulders were slightly trembling as he was walking away.

Before leaving the door, Sun Yin picked up the Feng version of the book that was placed on the table by Song Ke Li, casually threw it to Li Jifu, who was about to leave, and said in a bad mood: “The book lent to you, friendship to friendship, have to return! The shortest three years, the latest five years, I will count the days on my fingers. If you dare not return, I will carry a bucket of feces to your door to splash. Believe it or not!”

“Don’t be a mother-in-law, get the hell out of here!”

In the night, Li Jifu walked farther and farther, and then walked faster and faster, striding forward.

As a matter of fact, the official’s rough and tumble Scholar Lang somehow kept borrowing money from his peers in recent times, but he never asked Sun Yin, saying that his family had sent a letter to the capital, and was in urgent need of a considerable amount of silver to tide over the difficult times. Only Li Jifu’s family, most of them are naive to think that the glorious Li Jifu destined to have been in the capital, where know in the city of Tai’an official climb is not easy, if Li Jifu is not the red-hot first place, but just a higher ranked scholar and the first, may be a lot of days than the present better than the least hand will also be a lot more generous, and a few more friends. To take a step back, even if it is to get out of the place of the second-class scholar, or to be immediately lucky to fill the vacancy of the same scholar, good, is the pastoral side of the parents of the official, poor, but also want to two-sleeve clean are difficult. In favor of the first grade, but also prefer not to have a family root feet to add flowers, and the official seniors without snow in the charcoal, Li Jifu how to meet the wind and clouds will be transformed into a dragon? Early to the capital predecessors of the snakes bent waist is, so before Sun Yin may be unintentional words that “boil” word, really hit the nail on the head.

But then hard to boil, in the end is the scholar origin, Li Jifu future career, as long as there are no too many twists and turns, ultimately will go more and more smoothly, not to say what the position of a very important person, in order to the Liyang dynasty successive emperors of the amount of gas, there is not really halfway to the premature death of the scholar, the worst are also bumped when the officials from the fourth grade.

Then three to five years later, Li Jifu a Feng version of the book of money, of course, can afford to pay back.

Then Li Jifu now secretly sold the book, even if it is sold cheaply, there are two hundred or so silver, for Li Jifu’s family, the heavenly big hurdle, as long as there is this silver to open up the way, can certainly step through.

Sun Yin, a madman, since he can be in the imperial examination system of art in the top of Li Yang’s readers, is not a generation of dead books? Is it true that he does not know the world and does not understand human feelings?

It is impossible.

Liu Huai returned to the mansion with mixed feelings, looked at Sun Yin who crossed his legs and flipped through the books, and said softly, “Even if I know it’s superfluous, I still want to say thank you on behalf of Brother Li.”

Sun Yin didn’t even turn his head and blandly said, “You thank me for him? Hey, be careful that in the future, the elm lump surnamed Li will not miss your love in the officialdom,”

Liu Huai frankly said, “I and brother Li, this is a gentleman’s friendship is as light as water, although the taste is not as good as wine, but the wine quenches the craving, but the water can quench the thirst. I never wish to have any interests between me and brother Li, in that case ……”

Sun Yin interrupts Liu Huai’s words, “Wrong, big mistake, do you know why all over history, it seems like the fierce party disputes in all dynasties are all about the true gentleman losing while the hypocrites are able to have a series of successive victories?”

Liu Huai was about to speak when he was interrupted again by Sun Yin, the madman gazed at the oil lamp and narrated, “You don’t know that even what you think you know now is wrong. Gentlemen like to call themselves friends but not party, true gentleman foolishly enshrined as a guideline, really do, to know the officialdom on the way to the top, the most taboo seems to be full of friends, in fact, isolation, in times of trouble, especially when the emperor and monarchs boredom, beside the gentleman’s help, very often will only be counterproductive, why? Because they simply do not know, under the sky, the biggest donkey is who. It’s the shameless hypocrites and the real villains who have the guts to bet their entire fortune on a small fortune at the gambling table that can help turn a bad situation into a good one. That said, you do not think that the hypocrites and the true villain is the empty stomach of the readers, I tell you, the readers of the character of the high and clean low or not, and how many books they read to get how much fame and prestige, there is a certain relationship, but by no means necessarily related to the I ask you, Song Keli’s father’s grandfather, the Yong Hui years of the reputation of the overseas ‘Song family of the two husband’, Song old man’s handwriting is very good, but also the most important thing is that it can be used for the purpose of the study of the world. How was Mr. Song’s writing? First-class master, maybe a few hundred years later, there are still countless readers copying and practicing, Song Xiao Fu Zi’s article is good? Of course, good can’t be better, poetry, song and fugue everything, just say prose, I guess a thousand years from now, assess what the top ten prose masters and so on, Song Keli’s father, will still have a place. But this father and son, if you say that late in life, and eventually fell into disrepute, only the old chief minister Zhang Julu dissatisfied with their position as the dominant literary world, is to add to the crime, why not, you Liu Huaizhen believe? I Sun Yin do not believe, or accurately said only half believe. This matter should be deeper, broken down to say a thorough, you have to listen to me to say until the dawn of the line, because it involves too many secret matters of the dynasty, Liyang examination trend, the world of the rise and fall of the literary lineage, Jiangnan public opinion wind direction, officials and rituals of the two ministries of the disease, and so on and so forth, I guess you have to listen to the head big.”

Liu Huai stood still, dumbfounded.

Sun Yin is still crossing his legs, a shake, hehehe laughs: “As long as you are among the temple, really like-minded people, certainly not many, right? But you have to remember one thing, no matter in the capital as an official, or in the local ruling, the chair in the officialdom, there is a fixed number, you sit down on your butt, there must be someone less. The official field is far more feuding than the rivers and lakes, this supreme saying, is a certain great literary hero …… Well, it is what I Sun Yin said. When your position is high enough, the chair is getting less and less, more so, ambitious readers, if not in the officialdom in the first heart, will only become more and more painful, because you want to let go to show ambition, the more you need to hold the power, naturally, you need a large group of colleagues subordinates together with the bowing to exhaustion, every aspect of the interests of you have to take care of one by one. To give a simple example, the official opponents to you splash dirty water, even if the emperor did not care, but half of the capital are followed by saying bad things about you? Or half of the scholars are blindly follow and agree with it? What’s even more frightening is that even the common people will follow and criticize you. What will you do? Scold you back? You are a well-read gentleman, are yellow and purple ministers, face to face with people scolding, disgraceful, it is not good, right? Moreover, it also spoils the impression in the emperor’s mind. What do you need to do? Do you want to cronyism or not? Do you want to build a Zhang Lu, do you want to be the leader of the youth party? Liu Huai, you ask yourself, I can not give you the answer. I just want to tell you, want the country smooth political clear, inevitably touching all kinds of final blocking the road of the ills of the dynasty and the ills from the bad government, may be good governance by corrupt officials and evil people, more likely not to do something about the officials of the cold eyes and hands. People who talk, the most elegant. Doing people, the most scolded. The world is bustling, is nothing more than profit to profit. I finally tell you a sad fact, Zhang Julu the reason for his own death, is that he saw, the children of the family holding the court, in the end is rich and spoiled, on the matter of money, see again, the same endowment character, the former is certainly not as good as from the cold in the head of the tip of the nobility, I’m not saying that all people are like this, but must be not in the minority. After the latter’s sudden wealth, even if he can clean himself up, then his family, will there be people who ask for too much? Will there be people in his family who want more than they can get? Will there be people in the local community who bully others? Will they become the powerful and underprivileged gentry that roam the land? How many people would dare to disown their parents who are not benevolent and righteous when they become officials? Brotherly friendship and brotherly respect, your elder brother has helped you to study hard to become a scholar, if he said I want to get a wife and concubines, and want a thousand acres of good land, would you say yes or no? Husband and wife respect each other like a guest, his wife’s family, some people for the wrongdoing, East Window, you dare to let their heads roll to the ground, would like to see the wife of the same bed, wash their faces with tears every day? Fellow students for many years, you are rich and famous, he asked for a small official, if he is talented, but fate is not good, how do you cope? If you join hands with the rich and powerful, children in marriage, but later he is corrupt and misdemeanor, come to beg you to open up, the best friend of the family up and down dozens of mouths, you give the word of a scholar, and recognize you as a god-grandfather of the yellow mouth of the child, but they are all hanging on by a thread, how do you do it?”

Sun Yin finally stopped talking, probably said dry mouth, began to get up and rummage around to find wine to drink.

Liu Huai was dumbfounded and sweating.

Sun Yin finally found a pot of green ant wine, tilted his head back and drank it, then glanced at Liu Huai and said with a smile, “I’m not too afraid of being unkind to the rich, I’m not too afraid of those guys who are dead that is, if the building collapses, then it’ll be spoiled, I may not be able to say that I, Sun Yin, will take the initiative to look for trouble from them. But poor and vicious four words, people are poor and short of ambition and four words, are you afraid of? I am afraid of Sun Yin! He is even more afraid of Zhang Julu!”

Liu Huai never moved a step, didn’t say a word.

Sun Yin walked up to him, shook his arm in front of Liu Huai’s eyes, “What, scared silly?”

Liu Huai’s eyes were red and vaguely tearful.

Sun Yin handed the wine pot to this Northern Liang scholar and joked, “Don’t be afraid, drink to suppress the shock.”

Liu Huai shook his head and laughed bitterly, “It’s better not to drink, I haven’t had any wine.”

Sun Yin rolled his eyes, retracted his hand, went to sit on the threshold, playfully said: “Well, then I’ll be blessed to enjoy it alone.”

Liu Huai silently sat beside him.

Early spring, to the spring cold and snow, the most freezing bones.

Sun Yin said to himself: “Take a step back and say, no relatives, no one, no worries, one day finally in a high position, small good things are willing to do, small evil things are afraid of not afraid to do? Anyway, these two kinds of things, I, Sun Yin, am neither willing nor afraid to do.”

Liu Huai sighed.

Sun Yin has always been drinking cattle and fast, shaking the price of the small half pot of green ant wine, sighing: “Alas, headache! The heart is too high, see too much, think too clearly, so I Sun Yin is more lonely than you fools ah. In the future, never again will I talk such nonsense with you, the old hometown of Northern Liang, wasting my old man’s green ant wine.”

Liu Huai said softly, “I’ve thought it over, I still want to be an official.”

Sun Yin immediately laughed and scolded, “Son of a bitch, you are more elm than that elm of Li Jifeng, when did I not let you become an official! If you don’t become an official, how can you give me Sun Yin to be that official helper in the future?”

Liu Huai said sullenly, “But I only want to be an official for myself, to do something for Northern Liang.”

This time it was Sun Yin’s turn to freeze on the spot.

After a long silence, Sun Yin stood up, put down the wine pot, and walked towards his own room, as if he was talking to himself, “It seems that he really understands, so I didn’t drink the wine in vain, and didn’t say anything in vain.”

Liu Huai hesitates for a moment, lifts the jug, sniffs it, and turns his head to ask, “I drank it, huh?”

Sun Yin, who had his back to Liu Huai, stretched out a hand, bending only his big and small thumbs, “About three mouths of wine are still left, so let’s say that you owe me three taels of silver, and for the sake of the old folks in Beiliang, I will only charge you …… six taels of silver!”

Liu Huai asked, “How do you do this math?!”

Sun Yin walked into the house and after slamming the door shut, he exclaimed, “My Sun Yin’s ability to make art is number one in the world! The ability to kill the familiar, second in the world!”

Liu Huai turned around, took a small sip of green ant wine, and winced.

From then on, Tai’an City, there was another drunkard.

Only many years later, the young drunkard did not turn into an old drunkard, but became a …… wine fairy with peaches and plums all over the world.

Xiangfu four years, spring flowers bloom.

Bei Liang Huai Yang Pass has been northward to the border zone of Long Waist State.

A sable covered forehead, waist tie Xianbei jade buckle little girl, holding the red pony like a ball of flame, in the vast grassland slowly walking, she looks powder carved jade, probably can be called the world’s first class beauty embryo.

Closely behind her were three ancient-looking guards and escorts, a Finger Xuan realm, a Vajra realm, and a second-grade minor sect master.

In this doomed to not have a war on the quiet grassland, only these three lineup is enough to let a person staggering, to know that now Liang Mang war is in full swing, the masters of the masters have long poured nests, over the river dragons, snakes, pond under the thousand years of the old Wang Bao, all brain to follow the 400,000 troops to go to the north side of the city of the refusal of the. Then a child in his teens can have these three escorts, the identity of the illustrious, can be seen. In fact, not only is the three top experts, three big small four people behind, but also far hanging the six or seven hundred armored horsemen, more lurking in the dark dozens of skilled assassins of the dead, and finally there is a total of sixty horsemen, in all around the orderly wandering patrol.

They are the Crow’s Fence, before the battle of Dragon’s Eye Plain, they used to be the only scouts under the sky that could rival the Liangzhou White Horse Crossbowmen! They were the elite that Dong Zhuo had spent countless hours training, and these sixty horsemen of the Dong family were the last of their kind, but they were all used to ensure the safety of a little girl at this time.

However, no one in the Dong family army dares to question this.

Because everyone knows that in the heart of General Dong Zhuo, this little niece of the orphaned robes is more precious than all the county lords of the North and South Dynasties put together.

The little girl is not talkative, but has no arrogance, and is naturally close to people’s hearts, even the three expert escorts who escorted her all the way to wander aimlessly, all heart hearts like this innocent girl.

That Finger Xuan Realm Martial Grandmaster suddenly turned his head to look north, as far as the line of sight could reach, several riders of the Crow Fence were confronting a prairie cavalry of unknown origin, and soon half of the Dong Clan’s private cavalry galloped in, quickly surrounding the four, while the remaining three hundred or so riders were heading north.

That dusty cavalry army where everyone was emaciated seemed to be tired of running for their lives, the formation was stretched out intermittently, in the vision of those six cavalry raven columns, there were at least seven hundred cavalry, and according to the news that two of those columns had sent back earlier, this cavalry army numbered at least around a thousand cavalry.

The leading rider in the attire of a thousand horsemen raised his horse whip high and shouted angrily, “Quickly get out of the way! I am hunting down fugitives, a military order from both the Yu Toad Prefecture Holding Order and Great General Huyan! Those who stand in my way will die!”

The six riders of the crows’ fence turned a deaf ear and were completely indifferent, neither moving forward nor retreating.

Full of anger of the North Mang Thousand Horseman narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, if not to see that the eyesore even more obstructive more than three hundred riders are rushing, he would have led his troops to rush through, six riders only, let your heavenly ability, is also a death!

After stopping his horse, the not-so-young Dong Clan cavalry general asked in a deep voice: “Who is it?”

The North Mang’s thousand-man commander spat fiercely, “I’m Yulu Xuanping, the general of the Jade Toad Prefecture military town! Why don’t you get lost? If you delay the big event, not to mention your hairless doll, your master will have to die!”

Dong’s cavalry general said expressionlessly, “I’m Yelu Xuanping, the commander of the cavalry under Great General Dong’s command. No matter who you are, just charge.”

The commander instantly lost his temper, as if he was shorter, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn’t say a word.

The entire grassland thirteen states, large and small Sydney ticks and military town generals countless, but the great general, twenty years, only thirteen people, until that has been the king of the southern courtyard of Fatty Dong became the fourteenth person.

The same is a thousand captain, the same surname Yelu, the one who came from the north hated his teeth, glanced at the six-rider horse fence, then looked at the more than three hundred riders, the heart has already confirmed undoubtedly, really fucking Dong Zhuo’s private riders! Isn’t your General Dong in Huaiyang Pass, fighting with Northern Liang’s capital guard Chu Lushan? How come there are still cavalry have the leisure to wander in the border of this dragon waist state? And finally collided with Laozi?

He was filled with bitterness and helplessly said, “This General Yelu, truth be told, I am being ordered to hunt down a jianghu expert who fled from Dunhuang City, not only me, but also the other three cavalry armies are marching in unison to the south, not to mention that we have suffered heavy casualties, and even the Spiderweb Spy Deadman, dozens of people died on this journey.”

The Dong Clan’s riding general frowned, and after a moment’s thought, said, “My little master is right behind me, you guys are heading south, so you can make a detour and pass a mile away.”

The thousand year old cavalry general cried and said, “General Yelu, this trip south, we really want to lift up every inch of the ground to take a look, just for fear of missing that master. Now that person is seriously injured, surely can’t escape far, at most ten miles in front of us, my cavalry team has characters who are good at chasing, if you are worried that these big men will disturb your nobleman, then I’ll only bring a hundred riders to follow you, how about it? General Yelu, don’t make things difficult for me, okay? Consider me Yelu Xuanping begging you!”

The Dong Clan’s riding general hesitated.

That Thousand-Man Commander put away the slightly flattering look he had earlier and said in a deep voice, “I, Yelu Xuanping, have lost two hundred and twenty-three of my brethren, they can’t die in vain!”

The Dong Clan’s riding general raised his head to look at the large group of cavalry behind this man, piling up in small groups of seven or eight or ten riders each, mostly led by a knight not clad in iron armor, as if pulling apart a large net, sparsely and orderly galloping southward.

He finally nodded and said slowly, “I can take the liberty of granting you permission to follow me south with a small cavalry force, one hundred riders. One more, I will kill one.”

That Jade Toad Prefecture Military Town Cavalry General had some regrets, but was still more thankful.

This person was also a person who acted decisively, lifting his arm and waving his hand, leaving only more than ninety riders to follow him straight south, the rest of the cavalry army was really on the two sides of the strip a mile away, continuing to gallop forward.

Beside that sable-covered little girl, the encirclement circle of three hundred riders was slightly extended outward by fifty paces at some point, and three personal escorts stood behind the girl side by side.

Seeing this scene, the Dong Clan’s cavalry army, Yelu Xiequan, narrowed his eyes and did not move.

In the group of one hundred that was chasing the cavalry, the three riders that seemed to be haphazardly galloping their horses, would occasionally dismount and carefully observe the grass, and would also pull up a blade of grass and put it on the tip of their nose to sniff it, gradually moving south along the edge of that circular cavalry formation, and finally turning over and mounting up, after the three of them exchanged lines of sight, one of them shook his head at the military town’s cavalry general.

Yelu Xuanping had a complicated expression, not knowing whether it was disappointment or relief, and after carefully glancing at the little girl out of the corner of his eye several times, he cupped his fists in gratitude to the Dong Clan’s riding general not far from his side and said, “In any case, I am grateful to General Yelu!”

The two cavalry generals had the same surname and equivalent official positions, but the one who called himself the last general knew that he had no way to deal with the other side.

Yelu Xiequan calmly said, “You guys have worked hard.”

The cavalry army, which was like a prairie autumn hunt, continued to go south in pursuit of prey.

After the cavalry army disappeared from view, Yelu Xiezhong, who had steered his horse to the little girl’s side, sat high on his horse’s back, and he had long since reached out and pressed down on the hilt of his sword, staring down at the grass not far to the south.

At the same time, the three martial arts masters all turned around, the finger xuan realm escorts completely blocked the little girl’s figure, and the remaining two were a dozen paces apart.

It was Tao Manwu’s little girl who poked out a small head and gently shouted, “Come out.”

There was not the slightest movement.

She raised her voice and kindly reminded, “It’s useless for you to hide any longer.”

Finally, the grass loosened slightly, then exploded with a bang, and an unusually burly figure swiftly crashed into Tao Manwu’s side, and the rainbow light drawn out by two thick chains stabbed the little girl’s left and right escorts in the chest respectively.

The little girl hurriedly shouted, “No killing!”

Even if it was a moment later, I’m afraid that the assassin would have his neck snapped by the Finger Xuan realm escorts.

This escort had already arrived in front of the assassin, holding the man’s neck with five fingers of his left hand, his right hand clenched into a fist, only inches away from the assassin’s heart.

Tao Man Mo’s two escorts on the left and right were each clutching a chain that came through the assassin’s shoulders, and at the end of this end of the chain were two huge short swords hanging from the end of the chain.

The little girl wanted to go forward, Yelu Xiequan for the first time showed an anxious look, rolled over and dismounted, squatted down and blocked in front of her, with firm eyes but a gentle voice: “Little Princess, don’t come near!”

Tao Manwu hmmm, then shouted to that old man, “White haired grandfather, my name is Tao Manwu, I won’t hurt you, and, and …… you’re going to die soon.”

The white-haired old man’s eyes blossomed into a fine light, “Little girl, what did you say your name was? Say it again!”

Tao Manwu shouted, “My name is Tao Manwu!”

Then she said something that no one, including Yelu Xiezhuang, could understand, “I know that man!”

The old man laughed hoarsely in a low voice, without half the pathos of a man about to die, only inexplicable pleasure, “Good good good! Good a sky is not the end of the road! God, as my surname Chu owes you once!”

Tao Manwu tugged on Yelu Xiezhong’s sleeve and said seriously, “Brother Xiezhong, can I say a few words to Grandpa Whitehair? Don’t worry, I know he won’t hurt me and won’t lie to you!”

Yehliu Xiezhong was the only being who knew that gift of the little girl, and affectionately touched her little head, “But the three elders and I will follow you around, okay?”

The innocent little girl nodded her head vigorously, pecking her rice like a little chicken, endearing to the eyes.

She quickly stepped forward, with Yelu Xiezhuang and the two escorts following closely behind.

Tao Manwu was five or six paces away from the lanky old man and the Finger Xuan Realm escorts when she suddenly sat down on her butt on the ground, crossed her legs, then raised her head and said, “What’s the matter, old grandpa, just say it, if I can help, I’ll definitely help you!”

Weeping and laughing, Yelu Xiezhong signaled with his eyes for that Patriarch to loosen his five fingers, the latter wanted to say something before finally letting go of his hands and closing his fists, moving three steps sideways to give the little master enough vision, even if he knew that this assassin had reached the miserable point of running out of gas and drying up his Qi, that Finger Xuan Realm expert still didn’t dare to have any drop in his heart.

The cloaked old man also followed the little girl and sat cross-legged, glancing at the Finger Xuan Realm expert with slanted eyes, he coldly grunted, “In normal times, I would have killed you with one hand!”

In fact, the old man had originally given up the intention of escaping from life, and the reason why he had used up the last of his essence to hide here was simply because he wanted to leave himself a relatively decent way to die.

The heavens and the earth were so big that it was possible to encounter this little girl called Tao Manwu, I’m afraid that it could only be explained by the will of heaven.

The old man lowered his head and breathed heavily, his broad chest rose and fell violently, and after his qi calmed down a little, he looked at the little girl and slowly opened his mouth and said, “Little girl, I’ve heard that person talk about you, but I’m wondering how you recognize me?”

Tao Manwu did not hide anything and said in a clear voice, “Before I only knew that I should go this way, but I didn’t actually know what I would encounter. Also only know that old grandpa you won’t hurt me …… and I can see certain things that others can’t see ……”

The little girl thought for a moment and quickly stretched out her hands, circling and drawing in the air in seemingly random circles, very scribbly and messy.

The old man tsked and said, “This kind of talent is really unheard of! Before parting with him, I heard him inadvertently mention you, knowing that there is a little girl named Tao Manwu in North Mang ……”

Tao Manwu blinked those aura-rich eyes, flowing with color.

The deepest part of her eyes hid some happiness and some sadness.

The old man coughed up, hands clenched fists propped up on his knees, and said in a deep voice: “I was originally a princess grave big idea of …… just, these things will not say more, in short, I was thinking of going to the Central Plains jianghu before I left Beilang, but I got another old man’s secret letter, saying that there is a mysterious mystery in the side of Dunhuang City, and I hope I can Finally do something, only a pity that I only made it half …… Tao Manwu, you remember, as soon as possible to let that person know, the faster the better! Let him know that he has more than just a woman in the north, and more importantly that woman, gave him a child!”

Tao Manwu slightly opened his mouth wide, obviously somewhat at a loss for words.

The old man laughed bitterly, “Don’t care if you girl will help or not, to speak from my conscience, it makes sense not to help, no matter what, I’ll finally die with more peace of mind.”

After saying these words, the old man reached into his sleeve with great difficulty, this action scared Yelu Xixiangzhuang and the three escorts as if they were on the verge of an attack.

However, the old man only took out a not too thick yellowish book and gently threw it to the little girl, mocking himself, “He gave me a sword manual, and later on he also added some moves, I can roughly understand it, but unfortunately I can’t learn any of it, little girl, I’m giving it to you.”

Tao Manwu received the knife manual with both hands and held it in her arms, her eyes moist.

She knew that the old man was really leaving.

The old man stretched out his thumb, pointed at himself, and laughed, “Little girl, remember, the white-haired old grandpa me, ah, is called Chu Maniac Nu. It’s the first supreme expert that that person has seen in their lifetime!”

The old man pulled the corner of his mouth, closed his eyes and said to himself, “To that lake water soaked chicken legs, dog days …… surprisingly still really delicious ……”

Tao Manwu wiped his tears and promised loudly to the dead old man, “I promise you! I will definitely talk to him!”

Following Tantan Weng Huan Wen, the science master Yao Baifeng and the three, Liu Huai served as the left priest of the State Children’s Prison in his unbelievable age, and after that, for thirty years, a whole thirty years, he did not transfer to any other pavilion yamen, and ultimately died in the office of the left priest of the State Children’s Prison.

During this period of time the youngest left priest in the history of Liyang, time and again refused the new emperor of Liyang’s solicitation, not to do the Minister of Rites, not to do the Hanlin Academy master of science.

The last time the old man in his old age to teach in the State Prison, it is not reasonable to specialize in lecturing for the hall full of Northern Liang readers.

The old man carried a pot of green ant wine in his hand, and before he started the lecture for those seated and clothed scholars, he raised his arm, gently shook the wine pot, and laughed: “Do you know in the fourth year of Xiangfu, how much silver this pot of wine was sold for? You will never guess, nowadays, this pot of wine even if it is already the finest green ants, it is only 60 wen. I remember in that xiangfu four years of early spring night, my first drink, it is our northern Liang Road green ants wine, that is very expensive ah, someone only gave me a small half of the remaining three pots of wine, charged me a full six taels of silver! At that time, I didn’t really feel good, I only felt my throat was hot, if I wasn’t penniless at that time, coupled with the fact that I drank the wine on credit, I would have spit out that mouthful of green ant wine. And this someone, but also said that for the sake of the fellow townsmen in Beiliang, three taels of silver wine sold me six taels, you say this guy black hearted or not?”

The young scholars studying at the State Academy burst into laughter.

The old man smiled and said, “Indeed very black-hearted, right? Well, this guy is actually not unfamiliar to you guys, once briefly served as the right priest of our Imperial College, but fortunately quickly rolled out. His surname is Sun Yin, you guys guessed correctly, it’s that ‘Sun Lao Wu’ from our Tai’an City, who took the six ministries of the Shangshu Province in addition to the Ministry of War, and served as the minister of five ministries, Lord Sun Yin Sun!”

The Northern Liang scholars were first subconsciously silenced, but soon burst out laughing again.

If we talk about other officials, not to mention what is the center of the second grade Shangshu Lord, even a part of the minister Langzhong, would never dare to laugh so openly.

But Sun old Shangshu is not the same, in his old man’s words is “you juniors, as long as you do not bully my strength is not good to beat me on the spot, it is all right, face to face in the dark scolding me all no harm, I Sun Yin since the big official, never scolded than their own official small people, why? Why? If I don’t like someone, I’ll just tell them to get lost, so what’s the point of scolding them? Only those who are bigger than me and whose voices are thicker than mine, I can only scold them once, just to get over it.”

Sun Yin is not good-tempered, but rather bad-tempered, but it is such a guy, either hate and fear him to the extreme, or admire him to the core, and there are few neutral people.

To know even His Majesty the emperor has laughed: “Sun old man every time in the court meeting pointing his nose and jumping feet scolding, regardless of the moment I feel justified or not, by no means busy with the conclusion, each time the first installed in the ear, and so thoroughly back to taste, before deciding whether to return to scold him a pass, or to reward him with a few jugs of good wine.”

Sun Yin, who has successively moved through five magistracies in Shangshu Province and has become a minister, seems to be very similar to the former minister Tantan Weng, but it is not like that.

Probably the only person in the world who can steadily overpower Sun Yin in the matter of cursing, is that the old Secretary General of Beiliang Road, who only entered the capital three times in his life, and the longest serving official under the sky, Chen Xiliang, who has served as Secretary General for the longest period of time! He’s the only one.

Half a lifetime as a strategist, half a century as a left priest.

Nowadays, the Liyang court specifically uses it to describe the longevity of someone in the officialdom.

The former refers to Chen Xiliang, and the latter is said to be Liu Huai.

The old man waited until the crowd regained its composure, said in a deep voice: “Your generation of Northern Liang readers, probably can not imagine the scene back then, I still remember vividly, in the year I set off to the capital to catch the exams, is the end of the Yong Hui year, into the capital is the first year of the xiangfu year, I was in the city of Taian at that time, I ran into a group of students from other parts of the country, brightly dressed, holding a fan waist jade, suave and elegant. Well, you nowadays seems to be similar well …… that time, two people know I am the northern Liang people, then a question and answer in a conspiratorial manner, a question ‘Liyang examination emphasis on the doctrine, light poetry and fugue. According to reason, the poor scholar from Northern Liang is taking advantage of the great advantage, why is it that every year, there is still no success in the examination? It’s strange! One of them answered loudly, ‘Because that Northern Liang barbarian doesn’t know much about the scriptures, not to mention poetry and fugue, he doesn’t know shit!

The old man looked at those young faces, most of them are indignant look, there are also wind and water after the turn of the frank and ironic, naturally, there are some is completely indifferent to stay out of it, the old man has seen a lot of wind and rain, are not surprised.

The old man just blandly said: “I was not able to blurt out the sentence ‘I go to your mother’s strange! I didn’t dare, but I was afraid that it would reinforce the vulgar impression of our Northern Liang readers in the eyes of outsiders. Nowadays, you should not have this kind of opportunity. If you were to sneer at other scholars like this, it would be more like it, such as the Southern Border Road readers who have been street rats for many years.”

The old man did not speak generously and bluntly about how the fate of the Southern Border Dao readers was, the old man had long since realized that justice was only in the heart, never on other people’s lips.

Liu Huai just back to the main topic, slowly said: “I Liu Huai self-confessed drinking first, teaching second, playing chess third, article fourth, cheeky fifth, quarrel sixth, when the official is the last. The world laughed and scolded the State Crown Prince Liu old man with malicious intentions, is to do that the literary world dominant scholar teacher, holding a national handle, and ultimately full of yellow and purple, not all of my Liu Huai’s students and disciples?”

The hall full of northern Liang scholars silent.

The old man laughed loudly and said, “fallacious!”

The old man suddenly look resolute, very dignified, not losing those higher rank more heavy power center big brother, deep voice, are the old man saved half a lifetime of heartfelt words.

“I and the crown of the year into the capital, there is a wish, that is, one day if you can be among the temple, will not let me Liu Huai in the capital to study the plight of the dilemma, in the future generation of Northern Liang students on the repeat!”

“Liu Huai will not let the Northern Liang scholars to buy books and pens, the money consumed will be more!”

“Liu Huai Bi will not let the Northern Liang scholars be stigmatized for their accent when they speak to others!”

“Liu Huai Bi won’t let the temple hall be devoid of Northern Liang scholars to speak out for the country and plead for the people!”

The left priest of the State Scholarship Eunuch’s face reddened, paused for a long time, and laughed coldly: “Nowadays, the world is afraid of my Liang Party’s unity of purpose, scolds my Liang Party’s domineering, and especially hates my Liang Party’s hardest bones!”

Cool Party this statement, in the court of Liyang, always only can only be understood not to say, no one dares to directly pick out, did not expect to be regarded as one of the cool party backbone big brother Liu Huai, in today personally resorted to the mouth!

“In my Liu Huai heart, there is a cool party, among the older generation, only to say with me about the same age, some have gone, some are still alive, for example, the old chief minister Chen Wang, there is the old Shangshu Province Sun Yin, there is the old Hanlin Yan Chi set, are! Outside the capital, Kou Jianghuai, Xie Xijian, Chen Xiliang, Cao Wei, Yu Luanjian, Li Hanlin, Lu Chengqing, Huangfu Ping, Song Yan, Chang Sui, Hong Xinjia, Cao Xiaojiao, Wang Zhi, Hong Shumin, Hong Phyo, and so on, they are all!”

The old man laughed out loud and asked himself, “So many big names who will go down in history are members of our Liang Party, are you afraid? I’m even afraid myself!”

The old man raised his eyebrows and said with contempt, “What? You guys said that I seem to have forgotten about that person? That old Squire Old Bachelor who went into seclusion in Jiangnan Road a long time ago? Because he is not a thing at all, of course, I have been scolding him for many years for not being a thing. But you may not be clear about one thing, this old thing in his later years is also trying to want to North Liang people claim to be, but unfortunately he Jin Lanting mind want to recognize the ancestor, but we when the old ancestor’s, not at all happy to recognize this grandson.”

The old priest before claiming to quarrel sixth, only before the official, just listen to these curses without dirty words, this so-called sixth, full weight ah.

The old man suddenly raised his voice and said, “Liyang Ministry of War, successively three Shangshu seven ministers, Kou Jianghuai! Cao Wei! Yu Luan knife! In addition to the seven full third-grade ministers, all from the North Liang border army in the year!”

“Forty years, martial arts posthumously, half out of Northern Liang!”

“How magnificent!”

“My Northern Liang! How magnificent!”

“You do not forget, you today’s clothes and sleeves, your waist jade Luang Luang, your high speech, is Xiangfu early four years, the Northern Liang iron cavalry successively with the price of battle deaths of three hundred and twenty thousand people in exchange for! It is that Northern Liang King’s Mansion of the past years, nowadays, the Secretary General’s Mansion, with the three hundred and twenty thousand stone monuments with names on Qingliang Mountain there, exchanged for today!”

“How the readers of other lands think, I don’t care, and I’m too lazy to care. But you readers from Northern Liang, I, Liu Huai, as long as I’m alive for one day, I hope you’ll keep it in mind for one day!”

“Finally, I’ll say one last thing, you guys remember that person.”

“His surname is Xu!”

Already extremely tongue-tied, by the end of the day, the old man hadn’t even taken a sip of the green ant wine, and that last remaining sentence had never been uttered.

This sentence was too taboo and too heavy.

No he no Zhongyuan.

Xiangfu four years late spring.

The rain is moist as crispy.

The University of the House, a small pavilion near the lake, the eaves hanging down exquisite and exquisite.

Two people of the same age standing side by side, one is a young uncle Yan Chi set, one is in the Ministry of War Yamen served in the Kong Zhenrong, when it was fox and dog friends, now still a close friend.

Kong Zhenrong said in a deep voice: ”The Ministry of War has just gotten the news that the North Mang army has suffered serious losses outside of Rejecting North City, but the reinforcement of Long Waist State’s rations and troops has never been interrupted. Refuse North City fought miserably, Huaiyang Pass side is even more miserable, Liang Mang this war, at least still have to drag on for two or three months.”

Yan Ji Ji leaned on the window bar and laughed, “Our capital is now in a state of self-consciousness, so I guess you are the only one who pays attention to these news.”

Kong Zhenrong arms around his chest, grinning: “Li Hanlin this guy is really great, the more the battle the more courage, after becoming the only remaining white horse lieutenant outside the Northern Liang Pass, especially after last year’s Crone Mountain battle, he and Yu Luan knife Cao Wei and Wang Jing Chong three riding army, with Kou Jianghuai Xie Xie Xi Borderland two flow of the state’s generals and vice-generals, beat the Northern Mang Gusaizhou, including the Southern Dynasty troops and horses crying out for help, I heard that they are completely out of control. I have heard that they are out of nowhere, completely involved in the North Mang the only two remaining main force of the field, which has three times swung around the south of the western capital of the South Dynasty, just like walking a dog. In this way, the entire Northern Mang Southern Dynasty, except for the northward line of Long Waist State, was given a four-sided leakage sieve.”

Yan Ji Ji subconsciously rubbed the stubble on his chin, which seemed to be getting more and more solid. Reminiscent of the year, among the four, Kong Wuzhi grew the most mature, the earliest beard, and Li Hanlin often joked that he Yan Ji Ji is a little white, but unfortunately it is just a little ugly, worse than Nian Ge’er a hundred thousand eighty thousand miles, so even if you go to sell the buttocks can not be sold for a few coins.

Yan Ji Ji asked, “What do you think will happen if we stay in Northern Liang?”

Kong Zhenrong obviously thought about this kind of problem, did not hesitate to say: “How you are not good to say, either in Qingliang Mountain in the hands of Song Dongming under the knife and pen official, or in the refusal of the North City when that white identity of the military staff Lang, but I am not the same, the least of which can be the same as Li Hanlin, as a white horse lieutenant!”

Yan Chi Ji laughed and scolded, “Virtue! It is only when the two of them are not present that you can be so arrogant. In the early years when they were present, which time were you, Kong Wuzhi, not obediently being a mope.”

Kong Zhenrong rolled his eyes.

Back then in the Northern Liang Road, Kong Zhenrong in addition to the nickname of martial arts idiot, in the greenhouse hook bar is a well-known nickname, Kong Da Shanren! Because every time four people drink with flower wine, only this silly big maverick, absolutely not shouting what looks like flowers of the flower leader of the clear herdsman, open the door to the pimp to come to a sentence “the longest time in your building did not take the guests of the girl shouted out to accompany the wine”. Kong big good man not only each time to name those looks more long taste tricky women, each bounty is absolutely quite a lot, and shouted to the side of the seat, although he did not move his hands and feet, I guess it really can not go down that hand, but also by no means cold, Kong Zhenrong this kind of relief of the living Buddha, when the reputation resounded throughout the northern Liang Road bush field of joy, not more than the preference for a throw of gold, His Royal Highness’s reputation is not much less colorful. So much so that Kong Zhenrong his father panicked at the time, fearing that the only seedling of the family in the future to marry a girl whose appearance can ward off evil spirits into the family home, then will not be reduced to the entire Beiliang Road officialdom of the laughing stock?

So that year that the four evils of the northern Liang dads, different mentality, the old Liang Wang Xu Snapdragon is a big heart, simply do not care. The old scholar Yan Jiexi that is distressed about his son’s reputation, iron cock Li Gongde is distressed about the silver, Kong Zhenrong his father is the most tragic, I’m afraid that the future daughter-in-law is a girl who can not walk at night, otherwise the board can be scared to death ah.

Yan Ji Ji lamented: “Li Hanlin his sister, it seems that has not been married.”

Kong Zhenrong did not have a good mood and said: “Li Negative true this bitch from childhood eyes are long in the brain, to no one good face, anyway, I am most disliked her. I remember that she likes to call me a rough embryo, but also dared to call the year brother is a colorful embryo, Li Hanlin is her brother, Li Negative true did not spare how to scold, and you are among us the most studied, scolded also less …… As for your sister, well, than Li Negative true good point.”

Yan Ji set some helpless.

Xu Fengnian, Li Hanlin, Yan Ji Ji, Kong Zhenrong. Li Negative Zhen, Yan Dongwu.

Six people back then.

Three were in Northern Liang, three were in Tai’an.

Three stayed in their hometowns, and three went to other places.

Spring rain, ripples on the lake.

Kong Zhenrong remembered one thing, slowly said: “I heard that from the rouge county of Youzhou cold, should have won the spring exams, was a big man deliberately targeted, looking for a reason can not withstand scrutiny to suppress, not to mention the yuan, almost even the qualification of the temple exams are gone. Especially this temple examination, he was appointed by His Majesty the emperor as a flower scout, but also be turned out of the old accounts, the capital up and down the boiling, some people say it is one of the right minister Jin Lanting served as one of the imperial examination room division, some people say it is the seat of the division of the Sima Park Hua from the obstruction of the intention to promote the later won the title of the Huiyuan, but in the temple examination only got the last with the jinshi origin Qin Guanhai, and now even my father is for it to fight for the cause, said the scout Liu Huaihua! If not in the chun exam head to people wear shoes, maybe this time to take off a first place, plus Liu Huai is the north of Liang Road township test first place to solve the yuan, that can be my dynasty of science never before in a row three yuan! My father’s good temper that a few sticks can’t beat half a fart, these days is also read countless times, the mansion’s wine is almost not enough to drink.”

Liyang examination, the autumn exam that is the local township exam, the spring exam is the capital examination, so there is the officialdom “small autumn and then spring, carp jump Dragon Gate,” said. Beiliang cold Liu Huai actually became famous before the spring exams, when this person in the State Prison outside the door copying inscriptions, was able to make the diffraction of the saint’s contemporary Zhang family saint for its help in copying the book, when thousands of the State Prison students heard the news flocked to the head of the Liu Huai is the last to know that the middle-aged Confucian noble identity, the matter of the sensational capital! But at that time, Liu Huai was so shy that he borrowed to live in a small Taoist temple, refused to countless officials and dignitaries of the thousands of dollars to buy the scriptures, but also refused some people to change the address of the invitation, I heard that several of the capital family wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law, but also by Liu Huai and refused. At that time, there were a lot of voices in the capital said that this person is nothing more than a reputation, for sale, everything is only in the “raise hope” two words only. With Liu Huai won the first prize, and the articles of the Imperial Examination gradually spread to the court, these words quietly disappeared.

With Liu Huai jumped into the vision of the court, Tai’an City good people know some of the inside story, participate in the autumn exams of the Northern Liang students in fact have five people, but the remaining four people have given up their own qualifications, together with their hometowns, and will only be left with all the silver money to stay in the capital of Liu Huai a person.

Kong Zhenrong’s father, Kong Dashan, was away from the Yang court “recruited”, chose to leave the Northern Liang Road, mainly because of his elder brother’s two daughters of the businessman for many years, by mistake are married into the Jiangnan Road, don’t look at most of the men of the Kong family looks rough, the women are all like flowers and jade. And the two Jiangnan family in the city of Tai’an officialdom is quite popular, coupled with his own and the then commander-in-chief of the cavalry army Huaihua General Zhong Hongwu political views do not agree, came to Tai’an City, only in the Department of the army to get a not too small official title, only the fourth grade, or the end of last year just rose up, it is estimated that a few years to be caught up by the son. Kong Dashan family after the capital, think not less by the white-eyed ostracism, but although Kong Dashan is the authentic Northern Liang will be born, the character is quite open-minded, or else that year, by virtue of the son of the Kong Zhenrong and His Highness’s relationship with the son, how not to fall to the point of leaving the Northern Liang. And Kong Dashan himself is a big old man, but few in the northern Liang readers openly hold admiration for the attitude of military generals, not to mention the early years of Li Hanlin eyes, even on the cynical His Highness Xu Fengnian is not cold and not hot, only on the reading of the seeds of the strict pool set, meticulous Kong Dashan at home to see, will be a rare warm up.

So the Northern Liang scholar Liu Huai’s situation in Tai’an City, how can Kong Dashan not be resentful.

The original lazy lying on the fence Yan Chi set stood up, said in a deep voice: “Chun exam does have some insider, but as the seat of the division of Sima Park Hua, intends to promote fellow juniors Qin Guan Hai matter, is true, but there is no suppression of Liu Huai’s move. And as Liu Huai room division of the Ministry of Rites left minister Jin Lanting, when reading the paper, not only did not disparage Liu Huai’s article, but greatly appreciated, above the examination paper, can be said to be full of praise.”

Kong Zhenrong some round not come over, confused, the Ministry of Rites, two ministers, respectively, served as the president and vice president of the official, can there be someone against it?

Kong Zhenrong snapped to his senses, his face full of wonder.

Yan Ji Ji nodded, “It was Chen Shaobao who had previously refused to take up the position of Seat Master, who shook his head at Liu Huai’s article, and said a few comments that praised less and depreciated more.”

Kong Zhenrong shook his head vigorously, “I don’t believe it! Chen Shaobao’s character, although I have not really contacted, but absolutely trust! Chen Shaobao is by no means this kind of character, and even more disdainful of this villainous behavior! There is no need!”

That Chen Shaobao’s reputation in the courtroom, only need to Kong Zhenrong’s words, know how much is the crown of the capital.

Yan Chi Ji laughed bitterly, “I didn’t believe it at first either, but it was His Majesty the Emperor’s own words, and at that time, Chen Shaobao was also present.”

Kong Zhenrong was dumbfounded, reaching out and slapping his forehead, “No wonder Niange’er said back then that the matter of the readers was confusing to carry!”

Yan Ji Ji’s eyes are deep, and he softly says, “In short, His Majesty appointing Liu Huai as a scout, and not giving him the top scholar, is not a ‘best of both worlds’.”

Kong Zhenrong sighed, “Don’t think too much about things you can’t figure out, and go around paths you can’t take, this is what Nian Ge’er taught me, and I think it makes sense.”

Yan Ji Ji laughed, “Brother Nian also said, when we meet a grandfather who can’t beat us, we will be the grandson first, and there will always be a day when the grandfather teaches the grandson a lesson in the future.”

Kong Zhenrong grinned and couldn’t close his mouth for a long time.

Yan Ji Ji was silent for a long time, wait until Kong Zhen Rong finally stopped laughing, once again lying on the railing, softly said: “You and Li Hanlin think I read the most, it’s just that Nian Ge’er is naturally smart, so he’s better at reasoning than me, but that’s actually not true. I only figured it out much later, in fact, at that time, our family secretly left Beiliang, in fact, Brother Nian knew about it a long time ago, that’s why the last time we got together, he talked to me alone with those drunken words, he said that book said that there’s no such thing as an unending banquet under the sky. Don’t be afraid, the book also said, life is not a place to meet, one banquet table removed, there is always a chance to set up the next banquet table.”

Kong Zhenrong was speechless.

Want to say something, can not speak.

Want to drink, also no wine to drink.

Yan Chi Ji turned his head, his face full of tears, and looked at Kong Wuzhi, “I know that the four of us, plus my sister and Li Negative Zhen, the six of us, will never have the chance to get together again in this lifetime.”

Kong Zhenrong nodded.

Yan Chi Ji looked like a child who had made a mistake and sobbed, “Nian Ge’er he lied to me!”

Kong Zhenrong still didn’t say anything, he just slowly raised his arm and pressed it on this young man’s head, gently rubbing it.

It was just like how Xu Fengnian treated Yan Chi Ji back then.

Many, many years later, not only did the Xiang Fu year number become a passing cloud, even the new year number was changed by two.

The new emperor of Liyang has just ascended the throne.

Still in this small pavilion by the water, still in the spring dusk and drizzle.

Just declined the new king to stay, out of the door of the province of the left eunuch, in the caring for the grandchildren, alone here, in the career of the eunuchs is a minister of power, the future in the history of even more famous ministers of the aging readers, for some reason, silent tears, gray-haired old man look is not how to count the pathos, it is just can not stop the tears.

The old man who was hailed by the court as the second of the Tantan Weng, did not go to wipe.

Just like a child, accidentally lost some kind of lovely object, first bawling, and then after a few days, sadness is not so heavy, but remember when, or will draw a nose.

Three bowls of withered intestines are poured out, and a fresh breeze is born in both armpits.

The spring breeze brushes the frosty temples, and the old man remembers his youth.

Many, many years ago, Lingzhou in the south of the Serbian river, the last king of Beiliang, which has long been unmentioned now, was still the absurd and carefree His Highness the son of the world. In those years, often can see late at night, four teenage boys together drunk out of the greenhouse, full of powdered gas, has not yet joined the army to kill the enemy outside the pass Li Hanlin, not to mention the white horse lieutenant Li Hanlin, that is, not when the general of the conquest of the West Li Hanlin, at that time, must be full of rouge lip prints. Only this guy is the most cunning, the amount of wine can not, wine more can not, time and again secretly let the flower Quei Qing herdsman to help water not to say, seemingly heroic drink at the same time, will secretly wrestle wine out of the cup, cover up seamless, so he every time to play back to the house, are still able to talk to the flower Quei pimps hee hee ha ha, and will never delay after the event and then mooch a bit, as a matter of fact, to collect some interest. And when a master of the great benefactor of the Kong Wuzhi, the amount of good wine can not carry good wine, not to mention that the two or three long time no business opening will be extraordinarily grateful to the girl, where is willing to promise the stout young man does not drink? So he is still far less sober than the son of a bitch surnamed Li every time. But what goes around comes around, and when Kong Wu was drunk and Li Hanlin was awake, of course the latter had to carry him. In the words of His Highness, I’m the one who carries Kong Wuzhi, who weighs two hundred pounds. In the end you Li Hanlin is His Highness, or I am ah? And that year is still nicknamed Yan eat chicken young readers, has long been afraid of what to go home after being scolded by his father, often every time before walking into the greenhouse, secretly give themselves a pep talk, tonight this time must touch a certain little lady’s breasts, or else the courage to kiss a small mouth or not? In short, how can not let the three brothers laugh at their own thieves heart but not thieves courage! Just every time you leave the gentle land of singing, young readers will be drunk unconscious, telling themselves, it’s okay, the next time to try again, really manly one time!

The frail teenager Li Hanlin, carrying the stout teenager Kong Wuzhi on his back, staggered.

His Highness, the teenage son of the world, carrying the not-so-heavy teenage Yan Ji Ji, of course, easier.

At the beginning, Li Hanlin is not without doubt, why not simply let the escort carry Kong Wuzhi Yan eat chicken back to the carriage ah?

His Highness said, we are brothers.

The four young men, at that time, all felt that under the sky, it seems that there is nothing more reasonable than this.

At that moment, the old man choked and said, “Brother Nian, you lied.”

That person, promised the Liyang Dynasty, or rather promised the world that he would never enter Tai’an City again in this life.

But just then, a warm palm, gently rested on the old man’s head.

No matter how many years have passed, there is still that familiar flirtatious laughter rang out, “Yo, Yan eat chicken, crying nose! Is it because your father won’t let you play with me, or is it because your sister is badmouthing me again? It’s not a big deal. I’ll take you out for a drink! As usual, Hanlin Li will pay for it, and Kong Wuzhi will lead the horses! Let’s go!”

The old man didn’t look up, fearing it was a dream.

The palm that pressed on Yan Chi Ji’s head was gently raised and then gently slapped down.

The man laughed and said, “Yan eat chicken, reading stupid? The three of us are waiting for you!”

Yan Ji Ji slowly turned around, doing his best to stare with wide eyes, his lips trembling.

This is ranked in the new dynasty of Li Yang twelve temple cabinet bachelor first of the Wu Ying Hall university professor, this is known as “every big event, to Yan bachelor most of the quiet air” very old old man, tears flowed through the dry and thin cheeks crisscrossed with grooves, he messily wiped his face, and cried and laughed, softly said: “Nian brother, I miss you. you.”

The guy across from him, whose temples are only slightly frosty, reveals a bright smile as if he were still a teenager, raises his sleeve and helps Yan Ji Ji wipe away his tears, saying, “I know, I know.”

Not far away, there are two people seemingly whispering, voice is not small.

“Look at that, Kong Wu Zhi, I’ve long said, Yan Eat Chicken this guy is in favor of our Nian Brother’s son, back then, he just couldn’t take that step.”

“Huh? It’s true, I didn’t realize it before, but I believe it this time!”

“Kong Wu Zhi, you say Yan ate chicken this are a handful of years old, is not it a little late?”

“Alas, Yan eat chicken this big problem has no, is thin-skinned, to change into me, as early as sixty or seventy years on with the year brother straight say.”

“Roll! At that time you surnamed Kong, has crawled out of the womb?”

Now some of the back of the ear but definitely not deaf Yan Ji Ji suddenly furious, not half a bit of scholarly demeanor, “Li Hanlin, Kong Zhenrong! Roll aside to cool off!”

Li Hanlin as looking up at the moon, Kong Zhenrong for the left and right look, skillful, pure fire.

No matter what, Yan Ji Ji always held the hand of the person in front of him tightly, unwilling to let go.

Xu Fengnian looked at Yan Ji Ji, then turned his head to look at Li Hanlin and Kong Zhenrong who were grinning, and softly said, “They are all still there, they haven’t changed. So good.”