Time travel, sell Tang poems at the beginning

That night, after leaving the central army camp, Lu Dongyuan quickly returned to Hegu City under the cover of darkness, and then went directly to the outside of Changzhengfang in the east of the city.

Changzhengfang is the residential area for middle and low-level officials of Yue State. There are many people there during the day and Lu Dongyuan was afraid of exposing his identity and thus ruining Lin Feng's plan, so he decided to come here to meet Yuan Ce overnight.

When it comes to lightness skills, Lu Dongyuan is recognized as the best in Jingjiansi. The reason why Liu Song sent him as an envoy to Nanyue was because he was impressed by his lightness skills.

The gate of Changzhengfang was more than ten feet high. After Lu Dongyuan and other provincial soldiers patrolling the street left, he took a running start and jumped in.

Yuan Mansion.

The Yuan Mansion was very quiet after nightfall. Yuan Ce's parents, wife and children had already returned home, and the maids and servants had all gone to bed. Only the study room had the light on in the entire Yuan Mansion. Lu Dongyuan knew that Yuan Ce had the habit of reading at night, so he walked over following the light.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Who?"

"I!"

Yuan Ce recognized Lu Dongyuan's voice and immediately opened the door. After seeing who it was, he immediately said, "Master Lu finally came to see me. I thought you had forgotten me!"

Lu Dongyuan smiled and said, "Master Yuan, I am here now. What's the matter? Are you getting impatient?"

Yuan Ce nodded, then thought of something and his face lit up slightly, "Lord Lu came to visit late at night, did His Royal Highness the Wise King assign me a task?"

Lu Dongyuan nodded, "Yes, His Royal Highness the King of Xian asked you to visit your master, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Gao Yanqing, and establish a good teacher-student relationship with him."

As soon as Lu Dongyuan said this, Yuan Ce's expression suddenly changed.

Seeing this, Lu Dongyuan immediately asked, "Master Yuan, is this inconvenient?"

Yuan Ce nodded and said, "Master Lu, you may not know that when I was the top scholar in the imperial examination, the chief examiner Gao Yanqing found me and said that he was willing to give his daughter Xu Pei to me, but the prerequisite was that I had to divorce my wife first."

"My wife and I have been childhood sweethearts, and she was already pregnant at the time, so I rejected Gao Yanqing's kindness."

"Since then, Gao Yanqing has suppressed me in every way, so that I, a top scholar, could only work as an envoy in the diplomatic embassy, ​​and I have been doing this for 16 years."

Lu Dongyuan nodded, "I see! Lord Yuan, forgive me for being frank, have you ever regretted it?"

Yuan Ce smiled and said, "Lord Lu, to be honest, I have often wondered over the past sixteen years, what would have happened if I had agreed to Gao Yanqing's conditions?"

"However, I don't regret my decision because I love my wife very much and we are very happy together."

"Besides, if I had agreed to Gao Yanqing's conditions at that time, I would most likely not have gone to Yan State as an envoy, and naturally I would not have met His Royal Highness the King. A blessing in disguise, this may be God's will!"

Lu Dongyuan nodded, "Sir Yuan, what is the mission that His Royal Highness the Wise King has assigned to you?"

"Don't worry, Master Lu. I promise to complete the task. It has been sixteen years. It is time for me, as a student, to visit my teacher."

"Oh, by the way, Lord Lu, does His Royal Highness the Wise King have any other instructions?"

Lu Dongyuan shook his head. "Not yet, but I think it will be soon. You should continue this teacher-student relationship first. It will definitely be useful when the time comes."

Yuan Ce nodded, "Understood!"

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, Yuan Ce went out as usual and went to the embassy to report for duty. Although there was nothing to do in the embassy at the moment, Murong Zhengming had ordered that all government offices in Kyoto should be on duty as usual, and the embassy was no exception.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was the afternoon hour. After finishing his shift, Yuan Ce went directly to Gao's mansion on Xingzheng Street.

Yuan Ce took out the visiting card and handed it to the gatekeeper of Gao's house. "I am a student of the Minister of the Central Secretariat. Please come into the house and inform him."

Gao Hua, the concierge of the Gao residence, looked carefully at Yuan Ce in front of him and immediately felt that he was very unfamiliar. Gao Hua knew almost all of Gao Yanqing's students. More importantly, he couldn't afford to offend the master's students. He immediately politely cupped his hands and said, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will go into the residence and inform the master of the family."

Yuan Ce quickly bowed in return, "Thank you for your help."

living room.

Gao Yan sat quietly in a chair drinking tea, but his mind was working at high speed. He wanted to use all his ability to find the best way out for the Gao family.

Yan's army is besieging the city and Yue may be destroyed at any time. People's minds are changing and everyone is making plans for the future. Gao Yanqing is the head of the family. Every choice he makes will determine the fate of countless people. A wrong step will lead to eternal damnation, so he must be cautious, cautious, and cautious.

At this moment, the concierge Gao Hua hurried into the reception room and bowed respectfully, "Master, a man who claims to be your student is outside the mansion asking to see you. Here is a visiting card."

Gao Yanqing took the visiting card and opened it, his expression changed slightly. "Take him to the study. I'll be waiting for him there."

"Yes, master!"

Gao Hua bowed, turned around and left quickly...

Gao Yanqing also stood up and walked towards the study. Thinking of Yuan Ce, the events of sixteen years ago were vivid in his mind, as if it were yesterday.

Yuan Ce was his most valued student, no doubt about it. At first, he even wanted to marry his daughter to Yuan Ce. Unfortunately, Yuan Ce rejected him for a country woman, which made him very angry. So he used the connections of the Gao family to suppress Yuan Ce everywhere, hoping that Yuan Ce would come to his senses and return to the right path. Unfortunately, the result went against his wishes. In the past sixteen years, Yuan Ce never set foot in the Gao Mansion again, and the teacher and student became strangers.

Gao’s study.

Gao Yan was quietly making tea.

"Knock, knock, knock! Patriarch, Yuan Ce is here."

"Let him in!"

Yuan Ce walked slowly into the study and looked at the furnishings inside. "Teacher, your study has not changed at all. It is still the same as it was sixteen years ago."

Gao Yanqing looked up at Yuan Ce and said, "Sit down. Let's sit down and talk about what we have to say."

Yuan Ce nodded and sat down directly opposite Gao Yanqing. "Teacher, I haven't seen you for sixteen years. You have aged."

"It's been sixteen years. Aren't you old too?"

Gao Yanqing smiled and poured a cup of tea for Yuan Ce. "This is your favorite Gaozhou green tea. Try it!"

Yuan Ce was not polite either, he picked up the teacup on the table and started drinking, "Good tea, still the same taste."

"Xiao Yuan, how have you been these past sixteen years?"

"Thanks to the teacher's care, the students have lived very well in the past 16 years, with harmonious families and loving fathers and filial children."

"Xiao Yuan, it seems that you still resent the suppression your master gave you?"

"Teacher, I, Yuan Ce, was the top scholar in the imperial examination. You asked me to serve the envoys from Yan and Yuan in the embassy. Shouldn't I resent you?"

"Xiao Yuan, the reason why I did this was to make you return to the right path, didn't I? As long as you come back and admit your mistakes to me, I will naturally forgive you, but you didn't do that."

"Teacher, the student did nothing wrong, why should he admit his mistake?"