Hypocrites

Shen Yu still entered the palace on time, but he seemed more preoccupied day by day, his brows were often wrinkled.Liang Heng saw it, and really wanted to ask, but he treated Shen Yu almost cautiously, and when Shen Yu didn't want to talk, he didn't want to ask.

Until one day Shen Yu entered Tianlu Pavilion by himself.

The guards are always outside the ranks.

"What's wrong?" Liang Heng immediately put down what he was doing, and had a premonition that the time had come.

Shen Yu glanced at Xinzhou.Liang Heng understood: "What are you afraid of? He can no longer speak or write, so there is no need to avoid him."

But out of caution, he ordered Shinshu to retreat and close the gate.Outside the door, Siji wanted to sneak a peek at Mizhang, but Xinzhou blocked him with his body.

Shen Yu walked up to him.His complexion is not very good recently, he is quite haggard, like the pale color caused by running outside and lack of rest.

"I went to visit the adults who resigned from office two years ago according to the list..."

Liang Heng was taken aback.

"Many are no longer in Wangdu City. The few remaining houses in Nanlu are closed to thank guests and cut off common affairs. It is easy to see no one."

"You..." Liang Heng thought for a while, but couldn't understand, "What are you going to see those people for? They all resigned..."

"It's not resignation," Shen Yu said, "it was forced out by the three eunuchs, and was frightened away by the late emperor...by the ethos of the previous dynasty. Your Majesty is now in the midst of employing people, if you can get the help of veteran officials, it can be said that you will get twice the result with half the effort."

Liang Heng pondered: "The Prime Minister's Mansion has elected many young people."

Shen Yu asked back: "Do you dare to use it? You can trust Duan Xiang, but can you still trust the roster that has passed through the hands of three eunuchs? I will find a way to get the original copy of the Pinzao roster for you. Before that, Any brochure handed to you may have been tampered with. What's more, some positions are too important for young people who lack qualifications to be qualified."

This is true. For example, Shang Shuling, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and even Duan Xiang were worried about this, so they could only hope to transfer officials from other places.But the transfers are all people in the interest network.

"Looking at the government and the public, there are only two types of people who can use it now." Shen Yu raised two fingers, "One, those young people who have just graduated from the academy and were first employed; Or down-and-out scholars who resigned voluntarily."

Liang Heng thought for a while, and admitted that what he said made sense.

"But those old ministers decided to resign. At the beginning, they wrote three letters to beg for bones. How could they change their minds so easily?"

Shen Yuhao had a handsome face and a gloomy expression, Liang Heng knew he had hit the mark.It seems that he has been walking around the streets and alleys these days, but all of them have been turned away.

"You should tell me." Liang Heng thought it was funny, thinking that Shen Yu must be using the name of the emperor's guard to make them think that the newly appointed emperor issued an order to recruit talents, and only talents should be selected.

"The emperor's bodyguard is too light," Shen Yu admitted, "I'm afraid the emperor himself will be able to do it."

"Who?"

"Shangshu orders Wenyao."

This was beyond Liang Heng's expectation.Wen Yao was older than the late emperor, and to Liang Heng, he belonged to the grandfather's generation. He had almost no social relations in the past.

However, as a generation of veterans, Wen Yao has presided over Shangshutai for more than five years, so he has a wealth of experience, not to mention that he was excluded and suppressed because of his disagreement with the eunuch party.

Shen Yu went to visit twice, but Wen Yao's family turned him away. If he revealed his identity, he would tell the pain of being abandoned by the Tian family, and he was indignant and depressed in his speech.

"You want me to personally invite Wen Yao out of the mountain?" Liang Heng already understood.

"Go in private, and you can't be noticed by the three eunuchs. Can you do it?"

Of course you can leave the palace.Before Shen Yu came back to his side, Liang Heng couldn't stay in Zhangyi Palace for a moment, and always escaped, only to be captured by Duan Yanling or Qiu Zhiyuan.At that time, Liang Heng felt that every plant and tree in Wangcheng was Qiu Zhiyuan's eyeliner, and it was absolutely impossible to escape his surveillance.

"It should be possible," Liang Heng said, "the time you accidentally took Xingsan Wan, I wanted to bring a disease doctor to see you, but I was afraid of being discovered by them, so I pretended to be a guard. No one would be able to recognize you if you covered your face with iron. "

Wen Yao still lives in Nanlu, the alleys are filled with peaches and plums on the vernal equinox, and the stone roads are paved with flower petals.Shen Yu sneaked out with Liang Heng, because the guards of Taiwan often went in and out of the Forbidden Palace, and the gate of the gate saw that it was Shen Youdu, so he let it go without hindrance.

First, he went to the original site of Shen's house. After Shen Yu became an official, he moved back and lived alone. The inside and outside were tidy.Liang Heng took off his armor, and put on a simple long gown given by Shen Yu. He was a little shorter, and followed behind Shen Yu like his companion.

"Only when you see Wen Yao in person can you reveal your identity, remember." Shen Yu repeatedly urged.

"Understood." Liang Heng responded.

He was still a little happy in his heart, because even Shen Yu couldn't handle this matter, so he had to come forward.Shen Yu has been estranged from him intentionally or unintentionally for a long time, so he took the initiative to communicate with him for this matter, and wait for him to cooperate well, invite Wen Yao to come out of the mountain, let Shen Yu know his sincerity, and solve his confidant's serious troubles, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Liang Heng is still very confident, no matter how bad he is, he is also a monarch, how can there be talents and generals in the world who cannot be obtained by kings?Even for those hermits and mountain visitors, the third request and the fourth request are half-pushed and half-satisfied.

As soon as the door boy saw the person coming, he was dressed in rich clothes, jade face, silk shoes and gold belt, and immediately invited the master to come out.

But he was a middle-aged man, presumably not the old minister Wen Yao.When this person met, he bowed and said: "Shen Youdu."

Shen Yu returned the courtesy and said, "Mr. Wen."

It should be the son of Wen Yao, who does not hold an official position in the court, so he is called a son.Covered by Shen Yu, Liang Heng tried his best to keep his face and observe from the side.

"Youduhou," said Mr. Wen with a bitter face, "my father really doesn't want to see guests, and he has already talked to you last time."

Shen Yudao: "Wanwang forgive me, you have been bothering me again and again, and you must ask to see Duke Wen. Since you have nothing to say, please let me have a few words with Duke Wen."

Mr. Wen had about 1 reluctances in his heart, but he didn't say a single serious word to Shen Yu, and invited him into the house anyway.

The servants in the hall served tea with cautious eyes and trembling footsteps without making a sound. This atmosphere of walking on thin ice immediately made Liang Heng inexplicably restrained.

Mr. Wen went to ask his father for instructions, and left the guests in the hall.Because Liang Heng was pretending to be an attendant, he had to get a mat. There was no case, so Shen Yu brought him his own tea.

Liang Heng took a sip and asked, "Why are his family members so nervous?"

Shen Yu was silent for a moment: "It's like this in Ruyang City. The army patrols the streets and the people keep their voices quiet. It's like a dead city during the day."

This is a tacit understanding between people with butcher knives around their necks.Liang Heng immediately understood why Mr. Wen didn't simply reject Shen Yu. Shen Yu was not only the new emperor's right capital, but also Shen Jin's son. The harm is the same as the fallen people in the world.

The Wen family is still worried. Wen Yao's dismissal of Cao Ye because of his unscrupulous allegiance, the family may be worried that one day the old matter will be brought up again, and the score will be settled after the fall.

Shen Yu's persistent visit may or may not be a bad omen for his family.

When Mr. Wen saw his father come back, the first thing he said was: "You Duhou, you should stop doing useless work."

Shen Yudao: "Don't say anything else, please allow me to visit Duke Wen."

Mr. Wen said: "My father closed the door to thank the guests, and made an oath to see no outsiders."

"There are exceptions to everything."

"If there is one, there are two, and if there are two, there are three. Shen Youdu, may I ask, no matter how small an ant nest is gnawed on the embankment, it will be destroyed for thousands of miles? My father resigned from office to avoid disturbance. If you make a special case, it will be troublesome." They have to keep coming to the door.”

"If you don't change your mind after being wronged, then you will know a gentleman. When the government is exhausted, Duke Wen will do his part..." Shen Yu put his hands behind his back, gestured to Liang Heng, and pointed to the outside of the courtyard.

Liang Heng immediately understood, got up and quietly exited the front hall.It's nothing more than an attendant, Mr. Wen didn't pay attention, and still entangled with Shen Yu's words.

In Nan Qi's house, the main room is at the back of the hall. It is expected that Wen Yao, who is the head of the family, should live in the main room.Shen Yu had a good idea. He held Mr. Wen back and let Liang Heng beat Wen Yao by surprise. He thought that Duan Boyu claimed to be ill and was out of court, but Liang Heng found out that he was at home, and he had to embarrassingly return to government affairs the next day.

Bypassing the verandahs and pavilions, the Wen family is not too big, and the square inch of land is well organized.

When I arrived at the backyard, suddenly a huge monster filled the world, square and square, with five smooth sides like a mirror, reflecting the sunlight dazzlingly.

It was a square box made of iron!

Liang Heng stared blankly, he had never seen such a weird thing before.The iron wall is heavily embedded in the ground, and the four sides are tightly connected, without a single joint.Liang Heng stepped forward in amazement, touched it with his fingers, and there was a tremor of gold and stone on the wall, making a faint sound.He put his ear to it, and heard the voice coming from the box, intermittently, as if the iron box had life, and it was giving out old, dying gasps.

"Guests can't come to the backyard!"

The servants of the Wen family turned pale with fright, rushed over and pushed Liang Heng away from the iron box.

"Wait for me……"

The servants were extremely powerful and very nervous, pushing and pulling, alarming many people to come out from under the eaves, gathered in the backyard, and surrounded Liang Heng with hostile and repelling gazes, making Liang Heng's body crawl.

"Leave now!"

"We don't accept guests!"

"Too rude!"

A series of footsteps hurried across the paulownia floor. "Presumptuous!" Shen Yu's voice split through the crowd, found Liang Heng, and brought him back to his side. At the same time, he also saw the huge iron block that didn't fit.Mr. Wen stood in front of the corridor, looking very sad.

The iron block let out a few coughs.

The servants surrounding Liang Heng immediately became flustered—"Hurry up and prepare the tea!"

"Lunch is warm in the small kitchen, bring it quickly!"

The crowd surrounded Iron Nugget and fed two dishes and one soup into Iron Nugget's mouth.

"I haven't seen my father for a long time. It's because even I, a son, can't see my father, so the third eunuch will believe it," Wen Gongzi said dully, "I believe that my father has completely lost its value and can no longer serve anyone. Efficacy. My family was preserved.”

The iron block reflects light in all directions, shining into people's eyes, making people cry like needle pricks, and releasing the power of torturing the soul and piercing the heart.

On the way back to the palace, Shen Yu had to hold Liang Heng while walking to prevent him from bumping his head against the palace wall.

After coming out of Wen's house, Liang Heng was in a daze, Shen Yu was a little worried, looked at him a few times, and found that his white lips were moving, and he didn't know what he was muttering.

Who would have thought that in order to express his determination to escape from the world, the former Shangshu Ling Wenyao actually built an iron house to lock himself up.Not to mention opening windows for ventilation, the four walls are poured with iron slurry, and not even a flying insect can get in.

Manpower is sometimes poor.Even if the power is as powerful as the king of the people, there is nothing he can do to face a person who has driven himself into a desperate situation with his own hands.The iron house was the slap Wen Yao slapped Ling Emperor Liang Xuan and his son—the emperor could order his ministers to die, but he couldn't make people live.