Linque

After coming out of the Tea Classics Building, I went to see Wu Buzhi again, it was almost the end of the time for Chu Heng to return to the Jingcheng Hall, and the Great Court Meeting had long since ended.

Stepping onto the platform, the guards on duty in front of the hall gestured to him, and Eunuch Gao also came out from the outside, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's Sacred Heart is slightly dispirited, and he hasn't had any food yet, Shimo Chu Serve carefully."

Chu Heng nodded and thanked, and walked in.

The study was very quiet, perhaps because the windows were not open, the light was a little dim, Ling Ye was sitting alone on the arhat couch, his crown was not removed, he was still wearing the complicated and grand emperor's court clothes, his face was expressionless.The sound of footsteps approaching him, he looked up, his brows and eyes slightly stretched: "Are you back?"

Chu Heng responded, and walked over to pick off the crown for him, "Why don't you eat?"

Ling Ye sat up straight and put one hand on his waist to make it easier for him to move, "Wait for you to come back."

"Excuse." Chu Heng carefully took off the jade hairpin, "I made an agreement before leaving in the morning, I will go to see that Ningzhou student, and I won't be with you at noon. You are disobedient."

The corners of Ling Ye's lips moved slightly.

Chu Heng took off the crown and put it aside, then took his hand and walked to the Nuan Pavilion to the side.Eunuch Gao, who was standing at the door, took a good look at his words and came in with his servants to tidy up. Chu Heng turned around and ordered: "Let's have lunch in the Nuan Pavilion, and something lighter is fine. Your Majesty wants to take a nap later, if anyone invites you, please Let's wait."

Gao Bandit should be.

Chu Heng dragged Ling Ye into the Nuan Pavilion, took off the emperor's uniform from the hem and put it on for him.

Eunuch Zhu walked lightly and opened the window, and the sun streamed in immediately.

Ling Ye asked, "Have you ordered everything?"

"Yeah." Chu Heng focused his eyebrows, lowered his head and tied his belt for him, and replied, "I have seen Wu, I don't know, and the matter of stopping the examination, the fifth day of the junior high school was over, and the outside world spread. Most of those poor students are very familiar with it." Looking forward to it, we will talk about it when we meet in the same year. It’s just that there is no conclusion in the court on the fifth day of the lunar new year. They don’t know how His Majesty will order, and they dare not speak loudly outside. "

"Wu and I don't know what to say. The stoppage will definitely be completed. Let him and the poor family members who have been friends with him in the past days boldly support him. The louder the voice, the better. He is generous, ambitious, and far-sighted, so he naturally understands. "

As soon as the scrolling stopped, the first ones to benefit were of course the low-level common people.With the support of the Holy Majesty at the back, in the future when there are more poor scholars and have the strength to form their own voice in the court, they will be able to gradually break free from the shackles of the aristocratic family.Correspondingly, the emperor will be less constrained.

Ling Ye nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "The Xuanzheng Palace has already decided on this matter today. Several big families will have new actions soon, and these students from poor families have little experience. They are no more than the children of those families. They are not their opponents. .Being scared and seduced by others, there is no guarantee that I will not lose my way. Later, I will let Rongshan send some shadow guards to disguise themselves, and lead the students to make trouble. It's just right to go out."

"Well." Chu Heng said, "Wu didn't know that he had voted for the trip to Lishan Mountain. Later, Commander Rong arranged it. Let Lu Yuan introduce these disguised shadow guards. It will be easier to break into their students. I will write a letter to Master Qi." Uncle asked him to arrange it."

"Okay, it's up to you."

The lunch was served quickly, Ling Ye's interest was low, Chu Heng washed his hands and served him some food, while Eunuch Gao stood aside, finally heaved a sigh of relief.

After lunch, Chu Heng took Ling Ye to rest on the couch in the warm pavilion for a while.

The palace people closed the door and retreated, and the room was quiet. After a long time, Ling Ye sighed softly, closed his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Ah Yue, have you ever had a last resort?"

Chu Heng looked sideways at his dejected brows and eyes, felt pain in his heart, fell silent for a while, and said, "Yes."

The stronger you are, the more responsibilities you shoulder.In their situation, there is often bloodshed as a last resort.

Just like when he held the Mingji Sword at the Tianshuang Terrace on Lishan Mountain, he pointed at the maddened little uncle.The so-called last resort means that the sword cannot be controlled, and it is ominous to draw it out of the sheath.

Chu Heng closed his eyes, and said instead: "I met Shen Yingbai today."

"Huh?" Ling Ye came back to his senses, "That's a coincidence, so I won't have to look for opportunities to talk to the Shen family."

Chu Heng told Ling Ye about the things in the tea scripture building, sat up after thinking for a while, went to get the purse that the two of them put on the Yiheng table, took out the two private seals, and put them together , put it on the bedside.

He leaned over, kissed Ling Ye lightly on the lips, clasped his fingers and said, "I'm always here, I will be with you."

The owner of the mountains and rivers belongs to Chu Heng.

Chu Heng leaned over and hugged Ling Ye, and fell into a deep sleep like this.

A few days later, the imperial capital city really became noisy. At the meeting of the Ten Great Dynasties of the first lunar month, His Majesty ordered Yan Xiang to present the regulations, and there was only one imperial decree announcing the Kyushu to officially close the book.

The descendants of the aristocratic family exploded in an instant, and gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion on Zhuque Street to condemn Yan Xiang's disorderly government, intending to use public opinion as an excuse to put pressure on His Majesty.

And soon, the poor students who used to have to look at their faces also gathered together, praising their appearance for their understanding of righteousness.What's more, those with good intentions gathered in front of the mansions of the children of the most famous families, claiming that their true skills are the most convincing. Don't the princes and nobles usually achieve great results?Then why don't you dare to shake your shoulders and go to the exam?Unless you have a ghost in your heart, deceive the world, steal your name, or even deceive the king!

There was a lot of voices on both sides, and just like this, a quarrel broke out, and the sons and brothers relied on the support of their families behind them to block the prime minister's house.I thought that the commoner students who gathered in front of their house would disperse if they were scared, but this time they were particularly courageous, more and more people came, even some scholars who should not take the exam this year also gathered together, and the momentum was overwhelming. Not small.

The two sides couldn't stop arguing, with hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at each other, just when they were about to grab each other's pigtails, the besieged families didn't dare to let the guards forcefully disperse them, so they had to let them challenge and use the officials to deal with it.

In Wucheng Bingmasi, the person in charge of security in the inner city is Dongya General Pei Liangdong. Coincidentally, he and Yan Xiangsu have a little friendship.Several aristocratic families originally planned to take the opportunity to intervene in his dereliction of duty, so that Jingzhao Mansion, which has its own people, could take over.

The result was unexpected, Pei Liangdong moved faster than them, and took the initiative to post an apology on the same day, clearly writing the ins and outs of the matter, and even the content of the two parties' quarreling, saying that the candidates all have fame and fame, so it is not appropriate With force, he couldn't control it, so he asked the emperor to send the emperor's shadow guard to mediate.

The shadow guards are the emperor's swordsman, and according to the law, they are not allowed to move without authorization, but Pei Liangdong made three accusations in one day. Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, the Holy Majesty was also having a headache, so he simply agreed to General Pei's request.

So the Tianzi Yingwei took over the inner city as a matter of course, and the deputy commander Rong Shan personally led the people and went to Suzaku Street with Pei Liangdong.

They came so suddenly that no one had time to respond, Rong Shan was impartial, and from the gathered children of aristocratic families and students from poor families, he picked a few leading ones away for questioning, to see what they were making a fuss about, and the rest In situ called scattered.

The Shadow Guard only listened to the emperor's orders and followed the will of the Holy One, which naturally convinced everyone.Even the sons and brothers backed by their families did not have the guts to dare to act presumptuously in front of Rong Shan, so they had to report to each family.But those who were taken away were not so lucky, each of them felt uneasy, and even the family behind them was beating a small drum in their hearts.

For two days in a row, the person was not released, and there was no news from the shadow guards. The families were anxious, but the wind direction of the imperial capital changed again day and night.

The aristocratic family has luxuriant branches and leaves. Where there are pillars, there are rotten trees. Which towering tree does not have a few bug holes?Every family has its own way of dealing with and burying those matters of personal morality and public morals, but if it is revealed to the public one day, it will be a "good show".

In short, I don't know where it came from, and the spearhead was pointed at three of the aristocratic families, such as stealing dogs and playing chickens to raise outhouses, a basket of messy things, and even a collateral child who took the exam this year raped his mother and maidservant, although it is single It's not a big mistake to come out, but I can't bear people's words to be scary.

The worse it is, the more it can be spread thousands of miles away, from princes and generals down to traffickers and pawns, everyone in the imperial capital has heard about it.No one in aristocratic families does not respect their reputation. It is shameful to step on the ground when these family ugliness are publicized. There is a lesson from the past that the Jiang family was demoted because of personal morality. The aristocratic family immediately closed their doors to introspect, and the head of the family wrote a letter of guilt.

But it's not over yet.

Soon, voices of doubt came from the people. The pros and cons of stopping the book were just discussed among scholars.But it's different now. As a parent, who doesn't know the truth that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. What kind of good young people can such a family tradition teach?No wonder those young masters dare not take the test directly!As the saying goes, things of a kind flock together and people are divided into groups. Maybe the other aristocratic families who stand on the front line with them are also the same scum!

For a time, the voices of the people in favor of stopping the volume were loud.

Seeing that the wind of public opinion was unfavorable, the family members hurriedly gathered together to discuss countermeasures. These rumors came so coincidentally and suddenly that it was impossible to say that no one was behind them to guide them.Seeing that the Great Court Meeting on March [-]th is coming again, Prime Minister Yan must have drawn up the regulations for the suspension of the papers.

In the flower hall of Duke Qing's mansion, after the heads of several officials finished their speech with deep faces, they all looked at Duke Qing Yan Yu, who was the eldest brother of Yan Mao and one of the leaders of the Family Party. Everyone is waiting for him to make up his mind.

Yan Yu leaned back in the armchair, his usual gentle face was gloomy at this moment, he looked around slowly, sneered and said: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I have already sent a letter to the family of Tan Chuan, Yan Mao won't be able to dance for a few days gone."

"He is the leader of the stop roll. After all these years, Yan Mao has been used to the smooth wind and water, and he has forgotten what his last name is." Yan Yu moved his fingers and said lightly, "When you hit a snake and hit it seven inches, grab it first. If you pinch your weakness, you will naturally be more honest."

The people below were moved and immediately asked, "Yan Mao's weakness?"

Duke Qing moved the corners of his lips, and slowly spit out three words: "Yan Yunfei."

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were silent for a moment, and then objections arose: "Duke, although Yan Yunfei is Yan Mao's son, it is well known..."

The relationship between father and son is bad, and Yan Mao's dislike for Yan Yunfei has been obvious to all over the years, otherwise he wouldn't even choose the word "fei" in his name.

but--

"You also said, that's his son." Duke Qing interrupted in a low voice, with a deadpan expression on his face, "Yan Mao is a traitor who betrays his family, our government is willing to raise his son for him for so many years, not because Show kindness. Since Yan Yunfei's surname is Yan and his name is written on Tan Chuan's family tree, now when the family needs him, he will of course give back."

His tone was so serious that the people sitting below couldn't help but shudder.

Duke Qing stood up, "As long as you are a human being, there are people and things that you cannot let go of. Just wait and see, everyone, hold Yan Yunfei in your hand, whether Yan Mao will obey him or not."

……

Every five months, the cloud is not resting.

This day is the fifteenth day of the third lunar month, and there is a regular court in the Xuanzheng Palace.In the Hall of Martial Heroes, Yun Fei got up in the morning and just used the court food. His colleagues came over and called him, saying that someone was looking for him.

When they arrived at the front hall, it was Duke Qing's mansion who handed over the name sticker.It was his cousin Yan Huabin who came, and when he saw him coming out, he put down the teacup, called "Yun Fei", and greeted him with a smile.

Yun Fei paused indistinctly, and the scene of the young man in green who served him in the Duke's Mansion dodging Yan Cang's sword flashed through his mind. He lowered his eyebrows and lowered his voice: "Why is my cousin here?" ①

Yan Huabin put his arms around his shoulders and said with a smile, "Of course I'm here to pick you up."

Yun Fei was taken aback.

"Oh, I forgot, you don't know yet," Yan Huabin explained with a smile, "Grandfather has come to the imperial capital, and he will arrive in these two days, and our cousins ​​have all returned to the residence, waiting To see you, you are the only one left."

Yun Fei was not treated by Yan Xiang since he was a child. After his mother Yun committed suicide, it was the old master Yan who brought him back to the Duke of Danchuan to raise him. Yun Fei also respected him very much.

Hearing that his grandfather was coming, Yun Fei nodded and said "OK."

Yan Huabin smiled slightly.

After saying hello to their colleagues, the two cousins ​​walked out, and as soon as they reached the entrance of the front hall, they ran into Su Lang who had returned from the exchange.

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① "The boy in Tsing Yi avoids the sword's edge", see "Chapter 132 Dali".