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Chapter 382 Go to Pang's Mansion

"Stop!" Xiao Zimo suddenly called to stop the boy who was about to turn around and leave, seeing the panic on his face, he strode forward and grabbed him.

The boy's voice trembled, "Little one..."

After a while, a bunch of waste paper was found from the servant. Xiao Zimo unfolded it and took a look. It was a historical topic with only the beginning written, and the font was in standard Guange style.

There are many people living in the back house of the government office, but Zhan Feiyu is the only one who writes in the pavilion style. Seeing the ashen-faced boy, Xiao Zimo snorted coldly, "Take him down and lock him up."

Master Yao was a shallow sleeper, but he was awakened by the noise outside at this moment. He rubbed his brows wearily, and said in a deep voice, "Zibai, what happened outside?"

"My lord." Xiao Zibai lit the candle, and the dark room immediately became brighter, "Zimo caught a boy who stole waste paper from Miss Zhan's room."

Master Yao and other officials are cautious, not a single piece of paper or ink in the study will be passed on outside, the study will be cleaned by the trusted servants, and the waste paper will be burned in the charcoal basin.

After taking the clothes Xiao Zibai handed over, Master Yao took a closer look, "Let Zimo come in and answer."

"Yes." Just as Xiao Zibai answered, Xiao Zimo, who was guarding the door, heard it and opened the door and walked in, "My lord, this was found from that boy."

"The Zhou and Tang Dynasties put more emphasis on the outside than the inside, Qin and Wei have their own opinions on the emphasis on the outside and the inside." Master Yao pondered, looked at this topic and thought for a moment, then put the paper on the table, "Bachelor Gu They will send someone to deliver the letter from Beijing, presumably it is the homework assigned to Zhan Feiyu this time."

When the tea came to moisten Master Yao's throat, Xiao Zimo said in amazement, "It's such a waste of time and money? Why doesn't Bachelor Gu let Zhan Feiyu go to the capital?"

Lord Yao has also taken in two disciples, and now they are both officials in other places. Xiao Zimo and Xiao Zibai have also been taught by Lord Yao. Don’t look at Master Yao’s uprightness, but he is not a strict teacher, at least not like Gu Xueshi. .

Master Yao looked at the article that had only been written at the beginning and did not continue. Looking at the first few words, the ink was a bit heavy, which showed that Zhan Feiyu hesitated when writing. "The reason is naturally in the topic of history."

Xiao Zimo was taken aback in shock again, he also read this topic, and now he heard Lord Yao's words, Xiao Zimo poked his head to look again, "Brother, can you understand?"

Compared with Xiao Zibai's both civil and military skills, Xiao Zimo, who can only be a follower, is much more mediocre, and he can only read and write, and he doesn't expect to write articles or poems.

This historical topic is about the regime in the Zhou, Tang and Qin Wei dynasties, but Xiao Zimo thinks about the current court.

But different from the Qin and Wei dynasties, the sages had a tough attitude towards the foreigners around the Daqing Dynasty, and would rather fight than compromise. One-third of the Daqing Dynasty's tax revenue was sent to various borders as military pay.

For the generals guarding the border, the Holy Majesty was also willing to delegate power. Xiao Zibai thought about it, the only one that the Holy Majesty owed in these years was the Yang family of the General's Mansion. Back then, he was afraid of the old General Yang's great achievements, and raided the General's Mansion on the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

"My lord, my brother can't figure it out either." Xiao Zimo was as curious as a cat scratching, this is just a topic, why did he hook up with Zhan Feiyu not going to the capital.

"The Holy Majesty has never established a crown prince. Not only the princes in the palace are eager to move, but also the ministers in the court can't hold back. Bachelor Gu refused to let Zhan Feiyu go to the capital, probably because he didn't want her to avoid the vortex of establishing a crown prince." Mr. Yao also had the opportunity to return to the capital to become an official before. He is now a second-rank political envoy. Once he returns to the capital, even if he does not join the cabinet, he will at least be in the position of six ministers, and he will be appointed as a vacant post.

But also in order to avoid the turmoil of establishing a crown prince, Lord Yao would rather stay in the cold Longyou Road, thinking about coming to Bachelor Gu, he also has the same concerns. No matter how long the time delays, the Holy Majesty will eventually register as the crown prince. Zhan Feiyu is like this year If you are young, if you go to the capital, I am afraid that you will not be able to study at ease, so it is better to go out to study like this.

After refolding the crumpled paper, Master Yao handed it to Xiao Zimo, "You return that boy and this paper to Zhan Feiyu."

When Xiao Zimo left, Xiao Zibai looked at Lord Yao who had already started to deal with official duties under the candlelight, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, is it because of the future turmoil that the general's mansion made good friends with Zhan Feiyu?"

The chief official of the frontier sounds mighty and domineering, but Xiao Zibai knows that a lone minister like Master Yao actually has many disadvantages. The first one is that he does not have enough information in the capital. up.

Just like the General's Mansion back then, the censor sent by the Holy Lord finally confiscated the General's Mansion on the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Old General Yang and the others didn't realize it. If someone in the middle can send back the news, Old General Yang can at least take precautions in advance.

Lord Yao’s eyes still stayed on the official document in his hand, and after a long silence, he said: “Although I don’t have much contact with Gu Xueshi, I also know that Gu Xueshi is trustworthy. , Gu Xueshi wants to get out of the body, and there is an extra layer of protection."

"Won't the Holy One be afraid?" Xiao Zibai asked the doubts that had always existed in his heart. Like the adults, Xueshi Gu is the Holy Majesty's confidant and a lonely minister, but now the only young student of Gu Xueshi has close contacts with the general's residence, and even holds Forbidden Dragon Guard Token.

Xiao Zibai feels terrible just thinking about it. This side is a cabinet scholar, the head of a hundred officials, one side is a general who holds military power, and the last side is the Forbidden Dragon Guard who only obeys the orders of the Holy One. If these three forces are condensed Together, can the Holy Majesty rest assured?
This time Master Yao remained silent for a longer period of time. When Xiao Zibai thought he would not speak, Master Yao put down the official document in his hand, "Bachelor Gu had a feud with the Gu family of Nanling in the early years, and even suppressed Gu for many years in the dynasty. My son, do you think there is a junior member of the Gu family who is an official in the court? Gu Xueshi has never been married, and now he accepts such a young disciple, who is still a girl. The Holy Majesty has been with Gu Xueshi and his ministers for many years, so it is impossible to tolerate a little girl .”

Master Yao has a better understanding of the situation. He also heard some news from the General's Mansion. It is said that General Yang handed over part of the military power of the Yang family in exchange for a piece of money from the Zhang family so that Yang Xu would not be restrained by his biological mother, the Zhang family. Life.

In this way, the Yang family of the General's Mansion was no longer a threat to the Holy Majesty, and Yang Xu was young, so it would be at least ten years before he could lead the army in battle in the future.

As for the Forbidden Dragon Guard, even Lord Yao knows very little.

No matter what, Lord Yao can be sure that Scholar Gu has been with you for many years, and he must be the person who knows the Holy Majesty best. Since he acquiesced in Zhan Feiyu's friendship with the General's Mansion in Longyou Road, it must be the acquiescence of the Holy Majesty.

But Mr. Yao does not plan to have close contact with Xueshi Gu at present. He is also a lonely minister, but he is a child of a poor family. Even if the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, he will be much less prepared for Mr. Yao.

Furthermore, Master Yao could see that His Majesty had no plans to establish a crown prince, so he would not have to worry about being guarded by the crown prince in a short period of time, especially since Master Yao really didn't like the grown-up princes in the palace.

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Day two.

Xiao Zimo didn't see Zhan Feiyu, he handed the boy over to He Sheng, and the result of the interrogation soon came out, this boy was only Chu Qian's person.

After picking up this waste paper, he wanted to go to Chu Qianshi to ask for credit. It was because Chu Qianshi was locked up by Lord Yao that he was anxious to get out. It would be even better if he could catch Zhan Feiyu. It's a pity that this waste paper was caught by Xiao Zimo before it was delivered.

"Since Miss Zhan has something to do, I will leave first." Xiao Zimo saluted, glanced at Dong Yan who was waiting outside the door from the corner of his eye, and then strode away.

"Miss Zhan." This time, Dong Yan came here on behalf of Mrs. Qian to deliver the greeting card, but it was really not suitable to meet in the Suzhou government office, so Mrs. Qian made an appointment to meet at the teahouse.

"I already know, tell your wife, I will go to the appointment on time tomorrow." Zhan Feiyu put down the greeting card, Madam Qian must not have collected the body for Qian Shipeng, Zhan Feiyu has a good impression of Madam Qian, since he can Sending the post solemnly, I think there is indeed something to do.

(End of this chapter)