first minister

Chapter 323 Waiting for you to come

Zhongjing City, Hanlin Academy.

A Hanlin bachelor came over and slammed a book in his hand on a young man's desk.

The quickly flying booklet fell on the young man's hand, and the hand holding the pen uncontrollably drew a striking ink mark on the paper. The originally neat paper looked like there was a terrifying mark on the face of a beautiful woman. Scars are average.

The ink picked up by the booklet fell on the white paper in bits and pieces, making all the young man's morning's work in vain.

"Xu Boyi! Look at what you wrote! Copy it all again for me!"

Xu Dapeng stared blankly at the scene in front of him. He was obviously a little confused when he looked at this Shangguan who was kind to him before and never hesitated to smile.

"What are you looking at? Are you not convinced?" The man snorted coldly, "You are a loser who is not qualified to enter the Hanlin Academy. He can't even record a book. Why don't you find a piece of tofu and kill him!"

Xu Dapeng came to his senses from his daze, and an anger surged in his heart. He picked up the booklet and said, "Master Tian! What's wrong with my recording? Point it out to me!"

"Dare to talk back?"

The man's face turned cold, "Hasn't anyone taught you to respect your superior? Chen Fenglin! Your tasks for this month will also be given to Xu Boyi, and I will assign you new tasks!"

Xu Dapeng wanted to say something else, but a figure hurriedly came over, pressed his shoulder, and nodded to the Hanlin bachelor, "Master Tian, ​​please don't worry, Bo Yi has recorded too many books recently, and he is a little dizzy and confused. , I contradicted you, sir, please don’t blame me!"

"Too much? It was originally added in. I don't know how much I weigh. It's natural to write more!"

He snorted coldly, "Submit the new manuscript within three days. If you can't finish it, I will get out of the Hanlin Academy!"

After saying that, he walked away, leaving behind a room full of people who were either gloating or shaking their heads in emotion.

Xu Dapeng was so humiliated in front of him that his veins bulged out with shame and anger. Zeng Jimin, who had changed his words beside him, sighed, took his arm and left the house, found a deserted place, and comforted him: "Boyi, you follow Mr. Tian, ​​why are you so competitive?"

Xu Dapeng looked angry, "Is this a rivalry? This is obviously unfair and he is deliberately looking for trouble to humiliate me. Can't I fight back?"

Zeng Jimin sighed, "Do you think he just found trouble with you? Besides, don't you know why he became like this?"

After hearing this, Xu Dapeng's emotions slowly calmed down, and he pursed his lips and remained silent.

Zeng Jimin patted him on the shoulder, "The world is unpredictable and the situation is changing. We once got some benefits, but now we naturally have to suffer some sins, so just bear with it slowly."

A long sigh was carried away by the wind, blew through the palace, and spread into another room not far away.

"To say that this Xia Jingyun is really great, his rise is as fast as his death! Everyone thought that he would rise to prominence and use his age of [-] to make generations of people despair. Who knew that his official career had just begun? It just stopped."

In another room of the Hanlin Academy, several Hanlin waiting orders were resting, and one of them sighed.

"Yes, if you can escape far away and still survive with your life, if you are caught, it may be a matter of a glass of poisonous wine or a piece of white silk."

"Things in the world are unpredictable. Who would have thought that the late Emperor would suddenly pass away in such a good way! So, this team, it's better not to stand in advance!"

"It is easy to see the signs of rotten wood, but it is rare to find the talents of pillars. Why should the people employed by the country be so willful? Xia Jingyun is extremely talented and has made great contributions to the country. He should not end up like this!"

Amidst the sighs, a voice spoke firmly, making everyone stunned, and then silently moved to the side.

A middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then spoke to persuade: "Uncle Duan, there are some things that are not appropriate for you to say. Your Majesty and the Central Committee have their own considerations, so we'd better not say more."

Li Zhiyi, whose cousin is Duan Shu, shook his head when he heard this, "Is His Majesty absolutely right? If they make a wrong decision, shouldn't we ministers be honest and speak out to persuade the king?"

"Although Xia Jingyun is the sworn brother of Empress Dowager De, he fought against the rebellion for the country and won three consecutive prizes. His talent, intelligence and virtue are all of a sudden choice. All the people in the world are His Majesty's subjects. Your Majesty will punish him just because of his status. How to convince the public? How to record it in the history? Such behavior will make many talented people feel cold and unwilling to serve the king?"

After everyone listened, they dispersed almost in a hurry like birds and beasts, leaving Li Zhiyi standing alone, his thin figure like a piece of wood that would rather break than bend.

In the evening, all his colleagues left, but Li Zhiyi was still working at his desk. The new king succeeded to the throne, and the imperial court suddenly had a lot more edicts and documents. He was a hard-working newcomer, so naturally many tasks fell on him. superior.

A lonely lamp accompanies this young man who is full of ideal expectations for his country and career.

Each ink character appeared under the tip of his pen, as square as the person he was.

Squeak, the door was pushed open.Several men in black walked in, "Li Zhiyi? Come with us."

Li Zhiyi looked at them calmly, with a flash of complete disappointment in his eyes.

"Hold on."

He slowly wrote the last word of this article.

Putting the pen on the pen holder, he stood up, straightened his robe, and calmly walked out with the group of men in black who made the dignitaries frightened.

The wind gently dried the ink stains, and the empty chair was silently waiting for its owner to return. I didn't know if he could wait.
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A house in the east of the city looks quite new, and it has obviously been renovated.

A group of men in black came here, knocked on the door, and rushed into the house.

Not long after, a middle-aged man came out escorted.

"What are you doing! What crime has my master committed? You can take people as you please. Do you have any royal laws?"

Zhang Dazhi's apprentice blocked the way, and the leading man in black frowned, "There is no need to explain when taking people from Heibingtai, get out of here!"

"So what about the Black Ice Platform? Is the Black Ice Platform bigger than Wang Fa? My master wants to serve the public and abide by the law. How can you convince the public by taking people to jail casually like this!"

There was a flash of sword light, a scream, and one arm fell to the ground.

"Third brother!" Zhang Dazhi cried out sadly, looking at the man in black with tearful eyes, "I have already been captured without any help, why do you still want to be so vicious!"

The man in black ignored Zhang Dazhi's shouts, waved his hand, and led the people out.

"Isn't that Mr. Zhang?"

"Master Zhang, isn't he doing a good job as a prisoner? What has happened?"

"Hey, what's wrong? He's on the wrong side! He's from De Fei!"

"Hey, it seems like this official isn't that easy to get!"

"Isn't that right? Don't just watch the thief eat meat, but also watch the thief get beaten!"

In Miyagi's prison, Gao Yi was covered with bruises, like an old dog with its back broken, lying in the corner of the room, weakly lingering;
In the dark prison of Heibingtai, Wei Yuanzhi's clothes were bleeding, but he did not utter a single word of surrender;
In the Wang family's house, Wang Ruoshui, who had just received the imperial edict of becoming a regular official, was celebrating happily as the Minister of Rites;

In the darkness, Lu Yi personally placed a food box at the door of a secret room.
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In Xiao Mansion in Xicheng, Xiao Fengshan went to bed with all his clothes on. After a moment, he suddenly sat up.

He had been restless these days, always feeling like there was something he couldn't figure out. He finally remembered what he had missed.

bamboo forest!

Jiang Yuhu was unruly and domineering, but everyone knew that he looked down upon Xia Jingyun.

He had read the information about Xia Jingyun from Black Ice Platform a few days ago, and had also seen Jiang Yuhu leading his troops to rescue Xia Jingyun.

Now Jiang Yuhu is observing filial piety in the bamboo forest. If Xia Jingyun had people secretly send the Jiaodong County Prince to the bamboo forest, the reason why their people would search around the capital but return without success would be simple.

And if Zhulin stands on Xia Jingyun's side, the military power that his faction feels is stable may not be so stable.

The old military god did say that the Jiang family would never participate in the change of imperial power and would only be loyal to those on the throne. But after all, the old military god is no longer here. Would Jiang Yuhu, who is now in charge of the Jiang family, think so?
What if he doesn't think so?
The bamboo forest is guarded by thousands of elites, and they have the ability to make a comeback at any time.

Thinking of this, he immediately dressed and got up, but opened the door, took a look at the night, asked the guard the time, and learned that it was already the second watch. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and went back to the room, deciding to come back tomorrow morning. Enter the palace to discuss.

At the same time, in a small town thirty miles away from the capital, Xia Jingyun and Chen Fugui, dressed in boy's clothes, had just helped check the goods and went to the woodshed to sit and rest.

Chen Fugui asked in a low voice: "Master, we are about to enter the capital. Where should we go first?"

Xia Jingyun rubbed his fingers and gently uttered two words, "Bamboo Forest."
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(End of this chapter)