Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 132: Although there are days of separation in life, mountains and rivers have their own time to meet again.

Snowflakes are falling and the north wind is blowing.

Faced with Gu Xiancheng's "unclear" answer, Zhang Chonghui first smiled softly, and then he asked deliberately:

"If you are Zhang Juzheng, then who am I?"

"Hahaha!" Gu Xiancheng laughed suddenly, and then asked jokingly: "Interesting! Interesting! Is it possible that you are the real Zhang Juzheng?"

"What do you mean, is it difficult?" Zhang Chonghui suddenly stopped smiling. This time, he looked at the other party very seriously and said clearly:

"I am Zhang Juzheng!"

Zhang Chonghui didn't know where Gu Xiancheng knew that he had a "record" of pretending to be Zhang Juzheng. All he knew was that instead of being secretive and arousing suspicion, it would be better to accept it openly!
Because in this case, no one would believe it!
"Okay, okay, only you are Zhang Juzheng, okay?"

Gu Xiancheng didn't seem to be prepared to use such a 'sensitive' identity as 'Zhang Juzheng' to 'blackmail' Zhang Chonghui. I saw him showing off his usual good-natured appearance, completely accommodating to others, with a very doting smile, but also full of scheming.

At the same time, Zhang Chonghui also realized that Gu Xiancheng's "means" of interrupting the development of things through "shameless" can always put people in a situation where it is "hard to hit a smiling person" without knowing it. embarrassing situation.

But when he saw Zhang Chonghui not only standing outside the Forbidden City, but also arm-in-arm with Gu Xiancheng, the old man who was over sixty years old and had poor legs and feet immediately ran after him!

Wang Xijue knew it, but didn't take it seriously.

Zhang Chonghui seemed to be in a hurry to be kidnapped. He was even more anxious to get on the carriage than Gu Xiancheng.

Faced with Wang Xijue's questioning, Zhang Chonghui could have pretended not to hear it, but he turned around and asked the other party a question:
"Mr. Wang Ge, have you resigned?"

Wang Xijue's knees were still weak after he had just knelt down in the Huangji Hall, and he was not having enough energy to walk.

Wang Xijue was actually a little surprised. He thought that by kneeling down and resigning like this, the emperor would at most "reluctantly agree" to let the emperor's eldest son go out to study.

Such an exaggerated act is obviously a lie.

"Zhang Chonghui! Gu Xiancheng! What real ulterior motives do you two have!?"

Hearing that Gu Xiancheng agreed so readily, Zhang Chonghui looked relieved again and sighed repeatedly: "Uncle Shi, it's better for you. It's okay to come to pick me up in such a cold day, and you are so generous."

"So why are you waiting for me? Just because you and my father are the same age?" Zhang Chonghui asked directly again.

"What's the matter?" Gu Xiancheng asked.

As expected, it was definitely Zhang Chonghui who gave His Majesty the Emperor some bad ideas!

Zhang Chonghui smiled and said: "Didn't you say that as long as you can help, you will definitely help me? And you can definitely do what I want you to do."

"Hahaha! Okay!" Zhang Chonghui smiled happily, and then he put his hand on Gu Xiancheng's shoulder very discreetly, as if imitating the other person's familiar cheeky look, and said:
"Uncle Shi, since you and I are close friends, I won't hide it from you. I have something big going on now and I need your help!"

Zhang Chonghui smiled happily and said, "In that case, then I will just call you uncle?"

"Come on, come on, come home with me!" Gu Xiancheng said and pushed Zhang Chonghui onto the carriage, as if he was eager to traffic people.

"Don't worry, it won't be long before the emperor is willing to let you go."

"Ah?" Gu Xiancheng seemed to notice something was wrong and asked, "What generosity?"

Because he knew that those with power behind his back would not side with His Majesty the Emperor. Not to mention those who have no power behind them. If there is no one behind them, what can they do to stop them?

"Ha!" Wang Xijue sneered and said, "You want me to leave? What a pity, the emperor is reluctant to let me go! I am still the chief minister of the cabinet!"

It’s not His Majesty who has changed his gender! But His Majesty the Emperor fell into the trap!

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor was so happy that he directly decreed the establishment of a crown prince!
At first, he was still wondering why His Majesty the Emperor suddenly changed his temper, but when Wang Xijue saw that Zhang Chonghui, who was still in prison not long ago, now appeared outside the Forbidden City, he almost knew why.

Since you and I are close friends, then your money is my money! I don’t like beating around the bush, so I won’t say much. Just give me a hundred or two weeks of turnover. When I run out of money, I’ll ask you for it again! "

"What's the big deal? As long as I can help, I will definitely help you!" Gu Xiancheng patted his chest, as if he really regarded Zhang Chonghui, a 'junior' who was about the same age as his son, as a confidant.

"Since you have a bad relationship with my Zhang family, why do you come to wait for me?" Zhang Chonghui asked directly again.

Faced with Zhang Chonghui's "shameless" request, Gu Xiancheng also fell silent...

Wang Xijue's words were full of pride. Yes, he had never thought about resigning at all. The reason why he went all the way to the Palace Chief to kneel down to resign was just to 'threaten' his Majesty the Emperor.

This time, Wang Xijue seemed to have been hit by these words, and he cursed in excitement for a long time.

But soon, Gu Xiancheng said: "Okay, but I don't have so much money with me now. Why don't you go back to my house with me and spend the night? I will take you to the bank to withdraw the money tomorrow. How about that?"

The emperor who threatened him: If you don't let the eldest son of the emperor leave the court to study, then I will leave! I'm leaving, this morning! But there really is no one to block the sword for you, the emperor!
Facts have proved that there are still many people who are willing to defend His Majesty the Emperor.

However, faced with such an obvious lie, Zhang Chonghui did not expose it. Instead, he accepted it calmly. He smiled with joy and simplicity and said:
"Really? In this way, wouldn't you and I be able to ignore our age and become friends and confidants?"

Wang Xijue is even more certain that Zhang Chonghui definitely has an ulterior motive for doing this!
"Oh, it turns out that the emperor is reluctant to let you go." Faced with Wang Xijue's 'confident' speech, Zhang Chonghui seemed to have no feeling at all. After nodding his head repeatedly, he said this sentence:

"Okay." Gu Xiancheng nodded indifferently: "I don't care about this anyway."

"Yes, why?" Gu Xiancheng made an exaggerated 'thinking' look on his face, then suddenly woke up and clapped his hands and said:
"I know! Because I feel like I'm in love with you!"

"Hahaha, no, no, no." Gu Xiancheng smiled and waved his hand: "Although your father and I are of the same age, the relationship between me and him is not harmonious! No, the relationship between my grandfather and I is not harmonious either. It’s harmonious!”

In order to avoid being in this embarrassing situation, Zhang Chonghui simply used the 'straight ball' method and asked directly:
"So, who are you anyway?"

However, no matter how anxious these two people were, they were eventually caught up by the person behind them who they didn't really want to see.

Zhang Chonghui was not polite and said directly: "Okay!"

Faced with such a 'fake' innocent smile, Gu Xiancheng nodded seriously and said: "Of course."

This time, Gu Xiancheng stopped talking nonsense. He raised his hand and cupped it, and said with a smile:
"My surname is Gu, my given name is Xiancheng, my courtesy name is Shushi, and my nickname is Jingyang. I am from Wuxi, South Zhili. Your father Zhang Jingxiu and I are of the same year, and both were Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli."

"Of course you're giving me money!" Zhang Chonghui said without any hesitation:
"I am penniless now, and I am a married woman. Besides money, what I lack most is money! But you are different. Looking at your clothes, your family must be rich, right?

However, no matter how he pressed Zhang Chonghui and Gu Xiancheng about their "ultimate goal", they both looked "at a loss" and seemed to not understand what Wang Xijue was saying at all.

In the end, Wang Xijue, who felt bored, had no choice but to curse and leave.

Wang Xijue left, but someone else came.

Although the visitor was dressed as a palace maid, she did not look or sound like a real woman. He deliberately avoided Gu Xiancheng and told Zhang Chonghui privately that he wanted to take him to meet someone.

"Who wants to see me?" Zhang Chonghui asked directly.

"Young Master has gone to see you, don't you know?" the palace maid said.

"Where to meet? How to meet?" Zhang Chonghui asked again.

The palace maid thought Zhang Chonghui had agreed, so she said directly: "You change clothes with me first, and when you enter the palace gate, someone will take you..."

"I'm not going." Zhang Chonghui interrupted him directly. By now, he already knew who the person who wanted to see him was.

"Go back and tell her that I don't want to see her." Zhang Chonghui said directly.

The palace maid was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and the next moment she directly threatened: "I think the young man already knows who wants to see you. In this case, do you still dare not to go?"

"Why don't you dare?" Zhang Chonghui smiled and said, "She wants my life, and she still wants me to rush to see her?"

The maid didn't seem to understand what Zhang Chonghui was talking about, and she only wanted to threaten him again and force him to see her master.

However, before the words were spoken, Zhang Chonghui had already turned around and left.

While leaving, Zhang Chonghui also said something incomprehensible:

"You go back and tell her that I'm angry."

……

"Angry? What are you angry about? Who's angry?" Gu Xiancheng, who was standing not far away, heard these words and asked as soon as Zhang Chonghui approached.

"I'm angry with you." Zhang Chonghui replied perfunctorily.

Gu Xiancheng seemed to have seen through something, and suddenly laughed strangely, but he did not ask further about this matter.

"That's all." Gu Xiancheng turned to look at the sky and said, "The first snowfall is so beautiful, why don't we go back by carriage instead of going back by horse carriage to enjoy the snow on foot?"

Zhang Chonghui was about to refuse the other party's suggestion of enjoying the snow, but Gu Xiancheng was very quick and sent the Shen family's carriage back in a few seconds.

"Don't worry, my home is not far away, right next to the capital."

Gu Xiancheng also said this deliberately, as if to 'appease' Zhang Chonghui.

Zhang Chonghui did not expose the other party, but he also wanted to see where Gu Xiancheng wanted to take him, alone at this late night!
……

Cining Palace.

"What did you say? Is he angry?" Queen Mother Li frowned, as if she couldn't believe such an answer.

The tall palace maid had now changed back to the eunuch's clothes. Although he didn't know the 'whole picture', it was obvious that the master seemed to be angry, and he was busy echoing:
"Mother, that kid is too arrogant! I think he should die in prison. Thank you for taking such a big risk..."

"Okay." Empress Dowager Li calmly interrupted the eunuch's useless echo, "Go down."

The eunuch didn't know what he said wrongly. He still didn't know the whole story and had to retreat silently.

The people retreated, and Empress Dowager Li was left alone in the bedroom.

Looking at 'everything' that had been prepared a long time ago, she could only smile helplessly when she felt regretful.

"You're so crooked, you're still angry?"

After muttering something like that, Empress Dowager Li once again held up the bronze mirror beside her, and once again carefully looked at her face that had been particularly pitied by time.

Her appearance in the bronze mirror clearly remained the same, but Queen Mother Li felt more uneasy and angry the more she looked at her.

She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she always felt that Zhang Chonghui refused to come because he thought she was old.

"Zhang Juzheng! I think you just think I'm old!"

Queen Mother Li was so angry that she slapped the bronze mirror on the table. The 'fire' that was already 'strong' in her body, instead of being 'extinguished' as she wished, at this moment, it became even more intense.

"It's simply abominable!" The more Empress Dowager Li thought about it, the bigger the fire became, and she secretly swore in her heart:

"You wait for me, old boy! I'm going to eat you sooner or later!"

……

Gu Xiancheng seemed to be especially appreciative of the early snowfall. He was fascinated by the sight of the snow as he stopped and walked along the way. The path he took was like a headless fly scurrying around, with no purpose at all.

It seems that... he is deliberately delaying time, waiting for what?
"Who says God is not hospitable? The wind and snow in the sky will send you away, Chonghui, why don't you come and fight me?"

Gu Xiancheng was talking happily, and his hands seemed to be suffering from ADHD. From time to time, he would catch the snowflakes flying in the air.

He is forty years old, but he looks like a teenager, not serious.

In comparison, the thirteen-year-old boy on the side who walked calmly and had a calm face looked more like an 'adult'.

"I'm illiterate, so I don't know how." Zhang Chonghui replied directly.

"Illiterate? I don't believe it, but you must know it!" Gu Xiancheng looked unbelieving, and did not forget to joke:
"You are Zhang Juzheng! How could Zhang Shentong not do it?"

Zhang Chonghui originally didn't want to answer Gu Xiancheng, but when he saw the familiar figure holding an umbrella not far away, he unconsciously chanted:
"Although there are days of separation in life, mountains and rivers have their own time to meet again."

"Huh? Although there are days of separation in life, there are also times when mountains and rivers meet again?" After Gu Xiancheng read it again, his eyes gradually lit up.

While clapping vigorously in praise, Gu Xiancheng was afraid that "someone" wouldn't hear, so he praised very loudly:

"Not bad, not bad! He is indeed a child prodigy! His words are clear!"

"Eh? Isn't this Mr. Shen Ge? It's so late and you're coming out to enjoy the snow?"

Gu Xiancheng said curiously as if he had just seen Shen Shixing.

However, Shen Shixing didn't seem to hear what Gu Xiancheng said, or even more like he didn't see this person. He just silently walked to Zhang Chonghui and said, "Come with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xiancheng said as if he was rushing: "How can this be possible? He is my close friend who has been with me for many years. He has agreed to stay at my house tonight."

Shen Shixing still ignored Gu Xiancheng. He just looked at Zhang Chonghui and said, "Tomorrow, I will go back to my hometown."

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhang Chonghui fell silent, but Gu Xiancheng was also silent for a moment.

But soon, Gu Xiancheng said with great discernment: "Oh, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." After that, he handed over his hands and left.

But before leaving, Gu Xiancheng took a deep look at Shen Shixing, although he was not in his eyes.

……

"Why did you go with him?" Shen Shixing frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with Gu Xiancheng.

"What kind of person is Gu Xiancheng?" Zhang Chonghui asked, looking at Gu Xiancheng's leaving figure.

"Have you forgotten?" Shen Shixing asked strangely, leaning the umbrella in his hand towards Zhang Chonghui.

Zhang Chonghui smiled and replied: "I'm not really Zhang Juzheng, how can I remember it?"

Zhang Chonghui thought Shen Shixing would laugh and say, "You finally stop pretending?"

However, regarding this 'truth', Shen Shixing did not ask any more questions and just said: "Let's go, I will take you back."

Zhang Chonghui knew very well that Shen Shixing was going to send him back to his father-in-law Zhao Shizhen's home. Then he looked at Gu Xiancheng's hurriedly escaping figure. After thinking for a moment, he did not refuse and just followed Shen Shixing under the umbrella. , walked together.

……

Along the way, although the conversation between the two people did not stop, it was also intermittent, without beginning or end...

"Can you tell me, who are you?"

"I forgot."

"Can you forget this? Could it be that Po Meng's soup tastes so good that you are greedy for it?"

"Have you ever had a serial dream? It's like in a dream. At the beginning, there was nothing..."

"what are you saying?"

"Forget it, I can't explain it to you."

"Then do you still remember me?"

"I told you I'm not him, how could I remember you?"

"Well... forget it... you are not him anyway... Besides, I advise you to stay away from Gu Xiancheng, he is not a good person."

"I'm not a good person either."

Shen Shixing was silent, looking ahead, and after sighing, he reluctantly took out something from his sleeve, handed it to Zhang Chonghui, and said:

"This may be helpful to you in the future."

Looking at the paper with the red seal, Zhang Chonghui was stunned for a moment, but he accepted it.

"arrive."

Shen Shixing's voice sounded again. Holding an umbrella, he looked at the high wall in front of him with melancholy eyes and complicated emotions.

Zhang Chonghui knew that this was the wall of his father-in-law Zhao Shizhen's house, and he also knew that he would have to climb over the wall to get in tonight.

"In that case, I'll leave first."

Zhang Chonghui put the 'paper' handed over by Shen Shixing into his arms, turned around and was about to climb over the wall.

However, the moment Zhang Chonghui climbed over the wall, Shen Shixing called out to him again.

"and many more!"

Zhang Chonghui stopped and before he turned his head, Shen Shixing's trembling voice came to his ears.

"Do you...regret it?"

This time, Zhang Chonghui still didn't look back. As he turned over to the other side of the wall, his answering voice sounded 'again':
"I'm not 'him', I don't know."

After the words fell, the person disappeared, leaving only an empty wall and the white snow.

Shen Shixing stood there blankly for a long time, as if he had not reacted.

After a while, a sudden north wind blew up and disturbed the 'chief assistant' who had been in power for ten years.

"Who said God is not hospitable? The wind and snow in the sky will send someone away..."

"Although there are times when we meet in mountains and rivers, there are also days when we say farewell in life..."

Shen Shixing put away his umbrella and let the white snow fall on his pale hair.

When he raised his head again and looked at the hazy sun and moon again, he could only say melancholy:
"Taiyue...you have to take care..."

(End of this chapter)