After getting off the horse and leaving Sun Dayong and others to wait outside, Lin Jue entered the palace gate with the officials after being inspected by the palace guards. Walking along the wide avenue to the north, along the way, all the officials gathered in groups of threes and twos, and as they walked, they exchanged heads and ears with each other, guessing the intention of the emperor to suddenly come to an early court today. Some speculate whether something big happened, and some speculate that the crown prince should be discussed above the court this morning. Lin Jue walked briskly alone silently, and the officials beside him also greeted Lin Jue from time to time, most of Lin Jue didn't know him, but they all seemed to know Lin Jue.

Turning the road ahead, two familiar figures were slowly moving forward surrounded by several officials, and Lin Jue recognized who it was. After thinking about it, he hurriedly walked a few steps forward, bowed and saluted, "Lin Jue has saluted the two adults." ”

A few people in front of them stopped and turned their heads, their faces full of surprise. The first two were none other than Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru and several officials from the Regulation Department. Among them, there is also Liu Xiding, who Lin Jue is familiar with.

"Oh? It's Lin Jue. Courteous, courteous. Yan Zhengsu reacted first, and returned the salute with a smile.

Fang Dunru also returned to normal, and saluted: "Lord Lin is polite. ”

Lin Jue glanced at the two adults, secretly surprised in his heart. After not seeing each other for several months, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's descriptions changed drastically. Although Yan Zhengsu has always been thin, his complexion has always been very good, and his face is very ruddy in his memory. But Yan Zhengsu in front of him had towering cheekbones, a tired face, and the whole person seemed to be more than ten years old. And Fang Dunru's change is even greater, perhaps because Fang Dunru's appearance is more familiar, when he sees Fang Dunru for the first time, Lin Jue almost can't recognize it.

Fang Dunru's figure has always been tall and straight, but at this moment, his back is slumped, like a drooping old man. In the past, the black hair was only slightly white on the temples, but now it is full of gray hair, and the bun is not as meticulously combed as before, but as if it is pulled up randomly. The beard was also messy, obviously untrimmed, the official uniform on his body was crumpled, and there were some spots and dirt on his chest. Lin Jue noticed that when Fang Dunru bowed his hand, the ink on his fingers had not been cleaned, and several fingers were black and dirty.

If Fang Dunru is placed in the crowd on the street at this moment, I am afraid that no one will know that he is an important minister who has implemented the new law of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Instead, he will only be seen as an ordinary sloppy bad old man. Once upon a time, Fang Dunru was so elegant and chic, and how much he cared about his image. But now, he doesn't seem to care about all of this. Or maybe he has no time to care about his own image.

Lin Jue felt a faint sense of pain in his heart.

"In the next few days when I returned to Beijing, I wanted to visit the two adults, but in the past few days, I have been riddled with trivial matters, and I can't go to the meeting, which is really guilty. I also hope that the two adults Haihan. Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Yan Zhengsu said with a smile: "Lord Lin is now a pacification envoy and an official in the Privy Council, and it is certain that he will be busy with affairs. It's all about business, so you don't have to worry about that. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Thank you Lord Yan for your understanding." ”

Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru nodded slightly. The three of them stood like this, and suddenly there seemed to be nothing to say, but it seemed that they had a thousand words to say, but they could not say it at all.

Lin Jue thought for a while, bowed down and saluted again: "The student is disturbed, and the student retires." Well...... Two adults, please take care of your body, your body is the cost of doing things, many people need two adults, take care. ”

Yan Zhengsu smiled and nodded: "If you care, you should take care of it too." ”

Fang Dunru was silent, and Lin Jue left quickly. Liu Xiding's muttering voice came from his ears: "What are you pretending about?" If the two adults take care of their bodies, he is embarrassed to say it, as long as you don't get angry with the two adults, the two adults will definitely be healthy. But it's going to disgust people. ”

Lin Jue stuck, and wanted to turn around and scold Liu Xiding for a few words, but he gave up after thinking about it. But he heard a solemn and solemn reprimand: "Liu Xiding, don't say such things in the future." Who wants you to talk too much? What are you doing? ”

Liu Xiding's face was red, and he rolled his eyes and muttered to the side.

"Lin Jue, you are slow, the old man has a few words to tell you." Fang Dunru shouted.

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, stopped and turned around.

Fang Dunru walked slowly, slowly walking towards the snow-covered flower bed on the side of the road. Lin Jue slowly followed, and the two walked through the flower bed and stood still among the flowers and trees.

"What advice does the gentleman have?" Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Fang Dunru sighed lightly and said, "Lin Jue, do you still call me sir?" ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "The student said that he is a teacher for one day and a teacher for life. Although my husband doesn't recognize me, I still regard you as a teacher in my heart. ”

Fang Dunru nodded and said, "Lin Jue, you are very good." You're even better than I thought. Although you are no longer my disciple, the old man is still proud of what you have done. The old man is not ashamed to have a disciple like you, this is what I said in my heart. ”

Lin Jue said softly: "Thank you, sir, sir can say this, the students are very comforted." ”

Fang Dunru said with a smile: "You have made great progress now, and you can be regarded as a small success." It would have been inappropriate for me to say anything to you at this time, but I still want to say a few words to you. The higher the official position, the greater the responsibility. At all times, you must not forget your responsibility. You have to think about the Great Zhou Jiangshan Society, the more prominent your position is, the more you must remember this. We must not be greedy for power and profit, and we must not be greedy for power and profit, and we must not be in trouble for the government and the opposition. We can't do anything for the tiger and make waves. Have your own opinions, just like you did to me. Although you and I have different opinions, the old man is quite appreciative of your courage to stick to your opinions. Lord Yan thinks so too. ”

Lin Jue bowed down and said, "Thank you Mr. for your teachings, Lin Jue remembered." ”

Fang Dunru nodded, and looked at the depths of the flowers and trees, where a few birds and finches jumped on the snow, leaving a few shallow claw marks.

"Life is like everywhere, just like Feihong stepping on slush. Lin Jue, the old man is old, youth is difficult, and his years are twilight. Especially recently, every time I feel a lot. I always feel that the world is impermanent, like a dream, and elusive. But you know, the old man is not the kind of person who is empty and sad for a long time, even if it is the day the old man dies, I will not compromise. I have my own insistence. Without this persistence, am I still me? Fang Dunru suddenly sighed.

Lin Jue was silent, he didn't want to discuss these differences in the law change with Fang Dunru

In fact, there is no arguing about it. Although Lin Jue and Fang Dunru did not go against each other in terms of the idea of changing the law, it was difficult to get along. Lin Jue didn't want to cause unhappiness, after all, they had only met once in a long time, so there was no need to break up unhappily.

"Don't mention it, don't mention it. Maybe we're too stubborn, who knows? I just want to say that these things are left to future generations to judge, and the old man has no time to think about them at the moment. The old man has little time, how can he still have time to think about these miscellaneous things. Fang Dunru seemed to be talking to himself.

Lin Jue stood up and continued to be silent.

Fang Dunru glanced at Lin Jue, changed the topic, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Jue, the old man asked you something. Do you know where Huanqiu is? ”

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, smacked his lips and said, "What?" Isn't my sister in the capital? ”

Fang Dunru frowned and said softly, "Huanqiu wants to go to Hangzhou to live for a while, and we agreed to her." I went to Hangzhou a few months ago, but I never wrote back to report my safety. Your wife...... This one...... Huanqiu's mother is very anxious, and she doesn't know if she is safe or not. I don't think about tea and dinner every day. I think your Lin family often travels between Hangzhou and the capital, maybe ...... Maybe you will know some news. Well...... If you don't know, that's it. When the spring was open and the waterway was open, I sent someone to Hangzhou to have a look. It's going to be fine. ”

Lin Jue frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said softly: "Sir, Huanqiu is in my house, she didn't go to Hangzhou." After she left Beijing that day, she did not go back to Hangzhou, but got off the boat directly and went to Jingbei to find me. She went through a lot of hard work to find me in Yingtianfu. She doesn't want you to know that. She didn't want to go back to Yulin Lane, so I settled her in my house. ”

Fang Dunru was stunned for a moment, and said in shock: "She's by your side?" How long has this been? ”

Lin Jue said: "It has been more than half a month since Yingtianfu arrived in the capital. Rest assured, she's all right. She...... It's also very happy. ”

Fang Dunru stared at Lin Jue for a long time, and sighed dejectedly. Lin Jue thought that Fang Dunru would be furious, but he didn't. He only stood quietly for a while, and said in a deep voice: "It's not too early, let's go to court." ”

Lin Jue was a little surprised, Fang Dunru didn't get angry, this was really unexpected. Lin Jue's intention to tell Fang Dunru was definitely not to deliberately provoke Fang Dunru, but that he couldn't bear it after hearing Master Fang's words, and he thought that Fang Dunru would do the same. Pity the parents of the world, he only planned to inform Mrs. Fang, but Fang Dunru is Huanqiu's father, how can he hide it from him. Even if he is determined to marry Huanqiu, he can't always hide it from Fang Dunru. So he simply told Fang Dunru about it, if Fang Dunru wanted to send him back to Huanqiu, Lin Jue would never agree. However, Fang Dunru didn't get angry, and he didn't ask Fang Huanqiu to go home. It's unbelievably calm.

"Sir......" Lin Jue shouted.

Fang Dunru walked past Lin Jue, stood still, stretched out his hand and patted Lin Jue on the shoulder, and said in a dumb voice: "Be kind to Huanqiu, otherwise the old man will never spare you!" ”

With that, Fang Dunru quickened his pace and strode onto the avenue, walking towards Yan Zhengsu and the others who were waiting for him.

Lin Jue stood in place, stunned, and heard the bell ringing, which was the signal for the opening of the main hall of the Chongzheng Palace. Officials can already go to the temple and take their seats.

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