The curtain was high, Yan Biyun lowered his head and entered, and quietly came to Su Jin with a blessing.

"Miss Yan, this is Ouyang Zhongcheng of Yushitai, I went to see my lord, and then I have a few words to say to you." Su Jin said softly.

Yan Biyun agreed softly, and slowly came to Ouyang Xiu to say a blessing: "Biyun see your lord." ”

Ouyang Xiu couldn't see her face clearly, and it was not good to stare at Yan Biyun carefully, but the word 'Biyun' was in his ears, and he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Are you ......?" ”

Yan Biyun raised his head, his water-cutting eyes slowly swept over Ouyang Xiu's face, and said with a chuckle: "Uncle Ouyang Shi is afraid that he can't remember the slave family, last year's Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor gave a banquet in the palace, and Biyun accompanied his uncle to the palace to go to the banquet and sat at the same table with Uncle Shi." ”

A flash of inspiration flashed in Ouyang Xiu's mind, and he suddenly remembered who the woman in front of him was.

"This official remembered, you are the nephew of the Yan family who Lord Sansi brought to the banquet that day? You...... Why are you here? ”

Yan Biyun's face turned red and she lowered her head and didn't answer.

Ouyang Xiu opened his mouth wide and pointed at Su Jin and said, "You ...... She...... You guys......? ”

Su Jin arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhongcheng, Miss Yan is a confidante under the red, and there is no other relationship, don't be suspicious." ”

This is a typical example of not admitting oneself, the more he clears up, the more Ouyang Xiu will not believe it; Just said that the people living in this inn are all the maids of the family who followed him from Yingtian to the capital and then to Yangzhou, why did a niece of Lord Sansi suddenly appear at this time, what is going on?

Ouyang Xiu's heart was in a mess, things seemed to be a little tricky, it was obvious that the relationship between Miss Yan and Su Jin was not as simple as a confidant, she lived here, Su Jin also lived here, what was going on between these two people, it was really hard to say.

Ouyang Xiu is not worried about this, Yan Biyun is the daughter-in-law of the Pang family, Ouyang Xiu naturally knows, Ouyang Xiu has also heard about the Pang family's behavior of dragging the marriage contract and not letting Yan Biyun remarry, and he also sighed in private that this woman's fate is not good, and her husband died before she married, but she became a victim of the fight between Pang De and Yan Shu.

A woman who is at the age of Shaohua is forced to be ruined of her youth, which is really a little unreasonable, although the wind of the festival is strongly respected by the Song Dynasty, but if it is really remarried, there is nothing to point out about, after all, the imperial court is only advocating, not forcibly banning.

So if Ouyang Xiu saw Yan Biyun with any other man, he wouldn't make such a fuss; But Yan Biyun and Su Jin got together, which gave people a headache.

Ouyang Xiu's precise brain was running rapidly, and he soon thought of the reason why Yan Shu took such care of Su Jin.

A little-known boy, why did Yan Shu recommend him to the emperor as a special envoy for grain affairs? This question had plagued Ouyang Xiu for many days.

Is it because of talent? There are so many talents in the world, there are many young and middle-aged talents in the four major academies, Taixue in the capital, and schools in various state capitals, why is it not someone else, but him?

Because of the family background? Ouyang Xiu had already found out clearly, Su Jin was a Shaodong of a family of Luzhou merchants, and no one in the family of the five generations had ever been an official in the court, not even a small official.

Since there are no of these two, what is the reason for Yan Shu to recommend him? If it is said that Su Jin can't solve the grain matter, this is nonsense, and the DPRK and the central government will take out a few at random, and it may not be possible to handle this grain affairs badly, although this kid has some skills and means, but it will never reach the point of irreplaceability.

Ouyang Xiu couldn't ask Yan Shu about these questions, so he could only attribute the reason to Yan Shu's eyes on Su Jin is mung bean, as for the discussion in the DPRK and China that Su Jin was Yan Shu's illegitimate son Yunyun, Ouyang Xiu naturally didn't believe it, it was just a casual rumor from a boring person.

And today, the answer to this question finally surfaced, Yan Biyun actually followed Su Jin to run around, and lived together without any suspicion, how could this matter be wrong, and how could Yan Shu not know about this matter?

The actual situation is probably that Miss Yan was hooked by Su Jin's kid, and Yan Shu is famous for liking her niece's daughter, and after learning about this, she naturally loves the house and Wu actively helps Su Jin find a future; So Su Jin became the best candidate for the grain envoy in Yan Shu's eyes, with his face, the emperor naturally would not interfere more, the grain envoy is under the jurisdiction of the three divisions, the emperor is a muddy plasterer, he will definitely not refute Yan Shu's face.

Ouyang Xiu figured out this verse, and his worries were even worse; Yan Biyun is still the wife of the Pang family, Yan Shu can actually tolerate Su Jin running around with her, isn't Yan Shu afraid of losing his reputation, and isn't he afraid that Pang Ji will make a big fuss with him after he finds out?

If Yan Shu doesn't care about the reputation of the Yan family, it is absolutely impossible, either Miss Yan is already dead set on this kid and Yan Shu is helpless, or Yan Shu has the permission of someone, and he is not afraid of Pang Ji coming to make trouble; The former is fine, if it is the latter case, the person who supports Yan Shu must be a saint.

Although Pang Ji's deliberate refusal to dissolve the marriage contract of the Yan family is also beyond reproach, after all, people are the fifth of the six rites of marriage, and Miss Yan is also the wife of the Pang family, but everyone does not think so, but the fact that the daughter of the Yan family cannot remarry; Pang Ji just deliberately disgusted Yan Shu with this matter, which can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and it is not impossible for the emperor to support Yan Shu secretly without saying it on the surface.

The farther Ouyang Xiu thought about it, the more entangled he became, originally this matter was very simple, and he could do it with Su Jin, but now he hesitated, without him, Su Jin's identity was already different, if he was really Yan Biyun's crush, after he took him down, it would be considered a complete offense to Yan Shu.

Of course, Ouyang Xiu can conclude that as soon as Su Jin's case is committed, Yan Shu will definitely immediately clear up the relationship with Su Jin, and the phase battle is basically hopeless; But what kind of person is Yan Shu, he is an evergreen tree in the court, a tumbler, how many ups and downs have been experienced in the court for more than 20 years, and he is still standing, in addition to his ability to meet the source of the left and right, he also has a large group of people recommended by his own hands scattered in various key positions, and there are many people who belong to him in addition to Lu Xiang's people in the court.

Su Jin's matter will inevitably affect Yan Shu, the hopelessness does not mean that his power is weakened, and the worst thing Yan Shu can still stay in the position of the third envoy, and he Ouyang Xiu is afraid that his life after offending Yan Shu will be sad.

Ouyang Xiu naturally has his principles in doing things, it seems that he is a mad dog that bites people indiscriminately, in fact, if someone with a heart investigates carefully, they will find an interesting phenomenon, that is, all those who are involved in Ouyang Xiu's fall must not belong to the sphere of influence of either Lu Yijian and Yan Shu; It seems that Ouyang Xiu sometimes refutes Lu Yijian, Du Yan and Yan Shu and others in the court, and he looks like he is not afraid of the powerful, but in fact, he acts in a very measured manner, and those words are just a play in the court for the emperor to see.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Yijian and Yan Shu invariably chose to stay away from Ouyang Xiu's attitude, if you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you, as for saying a few words that are too much, for the emperor's sake, I don't care about him; But once Ouyang Xiu offended either of the two factions, the consequences could be imagined with his ass.

To put it mildly, the two governments are the center and the three divisions are the key points, and he, the imperial history platform, is only a supervision department at best, which is more important and which is more important is self-evident, and the emperor will definitely abandon himself without hesitation in order to appease the anger of the center or the three divisions.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?" Ouyang Xiu was immersed in the contradiction and couldn't extricate himself, so much so that he didn't hear Su Jin even scream twice.

Su Jin glanced at Yan Biyun, Yan Biyun understood, and said softly: "Lord Zhongcheng has important matters to discuss with Su Gongzi, and the slave family will retire first." ”

Ouyang Xiu suddenly said: "Virtuous niece and slow, this official has a few words to ask you." ”

Yan Biyun hurriedly said, "Uncle Shi, please ask." ”

Ouyang Xiu looked at Su Jin and said, "Special envoy Su, please stay aside, I have some important things to say with the niece of the Yan family." ”

Su Jin was relieved, knowing that Ouyang Xiu was scared, which was exactly what he wanted to see.

Su Jin arched his hand, walked to the far corner, found two cold flatbreads on the counter, and munched on his cheeks with tea.

He knew that Ouyang Xiu definitely wanted to find out what the relationship between himself and Yan Biyun was, this question was not clear, Ouyang Xiu would definitely not rush to arrest him, what he gambled on was that Ouyang Xiu was by no means an iron-faced and selfless.

This person was mixed into the position of the middle of the imperial history when he was in his thirties, and he will definitely not be a tendon; For example, Bao Zheng, who is in his forties, is only a prefect, if it is not recommended by Yan Shu, he is afraid that he will still lead people to dig the river beach in Tianchang County; A tendon like Song Zhen, even if he gets to the position of Zaifu with the identity of the champion Lang, he will still be demoted to the local prefect, instead of being like Ouyang Xiu, who has been dangling in front of the emperor and is promoted almost every year.