In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Juzheng, who had just fallen asleep after a night's toss, was awakened by a rapid knocking sound. There was also a slight shout: "Pavilion Elder ...... Pavilion Elder "

He had something in his heart, and he woke up immediately, and when he heard that it was his long-term follower Zhang An, he said in a deep voice: "Come in." ”

When Zhang An came in, he had already put on his clothes and got up, lifted the mén curtain in the inner room, and said with a calm face: "What's the matter?" ”

"There's a letter in the palace," Zhang An said in a low voice as he handed over a note, "I'll send it over as soon as the palace opens." ”

Zhang Juzheng took the strip, only to see that it was briefly written 'Mobao Shilu, Xu Xianmengteng'! It's just eight simple words, but it makes Zhang Juzheng feel the world spinning for a while, holding Zhang An's shoulder and standing for a while, before he comes back to his senses, Yīn said with a calm face: "Prepare the sedan chair, go out of the palace......"

A sedan chair quickly left the palace, and after less than a cup of tea, he came to the Xu Jiefu where he had already hit the wall several times.

After experiencing several blows, Zhang Juzheng no longer has a bottom in his heart about whether Xu Jie can see him. He only knew one thing, if he couldn't go in this time, it would mean that Xu Jie had really given up on himself. Once he loses Xu Jie's protection, his fate will definitely be miserable......

Zhang An wanted to step forward and knock on Mén, but he stopped him. Zhang Juzheng ordered the sedan curtain to be lifted and the sedan car to get down. The wind in the alley was very strong, and it was like a knife, but he didn't notice it, and stood there fixedly, looking at the closed big mén of the Xu Mansion with an expressionless face.

"Master, it's cold outside," Zhang An said, "You go to the sedan chair and wait." He was worried that he would wait in vain again, so he asked Zhang Juzheng to sit in the sedan chair, in addition to being warm, it also meant that he could be less embarrassed.

"No need," Zhang Juzheng said slowly, "You all go back." ”

"What?" Zhang An said with his mouth open.

"All back, immediately." Zhang Juzheng's expression became grim, and that kind of awe-inspiring and inviolable momentum made his followers dare not say a word, so they had to carry the sedan chair step by step and leave obediently.

In front of Xufu Mén, and even in the entire alley, there is only Zhang Juzheng, who looks so lonely, but so resolute...... I did lose completely this time, but I can't just give up, otherwise I will become a laughing stock after decades of waiting; Full of talent, no one knows; The ambitions in the chest have been reduced to worthless rhetoric. If that's the case, it's better to die.

In any case, as long as you are still in the cabinet, you will have a chance, even if you pass this level, and if you lie dormant for another ten or twenty years, you will always wait for the moment of turnover! He had already made up his mind that if Xu Jie didn't open the mén again, he would not be able to kneel for a long time, so he took his subordinates away. As for whether this will be a joke, he doesn't care anymore......

After doing a good job of psychological construction, Zhang Juzheng slowly stepped on the high steps of the Xiangfu and pulled the cold and piercing mén ring: 'Bell bell bell ......'

"Who?" The hateful voice of the mén room came: "If you are a visitor, please come back, my family is not a guest." ”

The corners of Zhang Juzheng's mouth moved, but he still replied in a firm and magnetic voice: "Please pass the teacher's voice, student Zhang Juzheng came to say hello, I don't know if I can see ......"

"It turned out to be Zhang Ge's old ......" There was a voice that was obviously different from the previous times: "My family master has ordered that no one else is seen, but you are an exception." Before the words fell, with a squeaky sound, the house opened......

It was only after he had been begging for a few days that he was able to re-enter the Xu Mansion slowly opened, Zhang Juzheng's expression was very complicated, some were relieved, some were secretly happy, but more were deeply ashamed...... The fact that he had been turned away for a few days had severely pierced his proud and inferior heart.

However, when he came face to face with the people of Xu's mansion, he had regained his former calm and nobility.

The people of Xu Mansion also regained their respect for him in the past, greeted him all the way, and led him to Xu Jie's study. Then the idle people and others all retreated, giving the master and apprentice space to talk secretly.

On this day, Xu Jie did not wear a robe, and did not sit on the recliner he usually sat on. Instead, he wore a first-class swallow suit, sat on a chair in the circle of Taishi, and read a book in one hand. It happened that the golden sunlight was shining on his body through the household, making Xu Ge Lao look much more divine than usual. Looking carefully, his jīng god today still exudes a threatening aura that has never been revealed, and the phase, respect, and prestige are the strongest Zhang Juzheng has seen over the years.

As soon as he entered the study, he was pulled by his qi, Zhang Juzheng's expression also became very submissive, he lifted the placket of his robe, bowed three times in front of Xu Jie's chair very solemnly, and knelt there without saying a word.

Xu Jie didn't look at him, still reading intently.

Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything, just knelt quietly.

"Re-reading "Han Changli Collection" for the teacher" for a moment, Xu Jie said loudly: "I actually have a lot of sympathy for Mr. Changli...... Uncle is extremely smart, can you know which one is reading for the teacher? ”

As soon as Zhang Juzheng thought about it, he knew that it was "Twelve Lang Wen", but this was something that could never be said. Serve the old and serve the old, you can say whatever you want, and if others say it, it is a big offense.

"Looks like you've guessed it, there's nothing to shy away from." Xu Jie put down the book, closed his eyes slightly, and said: "For the teacher to test you, the volume of "Sacrifice Twelve Langwen" 'I have come since this year', the next six sentences, see if you can still remember?" ”

Zhang Juzheng has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and his talent is superhuman, although he has not reviewed Han Huizhi's article for many years, he still immediately remembered those six sentences. However, he is very scheming, and everything he thinks must be passed through in his heart before he can say it. Under silent thought, he realized the deep meaning of Xu Jie's letting himself recite these six sentences, and the worry and humiliation of the past few days were mixed with some sourness, and his throat trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"Back ......" Xu Jie's majesty was very heavy today, and he urged in an accentuated tone.

Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and recited: "Since this year, the firmament may turn white. Those who are shaken or fall off. máo's blood and eyes are declining, and his ambition is becoming more and more proud...... Geometry, geometry......" this last sentence, he couldn't speak.

"Geometry does not die from you!" Xu Jie's voice was so cold that every word was like a sharp blade on Zhang Juzheng's body.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes turned red, and he could only bow his head deeply.

"Raise your head!" Xu Jie's majestic voice: "It's not time to cry for me, and besides, the old man has a son, so I don't need you to cry for me!" ”

Zhang Juzheng could only raise his head, more than forty people, tears rolled in his eyes, and his voice was hoarse: "What the teacher said is right, the student will give you the old trick to provoke the rain, it is really not a son of man!" ”

"Hmph......" Xu Jie snorted, seeing that the students who had always been strong and resolute also burst into tears, and their hearts couldn't help but soften...... In a trance, he seemed to go back to the chūn day twenty years ago, when he first met this young man who was long and beautiful......

At that time, he was only a bachelor of Hanlin, and Zhang Juzheng was a new scholar who had just entered the Shuchang Pavilion. Although Shu Jishi is already the jīng Ying in jīng, this young man still left a deep impression on Xu, and his conversation and insight, as well as his unparalleled intelligence, all amazed Xu Jie.

'Uncle, you haven't taken the number yet, have you?' ’

'Dare to ask the teacher to give it to you. ’

Then let's call it Taiyue! As a teacher, I hope you can become a pillar of the south of my Ming Dynasty! ’

'Students will live up to the expectations of their teachers......'

Through the observation of the following years, the performance of this student made Xu Jie so satisfied, how proud, and how pleased that there were successors! In order to continue his career in him, Xu Jie spared no effort and pondered this piece of pù regardless of gains and losses, hoping to build him into a qualified first assistant who is stable and gentle as yù.

However, when he took the treasure out of the darkroom and prepared it to bloom, he couldn't help but be surprised...... Twenty years of water grinding work has not polished Zhang Juzheng's sharpness and sharpness, and the knife is shining, stabbing his eyes! Only then did Xu Jie know that this student was not the Hetian yù he wanted at all, but a diamond that cut gold and broke yù!

If it's a fork, it's a fork! It is impossible for him to change his successor, so he can only go all the way to the dark......

Thinking that he had prided himself on being knowledgeable all his life, he was coming, but he looked away at a few students, and the love in Xu Jie's eyes turned into helplessness, and he sighed loudly: "Taiyue, what I regret most for my teacher is that I have protected you too well over the years, but I don't know that the flowers in the greenhouse are no match for ......the weeds that grow under the sun and rain," he paused, and sighed again: "Now for the teacher, it is beyond his strength to support the court." Every yù Zhenyi struggles, go back to my hometown. However, if this remark comes out, it will touch the edge of slander and turn to slander. You can't stand up to the girder for a long time, and as a teacher, you can only endure your original intention and barely support it...... How long will it last, I also have countless ...... in my heart"

Listening to Xu Jie's comparison of himself to 'flowers in a greenhouse', Zhang Juzheng disagreed: "Students think that they are no worse than anyone else, but the cards in their hands are too xiǎo, so they will fall into passivity." If you can control more cards, the student will definitely be able to stand in front of the teacher! ”

"I still can't face myself, how can I grow my strength like this?! Xu Jiecang sighed: "After following me for so many years, teaching every day, Niu Teach will also skim the rope three times." Look at your reckless energy, in order to suppress the silence at the bottom, you instructed someone to kill Hu Zongxian by private message, and after the matter was revealed, you delusional and delusional! Is this the behavior of a dignified old man, do you know how much hatred this has? If you want to find death, it's not your way to find it! ”

"The strength is not good, so I can only take ......risks," Zhang Juzheng said in a low voice: "But if it weren't for Li Chūn's fangjie, how could he have fallen into such a field......

"Until now, I don't know the details of Li Chūnfang, and you are still looking for reasons in this mouth, you are not unjust at all!" Xu Jie's expression became more and more stern: "Zhang Taiyue, don't keep treating others as fools, or think about it, who still takes you seriously now?!" As a teacher, I will not be in the cabinet for a few days, and everyone will dare to pick on you and leave you alone in Wenyuan Pavilion! Let's face it, people don't move you, not because they're afraid of you, but because they care about the teacher behind you! One day, when the teacher really rolls back to his hometown, you are afraid that you will become a fish on the chopping board, and you will be slaughtered" In order to completely tame this student, Xu Jie deliberately said very seriously.

But although Zhang Juzheng felt harsh, he still looked at Xu Jie with a shocked face and said, "The teacher knows the details of Li Chūnfang? ”

"I know what you know, and I know what you don't know" Xu Jie's body erupted with a majesty that made Zhang Juzheng awe-inspiring: "The tiger has to open one eye when sleeping, and when the teacher sits on this crater, a pair of tricks must be lit up at all times!" ”

This kind of majesty is always hidden under that face, but now that it is revealed, Zhang Juzheng's unangry self-authority is immediately compared. The person also became submissive, and asked in a low voice: "Master, what is going on with Li Shilu?" ”

"Sit down." Xu Jie asked him to get up, and after Zhang Juzheng sat on the stool beside him, he said slowly: "I'm ashamed to say it, but I just realized it as a teacher...... He must have colluded with outsiders for a long time, so he will deliberately dismantle your platform in order to form a situation where silence can turn the danger into a disaster, and then fight with you endlessly. He said with a look of resentment on his face: "I am killing each other, no matter what the result is, that person will definitely like to hear it!" ”

"That outsider ......" Zhang Juzheng's mind was racing, and he lost his voice: "Could it be Yang Bo?!" "If Yang Bo had it, everything would have been explained, he and Xu Jie had a deep grudge, and they suffered heavy losses from being suppressed some time ago, not only did they lose face, but they also lost the military department, and they did have enough motivation...... and more importantly, the ability to do so.

"Who else is it not him?" Xu Jie said hatefully: "Li Chūn Fang came out of the salt nest in Yangzhou, the old man thought that he would not be mixed with those big salt merchants with the smell of copper, but now I see, the old man is very wrong!" ”

"Master, do you know what they want to do?" Zhang Juzheng was stunned: "Could it be that together with Shen Mo, you want to kill the students first, and then drag the teacher into the water in one fell swoop!" ”

"Move me? Forgive them for not daring, and they don't have the ability! Xu Jie said: "Yang Bo wants to vent his evil anger and find the field, but the people of Shanxi can calculate, and he doesn't do the business of discounted money, so he won't face me head-on!" As for silence...... He doesn't have the courage to hit my seat right now. Because let him sit, he can't sit steadily, and he has to fall into the mud! Saying that, he looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "So they hit you with all their ideas!" One wants the old man to have no successor, and the other wants me to choose from me...... You should already know it, the palace has already sent Meng Chong and Teng Xiang out, those two nests are wasted, let that Hai Rui try it, and Bacheng will sell you. ”

"These two idiots ......" Zhang Juzheng agreed, which was why he wanted to see Xu Jie no matter what.

"Don't say that others are stupid, it is you who are stupid first, so that people will seize the opportunity!" Xu Jie saw that he was going to complain again, and shouted in a low voice: "Sit down at the table!" ”

Zhang Juzheng was disgraced, so he had to go to the desk and sit down.

"Pick up the pen and write a letter right here." Xu Jie commanded.

Zhang Juzheng picked up the pen and said in his heart: "Who is it for?" ”

"Silence." Xu Jie said lightly. "The teacher asked me to write to him?" Zhang Juzheng couldn't believe it.

"It's not a letter, it's an apology, and a statement," Xu Jie said in a deep voice.

Zhang Juzheng slowly put down the pen and said in a low voice: "Master, today, it is an endless situation, I apologize to him now, except for self-inflicted humiliation, there is no other use."

"Are you going to carry the black pot for Li Chūn Fang and Yang Bo?" Xu Jie looked at him expressionlessly and said: "Take out the talent in your belly, explain the ins and outs of the matter to him clearly, and tell him who tortured Hu Zongxian, and who wants you to kill with Mén, with his clumsy cleverness and suspicion, it is impossible for him not to believe it." He said in a low voice: "I know it's impossible to pull him back, but I can't let him and Yang Bo's twist into a rope!" ”

"Discordant ......" Zhang Juzheng slowly picked up the pen again and asked in a low voice, "What will you do then?" If Meng Chong Teng Xiang really confessed to the students, then I would really be finished......"

"The old man has been in the abyss for more than 20 years, and he knows that there are people who can be forgiven and those who can't be forgiven in the world." Xu Jie's arrogance burst out and said: "I'm going to go to the palace, put on this old face, and let the emperor take back his fate, and I can't let Hai Rui interrogate these two people." After a pause, he said: "I asked Chen Hong to help me make peace together, but I want to check what he has in mind!" ”

"Taiyue!" After Xu Jie finished speaking, he ordered in a deep voice: "After writing the letter later, you say hello to Zou Yinglong, and ask him to contact Xin Zixiu and those people, and prepare for impeachment!" ”

"Is it silent?" Zhang Juzheng asked softly.

"No, join me!" Xu Jie's words were shocking: "As for the material, flipping through the chūn heavens, Gao Gong's gang will have an excerpt to impeach me." ”

"Master's move is high" Zhang Juzheng's mind turned and understood the old fox's thoughts: "Zou Yinglong's gang is the same year as Shen Ming. If they impeach the prime minister, they will inevitably be associated with being instigated by silence. And those old accusations are bound to arouse Shilin's disgust...... Especially those who have opposed the high arch in the past will definitely denounce the slander again! When the time comes, the two sides will quarrel, and we can do the same again! "Naturally, it's a 'law' like dealing with high arches.

"Tell Zou Yinglong and tell him not to expose his bottom too early." Xu Jiejiāo said: "Just treat me Xu Jie, as a great enemy of life and death, and you can make any yīn moves...... You reassure him that I will never hold a grudge against him. This time, the position of the imperial history of the left capital belongs to him! ”

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