Autumn is deep, and even the northern geese are flying south at this season.

The stream in front of the detective's house still flows quietly, and the dead leaves in it drift with the stream, and a whirlpool is swirled when the wind blows.

A few unknown birds jumped up and down on the willow branches by the stream, and when the autumn wind blew, they spread their wings and flew away, as if they were afraid of the autumn wind.

And now the autumn wind is colder, and the autumn scenery is lonely.

Since the last murder was over, it has been more than half a month, and autumn has come to an end, and winter in the capital has always been very early.

In the afternoon of this day, the autumn wind was raging, and a news came to the detective agency.

In the court, everyone is talking about Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others as friends with each other, and ask Emperor Zhao Zhen to deal with it strictly!

After hearing the news, Hua Lang's heart suddenly sank, he knew very well that this was the failure of Fan Zhongyan's new political leaders in Qingli, and these loyal ministers were about to be expelled from the court one after another.

That's it, fortunately, Zhao Zhen, Renzong, is the emperor, if it is replaced by other stronger emperors, I am afraid that these people will be demoted to commoners.

Among these people, some have friendships with Hualang, and some don't, but whether they have friendships or not, they are all a group of people who work hard for the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty and the people to live and work in peace and contentment, so Hualang is very worried about them, so he hurriedly went to inquire about the news of these people.

And the news came quickly, in order to avoid suspicion, Fan Zhongyan asked to be appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi and Hedong Road, and Fu Bi was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei.

In other words, they were squeezed out of the imperial court.

In the evening, news came that Ouyang Xiu interceded for Fan Zhongyan and Fubi and was demoted to Chuzhou Taishou.

All of a sudden, these well-known loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty were about to leave the capital one after another.

After learning the news, Hua Lang was very shocked, but at this time, he couldn't think of a way to help these people, he was not an official in the court, and others were soft-spoken, he was afraid that he would not even be able to see the emperor's face, let alone reverse the situation.

At this time, Hua Lang suddenly felt that in this world, some things were not as simple as he imagined, nor were they as easy as he imagined.

Early the next morning, Hua Lang went to Bao Zheng to discuss the matter, and Bao Zheng was also helpless about this matter, saying that he couldn't help, after all, the reforms proposed by Fan Zhongyan had offended too many people, and the emperor had to make such a decision for the sake of the temporary stability of the Great Song Dynasty.

Hua Lang didn't care much about the court things that Bao Zheng said, but he could also hear that this matter could not be changed.

After leaving Bao Zheng's mansion, everyone's expressions were not very good, and the mood was not good, and the autumn breeze blew bleakly, which made people become a little irritable.

And when Hua Lang and the others were walking on the street, they suddenly saw Ouyang Xiu coming from the opposite side, although his expression was not good, but he was not very sad, he met Hua Lang, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Hua, come with us to the bar!" ”

Hua Lang thanked him, and glanced at Ouyang Xiu with some confusion, he didn't see anyone else, why did Ouyang Xiu say to go drinking with us?

Just when Hua Lang was puzzled, Ouyang Xiu hurriedly explained with a smile: "Those friends of mine have already gone, and I happened to meet Brother Hua today, let's come together!" ”

Hua Lang didn't know that Ouyang Xiu had invited those friends, but he still nodded and agreed, at this time, Ouyang Xiu must be in a bad mood, if he can have friends to drink with him, it will be a pleasure.

The place to drink is in Ouyang Xiu's mansion, which is not very big, but it is an antique mansion, there are many unknown flowers and trees planted in the courtyard, at this time, the flowers and trees are zeroed, and the leaves can be seen flying when the wind blows.

Ouyang Xiu's friends did come a long time ago, among these people, many of them knew Hua Lang, like Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Song Qi, etc., in addition, there were some Hua Lang who didn't know, but after Ouyang Xiu introduced him, he knew them all.

Among these people, although some of them have extremely high official positions in the court, and some are only small last officials, they are all scholars and scholars, and many of them are people who Hualang has long wanted to meet, but has never had the opportunity to see them.

For example, Zhang Xian and Zhang Sanying, who are not as good as peach apricots and still understand the east wind, are written out, and Zhang Yu, who is picturesque and chic in autumn.

These people all have an extremely important influence in the Song Dynasty, and so many people gather together today, not for anything else, but to see off Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others.

Today, they don't talk about government affairs, and they don't care about the rank of officials, they only have a farewell in the name of friends.

The autumn wind blew the fallen leaves, the fallen leaves fell on the table, a glass of wine was drunk, everyone shouted together, and then drank another glass.

After such a cup after cup, everyone looked at each other speechlessly, and there was reluctance and nostalgia in their eyes, as well as an indescribable melancholy.

Although everyone said that they didn't talk about exclusion, they were worried in their hearts, but now that they drank wine, they didn't vomit or feel unhappy, and they naturally felt uncomfortable and abnormal between each other.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan drank a glass of wine and suddenly groaned:

Last night, because I watched Shu Zhi. Laughing Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei. exhausted the organs, in vain, only three points of heaven and earth. Thinking carefully, competing for the same, Liu Ling was drunk.

No one is 100 years old. Less dementia, old age and emaciation. Only in the middle, some teenagers, endure the fame. A product and a daughter, ask the white hair, how to avoid.

This poem is Fan Zhongyan's heart is difficult to dispel, so he has to use wine to drown his sorrows, when he is angry, he is drunk, complaining and talking drunk to his old friends, after everyone listens to it, although they feel that this word is very joking, but it also expresses everyone's mood vividly.

And after Fan Zhongyan's poem came out, Yan Shu hurriedly made a farewell poem to persuade these friends who were about to leave:

The flowers are endless, the willows are endless, and they should be the same as me.

The ship is 100% empty, and there is no place to meet.

Zhu Xian quietly, few bosom friends, if the sky is affectionate, he should be old.

Persuade the gentleman to look at the famous field, and the dream of the past is boundless.

This poem will be written deep but not sad, there is a gentle beauty, very in line with Yan Shu's identity and style, everyone listened to this poem, how much also relieved a trace of sorrow, so they laughed and encouraged, said that outside, but also do not forget the people, and so on.

After everyone said this, the most Lu finally led the topic to poetry, after all, everyone here today is a talented person, since the fate can not be changed, so why not chant lyrics and compose music, chic?

Everyone was talking and singing so lively, Hua Lang stood aside and looked at these people who had influenced the entire Song Dynasty in literature, and suddenly remembered a sentence: The crown is full of Jinghua, and the people are alone and haggard.