If Shen Ao is not shocked, it is false, the emperor asked him by name about his studies, what mystery is contained in this, is it Jane in the emperor's heart or the unpredictable majesty? It's not clear here.

Shen Ao smiled bitterly: "Uncle, I don't know what the official family is asking about my studies?" ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at Shen Ao and said, "You really don't know?" ”

"It's so wronged, I'm not the roundworm in Boss Zhao's stomach, how do I know why!" Shen Ao thought wrongfully and shook his head at Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng sighed and said: "You take the exam well, if you do well, it will naturally be excellent, if it is not good, the official family said, you must be rectified well." ”

Shen Ao was stunned for a while, how can there be such a rule in the world, if you don't do well in the exam, you have to rectify the person? That's too outrageous, isn't it?

Shen Ao felt a little uneasy in his heart, did the emperor really hold a grudge for the matter of giving the word last time, so he was harsh on him, so as to find an excuse to embarrass him?

Immediately, Shen Ao denied his idea again, he is the emperor, is it necessary to do this?

But is that the reason, and what is it for?

Shen Ao really couldn't think of one for a while, so he came!

Zhou Zheng patted Shen Ao on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to have any burden, most of the officials are just joking." ”

Joking? Didn't you say that you didn't have any jokes?

Shen Ao thought so in his heart, and then he was relieved, the Great Song Dynasty still treats intellectuals preferentially, you must believe in the imperial court, believe in the official family, no matter how bad the official family is, it will not embarrass a prisoner.

After comforting himself a few words in his heart, Shen Ao said to Zhou Zheng: "Uncle scared me. Saying that, he laughed, made a leisurely look, and comforted Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng always kept his eyebrows calm, as if he had something on his mind, and said a few more words, and then said, "You go to the academy to study, I should go back too." ”

The two said goodbye and entered the Jixian Gate obediently; Zhou Zheng stood outside the gate of Guozi Prison with his hands in his hands, the snowflakes in the sky fell down, and they fell on Jin Deguan and his shoulders one after another, but he didn't realize it, and watched the figures of Shen Ao and Zhou Heng gradually drift away in the snow, leaving only two lines of boot prints, and couldn't help sighing, and said with a wry smile: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, Shen Ao, it's all up to you." ”

He clearly remembered that when the court meeting was held early this morning, the official family kept him, asked about Shen Ao's recent situation, looked at the appearance of the official family, and seemed to have no ill feelings towards Shen Ao, but as a national prince, he didn't want Shen Ao Jian to be in the emperor's heart at this moment, Shen Ao was still too young, and sometimes he was still lacking in doing things, even if the official family favored him, but the king was like a tiger, who knows, in the next moment, will it be the wrath of the Son of Heaven.

Living to his age, many things have been seen thoroughly, Shen Ao is still too young, if he is a few years older, more mature and stable, at that time, it is the most ideal to obtain the emperor's heart and get the holy favor.

Liu Wen quietly held an oil umbrella to cover Zhou Zheng's snow, and said, "Grandpa, it's very cold here, let's go to the car to warm up." ”

"Good!" Zhou Zheng nodded thoughtfully, got into the carriage, and said to Liu Wen: "Go to the ripe melon workshop." ”

Liu Wen, who was sitting on the wheel, was stunned, ripe melon workshop? Although this place name is popular, it is well-known in Bianjing City, where the whole street is the residence of Yang Jian's father-in-law in the palace, although Father-in-law Yang is in the palace most of the time, but at this time, he will go out of the palace to rest for an hour or two!

The ripe melon workshop is the closest to Miyagi, and it only takes half an hour to arrive in a sedan chair; Yang Gonggong has an outstanding reputation, but he is an important figure in this court, and now he has been the official envoy to the Changhua Military Festival, holding heavy power, and even more powerful; Usually, Guogong and Yang Jian have no contact, why is Guogong going to Yang's Mansion today?

Liu Wen was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly answered and drove the carriage forward slowly.

Zhou Zheng sat alone in the carriage, but he closed his eyes and pondered, whether it was Jian in the emperor's heart, he was not sure, the world is so big, there are only two people who can guess the thoughts of the official family, one is Cai Taishi, who has already given the master, and the other is only Yang Jian.

For the sake of this Shen Ao, Zhou Zheng had no choice but to be cheeky and ask, what kind of thoughts does this official have when he treats Shen Ao?

Just appreciation? Or is there another intention?

Zhou Zheng sighed slightly, if the official family simply admired Shen Ao, it would be fine, but what he was most worried about was or...... Does the emperor want to borrow Shen Ao to take the opportunity to give himself any hints?

The carriage was warm, the four walls were covered with fur, and there was a stove hanging against the wall, squeaking with the heat of spices, Zhou Zheng sighed, leaned on the back wall, and fell asleep unconsciously.

…………………………………………………… The weather was cold, and the snowflakes were falling to the ground one after another, and the earth was so white that it seemed to have no end, and it snowed heavily for three days in a row, and the snow on the ground had accumulated more than a foot thick. The Doctor has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, and now it happens that the plum is in full bloom and fragrant with flowers, and it is very popular with the prisoners.

Shen Ao said that he was invited to drink, in the prisoners, he knew a lot of people, but there were more people who knew him, and it was said that it was a pilot test, but many prisoners had no confidence in their hearts, so they invited Shen Ao to see Lamei.

Seven or eight people sat down in the pavilion of the blooming Lamei Sea with a smile, while the two prisoners piled up the bricks and stones but were igniting the hot wine, obviously they were experienced and skilled.

Shen Ao was sitting, and the person sitting opposite him was called Wu Bi, who was also very famous among the prisoners.

Before Shen Ao entered the prison to study, this person's talent and learning were only ranked after Cai Lun, but now Cai Lun didn't know what the reason was, he actually went under his name and never came to the national prison again; This Wu pen was convinced of Shen Ao, and slowly became intimate with Shen Ao.

The rest are Shen Ao's classmates, they are all very familiar with each other, and there are no taboos between them, and they often play haha with each other.

Wu Bi is very funny, shaking a fan in the cold weather, full of desire to make an elegant gesture, and said to Shen Ao with a smile: "Brother Shen, the plum blossoms are in full bloom here, and the snow is falling, why don't you ask Brother Shen to compose a poem first to open our eyes, how about it?" ”

Shen Ao rolled his eyes at him, and smiled helplessly: "Brother Wu is clever, but he only instigated me to compose poems, you can be at ease!" ”

Having said that, since people have opened their mouths, there is no reason why they should not be, so they thought about it and said: "The east wind has the east wind and the west wind, and the leaves and leaves in the mountains are empty." Only the plum blossoms are inexhaustible, and they are still new white and new red. ”

As soon as the words fell, the others applauded, and the poem had not yet been tasted, but this quick wisdom had been eye-opening, Wu Bi's eyes lit up, and said: "Brother Shen is really powerful, with Brother Shen's intelligence, I am afraid that I will meet the arrogant prince of Nibora, and I have to teach him to admire." ”

A classmate looked at Wu Bi curiously and couldn't help asking, "Who is the Prince of Nibora?" It's a rare name. ”

Wu Bi smiled, said: "Ni Boluo is a small country south of Tubo, there are many merchants in the country, in recent years, their prince came to Jin to see the official family with the merchant ships of my Great Song Dynasty, saying that he wanted to cultivate the same good forever, but this prince is really cunning, my father is on business in the Ministry of Rites, is specifically responsible for receiving this person, although this person wants to be called a minister, but his words are extremely inferior, looking for some rare things in the border country, everywhere to embarrass our Celestial Empire, it is said that it is the official family, and it is also a headache. ”

Shen Ao was also curious, and said with a slight smile: "The official family also has a headache? This is unusual, a little prince, dare to be so presumptuous? ”

Wu Bi's father was the host and guest Langzhong, to put it bluntly, in later generations, he was equivalent to the chief of protocol under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was specially used to receive envoys from various countries. Under the influence of ears and eyes, Wu Bi has a bit of an international vision, and smiled at Shen Ao and said: "This mud Borneo country borders with Tubo, and has borders with Dali and Bagan, Tubo is the strongest, and the Tubo tribes and our dynasty to deal with the strong enemy of Western Xia, although the country of Ni Bora is widowed and poor, there are more than 7,000 soldiers and horses in the country, and the Tubo country is very jealous, so when it repeatedly resists the Western Xia with our dynasty, it often does not dare to do its best, in order to be prepared for the enemy on the back. This time, if the Nibora Kingdom can be a vassal to our Great Song Dynasty, then the trouble of Tubo's belly and back will no longer exist, and they have a common enmity with the Tangut people, which can just become our left and right arms. ”

A few classmates were stunned, and suddenly heard a little unresponsive, although the scholar is interested in state affairs, but this kind of detailed diplomacy is not interested, mud Bora, the ghost knows where they are, and it has little to do with them.

Shen Ao understood it, it turned out that the official family wanted to integrate the southwest feudal domains, so as to alleviate the threat of the Xixia people in the northwest, although the Ni Bo Luo was small, if it could be wooed, it was natural to try to take the means of wooing, this Mu Bo Luo prince was no matter how arrogant he was, even as the Ninety-Five Honor, he had to endure it.

Shen Ao smiled and continued to ask, "Nibora is located in the south of Tubo, could it be that Buddha State?" ”

Shen Ao vaguely remembered that Buddhism was introduced from here, this small country used to be a subject country of Tibet, and then Tibet was divided, divided into various tribes, and then suffered from the invasion of the Western Xia people, so it gradually got rid of the status of the suzerain, I can't imagine that although this country is small, the courage is not small, this prince rushed over to respond, just to play smart?

Shen Ao felt that it was not so simple, don't look at the fact that people are still a small and wild country, but Shen Ao believes that there is no problem with people's IQ, this time, most of them have the meaning of half-pushing and half-doing, on the one hand, they have the meaning of calling themselves ministers to the Great Song Dynasty, on the other hand, they are unwilling, and they want to teach the Celestial Empire to take out more benefits to buy it, so they came all the way, but they look like dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water, and they don't have too much sincerity.

Wu Bi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't imagine that Shen Ao even knew about Ni Boluo, so he said: "Although this country is inconspicuous, it is said to be the ancestral source of Buddhism. In fact, in my opinion, my Great Song Dynasty is full of talents, a high monk, what is rare, the reason why the official family endures it is that he does not want to anger this little prince, and wants to teach them to be ministers in peace! ”

Shen Ao disagreed, and said with a smile: "There is no cowardice in this world that makes people surrender, to deal with such people, they should be allowed to take a look at the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, hit the stick when they should hit the stick, and give the sweet date when they should give it to the sweet date, if you blindly give in, he will only treat you as a bully." ”

Wu Bi seemed to be old and serious at this time, and said disagreefully: "Brother Shen's words are different, the Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and a small and wild country can be rude, but how can my Great Song Dynasty treat it rudely, those who come are guests, how can there be a reason to embarrass guests." ”

Shen Ao touched his nose, but he just smiled, this kind of big reason is that he can't fight for 10,000 years, as for what prince, it's his business, so he changed the topic boringly and said: "Okay, even if Brother Wu is reasonable, hey, Brother Wang, isn't my wine warm yet?" Hurry up and get hot wine, my son has drunk, and he wants to go back and rest early, and he will enter the examination room tomorrow, so he can't delay his rest. ”

The brother Wang said in a loud voice: "It's coming, it's coming, what is Brother Shen arguing about, how can Wang's wine cooking stunt be so easy to complete, you wait." ”

As soon as everyone heard Shen Ao shouting, they all clamored and said: "Brother Wang is so contemptuous, it's better to abdicate and make way for Xian, your cooking skills are not successful, we can do it for us." ”

The snowflakes were numerous, the pale yellow plum blossoms bloomed in the cold wind, and the laughter spread with the wind.