No one knows what Li Jucheng, who was the first assistant of the current dynasty, and an unknown poor Xiucai who had very different identities talked about that day, but before leaving, Li Jucheng specially instructed the chief examiner of this imperial examination.

After the imperial examination was over, Tan Junzi's article was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as possible. ”

What does this mean in the open and secret, they will not understand these old fritters who have almost made the official head in their lives, but the surprise in their hearts is not less than when they heard that Li Jucheng was going to inspect the candidates before, what, scolding and scolding and scolding feelings, it is already a miracle that this Tan Junzi can live and scold for five years, it is difficult to be really treated by this old man with blue eyes, and since then he has been on the rise.

Some people speculate about the thoughts of the first person in the Northern Wei Dynasty on the bright side as if they were speculating about the holy will, and some people are thinking about it after they realized that if they had changed the article that implied sycophancy at the beginning, they would be able to change into a crimson official uniform now, but they remembered that the other party had been scolded for five years with the knife on his neck after all, and without this courage, this shortcut is not something that can be walked.

After all, the people of Kyoto have long been surprised, but His Royal Highness King Qi, who has not been in Beijing for several years, and Li Zaixiao, who have not been in Beijing for several years, have become the talk of everyone after dinner, on the contrary, Chen Maochuan was able to get the mantle of the Tsing Yi white horse to inherit the rising star, and in just a few months, he cleared the power of Cangzhou Changming, which is really incredible.

"I heard that His Royal Highness King Qi entered the capital with the head of Chang Ming, and the civil and military officials on the left and right of the court were all frightened and pale, and His Majesty the Emperor was even more furious, and knocked the accusations handed over by the chief eunuch Huang Chengen to the ground without even looking at it. ”

There are always a few well-informed guys in the small teahouse who like to show off at the table, and a few words have gathered a lot of good deeds.

"But no, at that time, I dismissed King Qi, appointed the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Three Divisions of the Imperial Historical Observatory to interrogate and thoroughly investigate the matter. "Someone is playing a helping role, and the atmosphere is much more lively.

According to the laws of the ancestors, His Royal Highness King Qi enjoys the power of official relocation and life and death in the fiefdom, even if Chang Ming is a second-grade political envoy, he is also in the rules, not to mention that His Majesty will deny all the crimes listed without looking at it, it is too child's play!"

Finally, someone said the key in one word, but someone had been waiting for a long time, tapping on the table to gather the eyes of others, moistening his throat and saying.

"That being said, do you know how old it was when His Royal Highness King Qi became a vassal back then, I'm afraid that the rights you said over the years have been fully accepted by Li Zaixiao, and Chang Ming has long been a chess piece used by the imperial court to restrain Li Zaixiao's forces in Cangzhou, even if you have the power of life and death, you will pull out this chess piece without even saying hello, do you think that the imperial court will think that this matter is the personal idea of His Royal Highness King Qi?"

Someone frowned, noncommittal to the other party's point of view, "But there were rumors that Li Zaixiao's move was actually to gather momentum for His Royal Highness, and wanted to return the real power of Cangzhou to the Chen clan, so why did he have to kill Chang Ming to provoke a commotion, it was difficult to ......"

"Ahem, beware of misfortune coming out of your mouth. Someone hurriedly interrupted, leaving the crowd with a black face, even if they were the more daring and superior people at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they did not dare to speak of these disrespectful things, and everyone who was full of interest just now waved their robes and left angrily, for fear of being charged with gathering a crowd or something.

The two protagonists of the people in the city who talked about it these days are not as unbearable as they think, Chen Maochuan, who was grounded in the Yishui Palace, will still have a lot of old ministers come to visit every day, these are all people who hold great power in the court when the emperor is alive, and now a son of heaven and a courtier, out of Li Jucheng This evergreen tree, most of the old people next to him are not used to the arrogance of the other party holding the government with one hand, either fighting against it, or it is called sick and living in seclusion, for Chen Maoyu, who has always been obedient to the former, is not disappointed, but it is pitiful that his life is not at the right time, but fortunately, the young Chen Maochuan grew up, and let them see the so-called hope, Even if this old bone is broken at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will be fought for the world of the Chen family, this is what was not interrupted by Li Jucheng back then, but it is a pity that time passes, even if it is not interrupted, I am afraid that the taste of the past has been dispersed.

"How dare you bother the old lady to come to the door in person, it really makes Chuan'er feel sorry!" Chen Maochuan hurriedly supported the eighty-year-old Huai Wenyuan Huai Taishi, this is more than Li Zaixiao is more than ten years older than Li Zaixiao The old minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty has accompanied the three emperors, the real elder of the three dynasties, and was also regarded as the leader of Li Jucheng back then, and is as discerning as the first emperor, but after the junior was high-spirited and the official position was higher and higher, the communication between the two was no longer as close as it was at the beginning, especially when the new emperor ascended the throne, Li Jucheng seemed to be an auxiliary politician but actually took over the power, and the old lady saw each other again, and he would scold a few words of chaos and thieves, who was blind or something, but Li Jucheng was still like a protégé who stayed in the old lady's house, very respectful, every time we meet, we have to call our teacher, in exchange for always the other party's cold snort response, and the world laughs at the world that except for the Lord of Yama who dares not to give Li Jucheng face, there is only this old man who has entered the ghost gate for most of his body.

Chen Maochuan didn't dare to slack off, even if the other party had been living in seclusion for many years, but his protégés were all over the world, and his prestige in the court was second only to Li Jucheng.

The old lady with white hair has a lot of bones and is quite tough, this old minister who has seen too much wind and rain has also had heroic deeds that galloped immediately, after all, at the beginning of the Northern Wei Dynasty, they were all martial arts and suppressed literature, and there were few pure literati as officials, until Li Jucheng's generation gradually understood that fighting the country is indispensable to strategize generals, and guarding the country is the most in need of the ability to help the world.

"Your Highness's words are wrong, because the old minister is ashamed in his heart! He failed to keep the great mountains and rivers of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he was ashamed of the first emperor and his ancestors. "The solemn old lady is already talking about the old tears, Xu is this has always been the crux of his heart, when the Northern Wei Dynasty was stormy, he also had the mind to turn the tide, at this point he thought that he was inferior to Li Jucheng, and he also had no choice but to entrust the young new emperor to Li Jucheng's hands, resulting in such a situation now, although others have never said anything, the old lady has always thought that he is to blame.

"It's just Your Highness, you shouldn't go back to Beijing with Li Zaixiao, His Majesty sent you to Cangzhou back then, the old minister is a rare supporter, to put it mildly, eggs can't be put in one basket, and Li Zaixiao didn't let me be wrong after all, at least he still recognized the Northern Wei Dynasty in his heart as Chen. ”

Huai Wenyuan said vaguely, but the meaning is very transparent, eggs can not be put in one basket, obviously the implication is that if there is a problem, there will be another to replace, but how can the throne of the Ninety-Five Emperor be so lightly changed, not to mention that Li Jucheng's basket is amazing, Li Zaixiao may not really be able to compare with it, this point is clear from the latter's entry into Beijing, not to mention the visit in person, and now it is even more in the prime minister's mansion to draw a prison.

"The master is serious, this king entered Beijing this time just to play the case of Chang Ming, and by the way, he saw his brother who he hadn't seen for a long time, and he didn't dare to have other thoughts. Chen Maochuan hurriedly replied, he walked carefully enough on this trip to Pingjing, like walking on thin ice, not to say that this highly respected Huai Taishi came to talk to him, even if Li Jucheng personally appeared to show his intention to set up another son of heaven, he couldn't listen to it, there was only one person he could believe in this giant city that was both familiar and unfamiliar, but at this moment their situation was very similar, so he had to wait for one more person, waiting for the person who promised to save his life in Cangzhou.

Huai Wenyuan looked at the other party's expression carefully, the tears that had been wiped away still had a little mark, and suddenly laughed, seemed to be extremely excited, and said: "People are old, they always like to say some foolish things, so that His Highness can see and laugh, His Highness is still used to living in this Yishui Palace? My granddaughter has been idle recently, it is better to come and be a companion with His Highness, some people say that it is not cold to talk." ”

Maybe it's the resentment that has been suppressed for too long in his heart that makes this old man who doesn't know when he is going to swallow his breath a little anxious, and only gradually calms down after being rejected by Chen Maochuan, and even rejoices in the other party's decision at the moment.

"I'm used to being cold in Cangzhou, and I don't feel anything at the moment, so I won't take Sister Huai to suffer together, I can't live here for long, he will definitely come to visit, and I don't know what Sister Huai likes, so as not to be in a hurry. Chen Maochuan pun intended, when he was young, he was sent to Cangzhou, which can be described as ruthless, this kind of day has passed for seven years, and now he has returned to the place where he is looking forward to day and night in his heart, but it is a little more uprooted, a little sad, more sarcastic, the same is neither a rejection nor acceptance of the other party's surrender, obviously ambiguous attitude, which makes the first meeting after returning to Beijing seem a lot more flavorful, after all, although the Yishui Temple is remote, but how many pairs of eyes are tirelessly staring here, every day to come, how long to stop, what to say, I am afraid that a cup of tea is enough to reach the ears of many people, so that it has been so long, all the old guys who are living impatiently, those young talents who are cutting their heads and squeezing their careers upwards dare not joke with their lives.

The old man smiled slightly, chattered a few more words before getting up and leaving, and patted Chen Maochuan, who was not as tall as his shoulder, and chuckled, "The appearance is extreme, but it is not as tall and strong as my Northern Wei Dynasty man, it's a pity." ”

Listening to the other party's deliberate ridicule, Chen Maochuan could only nod slightly with a smile, and the sentence that the other party followed closely made the sentence that was about to be born in his heart completely swallow back into his stomach.

"But it's really ashamed to ask your little body to bear the mistakes of our old guys!"