Shao Yuanjie said with a smile: "Lord Li, this is here to ask the teacher?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "Li Mou is just a common man in cloth, what 'teacher' can be xing, what 'crime' can be asked? It's just that Lord Liu is a cabinet scholar, and Zhiyi Zhenren is a master who has attained Taoism and is the master that the emperor relies on the most." The two of them join forces, who in the world can be the enemy?"

Liu Kang said: "Lord Li, you are wrong. Shao Zhenren and I are not teamed up, but we are just in the same boat. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "Li's suspicious place is here. After the death of the first emperor, the new monarch ascended the throne, although he trusted Liu, but three years later, the overall situation was decided, and Liu was forced to become a minister. It stands to reason that Lord Liu should be resentful of Jinshang. And Zhiyi Zhenren is a cronie who was summoned to the palace after he ascended the throne, and he is the person the emperor relies on the most. The two of them were able to help each other in the same boat, Li really couldn't believe it. ”

Liu Kang smiled slightly and said: "At this time and that time, the reason why the old man can enjoy tea and chess with Shao Zhenren today is because we have a common enemy, and this enemy is so powerful that we must join forces to deal with it." ”

Shao Yuanjie said: "Lord Liu is right. Master Fang Caili was a little wrong. Although Lord Liu has been in Jiajing for three years, he is not forced by the emperor, and he will not have any resentment towards Jinshang. It is true that Lord Liu is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to the first emperor is true, and loyal to the present is also true!"

Li Qiufeng sneered: "In this way, Lord Liu can be said to be the elder of this dynasty?"

Elder Changle is the self-name of Feng Dao, the famous minister of the fifth generation. Feng Dao served in Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan in his early years, and served in the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Later Four Dynasties, and successively served in the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong, the Later Tang Mingzong, the Later Tang Min Emperor, the Later Tang Dynasty Emperor, the Later Jin Dynasty Gaozu, the Later Jin Emperor Chu, the Later Han Gaozu, the Later Han Yin Emperor, the Later Zhou Taizu, and the Later Zhou Shizong Ten emperors, during which he also served as a minister to Liao Taizong, and always served as the general, the third duke, and the three divisions. Ouyang Xiu scolded him for being "shameless", and Sima Guang even denounced him as "the most traitorous minister". Officialdom regards it as an old fritter who sees the wind and rudder, and the wind has always been bad. Li Qiufeng called Liu Kang an elder of Changle, which meant sarcasm.

He originally thought that Liu Kang would be furious after hearing this, but he didn't expect Liu Kang to care, and said with a slight smile: "Elder Changle has gone through four dynasties, helping the people, promoting virtuous and virtuous, and in the five dynasties, he was known as 'the people of the world have no virtuous and foolish, all look up to the Tao as the elders, and like to be honored for it'. The five generations are chaotic, the dynasties change frequently, and the roosters and dog thieves live in the temple. Feng Dao can always adhere to the integrity in the turbid world, which is really a great masterpiece. If future generations can also evaluate the old man like this, the old man can also laugh at Jiuquan. ”

Li Qiufeng didn't read much, and when he heard Liu Kang talking, most of them didn't understand. Knowing that he was never the opponent of this old man, he had to say in a deep voice: "There are many doubts about the death of the first emperor, Liu Ge was the teacher of the first emperor in the past, and he was an important minister, don't you want to find out the truth and avenge the first emperor?"

Liu Kang put down the teacup, looked at Li Qiufeng and said, "I don't want to." ”

Li Qiufeng didn't expect him to answer so simply, but he was stunned, and he didn't know how to say it again for a while.

Murong Danyan didn't know what Li Qiufeng and Liu Kang were talking about, but he saw Liu Kang's face calm, but Li Qiufeng was embarrassed, and immediately said: "Old man, you are playing with conspiracies and tricks, luring the heroes of the rivers and lakes to work hard for you, and you are still here to brag about yourself and boast about yourself, what kind of good official is it?!"

Liu Kang said Li Qiufeng with his mouth open, and when he was complacent, he didn't expect Murong Danyan to snatch a few words from him. Although these words are in the vernacular, Liu Kang doesn't know how to answer.

At this time, I only heard Shao Yuanjie smile and said: "The old friend has arrived, why can't he linger?"

I only heard an old voice outside the door and said: "Lord Liu, even this teenage girl knows that you are lying, hehe, can you still sing this play?"

Liu Kang's face changed, and he said with a sneer: "Your Lord Yang refuses to step down, and the old man has no choice but to accompany you to perform this play." ”

I saw an old man walking in outside the door, it was Yang Tinghe. He held a folding fan in his hand, slowly walked into the lobby, looked at Liu Kang with his hands and said, "Lord Liu, after seven years, you are becoming more and more healthy." ”

Liu Kang smiled: "Lord Yang's complexion is also much better than back then. I remember that year Lord Yang was ordered by the emperor to give a minister, and he was so angry that he fell seriously ill. Jin Yiwei pressed tightly, Lord Yang was carried into a carriage and sent out of the capital?"

Yang Tinghe sighed: "Lord Liu has a good memory. On that day, thanks to Lord Liu, the old man fled from the capital in a hurry like a lost dog. When people are old, they sometimes wake up from their dreams at night and think about it, which is really embarrassing. ”

Liu Kang said: "Lord Yang, when people are old, they should be content with the status quo and stop thinking about doing something beyond their power." Otherwise, wouldn't those heels be planted in vain?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "Every old man remembers it clearly. After forty years of ups and downs, the old man has learned one thing, that is, until the end, this breath must not be swallowed. For example, the old man fell for Lord Liu, and it didn't count if he carried the black pot, and he was kicked out of the capital. So the old man had to think of a way to let Lord Liu lose his position as a cabinet scholar. ”

Liu Kang laughed and said: "Lao Yang, your self-consolation skills, the old man really admires it." Liu has suffered the loss of Lord Zhang, what does it have to do with you Lao Yang?"

Yang Tinghe narrowed his eyes and said with a slight smile: "If it weren't for the old man and Master Zhang chatting once, how could he have repeatedly spoken well for Lord Liu from the emperor, so that Lord Liu was like a lost dog, following in the footsteps of the old man, and being driven out ......of the capital?

Before he finished speaking, Liu Kang stood up suddenly, stared at Yang Tinghe viciously, and slowly sat back in his chair after a while, and said with a sneer: "Okay, good, it's really you, I should have thought that it was you who made trouble, but I just thought that your old Yang had already left the capital for thousands of miles, and I was negligent......"

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Lord Liu, I am always thinking about your benefits. So after hearing that your son who is not as good as a pig and a dog and your third lady have a bad affair, he let people catch him and throw the adulterer ** off and throw it on the street. Lord Liu, don't stare at me yet, I'm doing this for your own good. I know that Lord Liu is the most important skin, if I don't make a big deal about it, I am afraid that Lord Liu will knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and he will pretend to be casual with a green hat, so he let the local five elders also 'happen to be present', even if Lord Liu wants to hide it, he can't hide it. Haha, haha. ”

Liu Kang held the teacup in his right hand, forcibly held back his anger, and said to Yang Tinghe: "Young people will only threaten people's privacy, and it is not unusual for you old Yang to do these things." ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Not bad. The old man used to suffer a big loss from others behind his back, so he had no choice but to give back to the other side. Lord Liu, this is not very pleasant. ”

Shao Yuanjie saw that the two of them were arguing with each other and refused to give in to each other, so he immediately made a haha and personally moved a chair to invite Yang Tinghe to sit down. Then he gave up Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan to the two chairs on the side, and then said to Yang Tinghe: "It's been so many years, Lord Yang is angry, and he should calm down in the future." Why should he use swords and soldiers in vain for the sake of personal grievances, causing misery to the lives of people? Lord Yang is also a person who is full of sage books, so he should stop doing good as soon as possible. ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Shao Zhenren's words are wrong. How many traitors and ministers have used this excuse to frame good people. They use despicable means to obtain high positions and persecute others, and when they have obtained benefits, if the person who has been deceived by them wants to seek revenge, they will say that others will blame them in the name of justice for their personal grievances. Back then, the old man suffered this loss, and he didn't distinguish between these treacherous villains in the court, and finally ended up in an embarrassment, and the tree fell and scattered. Shao Zhenren, you said that if the old man still listened to you now, wouldn't he eat a hundred beans and still not know the fishy, and repeat the mistakes of the past?"

Shao Yuanjie's face changed, and he said to Yang Tinghe: "Lord Yang, I have said everything I should say." Your changes over the years, the emperor knows clearly. It's just that I remember your merits back then, and I can't bear to be punished. Lord Yang must know how to advance and retreat, and don't make the situation out of control, but I am afraid that when the time comes, Lord Yang will want to be alone, and he will not be able to get it. ”

Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't punish me, I'm afraid that it's not because of the old man's merits, but because the old man knows too much, killing me will give the world the truth, and his throne will be a little unstable." Shao Zhenren, what I said is right, right?"

(End of chapter)