Chapter 6 A gentleman does not deceive
"Madam, Meng Xingchun's file has been obtained!"
Wanqi's voice sounded, causing the two people in the room to tremble slightly at the same time. Time seemed to last for only a few seconds, and it seemed that the whole life had passed. Zhan Wenjun sighed quietly and said, "Come in!"
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Xu You heard it in his ears. Zhan Wenjun’s tone revealed a little regret of gaining and losing again, but it seemed as calm as water with relief.
Squeak!
The wooden door pushed open a small gap. With the light of the palace lantern held by Wanqi's hand, Xu You finally saw the slender and white jade hand on the table, with green fingertips, only about an inch away from his fingers.
Within reach,
But it's out of reach!
Noting Xu You's gaze, Zhan Wenjun quickly retracted his hand, biting his red lips, and water almost dripped from his eyes. She was originally a generous personality, but after meeting Xu You, she felt inexplicably shyness and restlessness several times. It seemed that her daughter's thoughts, who had been dormant for more than ten years, burst out at this moment, and was so green that she was dripping.
Wan Qi walked in, looked around and said in confusion: "Why is Bai Zhu extinguishing?"
Xu You first reacted and said, "I don't know why the candlestick suddenly disappeared. Go and see what's going on!"
Wan Qi responded, put the palace lamp on the ground in the house, found the bronze lamp from the dark trunk under the candlestick, fiddled, and turned around and said, "The wick has been ignited from it, just change to a white candle."
The candlelight lit up the room again. Zhan Wenjun had become as usual. He took the file and placed it in the case table to check it with Xu You. It records in detail most of Meng Xingchun's history since he entered the officialdom to recent years, including the case he handled, the court and the country's reputation, and the taste of him by the Sili Captain Xiao Xunqi.
"I am alert and lose weight... Xiao Xunqi's evaluation of Meng Xingchun is quite high."
Xiao Xunqi was born in the Lanling Xiao family and was an An Zidao's childhood friend. The two of them grew up together and studied and practiced calligraphy together. Of course, they also had to do many rude and rude activities that were young and frivolous, which was a relationship that could not be more iron. Therefore, after An Zidao ascended the throne, he promoted Xiao Xunqi to become the Sili School Captain. Under the leadership of Xiao Xunqi, the Sili Mansion cleaned up the auxiliary minister after An Zidao ascended the throne, and took charge of the battle alone, making great contributions. The world commented that Xiao Xunqi's hands were covered with blood, which could make the Huai River unclean for three years, which shows that.
Xu You shook his head and said, "Xiao Xunqi's words cannot be believed. This person is the most treacherous person in our court. Any words may be trapped from him. You must not ignore them or listen to them all. For example, his evaluation of Meng Xingchun's alertness may be correct. Yuanzhu is somewhat true, but it may not be. If someone really thinks that Meng Xingchun is heavy and wants to say it with reason, he may fall into the trap. It is still unknown." As he said that, he looked through the case that Meng Xingchun handled, from the court to the local government, from the nobles to the Qi people.
, it can be said to be all-encompassing, but if you think about it carefully, you can gradually sort out a clear but incomplete character. Meng Xingchun was born in a cold and was difficult to be recommended by Dazhong Zheng after studying hard, but he was unwilling to be buried. So he chose to join the Sili Mansion and became a hawk that scholars and famous scholars looked down upon. He was dedicated to his work, respectful and intelligent, and began to make his mark in the Sili Mansion and valued it by Xiao Xunqi. In just ten years, he became a fake assistant to the Crouching Tigers.
Such a person may appear to have been tough and smooth by this practice, and will not be easily moved by words, but Xu You is the best at identifying people's hearts. The more he is such a person, he is greedy for power and status, the more inferior he feels from his bones. This inferiority comes from his background, from his depression and unsuccessfulness, and from his efforts to not be recognized and respected by the world. His nature is not only unfulfilled, but in fact he has loopholes and is not imperfect.
After reading the thick file, Dongfang turned white. Xu You stretched his waist long and turned his head to find Zhan Wenjun lying on the table, pressing his palms on his side, and he fell asleep at some point.
The ground fire was lit in the room, as warm as spring. Xu You didn't need to take off his coat and stage a bloody drama. He looked at Zhan Wenjun's angular pretty face. His usual firmness disappeared, and instead he was replaced by a face of peace and calmness. Suddenly, she seemed to dream of something, frowned cutely, and the broken skin was rippled layer by layer, and the slightly raised red lips were like the peach blossoms swaying in the wind in early spring, with indescribable temptation and charming.
Xu You smiled, stood up gently, walked over and opened the door. Hearing the sound of the door, Wan Qi, who had been waiting outside the door, bowed and bowed. Xu You raised his index finger, shushed, and pointed quietly in the room. Wan Qi was stunned, as if he didn't expect Zhan Wenjun to fall asleep in front of Xu You, and hurried into the inner service.
When I returned to the yard where I lived, I saw He Ru, who never got up early, standing in the middle of the yard, looking down at the fallen leaves in the courtyard pool, leaning over and looking at them for a while, there were nine fallen leaves piled up in the pool. Perhaps because I had not come to clean it up, I frowned and said, "A few broken leaves, what's the best thing about it?"
He Ru sneered and said, "What do you know? All things in the world form their own hexagrams, good and bad luck lies in one mind. In your eyes, they are fallen leaves, but in my eyes, they are changes!"
"Change? What changes?"
He Ru pondered silently, and finally shook her sleeves and mixed the leaves in the pond into a ball. He turned his head and looked at Xu You for a while, and teased: "I haven't returned all night. Is Hongluan a warm tent? He has become Zhan Wenjun's guest in the curtain?"
This sentence was so mediocre. Xu You snorted coldly and said, "A gentleman does not deceive the dark room. You are dirty, don't judge others by yourself!"
"Hahaha!" He Ru laughed, blinked his eyes, and said, "Qilang, you are a gentleman today, don't regret it in the future!"
Xu You was sure of hearing what he said, and thought that he had just looked down at the fallen leaves and formed a hexagram. He shrugged and said, "Did you see something?"
He Ru nodded, his face seemed to be funny and strange, and said, "When you came in before, a dead leaf happened to fall into the pool without bias, Dui on top and Kun on bottom, turning the original hexagram into Cui Gua."
"Cui Gua?"
"The land of the lake is filled with water, and Kun is earth, so there is a lot of benefits! For Zhan Wenjun, you should take the initiative. Otherwise, after this opportunity, if you want to get along with the beauty again, you will be afraid that it will be difficult to get what you want."
Xu You knows that the Book of Changes contains all things in the universe, and the principles are exquisite, but it is a bit fantastic to tell the story of men and women from a few leaves. He said, "You are familiar with the four aspects of Yin Fu, and may have a far greater understanding of the principles of the Yi. But you grew up in a temple and have seen many scriptures that women have not read. You are so rude about love. In fact, how can you understand the thoughts of your daughter's family? Have you heard a saying? No matter how exquisite the woman's heart, the needle under the sea, and the sixteen hexagrams of the Zhoutian, they cannot figure out what girls think and do. Besides, if you rely on taking advantage of others' danger to get along with the beauty, although I, Xu You, do not know how kind you are, don't bother to do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lu Shuang whispering in front of the stairs in the middle: "Did Xiaolang often travel to places of music and sex in Yixing, and he actually understands the affairs of his daughter's house so much?"
"No, either. The place I go to most with him on weekdays is the arsenal of my family... As for the others, maybe there are, but I don't know..."
Xu You looked helpless and turned around and said, "When will you come out?"
Lu Shuang came over and bent down to pick the straw trousers hanging on Xu You's belt. Yingying smiled and said, "Just come, I heard Xiao Lang say something disdain for it. The maid said something more, what's wrong with Xiao Lang's disdain for it?"
Even the autumnal equinox heard Lu Shuang teasing Xu You, holding her mouth to laugh but not daring to laugh. Xu You glared at Lu Shuang, touched her stomach and shouted, "Is the breakfast ready? I'm about to starve to death... By the way, Feng Hu, go and ask him to get up for dinner. Today is strange. His wings rise so early, but Feng Hu disappeared..."
Zuo Qi did not have the habit of staying in bed. The reason why he got up late was because he was injured. That day, he used the sword to catch Xi Yuanda's iron ball poison needle and was passed by a piece of it. He didn't care at the time. After these days, the toxicity spread into his body without realizing it, and suddenly broke out and he couldn't afford to get sick.
After Xu You learned about it, he immediately informed Zhan Wenjun and asked her to invite a famous doctor in Qiantang to go to Mingyushan for consultation. After the doctor came, he prescribed a medicine to remove poison and nourish the liver. After taking a few doses, he temporarily suppressed the toxicity, but there was no fundamental improvement. After Xu You and He Ru discussed, he concluded that the antidote had to go to Tianshidao to search for the antidote, but he only regretted that he had not agreed on a contact information with Li Yifeng and was anxious to find him. On the one hand, he invited famous doctors to consult everywhere, and no matter how far or near, he would pay a lot of money to come up the mountain. On the other hand, he actively sent people to Wuxian to find Li Yifeng. As long as he was there, Xi Yuanda's poison trick could be solved with his own hands.
However, after five days of return, Li Yifeng had already handed over the academic affairs of the ghost-catching spirit officer, turned back to Heming Mountain alone, and was no longer in Wu County. Xu You once told him that something was impossible and immediately retreated. It seemed that he immediately left Yangzhou to govern the right and wrong place after giving the deposit pill last time. He made a quick decision and retreated bravely. He was worthy of being Li Changfeng's disciple, and was willing to go to the prosperous place of Yangzhou.
He left in time, but he suffered the patient Zuo Qi. Without Li Yifeng, Xu You thought about it and did not care about it. He went to the county government to discuss with Gu Yun for a secret discussion, asking him to ask Meng Xingchun in private to see if he could find something to detoxify from the Tianshidao.
All the relevant people in the Yangzhou Zhizhi, especially those who have close ties with Xi Yuanda, are now under the control of Meng Xingchun. If he didn't know, he would go to search in secret. On the one hand, it would cause doubts, on the other hand, it would be half the result with twice the result, and on the other hand, it would be afraid of offending him. According to Xu You's evaluation, Meng Xingchun was keen on fame and fortune and had a strong desire for power. Once such a person was in control of great power, he would definitely regard Yangzhou Zhizhi as his pocket. Once he felt that Xu You didn't take him seriously, the consequences could be imagined.
If you want to say that the people in Yangzhou cannot be offended now, Meng Xingchun is definitely at the forefront. So the best way is to go through his ways and find an antidote from the people close to Xi Yuanda to relieve the poison from Zuo Qi.
Gu Yun naturally agreed with all his strength. Zuo Qi was injured. In the final analysis, it was to protect the people of Qiantang. Otherwise, with his skills, if he wanted to avoid Yi Rubing's palm, how could he get touched by poisonous needles? However, Meng Xingchun was not concerned about this. He came with his life. He was exhausted and was afraid that the errand would not be done well, so he would not waste time and energy on such trivial matters. So after another seven days, he had not yet answered Gu Yun.
Xu You couldn't wait, and Zuo Qi's injury tended to gradually worsen. He lay alone in bed and couldn't move. It made people anxious and heartbroken to see Meng Xingchun in person.
Meng Xingchun did not live in the county government office, but chose a small house near the Chenghuang Temple to settle down. Xu You handed over a letter of worship and waited for a while. A man dressed in an ordinary Qimin took him in. Although he was dressed in an ordinary manner, his steps were steady and his eyes were full of spirit. He must be a disciple of Meng Xingchun, also known as a yellow-eared dog.
There were two sects of Eagle and Crouching Tiger in Sili Mansion. Eagle and Crouching Tiger mean loyalty and bravery, while Crouching Tiger means harsh law. Later, the killing was excessive and it was a taboo in the world. Because Eagle and Crouching Tiger mostly wore purple clothes, and Crouching Tiger mostly wore yellow clothes, and the court and the country ridiculed it as purple-tailed roe and yellow-eared dog.
The information obtained by the ship pavilion showed that Meng Xingchun only brought thirty disciples when he left Beijing this time. However, there were not many people. The disciples in the Sili Mansion were all elite soldiers selected from the army. They had received various cruel and professional training. They locked people and took people, destroyed their families, and could only be treated as ten, like wolves or tigers, and could not be looked at by them.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard a hoarse and low voice, saying, "Mr. Xu, I have long admired Daming!"
Chapter completed!