The Ming Dynasty Beijing City was completely shrouded in the night. In a mansion not far from Xibianmen, Li Dongyang, who was over 60 years old, sat in his study. He was thin, dark in his skin, and very ordinary in appearance.

There was nothing extraordinary about him. If he had seen him for the first time, he would probably not believe that this gray-haired old man would be Li Dongyang, who was famous all over the world for his wisdom.

At this time, Li Dongyang was concentrating on looking at a letter he had just received. His hands holding the letter were thick and not looking like a pair of hands holding a pen, but rather like a hand holding a hoe. This is mainly about

Li Dongyang's life was related to his childhood. Although his father was also a well-educated man, he often worked for others because of his poverty and even worked as a boatman on the ferry. Li Dongyang often worked with his father when he was a child, so he raised a pair of thick knuckles.

hand.

In addition to Li Dongyang, there was another person sitting opposite him. He saw that he had a national face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and majestic appearance. Although he was wearing a long robe of a scholar, he looked like a warrior. The man's name was Yang Yiqing.

Li Dongyang was nearly ten years younger. He was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and was in charge of military affairs in the three towns. He was also half a warrior. Later, he was promoted to the right censor, who was Wang Lun's immediate superior. Unfortunately, he was the same as Wang Lun.

He hated Liu Jin and other eunuchs, and ended up being dismissed from office. However, he did not return to his hometown, but still lived in the capital.

"Brother Binzhi, what do you say in the letter of Brother Ruyan?" Yang Yiqing finally waited until Li Dongyang put down the letter in his hand and immediately asked impatiently. Ruyan was Wang Lun's name, and Wang Lun was the deputy chief censor at the time.

Shi. ​​It happened to be Yang Yiqing's deputy. The two not only cooperated and had a tacit understanding in business, but also had a good personal relationship. Now that something happened to Wang Lun, he cared more about it than anyone else.

After reading the letter, Li Dongyang showed a puzzled expression. This is very rare for him who is known as resourceful. Then Li Dongyang said, "Ru Yan's attitude this time is very strange. He hopes that we can try our best to do things.

Procrastination, it is best to delay until April, and then his dilemma can be solved?"

"Procrastination?" Yang Yiqing was stunned when he heard the content of the letter, and then asked again. "Did Brother Ruyan explain the reason? Why did we ask him to procrastinate? Does he have any plans?"

Li Dongyang slowly shook his head and frowned and said, "No, Ru Yan did not say anything about the plan in the letter, but mentioned that this was a suggestion given to him by a young man named Zhou Chong, and

I guarantee that as soon as April comes, a big variable will appear."

"Big variables, what big variables, are Ru Yan confused? What's the use of delaying time alone, let alone the idea given to him by a young boy. Could it be that the other party is Kong Ming's reincarnation, and can he calculate it if he can do it?"

Yang Yiqing obviously did not understand Wang Lun's approach to delaying time, and he was even more dissatisfied with Zhou Chong.

What Yang Yiqing didn't expect was that Li Dongyang smiled strangely at this time and said, "Maybe this Zhou Chong can really do it."

"Uh?" Yang Yiqing was startled when he saw Li Dongyang's appearance and said, "Brother Binzhi, you are confused. If you say that a young man of unknown origin, it would be fine to deceive Brother Ruyan's honest person like that.

, Why do you, who have always been known as wise, believe in those unfounded nonsense?”

Regarding Yang Yiqing's words, Li Dongyang laughed and said, "Ying Ning, this Zhou Chong is not a young man of unknown origin. He is Ru Yan's prospective son-in-law. In addition to this level of identity, it has recently been a huge hit in the capital.

The Journey to the West of the Great Storm was written by Zhou Chong. A young man who was only fifteen years old could write a wonderful book like Journey to the West. If someone said that Zhou Chong was really good at calculating, then I would believe it!"

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month last year, the manuscripts of the first ten chapters of Journey to the West were spread from the south to the capital, and immediately caused a huge sensation among all scholars. It can be said that as long as there are scholars, you can hear the book Journey to the West.

Talk about the conversation.

With the huge impact of Journey to the West, Zhou Chong, the author of this book, also made many people remember it in their hearts, especially when he was fifteen years old, which attracted the interest of many people.

At that time, most people didn't believe that Zhou Chong was really only fifteen years old, but with the news about Zhou Chong in the south, almost everyone now knows that Journey to the West was indeed written by a fifteen-year-old prodigy.

Journey to the West is originally a mythical novel, but Zhou Chong completed this magnificent work at the age of fifteen. It is like a mythological story. This also makes the book borrow people's names and the power of books. The two echo each other.

The name of Zhou Chong and Journey to the West spread throughout the capital. I even heard that even the Emperor Zhengde, who was not doing his job properly, was sending people to find the complete Journey to the West.

"So it's him!" Yang Yiqing also showed a shocked expression on his face when he heard that Zhou Chong was actually the author of Journey to the West. He was also a fan of Journey to the West, and had already removed the first ten times back and forth,

Unfortunately, I have never found the following content, and I feel very sorry. I didn’t expect that the person who wrote the book was actually the prospective son-in-law of an old friend.

While Li Dongyang and Yang Yiqing discussed Zhou Chong and Journey to the West, the famous leopard house was located here, and since the second year of Zhengde, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been from the dead Forbidden City.

I moved out and lived in the leopard room every day to play and occasionally handled some political affairs here. It can be said that after Emperor Zhengde moved to the leopard room, it became the real political and military center of the Ming Dynasty.

It was already late at this time, but the leopard room was still brightly lit. In a hall, Emperor Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, and a group of confidants, were sermons, among which Liu Jin, was a member of the eight tigers.

Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and eight others were all there. The group of people were enjoying the singing and dancing in the middle while chatting loudly, and it looked very lively.

Zhu Houzhao is a handsome and strong young man. He just turned 20 this year and is at the age of the most energetic. Although he had been having fun during the day, he was not tired at all and was still sitting there in full spirit.

Talk and laugh with Liu Jin and other confidants.

"Pan Liu, what interesting thing happened today?" The young Emperor Zhengde picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then asked Liu Jin, who was sitting on his right head with a smile.

Since moving to the Leopard Room, Emperor Zhengde has been completely free. Although the ministers in the court made many suggestions, he agreed on the surface but actually did his own thing. Later, the ministers in the court simply stopped caring about him, and Zhengde even more

He couldn't ask for anything, and he had everything he could eat, drink and have fun in the leopard room, so he stayed in the leopard room every day, and the news about the outside world was only conveyed through people like Liu Jin.

"Report to Your Majesty, the court is still the same today, and nothing big happened in the capital. If you really want to say anything interesting, then there is only one news from the south, the entire Journey to the West that Your Majesty has been looking for.

This has been published and will be sold on the market soon. Your Majesty will have a glimpse of it!" Liu Jin stood up and replied very respectfully.

Although Liu Jin is only in his fifties, because the eunuchs have always grown older, he now looks gray and his back is a little hunched. If he is seventy, some people believe that Liu Jin is now in a high position and powerful position.

, among the eight tigers sitting, he was the leader, so he had a sense of power when speaking.

When Liu Jin mentioned Journey to the West, Zhu Houzhao immediately became very energetic and said excitedly: "That's great! I was scratched by the monkey in Journey to the West. Unfortunately, there are only the previous ten chapters. Look

It's really not enough. When the full version of Journey to the West is launched, you will get me a set immediately. At that time, I have to see if this monkey can make God a big hole? Hahahaha...

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Looking at Zhu Houzhao laughing, Liu Jin and others were laughing, but at this moment, Zhang Yong, who was sitting on the left head of Zhu Houzhao, was the second only to Liu Jin among the eight tigers.

Come out and said with a smile: "Your Majesty wants to read Journey to the West, so there is no need to wait for a while. I sent someone to Songjiang a few days ago, and then found the bookseller who printed Journey to the West, and had already bought it from there.

The complete book of Journey to the West was just delivered this afternoon, and I was about to invite Your Majesty to read it!"

Zhang Yong was strong and had practiced martial arts before. He could be said to be a rough man who was ignorant and ignorant, but when he said it at the end, he was proud of his heart, and even made everyone feel embarrassed.

"Okay! That's great! Zhang's partner is still thoughtful. Please send the book in. I will read it at night tonight, so that the ministers outside can see that I am also a diligent emperor!"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao had already been found by Zhang Yong in advance when he heard the complete book of Journey to the West, he stood up excitedly and praised Zhang Yong repeatedly.

Hearing the praise of His Majesty the Emperor, Zhang Yong was also happy to smile. Although they were usually majestic, the power in their hands all came from Zhu Houzhao. Whoever has a closer relationship with Zhu Houzhao will have more power in their hands.

Big, now he will give the complete book of Journey to the West, and naturally he will be more trusted by Zhu Houzhao.

Liu Jin saw Zhang Yong's appearance on the opposite side as a villain, but he secretly hated him. The eight tigers are not a solid piece of iron, and they also have conflicts with each other. For example, he is very different from Zhang Yong, because of some last time.

Contradiction, the two fought in front of Zhu Houzhao, and because Zhang Yong was healthy, he suffered a lot of losses. Later, although after Zhu Houzhao's mediation, the two of them seemed to be in harmony, but their relationship had already broken down.

Yong gave Journey to the West first this time, but in fact he wanted to compete with him for favor.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He paid too much attention to the affairs of the court during this period, and instead neglected his preferences about His Majesty the Emperor. However, it is still time to find a way to win His Majesty's favor again.
Chapter completed!