A knife in love

Chapter 168

Shao Yuanjie said with a smile: "Master Li has come to Xingshi to question the crime?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "Li is just a commoner, so what's the 'teacher' to be happy about, and what's the 'crime' to ask about? It's just that Mr. Liu is a cabinet scholar, and Zhi Yizhen is a master of Taoism, and the emperor relies most on him." The master. The two join forces, who can be the enemy in the world?"

Liu Kangdao: "Lord Li, you are wrong. Master Shao and I are not joining forces, we are just helping each other in the same boat."

Li Qiufeng said: "That's where Li is suspicious. Master Liu was the cabinet scholar most relied on by the late emperor. After the death of the late emperor, the new emperor ascended the throne. Although he had a lot of trust in Master Liu, it was only three years later that the overall situation was over. Mr. Liu was forced to resign from office. Logically speaking, Mr. Liu should be resentful towards Jinshang. And Zhiyi is a cronies summoned to the palace after Jinshang ascended the throne, and he is the most trusted person of the emperor. The two It's really hard for Li to believe that they were able to help each other in the same boat."

Liu Kang smiled slightly, and said: "As the so-called one moment and another moment, the old man can drink tea and play chess with Shao Zhenren today because we have a common enemy, this enemy is so powerful that we must join hands to deal with it."

Shao Yuanjie said: "Master Liu is right. Master Li was wrong about something just now. Although Master Liu became an official in the third year of Jiajing, he was not forced by the emperor, and he will not have any resentment towards today. Master Liu is loyal to Daming. True, it is true to be loyal to the former emperor, and it is true to be loyal to the present!"

Li Qiufeng sneered and said, "In this way, Master Liu can be said to be the old Changle of this dynasty?"

Changle is always the self-name of Feng Dao, a famous minister in the Five Dynasties.In his early years, Feng Dao worked for Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan. The ten emperors, Emperor Yin, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, also professed ministers to Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty during this period, and always served as the general minister, the three princes, and the three teachers.Ouyang Xiu scolded him as "shameless", and Sima Guang even denounced him as "especially a treacherous minister".The official circles regard him as an old fritters who follow the trend, and the reputation has always been bad.Li Qiufeng referred to Liu Kang as the old man of Changle, which meant to be sarcastic.

He originally thought that Liu Kang would be furious after hearing this, but Liu Kanghun didn't care, and smiled slightly: "The elder Changle has gone through four dynasties, serving the people and supporting the virtuous. The sages and fools all look up to Dao as the patriarch, and love the prestige of "Yu". The five dynasties were chaotic, dynasties changed frequently, and thieves lived in the temple. Feng Dao can always insist on being upright in the troubled times. He is really a remarkable man. If future generations can comment on the old man like this, the old man will be smiling at Jiuquan."

Li Qiufeng didn't read much, and he couldn't understand most of Liu Kang's eloquent talks.Knowing that he was absolutely no match for the old man, he had no choice but to say in a deep voice: "There are many doubts about the late emperor's death. Mr. Liu Ge was the late emperor's teacher and an important minister in the past. Don't you want to find out the truth and avenge the late emperor?" ?”

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

Li Qiufeng didn't expect him to answer so bluntly, but he was taken aback, for a moment he didn't know how to continue.

Murong Danyan didn't know what Li Qiufeng and Liu Kang were talking about, but Liu Kang looked calm, but Li Qiufeng showed embarrassment, and immediately said: "Old man, you are playing tricks and tricks to lure the heroes of the world to work for you. What kind of a good official is he who is still bragging and bragging here?!"

Liu Kang spoke Li Qiufeng tongue-tiedly, and when he was complacent, Murong Danyan robbed him of a few words.Although these few words were plain words, it would be better for Liu Kang not to answer them.

At this moment, Shao Yuanjie laughed and said: "The old friend has already arrived, why didn't he linger in?"

Only an old voice came from outside the door and said: "Master Liu, even these teenage girls know that you are deceiving people, hehe, can you still sing this play?"

Liu Kang's complexion changed, and he said with a sneer: "You Master Yang refuses to step down, so I have no choice but to accompany you to perform this play."

I saw a senile old man walking in from the door, it was Yang Tinghe.Holding a folding fan in his hand, he walked slowly into the lobby, looked at Liu Kang with his hands behind his back and said, "Master Liu, after seven years of separation, you have become more and more healthy."

Liu Kang said with a smile: "Master Yang's complexion is much better than before. I remember that year, Lord Yang was ordered by the emperor to resign from office. He was so distraught that he fell seriously ill. Jin Yiwei pressed him hard again, and Lord Yang was carried out of the capital in a carriage. huh?"

Yang Tinghe sighed: "Master Liu has a good memory. Thanks to Master Liu that day, the old man fled the capital in a hurry like a bereaved dog. When I am old, I sometimes wake up from a dream at night. Thinking of this, I really feel ashamed."

Liu Kangdao: "Master Yang, when you are old, you should be content with the status quo, and stop thinking about doing things beyond your power. Otherwise, wouldn't those stumbles be in vain?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Every old man remembers clearly. After forty years of ups and downs in the officialdom, I have learned one thing, that is, I must not swallow this breath until the end. For example, the old man fell in love with Liu My lord's tricks, it doesn't count if I took the blame, and I was kicked out of the capital. So I had to think of a way to make lord Liu lose his position as a cabinet scholar."

Liu Kang laughed loudly and said, "Lao Yang, I really admire your self-comforting skills. Liu has suffered from Mr. Zhang, so what has he got to do with you, Lao Yang?"

Yang Tinghe narrowed his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "If the old man hadn't chatted with Mr. Zhang once, how could he have spoken well for Mr. Liu at the emperor's place, which made Mr. Liu follow the old man's footsteps and be kicked out like a bereaved dog? The capital? The old man might as well tell you one more thing, the scandal of your eldest son steaming his mother was also reported to the palace by the old man..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Kang stood up suddenly, stared at Yang Tinghe viciously, and then slowly sat back on the chair after a while, and said with a sneer: "Okay, okay, it really is you, I should have thought it was you who caused the trouble." , I just thought that you, Lao Yang, have already left the capital thousands of miles away, I was negligent..."

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Master Liu, I always think about your benefits. So after I found out that your son who is not as good as a pig and a dog had an affair with your third wife, I was caught and arrested. He stripped his adulterer naked and threw it on the street. Mr. Liu, don’t stare at me. I’m doing this for your own good. I know Mr. Liu is the most naughty person. If you don’t make a big deal out of it I'm afraid Mr. Liu will knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and pretend to be nonchalant while wearing a green hat. That's why the local five elders are "just" present. Even if Mr. Liu wants to hide it, he can't hide it Yes. Haha, haha."

Holding the teacup in his right hand, Liu Kang forced himself to hold back his anger, and said to Yang Tinghe, "Small Xiao Xiao only threatens people's privacy. It's not unusual for you, Old Yang, to do such things."

Yang Tinghe said: "That's right. The old man has suffered a lot from being trapped in the back before, so I have to repay him in the same way. Master Liu, this is not a good feeling."

Shao Yuanjie saw that the two were fighting with each other and refused to give in to each other, so he had a haha ​​moment, and moved a chair to invite Yang Tinghe to sit down.Then he moved Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan to the two chairs on one side, and then said to Yang Tinghe: "Things have passed for so many years, if Mr. Yang is angry, he should calm down if he thinks about it. Why bother?" For the sake of personal grievances, recklessly using weapons and killing people? Master Yang is also a person full of sages, so it is better to stop as soon as possible."

Yang Tinghe said: "Shao Zhenren's words are wrong. How many treacherous ministers use this excuse to trap good people. They use despicable means to seek high positions and persecute others. After they get the benefits, if the people he deceived want to seek revenge, He said that others blamed them in the name of justice out of personal grievances. The old man suffered from this loss in the past, and failed to distinguish clearly from these treacherous and villainous people in the court, and finally ended up in a mess, and the tree fell and the monkeys scattered. Master Shao, if the old man still listens to what you say, won’t he eat a hundred beans and still not know the smell, and repeat the same mistakes?”

Shao Yuanjie's complexion changed, and he said to Yang Tinghe: "Master Yang, I have said everything that should be said. Your majesty knows all about your changes over the years. I just think of your achievements in the past, and I can't bear to punish you. Master Yang must know how to advance and retreat. , don’t make the situation unmanageable, I’m afraid Mr. Yang will want to be alone at that time, and it won’t be possible.”

Yang Tinghe chuckled, and said: "The emperor doesn't punish me, I'm afraid it's not because of the old man's merits, but because the old man knows too much. Killing me will give the world a solid excuse, and his throne will be a little unstable. Master Shao, Is what I said right?"

(End of this chapter)