V1.Chapter 193

Wei Hong left the court today, just sitting in the imperial study room in a daze. Over the years, he has worked hard to be a wise king. He only sleeps for more than an hour a day, and his body is getting more and more haggard. I didn't go much.

But this matter seems to never be finished. Even though many young people have been promoted, it is still difficult to see any improvement. It was not until Liu Muyan was hand-picked as the number one scholar last year that Liu Muyan had a private conversation with himself, and he learned that the current Shang Dynasty Up and down, there are many disadvantages in places he can't see. Many things could have been avoided, but because of these disadvantages, things happened one after another, which made him so busy that he didn't even sleep.

At that time, Wei Hong realized that the Shang Dynasty had come to his own generation, and if he didn't rectify it properly, he might only gradually decline, so he had the idea of ​​reform in his heart. Unexpectedly, Liu Muyan, who had just talked to himself a lot, immediately expressed his objection, only saying that the accumulation is hard to recover, and he can only rectify it slowly. If the medicine is administered too violently, it may cause a backlash.

Wei Hong has been the emperor for the past few years, so it's not that he doesn't understand these things. Don't look at him sitting on it, but in fact, if he really annoyed some ministers, these people would really dare not buy him.

It's just that the emperor didn't know that when Liu Muyan was studying art in Shushan, he also talked about his ideal revenge with his master Ye Wen in his spare time. Praise, I didn't expect Ye Wen to frown and remain silent after hearing his many clever strategies, which made Liu Muyan's heart cool down a lot.

He also thought that his master would reprimand him for being arrogant, but Ye Wen didn't say anything. Instead, he continued to talk about other things with him, and even through some trivial things, he suddenly realized that his methods were not bad, but they were Too aggressive. If he really messed around like this as soon as he entered the official career, he probably wouldn't be able to be an official for long.

When Ye Wen saw that his apprentice had come to his senses, he stopped talking. He knew that he didn't have much ink in his chest, but he only knew about some miscellaneous things. He also heard that many famous officials in history wanted to carry out There are many examples of reforms that are difficult to succeed, and even textbooks contain a lot of content analyzing why these reforms failed.

What's more, in the Internet age, many netizens are digging deeper into it. With so many theories as the basis, Ye Wen may not be able to do those things by himself, but it is still a good idea to help his disciples pick problems. That's right.

"The malpractice of this country is like a person suffering from a disease! If the disease is terminally ill, prescribing strong medicine is killing you. When you are neither arrogant nor impetuous, take it slowly, that is the best policy!"

It was only by firmly remembering these words that Liu Muyan was not overwhelmed when he learned that the emperor also intended to change—it was because the few small examples Ye Wen gave him were so thought-provoking, and he only touched such small things. It turned out to be so involved, it is really unforgettable...

Especially after Ye Wen said to him: "The relationship between the court and the court is the same as this situation, there is a delicate balance, if you move around at will, you will affect the whole body, so don't be careless! "

After he told the emperor what he had said, the emperor also greatly appreciated it, and even praised Liu Muyan as the minister of the humerus bestowed to him by the ancestors of this dynasty.

Later, he was promoted by the emperor constantly, and within a year, he actually sat on the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, which is rare in the royal family of Longben Dynasty! Although many people were dissatisfied because of his quick promotion, Liu Muyan didn't care. He now understood that as long as he hugged the big tree of the emperor tightly, all these miscellaneous factional struggles would be nothing to him, and as long as he If they don't lean towards any faction, these guys won't really deal with themselves. In the officialdom, as long as they don't really become enemies, they have to leave some leeway.

"It's quite similar to my kung fu!"

Liu Muyan, who practiced kung fu at home from time to time, didn't know that the emperor was sitting in the imperial study and thinking about him, especially when a little eunuch who was serving him suddenly said to the emperor: "When the servant went to Mr. Liu's house to pass the decree , accidentally saw a painting in Mrs. Liu's mansion, it's really beautiful!"

But Wei Hong was bored and wanted to talk to this little eunuch. This little eunuch was newly transferred to his side, called Xiaoluzi. The original Xiaochunzi has been promoted a lot now. He no longer needs to do some important affairs, but he is no longer required to serve them—it is the rule set by the Taizu of this dynasty. The eunuchs who serve the emperor cannot have important duties. Once they hold a higher position, they must be transferred. The eunuch was in power and got close to the emperor, playing tricks.

"Oh? Painting?" Wei Hong usually has no hobbies. He just likes to write and draw in his free time, and then bestows them on his close concubines and ministers. Impression——The important thing is that Liu Muyan devoted himself to answering the paper, and did not muddle through things like Xu Xian did. The article and the answers to many questions were really well written.

Although there were many talented young people in the palace examination this time, Liu Muyan was still the most outstanding one. Wei Hong only knows that Liu Muyan is a master in calligraphy, but he is not very proficient in painting. When he had nothing to do, he also asked Liu Muyan to draw a few pictures. Although the pictures with simple lines were a bit interesting, they were not elegant.

Could it be that Liu Muyan is actually a master of painting, but he is just afraid of being too public and overpowering himself, the emperor, so he deliberately hides his clumsiness?

"What painting? Have you ever seen it clearly?"

While helping the emperor add water, Xiao Luzi replied with a smile: "It seems to be a picture of a dancing girl. The servant just caught a glimpse at that time. The dancing girl in the painting looks like a fairy, especially the expression, which is no different from that of a living person. , At that time, the servant was shocked for a long time!"

Wei Hong smiled and said, "Oh? Is it really that good?"

Xiaoluzi nodded.

Wei Hong thought for a while, then glanced at the memorials of Lao Gao piled up on the table, but Xiao Luzi saw it and said, "The emperor has approved these memorials for four hours, it's okay to relax a little!"

"What do you know? This is an urgent matter, and it's good to finish the approval sooner!" As soon as I stretched out my hand, I felt sore and weak in my hands and feet, but my whole body felt uncomfortable after sitting for too long. He frowned and sighed: "Oh! It's true, there will always be a lot of memorials, and it's not a big deal if you continue to approve them like this. Let's take a rest first!"

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Xiao Luzi asked, "Slave, how about going to Master Liu's house and asking Master Liu to bring that painting into the palace?"

Wei Hong thought for a while but said: "Is Liu Muyan's home in Dongcheng? I happen to be out of the palace too, help me change my clothes!"

Hearing this, Xiao Luzi immediately helped Wei Hong up, whose legs were numb, washed up briefly, changed his clothes, and left the palace in a low-key manner.

The two of them didn't bring anyone with them, they were only accompanied by two imperial guards, and at the same time there was a priest following them in the dark, walking and stopping all the way, looking left and right, they originally left the palace in the afternoon, and arrived at Liu Muyan's in the evening Family.

It happened that Liu Muyan was having dinner and chatting with his uncle at the same time. It turned out that Xu Xian had just arrived in the capital. According to what the two of them said, his master should be on his way to Zen. Go to Beijing to have a look.

If you don't want to be chatting, the servants will come to report a visitor.

"Who is visiting?"

The servant looked at Xu Xian, but didn't know how to speak, Liu Muyan scolded: "This is the master's family, there is no need to hide it!" After hearing this, the servant said: "The emperor is here!"

Liu Muyan was startled when he heard that the emperor was coming. He immediately got up and was about to go out to meet him. Just as he was about to speak to Xu Xian, Xu Xian pulled Huang Rongrong up and said, "Hurry up, Rongrong, hide, don't scream!" The emperor has seen me!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Muyan remembered that his uncle was the champion of the last year, and later he resigned because of illness, otherwise the position he was sitting at the moment should belong to his uncle—of course, he couldn't guarantee his teacher. Uncle has become a minister.

He ordered his servants to take his uncle and Huang Rongrong, whom he didn't know how to call, to rest, while he tidied things up hastily and ran out to meet the emperor...

Walking to this Zen temple, although Ye Wen doesn't believe in Buddhism, a different kind of emotion also arises from the bottom of his heart, especially when he is led by the Zhike monk to the already arranged Zen room, listening to the occasional The bell sounds very peaceful and peaceful.

Ning Ruxue and Hua Yi, who followed behind, also looked around curiously. Ning Ruxue didn't go out of Pingzhou very much, and was curious about everything. The female benefactors who come to offer incense are at most wandering around the main hall and the vestibule, and they are not allowed to enter behind. If it wasn't for the martial arts conference, the two of them would definitely not be able to enter here.

In fact, as soon as he entered the temple, after seeing Zen Master Huixin, Ye Wen also asked about it in private, and even asked Ning Ruxue and Hua Yi to find a place to stay outside the temple.

Unexpectedly, Zen Master Huixin said with a smile: "This old monk doesn't mind, but why does Master Ye care about these things?"

Ye Wenwen wanted to say that you are not a serious monk, but this Zen master Huixin seemed to be able to read minds and said: "The matter of allowing female guests to enter the temple is known to everyone in the temple. No one objected. Don't worry, head master Ye. Just stay here! And don’t look at this temple as a temple, there is also meat, at most it’s lighter!”

Everyone said that, Ye Wen would be too deliberate in refusing, so he thanked him and followed the Zhike monk to the arranged meditation room.

There are one meditation room after another, and Ye Wen still brought all his disciples with him on this trip, except Liu Muyan who was unable to come because he was an official in Beijing, and Xu Xian's big apprentice Li Sen also did not come, but Nangong Huang, a kid Instead, they came with Ye Wen. As for Xu Ping and Nangong Zixin, they met up with everyone outside the temple and went up the mountain together.

Along the way, when Ye Wen talked with Xu Ping, he also learned about this disciple's situation outside these days.

"Disciple has met quite a few members of the Demon Cult in the past few months, and some of them seemed to want to make a sneak attack, but I was discovered by this disciple early on, so I dismissed them one by one!"

"killed?"

"yes!"

"You did it right!" He patted his three disciples on the shoulder, and saw that his eyes became more determined, and at the same time, a faint aura formed on his body. Although I don't know if his skill has improved, his combat power must have become much stronger .

Over the years, the Devil's Cult has sent some miscellaneous fish to make troubles from time to time, especially many people who wanted to trouble the Shushan Sect, but the level of coming was not high enough, and even a few important figures of the Shushan Sect were sent away without seeing them. If it is a little heavier, it may lose combat power for no reason.

In the end, they aimed at the disciples who were outside the Shushan Sect, but the direct disciples of the Shushan Sect seldom went out, and even if they came out, they would not walk alone. The demon sect lost a lot of people under the help of each other. ——People who were born in the Shushan faction are extremely vicious in their attacks, and once they make a move, they will never leave their lives alive. People in the Demon Cult now hate and fear the Shushan faction.

But this is also the case, the disciples of the Shushan School who go out are less dangerous, because once the enemy dies, there is not even a messenger left, and it will take a long time to find out the whereabouts of the Shushan disciples and find out the whereabouts of the disciples. .

"However, people in the Devil's Cult tried to capture Zixin several times to blackmail the disciple..."

"How did you deal with it?" Ye Wen was quite curious about this, but Nangong Zixin took a good look at Xu Ping inexplicably, sticking to him all day long, his apprentice probably had some interest in it, so he didn't rush People, the two of them wandering around in the rivers and lakes are really a bit like a couple.

It stands to reason that if my lover is arrested, there will be chaos, but I don't know how my apprentice will deal with it? Anyway, this person is right in front of him right now, and Nangong Zixin is not missing the slightest hair, so everyone must be happy with the result.

"The apprentice said, junior sister, you wait for the senior brother, and when the senior brother avenges you, he will come to find you..."

"..."

"Then that person suddenly turned around and ran away...but he was knocked down by the disciple with a Qiankun throw, and he went up to make up for it."

"..."

Ye Wen looked at this apprentice up and down, and thought to himself: "I didn't realize it before, this is also the best, and I can even say such words!"

Walking and stopping, talking and laughing, after enjoying a pure vegetarian meal, Ye Wen went out by himself and started walking around. Surrounded by martial arts sects who came to participate in the conference, he and the Zhike monk made a special inquiry just now, and learned that the Yudong sect lived not far from him, and had already arrived first, so it would be no harm to go and have a look at this time.

In particular, he specifically asked Zhike Seng if there were Nine Sword Immortals in the group of Yudong Sect, and after getting a negative answer, he felt that he should come and see.

After communicating the names with the disciples of the Yudong sect, and seeing Yu Qingzi, as soon as he entered the door, Yu Qingzi pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Master Ye, please sit down!"

Then without waiting for Ye Wen to ask a question, he said directly: "I want to come to Sect Master Ye because I want to ask about my junior brother?" Seeing Ye Wen nodding, Yu Qingzi sighed: "Junior brother broke the void a few days ago. But I don’t know if it’s a success or a failure! But I’ll never see my junior brother again!”

After speaking, he sighed, and for some reason, the teacup in his hand trembled slightly.

Ye Wenchu ​​only thought that Yuqingzi was agitated, but after a while, the teacup in Yuqingzi's hand was still shaking, and only then did he know that this senior was ill.

"Master Ye is laughing, it's inevitable when you're old!" He, the leader of the Yudong sect, does pay attention to prolonging life, but after all, it's just prolonging life, not endless life. But it is not as good as every day.

When I saw him five years ago, the old man was still full of energy and walking like flying, but now he is showing his old age, his energy is listless, and his hands and feet are not so agile.

Ye Wen clasped his fists together: "Your offend!" Then he walked over and squeezed Yu Qingzi's wrist to inspect it, and finally took out a purple lotus flower, placed it on the Baihui acupoint on Yu Qingzi's head, and pressed it down by himself. **Dantian, the two phases echo each other, helping Yuqingzi recuperate his body.

After a while, after the lotus flower on Yuqingzi's head dissipated, Ye Wen also recuperated and sat back to his original position. Looking at Yuqingzi again, he closed his eyes and adjusted his breath for a while. After opening his eyes again, he felt much better. Zan said: "Sect Master Ye, Zilian, my junior brother mentioned it, he only said that it is powerful, but I don't think it has such a magical effect!"

"It's a pity that I can't help seniors. At most, I can make seniors feel better in the past few days!"

"Enough is enough!" Yu Qingzi said with a smile: "If the old man doesn't embarrass the Yudong faction at this meeting, he has already accepted the great favor of the head of Ye!"

Yuqingzi is very clear about his body, he is already exhausted, his health is getting worse and worse, if not for his cultivation level is not weak, he might have been lying in the coffin long ago. But even so, his time is numbered. If not, Nine Sword Immortals would not ask Ye Wen.

In addition to being able to give favor to the Shushan faction by virtue of his status as a senior, but also because Ye Wen is young, he can take care of his sect for a longer period of time. Otherwise, what is the difference between entrusting it to a group of gray-haired old men and asking my senior brother to take care of it?

Seeing Yu Qingzi like this now, Ye Wen also thought of the meaning of Jiujianxian looking for him, but Yu Qingzi, who looked at the demeanor of a generation of masters, is no different from an ordinary old man who may go west at any time. I always felt bad in my heart. While helping Yuqingzi recuperate, Ye Wen also knew that not only was there little vitality left in Yuqingzi's body, but the meridians had begun to wither. It can barely last for three or four days - you must know that if a normal person gets Ye Wen's random qi, it can stay in the body for at least seven to ten days.

"Alas! Time is not forgiving!"

After sitting for a while, Yu Qingzi fell asleep while talking. Ye Wen helped Yu Qingzi to the couch, covered the bed, came out and instructed the disciples of the Yudong School who were guarding the door, and left.

And because of Yu Qingzi's matter, Ye Wen didn't look very good when he went back, but as soon as he entered the wing room where his sect lived, he saw Liu Muyan standing there.

"Mu Yan, why are you here?"

Hearing the sound, Liu Muyan turned around and immediately saluted respectfully, and shouted: "Master!" Then he straightened up and kept winking at Ye Wen, making Ye Wen think that there was something wrong with the apprentice's eyes and ran away Come to help yourself.

"If you are suffering from eye disease, you should go back to find Mr. Chen. What are you doing looking for Master?"

Liu Muyan was speechless, and continued to wink behind him. Only then did Ye Wen see a few people standing, one of them had an extraordinary appearance and an outstanding temperament, and he stood out like a chicken in any battle—mainly because of this flamboyant second-five The 80,000 birds are too hard to ignore.

"Yo, is there someone else? I don't know what to call this friend?" After saying this, Liu Muyan could only put his hands on his face and let out a long sigh.