Ten days later, the group arrived at Jinling.
Tongjiyang's enthusiasm is different, and it is different from Rundu's heavy and bleak. Jinling City is gentle and affectionate, like a delicate and elegant lady, stained with a little pink. The sunshine is full of sunshine, the morning sun is romantic, and Wu Nong's soft words are full of songs. It is a real rich and noble town on earth.
Lin Shuanghe couldn't walk here, and only looked at the soft lady walking on the street and praised: "This is the cave of the gods. No wonder people always say that once you enter Jinling, you don't want to leave."
He Yan: "...you said the same thing when you were in Jiyang."
Lin Shuanghe spread out his fan, "Brother He, I just follow the customs of the village."
He Yan: "..."
It's a good one to do as the locals do.
When they arrived in Jinling, it was natural to say hello to the governor of Yingtianfu in Jinling. The Yingtian mansion had already received the news that Yan He and his party had arrived, so Yan He also went to Yingtian mansion to meet him first, so that the troops and horses could be settled down.
Outside Yingtian Mansion, the guards were already waiting outside, and there were people who had arranged to place the soldiers and horses. He Yan should have followed Wang Ba and the others and stood in the "soldier and horse" team. Naihe Lin Shuanghe patted her on the shoulder: "You are now also the Wu Anlang proclaimed by His Majesty. You are not white. Of course, you should be with us, just to teach you to see the world of officialdom."
He Yan was speechless and was about to ask Xiao Jue when Yan He glanced at her and said, "That's right, since you have an official position, just follow us."
Yan He's eyes are higher than the top, and he is very difficult to get along with, but he treats He Yan differently. Others are a little surprised, but He Yan knows it well. "The devaluation is useless, making him feel that he is a rare bosom friend in the world.
Everyone walked into the room together. There was a person sitting in the main hall. When they saw them coming in, the person stood up and wore the official robe of the governor. Like a governor, but like a student of the Imperial College. He stood up and saluted Yan He first, "General Yan." Then his eyes fell on Xiao Jue, and he immediately showed a look of surprise, but the surprise was fleeting, and soon became stunned.
He Yan was also surprised. She didn't expect to meet Yang Mingzhi here. What kind of coincidence is this? One Xiao Jue, one Lin Shuanghe, one Yan He, one Yang Mingzhi, and classmates in the Xianchang Hall, this place is actually here. Met four! It's too unbelievable, but... He Yan raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Jue beside him. Wasn't Xiao Jue the best friend of Yang Mingzhi when he was studying
When He Yan was young, Xiao Jue helped him secretly, but on the surface, he was not really close to Xiao Jue. At that time, Xiao Jue also had his own friends, Lin Shuanghe was one, Yang Mingzhi was the other. Compared to Lin Shuanghe, a young man who only knows how to play, Yang Mingzhi seems to be more serious.
Yang Mingzhi's father, Mr. Yang, was a bachelor of Guanwendian, and Wang Yangmingzhi was most likely due to his father's relationship, and he was very talented when he was young. However, he is not in good health, and he has headaches and brain fever every three to five days, so Wu Ke is also a mess. But Mr. or other teenagers wouldn't laugh at him for that. In liberal arts, Yang Mingzhi is really amazing. It is said that when he was five years old, he was able to export chapters, and when he was eight years old, he could discuss scriptures with famous scholars of the Wei Dynasty. When He Yan entered the Xianchang Pavilion, Yang Mingzhi was already well-known. He was the best in strategy theory and poetry, and he was very good at writing, which made He Yan envious. His temperament is also very gentle, not as detached as Lin Shuanghe, nor as indifferent as Xiao Jue, and his gentleness is just right.
If it is said that in the Xianchang Pavilion, Yan He always competes with Xiao Jue in martial arts, then Yang Mingzhi is an opponent who can compete with Xiao Jue in liberal arts. Different from his gentle temperament, Yang Mingzhi's poems and strategies always have a bit of vigor and sharpness, which is enough to show his arrogance in his heart. He also likes to criticize current affairs. When his interest comes, even the imperial court dares to scold him in the articles he writes. He is often scolded by his husband, but He Yan can see that the gentlemen appreciate him.
When he was young, He Yan always thought that a genius like Yang Mingzhi was inevitable to enter the official position. Once he entered the official position, he would definitely leave a deep and indelible mark in the history books of the Wei Dynasty. However, after she joined the army, she did not hear about Yang Mingzhi. She never expected that she would see it here today, and she never expected that Yang Mingzhi would become the governor of Jinling. He didn't stay in Shuojing? Why is this? And Xiao Jue saw that his expression was also indifferent, which was very strange.
Xiao Jue's relationship with Yang Mingzhi was just like the relationship with Lin Shuanghe. But now, when we meet, it seems like a stranger.
It was not only He Yan who discovered this, but also Yan He. Yan He said: "Hey, isn't this Ming's brother? Why are you the governor here now?"
Yan He doesn't know either? It seems that these years, Yang Mingzhi has been very low-key.
Yang Mingzhi came back to his senses and smiled at Yan He: "It's just a matter of yin and yang."
"Xiao Huaijin, this is your old friend, why are you so indifferent?" Yan He glanced at the two of them, "Did you quarrel?"
He asked this lightly, as if he was still a teenager, but Yang Mingzhi's face changed slightly.
"We have to reminisce about the old days, but now is not the time to reminisce." Lin Shuanghe interjected in a timely manner and took the conversation away, "That, Yang? Sir, we are going to stay in Jinling for two days now, please arrange for us. Yan He's soldiers and horses, you can handle it, we will return to Beijing after a two-day break."
Lin Shuanghe's attitude is also very strange, even though Xiao Jue is such a person who can't show his emotions and anger, Lin Shuanghe is a person. But looking at his current attitude towards Yang Mingzhi, he has deliberately made a clear distinction, and he is no longer the kindness he was at that time.
Chu Zhao didn't need to mention it, he had already seen the undercurrent in it, and even though Yan He was so arrogant, he also realized that something was wrong. This time, he finally didn't say it directly, and quietly shut up.
Yang Mingzhi's smile was a little stiff: "Naturally, the rooms have been cleaned up, and I will ask someone to take you there later."
Lin Shuanghe closed his fan: "Thank you, Lord Yang."
Not long after, a few maids came and led He Yan and the others to the place where they lived. The place where he lives is not in the governor's mansion, but in a mansion not far from the Qinhuai River in Jinling, perhaps under the name of Yang Ming.
Chu Zhao also got a room.
On the way, he didn't talk too much with He Yan. He seemed silent and quiet, sometimes he didn't know what he was thinking, which saved He Yan's business. Xiao Jue didn't have a dispute with him either, and everything was fine for the time being.
The house He Yan lived in was originally the most remote one. Among the group, she had the smallest official position, so it was understandable for such an arrangement. But Lin Shuanghe jumped out and said to her, "Brother He! I saw ants in the house I just lived in, I'm afraid, can I change a room with you?"
He Yan: "..."
She said, "It's all in one place. If you have it in your room, I will have it in my room."
"But I'm just afraid of the ants in my room," he answered nicely.
Yan He, who heard their conversation, frowned: "Lin Shuanghe, are you sick?"
"Exactly," Lin Shuanghe asked with a smile, "Do you have any medicine?"
Yan He walked away.
Chu Zhao on the side glanced at He Yan thoughtfully, shook his head and smiled, and followed Yingxiang into his room.
He Yan stared at Lin Shuanghe who was smiling happily in front of him. She could see at a glance what the hell Lin Shuanghe was up to. Lin Shuanghe's room happened to be next to Xiao Jue! He didn't push himself to Xiao Jue's side, God knows she made up her mind to stay away from Xiao Jue.
She raised her eyes and saw Xiao Jue turn her head sideways, Qing Lingling's glance, and she was speechless for a moment.
Lin Shuanghe said: "It's settled, Brother He, I'm leaving." He quickly rushed into He Yan's house with his own burden in his arms. He Yan had no choice but to bite the bullet and approach Lin Shuanghe's house. Room.
The door closed, and He Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that this is not Liangzhou Wei, and there is no middle door in the two rooms that can be opened with a pry, I feel a little nervous. She scolded herself secretly in her heart. When she was in Jiyang City, Cui Yuezhi had slept in one room. What's the point of being nervous?
Thinking of this, he relaxed a little bit.
It's just that he was thinking about the unusualness of the meeting between Xiao Jue and Yang Mingzhi, which was a little strange. After a while, he slipped out the door again, and seeing no one around, he knocked on Lin Shuanghe's door.
Lin Shuanghe yawned and opened the door. Seeing that it was He Yan, he immediately grabbed the door frame tightly, "Brother He, it's all right, we've already changed rooms, so we can't go back. I won't go out even if I die."
He thought that He Yan was coming to exchange for the house.
He Yan said helplessly: "I'm not here to change the house, I'm here to ask you something."
"That's even more impossible," Lin Shuanghe said sternly, "I am a gentleman, and we are alone... man, if it falls in the eyes of some people, wouldn't it be a big deal?"
What is he talking about all this nonsense? He Yan was too lazy to pay attention to him, pushed him into the room with a palm, followed him in, and closed the door.
Lin Shuanghe was pushed onto the chair by He Yan's palm, and he covered his chest with both hands, plausibly saying, "Sister He, a friend's wife can't be played, I'm not that kind of person."
"I'm asking about Yang Mingzhi." He Yan interrupted him.
Lin Shuanghe was stunned for a moment, then turned pale in shock, "You have a crush on Yang Mingzhi?"
Why is there only love and love in this person's heart, He Yan took a deep breath, "It's not that I fell in love with him, I just wanted to ask you if something happened between that Master Yang and the governor. I heard from General Yan earlier. , Lord Yang is a friend of the Governor, but I just watched from the outside, the situation of the two of them really doesn't look like a good friend."
After saying this in one breath, Lin Shuanghe finally understood He Yan's intention. He stayed for a while, then slowly sat up straight with a sad look on his always happy face, sighed, and said, "You found it."
He Yan asked, "But what happened between them?"
"Actually, Yan Nanguang, Huaijin and Yang Mingzhi are my classmates." Lin Shuanghe put down the fan in his hand, picked up the teapot next to him, poured a cup of tea and handed it to He Yan, and poured another cup for himself. He stared at the tea in the teacup, as if recalling the past, with a light voice: "Yan Nanguang is like a cockfighting, and I've been comparing this to that, and I'm not familiar with us. Back then, Huai Jin and Yang Mingzhi were the best. Speaking of which, Yang Mingzhi and Huai Jin should be closer than me and Huai Jin."
There was no jealousy and dissatisfaction on his face, he just smiled: "After all, I am not good at civil and martial arts, and Huai Jin can only talk about which girl is pretty and which restaurant's dishes are newer. Yang Mingzhi and Huai Jin can It's always more than me. Yang Mingzhi was not in good health, and when he was young, he was secretly said to be a sissy, but after Huai Jin took him with him, no one dared to say that."
All these He Yan knew, and she thought at that time that talented people are always similar to talented people. Xiao Jue and Yang Mingzhi are equally good, so it is no wonder that they can become close friends.
"And then?" she asked.
"Later..." Lin Shuanghe lowered his head, his eyes gradually becoming sad.
In the year of the Xiao family accident, the situation in the DPRK and China was very tense. Xiao Zhongwu died, and he was also accused of poor command of Mingshui in the first battle. The collapse of the Xiao family was imminent, and the power of Xu Xiang in the court became more and more rampant. Although the students in the Xianchang Hall were all from high-ranking officials and wealthy families, no one dared to speak for the Xiao family at the cusp of this storm.
Except for Lin Shuanghe.
Their family practiced medicine in the DPRK, Lin Qingtan and Lin Mu didn't care about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and Lin Shuanghe had no plans to enter office. Knowing that the Xiao family had an accident, Lin Shuanghe begged his father and grandfather to say something nice for Xiao Zhongwu in front of the emperor. Lin Mu also really said that his women's medical department is superb, and the person is very smooth, and many concubines in the harem have a good relationship with him. Lin Mu picked a few empresses to blow the pillow wind in front of His Majesty for a few days, but he didn't mention Xiao Zhongwu, but said that the two sons of the Xiao family are pitiful, both young and talented, but something happened in the mansion.
His Majesty is also a person of pity, and his ears are soft, and when he blows, he really feels that Xiao Jing and Xiao Jue are pitiful. The crime of Mingshui's war is only about Xiao Zhongwu, not the Xiao family.
But that alone is not enough.
The military power of the Nanfu soldiers has not been taken back. Even though His Majesty is thinking of the old feelings and will not let the rest of the Xiao family down, the Xiao family without military power is like fat without the protection of weapons. As long as others think, they can come up and take a bite. Not even Xu Xiang's opponent. His Majesty's kindness will only fade as Xiao Zhongwu dies for a long time. If you want to regain military power, you can only start now, and it will be too late.
As for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, no one dared to speak except Xiao Zhongwu's former department and Shen Yushi.
Xiao Jue has only two close friends in the Xianchang Pavilion. One is Lin Shuanghe and the other is Yang Mingzhi. Lin Shuanghe begged his father to speak for Xiao Jue. Yang Mingzhi's father, Mr. Yang, the scholar of Guanwendian, used to be the number one scholar appointed by His Majesty, and Emperor Wenxuan liked him very much. If Lord Yang speaks, His Majesty may not be able to listen.
Xiao Jue asked Yang Mingzhi for help.
Lin Shuanghe still remembers what Yang Mingzhi said at the time, his eyes were full of anxiety, he patted Xiao Jue's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I will persuade my father to intercede for General Xiao in the courtroom. Please investigate Ming Shuiyi thoroughly. The inside story of the war, Huai Jin, don't worry, Brother Lin and I will always be with you."
He was weak and weak, but his words were powerful. Lin Shuanghe never doubted Yang Mingzhi's sincerity at that moment. I want to come to Xiao Jue too. So they waited for news from Yang Mingzhi.
One day, two days, three days... Yang Mingzhi didn't come to Xianchang Pavilion, he asked Mr., he just said he was sick.
Lin Shuanghe and Xiao Jue suspected that Yang Mingzhi could not get out of the house or was locked up at home, and they did not suspect anything else. So after some discussion, the two pretended to be servants and sneaked into Yang's mansion, and found Yang Mingzhi.
At that time, Yang Mingzhi was practicing calligraphy in the house.
No locks, no house arrest, not even sickness. He looks the same as before, even because he is no harder at home than in school, and even looks better.
"Mingzhi," Lin Shuanghe looked at him in surprise, "Why don't you go to the academy? Huaijin and I thought something was wrong with you."
Yang Mingzhi got up and looked at them. To be precise, he looked at Xiao Jue without speaking.
But Xiao Jue understood something and said, "Your father..."
"Sorry," Yang Mingzhi interrupted Xiao Jue before he could finish, "I broke my promise to you before. My father cannot speak for General Xiao."
"Why?" Lin Shuanghe became anxious, "Didn't you agree?"
"Nothing." It was Xiao Jue who spoke, and he lowered his eyes and said, "This matter is something that I have been hard on, you don't need to apologize."
Lin Shuanghe was silent, he knew how difficult it was to ask for a word at this juncture. Yang Mingzhi shouldn't be blamed, but the greater the hope, the more unbearable the disappointment.
He Yan looked at the person in front of him and asked inexplicably, "Did the Governor and Governor Yang break up because of this? But maybe Governor Yang didn't try hard for this matter, it's just because Xueshi Yang refused to let go, so he couldn't. success."
She didn't quite believe that Yang Mingzhi was a very cold-hearted and ruthless person, because Yang Mingzhi was actually very kind and kind to others. When he was in the Xianchang Pavilion, He Yan did not accept many kindnesses from the teenagers, and Yang Mingzhi was definitely one of them. Moreover, people who are prosperous in poetry and policy theory should be especially loyal and enthusiastic in their hearts.
Lin Shuanghe didn't answer her immediately, but was silent. After a while, he said, "I thought the same way back then, maybe Yang Mingzhi has some difficulties."
"and then?"
"Then before we left, Yang Mingzhi said something." His voice was slightly uneven, and the shadow of the past appeared in front of him.
Yang Mingzhi stopped the two who were about to leave, and said, "Huai Jin, have you ever thought that, in fact, in the battle of Mingshui, maybe there is no inside story, and that is the reason for General Xiao?"
Xiao Jue had already walked to the door, and when he heard the words, he turned around. The young man's expression was calm and his outline was as beautiful as a painting. He didn't say anything, just walked over to Yang Mingzhi and punched him.
"That punch was really cruel," Lin Shuanghe snorted, and gloated a little, "Yang Mingzhi was not in good health, he was beaten and lay on the bed for half a month. I didn't, maybe it was because Huai Jin was pitiful."
"But it's useless," Lin Shuanghe sighed slightly. "Not long after that, Huai Jin went to the palace to ask for his life, and took 3,000 people to Guocheng, where he became famous."
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A small copy of a warm classmates reunion, relatively short, all the old classmates are assists ('?ω?')