Zhao Yun died on the night after the winter solstice, the fifth day of November.
The courtiers suppressed the news and announced the funeral on the seventh day of November. Three days later, the new emperor ascended the throne, which was the tenth day of November.
At night, Liu Mengyan walked into Zhongwazi's porcelain shop again.
He casually picked up two pieces of porcelain, looked at them, and murmured to himself.
"This red porcelain is beautiful, but this white porcelain has flaws."
"Please invite the guest officer to come in and talk..."
Entering the secret room again, Liu Mengyan sat down in front of Mr. Lu Shu.
Mr. Lushu looked unhappy and said, "I have been looking for you for many days, and I just came now."
"Busy." Liu Mengyan clapped his knees and said, "National mourning, enthronement ceremony, drafting temple names, building mausoleums... In Zhao and Song Dynasties, the country is about to fall. Mr. Lu Shu hasn't returned to Bozhou yet?"
"If the matter is not done yet, how can I explain it when I get back? At least, Wu Lang must be informed of the news that needs to be delivered." Mr. Lushu sighed and asked, "Does the Number One Scholar hope that the little old man will leave early?"
"No, there is a lot of news to report." Liu Mengyan was much more calm than usual.
The national mourning was still going on, and he was not afraid that the Imperial City Secretary and the Machinery Bureau would find these Mongolian masterpieces tonight, so he slowly talked about the recent news.
"Where's Li Xia?"
Lu Shu Lao only cares about this. This is the purpose of Zhang Hongdao sending him to come to An'an.
This time, he failed to deal with Li Xia again. The assassination was too difficult and killing someone with a borrowed knife was not possible. He could only find out all the information and ask the master to make a decision.
Of course, Zhang Hongdao was also making progress, and even told him, "If you are afraid, don't act rashly..."
"Li Xia will leave tomorrow."
Liu Mengyan pondered and added another sentence, "Tomorrow is November 11th."
"what for?"
"Li Xia was supposed to set off back to Sichuan tomorrow." Liu Mengyan said slowly: "On the winter solstice, I specifically chatted with Yang Zhen and asked him when Li Xia would set off. He said, 'Five or six days later', which is tomorrow
.”
The old book recorder frowned and said, "He originally planned to set off on the 11th, but in the end he set off on the 11th."
This sounds like nonsense.
But he has realized that things are not simple...
A smile appeared on Liu Mengyan's face, and she seemed to gradually find Li Xia interesting.
In the past, he only reluctantly leaked information, but today he actively helped analyze it.
"Let's go through the recent events again."
"good."
"On the fifth day of the lunar month, Li Xia suddenly returned early and left Lin'an. That night, thunder fell in the palace city, and chaos broke out in Lin'an city;"
"On the sixth day of the lunar month, Li Xia left and returned. He went straight to the palace and stationed troops to guard the streets. On that day, Zhan Shi moved to the palace of Prince Zhong and became an important minister;"
"On the seventh day of the lunar month, the late emperor passed away, the officials mourned, the edict was read, and Li Xia increased his troops to guard the palace city."
"On the tenth day of the lunar month, the new emperor ascends the throne."
"On the 11th, Li Xia set off back to Shu as planned..."
After saying this, Liu Mengyan raised his eyes and glanced at Mr. Lu Shu, his eyes seemed to have too many things to say.
"Look, there's something fishy, something big."
Lu Shu Lao asked: "Don't you have any more secret information?"
"My official position is not high enough." Liu Mengyan said with a smile.
"Go on."
"Okay, there are a few things. Suwei generals Pang Xie and Fan Wenhu died one after another; the Privy Council increased military expenditures for Sichuan and Sichuan; Dong Songchen, the eunuch in the palace, hanged himself; after the new emperor ascended the throne, he moved to Guande as his personal attendant...
…Both Guan De and Li Xia belong to Concubine Yan.”
"Li Xia has gained the most from the whole thing?" asked Mr. Lu Shu.
Unlike the Song ministers, he did not look at the gains and losses of people like Cheng Yuanfeng and Ye Mengding. He came here for Li Xia and only looked at Li Xia.
Liu Mengyan didn't bother to explain the various forces, so he nodded and said, "That's right."
The book recorder was silent, tapping his fingers lightly on the case.
Liu Mengyan waited for him to think for a while before continuing to speak.
"Is this a great guy?"
"If it's not great, why are you here?"
"We still underestimated him." Liu Mengyan said: "No matter what the details of the whole palace incident are... let's put it bluntly, someone must kill the king in the palace incident. Li Xia may have received the news in advance and took risks. It is more likely.
, he is the one who secretly supports the new emperor."
"Can it be done?"
"It's extremely difficult. I know too little information, so I can only make a rough guess, but it has been common in ancient times for the generals of the feudal town to collude with the harem to kill the king. Li Xia has the ability."
"Do you have evidence?"
"There is no evidence. I am only talking about my speculation. Do you want more evidence?" Liu Mengyan said: "I think there is no evidence at the moment, otherwise the result would not be like this."
He leaned forward and said again: "This man is too cruel. Be careful when you are an enemy of him. Be careful no matter how careful you are."
"What does the Number One Scholar mean?"
"I would like to advise the head of the family to win over you if you can." Liu Mengyan said: "Every situation is deadlocked, and everyone's backhand has been broken, and they even committed regicide, like jackals, tigers, and leopards!"
Mr. Lu Shu looked at Liu Mengyan calmly for a long time.
After that, a trace of sneer appeared on his face.
Liu Mengyan was stunned.
"Master Lushu, don't you understand?"
"I understand, just take it as such. So what if Li Xia secretly killed Zhao? Is this a jackal, tiger or leopard?"
At this point, Mr. Lu Shu turned and pointed at himself.
"Although I am an old servant of the Zhang family, I would like to say something... You and other Song Dynasty people are extremely ridiculous."
Throughout the conversation, Liu Mengyan had always looked like he had the pearl of wisdom in his hands. He didn't expect to be ridiculed like this at this time, and his face couldn't help but froze.
The old man who recorded the book said: "You are cowardly and weak. Even the king is useless. Just kill him if you want. Is it worth making such a fuss about?"
"No, Li Xia..."
"The Zhang family doesn't need to know about the Song Dynasty's conspiracy to change dynasties. No matter how beautiful it is, it's just a useless trick. It's nothing more than a jackal emerging from the flock and snatching away the leader."
As Mr. Lu Shu said, he also leaned forward and said: "To tell you the truth, little old man, you Song Dynasty people, with their exquisite Chao Gang and their repeated and tortuous intrigues, are ridiculous, so ridiculous!"
Liu Mengyan opened his mouth and was about to refute.
"This round..."
"Do you know what Mongolia is like?" Lu Shulao interrupted him and asked.
Liu Mengyan stopped talking.
"Why don't you praise your ridiculous palace squabbles in front of the little old man? The little old man has seen the sea, its waves are magnificent! But the champion is teaching the little old man to marvel at the gurgling water of the stream?"
With that said, Mr. Lu Shu stood up.
He has cheered up.
"When it comes to fighting for the throne... When it comes to fighting for the throne, Great Mongolia does not use these tricks and only obeys heroes. The descendants of Genghis Khan are the most heroic people in the world. If they want to win the throne and conquer the territory, they only need to kill the weak with a sword!
"
"When cut off by the Mongolian scimitar, the beautiful but useless tricks are just hairs that break instantly! When taken down by the sea, the murmuring streams will be instantly annihilated!"
Liu Mengyan: "..."
Lu Shulao held his shoulders and said solemnly at the end.
"Young man, just a servant, dare to say that your so-called 'fight for the throne' is nothing but a child's play!"
Liu Mengyan has been frightened by the aura of this old servant from the North...
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"The Number One Scholar?"
"Yes, he wants to see the handsome man."
In the early morning of the 11th, Li Xia came out of the palace city and went straight to Lijin Ferry. He turned around and saw soldiers leading Wen Yunsun walking this way.
He thought for a while and went to pick him up personally.
"Brother Song Rui."
"Feiyu, I want to come and see you off."
"Thank you very much. There are many things for the court officials now, and only Brother Song Rui can come. Let's talk here..."
Wen Yunsun and Li Xia walked side by side across the deck and stood at the bow of the ship, enjoying the river breeze.
"We had agreed that if you and I both survived this time, we would treat Feiyu to a drink. However, I came to visit him two nights in a row, but Feiyu was not there."
Li Xia subconsciously touched his nose and said, "I've been staying in Wei Gongcheng recently and I've been too busy."
Wen Yun Sun thought for a moment and asked: "On the fifth night of the Lunar New Year, did Feiyu send someone to rescue me from the Imperial City Prison?"
"Huh? Brother Song Rui is in jail?"
"You really don't know?"
Li Xia said: "That day you said you wanted to sue me, so I was so scared that I ran away."
Wen Yunsun smiled and shook his head.
Recalling that night, he was imprisoned in the Imperial City Prison, and suddenly soldiers came in.
In the chaos, an old man in the cell next door led him to escape. He claimed to be the imperial doctor and revealed to the officials that someone had poisoned three officials' children, so he was detained.
Later, when Yun Sun returned home, he heard his wife say that Jia Sidao wanted to abolish the establishment.
He could see that this was another struggle for power, and at least two parties wanted to take advantage of him.
Others would be confused when encountering this kind of thing, but he would not.
Mrs. Cixian called him for questioning, but he still told the truth and pointed out which ones were evidence and which ones were speculations.
There will always be conspiracies and schemes in the temple, and he always responds with his heart.
A person's original intention has very little power, and there is really not much that can be changed. The outcome of the entire dispute will still be controlled by more powerful people.
However, what Wen Yunsun wanted was always the truth and justice.
"Feiyu, can you and I tell the truth?"
"What does Brother Song Rui want to know?"
"the truth."
"The truth is, maybe someone is using you to harm me, maybe someone is using you to harm Jia Sidao..." Li Xia said: "How about we just trust the court's final judgment?"
Wen Yunsun looked at Li Xia with burning eyes.
Li Xia didn't dare to look at him, so she turned her head and looked towards the Qiantang River.
"Does Feiyu think I'm too easily taken advantage of?"
"No."
Wen Yunsun asked again: "Then can you blame me?"
"No, to be honest, you are the smartest gentleman I have ever met." Li Xia became more sincere and said, "You are the person closest to 'justice' and 'legal principles' that I have ever seen in my life."
"That's an exaggeration, I am definitely not." Wen Yunsun said with a smile: "Feiyu always seems to think that I am too old-fashioned? I also have all kinds of emotions and six desires, I also like wine, I have two concubines... If you and I are close friends, I will never be boring.
"
"Okay, that's because I have some stereotypes." Li Xia said, "But I do regard you as 'fair'."
"And after that?"
Li Xia thought for a while and said, "I'll take the liberty to say a few more words and guess your code of conduct."
"good."
"Justice cannot have "expediency considerations." Justice is objective. It is here to be used and used to maintain peace in the world.
Once you have served as an official, and someone asks you for justice, if you say, 'The King is so honorable, he will die when he dies. Someone must be using me to investigate this case, and I will not investigate it.' You will not give him the responsibility this time.
With this justice, next time it is ordinary people seeking justice, they will have a new excuse.
Truth, justice, legal principles, etc., should not have any subjectivity. They should be ruthless and without thought. Otherwise, how can we convince people? If people are not convinced, the world will be even worse.
Therefore, I understand what Brother Song Rui did even though he knew someone might be taking advantage of him, but he still stuck to his heart and did everything he did."
Wen Yunsun took a deep look at Li Xia and said, "Feiyu is too transparent."
"I'm too transparent... Let's put it bluntly, the country is corrupted and it is increasingly difficult to do justice, so you are worried that I am not loyal to the country?"
"good."
"Brother Song Rui is also transparent and has seen this, and is he not loyal to the country?"
"Feiyu thinks, how are the people of Song Dynasty living?"
"Better than the Mongolian people." Li Xia said without hesitation, "In the Song Dynasty, most people could still live and would not be treated as slaves or even prey. In other words, more or less, there was still justice, and the court
There are many loyal and upright people like Brother Song Rui."
Wen Yunsun breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease.
He came here today and didn't say anything about his being dismissed from office, so he didn't care about it.
When he came to see him off, he only wanted to ask Li Xia what he thought of the Song Dynasty.
Because Li Xia is a feudal lord and seems to be showing signs of disobedience.
This answer is enough now, which proves that Li Xia, like him, believes that it is possible to revitalize the Song Dynasty and eliminate the Chao Gang...
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"Feiyu can be called my lifelong confidant. I hope we can meet again someday."
"Goodbye."
Wen Yunsun bowed his hands and said goodbye to Li Xia.
His attitude was always sincere and sincere, and he did not feel the slightest guilt for filing a memorial against Li Xia. There was only magnanimity in his eyes.
Because, every word he said was true, and everything he did was done with full sincerity.
Li Xia looked at Wen Yunsun's back with a guilty look in his eyes.
He lied to him, and he didn't even say a word -
"Although the people of the Song Dynasty can still survive now, they will only become more and more unable to survive. Therefore, Jia Sidao must implement the public land law, otherwise he will watch the Song Dynasty slowly disappear. This has no choice. But public land
The law will not succeed, it will only take away the last rations of the people and make the Song Dynasty perish faster. It is just the difference between dying early and dying late."
Of course, this is just Li Xia's personal opinion.
He wasn't going to say it.
It's impossible for anyone to believe it.
This was foreseen more than ten years later. No one can confirm that it is correct, and it is very likely to be wrong.
Wen Yunsun believes that the Song Dynasty can be revitalized in more than ten years. At present, it is safer and more correct than Li Xia's idea.
Li Xia has selfish motives.
From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to support the Song Dynasty. He was willing to fight tooth and nail to rebel, but was unwilling to fight tooth and nail to support the Song Dynasty.
He knew that he had selfish motives, so he deceived Wen Yunsun, so he felt that he had let him down.
However, Li Xia believes that the more important thing is that he cannot be ashamed of his own heart.
A person must first face his true heart before he can be firm and make a difference.
If Wen Yunsun is asked to follow Li Xia to rebel, it will destroy his original intention and then destroy his whole person.
In the same way, if Li Xia is asked to be a minister of the Song Dynasty, he will only feel that he is cowardly, which also destroys his original intention.
Including Jia Sidao, they have different opinions, but there is no right or wrong.
They are destined to have different positions by nature. They regard the other party's proposition as impossible, and they both hope to make a glimmer of hope in their own impossible proposition.
…
After a while, Wen Yunsun's figure disappeared into the crowd.
Li Xia glanced back at Lin'an and turned around, his eyes still firm.
Everyone has their own ambitions, but as long as they follow their own intentions and abide by their own principles, why force themselves to go in the same direction?
Be virtuous and conduct yourself without asking anything about the West or the East.
…
The boat set off, raised its sails, and sailed down the Qiantang River.
From time to time, there are gurgling streams downstream that merge into the river.
Finally, the vast sea is in front of us.
The waves in the sea are rough, but you can still carry the ship, turn into the Yangtze River, and go upstream...
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