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"So, even if there are people who are not fair, they are the same as our family, turn a blind eye and close one eye." Shen Wuji said in a flat tone, "To do this, you need to be powerful, but why do powerful people care about it?" Orphans who have nothing to do with me, let alone perhaps harming my own interests for these orphans?"

Luo Jinyu was silent for a while.

Shen Wuji was also silent for a while, before continuing: "Jinyu, if you want to take care of this matter, our family will never stop you, and will naturally help you. However, this matter is slightly different from the past, our family has to first I've made it clear to you. This matter involves Mr. Yuge, you..."

He sighed, "Although our family and Mr. Qi took the lead, in the eyes of many people, it was Mr. Yu Ge who advocated overturning the case for you. Besides, your father is his most proud student. Now that you are an official in the court, Your background is clear, and even though you have never formally paid homage to him, outsiders will naturally regard you as his student. Jinyu, maybe you should go talk to Mr. Yu Ge first, and discuss everything..."

"Tell me, does he know what his son has done?" Luo Jinyu asked suddenly.

Shen Wuji smiled subtly: "You might as well ask more worthwhile questions, for example, did he teach his son to do it?"

Luo Jinyu was even more astonished: "You mean, it was Mr. Yu Ge who advocated corruption in the orphanage?"

He originally thought that, at most, it was Elder Yu Ge's son who made his own decisions, and Elder Yu Ge was either kept in the dark, or knew about it a long time ago, but because of the relationship between father and son, he had no choice but to cover it up, but what Shen Wuji said... …

Shen Wuji nodded lightly, cruelly breaking his last trace of hesitation: "Jin Yu, you have read all the books, but have you ever read a story about a dragon slayer?"

"Slaying the dragon?" Luo Jinyu thought for a while, then asked in confusion, "Is Nezha making trouble in the sea?"

"No." Shen Wuji shook his head.

"Then I've never heard of it." Luo Jinyu said, "Dragon has been respected in the Central Plains since ancient times, and the royal families of all dynasties have also called themselves the emperor of the real dragon. Others dare not blaspheme. I have only heard the story of the dragon slaying. Nezha this one."

"It's not a story from the Central Plains, it's a story from the West. A few years ago, there was a poet who traveled far from the west. The late Emperor kept him in the palace for a few months, and I heard many stories from him. There is a story among them, the story of the dragon slayer." Shen Wuji said, "The West is different from the Middle Earth, the dragons there are different from our dragons in appearance and status. They don't respect dragons Instead, they regard dragons as a disaster." Luo Jinyu couldn't help asking, "Is there any difference between dragons? Does it mean that dragons have nine sons?"

"No." Shen Wuji answered patiently, "Our family also asked at the time, and the Westerner couldn't tell why. Our family thought, probably... Maybe oranges born in Huainan are tangerines, and those born in Huaibei are oranges. Or maybe it’s a jiaohualong who didn’t transform into a monster, and didn’t dare to stay in the blessed land of the Central Plains, so he ran to their wild place to do his best.”

Luo Jinyu nodded solemnly: "You make a lot of sense."

Shen Wuji continued to talk about this story: "It is said that there was a city in their place that was invaded by an evil dragon and plundered their gold, silver and jewels. They would elect a warrior every year to kill the evil dragon, but the warrior always There was no return, and the evil dragon was never eliminated. One person was very curious, so he secretly followed this year's warrior into a deep mountain, watched the warrior fight the evil dragon, and then killed the evil dragon. I wanted to cheer, but I saw dragon scales gradually growing on the part of the warrior who was drenched with the blood of the dragon. After a while, the warrior became a dragon, entrenched on the countless wealth in the cave, and his face was full of blood. It's all about greed."

After he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, "Jinyu, do you understand what our family means?"

"Understood. The dragon slayer couldn't bear the temptation of wealth, and in the end, he became a dragon." Luo Jinyu said, "Just like old Yuge."

Shen Wuji nodded.

"But there is one thing I don't know." Luo Jinyu thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Since there is already something wrong, why do they still only send one person to kill the dragon at a time? Shouldn't they send troops?"

"..." Shen Wuji was stunned, and said embarrassingly, "This...you are the first to ask this question." He said again, "Probably...well, maybe..."

"I'm just asking casually, you don't need to answer." Luo Jinyu said.

Shen Wuji let out an "oh" and stopped talking.

Luo Jinyu herself analyzed again: "If many people go together and are all stained with the blood of the dragon, will they all become dragons? According to the logic of this story, it seems to be so. Could it be that someone has already Knowing this cause and effect, so there is an unreasonable decision to let only one person go at a time? But how did that person know? Could it be that someone in the town has long been colluding with the evil dragon forces?"

Luo Jinyu couldn't help being gloomy and indignant, and sighed sadly, "It's just a story with such twists and turns and complicated inner truths. It can be seen that human nature is greedy and fickle, and it doesn't stick to its original intention. It has existed for a long time, and it hasn't changed yet. The world has been repeating the same mistakes for thousands of years, and there is nothing new to say, how sad it is!"

Shen Wuji: "..."

This, is this the legendary inference?

After finally waiting for Luo Jinyu to get out of the story of the dragon slayer, he said again: "Wuji, I know what you mean, if this matter involves old Yuge, he is the elder of the three dynasties, and he is so good at hiding, maybe It is very difficult for me to be [-]% sure that I can successfully expose the orphanage, and the emperor will have many concerns. However, I always have to try before I can really draw a conclusion."

Shen Wuji was startled, then shook his head helplessly and sighed, saying: "Our ancestor! You...you don't know what our family means!"

Luo Jinyu asked suspiciously, "Then what do you mean?"

"Sigh..." Shen Wuji said, "Our family is not saying that it will be difficult for you to bring down Mr. Yuge, but what will outsiders say about you if you come to do this?"

Luo Jinyu said calmly and without hesitation: "It is said that I am a nerd who hits a stone with an egg, that I am overconfident, proud of my talents, and I am carried away by being praised. I don't know how much I weigh. Sooner or later I will fall. Many examples, a few that ended well."

Shen Wuji: "..."

You, you can even recite it backwards!It seems that you don't know what other people always say about you!

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and after a while, he said: "But it's more serious than this, and it's more capable of 'killing people'."

Shen Wuji grabbed Luo Jinyu's hand, put it in his arms, looked at him, and said, "They will say that you are ungrateful, that you bully your master and destroy your ancestors, and that you are a white-eyed wolf. That's all, it's not a big deal, but if you talk about you, wouldn't it be a serious insult to you scholars?"

For several dynasties, until now, Confucianism is highly respected, and etiquette such as teachers, students, fathers and sons, husbands and wives is very important. Sons cannot disobey their fathers, students cannot disobey their husbands, and wives cannot disobey their husbands.

Even when selecting officials such as the Chunwei Imperial Examination, in addition to the test results, the character and style of the testers, and even the reputation of the ancestors must be comprehensively inspected.

This is not only the reason why Luo Jinyu's filial son's name was often heard by people at the time, but also the reason why Shen Wuji insisted on publicizing that he was the son of Luoyang Mountain.

Now that Luo Jinyu has entered the court as an official, if he blatantly opposes Jun Taiwei, no one will say anything about him, maybe even praise him for seeking revenge for his mother.

But if he was against Mr. Yu Ge, the reputation of this matter would be quite different.

Regardless of whether Mr. Yu Ge really ordered his family and subordinates to bribe the orphanage's property, as long as what he did was not such a serious matter as treason and extermination of the ancestors, then if Luo Jinyu bites him back, the world will definitely say that Luo Jinyu is wrong.

At that time, of course, Mr. Yu Ge also made mistakes, but Luo Jinyu, who is "ungrateful" and "two-faced and three-handed", is right?

Not to mention the etiquette of teachers and students, but to say that since ancient times, people in the Central Plains have been very concerned about "humanity".

In terms of human feelings, Luo Jinyu can't justify this matter!

Taking a step back, even if Luo Jinyu really beat Yuge Lao this time, why didn't he "lose"?

What he lost was his future.

On the surface, maybe they won't do anything to him, but in the future, who would dare to help him get promoted?As long as you think about it, Mr. Yu Ge helped him reverse the case at the risk of becoming enmity with Jun Taiwei, and he still treats him like that. It would be no good to help him promote himself, and maybe he will bite him in the future.

Even if that's all, with Shen Wuji helping him, he doesn't need to care about other officials.

But what about the emperor?

Would the emperor think the same as everyone else?

Shen Wuji patiently broke all these truths into pieces, and Wen Yan told him sentence by sentence.

Luo Jinyu listened carefully, and only asked one question: "What does all this have to do with me?"

Shen Wuji: "..."

"I study as an official to seek the well-being of the common people. I don't come here to gain promotion, hang out with people, call friends, and hang out in groups." Luo Jinyu stood up, stood with his hands behind his back, and said lightly, "If I were I came here for these, why should I spend ten years in a cold window, why not hang around in the market, fighting cocks and dogs, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, there must be many 'companions' by my side."

Shen Wuji said helplessly: "However, if you ruined your own future early, how will you do more and greater good deeds for the common people in the future? There is an old saying, as the so-called hide your strength and bide your time..."

"It's not that I don't know how to hide my strength and bide my time, but it has nothing to do with this matter." Luo Jinyu looked at him with clear and resolute eyes and said, "Hiding my strength and biding my time means that I don't have the ability at this time, so I lie dormant and wait for the right time. But I At this time, I have the ability to do that thing, but after doing it, there may be unfavorable results.

Again, as you said, if I ruin my future early, I will not be able to do more for the people in the future.Then let me ask you, if I don’t do this, if I have a new future in the future, can I do it? "

Shen Wuji was about to speak, when Luo Jinyu suddenly smiled, but the smile was a little contemptuous, not contemptuous of Shen Wuji, but contemptuous of such fallacies that have deceived countless people in the world.

"You don't have to answer, I know the answer, it's 'no'. In the future, I will be the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and I still have a lot of so-called 'futures', so I still can't do the sinner's work. When I become a minister, it will still be the same. Enter After entering the pavilion, there will be an old man. In the future, I will become an old man, and there will be a prince and an emperor above me. I can’t go up, but someone will tell me that if I offend someone, I will go down, or even not. A good death. Therefore, I still want to be an official with my tail clenching."

Luo Jinyu's smile became more and more intense, and the disdain in her tone became more and more intense.

"One thing, if you don't do it now, you always say you will do it later, but tomorrow and tomorrow, next year and next year, when is it 'suitable' to do it? Why don't you simply say it frankly, you just don't want to do it, and you don't dare to do it. Why bother to find these high-sounding excuses, it will only become more and more ridiculous."

His voice was not loud, but it was resounding, every word struck Shen Wuji's heart.

"I was disturbed by my mother's death, and I was cowardly. I thought about retreating. At that time, you told me that the Taiyuan College is corrupt, everyone should report it, and expose it. There is no need for any other reason. Now, Yu Ge The old father and son manipulated the orphanage to collect money. It is no different from that incident. Everyone knows it and should take care of it. Why should we care about the so-called favors? I receive the salary from the imperial court, and I am endowed with the heart of righteousness. , why are you afraid of people's words?"

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