Mrs. Rebirth

"Sit down." Li Shangshu pointed to the chair beside him.

Zuo Shaoqing was also not polite, sitting upright at the side, with his back straight, looking at Old Shangshu with a smile on his face, waiting for him to get to the point.

"I read the memorial you submitted. It's well written. It's worthy of being the number one scholar. It's just... you gave all the credit to Liang Shilang. Isn't it too modest?"

Zuo Shaoqing blinked, and asked in a daze: "You mean the memorial about the development of gunpowder?" Is it because he surpassed his superiors and disrespected him?

Speaking of this, it should have been Liang Qi's fault, but the man disappeared as soon as he left the armory, and left this matter to him.

"As you said just now, the achievements of the Ministry of Industry are jointly created by everyone. Liang Shilang is your peak. There is nothing wrong with you respecting him, but you can't negate the credit of others."

"It's because the lower officials didn't think carefully, and they will improve after making a decision." Zuo Shaoqing thanked him sincerely, but thought in his heart: Is this old man trying to grab credit?

"It's not a big deal. You don't have to worry about it. This official always treats everyone equally, so I just want to remind you a little bit."

Treat everyone equally, so the credit that belongs to Liang Qi should be divided equally among those who have done nothing?Like Kecheng?Another example is some messy cats and dogs?

Zuo Shaoqing didn't deliberately speculate about Li Shangshu maliciously, but Ke Cheng was standing behind him, making people inevitably have some bad thoughts.

Ke Cheng also probably sensed that the direction of these words was wrong, coughed twice, and interjected: "Zuo Langzhong, Li Shangshu's meaning is very clear. The officials of the Ministry of Industry who participated in the research and development of gunpowder this time are all meritorious. Is it a little biased to single out Liang Shilang in the memorial? Of course, this does not mean that you are wrong, but is it because you are worried about Liang Shilang?"

Ke Cheng only failed to explain that Liang Qi deliberately took credit for his identity.

Well, after a long time of trouble, it turned out that it was to sow discord.

Zuo Shaoqing smiled slightly, "Ke Shilang is serious, why should I worry about Liang Shilang?"

In his capacity, it should be someone else who should be worried.

"That's good. Although Liang Shilang is lazy, he does have unmatched talent in ordnance. Zuo Langzhong is also a person with excellent talent. He must be better than blue when he comes in."

"Thank you, Ke Shilang, for your appreciation. I still have a lot to learn as an officer."

Ke Cheng put on a look of "I'm very optimistic about you", and encouraged him: "Zuo Langzhong is too modest. Everyone can see your talent. It won't take long for you to be a teacher. When the time comes, the Ministry of Industry will ask you Counting on you."

Zuo Shaoqing blinked, blinked again, did this mean he and Liang Qi would fight each other?

It's a pity, he still prefers to watch other people fight.

After leaving the Ministry of Industry, Zuo Shaoqing was full of plans on how to pull Ke Cheng down. To be honest, he really didn't want to see someone he didn't like take the position of Minister of Industry.

Walking out the door, the carriage of Duke Zhen's Mansion was still waiting outside, and Lu Zheng leaned in the carriage and waved to him.

"Master Lu, do you know when Li Shangshu will retire?" Zuo Shaoqing asked what was on his mind as the carriage drove slowly.

"You are interested in?"

Zuo Shaoqing shook his head, "My qualifications are there, and Shangshu is still too far away."

"Li Shangshu is old, and Zhan Yuanfeng only cares about his reputation. A replacement will happen sooner or later, and it should be this year."

Zuo Shaoqing nodded thoughtfully.

In the middle of the night, Emperor Tianfeng's bedroom was still as bright as day, and Zhan Yuanfeng was kneeling behind the desk in only a single shirt, his hands kept writing, and the memorials that had already been reviewed were piled up on his right hand.

"Your Majesty... It's time to rest." The chief executive had to repeat such words every day.

Zhan Yuanfeng wrote the last word, put down the pen, and a maid stepped forward to knead his swollen neck.

He waved his hand, stood up and stretched his waist, glanced at the moment, and sure enough, it was past the third watch again, and he asked the chief executive who was quietly waiting at the side: "Did you bring it?"

The Ouchi chief still wanted to persuade a few words, but felt that this was useless, so he had to be urged.

After a while, two guards led a young man into Tianfeng Emperor's bedroom, one on the left and the other on the right, and retreated without looking sideways after saluting.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The young man knelt down on both knees, and performed a standard court salute.

"Raise your head!" A majestic and playful voice came from the front, and the young man had to raise his head and look directly at the emperor in the center.

This was the first time he met the Holy Majesty, Tianfeng Emperor's appearance was better than he imagined, especially those smiling eyes, which made people have the urge to sink in.

Cao Zongguan even noticed that Emperor Tianfeng was only wearing a thin yellow pajamas, and his hair was not tied with a crown, but tied behind his head with a hair tie casually. Casually like an old friend.

Realizing that he was too focused on watching, Cao Zongguan lowered his eyes slightly, waiting for Emperor Tianfeng's verdict.

"Cao Zongguan, a native of Changping County, the most outstanding son of Cao's generation, the most favorable contender for the top three in this year's imperial examination, once had a relationship with the Zuo family, but resigned because he raped the daughter of the Zuo family..."

Hearing this, Cao Zongguan couldn't help but interjected: "Your Majesty, the grassroots have not done anything against morality and human ethics!"

"Oh, it doesn't matter whether you did it or not. Anyway, everyone thinks that you did it and you did it. What's the excuse?" Zhan Yuanfeng blinked, with a hint of a smile in the corner of his eyes, and said teasingly: "You know that you What's wrong?"

Cao Zongguan lowered his head and replied in a steady voice: "Caomin shouldn't try to use the power of Rui... the fourth prince to retaliate against the Zuo family and make himself a rebellious party just because of a moment of anger."

"Wrong!" Zhan Yuanfeng tilted his legs in a disfigured manner, and fell on the soft couch, "You made a mistake in not fighting back when you discovered the Zuo family's motives, but you let yourself fall into the pain of regret after fulfilling their wishes. , That's why you want revenge."

"But……"

"But at that time, everyone saw you sleeping with the concubine of the Zuo family, right? You were afraid of being attacked by gossip, and you were afraid that outsiders would regard you as a man with a wicked heart and no responsibility? So you had to marry a woman you didn't like Marry and go home and ask for it." Zhan Yuanfeng spoke his heart out.

Cao Zongguan was confused for a moment, did he do something wrong?He really didn't want to marry that Zuo Shuqi, but it was just a concubine.

"Do you know what Lu Zheng would do if he met you in this situation?"

Cao Zongguan replied without hesitation: "How could Mr. Lu encounter such a situation?" Who would dare to use such low-level methods on him?

"What if?"

Cao Zongguan still replied affirmatively: "As Lord Lu..." It's just a concubine who slept with a concubine, who dares to make him responsible?

"Haha... You see, people are good at being bullied! If it were Lu Zheng, he wouldn't be swayed by such small tricks." After all, Cao Zongguan's mental capacity is too weak.

"I will give you a chance, a chance to take revenge, do you want it?"

Cao Zongguan lowered his head and replied without energy: "As you said, this is not a kind of hatred at all. The grass people have figured it out, and it is not worth the trouble for such a trivial matter."

"Do you know that speaking insincerely is also a crime of deceiving the emperor?" Zhan Yuanfeng looked in a good mood, and joked: "Don't worry, I never joke."

Cao Zongguan bowed his head and remained silent. Even though it was the first time they met, he could tell that Emperor Tianfeng was not a very upright person.

Of course, integrity is not what an emperor needs.

Zhan Yuanfeng walked up to him, bent down and stretched out his hand to lift his chin, looked left and right, and found that although the young man looked haggard, his eyes were still very clear, and there was no despair of fear of death at all.

"It seems that you are having a good time."

"Thank you Your Majesty for not killing me!" Cao Zongguan thanked obediently. If he ignored the dark cage, he would indeed have a good life, and he would have enough time to think about his past and his future.

"That's not necessary. If Lu Zheng hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have paid attention to an ordinary and nameless rebellion."

Seeing Cao Zongguan's puzzled eyes, Zhan Yuanfeng even explained kindly: "Zuo Langzhong is pure and kind, and he actually pleaded for a person who might harm him... Oh, you probably don't know it yet? Your good brother has already I married Lu Zheng as my wife."

Cao Zongguan was locked in prison these days, so naturally he didn't know what was going on outside. For the first time, he showed a shocked expression in front of Emperor Tianfeng, which pleased the always dark-hearted emperor very well.

"Do you think it's unbelievable?" Zhan Yuanfeng said to himself: "They are all genuine people, why are they afraid of gossip?"

Cao Zongguan really found it incredible, even though he knew about the relationship between these two people, he never thought that Lord Lu could do this, and Zuo Shaoqing... could walk this difficult road without complaint or regret. How much courage and perseverance is required?

Maybe, I really did something wrong, wrong from the very beginning...