Startled Meng

There was a person standing outside the palace gate, Yan Cijing even guessed Wei Chengcheng, but he didn't guess it was him.

"Bi Xiuzhuan." Yan Cijing bowed to Bi Shouyan.

Bi Shouyan quickly waved his hand, and said to King Rui, "I dare not enter the inner court, thank you King Rui for helping me to bring Mr. Yan out, otherwise it will really delay things."

King Rui nodded: "It's a small matter, I was taught by the Taifu when I was a child, and I can't repay the kindness of teaching, so I should help you."

The conversation between the two, Yan Cijing was so confused that he couldn't interrupt to ask questions, and he followed Bi Shouyan to send Queen Rui away, and then he expressed the confusion in his heart.

Bi Shouyan entered the Imperial Academy, and his official position was lower than that of Yan Cijing, and he had no chance to meet on weekdays. The only meeting between the two was the gathering outside the palace that day. Yan Cijing didn't know what Bi Shouyan did today and why.

Regarding this, Bi Shouyan said softly: "Your Majesty Yan, you don't have to think about it too much. It's just that after Mr. Tai Tuo read Mr. Yan's debriefing papers, he was puzzled, so he asked the next official to invite you."

"The second prince's attendant said that Mr. Yan was chasing His Highness down, and the servants went all the way to find him, but were stopped by the guards of the Palace Houyuan. They had no choice but to turn to King Rui for help."

The guard of the palace backyard?When Yan Cijing broke into the back garden, he didn't see any guards.

Bi Shouyan explained: "It's not all about Master Yan's fault this time, I heard that a female official found a cat to amuse the queen, but she didn't catch it, the cat ran away, and the maids didn't find it, so they sent the guards away to look for it. , and that’s why Lord Yan broke in by mistake.”

Yan Cijing understood the ins and outs of the matter, but it was inconvenient to tell Bi Shouyan more about what happened in the harem, so he only thought that Bi Shouyan came in time, otherwise he would still be running amok in the harem.

Thinking of the reason why Bi Shouyan came to him, Yan Cijing asked again: "What's wrong with the debriefing document...?"

Bi Shouyan smiled when he heard the words: "Master Yan is too worried, but Mr. Tai Tuo is very interested in the several water control strategies listed in Mr. Yan's document, and I would like to invite Mr. Yan to go and talk about it."

Yan Cijing nodded and glanced at Bi Shouyan.

As the number one scholar, Bi Shouyan knew much more about advancing and retreating than him, and his posture was low, but he did not allow people to underestimate him. This style of behavior was inseparable from the teachings of his father Bi Zhixing.

But Bi Zhixing is a serious person, but Bi Shouyan is as gentle as jade, very friendly.

When Yan Cijing bid farewell to Bi Shouyan outside the Wenhua Hall, he stopped him.

"It's cold, Mr. Yan's clothes on his knees are always wet and his bones are prone to cold." Bi Shouyan took out a dry handkerchief from his sleeve, knelt down to help wipe Yan Cijing.

"I'll do it myself." Yan Cijing dodged, but he didn't dodge, so he had to let Bi Shouyan wipe the water stains on his robe.

When meeting the Taifu, his clothes were unclean and he was regarded as disrespectful. Yan Cijing looked at Bi Shouyan gratefully, stretched out a hand to him, and pulled him up.

Bi Shouyan smiled lightly, put the handkerchief into his sleeve, and stood up holding Yan Cijing's hand.

Yan Cijing felt his hand being held, and then heard Bi Shouyan say, "Master Yan's hands are cold."

"Thank you for today." Yan Cijing withdrew his hand, bid farewell to Bi Shouyan, and entered Wenhua Hall alone.

The eunuch led the way, Yan Cijing followed silently, and was ushered into an ear room.

The hall was sparsely staffed, not to the extent that they could only receive guests in the ear room, and the meaning of this would only be known after seeing the Tai Tuo, Yan Cijing pushed the door open and walked in without hesitation.

In the room, Bi Zhixing raised his head immediately after hearing the sound, and looked at Yan Cijing unabashedly.

"Master Taifu." Yan Cijing saluted.

Bi Zhixing was sitting upright, and after receiving this kowtow, the dimples on his face did not diminish his majesty and momentum. He didn't let Yan Cijing get up immediately, and said, "Is this ceremony aggrieved?"

"Master Tai Tuo's life-saving grace, the lower officials can't repay." When Yan Cijing was imprisoned for the imperial examination fraud case, it was thanks to Bi Zhixing's retreat in the court that he had a chance to escape.

Bi Zhixing remained unmoved: "There is someone else you want to thank."

Yan Cijing knew that it was Yu Fangzhi who invited Bi Zhixing to help, but Yan Cijing didn't know how they met, and he didn't dare to inquire about Bi Zhixing.

Bi Zhixing called Yan Cijing today, not to break up the past, he asked Yan Cijing to sit down, and moved the paperwork over.

"Master Yan, look at this and understand why you were asked to kowtow today."

Yan Cijing looked at the orange-yellow back cover of the notebook, which looked quite familiar. When he opened it, the familiar handwriting made his back numb. He looked at the large smeared marks on the document, and was speechless.

Finally, he understood why Bi Zhixing, such an upright and upright person, would let Bi Shouyan call him alone, bypassing everyone in the Wenhua Palace, and also understood why seeing him was deceiving others.

"Master Taifu, my servant..."

"Master Yan, once your document is manipulated by someone with a heart, it will be a serious crime to punish the nine clans. What did you write in this document? The strategy of repairing canals and water control refers to the predecessors, who are the predecessors? How much did you refer to? How much do you understand? Young My colleagues don't know, but the old fox in Wenhua Palace knows what's going on at a glance."

"Master Yan, Jiangling is a very sensitive place."

"You can't even mention things about your predecessors, understand?"

Yan Cijing pinched the document and said, "It's the negligence of the lower officials."

Bi Zhixing sighed, and said: "The debriefing documents must be reviewed by Datian, and must be reviewed by the Imperial Academy. The year-end assessment of the Ministry of Officials also depends on the debriefing documents. How many lives can you lose?"

What he said before was considered severe criticism, but what Bi Zhixing said now is more like a helpless exhortation from the elders to the younger generation.

Yan Cijing looked at the destroyed documents and remained silent.

The document has been intercepted long ago, so the document that the emperor saw later...

"I asked someone to write a new article, erased the words about the predecessors, and attributed all the credit for Jiangling's flood control and disaster relief to you alone. It is better to brag about yourself than to attract people's suspicion."

In front of Bi Zhixing, Yan Cijing felt that he seemed to be transparent. He didn't say anything, but he just submitted the report papers, and Bi Zhixing knew all his thoughts and actions.

He is not a careless person, he wants to test the emperor's attitude towards the old ministers with Jiangling's achievements in water control.But when the sun was facing the saint, the emperor didn't mention the water control strategy in his document at all, let alone the old officials. He thought the emperor didn't pay attention, and the document had been replaced long ago.

Bi Zhixing said: "The most important thing for an official is to be impatient, and you are afraid of rushing into things. You take the documents and go. The next time the same thing happens, I will never take action again."

Bi Zhixing's words were not unstern, but once he thought about what might happen, Yan Cijing felt that Bi Zhixing would not dare to complain if Bi Zhixing asked him to kneel in the snow for another hour or two.

He had lingering fears in his heart, but he had to face up to the difficulties, and said: "After being taught, I will be cautious in my words and deeds in the future, and act carefully."

When Bi Zhixing heard this, he was so angry that he kept nagging for a long time and still didn't stop, he was really stubborn.

Yu Fang knew not to give up because of revenge for killing his father and mother, but why did Yan Cijing behave like this?Bi Zhixing asked him, "Why are you so stubborn?"

Yan Cijing didn't dare to hide anything from Bi Zhixing, and said:

"The kindness of shelter and upbringing will never be forgotten."

The author says:

Xiao Yan was wronged in the palace, let Xiao Yu coax him in the next chapter