Hypocrites

Duan Boyu received the news from Zhangyi Palace and told him to go to Tianlu Pavilion quickly, but the messenger was vague, he just thought that Liang Heng had something urgent to discuss, and he didn't even have time to get a car, so he rode straight into the Forbidden Palace.However, there are only three people waiting for him in the pavilion, the former Yilang Deng Yang of the new Jinjin case, the Tingwei Zuojian Jiang Zhi, and the servant of the Huangmen Xinzhou.

"Where's Your Majesty?" Duan Boyu asked.

The three of them stared at him with terrified eyes, and handed over a silk letter.

It turned out that it wasn't the emperor's urgent call, but the three of them closed the door and got angry. They had no choice but to invite the prime minister to deal with this difficult matter.

Duan Boyu roughly read the silk script, his expression changed from the same astonishment as the three of them at the beginning, gradually calmed down, and finally turned to contemplation.

"Your Majesty wants the Zen throne with Liang Zhu, the son of Prince of Southern Sichuan?"

Deng Yang shouted: "Your Majesty is gone! Missing!"

Xinzhou hurriedly confirmed that the doors and windows were closed tightly, so as not to leak the wind and cause panic.Duan Boyu said: "Have you searched Zhangyi Palace? Can't find anyone?"

Deng Yang said: "How else can I find it? Digging three feet into the ground?! Even if it will cause chaos in the world!"

Although Jiang Zhi had never seen this scene before, she was much calmer than Deng Yang: "It's not easy to hide the news. After the first lunar month, when the officials return to the court, the emperor must not be absent from the golden palace, right? What's the prime minister's advice? "

Duan Boyu said: "The top priority is to find His Majesty as soon as possible. What Master Jiang said is that at least before returning to court after the festival, there must be no rumors and gossips. I have to wrong the two adults to control their tongues and stay at home to reduce walking."

"Yes, yes..." Deng Yang was completely confused. He had only been an official for two days, and he ran away from the emperor's seat.However, Jiang Zhi felt something was wrong, so don't leak the news, it's understandable, why stay at home and don't go out?

Duan Boyu invited the two of them to walk out of Tianlu Pavilion. On the high platform were about a dozen elite guards, the leading general was holding an iron helmet, his face was handsome but gloomy, and he had met Jiang Zhi once. Duan Yanling.

Gewei stepped forward and surrounded the two of them. "My lords, please." Duan Yanling said calmly, holding the scabbard with one hand.

The coldness of the end of winter seeped into his bones, and Jiang Zhi was shocked. He had been in the officialdom for a long time. He had experienced the downfall of the Korean clan and the eunuch came to power.

"What is the prime minister's intention? You locked us in the mansion, who will look for His Majesty? Who will deal with the accident?"

"Of course it's me." The prime minister said modestly, like a long-awaited pond fish finally biting the bait, smiling happily.

Ruyang, Furong Lane.

There was a trickle on both sides of the road, and the ditches were alive again, exuding fresh water vapor in the cold and hazy mist of the morning.The door of the Shen family was closed tightly, and the ineffective seal was left crookedly on the door knocker after being exposed to the wind and sun.

Moss covered the doorstep.

A caravan stopped in front of the door for a short time, and soon continued on until the door of Cui's house at the end of the alley.The coachman turned over and went down the shaft, and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened, but there was no one behind it.Shen Yuzheng was puzzled, and suddenly his feet sank. When he looked down, it was actually a meat ball hugging his calf.

The fleshy ball turned around, turning out a pair of jade-like black eyes.

Shen Yu said sincerely: "Wow..."

"Little Xi! Running around again!" Immediately, an adult chased him out, almost bumping into the visitor.The meat dumpling hanging on Shen Yu's lap rolled away immediately, and climbed the carriage curiously.

"Shen..." Cui Ji couldn't believe it, "Brother Shen?!"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Is it your son?"

"Ah... yes, it's my son," Cui Ji said incoherently, "My dear brother, why did you return to Ruyang? Aren't you in Wangdu? Some time ago, there was a lot of trouble in the city because of the arrest of a single official. I heard that the three eunuchs in the palace rebelled. , was suppressed?!"

"I've resigned, and I'm going back to my hometown for a few days." Shen Yu smiled.

There was an ouch in the carriage, and the two of them remembered the forgotten meat dumpling. Liang Heng was dragged by the child with one foot, staggered out of the carriage, and met Cui Ji's eyes.

Cui Ji: "..."

The resignation you said... Which official did you resign from?

The Cui family had never received such a high-profile guest, even though Cui Ji was the only one in the family who knew Liang Heng, and Shen Yu repeatedly stated that Liang Heng had already entered the meditation position, but he was still fidgeting.

Mrs. Cui didn't realize it.She is a well-educated and sensible lady, she took in Shen Yu when he was still guilty of a crime, and now she has cleared all the wrongdoings, and she warmly entertains the guests.

Not seen for several years, Cui Ji's son is two years old, and his baby teeth are erupting. He was held in Liang Heng's arms, and he said "brother" inarticulately.

Cui Ji and Shen Yu sat on both sides of the tea couch, they couldn't help but use the teacup to cover up their peeking at Liang Heng, and couldn't help but whisper to Shen Yu: "You, why did you abduct the emperor?"

Shen Yu groaned in his heart, why did he abduct Liang Heng?It was clearly Liang Heng who coerced himself into becoming a coachman.

"He wanted to visit Ruyang. No one lived in my house, and the path was already full of weeds, so he had no choice but to visit Brother Cui again."

"Hey! That's not what I meant. If His Majesty is not in Zhangyi Palace, there will be no master in the world. All officials must go to heaven and earth to find him!"

Shen Yu comforted him and said: "Before leaving the palace, everything has been arranged properly. If no one can be found, they will naturally follow the imperial edict and go to southern Sichuan to ask the eldest son to ascend the throne."

Cui Ji sighed and remained silent, looking very worried.

Originally, Shen Yu didn't really want to bring Liang Heng back to Ruyang, he resigned from office, Liang Heng went to meditation, and both of them disappeared, but anyone with insight knew that to find Liang Heng, he had to start with Shen Yu.Ruyang is Master Shen's hometown, and his parents, relatives and friends are all buried in the outskirts of the city, so it is easy to be followed.

Fortunately, this place is also close to Zhangshan Mountain, which is a famous mountain in the world where you can't find the north if you plunge into it. If someone really finds Ruyang, he will lead Liang Heng to hide in Zhangshan Mountain for a while.No one knows, even Shan Houye's first choice to escape for his life is Zhangshan Longmai.

The Cui family seems to have not changed in the past few years. The century-old house is full of traces of the years. With Cui Xi, a small group, a new stroke has been added.Sometimes naughty depictions of children can be found on the base of the wall.

Strange to say, Liang Heng has never raised a child, but Cui Xi loves him very much. He is often tricked by Cui Xi's "brother" to let him ride on his neck to pick the new spring flowers on the branches.

The kid was most curious when he led Liang Heng to explore around the old house.Shen Yu apologized to Cui Ji, who knows who is more like a child and used to being careless.Cui Ji had mixed feelings in his heart. He watched his son riding on His Majesty's neck, and thought: Don't blame the ancestors, don't blame the ancestors...

Patriarch Cui is still not at home, and he heard that he went north to the capital to look for his eldest son who had disappeared for many years.Every time Shen Yu came to visit, he always had a close relationship with Cui Xian.Cui Xian's house was vacant and became Cui Xi's lair. He and Liang Heng were playing in it, and Liang Heng rushed out after a while: "Mr. Cui Xiao! There is a big hole in the wall behind your bookshelf. ah!"

Cui Ji: "..."

Shen Yu: "..."

Shen Yu took out his handkerchief, carefully wiped off the dust on Liang Heng's fingers, and said with a smile in the corner of his eyes, "Have you played enough? Come home with me and clean up the house."

"Okay." Liang Heng said indifferently, holding Shen Yu's hand instead.

Routuanzi rolled over from nowhere, and sat on Liang Heng's instep: "Brother, brother."

Liang Heng hugged Cui Xi up, soft like a cloud: "Brother, take you with me." At the end, he looked at Cui Ji very seriously: "Mr. Cui Xiao..."

Cui Ji: "?"

"Your son is much more interesting than you hahahaha!"

Cui Ji recalled the cruel and inhuman days spent in the Chu Palace.His father broke his teeth after eating the cakes brought by the prince, and he was crying in the wind. The doctor who came to see the doctor comforted him and said, "As long as you don't teach, there is still hope in life. If you have to eat the rice of a teacher, then don't teach." His Royal Highness!"

Mr. Donggong's anger has gone wave after wave, but Shen Jin set up camp smoothly, but Shen Yu gets along with His Highness like a friend and a relative.

But it happened to be the Shen family who ended up in the saddest end.

Fate meeting is really unpredictable.

Shen Yu borrowed the well digger from Cui's family to clean out his own well, and the clean water refilled the stone well, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, like a new life.

Weeding, filling, sweeping, mopping the floor...Liang Heng watched Shen Yu's work without touching the spring water with his fingers, and commented: "Mr. Hey, the teacher was a sheriff, but he didn't buy one or two pieces of furniture for the town house?"

Shen Yu took out the quilt at home to dry, and Liang Heng said: "The sun is not very good today, why not wait for a sunny day."

Liang Heng also carried a bag of pickled plums given by Mrs. Cui, one for herself, and half of them were given to Cui Xi.The two of them looked like they were watching a play.

When Cui Xi went to have fun by himself, Shen Yu finally got angry, pecked Liang Heng's lips hard, and tasted the sweet and sour fruit: "It's not bad, at least I didn't trouble me."

Liang Heng cheerfully put his arms around Shen Yu's neck: "Don't embarrass me, I've grown up so much, I haven't done any decent work yet."

"Where are you going next? Let's go after cleaning up the house. Don't embarrass Brother Cui. Since we rented him, he hasn't had a good night's sleep. He is always worried that someone from the court will question him."

Liang Heng and Cui Ji always looked at each other differently, and said dissatisfiedly: "I heard you said that he once took you in, so I thought he was very brave."

"It's different."

"It's different."

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Do you want to visit the school? The place where I studied since childhood."

"Okay!" Liang Heng's eyes lit up.

"Then go to Zhangshan and visit Mr. Dong, who is the one who wrote "Character and Artifacts". The mountain god eye presented to your father was fished from the lake next to his house."

Outside the corridor of the old house, the two leaned together quietly for a while.Shen Yu recalled the past that happened in this corridor, sometimes he and his father moved the drunken chair to read a book, sometimes they chatted with classmates; in the winter three years ago, Zhou Yu was emaciated with disheveled hair, Come to ask Shen Jin to punish Shan Guangyi; on a rainy day in the same year, Shen Jin got angry with Yan Ran and Mu Jihe, and Mu Jihe left along this corridor in frustration, and then went to Guangji Temple to face the wall and think about it.

If Shen Jin were still alive, Shen Yu would not be allowed to resign as soon as he said he wanted to, and Liang Heng would not be allowed to have any unethical affairs with his students.

"I still want to go to Zhangshan County." Liang Heng said.

"Okay, go if you want." Shen Yu put his arms around his shoulders, letting his temple hair stick to his cheek.