Powerful ministers are husbands

Xue Jinyi's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Early in the morning, he waited at the gate of the academy, and finally saw Tan Bi walking dejectedly and alone.

"Last night, my dad received a call from an old friend, so he can't come here temporarily." Tan Bi sighed, "It seems that I can only find some free time."

Xue Jinyi tried his best to pretend to understand, "It's not easy for Tan Sima to go to the emperor, the important things are important."

"It's just drinking with friends and bragging about how many good things they have done in the local area." Tan Bi folded his arms and hummed softly, "However, when he had a face-to-face meeting yesterday, he sent a message to the grandma who had been separated from her son for many years. The story is told to the Holy One. All good filial piety is the first. Today, the Holy One is very filial to the Empress Dowager Luo. She is an example for the people of the world. Hearing that the grandmother is lonely and helpless, she can't bear it, and she is sick and skinny. She also thinks that the lost son should be sent to the parents. Get it back and take good care of your elderly mother, so the Holy Majesty has ordered the household department to check the household registration, and the whole city is looking for people."

"Uh...your father is really a good person." Xue Jinyi praised.

Tan Bi smiled faintly, "My father took the lead in this matter, so we will not leave the imperial capital until we find Grandma's son."

Xue Jinyi frowned slightly, "Don't you need to return to Fengshan County as soon as possible to assist the local military administration?" Or is it delaying time to meet with Shan Feng?

"You want me to leave so much?" Tan Bi pouted unhappily, "The Imperial City is indeed big, but there are so many people looking for it, I believe they will be found soon. If you search the Imperial City, you can't find it Man, my dad will definitely go back."

"No, no, no," Xue Jinyi kept shaking his head like a rattle, until he became dizzy, "I'm a man, of course the first thing I care about is family and country affairs hahaha..."

Tan Bi tilted her head and thought for a while, "Well, it makes sense, well, I can understand my father." She jumped up briskly and patted Xue Jinyi's shoulder, "I'll come to you again after class is over."

"Okay, okay..." Zhang Mu's understanding enabled Xue Jinyi to deal with the little girl Tan Bi wholeheartedly. He smiled and waved to her, adopting the usual posture when he was courting many young ladies, but he was not worried that Tan Bi would indulge in those little girls. In a fancy and insincere way, so that he likes him, at most he can win some favors.

"Brother Xue, you came really early today." Suddenly, Tang Li's voice came from behind.

Xue Jinyi turned around, and while the smile on his face hadn't faded, he greeted warmly: "Brother Tang, good morning, Brother Lian, the plan of the day is in the morning, and all my bets are on the scientific examination, so I dare not be careless." .”

Speaking of scientific research, Lian Song's face turned pale, and his body shook a few times.

Another slip of the tongue, Xue Jinyi really wanted to slap his mouth.

Tang Li put his hand on Lian Song's shoulder, "Look at you, I'm worried again, call Brother Pang some other day, and we'll give you some advice."

Lian Song smiled weakly and winked at Xue Jinyi.

Xue Jinyi remained calm. After passing the news in the hut that day, as long as Tang Li made contact with other people, Lian Song would try to notify them.But now it seems that not only the behind-the-scenes masters of the court did not move, but Tang Li also shrank.

Hmph, let's see how long they can endure in the face of such a large amount of disaster relief money.

Xue Jinyi thought so, and greeted Lian Song and Tang Li with enthusiasm on the surface to enter the room to talk.

Until noon, the quiet courtyard suddenly became lively, and the gentlemen of the academy gathered at the front door, talking around a few people.The good student leaned on the window sill to look at it, but was slapped on the head by the teacher and hit him back.Xue Jinyi didn't look at it blatantly, he held the book in front of him, lowered his head and looked out secretly.

The crowd moved, revealing the faces of the visitors. The leader was a man about forty years old. He was tall and powerful, with an extraordinary temperament. It was easy for Xue Jinyi, whose father was a servant of the Ministry of War and who had seen countless officials, big and small, to recognize him. ——He is an official, and his grade will not be low.

The key question is, whose father is this?

The answer quickly appeared on its own initiative.

"Tan Bi?" Xue Jinyi had just muttered something in a low voice, when he heard Mr. Xi's cough, he immediately sat up straight with a guilty conscience, and followed his classmates to recite the scriptures seriously, but he was thinking about a question in his head-should we hurry up? To inform the hidden guards outside?I thought that Tan Ji would come back today, so he came to the academy with him early in the morning, and there were additional people who were lurking in every corner of the academy.But after learning that Tan Ji would not appear, everyone withdrew.

The speaker outside began to walk towards the east wing. Xue Jinyi squinted at Tang Li who was not far away, and saw that he was as motionless as a mountain, studying at ease, and was at a loss for a while.

Suffering until the end of get out of class, Xue Jinyi held the book and pretended to go after Mr. Xi, but actually avoided the crowd. When he came to the back of the house, he could see the east wing and observe the quiet place in the front yard. He wanted to pay attention.

At this moment, after a large group of hula-la students rushed out, Pang Miao and Jinxiu appeared at the door.

"Why are you here?" Xue Jinyi wasn't sure which play he was going to sing, and was about to go to the dining hall to find someone, but he heard Jinxiu's shouts behind him.

"Mr. Xue, please stop."

Xue Jinyi had no choice but to stop, turned around and asked, "Why are you here?"

"The young master said that there are several books in the academy, but I have never read them before. I came to borrow them from Mr. Xi today." Jinxiu opened her watery eyes and asked pitifully, "Mr. Xue, although that wheelchair is light, But after all, I am a girl, and if I push for a long time, I will struggle, can you help me?"

"But, I..." Mr. Xue pointed in the direction of the dining hall, but he felt that Jinxiu, who was not involved in the matter, could not be expected to know who was there.

"Oh—" Jinxiu suddenly realized.Xue Jinyi was almost surprised when he thought that even the girl Jinxiu knew about it, when she heard her say: "Mr. Xue is hungry from studying, and wants to go to the canteen for some meat buns?"

"How do you know?!" In fact, what he wanted to ask was how he knew where the dining hall was.

"Because I used to come to the academy with Miss to look for the young master." Jinxiu took two steps forward and waved to Xue Jinyi, "The young master will say good things to you in front of Mr. Zhang later, one sentence is worth ten buns, is that enough? ?”

"No..." Xue Jinyi took a step back, getting further away from Jinxiu.At this time, if you don't find more people to watch Tan Ji and Tang Li, you will miss the golden opportunity to get evidence.

Jinxiu stomped her feet, "It seems that meat buns are more important than Mr. Zhang in your heart."

"I didn't think so!" Xue Jinyi shouted.

Jinxiu turned around and ran, "I'll tell the young master, and then I'll tell Mr. Zhang to go."

When Xue Jinyi became more and more anxious, it suddenly became clear, like a gust of wind swept away, blowing away the thick fog, making everything he could see clear.

It doesn't make sense to pester him so much to go back and push the wheelchair. Could it be something else?

Xue Jinyi stopped thinking about it, shouted "No such thing", while chasing Jinxiu back to the front yard.

Seeing him, Pang Miao breathed a sigh of relief, "Come with me to find Mr. Xi." He pointed to a row of rooms on the east side.

Xue Jinyi was anxious, leaned down and whispered in his ear: "The academy is empty, the watchers have already withdrawn, and Tang Li didn't leave."

"I know." Pang Miao looked at the front calmly, "Tan Ji passed by my house, so I followed. You think it's just that he suddenly left the old friend's banquet and ran to a school. A simple greeting to your daughter's teacher? He has to stay in the imperial capital for at least ten days, so he has to rush this time?"

Xue Jinyi was stunned, for some reason he felt chills all over his body on this sunny afternoon, it seemed that there were countless pairs of eyes spying on him in the dark, but if he really wanted to find out where these eyes were, there was no trace like an invisible soul to speak of.

"Don't act rashly, just wait and see what happens." Pang Miao suddenly raised his voice slightly, "The few books I want to borrow, I have always been greedy when I was in the school, and then I only know about traveling, and I almost forgot about it. I hope Xi Mr. is willing to lend it to me now."

Mr. Xi is not like other people who greet Tan Sima in the room over there, he is leisurely holding a cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other, reading happily.

"Teacher, the student has the cheek to borrow books from you." Pang Miao said, pulling Xue Jinyi's shirt.

Xue Jinyi stood obediently by the side, glancing at the room full of chatter and laughter out of the corner of his eyes. Fortunately, the position was just right, so that he could not look so blatantly.

Mr. Xi raised his eyes and smiled, "You finally remembered." He got up, took out a few books with yellowed pages from the shelf, and handed them to Pang Miao carefully like a baby, "If you don't want to Get up, I won't lend you any more."

Pang Miao touched his nose in embarrassment, "The student is careless."

Mr. Xi looked at the well-behaved Xue Jinyi again, and coughed lightly, "Xue Jinyi, I hope to hear you recite the scripture that I read in class today."

"What, what?!" Xue Jinyi was shocked.

Mr. Xi said earnestly: "This will make you remember that you must listen carefully during class."

Xue Jinyi wanted to cry but had no tears.

Pang Miao wrapped the books with the fur skins he brought, and the chatter and laughter behind him suddenly became louder. He looked back and saw the gentlemen of the academy surrounded by the father and daughter of the Tan family and came out to visit the school. museum.

Xue Jinyi's heart rose to his throat, imagining in his mind how Tan Ji and Tang Li would secretly exchange information under the watchful eyes of everyone.

But the school is so big, and Tan Jijie, a Sima, would not go to the students living on campus to check their brains. He also had to see how the food in the dining hall was, and it was impossible to go to the smelly latrine to find out.So after a group of people wandered around casually and came back, the gentlemen sent the Tan family's father and daughter to the door, and after a few polite words, they each left.

Pang Miao had a few words with Mr. Xi and left the academy, while Tang Li and Lian Song were still sitting in the room studying.

"Have we met?" Xue Jinyi was anxious like ants on a hot pot.

"Lian Song will deliver the news." Pang Miao signaled him to calm down when several passers-by came towards him.

Xue Jinyi took a deep breath and let it out slowly, but he still wanted to go back and grab Lian Song and ask Tang Li if he had seen Tan Ji.

"Let's go, let's go, Cao's gate is lively again." The oncoming passers-by looked excited and high-spirited, urging their companions to quicken their pace.

Xue Jinyi grabbed him, "Which Cao family?"

The passer-by was very impatient, but he still replied: "Of course it's the Cao family from Jiyanghou's mansion." "What happened?" Xue Jinyi asked, and Pang Yao frowned.The passer-by suddenly pushed Xue Jinyi away with great vigor, "I heard that there was an old woman looking for her lost son in Cao's house, and one of Ji Yanghou's sons was not his own, why don't you go and have a look after all this excitement? !” After speaking, he dragged his companion and ran away quickly.