To the west of Taiyue City, most of them are official residences. As the saying goes: "The east is rich and the west is noble, the north palace and the south are humble." This is the case. The east city is full of wealthy merchants, the west city is full of officials and courtiers, the north is the palace, and the south city is full of ordinary people, actors, vendors, and singers.
This simple carriage drove slowly towards the West City and stopped at an official residence. This official residence was used for the residence of foreign officials who came and went to the court. It was not very luxurious.
A young boy came forward in front of the door, brought him a dismounting stool, and helped Zuo Fengyuan and Ye Ling get off the horse.
Zuo Fengyuan asked with a smile: "Is the imperial envoy Song Zheng living here?"
The young man nodded and said, "Master Song lives here. Please wait a moment. I will let you know."
Zuo Fengyuan waved his hand and said, "No, we'll just go in and look for him. You can go ahead."
"Please!"
Zuo Fengyuan and Ye Ling stepped into the courtyard and happened to see the window half-open, with Song Zheng sitting behind the desk and reading a book.
Song Zheng raised his head slightly, looked at Zuo Fengyuan and Ye Ling, and hurriedly stood up to greet them, saying: "Mr. Ge, Taoist Ye, please come in quickly."
The two of them were not polite and entered the room and sat down. Song Zheng asked: "You two came here together. I wonder if you have anything important to do with Song Zheng?"
Ye Ling held the tea cup and said, "It was Mr. Zuo Ge who invited me here and said he wanted me to make an introduction."
Zuo Fengyuan said with a smile: "I'm just afraid that Lord Song doesn't trust me enough, so I asked Ye Ling to come with me. I hope Lord Song can tell me everything he knows, and tell me everything!"
"I see," Song Zheng nodded and said, "I don't know what the elder wants to ask. If Song Zheng knows, he will definitely tell the truth."
"In that case," Zuo Fengyuan looked at Ye Ling and said, "Ye Ling, you'd better go out first. I have something to ask Mr. Song."
Ye Ling heard the words and responded, then stood up and left. It happened that Ji Changfeng was recuperating in another room, so Ye Ling went to visit.
As soon as Ye Ling left, Zuo Fengyuan looked solemn and asked: "Master Song is at the court meeting, but he wants to mention the matter of Luzhou?"
Song Zheng frowned slightly and nodded: "That's right. As an imperial envoy, Song Zheng went to Luzhou to deliver relief, but found that something shocking happened in Luzhou. This time he returned to the court to report to the Holy Emperor."
Zuo Fengyuan said: "I know what you want to report. That's why I'm here. Let me tell you clearly. If I want to stop you today, don't sue the Liang family!"
"Huh?" Song Zheng's expression changed, and he cupped his hands and said, "Song Zheng doesn't know what the old prime minister said. Please tell me the reason."
Zuo Fengyuan said: "What is good above is what is bad below. The Holy One is obsessed with practicing Taoism, which is why the Liang family has been in charge of the government for hundreds of years. If you want to deal with the Liang family, you are stopping the Holy One. Not only will you suffer, , the court may also launch a big prison because of this, and many people will die because of you."
When Song Zheng heard this, his face turned gloomy, and he turned to say: "What Mr. Zuo Ge said is that the Holy Emperor does not distinguish between right and wrong, and only wants to use traitors and sycophants."
"In matters in the court, right and wrong cannot be distinguished," Zuo Fengyuan sighed and said: "The emperor's power plan, the family, the country and the world are actually the same thing. The official affairs of a country are nothing more than the selfish desires of a family. Doing it for an official Officials, when they appear as generals and ministers, they are just flattering and trying to gain favor."
"The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important." Song Zheng said: "Are the words of the sage also wrong?"
"The words of the saint are of course correct," Zuo Fengyuan said: "But the words of the saint are written for people to read, but they are useless when used to govern the government. Soldiers have no permanent momentum, and water has no permanent shape. If you stick to the way of the saint, , you won’t be able to do this job often.”
Song Zheng shook his head and said: "Song Zheng does not agree with Master Zuo's words. Once you serve as an official, you should bring benefit to one party, share the worries of the saints, and solve the problems of the people. If there are mistakes in the superiors, and the subordinates do not know how to advise, the country will fall. How can it be that ministers are responsible for ruining their lives and ruining their lives? If a minister is a minister with benevolence and righteousness in mind to serve his king, and if he abandons benevolence and righteousness and ignores it, then he is not a human being!"
Zuo Fengyuan smiled when he heard this and said: "If you were just a scholar in that study, holding books from sages and sages, you would be fine with scolding those in power. But now that you are an important official in the court, stop saying such crazy words. Do you think With a just heart, can we solve the world's affairs? There are more than tens of millions of people living in this world. Who can do everything well and satisfy everyone?"
"Although Song Zheng is a man of few words, he must uphold a benevolent heart and seek justice for the people!"
Seeing him like this, Zuo Fengyuan said helplessly: "In a word, even a saint can't do anything about the people the Holy One doesn't want to use. Prince Changkong and Wang Yuanzhong are examples of this. Those who the Holy One wants to use, even if they are the biggest traitors in the world, you can't do anything about it." Don't fall! Do you think that you could shake up the court by beating Jia Hu in Taiyue Mansion and beating Luan Jia on the imperial street? You could do this then because someone asked you to do it. No one is behind you now Well, what can you do as a little imperial envoy?"
Song Zheng closed his eyes and sighed, saying: "Song Zheng is an official, serving the court at the top and serving the people at the bottom. I just want to be clear in my heart, no matter life or death!"
"Pedantry!" Zuo Fengyuan shouted: "You think you have no regrets? But what will the court do? If you really do this, not only will the Liang family fall, but the court and the world will also be in chaos! For you For one's own selfishness, in order to gain a reputation, the country is in danger and the people are suffering unspeakably. His crime deserves to be punished!"
Song Zheng didn't answer, Zuo Fengyuan leaned back on the chair, tilted his head and looked at the sky outside the door: "I have been in official circles all my life, and everyone thinks I am useless. Why is it so difficult to be quiet and do nothing? All of you. They only know how to toss, and no one has ever considered the overall situation. Since ancient times, political affairs have been full of subtleties. How can they be seen in books? You will be satisfied if you leave a single stroke in the history of history, but you do not know how many people have been implicated in that stroke. of blood!”
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Ye Ling looked at Ji Changfeng's injuries and went out to look at Song Zheng's house. He saw that the door was closed, thinking that the two of them hadn't finished talking yet.
He had no interest in government affairs, so he stopped waiting and went out to find his elder brother Xu Zheng.
As I walked up the street, I suddenly remembered something, so I ran to Nancheng. There was an abandoned house in Nancheng, with a plaque reading "Longxing Escort Bureau". The front door was full of dust and had not been cleaned for an unknown period of time.
Ye Ling thought of the original scene and couldn't help but clenched his fists. He pushed the door open and entered, only to see that the yard had been swept clean. The corpses that had been lying here were gone. Everything was as usual, even there were not many weeds. Give birth to one.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ling's eyes flashed, and with a move of his right hand, the wooden sword flew into his hand.
But the next second, an old man in green clothes appeared behind Ye Ling, and a breeze passed by. The old man smiled and said, "Young man is quite smart, but his movements are still too slow."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Ling hurriedly used Xuantian Afterimage, swept forward quickly, and turned to face the old man in green.
But behind him, another old man in black appeared. His palm fell on Ye Ling's shoulder, and a burst of thunder and lightning immediately emitted, numbing half of Ye Ling's body: "Be honest, if we want to harm you, you can He won’t survive more than three seconds.”
Ye Ling saw clearly the appearance of the two old men, but they were acquaintances. They were the two old men beside Hua Xinfeng, Feng Qing and Lei Rong.
"Yi Zi, it's really you, I knew I could wait for you here!"
Ye Ling looked back and saw Hua Xinfeng walking out of the room with a smile. Ye Ling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Long time no see, Brother Xinfeng!"
"It's been too long. I can't even remember the last time I saw you." Hua Xinfeng smiled and walked forward, pulling Ye Ling into the house: "Let's talk first, and we'll wait." I have something else to do."
The two entered the hall, and Feng Qing and Lei Rong stood at the door, seemingly as guards.
In the room, Hua Xinfeng said to Ye Ling: "Since you were wanted by the court, I have sent people everywhere to look for you, but there has been no news."
Ye Ling smiled and didn't say much. Ye Ling didn't want to mention those experiences too much.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a few words, and then Hua Xinfeng spoke of his purpose: "Actually, the reason why I came here to wait for you this time is because my father wants me to tell you something."
"Oh?" Ye Ling raised his eyebrows. He didn't know Hua Xinfeng's father and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Hua Xinfeng said: "My father hopes that you will leave Taiyue City and not get involved in the disputes here again."
"Your Majesty, you really think about me!" Ye Ling smiled slightly, but then shook his head and said: "Ever since I was wanted and left, I never wanted to come back. It's just because my third brother's whereabouts are unknown. Once I come back to look for him, as long as I find my third brother, I will leave immediately."
"I see," Hua Xinfeng pondered for a moment and said, "How about this? You go back to your sect first, and I will find out the whereabouts of your third brother for you. Is that okay?"
Ye Ling smiled when he heard this, but looked at the yard outside the door, and suddenly said: "Did you ask someone to clean this place?"
Hua Xinfeng nodded and said: "I have sent the corpses outside the city for burial, and found some monks to recite scriptures about the past lives for them. I prayed for the souls of the dead, which can be regarded as mourning for these dead people."
Ye Ling asked: "What will happen to Brother Hua if the two seniors outside the door are killed in Taiyue City?"
As soon as he said this, Hua Xinfeng naturally understood what Ye Ling meant, and couldn't help but sigh softly and said: "Ye Zi, you still have hatred in your heart!"
Ye Ling stood up and said: "Although I can't take revenge with my own hands, I still want to see how this turmoil has been cleared up, right? Brother Hua, who is your father and why do you want me to run away to avoid disaster? If you don't tell me, I will There is no way of knowing. But when Daqian State Master Song Jinghe saw me today, he told me that I often get into trouble. It must be my destiny and there is no way to avoid it. Since I can't avoid it, I won't hide. Brother Hua, I still If you have something to do, I'll leave first. You won't let the two seniors at the door force me to stay here, right?"
Hua Xinfeng hesitated again and again, but had no choice but to wave his hand and said: "Ye Zi, please go away, I will explain to my father. But you still have to be more careful in Taiyue City. Now all the forces in the imperial court will soon be at odds with each other." In the fight to the death, some sects and immortal mansions from outside may also get involved. At this time, Taiyue City is in chaos. If you are in danger, you can take refuge in Duobao Pavilion, you must remember it!"
"Thank you, Brother Hua, for reminding me, I'll take my leave now!"
After saying this, Ye Ling left the hall and saw that it was getting late and the bright moon was rising into the sky. Ye Ling said nothing and walked out of the door without knowing where he was going.
After watching Ye Ling leave, Feng Qing and Lei Rong walked in from outside the door. Feng Qing smiled and said, "Master, if you let him go, this is against the president's wishes."
Hua Xinfeng curled his lips and said: "My father only knows how to weigh the pros and cons, and regards everything in the world as a business. He always thinks about the big and small, thinking that he has taken advantage of everything, but he doesn't know how many precious things he has thrown away."
Lei Rong laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "The president's body, which is full of the smell of copper, can actually give birth to a person like the young master. It is really unbelievable!"
