Zhu Yuanzhang raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "As for Yuan Kai, what methods did you use to make the chamberlain think that Yuan Kai is really crazy?"
How can we tell the truth of this matter, what if Zhu Yuanzhang turns his back and says that he deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors? Zhang Ren didn't want to be caught in the pigtails, so he could only pretend to be innocent and said: "Your Majesty, you have wronged Wei Chen. How can I use my meager means in front of you? Yuan Kai is really crazy, Wei Chen ensure."
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not see that Zhang Ren was not telling the truth? He just smiled, but didn't point it out. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you kid, go down."
Zhang Ren bowed respectfully: "Wei Chen, please retire."
When Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one left in the imperial study, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Yuan Kai is good. Let him go home to recuperate for a few years and temper his temper. When the prince ascends the throne in the future, Yuan Kai can once again enter the court as a minister." The imperial censor is also pretty good."
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Due to his "madness", Yuan Kai had to return to his hometown as an official. Although he was not old, his time as censor also allowed him to see the bloody chaos of the imperial court. He asked himself if he could continue to hang out in the officialdom. , it is rare that he will end up dead. Now that he is still alive, he can be considered contented.
Yuan Kai had no wealth, so he sold his house in Jinling City and bought a carriage. The remaining belongings he had with him only included two packages and a servant. When he came to Beijing to take the exam, he was very high-spirited, and even when he won the Jinshi, he wore bright clothes and angry horses, but now that he was leaving, he seemed extremely deserted.
Only two or three colleagues from the Inspectorate came to see him off. Now that Yuan Kai had lost his official status, he naturally did not want his colleagues to see him off far away. When he reached the corner of the street, he waved goodbye to his former colleagues.
The carriage was a little worn out and was not moving very fast. Fortunately, it was driven smoothly by the servants. They had just left Jinling City. With a sound of "oo", the servants stopped the carriage. Yuan was in the carriage. Kai didn't know why and asked, "Why did you stop?"
The servant replied: "Master, someone is blocking our way."
This made Yuan Kai jump, and he muttered: "How dare thieves dare to rob in broad daylight? We don't have any extra money."
As Yuan Kai spoke, his head kept poking out of the carriage.
But besides Zhang Ren, there was no one else in front of the carriage.
Zhang Ren shook his head and laughed at Yuan Kai: "Brother Xian, your brain is really too stupid to study. You have just left Jinling. The capital is under the emperor's feet. How can there be thieves who don't open their eyes?" Are you here to commit robbery? Is this an old man who hangs himself because he wants to live longer?"
Yuan Kai's feelings for Zhang Ren were a bit complicated. At first, all he heard in the court were all kinds of rumors about Zhang Ren. But later, when the two came into contact, Yuan Kai felt that Zhang Ren was a man with a strong sense of justice. However, Call him just. Zhang Ren refused to exonerate Li Shanchang in front of His Majesty, and Zhang Ren liked to flatter him. Until now, Yuan Kai didn't know whether Zhang Ren was a good guy or a bad guy, but he had to say that he could stay this time. His life was all due to Zhang Ren.
Yuan Kai saluted Zhang Ren and said, "Yuan has not yet thanked General Zhang Qi for his life."
Zhang Ren shook his head, sat down on the horse, and slowly came to the carriage and said, "Didn't I say that the title Zhang Zongqi seems too familiar? Just call me "Xiandi".
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Yuan Kai stood up and shook his head, saying: "Now Mr. Zhang is an official and Mr. Yuan is a citizen. I don't dare to reach such high places as Mr. Zhang's brothers, and I don't want to meet Mr. Zhang here."
Zhang Ren quickly said: "The reason why I came here is to see Brother Yuan off."
Yuan Kai was puzzled. Apart from Zhang Ren saving him this time, the two of them really had no friendship. He was already an upright person, so he simply asked directly: "Mr. Zhang Qi, please forgive me for being frank, are you a good person or a bad person?" ?」
After hearing this, Zhang Ren burst out laughing. He laughed for a long time before he said, "How can people in this world be absolutely good or absolutely bad? Don't good people do bad things? Bad people will definitely not do bad things. Will it do good things? Good or bad is just what you see and hear from different angles and different standpoints."
Yuan Kai has read a lot of books, but the characters in the books all have facial expressions, and both good and bad are marked.
When he came out, this was the first time he heard Zhang Ren's theory about good guys and bad guys.
Yuan Kai chewed Zhang Ren's words thoughtfully. After a long while, he saluted Zhang Ren and said, "General Zhang Qi's words are thought-provoking. Yuan has been taught a lesson. No wonder General Zhang Qi wants me to change."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ren shook his head and said: "You are always upright. If I ask you to change, then you are no longer Yuan Kai. This matter was caused by me and I shouldn't let you change. Now you After leaving the whirlpool of the court, there is no need to change. You are upright and upright. It is also a good choice to return to your hometown to teach knowledge. If you can teach more students, if everyone in this world is as simple as you, then again It couldn't be better."
Yuan Kai smiled. He had indeed been confused when it came to dealing with people. Now Zhang Ren's words seemed to have opened up his mind. He looked up at the sky, then turned to Zhang Ren and said, "My dear brother, there is no one in the world." The never-ending banquet will last forever, so let’s just say goodbye.”
It was finally time for Yuan Kai to return the title of wise brother.
Zhang Ren also smiled, and finally cupped his hands towards Yuan Kai and said, "I wish you a happy journey, brother Xian."
After Yuan Kai left, the carriage was still dilapidated, his belongings were still very few, and the servants were still driving, but Yuan Kai became much more free and easy.
After bidding farewell to Yuan Kai, Zhang and his horse walked slowly on the official road. Just after entering the city, they met Ji Gang and Wu Peng, whom they had not seen for a long time.
Zhang Ren also felt strange. Originally, he arranged Wu Peng in the Jinyi Guard, but Wu Peng insisted on repaying the favor and wanted to stay by Zhang Ren's side as a guard. However, Wu Peng did not show up these days, and Zhang Ren only thought that he had left for the Jianghu. After traveling, I didn't expect that I and Ji Gang would run into each other again.
With a flattering look on his face, Ji Gang saluted Zhang Ren respectfully and said, "Ji Gang pays homage to the young master."
Now that Ji Gang has taken the position of the dark master, and with the blessing of a royal guard, he alone has the final say over the underworld in Jinling City and even Yingtian Mansion. If his subordinates look at it, they will definitely be shocked, and they will die. I didn't expect Ji Gang to have such a flattering side.
Zhang Ren nodded and said, "It's been a long time no see." After saying that, he turned to Wu Peng and asked, "Monk, where have you been these days?"
Wu Peng cupped his hands and said, "The poor monk went to follow Ji Gang to investigate some things."
Zhang Ren then said: "Okay, then you two can continue the investigation. I will go back home first."
Night rivers and lakes.
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