Wei Huai and Xia Yuanlong were drinking and playing chess in the pavilion when they saw their servants coming to report in a hurry: "Mr. Wei, Mr. Xia, there is a man who calls himself Suzhou Yao Xiaogu. He wants to see you."
After Wei Huai heard this, he stopped playing chess and looked up at Xia Yuanlong: "I heard you said that this person is not a good person."
"This man is very arrogant and not very convinced by me," Xia Yuanlong sighed, "This Mr. Yao is soft but not tough. The people should be careful with him."
"Dean Zhu should find a good negotiator and send him here...there must be a reason." Wei Huai got up and walked around a few times, then ordered the servant: "Please go to the inner study and wait, Mr. Yao."
"Mr. Wei, I have only heard of your name in my whole life, but I have never seen you face to face. Today, I saw that you are indeed a talented person with a majestic appearance!"
"There is no need to exaggerate," Wei Huai personally made him a cup of tea and said with a smile, "I have been working hard for several years, but my hair has only grown gray. I envy Mr. Yao for being among the famous people, and he is still famous in the south of the Yangtze River."
Seeing how humble Yao Xiaogu was, he felt a little respect in his heart and sat down with him.
Wei Huai asked: "Can Suzhou still compile "Xing Yao"? If there are any difficulties in your place, you can compare them with this place."
Yao Xiaogu's face didn't move for a moment, and he didn't seem to care much about it. Instead, he continued to ask: "This "Xing Yao"... when are you going to finish it?"
When Wei Huai heard his strange question, he turned back and looked at Yuan Long. According to the meaning in Yuan Long's eyes, he didn't know the details.
Wei Huai had no choice but to answer truthfully: "It's still early to finish the manuscript, but it's already halfway done."
Yao Xiaogu frowned briefly, then held up his hands and admonished: "It's not too late to mend the situation after it has been lost. You still have room to turn around."
Wei Huai curled his lips: "I can't listen to such roundabout talk. If you have anything to say openly, don't be timid and hide it."
After a long silence, Yao Xiaogu said bluntly: "Since you have the desire to save the country, you will not let your ambitions turn into empty talk. However, you are committed to opposing the government and only focusing on opening academies. Although you are dedicated to benefiting the people, there is nothing you can do." The reason for success? Why not take another approach and seek cooperation with the government? The academy system may be established."
Wei Huai was dissatisfied and retorted sternly: "Wei created this academy system in order to get rid of the shackles of the government and create a right path for the people! Officials only consider interests and never the people's livelihood. What kind of cooperation? That’s complicity!”
"Ji Min, calm down, calm down..." Xia Yuanlong advised kindly.
"Is this what Dean Zhu meant?" Wei Huai felt very disappointed.
Yao Xiaogu replied calmly: "Yes. Mr. Wei, please don't get excited, this is just a family opinion. Please think again, unite the government and make only a few sacrifices, you can make the academy..."
Before he finished speaking, Wei Huai suddenly stood up and slapped the table: "Mr. Yao! Our Jianghuai literati's bones are not soft! Go back and tell Dean Zhu that his method is very dangerous and will do no good to the people of the world. Please come back." Bar."
Seeing Wei Huai's stubbornness, Yao Xiaogu secretly swallowed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay. I'll leave immediately so that it won't hinder your eyes." Without any time to persuade him to stay, he turned around and walked out of the inner study.
Yao Xiaogu walked to the door of the Wei Mansion, faced the door that was about to close, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "How can such a stubborn alliance leader be expected to win!" After saying that, he sighed, took a sigh of relief, and rode off with a whip. .
"It doesn't matter if there are differences in the alliance," Xia Yuanlong looked at the dazed Wei Huai, "What I'm afraid of is that we treat each other as enemies and forget about the real enemy."
"Dean Zhu wouldn't really do that..." Wei Huai muttered worriedly.
Xia Yuanlong stood behind him and said calmly: "Don't worry, our 'supervisory envoy' is there. Let him know to stabilize the situation and tell Dean Zhu to stay calm."
"That's all it has to be."
This matter made Wei Huai depressed for a whole hour. Just when he felt relieved and was about to close his eyes to rest, he saw Magistrate Ye walking to the corridor under the guidance of his servants.
He shook his head quickly, forced his eyes open, held the cane tightly, limped up, and smiled at Wei Huai: "Well, Ye Tinglong, you don't even say hello when you come to visit... I'm still not yours teacher?"
Ye Yongjia adjusted his clothes and bowed in fear: "When the matter is urgent, I will not care about etiquette. I hope you will forgive me, sir."
Wei Huai tapped his chest with his crutch and said with a smile: "You have become a bad prefect and started to put on airs and call yourself 'my official'? It turns out that students cannot be so!"
Ye Yongjia didn't know how to answer, so he just smiled awkwardly at him.
"Speaking of which, what are you doing here?"
"I want to invite...Cai Yaoren to come over."
"That's strange, why do you want to see him here?" Wei Huai leaned on the crutch.
"There are spies from the Wanlu and Wanlu parties in all directions. If I openly discuss something with him, it will be easy for others to see me. Your place is quiet, so I can avoid being noticed." Ye Yongjia said.
"I learned a lot of tricks!" Wei Huai turned around and said, "Tell Xia Renying to bring a pen and paper."
The servant smiled and said, "Mr. Xia has left."
Wei Huai snorted twice: "Xia Renying, you ran away at the right time..." He had no choice but to take out a piece of white paper from the cabinet, write the letter, ask where Cai Xianqing lived, and send someone to send it. passed.
Cai Xianqing opened the letter and read it word for word until he saw the end of the letter, "Prefect Ye has urgent matters, hurry up!" ’, then I suddenly woke up. He folded the letter again and thought: 'If you follow a person like Lord Wan, you will never get a future. Magistrate Ye is very enterprising. If I had helped him in times of crisis, I might be able to rise to great heights as an actor and be admired by others. 'Thinking of this, Cai Xianqing was very proud, and resolutely threw away the letter, put on plain clothes, and ran towards Sihe Academy.
"Haha, in order to withdraw the troops, all methods were used!" Cai Xianqing walked slowly from the corridor to the side, "Prefect Ye?"
Ye Yongjia met in the hall, walked down a few stone steps to Cai Xianqing, held his arm tightly, and asked happily: "How did Mr. Cai know?"
Cai Xianqing laughed loudly: "Prefect Ye is confused! I walk around Wanfu every day, don't I hear some rumors?"
"Ye is just waiting for your ears to hear the rumors!" Ye Yongjia was extremely excited.
"You called me...?"
"What's the relationship between Qi Shangshu and Wei Shuban?" He pretended to be mysterious with a smile.
"Qi Shangshu hates Wei Chong deeply." Cai Xizi replied.
"Wei Chong has full control over the date of the replacement of inspections. If he cuts it off first and then announces it later, I'm afraid Shangshu Qi won't be happy."
"Then..."
"Then let Qi Shangshu report to the king of the county and let the Wan Dang people withdraw their troops first. In this way, you will be the first to know the news..." Ye Yongjia suddenly stopped talking.
Cai Xianqing slapped his thigh vigorously and took over his words: "Master Ye will know the withdrawal date as soon as possible, and the new inspection will arrive in time! Let that boy Wei Chong... have no time to take advantage of!"
