Lin Sheng smiled softly and said: "Our family had expected that Mr. Li Ge would come, and now he has indeed come!" I remember that when Mou Bin left, Li Dongyang also sent someone to see him off. Now that he came here in person, he must have been unable to let go of the friendship he had developed over the years, so he sighed: "This Mr. Li Ge is still a person who values love and righteousness!"
Li Dongyang was sweating profusely and panting while running, but Xie Qian and Liu Jian suppressed their smiles and reluctantly raised their hands and said: "Master Li, why are you doing this?!"
"Brother thank you, brother Liu, you are still blaming me!" Li Dongyang wiped his sweat and returned the courtesy.
Xie Qian rolled his eyes at him and said: "You are a cabinet minister, we are all common people, how dare you blame us?" Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "I can't help myself and want to leave. However, the emperor ordered It’s hard to disobey! Hey, now that I’m in the cabinet, I’m useless and I’m very sad!”
Liu Jian sneered and said: "You brought it upon yourself! If you were like us and insisted on asking the emperor to deal with the Eight Tigers immediately, how could we be here today?"
Li Dongyang looked pale and said slowly: "If that happens, I'm afraid we will never get ahead!"
Xie Qian sneered and said, "You must have colluded with the Eight Tigers to create some mystery and excuses to deliberately harm us, right?" Li Dongyang shook his head hurriedly and said, "Brother Xie, Brother Liu, you have misunderstood me. , How did Bahu and I get to know each other? Don’t forget, I also signed and asked to resign!" Liu Jian sneered and said: "You are really good at acting! Who knows what you are doing behind your back?"
Li Dongyang hesitated to speak, but Xie Qian said decisively: "Brother Liu, it's getting late, and we have to hurry up. Don't talk to this villain anymore, it won't help. Don't forget, that person set up a plan for us. At the appointed time, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us at this time. If we arrive late, we won’t even have a place to stay at night!”
Liu Jian nodded and said loudly: "We two bad old men can't afford to offend the big men of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Thank you for returning to Zhejiang. I will go back to Luoyang. If you follow me, feel free to come." But he stopped talking to Li Dongyang. Xie Qian was from Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, and Liu Jian was from Luoyang. After hearing this, Li Dongyang held up his hands and shed tears. Xie and Liu held their hands at each other and said they cherished him. They regarded Li Dongyang as if he was nothing and walked away.
Li Dongyang stood there in a daze. I can guess his mood at this moment. The two colleagues who had a tacit understanding left, and he was the only one left in the cabinet, facing off against the entire lieutenant general. Moreover, the cabinet will be full of Liu Jin's minions, so we know what kind of situation he will be in. I couldn't help but worry about it, but I didn't dare to speak. Li Dongyang walked slowly for a few steps, and the cold wind blew his beard flying. After a long time, the servant came forward and said: "Master, we should go back!" Li Dongyang said with a choked voice. : "God knows my innocence! Let's go, Li Cheng, let's go back!" With that, he bowed deeply to the retreating figures of Xie Qian and Liu Jian.
Li Dongyang's master and servant remounted their horses, turned around and headed back to the capital. Lin Sheng praised him and said to me: "Li Gongmou, Liu Gongdan and Xie Gongyou are the three sages in the world. Now Mr. Dongyang is the only one left. I'm afraid he will... It’s been a sad life.” I was puzzled and said, “Since the emperor keeps him in the cabinet, it means that the emperor still trusts him.” Lin Sheng smiled and said, “It’s not that the emperor trusts him, but that Eunuch Liu trusts him. he."
"Eunuch Liu also hopes that Ming Dynasty will be well. How can such a talented person be let go so easily? What's more, Mr. Dongyang is very knowledgeable about current affairs, which is much better than those two. It's just a pity that Mr. Liu is decisive and Mr. Xie is capable. If you are eloquent and can match Li Gong's strategy, then there will be no need to worry about the Ming Dynasty not being strong!"
I thought to myself: "Although this Lin Sheng is a disciple of Liu Jin, he has a heart of justice. But if the Three Dukes are here, the Eight Tigers will not exist. The dangers of officialdom are indeed not something that people like me can understand and control!"
Suddenly I heard the sound of horse hooves, and another group of people came here, and they met Li Dongyang. I only heard one person say: "Mr. Dongyang, why are you here?" The voice sounded very familiar. It was none other than Mr. Ma. I was surprised. He was a fugitive. Lin Sheng was overjoyed and said: "As expected, there was no such thing today. Waiting in vain, such a big person is finally here!"
These people dismounted one after another, and Li Dongyang said: "Eunuch Ma, why are you here?" Eunuch Ma seemed to sigh and said: "Lin Sheng's gang of guys surrounded the Jinyiwei. If they hadn't saved our family, our family would have been alone at this time. I'm afraid I'll be in jail." Li Dongyang still said something, but Lin Sheng patted me on the back, jumped up, and said with a smile: "My dear father-in-law, you're fine. Since you care about our family so much, we're here. !”
Lin Sheng was very fast, and I followed him almost subconsciously. Two other attendants got up at the same time. Our appearance shocked these people. Li Dongyang was slightly stunned, and said nothing, but he was extremely embarrassed, and Little Father-in-law, wearing a felt hat, looked at us coldly and said, "I didn't expect you to be here waiting for us!"
Lin Sheng laughed and said: "Our family didn't expect that you would still be in the city! Our family originally thought that you would mix in with the Xie and Liu families, but you didn't. Instead, you walked out swaggering, admiring, admiring !”
Little Father Ma glanced at the four of us and said: "The road is facing the sky, let's go in different directions. How about it, Lao Lin, you don't really want to arrest our family, do you?"
Lin Sheng's face turned cold and he said: "We are the eunuchs of Dongchang, and we have been ordered by Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Qiu to capture Ma Jing!"
Father Ma laughed and said, "In that case, there is no need to be polite. It's just that Mr. Li has nothing to do with us. Should we let Mr. Li go first?"
Lin Sheng nodded and said: "Of course, Mr. Li just met by chance. Mr. Pavilion, you can leave first!" Li Dongyang looked around with a look of helplessness on his face, but had to leave without saying a word.
As the sun sets, the world suddenly becomes quiet.
There were five people on the other side, including Eunuch Ma, and there were four of us. Lin Sheng had said before that if Eunuch Ma didn't know martial arts, then we would be tied.
The four other people were all wearing felt hats and their faces could not be seen clearly. Lin Sheng coughed lightly and said, "Little Eunuch Ma, where do you want to go?"
Father-in-law Ma sneered and said: "Where to go is not up to your father-in-law Lin!" Lin Sheng smiled and said: "Actually, you and I can be considered brothers. In the past, we were all in harmony with each other, but my brother stretched his hands too far. I have taken care of things that I shouldn’t have taken care of. Now that Eunuch Liu is in power, our subordinates must obey!"
Little Eunuch Ma sneered and said "Okay" twice. The four men suddenly jumped up and thrust their gleaming steel knives straight towards them. I almost subconsciously drew the sword in my hand, and turned sideways, only to see Lin Sheng, who was like a whirlwind, rushing towards me. His long sleeves were as long as he had practiced. He had already entangled the two people's swords, and with a strong flick, the two men's steel swords were released. , the man fell down, and when he struggled to sit up again, Lin Sheng stretched out his sleeves, and the steel knife flew back immediately, as if it had eyes. With two "puff" sounds, the two of them were stabbed in the chest and died.
I was surprised. Lin Sheng's kung fu was so good. He was really a master of Dongchang. The other two people had already been held to their throats by two attendants with knives. Lin Sheng glanced at them and said loudly: "What's the use of keeping them?" The two attendants raised their knives and slashed them to death. Little Eunuch Ma's face was pale. He naturally did not expect that in a moment, all four of his men would be killed and their bodies lay on the ground. Lin Sheng walked forward slowly and said with a smile: "Little Eunuch Ma, are you with our family?" Go back or commit suicide on your own?" Young Master Ma took a breath and said, "Are you really merciless?" Lin Sheng said, "Our family has let you go once, don't you understand?" Young Master Ma stared at him. At a glance, I suddenly took out something from my arms and pointed it at Lin Sheng. There was a "bang" sound. Lin Sheng staggered slightly and fell to the ground. I was startled and rushed forward. The pony When my father-in-law saw me, there was another "bang" sound, and a flash of fire was as fast as lightning. I subconsciously blocked it with a knife, and the fire light hit the surface of the knife, making me numb.
Father Ma sternly said: "If you come any closer, you are asking for death!" It was the first time I saw this kind of object, a black pipe with green smoke and a smell of sulfur that spread quickly. I subconsciously avoided it. On the side, two attendants tried to come forward. Little Eunuch Ma looked at me and said: "Zhang Ying, you are still young, don't push people too much! Mountains and rivers meet each other, and one day the situation may change again! You still haven't Go see Eunuch Lin, he can still be saved!" As he said this, he backed away, climbed on the horse, turned around and ran away.
