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Chapter 44: The Scholar in the Alley and Courtyard

When the Zhaixing Tower was surging, the memorial written by Emperor Yanling in the imperial study was quickly sent to the Ministry of Justice. After taking it, Wang Zhizhang, the Minister of Justice, who had been in a state of trouble for a long time, opened the view and quickly changed his face. Then he walked out of the lobby with the surprised eyes of officials from the Ministry of Justice, and asked the yamen runners to prepare a carriage and leave the Ministry of Justice.

After the groom invited the tycoon of the court, one of the six ministers, to get on the carriage, he did not forget to ask where to go. Then the lord of the minister just recited a place name and stopped talking. The groom did not dare to neglect it, so he quickly drove away with a whip and drove away. He walked slowly along the street in front of the Ministry of Justice.

In the carriage, Wang Zhizhang, who was still holding the memorial written by His Majesty himself in a red pen, looked complicated and regretful. As the yamen that deals with the monks and immortals in the dynasty, not only did the occasional monks appear in the territory, but even the few monks in the dynasty worshipped, except for those in the palace, the rest were all under the name of the Ministry of Justice. Although Wang Zhizhang could not be summoned, he was still the immediate boss of these people on the surface. But in fact, this extremely powerful minister of the Ministry of Justice really disliked these monks who never took the laws of the dynasty seriously. Even every year when the academy came to select students to enter the palace, he always opposed the punishment of the punishment that the late emperor had already served as an official.

The master of the department learned magic power at the beginning. After entering the court, he always advocated the rule of law. However, in Yanling, he was destined to be difficult to achieve. He was suppressed by the grand scholars and many Confucian masters in the court a few years ago, and his career was extremely unsuccessful. However, when all civil and military officials felt that this young man would be demoted after not staying in Luoyang City for a few years, His Majesty the Emperor threw the young man into the Ministry of Justice. After entering the Ministry of Justice, Wang Zhizhang worked diligently, and his career recovered in a few years. After the previous old minister resigned and returned home, he was really in charge of the Ministry of Justice. Although it was still as rigid as ever, he did not demand any demands on those monks and immortal masters with the emperor's emperor's imperial edict, but he was not satisfied with what they did.

The memorial written by His Majesty the Emperor in his hand was inexplicably helpless. The dozen monks who had gone south with the Chen army were worshipped by the Ministry of Justice, and naturally the Ministry of Justice would be responsible for their death. Then His Majesty the Emperor dispatched three monks from the Ministry of Justice to arrest the culprit who caused more than a dozen monks to die in Luosanghe. However, according to the content of this memorial, it was obviously a failure again. Otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor would not have let him, a minister of the Ministry of Justice, stomp his feet in the court, make the court tremble with this memorial, personally took the memorial to invite a memorial to the Ministry of Justice who even admired him.

Among the many worships of the Ministry of Justice, most of the Yanling emperors could use an imperial edict to dispatch them, and only a very small number would use this word "Ask".

There are not many offerings that can be used for invitations in the Ministry of Justice, but they are definitely not counted in one or two hands. As for why they specially invite this person, there are naturally many considerations.

In my thoughts, the carriage stopped in front of a remote and narrow alley, and the groom whispered outside the carriage: "Sir Shangshu, we are here."

Wang Zhizhang came back to his senses in a daze, put the fold in his hand in his arms, lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage, and then ordered: "Don't walk around here, I'll go back."

The groom nodded, so he didn't dare to say more.

Wang Zhizhang turned around and stepped into the narrow alley. The alley was too narrow, and in some places only one person could pass. When he walked halfway, Wang Zhizhang's official robe was stained with a lot of dust.

The Minister of Justice did not show any impatientness, but just looked down at his upper and continued to move forward.

When he arrived in front of a small yard, Wang Zhizhang stopped and looked down at the two pots of orchids placed in front of the door.

Wang Zhizhang knocked on the door first, but no one answered, so he waited patiently.

After a while, a sound finally came from the yard.

Hearing this voice, Wang Zhizhang sorted out his clothes, wiped off the dust from his official robe, and pushed the door open and entered.

There is an inappropriate wintersweet tree in the yard. It is not winter now, but it is still blooming very brightly. A tall middle-aged man sits next to the stone table next to the tree.

There was a plate of Go and half a cup of tea on the stone table.

The man did not turn his head, but just invited him to say, "Sir Shangshu, can you come and talk about a game?"

Wang Zhizhang was silent for a moment, walked up to the man with a smile, and sighed, "It's not as leisurely as Mr. Yan Qing, with the emperor's fate, and there are only hard work to run around. Although we have the same surname, we have different fates at all."

Wang Yanqing smiled, "Mr. Wang, speaking this is just getting closer."

Wang Zhizhang stopped smiling, his expression became extremely serious and said, "There is indeed something that needs to be asked by Mr. Yanqing to take action today."

Wang Yanqing picked up the half cup of tea on the stone table and took a sip. After putting it down, he said, "What else is there? Is it necessary for a blind man to take action?"

Hearing the word blind, Wang Zhizhang subconsciously looked at Wang Yanqing's eyes. Although Mr. Yanqing's eyes were open, his eyes were empty and lifeless.

He is indeed a blind man.

Seeing such eyes, Wang Zhizhang couldn't help but think of some old things. He sighed. Unlike other monks who had not improved their realm for a long time, he had to leave the academy to "travel around the mountains and rivers". This Mr. Yanqing was a student of a certain academy in Yanling. The reason for leaving that academy was simple. He just read a few volumes of banned books that were unavailable for reading. He was poked and driven out of the academy by the academy. However, according to this person's temperament, he might not have too many ideas about those banned books. He just likes to read books. When he basically read the books in the academy, the scholar would naturally have other ideas. In fact, after Mr. Yanqing's eyes were poked and saw His Majesty, when he came to Luoyang City, Emperor Yanling asked: How can he stay?

Wang Yanqing just smiled and said, "Just have a book."

Emperor Yanling laughed, and then the next day, he found a eloquent palace maid for Mr. Yan Qing. He brought books from the palace from the Hanlin Academy to read to him every day. In fact, this scholar had read a lot of books, and the palace collected books, and he only asked for those few volumes.

Now, what I have been listening to in the past few days is some of the manuscripts. Listening to the palace maid, Emperor Yanling seemed to like those manuscripts very much, and after reading them, he would be sealed in the palace.

The reason why Wang Yanqing chose to stay in Luoyang City was that he was really blind and should not be a scholar who had to travel thousands of miles by reading thousands of books. Another reason was that he was somewhat appreciating the Emperor Yanling.

Almost both of them were slightly ecstatic, and after returning to their senses, they both apologized and smiled at each other.

Wang Zhizhang did not hide it, and took out the emperor's letter. He knew that Wang Yanqing could not see it. After reading it for him, he whispered: "Mr. Zuo is an old friend of Mr. Yanqing, I believe Mr. Yanqing would not refuse."

Wang Yanqing shook his head, "Zuo Sifan seems to be intimate with me, but he just wants to find some experience in the realm of cultivation in my mouth. He has been thinking about breakthroughs for so many years, but he can't find any way to find the way. If I hadn't seen that his chess skills were still acceptable, how could I be responsible for him?"

Wang Zhizhang was speechless for a moment.

Wang Yanqing waved his hand, "Although this person is not enough to let me take action, since it was invited by Your Majesty, I will handle this far-distance errand. The Ministry of Justice only needs to send a groom, and in addition, the Minister of the Shangshu tells Your Majesty that when you return to Luoyang, I want to talk to Your Majesty about a game."

Wang Zhizhang smiled bitterly and said nothing. Everyone in Luoyang City knew that the most powerful chess player in Yanling was Gu Shiyan, the Hanlin Academy chess assistant. However, only a few people knew that Gu Shiyan also needed to perform disciple rituals in front of Wang Yanqing. With the stinky chess snatching with such a national player, wouldn’t he be defeated at once?

Wang Zhizhang didn't say anything in the end. After getting up and saying goodbye, he did not forget to instruct: "Tomorrow morning, the carriage of the Ministry of Justice will be in the alley, Mr. Hou, the outside minister of the Alley."

Wang Yanqing nodded, without saying a word, but picked up a white piece and placed it on the chessboard.

The black pieces on the chess board are all lost.
Chapter completed!
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