;Lu Minglun was anxious to see Cui Yuanzong, but after arriving at the inn, he did not come to pass the name of the assassin. After asking the postman for residence, he walked directly inward.

As an observer in charge, Cui Yuanzong lived alone in the inn. The courtyard was large and the layout was exquisite, but there was no observation in the courtyard, which made such a rank official in such a busy and deserted manner.

Seeing this, Lu Minglun shook his head gently. After so many years, Cui Yuanzong still had no change at all. Then, he turned his direction and did not walk to the main hall, but went to the side room on the side. [The latest updates are all available in the search.]

When I walked into a room in the left wing, I saw Cui Yuanzong having dinner, accompanied by Secretary Zheng Zhili next to me.

Although there was a cup in front of Zheng Zhili, there was no intention of holding it.

Seeing this scene, Lu Minglun's face became a little cheerful. Zheng Zhili is famous for not getting tired of eating, so he just needs to eat the dishes he made in this inn just a few days before he can eat them.

Seeing him come in, Zheng Zhili immediately stood up to greet him. Instead, Cui Yuanzong, who was the master, just greeted him and pointed to the wine and food on the table with the chopsticks in his hand.

The four-family family, who had always regarded etiquette as bigger than the sky, gave birth to Cui Yuanzong, a withdrawn, tough and unruly person, who was truly an alien. However, Lu Minglun had known his temperament for a long time, so he never greeted him and never even stood up, nor was he worried about it, nor was he unhappy at all.

"I'm not grateful to you anymore. Yuan Zong is just for your own use." Hearing Lu Minglun's words, Cui Yuan Zong stopped letting go and continued to eat.

The so-called "don't speak" and "don't sleep" is nothing at this time. Lu Minglun found a place to sit down and looked at Cui Yuanzong carefully.

Although he hadn't seen each other for several years, Cui Yuanzong, who was so kind that he was a little dull, did not see any of them. He was old, but the roughness on his face was more obvious, and the wind and frost became heavier. With these, his virility and evil aura became heavier, which made people unknowingly become solemn when they were with him, and even felt a little depressing.

The dress on his body is as simple as many years ago. The tail on his waist is still the one from more than ten years ago, and he has never tied a peach on it.

Just look at his honest and dull appearance, his face full of rough wind and frost and extremely simple outfit. If he hadn't been with him for many years, no one would have believed that the person who was like eating in front of him would be an observer who was in the border. From the outside alone, he could not tell any difference between him and the fellow villagers and farmers in the suburbs of Shendu

Cui Yuanzong had a quick meal and was at the extreme of two months with Zheng Zhili. In just a moment, his husband had already collected the bowl.

After he finished eating, Lu Minglun pointed to the small table with only two dishes and one soup and sighed: "Yuan Zong, as you observe, you have a high level of quality, why bother to suffer like this?"

Two men with the same rough face looked like old soldiers in the army walked in and gave Lu Minglun a cup of tea made of sparse buds. The other brought saliva and collected all the dishes on the small table.

After Cui Yuanzong rinsed his mouth, he betted his eyes, but he never said a word, just like Lu Minglun's sigh just now, as if he had never said it.

In response to this, Lu Minglun could only smile helplessly, and Zheng Zhili's greetings with strong emotions were completely blocked.

No way! Over the years, Cui Yuanzong's cold-stone-like temperament and withdrawn have not changed at all, or even heavier than before.

It is useless to get along with such a person. Lu Minglun then threw away the routine of dating people normally and said something directly. "Yuan Zong, can you return it to Longyou after you are returned to Beijing?"

Cui Yuanzong's voice was the same as his personality, cold and hard, "I don't know either."

Zheng Zhili, who was sitting next to him, interjected, "I heard that Yuan Zong's return to Beijing this time was the result of Wu Xiang's advice to His Majesty?"

"The King of Wei once wrote a letter to me." As soon as Cui Yuanzong said this, Lu Minglun and Zheng Zhili's faces changed slightly, "What do you say in the letter?"

"I just said that I would recommend me to return to Beijing, and I never said anything else."

When he heard this, Lu Minglun and Zheng Zhili were both confused. What does King Wei mean?

They are clear about the situation in the court today. Although there are crowds of people in an imperial city, all the officials can be divided into three parts.

One is about Li Dang, who is like Di Renjie, and what he dreams of is hoping that the world will return to Li Tang in the future.

The other part is naturally the Wu Party led by Wu Chengsi, the King of Wei, and the person who seeks it is no longer necessary to say anything.

Another part is the centrist who does not rely on both sides. They neither support Li nor Wu, and watch the dispute between Wu and Li. Among this faction, the four families are well-deserved backbone forces. Cui Shihuai, the former Luantai Minister, is the leader of the centrist.

Among the three factions, the two parties of Wu and Li fought fiercely, while the centrists were extremely careful to avoid being involved. Of course, there were greetings and questions during daily meetings between the three factions, and even frequent banquets and songs together. However, when it comes to political affairs and positions, unless the camp is changed, the relationship is clear.

Now the leader of the Wu Party sent a private message to Cui Yuanzong, who had a few powerful central factions, and even quoted him to Beijing. What does this mean?

After thinking for a while, Zheng Zhili asked, "Yuan Zong, does the ancestor know about this?"

The ancestor Zheng Zhili mentioned was Cui Chen's great-grandfather, Cui Shihuai's father, an old man who had never left Boling or even the ancestral home of the Cui family in the past 30 years, an old man who was nearly 90 years old but still thought to be terrible.

His age, generation and experience make him a well-deserved ancestor of the entire Cui family and a recognized spiritual leader of the entire four families.

That is, he decided that the Cui family and the four families must not participate in the dispute between Wu and Li. Now, the connection between Cui Yuanzong and Wu Chengsi, the King of Wei, is obviously contrary to this iron rule, so Zheng Zhili asked this question.

"I have already left the letter to report it. "When I mention my ancestors, Cui Yuanzong's face was cold and hard, and finally changed a little softer, "The ancestors never replied to the letter."

I have never replied to the book, what does this mean?

No need to go back at all?

acquiescence?

Wait and see?

Or maybe Cui Yuanzong is asking for his own idea in this matter?

Thinking of this, Lu Minglun and Zheng Zhili exchanged a glance and asked, "Yuan Zong, forgive me for being stupid, what is the intention of my ancestors?"

"But one private message or one recommendation, the King of Wei did not even express his true intentions. Why should the ancestor reply to the letter? If this matter is done well, why should the ancestor reply to the letter?"

Let’s wait and see, let Cui Yuanzong make his own decision on this matter.

After confirming this, Zheng Zhili began to feel a little excited, "Yuan Zong, how did you think about it? But you still have to go back to Longyou?"

Cui Yuanzong did not answer.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhili not only disregarded himself, but also became more and more excited. Even people stood up from Hu bench, "Go to the general and the prime minister, with the great accumulation of Yuan Zong, if you don't go back to Longyou this time, you will definitely enter the Political Affairs Hall. It just so happened that Qiu Huaiying had a seat after he stopped his father. Isn't it a gift from Yuan Zong?"

Lu Minglun is not as optimistic as Zheng Zhili, "I'm afraid this matter is difficult."

Of course, Zheng Zhili knew the reason for his words. Twenty years ago, when Zi was the queen of the previous dynasty, as she gradually took power, the children of the four families gradually began to be marginalized politically. This marginalization was not obvious when it was low-level. The same went to the officialdom and the same promotion, but the more they went up, the fewer and fewer children of the four families served as prominent officials, which was simply rare.

For example, he and Lu Minglun, one is a secretary supervisor, the other is an Imperial College supervisor, the other is a scholar supervisor. If you only look at the rank of the rank, the two are absolutely high-ranking officials. However, if you talk about real power, you may even be inferior to the head of the Ministry of Personnel.

Cui Shihuai, the only one in the four families who struggled into the core of the three provinces, also became the only exception in the past twenty years when he was the Minister of the Secretariat but failed to enter the Political Affairs Hall. The meaning of this is self-evident!

Against this background, no wonder Lu Minglun is so pessimistic about Cui Yuanzong's entry into the Political Affairs Hall.

Although I know Lu Minglun's thoughts well, Zheng Zhili's excitement remained unabated at all, and his voice became aroused. "It has been a practice for many years to go out to the generals and enter the ministers. Yuan Zong worked hard in Longyou for many years, and the political voice was heard all over the world. If he returns to Beijing this time, how will he be placed? How can he calm people's hearts?"

Thinking that if Cui Yuanzong could become a prime minister, he would eventually be transferred from the position of secretary and supervisor. The three provinces did not think about it anymore. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue would not think about him. It would be fine to find a Ministry of Works? When Zheng Zhili thought of the rich money and grain of the Ministry of Works, he became more and more excited.

However, Cui Yuanzong intercepted the topic and refused to even say it. He was so evil that since he had expressed his opinion, it was hard for the two of them to say anything else. Lu Minglun then told him about the poetry meeting by Ningbi Pool today.

Cui Yuanzong listened quietly to Xian, pondered for about half a cup of tea, and said coldly: "Cui Chen is really rebellious, and he intends to expel him from the clan. Please invite more elders tomorrow to come and testify."

Exit from the clan?

Hearing these four words, Lu Minglun and Zheng Ziyi were shocked. For the children of the four families, such a destruction is really more cruel than killing themselves!

When Lu Minglun was about to get up and say something, he was stopped by Zheng Ziyi's wink.

Lu Minglun may not know, but Zheng Ziyi knew that there was a knot between Cui Yuanzong and Cui Chen's grandfather Cui Shihuai. Not to mention anything else, even the ownership of the head of the family was a knot that could not be solved. There was no wonder that such a thing could not be avoided in the big family.

Lu Minglun sighed gloomy when he noticed Zheng Ziyi's wink, yes, Cui Yuanzong's handling method is correct after all. What Cui Chen had made in today's lecture was an impossible bet. The longer the matter was delayed, the more unfavorable it would be for the four companies. It was indeed the best way to cut the mess with such a quick knife.

Moreover, as Cui Shihuai retired and returned to his hometown, Cui Yuanzong, who entered Beijing at this time, was taken for granted by the Cui family, and even the leader of the entire four families in the court. Since he had decided on this matter in this way, he had no reason to object.

Cui Yuanzong turned a blind eye to Zheng Zhili's look and continued: "After this incident, we both troubled the two people to write books and return to the clan. For more than 20 years, the four families of Cui Lu, Li and Zheng have not had any classic collections of poems and essays. Now it is time. We can choose some of the only lonely books that the scholars have heard of, and the rare books are carved out of the world."

"After completing these two sects as soon as possible, each family invited several highly respected people to carry this article, poetry and books to travel around the world. Not to mention the remote Daozhou, the three capitals, Hedong and Hebei, Jiangnan and the east and west roads, and Huainan and Shannan, Jiannan. Although there is no need to make a big fuss, everyone should know the above Daozhou scholars. There is a lot of literary knowledge and friendship. There is no need for me to say much about this matter, and you two know your intentions."

After arranging this matter, Cui Yuanzong didn't wait for the two to speak and said directly: "If Brother Zheng has time in the past two days, he might as well go to the Wu Huangsi Mansion to pay a visit."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhili was stunned at first, and then said: "Li Dan is as timid as a mouse. Since he was the emperor, he has hidden deep in his hierarchy. It has never been seen that the court officials have been there for a long time. I was going to pay a visit, and I am afraid that it would be difficult for him to enter."

Lu Minglun didn't know why Cui Yuanzong suddenly thought of this royal heir and arranged such a move. Speaking of which, Li Dan was the youngest son today and one of the only two remaining sons among the four sons.

In the first year of the previous dynasty, His Majesty, who was the queen of the Dragon, deposed the throne of the third son Li Xian to Queen Luling. Li Dan once ascended the throne for six years, but was named the emperor, but he had no real emperor. He lived in the deep palace and could not even participate in the government affairs, let alone decide on state affairs.

Six years later, the Empress Shenlong ascended the throne as the emperor, and the world changed from Tang to Zhou, and Li Dan became the "imperial heir" that had never been heard of since ancient times. Even the surname was changed to the "Wu" surname.

However, although the Emperor Wu was famous, everyone in the court knew that he would never inherit the world.

Perhaps the ending of being killed or demoted by three brothers was so scared that the emperor's character was as true as Zheng Zhili said, and he was as timid as a mouse.

Why did Cui Yuanzong think of him?

Cui Yuanzong did not explain and said to Zheng Ziyi: "You are the secretary-general. After all, they are different from the officials of the three provinces or the six ministries. It is unknown whether the royal heir or meeting you. He will not see you, and it will be enough for you to go there."

After Zheng Ziyi nodded, Cui Yuanjuan turned his head and looked at Lu Minglun, "The four families of Cui Lu, Li and Zheng are quite large in the court, and there are more leisurely people. Since that's the case, why would Lu Jijiu choose the elites to go to the Imperial College to give lectures?"

Lu Minglun understood the jaw head that he had understood was the response.

"Since that's the case, I'll be waiting for the two great masters tomorrow." While speaking, Cui Yuanzong had already stood up. The meaning of seeing off the guests was really obvious.

After sending Lu Minglun and Zheng Ziyi to the gate to see them go away, Cui Yuanzong turned around and said to an old servant with a rough face: "You bring me a letter to the Prince of Wei's Mansion, and then said that I have arrived in Beijing. After taking a shower and changing clothes, I will leak liquid to pay my respects to His Highness the Prince of Wei."

The prayer letter was written long ago, and the old servant bowed and took the order and left after hearing it.

Since the end of the literary meeting and the Yaoguang Palace was released, Tang Song devoted all his energy to the final draft of the final charter. With the help of He Zhizhang, he finally completed his first chapter since his time traveling in two days.

Tang Song breathed a sigh of relief when he asked the inner servant to send this chapter to Shangguan Wan'er for presenting it to Empress Wu Zetian. No matter what, the hard work of these days has finally taken shape.

There is actually no problem with him now. The reason why he did not present the memorial in person was really afraid of meeting Wu Zetian.

To be precise, it is because Wu Zetian is afraid of not talking about the serious business.

Although even Tang Song himself thought it was very, very absurd, he really had a very inexplicable but very clear feeling.

When this eternal empress did not talk about serious matters, she actually wanted to tease him, and her performance gradually began to become obvious.

When I thought of this, the word "flirting" appeared in my mind. When Tang Song couldn't help but shiver when he was so excited that he got in a car.

The more you think about this question, the colder it becomes. Stop it, stop it!

Although she didn't want to see Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er, who Tang Song was looking forward to meeting, never came. At that astronomical meeting, she told her clearly in the inner courtyard cave, and she would speak if she could.

It's rare that she has been busy for the past two days without any time?
To be continued...