Chapter 361: The Years of Kyoto Variations

"The scholars handed over the letter of the letter, and knelt outside Chengtian Gate for the night, waiting for His Majesty to respond." Shen Bing said softly: "After the assembly in Wenfu ended, all the officials left the back door and did not face the scholars. After that, Prime Minister Wen fell ill."

Qin Lei nodded, put down the bowls and chopsticks and said, "I'm full." Ruolan packed up the bowls and chopsticks and asked softly, "Does the prince wear casual clothes or formal clothes today?"

Qin Lei smiled and said, "You must be a Wang Changfu. If you want to see a few elders, it's better to wear it formally." Ruolan nodded and whispered, "I understand." Then she went to the inner room to get clothes.

Taking advantage of this space, Qin Lei asked Shen Bing softly: "Did Wen Yanbo really fall ill? Why do I always feel something is wrong?"

Shen Bing frowned and whispered: "This is the most secret inside news. The last time Mrs. Wen and Mr. Qiu was confirmed by her, which shows how deep she was lurking around Wen Xiang. The news should be accurate."

Qin Lei nodded and chuckled, "Yes, this old man has suffered so many blows, and it is understandable that he is so sick." He remembered that he had been sleeping for a long time after being stimulated by Qiao Yunshang last year before he recovered from his sleep. He asked to touch the method that Old Thief Wen also used, and felt relieved.

At this time, Ruolan came out, and the two of them stopped. After changing into the black ball dragon's royal suit, Qin Lei smiled at Ruolan and said, "You don't have to wait for me to have dinner today." After that, he walked out of the room with Shen Bing.

After boarding the king's car, the two continued the topic just now. Qin Lei whispered: "A group that combines interests will easily fall apart once it loses common interests. We should try our best to win over and divide his followers as much as possible..." He said with a wry smile: "We can only take advantage of this space to do something. When the dust settles, we will say nothing."

Shen Bing nodded and asked with a little question: "Why did the Queen Mother's decree yesterday prevent you from over-injuring Prime Minister Yu Wen? When the two sides fought to the decisive battle, how could the Queen Mother give such an order?" He wanted to say "indiscriminate life", but he knew that the prince had always respected the old man, so he stopped.

Qin Lei curled his lips and peeled a golden orange and said, "This is the second time the old lady has reiterated it. I really can't figure out why she is?" He said with a bad taste and laughed: "Is it because my mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at her, the more she likes it?"

Shen Bing smiled hard and said, "Family affection... should be just one aspect."

Qin Lei glanced at him and giggled, "Okay, boy, he is more and more able to speak," and said, imitating his tone and said in a strange voice: "It should be just one aspect..." Throwing the peeled orange to him halfway, and laughing, "It is indeed only a very small aspect."

While chewing the orange petals slowly, he muttered in a speechless manner: "Last time we visited the palace at night, I decided what secrets should be between the emperor and Prime Minister Wen... or what agreement should be. But it has been too long and I can't figure out what it is."

Holding the orange petals given by the prince, Shen Bing nodded and said, "Do we want to abide by this imperial edict?"

Qin Lei shook his head firmly and said, "Don't leave a way out for his opponent when he is fighting for life and death, so he will definitely die." As he said, he patted his hands and said softly: "Wen Yanbo is the prime minister who has been standing in the court for 18 years. If there is no superhuman point, he will have been devoured to life... He should worry about ourselves." Shen Bing nodded and said yes, and stopped talking.

After half an hour of carriage, he stopped in front of a slightly old courtyard. Shi Gan straightened his clothes, looked up at the horizontal plaque hanging on the door, and then stalked to the door, knocking on the closed door, thinking: "What door is closed in broad daylight?"

After a while, a question came from inside: "Who?"

Shi Gan said in a clear voice: "This brother, please report to the emperor, Prince Longwei, to come and visit the old prime minister."

The people in the door did not expect panic, but just said respectfully: "I'm disrespectful." Then they creaked, and the ochre-brown door opened. An old man with a long hair and hair showed his face. He glanced at the carriage outside the door, and whispered to Shi Gan: "This guy is famous for his name, so the old man can also inform my master." It is obviously impolite to ask a prince for a name, and the old man used a tactful statement instead.

Shi Gan laughed and said, "Yes," as he said, taking out the prince's brocade face and famous thorn from his arms, and handed it to the old man with both hands, "Please ask the father-in-law to pass it to the old prime minister," the old man took it and handed it to the servant beside him, and the servant walked into the yard with his hands. The old man reached out and asked, "You ask the doorman to use tea, my old man lives a little farther away." Qin Lei did not get out of the car, so the old man naturally could not go and invite him rashly.

Seeing the two of them entering the door, Qin Lei signaled Shen Bing to close the car window and couldn't help but praise: "From the door alone, this old prime minister is much better than Lao Wen."

Shen Bing whispered: "It was not bad at all, but the Wen family was at its peak for many years. Naturally, the disciples would be more impetuous and frivolous, and would lose their duties in their early years."

Qin Lei snorted, "The whole Wen family has forgotten his duty, and I want them to remember it again." Without saying a few words, footsteps came from the yard. After a while, an old man with white hair and hair appeared at the door.

Qin Lei got out of the car, bowed and smiled at the old man, "But the old prime minister?"

The old man smiled and returned to Qin Lei, saying, "I am not here to welcome you, the prince will forgive you." Then he welcomed Qin Lei into the mansion.

Seeing that he was calm and steadily, and although his hair was covered in white, he was covered in red, Qin Lei couldn't help but envy: "If I hadn't known that you were the teacher of my father, I would have thought you were only fifty or sixty years old."

Old Lady Jiang invited Qin Lei into the main hall and said with a smile: "I will waste eighty years next year." Qin Lei sincerely exclaimed: "You have the skills to maintain your health."

The old prime minister invited Qin Lei to sit down. After the maid served tea, he twisted his snow-white beard and smiled: "Twenty years ago, I got sick and almost killed me. Later, a friend saved me and passed on me a set of health preservation methods. After persisting for twenty years, I can be considered a small success." It seems that he is quite satisfied with his situation.

Qin Lei's heart moved and asked with a smile: "I don't know whose master's wonderful method is it? It makes me, a young man, quite moved."

Old Mrs. Jiang looked at Qin Lei with a smile and said, "That prescription is not rare, but it is difficult to persist," and said to the butler who was serving the side, "Come and copy the prescription." The butler responded respectfully and retreated.

Grand Duke Jiang looked at Qin Lei, stroked his beard and nodded and smiled, "The prince is indeed majestic and heroic. No wonder people say 'The fifth prince is not seen if there is a girl."

Qin Lei blushed rarely. This is a sentence that has only been circulated in Beijing in recent days. The full text is "The man does not see the second princess, and the woman does not see the fifth princess." It means that when a man sees the second princess, he will suffer from lovesickness like a woman sees the fifth prince. Although it is not a word of imprisonment, it makes the fifth prince, who has always regarded himself as a tough guy, quite depressed.

'I am a powerful, not an idol!' I muttered in my heart and quickly turned the topic apart: "This time I came here to visit the old prime minister; in addition, I want to ask you for advice on some things."

Grand Duke Jiang stroked his beard and smiled, "It's a great honor for the prince to surrender. But I have been resigned for nearly twenty years and have been devoted to being a rich man. I'm not listening to the world. I'm afraid you will be disappointed." He pointed to the front door and said, "I don't believe that the Spring Festival couplets on your guardian's door, 'There are hundreds of blessings in one family, and the word "peace is worth a thousand gold." I only want peace and peace now."

Qin Lei held the teacup in one hand and the lid in the other hand, gently stroked: "A hundred years of heaven and earth return to vitality, unify the peace between rivers and mountains... What do the old prime minister think of this couple?"

Grandpa Jiang smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's just a beautiful wish, why should the prince go into it?"

Qin Lei sipped tea and smiled and said, "The Lonely King thought that the two pairs of Spring Festival couplets were better to adjust the position," he put down the tea cup and said seriously: "The old prime minister is the Gancheng of the country, so he naturally knew that the country would be peaceful first and then the family would be safe. When the Qin Dynasty is in danger, why should we hide our shortcomings everywhere?"

Jiang Zhiyu was stunned by his words, and then laughed and said, "Why does the prince think that my old man who buried the loess on his neck is useful?"

Qin Lei smiled and said lightly: "Just relying on the father, the queen mother, the grand marshal, and the prime minister Wen Xiang have sent people to the mansion in the past few days."

Jiang Zhiyu narrowed his eyes slightly and said indifferently: "It seems that although the prince has been in Beijing for a short time, his strength is not weak."

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "It's still very shallow, it's just a coincidence." He didn't tell any lies. If he hadn't arranged a small team of Kyoto Intelligence Bureau around Jiang's Mansion and secretly protected Yun Shang, he wouldn't have known these secret things.

The two of them were not entangled in this issue. Since they knew, they just knew. As for how they knew it? It doesn't matter.

Mr. Jiang pinched his snow-white beard and pondered: "I want to ask the prince what he thinks about the situation in Beijing?"

Qin Lei nodded and said, "If there is no external force, the three-legged tripod will become a confrontation between two heroes, and the dispute will last for a long time. The literary family will be removed from the top clans."

Grand Duke Jiang laughed and said, "What if there is external pressure?"

Qin Lei knew that the old man took the exam again and said with a smile: "If there is external pressure, the three parties will quickly compromise, but the Wen family will still be removed from the top clans."

"Will the prince prefer the former or the latter?" Jiang Zhiyu asked with his eyes staring at Qin Lei.

"The latter," Qin Lei said without hesitation: "The threat from Qi is right in front of him, so this time it is still impossible to completely decide the outcome."

Jiang Zhiyu nodded and smiled and said, "Since the prince has understood the outline, he can be invincible. Why do you still come to ask me for advice?"

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "I don't ask about my own good and bad fortune. I want to keep more elites for my great Qin. Therefore, I come to ask for help from the old prime minister. How can I protect those sects and officials?"

Jiang Zhiyu looked at Qin Lei in surprise and laughed: "The prince wants to save all officials? Are you not your life and death rival?"

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "As the saying goes, 'The plan for a year lies in spring', spring is about to begin. The Qin Dynasty is in chaos now." As he said that, he rubbed his eyebrows with some annoyance and said, "Prime Minister Wen is looking at this opportunity and is ready to threaten the court with this."

Jiang Zhiyu nodded and said, "Yes, if you judge the situation and change the situation when you see the wind, Prime Minister Wen has something extraordinary. He is like a loach, and he can't hold it without hesitation." As he said that, his eyes flashed at Qin Lei, he said softly: "To be honest, I think it's difficult to hurt Prime Minister Wen this time."

This is not the result that Qin Lei wanted. After a moment, Si Zhuo couldn't help but smile brightly: "Loach has a fatal disadvantage. This thing lives in mud soup, and his eyes are not very good, and he can't see too far."

As he said that, he sat upright and said confidently: "When the wars have been in a long time, the military and civilians are exhausted, and they are extremely eager to end the current strife. Now centralization and unification are the theme. Therefore, the fall of the Wen family is the general trend, and it is not something that anyone can stop it. It is ridiculous that he is called the most wise man of the Qin Dynasty, but he deceives himself and is unwilling to face reality. He tries to kill a chariot. The ending can only be self-destructive." After saying that, he laughed and said, "The foundation of his existence is gone. How can the rootless tree come from? "

Grand Duke Jiang fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he felt a little sad and said, "I'm old..." Waving his hand, stopping Qin Lei's words of comfort, and whispered: "Among the four sides who have come to me these days, the Empress Dowager and Lao I have similar views, and they all hope that the word "stable" should be the first; Your Majesty and Taiwei Li have similar ideas, and I hope that Lao I can help them to gather the hearts of civil servants; and Prime Minister Wen..." Looking at Qin Lei, he chuckled and said, "I hope Lao I can sign the letter to your editor."

Qin Lei sneered: "He'd better take care of himself first."

Prince Jiang smiled with a difficult expression and asked in a deep voice: "Have you always been so confident?"

Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "The Lone King never fights a battle without confidence."

Jiang Taigong closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and after a long time, he opened his eyelids and whispered: "Wen Yanbo is going to lose this time," and said with appreciation: "With an opponent like you, even if he doesn't lose now, he will lose in the future. Anyway, he will lose. It's better to come earlier, so it's better to keep more energy for me, Daqin."

Qin Lei was overjoyed when he heard this, "Do you agree to that?"

Grand Duke Jiang sighed and said, "Time is like a knife, who is singing the mirror and the white hair? It seems that we are all outdated..."

Qin Lei thought to himself: 'I'm not out of date.' He saw the old lady looking at him with bright eyes and said with a look of silence: "Whether your Majesty, the Empress Dowager or the Prime Minister, even if it was so great back then and now, the hero is too old and destined to be your foil in the future."

Qin Lei murang, nodded and smiled, nodded, "Heroes see similar..."

Jiang Taidu looked at Qin Lei carefully and said in a deep voice: "Since you have determined that Wen Xiang will lose, he will definitely lose. Twenty years have passed, and he has enough glory. It's time to come down to rest."

Speaking of this, Qin Lei's goal was achieved. He did not expect the old prime minister to tell him by name, who would help you, who would be neutral, or the like, because such a giant crocodile hidden under the water would not have his body surfaced unless he had no choice.

The two of them said a few more words, and Qin Lei wanted to get up to say goodbye, but saw Jiang Taigong smiling and said, "Prince, your problems have been solved. Should I also solve my problem?"

Qin Lei smiled gently and said, "The old prime minister just talks, Yutian just does his best."

Grand Duke Jiang nodded and smiled, "The prince is really free and generous, no wonder he is fascinated by my granddaughter..."

Qin Lei's face suddenly looked like a red apple, and he lost confidence in speaking, and hummed, "We... are nothing..."

Grand Duke Jiang looked at Qin Lei and said with a smile: "My granddaughter sneaked out in the middle of the night two days ago and was caught by me. She said she was so bored at home that she went out for a walk." Only Yun Shang could think of such a tough reason.

Qin Lei couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I should have come to visit you for a long time, but..."

Grand Duke Jiang laughed and said, "But I don't know whether to go left or right, so I'd just stop going to anyone, right?" Their family and the Li family are neighbors. It seems that even Qin Lei was embarrassed.

Qin Lei twitched in his heart and said, "Why are these old guys all becoming sluts?" He scratched his head and smiled helplessly: "I didn't expect that the first time I met an elder, I came so much as I failed."

Grand Duke Jiang smiled and said, "I am almost eighty, and I can barely rely on my seniority to make me old. If it weren't for my Yunshang's advantage, Your Highness wouldn't have thought of seeing the old man's good face today."
Chapter completed!