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Chapter Seven Dark Crossing

The two of them turned left and right between the houses and flew for a while. Jing Lingyu stopped and hid at a side of a ridge, watching down.

I saw a small courtyard on the wide street in front of me. The gate tower was warm and faint, the snow was red, and the high wall was silver and white, the Yangping was several meters wide, and the surrounding walls were simple and thin, straight and regular, cold and deserted, without a single person. The main hall in the courtyard was extremely wide, with huge plaques hanging high, the roof of the hall was low and flat like a saddle, the eaves were far away, with a slight arc, the edges were tilted, and the tones were dark and deep, which was the extremely ancient style of the Warring States Period. There seemed to be many pavilions behind the main hall, hazy in the smoke and snow, and the outline was faintly visible, but it was not real.

Chang Sihao saw that there were not even a tree planted in this courtyard, and there were no rockery carvings. The gardening was reduced. Although the shape was ancient and elegant, it seemed deserted. Looking at the word "Dayou" on the giant plaque in the main hall, I felt even more abrupt and asked: "There is nothing in this courtyard, but this hall is also called Dayou Hall. What is it?" Jing Lingyu said: "Soft is the supreme position, and the middle is the upper and lower part of it responds to it. It is said that Dayou, its virtue is strong and civilized, and it follows the sky and moves in time. Therefore, Yuanheng said: Fire is in the sky, great things; a gentleman exerts evil and promotes goodness, and follows the heaven and rests his life." Chang Sihao frowned and did not understand a single sentence, asking: "Is this place academy?"

Jing Lingyu said: "What academy, idiot, this is the main hall of our league,"

Chang Sihao said ah and almost fell off the eaves: "The Hundred Swords Alliance is such a place." Although he had never been here, he had heard a lot of people all the time. He was already familiar with the Hundred Swords Alliance leader Zheng Tianxiao, General Secretary Jing Wenzhong, the head of the Three Departments of Xuan Yuanshi, the Nine Swords of the Sword Cultivation Hall, etc. He also saw Liao Gushi, Cang Shuilan and Shen Yuanqi, who were both extraordinary in their own hands. He had beautiful longings and yearnings for this Hundred Swords Alliance, which was leaning on by the Qin family as a powerful ally. He could not imagine that this martial arts holy land, which was called "all the swords are in the swords, and there are Bangbins on the seat", was so simple and plain. After looking at it carefully, he shook his head and expressed his unbelievability.

Jing Lingyu looked sideways and muttered, "The earthy leopard, a country man, snobbish," Chang Sihao grinned, with a look of "no need to be so mean", and asked, "Why don't you even have a guard in your main hall, and you can't see one of them, it's not as you said,"

Jing Lingyu gave him a blank look: "What kind of place is my alliance? It also requires defense. In addition to holding night banquets, tea parties inside and outside, questioning and discussion meetings, sword sacrifices or other major events, there are no people at night at the main hall. Apart from the gatekeeper, only the leader of the Zheng family, the nine swordsmen, the old swordsmen of Xu and our family, and there are very few servants. The chiefs of the three departments and the swordsmen under the jurisdiction live elsewhere, and each has a mansion. Some of them passed by this large building were their houses, and some lived in the Forex Sword Villa in the city. As for the swordsmen, knights, and the members of the alliance, all of them have their own responsibilities. Some are in the capital, some are in the foreign lands, all gather in the Forex Sword Palace,"

Chang Sihao looked back at the way she came, and then realized that when she led the way, she turned left and right to avoid the residences of the masters. She was a little strange in her heart: "You said you didn't go back to the alliance, why did you come to the headquarters again?" Suddenly, "She did this because of the secret spy. When she came back with Shen Chunan, she couldn't do anything," Jing Lingyu pointed: "The Dayou Hall is mainly used to handle foreign affairs and receive guests. The small hall behind which only sees the roof is guarding the center.

The affairs of the alliance are usually handled there. The west courtyard is the sword test pavilion, the east courtyard is the sword pavilion, and the leader of the alliance Zheng lives in the small courtyard behind the guarding hall, and further back is the sword cultivation hall. Old swordsman Xu usually leads the nine swords to participate in research there, "Chang Sihao asked: "Where are your family living there," Jing Lingyu said proudly: "My family is next to the families of the other nine swords, and lives on both sides and behind the sword cultivation hall. That is the closest place to the peak of the world's swordsmanship," said Jing Lingyu with a smile: "My family is next to the family of the nine swordsmans, and lives on both sides and behind the sword cultivation hall. It is the closest place to the peak of the world's swordsmanship,"

Chang Sihao felt ridiculous when she saw her like this. She thought that there were people outside of people, and there was heaven outside of the sky. All the peaks of swords are the same. Your alliance may not be much higher than others. Even if those big swords are the strongest in the world, they are also powerful. You just live closer to them, so what is there to be beautiful? Jing Lingyu suddenly made a booing gesture. The sound of the phoenix bells in the distant street, and there were horses appearing in the snow shadows. The speed was not fast and he was getting closer.

The horses came in front of two, three, and one, and looked like a team. The horses were each wearing a warm cloak. The two horses sat at the beginning were Chen Chunan and Luo Aohan, Huo Tingyun, Chu Dongjin and Yu Xuebing were sandwiched between them. After Jiang Zi'an fell, Yu Xuebing turned around from time to time, as if he was talking to her. Jiang Zi'an always lowered his head, his face was in the shadow of the warm hat. When he walked to the gatehouse, the six girls stopped. An old servant came out to serve him. The six girls got off the horse and said a few words to the old servant. The old servant retreated, and several women walked in one after another, and the horses were each led, turning to the west. Chang Sihao looked up high. In the misty snow shadow on the west side, there was a low eaves across the courtyard, which seemed to be the place of the stable.

The two of them were waiting quietly. After a while, the six girls from the west turned out and walked backwards along the corridor. There were no horses around them. Jing Lingyu waved his hand and led Chang Sihao down to the outside of the horse shed, listened to the movement through the wall, and flipped in. The two dodged and walked forward, stepping on the footprints left by Chen Chulan and others, and walked around the Dayou Hall and the Hei Seng Seng Seng Seng Seng Seng. Suddenly, they heard Luo Aohan talking in front of them, and came back to the side. Jing Lingyu hurriedly turned around and pulled Chang Sihao. The two rushed back quickly, turned to the corridor of the Seng Seng Seng, hidden behind the pillar. They felt that it was not safe, and pointed to the door of the hall. Chang Sihao understood and the two went in.

The hall is dark, cold and deep, and the square wooden support columns are also dark and dull. Only the faint snow light through the window can see the vague outline of the upper part of the column. The lower part seems to be integrated with the darkness. With Chang Sihao's excellent eyesight at this moment, he can't see the material of the ground clearly. He only feels that he steps in like stepping into the abyss in the air. Jing Lingyu carefully closed the door. Chang Sihao asked in a low voice: "Is there any other exit in this hall?"

"There is a back door," she pulled Chang Sihao, stretched her index finger and pressed it on her lips, and slowly squatted down. Chang Sihao understood what she meant. Her sisters were very skilled, and they made a sound at this time. They found that it was not good, so they squatted down with her.

The snowflakes drifted, the wind was getting smaller, and the six women's feet walked slowly in the silver light, and had already arrived at the side of the hall. Chu Dongjin's voice said, "Xiaoqing said that the leader of Zheng was guarding the central hall to discuss matters. Why didn't there be any lights when we passed by?" Jiang Zi'an said, "Yes, when I came here, I also looked here," After Yu Xuebing's advice, her mood seemed to have improved a lot. Luo Aohan said, "Can you make an appointment with Zhu Jian to discuss the matter in the cabinet?" Chu Dongjin said, "It's possible. Since Gao Gong was expelled, our candidates in the cabinet have not been decided. At this time, the leader of Zheng is stepping up the operation of this matter. Sister Chu Nan, Xiaoyu's affairs are small, so it's okay to wait for a while."

Chen Chumang heard this and pondered, and the rest of the people stopped.

Luo Aohan rubbed his hands and said, "Sister, Gao Gong has been away for half a year. It's time to make an idea for whom the cabinet will choose in the end. Why is the leader of Zheng so hesitant this time?"

Chen Chu said slowly: "The cabinet members are no less simple than making friends with other officials. This matter is related to the future fortune of our alliance, and he has to be careful," he said.

When she spoke, she focused her eyes and thoughts were flying farther away, as if she thought of some heavy and painful things, which were inconsistencies.

Chu Dongjin smiled: "Now that Mr. Xu is the chief minister, so it is not a good choice for him," Yu Xuebing shook his head: "Xu Jie has a high position and is powerful, but he is not a like-minded person with our alliance. He can succeed by coercing and suppressing him with force. But he is afraid that he will be hiding and restraining him everywhere, but there is no benefit. It is better to maintain his current state and be at peace."

Luo Aohan said: "In my opinion, the person who chose Li Chunfang is good. This person is weak and easy to control, at least stronger than Gao Gong,"

Jiang Zi'an looked disdainful: "What we want is not to just inform them. It is as simple as taking care of them. In that case, it would be better to use the favored eunuchs. Li Chunfang is a useless person, unless it is okay, and the situation cannot be stabilized in a mess. What should I do if I want such a waste?" Luo Aohan glared and raised his voice: "You understand people, you choose," Jiang Zi'an said: "What should I choose? Xu Jie's yin is bad, Chen Yiqin is a bowl of soup, Li Chunfang is a coward, Zhang Juzheng is a bad person, I don't like any of these people. If I ask me to choose, I won't use anyone," Luo Aohan said coldly: "Is this what a wise person says?"

Chu Dongjin asked: "Sister Xuebing, what do you think?"

Yu Xuebing knew that she would interrupt to avoid Luo and Jiang and the two of them quarreled again. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "In my opinion, it is the best place for Mr. Gao. It is best to invite him back. However, as long as Mr. Xu is here, this matter is probably impossible."

Chen Chuan nodded: "Well, more than three months after Gao Gong left his post, Guo Pu was also cleared out of the cabinet. The power of this faction has declined. I want to make a comeback, but I don't have much hope."

Luo Aohan said: "Who made this Gao's surname disobey the words of Alliance Leader Zheng and insisted on being bullied with those censors. In order to defeat Hu Yingjia, he brought all his own people in. It was a mistake in chess and lost all the game. Xu Ge saw a big joke beautifully,"

Chu Dongjin's expression was a little strange: "Isn't Hu Yingjia the small official of the Ministry of Personnel?"

Luo Aohan waved his hand: "Then Hu Yingjia is from the official department, not from the Ministry of Personnel."

The official department she mentioned was the institution responsible for supervising the Ministry of Personnel. Hu Yingjia's official position was "Duoshi Zhongzhong". His official position was only the seventh rank, but he had great power. He could directly impeach ministers and even criticize the emperor. Each of the six ministries had a corresponding supervision. This group of people and the censors of the Censorate formed a censor faction with small officials, which greatly affected the honor and disgrace of officials.

Chu Dongjin said, "Oh, yes, I remember it wrong. Uncle Jing often said that when an official is an official, he must learn to make good speeches. He refers to them. I remember that Hu Yingjia is the leader of the censor. I heard that his level of power is not inferior to that of the East Factory. Dongchang also needs to use a knife to kill people. They only need to use their mouths."

Luo Aohan said: "Yes, since this group of officials only monitor others and no one cares about them, they have always been very arrogant. If they don't have a good relationship with them, they will be unstable.

Chu Dongjin said: "But it is said that Hu Yingjia was dismissed because he offended Guo Shuronghua. What is the relationship with Mr. Gao?"

Luo Aohan said: "Hey, you usually know how to have fun, and you don't care about political affairs at all. The news in the market is also trustworthy. Things in the officialdom are very chaotic, not as simple as you think. Xu Jie and Gao Gong are mortal enemies. Last year when Emperor Jiajing was seriously ill, Xu Ge Lao secretly instructed Hu Yingjia to tell Gao Gong that he moved out of Zhilu and did not work. It was obviously because of his ulterior motives. He secretly believed that the emperor was going to die. At that time, Jiajing was so ill that he could not read the memorial, so this impeachment was suppressed. This year, Emperor Longqing ascended the prime minister, Gao Gong was preparing to submit a memorial to defend himself, thinking that he was Longqing's teacher, so the emperor would be able to follow his wishes and want to dismiss Hu Yingjia's official position. At that time, the leader of Zheng told him that Hu Yingjia's sued

It's strange, there must be a conspiracy behind it. Shortly after the new emperor ascended the throne, if the punishment for the censor is severe, it will not be discussed in the future. Tolerate the calm and calm for a while, take a step back and the sky will be wide open. If this small matter is suppressed, otherwise if you offend the censor, you will inevitably be in trouble in the future. But Gao Gong just refused to listen and insisted on insisting on this tone. In the end, the censors were only the only one with the surname Hu. The censors were always rude and had never suffered such a loss. When Hu Yingjia was stabbed, everyone was angrily buried. Xu Ge Lao was calm on the surface and secretly supported him behind his back. As a result, he encouraged all the censors to attack and accuse Gao Gong of being evil and treacherous. He was the second in Cai Jing. The situation was immediately passive."

Chu Dongjin said: "It turns out that Master Xu is so sly. Zi An is really not in vain."

Luo Aohan smiled coldly: "He has many great places. Gao Gong fell into the quagmire of a war with the censors. He was worried every day. Only then did he realize that he had fallen into his trap. It was too late to regret when he remembered the leader's words. He was so angry that he sent his own group of people to counterattack Xu Ge Lao. However, Xu Jieshu had deep roots. After defeating Yan Song, all officials were so grateful. Over the past few years, there were countless confidants everywhere. Although Gao Gong was

The new emperor's teacher was still not confident enough after all. As a result, he took action against Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu wrote a memorial saying that he was old and weak, begging for retirement, and he acted like "I won't fight with you, can't you?" The officials were angry. The nine ministers and ministers from North and South Kedao rushed forward to impeach Gao Gong collectively and reported to him every day, which made the emperor unable to protect him. In the end, Mr. Xu did not retreat, but Gao Gong was forced into a desperate situation. He had no choice but to be sick and retired."

Yu Xuebing sighed softly: "Gaoge is too straightforward. When it comes to playing with power, he is not Xu Jie's opponent. He used only a small seventh-rank censor to kill all his troops. It can be considered a complete victory." Chu Dongjin asked: "Then is the rumor that Hu Yingjia offended Guo Shuronghua, and is a false story?" Luo Aohan said: "Guo Shuronghua also invited Hu Yingjia to eat dates, but no one knew what the two of them talked about at the banquet. Although Hu Yingjia was a fellow villager in Xu Jie, he was not a party on the surface. He went up to sue Gao Gong, so Gao Gong naturally had to send people to explore his reality and reality in order to make a response decision, but his own group of people could not come forward. Of course, this mission was to hand it over to Guo Dugong, who was best at doing such things."

Chu Dongjin said: "When will Gao Gong make Guo Shuronghua move?"

Luo Aohan smiled and said, "Haha, of course not. With Guo's temper, even if Gao Gong kissed him, he would give him some face. In the world, except for his immediate boss Feng Bao and the Emperor, no one has made him move." Chu Dongjin lost his voice, seemed confused, and it was difficult to solve it. Luo Aohan smiled and said, "Think about it, since we have put in our efforts to accept Gao Shegong, can we sit still and watch him?"

Chu Dongjin felt something: "So that's it, right? With the friendship between the leader and Eunuch Feng..."

Luo Aohan said: "It's a pity that Gao Gong was too unsatisfied and ended up like this. He failed the expectations of Alliance Leader Zheng for nothing. When he left, he came to the alliance. Director Jing and Alliance Leader Zheng gave him together. Remember, the officialdom is the most favorable. When the big master came home, his disciples didn't even see him off. The tree fell and the money scattered, and a faction of forces collapsed. It would be good if we didn't affect our Hundred Swords Alliance, so I said I wanted to choose Li Chunfang, in order to win in a stable manner."

Jiang Zi'an said: "What's the point of not arranging a tough guy in the cabinet? What we need is a partner who can accept the righteousness of the Jian family and use it for the country. It's not a waste. Li Chunfang's soft persimmon is not as clever as a eunuch. You can come up with him, what's your vision?" Luo Aohan said angrily: "What did you say?" Chu Dongjin had a headache again and stomped his feet and said: "Oh, you two..." Luo Aohan said angrily: "What are we two? It's obviously her. She was furious because of Liao Gushi's affairs, but she just talked to me," Chen Chu's shaking his orange skirt and said: "Forget it, don't argue,"

Luo Aohan opened his mouth half open and swallowed the words to his mouth.

Chen Chu murmured: "The uncles and uncles don't want to talk to us all, just because they are afraid that the girls' families will not know the generality, and they are like you two, and they have no idea about this. Even the leader of the Zheng family has been thinking about it for a long time. It can be seen that the joints are of great importance. You and I have short-sighted eyes, so it's better to talk less. Let's go," Luo Aohan and Jiang Zian were not convinced. They both snorted, but stopped talking. Several people turned around the corner of the corridor and walked slowly to the door, tidied up their clothes, and saw that there was no light on the window. It was obvious that there was no light in the hall, and it looked like someone else.
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