Su Wen didn't expect that in a short period of time, he would return to the palace again.
He originally thought that he and Nangong would be summoned by the emperor, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as Nangong entered the palace, he was surrounded by a group of imperial doctors and taken away. It was said that Su Wen was summoned by the emperor first to assess the injury.
This was against the rules of etiquette, but with Qu Tanmo leading the way, no censor or official from the Ministry of Rites would dare to come forward to accuse the emperor of violating the rules by summoning Su Wen.
After all, in the entire Liang Dynasty, there was actually only one person who had the highest authority to interpret the etiquette system, Qu Tanmo.
"Don't be nervous when you see the emperor."
Qu Tanmo led Su Wen, walked slowly, and explained: "Since you have become a historian and not an official in the Liang Dynasty, you don't need to follow the etiquette of the Liang Dynasty, and you don't need to be polite to him.
Just do it."
"Thank you, Taishi, for your advice." Su Wen nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had listened to what he said.
He didn't have much respect for the imperial power, but with Qu Tanmo's words, he felt much more at ease. He secretly said that he didn't have to kneel down when he saw the emperor, which was a good thing.
But if you think about it carefully, even if he doesn't have the extraordinary status of a historian, he doesn't need to be polite to the emperor. After all, he still holds the position of acting deputy head of Qingshan Academy, so he doesn't need to be polite when he sees the emperor.
"Your Majesty summons Su Wen and Qu Tanmo."
A eunuch in a python robe with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a beard walked out of the imperial study room and shouted loudly.
Su Wen was startled when he saw that the eunuch looked like this.
"Walk……"
Qu Tanmo pushed Su Wen behind.
"This is the palm eunuch Luo Changyang, His Majesty's confidant."
Qu Tanmo explains.
"Master Su, our Luo Changyang family, please stay close to us in the future."
Luo Changyang approached Su Wen, looked at him carefully, touched the beard on his face, and said: "Your Majesty is a little impatient for waiting. Please hurry up and meet the emperor."
"good."
Su Wen responded.
"Luo Changyang was your majesty's childhood companion. Later, he voluntarily entered the palace and became a palm eunuch. He cultivated the Yin-Yang Avenue. After he became successful in cultivation in the past few years, he grew a beard and... Your Majesty originally wanted to let him out of the palace.
He was offered the command of a royal guard, but he refused, and he took a sudden turn and committed suicide again... He was loyal to His Majesty."
Qu Tanmo's voice sounded in Su Wen's heart.
"He is a cruel person..."
Su Wen was also surprised when he heard Qu Tanmo's introduction.
"Nothing but loyalty."
Luo Changyang turned around and smiled, which made Su Wen's hair stand on end.
"..."
Su Wen didn't expect that Luo Changyang could actually hear his thoughts. He was really embarrassed, but he could only raise his hands and bow: "Luo Zhangyang's loyalty is unparalleled."
"Haha...Mr. Su is so complimentary. Thanks to his comments, our family will have no regrets in this life... However, if Mr. Su writes history in the future, he will create a biography for our family and write down this comment, right?"
"...That is definitely, definitely..."
Su Wen's head was full of black lines. He had never expected that Luo Changyang's brain circuits were so long and his thoughts were so far-reaching.
"If you're kind enough, I'll send you two cartloads of retouching fees later...Mr. Su, please don't refuse!"
"...The palm print is just a joke, don't be like this. If I really have the opportunity to write history in the future, people may suspect that Su is paid to do things, and the credibility of the history book written will not be high.
"
"Mr. Su is indeed upright and upright. He is not like some barbarian who wants a thousand pieces of gold for every word. Bah! This means our family has to sell all the coffin boards!"
Although Luo Changyang did not mention him by name, Su Wen could clearly hear that his resentment was directed at Qu Tanmo.
"Historian...can you still charge money to write?"
Su Wen took a breath of cold air.
"The historian also needs to eat! And he eats more than others!"
Qu Tanmo said nonchalantly: "You will know in the future that the path of historians is a real gold-swallowing beast. A dynasty often cannot afford to support several high-rank historians. Now that hundreds of schools of thought have taken back Guixu, this kind of
The situation may improve in the future, but for now ten or eight years, it will still be roughly the same."
Su Wen nodded slightly, indicating that he was taught.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Su, Taishi Ling has arrived."
Arriving outside the Imperial Study Room, Luo Changyang coughed lightly and reported his name.
"Well, come in."
Ji Changge spoke calmly.
Su Wen followed Qu Tanmo and entered the imperial study.
He saw that all around him were bookshelves made of precious sandalwood, with countless books and memorials placed on them. There were also many bookshelves that acted as museum shelves, housing some artifacts and artifacts.
Beside a dark golden desk, Ji Changsinger was holding a book and squinting at Su Wen.
"Su Wen of Qingshan Academy has met His Majesty."
Su Wen quickly raised his hands and bowed.
But Qu Tanmo clicked, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed heavily: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"Well……"
Seeing this scene, Su Wen's expression froze.
What the hell is this guy doing? Just now he told himself that he didn’t need to salute, but he knelt and kowtowed to the emperor three times. Wasn’t he playing a trick on him?
"Taishi Ling, don't be ridiculous..." Ji Changge glared at Qu Tanmo.
"When Taishi Ling was promoted to a certain lineage of the historian family, something went wrong and he liked to joke."
Luo Changyang stood behind Ji Changge and also explained a few words to Su Wen at this time.
"So that's it." Su Wen suddenly realized, and added in his mind: "I thought it was just a childlike innocence..."
Qu Tanmo is naturally not a child, but his childlike appearance makes it easy for people to overlook his true age.
"Give me a seat."
Ji Changge waved his hand and said, and the two young eunuchs quickly offered seats to Su Wen and Qu Tanmo.
"So who's okay?"
When Su Wen sat down, Ji Changge also finished looking at Su Wen and asked a confused question.
"...???"
Su Wen's head was full of black lines, and he didn't know who Ji Changge was asking.
"Chief Qian Shan."
Luo Changyang added.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty... The teacher is at Guixu. It is said that he is doing well. Given time, he should be able to complete the promotion ceremony of the sub-sage."
Su Wen came to his senses and responded quickly.
Qian Haoran's narration, the discussions of his brothers, and the rumors all prove one thing: Qian Haoran has a feud with the current emperor. Although it is not irreconcilable, Qian Haoran has not left Qingshan Academy in the past thirty years.
, is the best proof.
"Haha... It's not a good thing for me. If he becomes a sub-sage, the first thing he thinks about is probably to humiliate me... That's all, let's not mention that guy... Let's talk about this
You did a good job in handling the case of the Talent Recruitment Ceremony." Ji Changge's mind jumped very quickly, from Qian Haoran to Su Wen: "Now that Wang Cifu is dead, what do you think Wang Cizhi will do next?"
"this……"
Su Wen frowned slightly, he did not expect that Ji Changge would personally intervene in this case.
"Back to Your Majesty, I have no clue at the moment."
Su Wen thought for a moment and replied: "But from what Wang Cifu did, we can roughly deduce Wang Cizhi's motives..."
Su Wen summarized what Wang Cifu said and gave his own judgment.
In fact, he also knew that Ji Changge had already understood these words. The barbarian soldiers were not idle. Although they had not left Guiyuan Villa yet, they had sorted out what happened and sent it to Zhong Zheng through a text seal. .
Zhong Zheng turned around and sent this material to Ji Changge. When Su Wen arrived at the palace, Ji Changge had already read the material several times.
"Does he want to destroy Daliang City?"
Ji Changge shook his head: "Just him?"
He was shocked by Wang Cizhi's behavior.
It was not the ambition of the other party's plan, but I was shocked by this person's ignorance.
According to the construction specifications of Daliang City, the main function is not even to guard against large armies attacking the city, but to target extraordinary people.
After all, as the capital of a country, if a strong enemy can be allowed to attack the city, no matter how strong the capital is, it will not help.
But extraordinary people are different. A high-sequence extraordinary person will be very dangerous if there are no countermeasures in a city.
Once the defensive formation is activated, let alone a Sequence 4 or 5 Dark Path Transcendent, even the Yasheng will find it difficult to make waves.
"Your Majesty must not underestimate the enemy."
Su Wen thought about it seriously and said: "Wang Cizhi may not necessarily think that it will be completely successful, but... Daliang City is the capital of the country after all. As long as it creates a little noise, it can be amplified by public opinion and exploited by interested people."
"That's right..."
Ji Changge's face darkened.
Now the New Deal he implemented has reached the deep end. Measures such as dividing the land into acres and paying taxes as one unit for the gentry are being rolled out across the country. Rich families, gentry and landlords are in great conflict.
If Wang Cizhi pokes holes in Kyoto at this time, these guys who don't like the New Deal will definitely make up stories and publicize them to suppress the New Deal. And Ji Changge knows even more that this is a critical time. We cannot relax, otherwise the achievements of the New Deal may be ruined.
"Can you find Wang Cizhi's whereabouts?"
Ji Changge turned to look at Qu Tanmo.
"...Your Majesty, you can't catch me pulling it hard. It's true that I have the ability to look back, but the number of times I can use it is limited. If I use it again... I'm afraid I will have to look like a baby. If other countries find out, I will be the great official of the Liang Dynasty." Ling is actually a baby, which is harmful to the country and the image of our dynasty!"
"... Taishi Ling, don't worry. At the worst, we can just replace him with another Taishi." Luo Changyang said faintly on the side: "Your beloved disciple, Si Zhaixing, has just been promoted to sequence three. He may be able to share the workload for you."
"Hurrah!"
Hearing this, Qu Tanmo was furious, jumped up, flew to Luo Changyang, and punched him on the knee: "It must be that little brat Si Zhaixing who gave you a gift secretly, right? How dare you Say something good for him? I have long said that the position of Taishi will never be passed to him. He cannot control the national destiny of the Liang Dynasty. He cannot bear it, and he will have to die if he does it!"
After Qu Tanmo snarled, he pointed at Su Wen and said: "I think Su Wen can take my place. If he agrees to take over, I will go back in time and find the whereabouts of Wang Cizhi without saying a word." ."
"...Why did you involve me again?"
Su Wen took a breath. Fortunately, he knew that this was Qu Tanmo's joke and he didn't need to take it seriously.
Ji Changge nodded, stared at Su Wen with a smile and said, "This is a good idea. What do you think, Mr. Su?"