A few people had dinner and returned to Prince Wei's Mansion in the afternoon.
Tang Shijin said: "Ling'er pack it up, little rabbit..." She turned around and explained to her: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's that you are not suitable for this path, so I won't call you, do you know?"
Si Gutu said: "Master is fine, I won't think too much about it."
Tang Shijin nodded and returned to the courtyard first. Before he entered the door, he felt someone was in the room. When he heard her coming in, he knocked on the study table a few times.
Tang Shijin ignored him, changed his clothes directly, threw a few pieces of charcoal into the small tea stove in the corner of the room, and boiled the tea.
Yan Baiwei came out.
Tang Shijin asked him: "Are you very free? Are you here every day?"
Yan Baiwei chose a place where he couldn't see the outside and sat down, and said with a smile: "There really isn't much going on recently."
After a while, Qi Yaoling changed his clothes and came over. Tang Shijin asked him casually: "What do you think of the prince?"
Qi Yaoling said: "I think this prince is headstrong, shallow-minded, and soft-hearted, so he is nothing to be afraid of." He paused for a moment: "In addition, the man named Wang seems to have been quietly observing you and trying to please you.
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Tang Shijin nodded: "Yan Baiwei said there is one of his people here, who do you think he is?"
Qi Yaoling said: "I think they are all the same. These four people all talk in the same way."
Tang Shijin glanced at Yan Baiwei: "I don't know either, but I guess it's that Zheng Huaizhi."
Yan Baiwei raised his eyebrows: "How did you tell?"
Tang Shijin said: "You say it first, right?"
Yan Baiwei smiled and nodded.
Tang Shijin said: "Actually, judging from the words of these four people, they all have obvious tendencies, and it can be said that the four of them cooperate with each other tacitly, but they don't seem to be quite right... But I don't think this is the style of people like you.
After all, the more people who know, the greater the possibility of exposure. So I think there are at most one or two people here who were bribed by you, and the others were quietly influenced by this person."
"I originally thought this person was Zhou Shizi, because he is older and more mature. I felt that he should be liked by the princes and could have both sides... But I later discovered that he would remain silent on many more critical issues.
So I think this person should be moderate, the kind of person who is wise and protective. This kind of person cannot play a subtle guiding role in a team."
"Of the rest, Wu Yankai is lively and shallow-minded, Wang Ji has many ideas but is a little bit restless, and only Zheng Huaizhi, who is always calm and steady, feels like the smartest and calmest, and he has a well-hidden dislike of the prince. I feel like
This is someone you can use."
As she spoke, Yan Baiwei smiled: "Yes, Jin'er is smart."
He explained: "The prince is not good at writing. Many articles were written by Huai Zhi. Originally, this was fine. But then Huai Zhi wrote an article at a literary meeting. I don't know who said that the writing style was similar to the prince's. The prince felt guilty.
, thinking that Huai Zhi was not willing to fight for him. Then I found a crime against his family, put him in jail, and then asked the prince to come forward to protect him... I wanted to make Huai Zhi grateful. "
Tang Shijin twitched the corner of his mouth as he heard this.
Emperor Yuan Sheng is really hard to describe. In order to help the prince cheat, he framed his ministers? And then asked the prince to show mercy?
What kind of brain circuit is this?
Yan Baiwei continued: "The momentum was very scary at the time. Huai Zhi's grandmother was frightened and died on the spot. Huai Zhi was raised by her grandmother and had a deep relationship with her. Later, she was also grateful to the prince. Later I found out this
So I tried to get acquainted with him, told him the truth, and then managed to change two companions, which led to the current situation."
Although he said it in an understatement, he knew he was in serious trouble as soon as he heard it!
Moreover, we have arranged manpower around the prince in advance, and the favorability points have been fully increased. It has such a great influence on the prince, so it is a win-win situation!
No wonder the prince dislikes the tutor so much, I guess this man deserves a lot of credit.
However, the approach of a person like Yan Baiwei is indeed like that of the legendary counselor, who considers every aspect and considers a matter for several years, making decisions before taking action, all linked together.
And her approach is really completely different from theirs. She is better at manipulating interests... In other words, she holds wealth and fortune, and her performance in front of the prince is just a detail.
Tang Shijin sighed: "I just treat it as a question. In fact, I can't play with this kind of thinking."
She paused for a moment: "But if you put it this way, these companions don't have to move around deliberately. It's a waste of time... Just say a few words when they meet..."
Just as he was talking, someone came outside, but Yan Baiwei didn't move. As expected, Tao Chengqi came in.
Tao Chengqi pointed at Yan Baiwei and signaled to look for him.
Yan Baiwei didn't say anything, so he took two teacups from the table, took the teapot away, and went to the study with him.
Tang Shijin could only pull out another teapot from the space. Qi Yaoling went to the tea stove to pour tea and asked, "Master, do you want me to learn to discern the minds of these people?"
"Of course not!" Tang Shijin said: "I'm just going to ask you a few questions. You have to know that when it comes to playing with people's minds, we can't play with these people. They live in their own minds. There's no need for us to play with them.
We are careless and will take action whenever we disagree."
Qi Yaoling smiled and said, "I think Master is the smartest."
"It's not bad!" Tang Shijin said modestly: "So you don't need to have a brain, I just have it."
Qi Yaoling smiled and said, "Yes."
She returned to the topic: "I called you here to tell you that dealing with such dignitaries in the capital is different from dealing with people like the Chamber of Commerce and Jianghu. When I talk to these people, you don't need to pay attention to me.
Even if there are angles that I can’t see, and there are any glances, it doesn’t matter. As long as they don’t pull out a knife, you don’t have to pay attention to them.”
"What you need to do is pay attention to other people, the servants these people bring, including the passers-by around you. Don't show anything on the surface, but you will almost always know what these people have done. Let's ensure safety first."
She leaned forward slightly and looked at him: "Ling'er, you are my apprentice, not a servant or a guard, but these are extraordinary times. I am a new arrival myself, and I don't plan to stay for a long time, so we can only be cautious.
You can’t interact with people in a normal way, and you can only pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger for the time being, do you understand?”
She always explains things that are easily misunderstood.
Qi Yaoling nodded.
In the evening, a few people had dinner in her courtyard. After everyone left, Tang Shijin asked Yan Baiwei: "What do you want Brother Six to do with you?"
Yan Baiwei said: "He wants to become an official."