This is the time when the sea of clouds shows its most beautiful appearance.
Everyone woke up from Susu's piano music and looked towards the depths of the sea of clouds. No one noticed that three more people had come here.
Walking in front was an old man with white hair and a youthful face, dressed in brocade clothes, and followed by two warriors in strong suits.
His eyes did not immediately turn to the changing sea of clouds, but to the various dead birds on the ground.
He frowned and pointed at the birds, and two warriors went to that place to clean up.
When he walked to the old pine tree, he saw Wu Linger's profile. He seemed to understand something in his heart, so he looked at the other young men, and finally his eyes fell on Fu Xiaoguan.
He was Nangong Yiyu, the left prime minister of the current dynasty. He was originally strolling around here casually, taking his Saker Falcon, which he had obtained with great difficulty, but he did not expect that the Saker Falcon would fly straight to Guanyuntai. Then he saw a swarm of birds appearing in the sky above Guanyuntai!
He thought something big had happened at the Guanyun Terrace, so he came in a hurry. He heard faint music from afar, but the music suddenly disappeared. Then the birds circled in the air for three weeks and then flew away. His Saker Falcon also flew back and was now resting on his shoulder, but it looked a little listless.
He came to the Guanyun Terrace and saw the birds there. He also saw Princess Taiping and the students who came to participate in the literary meeting watching the clouds there.
Being able to sit at the same table with Princess Taiping, the young man must be the talented Fu Xiaoguan.
Nangong Yiyu did not disturb these young men. He was about to leave, but he did not expect that the Saker Falcon suddenly flew up from his shoulder and rested on Susu's shoulder - the Saker Falcon has a characteristic that once it recognizes its master, it will never rebel!
However, Nangong Yiyu was extremely surprised at this moment, because this Saker Falcon had already recognized him as its master, but it chose to go to the girl's shoulder, and seemed extremely happy. This beast... Could it be that it had deceived him in the past for food and drink?
Su Su just turned her head slightly to glance at the big bird resting on her shoulder. She didn't recognize it, then reached out and touched its feathers.
Not only did the Saker Falcon not resist, it even stretched out its little head, rubbed it in Susu's palm, and made a clear cry!
Nangong Yiyu felt unwell!
What the hell, I raised you for a year and finally brought you up, but you betrayed me!
His ruddy face brightened, but his eyes fell on the zither in front of Susu. Then he frowned, stroked his long beard, and thought for a moment. He thought of the legendary magical zither lingering in the beams, and also of the legendary story of a zither music attracting hundreds of birds to come.
So many birds flew to Guanyuntai, and so many birds died there... I think it was all because of the piano playing by this little girl!
What an incredible achievement! At such a young age, her piano skills have reached perfection, reaching the legendary realm of expressing one's thoughts through the piano. I don't know whose family this girl is from.
So he decided to stay here and take a look - he had no interest in seeing the sea of clouds, he had been looking at it for decades and was tired of it.
He wanted to see these young men who were as bright as the rising sun, and he also wanted to see whether that damned Saker Falcon would come back.
When the clouds and mountains were dyed red for thousands of miles, a mountain wind suddenly blew, and the clouds and mountains rose and fell, then collapsed, then collapsed, and then rolled over wildly.
In the deep valley below there was the sound of pine waves, like waves crashing on the shore, like thunder, and it came from the depths of the sea of clouds. Then the sea of clouds gradually dispersed and went to a place no one knew.
At this moment, it is already the end of the Chen hour.
Fu Xiaoguan felt that this was a wonderful picture of nature, with many emotions in his heart. He retracted his gaze and his hand fell on the teacup. The tea had cooled down, and then he turned his head and saw Nangong Yiyu.
The shocking cloud tide had ended at this point, and Wu Linger also withdrew her gaze. When she saw Nangong Yiyu, she was shocked.
"Grandpa Nangong, you should be in Juhua Palace right now!"
Nangong Yiyu blew his beard and glared, "I had a quarrel with your father, so I came out to relax!"
This is so domineering!
When Fu Xiaoguan heard the surname Nangong and compared the age, he knew who the old man was. After all, he had already obtained the information of this important minister of the Wu Dynasty through Xiyu Tower.
When he heard Nangong Yiyu's words, he was suddenly curious and thought that this old man was quite interesting.
Wu Linger stood up, pulled Nangong Yiyu to sit in front of the table, and said with a smile: "Your little trick is probably that you deliberately quarreled with the emperor, and then took this opportunity to skip work..." Nangong Yiyu blew his beard again, but Wu Linger pressed his shoulder, "Hey, hey, hey, don't say anything, I heard the emperor say that to the queen mother!"
Nangong Yiyu felt aggrieved because he had indeed had an argument with Emperor Wen during the morning court session.
"What do you know, little girl? That old bastard Wen Xingzhou insisted on implementing that ridiculous Neo-Confucian code, and your father actually agreed! How can this be? Old bastard Wen's code is completely inhumane. Every clause is a prison, and anyone can be sent to jail for years at a time... If it were truly implemented nationwide, the Ministry of Works would have to stop doing anything and would probably have to build massive prisons all over the country!"
Nangong Yiyu was puffing his beard and glaring when he said this, and he looked really angry.
But these words sounded like a spring thunder to Fu Xiaoguan's ears. Wen Xingzhou actually completed a code of law!
Although he didn't see it, he roughly understood the strictness of this code after listening to Nangong Yiyu's words. This is an important sign of the transition from rule by man to rule by law, but Fu Xiaoguan understands the difficulties involved, such as the obstruction of senior officials like Nangong Yiyu.
This is something that should be done gradually. I think Wen Xingzhou is being too hasty.
However, as a citizen of the Yu Dynasty, he certainly hoped that Wen Xingzhou's code would not be implemented.
So he opened his mouth and said, "Isn't this contrary to the teachings of the sages?"
Nangong Yiyu seemed to have found a kindred spirit, and slapped his palm on the stone table. "That's right! The sacred learning of the Wu Dynasty was originally promoted by Wen Xingzhou. How many years has it been? The Wu Dynasty finally accepted the sacred learning and finally formed a pattern of governing the world with the sacred learning. But old man Wen is going to destroy it with his own hands... Fu Xiaoguan, you are a famous talent. Tell me, is this old man Wen messing around?"
Fu Xiaoguan was delighted. He didn't expect that Nangong Yiyu also recognized him.
He smiled calmly. "A scholar's goal is to maintain a good reputation both before and after his death. As a junior, I dare not make any rash comments on Mr. Wen's actions."
He said this tactfully, without making any comment, but pointed out the intention of Wen Xingzhou's move with a sentence "for the sake of reputation before and after his death".
He couldn't afford to offend Wen Xingzhou, but he also didn't want to see a more powerful Wu Dynasty—
If the Wu Dynasty becomes more powerful, what should the neighboring Yu Dynasty do?
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