The yellow sand in the face is blown away by the trembling wind, and the dust and dirt are removed from Xiaohan in the west. The messenger comes from ancient Xuzhou, and the sound shakes the Tongyin Pass on the right side of the river. There are drums and horns in the ten-mile long pavilion, and the beautiful scenery of the river is bright flowers and willows. To the north, the flying threshold rolls into the yellow stream, and to the south, you can see

The green mountains are like Xian's head. The east wind blows open the Splendid Valley, and the Lu River stirs up the wine. There are grass growing in the court, and the bottles are opened, and the passers-by are like clouds, keeping their mouths shut.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, a pavilion was set up every ten miles, and later there was a short pavilion every five miles, where travelers could come and say farewell to relatives and friends traveling far away.

This was also the case in the Song Dynasty. There were also ten-mile long pavilions or five-mile short pavilions outside the city. Generally speaking, officials who were demoted from the imperial court would pass by here and stay for a while. Relatives, friends, and officials and disciples would also leave some simple things here.

We had some food and drinks to say goodbye to the demoted official.

On the ten-mile pavilion road, people shed tears when leaving. When I send you to the ten-mile pavilion, I will break the weeping willows of Baqiao!

The so-called long pavilion or short pavilion, which is an ordinary pavilion made of stone or wood with square or hexagonal tips, has become a place to say goodbye, and even a place to vent dissatisfaction, depression, sadness, regret and other emotions.

"Master, it's time to leave." At this time, in a long pavilion outside Kaifeng City, an old servant said to Zhang Dun, the former prime minister of the Song Dynasty.

"Let's go." Zhang Dun took one last look at the majestic city of Kaifeng Mansion, which was still clearly visible in the distance, and said after sighing.

Zhang Dun, who is over sixty years old, looks extremely old now. His beard and hair have turned completely white in just a few months. His usually tall and burly figure also looks unusually rickety now, as if he has become shorter in a short period of time.

A few points.

An accident occurred while Zhang Dun was serving as the mountain envoy. The coffin of the late Emperor Zhao Xu accidentally fell into the mountain stream and soaked for a whole day and night.

After Zhang Dun returned to the court sadly, the officials and censors controlled by Zeng Bu, Cai Bian, Zuo Zhengyan, Chen Guan and other officials and censors rose up to attack Zhang Dun.

Impeach him for dominating the government and opposition parties, manipulating government affairs, and intending to commit misdeeds.

As the saying goes, when a tree falls down, the monkeys scatter, and when the wall falls down, everyone pushes back. Under the unanimous impeachment of all ministers, the new emperor Zhao Ji deposed Zhang Dun as prime minister, demoted him to Yuezhou, and ordered him to leave immediately.

At this time, standing in the ten-mile long pavilion, Zhang Dun, who was about to go to Yuezhou, was surrounded by only a few people, and several of them were Zhang Dun's family members. When Zhang Dun was prime minister, there was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and there were many people in front of Zhang Dun when he was traveling.

Hu Hou Yong, completely different, seems extremely desolate.

The world is so hot and cold, why is this happening?

It is said that the new emperor Zhao Ji deeply hated Zhang Dun. Even if some of the ministers in the court sympathized with Zhang Dun, who would dare to come to see him off?

Can't even hide...

When the old servant was helping Zhang Dun to board a carriage, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance. The sound of hoofbeats was getting closer and closer. Zhang Dun and others looked at the several people running over in confusion.

knight.

Zhang Dun's family was extremely nervous, thinking that the court had any new decrees? Zhao Ji issued another decree to demote Zhang Dun again?

This kind of thing has happened before. Often, a demoted official will be demoted again before he leaves the capital. Often, a demoted official will be demoted to another place before he reaches his destination. Of course, it is impossible to demote someone nearby.

, but they were demoted farther and farther, to the end of the world. Demoted officials were also exhausted, and some demoted officials even died of exhaustion halfway.

"Is this Xiangguo Zhang next to the car?" At this time, a young and heroic knight dismounted from his horse and strode up to Zhang Dun and asked.

Several tall and burly knights who came with the young knight also dismounted at the same time. There were some wine jars, food boxes and other items on the horseback.

Zhang Dun's family members immediately breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Could it be that someone else came to see him off? But then they became nervous again. The reason is that envoys also came with wine in the past. They first invited people to drink and then read out the edict of demotion.

It is even possible to send someone to death...

"I am Zhang Dun, who are you?" Zhang Dun asked in surprise after hearing this.

"Li Sanjian went down to Lingnan to pay homage to Prime Minister Zhang." Li Sanjian then bowed to Zhang Dun and bowed.

Zhang Dun and Li Sanjian had heard about each other for a long time, but had never met. Li Sanjian had only seen Zhang Dun's back from a distance outside the palace, but he didn't know what Zhang Dun looked like.

Li Sanjian specially added the word "Lingnan" to remind Zhang Dun that he was Li Sanjian, the son of Lingnan who was deposed by him in the tribute examination...

"What? Li Sanjian? Are you Li Sanjian, the new top scholar?" Zhang Dun was shocked when he heard this and asked loudly, staring at Li Sanjian.

How could Zhang Dun not know Li Sanjian's name? It was unforgettable, but Zhang Dun had never seen Li Sanjian. Even when Li Sanjian passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination, Zhang Dun had never seen him. The reason was that Zhang Dun had not seen Li Sanjian during the imperial examination.

Serving as the envoy of the mountain mausoleum, he is transporting the coffin of the late emperor Zhao Xu...

"That's right." Li Sanjian replied respectfully.

"Li Sanjian, the No. 1 scholar and No. 1 scholar, I have never met you. Did you come here specifically to see my joke today?" Zhang Dun then twirled his white beard and asked unhappily.

"What Lao Xiangguo said is ridiculous!" Li Sanjian shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "What kind of status do you have and what kind of person do you dare to laugh at Lao Xiangguo? I have admired Lao Xiangguo's name for a long time. It is like thunder in my ears. I heard about Lao Xiangguo.

I will go to Yuezhou, so I came here to see you off."

"Haha, I'm just an old man." Zhang Dun twisted his beard and said: "You have a false reputation, how dare you come to see me off in person? How dare you take the title?"

"What the old prime minister said is ridiculous! I deserve it, but how can I not deserve it?" Li Sanjian said with a smile: "The old prime minister never gives or receives privately. I admire him very much. He has been the prime minister for seven years and he is a breeze. Such integrity is unheard of by me.

, so high-spirited and solemn, you should be worthy of being whipped and stirruped by all the people in the world!"

Zhang Dun was the prime minister for seven years, and he never granted official positions to his disciples or relatives. All four of Zhang Dun's sons were Jinshi, but only the third son took the position of school secretary, and the rest were county captains.

, county magistrate, etc., he has never been greedy for national wealth during his seven years as prime minister. He is a clean-minded person with extremely high integrity, which makes Li Sanjian admire him immensely.

Of course, it was not for this reason that Li Sanjian took the liberty of coming to see Zhang Dun off.

As expected, he is a mature young man with a formidable future. Li Sanjian's decent answer made Zhang Dun secretly praise him, and he was worthy of being the number one scholar in the new subject.

However, Zhang Dun is a straight person. He says whatever comes to his mind. He speaks out quickly and rarely holds something back in his stomach.

"Li Zhuangyuan and Ding Chou were dismissed from the imperial examination. I did this. Don't you hate the number one scholar in your heart?" So far, Zhang Dun still didn't understand Li Sanjian's purpose, so Zhang Dun probed.

"Hate, how can I not hate? I hate it so much." Li Sanjian didn't just say empty words, but told the truth: "But when I think about it later, I don't think I was young and ignorant.

The reason for the poor knowledge is that it is reasonable to say that empty talk harms the country and lowers the rank."

This is Li Sanjian's truth. In the fourth year of Shaosheng's Ding Chou imperial examination, Li Sanjian was not yet 17 years old, and he made arrogant comments on government affairs. It was really too shallow and too reckless. At the same time, he didn't learn and didn't know. He was shocked when he learned.

It took several years in Prince Duan's Mansion to realize the truth that there is heaven outside the world and there are people outside the world. The little knowledge I had at that time was indeed too superficial.

"I remember that Li Zhuangyuan was not over seventeen years old at the time. He was indeed too young." Zhang Dun nodded and said: "As the saying goes, jade cannot be used until it is polished. I hesitated for a long time before doing this."

It would be shocking for a person under the age of seventeen to get the Jinshi rank, but this was a small reason why Li Sanjian was demoted.

Pull him down quickly, Li Sanjian thought secretly in his heart. Li Sanjian didn't believe what Zhang Dun said at this time. Is it to temper himself? It's better to tell him bluntly, in order to attack his political opponents and eliminate the reasons for dissidents.

However, at this time, Li Sanjian needed to ask Zhang Dun for advice, so he smiled and passed by, cupped his hands and said to Zhang Dun: "Mr. Zhang, I have prepared some thin wine as a token of my gratitude. How about asking my husband to show his appreciation?"

"Okay, okay." Zhang Dun nodded and said with a smile, "I'm a little thirsty, so I'll take a few drinks."

Li Sanjian was in his early twenties, and he was still young. In the past, Zhang Dun might not have paid attention to him at all, but now Li Sanjian made a special trip to see him off. No matter what Li Sanjian's purpose was, he could not refute his face. Zhang Dun

He thought to himself, and at the same time, Zhang Dun also wanted to find out what Li Sanjian's intentions were.

Hearing this, Li Sanjian and Zhang Dun looked at each other and smiled.

"Father." At this time, Zhang Dun's third son Zhang Shuo looked at Li Sanjian doubtfully, stopped in front of Zhang Dun, and said, "Father, is this... not good?"

"What are you doing?" Zhang Dun glared at Zhang Shuo and said, "What kind of person is Li Zhuangyuan? Are you still afraid that the wine is poisonous?"

"Shangui, Xu Biao, bring it here." Li Sanjian smiled and glanced at Zhang Shu and said to Shangui, Xu Biao.

Poison in the wine? As for that? Li Sanjian simply couldn't laugh or cry. Poisoning Zhang Dun to death may win Zhao Ji's favor, but it will definitely cause shock to the government and the public. This will ruin his future and will also lead to imprisonment.

, how could Li Sanjian do such a childish thing? No matter what kind of hatred he had with Zhang Dun, this matter must not be done.

Shan Kui held a wine jar in one hand, and Xu Biao carried a food box in the other. Without any effort, they walked quickly into the pavilion and began to place bowls, chopsticks, wine cups and other items.

"What a strong servant!" Xu Biao praised Zhang Dun as he looked at the mountain leader with a huge back.

"What the old prime minister said is wrong. These two are my elder brothers, not slaves." Li Sanjian said with a smile.

"So that's it." Zhang Dun said, "I think these two people are members of the Forbidden Army?"

"Old Xiangguo has good eyesight." Li Sanjian nodded and said, "They are in the hidden fire army."

"Hidden fire? Wouldn't it be unfair for such a strong man to surrender to the hidden fire?" Zhang Dun said with a smile.

Li Sanjian smiled and shook his head.

"For this first glass of wine, I would like to pay my respects to my husband. The road is far away, so I must take care of myself." The food and wine were quickly placed, and Li Sanjian picked up a bottle of wine and said.
Chapter completed!