Master Zhao at the foot of Mount Qingcheng

Lin Chaoyu didn't want to communicate with anyone when he was a child, but Lin Dingyang issued a death order: "You will be the next Qinglin, and you must not let people know your true identity, otherwise you will fall short, not only for yourself, but also for the country. The government is causing big trouble."

As a result, Lin Chaoyu, who was seriously injured and brought back from Luoxia Mountain, was thrown by Lin Dingyang to various crowded places as soon as his injury was healed.

Lin Dingyang just said to him without any emotion: "Look at those people carefully, don't learn from others, just learn from their expressions and characters, and then I will send you to the palace to be the companion of the third prince. The emperor personally mentioned it to me, as a child of a family, you have no reason to refuse."

It seems that Lin Chaoyu is not his son, but just an ordinary thing, and he will give it away as soon as he says it.

In order to let him not show his flaws, Lin Dingyang specially brought Lin Chaoyu this time to the poetry meeting of the children of various families.

Lin Chaoyu looked around, and one of them asked him to look a little longer, because his profile looked a little like Zhao Xuan.

But it's only a little bit, and the front face doesn't look like it anymore.

With this first impression, Lin Chaoyu paid more attention to him.This person is not wearing good materials like others, but only a scholar's gown, and he speaks in a polite manner, looking gentle and harmless, no matter what he says, he looks serious.

Lin Chaoyu also knew the identity of this person, he was Lord Liang's youngest son, named Liang Sheng, who was said to be a child prodigy.

Because of these few glances, Lin Chaoyu learned from this person thoroughly. It can be said that the profile of Mr. Liang, the magistrate of Qinzhou City, at the poetry meeting many years ago laid the foundation for Lin Chaoyu to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger in the future.

This is also why Mr. Liang felt that he had a particularly sympathetic relationship with Lin Chaoyu afterwards, because he was basically a copy of him from the beginning to the end.

Afterwards, although Lin Dingyang didn't know what kind of evil his son had become to pretend to be like this, he was still very satisfied and sent him to the palace, along with Liu Xing.

Liu Xing moved to the capital after Master Liu was promoted. Because he had no money, the house was also given by the emperor, but the location is not very good, the surrounding is very deserted, and it is close to the Duke's Mansion.

Because the two families are close to each other, the wives of the two families often walk around each other, and even the two brothers of the Lin family and Liu Xing became acquainted with each other afterward.

Liu Xing is very clever, so clever that even Lin Chaoyu appreciates him.

Yin Honghuan was older than him, and he usually looked upright, but he couldn't fool Lin Chaoyu, he was definitely not an honest person.

Not to mention that except for the art of war and riding and archery classes, the rest of the master dozed off there when he was teaching his lessons. At other times, he would never meet the prince face-to-face, and avoided if he could.Young people always have the disposition of not admitting defeat, and it is rare for the third prince to be able to do this.

Lin Chaoyu thought that the third prince was a generalist at first, but the other party took the lead and asked them to secretly put a sack on the companion next to the prince and beat him up without leaving any traces. The series of military tactics is breathtaking.

However, Yin Honghuan is really kind to the people around him. Because he was his companion, Lin Chaoyu was also unilaterally classified as one of his own, so he was forced to follow him and secretly beat up many children of aristocratic families.

Of course they were the ones who did it. He sat by and watched. After all, he was a weak scholar in the eyes of others, and it was normal not to fight.

Little did they know that these few people could not beat this "weak scholar" alone.

Yin Honghuan also revealed his inner thoughts to his companions in private: "I just want to learn the art of war well. I will fight on the battlefield in the future and leave a name in history. I don't care about the rest. My father has promised to let me go to the barracks next year to follow General Qi." I've experienced it. I won't be able to cover you when the time comes, so don't be easily bullied by others."

Liu Xing thought long-term and had many worries, and began to worry about the future for the third prince: "But the prince has never liked His Highness, if the Crown Prince becomes the throne in the future, His Highness will definitely be in trouble, and you can think of a way to deal with it in advance. "

"Bah, bah, you're thinking too far, father is in good health."

"Okay, okay, I was thinking too far." Lin Chaoyu watched silently, and Liu Xing asked him, "Chaoyu, you read a lot of books on weekdays, what do you think?"

Lin Chaoyu nodded, deeply convinced: "It is indeed too far-sighted, after all, no one knows who will win in the end until the time of enthronement."

The atmosphere was strangely silent for a while, Yin Honghuan stepped forward and covered his mouth, and said in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of Qinglin Guard?"

Lin Chaoyu stared at his mouth and made a cross.

Someone weakly said: "Qinglin Guard probably doesn't have time to pay attention to us children, or else the emperor should have known about our sacking, and it's too late for them to stare at those big men."

Everyone felt that this person had hit the point, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Xing nodded seriously: "I think what Chao Yu said makes sense."

"Shh, don't bring up this matter again." Yin Honghuan glared at Liu Xing to signal him not to say any more, and then eased back, "But you still have to be more careful in the future. If something happens, I can't take care of you in the frontier."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will take care of each other."

These companions were selected by Yin Honghuan's mother and concubine for him, and everyone knew that these were all members of the Third Prince's team.

Even though Lin Chaoyu was withdrawn and never wanted to talk to others, he still had some youthful friendship with these people. These people would indeed help him in the future, and would occasionally invite him to a small gathering during the festivals. Lin Chaoyu and They were the ones who invited Zhao Xuan's marriage.

It's not that Lin Chaoyu didn't doubt why he was chosen by the imperial concubine to go to the third prince. It's normal to choose Liu Xing. After all, Mr. Liu has a reputation for being honest and upright, but his own father neither has any admirable reputation nor It's really not a prominent family, it can't help the third prince, on the contrary, it wants to be honored by the third prince.What is even more puzzling is that the emperor actually agreed.

Thinking about it now, this was probably the emperor's own intention. Perhaps the emperor really wanted to be optimistic about Yin Honghuan at the beginning, and sent the next Qing Lin out with his own hands.

It's a pity that Yin Honghuan may have gone too far in the end, and the prince who has been by his side is the one who pleases him.

The memorable teenage years came to an end in just a few years, and the court was full of turmoil. It wasn't their turn for the juniors to take the stage, and they were not the ones who could participate.

One day many years later, Liang Sheng, the magistrate of Qinzhou City, returned to Beijing to report on his duties to the new emperor, and then came to the Duke's mansion to visit Lin Chaoyu.

After the two boasted to each other, Liang Sheng moved closer to Lin Chaoyu and lowered his voice, fearing that others would overhear him: "Actually, I'm not just here to report on my duties this time. I also specially wrote a memorial to present to the new emperor. Even if I am going to be demoted this time, I will admit it."

"So serious?" Lin Chaoyu guessed, "Brother Liang, why are you dissatisfied with the new reform?"

"No, I'm talking about the Qinglin Guard." Liang Sheng said seriously, "I'll tell you the truth, the existence of the Qinglin Guard is too centralized, and almost no one in the court dares to oppose His Majesty. Isn't this a big talk, so I Write an article and prepare to submit it, I want His Majesty to consider weakening the Qinglin Guard."

Liang Sheng shook his head twice, convincingly said: "I have investigated and recorded them one by one. It can be traced back to the case of the founding prime minister, and later can be traced back to the dam case of Mr. Liu a few years ago. Qinglinwei is already lawless. Sooner or later, it will repeat the mistakes of the previous regime.”

"Brother Lin." Liang Sheng looked at him, hoping to be encouraged and affirmed, "You know me best, I think you can understand my thoughts."

Lin Chaoyu took the booklet given to him by the other party, opened it and read it carefully from top to bottom. It was filled with eloquence in fair fonts, and it was convincing to weigh the pros and cons with reason and evidence.

"Well, it really makes sense, Brother Liang is a great talent, this article is very well written." Lin Chaoyu agreed, "But Mr. Liu, don't worry, His Majesty has already planned to abolish the Qinglin Guard, and he should make an order in a few days .”

"Hmm...huh?" Liang Sheng was surprised, "It's true, Brother Lin, don't lie to me."

"Of course it's true."

Liang Sheng was both surprised and delighted: "How did Brother Lin know that?"

"His Majesty told me himself."

Liang Sheng became more and more confused the more he listened: "How could His Majesty tell you personally?"

Lin Chaoyu smiled and said nothing, Liang Sheng figured it out on his own: "That's right, I remember Brother Lin used to be His Majesty's companion, and you should have a good relationship, so His Majesty will tell you about this. Your Majesty is really far-sighted. I will think of abolishing Qinglin Guard myself."

Lin Chaoyu still smiled without saying a word, and handed back the booklet in his hand to him: "Since Your Majesty has the intention of abolishing the Qinglin Guard, I suggest that Brother Liang can still hand over this booklet, and His Majesty will reward you a lot."

Liang Sheng thought about it for a while, and clapped his hands together: "I understand, this is a step for His Majesty to abolish Qinglin Guard."

Lin Chaoyu nodded: "No one in the court wants Qinglinwei to continue to stay, but if His Majesty mentions this matter, no one dares to stand up and support it openly, because they are all afraid of offending Qinglinwei. In case His Majesty repents, After all, in their eyes, Qinglinwei is so lawless. As long as someone stands up at this time, the situation will be very different. This letter of yours, I think it is written Very good."

Liang Sheng looked solemn: "As long as I can help His Majesty, for this matter, even if I am troubled by the Qinglin Guard, I will admit it."

"Don't worry, Qinglin Guard won't trouble you."

Liang Sheng realized that his confidant seemed to know quite a lot, so he couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Lin Chaoyu took out the sapphire unicorn pendant, played with it in his hands, and finally smiled and said, "I will take good care of my subordinates."

Liang Sheng: "..."

Lin Chaoyu watched Liang Sheng change from perplexity to bewilderment, and finally glanced at the sky outside, and said, "It's getting late, and I still have to take my wife out for dinner. Brother Liang, do you want to join us?"

Liang Sheng subconsciously refused: "No, no."

Later, Liang Sheng didn't know how he got out of the Duke's mansion. The more he thought about it halfway, the more he felt that Lin Chaoyu was lying to him, so he turned back and wanted to find someone to ask what happened. As soon as he stepped into the mansion, he saw Lin Chaoyu playing tricks in the yard And Zhao Xuan felt dizzy in an instant.

The world is turned upside down.