General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13 Do nothing, do everything
Waiting for Zhu Xizhong to react.

Ning Jue walked into the real man's mansion.

The school lieutenant suppressed the smile on his face, looked at Zhu Xizhong in front of him and asked, "Grandpa, are you... still going in?"

Zhu Xizhong's angry eyes widened, and he scolded angrily: "What are you laughing at?!"

"Humble...the humble aunt has a baby today."

"you!"

Zhu Xizhong sat down on the steps outside the real man's mansion.

"I'm not leaving yet! Brother Ning Xian will come out one day, right? I'll just wait here!"

Zhu Xizhong steadfastly stayed at the gate of the real man's mansion, and the school captain couldn't directly drive him away, so he could only freeze like this.

………………

The vegetarian meal in the real man's mansion has already been prepared, but Tao Zhongwen has no appetite at all.

"Old Immortal, again..."

Seeing the school captain at the door, Tao Zhongwen's old face immediately pulled down again.

"How can he, Zhu Xizhong, be so generous?! Can't he insist on disturbing the poor Taoist?! The poor Taoist is gone!"

"The real person is not Cheng Guogong, but..."

Tao Zhongwen frowned, and asked suspiciously: "Who is that?!"

Without waiting for the captain to speak, Ning Jue walked over the threshold and watched Tao Zhongwen walk over with a smile.

The moment he saw Ning Jue, Tao Zhongwen's face changed suddenly.

"Ning Bingxian?"

"The real person still remembers to be an official."

Tao Zhongwen stared at Ning Jue and said angrily: "What are you doing in my real man's mansion! The impoverished way closed the door to thank the guests, and if you don't see your best friend, you..."

"I'm coming down to see if Tao Shenxian's tongue is better."

"you!"

Tao Zhongwen was at a loss for words for a while, and immediately threw off his Taoist robe and said angrily: "I know that the poor Taoist has already closed the door to thank guests, Ning Bingxian, please go back!"

Ning Jue smiled.

"Tao Immortal, I'm just making a little joke. Why do you take it seriously? I came to visit today. I just want to tell the old fairy a story."

Tao Zhongwen's chest heaved more and more, and he snapped at the captain behind him, "Didn't you hear the words of the poor?"

"see a visitor out!"

The captain had no choice but to stop Ning Jue in embarrassment.

"Ning Bingxian..."

Ning Jue stood still, and said softly, "This is a story that I heard by chance."

"Poverty is not interested! If Ning Bingxian wants to tell a story, he can move to the overpass!"

Ning Jue's voice suddenly rose.

"In the past, there was a group of thieves who committed chaos and controlled Chao Gang, and the emperor died without heirs, so he wanted to find a young emperor who could be manipulated to succeed him."

"Unexpectedly, the young emperor is so heroic, and with his own power, he can suppress all the traitors in the court. In the end, Tao Shenxian doesn't want to know what kind of method these traitors used to regain control of the court?!"

As soon as Ning Jue said this, the captain immediately froze in place, and sweat could not help but ooze from his forehead.

What a traitor and a sycophant, what a young emperor.

Do you dare to be more straightforward? !
This is what I can hear? !
At this moment, Tao Zhongwen, who was originally burning with anger, couldn't help but soften his face.

As soon as he waved his hand at the captain, the captain left the hall as if fleeing.

"So, what is the ending of Ning Bingxian's story?"

Ning Jue stepped forward and sat directly on the grand teacher's chair beside him, smacking his tongue leisurely.

"Traitors, you know that the young emperor believes in metaphysics, so he found a Taoist priest and told the young emperor that if the two dragons don't meet, they will be hurt!"

"Nonsense!" Tao Zhongwen's face was full of disdain and contempt, and he interrupted without waiting for Ning Jue to finish speaking:
"Ning Bingxian, you said it yourself, the young emperor acted arbitrarily and forcibly suppressed the traitors in the court. If so, how could the emperor allow the traitors to commit crimes again?! Does this logic make sense?"

Ning Jue smiled and shook her head.

"Why doesn't it work?"

"The Son of Heaven will die one day, but a traitor has endless children and grandchildren. The Son of Heaven can only be wise for twenty or thirty years. The Son of Heaven will eventually grow old, right?"

At this time, Tao Zhongwen's face gradually eased, he looked at Ning Jue with great interest and asked: "The traitor has heirs, does the emperor have no heirs?"

"That's why the two dragons don't meet each other!"

Ning Jue yelled these words almost in a growl, and the air in the entire Immortal Mansion seemed to freeze at this moment.

Only Tao Zhongwen flicked the floating dust with an increasingly relaxed expression, and chanted the Dao number leisurely.

"Blessed Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate."

"Ning Bingxian's story is very exciting, and the poor are taught."

Looking at Tao Zhongwen's expression, Ning Jue didn't say much, but cupped his hands at Tao Zhongwen and said: "The story of the lower official is over, so don't disturb the real man Qingxiu."

After finishing speaking, Ning Jue turned around and left, because Ning Jue had already got what he wanted.

Tao Zhongwen's initial anger was real, and his growing relief was also real.

People will be angry at the words of a living person, but they will not be angry at the words of a dead person.

Tao Shitong, who was beside Tao Zhongwen, heard the conversation between the two clearly just now, and was already in a cold sweat.

After Ning Jue left, there was a dead silence in the real man's mansion.

"Father... what does it mean that his surname is Ning?"

After a long time, Tao Zhongwen replied earnestly and earnestly: "Experiment."

"He, Ning Jue, just understood the secrets of heaven and knew that the matter was serious, so he didn't dare to perform on his own. That's why he came to the real man's mansion to test me."

Tao Shitong looked at his father in disbelief and asked, "Then you let him go like this?"

"My son also has several brothers in Dongchang, or my son..."

Hearing what Tao Shitong said, Tao Zhongwen's face suddenly changed, and he shouted angrily, "You bastard!"

"Listen to what you are saying?! Don't talk about this matter in the future!"

"Father! Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, if it gets out, my Tao family will be doomed forever!"

Tao Zhongwen said in a low voice with a dignified expression
"What are you doing? My Tao family is not afraid of crooked shadows. Even if I go to the Golden Palace, I am poor and worthy of the emperor!"

Seeing his son's restless appearance, Tao Zhongwen's idea of ​​fleeing the capital became more and more intense.

Not a family of farming and studying, and no meritorious service, standing in the court, the Tao family is essentially just a common man with a beautiful heart.

Tao Shitong stood there dumbfounded.

"Then, shall we do nothing then?"

"Just do nothing."

His father's attitude was firm, and Tao Shitong had nothing to say, and obediently sat on the futon beside him.

Seeing Tao Shitong like this, Tao Zhongwen heaved a sigh of relief.

Although his son is a bit stupid, the biggest advantage is that he is obedient. If he can get away from the capital, the wealth of the Tao family will be preserved for several generations.

Tao Zhongwen skillfully ignited the sandalwood from the incense candle, looked at the slowly rising green smoke, and whispered earnestly:

"Doing nothing means doing everything."

"Sometimes doing nothing means doing everything."

Tao Zhongwen knew that the Real Man's Mansion might have leaked like a colander long ago.

Ning Jue's story was told in the Real Man's Mansion, but Tao Zhongwen knew that by tonight at the latest, everyone who should know would already have a share.

There will always be someone who is more anxious than yourself, and there will always be someone who should be more anxious than yourself.

(End of this chapter)