Chapter 227 – Big Pearls, Small Pearls Fall from Jade Plate (Up)

Su Shu never thought that his life can live on both money and leisure days of the gods, I remember that in the past in the North Mang that small town grew up, only idle idle, but to this South Zhao, especially Zhao old man with a white man reached a covenant, this day really began to nourish up, live in the summer house is said to belong to the former Royal Family of the South Zhao, eat all the unrefined delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and even the toilet than the previous place to live in luxury, the occasional guests in the night to visit the door, the identity of the old South Zhao Lords are also more than a scare. Previously lived in the place to luxury, occasionally guests in the night to visit the door, the identity of a more than a frightening, just the old Nanzhao noble relics, Su Shu has seen six or seven, the old man also appeared more and more unfamiliar faces around the old man, especially those with the old man almost the same number of years old, but also like to add in the name of the front what the Shangshu what the old man of the ministers, almost every see his Su Shu, will be old and tearful Sobbing, Su Shu know, these people should be heard from the old ministers of the former dynasty of Western Shu, according to the old man’s words, to his Su Shu more listen to say less, just stay with those old people with silent tears, if you really can’t cry, beforehand, in the palm of your hand to smear a handful of small bird pepper powder specialties of the Nanzhao, make a gesture to hang his head and reach out to wipe the tears, then a wipe, want not to cry is difficult. Su Shu tried once, no longer want to have a second time, eyes red and swollen two or three days have not recovered, but at that time it was effective, anyway, the gang of old ministers of the Western Sichuan moved to a splash, there is the oldest, but also on the spot to cry out.

Today, Su Shu was Zhao old master thrown to a building called eye plowing building of the book building, also do not want him to really read to enjoy the love, only need to do in the bookstore within the appearance of cultivation can be, Su Shu take advantage of no one to keep an eye on, sitting on the railing of the high floor, standing next to the blind female qin teacher Xue Songguan, in the that time the two almost died in the hands of Chen Zhi Bao, Su Shu no longer wrapped up in the blind qin teacher to play that young warrior and the devil’s tricks, probably a snake once bitten ten years afraid of the well rope, is a snake once bitten ten years afraid of the well rope, is a well rope, is a well rope. Probably once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, is a little fear of the so-called Jianghu. These days, Xue Songguan are helping the old man to do the things of the eighteen departments of Nanzhao, very busy, almost ran through half of the Nanzhao territory, Su Shu very much want her, but wait until the real reunion, and do not know what to say, a man and a woman so silent.

Su Su Su raised his head, finally slowly opened his mouth: “Before it, I like to dream in the daytime, thinking that I may be the posthumous son of a big man, or else a big family can not see the light of the illegitimate son, maybe one day to recognize the ancestor to the ancestors, it is completely developed, and now realize that he is really a country’s crown prince, but unfortunately the dream comes true, only to know that even if you wear a dragon robe, clearly is really a prince, also does not look like a prince. Thanks to the old man this year to give me a good number of rich people’s doorway, what FengTaiTangBei, QingTianHuangJie, banana leaf blue flower ah, a whole lot of objects, I do not know why, I grew up like valuable things, but these things are valuable enough, right? Look at them, at first also quite excited, can not wait to sleep with them together, the more to later, the more can not mention the energy, how to say, like a poor boy rolling in the mud, one day confused married a beautiful daughter-in-law, not not do not like, but understand that they are ultimately unable to keep her, she will one day eventually have to leave.”

Accompanying Su Crisp Zhao Dingxiu together from North Mang to South Zhao’s young zither player, blind but heart, she softly smiled, “The Su family has done a full two hundred years of Western Shu’s king, although in your father’s hands lost twenty years, but now there is the old man’s assistance, and there is that Shu king’s promise, then this family business, in fact, there is a chance to keep, just like Chen Zhi Bao said, in the future you Although you can’t be the Emperor of Shu, but at least you can be a king of Shu in Liyang who seals the borders and cracks the land, in this way, you can also be considered worthy of your Su family’s ancestors.”

Su Shu sighed: “If not for Xu Fengyen finding us in Beimang, how could I possibly have today, what the books say about a good bird choosing a tree nest, the reasoning is quite reasonable, but for people like me, the reasoning is never in the books, either rely on your fists or …… ”

This former crown prince of the dynasty, who had fled the Xishu Imperial Palace in his infancy, smiled bitterly and reached out to point at his heart, “Either that or this is where it is. I Su Crisp, although the mouth has been with the surname Xu not deal with, but also always in front of you to say bad things about him, but you should be clear, in fact, my life is only Xu Fengyian so a friend, of course, he Xu Fengyian what people ah, under the sky, the most abundant soldiers and horses in the different surnames of the feudal king, one of the four great masters of the Church, but also his mother’s look that kind of jade-like, and the people with people called the North Xu South Song, and profound learning, so one of a handful of Such a person may not take my Su Crisp as a friend, but I really take him as a friend. But I really take him as a friend, as a result, to the Southern Zhao, got a great bargain, it is not easy to get a firm footing here, just short of repaying people, that paralyzed white man intervened, the old man put Xu Fengyen’s Beilang on the side, I also know that this is a matter of no way, but in my heart, it is really too much ah.”

Xue Songguan said softly, “You yourself said that it’s something that can’t be helped.”

Su Su Su ruthlessly rubbed her cheeks, then cupped her face with both hands and vaguely said, “Yes, there’s no way around it. I’m a guy with no ambition or real talent, besides eating, drinking, sleeping, using and acting well here every day, what can I do?”

She hesitated for a moment and sighed, “Actually, the old man’s heart is not good either, he often went to drink with your blacksmith uncle to relieve his boredom, and once he got drunk and lost his temper.”

Su Shu put down her hand, hands propped on the railing, smiled bitterly and said, “I have never blamed the old husband, if it is not the old husband and as a father and mother to bring me up, there is no me Su Shu, not to mention what kind of temperament of the old man I’m still not clear, just like the stone in the pit stinks and is hard, if it’s not for my sake, for the sake of that in fact has long been gone Xishu dynasty, the old husband will not act so against his will. would not have acted so against his will.”

Xue Songguan nodded.

Su Shu suddenly lamented, “I have nothing to do all day long, sometimes I feel tired, then you say that Xu Fengnian who is responsible for the survival of 300,000 Northern Liang iron horsemen or that ambitious Shu King Chen Zhi Bao also, are these people really enjoying themselves or will they also feel tired?”

The blind zither player shook his head and smiled, “I don’t know.”

Su Su Su turned her head and smiled brightly, “If, I mean if one day, I am able to really drop everything to accompany you to walk the rivers and lakes, if I tell the newly recognized warrior patriarchs that back then, Xu Fengyen who was the number one person in the world even dabbled with me, would it be very dignified?”

The woman thought of how she was in Northern Mang back then, and how she almost killed that young feudal lord in a rainy alley, and would smile, “It couldn’t be more dignified.”

Su Shu smiled intoxicatingly, “Although still very jealous of Xu Fenian, but there is a kind of person in the world, no matter what, as long as you know them, you can’t hate them. Right?”

The blind female zither player smiled and did not say anything.

Su Shu carefully asked, “Do you really …… not like him? Honestly, if I were a woman, I’m afraid I would also be infatuated with him.”

She helplessly said, “Like him for what? Because Xu Fengyin is jade-like? But I’m blind.”

Su Shu scratched her head, always feeling that there was something wrong with this reason.

She leaned over the railing, “If we go to the Central Plains Jianghu in the future, or I will play the role of a murderous female devil, and you will pretend to be a chivalrous young warrior?”

Su Jiao looked into the distance, her eyes resolute, “No! We are immortal couple!”

The blind woman broke into a red face, twisted her head, and whispered, “Crisp, I’m blind.”

Su Crisp lowered her head and looked at the back of her head that she left for herself, and tenderly said, “I know.”

This Finger Xuan realm woman expert Zuo Zuo timidly said, “I am also older than you.”

Su Shu laughed, “I know that too.”

She turned her head, raised her head, and “looked” at Su Shu, and said with a smile, not a laugh, “If in the future, when you arrive at the Central Plains Jianghu where there are countless beauties, and I find out that you’ve looked at a few more female warrior fairies, I, Xue Songguan, will kill them directly.”

Su Shu resentfully said, “This well …… really didn’t know before, but now also know.”

She smiled sweetly, “Lying to you.”

Su Su Su stretched out his palm and gently placed it on her forehead, “Although I am not blind, but in my eyes, only you.”

Beiliang mountains, the two monument carving old man Mi Qiong Peng He sitting in front of a humble hut, a small stool separated by some dishes, and then there is an old man as promised, hand carrying two altars in the cellar of Qingliang Mountain Wang Fu treasured for many years in the green ants wine, the old man’s face white beardless, whether walking posture or speaking voice, are permeated with a yin gas, Mi Qiong and Peng He as accustomed to the wind and rain of the Northern Liang celebrities, which is well aware of, and after acquaintance also never revealed. Acquaintance also never revealed that the old man surnamed Zhao is a eunuch, as to why it will come from the palace to the Qingliang Mountain retirement, Mi Qiong Peng He is not interested in exploring. At first, the two masters named Zhao Si bitter old man has no good feeling, only in the elderly eunuch every now and then ran to the back of the mountain to give them a hand, coupled with the Zhao Si bitter than the usual big-footed craftsmen, although old, but the hands and feet of the clever, elegant speech is not inferior to the Qingliu Shi Zi, especially the work of the water droplets, and over time, the three are of similar age, but also became able to sit down and drink together with their good friends.

Mi Qiong Peng He smiled and greeted Zhao Si bitter sit down, three years of age together almost two hundred years old people sitting around the bench, the two have not yet had time to change into the clothes of the Northern Liang calligraphy everyone is still full of ink, each giggle a drink out of the cup of wine, heavy exhale of a breath, the face of the face are a little somber. Zhao Siku as a senior eunuch in the Liyang Palace as a hand in charge of the seal ribbon supervisor, now although off in the palace that is still extremely eye-catching red python robes, but the kung fu of the speech and color is still old and spicy, but Zhao Siku also said what, a small sip of wine, picked a relatively light topic as the opening, “We just came back from the Green Deer Cave Academy side, Huang Shang Huang Shan master entrusted us with two old friends to ask for a few word stickers, we do not dare to promise down, only said to bring the words to.”

Mi Qiong shook his head and said, “Nowadays, I and old Peng which have the leisure of writing word posters, this matter, may have to let Zhao old brother and Huang Shan master disappointed.”

Zhao Siku how can not see all day long carving monument Mi Peng two people, at this time to raise the cup of the wrist are still trembling, laborious labor is nothing more than that, so laughed: “does not matter does not matter, yellow mountain master also said beforehand, this thing is not in a hurry, he can wait, wait for a few years or even ten years can be.”

Peng He laughed, “As long as the king has fought off the Northern Mang barbarians, not to mention three or four word stickers, or even thirty or forty, I, old Peng, can also give Huang Shang’s Green Deer Cave Academy a personal delivery. But Zhao old brother, we are not outsiders, I will say in front of the ugly words, I and rice old man but heard, some of the academy in the foreign scholar is not a thing, on our military and politics of Beiliang dictate, always think they come to Qingliang Mountain Wang Fu or go to the Huai Yang Guan Palace, will be able to save the tide of the world, this bunch of little brats, also do not mind standing and talking does not hurt, just because our king is good to talk to, and then you can get an inch to advance, the Huangshang also do not care about. The Huangshang doesn’t care about it?”

After all, Zhao Si bitter is in the palace head of the big eunuchs, and did not just agree with the righteous indignation of Peng He, shook his head and said: “This thing is not not can not manage, but the wrist hard, but not good management, and now go to the Liang scholar than at the beginning of the beginning of that time to the North Liang, but also change a lot of occasional will still be a scholarly spirit of not knowing the importance of the words and deeds, but the original intention is for the sake of the good of the North Liang, and some of the beginning to hold the tree, and the first time to the North Liang, the first time to the North Liang, and the first time to the North Liang, the first time to the North Liang. However, some of the young people who initially held the mentality that trees move to death and people move to life, and ran to the future of Beiliang’s officialdom, are also unconsciously calling themselves Beiliang people, which is a great thing.”

Once in the face of Xu Fengnian smashed the cherished ink stone Mi Qiong hmmm, “reading seed reading seed, these young people, is really rooted and sprouted in Beiliang, sooner or later, one day, our Beiliang will have a tree enough to let the Central Plains readers to look up to the heavenly tree, since a towering forest of scholars.”

Peng He raised his cup, paused for a moment, couldn’t help but sigh: “I’m afraid that a few of us old guys can’t wait for that day.”

The more temperamentally inclined Mi Qiong indignantly said: “went to the capital of the State Children’s Eunuch Yao Baifeng not to say, moral learning are the world’s first-class, indeed when the Shuo Ru name, even after leaving Beiliang, I Mi Qiong also hope that Yao everyone can make a living in the imperial court over there, but this Yan Jiexi is really not a thing, relying on the dragon and phoenix, when the temple court university doctor, forgetting the roots! It is said to be expected to become one of the vice president of the next test, put out the word, to reduce our Northern Liang qualified to go to the Beijing examination of the admission quota, from the previous year’s unchanging forty people a breath of cut off half, only allowed twenty people to participate in the test! Thanks to the year also wrote this old thing a number of word post birthday couplets, I hate to cut off my own hands!”

Peng He laughed coldly: “Yan Wu Turtle this is not to avoid suspicion, let’s count on our fingers, the old generation of Yao everyone, the young generation of Chen Wang and Sun Yin, which is not in the temple on the top of the readers, that is, the Ministry of Rites as vice president of the same officer of the Jin Lanting, the same is from our Northern Liang out of, maybe this time the reduction of the number of places of the test of the Northern Liang is Yan Jiexi and Jin Lanting this old and a small two things. Jin Lanting this old and small two things, meet and hide to plan out the sinister hook.”

Zhao Si bitter playfully laughed: “two old friends relax is, to our view, this time the Northern Liang quota ultimately is not reduced, but the opposite, very simple, more and more readers flocked to the Northern Liang, the court can not not panic? At this time, Yan Jiexi and Jin Lanting’s proposal is just for show, that group of yellow and purple ministers in the center of the court will not be accepted, but will increase the number of places, not only that, these Beijing to catch the examination of the Northern Liang scholars, no surprise, there will be a considerable proportion of the lucky in the city of Tai’an well, the court is just want to take this opportunity to tell our readers in Northern Liang, to become a scholar of art and martial arts, the goods with the emperor and the king’s family, from now on The price offered by the court will not be low, the flowers blooming inside the wall will be fragrant outside the wall.”

Peng He froze, gritted his teeth and said: “This court, too shameless!”

Mi Qiong is even more straightforward: “If I am the king, simply stop these readers, fertilizer flow outsiders field.”

Zhao Si bitterly shook his head and laughed: “Northern Liang since the great generals do not do such underhanded things, in the hands of today’s king, I think also still will not do. Perhaps in the eyes of many Liyang officials, this will be a stupid thing to do, but in our family’s opinion, justice lies in the hearts of the people, and that’s enough.”

Mi Qiong nodded, “Yes, justice lies in the hearts of the people.”

Peng He drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, vigorously clutching the empty cup, his voice hoarse, “Hutou City’s main general, Liu Yunu, is dead, Lieutenant Chu Hanqing is dead, Lieutenant Ma Tribulus is dead, the entire Hutou City’s infantry and cavalry, are all dead. Hulukou in Youzhou, Crouching Bow City, Luanhe City, Xiaguang City, Qingcang City in Liuzhou, so many places, so many Northern Liang border troops, so many people died! Do they know about the Liyang court? Do the people of the Central Plains know?”

Peng He put down his wine glass, hammered his hand heavily on his chest, choked, “I don’t care if they know or not, me and Mi Qiong, two old undead guys, hand carved so many young Northern Liang sons and daughters names, every day is a white hair to send a black hair, I’m suffocating ah!”

Zhao Si Bitter, who had once served as the Zhao family’s pawn to guard Celestial Tall Tree Dew, was silent and speechless.

Your Excellency, if you did not die young, if you could see this scene today, would you regret that you chose Chen Zhi Bao back then and did not try your best to assist Xu Feng Nian like Mr. Li Yishan?

Even before the fall season, Jizhou was already an eventful time for people to be anxious.

At this time, Cai Nan, the newly appointed governor of the Lianghuai Road, and then Han Lin, who became the ambassador of strategy, quickly became the focus of discussion in the capital officialdom, for that member of the former Great Pillar Gu Jiantang’s beloved generals, the capital officials are not too happy to say good things, but the old Ministry of Criminal Affairs Minister Han Lin is the clean-cut civil servant of the city of Tai’an who has a good reputation, so most of the officials in the capital hold a sympathetic attitude, all lamenting that Han’s fate is not easy, but taking over a good job. It was not easy for him to be released as an official, but he took over such a mess. I do not know why, during this period, than Cai Han two feudal officials earlier into the two Huai Road, a person surnamed Zhao, from beginning to end no one mentioned, even if this person is the late emperor’s third son, although not compared to the eldest son of Zhao Wu and today’s son of heaven, but his mother is also precious for the northern scholars group of the first daughter of the Peng family, but the feudal lord of the Han King of the Jizhou Zhao Xiong out of the capital after the sea like a mud cow, nowhere to be seen and heard, we must know that the third prince! Back then in the city of Tai’an that is a loud and clear number one person, the affair has not been broken, in Zhao Xiong as in the days of the time, now Wang Yuanyuan led by the capital of the four males still do not know in which corner of the eye envy it. Six sons of the late emperor, Zhao Wu, the eldest son of the vassal Liaodong, and is the only one holding the tiger military power of the emperor, awarded the actual Zhenbei General, to assist the general Gu Jiantang and the old vassal Zhao Suo common defense of the north, the second son of Zhao Wen to go to the Jiangnan Road of the misty forests of the lush, the fifth son of Zhao Hong, Feng Yue Wang, the vassal in the old Dongyue, the sixth son of Zhao Chun because of the age of the young, has not yet left the capital on the vassal.

Newly built Han Wang residence within a lake, was named by Zhao Xiong listen to Tao Lake, the world knows that the Northern Liang Royal Palace has a listen to the tide of the lake, reminiscent of. Listening to the Tao Lake in the center of the lake there is a pavilion, four sides of the water, no bridges, must pick lotus boat for the ferry. Pavilion in the rattan bed bamboo several, bottle inserted several branches of rich peony, incense burner smoke curls.

Dressed in plain white civilian clothes Zhao Xiong reclined on the couch, holding a cup of wine, there are maidservants in front of the king holding a rank of ancient books, there are maidservants in the side of the ice tray, seasonal fruits, and maidservants stood behind Zhao Xiong fan to drive away the summer heat.

Zhao Xiong read a page of books, then drink a cup of wine, without talking to others, enjoying himself.

An afternoon slowly passed by in the young Han King’s leisurely stroll.

Zhao Xiong glanced at the sky outside the window, soon a maidservant helped him put on his boots and came near the window bar, squinting at the motionless figure on the lake shore, Zhao Xiong tsked out, “No wonder he can be the youngest general of a state in my dynasty, he is also really hardworking.”

Zhao Xiong left the pavilion and rode the lotus boat back to the shore, after disembarking, he walked towards that Jizhou general who was in the midst of a storm, the latter clasped his fists and said in a hushed voice after the feudal king approached, “Last general Yuan Tingshan, see Your Highness, King of Han!”

Zhao Xiong casually waved his hand and said smilingly, “General Yuan has something to say, just say it.”

Yuan Tingshan slowly raised his head, stood on the shore for a whole afternoon, but his eyes glittered, did not see the slightest disheveled, and his face was not flattering, “I implore the king to be able to speak evilly for the last general on the secret passages that can reach the imperial study.”

Zhao Xiong pretended to be surprised, “How does General Yuan know that this king has the duty to submit secret folders? And why do you want this king to speak ill of you? I have heard that you Yuan Tingshan is in a bad enough situation nowadays, not only did you fail to get a good deal from your old husband’s side, but recently even some of your beloved ones who were not easy to get together have defected to Han Fang, the vice-general of Jizhou, and even Cai Zhidu Envoy has closed his door to you, not to mention Han Jingliu Envoy. You came to my king’s residence today, waiting for an afternoon should not be waiting for a snow in the charcoal? Why do you want to add oil to the fire? You’re tired of being a general and want to be a prisoner to try something new?”

Listening to the King of Han’s cynicism, Yuan Tingshan’s face did not change its color, always maintaining the respectful posture of clasping fists and bowing, his tone of voice sincere: “The last general this time to pay a visit to the door, brought ten thousand taels of gold, treasures and paintings in ten boxes …….”

Listening to this young man who was privately scolded by some Beijing officials as a mad dog narrated, Zhao Xiong appeared for a moment lost in thought, for no reason recalled a picture, that picture has not seen with their own eyes, but many times personally heard.

Many years ago, there is a young military general is also almost like this appearance, in Liyang Ministry of War Yamen begging to give people gifts.

Zhao Xiong looked up at the gorgeous sky of large, flaming clouds and said to himself, “It’s a pity it didn’t rain.”

Yuan Tingshan tilted his head to look at this obviously absent-minded Han King, lowered his head, and quietly bit his lip.

The two old husbands-in-law, Great General Gu Jiantang had already made it clear that he would not lend a helping hand to the rotten situation in Jizhou, and the Li Family’s Yan Fortress had also vaguely revealed that the nearly 10,000 Li Family’s private cavalry was the last of the family’s reserves, and would not be handed over to him as his son-in-law to spend recklessly, and that even if 10,000 of the private cavalry were to fight, they would only fight in the southern belt of Jizhou, and even move to the north side of the Jiangnan Road in a single breath if they were allowed to do so, and would never be taken by Yuan Tingshan to the northern border of Jizhou to fight against the Northern Mang. He will never let Yuan Tingshan take him to the border of Jibei to fight with North Mang. In this way, the original flourishing Jizhou General House can be described as internal and external problems. But these things, Yuan Tingshan do not mind, he can even in the career retreat again and again, even this Jizhou general also do not want, but Yuan Tingshan incomparably scrupulous about a person, that is, Tai’an City, sitting in the dragon chair of the young son of God, Yuan Tingshan afraid of their own in the heart of the ambitious emperor, into a mediocre generals can not be used, once the emperor’s mind to form this fatal impression, he Yuan Tingshan even if he fought one hundred Once this fatal impression is formed in the emperor’s mind, even if he wins a hundred battles, Yuan Tingshan will have no meaning. So Yuan Tingshan came to beg Han Wang Zhao Xiong, begging him to impeach himself on the secret folds, only then, let the young emperor feel that the whole Jizhou from top to bottom, all people are rejecting him Yuan Tingshan, like a bone bone on the temple court, then he can have a chance to rise again.

“Gold? This king’s name is Zhao, and he lacks this? Antiques and paintings? This king has touched more with his own hands in his life than you, Yuan Tingshan, have ever seen.”

Zhao Xiong reached out and patted Yuan Tingshan’s shoulder, “So Yuan Tingshan, the day you soar in the future, don’t forget who pulled you along when you were at the end of your rope.”

Yuan Tingshan’s left hand five fingers gripped the back of his right fist hand in death, his veins rippled, “The last general swore not to forget!”

Zhao Xiong slightly leaned over and whispered in Yuan Tingshan’s ear, “In fact, whether you were a general in Jizhou or you went to Guangling Dao to lead troops to quell the rebellion, in someone’s heart, you were actually not worthy of his trust, only when your old husband died, did you have a day to make a name for yourself. This sentence, consider this king’s return gift to you.”

Yuan Tingshan’s body trembled.

Zhao Xiong seemed to be a bit tired and waved his hand, “You go, this king will not see you off.”

Yuan Tingshan continued to bow his back and withdrew a few steps before turning to leave.

Zhao Xiong looked at that back and smirked, “You’re also underestimating that third brother of mine, well, you’re also underestimating me, Zhao Xiong. It’s just a matter of helping you out this time.”

Jiangnan Yangzhou has a scenic shape resort Scattered Flowers Terrace, the mountain is not high, but no mountains within a hundred miles, it is outstanding. Legend has it that during the Dafeng Dynasty there were Taoist monks who spoke here, attracting fairies to scatter flowers and stubborn stones to nod their heads.

In the twilight, the Jiangnan Road celebrities called friends and gathered at the Scattered Flowers Terrace to enjoy the moonlight to say goodbye to the summer and welcome the autumn. Each person prepared their own felt, wine, tea, chopsticks, incense burners and rice, etc., on the top of the mountain on the ground in order to lay out the work.

Tonight there are as many as nine hundred people on the mountain, led by a famous man in a luxury valve, dashing up and recited “my generation of articles high white snow”, nearly a thousand people sang the popular ancient masterpiece “tour of Jiangnan”, a time sound like thunder, drinking like a spring.

Late at night, the white moonlight filled the Scattered Flowers Terrace.

In a crowd of similar family history and neighboring Jiangnan literati, the top of the Scattered Flowers Terrace, the most open view of the excellent viewing area, there is a set of invisible and others out of place, the head of the old man with white hair and white clothes, sitting cross-legged, lying on his knees with a dozing cat, the old man, but the side of the six or seven mats to sit in the six or seven, which has resigned from the Ministry of Rites of the Ministry of the Secretary of the Ministry of the Ministry of Lu Dao-Lin, the old master of the Huting Lu family, and also the The old military minister Lu Baijie’s older brother, in just ten years Lu family out of a door two ministers, really worthy of the late emperor “Lu’s children, a wide range of” praise, now although the Lu DaoLin return to the mountains, Lu Baijie also eerily left the capital, but does not detract from Lu’s family in the Jiangnan Road, the power of the other three families of the transcendent position. There is also Gumou Xu’s old master Xu Yin Sheng, the old man in the first eldest son Xu Gong was awarded the Longchamp General after the peace of mind to rest in peace, although a few years ago Xu Shufei tragedy was sent to the Changchun Palace, which led to the entire Xu family was greatly injured, but the good Xu Gong lived up to expectations, the Ministry of the Ministry of the Army to serve as the Minister of the Beijing, to support the beam, before the door has been closed to refuse guests Xu Yin Sheng also finally appeared, the old man sitting next to the youngest daughter Xu Hui-Pu! The old man sat next to his youngest daughter, Xu Hui Pou, as a yellow-crowned Taoist nun, and the Tangxi sword immortal Lu Baijie’s feud, which is well known among the Taoist priests in Jiangnan. The middle-aged Confucian named Yuan Jiangyan is not only the mainstay of the Eurying Yuan clan, but also a famous scholar.

In the knee lying on the white cat of the vicissitudes of the old man, sitting next to a young man of the rich and bright spirit, bowed his head, gently shaking the fan in his hand, but not for their own ancestor to fan the breeze, but for the lazy white cat fan. Behind the young man stood far away from a drop of wine does not stain the green shirt swordsman, all the people are drunk he woke up alone, all the people are sitting he is independent, extremely obtrusive.

Huting Lu, Jiangxin Yu, Eurying Yuan and Gumou Xu, these four Jiangnan Road family, is the southern main force against the northern scholars, once the Qingzhou Qing Party is also a natural ally of the four families, but unfortunately no climate, by the former chief minister Zhang Julu hand tossed to fall apart. Four surnames, although in the Jiangnan Road everywhere every cent, generation after generation uninterruptedly start the bright struggle, but in Tai’an City, in the Liyang temple, four surnames incomparable embrace, Xu Gong was able to enter the capital from the local area, hard to take down that Ministry of War Minister, that old family head of the Yu Clan, who raises white cats, and do not hesitate to personally run a trip to the capital of the Yu Jiankang, is crucial.

Xu Yin Sheng looked towards Yu Jiankang, who was one generation higher than himself, and softly sighed, ”Old Yu, nowadays it’s chaos nah. Let’s say that Yuan Guo, who managed to make a comeback and become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in charge of money, was whisked away to Guangling Road next door to us within a few days, serving as the Festival Envoy, and because it’s a feudal lord’s jurisdiction, he’s still a deputy. And we Tangxi, if it is not the high priest and Tantanweng help to speak, to suppress, I am afraid that it is not Cai Nan but Tangxi to go to the two Huai as the festival minister. Yu Lao, although Tongxi is still the Secretary of the Ministry of War, but His Majesty has clearly moved to move the position of the mind, in Yu Lao’s opinion, Tongxi next how to go? We can also have a target and think long term.”

Yu Jiankang laughed and stretched out his finger to point at Lu Daolin, “Lord Shangshu’s own brother is not in a hurry, what are you, Xu Yin Sheng, in a hurry for?”

Lu Daolin said helplessly, “It’s not that I’m not in a hurry, it’s that it’s useless to be in a hurry. Luckily, Cai Nan has already gone to the Lianghuai Dao, and Yuan Guo has gone to the Guangling Dao, and now Tangxi, as long as he isn’t issued to the Southern Border, I don’t think it will be too bad.”

Yu Jiankang reached out and stroked the white cat’s head, said blandly: “In the past, there was Zhang Lulu Gu Lulu, from the capital to the ground, all around the civil and military struggle, and now the two Lulu have become a cloud of smoke, the next turn should be the north and south of the struggle, the Central Book Province Qi Dazhoujiu is a typical southerner, deputy Zhao Youling is a southerner, the door province Tantanweng is a northerner, Chen Wang is a northerner, it is a draw, let’s Then count the six departments of the six ministerial departments, the new minister of the Ministry of Administration, Yin Maochun, a southerner, the successive two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Xionggui and Yuan Guo, both southerners, and if you add Lu Daolin, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Lu Baijie, the current minister of the Ministry of War, don’t you think that we have too many southern scholars, in the forefront of the courtroom position? In this case, if we let Xu Gong to take charge of the Ministry of War, the old Ministry of Criminal Affairs Minister Han Lin to take over the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, that the northern scholars in the future how to mix? What’s more, the number of students in the last few years, the South is even more absolutely dominant. Therefore, Han Lin went to Jizhou, Yuan Guo went to Guangling Road, these are reasonable things, no need to make a fuss. In the future, Tang Tieshuang will become the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and Xu Gong can only continue to stay in the position of minister for four, five or six years, so there’s no need to be surprised.”

Said here, Yu Jiankang slightly pause, smiled, “Interesting is now Tai’an City has a new force that can not be underestimated, the university scholar Yan Jiexi, the left priest of the State Scholarship Academy Yao Baifeng, the door under the province of Chen Wang, the Ministry of Ceremony, Jin Lanting, Huangmen Lang Yan Ji Ji, as well as the temporary dormant Sun Yin, without exception, are all from the northern Liang origin, but the reputation of the officialdom is good, the number of people is not large, but every Speaking are very weighty, especially that Chen Wang, is a remarkable figure, that is, compared to the year Biyaner’s career, but also is still more than ever. This is similar to the year in the Zhang Lu Gu Lu inserted between a green party, some similar, only compared to the wall grass of the green party, this set of barely called the cool party officials, in fact, never party embrace, you find that these people, although they are all from the Northern Liang, but the loyalty to His Majesty, is the temple other civil and military officials can not be comparable. In the future, I guess it will be led by Chen Wang, who has an unlimited future, and we form a three-legged situation with the two groups of readers in the north and south.”

Yuan Jiangyan lamented, “Is it hard to believe that it will be another Biyaner?”

Yu Jiankang shook his head, “I’m afraid it’s more than that.”

Lu Daolin looked up at the moonlit night, lost in thought.

Xu Hui Pou somehow looked a bit sad, I don’t know if it was because she remembered the Tangxi Sword Immortal who was far away from the capital, or a certain Xu woman who liked to wear red clothes and was already separated from the sun.

Yu Jiankang smiled and said: “The next thing we four families have to do is to take a step back first, Liaodong Peng family, these northern families want to grab the seats in the capital at this time, let’s pretend to be reluctant on the surface, we all give them well, as for when to go further, it’s very simple, wait, wait until after the Peng family their overcrowding, and at the same time must be in the wait until the set of people Chen Wang, Sun Yin, Fan Chang Hou really Before we grow up, we then take action, now let the gang of Yankees and those young people to conflict with the good, they ah, within a few years is able to give those juniors small shoes to trip, but sooner or later will have to eat a big bitter head. In the meantime, you people, take a step back is not really just do not care about anything, may as well add to the bright future of the young people of Tai’an City, to help them make a name for themselves in the literary world, drumming up prestige, from time to time poems and singing, as a good karma.”

Yuan Jiangyan laughed, “How difficult is that!”

Next Yu Jiankang made an odd move, raised his glass, turned to face the northwest, and made a distant toast.

On behalf of the Central Plains, I, Yu Jiankang, toast to you, Northern Liang.

To your father and son.