Chapter 35: Chongguo Gong angrily reprimanded his son
When Wei Zhongxian heard that Wang Zhizheng was returning home, he suddenly added a glimmer of light to his heavy heart. www.biquge.info I don't know why, Wei Zhongxian saw this heroic young man, and he felt a kind of closeness from the heart, as if he knew this young man in his previous life.
Wang Zhizheng strode in and respectfully bowed to Wei Zhongxian. Two bows and eight bows are second only to the three bows and nine bows to the emperor.
Wang Zhizheng bowed and said: "Xiaguan Wang Zhizheng knocked to see the nine-thousand-year-old adult, thousand-year-old, thousand-year-old thousand-year-old!"
Wei Zhongxian smiled and watched Wang Zhizheng salute, and raised his hand: "Flatten." ”
Wang Zhizheng stood up cautiously. He smiled and said: "Grandpa, my grandson has already reported to Suzhou this time to deal with the reverse case, I don't know if my godfather is still satisfied with his grandson's treatment?" Wei Zhongxian pondered for a moment and said: "This time, you pacified the rebel party in Suzhou, quickly cut through the mess, and used 800 Xiucai as hostages to lure out the rebel party to surrender, and then quickly beheaded and executed the five culprits, which was done very beautifully!" Wang Zhizheng was relieved when he saw Wei Zhongxian's affirmation of himself, and said with a smile: " Sun Er also adheres to the will of his godfather this time, and he will not be merciful to anyone who goes against the party, of course, in order to stabilize the place, Sun Er did not expand the matter and did not kill more people. Wei Zhongxian bowed his head and said: "It's right not to kill too many people, if you kill too many people, it is inevitable that you will not be used by the opposition party to incite the second popular uprising." ”
Wang Zhizheng thought to himself, Wei Zhongxian didn't want to make a big fuss, although he needed to be powerful now, he knew very well in his heart that his opposition party, the Donglin Party, wanted him to create bloodshed and use it.
The report on business is simply over. Wang Zhizheng said with a smile: "On my grandson's trip to Suzhou, the local government in Suzhou asked my grandson to present a batch of gold, silver and jewelry to the 9,000-year-old, please accept the 9,000-year-old smile." With that, with a wave of his hand, his subordinates carried large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to the main hall.
Wang Zhizheng ordered the box to be opened, and Wei Zhongxian, supported by the eunuchs who served as attendants, walked under the throne, and smiled behind his back to admire the gold, silver and jewels in the box. praised Wang Zhizheng and said: "Zheng'er, it's rare that you have this filial piety." Then he pointed to one of the large boxes and said, "Come on, carry this box to the Chongguo Mansion and reward it to Lord Wang!" Wang Zhizheng hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Godgrandpa, this is your grandson's filial piety." How can your grandson be rewarded with such a big reward!" Wei Zhongxian smiled and patted Wang Zhizheng on the shoulder: "This time I went to Suzhou, you did things beautifully, and you have such filial piety, this box of jewelry is given to you, I hope you can work harder in the future!" Wang Zhizheng knelt down at the right time to thank him, showing pious gratitude.
Wei Zhongxian sat back on the throne, and then waved his hand to let Wang Zhizheng come over, "Zheng'er, come on, let's say a few words of confidant." Wang Zhizheng hurriedly walked over, and Wei Zhongxian pointed to the next seat next to him and said, "Sit down." Wang Zhizheng cautiously sat down with him.
Suddenly, Wei Zhongxian stared at Wang Zhizheng and said, "Zheng'er, this time you are in Suzhou, are you doing a little too much to Mao Yilu?"
When Wang Zhizheng heard this, he suddenly showed an atmosphere: "Mao Yilu can't even protect Grandpa's beloved Tiqi well, and my nine-thousand-year-old Mansion Tiqi is killed and injured five times, I know that Grandpa Goda is angry, but he is generous to his subordinates and does not punish him, so I breathe a sigh of relief for Grandpa Gan and teach him a lesson!"
Wei Zhongxian listened, nodded and said, "I know, you respect me and solve problems for me." But after all, Mao Yilu is a second-class member of the imperial court, if you go too far, it's still not very good, understand?"
Wang Zhizheng knew that Wei Zhongxian was actually very satisfied with his answer, but in order to show that he respected the courtiers, he deliberately criticized himself a few words. At this time, it is necessary to use a confrontational way to pat the horse.
So Wang Zhizheng kowtowed to Wei Zhongxian: "My grandson doesn't know the court, I don't know what a court member is, in the eyes of my grandson, nine thousand years old is the court, who makes you uncomfortable, it doesn't matter if he is the second grade of the court or the first grade of the court, my Wang Zhizheng will still teach him the same!"
Wei Zhongxian thought to himself: Ouch, this answer is full marks!
Wei Zhongxian laughed: "Zheng'er, it's rare that you have this filial piety! Okay, okay, the old man just asked about Mao Yilu, and he didn't mean to blame you! If you let it go, the old man will expect you to do more things in the future!"
Wang Zhizheng said proudly: "I am willing to go to the soup for the nine thousand years old!"
It is routine to restore the life of the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, and after reinstatement, he can return home. Wang Zhizheng took Tiqi to the Nine Thousand Years Old Mansion, handed over the class to Li Yongzhen, the head of the Nine Thousand Years Old Mansion, and then rode a horse and returned to the house with his concubine Liu Qingqing. Little follower Zhou Cheng. Zhou Gong escorted him tightly.
On the way back to the house, Liu Qingqing asked him: "Husband, when you go back to the house, will the grandfather of the country scold you? After all, the slave family is a woman in the dust of the green building!" Wang Zhizheng said arrogantly: "My father? He said his, I will do mine, let him say okay." ”
Sure enough, when he arrived at the Guogong Mansion, Chongguo was waiting for him in the hall with a blue face.
He walked quickly to the hall to greet his parents, and he asked Liu Qingqing to wait at the door.
After asking for peace, Chongguo Gong sneered: "You really have the ability! You don't dare to take a concubine in Beijing, saying that you are afraid that your daughter-in-law will be unhappy, and you actually took a Qinglou woman home when you ran to Suzhou! I thought you were sick, but who knew that you would be even more shy!"
Wang Zhizheng smiled cheekily: "Father is angry, father is angry! Hehe, my son really likes Liu Qingqing too much, so he accepted her, although she is a woman in the dust of Qinglou, but she knows books and etiquette, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I hope my father can tolerate her!"
Chongguo Gong slapped the table shore with a snap: "Chongguo Gongfu's face has been lost to you! I'm going to do the law to you! Come on, bring the whip!" The mother heard that her husband was going to whip her son, so she was so frightened that she quickly grabbed Chongguo Gong's sleeve and begged: "Master, don't be angry, although Zheng'er said that he married a dusty woman and went home and embarrassed the house, but he just took a concubine, and the concubine is not a wife, what is the shame?" Besides, Zheng'er is twenty-seven years old this year, and he has not had a man and a woman for so many years, so it is not a good thing for him to take a concubine regardless of his background, so it is not a good thing that he can add a grandson to you?"
Where did Chongguo Gong really want to beat his precious son, he just vented his dissatisfaction. Besides, his son is now a celebrity in the nine-thousand-year-old mansion, and his nine-thousand-year-old godgrandson, he doesn't dare to pull it out and beat him casually.
So Chongguo Gong got off the donkey and sighed: "Hmph! I think he is spoiled by you! You can leave everything to him!" The mother smiled and said, "Just this one son, if we break it, what will we do? Master, since the son brought the girl, should we still salute?"
Chongguo Gong sat down, found a step down, his face was much softer, he raised his hand and said to Wang Zhizheng, "Okay, this time as a father, I don't bother to talk about you! ”
Wang Zhizheng cast a grateful look at his mother, and then withdrew, seeing Miss Liu waiting uneasily at the door, Wang Zhizheng smiled and dragged her and said, "Father said, let you go over and salute, let's go!" Miss Liu listened, then put her hanging heart into her stomach and followed Wang Zhizheng into the lobby.
Entering the hall, Wang Zhizheng said to his parents: "Father, mother, this is the concubine of Er'erna, her name is Liu Qingqing, a native of Suzhou, Jiangnan." ”
Liu Qingqing bowed to Chongguo Gong Yingying dignifiedly: "Meet the master, I wish the lord ten thousand blessings and peace to the lord!" and then bowed to Mrs. Chongguo Yingying: "Meet the lady, I wish the lady ten thousand blessings and peace of mind!"
Chongguo Gong nodded faintly, and Mrs. Chongguo took a detailed look at the girl in front of her. I saw that this girl was not young, about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, with a melon seed face and light makeup, she didn't look like the charming fox she guessed in her heart, but she had a kind of beautiful beauty and gentleness.
Mrs. Chongguo was very surprised, and said: "Miss Liu, you look like a lady from a family, how can you be from a dusty background?" Liu Qingqing smiled slightly: "The slave was sold into the Qinglou by his parents at the age of fourteen, because the mother of the Qinglou wanted to train me into an Oiran who knew books and gifts, so it took a lot of effort to cultivate, so it would make Mrs. feel that the slave family was born in a beautiful family, which is not unusual." She replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, although she talked about her past, but as if it had nothing to do with her. This made Mrs. Chongguo very satisfied. Mrs. Chongguo listened to this, smiled and nodded.
Wang Zhizheng looked at Liu Qingqing's intoxicating temperament, and couldn't help but feel a kind of love and impulse rising in his heart. But he forced this impulse and continued to appreciate Liu Qingqing's performance.
Liu Qingqing added tea, knelt on the ground, raised the tea over his head, and offered tea to the old man and his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Chongguo took a sip of tea and put it back into the tea cup. Receiving the offering of tea means that the concubine is recognized.
Taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife, taking a concubine is just accepting a concubine who serves herself, and has no name or status. So the etiquette is also very simple. In this way, Chongguo and his wife confessed a few words of courtesy, and then waved their hands to make her retreat.
After the little couple retreated, Mrs. Chongguo saw Chongguo Gong sitting thoughtfully on the Taishi chair in a daze, so she asked him, "Master, what's wrong?" Chongguo Gong said: "It's nothing, it's just that when I saw this Liu girl just now, I feel very much like an old man I know." Mrs. Chongguo said casually: "Oh, which old man?" Chongguo Gong lowered his voice and said three words from between his teeth: "Zuo Guangdou." Mrs. Chongguo was taken aback, and then smiled again: "How can you think of Zuo Ge Lao?" Chongguo Gong said: "I don't know why, the look on Miss Liu's words just now, I feel a little similar to Zuo Ge Lao." Mrs. Chongguo smiled: "The old man is cranky. Chongguo Gong also smiled with relief: "It's just a flash of thought just now." ”