Chapter 5: Imperial Suspicion
Now let's say that this Qiu Yu heard Shen Xinyi talk in the middle, so he whispered back: "Madam, the little maid in the outer courtyard has passed a word and came in, saying that the carpenter he was looking for before came to see him today." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info asked me, the master has to see it. If he had no time, he went back to the carpenter and told him to come back another day. ”
Shen Xinyi turned his head to look at Shao Changyun, and when he saw that he agreed, he instructed Qiu Yu to pass the word and prepare tea for guests.
"I didn't hear the maids say that there was a bump, how did they find a carpenter to come in for no reason." Shen Xinyi was puzzled.
"Earlier, I sent someone to find a piece of Tianhuang from Shoushan Township, and the bottom of the bottom and the box have not yet matched. This is not the birthday of the saint is approaching, so I simply have all the food and wait for the offering. Shao Changyun stood up, took the coat from the hanger, and explained. Counting the days, some are in a hurry, so I haven't had time to tell you. ”
Shen Xinyi stepped forward from the kang, and the group waited for Shao Changyun to change into the clothes of the guests, and the group asked: "The birthday of the saint, is this birthday gift a little lighter." ”
"It is the best Tianhuang jelly among Tian Huang, and it is too simple to make a gift for congratulations." Shao Changyun straightened the belt around his waist and continued: "But this piece of Tianhuang, although the color quality is unsatisfactory, it is rare to have a clever word." ”
Shen Xinyi leaned over and picked the corner of his clothes for him, and said angrily: "What kind of thing is the world, and I bought it." ”
Shao Changyun said lightly: "This piece of Tianhuang is not a good seed material. It's just that it has not been carved in fine work, but the stone body has naturally become the shape of a bat embracing winter melon. ”
Shen Xinyi exclaimed: "This is really a coincidence. It is a good omen to be blessed with the auspicious prophecy of the East China Sea. ”
"The birthday of the saint is just the omen of the birthday, if it is still simple." Shao Changyun opened the gauze curtain, turned around and asked: "Then I will use the carpenter to make a box of carved peach pumpkins, and take the meaning of longevity than Nanshan, this congratulatory gift is deserved." ”
"There's no one as ingenious as you." Shen Xinyi praised it, sent Shao Changyun out of the house, and went back to the house to rest, without saying anything else.
Let's say that this Shao Changyun chose shade and willows all the way and went out of the inner courtyard. When I arrived in the outer courtyard, the tea had been renewed. A black-faced and thick-lipped guy had already greeted him, saluted and asked, "If you go back to your master, you are already waiting in the living room, and now you want to go over." ”
Shao Changyun groaned slightly, and instructed the black-faced little servant: "That Tian Huang is stored in the study, and it is inevitable to bump into it when you come and go, so bring people to my study." ”
"Yes." The black-faced boy retreated, went to the living room and took the carpenter to the study.
The carpenter was about thirty years old, and wore a short robe of dark coarse cloth, with a variegated linen belt around his waist, a tangle around his legs, and a broken wooden box on his back. is dressed as a toiling public, but he is born with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. How can I shrink my shoulders and back, it will inevitably look a little obscene.
"The little one is pleased, Grandpa Guo'an." As soon as he entered the door, the carpenter made a big salute.
"You know how to be polite." Shao Changyun waved his hand and sent all the small people in the house out, leaving no one to serve.
"When dealing with nobles, a small governor can do it for a long time." The carpenter shrunk his neck and pleaded.
While the two were chatting, the last little guy closed the door and retreated. I only heard a muffled "squeak", and the room suddenly darkened.
Shao Changyun got up, took a plain brocade bag from the cabinet behind the bookcase, walked slowly to the window, opened the window sash, and sat on the official hat chair under the window.
"Shao Ye is also so cautious in his own mansion?" The carpenter stood up at some point, and his face was as good as the two of them. He stepped back sideways and quietly disappeared into the dead corner behind the window.
"Emperor Xiao is here to escape the summer, and I am stranded in Beijing, how can he sleep peacefully? . This house seems to be peaceful, but there are ears and eyes everywhere. Shao Changyun responded casually, and said abruptly: "Now it seems that Xia Heng is still having a good time." ”
"Flat-headed people, barely hungry." Xia Heng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shao Changyun, smiling. "I haven't seen it for many years, but I was a little surprised to receive Shao Ye's handwriting. came day and night, and I just hoped that I wouldn't miss Shao Ye's big event. ”
"You and I will last for half a month, but in ten days, you will come suddenly. Xiaoxing stayed overnight all this way, and I think I suffered a lot. Shao Changyun raised his head to meet Xia Heng's gaze, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "I really have something to ask for, otherwise I wouldn't dare to alarm the honorable driver." ”
Xia Heng was shocked in his heart, he knew that Shao Changyun was good at strategy and intelligence, and what he asked for must be extraordinary, so he accepted the joke.
Shao Changyun glanced at Xia Heng deeply and pushed the few Sujin packets to him. Xia Heng stretched out his hand to take it, and it was quite weighty, and when he opened the package, it was a piece of Tianhuang stone with a Procter & Gamble texture.
This field is the size of an adult's palm, the color is like an unripe red orange, moist as a mutton fat oil block, warm and greasy. Xia Heng just played with it twice, then saw through the mystery, and asked nonchalantly: "This Tian Huang is just a middle and upper product, it is only a little more pleasing, not a rare treasure." ”
Shao Changyun turned the teacup in his hand and said slowly: "Emperor Xiao's longevity is approaching, how about this thing as a gift of congratulations?" ”
Hearing this, Tian Huang in Xia Heng's palm almost came out, he was slightly calm, and said in disbelief: "If you present this object to Emperor Xiao, he will definitely think that you are here to draw abundance." The dignified grandfather of Dingguo, you can't even find a decent birthday gift, you are not afraid of attracting suspicion. ”
"I'm afraid that in comparison, if I really offer the treasures of the world, it will be more than just a word of suspicion."
Shao Changyun turned his head to look out the window, his eyes were slightly dark, and he said in a sticky tone: "If I can give a thousand gold things, Emperor Xiao will think that I have a second, third, or even more in my hands, and I will inevitably be suspected of accumulating wealth." Now I don't have any real power, but I do this to accumulate wealth. If you are Emperor Xiao, can you sleep peacefully on the couch? ”
"Emperor Xiao is too suspicious, and he will eventually lose his peace." Xia Heng's sword eyebrows were deeply locked, and he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
"On the side of the couch, you will not allow others to snore. In a high position, Emperor Xiao's actions are only to prevent problems before they happen. Shao Changyun said slowly, and his voice came from afar, as if it was ethereal beyond the nine heavens.
"On the side of the couch, there is no room for people. When the pillow is dark and sweet, do you have to break your dreams and kill your dreams! Xia Heng's eyes suddenly showed a gloomy color, "Although I haven't been in Shengjing for a long time, I have also heard some rumors." It's just that between the essays and poems of a few literati, the heart expressed secretly praises the glory of the previous dynasty, which touched the scales of Emperor Xiao, and he was furious, and countless people broke their homes, exiled, and died. ”
Shao Changyun locked his eyes out of the window and said leisurely: "Emperor Xiao rebelled in Jinling back then, and it took eight years to ascend to the throne. The snake python came out of the golden dragon, and it is inevitable that some names are not right. Now, some people's words are directed at Emperor Xiao's death, how can he indulge and ignore it. ”
"The uprising was actually carried out because of the absurdity of Qi VI and the people's will. The right time and place are right. Now that the Dacheng Dynasty has been established for 30 years, it has already had a solid foundation, how can it be compared. Xia Heng clenched his fists and said hatefully: "At present, there are only a few scholars and talents, and they are sour and fake vinegar, what kind of wind and waves can be turned over." ”
Shao Changyun shook his head slightly, almost invisible, "Back then, Emperor Xiao was able to establish the Dacheng Dynasty of the present dynasty with millions of ordinary people. 'Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat', how could he not understand. Today, there are only a few literati who express their opinions, and in other days, there will be millions of ordinary people. According to Emperor Xiao's nature, how could such a thing be allowed to appear in the world. ”
Xia Heng only felt a righteous spirit burst out of his heart, and a cold light appeared in his eyes: "Then if he is in the prison of words, he is not afraid that the people will rebel and subvert the society?" ”
"It should be Emperor Xiao who takes precautions, how could he commit such a big taboo. If you think about it, you can see the subtlety. Shao Changyun drank all the remaining tea in the cup, sneering like ice.
You must know the detailed reasons for this, and look at the next parting.