Chapter 359: Promise
"This ...... The Zheng family of the Seven Clans ......"
Xiao Rui hesitated, and there was a reason for it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiao Rui's father, Xiao Yu, is strict and upright, refuses to tolerate people's shortcomings, and is not good at handling interpersonal relationships. The year before last, he was appointed as the young master of the crown prince by Li Shimin, dismissed from the imperial history, and no longer participated in the government, which was the third time that Xiao Yu was dismissed.
Because of his temperament, and such repeated appearances, although Xiao Rui's father is the Duke of Song, the Xiao family's power in the court is very low. As a colt, Xiao Rui is also low-key enough not to give the official a handle to attack.
Managing the affairs of the Zheng family in the city is an opportunity. The premise is that the result must be satisfactory to the Holy One. Otherwise, it is very likely to be unfavorable to the Xiao family and become poison.
In this context, Sun Dao put forward a semi-mandatory suggestion on behalf of Li Chengdao, even if he himself agreed a little, Xiao Rui still wanted to refuse at the first time. Unfortunately, this opportunity was sent by someone, and he was not easy to export.
The last focus, the most important thing, is his wife. Her entanglement with the mother of the Hidden King and the aunt of the Zheng family, how could he not consider her? The Zheng family is about to die, isn't it just that the lineage is gone, the blood is flowing like a river, and the side veins of the clan are withering?
"Your Majesty will agree!" Sun Dao, who is well versed in this, has a consistent tone of independence ~ independence and self-confidence, not affected by external factors.
Could it be that His Royal Highness the King of Hidden Treasures has reached some tacit understanding with the Holy One? Sun Dao's self-confidence made Xiao Rui continue to figure out and analyze.
"Where's Auntie? What about my aunt? The slightly surprised and confused look lasted for a long time, and when he heard Sun Dao's voice, Xiangcheng's pink lips subconsciously opened lightly and muttered to himself.
"Auntie? Who is Auntie? Whose aunt? Accurately capturing her whisper, Sun Dao showed a slightly surprised look.
In his impression and plan, there has never been an aunt in Xiangcheng who doesn't know who.
Sun Dao's attitude of being lightly surprised and not too concerned did not seem to be faking at all; Just like just now, he decided the life and death of others in his indifferent words. Xiangcheng was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, exhaled lightly, and said slowly, "It's the aunt of the Zheng family, the mother of Chengdao...... Chengdao may not know that his mother has been eating and reciting scriptures in Xuandu, for ......"
"What to eat? What sutra to recite? For a moment, Sun Dao's face became gloomy, interrupting her, "Born in the Xingyang Zheng clan of the prestigious family, what is she reading about the Li family?" Or the Zheng family's scriptures? ”
The displeasured gloomy face was only revealed for a moment, and then he himself laughed first, reached out sideways and patted Linchuan on the shoulder a few times, "The Zheng family will die, and the other Majesties will agree"
Xiangcheng opened his face and didn't speak, Xiao Rui frowned lightly and guessed the meaning of Sun Dao's words, and Linchuan, who was allowed, didn't wait for their answer: "I wonder if Sister Xiangcheng can borrow a pen and paper?" Linchuan wants to excerpt something."
"My sister confessed, and my sister asked someone to transcribe it and send it."
Before she could stand up and call someone, she had already been stopped by Linchuan, who was walking over there. Seeing her resolute attitude, Xiangcheng had to sit back again.
"Don't bother, just ask someone to pick up the pen and paper. Linchuan wants to copy some recipes by hand and give them to my sister and brother-in-law as a gift for a rash visit."
"I have heard for a long time that my sister Linchuan specializes in big seals and official books, and she is very talented. Fortunately today, I hope that my sister will not be stingy, and leave more ink treasures" I thought that Linchuan was going to show calligraphy, Xiao Rui, who had always been good at calligraphy, suddenly felt that this sister of his wife was really a wonderful person.
In Linchuan, his calligraphy is invaluable. In the eyes of others, it is just a dispensable gift. For Xiao Rui, it is an opportunity to exchange calligraphy.
This gift is just right.
"The people of the Zheng family are used to being arrogant in Guancheng, and they think that Guancheng belongs to his Zheng family, and the Zheng family is the absolute emperor of Guancheng. It is not clear to reason with them, they are a family of scholars, and they have the right to speak in the direction of public opinion. Left unchecked, sooner or later they will do something stupid that is infuriating and resentful. Confucius's troubled times should be re-enacted, which is very applicable to today's Zheng family and the invisible troubled situation of managing the city."
Lin Chuan was concentrating on the pen, and Xiao Rui sat on it and seemed unable to suppress his emotions, glancing in her direction from time to time. Sun Dao didn't waste this time, and talked to him about the correct nonsense that was not nutritious.
"The seven clans are in the same breath, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will move your whole body......" Xiao Rui, who was absent-minded, his eyes were erratic, trying to divert his attention, subconsciously casually mouthed well-known official words and clichés.
Sun Dao followed his line of sight, and Linchuan was concentrating on the pen and paper in his hand. Serious girls are the cutest, most beautiful and whatever, not the point. Xiangcheng's expression looked a little strange, but as his gaze moved, his increasingly strange expression gradually converged and changed into seriousness; This series of changes in expression is what really deserves attention.
"This gift, our husband and wife can't afford it!"
Before Linchuan's pen fell, Xiangcheng frowned slightly, and on her delicate face, the clean skin was affected by her frowning movements. When he looked at Sun Dao, his cheeks were still serious.
"The ultimate beneficiary is the people, the direct beneficiary is His Majesty, the princess and the concubine are just drinking a big pot of soup, don't care"
"The person who drinks the soup should be Chengdao and Sun Gongzi, Xiao Fu is useless, and he can't be punished!" Xiangcheng looked resolute, and Sun Dao's theory of drinking soup could not impress her at all.
Xiao Rui, as the head of the Xiao family, let his wife suddenly refuse with a tough attitude, not curious or covetous, and let her be the master of the Xiao Mansion.
The so-called heavy gifts are only equivalent to waste paper with themselves, and Sun Dao will not bow his head.
"The improvement of paper was predetermined by Kong Yingda and Wei Zheng for a long time, and movable type printing was an accessory to the improvement of paper, and the two complemented each other. If I or Chengdao hand it over directly to the Holy Lord, I won't get any benefits. Therefore, we always feel that we are unwilling, so it is better to push the boat down the river and send it to the horse and the princess; It can bring some benefits to the two of you, and let His Majesty tacitly give me the authority to advise with Chengdao, why not? ”
It was difficult to understand the abnormal "tacit understanding" in Sun Dao's mouth, Xiangcheng opened his mouth and still wanted to refuse, but Sun Dao didn't give her this opportunity, "It doesn't matter if Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't want to accept it, but the unwillingness in Sun Dao's heart can't be eliminated, and all he can do is make Mingzhu dust." When will the feelings of aggrieved wear away, and when will they reappear in the world. I believe that His Royal Highness Xiangcheng has seen it, and more than half of the words on the pamphlet are unknown to the Tang scholars and Confucians, and Linchuan can only recognize some of them. Unfortunately, I know them all."
"So, please believe that I have the ability and can do it"
The faint words and the faint tone sounded to Xiao Rui and Xiangcheng, it was like a sudden gust of cold wind when standing outside the room in winter, which made people feel cold all over their bodies. It is even more convincing that he is not alarmist.
The woman groaned slightly, her eyebrows lowered slightly, and she said with a slightly sad face, "Has Xiangcheng ever offended Sun Gongzi?" Sun Gongzi wants to put Xiao Mansion on the fire and roast it."
His own way is used by others to heal others, and the person concerned has no anger.
"It turns out that Her Royal Highness the princess is worried about this" finally figured out where the entanglement was, and Sun Dao smiled, "If the two of you don't mind, these things will be regarded as a gift from Sun Dao to Yu Chengdao's future nephew." Let His Majesty save it for his grandson first, and keep it a secret. I believe that he will not covet what his grandson has. Otherwise, if you agree, the queen will not agree."
When it comes to this, if he shirks it again, Xiangcheng feels that he will be annoyed. Intentionally or unintentionally, Sun Dao happened to mention her mother.
"Isn't the queen mother in Luoyang, how can it be related to the matter of managing the city?"
"The focus is different" Hearing this, he muttered in a low voice, took a few pages of paper that Lin Chuan had transcribed, and Sun Dao handed it to Xiao Rui, "By the way, help me bring a word to Your Majesty"
The living room was disturbed by Sun Dao's words, and immediately became silent. Even Xiao Rui, who was just about to pick up the recipe that surprised his wife and glanced at it, had to suppress his curiosity and looked up to see what he wanted to bring to his father-in-law.
And Sun Dao's hands clutched the empty teacup in his hand, and there was no movement except for the unconscious rotation in a daze. Everyone looked at him, but he didn't notice it, and he was in a daze for a long time before he raised his head.
Making eye contact with the others, he innocently scratched his hair and blinked.
"I'm thinking about life, what do you think I'm doing?"
There are few deserters who are as bold as him.
"If you don't know how to make soap, you can't make it because you don't know how to make it. The sister-in-law was invented by a commoner of a nearby era and solved both of these problems...... People like me haven't heard much of my sister-in-law...... Confucian holy scriptures, a hundred school of thought, I have heard a lot" Suddenly, the ground was pale, and Sun Dao took a deep breath. Then, intermittently, Sun Dao's mouth was full of inexplicable words.
At least, Xiao Rui and Linchuan couldn't understand his words. Sun Dao didn't mean to explain, he waved his hand with an impatient face, "That's it, he can listen if he understands, even if he doesn't understand!" ”
This attitude made Xiangcheng slanderous.
I understand that you and Chengdao have a grudge against Aya, but you don't have to be so unkind in front of Aya's daughter. Maintenance is not, maintenance is not either, I will be very embarrassed.
"Didn't I just say that the focus is different, do Xiao Jialangjun and Her Royal Highness the princess want to hear the reason?" Easily, this topic was exposed by him.
As always, how Li Shimin will react is not on his radar.
Knowing his father's connivance with him, Xiangcheng did not force it, but followed his footsteps, "Huh? Sun Gongzi is going to use that three-inch tongue again? ”
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the living room was much more cheerful. Ordinary people's visitors and friends are generally coming, and the guests and hosts are happy.
"Chengdao and I once passed by a village, and the women in it were as strong as men, especially in terms of stipulating and arranging a reasonable work and rest for their husbands. I asked them why they didn't mind if their wives weren't kind to them. Those men replied that they were educated when they were young, and they had to listen to the girls in the reasonable arrangement of life, and they would cherish their bodies more than them. I asked, isn't that unpleasant? They laughed and said, it's not okay to just be happy, who doesn't want to drink a vat of wine and go straight to sleep after a day's work. But the body can't stand it like that, if you can't bear it, the body collapses and someone accidentally dies, then it's a tragedy, there will be other men sleeping with your wife, spending the family business you earn, beating your children......"
The words are not coarse, Sun Dao pulled out this paragraph, mainly for Xiangcheng and Xiao Rui.
Xiao Rui has a lot of Shen Yi, and his nature is benevolent, but he died earlier than Xiangcheng, in the prime of life. The Tang Dynasty was not afraid to remarry, I don't know if Li Zhi felt sorry for his sister, or if he needed politics ~ governance, so he found another horse for Xiangcheng......
When Sun Dao led the girl out of Xiao's mansion, it was already dusk.
The golden sun, accompanied by the red sunset, dyed the clouds in the western sky in the distance overhead. The distant sky is out of reach, and the sunset in the west stretches as far as the eye can see. Sun Dao stood on a street in Chang'an City that he couldn't name, and for a long time, he didn't know where to go.
Getting used to the days when she is around means not getting used to being separated.
Compared to him who didn't know where to go, Linchuan was much more sober. took the corner of his clothes and led him to the Qin Mansion.
Yes, go to the Qin Mansion, the only place outside the Imperial City that Sun Dao is more familiar with.
This book was first published in Reading Books