Chapter 13: Chatter
Hearing this, he smiled and glanced at the night sky.
Zhan Zhaocai picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, showing a bit of heroism, "I have been studying and practicing martial arts since I was a child, and because my family is not short of money, I let go of my temperament to travel the world and make friends." Isn't it a great pleasure to meet a lot of people and things. ”
"Brother Zhan is free and easy by nature, but it is very enviable. Unlike me, I still have to live in camps, and I almost lost my place to live. As long as there is peace in this life, I will be content. Fan Yu is easy-going by nature, not a person who likes to fight and do a lot of things, but his words come from the heart.
"I came to Caoqiao Town this time, and I just stopped by to meet an old man and help him. If it weren't for meeting a strange person like the little brother, I wouldn't have remembered Wang Feng, an old friend from Xihua County, but it would have been a coincidence. Zhan Zhao said with a smile: "Little brother, don't be depressed, I see that you are full of wisdom today, very human, and he will achieve success one day." Although your stepmother can't turn the corner for a while, you must have a way to take her home to be honored, and you don't need to beak me as an outsider. But with your talents, living in the countryside for a long time is a waste of your own mobility. The little brother should study hard and strive for the roll call of Donghuamen. Today's saint is a wise man who knows and cherishes talents, who knows that a few years later, the little brother is not a pivotal person in the court? ”
Fan Yu's heart moved, although Zhanzhao's words were to explain himself, but he seemed to have experienced and felt something.
"Brother Zhan, how can it be so easy to go from cloth clothes to important ministers, have you seen such a person?" Fan Yu didn't seem to believe it, and retorted casually.
Actually, he wanted to probe the other party's tone.
"I really know such a person." Zhanzhao was hit by the itch in his heart, so he opened the conversation box and said: "This person's surname is Bao Mingzheng, the word Xiren, and now he is valued by the sage and knows Kaifeng Mansion." This time, I passed by Caoqiao Town to help him. ”
Hearing the word Bao Zheng, Fan Yu chuckled in his heart, and now it was all right!
Fan Yu raised the wine bowl, shook it to Zhanzhao, and dried the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
The wine of the Great Song Dynasty at this time was not as high as the liquor of later generations, and it was a light wine of more than ten degrees. Fan Yu smacked his lips, this wine is slightly bitter in the mouth, but the aftertaste is sweet and there is a faint rice aroma, it can be regarded as a good rice wine. Touching the scene, he missed the beer and skewers of the future generations.
"Little brother has a good amount of alcohol!" Zhanzhao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise.
Fan Yu hurriedly waved his hand, took a sip of wine and said, "Brother Zhan, don't laugh at me, I'm just hearing you talk about this Lord Bao, and my heart is stirring." I'm afraid that after a while, I will have to drink hard. Or tell me about the deeds of this Lord Bao, so that I can be a little self-motivated. ”
"That's a long way to say." Zhan Zhao's most proud thing in his life is his acquaintance with Bao Zheng, "A few years ago, Bao was just a black-faced scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam. Once, when I passed by a wild temple, I met a thief monk who was murdering for money, and he was almost killed. I was ...... at the right time."
Listening to Zhanzhao's story, Bao Zheng is not much older than Zhanzhao, and now he is only in his thirties. When the two met in the wild temple, Zhanzhao killed the thief monk and saved Bao Zheng's master and servant, which was only the first time they met.
Later, Bao Zheng entered Beijing and became a magistrate. The people of Wubu, who governed the local government, were dismissed by the jealousy of their superiors. The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Bao Zheng was on the way back to Beijing, and a place called Tulonggang met a strongman again and was taken to the cottage.
Coincidentally, Zhanzhao was meeting friends in the cottage, and he saw Bao Zheng's master and servant tied to the pillar.
Now everyone was happy, Zhanzhao asked his friend to loosen Bao Zheng's ties, and several people set up a banquet to talk together.
The four village owners of Tulonggang are named Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao, and Ma Han. Zhan Zhao persuaded the four of them that Bao Zheng was an official and governed the local area with remarkable achievements, and he must soon be reactivated by the imperial court. Instead of messing around in the cottage, it is better to wait for Bao Zheng to defect after he is reinstated and find a background.
Fan Yu smacked his tongue, it turned out that Bao Gong's subordinates came like this, and they were all good men who formed a family and an association.
Seeing Fan Yu's surprised expression, Zhanzhao smiled slightly, and then talked about the rest of the matter.
After Bao Zheng returned to Beijing, he was idle for a short time, and it was reactivated. Because of his very solid work, he soon went through several official promotions, and now he has been promoted to Kaifeng Mansion Yin.
Now, it is the time for Zhanzhao to make an agreement with Zhang Long and Zhao Hu Dynasty Ma Han to defect to Bao Zheng and Bao Gong one after another.
If it was a young man in the Great Song Dynasty of this era, he would have been enthusiastic when he heard what Zhanzhao told about Bao Gong's achievements. But Fan Yu came through time, except that this body is a young man from the Great Song Dynasty, and his heart has been sublimated into a village official in later generations.
Fan Yu thought to himself that it would be impossible to let himself study the Four Books and Five Classics every day, and it was a little late. It is better to hug the thigh of the stepmother, and it is more realistic to have a life of peace and wealth in the future.
It's just that Zhan Zhaozheng was a little excited, showing an expression of admiration and envy.
"This Lord Bao really makes me admire." Fan Yu showed a regretful expression and said, "It's a pity that Lord Bao is busy with affairs, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to see him." ”
Zhan Zhao drank another bowl of rice wine, "The little brother is very witty in trouble today, as long as he studies hard and gains fame in the future, he will naturally have the opportunity to meet Master Bao." Even if I can't roll my name in Donghuamen, I can let the little brother find an errand under Lord Bao when the time comes. But there is one thing, Lord Bao is upright, and there is no room for crooked ways in his eyes. If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you should not enter this door. ”
Fan Yu laughed, "It's too early for Brother Zhan to speak, I'm just a common person right now." Looking at Lord Bao from afar, he was content, and the rest did not dare to hope. ”
The two talked about it, and before they knew it, it was time to be a child.
Fan Yu saw that Zhanzhao was already a little drunk, so he invited him to sleep in the guest room.
It's just that after Fan Yu returned to the room by himself, although he was a little drunk, he couldn't close his eyes. I have been thinking about my stepmother leaving me, and I can't let go of it in my heart. Although she only recognized her stepmother for a day, Granny Li really treated herself well.
And Fan Yu himself, if he wants to use Granny Li's identity to seek wealth and wealth for a lifetime, this is some. But there is also a gratitude to Granny Li. People are complex animals, there is no pure good and pure evil, Fan Yu thinks that he is not a bright person, but he is by no means an evil person, as long as he has a clear conscience.
It's summer, and it's dawning early. It didn't take long for Fan Yu to feel that the sky was slightly white.
Since he didn't feel sleepy at all, he simply got up and went to the courtyard. After thinking about it, he pushed open the courtyard gate and went to Caoqiao Town.
Although it was only the fifth watch, the sky was already bright, and there were already a few stalls selling breakfast. Fan Yu asked for three servings of osmanthus soup and a few steamed buns of mutton. In addition to leaving one copy for Zhanzhao at home, Fan Yu took two copies to Granny Li's broken cave.
The early days of this Great Song Dynasty are also rich, but they are still a little different from later generations.
Fan Yu saw that the door of the cave was still closed, so he sat on the threshold to rest. He had not slept all night, and his mind was relieved, but in a moment he fell asleep.
When Granny Li got up early in the morning and wanted to go out, she kicked Fan Yu's body, and the whole person fell forward.
Fortunately, Fan Yu was sitting with his back to the door, and Granny Li fell on him and was not injured.
"Mother, are you up?" Fan Yu helped Granny Li up and said in surprise: "I bought mutton steamed buns early in the morning, as well as osmanthus soup." Mother, you can eat some while it's hot. Ouch, this osmanthus soup is already cold, but the mutton steamed buns are still hot in my arms. Mother, you eat steamed buns first, and I'll go to the stove to give you hot soup. ”
Listening to Fan Yu's rambling words, no matter how cold Granny Li's heart was, she instantly became warm, and she couldn't help but cry with a sour nose.