Chapter Thirty-Three: The Emigration of Visitors and the Destruction of Ashes
Li Feng smiled bitterly on his face, Donghai Gong insisted on coming to the county office, he was panicked, but he could only follow.
Then he looked at Donghai Gong sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, looking like Lao Tzu was the best in the world, and he was even more speechless.
The chair is brought by the entourage of the Duke of Donghai, which can be folded and is very convenient to carry, and now the Duke of Donghai has forced into the hall of the county government and sat on the lobby, looking arrogant and waiting for the officials here to meet.
Lu Ning now, he felt that his lips were still numb and crispy, and the soft and warm fragrance was transmitted to every nerve, which made him seem to be a little excited.
"Donghai Gong, what are you doing here? ......" Cui Heng hurriedly walked out, waved his hand to order the officials who were leaping to retreat, and bowed his hand to Lu Ning slightly, but his face sank.
Looking at Li Feng, his eyes were even more gloomy.
Li Feng's heart sank, and he had a feeling of wanting to cry, but now there is only one way to go to the dark, and he wants to continue to roll in wealth safe and sound, so he can only hope that this brother-in-law who doesn't know if he has a brain problem will not anger His Royal Highness King Yan, and finally turn the danger into a disaster.
For example, I hope that King Yan didn't know about this matter at all, and afterwards, he punished these evil officials who harmed the people in his name.
However, this kind of hope doesn't seem to be much, even if King Yan didn't know about it, but Donghai Gong's current behavior seems to be challenging King Yan's authority.
Li Feng fell into an ice cave, he wanted to die, and in this day, his mood was really up and down.
Cui Heng's eyes finally stared at Lu Ning, and asked, "Duke Donghai, has the lower official ever offended you?" ”
Behind Lu Ning stood two tower-like servants.
On the carriage outside the yamen, Gan sat inside, and next to the carriage, there were two tower-like servants.
The door of the yamen was opened, and Gan could see the situation inside.
Lu Ning looked at Cui Heng and smiled: "Cui Heng, you asked someone from Runzhou to see me!" ”
Cui Heng's face was cloudy, and finally, he nodded, whispered a few words in his ear beside him, and the kiss turned around and left quickly.
After a while, from the side door of the main hall, a person slowly walked out, a son in his twenties, with thoughtful eyebrows, but his eyes were a little fluttering.
Looking at Lu Ning, he arched his hand slightly, "You are the Duke of the East China Sea?" A certain is Chuzhou Zhang Xun! Obviously, although he is a commoner, he is extremely arrogant.
Lu Ning looked at him, and suddenly his heart moved: "Zhang Xun? Don't tell me it's such a coincidence, you're self-defeating? ”
The young man smiled slightly, "Yes, so-and-so is the water from the water, has the Donghai Gong heard the name of so-and-so?" It seems a little complacent, and he feels that he is famous and has spread far away in Jiangbei.
It turned out to be Zhang Xun, and Lu Ning couldn't help but be a little speechless.
The ministers around the queen, Lu Ning also knew about this Zhang Xun, because he was too showy.
Historians evaluate him by using adjectives such as good and capricious.
Zhang Xun, also a family slave with three surnames, was the king of Yan Li Hongyi to promote him into the official career, after the lord ascended the throne, because he was good at poetry and writing, so he was quickly reused, monopolized the court, and the lord almost handed over the government to him.
The Song soldiers attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty and all arrived at the palace city, and Zhang Xun also advised the queen not to surrender, saying that he had calculated a hexagram, and the Song soldiers would soon fail.
The palace city was about to be breached, Zhang Xun brought his wife and children to the palace of the queen, and then agreed with Chen Qiao, the envoy of Guangzheng, to die together for the country.
After Chen Qiao committed suicide, Zhang Xun ran to see the queen again, and said that he was alive, thinking that if he died, how could he serve the lord? Persuade the Lord to surrender.
When Song Taizu saw Zhang Xun and reprimanded him, it was precisely because he had been advising the queen not to surrender that the war had lasted so long and his lives were ruined, but he kowtowed and pleaded guilty, but he flickered and said a bunch of righteous words, and the righteous and awe-inspiring look of not being afraid of death.
Sure enough, Song Taizu's mind was figured out by him, spared him the death penalty, and reused it soon after.
Later, he was even the same center as Kou Zhun.
However, Song Taizong later found out that this person was good at figuring out his intentions, only catering to the emperor in deliberations, and liked to attack his colleagues, so he finally belittled him.
The most strange thing about Zhang Xun is that he has been Song Chen, but he often goes to the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who is already extremely poor, to ask for gold, silver and jewelry, and the queen gives him the utensils made of platinum, but he is still not satisfied, and there are many slanders behind him.
And now, this strange guy, right in front of him?
Looking at this free and easy guy who still has some demeanor, Lu Ning shook his head, people really can't be good-looking.
"Zhang Xun, you and Cui Heng, release Wang Hanshi and revoke Dongyun'an's verdict, I will treat this incident as if it never happened." Lu Ning said lightly.
Zhang Xun was stunned, then laughed and sneered, as if Lu Ning was telling some kind of cold joke.
Cui Heng also looked at Lu Ning a little speechlessly.
Lu Ning nodded, "Okay, then I'll put it another way, the Taoist aunts of Dongyun Nunnery are also vulgar and have been demoted to slaves, so I'll ask, how much is the price of the five of them, and Zhang Xun wants to take two away, that is, after being demoted to official slaves and selling them as private slaves, how much did he use?" I'm out double! ”
Zhang Yi still sneered.
Cui Heng was also silent.
Lu Ning smiled, "Since you don't agree to the conditions I said, then okay, this lawsuit, let's go to the Holy Son of Heaven and say it, how did the poisonous snake be raised in the nunnery?" Cui Heng, from your Shuyang, I can still find a few witnesses, you want to cover the sky with one hand, it's difficult! ”
Cui Heng looked at Li Feng viciously, thinking that Li Feng was one of the witnesses.
Li Feng felt this injustice in his heart, but at this time, if he talked nonsense, he might offend the Duke of Donghai again, so he was really not a human being, so he could only hang his head and remain silent.
Zhang Xun sneered: "Donghai Gong, do you think you, the 300,000 Gong, are really so majestic? Won a few blunt officials on the border, a few small slaves in the humble mansion, but it makes you arrogant and empty-eyed, it's just funny, in a certain eye, you are a clown! 300,000 males? Haha, haha. He shook his head and sneered twice.
That arrogant demeanor naturally means that if you had met me earlier, you would have lost all your pants.
Lu Ning was stunned, and then knew that the name of the 300,000 duke could not be spread to Runzhou, so naturally after Li Feng came to see Cui Heng with his name, Cui Heng and Zhang Xun talked about themselves.
Looking at Zhang Xun, Lu Ning smiled, "It seems that this son is also ready to bet 300,000 yuan with me?" ”
Zhang Xun sneered: "Yes, don't you claim to be able to do anything, and let others do the question?" Do you dare to ask me to do this?! ”
Lu Ning smiled: "Do you have 300,000?" ”
Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment, and his momentum immediately became discouraged.
Baume & Mercier can be arrogant, but don't mention the money, it hurts a little to mention the money.
"Then what is your identity and what official position do you have?" Lu Ning asked with a smile again.
Zhang Xun's face was even more white.
"You have neither wealth nor official position guarantee, why do you bet 300,000 yuan with me? What kind of thing are you? Lu Ning shook his head.
At this moment, it was Shuyang County Ling Cui Heng, who also felt that there seemed to be such a point.
Ren Donghai Gong, why do you bet with you for 300,000 yuan?
All the servants behind Lu Ning also looked at Zhang Xun with disdain.
"But!" Lu Ning glanced at Cui Heng and said with a smile: "If Cui Heng is willing to bet on Zhang Xun to win, my father will be extra kind and play with you." ”
Yes? Cui Heng was a little dumbfounded.
In the carriage, the Gan family had a headache, did the lord want to turn all the officials of Haizhou into his own debtors?
"If you don't, forget it." Lu Ning smiled.
Looking at Zhang Xun looking at himself, Cui Heng knew that if he didn't agree, he would offend Zhang Xun ruthlessly.
What's more, just after chatting about 300,000 gong, Zhang Xun talked about how to win 300,000 gong in betting, and what he said was also very reasonable.
Gritting his teeth, Cui Heng smiled bitterly: "Okay, I, Xiaguan is willing to bet on the gamble of Zhang Xun and Donghai Gong." "The heart said that it was a win, what 300,000 yuan, I didn't dare to ask for it, I just wanted it, Donghai Gong transferred the debtor to himself, and he could still have the courage of Donghai Gong, really go to join the army in the state or Jinling Situ Mansion to collect debts?
Lu Ning smiled and said to Zhang Xun: "Since Cui County Lingken bets with you, my father-in-law will bet with you once." ”
At this point, Zhang Xun had lost all his momentum, nodded, and said: "Then let's make a note first, sign and draw a pledge!" Then Haizhou City Yang Thorn History will do the evidence. ”
Lu Ning smiled: "Yes." "Who does the heart say you are? What do you want to bet on me? What are you good at? Can I not know?
It must be more than poetry, thinking that I am a farmer, and I am decided, I have to call Yang Zhao to witness, and I have enough majesty, this Haizhou City, Qinghuai Army, and Situ Mansion will all know your name in the future!
And, than poetry and songs, this kind of reputation, you like the most.
Lu Ning looked at Cui Heng again and said with a smile: "Cui County's order needs to be like this!" ”
Cui Heng smiled bitterly and nodded.
Lu Ning smiled, speaking of which, except that his grade was twenty or thirty levels higher than this Shuyang County Order, but it was essentially no different from this Shuyang County Order, but the taxes he collected could be put into his own private treasury, and the regimental training under his command could be regarded as his own private soldiers.
Therefore, Shuyang County Order, he doesn't have to be afraid of himself, not to mention, he also thinks that he has King Yan as a backer.
……
In the afternoon of the second day, Yang Zhao appeared in the back house of Li Feng's house with a wry smile on his face.
Lu Ning wrote a letter overnight and sent it to Haizhou City, and he had to come.
Lord Assassin, a letter from the Duke of Donghai arrived at his mansion the next day, Li Feng should have been full of excitement, but now he can't wait to turn back a few days, and everything that happened in the past two days will start all over again.
And when the demeanor of a celebrity was restored, Zhang Xun, who came to the Li Mansion with a condescending appearance, proposed to compare poems with Lu Ning.
Not only Yang Zhao's face has changed, but behind the screen, Gan's face, who listened to the movement with all the female dependents, was also white, because she had never heard of Lu Ning, chanting poetry against him, this man seems to be very magical and can do anything, but he is by no means a person who is good at poetry.
And Lu Ning followed behind him, and his face also changed color, as if, this is really the weakness of the lord, he has been with the lord for a long time, and sometimes he feels that the lord seems to be omniscient and omniscient, and there is nothing he is not good at, but, poetry and songs? It's true, I've never seen the lord feel interested.
Cui Heng looked dignified in front of Shangguan, but when he saw Lu Ning's subordinate look behind him, his eyes were full of joy.
Yang Zhao stretched out his orchid fingers, slowly fiddled with the tea lid, and glanced at Lu Ning, and said, why didn't I think of it, but I'm not good at words, and if I'm not good at it, it seems difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser in the article, I don't know if I can compare calligraphy to Donghai Gong?
However, I also thought about it like this, and was pardoned by the Duke of Donghai for a debt of 300,000 yuan, how cheeky is that I am embarrassed to gamble with the Duke of Donghai again?
Oops, I'm all thinking about how to gamble?
It's all taken by the East China Sea!
Yang Zhao glanced at Lu Ning resentfully, Lu Ning didn't know why, he only felt a chill.
Zhang Xun has already taken two steps, "Let's come first, and give Donghai Gong more time to think!" ”
said, chanting: "I love Zhenrenque, and the high platform leans on the mountain." The cave is open to two doors, and Mi'er is unique from the world! ”
He didn't cheat, he didn't use his old work, and of course, if he used the old work, it was easy to goof.
This little poem is what he has done recently, and he feels that there is still room for improvement, so he has never said it to anyone, but it is enough to win the peasant barbarian opposite, even if he knows what he wants to gamble on, but in a short time, looking for a gunman, in this Haizhou, where is there his own opponent?
This small poem, in fact, the last three sentences have a source, but they have been slightly changed, especially the last sentence, the whole sentence is copied from the words and sentences of the poet to show pride, no way, no matter what he thinks about the last sentence, he feels that it is difficult to release the artistic conception shown in the first three sentences, and the talent is not enough, so he can only quote.
Of course, in this Haizhou city, this poem is enough to overwhelm all local literati.
He was very confident, and after groaning, he looked at Lu Ning and said with a smile: "Donghai Gong, can I tolerate you for a few days, do you use it?" ”
Lu Ning smiled and said, "You have read the gambling agreement of the three-point zero patch, and you have signed the bet, don't you regret it?" ”
Zhang Xun frowned, and what was messy in his heart, but he understood what Lu Ning meant, and he read the rules before the gamble, which stated that if the person who gambled could not take out 300,000 yuan after losing the gambling game, and it was difficult to prove his ability to pay off the 300,000 yuan one after another, he would sell himself to the other party as a slave.
"Donghai Gong, if you admit defeat now, what if I will charge you less than 100,000 yuan?" Zhang Xun smiled, in a very good mood, 300,000 yuan, and 200,000 yuan, it seems that there is no difference in concept, they are all money that cannot be spent on luxury in several lifetimes.
Lu Ning ignored Zhang Xun and looked at Cui Heng, "Are you still willing to bet on Zhang Xun?" No remorse? ”
Seeing that Yang Tingshi's eyes also looked over, Cui Heng coughed, "It's just fun, don't blame the Duke of the East China Sea, the lower officials, the lower officials don't regret it......"
Lu Ning got up with a smile, paced two steps, his face gradually became solemn, and he chanted loudly: "Life is a masterpiece, and death is also a ghost!" So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong! ”
"Good!" Yang Zhao immediately applauded, this simple four-sentence poem, catchy and simple, but it made people feel excited, especially by this Donghai Gong, as if he could see his majesty in the former Zhou army array, killing all directions.
Behind the screen, Gan's heart finally fell slowly, but he was a little helpless, did he still have anything he didn't understand?
Zhang Xun's face was pale, and he knew that he had lost, and he had lost badly.
After all, his poem is more like a patchwork of magic changes, and Lu Ning's poems, unheard of, are obviously his original works.
Lu Ning hugged his fists at him and said with a smile: "Accept and accept!" He said to Yang Zhao again: "Just ask Lord Assassin Shi to judge, whose poetry is better?" ”
Yang Zhao smiled, "It's Donghai Gong who won!" "In my heart, it's really a waterfall sweat, and I say that I'm only afraid of this Donghai Gong, and calligraphy may not be good at it, and it's better to forget about my own cranky thoughts.
Lu Ning looked at Zhang Xun and asked, "How?" ”
Actually, yesterday Lu Ning recalled all night, although he was not a scholar, but the famous articles of basic education can still be recalled, and he almost used the poppy beauty of the queen, "When is the spring flower and autumn moon?" How much do you know about the past? ……”
But after thinking about it, what if the queen will one day encounter the same miserable situation, do this word endowment? Plagiarism yourself, it's not good.
As for the future generations, if you want to come to your own arrival, the world is in chaos, and it is difficult to say whether there is a Great Song Dynasty in the future, after all, Zhao Kuangyin failed to make great achievements in the Battle of Huaibei and rose to prominence, and Guo Rong died too early.
Now, it is Li Chongjin, the nephew of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei, who is the most powerful, which makes the current Zhou State fall into party strife.
Moreover, he should not make the Northern Song Dynasty appear again.
Therefore, Song may not have it, the world is already in chaos, and Li Qingzhao will not appear in the future.
And this poem, Lu Ning has always liked it very much, and he doesn't want it to disappear in the world, so he will quote this poem today.
"Zhang Xun, if you can't take out 300,000 yuan now, I also feel that you have no place to make people trust you, and I think you can come up with 300,000 yuan in the future, so from today on, you will be my slave."
said to Li Feng: "Prepare to sell the contract, and ask him to press his handprint." ”
Looking at Zhang Xun, he said that you don't want to be an official in the future, but being an official can be famous in the annals of history, whether it is notoriety or notorious, people must be very smart, and in the future, you will be a tenant farmer or get you the identity of a craftsman, and put that cleverness into technology, maybe, under my suggestion, you can also become a professional in some aspects.
Zhang Xun had lost his soul and had no reaction.
In fact, he is not King Yan's staff at all, but King Yan has seen him, as if he shows appreciation for him, he began to think about how to please King Yan, it just so happened that this Shuyang Uncle sent a letter with a copy of the portrait, saying that there was a pair of peerless twin beauties, he looked at the portrait and was very moved, so he hurriedly came to Shuyang.
And when Cui Heng talked about the Duke of the East China Sea, he was very disapproving, and said that these Huaibei petty officials had seen the world, but they were just bragging.
But I don't want to, but now I'm completely losing.
Lu Ning looked at Cui Heng again, and said with a smile: "I will leave a servant, and when you sell what you can sell first, you don't need to resign, I want you to be my tenant farmer, I will lose even more, and your annual salary and monthly grain will be sent to Donghai County for interest!" As for your living expenses in the future, if you want to borrow money from me again, I will send it to you according to the minimum living standard! ”
Cui Heng was already stunned, it seemed that his soul was gone, and he was afraid that he didn't listen to what Donghai Gong was saying.
Yang Zhao looked at him, his eyes were full of pity, and his heart said You, you, there was nothing wrong with you, don't you look for death?
However, if you haven't seen Donghai Gong and Renhao Casino with your own eyes, and listen to other people's rumors, I'm afraid that you will think that the people who bet against Donghai Gong are stupid, so they lose one after another, and they can't wait to change the gambling game to themselves and win the huge wealth of 300,000 yuan.
But as long as you have witnessed the situation in the gambling game, no one wants to think of it, hoping that the nightmare of gambling with Donghai Gong will befall you.