Chapter 51. Next to the bean flower stall (below), the three-in-one chapter
/newmessage.php?tosys=1&title="Regent Ming."
Chapter Errors/Click here to report
"These Jin businessmen moved quickly, but I didn't expect this book to be published in the capital, but I don't know what the response is. (Like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)"
Zhao Junchen thought secretly.
Seeing that Zhao Junchen saw the book in his hand, his face showed surprise, and the young man who was looking for a topic couldn't help but be overjoyed, raised the "Lu'an Mansion Locust Extermination Record" in his hand, and asked, "Brother Tai is interested in this book?" β
Zhao Junchen nodded with a smile and said, "A few days ago, I went to Lu'an Mansion to do business, and I happened to encounter a locust plague there, so when I looked at the scroll in my brother's hand, I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart. β
While the two were talking, Xu Qingyan and the girl were also sitting on the left and right, sitting next to the two.
The young man explained: "This book is about the current Hubu Shangshu Zhao Junchen Zhao, who was inspecting the locust plague in Lu'an, and the officials and people of Lu'an Mansion worked together to exterminate the locusts. The people of Lu'an Mansion were ignorant, thinking that the locust plague was a heavenly punishment, although the locust plague was rampant, but they did not dare to kill the locusts at all, and in the end it was Zhao Junchen Zhao Daren who was wise and announced to the people that if there was a heavenly punishment to retaliate, he was willing to bear it with his own strength. So the people were finally moved, and under the command of Lord Zhao, they extinguished the locust plague, stopped the disaster, and saved hundreds of thousands of people. In order to thank Lord Zhao for his kindness, the people of Jinnan Shufu jointly published this volume of "Lu'an Mansion Locust Eradication Record", which is now published all over the world. β
While speaking, the young man looked at Zhao Junchen's expression cautiously, and after seeing that Zhao Junchen did not show any displeasure, a trace of joy suddenly flashed in his eyes.
After a pause, the young man seemed to remember, and said to Zhao Junchen: "It's the younger brother who was negligent, and he talked with his brother for so long, but he forgot to introduce himself, the younger brother's surname is Liu, his name is Zimin, I don't know what Brother Tai is called?" Where to go up? β
Zhao Junchen said with a smile: "My surname is Xu, my name is Qingyan, and I work in the government." β
Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Xu Qingyan next to him couldn't help but look weird.
That Liu Zimin glanced at Zhao Junchen's Shu brocade clothes, but asked, "Oh? Brother Xu is actually working in the government? Looking at Brother Xu's extraordinary bearing, I'm afraid that his official position is not low, right? β
In this regard, Zhao Junchen avoided talking about it, but instead crossed Liu Zimin and asked the girl, "I don't know what the girl is called?" β
When the girl heard Zhao Junchen suddenly ask herself, her face was embarrassed, she secretly glanced at Zhao Junchen, and when she saw Zhao Junchen looking at her, she hurriedly lowered her head and said softly: "Liu Rui." β
Zhao Junchen nodded and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Miss Liu Rui." β
While speaking, Zhao Junchen had already confirmed the guess in his heart, although Liu Zimin and Liu Rui, although they seem to be young masters and maids, their appearance and facial features are somewhat similar, and they have the same surname Liu, I am afraid that they are related by blood.
This is also common sense, many families are obviously from average families and can't afford to hire maids and servants, but for their own reasons, they want to show off their wealth, so they have to dress up their families.
It's just that looking at Liu Zimin's loud accusation at Liu Rui before, and Liu Rui's fear of Liu Zimin, it doesn't seem to be fake, and I think that the relationship between the two has another hidden meaning.
However, after confirming the speculation in his heart, Zhao Junchen did not have the intention to continue to explore, but just asked Liu Zimin: "Brother Liu is afraid that he is not from the capital, right?" β
Seeing that Zhao Junchen avoided talking about his own problems, Liu Zimin not only did not have the slightest annoyance, but his face became more respectful and polite, and he also ignored Zhao Junchen's words to Liu Rui regardless of the rules, and his expression remained unchanged at all.
After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Liu Zimin hurriedly replied: "Brother Xu has a good eye, the younger brother is from Yantai, Shandong, but I don't know why Brother Xu saw that the younger brother is not from the capital?" β
Zhao Junchen pointed to the big package that Liu Rui was holding in his arms, and said: "Brother Liu's official dialect in the capital is not very pure, with some local dialect flavors. β
Liu Zimin suddenly said: "Brother Xu is smart, I see." β
While the two were talking, Uncle Liu served them bean curd fritters, and Zhao Junchen asked while eating: "I think Brother Liu is a scholar, I don't know why I came to the capital at this time?" β
Liu Zimin heard Zhao Junchen ask, couldn't help but be happy, and hurriedly replied: "Don't hide it from Brother Xu, the younger brother once participated in the Shandong Autumn Festival in August this year, but there are officials who use the Autumn Festival to cheat, the younger brother is actually a name Sun Shan, in desperation, he had to come to the capital with some friends to complain about grievances, fortunately, now His Majesty XiΓ Shengming, found out the fraud case, returned us and other justice, and removed the reputation of those bribers. However, thinking that it is now the beginning of winter, and the spring will be tried in March next year, there are only less than four months left, if you go back and forth, not only troublesome, but will delay the preparation time, so the younger brother simply lived in the capital. β
Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "I see." β
Speaking of which, Zhao Junchen didn't say anything more, just buried his head in eating bean curd fritters, looking like he was relishing.
However, although Zhao Junchen didn't want to speak, Liu Zimin didn't know why he was thinking about it, but he wanted to say something more.
After a while, seeing that Zhao Junchen's bean curd in the bowl had eaten nearly half of it, Liu Zimin finally couldn't hold it back, and said again: "I see that Brother Xu is quite interested in this "Lu'an Mansion Locust Eradication Record", I am in love with Brother Xu, if Brother Xu doesn't mind, this "Lu'an Mansion Locust Eradication Record" will be sent to Brother Xu, and Brother Xu in the province will waste time looking for it, I don't know what Brother Xu wants?" β
Looking at the "Record of the Extermination of Locusts in Lu'an Mansion" held in front of him by Liu Zimin, Zhao Junchen did not take it with his hands, but asked: "I have already read this book, but I don't need Brother Liu to give it again, but I am curious, although Zhao Junchen and Lord Zhao are now said to be the book of the household department, and the holy favor is flourishing, but the reputation of the people is not good, but this book has the meaning of singing praises for Lord Zhao, I don't know what Brother Liu thinks about this?" What is the reaction of folk readers to this book? β
Hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Liu Zimin's expression flashed a little nervous.
β¦β¦β¦
Before, Liu Zimin saw Zhao Junchen wearing official boots and wearing a tribute Shu brocade clothes, so he understood that his identity was not low, and he tried every means to get closer to him, which was just the instinct of climbing nobles.
However, when he introduced "Lu'an Mansion Locust Eradication Record" to Zhao Junchen, he had been observing Zhao Junchen's expression, and after seeing Zhao Junchen's calm face, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Because, if the Qingliu Qing officials heard the content of the "Lu'an Mansion Locust Extermination Record", they would inevitably be unable to help but criticize loudly, if it was the officials of Zhao Junchen's hostile faction, after hearing the content of the "Lu'an Mansion Locust Extermination Record", they would also be unable to help but show disdain and ridicule, and Zhao Junchen's expression was so calm, in Liu Zimin's view, there was only one explanation.
That is, the "Xu Qingyan" in front of him is very likely to have some relationship with Zhao Junchen, at least he is also a friend rather than an enemy.
Of course, Liu Zimin couldn't imagine that the person in front of him would be Zhao Junchen himself. In Liu Zimin's view, how noble is Zhao Junchen's identity? It is simply impossible to eat at such a stall.
Now that the spring is approaching, Liu Zimin, as a test-taker, does not review those poems, books and scriptures, but holds the "Lu'an Mansion Locust Eradication Record" This kind of article for Zhao Junchen praises the merits and virtues of the article to read carefully, what his thoughts, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, it is nothing more than wanting to make some preparations, if there is a chance to meet Zhao Junchen in the future, he can take the opportunity to curry favor.
It's a pity that Liu Zimin is just an ordinary man, how easy is it to meet Zhao Junchen in person?
But now, Liu Zimin feels that he has ushered in an opportunity!
The next words, if you answer well, please the "Xu Qingyan" in front of you, and even reach Zhao Junchen's ears, then it will be of great help to Liu Zimin.
β¦β¦β¦
Seeing the nervousness and strictness in Liu Zimin's expression, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be stunned.
However, after these days of officialdom experience, Zhao Junchen's vision is so old and spicy, and after a turn of mind, he already understands Liu Zimin's thoughts.
Although I don't know why Liu Zimin wants to deliberately please himself, and I don't like Liu Zimin's temperament, but Zhao Junchen can't help but praise Liu Zimin's exquisite thoughts.
On the other side, after a moment of contemplation, Liu Zimin had already replied: "In the eyes of the younger brother, this "Lu'an Mansion Locust Eradication Record" is really a strange book, through the deeds of Lord Zhao in Lu'an Mansion to exterminate locusts, to explain to the people of the world the truth of 'three people become tigers' and 'seeing is believing', now in the people, Lord Zhao's reputation is indeed not good, but the world is just a cloud of people, mostly slander and rumors, take the Lu'an Mansion locust extermination as an example, what Lord Zhao did, even if those so-called Qing officials who are famous all over the world, how many people can do it? It can be seen from this that the rumors are not credible, if there is no empirical evidence, it is just a cloud of people, but it is waiting for it. β
"Smack!"
As Liu Zimin's last sentence fell, Liu Rui, who was originally just quietly eating bean curd, turned slightly pale, and the chopsticks in his hand also fell on the table.
Seeing this situation, Liu Zimin seemed to think of something, and he was a little embarrassed, but he didn't reprimand Liu Rui's gaffe.
And Liu Rui seemed to be confused, a little in a hurry, with a little caution, looked up at Zhao Junchen and Liu Zimin, saw Zhao Junchen was looking at her, and quickly lowered his head, picked up the chopsticks and wiped them carefully, and continued to eat the tofu brain in front of him, but he looked a little distracted.
Seeing the two of them like this, Zhao Junchen's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he suddenly smiled: "Brother Liu and I are deliberately close today, I'm afraid there is something to ask for, right?" β
After Liu Zimin was stunned for a moment, his expression became more and more embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally said: "Junior brother Guan Brother Xu has an extraordinary bearing and luxurious clothes, I'm afraid that his official position in the court is not low, right?" β
Zhao Junchen smiled lightly, still avoiding talking about it.
But Liu Zimin continued: "I don't know if Brother Xu knows the current Hubu Shangshu Zhao? If you know each other, can you introduce you to your younger brother? If Brother Xu is willing to help the younger brother, the younger brother will be grateful, and there will be a generous reward. β
Hearing Liu Zimin say this, Xu Qingyan on the side had a strange face, while Liu Rui was silent, bowing his head and hanging his hair, making it difficult to see the expression of his mind.
Zhao Junchen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was a little curious in his heart, why did this Liu Zimin want to meet him, and asked: "I have indeed had a few encounters with Lord Zhao, but Lord Zhao has a lot of official residences and many court affairs, if Brother Liu doesn't explain to me why you want to see Lord Zhao, I can't talk to Lord Zhao." β
Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Liu Zimin was overjoyed, but he hesitated more and more, and after a long time, he explained: "The younger brother's father is Liu Wenhuan, the former imperial capital of the Imperial Palace. β
Zhao Junchen finally came to his senses.
Many years ago, Liu Wenhuan was a famous Qingliu leader in the DPRK and China, but thirteen years ago, Liu Wenhuan was actually impeached in public for various crimes such as forming a party and taking bribes, but unfortunately Liu Wenhuan is only a clear stream, how can he beat Zhou Shangjing? The final result is naturally that there is no empirical evidence, and it is not resolved.
At that time, Zhou Shangjing, who had just become the first assistant of the cabinet, was worried about how to establish his prestige, not as low-key as now, Liu Wenhuan hit the muzzle, naturally it would not end well, and in the end, not only was Zhou Shangjing bitten back and slandered the important ministers of the court, but also Zhou Shangjing's protΓ©gΓ© impeached Liu Wenhuan for the crime of privately buying and selling royal goods in the palace.
It turned out that Liu Wenhuan liked to collect ancient paintings the most, and I don't know if he was framed by Zhou Shangjing's design, among the ancient paintings he collected, several of them were originally treasured in the palace!
In the end, Liu Wenhuan's fate was naturally unbearable, not only was he ruined, demoted to the people, but also was raided.
It's no wonder that Liu Rui suddenly lost her temper after hearing Liu Zimin's sentence "If there is no evidence, everyone will be the same, but it will be waiting for it".
Liu Wenhuan back then, it was precisely because of the lack of evidence that he fell short in the end, not only failed to bring down Zhou Shangjing, but was guilty himself.
Zhao Junchen didn't expect that Liu Wenhuan's descendants would appear in front of him.
On the other side, seeing Zhao Junchen's look of understanding, Liu Zimin continued: "Hey, the younger brother is burdened by his family background, his father didn't know the depths back then, and offended today's Shoufu Lord, now although the younger brother has a reputation for raising his son, he can participate in next year's Spring Festival Examination, but if the Shoufu Lord knows the origin of the younger brother and remembers the mistakes of his father back then, even if the younger brother's article is done well, I am afraid that it is useless, and the younger brother also has the heart to personally go to the Shoufu Lord to ask for guilt, but how can the Shoufu Lord be the younger brother who says he will see it?" So the younger brother thought of Lord Zhao, the head of the household, Lord Zhao is now the most prominent, and he is in the limelight, if he can help the younger brother dredge up, I am afraid that Lord Shoufu will also give some face. It's a pity that Lord Zhao's status is noble, and it's not something that the younger brother can see when he says he can see it, these days, the younger brother is worried about this matter, but he didn't expect that the sky was pitiful, and the little brother met Brother Xu! β
Liu Zimin said seriously, Zhao Junchen was listening casually, but no one noticed that when he heard Liu Wenhuan talk about "burdened by his family background", "his father doesn't know the depths", "his father's fault" and so on, Liu Rui on the side was pale, and her petite body trembled one after another.
When Liu Zimin paused and was about to say something more, Liu Rui suddenly stood up and whispered, "I'll go back first." β
While speaking, without waiting for Liu Zimin to agree, Liu Rui hung her head, hugged the package in her hand, and wanted to turn around and leave.
Seeing Liu Rui's actions, Liu Zimin felt that he had lost face in front of Zhao Junchen, and shouted: "Stop, you just leave like this, you lose the rules, is there still a tutor?" If Brother Xu looks down on our Liu family's tutor, you ......"
Hearing Liu Zimin's shout, Liu Rui stopped, turned around, and looked up at Liu Zimin. I don't know when, Liu Rui's eyes were already red, and her gentle and weak temperament added three points, but in her eyes, there was a strength that came from nowhere.
Under Liu Rui's gaze, Liu Zimin, who had always been arrogant and casually shouting in front of her, didn't dare to look at each other at this moment, and staggered his eyes with a little panic.
"You say that Daddy, is that our Liu family's tutor? Is it that as long as you say daddy like this, our Liu family will be looked down upon? Liu Rui gritted her teeth, her voice was very low, but she was word-by-word: "It's a pity that Daddy went early, and Auntie dotes on you too much......"
As he spoke, the little stubbornness that still existed in his eyes was finally replaced by misery, and after glancing at Zhao Junchen apologetically, Liu Rui had already turned around and walked away quickly, but in a moment, the petite and thin body had disappeared into the bustling crowd.
This is the first time Zhao Junchen and Liu Rui have heard Liu Rui speak after they met, and they trembled a little crisply, which is very good.
"This girl was about to cry just now, and before she finished speaking, she left in a hurry, because she didn't want people to see her cry? I thought she was just a gentle and delicate woman, but she didn't expect that she would have such a strong and tenacious side. β
Thinking like this, Zhao Junchen looked at Liu Zimin, but saw Liu Zimin looking at the departing Liu Rui in a daze, his expression was a little trance, obviously Liu Rui reprimanded him like this, which he had never seen and never thought.
"Brother Liu." Zhao Junchen's call made Liu Zimin finally come back to his senses.
Liu Zimin looked up, but saw Zhao Junchen looking at him with a smile, and asked at the same time: "I look at that Liu Rui girl, I'm afraid it's not the maid next to Brother Liu, right?" β
Liu Zimin hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Brother Xu is wise, she is my second mother's daughter, before the younger brother came to Beijing, my mother was worried that I had no one to take care of, so she let her follow, hey, my father died early, and it didn't take long for Erniang to follow, but no one taught her the rules, which made Brother Xu smile." β
Zhao Junchen nodded, although Liu Zimin said it simply, but thinking of Liu Zimin's attitude towards Liu Rui before, Liu Rui, whose parents have passed away, is helpless, facing the eldest mother who only knows how to dot on her own son, and the brother who has some problems with his conduct, what kind of life he has lived in the Liu family over the years, Zhao Junchen can also imagine one or two.
"I'm afraid this girl's temperament has also been honed in this experience, right?"
Zhao Junchen thought secretly.
On the other side, Liu Zimin was afraid of Zhao Junchen's jokes, so he hurriedly changed the topic and continued: "Brother Xu, what the younger brother asked me to do just now, please Brother Xu take a lot of trouble, although the younger brother said that the family is in the middle of the road, but my father loved to collect ancient paintings back then, two of which are still preserved, one is the "Spring Dawn of the Han Palace" by Qiu Ying, the master of this dynasty, and the other is the "Spring Dawn of the Han Palace" by Lu Tanwei of the Southern Dynasty. The Spiritual Manjushri Diagram was given to Brother Xu. β
"Oh?" Hearing Liu Zimin say this, Zhao Junchen's heart moved.
Although "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace" is the work of Qiu Ying in the Ming Dynasty, it is not an antiquity, but Qiu Ying is the best master of painting since the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace" is his pinnacle work, and the value is higher than that of Lu Tanwei's "Descending Manjushri" of the Southern Dynasty.
However, Zhao Junchen instead valued Lu Tanwei's "Descent Manjushri" in the Southern Dynasty, Lu Tanwei was famous for his Buddha paintings, while Emperor Deqing believed in Buddhism.
Although he was slightly moved, Zhao Junchen didn't answer, just stood up, patted Liu Zimin's shoulder, and said: "Miss Liu Rui's actions today are from her true temperament, don't embarrass her when you go back." β
While speaking, Zhao Junchen was already preparing to leave with Xu Qingyan.
Seeing that Zhao Junchen was about to leave, Liu Zimin hurriedly said, "Brother Xu, what about the little brother?" β
"I'll think about it." Zhao Junchen said without looking back: "I will come here every few days to eat bean curd, if there is any news, I will notify you." β
β¦β¦β¦
The bean flower stall is not very far from the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Junchen took Xu Qingyan with him, although it was just a walk, but it didn't take long for the Zhao Mansion to be in sight.
"Young master, are you thinking about Liu Zimin?"
On the way, seeing Zhao Junchen thoughtful, Xu Qingyan asked.
Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, and said casually: "Yes, that person has a bad character, and even a little unfilial, I don't like him very much, but he has a good mind......"
While speaking, the two of them had already walked to the door of the Zhao Mansion, but they couldn't help but be stunned.
It turned out that before the Zhao Mansion, for some reason, a group of six doors of fast officials had gathered, and it seemed that they wanted to investigate something in the Zhao Mansion, but they didn't dare to enter, and the leader was discussing something with the people in the concierge of the Zhao Mansion.
On the other side, after seeing Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan, a subordinate at the gate of Zhao's mansion had a happy face, hurried to the two of them, and after saluting Zhao Junchen, he skipped Zhao Junchen and whispered something to Xu Qingyan.
After hearing the whisper of the subordinate, Xu Qingyan showed a look of surprise, and then came to Zhao Junchen's side, with a stern face, and said softly: "Young master, Fang Ru is ...... Killed! β
Aishang Novel Network would like to thank all book friends for their support biquge.info