On the first day of the fifth month, Mrs. Shisun of the British Mansion gave birth to a son. Because there are elders in the family, it is not possible to drink alcohol on the third day and the full moon after washing, but the people who have a relationship are still normal to be polite, and the female relatives of the closer ones are also normal to visit.

At the beginning of the condolences, everyone had seen the state of Mrs. Shisun, and when they heard that they were giving birth at this time, they all knew that they were crying and moving the fetus. When I came to visit, I saw Mrs. Shisun, a child like a kitten, who didn't know the danger, so they all preached that Mrs. Shisun treated her grandmother to filial piety, and guarded her grandmother's spirit regardless of her own body.

Therefore, the words released by the second wife that "the evil moon is unlucky to give birth to a child" were suppressed by Mrs. Shisun's filial piety before they were spread. It made the second wife sulk for a long time, and secretly cursed the damn immortal.

In fact, You's is really fateful.

Acupuncture and moxibustion have also failed to completely reverse the fetal position, and the two invited women have privately discussed that they should go to the same master's house to ask the big man to protect the child, for fear that one corpse and two lives, and the two of them will not be able to leave the mansion.

Gui Zhi's mother used the old mansion as a talisman at the beginning, but now she is also under pressure because of this "talisman".

The death of the two stable women is just one by themselves, and Guizhi's mother still carries the reputation of the two mansions and the lives of her family of three. The two nobles, big and small, she didn't dare to give up, so she could only grit her teeth and use all the methods to use all the tricks of the wild way, try to push with acupuncture and hand pressure, and even reach into the birth canal to help the child turn around.

Fortunately, You vomited throughout the pregnancy, although she had tried her best to eat more to ensure the child's nutrition, but on the one hand, she had no appetite and on the other hand, the housekeeper worked hard, and her physical condition still affected the child, the child was relatively thin, and during childbirth, it saved some effort.

You himself has a tough heart, and with Mrs. Wujing in charge and the mother of Yang Ge's old mansion to help deliver the baby, his spirit was greatly boosted, and he cooperated very much with Guizhi's mother's actions, and there was no squeamishness of a noble daughter, so that he finally fought over Yama, and the mother and son were safe.

However, in the end, it was too much to toss and hurt the birth canal, and the blood collapsed, thanks to Guizhi's mother who was treated with a silver needle under the guidance of the imperial doctor. Later, Yang Tian was also invited by the British government to leave Guizhi's mother behind to help Mrs. Shisun recuperate.

Mrs. Shisun's filial piety cried and moved the fetal gas to spread, but the British government didn't want outsiders to know, and the imperial doctor and the two stable women all took the sealed silver, and they didn't dare to offend the British government.

Yang Tian doesn't want to publicize Guizhi's mother's craftsmanship, so as not to have irrelevant people come to ask for it in the future, and it is troublesome to refuse or not, so he also remains silent.

It's just that the British Mansion, the Youjuma Mansion and even the Wujingbo Mansion all privately sent generous gifts to the Yang Mansion and the Shen Mansion to thank Yang Tian for his kindness. Among them, of course, there is no intention of showing goodwill to the old Yang Tinghe of the new cabinet.

When the aunt and grandmother of the You family gave birth, the identity of the biological mother's concubine was not qualified to set foot in the British mansion, and although the horse You Tai was a father, he was also a man, so it was inconvenient to step into other houses.

At the third o'clock, the wandering horse came to the door in person and invited Mrs. Wu Jing to talk with the British Duke Zhang Mao for a long time.

Zhang Mao is old and refined, and he doesn't know how the undercurrent in the family is, but as Zhang Lun expected, he can be infinitely good to his grandson, but he will not strangle his son to death for his grandson; Moreover, he actually wants to create a healthy competition at home.

The title of the family is the ancestor who gave up his life with a knife and a gun, and the descendants should only focus on the glory and wealth brought by this title, and not want to forge ahead, and the decline of the family is just around the corner.

If you are ambitious and don't be afraid, if you want to fight for this title, you will take out the ability to make a career, and you can afford the word "British Duke", and you will not disgrace the name of your ancestors!

The reason why he asked for the title of grandson for his eldest grandson after the death of his son-in-law was said in the general environment was because Emperor Hongzhi valued his grandson at that time, and he, as a close minister, naturally had to cater to the emperor to maintain this rule, and put it in his own small environment, he also wanted to motivate his second son and eldest grandson to move forward.

If the second son is really motivated, he will have meritorious deeds in the future, even if he does not have this title, he will also stand firm in the court.

And with a young and powerful uncle by his side, the eldest grandson will also strive to be motivated, even his own uncle can't suppress it, how can he fight against many outsiders in the court, even if he has this title, he can't keep his power and dignity.

They are each other's whetstones.

It was a painstaking effort for everyone, and before the death of his wife, Zhang Mao always felt that this trick was really good, and the second son was a hundred households in Jinyiwei, who could climb to the position of a thousand households with his own ability; And the two little grandsons of Changfang surprised him even more, the eldest grandson steadily entered the Fenwu camp and was praised repeatedly; The second grandson shined, and since following His Majesty in the East Palace to now, he has been in charge of Jingwei martial arts, and he is one of the best people around the little emperor.

He, like most men at this time, didn't pay attention to the affairs of the inner house, and his wife and step-family also took care of the inner house well, and nothing happened to him.

When the eldest granddaughter-in-law gave birth to a child in front of him, Zhang Mao was still a little incredulous, and then he was angry that he had seven sons and three daughters, and his family house had never had those evil things outside that were messy and plotting to kill his son. There is a kind of going outside to fight outside, and falling at home to harm his own family, which he will never tolerate.

It's just that it's easy to abolish a daughter-in-law, but it's easy to abolish a son, especially a son with a good future, but he can't afford it. He was also unsure whether his daughter-in-law's actions had been tacitly approved by his son.

When there were only Zhang Mao and his second son Zhang Gang father and son in the study, Zhang Gang showed a shocked look, first thinking that the long room was full of children, and there were no elders above, and his wife, as an aunt, should be cautious whether she did not let the imperial doctor enter the delivery room or prevent outsiders from interfering in the delivery of the baby, and he did not think that his wife would harm his nieces and nephews with bad intentions.

But he also said very firmly that if his father thinks that his wife has ill intentions, then he will also support his father's decision, and then divorce his wife and dare to harm the family's bloodline, he will not and will not stay.

Zhang Mao sneered, divorced his wife, the second daughter-in-law's family is not a dead person, and he came to the door to publicize the matter of his aunt harming his nephew and daughter-in-law, even if the British government is a victim, it has also become a joke in Beijing. He will lock his daughter-in-law in the mansion until death, and he will not allow it to go out and tarnish the reputation of the British government.

Zhang Mao finally said coldly to his second son: "I hope you don't know." I'll look into this matter carefully. ”

At this time, the funeral is still being carried out in front of her, the eldest daughter-in-law died early, and the eldest granddaughter-in-law can't leave the house in confinement, and she still needs to support the scene as the second wife of the second daughter-in-law.

Zhang Mao asked the second and fourth wives to replace You's, and they were no longer responsible for receiving guests every day, but only knelt in front of the coffin. I didn't say it was a punishment, but this is really a chore, and it's no different from punishing kneeling in the ancestral hall, but it sounds better to be filial.

The fourth wife begged to go to the fourth master's biological mother, the highest-ranking grandmother in the husband's side room, and Aunt Yang also cried with Zhang Mao, but was grounded.

Zhang Mao also threw out a sentence "The rest will be discussed after the funeral is completed", that is, no one dared to mention half a sentence.

For such a result, Nagafang only kept silent.

The concubine Youtai will not be silent, the daughter who struggled in the delivery room and was almost killed by his aunt, but he loved the most.

And Mrs. Wu Jing, who came with her, said bluntly that although Zhang Hui is the second grandson, the title is not his turn, and it stands to reason that it will not hinder anyone's eyes, but there is such a time ahead, she doesn't know if her granddaughter Zhao Tong will also be in danger when she gives birth.

In the huge study, the three of them were standing, and Zhang Mao still felt that this room was narrow and stuffy, which made people breathless.

Regarding the two in-laws' proposal of "dividing the family and dividing the house", Zhang Mao refused to agree, he is not dead yet, what kind of family! What a house! And with such a big movement in the branch, the whole capital has to talk about it, so isn't that also going out? !

Just kidding, it's better to let the second child live in a separate house than let the second child divorce his wife!

However, he said that he would take care of the house and ban the second daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law, and there would be no such thing happening again, but the two in-laws expressed disbelief.

The two sides talked for most of the day but did not reach an agreement, and finally broke up unhappily.

Zhang Mao originally wanted to wait for his old wife's funeral to pass completely, and then free up his hands to tidy up the family, but he didn't want to, it didn't take long for him to think about the separation of the family and the government from the bottom of his heart.

In mid-June, Zhang Huai, the left supervisor of the celebrant supervisor, Zhang Jin, the left attendant of the household department, Zhang Luan, the left servant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Wei, jointly impeached Zhang Mao and his sons Zhang Ming and Zhang Qin, who committed murder, forcibly occupied the land of Fengrun County, Shuntian Prefecture, and deceived the land tax.

This case also involved the inaction of more than ten officials, such as Hubu Langzhong, Wailang, Shuntianfu Tongju, and Governor Yushi, which snowballed into many nobles and clans, and even hung up on the homeless turmoil in the winter of the first year of Zhengde......

Shen Rui's wedding leave was very comfortable.

On the first day of the fifth month, he helped solve the affairs of the British government, and he and Yang Tian were relieved, and the unfinished Xiyuan date was moved to the fifth day of the fifth month.

Xu was invited by Mrs. Wu Jingbo to her mansion to enjoy the dragon boat race, and Shen Rui confessed to Xu and took Yang Tian and the two to have fun by themselves.

The two changed their cloth clothes and dressed up, like ordinary people and small couples, walked hand in hand in the West Garden, crowded in the crowd to watch all kinds of water plays, and went to eat the famous oil-cooked fresh fish, until the first day of the lanterns returned home, and played all day, so happy.

On the carriage home, Yang Tian was extremely tired, leaning on Shen Rui's shoulder and closing his eyes to recuperate, but the smile on his face was still not gone, and he couldn't help but say today's interesting things in his mouth.

Shen Rui smiled in her ear: "In the future, we will come out at least once a month, like today, just the two of us to play, it's good." ”

Yang Tian immediately became energetic, his big eyes were almost shining, as bright as stars, but he said: "In the future, I want to help my mother take care of the house, you still have relatives and housewarmers in the same year, many of them have sent posts, and they have to go to socialize, but I am afraid that I don't have time to come out to play like this, and I am so greedy for playing, my mother will blame me......"

Shen Rui nodded her nose and said, "Mother loves you and is still above me, how can I blame you!" There are not so many things at home, what's wrong with coming out once or twice a month to relax and relax, and the officials still have a rest...... You don't have to worry about that, just ask, do you want to come out? ”

Yang Tian smiled embarrassedly, buried his head in his arms, and said, "Hengyun, I'm very happy." ”

Shen Rui laughed, hugged his little wife, took stock, and said: "Speaking of which, there are really a few socials that I have to go to recently, but after these two months, it will be fine, the ninth day of this month is Bin Zhong to buy a new house for a banquet, and he has no female dependents, so you don't have to go." Fifteen is the banquet of Li Guo's step-heir, let's go, there will be an hour to finish, let's come back to Xiyuan, how about it? ”

Yang Tian raised his head with a smile and nodded heavily.

said that this time is indeed a banquet to warm the house.

The ten who directly entered Hanlin in the new science and technology are not mentioned, and half of those who were admitted to the Shuji and selected to the six departments to view politics also accounted for half, and there are many official vacancies that have no activities for the time being, just waiting for this year's Beijing inspection if there are any fallen candidates.

In the past two years, the situation in the DPRK and China has changed, and when it comes to Beijing, the bigwigs are fighting, and I don't know how many people want to move their positions. In particular, the position in Beijing is ......

Most of those who stay in Beijing want to buy a house, and there are many people from other places who are waiting to move to Beijing as officials after the Beijing inspection, and they also want to buy a house.

As a result, the average house price in Beijing has risen by three percent this year, and the small courtyard houses that were originally only a few dozen taels are now one hundred taels, and many good locations are suitable for low-grade officials to enter the second and third houses, and the price has almost tripled, which has made many new scholars shout that it is not easy to live in Beijing.

Dai Dabin is in the second line of the family, his parents live with his eldest brother, so he sent a message to let him get married next year and take his wife into Beijing to prolong the heirs, and he has a good future, it is the time to buy property and settle down in Beijing.

His cousin Lin Fuyu didn't get into this subject, and he didn't want to go back to Fujian, especially when he heard that Shen Rui's uncle and former Nanjing Guozi priest Shen Zhou was going to set up a academy to give lectures.

In this way, the cousins discussed buying a house in one place, and Lin Fuyu also took his wife and children to Beijing, so that the two families could take care of each other.

The house itself is not easy to find, and the two adjacent ones are more difficult, and the two of them ran a few tooth lines to find it for a long time before they found it next to the city wall in Ming Shifang, which is a small three-entry house, which is suitable for settling down.

It's just that the price is very high, and it is clear that there are a few other people who have been in the picture, but they are all not together, and they are still waiting. It means that whoever takes the silver first gets it first.

Dai Lin and the others originally brought enough silver to Beijing, but no one expected the house price to rise like this, and there was still a gap of two or three hundred taels to buy a house, and it would take two or three months to send someone back to the hometown to get the silver. In the past few months, it has been a time when I have just entered the officialdom and socialized everywhere to build a good relationship.

Both of them were born in rich and noble families, and they had never encountered a shortage of silver since they were young, so they were really embarrassed and embarrassed at this time.

The situation of the fellow villagers who entered Beijing together was not as good as the two of them, and the two of them inevitably went to ask Lin Fu, who was willing to squander his wealth, but he was a small Hanlin, and he couldn't take out a few hundred taels of cash at home for a while.

Lin Fuyu was older than Dai Dabin, and his face was thicker, so he said: "I have asked Hengyun to study in Second Uncle Shen's academy before, so I might as well bother him again at this time, and borrow some silver for the time being. ”

Dai Dabin refused at first, because of his fame before, Huanxi Sha left him Mobao to give him the money to moisten the pen, how to ask for it now.

It wasn't until the Yaren economy came to ask if they wanted the two houses, and the two had no choice but to go to the door of the Shen family.

It was difficult to open his mouth to borrow three hundred taels, but Shen Rui took out five hundred taels, and did not say the words of the friend's righteousness of wealth, but said to Dai Dabin sincerely: "I have something to ask Bin Zhong, Qingzhen Bookstore should be ordered by the imperial court to print our subject for a while, and after a while, I want to publish some poetry collections, I have already made an appointment with my eldest brother, Brother Lu and Bin Zhong, you are here, I haven't had time to meet." Today, I want to ask for Bin Zhong's poems, so I will pay a deposit first, I don't know what Bin Zhong wants? ”

Dai Dabin was grateful, and he didn't look at the silver, and in this way, he was embarrassed, and praised his talent, it was really Shen Rui who was kind, he was deeply grateful at the moment, and said: "If Brother Hengyun is sent, my brother dares to disobey." ”

Shen Rui hurriedly avoided him, supported him and said with a smile: "In this way, he really wants to ask Bin Zhong for help one day." My second uncle's academy has not yet been built, and I don't have a clue about teaching for the time being, so I was thinking, if Bin Zhong has nothing to do when he is resting, can he go to the academy to teach part-time for a few times? It is not only to listen to the experience of Bin Zhong's gold list title, but also to borrow the golden signboard of Bin Zhong, of course, there will be no less. ”

It is also a common practice for the academy to invite some famous Confucian scholars to give lectures, Shen Rui does not expect to be able to create a higher education institution like in his previous life, and hire celebrities as visiting professors, but only thinks that the new academy must always have some characteristics based on it, and it is good to invite some "celebrities" to take advantage of the celebrity effect.

Dai Dabin said with a smile: "I have said that there is nothing to follow, there are such good things as lectures, and I can't ask for it." ”

Lin Fuyu also smiled: "It's okay now, originally Bin Zhong wanted to call me cousin, but in the future I will call him sir, but it's messed up." ”

All three laughed, and the matter was settled.

Although Dai and Lin got the silver, they did not decorate the house in a big way, but they made slight repairs on the original basis, added some new furniture, and simply arranged it.

On the ninth day of the first month of May, they didn't invite too many friends, after all, the warm house was an unusual banquet, and the next post inevitably had the suspicion of asking people for gifts, so the relationship was not very close, but it was invited by a few places in the same year, plus the fellow villagers who stayed in Beijing, there were only a dozen people.

Although Dai Dabin's courtyard is three entrances, it is not big, and he has not built any garden, and there is no scenery to enjoy, so he asked for the signature wine and food from the famous restaurant near the left, and set up three tables in the courtyard, so that everyone can eat to their heart's content.

Most of the guests here are in their twenties, all of them have dreams to step into the official career, and today there are no outsiders, they are all familiar with each other, they know that they are all of noble conduct, and they can talk about poetry and painting at the beginning, and gradually they can't help but mention the current situation in Beijing.

At present, the hottest topic is the investigation of grain and grass losses in various parts of Shanxi, and there is also a Datong report that the fire in Pingyu City burned 1.47 million straw bundles, which caused the emperor to thunder and rage.

Because it was Liu Jin who advocated the investigation of the nine-sided grain and rice pastures and the places that often closed positions, and indeed found a string of rats, the party members of the Jin family in the DPRK and China all praised their stinky feet.

And Liu Jin used a heavy punishment to make the prisoner stand in heavy flail, and he died in less than a day. The people didn't know why, they only heard that it was the execution of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they all applauded and praised Liu Gonggong for killing the wicked.

At this time, Liu Jin was in the limelight both inside and outside the court.

The courtiers were afraid of Liu Jin's cruel methods, and they had Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and they could arrest people at any time to punish serious crimes, and they did not dare to offend him. These young scholars who have just ascended to the Tianzi Hall are full of enthusiasm and fearless.

Someone commented with the strength of wine: "This eunuch has also done a human thing, and as soon as the killing ring is opened, I just hope to kill chickens and monkeys, so that those corrupt officials know that they are afraid." ”

"Do you still say that the eunuch can have good intentions? I've heard that there are blatant bribes over there, and the money that buys life buys the silver of officials, and the price is clearly marked, and the child is not deceived. I don't know what things have been promoted. ”

"That eunuch is a bulge! In many cases, it is not to punish evil, but to establish power! I heard that Li Ge Lao and Yang Ge Lao both wrote to the emperor to ask the emperor to be benevolent, and the offender cannot be punished generally, but there is such a thing, Brother Yang? This was someone asking Yang Shen.

Yang Shen said lightly: "For example, Li Ge Lao sang and said, 'There will be spring after frost and snow, and there will be sweet rain after thunder and lightning. 'The emperor has praised his deep national plan and is committed to auxiliary governance. The grain and grass affairs at the border are serious, and it is advisable to be severe, and the rest can be sentenced at discretion. ”

Everyone sighed: "The emperor is virtuous." He also reprimanded: "The eunuch villain is rampant and chaotic government." ”

Someone else asked: "In this case, this time we will send a Qin messenger to the Shanxi border to thoroughly investigate the grain and rice pastures?" ”

Yang Shen shook his head and said that he didn't know, but he glanced at Shen Rui beside him intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, Shen Rui knew that the little emperor was indeed picking on the Qincha in Shanxi.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Brother Shou met Shen Rui once, and as Zhang Hui and the others expected, Brother Shou mentioned that Zhang Hui would keep filial piety, because he asked Shen Rui who would succeed Zhang Hui to go to Shanxi, and who would take over Jingwei Wuxue.

According to the preface, Shen Rui said that the Zhao family had more or less connections in Shanxi in the early years, and Zhao Hongpei was also well aware of business affairs, and recommended him to go to Shanxi with Lu Erqilang to explore business routes for the emperor.

As for Jingwei martial arts, Shen Rui said that the stakes were very high, and he didn't know many martial artists, so he asked the emperor to judge the saint.

However, he recommended his brother-in-law Li Yanqing to go to the Jingwei Martial Arts Ordnance Bureau.

In fact, with Li Yanqing's knowledge and his father Li's face, it was no problem to take the exam, but Li Yanqing was not very interested in being a Hanlin and didn't take the exam at all.

He had also talked to Shen Rui before, and was very optimistic about Shen Rui's proposal to publish a collection of construction projects, and even heard Shen Rui mention the book of Jingwei Wuxue to print weapons, and the two talked about some weapons ideas, Li Yanqing was very interested, so he talked with his father Li Shen, and finally persuaded his father to let him go to the military department to watch the government.

Li Zhishui is famous, and later built Tailing and supervised the construction of Xiyuan, both of which were completed very beautifully, and won the appreciation of Brother Shou.

Brother Shou heard that Li's son also likes engineering, and he is even more enthusiastic about weapons, so he can't help but be happy, and his straight son inherits his father's business very well, and Li Yanqing should be transferred to the Ordnance Bureau.

As for Jingwei Wuxue, although Brother Shou complained that Zhang Hui, a person who was filial piety, was useless, and Shen Rui didn't help him think of someone to share his worries, he was still quite satisfied with the two of them knowing how to measure.

Zhao Hongpei and Lu Erqilang went to Shanxi, which can only be said to be doing "private work" for Brother Shou, and has nothing to do with the granary pasture. Brother Shou also had to send a messenger to check the border pass, but this was not something that Shen Rui could put his beak, and Brother Shou didn't mean to consult Shen Rui, but he mentioned it casually.

Afterwards, in the study of the Yang Mansion, Shen Rui said that when he listened to Yang Tinghe and his father and son, Yang Tinghe said: "The cabinet meeting, or let the Metropolitan Procuratorate come out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate according to the rules." It's just that, if you think about it, the emperor will still send a lieutenant to go with him. ”

Yang Shenqi said: "The one who found out these things before was the lieutenant official of the internal official supervisor sent by Liu Jin to investigate, and this time he will send the lieutenant official?" ”

Yang Tinghe twisted his beard and said: "The emperor is sage, how can he listen to and believe partially. This time, I'm afraid I'm going to send someone from Dongchang. ”

Liu Jin is already like the leader of all the lieutenants, but not everyone in the inner court bows his head, and Qiu Ju alone has not fought with Liu Jin once or twice.

Someone spread the gossip that if you are caught by Dongchang, as long as you give money to Gonggong Qiu, you will not be allowed to fall into the hands of Gonggong Liu.

This is equivalent to picking up a life and coming back, but it is also taking a life from Liu Jin.

There were two times when Liu Jin asked Qiu Ju to let him go, and Liu Jin was also angry.

However, the discord between these two is exactly what the bigwigs of the DPRK and China are happy to see.

Come to think of it, this should be what the emperor is happy to see.

The little emperor played the balancing technique beautifully, and he would not use it unexpectedly.

Shen Rui, and even Yang Shen, know this.

The two quickly exchanged glances at the banquet, but they were silent, still holding a wine cup and listening to everyone's analysis of the candidates.

The courtyard was bustling when there was a sudden knock on the door.

The yard is shallow, the Dai family is incomplete, and the gatehouse is not complete, and at that moment one of Dai Dabin's entourages ran to open the door, and then said loudly: "Liu Ren Liu Gongzi, Li Jing Li Gongzi came to congratulate Gongzi on his housewarming." ”

Everyone in the courtyard was stunned.

Although they are all regarded as "Yanei", Yang Shen and Shen Rui have no friendship with Liu Renshi, the son of Liu Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War. This Li Jing has never heard of it.

Dai Dabin also subconsciously whispered: "I didn't invite Liu Gongzi. ”

But the visitor was a guest, Dai Dabin immediately straightened his clothes and went out with Lin Fuyu to greet him. After everyone looked at each other, they all got up and greeted each other to fulfill the gift of the same year.

After a while, I heard Liu Ren's laughter, and saw him and a young man enter the courtyard with Dai and Lin.

Liu Ren is a Yanei, and he is ranked high in this department and has an official position, so everyone knows it. And that Li Jing said that he is also a Jinshi today, but he is only 210 in the three lists, which is already at the bottom of the list, and he is indeed "lucky" as he said.

The crowd saluted each other and re-seated.

When a new guest came, he was always disrespectful in the face of the remnants of the table, and Dai Dabin hurriedly ordered the servants to order food again and reopen the banquet.

Liu Ren smiled and said, "No, it's because I'm late, so how can I make trouble with you." Everyone is friends in the same year, and they should drink a pot of wine together. ”

As he spoke, he took the new cups, saucers, and chopsticks from the servant, picked up the wine jug from the table, poured himself a glass, drank it all, lit up the bottom of the glass, and said with a smile, "It's too late, I will punish myself with a glass and make amends to all my brothers." He picked up the chopsticks without hesitation, and ate two bites of a plate of vegetables in his hand.

Everyone was relieved to see him so easy-going, and everyone toasted and chatted with each other, and the banquet resumed some liveliness for a while. It's just that he is not familiar with the two of them, and there will be no more high-minded discussions about the affairs of the DPRK and China just now.

It turns out that it is completely correct not to talk to strangers.

During the banquet, Liu Ren had been talking with Dai Dabin, asking him about the situation at home and when he was going to return home, and that Li Jing, after drinking two glasses of wine, was a little drunk, so he asked impatiently: "I heard that Bin Zhong bought this house when the money was a little out of hand?" You and I are in the same year, I am a few years older, and I should help my brother. ”

There was silence on the field.

Dai Dabin couldn't help frowning, Lin Fuyu was so anxious that he already lowered his face.

Liu Ren was a little embarrassed, glared at Li Jing, and said with a smile: "Bin Zhong is not strange, we also heard about it, and we are anxious for Brother Xian......"

Shen Rui suddenly laughed beside him, raised the wine cup, and pretended to be exaggerated and surprised: "A talent like Bin Zhong will also lack silver?" Huanxi Sha Tea House but there are still several empty walls, if Bin Zhong is willing to put down the ink treasure, the tea house is willing to ask for a thousand gold! ”

A few people next to him all understood, and they all smiled: "Boss Shen is so generous, I don't know if there is still a shortage of clerical guys who write running water, and I am barely competent." ”

After laughing this time, the atmosphere eased, Dai Dabin adjusted his mood, and said lightly: "Thank you Liu Gongzi Li Gongzi for your concern, but I think the two of you have misunderstood." But he doesn't even call the word "brother", only called son, which shows estrangement.

Liu Ren's heart was furious, hating Li Jing's mouth for being a bad thing, and he just wanted to add two more sentences to come back, but he didn't want Li Jing to smile again: "Yes, Bin Zhong is such an immortal character, and he has his own noble person to recruit him as a fast son-in-law of the East Bed, how can he be short of money." ”

Everyone changed their faces, and during the banquet, Pang Tianqing even slapped the wine cup heavily, but glared at Liu Ren and said, "What is the meaning of Liu Gongzi's coming here today?" ”

Liu Ren had the heart to strangle Li Jing, and said busily: "Naturally, I came to warm the house for Binzhong." This Brother Li Xian is not strong enough to drink......"

Before he finished the drawing, Li Jing seemed to be pretending to be crazy with wine, he smiled and said, "We are here today with good intentions to be an iceman for Binzhong." Bin Zhong, your good luck, Jinyi Wei Qianhu talks about food and is willing to marry your daughter. ”

The media is not so straightforward!

Usually, the two families first probe each other, and then send a matchmaker to ask, otherwise if one party categorically refuses, it will not hurt the face of the other family, and even hurt the harmony of the two families.

Who knows which tendon of this Li Jing is wrong, and the big lama said such things at this table.

Everyone at the banquet was not good-looking, Liu Ren wished that he had never appeared here, and Dai Dabin got up and said: "Bin has a marriage contract, and Li Gongzi paid it with good intentions." Since the son is drunk, please go back to the house to rest, and I will not send it far. ”

This eviction order was already very polite, Liu Ren knew that he couldn't do anything, so he didn't want to stay here anymore, held Li Jing's arm with one hand, and barely squeezed out a smile, "I'm bothering ...... today" and wanted to drag Li Jing away.

Li Jing squinted his eyes, and his words were not shocking, "Haven't you heard of talking about thousands of households?" And don't blame you for not becoming. Talking about the brothers of Qianhu, you won't know that it is Liu Jin Liu, who is now in charge of the ceremonial supervisor. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Indeed, I heard just now that it was a thousand households in Jinyi, and no one paid attention to that person's name, and there were not too many thousands of households in the shade of Beijing.

No one wants Liu Jin to go to the brothers and relatives of the Eight Tigers in the palace, but for them, the little civil officials, who will remember those names.

Li Jing didn't smile with a smile on his face, looked at the silent crowd, and said with a shy face: "What's the matter, that's Lord Liu's niece's daughter, and she is regarded by Lord Liu as her own daughter." It's rare that Lord Liu also takes a fancy to you, it's you who are going to soar, in the future, don't forget your brothers......"

Liu Ren's eyes were closed, and he was already thinking quickly about how to tell his father, if this matter was messed up, it would naturally be all pushed on the damn Li Jing, but their father and son could not guarantee that they would not eat and hang, and they would inevitably regret it in their hearts.

It was indeed the girl who talked about the family who fell in love with Tanhualang at a glance when she was traveling across the street in Xinke Jinshi, and Liu Jin inquired about Dai Dabin's family history and also recognized it. first looked for Wang Wei's teacher as a matchmaker, but Wang Wei politely refused.

Wang Wei, in fact, can't be regarded as completely standing in the party of Liu Jin and Jiao Fang.

When he was in the ministry, because of discord with Zhang Yuanzhen, Wang Wei could only stand on the same front with Jiao Fang, and then he entered the cabinet with Jiao Fang and Liu Jin's strength, and the situation forced him to stand on Jiao Fang's side.

But when his political views were at odds with Jiao Fang, he did not obey Liu Jin's assignment very much, but dissuaded Liu Jin on many things.

Although Liu Jin was dissatisfied with Wang Wei, he was considered "his own person" in the cabinet, and the other obedient people in his pocket did not have the prestige to enter the cabinet for the time being, so he had to pinch his nose and admit it.

Wang Wei's division refused to be a matchmaker, and Jiao Fang was unable to enter the Sanding Jia, so the three of them were not pleasing to the eye, and he could not be expected to be a matchmaker for Tanhualang with Yan Yuese. Liu Jin rummaged through his pockets and found Liu Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Liu Yu first wanted to burn high incense to be glad that their two sons were married, and glad that the girl did not fall in love with his son, and then ...... Tanhualang, who has been engaged to someone else, is a matchmaker, which inevitably reminds people of the last champion Gong's family affairs.

There are examples of Zhang Yuanzhen being unlucky because of protecting the media, and Liu Yu doesn't dare to touch his hands.

But Gonggong Liu ordered, and he didn't have the courage to say no to Wang Wei, so he thought of a roundabout way, and said to Liu Jin that the young man was tender, so it was better to let Liu Ren go to explore the mouth of Dai Dabin in the same year.

I heard that Dai Dabin has a marriage contract, but I think about what kind of female family it can be in the countryside, and it is nothing to withdraw from the marriage. Didn't the first champion also see that he could tie up with Li Ge Lao, so he withdrew from the marriage contract with the salt merchant Jujia's family.

Liu Jin thinks that it is feasible, and it is easy for young people to talk about it and analyze the pros and cons.

He stroked and pulled the young man in his hand, and assigned the newly cast and quick-tongued Tongjin Shi Li Jing to Liu Ren, and asked the two of them to go together.

Liu Ren secretly thought that Li Jing was sent by Liu Jin to spy on him, so when Li Jing suggested that they could get close to Dai Dabin at the warm house banquet, Liu Ren didn't have a better chance to have a natural contact with Dai Dabin, so he agreed.

Who knows, Li Jing didn't come to spy on him at all, he was clearly here to trap him.

What's the use of repenting at this time?

Over there, Dai Dabin had already interrupted Li Jing's words sharply, "Li Gongzi is drunk!" He turned to Liu Ren and said, "Can Liu Gongzi send him home?" ”

Liu Ren twitched the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't even squeeze out a smile, and hurriedly responded to a few goodbyes, and wanted to drag Li Jing out.

Li Jing got up and approached Dai Dabin and said, "What's the matter, you kid has a high vision, and you still can't look down on Lord Liu?!" As he spoke, he pointed to Pang Tianqing and said, "Could it be that you also want to learn from Pang Tianqing and find a horse mansion?" Let me tell you, Lord Liu can be with you, but the Horse Mansion may not be, you don't know how to lift. ”

Pang Tianqing had already slapped the table and said coldly: "Presumably, Li Gongzi is envious, he has no ability, and he can't ask for it, so he came to provoke, right?" ”

Dai Dabin said angrily: "I already have a marriage contract, don't say that again!" Li Gongzi is not lightly drunk, please leave quickly! ”

There are even more people who were scolding Liu Jin at this time, and they were already scolding: "How can we be a protégé of the Son of Heaven and a eunuch!" ”

When Shen Rui heard this, his heart was not good.

At the beginning, he only thought that Li Jing was Liu Ren's pig teammate, but now it seems that where this Li Jing is a pig teammate, he is clearly a vicious wolf that eats people.

Hearing Li Jingzheng say loudly: "Okay, you dare to insult the important ministers of the imperial court......

Shen Rui suddenly shouted: "Bold Li Jing! ”

Li Jing was stunned, and subconsciously looked at Shen Rui, where was there any drunken madness at this moment, Shen Rui's heart was even clearer, and he continued to scold at the moment: "Liu Jin and Liu Gonggong have now checked the nine sides and the official barns and grasslands in various parts of the world, punished all the corrupt officials in the world, and returned me to a bright and bright world, the people all applauded and praised Liu Gonggong for his wisdom and martial arts, but you Li Jing dared to slander Liu Gonggong's name here today!" I will wait until tomorrow to jointly impeach you. ”

Li Jing was dumbfounded when he heard this, and suddenly said angrily: "Shen Rui, you don't want to spray people with blood, when will I dare to tarnish Grandpa Liu's name!" It's clear that you people don't take Gonggong Liu in your eyes, and you still speak ill of you, do you want to bite back now? ”

The person who scolded Liu Jin before was hot-headed, and when he saw Shen Rui praising Liu Jin, he hated it so much that he was about to scold Shen Rui and Li Jing together, but Pang Tianqing's eyes were quick, he blocked people's mouths, and whispered in people's ears: "Don't be impatient." Don't fall for that. ”

Shen Rui already held his arms in his arms, put on an arrogant posture, and sneered: "Bin Zhong has already had a marriage contract, and he hasn't said it in public once or twice. If you really want to be with Bin Zhong, you must inquire, what a fair and upright person Liu Gonggong is, and he hears that Bin Zhong has a marriage contract, how can he do that difficult thing for a strong man? Gonggong Liu is loyal to the saint, and he pays the most attention to the word loyalty, and how can he make Bin Zhong treacherous. ”

Li Jing opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word. How can he refute it? refuted it, it was he who scolded Liu Jin!

Where did Shen Rui allow him to think about it, and immediately scolded: "You have ill intentions, you came here to make a lot of nonsense, and you want to smear the reputation of Gonggong Liu in Shilin, how vicious your intentions are!" Brothers, how can we tolerate such a man! Beat him first, and then send it to Gonggong Liu's mansion, and ask Gonggong Liu to dispose of him! ”

As soon as he said that, he jumped over, and raised his hand to hit Li Jingmian with a punch.

Li Jing was frightened and hurriedly dodged, but where could he avoid Shen Rui's fast punch, who had practiced martial arts, was imprinted on his eyes with a punch, and his eyes turned black when he landed, his body shook, and he was unsteady on his feet.

The others hated Li Jing for a long time, but when they saw Shen Rui talking and talking, they suddenly made a move, and when they were stunned, they all applauded, and immediately followed, punching and kicking Li Jing.

Liu Ren secretly hated Li Jing for harming him, and he was afraid that he would be beaten even if he was involved, so his first reaction was not to go over to help, but to hurriedly hide out of the battle circle.

Shen Rui specially left a bruise mark on Li Jing's face, so he withdrew from the circle to let a group of scholars vent their anger, and saw Liu Ren standing close to the wall, his face was already pale, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

Liu Ren was frightened, and seeing that Shen Rui didn't mean to hit him, Fang said, "Shen ...... Second brother Shen, you and I are considered to be the same family. Today, today I am sincerely here to congratulate Binzhong's housewarming, and it is all Li Jing, a bastard...... I, I really didn't expect ......"

He also studied at Chunshan Academy, but he was never in the same class as Shen Rui. When I went to worship the teacher together, when I talked about it on Wang Wei's side, I knew that I was a classmate.

Shen Rui patted him on the shoulder again, he couldn't stand it, and his body shrank again.

"I know that Brother Liu was also affected by Li Jing." Shen Rui said slowly.

Liu Ren almost didn't cry and shouted, "Second Brother Shen, who knows me", and nodded again and again.

Shen Rui said slowly: "But today, Li Jing's words are smashed here, and Brother Liu can't get rid of it." Seeing that Liu Ren's face turned gray again, he said, "After a while, Brother Liu and I will tie up this guy and send it to Gonggong Liu's mansion." There is Liu Gonggong who deals with this person who spreads rumors and stirs up discord. ”

Liu Ren looked at Shen Rui like a ghost, and his face changed for a while.

Shen Rui didn't say much, he didn't look at him at all, just stared at Li Jing who had already been kicked to the ground in the crowd over there, and he had to look at it a little, don't let Li Jing be beaten to death.

Liu Ren is already difficult to ride a tiger, even if he doesn't follow, Shen Rui is determined, so he will go alone, the result is not bad, but he will not fall well. He finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's all about this little person's life, and the foolish brother and the virtuous brother go together." ”

Shen Rui glanced at him meaningfully, and then rushed over there with an arrow step, defused everyone's fists and feet in a few moves, and said in his mouth: "Leave him a breath!" ”

Everyone beat someone and got angry, and no one wanted to die and get into a lawsuit, so they all withdrew.

There are a group of powerless scholars, all of whom are in their twenties, and this punch and kick is enough for Li to endure.

He was also a smart man, and then he simply curled up with his head in his hands, but he protected the vital point.

Shen Rui squatted down and briefly checked it, knowing that he had mostly skin injuries, no fractures, and would not cause ribs to penetrate internal organs, etc., so he ordered Dai Dabin's entourage to come over and set him up, and said: "Today is the happy day of Binzhong's housewarming, and I don't want to be mixed up by such a thing." I and Liu Gongzi detained him and handed him over to Liu's father-in-law for disposal. ”

Dai Dabin hurriedly said: "How to bother Second Brother Shen, or I'll go by myself!" ”

Shen Rui thought for a while and said, "It's okay, let's go together." ”

At that moment, more people said, "Let's go together." ”

Of course, there are also people who do not want to have anything to do with the eunuchs and do not keep quiet.

Over there, Pang Tianqing said: "We don't need to mobilize all the teachers to go, I will use Brother Xiu and Hengyun to follow Bin Zhong to testify." ”

Yang Shen also nodded yes.

Dai Dabin waved in all directions and said: "It's not Bin's today, it disturbs the interest of your brothers, please forgive me." He will have a feast again on the other day. ”

Seeing that a few of them had extraordinary backgrounds and would not suffer a loss, they also said that if necessary, as long as they greeted them, they would come to support, and then they said goodbye and left.

The Dai family's carriage was not prepared, but fortunately, there are now carriages and horses everywhere in Beijing, so several people hired a car, stuffed Li Jing in, and rushed to Liu Jin's private residence outside the palace under the leadership of Liu Ren.

Liu Jin was naturally in the palace during the day, and Shen Rui also knew this very well before he came over, and he couldn't predict what it would be like to face Liu Jin at this time, but it was much simpler to hand over people to the steward of the Liu Mansion.

The crowd threw Li Jing over, and "filled with righteous indignation" stated his "crime". The corner of the steward's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he looked at Liu Ren vigorously.

Hearing this, Shen Rui seemed to be indignant and said: "This person is just a new science and technology scholar, and he has not really become an official, so I don't know who gave him the courage to slander the important ministers of the court." ”

The steward's eyelids jumped, and his eyes flickered.

Liu Ren also showed an angry and helpless look at the right time, and nodded slightly at the steward, which can be regarded as throwing the pot out.

Everyone said goodbye immediately, and only Liu Ren stayed.

When he turned out of the street, seeing that the anger on Dai Dabin's face had not dissipated, Shen Rui took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Although we used some loyal and righteous nonsense to set that person up, but that person is not a person who cherishes his reputation, he may not be able to do anything on the surface, but it is very difficult to say in secret." And that Li Jing, the intention of harming you is so obvious, I don't know if he went crazy himself, or if he became a knife in the hands of others. We also have to deal with it here. ”

Dai Dabin's face gradually became solemn: "I first came to the capital, I have no foundation, and the Fujian people in Beijing have no high-ranking officials, and they don't form a township party, what good can they do to deal with me?" ”

Pang Tianqing said coldly on the side: "I'm afraid that someone will also use you as a knife." ”

Shen Rui sighed: "Bin Zhong, you go back and sort out the poems and articles as soon as possible, and I will urge the Qingzhen Bookstore here to publish your anthology as soon as possible." If you are famous for your poetry, then you must always think about it if you want to move you. ”

Dai Dabin smiled bitterly: "It's really people sitting at home, and disaster comes from heaven." ”

Shen Rui patted him on the shoulder, "There is no easy way to walk in this world, and not all of them have come through obstacles." It's useless to think too much, first make yourself stronger, become piercing, and no one will dare to hold your knife. ”

After sending Dai Dabin and Lin Fuyu home, Pang Tianqing also gave up his farewell, thinking about it, he also wanted to go to Yue's house to discuss.

Today's matter, Li Jing just wanted to say it at that table, whether it was Dai Dabin alone, or Yang Shen, Shen Rui, and Pang Tianqing were counted, it is difficult to say.

Yang Shen looked at Shen Rui and asked him if he would go home with him and wait for Yang Ge to go down.

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Today's matter, please ask the eldest brother to talk to his father-in-law first." I want to go to Zhang Yong's father-in-law's side. ”

Yang Shen was stunned, and Shen Rui only said in a low voice: "Li's matter may be used." ”