Chapter 24: The Vulgar
The Sun Mansion is actually not far from the palace, but the ministers who were privately summoned by the emperor can only enter and exit through the Donghua Gate.
So he had to follow the summoned eunuch, and like a fool, he passed through the gate three times without entering, all the way from the northwest corner of the inner city, and went around to the east of the imperial city.
Perhaps seeing that he was too burly and majestic, the forbidden army guarding Donghua Gate specially took him to the ear room, searched inch by inch twice, and almost pulled out the murder weapon in the crotch to measure the length.
Finally passed the 'security check', followed the summoned eunuch to go around in the palace wall, and saw that the front suddenly opened up, flashing out of a magnificent hall.
Sun Shaozong knew that he had arrived at the place, and was about to cheer up and deal with it, but he heard a noise on the left side of the temple door:
"Oh my God! Where is this car broken, why is it broken at the gate of Wenying Palace?! ”
"What to do, what to do?! This is the blue terrier rice that has just been paid tribute, if it is scattered, our big guy will not survive! ”
Not far from the left, I saw a flatbed carriage full of rice overturning on its side, around which two eunuchs were jumping up and down, shouting.
What a pompous acting skill!
Sun Shaozong only glanced at it twice, and then came to the above conclusion.
The mountain of rice bales on the carriage looked like half of the wheels had broken in two, and at first glance it looked like an accident caused by being overwhelmed.
But how vicious are Sun Shaozong's eyes?
Just a casual sweep, I saw several flaws.
First of all, the wheel, which looks neatly broken, shows no signs of bending under force, and is clearly unloaded first, and then cut off with a sharp weapon.
The second is that the rice on the cart has a rollover accident, and it is still neat, and there is not the slightest tilt - if it is tied very tightly, it is fine, but there are only a few small strings, if it is really suddenly loaded, I am afraid that it will be scattered all over the place.
Of course, the most obvious flaw is the lines of the two little eunuchs - now that it is the cold winter wax moon, it is impossible to produce new rice at all, and in this world, how can there be a fool who dares to pay tribute to the emperor for old rice?
Therefore, just the words 'just paid tribute' are enough to prove that this is a well-designed farce.
As for the purpose of their play......
Alas~
Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly, the actor who played the scene was so bad, he really didn't want to be the protagonist!
It's a pity that the person who orchestrated this bad scene was the emperor, and he couldn't afford to retreat on the spot at all - he offended the director, and at most some scenes were deleted; offended the emperor, and what was cut was life.
"These little!"
The summoned eunuch complained pretendically, and turned back to Sun Shaozong and explained: "Wait outside, let's go first and give you a message." ”
"There is Father-in-law Lao."
Sun Shaozong hurriedly bowed and saluted.
When he went out, the cheap big brother specially explained that these eunuchs had the best face, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least the etiquette on the surface could not be missing.
Of course, in addition, Sun Shaozu also pulled him to explain a lot of what he had and didn't, which was nothing more than eight words: 'think more and talk less, hide clumsiness and show timidity'.
'Think more and talk less' is easy to understand, as for the four words 'hide clumsiness and reveal timidity', it refers to trying to hide one's shortcomings in front of the emperor, and at the same time not being too shrewd.
But it was said that the summoned eunuch had just entered the gate of Wenying Palace, and the third extra...... Well, it's the third little eunuch who has made his debut.
I saw him holding a wooden wheel in his arms, trotting all the way and shouting: "Come, come, the wheel is here!" ”
Seeing that this thin guy is similar to Ma Gen, but there is no sweat on his face, he knows that Ya must have been hiding behind the palace wall, just waiting for the right opportunity to appear.
"Great!"
The two little eunuchs beside the carriage first cheered in unison, and then muttered in embarrassment: "But the car is loaded with so many things, how can we replace the wheels?" ”
The reason why I put a quotation mark in the word 'mumble' is because these two people are talking so loudly that a fool can see that they deliberately said it to Sun Shaozong.
I listened to Eunuch A's suggestion: "Why don't you unload the rice on the car first?" ”
"Die, you!"
Eunuch Yi pulled an orchid finger, poked a few times on the chest of the eunuch armor, and said coquettishly: "If we scatter tribute rice, won't we all have to lose our heads?!" ”
Eunuch Ding suggested at the right time: "Why don't we find a few guards to help lift the car up and put on the wheels." ”
As soon as the words fell, the three of them couldn't wait to set their eyes on Sun Shaozong.
This acting ......
It sucks, doesn't it?!
Sun Shaozong watched from the side and panicked for their eggs, compared with these three, the little fresh meat with facial paralysis can be the word 'profession'.
At this moment, the three eunuchs had already greeted in unison: "My lord, this lord, can you help us?" ”
If this scene hadn't been directed by the emperor, Sun Shaozong would definitely hide his face and leave!
Now......
He could only come to the 'center of the stage' step by step under the 'expectant' gaze of the three little eunuchs.
Seeing him approaching, Eunuch A immediately happily recited his lines: "My lord, let's try it first, if it doesn't work, then find other ......."
Who knew that before Eunuch A finished reading the lines, he saw Sun Shaozong snatch the wheel with his hand, and then silently stepped forward and reached out to buckle the bottom of the car, and with a shout of one arm, he helped the overturned carriage up, and aimed the card slot of the wheel at the axle, and slapped it in.
"Alright."
Gently putting the carriage weighing 1,000 catties back on the ground, Sun Shaozong waved his hand with little interest: "No thanks, goodbye." ”
The three eunuchs watched him back outside the Wenying Hall in a daze, and they were stunned for a long time before they remembered that there was still a line of 'the general is mighty' and forgot to say it.
Not to mention how many *** are galloping in the hearts of the three little eunuchs.
Not long after Sun Shaozong returned to the door of Wenying Palace, he saw the summoned eunuch come out of the inside, shook off the dust, and said in a shrill voice: "Your Majesty has a decree, Sun Shaozong, the captain of the Xuanlong Guard, enter the temple and face the saint!" ”
Sun Shaozong hurriedly restrained the disapproval in his heart, bent his waist, and respectfully followed the eunuch into the hall.
The summoned eunuch also knew that he had not been trained in the Ministry of Rites, so he entered the palace gate and led him forward a few steps, and reminded him in a low voice: "Don't you hurry up and knock on the Lord Banzai." ”
As he spoke, he arched his hand to the front and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Shaozong has already brought it." ”
Sun Shaozong didn't have time to see what the emperor looked like, so he hurriedly knelt down and said long live: "The last general Sun Shaozong, long live the knock!" ”
After waiting for a while, I heard someone respond lightly: "Let's be flat." ”
Sun Shaozong took advantage of the effort to get up, and secretly glanced at it, but saw that behind the bright yellow desk, there was a half-hundred-year-old man sitting upright - Emperor Taishang was seventy years old and retired, so Emperor Guangde was forty-three years old when he succeeded to the throne, and now that nine years have passed, he is naturally over half a hundred years old.
Emperor Guangde ascended the throne for nine years, although due to the existence of the Emperor Taishang, he was unable to fully control the political situation, but this long-term momentum is far from being comparable, especially a pair of slender eyes half-open and half-closed, which makes it difficult to guess what he thinks.
However, what Sun Shaozong cared about more than Emperor Guangde was the middle-aged minister who was staring at him not far in front of him.
Who is this?
"Sun Shaozong."
Sun Shaozong was guessing the identity of the minister, so he heard Emperor Guangde ask casually: "I heard that you just helped the little eunuchs and raised a carriage full of tribute rice?" ”
Tut~
That's what it's called 'knowingly asking'!
Sun Shaozong was slandering, but he hurriedly told the story honestly.
Emperor Guangde was noncommittal, but turned to the minister and asked, "What does Uncle Yongyi think?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty!"
That Yong Yibo bowed down and said categorically: "The minister thinks that this person should be dismissed and investigated, and he will never be hired!" ”
Dismissal investigation? Never hired?!
As soon as Sun Shaozong heard this, he was immediately a little dumbfounded-he didn't say anything, why did he get dismissed first?
I heard that Yong Yibo explained: "I can't even see through such a simple setup, which shows that he is a mediocre person - the Qian Xiang embassy was mixed with spies, which led to the assassination of the imperial court envoy, all due to his negligence!" ”
After a pause, he continued: "As for chasing the murderer for half a day, it is really a strange anecdote, I think it is either his luck, or the main messenger behind the scenes is intentional, it is really not enough to rely on!" Therefore, the minister thought that it was useless to keep such mediocre people who made big mistakes, so it was better to dismiss the official and dismiss him. ”
I'm going to go!
After hearing this, Sun Shaozong was really speechless.
He kindly cooperated with the emperor to act, but who knew that people didn't play cards according to the routine, and he was stunned to give himself the name of a 'mediocre person'!