Chapter 2: Residual Drunkenness (Part 2)

The pillars of Jinhua Building, the song fairy Bai Jingzhi, who is in second place among the small four, was ransomed! The news spread, and immediately set off a big wave in Chang'an City. Especially among those who boast of being full of wealth, but have been unknown, they are extremely disappointed by this. I want to study hard for so many years, but I have not been treated by high-ranking officials in the court, nor have I won the eyes of confidants! The one surnamed Wang is just a broken noble, if you want to be talented or not, if you want to be famous or not, how can you hold a beauty?

"I'm afraid this is not in line with etiquette!" In addition to the loss, someone immediately found a flaw in this matter, and in line with the attitude that our family can't get it and doesn't let you live a comfortable life, he held a pot of turbid wine in the restaurant and was filled with righteous indignation, "The surname Wang is a nobleman, but he married a singer as a concubine." According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, those who marry advocates as concubines will be ...... cane"

"Okay, Lao Lu, are you a fool to be the little marquis surnamed Wang!" The companion at the same table who served half a plate of salted soybeans shook his head and interrupted with a pout, "People have been prepared for a long time. I heard that ...... "put his hand to his mouth, this person pretended to be mysterious," and the surnamed Wang returned the deed of sale to Bai Xingshou on the day he ransomed his body. also found the Yamen of Wannian County to dredge up the relationship, and gave her a single independent household in Chang'an City. Right now, people accept women from good families, not some glamorous singers! ”

"Well, wouldn't that cost a lot of money!" Lao Lu, who was still full of grievances just now, immediately put down the wine cup and asked with round eyes. "Lao Ren, where did you hear that? If Bai Xingshou suddenly changed his hexagram, wouldn't he be empty of people and money? ”

"Not too little, of course!" Lao Ren, who leaked the news, divided more than half of the soybeans in the plate to his side, and continued proudly, "My fifth uncle and third aunt are on an errand in Wannian County, according to him, just to redeem Bai Xingshou, the surname Wang will pay this price....."

"Fifty hangings! Hey, he's willing to spend money! Staring at the five fingers raised on the opposite side, Lao Lu gasped, not noticing that his companion had taken advantage of his twenty extra pickled soybeans.

"Fifty, are you the head of the white line the little red diagonally across the door?" The drunkard Lao Ren's face was full of disdain, as if he was looking at an idiot, "Five thousand! And that's not even counting the money for adding fat and buying clothes. Coupled with the red envelopes stuffed into the yamen, it will be more than 10,000 hangings, to say the least! ”

"This loser!" Lao Lu slapped the table again, slapping several empty plates up and down.

"Either how can you say that you can't be rich for three generations, just follow this bad method....." Taking advantage of the old road immersed in anger, Lao Ren, a companion who leaked the news, hurriedly picked up the soybeans on the plate into his mouth.

A few drinkers at the table next to him obviously heard it, and condemned Wang Xun with a little drunkenness, "Huh! The ancestors gathered on the ragged road, and the descendants of Jinsha Zhu were defeated. If the superior doesn't wake up, I'm afraid that the Tang Dynasty will ......"

was searching for the country and the people, and suddenly an angry shout came from near the window, "Phew! A few of you who deserve to be off the list for a lifetime, it is someone's business to marry their own daughter-in-law and spend their own money. What do you have to do with a few of you? There is a kind of hiding in the corner and chewing your tongue, why don't you go to the yamen to ask for your life! ”

"You ......" Several scholars wearing cloth crowns immediately stood up and glared angrily at the strong man who spoke. Looking at the other party's body of no less than nine feet, and the companion next to this person who was wearing a palace guard uniform, the anger in his stomach immediately disappeared.

"What, Lei said the wrong thing, you wait? I read a belly of books in vain, and I don't want to think about how to do my best for the country, but I always stare at the crotch of others to make a fuss. I'm embarrassed to say that I am a saint! If I wait, I'll drown myself in a soak of urine in the morning! The more he looked at a few readers, the more unpleasant he became, and the strong man continued to scold.

There is a way that Xiucai meets soldiers, and it is unreasonable to say. What's more, there is a brocade-clothed guard of the Prince's Mansion sitting next to the strong man? The readers didn't want to bother with such "vulgar things", shook their heads, called the running buddies, packed the uneaten leftovers, and left one after another.

Looking at the boring sour ding, Lei Wanchun tapped the table with his fingers, and complained to Ma Fang, who was drinking with him, "Mingyun, this kid, is getting more and more disagreeable." After marrying Bai Xingshou, he didn't say that he invited everyone to drink a glass of water and wine! Are you afraid that I can't afford to wait for the gift money? ”

"Mingyun is afraid that he will scratch his head at home at this time!" Ma Fang smiled and secretly explained to Lei Wanchun, "Master, don't blame him. As far as I know, he's at home, and he's never been able to make his own decisions! Although Bai Xingshou is captivating the country and the city, after all, he bears the name of a singer. And on the side of Chongrenfang, all the people who live are after the founding of the country. Even if he first finds a way to give Bai Xing the first independent household, the identity gap is probably not easy to deal with! ”

"What? The mother-in-law ......" Lei Wanchun gently knocked on the table again, his face full of anger. Thinking that Aunt Yun had been kind to her good friend Zhang Xun, her tone quickly softened, "I have also seen Aunt Yun, she is not an unreasonable elder. Since she treats Mingyun as her own......"

"The more you treat it as your own, the stricter you will be!" After the experience of the White Horse Fort and the Prince's Mansion, the pony side has not only grown a lot taller, but also matured a lot in his mind. "Ming Yun will not take the career in the future. If you want to pursue a career in public service, reputation is very important. Now that he has not married a wife, he has taken a concubine first, although he has found a way to avoid the trouble of the government, but who is willing to marry his daughter to him if he is the right person? There are no strong elders above him, and without the relationship of marriage, there is one less strong reinforcement invisibly. It's okay to be a little lieutenant right now, but if you go up further, after being targeted by the guys who are full of food and have nothing to do, I'm afraid you will have to hold on to it! ”

"Those guys are really wide!" Lei Wanchun continued to shoot the case angrily, but he knew that what Ma Fang said was the truth. There are so many official positions in the Tang Dynasty, the noble family accounts for more than half of them, and the imperial relatives account for a quarter of them. The remaining quarter is reserved for the scholars from the previous imperial examinations, the celebrities recommended by the local government, and the hidden sages who took the shortcut to the south. Therefore, the higher you go up in the officialdom, the more intense the dumping will be. Any reputation stain on the resume, even if it is extremely inconspicuous, can make a big deal after being caught by a competitor. Of course, if there are powerful ministers like Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong behind him, it will be counted! (Note 1)

"Don't just be wide!" When it came to Yushitai, Ma Fang was dissatisfied. "Those guys just rely on finding fault with people to eat. Even the prince's mansion used a few more truckloads of bamboo charcoal last winter, and he was able to make articles about quitting luxury and lewdness! ”

Lei Wanchun pouted when he heard it. "These guys! If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is considered to be fond of luxury, where are the two prime ministers going?! ”

In view of the fact that previous generations of princes rarely had good deaths, the current crown prince Li Heng has always been low-key. Ordinary and simple, when not on major occasions, only two vermilion paint cars on the street, with five or six entourages. Compared with His Majesty the Emperor, who flocked to Lishan to take a hot spring at every turn, and Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, who had silver convoys in and out, they could simply be described as shabby. And the imperial historians didn't dare to trouble Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong and others, but instead grabbed the prince's mansion and used a few more trucks of bamboo charcoal to make a fuss. Ma Fang shook his head and said in a low voice: "In this era, how can anyone be willing to be Wei Zheng's second?" Their calculations are very fine! If Li Xiang and Yang Jiedu are impeached, I am afraid that they will have to go home the next day. Only the crown prince, although named the prince, has no real power. Even if Your Majesty ascends the throne a hundred years later, I am afraid that he will not be embarrassed to turn over the old accounts of the imperial history! ”

Lei Wanchun was unfamiliar with these ghost tricks in the officialdom, he sounded very tired, yawned, and said with a smile: "Forget it, anyway, Lao Tzu can't be a high-ranking official in his life." I can't afford to see these guys angry. Let's get down to business, you came to me today, did you get stuck in the sword technique again! ”

"What Master said is very true!" Ma Fang stood up and responded respectfully.

"Sit down and don't move. Lao Tzu is not a tablet?! "Lei Wanchun used to be an unrestrained hero, he never cared much about secular etiquette, and he hated Ma Fang to follow the rules in front of him." The original author of the knife technique you learned is a shocking character. If you can't learn his personality and mind, even if you enter the country, it will be difficult to enter the house! ”

"Yes! Disciples try to change as much as possible! "Although after becoming a guard in the East Palace, Ma Fang has rarely been beaten. But his father's shadow was still imprinted on him. Even if you deliberately rebel, you can't change it for a while.

"Forget it, I don't care about you." Lei Wanchun was helpless, so he had to give up with a smile, "Anyway, where is it stuck?" Is it that you kid has been greedy for more and faster recently, and he hasn't learned to walk and think about running first! ”

"The disciple is diligent in practicing every day!" Hearing this, Ma Fang was in a hurry, and immediately blushed to defend himself, "I have practiced the first half of this set of sword scores over and over again for many months, and the key to each move can be memorized." After practicing, you can also feel the truth. It is nothing more than the words "quick hands and quick eyes, and the enemy is the first". But from the twenty-fifth trick, it is jerky and abnormal, as if it was not created by one person, and no matter how you practice, you can't find the feeling! ”

"Twenty-fifth move?" Lei Wanchun grabbed his chopsticks and gestured in mid-air. After a while, he smiled and said very bitterly: "This, I'm afraid I can't help you." This set of knife techniques records the lifelong achievements of a famous general in the previous dynasty. But the first half of the first half is what this person learned from a hermit when he was a child, with a bit of ease. And the second half is what this person realized after experiencing a hatred of the destruction of the country and the death of the family. The knife intent is full of grief and disappointment, and every time the knife goes down, it is eager to break the opponent into several pieces. You are so old and have no experience, it is strange that you can realize the three flavors! ”

"Ahh Ma Fangdeng's face was full of disappointment, "Then, then I won't be able to learn forever!" ”

"There's the first half, enough for you to roll around in the army. Don't be greedy and chew too much. Lei Wanchun knocked on the other party's finger and explained with a smile, "The second half depends on chance." It's better to memorize it in your heart first, and then slowly understand it later. ”

"Oh!" Ma Fang sighed, but he couldn't be reconciled. With the knife technique taught by Lei Wanchun, he is now like a fish in water in the six rates of the East Palace. Many guards who were older than him and had a deep background were deeply impressed by him after trying to compete with him. But for the few top masters around the prince, Ma Fang can only look up. If you want to talk to each other's peers, martial arts have to go to the next level in a short period of time.

"Knife technique, like craftsmanship, is also to live and learn until you are old!" Lei Wanchun guessed the apprentice's thoughts, shook his head and smiled, "No one is invincible in the world when he first debuts, and he needs to turn the things on the sword spectrum into his own things in actual combat, and he can also reach the realm of Dacheng." Even the original creator of the sword technique, at your age, is said to be commonplace. But then he went on a quest to the east and west, slashing countless generals, and his sword skills gradually improved! ”

"Countless slashes. Is it Hou Junji? After all, Ma Fang was young, and he quickly came out of his frustration and turned to care about the origin of the knife technique.

"Hou Junji is a generation of famous generals, but compared with this person, it is still a little worse!" Lei Wanchun shook his head and denied it.

"It's Wang Junkuo!" Ma Fang's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted loudly.

"When this person crisscrosses the Central Plains, Wang Junkuo may only be able to be a pawn for him!" Glancing at Ma Fang, Lei Wanchun continued to shake his head.

"That, that......" Ma Fang searched his intestines and stomach, and among the founding fathers he was familiar with, he could not find such a number one person to make a knife anyway.

"You don't think about it, it's not in the book!" Lei Wanchun smiled and added in a low voice. "Your grandfather may know, but he won't tell you. This person, just like Li Xiaogong and Xu Shiji, is eager to take all the credit from him and press it on someone else's head! ”

"Li Xiaogong, didn't you say that he was a prince of peace?" Ma Fang's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. Because Xu Shiji was implicated by his grandson Xu Jingye, he was exhumed and thrown by Wu Zetian. Most of the military exploits he made during his lifetime were also forcibly transferred to famous generals of the same generation by sycophant literati. But Li Xiaogong's deeds, Ma Fang is not very clear. I only know that this person is a nephew of Gaozu and has led soldiers for a few days.

"This dynasty?" Without Zhang Xun's friend by his side, Lei Wanchun's speech was obviously becoming more and more unscrupulous, "Taizong has personally interfered in the cultivation of history. wiped out the exploits of Prince Yin and King Qi. If Li Xiaogong is the prince of Taiping, then everyone else in Lingyan Pavilion is full of shit. The commander of the First Army is indecisive, cowardly and incompetent, and everything depends on Li Jing's long history to arrange, do you believe it? ”

This sentence does hit the soft underbelly of many mainstream statements. Li Jing was highly regarded by later generations, but most of his contributions in the founding battle were established in the position of marching chief. And his immediate boss is none other than Li Xiaogong. Thinking of this, Ma Fang smiled dumbly, "It's too much." How can they do that? Isn't the owner of the sword spectrum a hero on the same level as Li Xiaogong? ”

"At least it's not worse than Li Xiaogong!" Lei Wanchun picked up the wine cup and took a sip gently. I was about to reveal the origin of the knife score, but I accidentally saw a person walk in at the door of the tavern, and his eyes were immediately attracted to it, straight, and he couldn't move a minute for a long time.

Note 1: Shortcut to the south. The kings of the Tang Dynasty liked to visit hermits to become officials. Therefore, many people go to Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion, so that it is convenient to be searched. Over time, the shortcut to the south became an idiom.