Chapter Twenty-Three: Hunting geese all day long pecked at the eyes
In Yangzhou City, almost everyone knew where the 'wealthy' house was, and soon the group was guided to the door of Yang's mansion.
"Straight lady thief, they all say that Yangzhou is rich, and it really lives up to its name, this house is also on the top of Bianliang." The knight at the head scolded and scolded, and the group behind him also echoed and scolded.
As soon as the men of the Yang Mansion drove away the people of the Xu family, they saw a group of soldiers coming, and thought they were here to provoke, and they were so frightened that they trembled.
"Open the door, open the door, this is Yang Lin's house?"
Yang Fumen couldn't help but be stunned, it was the first time he had seen such an arrogant and domineering soldier. The Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and ordinary military attachΓ©s did not dare to be so high-profile in this kind of rear state capital.
"Ladies and gentlemen, who are you?"
The knight at the head dismounted, led the crowd into the door, and gently pushed the door and fell to the ground.
Look at these people again, all of them are hanging children, with their hands in their belts, similar to the splashes on the street.
"Don't talk nonsense, call Yang Lin."
After saying that, the group entered the lobby noisily, and there was no appearance of a guest at all, as if this was their territory.
Yang Lin was taken aback when he heard the report in the backyard, could it be that the Xu family still has this ability?
However, the matter was provoked by himself, and he definitely couldn't dodge it, so he came to the lobby hard, and as soon as he saw the clothes of these people, Yang Lin knew that the Xu family could not move them.
"Generals, the student is Yang Lin, I don't know what to teach?"
The leader turned his head, and after removing the helmet, it turned out to be a teenager, and when he saw Yang Lin, he said with a smile: "You are Yang Lin, I didn't expect to be so young, we are from the Imperial City Division, and we came to ask you a few things on the orders of the emperor." β
Yang Lin sighed in his heart when he heard this, he knew what the Imperial City Division was, that is, the Jinyi Guards of the Great Song Dynasty, they were not subject to the jurisdiction of the Sanya, and they were directly under the emperor's secret service.
These human rights are very heavy, one is in charge of the palace guards, and the other is the spy and supervision of the Great Song Dynasty.
Moreover, these people are all descendants of the founding fathers, and most of them are the sons of princes with hereditary titles, so although they are mostly subordinate to their relatives, lawlessness, and lax discipline, they are impeached by civil officials and ministers in three days, but they are generally not punished at all.
This also fueled the arrogance of the Imperial City Division in disguise, making them even more arrogant.
"The official family even knows the student's name?" Yang Lin pretended to be flattered and asked, "I don't know what the official family's will is." β
"Tong Guantong of our palace is enshrined, and we have always been good friends, and he said that everyone is his own person, so I won't tell you anything false. The treasures you offered were quite pleasing to Your Majesty, and the officials were very interested in what you said to Tong Xian. We're here to ask you what this league is all about. β
At the beginning, Tong Guan was searching in Jiangnan, Yang Lin and he often drank together, and he once talked about how to get the emperor's favor, Yang Lin sprinkled many ideas for eating, drinking and having fun, including the Keju League. Tong Guan didn't remember very clearly, and he was a little thorough with Zhao Ji, which made Zhao Ji very interested, and he couldn't wait to start it immediately.
So Zhao Ji sent his cronies among his cronies, the imperial city envoy directly under the emperor to inquire, Yang Lin sneered in his heart, if this guy had this enthusiasm for governing the country, he would have taken back the sixteen states of Yanyun a long time ago.
Yang Lin had already been prepared, and he used to think that after entering Beijing to become an official, he would instigate the emperor to gain favor, but now it seems that it will come in handy in advance.
"Wait a minute, I'll go get it."
After walking out of the guest hall, Yang Lin paused and said loudly: "Yang San, on the shelf on the left side of the study, there is a piece of rice paper in the book, bring it to me." β
Back in the hall, Yang Lin immediately changed his smiling face, and said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard from afar, and the hour is not early, and after the official business is done, it is time for us to rest and relax." Although the dishes in Yangzhou are not as good as Bianliang, they also have a unique flavor, especially the fish soup in the restaurant of the student's home, which is the most delicious, you must taste it, so as not to come to Yangzhou in vain. β
The group had been on the road for days, and they were already hungry, so they followed Yang Lin out to eat and drink without backing down.
Shenxian Ju is the top restaurant in Yangzhou, which was chartered by the young owner today and suspended from business.
In the restaurant, Yang Lin sat in the guest seat and kept persuading him to drink. At this time, the wine had no degree, and for Yang Lin, it was just like a drink, pouring the imperial city envoys to stagger.
After a meal, Yang Lin already knew that the young man headed by him was called Liu Qingshui, a very simple name. His father is a bartender in Bianliang City, just because of the national color and fragrance born by his daughter, Yang Jianru won the treasure and presented it to Zhao Ji, who was still the king of Duan at the time, and then Zhao Ji ascended the throne and became the emperor, Liu directly sealed the concubine, Liu bartender became a national abbot, and Liu Qingshui became a small uncle.
His sister is very good-looking, and it is said that she is also favored in the harem, and she can also get a glimpse of one or two from this Xiao Liu.
This kid has a jade face and sword eyebrows, skin as white as snow, pretty eyes and nose, lips like cinnabar, just looking at the appearance as beautiful as a virgin, if it weren't for the hoarse voice and dirty mouth, and the throat and Adam's apple, Yang Lin would have thought that this was a female pretending to be a man.
From Liu Qingshui to his subordinates, they were all red from drinking, and there was a lot of noise in the restaurant.
Yang Lin had the heart to make friends, stood up and said: "After the wine is hot, it is time to soak it to get rid of the wine, it just so happens that there is a bathhouse in the student's home, if you don't dislike it, let's go together?" β
The fog is thick and the water is thick.
Yang Lin and Liu Qingshui were half-sitting in the hot soup pool, each wearing a hand towel soaked in cold water on their heads.
The forbidden army of the Imperial City Division outside let out a comfortable groan, they were lying on the wooden bed, and there was an old man beside each of them rubbing and patting them vigorously, the old shop of the Yang family was the hot spring in Yangzhou, which had a history of a hundred years before it was bought by Yang Tong.
The two of them were naked, honest with each other, and their relationship with each other was much closer.
Liu Qingshui's body was red, and he grinned and said: "Da Lang, you are a scholar, and you have a fame, aren't you afraid of getting too close to us and impeaching those civil officials?" β
The Imperial City Division and the Wenchen Bureaucracy were natural rivals, and these people were the ones that the Emperor used to spy on his ministers, and their relationship could never be reconciled.
Yang Lin laughed and said: "I have always made friends only to see the like-mindedness, no matter what kind of civil and military generals he is, whoever impeaches me will be a rival with him, it's a big deal to resign and come back to enjoy, you look at my industry in various places, I can't live a life, I'm afraid that he will be an egg." β
There was silence for a while, and the two of them laughed at the same time, Liu Qingshui said with a smile: "You really don't look like a scholar, so I said this to you, I made you a friend, and when you go to Bianliang in the future, our brother will arrange for you to repay today's hospitality." β
Yang Lin didn't plan to take the regular official road, in that case, if he wanted to rise step by step by relying on his political achievements, and when he reached a position where he could do things, he would have already caught up with Jingkang's shame. was captured by the Jin people as a slave, and it was not his pursuit to serve and urine. When you get the background of Jinshi, sooner or later you will have to take some special paths in order to quickly seize power. In this way, people like Liu Qingshui will be useful sooner or later.
In the distance, a subordinate was rubbed Zhengshuang, and shouted loudly: "Qing Shui, come and rub it, the technique here is really good!" β
Liu Qingshui fluttered and stood up from the pool, and heard a noise outside.
The door of the bath was kicked open, and several men with five big and three thick men were holding water and fire sticks, and the first one with a blue nose and swollen face was the Xu family who went to the Yang Mansion in the morning, and it looked like Xu Fangheng was beaten by Xu Fangheng.
He didn't dare to resent his master, but he was full of anger on Yang Lin, this time he was ordered to come to provoke, looked left and right and pointed at Yang Lin and said: "That's it, call me!" β
The soothing howl in the room was a pause, and the most domineering group of people in the world were stunned when they looked at the extremely familiar scene in front of them. They do this kind of thing every day, isn't it bullying people and picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and today Lao Tzu has become a victim?