Chapter 29: Looking Back at the Sky (17)
Li Qijia Restaurant on the side of Zhouxi Street leading to Xinzheng Gate can only be counted down among the seventy-two main stores in Tokyo City, and the business is far less than the Huixian Building on the adjacent street, but Qingjing also has the benefit of quietness, and now the two kings who are on the cusp of the wind and waves - Yongwang Zhao Hao - that is, because of the quietness here, he will not meet the idle people who know him, so he will come and sit down.
Zhao Hao also had to run out to relax. Although you have to go to Baoci Palace to receive a scolding when you go back, it is even more depressing to stay in the palace. It's not easy to go to a romantic place in the east of the city, and it's easy to meet people who know him. Fortunately, the city of Tokyo is big enough, and if you can't go to the east of the city, you can go to the west of the city.
Zhao Hao was dressed in civilian clothes, which made people unable to see his original identity. However, the luxurious fabric, the jade pendant hanging on the waist, and the pattern embroidered with silver thread on the boots, at first glance it looks like the best son of the official eunuch's family. came up to greet Xiao Er, who ordered food, also called him Yanei, not the usual guest officials and officials.
In the box on the second floor of Li Qijia Restaurant, Zhao Hao had been sitting alone for an hour. But the dishes placed on the table did not move, and even the silver chopsticks were placed in the same place when he entered. The cold and hot dishes served on a plate of silver dishes are all carefully created by the chefs of Li Qijia Restaurant, and the taste is actually not inferior to the imperial chef in the palace, but Zhao Hao didn't even look at it, just drank the green liquor produced by Li Qijia Restaurant one by one, and looked out the window on the street in a daze.
A pot of wine has been drunk for most of it, and Zhao Hao wants to get himself drunk, but he can't do it. It's just such a strange thing, when you don't want to get drunk, two glasses of wine will be poured, and when you want to get drunk to relieve your worries, the more you drink, the more sober you become.
A convoy of carriages and horses passing through the street outside the window was heading west. This group was a very small group with only four horses and two carts. The leader was an official in a blue robe, riding on a horse with a straight back. Judging from the posture of his horseback, he was probably a military minister who left Beijing to take up his post - there are not many civil officials who are proficient in equestrianism. Although I didn't know him, Zhao Hao, who looked down through the bamboo curtain hanging on the window, was a little disgusted when he looked at the back.
Retracting his gaze from the street downstairs, Zhao Hao filled himself with another glass of wine. Looking down at the reflection in the glass, he smiled sarcastically. A prince who seems to be in a high position. But who he hated, not many people cared about. On the contrary, he was unable to get what he wanted.
A trivial matter that can be seen every day in the green building is now making a lot of noise in the city. Even if the eldest brother said that he would help suppress the matter, how could this reputation be so easy to recover? I can't go anymore, and I have to find a place to relax that no one knows. In the past, has there been such an aggrieved prince?
"Han Gang!"
Zhao Hao read the name that made him a laughing stock, and his eyes became fierce. He already knew that there was someone in Zhou Nan's heart, which was not a secret at all, and he also knew that Lu Dao was a candidate, but he didn't know the specific identity. If there is a famous scholar in Shilin, how can the little candidate Zhao Hao take it to heart, who would have thought that it was a person who could leave his name in front of the Son of Heaven! Wisdom and courage are rare in the world.
Although she hated Han Gang to the core, Zhou Nan fell in love with him, and Zhao Hao couldn't deceive herself and say that she chose the wrong person. Because of this affair, Han Gang's reputation has spread in the city of Tokyo. Although it is criticized for not being a Jinshi, the identity of a civil official, coupled with the actions of the powerful, can also make Shilin agree. How many scholars praised Zhou Nan as the leader of the Fengyue class, who can recognize heroes with a discerning eye, and he Zhao Hao is the opposite of the ugly one of them.
If Zhou Nan had been directly accepted at the beginning, there would not have been so many things...... Zhao Hao suddenly shook his head and smiled bitterly. That's a martyr woman, if she can be forcibly put into the room, he is a dignified prince, why do you need to do water grinding work?
Zhao Hao poured himself another glass of wine, and after pouring it down, he spit out the depression and the smell of the wine.
His eyes became firm again, and Zhao Hao sneered, even if it was a harlequin?
It is a fact that Han Gangbo has merits, but there are tens of thousands of civil and military officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are countless outstanding talents, but there are very few of them who can come out in the end. Success depends not only on talent, but also on opportunity. Han Gang is not even a jinshi, even if he is valued by people now, but the road in the future will be narrower and narrower. He is the emperor's prince, the emperor's brother who is only one step away from the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Zhao Hao doesn't believe that he has no chance in the future!
The knock on the door suddenly sounded, breaking the silence of Zhao Hao's self-drinking. His Royal Highness King Yongwang slammed the wine glass on the table, and drank it to the door very unhappily: "Didn't you say that you want to be quiet alone?!" ”
But the knock on the door continued, "Second king, it's news from the palace." ”
"Is it a mother or a big brother?" Zhao Hao was still holding his breath in his heart, and he hadn't drunk it yet, but the two people sent it were not easy to slacken. According to Naxia's impatient mood, he said, "Let him in!" ”
The chamberlain who came in was not a eunuch who worked in the Baoci Palace or the Funing Palace, but another cronie of Zhao Hao who stayed in the palace. He looked a little flustered, and after he came in, he came to Zhao Hao's ear and said a lot.
Zhao Hao was a little impatient, but after hearing the news that the chamberlain had rushed to report urgently, his face gradually turned blue, his anger gathered in his eyebrows, and his clenched teeth rattled.
After the waiter finished talking about the important news, seeing his appearance, he involuntarily took half a step back, and asked cautiously tentatively: "The king...... It's all right, is it? ”
"Things? Is there anything else going on?! …… Hahaha! ”
Suddenly, Zhao Hao burst into a burst of laughter, and the laughter was full of madness, which passed in Li Qijia's restaurant. After the worst, he laughed so hard that his stomach hurt, he couldn't breathe, and his voice became hoarse, but he was still laughing when he lay on the table.
The eunuch who rushed to report the news was at a loss and stepped forward to persuade him, but in listening to the intermittent and gradually lowering laughter of the two kings, he muttered to himself: "It turns out ...... I see, I see! What a ...... Tang Taizong, what a Tang Taizong! ”
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Han Gang felt an inexplicable palpitation, and suddenly turned back on his horse.
Li Xiaoliu followed behind him and came up to ask, "Official, what's wrong?" ”
"Nothing!" Han Gang shook his head suspiciously, withdrew his gaze from the buildings on both sides of Zhouxi Street, turned his head back, and continued to lead the small team towards the west gate.
Four horses and two cars, this is the team that Han Gang went to Yanzhou to take office.
There were three people on the horse, Han Gang, Li Xiaoliu and Qian Mingliang sent by Zhang Dan, and one horse was left as a backup. Among the two cars, Zhou Nan and Mo Wen took one, and the rest was Qian Mingming's Hunjia Qian Ah Chen, guarding the bags piled up in the carriage.
Han Gang was alone on the road this time, and no one was far away. A few acquaintances in the city of Tokyo, Zhang Dian is now in the palace, and Wang has preparations before the wedding, Lu Ming left early, and followed Wang Shao on the road the day before yesterday, otherwise he would talk about some gossip, and the time on the road would be easy to pass.
However, Han Gang didn't care, he turned his head to look at the carriage with a green canopy roof next to him, accompanied by stunning beauties, and the journey was lonely.
When the bustling commercial street came to an end, it suddenly opened up in front of me, and the royal street leading to the south gate was two hundred steps wide, like a square. Han Gang was about to cross the Royal Street, so from the direction of Nanxun Gate, a team of carriages and horses came over, just passing through the front quickly.
Han Gang grabbed the reins, stopped his mount, and also stopped the team behind him, letting the team of chariots and horses pass first, not competing with them.
The leader of the team was also wearing a cyan official uniform. Not very old, twenty-five or sixteen. Han Gang's appearance is a little familiar, he looks quite handsome, but he is too thin, and he doesn't look very good. The young official immediately gestured to Han Gang Yaoyao and thanked him for his humility.
Han Gang returned his hand and saluted, and without saying much, he rode his horse and led the team.
The young official's gaze chased the group of people who had gone away. Han Gang, who passed by, had a divine light inside, which seemed to be Sven, but it implied a heroic and compelling aura, which made him unforgettable. He sighed from the bottom of his heart: "It is worthy of Tokyo, such a character is rare in the south." ”
The young official was accompanied by a Confucian scholar of the same age, but he smiled and said: "If you talk about the demeanor of the characters, among the people of the same generation in the world, there are few people who can compare to Yuan Ze and you." ”
Yuan Ze smiled: "There are countless heroes in the world, how can I be the only one?" To have a foothold in one of them is already overjoyed. ”
Although he said modestly, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but the arrogance hidden in his chest was not concealed at all.
"Yuan Ze is too humble......"
Yuan Ze shook his head, not taking this casual flattery very seriously. The horsewhip waved weakly, and without further words, he also led the team north along the royal street.
The officials and the convoy that passed by did not leave much impression on Han Gang. I just think I've seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while. After thinking about it for a while, I gave up.
The convoy left Tokyo City from Xinzheng Gate in the west of the city and drove onto the official road to the west. A slender hand as white as jade lifted the curtain on the window of the carriage, and the beautiful and unparalleled pretty face was revealed, looking towards the city gate behind him. The eyes are shining, and there are several points of intoxicating loneliness in the expression.
"Reluctantly?" Han Gang bent down on his horse and asked Zhou Nan.
Zhou Nan came back to his senses, looked up at Han Gang, and his eyes were as affectionate as the sea: "There are officials, even if it is at the end of the world, Zhou Nan is willing." ”
The beauty is gracious, and Han Gang is moved in his heart. Looking back at Tokyo, I looked at the city wall. This time in Beijing, it is worth the trip to be able to return with beauty. As for the ups and downs in Yanzhou, he doesn't care about it now. In front of the prince, Han Gang is not afraid of any wind and waves.
Let you Longtan Tiger's Den, I can also walk on the ground!