Chapter Sixty-Six: Dogs Fight People
Overnight, a drizzle suddenly fell in Jiankang City. In the early morning, the sky also became gray, and after a night's rest, the fatigue of the days was swept away.
In Jiankang City, the drizzle has been falling for three consecutive days, and today the sun finally came out, and Li Yan went to find Liang Xing in person.
"Lord Liang, now that I have been waiting for Jiankang for more than three days, I should discuss how to meet Emperor Jin, and it is not a way to stay in the inn all day."
"General Li, don't worry, the old man has asked people to inquire clearly in the past two days, and now the Jin court is responsible for the major affairs of the court and the central government, and it is Shangshu's left servant who shoots Meng Chang, the old man heard that this person is upright and noble, if we can get his recommendation, we have a great possibility of being able to meet Emperor Jin, otherwise it will be difficult." Liang Xing stroked his beard, looked out the window and sighed.
Why is that? Didn't Lord Liang already present the audience document to Honglu Temple yesterday, and it stands to reason that Emperor Jin should be played, right? Li Yan asked puzzled.
Liang Xing wandered around the room with his hands behind his back, frowning from time to time, "Having said that, but today's Emperor Jin is stupid, he doesn't know spring and summer, and it is rumored that Emperor Jin is a mute, and all the pieces are presented to Emperor Jin by Meng Chang, the left servant of Shangshu, as for whether he can summon me, it is really unpredictable." ”
"Ah...... Is there such a thing? ”
"When the old man went to the Jin Kingdom, because Huan Xuan usurped the Jin Emperor and was taken captive to Jiangling, he just came back from Jiangling, the old man asked to see Shangshu Wang Mi many times in order to be able to meet the Jin Emperor, but this person sneered at my Xiliang's request to see, the old man could not have the opportunity to meet the Jin Emperor in Jiankang City in January, and had to return to Jiuquan."
"It turns out that there are so many rules in the imperial court, so what does Lord Liang mean to go and see Meng Chang?" Only then did Li Yan understand why Liang Xingruo said that someone needed to introduce him, in the situation of Emperor Jin, if no one introduced him, he would not be able to see him at all.
"Not bad! Now the cavalry general Liu Yu is leading the troops, and the Wei general Liu Yi has been fighting with Liu Yu for power and profit all these years, ignoring us and others at all. Although Sima Dewen, the king of Langya, assisted the Jin Emperor in ruling over the years, he was weak. Now the only thing that can be counted on is Shangshu Zuo Servant shot Meng Chang" Liang Xing poured a glass of water, raised his head and drank it all.
"In that case, then listen to what Lord Liang said, and now go to visit Shangshu's left servant Meng Chang." Li Yan got up and said.
"That's good! Without further ado. The two of them walked out of the inn as they spoke.
Li Yan and Liang Xing walked in Jiankang City, followed by Han Qian. Wei Liang was in charge of the management of the Blood Wolf Guard in the inn, and now that a few people were out, Li Yan was afraid that the Blood Wolf Guard would have a sergeant commit a crime, so he left Wei Liang behind.
The three of them bypassed the bustling streets, inquired about Meng Chang's Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot's mansion, and finally found Meng Chang's mansion gate after turning around most of Jiankang City.
Meng's Mansion looks extraordinarily magnificent from the outside, with a courtyard wall more than one zhang high, the vermilion gate is closed, and there are two huge stone lions at the door, with teeth and claws.
Li Yan stepped forward and tapped the door of the mansion a few times with his hand, but there was no movement inside, and just as Li Yan was about to turn back, the vermilion gate "creaked", and a middle-aged man with a hooked nose walked out of it in a brown cloth suit.
"Dare to distract the people! Who are you? I don't know if this is Lord Shangshu's house? Beg to go to another house! Go, go, go! The middle-aged man looked at Li Yan's clothes, his face changed, and then he pushed Li Yan and his party onto the street outside the mansion.
"You~, we are not beggars, why drive us away!" Li Yan looked at the steward of the Meng Mansion in front of him and kept pushing several of his people outward, and with a force on the soles of his feet, he stood straight in place, unable to push even if the steward pushed hard.
"Humph! Why? Just because this is Shangshu Mansion, not your camp of homeless people, hurry up, otherwise you will blame me for being polite. Standing in front of Li Yan, the steward was spitting, and Li Yan could feel a chill on his face.
"Lord Steward, we are the envoys of Liangzhou Mu Li Wei, and I have come to meet Lord Shangshu, this is a post of worship below, and I also ask Lord Steward to pass it on my behalf." Liang Xingqiang stepped forward with a smile and arched his hand and whispered, the money bag in his hand was stuffed into the hand of the steward.
As the saying goes, "the prime minister's door is a seven-grade official", although the steward in front of him was unreasonable, Liang Xing had no choice but to smile and smile.
The steward's right hand swept the money bag, and suddenly threw the prayer post in his hand on the ground, and said with a displeased face: "You don't inquire, in this Jiankang City, there are many people who want to see Lord Shangshu, Lord Shangshu is busy with business, how can I have time to meet you, go back and forth." ”
Liang Xing hurriedly picked up the prayer post on the ground and wiped it with his hands, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.
Li Yan looked at the steward in front of him and kept weighing the money bag in his hand, and immediately knew that the steward was disgusted with it, and then glanced at Han Qian behind him.
Of course, Han Qian understood what Li Yan meant, but before going out, Li Yan and Liang Xing were in a hurry, and they didn't bring any property at all, so they looked at Li Yan and shook their heads.
Seeing Li Yan and his entourage, you look at me and I look at you, after many years of observing words and feelings, he concluded that Li Yan and his party would not be able to take out their property to honor themselves, and then said: "Hurry up!" Come on! If you don't go again, blame me for being unkind. ”
"Lord steward, that's down there~" Liang Xing knew that there was not enough money now, and the steward in front of him would definitely not pass it on his behalf, so he had to go back first and then make plans for the time being, and looked at the steward's hand holding his money bag as if nothing had happened, and asked in a low voice.
"Fuck off! If you stay at the gate of the mansion, I will take you to see the official, what is the messenger of Liangzhou Mu Li Wei, it is a group of poor ghosts. The steward pushed Liang Xing hard, and Liang Xing was caught off guard and fell to the ground.
"Lord Liang, are you okay?" Han Qian saw Liang Xing fall to the ground, and immediately stepped forward to help him up.
Seeing that the steward in front of him was so rude, Li Yan grabbed the steward's collar with one hand and lifted him up like a chicken.
"Be bold and make a difference. Someone! Come on! The steward turned around and shouted loudly towards the Meng Mansion.
The steward's peculiar duck shouted loudly, and more than a dozen house slaves with wooden sticks came out of the house, all of them with angry faces, and surrounded Li Yan and the others. If it weren't for the scruple of being caught in Li Yan's hand by the steward, the wooden stick in his hand would have already beckoned to Li Yan.
"General Li, don't make a mistake, put it down quickly." Liang Xing saw that Li Yan grabbed the steward, and his face changed dramatically in an instant, and he was in trouble.
"Boy, how dare you be so presumptuous! Do you know what you're doing? I'm going to beat you to death with a stick and throw you out of the city to feed the wild dogs. The steward gasped and threatened.
"General Li, put him down! The old man is fine, don't delay the prince's trust. Liang Xing stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Lord Shangshu is back home!"
Meng Chang came back from the court, and a gorgeous carriage stopped at the gate of Meng's mansion. An elegant old man dressed in a purple court robe and wearing a virtuous crown trembled and trembled from the carriage and was supported by his subordinates.
Li Yan hurriedly let go of the steward in his hand, and the house slaves at the gate of the mansion all threw away the long sticks in their hands and knelt on both sides.