The silk contest took place outside the city at a place called Wangye Slope, which was a large lawn with undulating hills around it, and it looked into the distance as if you were looking at the ripples on the water. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are many trees planted around the slope, and the cicadas still sound in late summer, so it is a strange feeling to be in the middle of it.

The silk competition has a total of two days, the first day is purely from the participating stores to select the best silk shortlisted, because there are too many participants, and silk needs to be exquisite, and from all aspects of the evaluation and comparison, so it takes a long time, but one day is enough.

The silk of Tangzhou Embroidery Spring Workshop was ordered from Qinjia Village, and they were all of the highest quality, so they entered the circle without exception on the first day, and after being shortlisted, all they needed to do was to wait for tomorrow's competition.

Tomorrow will be the main than two scenes, embroidery and poetry.

Ten embroiderers were selected, and then the owners of the ten embroiderers invited the talents they invited to compose poems.

Whether it is embroidery or poetry, it is difficult to embroider the spring workshop, so Tang Zhou and they are not very worried.

However, after the first day of the silk competition, the five business judges were invited to Doufu.

After these five business judges came to Dou Mansion, they all looked very reserved, they had all heard of Dou Kui's temperament, so when they learned that Dou Kui invited them to come, their hearts fluttered.

When they entered the Dou Mansion and saw Dou Kui, Dou Kui was lying on the bed leisurely and letting people feed him, several people glanced at each other, and then one of them stood up tremblingly and asked, "I don't know...... Why did Gongzi Dou call us here? ”

Dou Kui didn't look at them either, and asked directly: "Is Xiuchun Fang shortlisted?" ”

When several people heard this, their hearts sank, but they still nodded: "Their silk is good, and they have been shortlisted." ”

When Dou Kui heard this, his small eyes narrowed, and the businessmen were all trembling: "Isn't it time to embroider tomorrow?" ”

"Back to Dou Gongzi's words, it is indeed true."

"Do you know what to do?"

Several people glanced at each other, what Dou Kui meant They all understood, Tang Zhou's beating of Dou Kui had already spread in the capital, Dou Kui hated Tang Zhou to the bone, and he couldn't be shortlisted for the embroidery spring workshop, he was a fool who could guess it, but if they really did it, they would offend Tang Zhou, offend Tang Zhou, can they still do business?

But if they don't do what Dou Kui wants, can Dou Kui spare them?

They are businessmen and their status is very low, it is not easy for Dou Kui to trouble them?

"Please also ask Gongzi Dou to show me." They were so embarrassed that they pretended they didn't understand.

Dou Kui's eyes froze, and he snorted coldly: "What I mean is very simple, that is, you can't let Xiuchunfang be shortlisted, if any of you dare to vote for him, I will let you all have no business." ”

As soon as they heard this, these people were frightened, Dou Kui relied on himself to be a relative of the emperor, but he was much more domineering and scoundrel than the sons of Cheng Yanjin's powerful people, if he really offended him, there was really no good fruit to eat.

Several people stood at the bottom of the hall, looking very embarrassed and hesitant.

And at this time, a small servant in Dou Mansion suddenly ran over in a hurry: "Childe, son, someone is in the palace." ”

Dou Kui sat up from the bed violently, a little strange: "Who is there in the palace?" ”

"A eunuch, a messenger of the Holy Word."

Dou Kui nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he let the merchants leave, and then went to greet the eunuch.

It was a eunuch next to Li Shimin who came to deliver the message, who had a lot of status in the palace, and everyone gave him some face, although Dou Kui was very domineering among the people, but he was still a little afraid of this kind of person, so he behaved very well after meeting.

The eunuch glanced at Dou Kui, and didn't say any nonsense, and said directly: "Dou Kui, someone voted to the saint, saying that you are robbing the people's girls among the people again, but is there such a thing?" ”

Li Shimin warned Dou Kui that day, but Dou Kui didn't take Li Shimin's warning seriously at all, he was Li Shimin's nephew, what's wrong with a few people's daughters, if Qin Yun didn't have Tang Zhou's support, he would have become his woman now.

But although he did this, he couldn't admit it, he glanced at the eunuch, and immediately shouted: "Wronged, I am really wronged......"

Without waiting for Dou Kui to finish speaking, the eunuch already gave him a blank look, and then said: "Dou Kui listen to the words of the saint, Dou Kui dares to knowingly commit a crime, and he will be fined for one year, and he will be placed under house arrest for one year, and all the forced women will be released, plus compensation, and if he commits it again, he will be confiscated." ”

After the eunuch finished speaking, he didn't wait for Dou Kui to say more, cocked his orchid finger, turned around and left, as if his previous inquiry was just interesting, and he didn't mean to listen to Dou Kui's defense at all.

At this time, Dou Kui was dumbfounded, he thought that Li Shimin's previous words were just to scare him, but he never thought that Li Shimin would come this time for real?

It's nothing to be fined for one year, but he can be placed under house arrest for one year, how can he stand it? If he dares to go out of the house, it will be to resist the decree, Tang Zhou did not dare to resist the decree back then, although he is a relative of the emperor, but there is no imperial grace, where does he dare?

Thinking of being under house arrest for a year, Dou Kui hated that he couldn't knock Tang Zhou to death.

However, a year of house arrest is not the most terrible thing for Dou Kui, what makes him feel most terrible is the matter of confiscating the army if he commits it again, Li Shimin gave himself such a big punishment with a letter, he felt that Li Shimin seemed to be specifically targeting himself.

But this shouldn't be, he's Li Shimin's nephew?

Dou Kui suddenly had a very uneasy feeling, what he had done before was much more excessive than that of Qiang Minnu, but he didn't see how Li Shimin treated him, why was he warned and punished now that he made a small mistake?

However, when the eunuch was telling Dou Kui about Li Shimin's dictation, the five business judges had already left the Dou Mansion, and after they left the Dou Mansion, they all sighed, and their faces became more and more ugly.

"Brother Zhang, don't you say that Dou Kui's grandson is embarrassing us, we are businessmen, and no one dares to offend, if it sounds good, we are judges, and if it is not good, we are a foil, and whoever is not selected has to listen to those officials, judges and Confucians."

"Who says it's not, we are just a judge in attendance, Dou Kui's grandson didn't take us seriously, and others didn't take us seriously."

"Dou Kui, this grandson ......"

These people are so angry that as long as they mention Dou Kui, they have to add this grandson, but after these people scolded happily, they slowly calmed down again.

"Brother Liu, you are the eldest of us, what do you think we should do?"

After scolding, they still have to focus on business, and they must find a way to avoid this difficulty.

The person known as Brother Liu stroked his beard and said, "Tang Zhou is favored, Dou Kui is a relative of the emperor, and it is not easy for us to offend, but Tang Zhou sounds good, if we don't choose him, he shouldn't make trouble for us, right?" ”

"This ...... Does Brother Liu mean to obey Dou Kui's arrangement? But I heard that this Tang Zhou is also ruthless......"