Chapter 18 Hook Picking
As soon as Qin Li heard that the emperor was going to give him a reward, the joy in his heart was mentioned, and he trembled with joy when he was careful about his liver. The emperor rewarded Jiang Bin with a valuable night pearl, and Qin Li saw it with his own eyes. It was an authentic baby, and Qin Li was very envious.
He pondered in his heart that what the emperor rewarded him should be no worse than that Yu Mingzhu, right? Maybe it's just a reward, and you can eat and drink without worrying in the future.
Thinking like this, Qin Li's face was as beautiful as a flower, just waiting for Zhengde to say the reward next.
But what Qin Li didn't expect was that before Zhengde finished speaking, Jiang Bin hurriedly smiled and said, "Godfather, don't you still want to accompany Liu Niangniang to go fishing?" Liu Niangniang has been waiting for so long, shouldn't we go too? ”
At this time, it was time to hold the lamp, and Jiang Bin really made up his mind when he said such words. Because Zhengde and Liu Niangniang need a lot of people to accompany them when fishing, Jiang Bin, as Zhengde's personal favorite, is naturally indispensable. Coincidentally, Jiang Bin has something important to do tonight.
Jiang Bin has a new room of concubines, and the concubines are as charming as a fox, charming and tight. Fascinated by Jiang Bin, tonight happens to be the night of candles in the cave room.
Jiang Bin couldn't wait to fly back to the house immediately, take the fox into his arms, and warm the jade and warm fragrance. By the way, show the fox the smooth night pearl that the emperor rewarded him, what a beautiful thing!
But Jiang Bin hated Qin Li to death, how could he be rewarded by Zhengde? Simply in a hurry, he was ruthless, and he would rather let the fox stay alone in the empty room tonight, but also disturb Zhengde's reward for Qin Li.
As soon as Jiang Bin finished speaking, Liu Niangniang also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, you promised the concubine to accompany the concubine to go fishing, how did you forget it?" ”
Liu Niangniang has been sitting for a long time, whether it is break dancing or billiards, it seems that it is all things that men play, and she is not close to a woman's house. It's fun to watch, but it's not much of interest after all. At this time, she was already very bored, and as soon as Jiang Bin reminded her, she immediately responded.
Beauty and fun are as important in Zhengde's heart, how can he only care about playing and ignore beauty? Besides, this Liu Liang girl is Zhengde's careful liver!
This is a bitter Qin Li, I was in high spirits, looking forward to Zhengde's reward, but I saw Zhengde pat his head, "Oh, it's really, why did I forget about fishing with my concubine?" Let's go! ”
Suddenly threw the reward Qin Li out of the clouds.
Jiang Bin secretly glanced at Qin Li, and cast an extraordinarily relieved and gloating look. Then he hurriedly accompanied the smiling face to serve Zhengde to dress and wear a hat.
Zhengde lowered his head and suddenly saw Jiang Yao who was still kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile, "Jiang Zhifu, why are you still kneeling on the ground, the ground is cold, get up quickly!" ”
After such a long time, Jiang Yao's anger not only did not subside, but on the contrary, his anger was even stronger. He had been listening to Qin Li's white life, and when he saw Qin Li's flattering appearance, he almost vomited several times. Qin Li is frozen in Jiang Yao's heart, and in Jiang Yao's opinion, this Qin Li is even worse than Jiang Bin, Wu Jing and other ministers.
Jiang Yao was indeed tired from kneeling, and snorted, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Only then did he get up with difficulty. Kneeling for so long, my knees are numb.
Just about to say goodbye to Zhengde and leave, but Zhengde said, "Governor Jiang, all the officials in Yangzhou are not present today, I want to fish with the concubine in your Yangzhou, and Governor Jiang will accompany you!" ”
Immediately made Jiang Yao's disgusted body tremble. You must know that this emperor has a very characteristic fishing style, and whenever he catches a fish, he has to sell it to his entourage. Where does Jiang Yao have the spare money to spend a lot of money to buy the fish caught by the emperor? But he is the emperor and he is a courtier, and he can't help but listen to what the emperor says, so he has to snort again, "The minister obeys the order!" ”
Before leaving, the emperor had not forgotten about billiards, and instructed the accompanying eunuchs to immediately bring drawings and silver taels to Yangzhou City to find craftsmen, and they must make billiards overnight.
The emperor and Liu Niangniang walked in front, Jiang Bin, Wu Jing, Jiang Yao and Yiying eunuchs, and several palace maids followed closely behind, slowly leaving the palace.
Qin Li seems to have become an inconsequential person now, Zhengde didn't let him go, and he didn't dare to leave. had to silently follow behind everyone.
The mist had lifted, and a crescent moon was weaving through the clouds, flickering and darkening. From time to time, there are gusts of cool breeze, and the night in Yangzhou is very refreshing. The two little eunuchs in front of them, carrying lanterns and shining the light, walked about five hundred paces away, and stopped in front of a small river.
This small river is called the Mochizuki River, the river is not very wide, but the water is very clear, sparkling, and under the flickering moonlight, it adds a bit of beauty and beauty.
Wu Jing and Jiang Bin led a group of little eunuchs to serve Zhengde and Liu Niangniang and sit down by the river, ready to fish for rods and bait. Zhengde and Liu Niangniang started fishing leisurely.
Fishing is a big hobby of Zhengde, and this brother has a lot of skills in fishing. While eating snacks, he laughed and teased Liu Niangniang, and from time to time he felt the fishing rod.
He can have snacks, but not others. By this time, it was already past dinner time, and everyone had not yet eaten dinner. But this benevolent brother still cares about other people's hunger when he plays! No way, bear with it! Who calls someone the emperor?
Fishing is about quietness, and Zhengde can speak, but everyone can only keep silent and stand quietly.
In later generations, although Qin Li was also very fond of fishing, he obviously didn't have a chance to perform at this time. What's more, he was sad in his heart at this time, and he was sad that he had not received the reward of righteousness! put all his grievances on the hateful Jiang Bin.
Just as Qin Li was thinking nonsense, he heard Zhengde laugh proudly, "Haha! Come up to me! ”
As soon as Zhengde's words fell, he suddenly lifted the fishing rod and threw it on the shore. Everyone looked together, and by the hazy moonlight, they saw that Zhengde had caught a big soft-shelled turtle.
Jiang Bin immediately smiled, and said flatteringly, "Congratulations to the godfather, congratulations to the godfather, the godfather is really lucky, the flag is victorious, and he has caught a God of Wealth!" ”
In the Ming generation, because the life span of soft-shelled turtles is extremely long, the status of soft-shelled turtles is very high, and many people call soft-shelled turtles the God of Wealth.
The eunuchs and the accompanying palace maids hurriedly knelt down and said loudly, "Slaves and maids, congratulations to the emperor on catching the God of Wealth!" ”
Zhengde was also very happy, he had already stood up, and said that after fishing for so many years, this was the first time he had caught a soft-shelled turtle. Zhengde Long Yan was happy, and said with a smile, "Okay! All right! Jiang Bin, pick up the hook! I'm going to catch a basket of Fortune tonight! ”
"Yes!" Jiang Bin trotted over, pressed the turtle to the ground, and began to pick the hook.
Jiang Bin knew that it was very difficult for a soft-shelled turtle to pick up the hook. At this time, the soft-shelled turtle had already shrunk its head into the shell, and Jiang Bin pulled the fishing line hard. The soft-shelled turtle is really annoying, it seems to be competing with Jiang Bin, but it bites the hook but never lets go. Jiang Bin was anxious and soon sweat beads oozed from his forehead.
According to Jiang Bin's temperament, he couldn't pick up the hook after wasting so much effort, and he had already raised his foot and trampled the soft-shelled turtle to pieces. But it was caught by the emperor, and Jiang Bin didn't dare even if he had twelve guts!
Everyone was looking at Jiang Bin, and the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't take off the hook. Zhengde scolded, "Jiang Bin, you are still my mighty deputy general, a brave and fierce general, you can't even deal with a single king, I'm really angry, I'm angry!" ”
Being scolded by Zhengde, Jiang Bin was even more embarrassed, there was really no way, he raised his head and looked at Wu Jing for help.
Wu Jingzheng looked at Jiang Bin and couldn't help but wonder when he saw that he couldn't take off the fish hook for a long time. Wu Jing's heart moved, hehe! When he was with the emperor, Jiang Bin was always in a hurry to perform, what's the matter? This time you're stuck in the middle of it, right? It's still ours!
Wu Jing strode forward, held down the shell of the soft-shelled turtle, and pulled the fishing line as hard as Jiang Bin. As a result, Wang Ba didn't give face at all, and he couldn't take out the hook.
Wu Jing was very anxious, and the sharp sissy roared, "Come here, you all come over to our house, hold down the soft-shelled turtle, and pull the fishing line hard." We don't believe it, so many people can't take off this hook? ”
For a while, those little eunuchs and palace maids swarmed up, gathered in a big circle, held down the shell of the soft-shelled turtle, and dragged the fishing line. After all, the shell of the soft-shelled turtle is too small, and there are not many people, so if you can't get your hands on it, you can cheer for everyone on the periphery. The fishing wire was thin and tough, bleeding from the tender hands of the little eunuchs, and the hook still failed to pull out of the turtle's mouth.
Zhengde was on fire and scolded endlessly, "Waste! Rubbish! It's all useless! ”
Qin Li had been watching them quietly, feeling very ridiculous, he pursed his mouth and barely held back. Heart, stupid! What a stupid person! If you continue like this, you will pick until dawn, and you will break the fishing line, and you will not want to pick the hook.
In the end, Qin Li finally couldn't help laughing. Seeing that Zhengde and everyone else were looking at him, he hurriedly raised his face again, and said loudly, "Everyone, don't pull it, let me come!" ”