Chapter 374: The Trap (Part II)
Since following Wang Shouren to Xianyuan three or four times, Li Mengyang has fallen in love with this place full of wild fun. After all, although the gardens by the Shicha Sea are also beautiful and suitable for opening a poetry society, they are all the private residences of the powerful, and it is not difficult to borrow them, but there is also a kind of unhappiness that breaks the eyebrows and bends the waist of the powerful, so the owner of this leisure garden opens the gate and lets people enter and exit, but those idle villagers are not allowed to come in, and over time, he regards this place as the base camp of the poetry society, but when he has leisure, he summons He Jingming, Xu Zhenqing, Kang Hai and others all together.
After the poetry club was finished, he looked at the few poems full of neat handwriting, and was thinking about where to go to get people to invest in money, so that this collection of poems could be printed into a book, when he heard the voices of two people talking from behind the wall.
"What you say is true? For such a major event as the military needs of the imperial court, the Marquis of Shouning is just a relative, how can he have the qualifications to get involved? β
"Relatives? Now that he has been promoted from the uncle of the country to the uncle of the emperor, who will not be stammered by others in this regard? It's just that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the imperial court have to put on the clothes of black-hearted cotton and shiver in the cold wind for the winter! β
Li Mengyang and Shouning Hou Zhang Heling can be said to have a deep hatred and hatred for each other, so when he heard these two dialogues at first glance, he put down Kang Hai, who was sorting out the poems, and turned straight behind the wall angrily.
His footsteps were so loud that before he could turn to the two men who were talking on the other side that they were alarmed, and they all turned their heads in unison. One of them blurted out Li Kongtong, while the other saw the opportunity to pull out his legs and leave faster. However, Li Mengyang is not a weak scholar, even if he is not as good as Wang Shouren, he is still agile, otherwise he would not have knocked out Zhang Heling's teeth on the street. He stepped up and grabbed the shoulder of the guy who called out his name, and then shouted, "What did you just say...... What is black cotton, what is going on? β
The man struggled twice, and when he saw that he couldn't twist Li Mengyang's strength, he hesitated for a long time, and then he raised his head and said, "What black-hearted cotton?" Isn't it that Shou Ninghou took over the matter of changing cotton clothes for the Beijing camp and the 12th regiment battalion this winter, and I don't know where to dump more than 100,000 torn cotton jackets from a businessman, and plan to use this to perfunctory soldiers! This matter is tacitly tacit, and when I entered the warehouse, there was also a household scribe who saw it, Li Kongtong You, as a member of the household department, still came to ask me? β
After saying this, while Li Mengyang was stunned, he struggled to shake off Li Mengyang's hand, and just brushed his sleeves away angrily. And Li Mengyang stood in place for a while, suddenly turned his head in annoyance and left, and after arriving at the grass pavilion in front of him to meet Kang Hai who was left, he didn't wait for Kang Hai to persuade him to say anything, he said categorically: "The manly man has done something and has not done something, since he has heard about it, he can't be regarded as not knowing!" If I hadn't been able to bring down the uncle this time, I would have written the word Li upside down! To the mountain, you sort out these poems first, and I'll go see Han Shangshu! β
Seeing Li Mengyang brushing his sleeves away, Kang Hai screamed a few times and didn't respond, so he could only shake his head and sigh and pack up his things, but he was very worried in his heart. The last time Li Mengyang impeached Zhang Heling, he directly impeached himself and put him in prison, and now he plans to go directly so strongly, isn't this an egg hitting a stone? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but go through all the people he was familiar with in his heart, and finally thought that it was Wang Shouren, who was also good friends with Li Mengyang.
In any case, Wang Shouren is rumored to have some teacher-student relationship with the current emperor, and he will tell him again!
And the people from the Qizi Poetry Society on this side walked cleanly, and the two people wearing hats and fishing on the opposite side stood up. Although they sat there for a long time, the bamboo baskets of the two of them were all hollow inside, and they didn't catch a single fish. When they packed up their fishing tackle and got into the car together, the two took off their hats, and then they showed their two faces.
"I said Master Xu, you are so calculating, a sentence of black-hearted cotton directly provoked Li Mengyang's charcoal. Fei arranged that Boss Wu so hard, this time you really plan to take advantage of this matter to pull that Shou Ninghou off the horse? β
"That's the emperor's uncle, as long as the queen mother is there, he won't be able to fall." Xu Xun didn't answer directly, and paused before saying, "I just want to make Shou Ninghou suffer a little, and by the way, let him see clearly, who is really reliable in the palace, or someone else!" Of course, those who started it were not so lucky! β
Although his mood was not smooth, it can be seen that his daughter who is preparing to marry has always been happy, and Mrs. Shouninghou has gradually improved her mood, but this evening, Zhang Heling returned home with a discouraged face, and dropped her hat angrily as soon as she sat down.
The Zhang family used to say that they were not a big family, Zhang Heling was irritable since he was a child, and he had not practiced any city government after being an uncle for many years, so Mrs. Shouninghou was also used to seeing her husband's habit of being angry at every turn. But at this time, she keenly saw that her husband was losing his temper, and there was a bit of fear and panic on his face that was difficult for others to detect, she couldn't help but feel apprehensive in her heart, and hurriedly made a gesture to make people stand back, and immediately took the tea herself, and saw that Zhang Heling didn't look at it, she was naturally more nervous.
"Master, what's going on?"
"In the end, I was beaten by geese, but this time I was pecked by geese!" Zhang Heling burst out with such a sentence angrily, and it wasn't until his wife asked again and again that he gritted his teeth and said, "It's all because I accidentally handed over all the matters of purchasing military cotton clothes to Zheng Sanben to do it after leaving, who knew that he actually collaborated with others to deceive me!" Now the batch of cotton clothes that have just been put into the warehouse are all extremely unpresentable, not to mention the moldy cloth surface, the cotton lining is black, and I don't know what it is, so it is easy for people to hide this matter for a few days. In the future, Han Wen, the head of the household department who wants to inspect these things, has always dealt with me, and he is good friends with that Li Mengyang, not to mention that there is still trouble in the hands of the soldiers in the Beijing camp! If this matter breaks out, I can only give up this face and go to kneel in Kunning Palace! β
Mrs. Shouninghou was shocked by her husband's words, and immediately stood up: "Can't wait for the matter to break out, otherwise, I will go to see the Queen Mother now?" β
"When is this, even if you are in the palace, you don't want to see the Queen Mother at this time, besides, if you are so reckless, everyone knows that something is wrong!" Zhang Heling roared angrily, and when he saw Mrs. Shouninghou sitting down, he squeezed the handrail in anger and said, "It's a big deal, I'm trying to lose face and lose money, and I have to find out those dogs who dare to deceive me!" All in all, you can't manage this matter as a woman, so don't worry about it, I have my own opinions! I don't believe that these people can really hide out so quickly, even if they dodge, I let Dongchang come forward, and I won't let him get away with it! β
He just promised Li Rong to go to see the Empress Dowager Zhang, and asked this eldest sister to promise to choose a queen who is towards the Zhang family, who knows that there is such a big mistake in a matter that he rarely stopped! Now he can only go to see Li Rong again, and let Wang Yue from Dongchang come forward to clean up for him!
Although Zhang Heling said it was big, how dare Mrs. Shou Ninghou really not care, and sent several mothers to several famous Buddhist temples and Taoist temples to incense, and the sesame oil money was scattered for one or two thousand, but only on the fourth day, she waited for the worst news - Hubu Shangshu Hanwen impeached Zhang Heling for shoddy and bribery in military affairs, and the little emperor was angry, and he actually detained Zhang Heling in the palace Guanglu Temple!
When it came to this, not to mention that there was an uproar in the court, even the palace was in chaos. Empress Dowager Zhang, who had already planned to move from Kunning Palace to Renshou Palace, almost fainted, but she called Zhu Houzhao to the East Warm Pavilion of Kunning Palace to reprimand her, but Zhu Houzhao was more aggrieved than her, and after driving everyone out in a rage, she was speechless when she was speechless.
"Queen Mother, the sons are not thinking about Shou Ninghou! I think that Li Mengyang impeached him at the beginning, although he was imprisoned for a few days, but as soon as Li Mengyang came out, he became a big hero in the eyes of the ministers, and when he met Shou Ninghou on the street, he also knocked out a few teeth of his noble relatives, and the ministers couldn't punish him here! This time Shouninghou broke into such a big disaster, not to mention the Chinese officials of the dynasty, even the military attachΓ©s and soldiers are determined to hate him to the point of itching, the son of the minister left him in the Guanglu Temple, good food and drink enough, that is, he is not free, is it just that the queen mother wants the son to put people under the Jinyi Wei Prison, and then there will be a judge? β
Now that her father has passed away, Empress Dowager Zhang's most painful thing is her two younger brothers, but no matter how painful it is, it is not as important as her own son. Therefore, seeing Zhu Houzhao's kind and unreciprocated appearance, her face finally relaxed, and then she frowned and said, "Then you have to send a letter to Mrs. Shouninghou, so as to save your aunt and aunt from being frightened." β
"Don't worry, the queen mother, this matter is remembered." Zhu Houzhao finally persuaded the Empress Dowager Zhang, and immediately smiled hesitantly, "Besides, those civil officials are also sharp-tongued, can they still surround the Shouning Marquis Mansion to embarrass those old and weak women and children?" Moreover, Erchen has already instructed someone to find out what is going on in this matter, as long as it is not the mastermind of the Marquis of Shouning, he will always be given justice. β
"It's Shou Ninghou every time, he is your uncle, isn't it possible to be closer when no one is around?" Empress Dowager Zhang finally stabilized her mind, but she still couldn't help but blame Zhu Houzhao with disgust, seeing that her son scratched his head and didn't make a sound, she finally let go of this matter, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but tell the queen mother left and right, only to say that what he said must not be explained to others. In the end, the little emperor simply bewitched Empress Dowager Zhang by cleverly bewitching the Empress Dowager Zhang and pretending to be sick behind closed doors.
If Xu Xun hadn't been persuaded hard, he would have directly thrown this uncle out to calm down the anger of the public, and he would have caused such a big thing for him, it would have been more than enough to succeed!
Outside the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, Jia Shichun, the steward of Kunning Palace, has been pricking up his ears to hear the voice inside, however, the angry reprimand of Empress Dowager Zhang can be heard clearly, and then Zhu Houzhao said something, but he could only vaguely hear a few words with unknown meanings, and he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks for a while, and this face could not be shown. Even so, Rong Shangyi, who was standing opposite him, had already discovered his restless state, and couldn't help but secretly remember it in his heart. When Zhu Houzhao hurriedly left Kunning Palace, she deliberately paid attention to Jia Shichun's movements, and found that someone had changed her clothes and hurriedly went out, and even sent a palace maid to report to Gao Feng.
So, almost not long after Jia Shichun left Kunning Palace, Liu Jin learned about the movement of the steward's brand, and immediately ordered someone to keep an eye on it, and when the news came again, he couldn't help but be suspicious.
"This old guy remembered Xu Xun's hatred, and then he got in touch with the old immortals of the celebrant eunuch. But even so, what are you doing there at this time...... Could it be that there is something else wrong with Shou Ninghou's matter? β
(To be continued)