Chapter 81: The Golden Palace
On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head. The blue sky is like a warm breeze, and the flying flakes are fluttering inside and outside the imperial city.
In addition to Chen Hui, who has lost his memory, many virtuous and talented people selected from Nanli Kyushu gathered at the palace gate in costume. The guards searched their bodies one by one, and there were also grey dogs interspersed, sniffing everyone carefully, and there was nothing abnormal at all.
When the time came, the virtuous people lined up neatly to log in to the Golden Palace, cleaned up the clothes and shouted long live, the Fenglong Emperor praised everyone, and then waved his hand slightly, and the eunuchs in the inner court sang sharply, and publicized the selection procedures that everyone had memorized well, and then the palace bell rang for a long time, and everyone withdrew from the palace to wait, and listened to the eunuch roll call and entered...... Nanli's selection for the first product of Yanguo officially began.
Song Yang was the last in line, the time was very early, waiting in the side hall with peace of mind, quietly scrutinizing the words he had prepared, and occasionally whispering and laughing with the Qu couple and Xiao Qi who were waiting together to help them relax. The second fool is also there, but he is not nervous, and he doesn't need to relax.
Time passed little by little, and the virtuous people who were waiting in the side hall were called to the main hall one by one, and after showing their talents, they would not immediately know whether they were selected, and they could not stay in the palace after retreating, and returned directly to the post house...... The Golden Palace election lasted for a whole day, and during this time, it was inevitable to take a few breaks to allow the adults to drink a few sips of water and go to the latrine.
Until dusk, the three brothers of the Hong family, who were in the bottom two, went to the palace, and Song Yang was the only one left here......
The brothers of the Hong family all have real talents and learning, and they are well prepared in advance, and the three of them cooperate with each other in the Golden Palace, not only the ministers in the palace, but even Emperor Fenglong nods frequently. From the beginning to the end, there were only two people who were indifferent: one was the bitter gourd-faced Lord Du who was 'in a serious case', and the other was the right prime minister Ban who was like a rotten wood and had served three generations of emperors.
The more the three brothers talked, the more relaxed they became, and before they knew it, they had already made old mistakes, dancing with their hands and waving their sleeves when they talked loudly, and Feng Long didn't care about this little Meng Lang, and listened carefully with his eyes high.
The three of them talked for almost an hour from beginning to end, several times more time than the other sages, and then finally came to an end. Before closing the conversation, the three brothers also seriously stated that because of the limited time, this time they could not confide in what they had learned in their lives.
Feng Long laughed heartily, inevitably another compliment, but still like other talents, he did not inform them of the results at the time, but waved them back and waited for the news.
Unexpectedly, the three brothers knelt on the ground together and refused to leave, and Feng Leong was surprised: "Why don't you retreat?" ”
The boss Hong Yi said respectfully: "The grass people learned that the next virtuous Song Yang is good at it, and it is also the way to strengthen the country, so I dare to beg Your Majesty to keep me in the palace, and I heard this person's high opinion." ”
Hong Zheng and Hong Zhi kowtowed at the same time: "Please ask Your Majesty for mercy and forgive the grass people's reluctant request." ”
The three brothers were poisoned by Song Yang for three days, and after that, they always behaved, and all the resentment in their hearts accumulated to this day, and they wanted to debate with Song Yang in front of the saint about the topic of 'the way to strengthen the country'.
In front of the emperor, they were not afraid that Song Yang would be poisoned again, and the three of them had a lot of confidence that they could refute Song Yang to 'speechless', so that everyone in the Manchu Dynasty would know that Song Yang was just a boastful villain.
The three brothers want to beat Song Yang back to his original form, and after this day, the identities of the two sides are very different, and the three pillars of the country and the protégé of the Son of Heaven will deal with a small civilian again...... All revenge has been avenged.
And Lord Hu, the prime minister of Zuo, also took a step and bowed to His Majesty: "The way to strengthen the country, the more the debate is smoother, and the minister also asks the saint to be gracious, leave the three of them in the palace, and give them to speak freely." ”
Listening to one person say that it is better to listen to a few people arguing, Feng Long nodded happily: "Call Song Yang." ”
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Song Yang went to the hall, saluted and greeted him according to the rules, and stood solemnly after reporting his place of origin and name, and at the same time did not forget to send a smile to the three brothers of the Hong family. His smile was always genuine.
Feng Long looked him up and down, Song Yang made a scene, pretending to peek at the saint, and then showed a sense of surprise and continued to be annoyed...... It's completely the look of 'I didn't know Tarzan last time'. Feng Long regained his senses, and then slowly spoke, but did not mention the matter of 'performing arts': "I heard that a while ago, you helped the Criminal Department paint a picture, and it quickly spread all over the streets and alleys, and Song Yang's name is very loud in Beijing. ”
The emperor didn't have anything good to say when he opened his mouth, the Hong brothers were all happy, Hong Yi couldn't help but want to stroke his beard and smile, and his hand just raised half of it and suddenly realized that it was now in the Jinluan Palace, not a teahouse to watch a play and listen to a book, so he was busy and put his hand down.
Song Yang was not ashamed: "The strange case disturbs the people's hearing and hearing, and the deceased is waiting for the snow, and the grass people are just doing their part, hoping to help something." ”
Feng Long's tone was not good: "Help? But I heard that the portrait not only failed to do anything to help, but also provoked a lot of ridicule. Song Yang, you should talk about it carefully," as he spoke, the emperor leaned forward slightly on the dragon chair and stared directly at Song Yang: "What are you thinking about painting a portrait of the bitter master laughing?" ”
Song Yang's expression was calm, and his tone was serious: "In order to arrest the murderer, he can autopsy and examine the bones; In order to judge the wrongs, the torture can open the coffin and examine the corpse, and the alarm of the dead is to comfort their souls in the sky. ”
Then, Song Yang even raised his gaze, looked at the emperor for a moment, and then retracted his gaze and continued: "When I was discerning the bones, I knew that as soon as the portrait came out, I would become the laughing stock of the whole city, but as long as there is a chance to seek justice for the deceased and bring the murderer to justice, I can't care about anything else. Pride. ”
At this time, the third elder of the Hong family, Hong Zhi, knelt down and bowed: "The grass people have something to say, please ask Your Majesty for permission." Feng Long waved his hand, changed his amiable expression, and said with a smile: "I have just given you 'open your mouth', you can say what you want, and you don't need to start playing in advance." ”
After thanking him, Hong Zhi turned his eyes to look at Song Yang: "Your Excellency's words are touching, Hong Zhi sincerely admires ......" Before he finished speaking, Song Yang shook his head and smiled: "No need to greet him, Mr. is polite in his heart, but he is polite on his lips, isn't it awkward?" The Holy Lord summoned me to wait for the audience, not to listen to the kind words of you and me. ”
Habit made Hong Zhi throw off his big sleeves and get straight to the topic: "If you really paint it, your generous words can be trusted; If we paint a picture without reason, it is not only a blasphemy of the dead, but also a fool of my law. It deserves to be punished! ”
After speaking, Hong Zhi paused for a moment, and then added lightly: "Then again, if it is really painted, how can it be that no one has recognized the bitter master for so long." ”
Hong Zhi grasped the key point and made a difficult speech, but he didn't notice that Prime Minister Zuo, who had just opened his mouth to ask for them to stay, glared at him fiercely......
Just as the county lord of Chenghe said to Song Yang before, many virtuous people and all parties were wooed. The three brothers of the Hong family have long been recruited by Prime Minister Zuo.
Zuo Cheng is a high-ranking person and acts in his own way, so he doesn't really care about this kind of eloquent person. But because of his identity, there were some things that Prime Minister Zuo couldn't say directly to the saint, so he accepted these three people. To put it bluntly, the 'way of strengthening the country' that the Hong brothers just put forward on the Golden Palace is the most beneficial 'way of strengthening the country' for Prime Minister Zuo. This is said to be the case today, and in the future, the three brothers will be promoted to 'national soldiers', and it will always be like this.
The brothers of the Hong family regarded Song Yang as a mortal enemy, and begged Prime Minister Zuo to give them a chance to argue with Song Yang on the Golden Palace and beat him back to his original form. This is just a trivial matter for Prime Minister Zuo, who first arranged the order of appearance, and then pleaded in the palace to leave the three brothers.
However, Prime Minister Zuo only promised the three brothers to refute Song Yang against the 'way of strengthening the country', so as to show that they had learned it, in order to gain the appreciation of the saints. But they have never been allowed to make a fuss about the 'portrait'...... The matter of the portrait involves not only Song Yang, but also the Criminal Department.
The painting was painted by Song Yang, but it was the Criminal Department who issued the portrait, and he held on to this matter, and it was not only Song Yang who was beaten.
The secretary of the criminal department is politically neutral, and never participates in the game between the DPRK and China, but only does his own criminal law and ignores the rest. Being able to maintain neutrality between the DPRK and China is itself a symbol of strength. Prime Minister Zuo was not afraid of him, and he never thought of offending him.
After all, Hong Yi, Hong Zheng, and Hong Zhi were born poor, and they didn't understand these involvements at all, all they wanted was to chase Song Yang, chase him no matter if he could escape, and hit him until he could never turn over. But he didn't expect that he was holding a bamboo pole to poke a large hornet's nest.
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Tomorrow Chinese New Year's Eve, I wish all brothers and sisters a happy New Year, all the best, a happy family, and all wishes come true!
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