Chapter 18: Honest "Drug Use"
Li Shimin's heart was full of strangeness, and he understood after listening to Du He's words.
How smart he is, he is quick-witted, he doesn't think twice in the world, and at this time his heart is like a mirror, and he has already thought through the ins and outs.
When Du He was catching ghosts, because he didn't expect the other party to be so clever in pretending to be ghosts, he didn't check and startle the snake for a while. And Li Jiancheng's remnants had been brutally encircled and suppressed, and they were defeated by the remnants of the frightened birds, and once they were frightened, they would inevitably hide far away to prevent a fatal blow.
In this case, it is not easy to catch them with the only little evidence in hand. If they follow too much, they will be aware of the danger hidden in the shadows, so that they will run away without a trace.
Rather than doing this, it is better to do nothing, make a look of not knowing anything, and reassure those people who are hidden in the depths, waiting for them to get their hands on the treasures hidden in the mansion, as long as they come out of the shadows, all problems will naturally no longer be a problem.
"It turns out that your kid is already in the chest!" Li Shimin couldn't help but invite Du He to inquire because he was too concerned about this matter, and now that he knows the reason, he will no longer ask, and it has always been his way to use people without suspicion.
Du He also said goodbye and left, he took Li Shimin as a reference, since even Li Shimin was already impatient, it was enough to show how the mood of those snight boys who had been hiding in the shadows was, it was time to start arranging.
After leaving the palace, he had not walked two streets before one person stopped him.
"Nephew, where are you going?"
Du He was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the person who came clearly, and shouted: "Second uncle!" ”
The person who came was a middle-aged scribe dressed in a white robe, covered with mink fur, gently shaking a small fan, and looking quite stylish, none other than Du Chuke, the younger brother of his father Du Ruhui.
Speaking of Du Chuke, he is quite famous among the scribes, mainly due to the events of the past years.
The Du family has three sons, Du Ruhui ranks second, has a brother Du Hongguo, and a younger brother Du Chuke. Du Ruhui saw heroes and threw himself into Li Shimin's account, while the remaining two brothers defected to Wang Shichong, and their uncle Du Yan also had under Wang Shichong's account.
Du Yan is a bastard, he is not on good terms with the three brothers of the Du family, and he sued Du Hongguo for his family affection. Wang Shichong then killed Du Hongguo and imprisoned Du Chuke, almost starving him to death.
Li Shimin wanted to kill Du Yan after breaking Luoyang, but Du Chuke begged Du Ruhui to save Du Yan's life, although Du Ruhui was a literati, but he was decisive, his grievances were clear, and it would be good if he didn't take revenge, how could he save him.
Du Chuke said: "Uncle has killed the eldest brother, and now the second brother has abandoned the uncle out of hatred." Isn't it painful for a family to kill each other? So he drew his sword and killed himself.
Seeing this, Du Ruhui could only save Du Yan.
As a result, Du Chuke also gained the reputation of repaying grievances with virtue, and had a high reputation among the scribes.
It's just that his ambition is higher than the sky, although he has some talents, but it is far inferior to his ambition, and he believes that Li Tai, the king of Wei, is the future lord of the Tang Dynasty, and he becomes Li Tai's staff despite Du Ruhui's opposition.
Du Ruyan didn't listen to every persuasion, so he also had less contact with Du Chuke.
The same is true for Du He, he knows better than anyone that few people who are better with Li Tai have a good end.
But after all, it is the second uncle, and it is indispensable to say hello when you meet.
"It's fine, go home and read!" Du He casually perfunctory.
"Nothing?" Du Chuke's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "That's fine, the second uncle is afraid that he will delay your business." That's right, the second uncle and some Chang'an celebrities had a party in Furong Garden. The nephew is also a famous man in the world, why don't you go to meet the scene with the second uncle? ”? Baume & Mercier, why don't I know!
Although the handwriting is better, and the poems are better "memorized", but even the most basic "Analects" can not be memorized, so can you become a celebrity?
Du He was amused in his heart and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, "Li Jiancheng's gang of remnants must be paying close attention to their every move behind their backs, so it is better to play with them and put on a show, so as to show that he is focused on other things and does not know about their existence at all." Thinking so, he nodded in agreement.
Du Chuke also prepared some words of persuasion, and he was also overjoyed to see that he promised so refreshingly, so he should go first.
Since they were meeting on their own, the gathering place of Du Chuke was also the meeting place. When the two entered the Hibiscus Garden and came to a pavilion in the depths of the garden, there were already about twenty people gathered in the pavilion, most of them literati in their thirties and forties, and some of the younger ones were also in their twenties.
When everyone saw Du Chuke coming, many people greeted him and shouted: "Brother Chuke" was very respectful between his eyebrows.
Du He was a little surprised, he really couldn't see it, Du Chuke was quite popular.
Du Chuke introduced Du He one by one, and then said to everyone: "This is Du Jiaerlang, who is already a blockbuster if he doesn't make a sound-Du He, my nephew, and I will bring him here to get close to you today." ”
When others heard that he was the "founder" of Du Tizi, Du He, a talented man who was famous in Chang'an, he was polite to him one by one.
"Mr. Du's Du character can be said to be the best in the world, and only the right army of the king of the Eastern Jin Dynasty can compare with it!"
"If the wine is not drunk, everyone is drunk, and Liu Ling is ashamed to drink a thousand cups. Invite the moon to drink Chang'e's companion, and a river of sorrowful wine will meet. Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure will require a thousand cups. Drunk and lying at the table, how many people can relieve the deep taste of hangover? Sir's drunken song expresses the voice of the people in my generation, when it comes to the sky! ”
Du He shook his head with a wry smile, he couldn't imagine that this group of celebrities gathered around a group of eight women would be verbose, so frightened that he immediately wanted to turn around and leave.
Du Chuke saw Du He's embarrassment and beckoned everyone to take a seat.
Du He also hummed a few words appropriately, invited the gods around him away one by one, and also found a seat and sat down.
Du Chuke acted as the leader of this group of people, and shouted in unison: "Chuke said that it is really a happy thing in his life to be able to talk about Confucianism with all the celebrities today. Wei Wangtai respects all celebrities the most. Listening to the gathering with you, not only prepared the best wine, but also prepared the best cold food for our fun. ”
Du He shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that his second uncle is bent on taking refuge under Li Tai's door, and at the same time, he feels a little strange, I don't know what this cold food scatter is.
Just when he was in shock, all the celebrities around him cheered and jumped up, and they all praised Li Tai as a real celebrity and a real hero.
Give them a little benefit and become a real celebrity, a real hero, this hero, celebrity is too easy to come.
Seeing the reactions one by one, Du He thought to himself.
Du Chuke asked people to carry the wine, and then personally took it from the hands of his subordinates and took out a large bag of unknown things, which should be the so-called cold food dispersion. The bag contained many square cardboard packets the size of a little thumb, and he divided two packets by himself, including Du He.
"What is this?" Du He played with it in his hand, and a celebrity beside him replied: "A baby who makes people drunk to death." As he spoke, he opened a packet and tilted his head back into his mouth.
Looking at the white powder that rolled into the other party's mouth, Du He had the feeling of watching him eat white powder. At the thought of white powder, Du He immediately became alert, and three words appeared in his mind, "Five Stone San".
Wushisan is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine powder, which is made of stone stalactites, purple quartz, white quartz, stone sulfur, and red stone grease, which was invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Han Dynasty. Originally, it was a medicine for typhoid patients, because this powder was hot and dry, and it had some tonic benefits for typhoid patients. But later, a guy named He Yan liked this thing, so he vigorously advocated it, and the celebrities of the Wei and Jin dynasties took it one after another to show their identity.
This thing is similar to ecstasy, after eating, it will make people feel excited, the whole body is hot, and the touch of the body skin becomes highly sensitive.
Therefore, in the Wei and Jin dynasties, a large group of people often gathered together, took five stones, spoke wildly, were rude or ran shirtless, and so on, to show that they were romantic, but in fact, it was no different from taking drugs.
But this kind of thing went from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, and celebrities flocked to it, and it lasted for five or six hundred years without interruption.
Du He didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to him, and secretly lost two packs of five stones, isn't eating this thing tantamount to playing with his life?
Wushisan doesn't seem to have the effect of ecstasy, and everyone can still stay clear after taking it, and they really talk about poetry and songs together very seriously.
Du Chuke started and asked Du He to come to a song.
The crowd echoed in unison.
Du He was forced by them to be helpless, and he could only recite a poem about wine at will: "If the sky doesn't love wine, the wine star is not in the sky."
If the earth does not love wine, there shall be no fountain of wine on the earth.
Heaven and earth love wine, love wine is worthy of heaven; I have heard that it is more than a saint, and it is as virtuous as a sage.
The virtuous and sage have already drunk, why bother to ask the gods?
Three cups lead to the avenue, and one bucket is natural.
But if you have fun in wine, don't pass it on to the awake. ”
Well, this poem is no less than the "Drunken Song", it's amazing! Hahahaha! Du Chuke shouted loudly, and he was also impressed in his heart.
One by one, the others also applauded.
Du He said a few perfunctory words.
After these glasses of wine, Du He gradually found that something was wrong, and the two dozen or so people in the pavilion began to be restless one by one, just like the monkey in heat, began to unconsciously pull out his clothes, jump up and down, and scream.
Especially his second uncle Du Chuke, he took off all his exaggerated shirts, hugged Tingzhu and twisted his buttocks, and seemed to be pole dancing.
This sudden scene frightened Du He, which was much more terrifying than ecstasy, and hurriedly fled to the side, but they didn't even notice his departure.
Du He glanced around, although their location was in the depths of the Hibiscus Garden, there were also a lot of pedestrians, and none of the passers-by were surprised when they looked at their form. There were a few scribes who showed envy.
This situation made Du He's heart feel a little chilly, such an atmosphere was really terrible.
Du He didn't want to stay for a long time, and was about to leave, when he suddenly stopped, looking at the "celebrities" who were like ghosts, he remembered the most critical part of his snake catching plan, his expression moved, he stepped forward and picked up a bag and held it in his hand, revealing a yin smile.
(To be continued)