Got together with Li Lang and Wang Wu and a few lackeys for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the next day was the first day of the third year of Jian'an, and before dawn, our Yang Changshi crawled out of the powder arm ** of the girl Ah Yi and Xu Xue early, yawning to let the girl Ah Yi and Xu Xue's waiter wash themselves early, change their clothes, and prepare to go to the Marquis of Ye Mansion (the later title of the Third Duke of Yuan), on behalf of Deputy Director Tao, to congratulate the Third Duke of Yuan on the New Year - that is, commonly known as New Year's greetings.

Because the third prince of Da Yuan is not the emperor now, our Yang Changshi doesn't need to wear a serious all-black official uniform to be restrained and awkward, so the girl Ah Yi picked out a very luxurious satin robe for herself to put on, put on a beam of Jinxian crown (the kind of hat that Lu Su often wears in the old version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms), put on a white fox fur coat to keep out the cold, and tied the exquisite belt sent by his lover Ah Yi, dressed himself up as a show, like a dog, and then kissed goodbye to the girl Ah Yi and Xu Xue, and led Li Lang and Wang Wu, picked up the gift that was ready to be given to the third prince of Da Yuan, and rushed out to the mansion of the third prince of Da Yuan with great wind.

When he swaggered to the gate of Yehou Mansion, the door of the door of the third prince of the great Yuan was already a long queue of cars and horses, bustling with people, crowded with the civil and military officials of Jizhou and their entourage who came to pay New Year's greetings to the third prince of the great Yuan, our Yang Changshi because he had long been looking forward to staying in Jizhou as an official, but did not dare to be so blatantly bullied and flattered as in Huainan before, but he greeted each Jizhou civil and military officer he met very regularly, and said some hypocritical and polite words for the New Year, but it is a pity that our Yang Changshi's reputation is too much, Therefore, except for the officials of Yuan Shanggongzi's party, almost no one in the other Jizhou civil and military forces was willing to say a word to Yang Changshi, which made Yang Changshi very quietly dissatisfied.

"A group of horsemen dare to look down on people with the eyes of Lord Ben? Wait for Lord Ben to enter the Jizhou officialdom, and see how Lord Ben cleans you up! ”

After being snubbed by Jizhou officials again, Yang Changshi, who has always been known for not being broad-minded, finally couldn't bear it anymore, first twisted the obscene old face, lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said the above words in his heart, and then when he looked up, Yang Changshi couldn't help but be stunned, and then the obscene old face also showed a look of fear, it turned out that when our Yang Changshi turned his head, he happened to see no one else, it happened to be the Jizhou don't drive - Tian Toyoda Yuanhao, who once scolded Yang Changshi bloody.

"The foreign minister has seen Mr. Yuan Hao, and Mr. New Year's Day is auspicious."

No matter how much you hate and fear Mr. Tian Feng, you still have to say the New Year's words, but when our Yang Changshi saluted Tian Feng, he was exchanged for Mr. Tian Feng's angry eyes and the slightest merciless reprimand, "You are a shameless villain, you still have the face to congratulate my lord on behalf of Tao Envoy Jun for the New Year, I really don't know if Tao Envoy Jun is blind or dizzy, and he actually reuses a shameless villain like you who has no loyalty." ”

Yang Changshi's obscene old face suddenly stretched longer than a donkey, fortunately, another person next to him stood up and grabbed Tian Feng, but it was Jizhou who was engaged in frustration, and frustration seemed to know what happened that night, and pulled Tian Feng just persuaded: "Brother Yuan Hao, please stop being angry, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he is on behalf of Xuzhou Tao Envoy Jun to congratulate the lord on the New Year, Brother Yuan Hao should not be with him in general." ”

"Hmph." Tian Feng snorted heavily, reluctantly accepted the dissuasion of the frustrated master, and snorted again: "A despicable villain like this who sells his lord for glory and lets him enter the lord's mansion really dirty the ground of the lord's mansion!" ”

After humming, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu walked away, leaving Yang Changshi embarrassed in place, his face was blue and red for a while, and he hated Tian Feng into the bone marrow in his heart, and it was not until Tian Feng and Fu Zhu went away that Yang Changshi said in an absolutely small voice under the curious eyes of many Jizhou officials: "A certain is too lazy to meet with you, and a certain abandonment of Yuan Shu to join my master is to abandon the dark and turn to the light, not like you, a hypocrite old horseman, in order to force me to arrange your son and nephew in Xuzhou as an official, I insist on blackmailing the affairs of the third son!" ”

"What do you mean?" Many Jizhou officials have heard Yang Changshi's words, and they have also remembered Yang Changshi's words in their hearts.

After this episode, it didn't take long for the door of the Yehou Mansion of the Great Yuan Sangong to finally open, and the officials of Jizhou flocked in, lined up in the courtyard in front of the lobby, waiting for the summoned of the Great Yuan Sangong, Yang Changshi also entered the Yehou Mansion alone with the courtesy, and the immortal stood with the full pet, and the man who was full of favor also happened to follow Yang Changshi's beloved apprentice boy Ah Yi, but on this occasion, Yang Changshi and the young man Ah Yi of course could not talk affectionately, and at the same time, the relationship between Yang Changshi and Mr. Man Pet was not very good. Therefore, after the mutual salute symbolizing the surname, Yang Changshi completely closed his mouth and waited for the long ceremony to end.

Born in the family of the fourth three princes of the great Yuan Sangong New Year's ceremony how troublesome and complicated, here will not be introduced one by one, in short, in the courtyard stood in the courtyard for almost two hours, poor Yang Changshi was able to enter the lobby to kowtow to the third prince of the great Yuan, on behalf of Deputy Director Tao to wish the old man a happy New Year, a long life, and then kowtow to the third prince of the great Yuan, congratulations to the third prince of the new year, auspicious, and then have to present the gift list, please accept the gift. But fortunately, because there were too many guests to be received, Da Yuan Sangong didn't let Yang Changshi kneel on the cold and hard ground for long, and let Yang Changshi wait on the side after a while, preparing to participate in the New Year's banquet of the Yehou Mansion.

Sitting down on the right side of the hall with good rules, sleepy-eyed watching Da Yuan Sangong accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials, yawning and waiting for the boring passage to end, our Yang Changshi didn't notice at all, Yuan Tan Gongzi who was standing on the left behind Da Yuan Sangong, and Guo Tu and Xin Ping, who were sitting in front of the right side of Da Yuan Sangong, were all peeking at themselves from time to time, or constantly trying to peek at their waist ties-that fascinated and ecstatic gaze, as if they wanted to rip off Yang Changshi's pants and make a foundation.

It was also at this time that our Yang Changshi finally discovered that being an official in Xuzhou is better than being an official in Jizhou, that is, the Xuzhou Demolition and Relocation Office likes to pay attention to efficiency, and does not like red tape. At least Tao Ying's thief is not like Ben Chugong, who will let Ben sit here for so much time. ”

The boring to the extreme New Year's greeting ceremony finally ended after noon, and finally it was the time for the big Yuan Sangong to eat and drink, the servants sent the wine and food, the big Yuan Sangong who was full of spring breeze raised a glass and invited everyone to drink, Yang Changshi, who was already hungry with his chest against his back, was not polite, and after a cup of Yuan Sangong, he soon chewed on the case of the reincarnation of the hungry ghost, and most of the Jizhou officials were no better, and for a time the hall was staggered, the cups and plates sounded, and the laughter and the sound of wishing each other the New Year were endless.

The thing that should have come finally came, when Yang Changshi, who only ate one Hu cake in the morning, was eating and drinking, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who had been much better, suddenly came to Yang Changshi with a glass of wine, and said with an unprecedented smile at Yang Changshi: "Mr. Zhongming, although Mr. and Tan have always had a misunderstanding, but today is the New Year, Mr. and Tan are drinking in the same hall, Tan is a junior, and he has been forgiven by Tao Envoy, no matter what, I have to give Mr. a glass to thank Guijun for his kindness, and I also wish Mr. a hundred feet in the New Year's career, go further." ”

"Did this kid take the wrong medicine? Why are you so friendly to Ben-sama today? Yang Changshi was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, but when he saw Yuan Tan Gongzi holding the cup in front of him, Yang Changshi didn't dare not give face, so he quickly picked up his wine glass with both hands, and said falsely while returning the salute to Yuan Tan Gongzi: "Thank you to the eldest prince, and the foreign minister also wishes the eldest prince a prosperous martial arts, invincible, and invincible." ”

Yang Changshi's words are simply typical of the pot that is not opened, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was humiliated because of the Langya fiasco, changed his face, and almost wanted to strangle Yang Changshi to death on the spot, but for the sake of big things, Yuan Tan Gongzi still held back the anger in his chest, and drank a cup with Yang Changshi with a smile. And when Yang Changshi just put down the wine glass, Mr. Xin Ping also came to Yang Changshi with a cup, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhongming, the little brother Xin Bi offended Mr. Tao Envoy Jun before, Tao Envoy Jun has no care, and he is grateful to the brother of the comment, and he is grateful to the comment. ”

"Did this guy take the wrong medicine too?"

If it had been replaced by Deputy Director Tao or Jia Lao Poison, he would have already realized that the situation was wrong, but our Yang Changshi was quite confused, not only did he not become alert, but he also hurriedly hugged his fists to thank him, and hurriedly went to get a spoon to add wine to himself, but Yuan Tan Gongzi had already grabbed the wine spoon, and said with a smile while scooping the wine: "Don't bother Mr. Zhongming, let Mr. Tan add a bar." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, who is Hong? How dare to add wine? ”

Yang Changshi was humble, and hurriedly picked up the wine glass with both hands to receive the wine, never thought that our Yuan Tan Gongzi's eyes were obviously not good, the wine spoon actually crossed the wine glass, and poured a full spoonful of wine on Yang Changshi's waist, and the wine was dripping on Yang Changshi's bee waist and between his legs, and suddenly a large piece of wet water. Seeing this scene, Yuan Tan Gongzi suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, offended, offended, come on, wait for Mr. Hou Zhongming to change his clothes." ”

As soon as the words fell, two servants rushed up with a change of clothes and belts, seeing this scene, the shrewd Xun Chen, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xu You, Xian Pei and Feng Ji and others suddenly became suspicious, and said together: "How does it seem to have been arranged in advance?" What does the eldest prince want to do? ”

"What's wrong?" Da Yuan Sangong also paid attention to this side and opened Chrysostom to ask.

"The child accidentally poured wine on Mr. Zhongming when he added wine to Mr. Zhongming, and asked his father to forgive him." Yuan Tan Gongzi quickly explained to his father, and quickly turned to Yang Changshi to accuse: "Don't blame sir, Tan was unintentional, and ask Mr. for forgiveness." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Yang Changshi, who still thinks that it is just an accident, is generous and modest, and suddenly remembered a major event, and quickly jumped up, and hurriedly untied his belt - this belt contains the blood edict of Emperor Han Xian, if it is soaked in wine, it will be a great disrespectful crime.

"Sure enough, there is a problem!" Yuan Tan Gongzi and Mr. Xin Ping were ecstatic together, and they also hurried to help Yang Changshi untie his belt, but said, "Mr. Zhongming, let us help you change your clothes." ”

While speaking, the deadly belt has been untied from Yang Changshi's body, one end was held by Yang Changshi, and the other end was taken by Yuan Tan Gongzi, and it was also at this time that Yang Changshi, who had basically nothing in our heads except for wine and wealth, finally came to his senses, and hurriedly grabbed the belt with both hands, and said: "Childe, let Hong come by himself." ”

"Mr. Zhongming, you don't have to be polite, this belt is wet, let's change it first." Of course, Yuan Tan Gongzi refused to let go, and while grabbing the belt with both hands, he commanded: "Quick, serve Mr. Zhongming to change clothes." ”

"Childe, you let go." Yang Changshi was finally anxious, and he grabbed his belt and didn't let go, Xin Ping and the two servants who had already been bought off did it together, the two servants pretended to change clothes and grabbed Yang Changshi's hand, and Mr. Xin Ping pulled Yang Changshi's fingers hard, pulling and pulling like a base, our Yang Changshi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he just didn't let go of his belt, "Big boy, what are you doing?" Do? This is my belt, it's my belt! ”

There was such a big commotion, Yang Changshi just didn't want to attract the attention of everyone in the lobby, and Da Yuan Sangong also shouted angrily: "Stop!" What have you done? What kind of system do you want me to grab a belt?! ”

The order of the third prince of Yuan failed for the first time, Yuan Tan Gongzi and Yang Changshi were still pulling constantly, and with the help of others, they finally snatched the belt in their hands, and then quickly retreated, our Yang Changshi also suddenly turned red, regardless of the fact that his pants had fallen to the ground, he pounced on his bare two ** thighs, wanting to snatch back the belt that was related to countless heads and his bright future, but unfortunately Mr. Xin Ping was quick to see and hug Mr. Yang Hong from behind, and the two servants also did it together, The three of them worked together to hold Yang Changshi back, Yang Changshi was furious, and roared angrily in front of many strongmen: "What do you want to do? What do you want to do?! Give me back the belt! Give me back the belt!! ”

Seeing such a picture, Da Yuan Sangong even understood that the situation was wrong, so he quickly stood up and asked, "Tan'er, what tricks are you doing?" ”

"Back to my father, the child didn't do any tricks." Yuan Tan Gongzi's vulture face for many years finally showed some smiles, and he took the belt and smiled and said to the eldest Yuan Sangong: "Please forgive my father, because the child accidentally spilled wine on Mr. Zhong Ming, I wanted to change Mr. Zhong Ming's clothes and make amends for my sins—but I don't know why Mr. Zhong Ming paid so much attention to this belt?" ”

Smiling dangerously, Yuan Tan Gongzi carefully checked the belt, and then immediately shouted in ecstasy and surprise, "There is a letter in the belt!" Is there a letter sewn into this belt? What kind of letter should be sewn into the belt? Do you want to tie it around Mr. Zhongming's waist? ”

"Letters?!" The face of the judge and Feng Ji changed, and they quickly turned their heads to look at Yuan Shanggongzi together, and screamed in their hearts together, "Childe, don't be your secret letter to Tao Yuanjun?!" ”

"Letters?!" Yuan Shanggongzi, who didn't know why, also changed his face, and quickly turned his head to look at the trial match and Feng Ji, and exclaimed in his heart, "Mr. Zhengnan, Mr. Yuantu, do you know what kind of letter it is?" But don't be a bad letter to me? ”

The surprised looks of Mr. Yuan Shanggongzi and Mr. Yu Ji did not escape Mr. Guo Tu's eyes, and seeing Yuan Shanggongzi's face full of horror, Mr. Guo Tu, who had not spoken, finally had a bottom in his heart, stood up and arched his hand to the eldest Yuan Sangong and said: "Lord, Mr. Zhongming hid the letter so secretly, and I don't know if it has anything to do with my Jizhou?" The picture thinks that the lord may wish to ask Mr. Zhongming a little bit. ”

"It has nothing to do with Jizhou, it has nothing to do with it!" Yang Changshi hurriedly shouted, and then Yang Changshi suddenly came to his senses and yelled at Yuan Tan Gongzi: "You did it on purpose, you deliberately spilled the wine on me, right?!" ”

"Mr. misunderstood, Tan was really careless." Yuan Tan Gongzi said with a smile: "If Mr. Zhongming is to blame, then Mr. Tan will compensate Mr. Tan with a new set of clothes." ”

After finishing speaking, Yuan Tan Gongzi added in his heart with great viciousness, "I will compensate you for a set of new clothes for death row prisoners!" ”

"Give me back the belt, the letters in the belt are my personal belongings! You can't watch! Yang Changshi roared angrily.

Yuan Tan Gongzi smiled even more happily, suddenly turned to Yuan Shang Gongzi, and said with a smile: "Third brother, Mr. Zhong Ming said that the letter in this belt is his personal thing, and you and my brother are not allowed to watch it, I don't know what the third brother thinks?" ”

"Sure enough, it has something to do with the seizure of the heir?" Most of the Jizhou civil and military officers present broke out in a cold sweat, and they also hurriedly closed their mouths together, for fear that opening their mouths indiscriminately would cause monstrous disasters......

Yuan Shanggongzi did embroider pillows, originally this matter obviously had nothing to do with him, but seeing Yang Changshi's violent reaction, and seeing the hideous smile on the face of his rival brother, Yuan Shanggongzi, who was not afraid of crooked shadows, suddenly became weak, and his voice trembled a little when he answered, "Brother, since this is Mr. Zhong Ming's personal thing, then please return it to Mr. Zhong Ming." ”

"Why does the third prince look like this? Could it be that the secret letter in the belt is a letter between the third prince and Tao Envoy? Ugly secret letter?! "Almost all the civil and military officials in Jizhou are so suspicious in their hearts.

After smiling fiercely at the third brother of his sworn enemy, who had obviously shown a weak heart, Yuan Tan Gongzi turned to the eldest Yuan Sangong again, and knelt down on the knees of the eldest Yuan Sangong with the belt, and said respectfully and proudly: "Father, the third brother said that this belt with a secret letter must be returned to Mr. Zhong Ming, I don't know what my father thinks?" ”

"Two brutes!" Da Yuan Sangong's face began to turn blue - Da Yuan Sangong did not have Alzheimer's disease, and he had already vaguely guessed that this matter must be related to his two precious sons competing for favor, and he even believed that what was hidden in the belt - it must be a secret letter between his most beloved third son and his unworthy son-in-law, Deputy Director Tao!

"Why did Yuan Tan Xiao'er pull this on the third son?" The little brain cells in Yang Changshi's head that were almost squeezed by money and beauties finally got a chance to play, and quickly analyzed: "What is hidden in the belt is the blood edict of the Son of Heaven, this is the territory of Yuan Shaopifu in Yecheng, Jizhou, and it was searched from me, at most, the origin of the blood edict has to be explained with a little tongue, Yuan Shaopifu saw the blood edict, he will neither kill me, nor have a reason to punish me, maybe he will give me a little reward, and Yuan Shangxiaoer has no relationship with half a hair." ”

"However, why did Yuan Tan Xiao'er go to such lengths to snatch the belt from me, and drag Yuan Shang'er into this matter............ too?"

"Do you mean?!"

Yang Changshi is actually not stupid, but he is too obsessed with official power and can only see money and beauties in his eyes, which gives people a feeling of stupidity - otherwise, it is impossible for Yang Changshi, who is really stupid, to climb to today's position. So after thinking about this, he suddenly recalled what he had said on the belly of the beauty, and Yang Changshi suddenly came to his senses. Immediately afterwards, a trace of annihilation also appeared on the corner of our Yang Changshi's mouth............ "Ahh ”

Yang Changshi suddenly screamed like a pig, and suddenly used his strength to eat, and stomped on Mr. Xin Ping's instep, which hurt so much that Mr. Xin Ping also screamed like killing a pig, and then Yang Changshi took the opportunity to get rid of the two servants of the Yuan Mansion who did not dare to kill him, pounced on him with his bare buttocks, hugged Yuan Tan Gongzi, pressed the injured Yuan Tan Gongzi to the ground, and then reached out to grab it-Yuan Tan Gongzi thought that Yang Changshi wanted to grab the belt in his hand, and quickly clenched the belt, Unexpectedly, Yang Changshi pulled out the sword that Yuan Tan Gongzi hung on his waist!

"Choking" a sword out of the sheath, the matter was completely big, not to mention the chaos in the hall, the guards standing on both sides also moved together, or rushed up to protect the three princes of Da Yuan, or rushed up to surround Yang Changshi. But fortunately, our Yang Changshi didn't mean to hurt Yuan Sangong, he just put the sword on Yuan Tan Gongzi's neck, and yelled with red eyes, "Don't come here, I'll kill him if you come here!" ”

"Stop!" Da Yuan Sangong finally spoke, first drank the eager guard, and then shouted angrily: "Yang Hong, what are you going to do? ”

"Ben Chu Gong, please forgive the foreign minister for being rude, what is hidden in this belt is more important than the heads of the foreign minister's nine clans, so the foreign minister can only do this." Yang Changshi replied loudly.

"What the hell is it?" Da Yuan Sangong asked angrily.

Yang Changshi didn't speak, but turned to Yuan Shanggongzi, who had already hid behind the trial and Fengji, and said righteously: "Third son, the minister did his best, after the minister died, please also ask the third prince to send the minister's body back to Xuzhou for the sake of the minister's dedication for you, so that the minister's leaf will return to his roots, so that he will not be a lonely soul in a foreign land." ”

Yuan Shanggongzi's face was even more ugly, trembling and not even knowing how to speak, and the big Yuan Sangong over there scolded Yuan Shanggongzi angrily, "Beast, you did a good thing!" ”

After scolding his son, Da Yuan Sangong turned to Yang Changshi again, and said proudly: "Yang Hong, do you know what the consequences of doing this are? Don't say that you are a district governor, even your lord Tao Ying can't afford it! ”

"Ben Chu Gong, this matter is too big, the matter has come to this point, the foreign minister can't afford it anymore, and he must bear it!"

Yang Changshi didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine, so he actually confronted the long-awaited Ming Monarch Holy Lord in his mind in public, and then Yang Changshi turned to Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was held by himself with a sword, and asked: "Eldest prince, the foreign minister only asks you one word, if you answer truthfully, the foreign minister will immediately let you go, and put down the sword and bow down to death." ”

"If you want to kill, kill it, and don't say much!"

In front of his father, of course Yuan Tan Gongzi refused to show weakness, and the eldest Yuan Sangong over there shouted: "You ask, I'll let Xiansi answer." ”

"Xie Benchugong." Yang Changshi nodded slightly, then turned to Yuan Tan Gongzi and asked, "May I ask the eldest prince, who told you the secret in this belt?" Who else knows this secret but you? This is a matter of heaven, please answer truthfully. ”

"How do you ask that?"

Yuan Tan Gongzi froze, but before Yuan Tan Gongzi came back to his senses, our Yang Changshi came to his senses, and immediately turned his head and glared at his new opponent Jizhou Don't Drive Tian Feng, and roared angrily: "Understood!" Good for you, old man Tianfeng! I can't imagine that you, an old horseman, are so vicious, in order to retaliate for my rejection of your shameless request, you deliberately told this secret to Yuan Tan Gongzi, wanting to kill countless loyal and good people, and also trapping me Yang Hong in the land of disloyalty and injustice, you are so vicious! ”

The situation changed suddenly, Yang Changshi suddenly turned the spearhead from Yuan Tan Gongzi to Tian Feng, not to mention that the big Yuan Sangong and others present were all speechless, and the person concerned, Tian Feng, was even more stunned, and finally woke up, Tian Feng suddenly became furious, rushed out and roared: "Shameless horseman, don't spew blood here, what does this matter have to do with me?" ”

"There were no outsiders present at the time, and now of course you can deny it!" Yang Changshi's voice was louder than Tian Feng's, and he yelled frantically: "Only you, an old horseman, know that there is a big secret hidden in my belt!" Just because I refused your shameless request, and refused to give you three hundred pounds of gold and silver, and five thousand horses of colored satin! If you refuse to recommend your sons and nephews to my father-in-law and let them serve as high-ranking officials in Xuzhou, you deliberately leaked this secret to the eldest prince, and wanted to use the eldest prince to put me to death!! ”

"I'll tell you about this old horseman! You're dreaming! This thing is definitely not what you think! It has nothing to do with the original official canonization of the son-in-law! You old puppet wants to use the matter of the original public heir to blackmail and seek a high position for your son and nephew, you are dreaming! Dreaming! ”

(To be continued)