Chang'an Daming Palace.

On this day, Emperor Li Zhi did not have an early court for a few days because of the head wind, and today the pain of the head wind was slightly reduced, so he pulled the queen Wu Meiniang to the morning court. It was rare for the minister to see Li Zhi, so he was very happy today.

After the palace supervisor inquired, someone played and said: "The minister asks His Majesty to grant permission to once again appoint Wuqing and Wang Bo of Jiangzhou as the bachelors of the Guozi Supervisor and teach the apprentices." ”

Gaozong was stunned for a moment, and when he saw how appreciative the ministers of the court and the central government were, he understood, so he asked the queen of heaven in a low voice: "Mei Niang, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Wu Meiniang secretly remembered this official in her heart, and then frowned slightly, and said: "Although Wu Qing and Wang Bo were prisoners and violated the criminal laws of the Tang Dynasty, they knew their mistakes and changed them, which is very good. Now the two of them are almost leading the trend of my Tang Dynasty literature, so that they should be used by my court. ”

Although Li Zhi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he still nodded, turned his head, and said loudly: "Since this is the case, then allow Aiqing to play, Feng Wuqing and Wang Bo are the bachelors of Guozijian, and the good students will cultivate talents for my Datang!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has this music!" I saw the Chinese scholar Hao Chujun coming out of class and said.

Emperor Li Zhi was stunned, but he cherished Hao Chujun very much, he was a minister who dared to give direct advice, so he asked: "What did Aiqing play?" ”

The queen of heaven has never been able to catch Hao Chujun's handle, so that she watched Hao Chujun now be promoted to the position of Zhongshu Shilang, she glanced at Hao Chujun, she knew that it must be the so-called anti-poem about Wu Qing.

Sure enough, Hao Chujun said: "There is Governor Hong Shi Taoren who went to Beijing to report on his work, and when Wuqing visited Jiangzhou, he inscribed an anti-poem in Xunyang Restaurant, and invited the emperor to judge!" ”

"Huh?" Li Zhi's eyebrows tightened suddenly.

But the Tang Dynasty has always been open, and there has been no literary prison or anything, so Li Zhi asked: "Then Tao Ren has ever been to the court?" ”

Hao Chujun bowed and said, "Return to the emperor." Tao Changshi was waiting outside the hall for His Majesty to summon him. ”

Li Zhi said: "Chuan Tao Ren to meet! ”

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man in a five-grade official uniform walking in with his head bowed and walking in quickly, and then bowed and saluted: "Governor Hong Shi Taoren, knock to see Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Li Zhi asked, "Is the anti-poem written by Wu Qing in Xunyang Restaurant true?" Repeat it! ”

Tao Ren didn't dare to falsify, so he recited the poem inscribed by Wu Qing.

"Since childhood, I have studied history, and I have the power to plan when I grow up. Just like a tiger lying on a hill, lurking minions to endure. Unfortunately, he offended the powerful and could be exiled to Jiangnan. If he is ambitious, his blood will stain the head of the Xunyang River. ”

"The heart is in Chang'an, and the body is in Wu. The rivers and lakes are full of sighs. If he has Ling Yunzhi, he dares to laugh at Wang Mang's husband. Wuqing! ”

After Tao Ren finished reciting, many people couldn't help but sigh, this is completely a poem of resentment that has the world in mind, but has no way to serve it. How does this become anti-poetry?

For a while, there was a discussion in the court.

"How is this anti-poetry?" There are ministers who are unhappy for Wu Qingming. Obviously, this person at least supports Wu Qing.

Some ministers are reluctant. said: "This is an anti-poem, 'If he has a grand ambition in his year, blood stains the head of the Xunyang River' and 'If he has Lingyunzhi in his year, dare to laugh at Wang Mang's husband', what does this mean? Obviously anti-poetry! ”

"Anti-poetry? Where do you see anti-poetry? Just because there are four words 'bloodstained' and 'Wang Mang'? You are looking forward to the righteousness, what kind of enmity does Wuqing have with you. You are so framed! Someone yelled.

The man didn't pay attention to it at all, and arched his hand and said: "Blood-stained Xunyang River, isn't it just killing officials and rebelling?" Dare to laugh at Wang Mang's husband, who is Wang Mang? Don't you know? That's a rebel and a thief! Relatives usurp the artifact! ”

Emperor Li Zhi saw under the imperial steps. The courtiers were noisy, and they couldn't help but be furious: "You are waiting above the court, what kind of system is it to be so noisy!" ”

Long Yan was furious, and in an instant, the court was quiet.

I only heard Li Zhi say slowly: "Since the founding of Emperor Gaozu, my Tang Dynasty has never been convicted of words, although there are some inappropriateness in Wuqing's poems, but he is not rebelling now?" Have you heard that Wuqing rebelled? Who can sue me, did Wuqing rebel or not? Since I ascended the throne for more than 20 years, I have always looked forward to peace in the world and prosperity for the country and the peace of the people. We destroyed Goguryeo and Baekje in the east and defeated the Wa Kingdom; Conquer the Turks and Tiele and other tribes in the north to make the Uighurs subjugated; The Western Emperor Tubo made it dare not offend the border, and now that the countries of the Western Regions have come to submit to the tribute, will the rivers and mountains under my rule be so unstable? Wu Qing is just a scholar, how can he rebel? This matter must not be discussed again! ”

"The ministers obey His Majesty's will!" The courtiers did not dare to say anything more, and bowed.

The queen Wu Meiniang finally smiled, she was afraid that Li Zhi would charge Wu Qingan again, and she would not be appointed from now on, fortunately, Li Zhi was not paranoid. But she never thought that Li Zhi's defense of Wu Qing had reached an unprecedented height. Therefore, in the following court meeting, there was no mention of the matter of sealing the Wuqing officials, and the matter was over.

Of course, Wu Qing didn't know that he had become a highlight of this day's court meeting, and he almost became a rebel, of course, Wu Qing wrote that poem only after drinking and being indignant. Rebel? Is he fed?

Now the four of Wuqing got off the boat and boarded the Yangtze Wharf, and the four of them got on their horses and walked slowly towards Yangzhou City.

Yangzhou, since the confluence of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, Yangzhou has become the hub of the east-west-north-south waterway and land route. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang had moved the capital here for the Jiangdu. Up to now, the prosperity of Yangzhou is no worse than that of Chang'an and Luoyang. And in terms of business prosperity, it is the first in Datang.

Therefore, there is a saying of "promoting one and benefiting two".

Wu Qing and others entered the city from the Donghua Gate of Luocheng, and as far as the eye could see, they saw crowds of people. The streets were extremely prosperous, and even outsiders abounded, including Persians, cannibals, Brahmins, Silla, etc., who shouted and shouted in the broken Tang dialect, and peddled rare treasures from foreign lands. Wu Qing and the other four had no choice but to dismount and walk.

Wang Bo smiled: "Son, this is the most prosperous ten-mile long street in Yangzhou!" ”

Wu Qing was also stunned, he was stunned by such a prosperous scene, and when he heard Wang Bo say this, he couldn't help but think, and said: "I heard that Yangzhou is divided into Zicheng and Luocheng, one is above Shugang and the other is below Shugang. Luocheng Lifang is connected to each other, such a long street, but also unique, if you do business here, why not make money! ”

Although Yangzhou City is modeled after Chang'an and Luoyang, there is a lifang system, but it is much more enlightened, not as rigid as Chang'an and Luoyang. The ten-mile-long streets in this Luo city are connected together, with many shops on the streets, and the streets are full of traffic, a prosperous scene. The river network in the city is dense, so all kinds of bridges have become a unique scenery in Yangzhou, and Yangzhou is also the world of bridges.

Yangzhou has developed commerce, and all walks of life have taken root here, especially the salt industry, tea industry, water transportation, textiles, maritime trade, etc., and 70% of Datang's business has gathered in Yangzhou. Therefore, Yangzhou is rich in the world, and Yangzhou rich businessmen gather, which makes the banks of Yangzhou's Grand Canal have a little more fat powder and copper smell.

Wu Qing and the others did not take the boat again, and slowly walked towards the city with the flow of people. The willows on the side of the street hang low, although it is the early winter, it should be the season when everything is withering, but it is still verdant, dotting this prosperous Yangzhou city.

There are many rich people in Yangzhou City, and naturally there are many Qinlou Chu Pavilions, and the rich businessmen who come here for recreation are even more spending, which makes outsiders not only shocked, but also a little more envious.

Qingxiang Building.

In the past six months, the business has been booming, and the people who come here to listen to music are not literati or seniors. Because at the beginning of the year, a beautiful and refined girl came, and the girl's piano skills were extremely climaxing, and her singing voice was also extremely beautiful. Soon, in this fragrant building, it became popular all over Yangzhou City.

Later, people also watched her lower abdomen slowly bulge day by day, and now she has a big belly, but her beautiful posture has never decreased by half a point. She is a pregnant woman. But everyone knows that she is a performer and not a person, and the reason why she plays the piano here is just for a living, and she never pretends to others.

Although there are lewd people harassing him, since Yangzhou Governor Shi Chen Jingzhi has heard the music, there is no one who dares to think about it. However, the business of Qingxianglou is becoming more and more popular, and most of them are attracted by the girl's appearance and piano sound.

At this moment, the girl wore a light-colored long skirt, sat alone behind the beaded curtain, stroked the bulging lower abdomen, and her face was filled with a touch of maternal light, and then sat down with difficulty, and the little maid next to her wanted to serve, but was pushed away by the girl, and then she stretched out her slender ten fingers, and did not look at the crowd under the stage, and began to pluck the strings.

"Ding Dong Dong!"

A series of melodious sounds like pearls flowed out, very beautiful.

"Dang!"

The strings broke, and the girl's fingers were cut by the strings because of the force, and a drop of bright blood oozed out, and then dripped onto the strings.

The little maid hurriedly asked, "Miss, are you okay?" As he spoke, he hurriedly took out his handkerchief and tried to cover it.

The girl frowned, put her fingers in her mouth, and said, "It's not a big deal, Xiaolan, go get a string." ”

With that, the girl's face changed, covered her bulging lower abdomen, and then she let out a sigh and fell to the ground. There was chaos in the audience, and some people wanted to come up to the high platform to take a look, but they were stopped by the slaves waiting on both sides.

Wu Qing and the other four people led the horse and walked under the Qingxiang Building, and when they heard the sound of scolding in the building, Wu Qing smiled and said: "These playboys, they don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, once they don't like it, they show their ugly faces, it really is"

He shook his head and looked at Qingxianglou. I heard a young girl shouting, "Who will help, Miss is about to be born?" ”

"Huh?" Wuqing Dale, in this place of Qinlou Chu Pavilion, there is a girl who has a child, it is really interesting, he threw the reins of the horse to Wu Yidao, and stepped into the Qingxiang Building.

Wu Qing looked at the stage, only to see a girl holding a high bulging lower abdomen, struggling to stand up, but unable to support the heavy body, fell down, the girl looked up at the audience.

In an instant, Wu Qing was shocked, and he almost didn't fall to the ground. (To be continued......)