Chapter 303: Fooling Ouyang Xiu
On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the imperial court will also give all officials a three-day holiday, but the ministers of the political hall like Ouyang Xiu have no time to rest at all, but today Ouyang Xiu asked Han Qi for leave early in the morning, in order to find Zhao Yan to ask about the Qingyu case, after all, this matter is already related to the life and death of his granddaughter.
Originally, Ouyang Xiu wanted to come to visit in the morning, but thinking that Zhao Yan went to the Lantern Festival yesterday, he must have returned home very late, and he might still be sleeping in the morning, so it was a little rude for him to visit, so Ouyang Xiu endured it until he had lunch, and immediately took the car to the Guangyang County Palace, and the people of the County Palace's Mansion did not dare to wait slowly, and hurriedly invited him to wait in the front hall.
Ouyang Xiu waited for Zhao Yan's arrival while drinking tea, and at the same time looked at the main hall of the county palace, but the furnishings in the current palace were very ordinary, there was nothing luxurious, and the people in the palace were also very well-behaved, which made Ouyang Xiu also nod secretly, others said that Zhao Yan married a good princess, and now it seems that it is true, and a huge palace is also well organized by the other party, which is also Zhao Yan's blessing.
Just when Ouyang Xiu was admiring Cao Ying's housekeeping talent, he suddenly only heard footsteps outside, and then Zhao Yan, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walked in with a smile, and immediately saluted when he saw him: "Xiao Wang has seen Ouyang Xianggong, and he has lost his welcome, which is really rude!" ”
"Cough, the king of the county doesn't have to be polite, the old man took the liberty to visit today, and it was a little abrupt!" Ouyang Xiu stood up and said politely to Zhao Yan, because of Ouyang Wanling's affairs in the past, Ouyang Xiu didn't have any good feelings for Zhao Yan at all, but later his impression of Zhao Yan had changed. But there was still no interaction, and now seeing Zhao Yan, Ouyang Xiu also felt a little embarrassed.
"Haha, Ouyang Xianggong is polite!" Zhao Yan was very relaxed, and immediately invited Ouyang Xiu to sit down, and then chatted with the other party for a few more words, and then asked, "Ouyang Xiang was busy with official business when he was fair, I don't know why he came to Xiao Wang's mansion today?" ”
Ouyang Xiu also felt very embarrassed to stay with Zhao Yan, and wanted to ask about Qingyu's case immediately. Zhao Yan's question was also exactly what he wanted. immediately said directly: "The old man came here today, in fact, he wanted to ask the county king about something, and I hope that the county king will tell the truth, after all, this matter is likely to be related to a human life." ”
When Zhao Yan heard this, he immediately showed a solemn expression and said, "Ouyang Xianggong, please speak." As long as Xiao Wang knows. It must be knowing! ”
"Yesterday, the old man asked people to set up a high platform on the royal street. Then ask someone to write the first half of the word on it, and ask someone to continue to write the second half of the word, the king of the county should know about this, right? Ouyang Xiu hesitated. Eventually, he asked.
"I know, and I saw it on the royal street yesterday, but I also have one thing I want to ask Ouyang Xianggong!" Zhao Yan admitted it very frankly, and then suddenly said something that surprised Ouyang Xiu.
"Oh? What does the county king want to ask the old man? Ouyang Xiu was also a little surprised when he heard this.
"Hehe, in fact, this is the case, the half-rhyme green jade case written by Ouyang Xianggong yesterday was actually made by Xiao Wang during the Shangyuan Festival last year, and it has not been circulated, I don't know where Ouyang Xianggong got this upper half of the jade?" Zhao Yan asked with a puzzled look on his face at this time, Cao Ying had already told Zhao Yan about her plan before, and now he deliberately pretended not to know about Ouyang Wanling, in order to cooperate with Cao Ying's plan.
"What? This...... This Qingyu case turned out to be done by you, the king of the county? Ouyang Xiu was also shocked when he heard Zhao Yan's words, he thought that Zhao Yan knew the person who wrote the lyrics, so he knew about this word, and he came to visit Zhao Yan to inquire about the news of the lyricist, but he never expected that the author of this word turned out to be Zhao Yan.
"Yes, this word is exactly what I made, and I haven't been able to understand how Ouyang Xianggong got this word since yesterday?" Zhao Yan asked again with a puzzled expression.
"It can't be! That's impossible! Ouyang Xiu also woke up from the shock at this time, and whispered in the same puzzled at the moment, but then he suddenly raised his head, stared at Zhao Yan and asked, "King Jun, since you said that this word was written by you, did you also make some other poems?" ”
"Hey, Ouyang Xianggong guessed well, although this king is famous for painting, in fact, he has also dabbled in poetry, and he has done some poetry before, but this king feels that his poetry is ashamed to see people, so he has been shelved and has never been circulated." Zhao Yan said in surprise again at this time.
"Is there a magpie bridge immortal in the words made by the king of the county?" Ouyang Xiu asked again, Ouyang Xiu didn't believe much about the fact that Zhao Yan would be the author of "The Qingyu Case", so he wanted to ask Zhao Yan if he knew a few other poems.
"The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is dark. As soon as the golden wind and jade dew met, they won countless ...... in the world" Zhao Yan directly recited the Queqiao Immortal, and then asked with an innocent face, "Ouyang Xianggong, are you referring to this Queqiao Immortal?" ”
Hearing Zhao Yan recite the Queqiao Immortal word for word, Ouyang Xiu was also stunned, and then he didn't give up putting forward a few poems collected by Ouyang Wanling, but Zhao Yan also recited them word for word, which finally made Ouyang Xiu believe that Zhao Yan was really the original author of these poems, which also shocked Ouyang Xiu, no matter which of these poems they were, they were good enough to be passed on to future generations, but he didn't expect that in Zhao Yan's mouth, it became an ugly work that he was ashamed to see. Could it be that there is really a genius in this world who does not learn but has skills?
"Ouyang Xianggong, where did you hear these poems?" Zhao Yan asked again with an innocent face at this time, as if he really couldn't figure out why his poems were spreading.
"This ......" Ouyang Xiu didn't know how to answer, if he didn't know that Zhao Yan was trapped in the Jurchens last year, I'm afraid he would really think that Zhao Yan was Mr. Qingyu who seduced his granddaughter, but he quickly thought of one more thing, and asked anxiously at the moment, "Your Royal Highness, are you sure that no one else knows your poetry except you, such as those friends of yours?" ”
When Ouyang Xiu talked about Zhao Yan's friend, his face also showed pain, because he first thought of Cao Song and Hu Yanping, if they really stole Zhao Yan's poems and then gave them to his granddaughter, it would be a big scandal, if Ouyang Wanling knew that this was the case, he would probably die of shame.
"This ......" Zhao Yan also made a contemplative expression at this time, and only after a while did he speak, "Those poems are usually placed in my study, and in my study, except for me, only the princess of the county and the two personal maids can enter, and others are not allowed to enter at all, as for the ...... friends."
Zhao Yan pondered for a moment when he said this, and suddenly made a shocked expression and said: "A few friends have entered my study, and ordinary people will definitely not take my things casually, but Cao Song has a bad problem, could it be him?" ”
Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Ouyang Xiu also showed an anxious look, he naturally knew that Cao Song liked to steal, and the other party was one of Zhao Yan's best friends, so he did have the conditions to steal from Zhao Yan, in case it was really him who stole Zhao Yan's poems and then gave them to his granddaughter, then the consequences would be strict.
"Ouyang Xianggong, don't worry, let's go to the study immediately to take a look, if those poems are really gone, let's go to Cao Song to ask for an understanding!" Zhao Yan deliberately said eagerly, in fact, this was also arranged by him and Cao Ying in advance, mainly to make Ouyang Xiu more convinced that Zhao Yan did not know about Ouyang Wanling's affairs.
"Okay, there is King Lao Jun to lead the way!" Ouyang Xiu was also extremely anxious, and at the moment, under the leadership of Zhao Yan, he hurried to the study, and then saw Zhao Yan take a box from the bookshelf and open it, which contained some poetry manuscripts.
Seeing that these manuscripts didn't seem to have been touched, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, only to see Zhao Yan also pick it up and check it and said with a smile: "It seems that we are wrong to blame Cao Song, my poems are not less, and the poems just now are still there." ”
Ouyang Xiu also picked up the poems in the box at this time and looked at them, and soon found the previous ones, and he was also very shocked to see that the stacks of poems in it were all high-quality, and the handwriting should all be from Zhao Yan's hand, which made Ouyang Xiu even more shocked, it seems that Zhao Yan is not only proficient in painting, but also may have higher attainments in poetry.
"The poems are all there, will someone secretly memorize them?" Ouyang Xiu was suspicious again at this time.
"Impossible, Cao Song and I were there when they came to the study, it is impossible to have time to memorize poems, and with Cao Song's character, it is impossible to memorize these boring things!" Zhao Yan said with great certainty.
"But in addition to those friends of the county king, only the princess of the county and a few women can come in, they have time to memorize these poems, but it is impossible!" Ouyang Xiu always thought in his heart that the person who sent poems to Ouyang Wanling must be a man, so he didn't think that it was Cao Ying and the other women at all.
"Ouyang Xianggong, where did you get these poems, can you tell me in detail, and I can help you analyze them?" Zhao Yan asked again at this time.
"This ......" Ouyang Xiu hesitated again, and finally suddenly sighed and said, "This matter has a lot to do with the county king, and it doesn't hurt to sue the county king!" ”
Ouyang Xiu said, he told Ouyang Wanling about it, although Zhao Yan had already known, he still made a surprised expression, and after listening to it, he pondered for a while, and finally suddenly raised his head and said: "Ouyang Xianggong, although I don't know who did this yet, it should have something to do with a few people who can enter and leave my study, I'll go and call them over to ask, I should be able to find someone to send poems to Ouyang Xiaoniang!" (To be continued!)
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