842 Retaliation (II)
There is nothing special about today's court meeting, first of all, the ministers are concerned about Li Yuan's condition, wishing him a speedy recovery, etc., Li Er also made an explanation of Li Yuan's condition, and thanked the ministers for their concern Yunyun, and after greetings, he entered the topic, but it was just a discussion of the major events that happened in various places, and a summary of the latest war situation on the Western Front.
If there is anything special about it, that is, when the dynasty was about to disperse, Li Er suddenly greeted the old demon king Cheng cordially: "Cheng Aiqing, you are my hero of the Tang Dynasty, you have worked hard, what are the difficulties recently?" ”
Old Demon King Cheng paused for a moment, and immediately said happily: "Emperor Xie cares, the old minister eats and sleeps well, and his health is so good that he can go into battle to kill the enemy at any time, and it will not be in the way to kill hundreds of people back and forth in one go." ”
While speaking, Cheng Lao Demon King was a little excited, the emperor's grace was vast, the emperor remembered the old feelings, and even greeted himself in the court, looking at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, who was as favored as himself, it seems that he was born and died with the emperor back then, these feelings and righteousness The emperor has not forgotten, and the two have formed a family, whether they are close or not, their own family.
I can't help but feel a little nervous.
"Well, it's okay if it's okay, if it's difficult, it's okay to say it directly."
"Your Majesty."
Old Demon King Cheng retreated back to the ranks with a smile on his face, and this bright smile and a beautiful mood were maintained until the return of the scattered dynasty.
Along the way, I don't know if it's because of a good mood, I always feel that I have become the focus of attention, many people are pointing at their carriages, Cheng Lao Demon King is in a good mood, and he doesn't doubt it, thinking that the people are envious and jealous of their power and achievements, and they are a little proud all the way, smiling at the people on the side of the road from time to time, and sometimes waving their hands to show that they are close to the people.
"Master, are you back?" As soon as I entered the house. The old housekeeper hurriedly welcomed the old demon king Cheng into the mansion, and asked diligently: "It's so late today, the master has worked hard." ”
Old Demon King Cheng said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that the Emperor Taishang is in poor health, so it's delayed for some time, there's nothing going on in the house today, right?" ”
"Everything is fine in that house, please rest assured." The old butler hesitated for a moment, and said nothing after the last moment.
If it was in the past, Old Demon King Cheng would definitely have noticed the abnormality, but today the emperor's grace is mighty. The mood was so good that he didn't pay attention to it, and walked towards the inner hall with his head held high, what didn't make him wonder was that there was really something abnormal in the atmosphere today. A few of the subordinates whispered while looking at themselves. I don't know what kind of tongue I'm chewing.
"Daddy. You're finally back, but you're dying of me. Before the old demon king Cheng entered the lobby, his son Cheng Huailiang had already rushed out.
"What's the hurry, it's so urgent" Old Demon King Cheng raised his face and said: "How did my father teach you, you have to be calm in everything, it's useless to be anxious." It is easy to make mistakes when you are in a hurry, and the more anxious you are, the more you must be calm, so that you will not make mistakes in the chaos. You are also a family person, why are you still so unbreathable, and how will you take on great responsibilities in the future? ”
was trained by his father, Cheng Huailiang hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "Yes, my father taught me the right lesson, and the child knows his mistakes." ”
Cheng Lao Demon King's temper is really not blown, he provoked him, he was directly tied up and hanged, whipped with a leather whip, the kind that can be knocked unconscious, so when Cheng Huailiang brothers and others saw Cheng Lao Demon King pull his face, they all had a kind of conditioned reflex, and the shadow left when he was a child was not small.
"That's right" Old Demon King Cheng entered the lobby and lay comfortably on the leisurely chair that Liu Yuan gave him, and then asked slowly: "At this time, shouldn't you be in the barracks?" Why did you get back so early? ”
Cheng Huailiang took a copy of the Chang'an newspaper from his arms and said: "That's, that's, the child saw that his father had reported it, and he was anxious for a while, so he took leave and came back." ”
"Escalate?" Old Demon King Cheng's heart tightened, as if he realized something, and hurriedly asked, "Is it like or play?" ”
"Praise is praise, but" Cheng Huailiang said with a hint of slurp: "The child doesn't know what to say, please take a look at it for yourself." ”
After speaking, he handed the newspaper to Old Demon King Cheng, and pointed out the article about him to him.
As soon as he saw the title of "A Good Man, Moved Chang'an", Cheng Lao Demon King was relieved at first, at least, Liu Yuan did not say bad things about himself, and then looked down, slowly, Cheng Lao Demon King's face slowly began to become a little weird, and even a little iron: the newspaper first introduced his position, background, meritorious deeds, etc., and even Fengyi also explained, and then he turned his pen and mentioned the problem of building roads in Chang'an, and the article mentioned that as soon as he heard that he wanted to build a beautiful Chang'an, he immediately responded positively and donated two hundred taels of silver, He also donated a sharp weapon that had slashed and killed the enemy general, and made a contribution to the construction of roads in Chang'an, which is not over, and it was mentioned later that the two hundred taels were donated, and Cheng Fu almost couldn't even send the monthly money of the subordinates, that is, the diet of the government was greatly reduced.
At the end of the article, he also called on the people of Chang'an to learn from themselves, learn their noble sentiments, do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and praise Cheng Lao Demon King as having nothing in the sky and nothing in the ground.
For ordinary people, this is definitely a matter of long-term fame, but on a three-grade general, three thousand households of food and eup, how do you feel a little weird, Cheng Fu's family has a big business, many industries under his name, not to mention anything else, a few days ago, he invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to participate in Changluo Expressway, and spent thousands of dollars on the purchase of bonds, these have long been talked about in Chang'an City, the income of the fiefdom, grange, and shops, many people in Chang'an are also rumored to be more or less rumored, and the palace is a Guogong Mansion, The investment is often hundreds of thousands of taels, but now because of two hundred taels, there is no monthly money? Can't eat?
It looks so weird
"Dad, you take a look at this article again" Cheng Old Demon King hadn't spoken yet, and Cheng Huailiang pointed to another one to show him.
As soon as he saw this, Cheng Lao Demon King blushed all of a sudden, this one is a list of donations, all of them are some people who donate a lot, such as Cui Fu donated 5,000 taels, the Jinyu family donated 10,000 taels, Chang'an Bao donated 10,000 taels, the unknown Moyun Study also donated 3,000 taels, and even a person surnamed Zhao also donated 1,000 taels, etc., the first article was originally embarrassing, and when the two articles were combined, the two hundred taels donated by the dignified Guogong Mansion were so dazzling and awkward.
Not to mention anything else, there are 3,000 households in the food town alone. This is already a serious mispayment between donations and income, Rao is Cheng Lao Demon King is thick-skinned, but at this moment he is red and green.
Red is shame, green is anger.
Finally understood, for what the emperor asked that inexplicable sentence before retreating, daring to love is that when he was eating under the corridor, the emperor was also having lunch, reading the newspaper while using it, and this article about himself was seen by him, so he asked. Cheng Lao Demon King only then realized that he was not cared for by the emperor, but was made fun of by him, just imagine everything about himself. Almost all of them were given by the emperor, and how much money they have. It is impossible for Li Er not to know the Tao at all. Now for a mere two hundred taels, he is calling himself poor, as if he is deliberately showing off with two hundred taels, the emperor is making fun of himself, and without knowing it, he is made fun of and stupidly thinks that the emperor's grace is vast.
On the way home, he was pointed at. When he entered the house, the old housekeeper was spitting and spitting, wanting to talk and stopping, and the people were careful to discuss, it turned out to be this matter, and he expressed his wrong feelings all the way. No wonder my son came back from leave, it turned out that something really happened.
Cheng Huailiang said angrily on the side: "Dad, this Liu Yuan is too much, obviously praise, secretly laughing at my Cheng Mansion, as long as you say a word, the child will find Liu Yuan's guy to settle accounts." ”
"What's the account? Bastard, do you still want to fight? Old Demon King Cheng said with a tiger face.
"But, but"
Old Demon King Cheng suddenly said with a depressed face: "We don't take advantage of it, and we still want to make people's jokes come true." ”
"What, Daddy, are you really saying those words? How are you?"
Cheng Lao Demon King is really a little tearless, this article can't find a trace of fault on the surface, and it is not scribbled, what is said in the newspaper is made up to Liu Yuan at will, it was just a joke at the time, but it was really said by himself, and then the whole article is full of praise, lifting himself to the sky, not underground, without a word of derogation, it can be said that it is written steadily, even if you want to trouble him, you can't find an excuse, rashly go to him for trouble, then for the sake of stinginess, you have to add a narrow-minded, to repay virtue with resentment.
Besides, no matter how good Cheng Fu is, it can't be compared with the Qinghe Cui clan in the middle of the day, in terms of unreasonableness, even the emperor doesn't help himself, and recently, the emperor's reliance on Liu Yuan and his favor, even the blind can see it, even if it is quite unreasonable, it also depends on the object.
What kind of good person is this, it is clearly revenge, naked retaliation.
When he looked up and saw the words of "Touching Chang'an, a Good Man", Cheng Lao Demon King felt that the words were like a sneering face, laughing at his own stinginess, laughing at his empty words, and laughing at himself for asking for money and shamelessness, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and a breath of anger surged up all of a sudden, as if he had been stabbed fiercely, he slammed the newspaper on the ground, and scolded loudly while stepping on it hard: "Liu Yuan, you stinky boy, look at how Lao Cheng cleans you up, how to clean you up"
Slap in the face, naked slap in the face, now self, a hundred mouths are difficult to argue, used to be the general of Chang'an City, as expected, now it is estimated that it is a joke of Chang'an City, that is, those ordinary people do not laugh at themselves, but those colleagues and old brothers, will not let go of themselves easily, it is estimated that their faces are yellow with laughter, and they still have the face to go out?
No, even the emperor also joked about himself.
Amazing, as soon as this rabbit cub article came out, the little old face he had saved over the years was lost all of a sudden, and he had always bullied people, but he didn't expect that this time he was bullied by Liu Yuan, and he couldn't vent it in his heart.
"What are you still doing here? There's nothing for you to do here, go back to the barracks" Cheng Old Demon King was a little unnatural by Cheng Huailiang's resentful gaze, obviously complaining about what he had done, and when he was in a bad mood, he yelled at him.
What kind of eyes, looking at your own Lao Tzu like this.
Cheng Huailiang said stubbornly: "It's all about asking for food, and my face is yellow with a smile, if I want to go to you, I won't go." ”
A dignified mansion, described as almost a food, young people want face, Cheng Huailiang really doesn't dare to show his face, who is called such a father.
"You" Old Demon King Cheng was so angry that his eyes darkened, he staggered, and almost fainted out of anger. (To be continued......)