Chapter 40: Rumors Spread
Zhao Tingshan said helplessly: "You can be calm, you are the most calm, but can you tell me, what should I do next?" Now outsiders already think that I am the person of the prince. ”
Zhao Siyan was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "Very wonderful statement." ”
Zhao Tingshan: "......"
"By the way, Lord Shizi, how are you doing?" Zhao Siyan asked casually.
In fact, Zhao Siyan has always been worried about Li Junze's injury, and he doesn't know how he recovered.
"How is he? He's fine, it's your dad now, and there's something wrong with your dad! Zhao Tingshan reminded her.
Otherwise, Zhao Siyan looked respectful of Li Junze, and he would have doubted whether Zhao Siyan had fallen in love with Li Junze.
Zhao Siyan frowned, it seems that the news of Li Junze's poisoning has not yet spread, but in an instant, she relaxed, since it has not spread, it also means that his poison is not so serious, and she can rest assured for the time being.
Zhao Tingshan grabbed his hair, looked at Zhao Siyan, and said with an annoyed expression: "I said girl, how long do I have to go?" Your dad is almost a guard. ”
Zhao Siyan couldn't help but smile: "Dad, don't worry, someone can't sit still than you." ”
Zhao Tingshan was immediately relieved, he actually trusted his daughter very much.
Zhao Tingshan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was also: "Although this Sun family is a merchant, but the business is so big, and it has some ability, we are so arrogant, the Sun family must not be able to sit still." ”
Zhao Siyan glanced at him, Zhao Tingshan always felt that there was something wrong with that look, "What, what?" Am I not right? ”
Zhao Siyan smiled slightly: "Dad, it's good if you're happy." ”
Zhao Tingshan looked sad and angry, now he finally determined that his daughter was indeed despising him just now!
The daughter is too smart, which will really make the elders have no sense of accomplishment.
The next day, Zhao Tingshan did not go to Chengsun's rice shop, because someone stopped him, and He Qingshan came.
I don't know if it's because Zhao Siyan had reminded him before, in short, Zhao Tingshan also had a dislike for He Qingshan, and he was not as close as before, but He Qingshan didn't seem to have checked anything, and it was the same as before.
After Zhao Siyan heard that He Qingshan was coming, the corners of his mouth hooked, he didn't expect He Qingshan to be so breathless, and now he jumped out.
Zhao Tingshan saw He Qingshan in the study, and He Qingshan walked in with a look of shame.
"Tingshan, I really don't have the shame to come to see you!" He Qingshan opened his mouth and said: "If I didn't know that we have a deep brotherhood and a close relationship with you, I wouldn't have the face to see you no matter what." ”
Zhao Tingshan flashed, if it was before, he would definitely feel that He Qingshan had a good relationship with him, and the two were close to each other, but now when he heard him say this, he could hear that something was wrong.
Is this a friendship oppression? He also said that he didn't have the face to see him, which shows the seriousness of the matter.
Zhao Tingshan's expression was solemn, but he didn't speak.
He Qingshan's face suddenly stiffened a little, this is not right, Zhao Tingshan has always been righteous, brotherhood is greater than the sky, according to his character, hearing his words, he should have patted his chest and agreed, how could it be this reaction?
Zhao Tingshan didn't give him the steps, so he had to take it himself.
"Speaking of which, it's also my fault, I shouldn't marry someone at will, the second girl ran home to cry, I really couldn't help it, so I came to you, brother, you give me a word, what happened to this Sun family?" He Qingshan said, and hurriedly said: "If it is really a heinous matter, I understand the rules, and I will never protect the Sun family, and everything is official, but if there is any misunderstanding, please look at my thin face, and everyone can explain it clearly." ”
Zhao Tingshan listened to He Qingshan's sincere words, and suddenly felt that his brother was quite talented as a play, he first said that he was for his daughter, so he had to come out and pick himself clean, what he said was really leaky.
So Zhao Tingshan showed a look of embarrassment: "Brother, it's not that I don't give you face, it's just this time, brother, I'm just an errand runner, there is a life on top, I have to start from ah!" ”
This was ordered by Zhao Siyan, according to Zhao Siyan's statement: "Originally, the prince asked you to go to the Sun family, but you just obeyed orders, and there is no reason to let you carry the black pot alone." ”
So Zhao Tingshan did not hesitate to sell Li Junze.
He Qingshan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhao Tingshan's expression carefully, Zhao Tingshan is a person who can't hide his thoughts, if he says so, then it must be true, his mind turned, could it be that Li Junze wants to move the Sun family?
"You tell me the truth, what happened to this Sun family? How...... Are you going to take the Sun family? He Qingshan asked puzzled.
Zhao Tingshan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly felt that his brother was really well-behaved and obedient, and the questions he asked were the same as what his daughter said, and even the order had not changed.
So Zhao Tingshan began to recite the answer his daughter taught him: "This matter is confidential, and the prince has instructed it to be kept secret." After a pause, he added: "But you and I are brothers, not outsiders, so I naturally trust you, and I am not afraid that you will know." ”
He Qingshan assured in his chest: "Then it goes without saying, who is with whom between our brothers!" ”
Zhao Tingshan nodded, lowered his voice and said, "You also know that there is no food in the army, and this time the matter is still here." ”
Zhao Tingshan felt that he had never been so serious when he was forced to endorse by his father, and every word was right.
He Qingshan's eyes flashed, this was the same as what he and Sun Fugui guessed, Li Junze wanted to come to the soldiers first and then salute, first use the officers and soldiers to surround the shop to scare them, and then come forward to ask the Sun family to donate grain, the Sun family was scared, naturally there was nothing to do.
He Qingshan nodded, "I see," after a pause, he said with relief: "Since this is the case, I will be relieved." ”
Zhao Tingshan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”
He Qingshan showed a grateful smile on his face, "Thanks to you this time, I won't say anything superfluous, I'll invite you to drink another day!" ”
"Look at you, there is something else to say between our brothers, but it is still necessary to drink!" Zhao Tingshan laughed and said.
He Qingshan laughed with him, and after laughing, he offered to say goodbye, and Zhao Tingshan personally sent him out in order to show his solemnity to him, and he looked like a brother.
Green Lotus saw it and ran to talk to Zhao Siyan.
"It's like the real brothers."
Zhao Siyan laughed when he heard this, thought for a while, and then said: "This is probably the legendary glass brotherhood." ”
Green Lotus knows that glass, this is a kind of material that has been passed down from Fanbang, and it was brought back by Zhao Tingshan before, this glass is crystal clear, but it is extremely fragile, and it will be broken if it accidentally falls on the ground.
Lu He thought about it, and then realized that Zhao Siyan was saying that the brotherhood between Zhao Tingshan and He Qingshan was just like this glass, which was accidentally broken, and she couldn't help laughing, feeling that the metaphor that the third lady said was really an image!
When Zhao Tingshan returned to the study, he saw Zhao Siyan coming.
"Uncle He is gone?"
Zhao Tingshan nodded, and then said with some joy: "I didn't expect that I also have a talent for acting, I think I acted very well just now, you see, he didn't doubt it at all." ”
Zhao Siyan couldn't help but didn't tell him about the brotherhood of glass.
Zhao Tingshan asked again: "But what should I do next?" ”
Zhao Siyan smiled: "Next, just wait, wait for the Sun family's counterattack." ”
Zhao Tingshan was immediately curious: "How will the Sun family fight back?" ”
Zhao Siyan said indifferently: "Then it depends on the means of the Sun family, when the time comes, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it, it is not a big deal." ”
Zhao Tingshan was speechless for a while, this is a major matter related to military rations, how come it has become an insignificant matter in his daughter's mouth?
"No matter how powerful the Sun family is, it's just a merchant, can the Sun family have the courage to sing against the prince?"
Zhao Siyan thought for a while, and then said: "The Sun family will not fight face to face with the prince, he will use his strength to fight, although the prince has a noble status, the Sun family is naturally afraid, but there are also those who are not afraid of his identity, don't forget, the prince came to Dengzhou to be assigned, naturally someone is waiting for him to be unlucky, so the Sun family does not need to come out on their own, as long as they find the enemy of the prince, after all, the enemy of the enemy is a friend." ”
"Who is the enemy of the prince?" Zhao Tingshan asked puzzled.
Zhao Siyan smiled meaningfully, this is also what they want to know, she laid out this bureau, in order to lure these people out, now the army already knows, it is He Qingshan, and there are others, the water in Dengzhou is too muddy, and the fish and dragons are mixed, and it is time to make an appearance.
If these ghosts and ghosts in Dengzhou are not resolved, Li Junze will not be able to sit firmly in the position of the main general.
Zhao Siyan thought for a while, and then said, "I don't know yet, but I'll know soon." ”
Zhao Tingshan glanced at her and muttered, "What else do you not know?" ”
Zhao Siyan shook her head helplessly and smiled.
"I have to ask my father to work hard for a few more days, and sing all the tricks before it ends." Zhao Siyan said solemnly.
Zhao Tingshan sighed, it's really not easy to be a father.
The Sun family's actions were very fast, almost as soon as He Qingshan went back, Sun Fugui took action, and then, and then Dengzhou Taishou Zhang Hongming personally wrote a letter of commendation and sent it to the Sun family, mainly to commend the Sun family for actively donating food to the army, so well aware of the righteousness, it can be called a righteous businessman.
To be able to get the commendation of the government, and it is also a commendation written by Taishou himself, you must know that Taishou is the highest official position in Dengzhou, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a prince.
However, Dengzhou's Taishou has always been a little embarrassed, because of the geographical location of Dengzhou, the perennial war, there are garrisons stationed, and the army has a main general, there is often friction between the army and the government, and because Xiucai encounters soldiers and other reasons, the government has been pressed by the defenders.
The Taishou in other places don't have such a bad thing, everyone is in charge of their own affairs, and the governor of one party calls for wind and rain.
Although Zhang Hongming said that he was too guarded, he was a little aggrieved.
This time, Zhang Hongming wrote a letter of commendation to the Sun family, but it was for the sake of the army, which in the eyes of others, was actually a bit overstepping.
But Zhang Hongming also wrote it, and sent it to the Sun family with great fanfare, and it was not sent to the Sun house, but to the Sun family's rice shop.
At that time, Zhao Tingshan was still outside the Sun family's rice shop, uh, guarding the door.
The government came to the Sunjia rice shop with banging and knocking, and when he saw Zhao Tingshan and others outside, Zhang Hongming's master frowned: "What's going on?" The Sun family donated a sum of military rations to the army, which is meritorious to the imperial court, and the lord just wrote a commendation, why are you gathered here? It just doesn't make sense! Whose orders do you take? Is there a handiwork? ”
Zhao Tingshan raised his eyebrows and glanced at him disdainfully: "Lao Tzu's tolerance, I can't explain it to you, you give you a reward, I will guard my door, and the well water will not interfere with the river water." ”
The movement of the government was not small, and there were already people surrounding it, and the shopkeeper of the Sun family's rice shop glanced at the crowd, and then immediately someone shouted: "It turns out that the Sun family donated grain?" How much food must have been donated, and even Lord Taishou personally sent a commendation order? ”
"Didn't the Sun family donate military rations to the defenders? Then why did these soldiers still surround the Sun family's rice shop? Isn't that ungrateful? ”
"Yes, yes, they don't want to fight the Liao, how can they just attack their own people?"
Many people felt that these words were very reasonable, and the person who could make Lord Taishou personally write a commendation must have donated a lot of food.
When Zhao Tingshan heard these words, he couldn't help frowning, and scolded angrily: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense here, what kind of food?" I didn't see it! ”
"No wonder you don't know, this matter was proposed by the Sun family and our adults, but the food had not been delivered at that time, so the Sun family did not make a noise, and they were also worried that the news would spread and attract bandits to covet it. Master explained.
"The Sun family is really affectionate and righteous, they have been planning to donate food for a long time, who knows that the food has not yet arrived, and their shop is besieged."
"That's right, this grain has been fed to the white-eyed wolf."
"What did the Sun family do? Otherwise, you can't be surrounded, right? ”
"That's right, what happened to Sun's rice shop?"
The people talked a lot, and under the guidance of people with hearts, they questioned loudly, Zhao Tingshan broke out in a cold sweat, but he couldn't say the reason.
"When will I explain to you when the army is on an errand?" Zhao Tingshan was forced to be in a hurry, and said angrily in a hurry.
But the people were even more angry, and some shouted, "What happened to the army? The army is amazing, huh? The army can casually surround other people's shops? ”
"The army has to be reasonable!"
"By the way, I know why!" Someone said mysteriously, "Wasn't it rumored not long ago that there was not enough food in the army?" Maybe they surrounded the Sun family, but in fact, they said that they came for food, and they wanted to force the Sun family to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster! Unexpectedly, the Sun family understood the righteousness and high consciousness, and they had already planned to donate food, but before the food arrived, they did it! ”
"This, what's the difference between this and those Liao people? It's outrageous! ”
"Look at his keep saying that he is acting on orders, and he is acting on orders, is it ......?"
"It must be, if it were ordinary people, they wouldn't dare to do this, so those royal nobles didn't take the people seriously."
successfully led the fire to Li Junze's body, and in a few words, the people almost decided that they had the truth of the matter.
Zhao Tingshan hurriedly took two steps forward and reprimanded angrily: "You are not allowed to talk nonsense!" No more nonsense, arrest you all. ”
This move provoked the anger of the public, and the master stood up, looked at Zhao Tingshan and said righteously: "The people have a pole in their hearts, who is right and wrong, and the people can see it clearly!" How? Are you so angry that you're going to arrest someone? Let me tell you, this Dengzhou is the Dengzhou of the banner, and you can't be presumptuous! ”
The people applauded and supported the master, while indignantly accusing Zhao Tingshan and others, Zhao Yu saw this, stepped forward at the right time, and whispered to Zhao Tingshan: "My lord, why don't we go back first?" Returned...... Master, make a decision again? ”
Zhao Tingshan's eyes flashed, and he snorted coldly and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to you more, I'm tired, let's go!" ”
Zhao Tingshan said, and left in a hurry with people, which in the eyes of the people, he felt that he was weak in heart and fled in the wilderness, and he couldn't help but be very happy.
The shopkeeper of the rice shop stepped forward and arched his hand at the master, inviting him to drink tea, the master responded with a smile, and the two looked at the back of Zhao Tingshan who fled into the desert and smiled.
Soon, the news that Li Junze intended to let the Sun family donate food, so he deliberately surrounded the Sun family, spread throughout Dengzhou City, and everyone seemed to have recognized the truth of this matter and scolded Li Junze for being bloody.
The Sun family also took this opportunity to unite the merchants in the city to ask Zhang Hongming to write a letter to impeach Li Junze, if Li Junze is allowed to go on like this, who knows who the next merchant to be affected by the disaster is, but not everyone has the wealth of the Sun family and can donate money to save their lives.
Zhang Hongming quickly responded, and for a while, Li Junze's reputation was completely swept away, but Zhang Hongming completely took the limelight and raised his eyebrows.
This incident also affected Zhao Tingshan, because Zhao Tingshan, as the person who aided the abuse, has been seen by many people.
And then...... Mrs. Zhao called Liu over and scolded her, there was no way, she wanted to scold Zhao Tingshan, but Zhao Tingshan ran fast and went to the army, and she couldn't reach it.
"Hmph, Tingshan wasn't like this before, he just learned from your father! Now the people all over the city are pointing at the backbone of our Zhao family, our Zhao family is an innocent family, and how many years of innocent reputation have been ruined by him! Old Lady Zhao scolded angrily, and a teacup fell at Liu's feet.
Liu lowered his head and said in a snort: "The husband will not do such a thing for no reason. ”
"Now that it's spread all over the outside, can anyone wronged him?" Old Lady Zhao scolded angrily.
Zhao Siyan looked at the Liu family with some concern, but at this time, she couldn't speak, and she couldn't intercede for the Liu family, otherwise it would only make the old lady Zhao even more angry.
The eldest lady on the side also said: "Second brother and sister, it's not me who said you, you should also take care of the second brother, what should be done, what should not be done, he should also have a sense of proportion, now even the whole family is suffering with him, I went out yesterday, the wives and wives of other families are reluctant to chat with me, everyone avoids me like a snake and scorpion, so ashamed of me, I really have no face to meet people!" ”
"Listen, if he can't do this badly, let him hurry home, otherwise the whole family will be killed by him!" Old Lady Zhao said coldly.
Old Lady Zhao reprimanded the Liu family again, but Gu Chenfeng came over to ask Old Lady Zhao for peace, and Old Lady Zhao let the Liu family leave.
When he walked out of Helan Garden, he happened to meet Gu Chenfeng walking in, Gu Chenfeng glanced at Zhao Siyan deeply, and Zhao Siyan walked past him without squinting.
When he went out, Liu looked at Zhao Siyan with a worried face: "I don't know what happened to your father, the rumors outside are so serious, I'm really worried about him." ”
Zhao Siyan regretted a little in her heart, this was all for Li Junze's set-up, but it caused Liu to be scolded, she was very distressed, although she knew that everything in front of her would soon pass, but now Liu was inevitably worried.
"Mother, don't worry, Dad will be fine, those rumors...... Not really. Zhao Siyan comforted in a low voice.
Liu sighed, "I naturally know what your father is like, and what he did must be justified, it's just ......"
Zhao Siyan persuaded her two more sentences, and then helped her back to Tingyuyuan.
Now the rumors about Li Junze are the hottest topic in the entire Dengzhou City, and Li Junze naturally received the news, but the strange thing is that no matter what rumors are outside, Li Junze does not move, and he has no intention of coming forward to clarify.
Jiang Yi came back from outside, walked into the camp tent, and saw Li Junze reading a book, he couldn't help but shake his head, "You are really popular, I have inquired, the entire Dengzhou City has never been so lively, can make the people scold a person so hatefully, except for the Da Liao people, there is only you, may I ask the prince, what is your mood now?" ”
Li Junze didn't even look at him, slowly turned the next page, and said lightly: "I never bother with false rumors, only those who are incapable will use this method to hurt people." ”
Jiang Yi felt that he was a dead duck with a hard mouth, and at this time, what else did he pretend to be light and light?
So Jiang Yi said seriously: "There are no outsiders here, even if you are really sad and sad?" How else can I laugh at you? If you're sad, cry out, or fight with me. ”
"I'm not at the point where I'm going to beat you up." Li Junze said indifferently.
Jiang Yi felt that his kindness had been fed to the dog at that time.
"Don't you really care?" Jiang Yi asked tentatively.
Li Junze finally gave him a look, "If you really ask me to beat you, it's okay." ”
Jiang Yi: "......"
"It's all to blame on that Lord Zhao for this matter, why are you going to mess with the Sun family if you have nothing to do?" Jiang Yi said indignantly: "As a result, he became like a nobody, but he hurt you miserably, for so long, I haven't seen him come to ask for guilt, otherwise, I'll help you arrest him, it's good for you to cure his crime and get angry." ”
Li Junze's brows sank: "No!" ”