Chapter 42: Cai Chong's Plans
Time has passed in a blink of an eye, and the alternation of three springs, summers, autumns and winters has changed some things, and it seems that nothing has never changed......
The first floor of Pingcheng is called Denglin Pavilion, where many literati and artists often gather here, and poetry, wine, and music are played.
While the wine was being poured, music played upstairs by the white gauze.
In an instant, an elegant blurted out - "The long wind breaks through the tall building, and all thoughts are lost." Regardless of the original intention, the crow rolled up the rice sorghum. ”
"Good poetry!" The people who stepped down applauded it on the landing pavilion, but the person who wrote the poem was in the style of an ancient Taoist, hidden behind a white veil, and did not show up.
"Who is this?" Looking at the top of the building from downstairs, I only saw a person behind the white veil, his appearance was mysterious and invisible, but the exit was full of colors, "This person really looks like a singer." A person at the table next to him said.
Zhuo Wenfei looked at the person talking over there, he didn't like to hang out in Pingcheng on weekdays, he would take a look in other state capitals when he was fine, and the business of his own winery would also help his father take care of it to some extent, if it wasn't for the sudden rain today and there was nowhere to go, I really didn't know that there was a Denglin Pavilion here.
"Childe, why don't we go?"
It was Zhuo Wenfei's attendant who spoke, named Erqian. Erqian has a shiny head, and he has been following the young master for many years, and his mind is full of how to make money...... In the early years, when he first came out to do things, he almost fought with people for two coins of silver, but now he is a clever ghost.
"What to go? It's not a poem, listen to it for a while. Zhuo Wenfei looked at the formation above, which was not small. Make a poem and make so many bells and whistles ......" After speaking, Zhuo Wenfei looked at the master next to him who had just spoken out.
"It's a bit like a singer."
Looking at the layout in the pavilion, the lights are red and willow green, but it looks like a group of flower girls are standing. It's normal to drink and add music to poems, so look at it, it makes a lot of miscellaneous things, and it's normal for some people to look down on it.
"Erqian, go, follow, an acquaintance has come in."
Zhuo Wenfei looked over there, isn't this Zuo Zhuo's henchman Cai Chong?
When he was competing for the new household secretary, Zhuo Wenfei didn't hear much about this person, and he heard that this person was very close to Zuo Zhuo on weekdays, and his power was attached. At that time, he lost to Fei Luhong when he competed for the head of the household, and later his momentum in the court slowly disappeared, but he seemed to be a person who couldn't speak.
However, in the past two years, Cai Chong has made some other moves recently, and he has made a lot of noise in private.
Xuzhou is rich in many precious medicinal materials, and there are several large pharmaceutical workshops. In the past two years, Zhuo Wenfei would go to Xuzhou from time to time to find some business to make medicine and wine to expand his own sales, but when he went back to Xuzhou, he could see Cai Chong, an old guy, every time he looked low-key, he knew that there was something big in his stomach.
Erqian followed Cai Chong's people upstairs to a private room, and then took advantage of the time to go in to deliver the drinks-
"Little brother, I'll send it, I was new yesterday!" Qian Er ran over and talked to a little brother who was walking upstairs.
"You here, there's still one downstairs, you can just go down and get it."
Erqian suddenly blocked in front of the little brother who was drinking: "Little brother, that's my original master, I made a mistake and was kicked out of the house, and I asked the little brother to give me a chance to help me, right?" So saying, he took a little bit of silver, and laid it on the wine tray.
The little brother didn't say anything else, handed the wooden plate in his hand to Erqian, took the silver inside, and went downstairs without looking back.
After Erqian took his hand, he hurriedly went up to Cai Chong's private room, closed the door and stood outside the door after putting the wine away, and then listened silently to the movement inside.
There is only one person by Cai Chong's side, who looks like a businessman.
Except for one who is an official in the court and the other who is a businessman in the people, there is no difference in appearance. They are all chubby figures, with a pair of scheming eyes embedded in their fat faces.
"Senior brother, sit down!" As soon as Cai Chong's voice heard it, he knew that it was a tone that he had practiced by dealing with people all year round, and he had not learned much in the court for so many years as an official.
The one was humble and wrote all on his face: "Hey, no, no, no, Lord Cai sits, Xiaomin just stands, how can he be on an equal footing with adults!" ”
"Huh!" A smile flashed on Cai Chong's face, and then he stretched out his hand, and that Gao sat down.
"My lord, you see that I have asked a lot of people for this, don't you ......?"
"Eh......" Cai Chong smiled with a smile on his face, and said casually, "But, I can't help!" It's no more useful for you to ask me than for others, and besides, I don't know you well! After speaking, Cai Chong looked at the individuals who were reciting poems outside, and asked Gao: "What do you think of the poems they make?" ”
The surnamed Gao couldn't help it, so he said: "My lord, how can you be in the mood to listen to any poems!" It's burning eyebrows, my lord! ”
"You're not in the mood?" Cai Chong didn't even look at him. Are you in the mood for anything to do with me?
"According to what you mean, I am a minister of the court, and if you are in the mood, I have to listen to you? If you're not in the mood, I can't do anything else? Why don't you go to the dragon chair and shout five and six? Besides......" Cai Chong glanced at the fluttering immortals writing poems outside, "What are you doing with this little silver?" ”
"My lord, you can't say that! You've taken so many of my medicinal herbs! The surname Gao was in a hurry, he was already at a desperate time, Cai Chong said this, he didn't need to endure it anymore.
"My lord, if you treat me like this, then I don't need to help you ...... again"
"You're scaring me?" Cai Chong glanced at the surname Gao and interrupted him, this surname Gao really regarded himself as a gold ingot? If you have a high surname, you think you can't be high?
"Boss Gao, if you don't think you need to help me anymore, you can go and shout all over the street, but you have to think clearly, whether this is the chance that you will be put in prison in the end, or whether I will be arrested if I don't know about it."
That old Gao, suddenly his eyes dimmed a little, he didn't expect Cai Chong to unload the grind and kill the donkey, now he seems to have his entire throat pinched in someone else's palm.
"Come, little two, add another pot of wine." Cai Chong inside shouted loudly...... Erqian immediately went downstairs and asked the little brother for another pot of wine.
Others will not understand, this feeling of pinching the fate of others, Cai Chongke has really not experienced it for a long time.
Since Fei Luhong became the head of the household a few years ago, I secretly don't know how long I suppressed him! As long as it is Cai Chong's excerpt in the court, Fei Luhong always has so many other reasons so that the emperor can't look at him, if it weren't for him and himself doing things for Zuo Zhuo, he wouldn't dare to come hard, could Fei Luhong's villain let him go?
After Zuo Zhuo reconciled with the center once, he arranged some other things for Cai Chong, which avoided contact with Fei Luhong. Cai Chongcai had a better chance not to be provoked, and then won the "appreciation" of the prime minister......
The situation has been different in the past two years, Fei Luhong is afraid that he has gone too far, and he has forgotten whether he is doing things for the prime minister or wants to be dominant? Now, many of the things Zuo Zhuo is doing are no longer known to him.
After the power is great, no matter how much the prime minister trusts you, it is impossible for you to be a non-threatening minion.
Looking at the profiteer in front of him, if he didn't peel off the skin from him, Cai Chong was sorry for his "hard work" over the years - "Lao Gao, if you talk to me today, of course I will help you!" But I didn't expect that there would be a threat between us? ”