Chapter Forty-Seven: Beauty Is Hard to Find
Not to mention, the villain's heart is still exquisite, Tianguan's words really reminded the big flicker, he glanced at Tianguan gratefully without a trace, and his panicked heart calmed down a little, as long as no one makes trouble, he is still very confident in fooling an old man, even if this old man is the emperor: "The emperor forgives the sin, the golden pill is not obtained." ”
"Didn't get the golden pill?" The old emperor was a little disappointed, and then asked, "Why didn't you get it?" ”
Da Flicker straightened up, as long as the heavenly official did not dismantle the stage, his heart was full of confidence: "Lao Jun is not at home when he goes out, Lao Jun ......" said here, deliberately paused, sighed, and continued with a sad expression: "Alas~ Sick, diarrhea, go to find Langzhong." ”
"Nonsense! Lao Jun is a true immortal, will he still get sick, and, still have diarrhea? "Before the emperor could speak, the other gods around the emperor were a little unaccustomed to it, everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, what kind of moth are you pretending. You've blown all the cowhides clean, what else are we blowing. Lao Jun has diarrhea, how do you know? You wiped his old man's ass.
For the run on his peers, Xuanji is not angry, his peers are enemies, he understands this truth! Instead, he continued in a very admiring tone: "That's the case, every time Lao Jun alchemizes, he has to test the efficacy of the medicine himself...... It is precisely because Lao Jun is so serious and meticulous that Lao Jun and his old man's elixirs, each of them is a high-quality product, and it is famous in the Three Realms. Everyone in the Three Realms knows that Lao Jun's gold pill is hard to find, but who knows how much sacrifice Lao Jun and his old man have paid for this. ”
This sentence was so mean that the face of the one who spoke turned pale, and he quickly retreated, not daring to speak again. Because, the medicine they refined had never been tried by themselves, let alone tried it themselves, and they didn't use anyone else to try it, so they gave it directly to the emperor, thinking of this, beads of sweat wet his back.
Where did the witty old emperor know, but he also felt that the big fool made sense: "That's the case~~ Shennong also tastes herbs, and sometimes he has diarrhea." Then what are you still standing for, don't you go quickly. ”
"Your Majesty, the road, the road is a little far......"
Thus, another Xu Fu was born. The previous Xu Fu went to the East China Sea, and this Xu Fu went to Kunlun Mountain; One Xu Fu went to find the elixir of immortality, and this Xu Fu went to get the Nine Turns Golden Pill......
The avalanche-like development of the beggar gang finally attracted the attention of Chang'an Ling. In the past two years, almost all industries have a shadow existence, left and right, and controlled. The source of supply is controlled, the transportation of goods is controlled, the owner of the trading floor is controlled, and the price of the transaction is controlled, and this shadow is almost everywhere.
Chang'an Ling sent people to investigate many times to no avail, and finally made him feel frightened, as if even the yamen was controlled by this invisible hand. Although the chengguan team has successfully fulfilled his wishes perfectly every time, the streets are orderly, the pedestrians are orderly, the markets are orderly, the merchants are orderly, even the beggars on the streets are in order, and even the public security incidents are reduced, as if everything is under control, but the taxes are declining, the taxes are declining, the taxes are declining, the Ding tax is declining, and the commercial tax is even more declining, even the three tax sources of salt, iron, and wine operated by the state are also showing signs of instability.
The labor cannot be successfully completed, and the number of people who have been recruited is no problem, and they are all working hard, but they can't finish five days of work and ten days. At the beginning, I thought it was because the turmoil had just settled and the people's hearts were unstable.
But in the past year, the country has slowly returned to order, and the situation has not improved. The officials of the yamen and the patrol house also seem to be different from before, and it seems that there is no difference in the specific differences, and it seems that there is no difference, and there seems to be a similar situation in several nearby towns.
Just when Chang'an Ling was anxious and couldn't find a clue, Liu Chang sat in the office of Bing Ji, the county prison, and sat opposite Bing Ji to drink tea together, of course, his nephew must be present.
Liu Chang and this nephew are as close as father and son.
Tea, since Shennong, is the common drink in the aristocracy, Chinese tea drinking began in the Western Han Dynasty, there is a historical evidence, but in the Western Han Dynasty, China only Sichuan area tea drinking, the Western Han Dynasty has made a record of tea Sima Xiangru, Wang Bao, Yang Xiong are all Sichuan people. During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, tea, as a specialty of Sichuan, was first transmitted to Chang'an, Kyoto, through the channel of tribute, and gradually spread to the political, economic, and cultural centers of the time, such as Shaanxi and Henan. On the other hand, the tea drinking fashion in Sichuan spread along the Yangtze River to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
From the Western Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, outside of Bashu, tea was a rare product for the upper class to enjoy, and tea drinking was limited to princes and courtiers, and the people may rarely drink tea.
Liu Chang and Bing Ji drank themselves, leaning on the innermost carbon stove of several cases, and the water in the clay pot was steaming. In order to prevent the nephew from being burned by the crockpot, a small fence was added around the crockpot, and the little nephew drilled in and out of Liu Chang's side.
"You're not messing around behind your back, how do you get to the table? And, I found it here, it's really yours. Let's start with it, I'm not familiar with you. Liu Chang poured himself a cup, picked it up, blew the tea leaves on it, took a sip, and then put it down.
For the person sitting in the opposite case, he was very polite.
"Childe is quite resentful" The other party didn't care about Liu Chang's attitude at all, he picked up the kettle, poured himself a cup, and picked it up, the difference is that he didn't blow with his mouth like Liu Chang, but first put it under his nose, sniffed it lightly, and then, squinted his eyes, as if he was reminiscing, and then, with a piece of goose feather, gently plucked the foam floating on it, took a sip of tea, and did not swallow it immediately, but put the tea in his mouth, and swallowed it little by little, it seemed to be very intoxicated.
"Don't drink it, don't drink it, it's so grinding and chirping to drink tea, it's sick, let's go," Liu Chang couldn't bear it anymore, pushed the teacup in front of him, and pulled the sick man out.
The person on the other side didn't care about the angry Liu Chang. Slowly opened his eyes and said: "Life is like a cup of tea, you can't be bitter for a lifetime, but you have to be bitter for a while"
Liu Chang took his nephew and walked to the door, heard this, stopped, turned his head, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said: "Zhang Zhenren, I heard that there was a real person who went to Kunlun Mountain to find Taishang Laojun to ask for Jindan, but you didn't follow?" ”
"Kunlun Mountain is the Yuan Shi Tianzun Dojo, and Shouyang Mountain is the Taishang Laojun Dojo. I really don't know why our majesty believes in such a scam full of loopholes. ”
Liu Chang stood at the door, beckoned a maid, asked him to take the sick out to play, let the queen return to his original position, kneel neatly, and said, "Say, what are you looking for me?" If you want me to put shoes on you, you can do that, but the price is a bit big, and I'm afraid you can't afford it. I'm not bad for money. ”
The person who came directly said his purpose: "I want to take refuge in Childe and make some efforts to fight for Childe's position." ”
"Do you think I need help if I want to take the throne as emperor?"
"Could it be that Childe already has a candidate, or is he already sure of winning?"
"Don't send it!" Liu Changfu stood up again, turned his body back, and said.
The person who came was a little unwilling, and continued: "Childe, I know that your strength is very strong, and I also know that you have a beggar gang and hundreds of thousands of subordinates. But it is not enough for you to rely on these to fight for a big position, you know, force is not enough. Back then, King Xiang was a hero who could hold the crown, with 400,000 elites under his command, and finally killed himself in Wujiang. ”
"I remember the help that Your Excellency extended in the mountains and forests at that time. That's it. ”
waited for Zhang Zhenren to leave stupidly, and Bing Ji appeared. Zhang Daoda Zhang Zhenren, he didn't know him, so when Zhang Zhenren and Liu Chang met, he left very interestingly.
"Uncle, uncle, let's go quickly" The illness had seen that the guests of the junior had left, so he hurriedly came over, pulled Liu Chang's sleeve, and shouted anxiously. Today, I said that it was okay to take him shopping and eat restaurants. He's been here a few times.
Liu Chang looked at his excited little nephew, put aside the unpleasantness just now, picked up his nephew, and said loudly: "Okay, let's go, go to the city, go shopping, and eat big meat." ”
The three carriages have already been prepared in place, the car is an ordinary car, but the horse is not an ordinary horse, sweat and blood horse! The coachman is not an ordinary coachman, a thousand people, three thousand people will be coachmen. Bing Ji has a fight, his sister-in-law has a fight, and he and his nephew have a fight.
At the beginning, when Liu Chang wanted to kill the horse and eat meat, the three generals refused to do it, and the three of them cried in the stable for a night, swearing to live and die with the sweat and blood horses, until the next day, the three were sold as prostitutes or slaves by the official to arrive, so that they forgot about the horses. Today, seeing that Liu Chang was going to drive away the three horses, he refused to leave, preferring to be a coachman, no matter how Liu Chang promised, he would not let the three horses leave his sight. What they didn't know was that since eating the first horse, Liu Chang really didn't want to eat the second horse, not because of the general's tears, but because Liu Chang's tongue --- horse meat was not delicious!
On the car, the happiest is of course the sick, since he was born, the biggest place to see is the yard, the highest is the wall, today, see the straight street, the tall archway, all kinds of people, happy jumping, from time to time holding the uncle's hand, ask this and that.
When they finished shopping, they came to a luxurious mansion, which was not the barbarian mansion where Liu Chang and Bing Ji met, but a more luxurious building complex, which was a place to receive foreign missions.
As soon as Liu Chang appeared at the gate, three people greeted him, saluted respectfully and shouted: "Helper", the first time he saw such a scene, he was a little restrained, holding Liu Chang's hand tightly, and refused to let go for a moment.
Bing Ji is better than his illness, but he is also full of curiosity.
When they entered a separate courtyard and entered a luxurious hall, Liu Changcai introduced Bing Ji with a straight face, this is the county Cheng Biaozi, this is the county lieutenant Zhuzi, and this is the hall master Ma Rufeng.
After introducing the above people, Liu Chang pointed to Bing Ji and solemnly introduced, "It is the commander of the county mansion, Bing Ji, the word Shaoqing, and Lord Bing." ”
"And me, and me." I saw that I had finished introducing myself, and I didn't introduce myself, so I took my uncle's hand and said.
"Hahaha," Liu Chang laughed loudly and said, "And this one, sick, sick adult!" The illness has seen and introduced himself, deliberately straightened his chest, and made everyone laugh.
Liu Chang glanced at his sister-in-law, Mrs. Wang, but did not introduce him and directly beckoned everyone to take a seat. The less people know the identity of the sister-in-law, the better, including the people around her.
From beginning to end, there is no other word to describe it except jaw-dropping, from the moment they met, Liu Chang gave him too much impact and mystery, and today, I saw the county magistrate and the county lieutenant respectfully and respectfully to him, even if it was the county commander himself, it was impossible for him to enjoy such treatment, and he also knew the consumption here, even if the county commander himself did not dare to consume here. And when Liu Chang came here, it was like returning to his own home.
In front of everyone is a large desk, which is full of delicacies, and behind each of them are two maids, one with cloth vegetables and one pouring wine.
"Everyone, today belongs to the family banquet, you don't have to be restrained, drink well" Liu Chang, who was sitting on the main seat, raised the cup in his hand and said loudly. After speaking, drink the contents of the cup in one gulp.
The county Cheng Biaozi, the county lieutenant Zhuzi, and the master of the horse hall, Ma Rufeng, also drank it all, and even Mrs. Wang raised her glass and took a sip. Originally, there should be no women's seats here, but because Mrs. Wang was brought by Liu Chang, no one knew the identity of this woman, and Liu Chang did not introduce it, so Mrs. Wang was able to sit at the banquet, and it didn't surprise everyone too much, so she didn't see it.
And the county lieutenant of Chang'an County appeared here, Liu Chang also took the initiative to sit in the main seat, the two of them did not have the slightest discomfort, and it seemed that they were still respectful to Liu Chang, which brought a great impact to Bing Ji. Chang'an County Cheng and County Lieutenant are not county magistrates and county lieutenants of other small counties. The Chang'an order is quite a county guard, which is the fourth grade, and the county Cheng and the county lieutenant are equivalent to the deputy county order, and the grade is from the fourth grade, and they are also local officials.
Putting down the cup, Liu Chang said to Ma Rufeng: "Rufeng, this Lord Bing is a real Confucian, a real gentleman, won't you just let us drink like this?"
As soon as he heard Liu Chang's words, Ma Rufeng replied: "How can it, we have specially prepared Yale for Lord Bing, the real Yale, everyone is ready, just waiting for you to speak." ”
After clapping his hands twice, he saw a pair of people walking in through the side door one after another, arranging various musical instruments, and after the musicians were in place, they walked out of the middle of the hall and walked to the middle. With the sound of silk and bamboo, the servants danced, and the excellent people sang:
"There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent, one cares about the city, and then the country, rather than knowing the city and the country, the beauty is hard to get."
After the song of "Lord Bing", when Youling went back to rest and prepare for the next track, Liu Chang saw that Bing Ji seemed to be contemplative, so he said, "What do you think of this song?" ”
Bing Ji was indeed pondering, and he was surprised at the beginning when Liu Chang suddenly made such a scene, especially letting the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant accompany him, but he didn't think about it deeply, thinking that maybe it was a coincidence; These two people are obviously Liu Chang's people, and it is normal to accompany the master here. This song made Bing Ji have some aftertaste, this is composed by Li Yannian, the order of Yuefu, the purpose is to recommend his sister Mrs. Li to the emperor, 'beautiful women are hard to get', 'people are rare'. So he pretended not to understand and just talked about things, and said lightly: "There is no gorgeous rhetoric, no nuanced description, just concise and summarized language, praising a peerless beauty who is unparalleled in the world." Wonderful indeed! ”
"Haha, good, good. Lord Bing's comments were really simple, concise, and to the point, "Liu Chang knows that Bing Ji has not yet made up his mind, and he is puzzled because he doesn't know himself yet." But there was one thing, he did not refuse, and this was a good thing, so he happily raised his glass and shouted: "Drink to win!" The song and dance continue! ”
Compared with Liu Chang's elation, Bing Ji was a little depressed, and he felt cold and cold when he came up to the thief ship.
I have taken care of the sick myself, but purely out of sympathy, but I have no intention of throwing myself into the mountain.
The mouth-watering wines, the delightful singing and dancing, and the melodious singing lose their appeal.
Bing Ji knows that in this kind of matter, his attitude must be clear, and obscurity can easily cause misunderstanding, otherwise, there will be endless troubles; So, he stood up, raised his glass and said to Liu Chang: "Today's banquet is unforgettable for me." Li Lefu's lyrics and songs just now have everyone's demeanor, and the aftermath lingers. Childe knows, there is a talented woman in my dynasty, not to mention that, she once made a small poem, and now, Chang'an is singing it. ”
"Oh? Is it? Lord Bing might as well point it out and let them chant it, so that we can drink for pleasure. ”
"Childe wait" Bing Ji heard this, so he summoned the ling'er over, whispered to her, and after a while, the music sounded again, this time, it was the lingren who no longer danced, but sang in person. Just hear her sing:
It is as white as snow on the mountain, and as bright as the moon between the clouds.
Wen Jun has two intentions, so he decided to break up.
Today's wine fight, Mingdan ditch head.
On the ditch, the ditch water flows from east to west.
Sad and miserable, there is no need to cry when you get married.
I wish to have one heart, and the white head will not be separated.
The bamboo pole is curling, and the fish tail is so curling!
Men are heavy-minded, why use money knives!
The voice is like weeping, mournful and resentful. According to legend, after Sima Xiangru made his fortune, he gradually indulged in pleasure and wandered around in the fat powder pile every day, until he wanted to take the Maoling woman as a concubine. Zhuo Wenjun couldn't bear it, so he composed this "White Head Yin", which was presented similarly. When she learned that her husband was not emotionally attentive, she did not have the slightest compromise, nor did she have crazy curses and weak sorrows, showing Wenjun's own personal dignity. She buried the pain in her heart, calmly and gently said goodbye to her negative husband, how quiet her bearing, how open-minded!
After the song, Liu Chang's face was stunned, knowing that this was Bing Ji borrowing Zhuo Wenjun, and rejected himself euphemistically, and then said with a smile: "I said uncle, why did you choose such a song?"
Bing Ji knew that Liu Chang understood his thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Isn't this one bad?" I think it's good. Look at Miss Zhuo, as soon as she heard that her husband wanted to take a concubine, she immediately gave way to the concubine, and would rather wronged herself than force others, which is simply high-spirited and admirable. ”
"Is it tall?"
"Tall."
"How tall?"
"Yes...... It's high anyway."
"She is a talented woman, she should know that Han Lu said very clearly, without the consent of the eldest woman, Mr. Sima has no way to take a concubine, right. Without the consent of the eldest woman, if you take a concubine without permission, the person concerned will go to prison, and the concubine will be beaten to death; Am I right? ”
"That's true, you know that?"
"Hehe, why don't you change the song again?"
"Forget it, change it again, you can still find faults"