Chapter Seventy-One: The Divine Decree Returns
Wu Han and Sun Chengwen are political enemies, and they often quarrel in the court, and in private, you dig a pit for me, and I will make a stumbling block for you, the two are of equal status, Wu Han does not need to be courteous to Sun Chengwen like others, so he naturally denied Ye Yunyang's suggestion.
Ye Yunyang really wanted to go up and disgust the three of his ancestors and grandchildren, Sun Shiyuan was notorious, you actually took him to swagger through the market, it's too arrogant.
Wu Han smiled and said: "Yunyang, you don't know, Sun Jingming brought Sun Shiyuan to me a while ago, saying that he wanted me to arrange a position for Sun Shiyuan in the Ministry of War, no matter how small an official is, it is not too small, and also said that Sun Shiyuan likes the Ministry of War, do you know how I replied to them?"
Ye Yunyang didn't think about it and said: "With Uncle Wu's personality, the other party took the initiative to send them to the door, and you can't disgust them to death." ”
"That's right, you guessed right. Wu Han deliberately raised his voice and said: "I refused directly, and told Sun Jingming very clearly, saying that although the military department is a poor yamen and has nothing of value, the military reports sent from all over the country are confidential, and what I am most afraid of is that the guards steal themselves, and I really dare not use your young master Sun." Do you know, their father-son faces turned green, and they left the yamen of the military department in a gray manner. ”
Ye Yunyang laughed and asked rhetorically: "Sun Chengwen will not be stupid enough to let his son and grandson humiliate themselves, what is the purpose of letting Sun Shiyuan enter the military department, right?"
Wu Han gave a heartfelt thumbs up and said: "Yun Yang, in your words, the surname Sun has long been dissatisfied with only controlling one ministry, a few years ago he began to install people in the household department in charge of the right prime minister, and now he controls half of the household, the right prime minister Yan Yangqiu is not in good health, and he has reached the point of lingering, turning a blind eye to what Sun Chengwen did, and the household department will fall into the hands of the Sun family sooner or later." The Ministry of War has always been under my control, and I am also Sun Chengwen's only rival, he installed Sun Tzu here, nothing more than to secretly cultivate strength and achieve the goal of dividing the Ministry of War, if the Ministry of War is in chaos, I will have no capital to compete with him, so I will not let him succeed in his conspiracy. ”
After Ye Yunyang listened, he felt even more that he should go up to say "hello" and add a little block to the three of his ancestors and grandchildren.
Sun Chengwen's face was full of red light, and he frequently nodded to the officials who greeted him, Sun Jingming had a bright smile on his face, and Sun Shiyuan had a hint of modesty on his face in addition to a smile.
Suddenly, Sun Shiyuan's face tightened, and his two hands involuntarily clenched into fists, because he saw a guy who hated him to the bone.
Ye Yunyang appeared on the road that the three of them must pass, and said with a smile: "The three Sun adults, their complexions are very good, especially Sun Lao and Sun Zhong, no wonder people say that they look young with a smile on their faces, you and Sun Xiao are like brothers standing together." ”
The grandchildren are said to be brothers, which is definitely not a compliment, but a sarcasm.
Sun Jingming gritted his teeth angrily, Sun Shiyuan couldn't wait to rush to move his fists, only Sun Chengwen kept a smile on his face, and said: "Jingming, Shiyuan, you heard it, Ye Hou Ye praised the old man for being young, I just said, happy is a day and unhappy is also a day, so the people of our Sun family must be happy every day, let those young people blush." ”
Sun Jingming sneered: "That's right, some people just can't see our Sun family good, but we want to keep getting good and be angry with him." ”
Ye Yunyang turned a deaf ear to such a counterattack, and said with a smile to Sun Shiyuan: "Young Master Sun's official uniform is very particular, and the embroidery on his chest is a four-legged snake, it is really very expressive, I have never seen the world, how many officials does the four-legged snake represent?"
Sun Shiyuan's chest rose and fell for a while, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You can see clearly, this is not a four-legged snake, it is a monitor lizard!"
"Are you sure?" Ye Yunyang asked solemnly.
Sun Shiyuan really wanted to pounce on him and bite him to death, and snorted: "Look carefully, this is the monitor lizard that represents the Eighth Rank Official, also known as the Earth Dragon!"
Ye Yunyang suddenly realized: "Listening to you say this, it's really a bit like a monitor lizard, forget about the earth dragon, it's easy for people to misunderstand it as an earthworm, it doesn't look like a little earthworm no matter how you look at it." By the way, you just said that this four-legged snake represents the Eight Rank Officials, right?"
If it weren't for his father's pull, Sun Shiyuan would have rushed up and held back his anger: "I'll say it again, it's a monitor lizard, not a four-legged snake!"
Ye Yunyang said with a disgusted face: "Then why are you more serious, you look at the clouded leopard on my body, if you want to say that it is a cat, I will definitely not care." But I don't understand, Young Master Sun is a top student of our Guodu Academy, and he is at the top of the top 100 rankings, why is he mixed up with an eight-grade petty official? Mr. Sun, this is your fault, you are in charge of the ministry, why do you have to give your grandson a second-grade or third-grade official, and the grandson of the dignified prime minister is an eight-grade official, not afraid of being laughed off?"
The smile on Sun Chengwen's face gradually became cold, and he said: "It is precisely because this official is in charge of the Ministry of Officials and is responsible for the promotion and transfer of officials across the country, so it should be more fair and just, and there can be no cronyism. ”
"Oh, it turned out that it wasn't the eighth grade, it was from the eighth grade. Ye Yunyang continued to ridicule Sun Shiyuan: "Senior, you are too naughty, from the eighth grade, from the eighth grade, why do you want to say that it is the eighth grade." But it's really hard for you, because your hands and feet are not clean, you were expelled from the academy, and someone else would have found a pillar and killed yourself, you can still come out to be an official with a spirit, just this calmness is enough for my younger brother I admire for a lifetime. ”
"Ye Yunyang, I'll kill you......"
Sun Chengwen stopped his grandson and said in a deep voice: "Have you forgotten how grandpa taught you, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!"
Sun Shiyuan gasped heavily, looked at Ye Yunyang with murderous eyes, and said: "What Ye Hou Ye said is that Sun Mou will remember these words in his heart for a lifetime, the mountains do not turn around, and we will have a long future!"
Ye Yunyang clapped his hands and said: "The people who have become officials are different, and their words have become so literary, by the way, didn't Chen Guhe come? Are you still together, I didn't see her, it won't be dumping you, right?"
The fire that Sun Shiyuan had finally suppressed burned again, and Sun Chengwen couldn't hold it anymore, and said angrily: "Master Ye, you seem to be too wide!"
Ye Yunyang raised his head, ignored the old fox's questioning, and left directly, not forgetting to mutter: "Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, the world is not ancient, and the heart is not ancient, it is really boring to chat with unkind people." ”
When he walked away, Sun Shiyuan said angrily: "Grandpa, I'm going to kill him, he's too much!"
"If you kill him, you won't be able to live!" Sun Chengwen said in a deep voice: "Is it worth it to lose your life for the sake of being happy for a while? ”
Sun Jingming followed and persuaded: "Listen to grandpa's words, you will have a chance for revenge in the future, why rush for a while, and let him go proudly, the winner who has the last laugh." ”
Sun Shiyuan took a few deep breaths in succession and said, "I know, don't worry, I won't do anything stupid." ”
A quarter of an hour later, the monarch Chen Mingda came to the temple surrounded by Dongfang Pingtai and others, and the deputy priest of the temple, who served as the master of ceremonies, announced the official start of the sacrifice ceremony.
The officials lined up in a neat line according to the size of the official position, Ye Yunyang didn't know where he should stand, he was cheeky and mixed in the ranks of the generals, wearing a purple and gold pattern official uniform that stood out from the crowd, with the support of Wu Han and Yin Falcon, no one dared to have an opinion on him.
The monarch climbed the highest step with the sacrificial text in hand, and the first to speak was Dongfang Pingtai, who spoke about the good assembly, and then the imperial history Zhongcheng read the edict on behalf of the hundred officials, three tosses and two did not toss, and an hour passed.
The last to speak was the monarch, the moment he unfolded the sacrificial text, Ye Yunyang was completely desperate, it was not difficult to judge from the length of the scroll, it was not something that could be read in a moment and a half.
He thought that the sacrifice process would be boring, but he didn't expect it to be so boring, it was simply a waste of everyone's lives, and such a boring thing should be held twice a year, crazy.
The monarch cleared his throat and began to read: "Heaven is clear, bless me Dongping, the heroic spirit is above, keep me peaceful......"
Reading this, the monarch not only made a beautiful voice, but also began to shine with tears in his eyes.
Woohoo......
Ye Yunyang was startled by the strange sounds that sounded one after another around him, and when he looked closely, it turned out that Baiguan was crying at the top of his throat, tears flowing down as if he didn't want money, and he looked like he was dead.
The monarch continued: "...... The emperor and the queen of heaven, protect the family and defend the country, the responsibility of our generation, protect the people, the glory of our generation......"
As soon as these few words came out, all the officials seemed to have made an appointment, put away their cries together, and wiped away their tears with three handfuls and two handfuls, as if nothing had happened.
Ye Yunyang was shocked, where is this a group of officials, obviously a group of actors, crying when they say they cry, they call it a tragic pathos, and when they say stop, they call it a simple one. There is also the monarch, the tears in his eyes disappeared at the same time, and his voice became more and more sonorous.
So much so that Ye Yunyang directly understood his sentence "Protecting the people, the glory of our generation" as "fooling the people".
All the officials lowered their heads and made the appearance of listening carefully, only he was the most dishonest, reaching out to tickle for a while, stretching out his arms and kicking his legs for a while, and inadvertently he saw Dongfang Yixue standing in the wizard phalanx, only fifty or sixty meters away.
He looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to him, hunched over and ran a few meters away in small steps, stopping to rest for a while before running again.
Soon, he successfully got to Dongfang Yixue's side.
The beautiful instructor also lowered her head like everyone else, and saw that there was an extra pair of feet on her side, so she subconsciously raised her eyes, and almost didn't shout when she saw that it was Ye Yunyang.
Ye Yunyang's face was calm, and he whispered: "Teach sister, the monarch reads so fluently, it can't be that he memorized the sacrificial text in advance, right?" Or, every time the sacrificial text is the same, the more you read it, you will naturally be very fluent." ”
The beautiful woman gave him a blank look and snorted: "Just you are smart! Of course, something as important as the sacrificial text is the same every time, aren't you standing with the Tai Lieutenant, why did you come to me?"
He shrugged his shoulders and said in a flirtatious tone: "It's too boring to be with a group of old men, it's more cool to stand next to beautiful women, I knew I should have followed you in the first place." ”
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!"
"Hehe, ignore it, I can smell the fragrance on your body, I'm already very satisfied!"
Just a recitation of the sacrificial text lasted for most of the morning, and then under the leadership of the monarch, everyone first knelt down to worship the major gods enshrined in the temple, and then bowed to the south to worship His Majesty the Emperor.
Ye Yunyang pretended to kneel on the ground, in fact, he was squatting on the ground, because of the cover of the hem of his clothes, it looked like he was kneeling, as a person with a modern soul, he was not used to kneeling down and kowtowing at every turn.
Dongfang Yixue glared at him and whispered: "You are too much, be careful of being ginseng to you, saying that you don't respect the gods!"
He thought that what he did was seamless, and he never wanted to be discovered by a beautiful woman, but with his relationship with a beautiful woman, she would definitely not betray herself, so he said indifferently: "Just sue, it's a big deal that I don't deserve this marquis, and I am not an official and light." ”
"You ......" Dongfang Yixue didn't do anything about him.
By noon, the complicated sacrificial process had finally come to an end, and Ye Yunyang was also hungry, thinking that the monarch had gathered so many people to toss all morning, and it was always time to have a meal, when would the banquet be?
At this time, a shrill voice came from behind everyone: "The holy decree has arrived!" Chen Mingda, the monarch of Dongping Kingdom, the priest of the holy temple, Dongfang Pingtai, the priest of the holy temple, and Hou Ye Yunyang of Feng'an County, received the decree. ”
Ye Yunyang was angry, your sister has a holy decree again, how are you going to pit Lao Tzu this time?