Chapter 82: Dominoes
Pei Kuan was sixty-six years old at the time, very prestigious in Hedong, once served as an official Fan Yang Festival envoy, Tianbao three years, the sage used An Lushan to take over Fan Yang, Pei Kuan thought that this was to call him back to worship the prime minister.
It is a common practice in the Tang Dynasty for Bian Shuai to enter the prime minister, Pei Kuan's family background, fame, merits, and qualifications are enough, but he didn't expect Li Linfu to hold the phase for more than ten years, and he will not let go.
When he returned to the dynasty, he only served as the secretary of the household department and the imperial historian, and because of the implication of the Wei Jian case, he even lost the post of the secretary of the household department. As a matter of course, he became Li Linfu's political enemy, and he was close to the East Palace.
Seeing Xue Bai today, in fact, someone said to him, "Xue Bai recognized his relatives in front of the emperor, and when there is a master to guide him, the public can understand one or two", just as Xue Bai handed over the post, he saw him.
When the young man walked into the official house, Pei Kuan looked up and down and nodded with satisfaction.
"Xue Bai has seen Pei Gong, please Chun'an."
"Shangyuan Banquet, the long and short sentences you put together are not bad." Pei Kuan was straight, and asked, "Who is the teacher?" ”
Xue Baiying said: "The family teacher was born in the Langya Yan family, and in the twenty-second year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he was the first to enter the Shi and the first, and the official was appointed as the lieutenant of Chang'an County. ”
"You are a disciple of Qingchen?" Pei Kuan couldn't help but wonder, "Poetry is also taught to you by Qingchen?" ”
"That's not, I was injured and had amnesia last year, and I only worshiped under the teacher's door recently."
It's nonsense to ask and ask, Pei Kuan straightened his beard and soothed his impatience.
A scroll has been handed to the front.
"The student wants to take the spring book that is clearly stated in the exam, this is the line paper, please Pei Gong take a look."
Pei Kuan's eyes were dizzy, he squinted closer, pushed a little farther away, and first muttered, "Yan Qingchen's disciple, the words are written like this?" ”
Written at the front of the volume is a small seven-character poem, and the rhythm is wrong.
"There is no ladder in the Tianshan Mountains, but it makes the climb look back low. Waving his sleeves to brush away the snow on his body, how can I be deceived by the ancients. ”
Pei Kuan read it twice and sighed: "The word 'bully' is not right in rhyme, and the poetry is also messy. All in all, inferior. ”
Xue Bai was quite inspired, and responded: "The student has written it down, thank you for Pei Gong's teachings." ”
"Also, the investment bank, you should put the five-word poem in front. It should be known that the less ink you use, the higher the artistic conception you write, the better it is. ”
"Listening to Pei Gong's words is better than reading for ten years." Xue Bai came casually, his face was still calm and clear, without any flattery, "The student also has a five-character poem, which is in the back." ”
Pei Kuan was patient and looked back.
Suddenly, his eyelids lifted, and the whole person stood up.
Just because of the little poem on the scroll, he was excited.
"Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered."
"Wildfires can't be burned, but the spring breeze blows and grows again."
"Yuanfang invades the ancient road, and Qingcui connects the deserted city."
"Send Wang Sun again, full of farewell."
The loyal ministers and righteous people in this world are like weeds on the grassland, generation after generation, such as Li Linfu, no matter how persecuted Zhongliang, someone will eventually stand up.
A small five-word poem, but what a magnificent artistic conception?
Pei Kuan's intuition felt that this poem was written on his heart, and he couldn't wait to stick it to the head of Li Linfu, who had cut off his phase.
He calmed down, sat down slowly, stroked his beard and muttered: "Your two poems, the first one is very bad, the metaphors and allusions are gone, and the description is dry, boring and rough; This "Farewell to the Ancient Prairie" is very good, very good, the scenery is written and the parting is written, but it is written in this Tang Tianbao period...... Did you really write it? ”
"I don't know. Pei Gong may not believe it, but after I lose my memory, sometimes these poems will come to my mind by themselves. Xue Bai said: "But if I want to write poetry seriously, I can't write it." ”
Pei Kuan didn't believe it at all.
He was already very sure that there would be a famous person behind Xue Bai.
It's just that this kid doesn't get in oil and salt, but it's not easy to ask.
After reciting the five-character poem again, figuring out this style, Pei Kuan asked tentatively: "Xue Bai, do you know the prince Shaobao Li Shizhi?" ”
"It's not such an honor."
Xue Bai responded quietly, and his heart was clearer about his unwarranted connections......
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Ji Wen continued to stand in the courtyard for a while, but never saw Xue Bai come out, so he simply turned around and went to find Pei Mian again.
"Pei Kuan refused to see me, but he saw Xue Bai, why is this?"
"Really?"
Ji Wen frowned, puzzled, and said: "Please Wang Zhongcheng take down the Du family, under the three woods, I can try out what the right minister wants to know!" ”
Pei Mian sorted out the official documents, only faced him with a side face, and said, "The servant Shi Luxuan has been demoted, do you know why?" Dare to talk nonsense in front of the saint, and move the person who the concubine just carried. ”
"I only take the Du family's ......"
"The Du family is also taking care of the property for Mrs. Qiuguo, if you want to move, you can, don't want the prince to bear the consequences for you!"
Jiwen was anxious and said, "I tried my best to do things, but I didn't think about this." ”
"Anyway, the prince won't come forward, you think of other ways."
"In that case, I will release the rumors first, and when Chang'an knows that Xue Bai is messing with the East Palace, in order to protect the face of the East Palace, Pei Kuan, the imperial doctor, will have to come forward without showing up."
Pei Mian squinted and said lightly: "This matter has nothing to do with me, and you don't want people to know that you did it." ”
Ji Wen rolled his eyes, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Can you let that big-skinned lady do it?" She is not only in charge of the market, but she is not afraid of the Yang sisters. ”
"Whatever you want."
Pei Mian watched Ji Wen leave in a hurry, his eyes getting cold.
After waiting for a while, Xue Bai came out of the official office of the Imperial Doctor and walked in front of this public house as if inadvertently.
Pei Mian happened to have an official document to send, and collided with Xue Bai on the corridor.
"Givan went to the dark gambling house to find someone to spread rumors."
"I'll do it."
The two said no more and left.
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Provincial Government Workshop.
Ji Wen arrived at Qingliangzhai and sat in the private room for a while before seeing Da Xi Yingying coming.
"Where have you been? Why did you keep me waiting so long? ”
Geven's tone was arrogant.
He caught a glimpse of her large, white breasts, and his throat rolled twice, and the light in his eyes was a little different.
Da Xi Yingying didn't care, as if she was just walking on the road and was looked at by a dog, and smiled leisurely: "Shenji Tong and Wang Dalang are here, I don't know if the slave family will greet them first, or Ji Facao first?" ”
Ji Wen sobered up a lot, glanced at it fiercely, and talked about business: "I have something for you to do, you have made friends with a wide range of powerful people and many scoundrels, let the news out, just say that Du Yan often went back to his parents' house to commit adultery with Xue Bai when he was still the prince Liangdi......"
"Nope."
"What?"
Da Xi Yingying smiled slightly and said: "Fengwei Lou is going to open a branch, and the slave family plans to take out this Qingliangzhai and make a lot of money, and try to talk about cooperation with them." At such a time, how can you do more than that? ”
"You!"
"The slave family has already reported to the right minister, and the right minister also praised the slave family, so soon approached them."
Ji Wen was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said unhappily: "I'm going to take the Du family to trial, what's the use of you approaching them?!" ”
"Trial? You judge you, it's my business. Da Xi Yingying's face changed suddenly, she was too lazy to laugh with Ji Wen again, waved her hand, and said, "You have no clues, and you are not here to gamble, please." ”
Jiwen was so annoyed that he realized that there was nothing he could do with this woman.
Out of the courtyard gate, led the horse to the intersection of the Daozheng Square, and suddenly, a startled horse collided in front of him.
"Phew."
"Alang!"
Giwin was hit on the shoulder and fell to the ground, and the followers behind him couldn't react and went into chaos.
But he saw the young man on horseback restraining the startled horse, turned over, and rushed forward and said, "I'm sorry, the horse is frightened, are you injured?" ”
"Is that you?"
Ji Wen was about to get up, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Xue Bai leaning over to help him, and whispered something in his ear.
"I killed your son, and I will kill you sooner or later......"
"Xue Bai!" Ji Wen was furious, raised his hand and pointed at Xue Bai and shouted, "Sooner or later, you will be buried with my son!" I'm going to let you die a good death! ”
Xue Bai took a few steps back, and the two guards sent to him by Yang Yuyao had already rushed over, one was named He Mao and the other was Zhuo Guang.
Just now, the three of them drove their horses from the imperial city, but they didn't expect Xue Baima to be shocked, but fortunately, nothing serious happened.
"My family Langjun is just startled, so he won't ......"
"Get out, the deserves to talk to me?!"
Before He Mao could finish speaking, Ji Wen shouted angrily again, and the two had to protect Xue Bai and take a few steps back.
At this time, there were already many pedestrians around, and then there were Wu Hou to stop drinking, and the two sides of the conflict were set aside, and a small farce dispersed like this.
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"It doesn't matter."
Xue Bai waved his hand to the two guards and said, "Come with me to the casino last time." ”
"It's better not to provoke the female owner of the dark casino." He Mao said: "If Mrs. Qiuguo asks about your whereabouts, the villain still has to say it directly." ”
"It's not what you think." Xue Bai smiled: "I just reminded her not to ruin Yao Niang's reputation, and in addition, I also asked her for advice and made a gift for Yao Niang." ”
"That's fine."
The two guards were not talkative people, and after they had a statement, they followed Xue Bai into Qingliangzhai, still guarding under the attic, and let him go up alone.
Da Xi Yingying was a little uneasy when she saw Xue Bai coming, and quickly said, "Ji Wen wants to spread rumors......
"I know." Xue Bai said: "You didn't reveal anything to your brother, which is good." ”
He only recently noticed a detail, powerful officials all call Li Linfu a "brother slave", and his identity is suitable for this tone.
Da Xi Yingying can bluff Ji Wen by lifting out Jia Chang and Wang Zhun, but she is always easy to panic in front of Xue Bai.
"The slave family doesn't dare."
"Are you a household or a lowly member?"
"The slave family's deed is in the hands of King Shou."
"Is it a rebellion?"
"No, the slave family is a captive at a very young age."
"Recently, I will give you a merit so that you can face the saint, and then the saint will ask you what reward you want, and you will return the deed."
Da Xi Yingying was stunned.
In fact, she has been thinking about the consequences of not listening to Xue Bai in the past two days. After all, although the power behind him is great, he didn't let her see the specific means that he could deal with her.
It turned out that he knew what she was thinking......
"But the slave family still doesn't know what the credit is."
"You can go to Fengwei Building tomorrow to play two laps with the Du family sisters and brothers. That's right, bring money. ”
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Fengwei Building.
Du Goro was discussing things with his two sisters, but most of the time he was the only one muttering.
"In my opinion, the Qingliangzhai next door is nothing more than the expansion of the main store. The first branch should be opened in Chang'an County, close to the West Market...... Huaiyuanfang, from the Jingzhao Mansion where the Guangde Fang is located, and the Changshou Fang where the Chang'an County Ya is located are close, but I don't know where there is a suitable house, if there is a map of Chang'an. ”
Du Cheng lowered her head and counted the cost.
Du Yan had been indifferent and thinking alone, and only then did she mutter: "There should be a map of Chang'an." ”
"Second sister, are you listening to me?"
"You said yours."
"Alas, I'm going to the Guozijian soon, you guys, how can I rest assured about this mess......"
Hearing the sound of footsteps while talking, Du Wulang turned his head to see that it was Xue Bai coming in, and immediately asked, "Where do you think the branch should be opened?" ”
Xue Bai had already discussed with Du Yan, and said casually: "At the intersection of Huaiyuanfang, there are two places, one is a restaurant, and the other is a tea shop. ”
"That ......"
"It's all about the food that you control." Xue Bai appeased Du Wulang and looked at Du Yan.
Du Yan glanced up, her eyes were full of autumn water, she didn't need him to ask, she had already pursed her lips and smiled: "It's ready, and I'll take it." ”
The two went to the small pavilion, and Du Yan put her backhand around Xue Bai's neck and said in a low voice: "I want to open the restaurant directly to Changshoufang, and I will see you every day." ”
"I'm afraid you want to see me every night? Last time, I wanted to ask you, why don't you make a sound every time you come at night? ”
"I'm afraid of being heard."
The time is short, and they can only secretly have such a small intimate action, and they also feel interesting.
……
A wooden box was placed on the table, and when it was opened, there were dominoes inside.
Du Wulang picked it up and looked at it, and said with some doubts: "This is the treasure you want to offer?" It doesn't look unusual. ”
"Teach you to play?"
Xue Bai didn't have fun with these, but he did do, so he taught the Du family sisters and brothers to build dominoes.
Du Yan is very smart and can learn it as soon as she learns. Du Wulang looked dumbfounded, in fact, in addition to reading, he was not slow to learn the things next to him.
On the contrary, Du Cheng was a little confused, Xue Bai taught him a few times and didn't remember it, so he had to go behind Du Cheng and teach it a few more times.
"That's a tie."
While speaking, Du Yan leaned back with joy, and accidentally bumped into Xue Bai, he thought that Du Yan's temperament would be delicious, but when he looked at it, Du Yan didn't care, but avoided it.
Skin-to-skin blind date, he suddenly had a familiar feeling, and he couldn't help but have a conjecture in his heart...... But I thought it was ridiculous.
When I started playing, after two laps, Du Ming, who didn't seem to have learned, won the most quietly.
"Now it's time to get serious."
Du Yan also won a little, put two strings of copper coins on the table, and said with a smile: "Show some sincerity." ”
"Ahh Du Wulang suddenly looked frightened, "This is gambling, if you let Grandpa know, you will all expel us from the house." ”
Before the sound of the twilight drums, several people had completely learned the dominoes, and they rode home together, and when they arrived at the north gate of Shengpingfang, Xue Bai waved goodbye and went to Changshou Fang.
Du Wulang looked at his back and muttered, "I didn't think it was good when he lived at home before." ”
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Du Yan was very reluctant to go to Mrs. Yuguo's mansion with Xue Bai to deliver dominoes.
But she knew that the Du family couldn't rely on Xue Bai alone to maintain this backer, and if others didn't dare to move the Du family easily, she had to move around with Yang Yuyao more.
Fortunately, in front of outsiders, Yang Yuyao didn't act too much, just played with a domino with her fingers, and talked and laughed with Xue Bai.
"The concubine is so stupid that she can't learn it if no one teaches her."
"I'm about to go to Guozijian to study, so I brought Erniang to teach you."
Yang Yuyao smiled, summoned Mingzhu, and the four of them taught the base.
She actually learns very quickly, and she also likes to play with these, so she can't help asking: "You never touched these when you were recuperating from injuries in the house, how did you make such an interesting thing?" ”
"I went to warn Da Xi Yingying, saw her gambling equipment Cheeto, and asked her for advice......"
"Oh? How do you get advice? ”
Xue Bai felt Yang Yuyao rubbing the instep of his foot against his calf.
He clamped her feet with her embroidered shoes slightly, quietly pushed a card, and said calmly: "It's just a bluff to scare her." King Shou wants to trouble us, but he can turn against this woman and hold the gambling industry in Chang'an City in our hands? ”
"Easy, I'll dedicate this domino to the saint and share a little credit for her."
Yang Yuyao is quite generous in this regard, and has never been embarrassed by women, for example, she has not bothered with Da Xi Yingying for many years, and she will help when she sees Mingzhu in trouble.
As she spoke, she pulled out her foot twice and couldn't pull it out, glaring at Xue Bai with disgust.
Xue Bai counted the cards in his heart and deliberately pushed a card for her to eat.
"Bump."
Du Yan's expression was calm, and she reached out and took the card from Yang Yuyao's hand.
"Interesting."
Yang Yuyao smiled, but this time she said that Du Yan was interesting.
So, when Xue Bai was leaving, she still left Du Yan to play a few more laps with her.
"Speaking of which, since you and I are partners in Fengwei Building, we should be closer in the future."
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When Xue Bai came out, He Mao and Zhuo Guang were squatting in the front yard counting the reward they had just received, and when they looked up and saw him, they immediately stood up excitedly.
"Xue Langjun!"
"Let's go."
"Lang Jun is really a god, how can he know that the government will give us a reward? And so much more! ”
"It's just luck."
The three of them walked out of Xuanyangfang to Xue's house, and on the way Xue Bai also said that now that the idle chores have been completed, they will study at home with peace of mind and prepare to enter the Guozijian.
He Mao and Zhuo Daguang are happy, and the Xue Mansion has high walls and deep courtyards, and they leave one person to eat and drink in the front yard to guard enough, and they can take turns to go home to accompany their wives and children.
While talking, he entered the longevity workshop and turned into the alley.
Suddenly, a big man jumped up at the mouth of the alley, threw Xue Bai off his horse, raised a dagger and stabbed it.
A flash of cold light.
"Poof."
Blood gushes.
Xue Bai's shoulders were red, and the assassin's hands were covered in blood.
"Lang Jun!"
Frightened, the two guards jumped off their horses and crashed into the Assassin.
"Ding."
The dagger fell to the ground.
The three of them fought, and He Mao was punched heavily in the abdomen, and bile spurted out. Zhuo Guang received an elbow on his back and almost couldn't get up.
At this time, there were already pedestrians coming, Xue Bai covered his shoulders and staggered up, fled to the crowd, and shouted: "Jingzhao Mansion Jiwen kill me!" ”
Seeing that the murder could not be achieved, the assassin turned and ran, running as fast as the wind, and disappeared in an instant.
"Lang Jun, are you okay? I'll report to the police. ”
"Come back."
Xue Bai covered his wounds, frowned slightly, and said, "You don't need to report to the official, this matter is over, this is over." ”
"Forget it?"
The two guards didn't agree, and the people protected by Mrs. Qiu Guo dared to assassinate, how could it be counted......
This chapter is also 5000 words, which causes the number of words in my next chapter to be less, and it will be sent later, so don't wait, that poem was written for an hour~~ Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a subscription~~
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