Chapter 43, a secret conversation at the Su family
Tang Jiusheng crossed his arms, quietly looked at Su Changlin, the county guard of Huzhou Prefecture, and Yu Buchang, the captain of the leading army, behind Yin Sheng, Fatty, Gao Chongyang, Sun Jiangdong, Ximo, Zhao Lingzun and others stood in a row, a few people just arrived, and easily overturned more than ten soldiers, looking at the soldiers who were beaten and running around, Su Changlin, who was furious, shouted: "Boldly Diao Min, do you want to rebel?"
Gao Chongyang took two steps forward, raised his middle finger at Su Changlin, took a sip, and looked disdainful, "What kind of thing are you a little Huzhou county guard? Rebellion? Huzhou is your family's back garden? Or are you the emperor's son and grandson? Tell you, all the people here are the children of the family, and there are three people alone, as long as one of these people is a little missing, you won't be able to eat and walk around!"
Su Yuqing scolded stubbornly, "You are just a bunch of waste relying on your father!"
Ximen Yushuang couldn't help but take a sip, "Then you are a thing that is not even as good as waste, others will not rely on their father to have a little power, and dare to be a woman from a good family in the street!"
Su Yuqing opened his mouth and couldn't answer, but Su Xiaoliu beside Su Yuqing tilted his mouth, "Fart, what kind of good family girl are you? You are obviously an Oiran who escaped from Guangyue Tower, your name, yes, your name is Yuxiang, my son-in-law went to prostitute you a few days ago!"
Captain Yu Buchang, who was riding on a horse, and all the soldiers under him laughed strangely, Ximen Yushuang was trembling with anger by Su Xiaoliu, and was just about to scold back, Tang Jiusheng had already arrived in front of Su Xiaoliu like lightning, except for a few people such as Zhao Lingzun and the fat man, no one could see how he got to Su Xiaoliu.
Before Su Xiaoliu could react, Tang Jiusheng, who had already arrived in front of him like lightning, hit a big mouth six or seven feet away, fell to the ground, lost more than a dozen teeth, and couldn't get up after lying on the ground for a long time, Tang Jiusheng said disdainfully: "A slave who makes a dog for people, and a woman who dares to insult Lao Tzu?" Su Yuqing was shocked when he saw this, turned around and quickly hid behind Qiu Yingxiang, he hid his heart, thinking that you won't beat women, right?
Ximen Yushuang said happily, "Xianggong is good!"
Su Changlin's lips trembled, and just wanted to speak, Tang Jiusheng's figure flickered, and he had already taken him off the horse and fell to the ground, before the knife in the hand of the captain Yu Buchang was lifted, Tang Jiusheng shot again, lifted Yu Buchang off the horse, and threw him and Su Changlin together, Yu Buchang fell off the saber in his hand, and he couldn't struggle for a long time.
Su Yuqing was shocked, his outstretched tongue had not retracted, and it was also lifted out from behind Qiu Yingchun by Tang Jiusheng, and he was thrown on the ground with his back facing the sky, and fell together with his father.
Tang Jiusheng stepped forward, stepped on Su Yuqing's chest, and gave him a cold smile: "Animal, I have given you a chance again and again, but unfortunately you have been obsessed with it again and again. Turning back to Ximen Yushuang, he asked Su Yuqing, "Do you know who she is?" Su Yuqing shook his head in fear, indicating that he didn't know.
Tang Jiusheng slapped Su Yuqing and lifted him up from the ground, "Grandson, tell you, her name is Ximen Yushuang, she almost became the concubine of the Lingnan King more than a month ago, and now the whole Jianghu knows that I snatched her from the Lingnan King to be his wife, you are a woman who can only rely on your father for everything, and even Yin Chun is not as good as a waste, a dog-like thing, and you also want to rob Lao Tzu's woman?"
Hearing that the other party had robbed the woman of the King of Lingnan, Su Yuqing's face suddenly turned like earth, "Tang Gongzi, I really don't know that she is Ximen Yushuang, this time I really beg you to let me go, from now on I will reform and never dare again." ”
Tang Jiusheng threw Su Yuqing on the ground casually, and said with a disdainful expression: "Killing someone like you is like stepping on an ant to death, and I'm afraid of dirty my hands! Originally, I was very unimpressed with the fact that I was born in the National Teacher's Mansion and was born with a hereditary title. But today I see your unproductive virtue, and I really want to kill your father and your mother!"
Su Changlin, who was originally thrown on the ground, was already thinking about a way out in his mind, and suddenly heard Tang Jiusheng threaten to kill Su Yuqing's father and mother in public, Qiu Yingchun and Su Changlin looked at each other in shock. With the skills of this young man in white, taking the head of a general in an army is as easy as digging into a bag, and it can be said that it is even easier to kill both of them.
Tang Jiu stared at Su Yuqing to death, "Do you know why I want to kill your father and mother?" Su Yuqing stood in front of Tang Jiusheng at a loss, shook his head in fear, and didn't dare to speak.
Tang Jiusheng sneered: "You are so arrogant and domineering in Huzhou Mansion today, and you were beaten up by a woman instead of robbing a woman on the street, how ridiculous and useless are you? Your father and mother not only don't know how to discipline their son, but they bring people to support you as a loser, how ridiculous you can be, how confused your father and mother are! If you offend a prince with a heavy army today, I think you have to have people behead the whole house!"
Su Changlin's face was full of shame, he slowly got up from the ground, picked up the gauze hat that fell on the ground, and put it on the top of his head, Qiu Yingchun came over to help him pat the dust on the official uniform, Su Changlin had already thought about it when he was lying on the ground, since the ancients could suffer the humiliation of the crotch, so could I, the county guard of Huzhou, Su Changlin bowed to Tang Jiusheng, "Tang Juren, the official and his wife have no way to teach their children, so you can see and laugh!"
Qiu Yingchun reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "If Tang Gongzi doesn't dislike it, can he deign to come to our Su family?"
Tang Jiusheng smiled, "Let's go, I just wanted to go to your mansion to chat with you." Tang Jiusheng turned around, "Brothers, hard work, let's go to the county guard's mansion." Everyone agreed, got on the horse together, and Captain Yu Buchang also got up from the ground. Su Changlin got on the horse, Qiu Yingchun got into the carriage, and went to the county guard mansion together, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed.
Tang Jiusheng rode on a horse, walking on the largest Tongzheng Street in Huzhou Prefecture, and seemingly unintentionally glanced at a little beggar with a ragged face covered with dust on the side of the street, the little beggar looked at the people in the distance, and laughed, "Now the Su family kicked the iron plate, hahaha."
The Su Mansion with the garden style of the south of the Yangtze River is really good, the courtyard is deep and elegant, the mountains are stacked with stones, there are exquisite and abnormal pavilions and corridors next to the small artificial lake, there are fragrant flowers and green grass potted pine scenery South Lake strange stones all around, and there are also bamboo repairs to cover the backdrop, the vines and roses are dripping green, the winding path is secluded, it is really a good scenery!
In the living room of the Su family, there was a sumptuous banquet, and Yin Sheng, who was sitting side by side with Tang Jiusheng, smiled at Su Changlin, who was humbly and constantly toasting, "Su County Shou is really a good enjoyment, this small Huzhou County Shou private house is probably not worse than your father-in-law, Lu Guogong Qiu Jie's mansion, right?"
Su Changlin's eyelids jumped, with his experience in the public gate for so many years, this son-in-law surnamed Yin has an extraordinary bearing, and when he mentioned his father-in-law, Qiu Jie, the Duke of Lu Guogong, also had an expression of indifference, maybe he has some relatives with the current emperor's family, and I am afraid that he is also a child of a family who cannot be provoked, after thinking about it, he said: "Gongzi Yin said that it is funny, our Su family is still a little worse than the Lu Guogong Mansion." ”
Su Changlin, Qiu Yingchun and his wife, plus Tang Jiusheng, Fatty, Yin Sheng, Gao Chongyang, Sun Jiangdong, Ximen Yushuang, Shui Ruyue, plus the Huzhou captain Yu Buchang, a total of ten people at the same table, Su Yuqing could only be reduced to pouring wine for everyone, at this time he no longer dared to think about Shui Ruyue and Ximen Yushuang.
Tang Jiusheng smiled and said, "Today I originally wanted to kill Su Jun Shou and Ling Gongzi, but then I changed my mind temporarily. The chopsticks of the county guard Su Changlin who was holding the dish shook involuntarily, and the dish fell into the bowl, Su Changlin smiled reluctantly: "Thank you Tang Gongzi's men for their mercy!"
Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "Don't thank me, you saved yourself." With the respect of the county guard, you can get up from the ground and endure humiliation and bow and apologize in public, instead of choosing to die with me, this is the basic psychological quality that a person who does great things should have, and this is one of the reasons why I don't kill you. But your godson is really helpless, if Master Su and I change places, my father can beat me to death. ”
Su Changlin blushed, glared at Su Yuqing fiercely, and said: "It is true that I have no way to teach my son, and I will inevitably discipline the dog strictly from now on, and there will never be anything like this happening again." ”
Tang Jiusheng took a mouthful of cold vegetables, put them in his mouth and ate them, and then said slowly: "I have the gold medal given by the emperor in my hand, and for officials below the third grade, you can cut it first and then play, today the trouble that Prince Su caused you is really not small, and now your head of Su Junshou can still be on your neck, you should feel lucky." It won't necessarily be so good next time. ”
Looking at Su Changlin, who was silent but holding a wine glass, Tang Jiusheng said: "There are no outsiders now, there are some things that don't need to be hidden, let's get straight to the point, if the King of Pingxi rebels one day, Huzhou is a place where soldiers must fight, what should you do if you are ready to defend the county? Stand on the side of the court or stand on the side of the King of Pingxi? To put it bluntly, for local officials, now is the time to bet on treasure and stand in line, and if you stand in the wrong team, you will die in the future." ”
Su Changlin said tentatively: "Then what does Tang Gongzi think this official should do?"
Tang Jiusheng sneered, "You are a dignified parent official in Huzhou, how can you ask me a little person for this kind of matter that is related to your family's life?"
Su Changlin pondered for a moment, and then said: "I personally think that the imperial court and the king of Pingxi should not be able to tell the winner in a short time, with the current conditions, Huzhou Mansion may not be able to hold it in the end and fall into the hands of the king of Pingxi, but the final battle situation is not something that this official can say." ”
Tang Jiusheng glanced at Su Yuqing, "I didn't want to be an official before, I felt too tired like my father, and it was more comfortable to ignore the world alone, since I started to experience in the rivers and lakes two years ago, especially after meeting an unscrupulous gentleman like you, the heart of not wanting to be an official has become weaker and weaker." Some things have to be taken care of, and I am better than a person like you who dares to rob women on the street to be an official. ”
Su Yuqing's face was full of shame, and he didn't know how to answer.
Tang Jiusheng patted Su Yuqing on the shoulder, "Fortunately, you didn't become an official." People like you can't be literate, you can't do martial arts, and you can't even beat a woman. What use do you think you have now? Can you lead troops to fight? Can you govern one side? How can an official, like the parents of a common man, go out on the street to rob other people's wives and daughters for his own selfish desires? Is that different from bandits in the mountains?"
"What common people don't hope that their parents and officials are blue sky, clear as water, and as clear as a mirror? And who wants officials to be corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and to prey on the common people at will? As a child of a family, you should know best that many families are defeated in the hands of the second and third generations, just because they don't know how to cherish the blessings, rely on the remnants of their ancestors, do misdeeds, and finally die and the clan is wiped out. Isn't it sad to be born rich and short-sighted?"
Tang Jiusheng turned his face to Su Changlin and said: "Lord Su, as the parent official of Huzhou, you should think more about the people here, this is also the land of fish and rice, there will definitely be a big war at that time, whether you can defend it or not in the future, you have to defend it if you can't defend it, even if you really can't hold it, that's the reason for the war, and it's not your sin, but if you don't surrender without a fight, I will come to take your head at that time." ”
Su Yuqing's face was not very good-looking, but he didn't refute it. Tang Jiusheng glanced sideways at Yu Buchang again, "Captain Yu, your martial arts still need to be practiced, and your soldiers must be practiced even more, otherwise once a big war breaks out, with your current skills, you can fight the common people, and I think it's really enough to fight." Of course, if there is a real fight, I will send someone to support you. ”
Yu Buchang was silent. Qiu Yingchun suddenly asked, "Tang Gongzi, then your Tang family is betting on the imperial court?"
Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "Our Tang family is not betting on treasure, but will fight for the people." Otherwise, what is the meaning of the existence of the national teacher? This time, our Tang family can not investigate Su Yuqing's robbery of a woman from a good family on the street, but I hope you can make meritorious contributions, otherwise our Tang family national teacher will take this matter to Your Majesty, and you all know what the consequences will be. ”
Su Changlin and Yu Buchang looked at each other and nodded silently.
Tang Jiusheng added: "I'm not threatening you, but I have something to say, don't think that some things will pass when I leave this place, I will always let people keep an eye on this place in Huzhou, if there is a mistake, I will definitely punish both crimes." My strength, you have seen it today, I really want to kill, and I don't need any gold medals or holy decrees. ”
Qiu Yingchun smiled sadly, "Aren't you threatening us yet?"
Tang Jiusheng said with a smile: "Of course I hope that Master Su and Captain Yu can do more good things for the people, instead of letting their sons and nephews bully others, today even the two adults have brought troops out to protect the calves, do you say that it is not a shame to be ashamed? I thank you for the people of Huzhou Mansion today, if you are righteous with me and talk about friendship, then I will also be righteous and talk about friendship." Of course, if everyone has their own thoughts, then it will be unbearable. ”
Su Changlin smiled, "Give a sweet date to eat with a slap, Tang Gongzi has the means." ”
Tang Jiusheng smiled casually, "I'm a very straightforward person, this is not a means, I told you everything I want to do! Otherwise, everyone doesn't say it directly, do you think it's interesting to guess each other in circles? I'm half Jianghu and half officialdom, it's not the same as you, after all, you have obvious goals, you can't go away with a big family, I'm a single person." ”
Qiu Yingchun suddenly smiled, "You are not a single person, you have two beautiful wives." ”