The old people are happy to meet, is there a glass of turbid wine?

The Qianlong Palace, which is empty on weekdays, is more lively today.

The Great Prince knelt below, and the Holy Emperor sat on the dragon chair with an expressionless face. There was a little eunuch standing beside the Holy Emperor, he was originally just standing outside the main hall, he had been outside the main hall for three or four years, and he had never stepped into the highest power center of the Holy Dynasty for half a step, and he didn't even dare to look at him, he could only watch the officials who were embroidered with all kinds of birds and beasts on their official uniforms go in and out, and watched the big eunuch who was red and purple in the past take small steps every day, and hurriedly ran into the main hall with the swing of his robe. After that, the door of the main hall was closed, and he couldn't hear or hear what was being said inside, but he knew that it was a very glorious thing to be by the Holy Emperor's side, but it was a pity that this glory was blocked by this door for him.

This door blocked his glory and scenery from the outside, he had doubts, and he was unwilling, but what could he do with a little eunuch waiting for the door, the big eunuch couldn't look down on him, and the major officials couldn't catch up, so he could only pin his hopes on the ghosts and gods.

He found an opportunity, changed shifts once, and spent a great price to quietly leave the palace once.

This little eunuch didn't go out of the palace to find a widow like Hao Lianying, he immediately found the most famous Xiangshi in Chang'an, and begged the Xiangshi to see when he could soar with a dead face.

The scholar annoyed him, but he couldn't get rid of him, so he could only give him eight words.

"Lotus is self-defeating, and loyalty is in charge. ”

When he got this eight-character proverb, he kowtowed to the scholar and returned to the palace happily.

After that, he also changed his name from Li Xian to Li Zhongxian.

Two months after the name change, the great joy fell on his head, Hao Lianying went to the Huanyi Bureau to be a palm print eunuch, and the Holy Emperor always needed a eunuch to run errands and pass the word, so he Li Zhongxian was called in.

It is said that a companion is like a tiger, although it is his lifelong dream to enter the Qianlong Palace to serve the Holy Emperor, but when it comes to this day, he is still a little flustered. The Holy Emperor's coercion overwhelmed him.

The young little eunuch could only bite the tip of his tongue, control the fear in his heart, and try not to let his body tremble too much, after all, in addition to him in the entire hall now, the other two may be the helmsmen of this holy dynasty now and in the future.

The Holy Emperor glanced at this little eunuch, after all, he was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, and it was inevitable to be a little panicked, it was not easy to have a satisfactory eunuch by his side, but that person made a mistake again, and he could only cultivate another one.

"You go and wait outside the door, and I will summon you when something happens. Hearing the Holy Emperor's order, the little eunuch gritted his teeth and walked out with his head down.

Before leaving, he also closed the door of the main hall.

Seeing the little eunuch go out, the Holy Emperor's face suddenly turned cold.

"Xuanyuan Chi, you are really okay, I just said to give you a promise, you will come to ask for the position of the crown prince, how anxious are you!"

The Holy Emperor's eyes narrowed, and a dangerous aura emanated from his body.

Xuanyuan immediately lowered his head, fell to the ground and said, "Father, the child has no disrespect. It's just that looking at the rest of the brothers, Chi'er doesn't think that the rest of the people have the ability to succeed the unification!"

As soon as these words came out, the Holy Emperor snorted coldly, and blood overflowed from Xuanyuan's mouth.

However, he still said stubbornly: "The second brother has no courage and no strategy, and although the tenth brother is benevolent, he is still young, and benevolence cannot support a big country! As for the others, they are even less qualified!"

The Holy Emperor looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"The emperor is in the prime of life, and age is never a problem. ”

Beads of sweat gradually fell on the forehead of the eldest prince Xuanyuan, and he ignored a problem, his father's cultivation was enough to make him two to three times the age of ordinary people, and he was too much Meng Lang, exposing his ambition.

As for you, stay in the pool well, whether you can become a dragon or not depends on the emperor's mood!"

The eldest prince lowered his head, bit his lip and said, "The minister there has something else to ask for!"

After all, the Holy Emperor is the king of a country, and he rejected his request to become the crown prince, but the promise was said by him in front of all the ministers, how could he take it back at will, and now that the Great Prince has something else to ask for, the Holy Emperor will naturally not cheat.

"Say it. ”

The eldest prince lay on the ground and said a few words.

The Holy Emperor groaned, thought for a while, glanced at the eldest prince and said, "This emperor will not help you make the decision in this matter, if you can convince General Fan, if he agrees, I naturally have no opinion." ”

The eldest prince was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said, "Thank you, Father!" After finishing speaking, he saw the Holy Emperor waving his hand, and he walked out of the main hall.

"Ruthless, arrogant! If it is a troubled time, it is naturally the same master, but now it is the emperor's world, the prosperous world!"

......

Midsummer June.

The room was as hot as a steamer when the sun came out, and it was not until late afternoon that a cool breeze blew.

Looking at the yellowish afterglow of the sunset, blowing a cool breeze, sitting upstairs, drinking wine, this is the most comfortable time for Xu Changan recently.

Under the influence of Jiang Ming, anyway, the world is peaceful, and he also wants to hang up the big seal and Liang Guan and run back to the mountain, but because Jiang Ming did it before him, King Jin and Xiaofuzi have a feeling of rumors, and even Xu Chang'an has to report to the two of them when he goes out of the city, and someone has to follow.

Not only that, the little master was afraid that Xu Changan would be bored in Chang'an City, and he also held various ancient books for him to study, which made Xu Changan even more distressed and reminded him of the time when he was beaten by Uncle Shi with a ring ruler when he didn't read.

Seeing Xu Changan like this, the happiest person is Shen Lang, whether it is in Shuofang or Chuijiang, Xu Changan will assign him homework and let him study if he has nothing to do, but this time it is Xu Changan's turn, which makes him feel like he has a big revenge.

Xu Changan naturally wouldn't let him relax, so he let Shen Lang accompany him.

Shen Lang's happiness lasted less than two days, and he couldn't help but sigh: "No, look up, who will be spared by the sky." ”

In addition, the little master saw that Shen Lang was smart and had good roots, and wanted to accept him as a registered disciple, but was rejected by Shen Lang, who knows if he would be forced to take the top prize exam if he became a registered disciple.

Xu Changan could only think of another way, and when Shushan began to accept apprentices in the summer, he would send him to Shushan to try.

As for Xiaobai, Xu Changan and Shen Lang didn't have time to accompany it, but it found its own paradise.

He inherited the excellent genes of his father Lao Hei, which attracted countless little female cats in Chang'an City to be fascinated by it.

What's more, it has also found a few children's "gambling nests", and its pai gow skills are becoming more and more sophisticated.

Such days are peaceful and painful, and only when the sun goes down can Xu Changan find an opportunity to sit down and drink some wine and blow the wind.

Xue Pan has not officially joined the company, and he and Chen Tianhua are still helping him manage several buildings in Pingkangfang.

He didn't want to go to Pingkangfang when he drank, he used to like to be lively, but now he likes to drink quietly and blow the wind.

This is an ordinary restaurant, and in the evening, there are fewer people, after all, the night in Pingkang Fang is more beautiful than the night in other places.

Xu Changan was drinking wine when he heard a crackling reverberation.

He tilted his head to look over, only to see a scholar-like figure fall to the ground, the scholar's hands and face were cut by the fragments of utensils that fell from the table, there were many small scars on it, and the blood slowly stained the scholar's cheeks and hands.

On the other side of him, there is a big man.

The big man had a beard on his face, his eyebrows were angry, his teeth were bared, and his eyes were as big as copper bells.

Xu Changan was a little annoyed when he saw this scene.

The weak scholar was bullied by a bearded man, and he couldn't stand by and watch this kind of thing.

The scholars he met made a deep impression on him.

Chai Xintong is affectionate, righteous and chic; Lu Ziang, a scholar, is affectionate and careless; not to mention today's little master, he always gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

Although Xu Changan has been forced to study recently, his impression of the little master is like a spring breeze has declined a little.

He stood up and walked over to the scholar.

The scholar looked at the big man with a frightened face, his hands on the ground, and he stepped back step by step, ignoring the blood on his cheeks.

At this time, the shopkeeper stood beside the scholar at a loss, and when he saw Xu Changan coming over and wanted to help the scholar, he grabbed Xu Changan.

"Guest, don't worry, this person is very fierce. ”

"Do you know this man?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said, the one who beat people is a butcher, in addition to scaring people, in fact, both the price and the reputation are very good, never short of catties and short two, but today I don't know what crazy I had, I went to my restaurant, and beat this scholar to death. ”

Xu Changan was wearing a green shirt, although it was not very gorgeous, but it was also plain, plus his waist was straight, he had experienced the baptism of war, and his temperament was good, so the shopkeeper was afraid that he would be involved in the incident, so he said a few more words to him.

"What about this scholar?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I don't know, the face is tight." ”

Xu Changan thought about it, and then whispered to the shopkeeper: "Report to the official, let Jing Zhaoyin deal with it tomorrow." ”

The tip of the big man's ears, even if Xu Changan lowered his voice, it was also heard by the big man.

"What kind of official, this guy is very slippery, I can't tell when I get to the court!"

Xu Changan stood up and immediately replied: "As long as you are reasonable, why can't you tell clearly?"

The big man glared at him fiercely, then frowned, and it took a long time to come up with a sentence: "Anyway, I can't tell!"

Xu Changan was so angry that he laughed at this scoundrel.

After Dahan finished speaking, he ignored Xu Changan, but stared at the scholar and shouted: "Just now, I had the ability to slander me in the court, and I suffered thirty boards from my grandfather, why don't you have the courage to compete with your grandfather now?"

As he spoke, he lifted the scholar up with one hand and raised his fist with the other.

Xu Changan naturally couldn't let the scholar be hurt, so he immediately made a move, lightly, and pointed on the wrist of the big man, where could the big man stand Xu Changan's light touch, so he let go of his hand, and the scholar fell to the ground, seeing that the big man kept shaking that hand, it seemed to be very painful, grinning and stamping his feet, seeing that the big man had no time to pay attention to himself, he got under the table.

Xu Changan naturally noticed this scene and frowned.

But he didn't care about the scholar and looked at the big man.

"You young man, you have a bit of strength, but you are quite unreasonable. ”

Xu Changan was so angry that he blew the bangs scattered on his forehead and said: "You hurt people in front of you, you add your fists and feet, and no one is allowed to report to the official, I stopped you from committing murder, why am I unreasonable." ”

When Dahan heard this, he frowned, scratched his head, remembered the scholar, dragged the scholar out of the table and said, "You tell him, I can't tell him!"

The scholar was so frightened by him that he hugged his head, how could he speak, the big man sighed and threw the scholar on the ground.

Xu Changan's eyebrows and eyes were full of anger, although he was thinner than the big man, and the big man was ordinary after all, Xu Changan grabbed him and threw him to the ground, but Xu Changan did not hurt anyone and controlled the strength.

The big man turned over, got up, and took out a bone-piercing knife from his waist, and there were still blood stains on the knife.

Xu Changan saw that the big man wanted to commit murder, and he was immediately furious, and his clenched fist was flushed with red, as long as this punch was solid, the big man would have to lie down for several months.

But before he went out with his fist, he saw that he was about to hit the big man's body, only to see a folding fan fly out and hit his fist. Xu Changan saw that this folding fan was very familiar, and while he was thinking, he saw a voice coming over: "This brother is slow, wait for me to explain the cause and effect to you." ”

Xu Changan was quite familiar with this voice, and looked at the entrance of the building, only to see a young man in white walking up.

When the two met, they were stunned at the same time, and then hugged each other tightly.

"Chai Xintong, why did you come to Chang'an?"

Dahan saw that Chai Xintong, who was helping him speak, and Xu Changan, who was fighting with him, hugged each other, and subconsciously took half a step back.

Seeing this, Chai Xintong immediately said: "Don't worry, we are all reasonable people, I understand your affairs clearly, I told him, he will help you make the decision." ”

Chai Xintong said and pointed at Xu Changan.

The big man's eyes widened and he said, "Can he help me make the decision?"

Then he muttered, "It's good if he doesn't beat me!"

Chai Xintong patted Dahan on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there will be justice." ”

Chai Xintong waved his hand, only to see a table and a few chairs moved to him, he didn't care about the surprised eyes of others, helped the scholar up, put it on the chair, pointed to the vacant seat opposite the scholar, the big man understood, and the two sat down face to face.

There was no fear in the eyes of the big man, but there was some evasion and fear in the eyes of this scholar.

"I'll ask you. Chai Xintong looked at the big man.

"Did you kill a dog in the middle of the city at noon and get wounded? ”

The big man nodded, stretched out his left hand, rolled up his sleeve, and wrapped it in a layer of gauze, and red blood oozed out.

Chai Xintong turned to the scholar and asked, "Did you meet him on the street at noon?"

The scholar nodded.

Chai Xintong continued to ask: "The dog pounced on you, yes or no?"

The scholar nodded again.

Chai Xintong asked here, and saw that Xu Changan, who was still confused, said: "I, when I came to the city before, I looked at this man and wiped his tears again, so I asked about the situation and found an interesting thing, but I didn't believe that this scholar in the world would do such a thing, so I went to investigate, and let this big man come to find this scholar." ”

Xu Changan nodded and asked, "Then you can talk about it." ”

Chai Xintong's originally kind face suddenly became serious, and his voice became a little majestic, and he asked with a hint of righteousness: "Is the dog playing with you, or does it want to hurt people!"

The scholar was drunk by Chai Xintong, and was stunned for a moment, so he could only say slowly: "That vicious dog wants to bite me!"

"This butcher was supposed to save you, why do you want to slander him in the court!"

The scholar immediately panicked and wanted to get under the table, but he was frightened by the big man before, and Chai Xintong drank it like this, as if he had no feet.

"Na Jia surnamed Dahu is a rare rich son in Chang'an City, today slipped a dog the size of a foal to the city, but the vicious dog suddenly went crazy and ran towards you, this butcher saw this, he didn't think much about it, picked up a sharp knife, and stabbed the throat of the vicious dog, but he was injured, isn't it!"

The scholar listened to Chai Xintong's words, as if Chai Xintong was also present, and said that the score was not bad, so he could only nod.

After the boy surnamed Jia saw that his dog died, he sued the butcher in court, and then Jia Gongzi found you and gave you a lot of silver, and you slandered the butcher in the court, saying that he was frolicking with the vicious dog, and the butcher killed the giant dog without saying anything, because there was a human witness, so the butcher was sentenced to compensate Jia Gongzi! But the price of this giant dog was so high that even the butcher could not pay back the meat he sold for another ten years, and when I found the butcher, he was sitting on the side of the road crying, with a sharp knife in his arms, and a rope tied to the tree next to him. When I went to his house, his house had already been smashed, and his wife and children were about to kill themselves by poisoning!"

Hearing Chai Xintong's words, the scholar lowered his head.

"I have checked you, you are a lifter, you have come to Chang'an for the first time, and after you have no words to meet Jiangdong's fathers, you have stayed in Chang'an to live a troubled life! As a scholar, you have no courage to face failure, no backbone to uphold justice, and no ambition to start over, what kind of face do you have to call yourself a scholar! A scholar of literature has his own ambition and arrogance in his heart, don't you know that Lu Ziang also fell to the top, but then he still asked for his life for Yue Di! As a person like you, even if he has thousands of poems and essays in his heart, he is not worthy of the three words of a scholar!"

After Chai Xintong finished speaking, the scholar's body continued to tremble and lowered his head.

Then he finally raised his head, his eyes were red, he gritted his teeth and looked at Chai Xintong and said: "So what, Jia Gongzi's father is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he said that as long as I help him, he will give me a petty official!"

He didn't know where he got the courage, stood up, pointed to the butcher and Chai Xintong and said: "I don't know where he found you, but can you fight with him! When I become an official, I will arrest you and torture you!"

Then he looked at Chai Xintong, Chai Xintong was not gorgeous in white, plus he had been in Chang'an for many years, and knew that Chang'an did not have such a number one person, so he said: "Look at you, you are just a poor scholar, what qualifications do you have to say about me, when I become an official, you have to write an article to praise me!"

Xu Changan and Chai Xintong sighed at the same time, both extremely disappointed in their hearts.

"The name, arrogance, ambition, and courage of the so-called scholars are worthless in my opinion!"

The scholar said viciously, he also jumped up, pointed at the butcher and said: "You killed Jia Gongzi's dog, he not only wants your family to be ruined, but also your life! I deliberately came out to lure you to appear, he should be here right now!"

Xu Changan's face was slightly hot, and he didn't expect that he had almost made a big mistake, so he shouted: "Stubborn!"

The scholar glanced at Xu Changan and said, "Another fool who wants to show justice!"

As he was talking, he heard footsteps from the corridor, accompanied by a voice: "Lao Tzu is not going to Pingkangfang tonight, he will kill the pig, Lao Tzu's treasure was bought from the west with a lot of money!"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he trembled with fright, but he thought that the butcher would often help others on weekdays, and there were a few times when he couldn't turn around, and he gave him meat on credit, so he mustered up the courage to push the butcher and Chai Xintong and said: "Run, I'll let him smash the store at most, and it'll be fine, jump off the balcony!"

The butcher looked at Chai Xintong apologetically, and then looked at the shopkeeper and said: "Thank you two, you can escape for a while, but you can't escape for a lifetime, it's a big deal not to want this life, and you two can't be implicated!"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Chai Xintong again, but found that the young man who stopped him from beating people laughed in reaction to the scholar with a folding fan.

"It is said that every righteous slaughterer is a dog, but today is a real sight, a real 'dog slaughterer'!" Xu Changan said lightly.

Then he grabbed Chai Xintong's shoulder and said, "Thank you!"

Chai Xintong was puzzled: "What do you say?"

Xu Changan smiled and said: "If I help the abuse, then how can I do it, after all, I am a person with status." Moreover, if a very good scholar I knew knew that I had not done a good job, he would have to skin me. ”

Chai Xintong's heart was full of emotion at this time, and he automatically ignored what Xu Changan said, "the very powerful reader at home".

The scholar looked at them with a look of disdain.

As he spoke, he saw a young man who was slightly fat, about twenty years old, walked up.

At first glance, he saw the butcher who killed his dog, and he hated it so much that he waved his hand and said to the family behind him: "Beat him to death for me!"

Those housekeepers rushed up, only to see a red wave of qi rushing over, and all those housekeepers were overturned to the ground.

Jia Gongzi, who was still the secretary of the Ministry of Works, saw Xu Changan standing beside the butcher clearly, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

When the scholar saw Jia Gongzi coming, he immediately greeted him and said, "Jia Ye, these two are nosy, and they have been killed!"

When Jia Gongzi heard this, he gave the scholar a slap in the face with his backhand.

This Xu Chang'an doesn't know anyone in Chang'an now, and he is almost listed as a figure of the same level as Jiang Ming, belonging to the kind of person who has the right and ability, this kind of person, not to mention him, is the wisdom and courage and loyalty that his father has come to see now, so he has to be respectful!

He immediately walked in front of Xu Chang'an and said respectfully: "I don't know that Zhongyihou is here, I disturbed Zhongyihou, it's a small mistake!"

Xu Changan raised his eyes and glanced at Jia Gongzi and said: "You are very majestic, I am not qualified to take care of these things, it is not my duty, I will wait for you at Jing Zhaoyin tomorrow, who is who must be clear, and him!"

When the scholar heard the words "loyalty, righteousness, and waiting", he was already sweating with fright.

Seeing that Jia Gongzi bit his lip and seemed a little unwilling, Xu Changan smiled and said, "If you don't go, if the Holy Emperor asks me to go with your father to meet me, then ......"

When Jia Gongzi heard this, beads of sweat fell down in big drops, and he kept bowing and said, "I'll go, I'll go." I will definitely give Zhongyihou a satisfactory answer!"

Xu Changan waved his hand and asked Jia Gongzi to roll with the people.

The shopkeeper, after knowing Xu Changan's identity, seemed to be even more scared than just now......

Seeing that they dispersed, Xu Changan glanced at Chai Xintong, Chai Xintong gently hammered Xu Changan's shoulder and said, "It's okay, loyalty, you have a good look!"

Xu Changan took him and said, "Go to the cold house for a drink?"

Chai Xintong shook his head and replied: "No, no, I came to Chang'an to have something to do, and when I went to your mansion, those people will have ideas." And ah, I came with an uncle, and now he's at the inn!"

Xu Changan thought for a while, and said with a sly smile: "Then go to Pingkangfang, your favorite flower wine!"

Chai Xintong pushed him away, his face was a little red, and he said, "Don't talk nonsense, I don't like it." ”

Then a whisper attached to Xu Changan's ear.

"Don't talk nonsense in the future, she's fierce now!"

Xu Changan looked at his appearance, and naturally knew who he was talking about, so he laughed.

"Alright, then here!"

Immediately, the shopkeeper immediately put on a few jars and some side dishes, Xu Changan looked at the shopkeeper and butcher who were a little uncomfortable, and laughed loudly: "Together, you are all good men with affection and righteousness, like my brother, drink one together!"

At first, the two were a little restrained, but later, the butcher also let go, and Xu Chang'an Chai Xintong called him brothers, and he had to give the two of them a few taels of meat.

......

Many years later, the butcher had a grandson, and he hugged his grandson and said, "Back then, grandpa also drank with the big guys!"

The child's big eyes sparkled, and he looked at his grandfather and asked, "How big is it?"

The old butcher did not answer him, but pointed to the sky.

The butcher and the scholar come from the allusion of "slaughtering dogs more than every righteous person" and processed it.