The Fourth Episode: The Legend of the Cat Ghost (57) - Celebration Banquet
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That night in the flower hall, the two got to know each other better, and in the process of wholeheartedly assisting King Ying, they gradually got into touch with each other. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info King Ying was promoted to the crown prince, and four years passed in a hurry, and the original prince had ascended the throne as the emperor, but the situation in the court and China was still complicated, and disputes continued.
When Han Wei first received the letter sent by Wang Guangyuan from Qizhou, he felt strange in his heart, why did Guangyuan attach great importance to this "Lan Yuanxiao"? Although he had not directly dealt with this little Lan Da, he had really heard a lot of rumors. Except for the protection of his brother, such a stubborn and arrogant person is afraid that he will not survive more than a day in the palace! What is there about him that Guangyuan should value?
Wang Guangyuan mentioned in the letter that he was the one who accepted the official family and suppressed the queen mother, although he also intended to test this little blue lord, he really didn't have much expectations. And now that the Hidden Fire Army has been restructured into the "Hidden Fire Division", directly bypassing the restrictions of the troop transfer regulations, such a situation, I am afraid that half a month ago, he would not even dare to think about it.
If Lan Yuanxiao showed the ability to be equal to this result, Wang Guangyuan would not be like he was now. In addition to having a few unpleasant fights with the god sword hunter, this person also made a superficial article about doing a night patrol and visiting the fire. His own actions seem to be remarkable, but what happened around him is worth studying.
During his overseeing of the fire administration, two rare fires broke out in the capital. If it were someone else, there would have been as many twists and turns of the impeachment as there were snowflakes flying all over the sky. As a result, it was precisely these two fires that helped him, not only made the official family and the queen mother win the hearts of the people, but also made him famous, and even achieved a "five" admired by all the people.
The people have such an atmosphere of pursuing the "five times", and then a Shen Kuo emerged in the political arena, sparse the water dragon, except for the occupation of the road, and changed the costumes of the team...... It's all magical.
Those proposals on Shen Kuo's fold inspired Wang Guangyuan, allowing him to figure out many details that he had not figured out before, and then he had the opportunity to recommend those improved methods to His Majesty. It was also because of Wang Guangyuan that Sima Guangqi went sideways and created a "latent fire division".
These things seem to be unrelated, but they are one after another.
When Han Wei first heard this, he always felt that Wang Guangyuan had exaggerated the role of Lan Yuanxiao, and I was afraid that there were many things that were the tricks of the Imperial City to make Lan Yuanzhen. But as events unfolded in the past few days, he began to reminisce:
Who contributed to the restructuring of the Submarine Fire Army?
It's not Sima Junshi alone!
Lan Yuanzhen and Lan Yuanxiao are the people of the Empress Dowager Gao, Shen Kuo and Jian Shi are the people of the King of Chang, Sima Guang is the people of the Empress Dowager Cao, and we are from the official family...... As usual, everyone will do everything possible to block political opponents, and what the other party wants to do will never be easy for him to achieve. However, it is these political enemies who are usually stubborn and stubborn that have worked together to contribute to today's result.
Han Wei couldn't help but sigh: I'm afraid that there is no one in the DPRK who can do things like Lan Yuanxiao!
People who are in politics are either ruthless, or clever, dead-skinned, or moderate and tactful...... You always have to have a skill to survive in the court. Among the many skills, there is also a stunt, which can not be sought, that is, "luck", some people are incompetent and talentless, but their official luck is prosperous, just by virtue of the word "blessing". And Lan Yuanxiao seems to be such a lucky general!
Wang Guangyuan thought that things were not so simple, and he always vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he really couldn't tell the difference based on the secret report sent back from the capital. He really wanted to face this little blue lord face to face and see what kind of person he really was!
Thinking like this, the idea of returning to Beijing as soon as possible suddenly ignited in his heart.
Originally, he discussed with Han Weidu, and first invited Wang Anshi to Beijing to preside over the overall situation. Wang Anshi can preside over the new policy in front of the stage, and Wang Guangyuan can deal with those brainless ministers behind the scenes. It's just that Wang Anshi's attitude is always ambiguous, which makes Wang Guangyuan and Han Wei a little uncertain.
After thinking about it, Wang Guangyuan sent another letter to Han Wei, saying that the "lucky general" of the Empress Dowager Gao is probably also our "lucky general", and we can use his hand to let ourselves return to Beijing from Qizhou one step earlier, as long as we plan well!
From Wang Guangyuan's letter, Han Wei knew that this matter was nine out of ten, and he was overjoyed.
After the book, Wang Guangyuan still has a request. He said that the official family was very disgusted with Lan Yuanxiao, and he admonished him several times, but the official family didn't seem to listen. If you want to use Lan Yuanxiao, you must also let the official family "treat" this person, and for the sake of the overall situation, please ask Lord Han to come forward to persuade the official family.
I'm afraid that in this world, there is only Lord Han's words, and the officials will not disobey.
Some people take the sheep by the hand, and some people push the boat along the river, just because of these factional disputes, the four major drawbacks of the capital firefighting that Chris said have all been improved, which can also be said to be the will of the people and public opinion.
Today, Wuban is another successful firefight, and Huangfu Wuya asked people to prepare a banquet in the barracks hall and gather everyone to celebrate. Recently, people are really in good spirits on happy occasions, and this is about to turn from autumn to winter, but everyone's faces are full of spring breeze.
Because of the last fire, Chris was recognized by everyone five times, and now she is free to come and go. She went back to the White Camel Villa for a few days, and came five times, she was also investigating, but she still wanted to learn about the follow-up investigation of the Qiao family's mansion from the sword shop.
Jian Shi was busy investigating the case, and he never came to the five times.
Tonight he was at the feast, but he came.
As soon as Jian Shi saw Lan Yuanxiao, he smiled and said, "Master is here to reward you today!"
Chris turned his head to look, only to see a few catchers carrying a few jars of wine into the hall.
She deliberately disdainfully said: "A few jars of wine, you want to send me away?"
The sword shop beckoned, and a catcher opened a jar of wine seal first, and a strong aroma of wine emanated.
Chris sniffed his nose and exclaimed, "Meishou!"
Wow! This exploded the pot, and everyone gathered around, each swallowing their saliva, and said in their hearts that they were blessed with wine today.
"Do you know how much money these jars of wine cost?" Jian Shi glanced at the Emperor Fu Wuya who was seated again, and said, "Lord Huangfu can testify, is this reward 'heavy'?"
The emperor is boundless but smiling, but he has already made a cup of "Meishou" for himself.
It was only later when Chris drank with Cao Kai that he realized how exaggerated Pan Lou's bill for drinking with Cao Kai and Chu Hao that night was.
"Your Excellency is very sincere today!" Chris couldn't help but praise.
The people sat on the floor and drank and talked merrily. At first, everyone toasted each other in a similar way, but after a few rounds, the atmosphere became relaxed and people were not so restrained.
Cai Xiaotong sat in front of Chris and Xiong Daiying with a wine bowl, raised his glass and said, "I'll give you a glass." ”
The two of them smiled and raised their glasses, and both drank them all.
Just finished toasting, Cai Xiaotong had no intention of leaving.
Although he is a desperate Saburo on the fire, he is quite shy in private, and he opened the conversation with the strength of wine.
"Lord Xiaolan, thank you for doing a great thing for the people of the capital!" Cai Xiaotong said very sincerely, "If it weren't for you to supervise the fire administration, I'm afraid there would be no five times today!"
Asking civilians to join the firefighting team is strictly speaking, a practice that violates military regulations. They used to be very cautious and cautious in fighting fires, firstly, they were protected by Lord Huangfu, and secondly, Cai Tong had worked in the submarine fire army all his life, and he also had some prestige and connections.
The opportunity for these non-staff personnel to join Wuban has something to do with "Cai Xiaotong" himself. Cai Xiaotong's height is actually not qualified to join the forbidden army, in order not to let his son's dream come to naught, Cai Tong pulled down his old face and spent money to entrust people, so that he barely passed the test and entered the submarine fire army. Later, the father and son were transferred from different teams to join the "five fans", and they both worked as errands under Huangfu Wuya. When he first entered the camp, Huangfu Wuya asked Cai Tong if there was any way to improve the efficiency of firefighting, but Cai Tong only said some well-known things at that time, and did not say much. However, after he had been under the hands of Huangfu Wuya for a long time, he knew that this lord was not like other officers, he acted cautiously, but he was not rigid, and he was by no means rigid in everything. Cai Tong has long seen many advantages from his son that are incomparable to big people. The ability to fight fires is not determined by the scale of a ruler! So at an appropriate opportunity, Cai Tong told his true opinion. Divide the work of people with different abilities, and the strong men of the forbidden army are the elites of the "throwing team" and the "mahjong team", and then hire civilians to join the "logistics force". Among them, the masons who are familiar with the construction of houses become the "demolition team", the agile running hall becomes the "fire treading team", and the porters with amazing endurance become the "transport team...... After listening to Cai Tong's suggestion, Huangfu Wuya let him have full authority to manage the "five times", and later Cai Tong refined the division of labor, and gradually formed the current five times.
Now they don't have to worry about being found out from above, because they are about to become regular.
On public and private, Cai Xiaotong is grateful.
Chris waved his hand: "I didn't do anything, I don't dare to take credit!"
Cai Xiaotong is not a slippery person, I think you said you didn't do it, but it doesn't affect my opinion of you. He put the wine jug on the ground with a "bang", glared at the sword shop sitting next to him, and said frankly: "Actually, when the Marquis brought you here five times, I was really unhappy!"
Jian Yan glanced at Cai Tou'er, and from the look on his face, he knew that Cai Xiaotong's "unhappy" was probably a very euphemistic statement. Xindao: It seems that if you hadn't pulled the boy at the beginning, he would have fought with me a long time ago, right?
Cai Xiaotong poured himself another glass of wine, faced the sword, and said: "Lord Marquis, I will punish myself with a cup and make amends with you, don't blame me for being short-sighted and judging people by my appearance!"
Chris thought it was strange, this thing seemed to be talking about me, why did he make reckless reparations against the sword?
I'm afraid Chris himself is the one in this hall who doesn't understand the voiceover.
Thanks to the propaganda of the puppy cub, the rumor that Jian Shi and Lan Yuanxiao are "good in Longyang" has basically been widely accepted, so although Cai Xiaotong is not used to seeing Lan Yuanxiao, he blames Jian Shi for blaming him for putting his good looks into Wufan and causing chaos for everyone!
Chris interjected and asked, "Little boy, do you think I'm good-looking when you say 'judge people by their appearance'?"
Chris suddenly asked, Cai Xiaotong subconsciously said "um", then made a big red face, and then hurriedly said: "What about looking good, I almost punched you in the face at the beginning!"
"When?" Chris didn't think he had offended him at any time!
Jian Yan also asked in his heart: Don't look at the little boy who looks delicate and delicate, but his temper is like fire! When did you offend him?
"That night there was a fire in Stone Village, and when we first met, you stared at my black words, so rude, I almost punched you with black eyes!"
Chris recalled that under the firelight that night, he saw that there seemed to be a trace on Cai Xiaotong's face, but if you looked closely, it was a row of tattooed small characters.
She pointed to his face and asked, "You mean the tattoo on your face?"
Cai Xiaotong nodded.
"Why do you want to hit me when you have a tattoo?" Chris swallowed and foamed, "I just want to see what the tattoo is!"
"What's so nice! It's just the number of the team when I first joined the Forbidden Army!"
As soon as Chris heard him, he came closer, only to realize that the row of small letters was indeed a numerical number.
Jian Shi understood this, took a sip of wine, and said in his heart: The little boy has never liked the black characters on his face, stinky boy, you still have to stare at it, and said busily: "Soon, Wuban will be under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Mansion, if you don't like the black characters, just do it!"
Cai Xiaotong nodded slightly, as if he was considering Jian Shi's proposal.
The fat foot sat opposite them, and said loudly: "I won't get rid of it, although I have retired from the Forbidden Army, but I am a member of the Hidden Fire Army! Even if I am under the control of Master Yin in the future, I am still a soldier!"
"Phew!" Cai Xiaotong turned around and pointed at the fat plantar nose and scolded: "What a bird, why did you ask your uncle to spend that large sum of money to 'change the word'?"
The fat foot said aggrievedly: "My mother didn't tell me, secretly asked my uncle to do it!" She said that she was stabbed in the face, afraid that I would not find my daughter-in-law in the future, but in fact, I don't think it is anything on the face!"
"You are stabbed in the upper arm, but you are talking cool at this time, do you want to find a fight?" Cai Xiaotong said fiercely.
Chris likes beautiful tattoo patterns, whether it was influenced by his uncle Mark, or he told Chris that tattoos were actually invented by Chinese. However, she didn't know that in ancient China, "joining the army" required tattooing on the face as a mark, and it was also to prevent soldiers from escaping. The military uniforms of the Song Dynasty were crimson, and recruiting soldiers into the army was also called "joining the red nationality", and if people scolded the soldiers, they were also scolded as "little red guys".
In the Great Song Dynasty, those who had tattoos on their faces, except for soldiers, were criminals! All good sons and men went to take the imperial examination and took the official career, and if it were not for the poverty of their families and the necessity of doing so, no one would want to send their children to join the army. Even the ballad sings "Good iron does not nail, good son is not a soldier!", therefore, no one is willing to marry their daughter to a soldier, and then the family is discriminated against.