Chapter Twenty-Five: Smashing the Tea House
While Yi Dan was waiting for tea, he listened to the people at the table next to him, chatting lively. At this time, a very active man at the table, A, said to the others with a teacup: "Do you know? I heard that a few days ago, a man named Dong Yi in Chenzhou rebelled in Chenzhou under the banner of "Mo Ni"
When the others heard this, they gathered around. One of the men, B, said: "Yes, I have also heard, it seems that the villagers of Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Caizhou, and several prefectures and counties have joined, and the momentum is getting louder and louder. Now the imperial court is also sending people to encircle and suppress, but the imperial army's army has been defeated and retreated one after another, and I don't know how the future will develop."
Man C said: "Now that there are heroes everywhere, how long can you say that this big beam can last in the world?"
"Who knows, now in addition to the Khitans in the north, there is also the Jin King Li Cunqiao eyeing the Great Liang, as well as Wu Yue, Wu, Jing, Chu, Fujian, Shu, Han, and Annan in the south, all of which have become independent, and the world has been divided into more than a dozen countries. Da Liang occupies the Central Plains, and he is still nominally the ancestor of the world, but in fact, he can't control the princes from all walks of life at all," said Man A.
Man B stepped forward and whispered: "Yes, it was a mistake for the great grandfather to usurp Tang Jianliang at the beginning, and now it is a mess and cannot be recovered."
At this time, the teahouse junior brought the pot of Jiangnan spring tea to Yi Dan and asked, "May I ask the girl, do you want to pour it for you?"
Yi Dan raised his hand, put his index finger on his mouth, and signaled Xiao Er not to speak, Xiao Er looked back at the people gathered behind him, and then said to Yi Dan casually: "Hey, don't listen to their nonsense, it's all about drinking tea and being idle, bragging, most of what they say is rumors, girl, just listen to it as a joke, don't take it seriously"
Yi Dan nodded: "Well, thank you."
The shopkeeper poured the tea and turned to leave, Yi Dan still pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation of the people at the next table. At this time, the man A said, "Do you know how Grandpa Tai died?"
"Hey, who in the world doesn't know? He was stabbed to death by his son Zhu Youqi himself," said man B.
"You only know one thing, but you don't know the other, do you know why his son killed him?" said the man with relish.
"Of course, for the throne and the country, since ancient times, which one is not like this?" replied the man
"Yes, the abolished emperor Zhu Youqi was originally the grandfather, born to a prostitute in Nahaozhou," said man A.
At this time, the shopkeeper poured tea for Yi Dan, and when he passed by the table next to him, he reminded: "Don't discuss the government!"
Man A said, "Gossip, what's going on?" The shopkeeper shook his head, and said helplessly: "Be quiet" and left.
At this time, the man B asked man A with relish, "And then?"
"The abolished emperor Zhu Youqi tried every possible way to get the throne, and it is said that he also gave his own woman to his father to enjoy and please him."
"Grandpa Tai is really good at it, and his daughter-in-law will not let it go," Man B said.
"What can't he do, you don't know yet, grandpa's biggest hobby is to sleep with his daughter-in-law," Man A said.
"Really, this is simply absurd, how can such a thing be done?" said the man next to him.
"Who said it wasn't, but the grandfather of the family is good at this, and all the civil and military officials know it. It is said that his sons, in order to please him, sent their own women to his bed, and those sons were not ashamed, but proud," said Man A.
"Really, where did you hear this? Reliable?" asked Man B.
"Of course it's reliable, I have a buddy who has been poor since he was a child. Later, he instigated himself and became a eunuch in the palace, and he told me all these things quietly," replied man A.
Man B revealed a hint of envy and said: "It seems that the palace is really a paradise for hiding filth and dirt, we flat-headed people don't have this blessing to enjoy this, haha, haha" Everyone laughed when they heard this.
"Hey, I really can't listen to it, the Son of Heaven is an example for all the people in the world, how can such a nonsense person set an example in the world?" said man C.
"Shhhh Be careful if someone hears us and denounces us, then you won't be able to eat and walk away," said man A.
"What are you afraid of, they do all the dirty things, can't we talk about it?"
"Yes, yes, it's okay to talk about it, brother, you know so much, it's really amazing, keep talking" Man B urged, letting Man A continue to tell them about the rights and wrongs of the court.
The man A was proud to hear the praise and realized that he knew the inside story, so he continued: "The deposed emperor Zhu Youqi was later killed by his younger brother, the current emperor, do you know why?"
"How do we know, what are you doing to hang our appetite?" urged.
"My fellow eunuch told me it was all because of a woman," said man A.
"A woman, what woman?" the crowd asked.
"It's the one of the four concubines today, the one who is noble, virtuous, ladylike, and virtuous, Concubine De Niangniang," said man A.
"Who is she? She must be as beautiful as a flower, otherwise how could the two brothers fight for revenge?" asked Man B.
At this time, Yi Dan listened with his ears pricked up while drinking tea. Man A continued to speak eloquently: "It is said that this concubine surnamed Zhang, was originally the concubine of the abolished emperor Zhu Youqi, and was once sacrificed by Zhu Youqi to the grandfather to sleep with. Grandpa Tai is just like this, like Cao Cao, he likes to sleep with other people's women."
"This is different, isn't it? Cao Mengde is just a woman who sleeps with others. Grandpa Tai is good, he likes to sleep with his daughter-in-law, it's really incestuous and shameless," the man rebuked seriously.
"Isn't it, oh, go on, what about the future?" asked Man B.
Later, the current emperor, that is, Zhu Youqi's younger brother, killed his own brother with his own hands in order to win this woman. Then he snatched the woman and named her concubine, and the edict said that this woman had noble virtues."
"This is still a noble virtue, the father and son have slept all over, hahahaha" Man B took a sip of tea and teased, and there was another burst of laughter at the table.
"After talking about it for a long time, we still don't know, which big family is that Concubine De, is it?
"The canonization edict said that the woman's surname was Zhang and she was Zhang Guiba's daughter. But according to my eunuch brother, this woman is nominally Zhang Guiba's daughter, but in fact her origin is unknown. It was Zhang Guiba, many years ago, at the request of the late Empress Taizu, that is, the then Mrs. Wei Guo, who adopted a righteous daughter, as if it was called 'Zihan'," said man A.
Yi Dan originally just didn't want to listen to gossip, and wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the local customs of Kaifeng. Unexpectedly, I suddenly heard Man A mention "Zihan". Her eyes lit up, and she immediately stopped the teapot in her hand, and secretly made a bold assumption in her heart, could it be that the Concubine De that this person was talking about was You Bailin's daughter You Zihan?
At this time, the people at the table were still laughing and laughing at Concubine Lede. Yi Dan didn't want to listen to others speak ill of this "Zihan" girl, so she finally couldn't help it, raised her right hand, and slapped it the table, and a blue-yellow porcelain teacup on the table was shaken and shattered on the ground.
At this time, everyone's eyes in the teahouse were cast on Yi Dan. The men at the table next to them were also startled by this broken sound, and they all turned their heads to look at Yi Dan.
"Yo girl, what are you doing here, so angry?" asked Man A.
"You are not afraid to flash your tongue when you speak ill of people behind your back?" Yi Dan said with a righteous air that was not afraid of things.
"My tongue grows in my mouth, I can say whatever I want, can you control it?" said Man A.
Yi Dan's anger these days has never been vented. At this time, as if she had finally found an outlet to vent, she rebuked loudly: "A group of big men, it's really shameless and vulgar to tell right and wrong here."
"Where did you come from, wild girl? I see that you are very beautiful, but you have a tendon missing from your brain. Your father and mother didn't teach you the rules? My mouth is on my face, and I can say whatever I want? Which royal law stipulates that I can't talk about it? I just said it, what do you dare to do to me?"
Yi Dan pinched the sword in his hand and pressed the anger in his heart down. The man B may have seen that Yi Dan was about to break out, or maybe he was afraid of the sword in her hand, so he said timidly: "Looking at the girl's posture, could it be that you are the catcher set up by the imperial court, and you are here to inquire about the news?"
Yi Dan was even more angry when he heard the word "imperial court". She responded loudly: "Nonsense, I can't wait to break that Zhu Youzhen's body into ten thousand pieces, and divide the body of five horses"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present immediately quieted down, even the man who was telling the story on the stage stopped talking, and the entire teahouse was silent.
At a table in the corner of the window, a young man was carefully examining Di Yidan, quietly watching her every move.
Hearing Yi Dan's words, the air at the scene condensed for a while. The man at the next table was also stunned for a moment, then raised his hands, slapped his palms at Yi Dan a few times, and cheered: "There is a kind, amazing, admire, admire, the girl is really a heroine among women."
"Girl, you dare to openly call the current emperor by his name in public, and curse like this, just with this courage and courage, I really admire, admire" Man B said, turned to the others and said: "Let's go quickly, don't stay here, be careful of being innocently implicated and splashed with blood"
Yi Dan picked up his sword and blocked the way of several people, and asked, "You have humiliated the woman named Zihan with such foul language, do you want to leave like this?"
"It's strange for me to say that you are a woman, you yourself just cursed loudly at the Holy Lord, but you are not allowed to say that Concubine De is not, who are you?" asked Man A.
"That woman is pitiful enough, don't you blame the culprit, the third father and son of the Zhu family, but you are still ridiculing and sarcastic her here, you say this, should it be?" Yi Dan asked.
"You're defending her like this, aren't you... Could it be that you are the concubine of Nade?" said man A.
"Brother, don't scare me, aren't we so unlucky, aren't you? Didn't you say that Concubine De served Grandpa? Then there is not forty this year, but there are more than thirty, but this is still a girl in her prime, it shouldn't be Concubine De?"
"You don't know, as far as I know, Concubine Nade followed the deposed emperor Zhu Youqi at the age of eight, so her current age is estimated to be about the same as her," Man A said.
Several people were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly knelt down, and Man B wiped his tears, pretending to be pitiful, while begging: "Niangniang spare your life, Niangniang spare your life, we didn't know that you were coming, we all blame me for this crow's mouth, I should fight, I should fight" As he spoke, he raised his hands and slapped himself in the face.
"Nonsense, I'm not a mother, hurry up and get me up, where did you go with all that energy to tell right and wrong?" Yi Dan scolded.
"You're really not Concubine De, are you?" asked Man B after pausing to slap him.
"Of course not, if I had, you would have died. What are you doing kneeling like this, why don't you get up quickly?" replied Yi Dan.
When Man B heard this, he got up from the ground, immediately changed his face, and said: "Hey, you are not Concubine De, what are you fooling here?"
Seeing that B had left, Man A also got up and said, "I knelt in vain for a long time, it turned out that I encountered a madness, I really forgot to burn incense when I went out, and poured dog shit mold" After that, he also turned around and went downstairs to leave.
At this time, the man C, while collecting the clothes on the stool, shook his head and said, "I'm going to leave quickly." I didn't expect that in these years, having tea with acquaintances and gossiping about a few words would also be in danger of getting into trouble. If you are chased across the street for a while, and then you are labeled as a 'vain discussion of government affairs', it will not be worth it?"
Immediately afterwards, the guests of the teahouse also shouted and left one after another.