At the end of the dinner, all the officials left with strange expressions, and finally only Wei Guogong, Li Guoshu, Guan Shangshu and Lin Shilang were left. After these people bid farewell to Prime Minister Ke Zhi, they had to send Lin Shilang to live in the post house, and then they dispersed.
At this moment, Ye Xiaotian suddenly appeared again. Ye Xiaotian had already changed back to his official robe at this time, and suddenly stepped forward to bow deeply to Prime Minister Ke Zhi, and said loudly: "Thank you, Prime Minister."
Prime Minister Ke Zhi chuckled, stroked his beard and said, "Ambassador Ye is very polite. If you hadn't insisted on your own opinion, my old bones would have been buried here. You are my savior. How could such a trivial thing be done? Not helping."
Lin Shilang didn't recognize Ye Xiaotian as the person who served the food just now, he was a little displeased when he saw that the little official from the same hall rushed over to talk to the Prime Minister of Kezhi Kingdom without their permission, and frowned slightly: " You are the ambassador of the same embassy? Why are you so ignorant of the rules!"
Ye Xiaotian said to him neither humble nor overbearing: "Master Minister, if I follow the rules, I'm afraid I won't know how I died."
Lin Shilang was slightly surprised, and said in a deep voice, "Where did you start talking about?"
Uncle Li Guo secretly felt that something was wrong. At this stage of the dinner party, he already knew that Guan Xiaokun's plan was completely bankrupt. Now that Ye Xiaotian's attitude was so tough, he knew that he must know something, but he didn't expect Ye Xiaotian to be so stubborn. Dare to disregard Guan Shangshu's face and tear his face in public.
Ye Xiaotian glanced at Prime Minister Ke Zhi, cupped his hands and said, "The Prime Minister is tired, please rest early."
Prime Minister Ke Zhi understood the grievances among the bureaucrats, he should not be there, so he couldn't help smiling, bowed to Wei Guogong and the others, and said: "Thank you for your warm hospitality, I am very grateful. I am a little drunk now, so I will rest , goodbye, goodbye!"
Prime Minister Ke Zhi bowed to each other, and without waiting for the greetings to end, he and his deputy turned to their residences. At this point, Lin Shilang knew that the banquet tonight must be very strange, and he didn't have the time to keep Prime Minister Ke Zhi. After he left, he said to Ye Xiaotian: "Why did today's dinner become a hot pot banquet? What you just said just now is not true. What means?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "You can't explain clearly even if you are a lowly official, why not let Mr. Zheng from the Ministry of Rites tell you adults." Ye Xiaotian flashed to the side, and saw an official with two arms hanging down, looking lost Looking at him, he walked over and saw that his face was pale, as if he had seen a ghost.
When Guan Shangshu saw this person, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Zheng Qiaosheng, what's going on with today's dinner party? Fortunately, the people of Kezhi didn't know about my situation in the Central Plains, so they really thought that the shabu-shabu was a rare dish. Otherwise, you will definitely think that we are being contemptuous, and you will inevitably cause trouble."
Zheng Qiaosheng opened his mouth, and suddenly his knees softened, and he knelt down with a "boom", and said tremblingly: "Master Shangshu, Lord Minister, Duke, Uncle, all my lords, I am guilty of my crimes, I am guilty of my crimes." ah!"
Wei Guogong, Lin Shilang and others looked at each other, Uncle Li Guo's expression became very ugly, Guan Shangshu was puzzled and said: "Zheng Qiaosheng, what do you have to say, come quickly."
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Zheng Qiaosheng was first rectified by Sister Sun, and after falling into the hands of Elder Dong, he was tossed to death. After he confessed everything in a daze, and saw Elder Dong's even more terrifying and unimaginable miraculous Gu technique , His psychological defense completely collapsed.
Now Zheng Qiaosheng only remembers that there are two worms in his stomach. As long as the gloomy-looking bald old man doesn't take back his worms, the big worms will give birth to smaller worms. When his stomach is full of worms, those worms will grow It will eat up all his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.
And that sweet and cute little girl with a small mouth and big eyes also put a worm in his belly, if the worm can't be taken out in time, the worm will crawl into his brain and eat nothing. His brain, during this period, he will be in pain, and will become a lunatic who is not as good as a beast.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Qiaosheng dared not hide anything. He immediately told how Guan Xiaokun found him and how he instructed the chef to deliberately sabotage today's dinner. Before he finished speaking, Guan Shangshu's face was already ashen.
On the side, Ye Xiaotian said slowly: "My lords, although the envoy of the Kezhi Kingdom is from a barbarian land, he is a rare prime minister of a country, how can he not have this insight, he can deceive them with a simple trick, and he is treated as a worldly treasure by them." The most beautiful food
Hehe, today's dinner did not make everyone unable to come to the stage. It was only because before the dinner, Xiaguan went to see Prime Minister Ke Zhi first, explaining that there was an accident, and asked Prime Minister Ke Zhi to cooperate. Don't make trouble in such a formal and grand diplomatic occasion. Everyone can't get off the stage. "
Lin Shilang took a deep look at Ye Xiaotian, and said slowly: "So, this Guan Xiaokun provoked revenge because of his personal grievances with you? Who is this Guan Xiaokun, and why can he instruct Mr. Zheng to do things for him? What does it have to do with you?" resentment?"
When Lin Shilang asked this question, Guan Shangshu's face became even more ugly. Last time, because of his son's theft of relief money, there was a big disturbance. Fortunately, Zhang Hongyan and others were scruples and did not want to make enemies for their parents. This is a big deal Hu Xiao, never thought that today's scandal will be exposed after all, and it will be in front of the officials in Beijing.
Ye Xiaotian didn't even look at him, whether Guan Shangshu knew about this matter, he didn't know, and he didn't want to know, since Zheng Xiaokun was so aggressive and acted so boldly, why did he have any scruples? He was willing to cut himself into pieces, and dared to pull the emperor off his horse. Guan Xiaokun would have ridden on his head to shit and piss. If he hadn't dealt with it decisively today, found out the truth, and had a good relationship with Prime Minister Ke Zhi, he got the cooperation and cooperation of Prime Minister Ke Zhi. Help, he won't be able to pass today's level. That being the case, he didn't have to hide it anymore.
Ye Xiaotian immediately spoke loudly, telling the story of how he had a grudge with Guan Xiaokun, how Guan Xiaokun stole the relief money, and how they held their hands high, and told the servant Lin from the capital without any concealment. Lin Shilang frowned when he heard half of it, he gave Guan Shangshu a cold look, and said indifferently: "Is this Guan Xiaokun the son of Lord Shangshu?"
Guan Shangshu's cheeks twitched a few times, and he replied in a low voice, "It's the dog!"
Lin Shilang was silent for a moment, and said: "Kezhi Kingdom has not paid tribute for more than two hundred years. Today, the emperor is very happy when he comes back to pay tribute to the emperor. If during the process of receiving the envoy, due to mistakes, something humiliating to the state is caused, I'm afraid you and I can't afford it! But..."
Lin Shilang's words changed, and he said again: "Thanks to Ambassador Ye's handling, today did not cause a catastrophe. Otherwise, this scandal, I am afraid that in front of His Majesty, you and I will not be able to explain it. Now, this matter, I just pretend that I don't know how to deal with it, Guan Shangshu, you can figure it out!"
Guan Shangshu's old face turned blue, and he felt ashamed and said: "I am ashamed, thank you, Lord Lin. Don't worry, Lord, this matter will be handled properly by Guan."
Lin Shilang smiled softly, and said with a needle hidden in his cotton: "This is the best! I am a little tired, so I will go back to the post and rest. Grandpa, Uncle Guo, Mr. Guan, Mr. Lin will leave and send you away without trouble!"
Lin Shilang flicked his sleeves lightly, took two steps boldly, saw Ye Xiaotian next to him, stopped again, nodded to him, and said, "Ambassador Ye, you are fine! Today's matter is thanks to you. You are responsible for this matter." Just don't make it public, Master Shang Shu will handle it properly."
Ye Xiaotian accepted it as soon as he saw it, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty obeys!"
Lin Shilang nodded, ignoring how ugly Guan Shangshu's face behind him was, and walked away.
He is a Beijing official and has no personal relationship with Guan Shangshu. This time he came to Nanjing as an imperial envoy to meet Prime Minister Ke Zhi. The mission is extremely important. If there is any mistake, he will be responsible. Now that the son of Guan Shangshu's dandy did this kind of thing out of personal grievances, he didn't know the severity, and almost implicated him, how could he not be angry. Therefore, he didn't have any good feelings towards Guan Shangshu.
Seeing Lin Shilang walk away, Guan Shangshu gritted his teeth, bowed his hands to Duke Wei and Uncle Li Guo in shame and shame, took big strides, and hurried away. Duke Wei and Uncle Li Guo looked at each other and followed out silently.
When Wei Guogong returned to the mansion, his son Xu Hongji immediately came to greet him. The family education in Wei Guogong's mansion is very strict, especially for the eldest son, there are more rules required. Xu Hongji must greet him every day, and he must be on the left at every meal. He is very respectful to his father. This time when he came in front of him, before he could speak, Wei Guogong immediately asked, "Where is Qiyun?"
Xu Hongji was startled, and replied cautiously: "Sixth Brother seems to have gone to Qingyan Building, and some friends with him..."
Wei Guogong interrupted: "What friends? Those children from Guan Jiarui's family?"
Xu Hongji said: "Yes!"
Wei Guogong said: "Go, bring him back to me immediately, and tell him to avoid dealing with those people in the future. Tell the old man to break his legs when he hears that they have dealings!"
Xu Hongji didn't know what happened, but he could see that his father was extremely displeased, so he quickly agreed and hurried out.
Guan Shangshu hurried home and asked as soon as he entered the mansion, "Where is Xiaokun?"
After getting a reply from his family, Guan Shangshu said: "You go to Qingyan Tower immediately and bring him back to me. I will wait for him in the ancestral hall!"
Guan Xiaokun was waiting for the good news from Chief Zheng upstairs in Qingyan Building. The celebration banquet was set up, but he didn't come when he waited, and he didn't come when he waited. Some family members rushed to find him back home.
Before Guan Xiaokun asked what was going on, Xu Hongji, the heir of Duke Wei, also arrived, and hurriedly called his sixth younger brother, Xu Qiyun, back to the mansion. Guan Xiaokun asked his family and knew that his father was waiting for him in the ancestral hall, so he knew the situation was serious. Wonderful, he returned home with trepidation. He wanted to inform his mother first, so that someone could intercede at the critical moment. Unexpectedly, Guan Shangshu had already thought about it and arranged someone at the door. As soon as he arrived home, he was forcibly taken to The ancestral temple has gone.
The inside of the ancestral hall was gloomy, so two candles were lit. Guan Shangshu sat on the chair, under the dim light, he looked like a clay-made wood sculpture, his body motionless, his face expressionless. Guan Xiaokun tremblingly entered the ancestral hall, and timidly said: "Father!"
Guan Shangshu shouted in a low voice: "Kneel down!"
Guan Xiaokun was so frightened that he quickly knelt down in front of the ancestral tablet. There was a sound of a hard object mopping the floor in the darkness, Guan Xiaokun turned his head to look, his heart skipped a beat, and he saw two burly men coming out with a big stick each.
Guan Xiaokun shouted in fear: "Father!"
Guan Shangshu closed his eyes, and said a few words through his teeth: "Hit me! Break his legs!"