"Zi'er... knowing that Yang Jisheng impeached my uncle, you still dared to give advice to Yang Jisheng?! Zhu Ping'an is courting death!!! Hahahaha... This is really a case of heaven's will, which can be avoided; one's own will cannot be avoided. He deserves it for stealing my top scholar title and seducing my cousin. Now, let's see how Zhu Ping'an dies!"
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zishi excitedly gulped down the wine in the glass. All of a sudden, most of the depression in his heart was gone, and he felt very refreshed.
"That's right, haha. People all say how smart Zhu Ping'an is. I think he is just like his name, dumb as a pig (Zhu). No, I think he is worse than a pig. He doesn't even know the current affairs, haha..." Luo Longwen picked up the wine jug and filled Ouyang Zishi's glass with wine again, nodding vigorously in agreement.
"He is just a pig." Ouyang Zishi became furious when he thought of the past and could not help but curse him angrily.
"Zi Shi, this is a golden opportunity that comes only once in a lifetime." Luo Wenlong raised his glass, toasted to Ouyang Zi Shi, and said meaningfully.
"Haha, Brother Luo is right." Ouyang Zishi understood the meaning of the music, "I will turn around and remind my uncle and cousin Donglou that Zhu Ping'an wants to kill my uncle this time. We must not let him go this time."
"Yes, we must not let him go this time. Zhu Ping'an is Xu Jie's favorite student. Xu Jie is now the second assistant of the cabinet. In the future, when the prime minister is old and retires to the second line, he, Xu Jie, will be the first assistant of the cabinet. Once Xu Jie comes to power and Zhu Ping'an comes out to assist him, how can we have a good life? We must know that raising a tiger will bring endless troubles." Luo Longwen nodded.
"What a saying, 'Raising a tiger will bring endless troubles'. I will definitely tell my brother-in-law and cousin about this, brother Luo." After hearing what Luo Longwen said, Ouyang Zishi slammed the table excitedly and decided to use this saying to remind his uncle Yan Song.
"Haha, you're too kind." Luo Longwen shook his head modestly.
"Brother Luo is too modest." Ouyang Zishi said with a smile.
The two smiled at each other, raised their glasses, clinked them together, and started drinking together.
After drinking a lot of wine, Luo Longwen said quietly, "Zhu Ping'an is definitely dead this time. It depends on how he dies."
"Brother Luo is right." Ouyang Zishi put down his wine glass. "Zhu Ping'an's suggestion that Yang Jisheng revise the memorial must not be told to the public, otherwise people will say that my brother-in-law and cousin are narrow-minded and retaliating."
Luo Longwen nodded, "Don't worry about this, sir. Apart from you and me, no more than a handful of people know about this, and we won't tell anyone else."
"Brother Luo, how do you tell me to put Zhu Ping'an to death so that outsiders won't criticize my uncle and cousin?" Ouyang Zishi asked.
"Haha, isn't this ready-made?" Luo Longwen smiled meaningfully.
"What do you mean?" Ouyang Zishi thought for a moment.
"Haha, as long as we can make Zhu Ping'an into Yang Jisheng's accomplice, he will be dead this time." Luo Longwen smiled sinisterly.
"Accomplice? Zhu Ping'an didn't sign his name on Yang Jisheng's memorial? Moreover, can't we say that Zhu Ping'an reminded Yang Jisheng to revise the memorial?!" Ouyang Zishi shook his head.
"Haha, accomplices don't have to sign their names on the memorial. As long as Yang Jisheng says Zhu Ping'an is his accomplice, then he is an accomplice." Luo Longwen laughed sinisterly, "Once he is in the Northern Pacification Prison, Yang Jisheng will say whatever you want him to say. No one can survive the prison. In addition, just because we can't tell anyone that Zhu Ping'an reminded Yang Jisheng to revise the memorial doesn't mean we can't tell anyone that Zhu Ping'an is Yang Jisheng's accomplice."
Ouyang Zishi suddenly realized what was going on and asked another question, "What if Yang Jisheng refuses to confess?"
"It doesn't matter if you don't confess." Luo Longwen's mouth curled up a sinister smile, "Isn't there still the imperial examination? The imperial examination is decided by us. As long as the prime minister nods, Zhu Ping'an can't escape."
"The most that can be done by the imperial inspector is to be punished or demoted for dereliction of duty, but Zhu Ping'an cannot be put to death, right?" Ouyang Zishi was puzzled.
"Haha, Zishi, do you still remember the small county I told you about before?" Luo Longwen asked with a smile.
"What small county?" Ouyang Zishi looked confused.
Seeing that Ouyang Zishi had completely forgotten about it, Luo Longwen did not take it seriously at all, and smiled and reminded him, "I mentioned before that there is a small county on the southeast coast, which is notorious for being poor and deadly in the Ministry of Personnel. As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. The local common people are poor and evil, and killing officials has become a normal thing. Because it is not far from the sea, the local Japanese pirates are constantly harassed and often harassed. There was even one time when the county government was attacked. In addition, it is next to the Nanman, and the Nanman Miao people in the mountainous area have been rebelling. At that time, I said that six county magistrates died in the past five years: the local unruly people were dissatisfied with the verdict and killed a county magistrate, and the Japanese pirates burned a county magistrate alive. , one was killed by Miao barbarians during the rebellion, one was killed by bandits during the spring outing, one county magistrate offended local forces and was assassinated by assassins, and there is also a confused ghost whose cause of death has not been found out yet. However, the data has to be revised again today, and one short-lived ghost has to be added. At the beginning of the month, I learned from the Ministry of Personnel that the county magistrate who was just a substitute for the county magistrate last month reported to the underworld within less than a month after he arrived in the local area, and the cause of death has not been found out yet. In the past five years, seven county magistrates have died in succession. Now, the position of county magistrate of this small county is vacant again..."
"Ahem... I remember." Ouyang Zishi suddenly remembered, gritted his teeth and nodded angrily. That was the day he caught Zhu Ping'an having an affair with his cousin!
"Haha, scholar, what do you think would happen if Zhu Ping'an was demoted to be the county magistrate of this small county?" Luo Longwen said with a sinister smile.
"Seven county magistrates have died in the past five years. If he goes, the record will become eight." Ouyang Zishi smiled and opened his mouth, revealing a row of white teeth.
"I tell you, my friend, don't underestimate this small county. There is a lot of water inside." Luo Longwen narrowed his eyes and said, "As long as Zhu Ping'an takes office, within half a year, the grass on his grave will be one foot high."
"Okay!" Ouyang Zishi clapped his hands on the table excitedly, swearing angrily while gritting his teeth, "Then I will suggest to my uncle this time that Zhu Ping'an be demoted to this place of death! When the time comes, I will go to his grave to enjoy the grass and the spring."
Whenever Ouyang Zishi thought about how Zhu Ping'an had stolen his top spot and his cousin, and had made him look so bad in front of everyone during this period of time, he wished he could cut Zhu Ping'an into pieces to relieve his hatred.
"Haha, that's wonderful. When the time comes, I will go out for a spring outing with my sons and sisters to enjoy the grass." Luo Longwen clapped his hands in approval.
"Dry."
"Dry."
Ouyang Zishi and Luo Longwen smiled at each other, raised their glasses to celebrate, and everything was said without words.