"Shen Jingli said carefully, be careful of the ears of others."
Listening to Shen Jingli's wanton insults to the Prime Minister, the blue-black Jinyiwei were extremely nervous, their faces turned pale with fear. They were afraid that this would be heard by others, and if it got to Yan Song, it would be very bad.
"Be careful with your words. Haha, I was not afraid of the court that day, so why should I be afraid of a small restaurant like this today?" Shen Jingli, who was wearing Feiyu clothing, took a sip of wine and sneered, "Now our Grand Secretary Yan Song has a greedy nature and a clumsy and shallow heart as hard as iron. How can a few words move him!"
After listening to what Shen Jingli said, the Jinyiwei in blue and black fabrics remembered the great achievements of his colleague two years ago. At that time, in front of all the civil and military officials, he said "the superiors didn't say it, so the humble official said it" and scolded Shangshu Xia severely. My goodness, that was the Minister of Personnel who was in charge of promotions. If he tried to curry favor with him, he would not have had time to do so.
Moreover, this colleague is a straight-forward person, and hates evil as much as he hates it. He will vent his anger whenever he sees something unfair, especially when he is drunk. Pointing out the truth and writing passionately are common problems among scholars. After so many years, if he could have changed, he would have changed earlier, otherwise he would not have lost his lucrative job as a county magistrate.
Forget it, I’m just a small flag of the Jinyiwei, so forget it.
However, my colleague was really lucky. It was a blessing in disguise that he joined the Jinyiwei and won the favor of Shangguan. His future is bright. Unlike me, I inherited the identity of a small flag of the Jinyiwei and have not moved for more than ten years.
I will have to rely on this colleague for promotion in the future.
After thinking a lot, the young flagman of the Jinyiwei in blue and black fabric gave up the idea of persuading his colleague to be careful with his words, and just occasionally poured wine and tea for him.
Then, Zhu Pingan heard the Jinyiwei at the next table cursing Yan Song in various ways, and also learned a lot of dirty things in the court. Yan Song sold official positions, and the tribute scholar Pan Hongye became the prefect of Linqing with 2,200 taels of silver, and a general spent several thousand taels of silver to supervise the grain transport; Yan Shifan got drunk and said at the table that the court was not as rich as him; Yan Song and so on.
A few more glasses of water and wine
The Jinyiwei in Feiyufu suddenly became interested and tapped the table. He chanted a poem:
"Study hard when you are young, and you can make a living with money.
You see, Prime Minister Yan must employ rich people. "
This is to change four sentences of "Prodigy" to highlight money. It also links it with Yan Song, revealing Yan Song's selling of official positions and titles.
After finishing the poem, Feiyufu Jinyiwei was still not satisfied, so he picked up the wine jar with one hand, poured a bowl for the blue-black Jinyiwei opposite him, and then poured another bowl for himself, took two gulps, and then filled the wine jar again, drank it all in one gulp, and then slapped the table and chanted another poem:
"The emperor values power and wealth, and teaches you literature.
All things are inferior, only the strict observance is superior."
This is a satire that no matter how good one is at writing, it is not as good as flattering Yan Song. Only by flattering Yan Song can one get promoted and make money.
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Zhu Ping'an sat at the table, using chopsticks to scoop up the porridge and side dishes on the table, listening to the Feiyufu Jinyiwei scolding Yan in various ways.
Be upright!
Hate evil as much as you can!
I also admire this Jinyiwei wearing Feiyu uniform.
However, from his arrogance and scolding when drinking, one can also hear other things: he is too rigid and not flexible enough; he hates evil, but he is also a bit arrogant.
What's the point of scolding Yan Song in this small restaurant? It will only alert the snake. But it is very likely to be bitten by the snake, and it is also very likely to cause disaster. If it really attracts Yan Song's followers, wouldn't it be a pity? After all, he is a fighter against Yan.
So, while I admire him, I also feel worried for this Jinyiwei in Feiyufu.
Just when the Jinyiwei in Feiyu uniform was about to pull out a chair and start cursing, there was a loud noise outside the restaurant, as if two people were arguing about something.
The Jinyiwei in Feiyu uniform was indeed a man who hated evil. Hearing the noise outside, he stopped scolding Yan Song and focused on the important matters. He picked up the folding fan on the table and stood up to walk out the door. Another Jinyiwei in blue and black clothes also stood up, picked up the Xiuchun knife on the table, and walked out the door with the Jinyiwei in Feiyu uniform.
Seeing that the Jinyiwei had gone out, the people who were originally afraid of the two Jinyiwei and did not dare to go out to watch the fun, also followed the two Jinyiwei.
Zhu Ping'an placed ten coins on the table and followed the crowd out the door. The prices in the capital were more than three times higher than those in Xiahe Village.
When I walked out of the door, I saw two people outside, their faces flushed and arguing with each other.
One of them was dressed brightly, but the clothes were a little wrinkled. He had a pair of slender peach blossom eyes, but his eye sockets were deep and surrounded by darkness, as if he didn't get enough rest last night.
This man was pulling a young man who was dressed very shabbily. Really shabbily, his clothes didn't fit him well and were a little short, revealing part of his wrists and ankles. The young man was holding two bags of herbs.
"I clearly have six taels of silver in my purse, how come there are only three taels left now?"
The man in bright and beautiful clothes was holding a green purse in his hand. He was questioning the shabby boy aggressively, while his other hand was tightly holding the boy's arm.
"I only picked up three taels of silver." The shabby young man defended himself with a look of grievance and indignation.
"No, it was obviously you who embezzled the three taels of silver. If you don't give it to me, I will take you to see the official. I will accuse you of stealing my silver. Taking it without permission is stealing. There are many honest judges in our capital. They will make you return the silver to me even if you are beaten to a pulp." The man in bright and beautiful clothes held the young man tightly, as if he was going to take him to see the official.
As the man spoke, he looked up and saw the Jinyiwei in flying fish uniform and the Jinyiwei in blue and black clothes coming out of the restaurant.
Then, the man in bright and beautiful clothes grabbed the shabby boy tightly, and dragged him to the front of the Jinyiwei in Feiyu uniform, and knelt on the ground with a plop, pointing at the shabby boy next to him and accusing him:
"I have been wronged, please judge for me, sir."
The Jinyiwei in Feiyu uniform narrowed his eyes, looked at the two of them, and asked, "What do you have a grudge against?"
"I just took six taels of silver from home last night to do some business, but I dropped my purse on the way and this kid picked it up. After I asked for it, he returned the purse, but there were only three taels of silver in it. This kid stole my three taels of silver. This money is all my hard-earned money. Please help me, sir."
The man in bright and beautiful clothes knelt on the ground and accused in tears.
The shabby young man was shaking all over as he heard the accusation of the glamorous man, and his voice was filled with indignation.
"You are slandering me. I found a purse here and have been waiting here for most of the day. I saw that you seemed to be looking for something lost, so I stopped you and asked you what you were looking for. You said you were looking for the purse, so I returned the purse to you. There were only three taels of silver in the purse. Who stole three taels of silver from you?" (To be continued.)