Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 894: Painted boats on the Luoyang River

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The tune of Girl Bullet is not only familiar to Li Hong, but even Di Renjie and others are also familiar with the tune.

But it's not that they met acquaintances or close friends, but that the reason why these tunes are so familiar to them is entirely because these tunes were circulated from the palace, and they were all arranged by Yan Lingbin himself and played in the palace. After the performance, it spread, or was taken out of the palace by Qin Chuchu, Huo Xiaoyu and others, so that these tunes began to spread in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places.

Listening to the songs makes you understand the elegant meaning, burning incense is far away from the world of mortals. The sound of the piano flows slowly in the cabin, washing the silence in the room. A faint green smoke rises from the incense not far from the piano table, and the simple smell lingers in the room. Coupled with the sound of the piano like mountain running water, and the faint sound of water spray coming in from time to time, it seems that People are in an empty mountain valley in the autumn rain.

After looking through the information that Yao Chong had sorted out for several days and nights, in fact, Yao Chong gave him a copy of the information as soon as possible. Looking at it now, Li Hong was just bored, and Di Renjie and the other four symbolically flipped through it. That’s all.

"Sir, the behavior of those people today still seems to be quite abnormal. No one has come forward to refute the rumors. Are they waiting for other companies to join forces to refute the rumors? Just like what happened this time, we will advance together and refute the rumors together." Retreat?" Wang Xiaojie couldn't hold back his temper, and before Li Hong came in, he told Di Renjie and the others his worries.

"What I'm afraid of is that they will be so united. Today we are just testing the reaction of these two families. Although the effect we expected has been achieved, Mr. Wang's worries... we have to be careful." Li Qiao Thinking about the reactions of the Cui and Zheng families, he said unconsciously.

"What do you mean?" Li Hong leaned on the back of his chair. After listening to Wang Xiaojie's words, he looked at Yao Chong and asked.

"Xiaoguan thinks that because they did not panic or refute the rumors about this matter, they must have seen through our intentions. They obviously knew that this was a public opinion specially released by the court to deal with officials who risked their lives to remonstrate, but Xiaguan thought that since we If you are well prepared, there is no need to speculate on them. After all, we now have the upper hand, and these people can more or less find some evidence of dereliction of duty or corruption and bending the law from different aspects. "

"I'm not worried about this. What I'm worried about is that once the imperial court is in full swing, some people will fish in troubled waters and get away with it. After all, everyone is involved. If remarks against other companies are released tomorrow, what will happen? Will it really force them to get together and fight together?" Di Renjie was also a little solemn.

However, the five people including Li Hong, not even Hua Meng and Cheetah who had been sitting at the door, especially Hua Meng who had been occasionally looking at the woman playing the piano, did not notice that the woman playing the piano had never heard Yao Chong claiming that After he was dismissed from the official position, a pair of slender hands that had been plucking the strings calmly suddenly became a little trembling.

But Li Hong instinctively wanted to look back, because not long after they started talking, the sound of the piano became a little messy due to the playing of the woman behind him. Although he still followed the music score and fingering, he could still hear it. The sound of the piano was mixed with a little uneasiness and nervousness, more like a fledgling and uneasy woman performing for the first time.

He didn't have time to think about it carefully. The trace of doubt just flashed through his mind, and his attention was instantly attracted by Di Renjie's words.

"In your expectation, how long do you think this thing will take from start to finish?" Li Hong's fingers gently tapped the armrest in rhythm with the sound of the piano, and he looked at the four people with a smile and asked.

"I naturally hope that this matter will be settled as soon as possible. After all, this matter is huge and has a great impact on both the court and you. If it is not resolved in time..."

With a "Zheng" sound, the node of the piano sound behind him instantly broke away from the original music score in Li Hong's mind, so before Di Renjie finished speaking, Li Hong suddenly turned his head to look at the woman playing the piano.

"Ah..." The moment Li Hong turned around, the woman playing the piano suddenly screamed, her hands froze on the strings, her head lowered and trembling, not daring to look up at Li Hong.

Looking at the woman's condition, Li Hong also understood in his heart that the woman had been paying attention to their conversation from the beginning, and had even been paying attention to his every move. Otherwise, he would not have been able to turn around so suddenly and be able to do so in an instant. Discovered by her.

The woman felt the sword-like gaze above her head, and even felt that her scalp was splitting on both sides under the gaze of those eyes. The sudden huge pressure made her body, which was tense at the beginning, now become like It was about to convulse, and the whole body was involuntarily stiff and shaking disobediently.

A pair of nervous and trembling jade hands are still gently resting on the strings. It doesn't matter if they move away or if they continue to maintain this posture, they are stagnant in mid-air and trembling uncontrollably.

The woman had no intention of listening to what they were saying. The word "young master" was enough to show that the young master with his back to her must be a big shot who has been in a high position for a long time. Otherwise, there are so many people in this room, and it is impossible for them to all listen to him, the youngest one.

And from the moment I entered the room, I could feel that everything in the room was surrounding this noble young master. Although I had lowered my head since entering the door, I could still feel that the young master was It brought pressure to her and a hint of inner timidity.

"Who are you?" Li Hong asked.

"I... I... I am the piano player of this family's painting house. Please forgive me." The woman lowered her head and spoke tremblingly. She unconsciously put down her hands and sat behind the piano table in panic. said.

Li Hong turned back and glanced at Hua Meng. Hua Meng stood up again, opened the hatch and walked out. Then he turned to the woman and said, "Are you panicking because you guessed our identities, or because of other things?"

The women in the Land of Fireworks have the opportunity to come into contact with people from all walks of life to nobles, including princes and nobles, so they have developed a pair of poisonous eyes and are extremely accurate in seeing people.

The short words of Li Hong and others just now made this woman realize from the words that the few people she was serving today were probably the same people who caused a storm in Luoyang a few days before the imperial confrontation, and the people rushed to tell each other and discussed secretly. A high-ranking official who directly advises on matters.

And although she doesn't care about the affairs of the court, the things in the past few days have been too big. Among the guests coming and going, at least nine out of ten groups will discuss this matter, which is nothing more than high-spirited talk. Considering his own views on this matter, His Majesty is afraid that he will lose face this time and bow his head to Wu Xing Qi Wang.

Or it could be said that Qi Wang of the Fifth Surname openly confronted His Majesty and risked his life to persuade His Majesty to change his ways. He was afraid that His Majesty Long Yan would be furious, so he decided to completely rectify the wealthy nobles headed by Qi Wang of the Fifth Surname. From now on, The wealthy nobles headed by Qiwang of the fifth surname were afraid that their prestige and influence would be greatly reduced, and they were completely suppressed by His Majesty.

And today, there are even more rumors against the Boling Cui family and the Xingyang Zheng family in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City. Some people even came from other places to sue the Boling Cui family and the Xingyang family with blood letters. Zheng, although most people think that all this happened because the two major families were openly confronting His Majesty and the imperial court during these days, thus attracting warnings from the forces that were originally dissatisfied with them.

Naturally, some people believed that this was a rumor deliberately released by the imperial court in order to fight against the fifth surnamed Qiwang, and was used to maliciously slander the fifth surnamed Qiwang. They hoped that they could just put it down and not embarrass the imperial court and His Majesty too much.

The reason why she is so sensitive about this matter is because the Boling Cui family once bullied her husband and used Cui's strong relationship network in the court to replace her with someone else during the imperial examination last year. Husband.

Furthermore, Du Bing, the second son of Du Shenyan, the current Prime Minister of Luoyang, is greedy for her beauty, and even hinted to himself over and over again that if he is willing to obey him, his husband Guo Jingzhi can be recommended by the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. There is no need to take the imperial examination again, and there will be no need to be replaced or abandoned by the court again.

Du Shenye, the son of Luoyang Prime Minister Du Shenyang, has always had a very good relationship with Cui Hao, the eldest son of the Boling Cui family in Luoyang, Cui Xinggong's son. According to the results of his own secret investigation, his husband was impersonated last year, and he was Cui Hao's cousin Cui Zibai replaced him.

My husband also came to the house to argue, but in the end he returned without success. He was even kicked and kicked by Bolingcui at the door several times and thrown out. I also suggested that my husband report to Luoyang Prefecture, but the case came to After Luoyang Cheng took it into his hands, this matter disappeared like a stone, and there was no news again.

And because they had come to Luoyang Cheng for help, the couple also learned some rules of dealings between noble and wealthy families. They sold their belongings and bought two calligraphy and paintings as gifts. The two calligraphy and paintings were collected, but nothing happened. His whereabouts eventually led to him accidentally provoking Luoyang Cheng's second son Du Bing, which aroused the glares and criticism from the neighbors because of Du Bing and Cui Hao's harassment from time to time.

My husband has always wanted to take the imperial examination. Although he was depressed for a while after being replaced last year, with his own persuasion and comfort, my husband finally regained his confidence and planned to take the imperial examination again this year.

However, because of the last gift given to Luoyang Cheng, the couple had sold off all the valuable things. Now the young couple, who are living in poverty, want to maintain the daily expenses of the family and make their husband put aside their worries and concentrate on their work. In this year's imperial examination, Lin Cui had no choice but to rely on her piano skills and work as a piano player on the Luoyang River's painting boat.

(End of chapter)