Chongzhen Undergraduates

Gao Jie waved his hand and said, "Oh, what are you talking about? You and my brother, why are you so polite."

The two moved on.Not long after, I came to the best restaurant in Suizhou City, the famous Kuiqiu Yi.

But the group did not stop here. They passed through the majestic Zhenxiang Tower, continued westward along the east-west thoroughfare in the city, and came to the two majestic stone archways of Yuan Shangshu standing across the street. The owner of the stone archways was Yuan Keli.

Because Suizhou and Taikang County, Xu Dingguo's hometown, are adjacent townships, Yuan Keli once had a kindness to Xu Dingguo, which was well known at the time. Xu Dingguo also pretended to be pious in front of everyone. Say goodbye, still muttering words.

Everyone saw that it was Emperor Tianqi who had made artifacts for Yuan Da Sima, and they all followed and bowed down.

Suizhou city is not big, and the population is not too large.The most famous in Suizhou City is Yuan Shu's ancestral residence: Yuan Shangshu's Mansion.

Yuan Shu's father, Yuan Keli, experienced the four emperors of Wanli, Taichang, Tianqi, and Chongzhen.

The old Yuan's mansion is very famous, because it is the most luxurious private painting and calligraphy museum in Ming Dynasty.The mansion houses a large collection of more than 1 paintings and calligraphy by famous artists such as Dong Qichang.

The residence that Xu Dingguo arranged for Gao Jie was Shangshu's mansion.

Chapter 126: The Banquet of the Rich Family

The Yuan Mansion is very large, not counting the back garden, the front yard alone is a big mansion with five entrances.

On both sides of the street, there are two stone squares of Yuan Keli's "Third Sima" and "Gongbao Shangshu", which are famous artifacts in Suizhou City.

Simply speaking, the top of the plaque is engraved with the word "Yuyin" written by Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and the middle point of the "Yu" character is on the upper right, which is also one of the great wonders of ancient and modern times.

On both sides of the book are the words "elders of the four dynasties, Enrong of the fifth generation". Yuan Huai, Minister of the Prince Shaobao Military Department, specially conferred

The senior official and the crown prince Shaobao Military Department Shangshu Yuan Keli".

The characters were written by Dong Qichang in the same year as Yuan Keli, a great calligrapher in the former dynasty.The Chronicle Plaque was written by Meng Jin Wang Duo, Minister of Rites of Nandu University.And the person who led and supervised the construction of this big stone archway project was the governor of the Beijing camp, Li Yulin.

Guozhen (Li Xiangcheng) and Yuan Keli's disciple Liu Lishun, the number one scholar in Qi County.

Yue Qijie and Zhang Jinyan, who followed Xu Dingguo, were also famous people in the world, and they were regarded as the top ones for writing and books. They carefully commented and praised this shining large carved stone workshop, and Yuan Shu was not at ease beside him. He kept explaining, to Dong Zongbo and Mr.

The father's unrequited friendship is explained.

Gao Jie and Xu Dingguo are both rough people, they can't understand anything but they have to put on airs, and after all, they are imperial artifacts made by Emperor Chongzhen.The group watched for a long time before reluctantly leaving the stone archway and entering the gate of "Shangshu Mansion".

Facing south, the gate is a Yuanmen-style building, very imposing.

Xu Dingguo ordered the servants of the yamen to hold a banquet for the soldiers Gao Jie brought here this time.

After the banquet began, Xu Dingguo first punished himself with three cups, with a humble and sincere attitude.Old Xu took the lead, and he naturally tried his best to accompany the guests, each of them took turns to fight, and there was a tendency to not stop until Gao Jie was poured down.

Xu Dingguo took a look at Gao Jie, saw that he had already drunk and was rolling up his sleeves to punch some generals, so he found a reason to plead guilty and excuse him.

A courtyard next to the Yuan Mansion's street, Xu Dingguo had the door closed immediately as soon as Xu Dingguo entered.

"Bring me over here." Xu Dingguo's face was dark, his eagle-like eyes were red, and he wanted to eat people.

All the soldiers tied up the wounded officer and brought him up.

Xu Dingguo sneered, stared at the other party for a long time, Fang said: "I am blind, why didn't I see that you are a spy before?"

Suddenly, Xu Dingguo snatched the long sword from the soldier, stabbed it into the officer's thigh and cursed: "Aren't you going to report on this town? Tell you to sue! Tell you to sue!"

The officer yelled in pain on the spot, Xu Dingguo still couldn't let go of his hatred, so he twisted the handle of his sword again.The officer was already covered with scars at this time, and he still cursed himself in a rage:

"Old dog, you are seventy years old, and you are about to turn into a rotten tree. You don't think of yourself to be good, so as to keep the festival. Who would have thought that Daming raised you for a thousand days, and didn't think about repaying your kindness, but wanted to seek refuge with the foreign Manchus and murder Zhongliang.

Master Yuan treated you so kindly in the early years, but now you plan to mobilize a large army in his mansion to murder the righteous, so as to seek refuge with Master Yuan's enemy Manlu, you are extremely ungrateful, how can you face Master Yuan under Jiuquan in the future.you, you will be bad

dead! "

Xu Dingguo drew out his long sword violently, pressed the opponent's shoulder, and said to his heart: "You can't see whether I am going to die or not. Now his era of Yuan Sima is over, and I will repay everything that should be paid. As a courtier to the emperor, those who know current affairs are handsome

Jay, you can go to hell..."

The officer spat out a mouthful of blood, which immediately splashed Xu Dingguo's bared-toothed old face into a hideous and terrifying scene.

Xu Dingguo spat unhappily, and shouted: "Come here, get me some water to wash my face! I'm still waiting there, and I have to go see the high-ranking thief to avoid suspicion."

Speaking of Yuan's meal, they drank from noon to almost night.

Suizhou City is really not big, there is no place to house the people Gao Jie brought here.Xu Dingguo seemed a little embarrassed, and walked carefully to Gao Jie's side:

"Marshal, it's going to be late today. There is no barracks in the city, how do you think the Xuzhou soldiers will be placed?"

Gao Jie was a little unhappy when he heard that: "Old Xu, you didn't garrison troops in the city before?"

"Oh, my commander, this city is Yuan Shangshu's mansion, how dare I let my soldiers enter the city to live there. Isn't it because you came, that's why people opened the gate of the city."

Seeing Xu Dingguo's sincere expression, Gao Jie did not suspect him.

"Since they can't live in the city, let them live outside the city first. Li Benshen, you lead the team and live outside the city."

Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, he is Gao Jie's closest confidant, and Gao Jie's words and deeds shall prevail.

But Yue Qijie and Yuan Shu quit, pulled Gao Jie, who was already a little confused from drinking, and said, "Xu Dingguo's attitude is too good, it doesn't seem like the feeling of meeting for the first time. Just now another officer filed a complaint. If Xu Dingguo really have other thoughts, we

I'm afraid it won't work if there is no one around, I hope the commander-in-chief thinks twice. "

Gao Jie hiccupped and said with a smile: "The soldiers of both families are outside the city. If I am so sincere to him, he will repay him with sincerity. What are you afraid of?"

"Then it's better to keep some talents around us."

"Your own home, how much do you want to keep?" Gao Jie looked at Yuan Shu, after all Yuan Shu is the owner of this home.

"Although my house is big, there are many people in it. In addition to the adults and attendants, it can accommodate at most thirty or fifty people." Yuan Shu calculated in his heart, and the total number may be seventy or eighty. up.

"Then leave another fifty guards, there will be no place to live if there are too many."

No matter how you calculate it, the number of people is a little small, but there is no way, the environment is like this.Yue Qijie, Yuan Shu and Chen Qianfu had no choice but to agree.

"Come here, hang up all the lanterns, and change the food and wine again. Let's continue drinking. Anyone who is not drunk tonight will not want to leave."

Xu Dingguo saw that the decision was almost made, he was secretly happy, and shouted loudly.

For a while, the Shangshu mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and people came in and out, beaming with joy, singing and dancing.

Xu Dingguo came to Gao Jie amidst the bright lights, and he cupped his hands like a spring breeze and said: "The commander-in-chief has come to the city, and it will make the plants shine. Today, I have the right to welcome the general at the mansion of the old benefactor, Mr. Yuan, and to present flowers to the Buddha." meaning."

Gao Jie waved his hand and said, "Old Xu, don't be sour. I, Gao Jie, are called Fanshan Harrier. I'm just a martial artist. I don't like red tape."

Xu Dingguo chuckled, bowed to let him go, and invited Gao Jie to sit again.

Seeing Xu Dingguo's straightforward performance, Gao Jie was already happy. He put his arms around Xu Dingguo's shoulders full of alcohol and said, "Old Xu, you and I will sworn brothers tonight, and together we will protect the Ming Dynasty forever. How about it?"