The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The servants I raise are like dogs I raise. I beat and scold them, but others scold me because I don't take myself seriously.

"Useless things, get out!"

After drinking away the servants, Xu Fangheng rolled his eyelids, and his desire for Ning'er's charm turned into anger that he couldn't ask for, as well as resentment towards the Yang family.

This little business boy dared not give me face, Xu Fangheng became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it.

He himself has no fame, and he was the one who was not promising in studying in the Xu family back then, but his seniority is high, and many of the Xu family's children who are officials are his juniors.

For a long time in Xuzhou, the fox pretended to be the tiger, and even Cai Jing gave him some face, and developed a defiant character.

Once this kind of person goes wrong, he is more likely to get angry because he has no self-cultivation.

Xu Fangheng slammed the teacup on the table fiercely, and the splashed hot tea made him scratch his ears and cheeks, making him look a little funny for a while but his tone was very vicious: "Your surname is Yang, let's wait and see, you think you understand Yuan can be an official?"

After a sneer, Xu Fangheng shouted towards the yard: "Come here, find a coachman, and go to Bianliang to speak to Erlang."

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Yangzhou is located in an important place for water transportation. Although it is not as prosperous as the Bianhe River, there are also many vehicles and horses traveling between the two sides of the strait, and pedestrians are like weaving.

Suddenly there was a sound of people neighing, four fine horses came galloping in a luxuriously decorated carriage, followed by dozens of knights, pedestrians on the road dodged one after another, the car and horse team roared past, and there was a riot of chaos on the street Jump.

The leading knight on horseback stopped his horse suddenly, and the people behind him also stopped their horses and stopped. It can be seen that although they are wild, they are well-trained, behave in the same way, and look like a soldier.

The leader pointed at a pedestrian with a whip, and said with a look of looking at a country bumpkin, "How can I get to the house of Yang Lin, the first tribute student in the Yangzhou Xinke Mansion Examination?"

Chapter 23 Goose Pecks All Day Long

In Yangzhou City, almost everyone knew where the 'wealthy' house was, and soon the group was guided to the gate of the Yang Mansion.

"Straight mother thief, they say that Yangzhou is rich, and it really lives up to its name. This house is also ranked high in Bianliang." The leading knight cursed, and the group of people behind him also echoed and cursed.

The disciples of the Yang family had just driven away the people from the Xu family when they saw a group of soldiers coming, thinking they were here to provoke, they trembled in fear.

"Open the door, open the door, is this Yang Lin's residence?"

The disciples of the Yang family couldn't help being speechless, it was the first time he had seen such an arrogant and domineering soldier.The Song Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs, and ordinary military officers in this kind of rear state capital would not dare to be so high-profile.

"Masters, who are you?"

The leading knight got off his horse and led the crowd to rush in. He pushed the door lightly and fell to the ground.

Look at these people again, all of them are hanging around, with their hands in their belts, similar to the rogues on the street.

"Stop talking nonsense and call Yang Lin over."

After speaking, a group of people entered the lobby noisily, without any appearance of guests, as if this was their territory.

When Yang Lin heard the report in the backyard, he was taken aback. Could it be that the Xu family still has this ability?

But the matter was provoked by himself, so he definitely couldn't avoid it, so he went to the lobby bravely and looked at the clothes of these people, Yang Lin knew that the Xu family would not invite them.

"Generals, the student is Yang Lin, what can I teach you?"

The leader turned his head, and after removing the helmet, he turned out to be a young man. Seeing Yang Lin, he smiled and said, "You are Yang Lin. I didn't expect you to be so young. We are from the Imperial City Division. We are ordered by the emperor to ask you a few things. "

Yang Lin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, he knew exactly where the Imperial City Division was, that was the Jinyiwei of the Great Song Dynasty, they were not under the control of the Sanya, they were directly under the emperor's secret service agency.

These people have a lot of power, one is in charge of the palace guards, and the other is in charge of spying and monitoring. They are the secret agents of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, these people were all descendants of the founding relatives, and most of them were sons of princes and princes with hereditary titles. Therefore, although most of them had relatives, violated the law, and slackened discipline, they were impeached by civil officials and officials every day. But generally not punished at all.

This also fueled the arrogance of the Huangcheng Division in disguise and made them even more arrogant.

"The officials know the names of the students?" Yang Lin pretended to be flattered, and asked, "I don't know what the officials want."

"The enshrined Tong Guantong of our imperial palace has always been on good terms with the rest of us. He said that everyone is his own, so I will not tell you anything false. The rare treasures you presented are quite favored by His Majesty. And the officials are very interested in the Cuju league you told Tong Gongfeng. We are here this time to ask you what is going on in this league."

Back then when Tong Guan searched Jiangnan, Yang Lin and him often drank together. He once talked about how to gain the emperor's favor, and Yang Lin eloquently mentioned many ideas for eating, drinking and having fun, including the Cuju League.Tong Guan didn't remember very clearly, but after getting to know Zhao Ji a little bit, Zhao Ji became very interested and wished he could start it right away.

So Zhao Ji sent one of his cronies, the envoy of the imperial city directly under the emperor, to inquire. Yang Lin sneered in his heart. If this guy had this enthusiasm for governing the country, he would have taken back the Sixteen States of Yanyun long ago.

Yang Lin had already made preparations. He used to think about going to Beijing to become an official, and then instigating the emperor to gain favor. Now it seems that he will come in handy in advance.

"Wait a minute, everyone, I'll get it right away."

After walking out of the living room, Yang Lin paused, and said loudly: "Yang San, on the shelf on the left side of the study, there is a piece of rice paper wrapped in a book, bring it for me."

Back in the hall, Yang Lin immediately changed his smiling face, and said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard from afar, and it's getting late. After finishing the business for the officials, it's time for us to rest and relax. Although the dishes in Yangzhou are not as good as Bianliang, but it also has a special flavor, especially the restaurant in the student’s home has a fish soup, which is the most delicious, you must try it, so that you will not come to Yangzhou in vain.”

The group of people had been on the road for several days, and they were already hungry, so they followed Yang Lin out for a drink without giving in.

Shenxianju is the top restaurant in Yangzhou. Today, it was booked out by Shaodong's family and closed to the public.

In the restaurant, Yang Lin was sitting in the accompanying seat, constantly persuading him to drink.The wine at this time was not strong enough, to Yang Lin, it was like a drink, making the Imperial City envoys stagger.

After a meal, Yang Lin already knew that the boy in charge was called Liu Qingshui, a very simple name.His father was a bartender in Bianliang City. Because of the beauty of his daughter, he was given by Yang Jian as a treasure to Zhao Ji, who was still the king at that time. As soon as he became the head of the country, Liu Qingshui also became Xiao Guo's uncle.

His elder sister was so beautiful that she was said to be the most favored in the harem, and she could see a thing or two from this little Liu.

This kid has a jade face and sword eyebrows, skin as white as snow, beautiful eyes and nose augmentation, lips like cinnabar, looks as beautiful as a virgin, if not for his hoarse voice, throat and Adam's apple, Yang Lin would have thought it was a female Dress up.

From Liu Qingshui to his subordinates, they all blushed from drinking, and there was a lot of noise in the restaurant.

Yang Lin wanted to make friends, so he stood up and said: "After the wine is hot, it's time to soak in it to get rid of the alcohol. It happens that there is a bathhouse in the student's home. If you don't mind, let's go together?"

The mist is lingering, and the water is dense.

Yang Lin and Liu Qingshui were half-sitting in the hot soup pool, each with a towel soaked in cold water on their heads.

Outside, the imperial guards of the Imperial City Department uttered pleasant groans. They were lying on the wooden bed, and an old man beside each of them rubbed and patted them vigorously. Under the old store of Yang's house was Yangzhou's hot spring, which was bought by Yang Tong. It has a history of hundreds of years.

The two are naked, candidly see each other, and get a lot closer to each other.

Liu Qingshui's body turned red from the heat, and he grinned and said, "Da Lang, you are a scholar, and you have achieved fame, so aren't you afraid of being impeached by those civil officials who are too close to us?"

The imperial city secretary and civil servants and bureaucrats are natural enemies. These people are used by the emperor to monitor the ministers, and their relationship will never be reconciled.

Yang Lin laughed, and said: "I always make friends based on congenial temperament. I don't care who he is, a civil servant or a general. Whoever impeaches me will make him an enemy. At worst, I will resign and come back to enjoy myself. Look at my various industries. I can't think about living a life, I'm afraid he will be an egg."

There was a moment of silence, and the two of them laughed at the same time. Liu Qingshui said with a smile: "You really don't look like a scholar, so I just said this to you. I will make you a friend. When we arrive in Bianliang, our brothers will arrange for you to repay today. hospitality."

Yang Lin hadn't planned to take a regular official path. If he wanted to rise up step by step based on his political achievements, he would have already caught up with Jingkang's shame when he reached a position where he could do things.Being caught by the golden man as a slave, taking shit and pissing is not his pursuit.After obtaining the background of a Jinshi, sooner or later he has to walk some special paths in order to quickly gain power.In this way, people like Liu Qingshui will come in handy sooner or later.

One of the subordinates in the distance was feeling refreshed after being rubbed, and shouted loudly: "Qing Shui, come here and rub, the technique here is really good!"

Liu Qingshui thumped and stood up from the pool when he heard a commotion outside.