Chivalrous Song Dynasty

There is another reason why Zhao Ji thinks this way, that is, before Gao Qiu was kidnapped, he concealed the battle report of Huang Shang's victory in Jiankang City.

Why hide this battle report?Because the relationship between Gao Qiu and Tong Guan was very good, and it was Tong Guan's proposal that Huang Chang was sent to Jiankang Mansion, but it was finally decided by Cai Taishi who was sick in bed.

Of course Gao Qiu knew what Tong Guan was thinking.Huang Chang and Tong Guan are equally famous in the university, Tong Guan has long disliked Huang Chang, wouldn't it be nice to use Fang La to kill Huang Chang?

But they didn't expect that instead of dying at the hands of Fang La, Huang Chang won a complete victory in Jiankang City. If the emperor knew about this, wouldn't it be that Huang Chang was about to be promoted to Huang Tengda?

So Gao Qiu concealed the result of the battle, only saying that the two sides are in a confrontation, and Huang Chang is actively preparing for the battle.

But what no one expected was that what Gao Li had concealed was revealed in the case of Wei Xianda's murder of Zheng Su. During the three-court trial, in order to frame Bai Sheng for killing Zheng Su, Wei Xianda accused Bai Sheng of killing Zheng Su. Good at night shooting with bow and arrow.

Wang Wenbin, who was then summoned to the scene, told the truth. While confirming that Bai Sheng was good at shooting, he exposed most of the real battle situation in Jiankang Mansion.

The scale of the three trials is so large, with so many people and mixed ears, that this battle report can no longer be kept a secret.It's not that Zhao Ji didn't have eyes and ears at all. When he learned about this, he of course understood the reason.

Zhao Ji was not surprised at that time, the strife between courtiers was exactly what he hoped, and this is the essence of the so-called emperor's art.Of course he would not blame Gao Qiu for this matter, besides, Gao Qiu had already been kidnapped by Fang La at that time, so he came to a rare confusion.

But to this day, when Gao Lian proposed to exchange Fang Qifo for Wang Fu, he was tempted - since the yellow clothes are enough to resist Fang La's attack from the north, why keep Fang Qifo in the prison of the Ministry of punishment?

It is useless to keep Fang Qifo, there is no need to use Fang Qifo to blackmail Fang La, instead of killing him, it is better to use him in exchange for Wang Fu, so as to reap the gratitude of Wang Fu's family, right?

At this moment, Zhao Ji suddenly thought of Wang Fu's cute and charming concubine. He had always wanted to be like Yu Fei with her, but he had no excuses, let alone release an important hostage like Fang Qifo just because of a woman. But now that things have changed, this matter is okay, so why not go to her to have fun tonight.

As the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief.Even being an emperor is no exception, the 72 concubines of the Sangong Sixth Courtyard are all women who can be easily picked up, and you can't find any fresh excitement in them.

So he agreed and said: "Yes. I have been busy with state affairs recently, and I haven't been able to visit the officials during the Chinese New Year. Otherwise, after today's banquet, I will go to Wang Fu's house to have a look."

Just like the leaders of later generations sent warmth to employees' homes, this practice also existed in ancient times.During the holidays, the emperor personally visited the important ministers, and bought people's hearts while having fun with the ministers. This way is not only played by the leaders of later generations, but also by Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji set the tone, and then whispered a few words into Liang Shicheng's ear. Liang Shicheng hurriedly left the banquet and went to Wang Fu's house to make arrangements. The emperor is coming to your house, so you have to prepare in advance, don't you?

The emperor came in the middle of the night, but your family members are supposed to do what they are supposed to do, some have sex and some have sex, what will happen?

Chapter 324

Just as people in later generations went to sing after dinner, the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty would not go home to sleep after drinking this wine.If you just go home and sleep, what is it called nightlife?

It's just that after the emperor ordered the banquet, he went to Wang Fu's house to give warmth, and it would be inappropriate for others to follow. Is it the emperor who gives the warmth or you?Competing with the emperor to buy people's hearts?That means you don't want to mess around.

So after Liang Shicheng left, all the courtiers present were thinking about where to go to play at night, but Zhao Ji brought the topic to the Yuanxi Poetry Conference that will start tomorrow, "I see that none of the lovers recited poems, but they are all finished." Is the manuscript going to be a great poem tomorrow?"

Cai Jing first catered to him and said: "The old minister Jiang Lang is exhausted, and his Chinese ink is dry. Not only will he not be able to compete for excellence tomorrow, but he will also be unable to write any poems tonight. I just wait for tomorrow's poetry meeting to learn from you Gao Xian."

Cai Jing is so modest, who else would dare to brag?Zhou Bangyan, the only one who dared to challenge Cai Jing, and the master of euphemism in the world, was not present, so the officials present all humbled, expressing that their writing was exhausted and there were no impromptu sentences.

Although no one wrote poems and lyrics, the topic turned to tomorrow's poetry meeting.

Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, that is, Yuanxi. The Yuanxi Lantern Festival and Poetry Festival are activities that must be carried out every year since Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne. They are also an excellent opportunity for literati to show their faces. .

People speculated on who would win this year's first prize in tomorrow's poetry competition. Some said it was Zhou Bangyan, and some said it might be Li Qingzhao.

Gao Qiu wanted to ask about Bai Sheng at this banquet, but just after he came back, he heard a report from his subordinates that Bai Sheng was appointed as the champion of martial arts by the emperor, so he couldn't figure it out.

He couldn't figure it out not because he looked down on Bai Sheng's martial arts, but because he was a hostage exchanged face to face with Bai Sheng in Hangzhou, and he saw Bai Sheng there.

The Xingxiu faction who escorted Bai Sheng did not dare to approach Hangzhou City, so they only sent someone to deliver a letter to the Demon Sect, and then Fang La ordered someone to escort him out, and walked all the way to Changxing in the north of Hangzhou, where they exchanged face-to-face with Bai Sheng .

He saw with his own eyes that after receiving Bai Sheng, the people who escorted him did not listen to Bai Sheng's explanation, but immediately escorted Bai Sheng to Hangzhou.That scene is definitely an escort!Instead of an escort!He could still see the difference between the two.

But he just came back less than a day ago, how could Bai Sheng win the first prize in the martial arts competition yesterday and today?Could it be said that Bai Sheng actually knew the legendary magic technique?The chariots and horses of the Xingxiu faction are not slow!

But right now, no one at the banquet is interested in the just-concluded martial arts, especially since the emperor is predicting tomorrow's poetry meeting with Cai Jing, so why would he interrupt to change the topic?He never did such an unsightly thing.

Gao Qiu is thinking about Bai Sheng here, but Bai Sheng walks through the streets and alleys of Bianliang.

Bai Sheng is looking for Fang Jinzhi.Like a husband worried about his wife, searching all over the city, worried.

Of course, what he was worried about was not Fang Jinzhi's safety, he just wanted to understand Dai Zong's magical horse as soon as possible.

Cai Jingdu told him to be ready to go to Tong Guan's handsome tent at any time, which means that the army to conquer the west may set off at any time.

Although he knew that he would not swear to go to war today and tomorrow, because the emperor would hold the Lantern Festival and Poetry Festival. At this time, the army's expedition would dilute the atmosphere of these two feasts. Tong Guan would definitely not do this, which would be tantamount to embarrassing Zhao Ji .

When they passed by the gate of Wang Fu's mansion, a group of eunuchs with lanterns rushed up to escort a sedan chair.

When the eunuchs saw Bai Sheng riding a jade lion from a distance, someone shouted, "Who dares to run so rampant on the street? Why don't you get out of the way?"

Bai Sheng was annoyed when he heard that, Zhao Ji bullied me, how dare you eunuchs bully me?He knew that all the powerful eunuchs must be accompanying Zhao Ji in Fanlou, so there wouldn't be any big figures in the sedan chair surrounded by this team of eunuchs.

So he pushed back: "This big road belongs to your family? I won't let it!"

"What's the matter? Stop the sedan chair and lift the curtain." The person in the sedan chair spoke, and the eunuch who carried the sedan chair stopped the sedan chair immediately and opened the sedan chair curtain.

Bai Sheng took a look and said, I'll wipe it, isn't this Old Liang?This old guy is not easy to mess with. If you mess with him, he will come to Zhao Ji's ear and play a story about Lao Liang. It would be bad if he had a falling out with Zhao Ji in advance.

There are still many things that have not been arranged.

So he clasped his hands while riding on the horse, and said, "I don't know if it's Mr. Liang."

Before he could finish speaking, Lao Liang laughed first, and greeted him very politely, "Isn't this the number one scholar? Why didn't you work at home for the festival and came to Wang Shaobao's house?"

Bai Sheng didn't expect Lao Liang to be so polite, but was stunned instead.

It stands to reason that even if he wins the martial arts champion in vain, it is not enough for Liang Shicheng to be polite to him. This status is far behind.

He didn't know that Liang Shicheng had already regarded him as a dead person.Death is the most important thing, and it is right to be polite in advance, so that he will not turn into a ghost in the future and come to Liang Taifu to claim his life.

By the way, isn't the strategy of making Bai Sheng the number one scholar that Liang Shicheng dedicated to Zhao Ji?

Seeing that Bai Sheng didn't answer, Liang Shicheng didn't feel annoyed, and still smiled: "Little ones, make way for Zhuangyuan Lang!"

Bai Sheng was even more confused, no matter how he thought it was wrong, could Liang Shicheng make way for me?

He didn't dare to wait for Liang Shicheng's team to get out of the way, so he quickly got off his horse and stepped aside, "Master Liang should go first."

Liang Shicheng smiled and said: "Our family respects the soldiers at the bloody border the most, and it is right to give way to Zhuangyuan Lang. But since you have already given way, our family will be alienated no matter how polite you are, so don't let it go!"

Liang Shicheng started in a sedan chair, and a group of people walked past Bai Sheng and hurried into Wang Fu's gate.

Bai Sheng didn't leave immediately, but looked at the backs of this group of people and felt strange. Liang Shicheng was not in Fan Lou to accompany Zhao Ji this evening, so why did he come to Wang Fu's house?

With a thought, he rode his horse around to a secluded corner of the east courtyard wall, and without getting off the horse, he jumped straight from the horse's back and climbed over the wall.

At this time, his lightness kung fu was no longer as bad as it was before, it was a piece of cake to jump over the ridges and walls of the house, and he entered the depths of the courtyard in a short time.

I saw a group of people coming out of Wang Fu's house carrying lanterns and walking towards the gate. In the light of the lights, there were several bejeweled women, presumably Wang Fu's wives and concubines.

Wang Fu's family and Liang Shicheng's team met in the courtyard. Both parties saw the ceremony, and only heard Liang Shicheng say: "Sisters and sisters, our family is here to congratulate you."