The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Even if he is a relative of the emperor, Gao Ming can't be too cowardly, and said with a smile: "Young master, you tell others to cut off your love, why don't you give up and don't take away people's love. As I said just now, this Haidongqing is I took a fancy to it first, paid the deposit first, and now paid the full amount, and it has been sold to me."

The other party said with a gentle smile: "My subordinates are not good at doing things. I asked repeatedly, and I wasted a lot of time. When I knew it, I came here as soon as possible. Unfortunately, I was still one step behind you. I know this, but I think there is still room for it." If there is room, I can give you double the price, and I hope you can give me Costin."

"Do you think I'm short of money?" Gao Ming said very bluntly, "Actually, I'm very troubled. Let me give it to you. I definitely don't want to. But if I don't give it to you, there will be rumors in the market tomorrow that I will Do you want my reputation if you bully people and win people's love? I am also in pain, so don't worry about Hai Dongqing and let me go, okay?"

Hearing that Gao Yanei was still in such pain, the other party couldn't help being happy, and chuckled lightly, "You're such an interesting person, and what's even more interesting is that you don't even recognize me."

Gao Ming's hairs stood on end. Sure enough, this person is not an ordinary person. They should have met each other, but now they don't know each other.

Could it be that Li Daitao's stiff matter is going to be exposed? !

Gao Ming grinned, "I know a lot of people. Every day, there are [-] or [-] people who beat me. I don't even recognize all the doctors from the Imperial College. Why should I remember you?"

Play dumb and play dumb.

The other party was amused again, "As expected of Gao Yanei, I can't even recognize the doctor of the Imperial College. It seems that it is not surprising that you have forgotten me."

This is the personal setting of Gao Ya Nei, Gao Ming mastered it very well, pretending to be stupid, seeing that the other party seemed to have accepted his forgetfulness, he breathed a sigh of relief for a while, "Today, do you have to take the bird from me?"

In view of this age, the word bird has its special meaning.

The young man frowned, but the corners of his mouth were raised, looking dumbfounded.

Taking advantage of this time, a ginseng named Weng Hai next to Gao Ming lowered his voice, and whispered in his ear: "The villain seems to have met this person with you before, and he is most likely...His Royal Highness King Yun."

Yun Wang Zhao Kai!

This one is no joke, the third son of the emperor, Zhao Kai, is not only because his father is the current emperor, but also because he is his father's favorite son, bar none.

The crown prince Zhao Huan's position in the emperor's heart could not compete with him at all, Zhao Kai crushed him effortlessly.

It can even be said that all Zhao Ji's sons combined are inferior to Zhao Kai's status in their father's heart.

If it weren't for the Jingkang change, Song Huizong would pass the throne to the crown prince at the sight of the country's collapse, but if the dynasty lasts longer, the throne must be this one.

Gao Ming silently rubbed his temples. Could it be that after fighting for so long, he will be beaten back to his original form because he offended Zhao Kai?

How could he sit still and wait for death, he had to get over this hurdle.

Gao Ming looked around, and suddenly became wise, he snorted, "Why are you laughing, no matter how much you laugh, it can't change the fact that this bird is mine, even if I take it back to make soup, it is my freedom." Qing walked beside, and said with a smile: "Come on, sweetheart, I have already thought of my name for you, so I will call it Yuyu."

Maybe it's because Costin has a bad temper and lack of domestication, or maybe it's because he dislikes the ugly name.

Its sharp beak pecked at Gao Ming the moment Gao Ming approached.

Gao Ming had been on guard for a long time, so he dodged back, but acted like he was frightened, and took a few steps back, annoyed immediately, "Bah! What the hell! I'll stew you tonight!"

Seeing this, Zhao Kai said in a timely manner: "It's so delicious, there's no need to insist on eating it. If you don't like it, why don't you give it to me. Since you don't need money, how about I trade it for you with a good horse?"

Gao Ming turned his head back and said with a stiff neck, "You can change it if you want. There are no horses. Even a horse can pull a cart and plow the land."

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "A good horse travels thousands of miles every day. Wouldn't it be wasteful to pull a cart to plow the land? If you feel that you are at a loss, I can take two horses and exchange them."

"Ya Nei, let's trade one for two, and we've made a profit!" Shi Qian had a good ear, and he had already heard the status of King Yun just now, "Ya Nei, this deal is worth it!"

Gao Ming was waiting for this moment, and immediately borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, "Yes, in terms of meat, two horses can be more than one bird. We still made money!"

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "Then, I will send someone back to the house to lead the horse, and I will hand over the horse to you in a moment."

Gao Ming waved his hand, pinched his nose and said, "The smell is so bad here, you tell me to wait? You send me to the mansion, you all know the way to the Taiwei's mansion?" He was about to leave.

Zhao Kai said: "You are not waiting here, are you afraid that I will lie to you? I will not send you the horse."

Gao Ming looked Zhao Kai up and down, "This time, I will remember you, if you break the contract, I will definitely find you out!" After speaking, he waved to his attendants, "Let's go!"

When Gao Yanei and his party left, someone among Zhao Kai's guards smiled disdainfully: "Gao Yanei is indeed Gao Yanei."

The corner of Zhao Kai's mouth twitched, if Gao Yanei is really stupid, Gao Qiu is a poor father.

If Gao Yanei is pretending, then he...

Zhao Kai didn't feel that he curled his lips into a smile.

Well, he's too clever and funny.

On this side, Gao Ming didn't find it interesting at all.

Sitting in the carriage, he kept tugging at the neckline and asked Shen Sui to fan him, "It's so hot, it's so hot to me."

While fanning Gao Yanei, Shi Qian said with lingering fear in his heart: "Yanei, your reaction is really fast, otherwise I don't know how to end today. I didn't expect that person to be His Highness King Yun."

Gao Ming said: "Before Weng Hai saw that he was the King of Yun, I guessed that he was not a good person. He dared to fight against me. There are not many people in the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, I reacted quickly. I don't know if he can see that I deliberately put the Did Haidongqing give him anything?"

Shi Qian said flatteringly: "Impossible, the performance of Ya Nei just now was so natural, King Yun couldn't see it, and pretended that Ya Nei didn't know who he was. The so-called ignorant is innocent, and I think he will not care about it."

Zhao Kai's nature is very good, gentle and kind. After all, his culture is very high, otherwise he would not be appreciated by professionals like his father.

At this time, Shi Qian knelt in front of Gao Ming, begging for mercy, "Ya Nei, this incident is all to blame, I didn't find out that there was another buyer, and the buyer's identity is still a prince."

Shi Qian thought that rather than being questioned by Gao Ming, it would be better to plead guilty first.

Gao Ming felt that Shi Qian couldn't be blamed for this incident, after all, who would have thought of such a coincidence.

"Forget it, next time you do a thorough investigation." Seeing that the time is ripe, Gao Ming said, "Although you, Haidongqing, did not succeed in buying, I have noticed your sincerity and hard work. I will go back and report to my father. , How about promoting you to be a regular army first?"

The official army belongs to the establishment of the forbidden army, which is under the jurisdiction of Gao Qiu, and the official position is not big, which is equivalent to the squad leader or small platoon leader of later generations.

But for a thief before Shi Qian, it was a waste of time to go ashore to eat the imperial food, so he couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately bowed, "Thank you Yamen."

Gao Ming said: "This is just the beginning. If you manage things well in the future, even Marquis Yu won't be able to stop you."

Shi Qian nodded hurriedly, "The yamen is like a reborn parent, this life depends on the orders of the yamen."

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The group returned to Taiwei's Mansion, Gao Ming took a bath and changed his clothes and came out.

Called Weng Hai, who recognized Zhao Kai, to interrogate him, and learned that Gao Yanei and King Yun only met a few times on certain occasions, and the general relationship between the subordinate's son and the superior's son was familiar to each other, and they didn't say a word. Gao Ming felt relieved.

At this time, the servants came to report, "The Prince Yun's mansion has come, and they said that it is an appointment, and I will give you two high-quality horses in the Yamen."

"Where's the man who sent the horse? Did you keep it?"

The servant said aggrievedly: "The little one tried to stay, but the people in Prince Yun's mansion didn't wait, and the little one didn't dare to stop him."

Gao Ming originally thought that he had to perform a show in front of the horse-bearer and confess his crime to His Royal Highness King Yun, but now it seems that he can avoid it.

King Yun should have planned to shock Gao Yanei alone, and was afraid after wiping away his sweat silently.

But Gao Ming was too scared, and now that the horses were brought, it was useless to say anything else, he might as well reward the horses honestly.

When he came to the stable, he saw two horses sent by King Yun, one of them was snow-white without a single hair.The other was swarthy all over, and its fur was as black as charcoal.

The combination of black and white is like the polarities of yin and yang, a bit of Zen.

Gao Ming stretched out a hand to the black horse among them, wanting to touch its forehead, but he was afraid of being kicked by the horse.

At this moment, I heard a sudden shout from behind: "Be careful!"

Looking back, it turned out to be Gao Qiu.

Gao Qiu stepped forward, grabbed Gao Ming by the neck and dragged him back.

"Father...I'm sorry..." Gao Ming begged for mercy with half of his tongue out.

Gao Qiu complained: "You don't know how to ride a horse, let alone drive a horse. Horses can kick people to death, do you know that?" Then, like every time, he vented his anger on the people around him, "Are you blind? You don't know how to stop them?" Ya Nei?!"

People around were very wronged, no one could stop what the yamen wanted to do, even if he went to the sky to pick the moon, no one dared to say no.

Gao Ming knew that his father was going to blame others again, so he said to the servants: "It has nothing to do with you, it's none of your business here, you all go down."

Under Gao Qiu's furious expression, everyone hurried down.

Seeing that his son was unharmed, Gao Qiu asked about the origin of the two horses, "I heard that someone from Prince Yun's mansion is here. We have no friendship with him, so how could he give you the horse?"

Gao Ming knew that it was impossible to hide anything, so he told the truth about what happened just now.

Gao Qiu felt relieved, "You handled it fairly well."

Gao Ming nodded, "I also felt that the conditions at that time were not suitable for him to directly worship him, so I had to take the route of not being blamed."

"By the way, what are you buying Haidongqing for? Aren't you going hunting? No, no, no, you can't even understand Cuju. Hunting on horseback is like killing you." Gao Qiu made up his mind, and even his son fell off the horse. Thinking about it, I was so scared.

"I want to give it to Hua Rong. He has helped me many times before, so I can't say no. Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention friends, no matter what, they have to reciprocate."

Gao Qiu agrees with this point of view, "Now that Hai Dongqing is gone, you can choose a horse to send him after a few days."

Gao Qiu is not against giving things. After all, even concubines are given to scholars and bureaucrats. A horse is nothing.

"Okay okay."

Gao Qiu said sternly again: "Back to King Yun, you must not have too close contacts with him. If you get close to him, you will offend the prince. Although the emperor does not want to see the prince and wants King Yun to replace him, the prince is cautious and has no Fault, the abolition of the prince is far away. In history, princes like King Yun have only two paths to success or death. Don't take risks."

Gao Ming understands everything. To put it bluntly, it is risks and benefits.

Don't get close to King Yun. Although he is not popular after he ascends the throne, his life can generally be saved.

But support him, in case he fails to ascend the throne, the consequence can only be death.

"Don't take risks, don't worry." Gao Ming said: "The only one we want to please is the current sage. He is in his prime, so there is no need to support the successor."

Gao Qiu nodded in satisfaction, "It's good that you can invite me. I will send a letter to Prince Yun tomorrow to make amends."

Gao Qiu was busy with government affairs, and only when he heard that someone was coming from Prince Yun's residence, he took the time to come and have a look.

Now that I have explained everything that should be explained, I will go back and do my own work.

Gao Ming looked at the sky, the sky was full of stars, and suddenly felt that it was not easy for his father.

But it was much easier for Gao Ming himself, so he went back to wash and sleep.

The next day, I asked the doorman to write a letter of apology and send it to Prince Yun's mansion. The general content was that he had offended His Royal Highness by not knowing Mount Tai, and the two horses were sent back as they were.

This letter was sent out in the morning, and the servant brought back the two horses in the afternoon. King Yun asked him to tell the yamen, roughly meaning, this is a fair trade, and I took your Haidongqing, so I should give you a good horse. I don’t know. No wonder.

As Gao Ming expected, he didn't bother with it any more, and the matter was solved safely.

The two horses sent by King Yun were well-bred. Looking from a distance, the lines were smooth and graceful, and the horses were even more shiny, especially the black one, which was placed in the sun. Every time Gao Ming looked at it, he had to first Squint your eyes, it's so beautiful.

On this day, Gao Ming asked someone to lead the horse and came to Hua Rong's house in a sedan chair.

The date of the Martial Arts exam is approaching, I have passed the exam, and next year I will take the Martial Arts Jinshi exam. Hua Rong is nervously preparing for the exam. In addition, Gao Ming and him are studying in Taixue and Guozixue respectively. They have different subjects, and they seldom see each other recently. .

Different from the time when Fu An knocked on the wrong door and caused an oolong, this time Gao Ming specially ordered the attendant, "Knock lightly."

So Shen Sui knocked on the door very gently, and after knocking for a long time, someone opened the door, it was the big man with purple skin.

Gao Ming got off the sedan chair, "Is your master there? If so, I want to see you."

"Excuse me, are you..." Seeing that Gao Ming's temperament and clothes are not bad, and he brought a lot of followers, he knew that it must be some high-ranking official. Last time he fought with Fu An, Gao Ming didn't get out of the sedan chair, so the Huarong family The servant did not know Gao Yanei.

"My name is Gao Ming."

Although he had never met Gao Yanei himself, he knew Gao Yanei's name, his expression changed unpredictably, he turned around and ran away, "Master, it's not good, Gao Yanei is here."

The servant's news was too late, probably still at the moment when his master was imprisoned, Gao Ming shook his head.

Soon, Hua Rong came out. To Gao Ming's visit, he asked in confusion, "Why are you here?"

"Can't you come and play if you have nothing to do?" Gao Ming smiled.

"The exam is approaching, I have no spare capacity, and I am afraid that the reception will not be good."

"Just kidding, am I the kind of person who doesn't care about priorities?" Gao Ming snapped his fingers, and then pointed not far away, "I happen to have a horse here to send you off to help you pass the exam."

It is said that poor culture and rich martial arts are indeed true. Although studying also costs money to buy books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, the amount of money spent is not worth mentioning when compared with the need to invest in horses, bows and arrows in martial arts.

Good horses don't even come with money.

Hua Rong walked out the door, looked sideways, and saw a fine horse being led by the people from Taiwei's Mansion, and he could tell it was a top-quality horse by its size.

Huarong immediately shook his head, "No, it's too expensive, I can't accept it."

The rejection was straightforward and quick.

This was within Gao Ming's expectation. After all, someone suddenly gave him millions of dollars, and he would not accept it immediately.

"Don't look at this horse, which looks good on the surface, but it's quite obedient. I can't train it, and I can't ride it. It's a waste to keep it at home. Why don't you give it to you. Aren't you going to test riding and shooting? It's just right for you."

Hua Rong still refused, "There are a lot of horse trainers, so it's better to hire one in the Yamen."

Gao Ming frowned, pretending to be dissatisfied, "Do you really want me to speak so bluntly?"

"Frankly?"

"I lost your daughter-in-law, but you saved me and found my lost fan! I owe you favors, right? Don't say no! Isn't this obvious. I don't like to owe others Yes, I wanted to give you Haidongqing, but I didn’t buy it, so I can only give you a horse, if you don’t like it, I really have nothing to give you.”

Hua Rong felt a little helpless, "Why do you still remember these?"

The implication is that he forgot that they are all trivial things that are not worth mentioning.

"Small matter? It's a small matter that my head was almost smashed by Lu Zhishen?!" Gao Ming's tone was irrefutable, "You have to take this horse, or you have to take it if you don't take it."

Hua Rong obviously planned not to take oil and salt, so he said: "What if I don't accept it?"

Although the atmosphere was not as tense as before, it was not as relaxed as before, which was a bit of a confrontation.

The people around were all sweating, and it all depended on how Gao Yanei got down this step.

In the end, I saw Gao Yanei sitting on the stone steps in front of Huarong's house angrily, "If you don't accept it, then I won't leave."

It directly made Huarong laugh helplessly, he was angry and funny, "I see the weather, I am afraid it will rain soon."

Gao Ming looked up at the sky, and said firmly: "Then don't leave, sit until the rain soaks and grow mushrooms."

Hua Rong had nothing to do with Gao Ming, "Get up quickly." He bent down to help him.

Gao Ming lay dead on the ground and couldn't get up, "If you don't accept it, I will grow in front of your house."

Huarong had no choice but to take Gao Ming, who was playing a rogue, and said helplessly, "I'll accept it! Get up quickly."

Hearing this, Gao Ming stood up abruptly, and said with a smile, "Don't tell me, it's really cold on the steps."