The Big Landlord

Tang shi had sent greeting cards to the three senior brothers in the past few days, but the three were busy people, and Tang shi didn't see them until the day of Xiumu.

The three senior brothers already knew that their teacher had accepted a closed disciple named Tang Shi when Yuan Yong returned to the capital last time.It just so happened that when Tang Shi came to the capital this time, they took advantage of this opportunity to get together and brought all their juniors with them.

The three senior brothers are a generation older than Tang Shi. Looking at Tang Shi is like looking at his own nephew. Coupled with Tang Shi's handsome and well-behaved appearance and the teacher's praise of Tang Shi in front of them, their impression of Tang Shi All good.

After having a light meal, the three brothers let the young people go to play together.Ji Heng Tang Shi, the child of the fourth senior brother Ji Ting's family, already knew him. When he saw Tang Shi, his expression was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that the person he admired turned out to be his father's junior brother!Originally, he was glad that his relationship with Tang shi was getting closer, but when he thought about it, Tang shi would be a generation older than himself!He always felt a little awkward.

The eldest brother is Pei Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering. He has a son, Pei Hua, who is nineteen years old. He is studying in the Imperial College.The third brother Gao Fan, Ren Zheng, and the fourth grade Tongzheng Taichang had a daughter, Gao Yue, seventeen years old, with a delicate appearance and elegant and quiet demeanor, just like a lady of a big family.

"Tang Shi, what do you want to play?" Ji Heng is most familiar with Tang Shi. After all, Tang Shi brought him into the Guard Command Division, which changed his inherent view of the Guard Command Division and made him realize his own narrowness. He was very grateful to Tang shi.

Tang Shi shook his head with a smile, "I'm not familiar with Kyoto yet, so you can decide."

Pei Hua rolled up his sleeves, and said slowly: "I heard that Brother Zheng and the others are outing by the Biluo Lake today, why don't we take our little uncle there together?"

Gao Yue agreed, "I've heard about it too. There just happen to be quite a few students of the same age over there, so let's take our junior uncle there."

Tang Shi waved his hands shyly, "Let's meet as equals, don't call me little uncle."

Ji Heng was still struggling with this matter, but when he heard what Tang Shi said, he immediately raised his hands in agreement, "Yes! That's how it should be!"

Pei Hua and Gao Yue were not stubborn, and felt that their peers had a good friendship, so they silently agreed.

When the four of them came to the shore of Biluo Lake, they saw a group of students and girls compiling poems there, and when they saw Ji Heng and Pei Hua, they all stopped.

"Brother Zheng, I heard that you are here for a picnic, and we took the liberty to disturb you. Please forgive me." Ji Heng clasped his hands and said with a smile.

Zheng Lirong laughed, "Brother Ji, what are you talking about? I'm too happy that you, Brother Pei, and Miss Gao can come, but who is this little brother?" He looked at Tang Shi, always feeling familiar, but for a while Can't remember again.

"Let me tell you, this is my father's junior, Mr. Yuan's closed disciple Tang Shi, hehe, he is younger than us." Ji Heng happily introduced Tang Shi to Zheng Lirong and other students, but he didn't notice Zheng Lirong. An abnormality flashed in his eyes.

Ji Heng and Pei Hua are relatively well-known in Beijing, and the people they brought with them have to live up to their face no matter what other students think.

"When I was in Tang Dynasty, hello brother Zheng, hello brothers." Tang Shi's appearance has never been aggressive. He is good-looking and can leave a good impression on people at first glance. In addition, his features are clear and straight, not cunning The other students are even more tolerant, not to mention those daughters, looking at Tang Shi's appearance, find it pleasing to the eye, so they naturally treat him with more warmth and gentleness.

Zheng Lirong smiled, "It turned out to be Brother Tang. We met in Nanfeng County three years ago. I heard that Mr. Yuan met you in Tangjia Village. Seeing that you are very talented, I accepted you as a disciple. Not to mention, the master-student relationship is really not shallow!"

When the other people, especially the daughters of the government, heard the news, their eyes on Tang shi suddenly changed. It turned out that he was just a country bumpkin.

Zheng Lirong's words were true, but it seemed unusual to deliberately say them on this occasion. Ji Heng could hear it, but how could he refute it?Could it be that Tang shi didn't come from Tangjia village?

Gao Yue smiled softly, "Young Master Zheng is right, I also heard from my father that my uncle Shisanfang worshiped Mr. Yuan as his teacher, but he has already achieved the fame of a scholar in just three years. Uncle Shi can go to school early and achieve better results."

As soon as Gao Yue said this, everyone's eyes changed again. The 16-year-old scholar is indeed admirable, not to mention that he has only read the book for three years.They have all been enlightened since they were young. Up to now, there are still a lot of people who have not achieved the fame of scholars. In such a comparison, most of them feel ashamed.

Pei Hua gave a "hmm" and said slowly, "I think the founding general was a butcher back then."

Seeing Gao Yue and Pei Hua defending Tang Shi like this, Ji Heng was very happy and nodded repeatedly from the sidelines.

Zheng Lirong's face darkened slightly, but he quickly returned to his smile, "Since Mr. Yuan's master apprentice is here, how about we not have some fun?"

Tang Shi smiled, this Zheng Lirong was quite small-minded.

"What's so interesting about playing? Many students asked him.

"Reciting poems and composing fuss all day long is not very interesting, and today's spring is just right, why don't we go to the horse race together?"

His proposal was unanimously approved by everyone, but the girl's dress was really not suitable for riding a horse, so she could only watch from the sidelines.

The grassland in the outskirts is vast and flat, which is very suitable for horse racing. They led the servants at home to bring two horses of almost the same breed and strength. Zheng Lirong looked at Tang Shi, "Brother Tang is meeting with us for the first time today. How does it compare to you?" He saw that Tang Shi looked like a frail scholar, and he became a scholar in only three years. He must have been studying day and night, and it is impossible to exercise equestrian skills often. He has never even touched a horse in such a small place. Certainly not as good as myself.

How could Tang shi not know what he was thinking?If Zheng Lirong knew that his horsemanship was taught by the commander of the guard, he wondered if he would have the courage to compare himself with him.

"My little brother is not good at equestrian skills, so why don't you come here?" Tang Shi didn't want to show off, but it was even more impossible to deliberately lose to Zheng Lirong in front of everyone, so it's better not to compare.

"Yeah, Brother Zheng, why don't I compete with you? I haven't ridden for a long time, and now I'm a bit ticklish." Ji Heng said in a timely manner, and reached out to hold the rein of one of the horses.

Zheng Lirong sighed, "Brother Tang, you are Mr. Yuan's master apprentice. I don't believe you when you say that you are not good at equestrian skills. Mr. Yuan was not only knowledgeable back then, but his equestrian skills were also first-class. As you How could it be possible that his closed disciple did not inherit his mantle?"

The other students also echoed, feeling that Tang shi couldn't show it, and didn't give them face.

If Tang Shi still refused, it would be a disgrace to the teacher's prestige. His complexion did not change, and he cupped his hands at Zheng Lirong, "Then the younger brother should be respectful rather than obedient." After saying that, he took the reins from Ji Heng's hand, and turned over neatly Get on the horse, "Brother Zheng, please."

Seeing his confident and calm appearance, Zheng Lirong felt a little uneasy. Could it be that he thought he was wrong?But no matter what, things had reached this point, and he could only compete with Tang shi. He just couldn't figure out, how could Tang shi be better than himself?The reluctance of being a child has now become a kind of humiliation in front of Tang shi.

He rode on the horse, and the student who was in charge of the referee waved his hand, and the two immediately rode the horse and galloped away like lightning.Zheng Lirong tried his best from the very beginning, rushing ahead of Tang Shi, and the students around shouted and cheered. After all, Zheng Lirong represented them. If they lost to a foreign student, they would be disgraced by the Imperial College!

Tang Shi didn't want Zheng Lirong to behave for a long time. He lightly pinched the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse under him immediately galloped, and passed Zheng Lirong in a flash. The further back, the bigger the gap between the two, students Seeing that Zheng Lirong's decline was gradually showing, the joyful cheers gradually died down.

Looking at the figure in front of him, Zheng Lirong vomited blood in his heart. How did he know that Tang Shi's equestrian skills were so superb!This time I was really ashamed and ashamed!

Tang Shi felt that for a narrow-minded person like Zheng Lirong, it would be better to give in than to attack him. Anyway, no matter what he did, Zheng Lirong just didn't like him, and there was no way to change it.

Tang Shi easily defeated Zheng Lirong. After all, Zheng Lirong was an adult, and he was willing to admit defeat. After he got off the horse, he cupped his hands and laughed dryly at Tang Shi, "Brother Tang deserves to be Mr. Yuan's disciple!" He just wanted everyone to think that Tang Shi was so powerful only because he had a good teacher. If he didn't have Yuan Yong as a teacher, he might still be digging land in the countryside now.

Tang Shi also cupped his hands, "It's good that I didn't embarrass the teacher."

It was getting late, and everyone went back to the city together after playing for a while. Before they reached the gate of the city, they met the guard commander who was out of the city to handle errands. The leader was Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun and the others didn't care when they saw a group of scholars at first, but his eyesight was really good. When he rolled his eyes, he found Tang Shi among the group of students. You can't turn a blind eye and just walk away, can you?

Zhou Xun didn't think much about other things, so he asked his subordinates to stand by and walked towards Tang Shi and them by himself.

When the students saw the men from the guard commander walking towards them, although they looked down on them in their bones, they were still a little afraid in their hearts. They couldn't help but widen their eyes and stopped in their tracks.

Zhou Xun didn't give them half a look, but only cupped his hands at Tang Shi and said, "Young Master Tang."

Tang Shi smiled back, "Brother Zhou."

After Zhou Xun said hello, he left with a group of people from the command department. It was nothing at all, but Zheng Lirong suddenly asked Tang Shi, "Brother Tang, you actually call the people from the guard command department brothers and sisters? Mr. Yuan knows this something?"

Tang Shi tilted his head to look at him, "Why did Brother Zheng ask such a question?"

Zheng Lirong said with a serious face, "Don't you know that they are all murderous monsters without batting an eye? Don't you feel ashamed that you, as a scholar, are with them? As his disciple, shouldn't you cleanse yourself?"

Other students also talked about it.Ji Heng was about to defend Tang Shi, but Pei Hua stopped him.

Tang Shi looked around at the discontented eyes of the students, and asked loudly, "Then do you know who the Guard Commander takes orders from?"

"Naturally, the Holy One." Zheng Lirong replied.

"Since they obey His Majesty, the people they kill should also be killed. Are you dissatisfied with His Majesty by insulting them as demons who kill without batting an eye?"

This high hat was put on the heads of all the students, and everyone was instantly stunned. Who would dare to be dissatisfied with the Holy One?Isn't that courting death?

"We are not dissatisfied with the Holy Majesty. It is really the people of the Commander of the Guard who are full of evil and oppress the common people. Why can't we cast aside such people?"

Tang Shi couldn't help laughing, "Full of evil? Don't you think that this word is overkill when you use it on court officials? You don't scold those who commit adultery and crime, don't scold those who are corrupt and pervert the law, and don't scold those who disobey the sacred order, but you come to scold." Follow the order of the emperor and eradicate the corrupt officials. Are you full of food? Or are you afraid and disgusted because of your guilty conscience? Scholars, it sounds good, you only stare at one guard commander every day , Why didn’t you think about making the court less corrupt officials? Why didn’t you think about giving the people a bright day? Why didn’t you think about introspecting yourself every day and doing some practical things for the people? Let me ask you now, what is wrong with the commander of the guards? Is there any? If you can say one thing, I will lose!"

Everyone was overwhelmed by Tang Shi's loud words. His tone was considered peaceful, but the slamming down one sentence after another really made them unable to bear it. Some people were already thinking to themselves, while others still sneered.

Zheng Lirong sneered, "Are you admitting that you are with those people?"

Before Tang Shi answered, there was some movement from the city gate. Zhao Jin was galloping towards Zheng Lirong on a galloping horse. The horse rushed up to Zheng Lirong, raised its front hooves high, and neighed. Zheng Lirong was paralyzed with fright. on the ground.

Zhao Jin was expressionless and condescending, and he was even taller and more handsome in the uniform of a commander and envoy. "My father seems to be a little unusual recently."

When Zheng Lirong heard this, he was immediately shocked.

Zhao Jin stopped looking at him, but stretched out his hand to Tang Shi, and Tang Shi bowed his hand to Ji Heng and the others apologetically, "I'm a step ahead." He said and handed his hand to Zhao Jin.

Zhao Jin gently held him, lifted him onto the horse, put him in front of him, and then slowly rode away.

After the two left, Ji Heng glared at Pei Hua, "Why did you stop me just now?"

Pei Hua looked at him and sighed, "Tang Shi has his way to go, you are different from him."

Tang shi was able to say those words, but Ji Heng couldn't.