Startled Meng

Although Yu Fang knew whether he would take part in the scientific examination, it did not prevent him from celebrating the end of the scientific examination. He even invited Pei Yuantang and Wang Yu out for a drink.It's a pity that they got there late, the three of them were not the only ones who wanted to have a banquet, and the last box had just been reserved.

Under Pei Yuantang's persuasion, Young Master Yu was willing to settle down in the hall for the time being.

The banquet for the three of them was like a wedding wine. There was a table full of fish and meat, and two jars of daughter's red wine were also served.

"I want to ask Brother Pei for some happy money." Yu Fangzhi saw that Pei Yuantang's face was flushed, and knew that he must have done well in the exam.

Pei Yuantang is not good at drinking, but he clinked the glass with Yu Fangzhi generously, and drank it down with a wrinkled face. His face was even redder. Although he was happy in his heart, he did not forget his humility: "Brother Yu, don't make fun of me." Yes, the list has not yet been revealed, and everything has not yet been determined."

Pei Yuantang is modest, but isn't this sitting immodestly?Wang Yu also clinked glasses with Yu Fangzhi, and laughed loudly after the booze: "Although you are the host of this meal, I have to pay the bill!"

Yu Fangzhi smiled: "Okay! I haven't seen anyone who wants to throw money at someone, Xiaoer! Two more jars of good wine!"

"I'm not afraid of another ten altars of good wine!" Wang Yu was so excited that she couldn't sit still at all.

Yu Fangzhi took the opportunity to ask: "Look at you, you are doing very well! What's the secret? Let me hear it?"

Wang Yu laughed until he lost his eyes. Just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of Pei Yuantang who was sitting next to him, whom he didn't know very well. Li asked for a talisman to bless him, and even said that his underwear was red, and then asked Pei Yuantang what preparations he had made.

Pei Yuantang thought for a while, and replied: "Except for the ordinary Wenshu... I have admired Yan Shilang's talent for a long time. I asked him about the articles I copied from his imperial examinations, but he was not very happy and didn't answer me in detail. I also said not to be dragged down by the ill-advised articles of the predecessors, but I am not the only one who agreed with Yan Shilang's article, back then..."

Wang Yu was impatient: "Hey! Shilang Yan must have his reasons for saying this, so just listen to him!"

Yu Fangzhi was quite interested: "Show me the article you copied some other day."

Pei Yuantang agreed, Wang Yu raised his glass to persuade them to drink, and the three drank again.

The three of them were chatting happily, when they heard the commotion downstairs, even Xiaoer surrounded him several times, the three of them followed and saw a person walking up the stairs, all three faces changed color.

Fan Zhi also saw them, he hummed, and let Xiaoer lead him into the Tianzi box.

As soon as he entered, there was so much noise in the private room that even outside the door, he dared to say such words as Wenquxing descended to earth, and the country's unparalleled scholars.

Yu Fangzhi, Pei Yuantang, and Fan Zhi were enemies in court, and it was normal to be jealous when they met, but Wang Yu was so angry that his eyes slanted and his mouth was slanted. What could be wrong with these two?

Wang Yu explained: "This stupid exam brings roast chicken, grilled fish and smoked sausage!"

Yu Fangzhi laughed loudly: "What's wrong? The bone was thrown into your dorm?"

Wang Yu wiped his mouth: "No, I smell it, and the test paper is dirty with drool..."

Now even Pei Yuantang couldn't help laughing. Since then, seeing the unhappiness brought by Fan Zhi dissipated, the three of them chatted happily. He didn't wait too long, Yu Fangzhi finally left, Xiao Er asked him to pay the bill, and then he remembered what Wang Yu said and let him fart away.

Yu Fangzhi saw off the two of them one after another, and stood at the door of the restaurant, looking at Pei Yuantang's back happily leaving with deep eyes.

Not everyone in the test was as relieved and rejoiced as Wang Yu and Pei Yuantang. Yu Fangzhi saw several people crying in the street, howling loudly, still standing in front of the teahouse that was open for business, forcing the waiter to shake him. The coarse cloth ran out to persuade him to cry elsewhere, and the voice of the storytelling inside was covered by the crying.

storytelling?Yu Fangzhi became interested, and walked into the teahouse.

There is a set of tables and chairs in the center of the building, which are eye-catching and complete with folding fans. The storyteller wears a long gown and a Futou, and two mustaches fly up and down. When the climax is reached, the voice stops abruptly, and the underground people applaud before continuing.

Yu Fang knew that he had heard a lot of books, Jiangling's storytellers had a bit of an accent, and the stories were even more interesting, but over and over again they were just some strange people and strange things or the joys and sorrows of gifted scholars and beautiful women, which were not interesting.

But if the content of today's storytelling is still the same, Yu Fangzhi will definitely not enter this teahouse.

Just listen to the storyteller begin:

"It is said that in the 56th year of Yuankang, the late emperor Hongde's body was slightly ill, and he was reluctant to handle government affairs. Fortunately, the crown prince had been established, and he served the people with benevolence; the government was clear, and there were two adults in the court, Meng and Bi. To share Huang Shang's worries, there are no major mistakes in government affairs. In addition, General Xie is in command in the north, so there has been no major movement for many years, and the small country in the south can't make waves. The emperor could have traveled westward on a crane without any worries..."

The storyteller's calm words turned sharp: "Who would have thought that it was in those years! The crown prince died of illness suddenly, Mr. Meng's family was destroyed overnight, the northern border was suddenly attacked by the enemy, and the Twelve Youyun Prefectures were lost in just two days. Sanzhou! There are millions of dead bodies, bleeding and drifting! Internal and external troubles, Great Yin fell into such a situation overnight!"

Eyebrows danced on the stage, and some older people whispered under the stage: "Oh, who doesn't know about this! It's old-fashioned!"

Xiaoer persuaded: "Although it happened more than ten years ago, many young people haven't heard it in detail. Please bear with me." In a blink of an eye, I saw a young person who was so stunned that he couldn't move his eyes. The tea in front of him was cold and he hadn't drunk it yet. Xiao Er poured the tea again in silence, but the man didn't respond at all.

Xingmu has been kept by the storyteller's hand all the time, but Yu knows his heart beats like a drum.Now that he knew what the storyteller was going to say next, he still felt an indelible resentment.

"Who would have thought of it, who would have thought of it! Criticizing the evils of the times, being diligent in government and loving the people, the minister of the humerus in Emperor Hongde's mouth, and the benefactor who treated the prince with courtesy, actually did such a catastrophe that death would not be regretted! He is a great Yin. The shame of you is a sinner through the ages!"

Impatiently urged: "Who! Say it!"

The storyteller gave a sharp shot: "This person has an upright face, but judging from his appearance, absolutely no one would have guessed that he later did such calamities of collaborating with the enemy and treason for his own self-interest, at the expense of his family and country, which led to ghosts. Yun Sanzhou was trampled by the iron hooves of foreign enemies, and the people in the city suffered unspeakably, this person is the capable minister who was well-known in those days——Meng Ai!"

"Why did the candle go out?"

"Could it be the sinner's manifestation?"

"Mom! I'm afraid!"

There were four candlesticks hanging on the roof of the tea house, and at this time all four candles were extinguished, the light in the building was dim, and no one saw Yu Fangzhi put the remaining broken silver into the palm of his hand. You have to listen carefully to hear the humming sound.

Xiao Er had already lit the candlestick, the storyteller was interrupted at the point of excitement, and the atmosphere lost just now if he continued talking.

"Meng Xiao has been an official for many years, and he is as high as a royal censor. In the first half of his life, he worked hard and won a good reputation as a capable minister. At that time, who would not say that he is good? When he was an official in the south of the Yangtze River, he was rated as excellent in his performance appraisal. Wrong step and wrong step, I had evil thoughts, and even the whole family lost their way of life, it should be! This is God has eyes!"

"Fart your mother!!"

The voice was full of anger and anger, and with the momentum of slapping the table, everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

Yu Fang knew to put away the broken silver that was about to fly out from his fingertips, and followed him to look at it, but he walked away after hearing the old man cursed "a bunch of nonsense", with a slightly bent back and gray temples, but With a forceful momentum, he strode away, regardless of the whispers behind him.

Yu Fangzhi became suspicious, and kept staring at the person who was yelling just now. The old man did not leave immediately after leaving the teahouse, but lost his temper with a young man waiting outside the building, as if to vent his desire to listen to the book this time. Unhappy, the young man was gentle and refined, just listening silently, and when he lost his temper, he helped him into the sedan chair and ordered people to pick up the sedan chair and leave.

The young man knew that he had seen it before, Bi Shouyan.

Xiaoer said: "Just now that one is a regular visitor in our building, and he often listens to books. I don't know what happened today, but he became so angry." Meng Xiao's treason and collusion with the enemy seemed to him a certainty, but the guest actually said yes "A school of nonsense", where does this come from?

An older person said: "Just now that person is Bi Zhixing. When Meng Xiao was still there, the two often quarreled in the court because of their different political views. Master Bi once said that he and Meng Xiao were at odds. Now Meng Xiao is gone. Death, he should look up to the sky and laugh, why..."

"Hey, who knows? I heard that after the Meng Mansion was burned back then, Mr. Bi went to see it. The enemy is dead. I guess he was relieved by seeing the ashes burnt with his own eyes!"

When an accident happened to the Meng family, no one dared to say anything, for fear of implicating themselves. Many people did not even dare to go to Dihua Street, for fear of being accused of collaborating with the enemy, but Bi Zhixing dared, perhaps they were enemies With such a relationship, even if he wandered into the Meng Mansion, no one would suspect that he had colluded with Meng Xiao, they would only think that he was making trouble.

Listening to what you said and what I said, there was a quarrel, and the storyteller continued to speak, and it was very difficult to speak.

Yu Fangzhi felt bored, decided to get up and leave, his steps were not as brisk as when he came, his eyes felt dizzy, which was the after-effect of his blood, the light was dim, hiding his pale blood, and the noisy voices covered his two sneers.

The storyteller raised his voice: "Fortunately, our Great Yin has its own gods to protect us. Mr. Zheng, who was a messenger back then, sent a letter to the enemy to expose Meng Xiao's treason. After saying that the border situation was critical, he personally led tens of thousands of government soldiers to support him. Only then did Lord Wei get the emperor's order to lead the imperial army to the Meng Mansion to arrest the criminal. Killed his wife and children, set the house on fire, and killed himself in the raging flames!"

"It's a pity that the crown prince who has been on good terms with Meng Xiao has been implicated. Later, because the first emperor rejected and abolished the position of crown prince, he had to die in depression, and the lives of those in the three northern states who died in vain, the hideous scar on General Xie's face, Miserable!"

The storyteller seemed to be the one who witnessed it. He was about to mourn and cry, whimpered twice, and suddenly covered his mouth. He only felt a sharp pain in the root of his teeth, and a fishy sweet taste in his mouth. He bowed his head and vomited out two bloody front teeth and a small grain of silver. .

"Miserable!" Yu Fangzhi sneered, and disappeared at the door of the teahouse.

The author says:

These chapters are explaining the background connection of the two protagonists, so the intersection between the two is relatively small. After Chapter 24, the interaction between the protagonists will increase, and the plot will continue!Thank you for reading the text!Let me know if you have any ideas!Good night!