A traitor

Everyone present knew that there was only one Minister of Rites at that time, and that was the notorious treacherous minister Su Qinglang.

This person was able to enter the imperial court, and at the age of 23 he climbed to the position of minister of the Ministry of Rites, which can be called a miracle in the officialdom of the imperial court.

However, although it is a miracle, there must be some reasons behind this official's promotion too fast.

After all, some people have been struggling in the officialdom for decades, and they are only a fourth-rank official if they die.

However, within five years, Su Qinglang was able to go from being dressed in white to sitting in the position of a second-rank official in the Ministry of Rites. Relying on his lack of morality and shamelessness is obviously not enough, which shows that this person still has some scheming.

Looking at the harem of the ruling and opposition parties, there are emperors and princes on the top, concubines and princesses on the bottom, and even the powerful and powerful Prime Minister of the current dynasty, who is coaxed by his three-inch lotus tongue, regards this person as his own. Humeral confidant.

There are even rumors that the emperor will definitely bring Su Qinglang to participate in this palace examination, and according to the practice of previous years, the result of the palace examination depends entirely on Su Qinglang's words, so even Changlu Temple Minister Jia Dexin Jia adults I can't sit still.

In fact, this Jia Dexin is from a family of officials and officials, with a scholarly family. Starting from his great-grandfather, several generations have been scholars.

His son, Jia Siqi, was young and smart, coupled with being diligent and studious, he has always been a model of romantic and talented people in Chang'an City.

Just looking at his ability to win the first place in the provincial and general examinations, you can know that this person is not a vain name, but actually has certain skills. , I also need some connections.

As Mr. Jia, who has been immersed in the officialdom for many years, he naturally understands the truth of this.

So he squeezed out a few thousand taels of silver from his family's treasury, plus a few passing treasures, and took advantage of the dark night and wind when no one was paying attention, and secretly brought his son to Su Qinglang's mansion.

Originally, this Jia Siqi was unwilling to go through the back door, after all, in his opinion, Su Qinglang's reputation was too bad.

But he is a cold, aloof, unsullied scholar, how can he get along with such a person and ruin his reputation for nothing?

However, he couldn't help his father's threats. In addition, as a well-known romantic talent in Chang'an City, because he didn't give Su Qinglang a gift, he had to watch the title of the champion fall to someone else. Or, make him more unbearable.

If his official career is really in the hands of Su Qinglang, it is not impossible for him to be able to bend his head and bow his head in special times.

So suppressing the thousands of reluctances in his heart, he still turned down his face and found Su Qinglang's house.

It's a pity that when I went last night, Su Qinglang was not at home. I heard that the prime minister's son stayed at home overnight.

When he thought about it afterwards, he was actually a little secretly happy, thinking that God knew that he and his father knew about it, and that he still retained his character as a scholar after all.

Unexpectedly, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, but this person exposed it in front of everyone.

Recalling this person's previous words and deeds, Jia Siqi suddenly realized that this person was deliberately trying to tear him down and ruin his place.

Although what the other party said was the truth, in order to save face, he still had to imitate the stubborn duck and the green-haired parrot in the cage.

With a guilty conscience, he argued: "It's purely nonsense, how can you talk about it?"

Yue Mo felt that simply denying it was not enough, so he immediately added a strong medicine: "A person like Su Qinglang, despicable and shameless, who wants to be with him?"

Hearing this, the young man in white raised his eyebrows, gave a meaningful oh, and said: "I heard that your father and Master Su have a very good personal relationship, and I thought that brother can ride the east wind of Master Su, soar upwards, and reach the top of the sky!"

Jia Siqi was very angry, waved his long sleeves, and categorically denied: "There is no such thing, my father is upright and loyal, and he often scolded the stealing rats like Su Qinglang at home, how could he be like a jester like him?" People as a team? On weekdays, being an official in the same court is just a superficial perfunctory, how can we have a good personal relationship, brother, you are insulting my father's face by saying this!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." The young man in white raised an orchid finger, covered his lips with his sleeve, and smiled flamboyantly, flamboyantly.

However, the expression between the eyebrows did not show any guilt or apology, but more like a joke.

He picked up a folding fan from the table, played with it leisurely in his hand, and praised: "With your upright and upright character, if you enter the court in the future, it will definitely be the gospel of the people of Li, and the nemesis of treacherous and villainous people. The one named Su Qinglang, I'm afraid he will be so frightened that he won't even be able to sleep."

These words sound like good words, like a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed in an old cellar, after drinking it, it only feels sweet and dizzy.

But Jia Siqi always felt that the sweet-scented osmanthus wine seemed to be mixed with the smell of urine.For a while, it was neither good for him to drink nor to vomit.

I had no choice but to humbly say again: "Brother, I've been flattered. I'm just adhering to the teachings of my teacher and my father. In everything, etiquette, loyalty and filial piety must be put first. Compared with others, it is actually far behind."

Hearing this, the young man in white burst out laughing, and curled his lips into a slight smile.

He said lightly, "Brother, you don't have to be humble. I still know a thing or two about Mr. Jia's upbringing."

Holding the folding fan behind his back, he picked up the wine on the table, raised his glass to Jia Siqi and said, "It's a coincidence that I can meet Jia Xiong here today, I'm really lucky, I'm here to offer Jia Xiong a glass, and wish Jia Xiong can win the championship in one fell swoop , in the future, we can also enter the court, punish rape and eliminate evil, and eradicate villains like Su Qinglang."

"Yes, get rid of villains like Su Qinglang!"

After being fanned by this person, the others all looked filled with righteous indignation and impassioned expressions.

One by one, like a hero from the green forest, they drank all the water and wine in their glasses, and even put down their glasses with much more strength than usual, as if to show their integrity and determination to move forward. .

This time Jia Siqi was completely dumbfounded, dumbfounded, and stunned. In fact, he never thought that things would develop to this point, and he was unwilling to let things develop to this point.

After all, Su Qinglang is a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and also the tutor of His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Princess, his status cannot be shaken by a little tribute student like him.

His father was only the Minister of Changlu Temple, and Pang Potian was only a fourth-rank official. Even if he intentionally flattered him in front of Su Qinglang, Su Qinglang would not necessarily take a look at him.

And I do have some talent, and I should have some future in the officialdom, but I haven't reached the point where I can compete with Su Qinglang.

I wanted to draw a clear line with Su Qinglang and keep a balance, but I didn't expect to be pushed into such an embarrassing situation by this person's few words.

This has not yet entered the imperial court to be an official, and he offended the very popular man in front of the emperor, so he felt a little guilty in his heart, and felt a little bit hard to get off.

But this person, it's hard to let go of his airs when he is in front of him, especially in front of these classmates, he can't lose face by being a coward.

He could only barely maintain his dignity as a son of an official, faced everyone's attitude, smiled stiffly, raised his hand and took a sip of the wine, but some fine sweat could not help oozing from his forehead.

I also heard a scholar beside me sullenly and angrily said: "Such a person who treacherously framed a loyal person, if Brother Risi Qi won the champion, he should write a letter to the emperor to cut off his official title and drive him away. Get out of the imperial city and be exiled for thousands of miles!"

Jia Siqi snorted, the drink almost spewed out of his mouth, and seeing that the young man in white was at ease, he added quite approvingly: "It's best to divide the body by five horses and expose it to the wilderness."

"That's right, cut the body apart by five horses and exposed it to the wilderness!" Everyone immediately responded, clapping and applauding.

Jia Siqi's face was ugly, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, couldn't help but look at the young man in white, and asked: "I don't know the name of Xiongtai Gao, but I still want to make friends with Xiongtai."

"Me?" The man seemed a little surprised when he heard that.

Immediately, he turned his body sideways, raised his legs, and put on a flirtatious dandy.

With a whoosh, he unfolded the folding fan, and showed a charming smile to everyone: "No talent, it's Su Qinglang."