Those things about fighting wits and courage with the little grudges

"Master Guo, are you alright?" The visitor was wearing a hooded cloak, only half of his face was exposed, he smiled strangely, his tone seemed to be worried, but also seemed to be sarcasm.

Ding Guogong was confined in the mansion for many days, lost power like him, he never expected that there would be a visitor.

"Who is here? If you come to see the jokes of the Duke of this country, you may be disappointed." Ding Guogong stroked his beard, his eyes were not deterrent, but because of An Yi's death, his temples were only gray, and now even The beard is also snow dyed.

The visitor slowly took off his cloak, revealing that face.

"You! You!" Duke Ding pointed at him.

"Marquis Wen Yuan, what are you doing here? The fief Lord can't enter the royal city without a summons or anything. What are you going to do!"

Marquis Wen Yuan smiled and sat down quietly opposite Ding Guogong.

Duke Ding thought about it carefully for a while, and one thing came to his mind. "That man!"

The merchant who accused Marquis Wen Yuan of extorting taxes, concealing the disaster in the dry land, and dying inexplicably... "You got rid of people? Marquis Wen Yuan! What are you trying to do?"

"Hey, please don't talk nonsense, my lord. Benhou has been in the fief all the time and has never been to the royal city. This time, this lord came here only to pay tribute to the jade. Please don't give me a label indiscriminately, my lord."

He put the brocade box he brought on the table, and inside it was an exquisite glass wine cup, dark with cloud patterns, and the whole body was transparent.

Even Duke Ruding has never seen such a treasure.

"Wonderful!" Ding Guogong just looked up and did not dare to touch it with his hands.

"I also ask the Duke to hold his eyes. This glazed wine cup, I only produce one in Wenyuan County a year." Marquis Wenyuan looked complacent. Glazed utensils are rare in the royal family. Who doesn't like it?

"Okay, okay! It's a baby, it's a baby!"

"This wine cup was originally a matching set, four cups and one pot. This time I came here in a hurry, so I only brought this one. Duke Ding likes it, so I will give it to you as a gift."

"This..." Duke Ding didn't believe that he came here just for this, but he wanted him to keep that matter a secret?But the witness is dead, and there is no physical evidence, so I can't report him.Furthermore, he is now under house arrest here, and he no longer has government authority. This person must have other things...

"Marquis Wen Yuan, the Duke of this country will not be rewarded for his meritorious service, so you should take this wine cup back." He said so, but his eyes could not leave the glass wine cup for a moment, the glass wine cup It is even more shining, showing its beauty to others.

"Hey, what did the Duke of the country say? You and my ancestors are also a fateful friendship. It's just that my family often stays in the fief and never comes around, which makes this friendship fade away. Hey, it's also a coincidence of current events." .

"This..." Ding Guogong still didn't believe it, and he hesitated to pick up the glazed wine cup.

"Master, you still don't know the uniqueness of this treasure."

"Oh? But what else is unique?"

"Guogong might as well ask someone to serve some wine, I'll talk to Guogong in detail!"

"Hey, just drink and don't talk about anything else, the Duke still doesn't believe me?"

"Just drinking?"

"Yes, just drink, don't talk about anything else!"

Duke Ding still kept an eye out, and after he sent someone to bring the wine, he opened the window and warmed the wine. If Marquis Wen Yuan wanted to take the wine pot, he would not let him, so he had to come by himself.

This old thing is really guarded...

"Marquis Wen Yuan, but what are you going to do?"

"Ah, how about this, please pour the wine into the wine cup and shake it for a try."

"Oh?"

Dingguo did as he did, the turbid wine came in, but there were no hops, the wine beads fell from the mouth of the cup little by little, the wine cup flickered, and the voice was sweet, and the wine became clear when he looked in the cup again.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"Please also invite the Duke to taste it."

Duke Ding looked down, held his breath, took a sip, it was very strange, he picked up the jug and poured another sip into his mouth. "This... is obviously poured from a pot, why is there such a big difference?"

"Otherwise, how can it be a baby?"

"Good! Good!"

Marquis Wen Yuan told him about the mystery of the wine cup, coaxing Duke Ding to drink a few cups.

This will determine that the Duke is drunk and forgets all the precautions.Seeing that the time was right, Marquis Wen Yuan cried and complained about the hardships of Duke Marquis.

"My lord, it's difficult, it's too difficult... The superiors only care about my taxes, and never care about the real situation. The taxes are increasing year after year. I, I am really overwhelmed, overwhelmed."

"Right now, Wenyuan is suffering from disasters in the dry land. I have gone to paperwork to ask for food, but it is like a stone sinking into the sea. There is no response at all. The relief granary is exhausted. What can I do? I can only resort to merchants' ideas."

Duke Dingguo drank his cup of wine and patted his legs.

"Master Hou, you think it's difficult for you to entrust the land. How simple are we princes in the king's city? The queen mother is careful. Now the little emperor has taken over our real power. The land and property are less and less. When something happens, we have to deal with it." Catch us for food and food."

"You don't know! The little emperor is now putting the Queen Mother under house arrest. A few days ago, he asked the ministers for food donations in the court hall. The uncle of the country has donated the remaining food. You haven't seen that situation, but It is to settle so many victims of the disaster, and collect so many donations, hey..." Ding Guogong shook his head, and didn't want to mention it again.

"I got a pair of sons and daughters in my old age. First, my daughter was called into the palace. She was framed by others and left with a lifelong cough. My son, my son... my son was even more miserable. He was killed by Gu Nanzhao, and his whole body was killed. Didn't stay!"

"Master, don't be sad, your majesty is tyrannical, you can only blame your majesty for your tyranny!"

"Hahaha, tyranny... the little emperor wants more than tyranny, he wants our lives!"

"My lord, the late emperor left a law stating that a prince should not be punished by death. His Majesty will not dare to do so. Isn't he afraid of being drowned by the spittle of the people in the world?"

"Why doesn't he dare? My son is dead, my son is dead! Thinking back then, when we waited for princes, which one was not glorious, which one was not admired by officials and people? When the first emperor was alive, he waited for me more. The whole world was built by our predecessors, Qin Yiqing, how can He De enjoy it all to himself!"

"Don't dare to say that!" Marquis Wen Yuan looked around with a vigilant expression.

"The Duke of the country just told me what he said, but he didn't dare to say it outside."

"You are so afraid! This is my Duke Dingguo's mansion, and there are still people who can't spread it, unless it is you!"

"Master of the country! How can I be such a person! The Lord of the Kingdom did not write a letter about the dry land, so how could I do something that is not good for the Lord of the country? Besides, I am in danger now, whether I can leave the king city alive unknown……"

"Master Hou is too worried. If you come to pay tribute, what else can the little emperor do to you?"

"Hey...hey..."

Marquis Wen Yuan shook his head and sighed, hesitant to speak.

"Master Hou is in trouble?"

"My lord, the drought I mentioned to you earlier is much more serious than what I mentioned. Refugees have already gathered, and there is an opposite trend. This time the tribute has already worn out my family's wealth, and it is difficult to fill it."

Ding Guogong raised the glazed wine cup in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Then, Lord Hou, will you give me the wine cup?"

"What the palace wants is jade. No matter how precious this colored glaze is, it's useless."

"This……"

"My lord, it is also a crime of deceiving the emperor that I present glazed utensils. This time I am doomed. Right now, it is a dead end anyway. I might as well give these treasures to you and other princes, so as to save the money and the heartless royal family." .”

"Hmph! How dare he? I'll wait for the Duke to avoid death! How dare he take the life of the Duke?"

"The world is unpredictable, the world is unpredictable, let's not hide it, Lord Hou, I brought dead soldiers with me when I came to the king's city this time, whether I can escape from the king's city depends on luck!"

"What's the difficulty in escaping from the king's city? I'm a duke. Even if I'm thinking of my ancestors' friendship, I'll protect the duke out of the city!"

After hearing this, Marquis Wenyuan got up and saluted Duke Dingguo. What kind of kindness and rebirth, what kind of gratitude, what he said was hype.The two drank each other, and they were bound to get drunk endlessly.

Ding Guogong faced Wen Yuanhou and told the little emperor all the wrong things.

……

I don't know what disturbed the birds that landed in Duke Dingguo's mansion, they suddenly soared into the sky, accompanied by the moon and the wind, a group of birds flew into the king's city, standing on the ginkgo tree branches in Nanzhao Hall, chirping non-stop.

"Chirp~"

Gu Nanzhao saw the birds flying, so he lay on the window bier and was whistling. While he was teasing the birds, the other side Deshun came with something.

"General Gu, at least use some."

Gu Nanzhao glanced at the food box at the door and shook his head, "Where is Your Majesty? I want to see Your Majesty..."

Deshun wrinkled his face, it's only been a few days since the two of them have been arguing like this.

"Your Majesty is busy. Tomorrow is the autumn banquet. Your Majesty has also invited General Gu to the banquet."

"What kind of general am I? I'm just a servant serving His Majesty. Now Your Majesty has despised me, so don't come here again."

"General Gu, why are you bothering? The general's court clothes, the slaves are placed at the door, and the general is invited to a banquet tomorrow."

"What am I doing in this court dress? I think the palace dress is better. Look at the dark pattern, gold thread and silver thread, and what kind of cloak, father-in-law, do you think I look good in it?"

Deshun's eyes were full of distress, and he said that Gu Nanzhao looked good in anything, and he was the most majestic when he was wearing a red robe and armor.

Gu Nanzhao glanced at Deshun with a smile, then ignored him and continued to play with the birds while whistling.