Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 797 Is it one-way hatred?

Seeing the bad looks on the faces of these two old men, Shen Cha knew that this matter was not as simple as imagined. It was probably not just jealousy, but perhaps other more complicated reasons.

"Chi Hong and Uncle Ning Wang..." Shen Haolin looked at Xuanyuan Liang, then at Tantai Pingchuan, "there is a big difference in age, Uncle Wang is at least ten years younger than him, the two of them can barely be considered a generation, strictly speaking It's two generations, so there shouldn't be so-called competition for favor at all, right?"

"Once a person is on the edge of a horn, he won't have such a rational idea." Xuanyuan Liang pointed to the blanket placed beside Shen Haolin, asking him to cover Shen Cha. "What's more, Chi Hong has always had his own way of temperament. As long as he messes up, no one is allowed to question him." He looked at the three children in front of him, "You have also met Chi Hong himself, and I feel this How are people?"

"It's still...well mannered, but..." Shen Cha thought for a while, "It seems to be inexplicably arrogant, and she seems to look down on anyone."

"There were rumors in Beijing that the young master of the Chi family was very noble." Bai Meng snorted coldly, "If you want to be friends with him, you must pass his test and meet his requirements."

"What test? What requirement?" Shen Cha looked at Bai Meng curiously, "Is it very harsh?"

"Let me tell you, listen." Bai Meng stretched out her first finger, looked at Xuanyuan Liang and Tantai Pingchuan, "If I'm wrong, please correct me both of you." Seeing the two old men smiling Laughing, he took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said, "The first requirement is in terms of appearance, you can't look better than him, you can't be taller than him, you can't be thinner than him, and you can't be more well-proportioned overall. I made a conclusion for him, as long as he looks crooked, it is possible to be friends with him."

"Why are you so unconfident about your own appearance?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "But what he said in court was not like that." She looked at the other people in the tea room, "What he said was something he knew He is not good-looking, and it was Mr. Chi Ge and his brothers who lied to him before."

"It's because I'm getting older, I'm not as flamboyant as I was when I was young, and I'm a little more restrained." Bai Meng waved his hand, "In addition to the requirements on appearance, the second is not to be better than his family background, better than his family. Wealthy people associate with each other, but many people can do these two things. After all, few children from noble families in Xijing are willing to associate with him. Therefore, the so-called classmates around him all I came to the three major academies from other places to study, and I only have one goal of scientific examination."

"Does he know that he is actually being used?"

"I definitely know it, but I don't care about it. As long as I can show off, it doesn't hurt to be used a little bit."

"The basic situation of Chi Hong is what the commander said, and I need to add a detail that the commander missed." Tantai Pingchuan looked at Bai Meng, "Since Chi Hong came to the Chi family, everyone in the Chi family has paid attention to this matter. The young master is very kind. As long as it doesn't touch the law, he will respond to every request, and he can say what he wants. This kind of treatment is not only not enjoyed by Old Man Chi's other sons, even his grandson and granddaughter. Moreover, not only the Chi family, but even the female family members who married into their family, as well as the children of old man Chi's grandchildren, must spoil Chi Hong, this point was almost written into the Chi family's family rules."

"Are the children of Qing noble families so pampered? Aren't you afraid of raising a waste who doesn't work hard and doesn't know the grain? Or..." Shen Cha and Shen Haolin exchanged glances, and at the same time looked at the two old men opposite Er, "Mr. Chi Ge... is it actually intentional? He intends to develop this virtue on purpose, even if he thinks about the past in the future and wants to do something, but he can't do anything."

"It's the same as our guess." Xuanyuan Liang nodded, "But there is one thing that doesn't make sense. He should have rescued this child from a human trafficker back then, and he probably didn't know his origin. There is another possibility, that is To make up for my emotional shortcomings."

"Is it because I feel ashamed of Mrs. Chi's child, so I have to make up for all the regrets on Chi Hong?" Shen Cha nodded slightly, "It's also possible, but he never thought of it, Chi Hong is too courageous , to actually face Uncle Ning directly."

"His Royal Highness Prince Ning has never regarded him as an opponent."

"That is to say, all Chi Hong's hatred is one-way, is it all his own wishful thinking?"

"That's right." Xuanyuan Liang smiled, "Their grievances started when old man Chi wanted to accept His Royal Highness King Ning as a closed disciple. Maybe it will go a little further. Let's sort out what Chi Hong has said about His Royal Highness Ning The situation started when old man Chi went to give lectures to His Highness King Ning. At that time, he probably didn't know His Highness Ning very well, so he walked in the market openly and secretly and spread a lot of rumors about His Highness Ning. You all know what kind of person the late emperor was, and you also know his attitude towards His Highness King Ning, how could it be possible for these Xiaoxiao to ruin his brother's reputation?"

"So, did the late emperor warn Mr. Chi Ge or Chi Hong?"

"Yes, I warned Mr. Chi Ge to discipline your children well and not to put all your thoughts on such indecent things." Xuanyuan Liang sighed, "But Mr. Chi Ge doesn't care, and thinks nothing will happen. After returning home, he only said a few words casually, but Chi Hong remembered it in his heart. After a while, he really restrained himself a lot, but old man Chi visited Dai Wangfu three times, and he must accept His Royal Highness King Ning. As an apprentice, he started to toss again. This time he learned his lesson, he stopped spreading rumors, but started to compete with His Royal Highness Ning Wang. His Highness Ning Wang made a poem, and he wanted to make two or three poems. His Highness has written an article, and he will also do two or three. In order to overwhelm His Highness Prince Ning, he deliberately paid his own money to run a small magazine, which is specially for scholars and accepts contributions from all students. Publish everyone's poems and articles on it, and let all the students comment on these articles and poems."

"This method...is better than spreading rumors." Shen Cha nodded, "But Uncle Ning doesn't care at all, does he?"

"At that time, he had already started to get in touch with the government, so naturally he didn't care about it. Anyway, he didn't take part in the scientific examination. He could do whatever the scholars wanted to do. He didn't respond to any voices of doubt or provocation." Tantai Pingchuan shrugged, "Do you know what can piss people off the most?"

"Chi Hong wanted to find Uncle Ning wholeheartedly, but he was ignored by Uncle Ning. He felt offended. After all, in his cognition, all people should be centered on him, and everything should be centered on him. The most important thing is that he can't tolerate someone like Uncle Ning who ignores him and ignores him in his life." Shen Cha rubbed his chin, "So, Chi Hong's hatred for Uncle Ning has been accumulated little by little, and it is still His one-sided, self-righteous hatred? It has accumulated to the point where he thinks about his childhood and wants his own sister to support him?"

"Although they haven't met each other, a very important thing happened." Xuanyuan Liang looked at Shen Cha, "Prince Ning once made public in the early court, calling out the names of more than [-] ministers, saying that they were right His own children are not strictly disciplined, which has caused a lot of trouble for the imperial army and patrols. He named a few teahouses and restaurants where the rumors are concentrated. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence. The bosses behind the places he named One of them is Chi Hong."

(End of this chapter)