The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 726 710 Five: Xu Maogong Protects the Media ([-])
Duan Wuji escaped from the palace, and wiped the cold sweat off his face with his hand.

Heart said: good risk!It's dangerous.If this really brings the princess back home, will I still have a good life in the future?

No, I lived in this palace for ten days and twenty days, and I ran away immediately, and I went back to my hometown.From then on, I will give him a dog to eat bran and never meet.

Let's talk about it after the gust of wind has passed.

If he really became the emperor's son-in-law, then he would be a little donkey on a rope, and he couldn't pick it off if he wanted to.

Duan Wuji went home worried, but Duan Changsheng and the others haven't come back yet.

Duan Wuji sat by the table thinking about his heart, quietly waiting for his brother and the others to come back.

When the sun was about to set, Duan Changsheng and Wang Jinhua came back.

Wang Jinhua looked at Duan Wuji and said: "The head of the family, this capital is full of prosperity!

There are shops in the city and outside, and they really sell everything! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Since you like the prosperity of the capital, you can continue to go there tomorrow.

Don't spend money when you go out, money is a bastard, let's make money after spending it. "

"Hey! Master, how can we do that? If you want me to say, we should budget carefully, what's the use of extravagance and waste!
The days to come are still long, we can't have today's food, but tomorrow's food. "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"Well, what you said is also reasonable, then you can figure it out, I just told you not to wrong yourself, I have no other meaning!"

Duan Changsheng looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "When we came back, we bought some firewood, rice, oil, salt and so on from the grain and oil store, and some vegetables and fish from the vegetable market.

Let's buy some dry firewood tomorrow, and our family can start cooking.

I gave the gatekeeper ten taels of silver to buy a few carts of hay and fodder, so we can feed the horses.

Brother, you are so majestic in this palace!

If you go out through this gate, it is really a very dignified thing! "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"Brother, if you feel comfortable living in this palace, then you should live here for a long time.

Otherwise, the house is idle if it is idle! "

"Hey! Brother, how can it be done? Why don't people gossip!
This house is our family's property, and it's only natural for you to live here!
If I don't say anything, who would dare to chew the tongue?

Brother, buy ten catties of tea and come back tomorrow. Since we have masters living here, we can't stop visiting our house from now on. The guests don't even have a cup of tea, so we can't explain it no matter what.

Even if there are no guests, we brothers and sisters can drink tea if there is tea. "

"Hmm! You're right, let me get some tea tomorrow."

Duan Changsheng looked at Niu Ahua and said, "Master, hurry up and cook.

Let's rest early after dinner, and let's go out for a stroll early tomorrow!

After finally coming to the capital, how can I not take a stroll. "

After hearing this, Niu Ahua turned around and went out. When Wang Jinhua saw her sister-in-law go out, she immediately followed her.

The two children were chasing and playing in the yard.

There was a little vitality in the whole yard.

When it was not too late, Wang Jinhua and Niu Ahua brought up dinner, which was big pancakes, fried meat, and millet porridge.

After they were full, Duan Wuji and Duan Changsheng each found a room to rest.

The next morning, Wang Jinhua and the others ate breakfast early and went out to play again.

Duan Wuji didn't get up to eat because he wasn't very hungry. Duan Wuji was so preoccupied with his thoughts that no one knew what he was thinking!

Until it was three poles high in the sun, a soldier guarding the gate came in and reported: "My lord, Xu Ji and Xu Maogong are visiting outside the gate.

The Wang family is thousands of years old, did you see it or not? "

Duan Wuji was taken aback.

Xin said: "What is this old-fashioned old man doing here?

I don't have much contact with him, let alone any friendship.

What on earth is he doing here? "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Since he has already come, how can we not see him! Then let him invite you inside!

I'll meet him in the living room later! "

The doorman immediately backed out after hearing this.

As soon as Duan Wuji saw the gatekeeper left, he quickly got up from the bed, put on his clothes in a hurry, and then went straight to the living room.

When Xu Maogong saw Duan Wuji coming in, he quickly stood up.

"The Wang family is thousands of years old. I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been?"

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this.

"I'm talking about Mr. Xu! How dare you say I'm so good! I don't even have a salary, and I'm almost dying of poverty."

Xu Maogong grinned.

"The Wang family is a thousand years old, so don't show yourself poor in front of us. Who doesn't know about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Duan family in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province is so wealthy!

If you say that you are dying of poverty, I am afraid no one will believe it!

I heard the emperor muttering, doesn't this court owe each of you 10 taels of silver?
No matter how poor people like you are, there will be no rich people in the world. "

The few of you followed the emperor to fight the world earlier, you can be said to be the founding ministers of our Great Tang Dynasty.

Wuji, like your brothers, who have become high-ranking officials at a young age, who do you think is better than you in civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty? "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"I said Master Xu, don't laugh at us.

You don’t know the misery of our brothers, wow, we are now hanging red lights on a hundred-foot-high pole, the outside is prosperous and the inside is empty! "

Xu Maogong grinned.

"I said, Prince Duan, why did you say all the fortune-telling words? Could it be that you used to be a fortune-teller?
I said Prince Duan, I have come all this way, why don't you even pour me some tea?

Do I have to let the old minister fight for it? "

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this.

"I said Mr. Xu! Even if you fight today, you won't be able to get tea!

Let me tell you, there is not even a tea or two in my mansion!
Yesterday I asked my elder brother to buy back ten catties of tea, but they haven't come back yet.

Let me tell you, where can I get you some tea now? "

Xu Maogong couldn't help but shook his head.

"Oh, it looks like I'm a poor man! I've come so far, I can't even drink tea."

Duan Wuji looked at Xu Junshi and said: "I said brother, if you come here today, there must be something wrong?

If you have something to say, just say it, we brothers have nothing to say! "

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Brother Duan, you are a quick talker!

Now that you've said it all, then I won't beat around the bush, and it's meaningless in that case.

Brother Duan, the thing is like this, didn't you go into office yesterday?

After you left, His Majesty asked me to enter the palace.

Your Majesty has a adopted daughter, Princess Mingzhu, who is exactly 16 years old this year, just like a flower.

I heard that you also know this person, not to mention how good-looking the princess is, I'm afraid you know this too. "

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this.

"Brother Xu, to be honest, we buddies don't know much, and we don't know much about each other's families!

Don't look at my brother, I'm young, but I'm already the father of a child, do you know this? "

Xu Maogong shook his head.

"How do I know this? If it's really what you said, then I'm guilty of deceiving the emperor!"

Xu Maogong was shocked when he heard this, and the cold sweat broke out on his head.

"I said Brother Wuji, is this true?"

"Isn't that even worse? With such a big deal, how can I dare to talk nonsense?

Isn't it the crime of deceiving the emperor if you talk nonsense? "

After hearing this, Xu Maogong smiled wryly and said: "Brother, stop, stop, even if I didn't say what I said just now, it's fortunate that my younger brother and sister are not at home! If this is at home, let alone drinking tea, then I have to be taken away." Do you want to scold me?
My God, I, Xu Maogong, is such a smart friend, why did I do such a stupid thing today!

I thought this was a good thing!
I didn't expect it to be like this!

Brother Wuji, you can rest, I might as well go back to the palace to hand over the order, there is no point in resting here any longer. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Brother Xu, why hurry!

Isn't it still early? If you go back so soon, aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you? "

Xu Maogong was stunned.

"Blame me, what can I do? It's better than that brother and sister coming back with their children and scolding me.

If your wife is a tigress again, why don't you scold me to death then?
brother!When you say that, where can I put my old face? "

Duan Wuji laughed out loud.

"Where to put it? Put it on the street!

I said man, you are such a smart person, if you don't say that you proposed marriage to me, how would she know?

Do you think it makes sense?
Even if I have nothing else to do, I won't learn this from her! "

Xu Maogong laughed out loud.

"Brother, what you said is the truth, why did I skip this hastily?

If you say so, then I will rest for a while, lest if I go back too soon, the emperor will say that I am perfunctory.

Once the emperor scolded him, wouldn't he really be like a tiger instead of a dog?
Well, let me bear with it a little longer.

In any case, I have to complete this matter satisfactorily. "

It wasn't until almost noon that Xu Maogong took his leave.

After seeing off Xu Maogong, Duan Wuji had nothing to do, so he went back to the house to lie down.

When Duan Changsheng and the others came back, they saw that Duan Wuji was still lying on the bed.

Duan Changsheng asked in surprise: "Brother, what's the matter with you today? Why are you lying in bed and still not getting up?
Could it be that you are sick? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little upset recently, I can't cheer up, it will be fine after a while!

Brother and sister-in-law, are you having fun? "

Duan Changsheng laughed and said, "We had a great time playing together, but it's a pity that you don't want to play with us!

If you go again, it will be even more perfect, I never thought of it!This capital city is so prosperous!

It is a very happy thing to stay in this place! "

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

"Brother, since you guys like this place so much, then live here, it's also our home!"

It wasn't too long, so Wang Jinhua brought the lunch.

After the family had lunch, Duan Wuji just wanted to go back to the house to rest for a while.

The guard at the gate came in again and reported: "Prince Duan, the one named Xu Maogong who left just now is back.

Do you see or not? "

Duan Wuji smiled awkwardly.

"Why don't you see it? It's a blessing, not a curse. A disaster can't be avoided! Since he's here, let's invite him in."

Wang Jinhua smiled and said, "Master, you are very popular in this capital.

As soon as I came to the capital, some friends came to visit.

You wait, let me make tea for you. "

Duan Wuji looked at Wang Jinhua's stupid look, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Not too long, then Xu Maogong came in again.

Xu Maogong sat down on the chair, looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Duan Wuji! You made me miserable today. After I went back, I was scolded by the old emperor.

He scolded me for not being able to handle things. He already knew about your wife and children.

Alas, this matter is really a dilemma for me, old Xu!

Damn, such an unlucky job happened to me.

How to deal with this matter?

I, Xu Maogong, have never encountered such a worrying thing since I was in business.

Your original wife is probably at home, right?How can I ask Lao Xu to speak about this matter? "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"How to speak is your business? What does it have to do with me?

Brother Xu, I, Duan Wuji, will not say anything today. You are an important minister in the court, so you can handle this matter according to your own will! "

At this moment, Wang Jinhua came in with tea.

"Hey! My lord! Have you eaten yet? Our old Duan just came to Beijing, and you came to see him. You are really a good friend of our family!

Come on, sit down quickly, sit down and drink some tea! "

When Xu Maogong heard this, his face was filled with shame!

Xu Maogong picked up the teacup and didn't know how to speak for a long time.

After Wang Jinhua went out, Xu Maogong looked at Duan Wuji and said with a wry smile: "Brother, brother, I am sitting on the stove with my ass now, you have to find a way to save me!

This matter is really too difficult. If you are asked to divorce your wife and marry the princess, firstly, you will not agree, and secondly, I am too old to do such a wicked thing!

But, if you let that princess be your concubine, why don't you let the old emperor scold me to death when you go back?
Ouch!This thing can kill me. "

Duan Wuji grinned and said: "It's difficult for you, you are an important minister of the imperial court, and you are also the star of Zhixiang in our court, you should find a way to go!

What can I say about this matter! "

(End of this chapter)