Monument Yangmen

Chapter 891

With the promise of the civil officials, Kong Lianjie left Yanjing City that night and went to Datong Mansion.

Yang Qi in the palace got the news immediately.

Peng Pai bowed and stood in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Kong Lianjie, who has been silent for many years, has appeared again. Tonight he met Guo Shilang and others in Changle Square. Before the curfew, they had already parted ways. Kong Lianjie drove to the northwest. go."

Yang Qi picked up a pen on a list of executions, ticked one check after another, raised his head after a long time, and said calmly: "It's just a dying struggle, now that I'm in control of the general situation, Confucianism wants to make a comeback, don't even think about it.

I can probably guess what Kong Lianjie was thinking when he went to the northwest.

Among the Confucian scholars in the Northwest, those who can influence me are none other than the great Confucianism and my benefactor.

Although Zhong Fang is a Confucianist, he is an outsider. It is very difficult for Kong Lianjie to get through his line.

The only one left is my mentor, Shen Lun.

I wrote a long letter, you send people to hurry up and deliver it to my mentor Shen Lun before Kong Lianjie arrives in Datong Mansion. "

"Well..."

Yang Qi immediately wrote a long letter and handed it to Peng Pai.

After Peng Pai got the letter, he sent someone to send it to Datong Mansion in an expedited [-] miles.

Datong Fucheng.

The old Shen Lun has already resigned from all his duties and is living in the mansion allotted by the imperial court in Datong Mansion for the elderly. Occasionally, at the invitation of Zhongfang, he will go to Datong Academy to give lectures to the students.

The life is also considered comfortable.

However, when people are old, they are always inseparable from the torment of illness.

Shen Lun had been exhausted for half his life and became sick from overwork. Now that he was old, he fell ill suddenly and never got up again.

in the bedroom.

Shen Lun coughed hurriedly, as if he could cough out his last breath at any time, his face turned red because of the severe coughing.

A young and immature maid was walking towards Shen Lun's bedroom with medicine in her hand. On the way, she ran into Shen Hao, the Erlang of the Shen family who had been waiting for her for a long time.

Shen Hao hid behind the pillar, and when the maid passed by carrying the medicine, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the maid into his arms.

A bowl full of medicine was half spilled in an instant.

"what?"

The servant girl yelled in fright, before she could continue to yell, Shen Hao put his index finger on her lips.

"Shh~"

After seeing Shen Hao, the maid obviously relaxed a lot.

Shen Hao slid his fingers down, pinched the servant girl's clean chin, and said with a half-smile, "Die'er, yesterday you promised me, your son, to let me taste your rouge today."

The maid's cheeks were flushed, and she wanted to lower her head, but Shen Hao supported her chin.

She timidly said: "Young...Young Master...you should let go of the servant, if the second lady sees it, the servant will suffer."

Shen Hao widened his eyes when he heard the words, "What are you afraid of, if that yellow-faced woman dares to make things difficult for you, my lord, I will break his legs."

"But……"

"But what? You promised me yesterday, do you want to go back on your word?"

"No...no..."

"What are you waiting for……"

While speaking, Shen Hao pouted, and leaned towards the maid's mouth.

The servant girl was in a hurry, and she spoke a lot more quickly, only to hear her say quickly: "The eldest son sent someone back to the mansion and said that he will be back at noon."

Shen Hao paused, and said in astonishment: "Brother is coming back?"

The maid nodded heavily.

Shen Hao immediately snatched the medicine from the maid's hand, held it in his hand, and suddenly pecked at the maid's mouth.

Then the thief smiled and said: "Your reward..."

The maid immediately covered her face in shame, not daring to see anyone.

However, Shen Hao leisurely carried the medicine bowl and entered Shen Lun's room.

Looking at Shen Lun who was lying on the bed coughing profusely, Shen Hao frowned subconsciously. Seeing that the bloodshot from Shen Lun's coughing covered the skirt of his neck, he frowned even more, his eyes filled with disgust.

"Eldest son..."

After the maid Die Er whispered outside the door.

Shen Hao quickly brought the medicine bowl to Shen Lun's bed. He put one hand under Shen Lun's chin to cover the traces of blood on the neckline, and then carefully fed Shen Lun the medicine.

Shen Lun stared at this unfilial son, almost dying of anger.

Seeing that Shen Lun turned his head away and refused to take the medicine, Shen Hao shouted impatiently in a low voice, "Father, hurry up, brother will come in soon."

Shen Lun sighed inwardly, but still slowly opened his mouth.

When Shen Jia Dalang entered the door, he saw the filial side of father and son.

And Shen Lun did not expose Shen Hao's hypocrisy in front of Shen Jia Dalang.

The reason why he cooperated with Shen Hao in acting so much was because he felt ashamed of Shen Hao in his heart.

Back then in front of Yang Qi, Shen Lun cut off all of Shen Hao's future with one word, turning Shen Hao into a prodigal son who stayed at home with nothing to do.

As for the Dalang of the Shen family, these years, under the blessing of Shen Lun, he has risen to the sky, and now he has become the magistrate of Datong Prefecture and has become a big official.

In comparison, Shen Lu felt even more guilty towards Shen Hao.

Therefore, he chose to silently endure Shen Hao's various disobedience towards him.

After Shen Jia Dalang entered the door, he was very satisfied to see his second brother carefully serving his father to drink the medicine.

"Second brother, I have business to do as my brother. When I pass by the house, I will stop by to have a look. Father will trouble you to take care of it. This is a Nanguo money bank deposit certificate for one thousand silver coins."

His second younger brother is now a prodigal son, Shen Jia Dalang knows it well.

But as long as this prodigal second brother can take good care of Shen Lun, he doesn't mind giving him more money to spend.

In fact, every time he returns home from a busy schedule, as long as he sees the second brother of the prodigal son taking good care of his father, he will leave money.

This is also the reason why Shen Hao pretended to serve Shen Lun when he heard that his elder brother was going back to his residence.

Looking at the shiny deposit ticket on the table, a trace of greed flashed in Shen Hao's eyes.

But he was not in a hurry to touch the deposit ticket, but while feeding Shen Lun medicine, he said with a soft smile: "Brother, what are you talking about. You are too busy, and my younger brother is idle, taking care of my father, that's what I should do." .”

The eldest son of the Shen family nodded in satisfaction. He walked to the bed and said to Shen Lun, "Father, there is a secret letter sent by His Majesty, and the boy brought it back for you."

Shen Lun was stunned for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Open it for father and see."

Shen Jia Dalang took out the secret letter from his arms, opened the fire seal, held it in front of Shen Lun, and let Shen Lun read it.

And he didn't even glance at the letter from beginning to end.

Shen Hao wanted to see it, but Shen Jia Dalang obviously didn't intend to let him see it.

Lying on the bed, Shen Lun scanned the long letter over and over again. After a long while, he sighed and said with a confused expression, "Burn it..."

Shen Jia Dalang was stunned, nodded, took out the fire twister, and burned the long letter in front of Shen Lun.

"Father, you can take it at home with peace of mind. The child has to rush to the Yamen. Recently, His Majesty has issued official documents frequently, and there are a lot of government affairs to be handled."

"Go..."

After Shen Lun read the letter, he didn't seem to be in a good mood. Hearing what Shen Jiadalang said, he just nodded subtly and gave orders.

After the Dalang of the Shen family saluted, he left the bedroom.

After he left, Shen Hao held the medicine bowl and asked curiously: "Father, what did His Majesty tell you in the letter?"

Shen Lun glanced at his son, and said indifferently: "It's nothing, I just sent a letter to say hello to my father when I knew that my father was ill."

Hearing this answer, Shen Hao pursed his mouth out of interest.

The eldest son of the Shen family has already left, so there is no need for him to put on a show. Immediately, he called Die Er outside the door to come in and feed the medicine. He ran to the table in the room by himself, picked up the deposit ticket on the table, and kissed greedily. Take a sip.

"Father, I'm going out first..."

Shen Hao greeted casually, and without waiting for Shen Lun to respond, he ran out of Shen's residence with the deposit ticket.

He ran all the way to the most extravagant red pavilion in Datong Prefecture, called ten girls at one go, and accompanied him to make a fuss in the dark.

After three full days of fuss, and after all the deposits of one thousand silver coins were exhausted by him, he prepared to leave the red hall contentedly.

"Hey, isn't this Shen Er?"

Just as Shen Hao went downstairs, a meaningful voice came to his ears.

As soon as Shen Hao heard the voice, he knew who it was, and immediately ran down without looking back.

However, that person did not intend to let Shen Hao go.

Just listen to the man say: "Shen Er, now your eldest brother is the magistrate of Datong Prefecture, ranked fourth rank, but one side has sealed off the frontier, so he didn't find you an official? Hahaha..."

Ever since Shen Lun made the decision to cut off Shen Hao's official career, being an official has become Shen Hao's heartache.

Whenever anyone mentions it, he gets very annoyed.

Immediately, Shen Hao turned his head and glared angrily at a strong man on the second floor of the Red Pavilion who was hugging a girl and making fun of him, "Jia San, what are you? When I was an official, you were just a pawn. What qualifications do you have?" Screaming in front of me."

"Yo Yo Yo! You've got a temper! Come, everyone, come over and have a look, the wimpy Shen Er has a temper."

Jia San called friends and laughed at Shen Hao together.

Seeing more and more people laughing at him, Shen Hao shouted angrily: "You bastards, what qualifications do you have to criticize me? When I was an official, when you saw me, didn't you kneel down? Kowtow before me.

Even if I have no official title now, it is not something you can provoke. "

"Yo Yo! I'm so scared."

Jia San made a frightened look, but the ridicule in his eyes was hard to hide.

"In the eyes of you scholars, we are indeed Qiuba. But it is us Qiuba who have conquered the huge Yanjiang Mountain. Your Majesty will not speak ill of us. You, a commoner, dare to threaten us.

Don't you think the elder brother who is the prefect behind you can cure us?

As long as we don't violate the laws of the Great Yan Kingdom, even His Majesty will not embarrass us. "

"Shen Hao, it's not that we look down on you, but that you have done things that make people look down on you. When we were soldiers in Haoshuichuan, we saw your useless appearance with our own eyes.

We know what you look like better than anyone else.

Just don't pretend to be arrogant in front of us. "

"Looking at you, I'm afraid that the money your brother gave you has been spent again? Hehehe! We haven't studied for a few days, but when we were begging with His Majesty, we saved a lot of money.

Not long ago, I went to sea with others and made a lot of money.

We are old acquaintances, as long as you yell three times, you are a useless.

We cover all your expenses here. "

Facing Jia San's humiliation, Shen Hao's face was so gloomy that he could bleed, he clenched his fists angrily, wanting to fight Jia San desperately.

In the end, however, timidity overcame his courage.

Don't look at Jia San who is as fat as a pig now, but he used to be a fierce soldier on the battlefield, who could beat five Shen Hao with one hand.

Seeing Shen Hao's aggrieved look, Jia San looked even more proud.

"How about it, shout or not, as long as you shout. We will stay in this restaurant for a month."

"Yes, yes, as long as you call yourself a loser. I will also cover your monthly expenses."

"Don't you like the little butterfly here the most? As long as you call yourself a worthless person, I'll help you take him in and let you play."

"..."

The old brothers who were greeted by Jia San humiliated Shen Hao one by one.

Shen Hao was trembling with anger, he suppressed the aggrieved heart, and prepared to hide his face and leave.

At this moment, a voice sounded slowly.

"Scholars can be killed and cannot be humiliated! Is it too much for a group of barbarians to humiliate a scholar like this?"

"Who is so shameless?"

Everyone followed the prestige and saw a rich middle-aged man walking slowly into the red hall.

When Shen Hao saw him, it was as if he saw a savior.

"Brother Kong!"

Kong Lianjie walked up to Shen Hao, waved his hands and said in a low voice, "Let's see how brother Wei can help you get back."

Shen Hao nodded heavily, as if he was very convinced of Kong Lianjie.

Jia San stared at Kong Lianjie, and said coldly: "Who are you, you dare to meddle in our brother's grievances."

Kong Lianjie stepped forward neither humble nor overbearing, and said with disdain: "Someone will take care of things that are not fair, and someone will shovel if the road is not fair. Kong just can't understand you guys who are arrogant and domineering because of a little money."

Jia San was taken aback, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "So, you want to compare your wealth with our brothers?"

"You can try!"

"Okay! Bustard, come here."

Jia San greeted him.

The old bustard with fat buttocks and big breasts appeared unsteadily in the middle of the two of them.

"Hey, you two, harmony makes money, and harmony makes money."

Jia San curled her lips and said: "One hundred coins, this red house is rounded up by our brothers today, please let this person out."

The old bustard's eyes lit up, but he said: "Third Master, you are making things difficult for others. We open the door for business, and if we drive out customers today, they may not come tomorrow.

I'm not a greedy person, I can't just smash the signboard just because of a little money. "

Jia San glared at the old bustard, and said proudly, "Three hundred coins."

"Oh, the third master is so proud."

The old bustard yelled.

Then she looked at Kong Lianjie in embarrassment, "My lord, look..."

The old bustard is also an old hen who has experienced in the world of mortals, and she is no stranger to this kind of fighting for wealth in brothels.

It is impossible for her not to make money, all her rhetoric is to gain greater benefits for herself.

The reason why Jet Lianjie was not in a hurry to drive away Kong Lianjie after hearing that Jia San had offered three hundred coins, but instead looked at him in embarrassment was because he was waiting for him to make an offer.

(End of this chapter)