The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Master Gao, why did Wansheng arrive at such an hour? It's been a long wait for Wansheng," Zhang Fan looked at Gao Gong who was coming, and greeted him very eagerly.

"Well, I have some small things at home, so please forgive me for the delay for a while," Gao Gong faced Zhang Fan who was so eager to welcome him, and his face was a bit of a smile, but when he thought about it, Gao Gong Being able to do this is pretty good for him, Gao Gong's character is like this, if he meets his enemy, he will never look at the occasion and the identity of the other party, it must be face-to-face. His facial expression changed immediately, as if he had a deep hatred for the other party.

Although he and Zhang Fan are not considered to have deep feuds like the sea, he and Zhang Fan are absolutely at odds now. It can be said that Gao Gong came here at Zhang Fan's invitation today, which can be regarded as It was an unprecedented first encounter, but now, when Gao Gong faced Zhang Fan, although he didn't greet Zhang Fan with a smile, he didn't greet him with bad words either, which was extremely rare.

Especially Li Chunfang who was standing aside now, seeing Gao Gong's "pleasant face" today, his mouth was slightly opened in surprise.

"Master Li, what's the matter?" Seeing Li Chunfang's surprised look, Gao Gong showed a smile instead, and said, "Why, are you really so surprised to see me coming here?"

"I really didn't expect it," Li Chunfang who came back to her senses also smiled, but it was obviously not from the heart, "I am a little surprised that you accepted that post and rushed over, but , you are here today..."

"Don't worry about this," Gao Gong knew what Li Chunfang wanted to say before he could say it, and waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, even if I, Li Chunfang, suppress someone, I will do it in the open, absolutely not I don’t even bother to play such little tricks that are neither yin nor yang,”

"That's good," after hearing Gao Gong's words, Li Chunfang didn't say anything more. Although he and Gao Gong have already torn skins, but now the ending has come out, and the relationship between him and Gao Gong is also not clear. There is no interest involved, and aside from these complicated things, in Li Chunfang's opinion, Gao Gong is also a trustworthy person.

"Okay, both of you," Zhang Fan hurriedly walked over and said, afraid that the two of them would say something, "What are you talking about standing under the scorching sun, come in quickly, the courtyard is full of guests now, I have already prepared water and wine, and I am waiting for the two of you."

"The garden is full of guests," Gao Gong stopped when he heard Zhang Fan's words, but without turning his head, said, "I'm afraid these guests don't welcome me very much." Walked in freely.

Looking at Gao Gong's back, Zhang Fan looked at Li Chunfang helplessly and shook his head. It seems that Zhang Fan can finally understand the reason why Gao Gong doesn't have many friends in the court, but at the same time, Zhang Fan also I understand that once a person like Gao Gong has friends, they are absolutely loyal, just like Guo Pu is to Gao Gong.

In the courtyard, as Zhang Fan said, the garden was full of guests, and most of them were people with status, and some people even arrived very early. Speaking of which, I have to mention that today’s morning court was very special. It's weird, the early retreat is very early, the matter of Zhang Fan's concubine has caused ups and downs in the capital these days, of course, it is only limited to those people in the upper class, Long Qing knows that this matter is understandable, But today's early court, not to mention that although the court today is the same as usual, there are neither too many nor too many things, but many ministers deliberately did not stand up to speak out, and Long Qing himself seems to have acquiesced in this situation. Obviously, it was to take care of Zhang Fan, and to take care of a concubine for a courtier, which affected the daily work of the highest government agency in the country. This incident has happened in all dynasties, but the protagonist is undoubtedly With a lot of people, Zhang Fan now has something that is not worth showing off.

It has to be said that the house that Long Qing bestowed on Zhang Fan is really suitable for the occasion. The courtyard of the Zhang Mansion is very large, it is very suitable for entertaining guests, and the most important point is that there is a large courtyard that even connects to the imperial palace. Most places are not comparable, the courtyard is full of lush trees, and in this midsummer season, this place is simply a natural summer resort, and now the high-ranking officials of the Bailai No. It doesn't look crowded, and there is no heat wave outside, which is really a blessing.

At this time, although because of Zhang Fan, neither the ceremony nor the banquet had yet started, but these people did not feel neglected at all. They were talking about Zhenghuan with the people they could chat with. When Guo Pu came in just now, They were really startled, these people did not expect that Zhang Fan would invite Guo Pu to come, and Guo Pu did come.

Just now when Guo Pu first came in, everyone was surprised for a while, and then returned to normal. They still started to talk eagerly, but no one paid attention to Guo Pu. At most, they just nodded, smiled, and then turned their heads away again. up.

Guo Pu naturally knew the reason, but he had a very good mentality and didn't care about it. It was just troublesome when he wanted to find a seat to sit down. Almost every person sitting at the table didn't like him, but He was also embarrassed to sit there with such a calm face and be looked down upon by others, but it is not a problem to let him stand like this all the time, not to mention that he looks embarrassed, it is also disrespectful to the master.

Fortunately, someone took the initiative to invite him to sit with him. Guo Pu was also happy after hearing that, but he hesitated after seeing that person. The person who greeted him was Zhang Juzheng. He was a bit muttering, but when he was hesitating, he always felt that the people next to him were always looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, and he felt that he would be hypocritical if he didn't sit down, so he stopped thinking about other things and left. Went over and sat down.

Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng seemed very happy today, and he also took the initiative to chat with Guo Pu. After a long time, Guo Pu no longer restrained himself.

Although the other people were a little surprised by Guo Pu's arrival, they didn't seem too unwilling. After all, the court had a high opinion of Guo Pu, and the officials didn't look at Guo Pu the way they treated Gao Gong. , and more importantly, although other people knew that since Zhang Fan had invited Guo Pu, he would inevitably invite Gao Gong too, but in their view, Gao Gong would definitely not come when Guo Pu came back.

It's just that the so-called people's hearts are unpredictable, no one can think of it, maybe Gao Gong himself didn't expect that he would come, after Gao Gong walked into the gate of the courtyard, the people in the courtyard saw him, and they all fell silent, no one made any sound , looks very weird.

When Gao Gong saw this scene, he didn't care at all. Instead, he snorted coldly and walked up to Mrs. Zhao to say hello. After that, he sat next to Guo Pu very naturally, and followed Zhang Juzheng and others one by one. Greetings seemed very familiar, but when his greeting reached Gao Yi, there was a pause, and Gao Yi was also a little embarrassed.

Gao Gong was so contented, it really surprised the people present, but it didn't take long before the lively scene resumed.

The banquet was about to begin, Gao Gong looked at the lively scene, and he had some thoughts in his heart.

In fact, after receiving Zhang Fan's invitation, the first thing he considered was not whether to go or not, so Gao Gong didn't care about this kind of face.

What he cares about is whether he wants to impeach Zhang Fan, don't get me wrong, he is not impeaching Zhang Fan for taking a concubine, although the Ming Dynasty has regulations that officials are not allowed to accept prostitutes, and they are not allowed to accept good daughters, but Yingyue is not a brothel Born and not Han Chinese, these two rules do not apply to Zhang Fan.

What Gao Gong thought was whether to impeach Zhang Fanna for marrying Luo Linger.

Although almost no one knows Luo Ling'er's identity, these very sophisticated people can guess things roughly through a few words of information. There is a clear rule in Ming Dynasty that officials of high rank are not allowed to take prostitutes as concubines. Refers to a prostitute, not a prostitute, a prostitute is a performer, and a prostitute is a woman who sells her body, but Gao Gong is very clear in his heart, since Zhang Fan will accept her as a concubine, he must have made plans a long time ago up.

What Gao Gong really wanted to impeach Zhang Fan was the time when he married Luo Linger. Among the various regulations of the Ming Dynasty on officials taking concubines, there were not only express regulations on the object of concubinage, but also express regulations on the time of concubinage. As far as time is concerned, there are actually very few people who can commit crimes, but it is not impossible. One of the points is clearly stipulated that officials who are ordered to go on missions are not allowed to take concubines halfway.

Exactly, when Zhang Fanna married Luo Linger, when he was sent by Longqing to the south of the Yangtze River as an imperial envoy, it happened that on the way of envoy, Gao Gong came back first after Luo Linger and others, and heard that Zhang Fanna After she became a concubine, she had already started to consider the impeachment of Zhang Fan, but it happened that Jiangnan was attacked by Ashikaga Yoshiaki's army at that time, so this matter was temporarily shelved .

Until today, when Zhang Fan's invitation card was sent to Gao Gong, Gao Gong remembered this matter again, and when he thought about it, he became a little out of control.

But after much deliberation, Gao Gong still didn't do that. Now that Zhang Fan has done so many things for Long Qing, when Long Qing admired him the most, and when Long Qing hated Gao Gong the most, Gao Gong still had such self-knowledge, he knew Now that he went to Longqing to say something bad about Zhang Fan, not only would he not be able to hurt Zhang Fan, but he might even harm himself, so he let him give up.

At this time, Zhang Fan had already stood up again, and the banquet was about to begin.