The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 267 Song Taizu's father is a little bastard
Around the parked carriage, the belongings were moved into the new house one by one by the guards. The eunuch in green shirt stood by the courtyard gate and counted. From the occasional glance, the carriage was not far away, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin The two figures talked, and then they entered the mansion together and walked past him.

"Brother Jiuyu, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Zhao Hongjun has shown a little old, but his body has become fatter again, and he is even more handsome. He said: "After so many years, Brother Jiuyu doesn't even have a wrinkle on his face, how old is he?"

Geng Qing was stunned for a moment. He had never asked the other party's exact age, but it should not be much different from him. As for not appearing old, some people have a baby face because of their constitution, so it is not easy to tell the age.

"People who practice martial arts, those with high martial arts skills, can't say that they can prolong their life and not show their age."

With a vague and perfunctory sentence, he asked Lao Zhao how he had been in these years, and Zhao Hongjun had nothing to say, so he talked about the past of these years in one breath.

It turns out that after Li Yan died, Geng Qing left Chang'an. He resigned from Zhongshu Province and changed to Luoyang Prefecture to supervise the censor. , the power is also much greater than that of the middle and lower state capitals, and the oil and water are naturally sufficient.

"I wanted to recruit officials from the Dushui Superintendent and the City Chancellor of the Two Capitals, but I didn't expect it to be such a scalp-eating job."

"The release of Luoyang from Chang'an probably has something to do with me."

After Geng Qing knew the reason, he offered Zhao Hongjun an apology, but was rejected by the other party, and pressed his hand down: "I'm joking, if I didn't sit in such a high position with you in the Ministry of Education back then, how could I get such a high position in the Ministry of Education? Decent errand."

A few sparrows with flower feathers chirped and landed on the branches in the courtyard. The two were talking and laughing. The surrounding figures were busy and walked into the nearby pavilion. Geng Qing asked him: "Then why don't I contact you after I return to Chang'an?"

"How to contact? I know that when you came back, you were sent to Longzhou by the first emperor, but within a year, you called back and drove the emperor away. I don't know the news. When did you run away again? A family with a mouth, how dare to go there, sure enough."

Old Zhao spread his hands, "Sure enough, it didn't take long. You led the troops back to Longzhou, and I was in Luoyang, watching you tossing back and forth. Now it's all over, and everyone is together again. It's really fate."

Having said that, he looked around and lowered his voice.

"Ji Chang, we are old brothers. How will Lao Qin be punished? Is he really going to be punished?"

Surrounded by Geng Qing's subordinates, they basically knew a lot of things, seeing his cautious appearance, Geng Qing couldn't help smiling, and asked Da Chun outside the pavilion to make a pot of tea.

Turning back and smiling, he said, "What are you going to do? I'm protecting him. If he comes to Luoyang with him, he might die at the hands of King Liang because of his temperament. Let him stay in prison for a while, and think about the future. How to go, don't worry, there is Tu Shifei to take care of him, this person, the grass on the wall is falling on both sides, as long as my wall does not collapse for a day, this person is still of great use."

there.

Zhao Hongjun heaved a sigh of relief, he finally heard the news that made him feel at ease, and when the tea was served, he raised his teacup to respect it.

"Before I heard that Lao Qin was imprisoned by you, I scolded you at home, but after thinking about it, I felt wrong. Sure enough, the Ji Chang I know is still so affectionate and righteous." He worked as a supervisor in Luoyang Mansion for several years. Shi, became a little blunt. After saying this, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. He hung his teacup and smiled in embarrassment. He didn't know how to continue with the following words.

despair.

Amidst the embarrassment, Geng Qing raised his glass and clinked with him. Being able to say this actually made Geng Qing feel sincere, and he had been cheating for too long. Listening to these words was actually a kind of enjoyment.

He took the words: "It's fine to scold. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I really want to do that. If you ran to Chang'an Station and scolded the street in front of my house, it would be justified."

know know know.
The summer wind brought annoying cicadas, and in the bright afternoon sun, the two gazed at the pavilion to reminisce about the old days, and Geng Qing sent someone to prepare a dinner party. Old people met and became neighbors, so naturally they wanted to get together.

Zhao Hongjun over there quit. As a person who has lived in Luoyang for several years, he should be the one who came to treat the guests. When the two were fighting for a while, a five or six-year-old man on the waterside corridor outside the pavilion The child looked around, and the guards passing by asked him, but he ignored him, stopped and stopped, and suddenly heard the sound of arguing, his small face showed an angry look, squeezed away the guards, and trotted over.

"Hongjun, so you are here! Quick, come back with me, my nephew is looking for you everywhere."

Geng Qing, who was talking to Fat Yushi, turned his gaze away, and met a small angry face, with his hands on his hips, and one little foot kept touching the ground.

"This child is your son, speak in a tone."

Geng Qing frowned, and looked at Zhao Hongjun suspiciously. The latter put down his teacup and smiled awkwardly: "This is my cousin Zhao Hongyin. Speaking of which, I feel a little embarrassed."

He lowered his head, moved his upper body to Geng Qing's side, and said in a low voice: "If his father grows old later, he will be the same generation as me? In this generation, I will take Hong, like my son, so I will take Kuang."

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Geng Qing seemed to have figured out something, hummed for a moment, his eyes lit up a little: "Is there anyone named Zhao Kuangyin among your descendants?"

"Zhao Kuangyin?"

Zhao Hongjun turned the cup and thought for a while, shaking his chubby head.

"No. Maybe there are other branches. Ji Chang has heard of this name?"

"Just ask if you have nothing to do." Geng Qing estimated the time, probably thinking that he had misremembered, so he stopped pestering and asking, and was about to speak, when the little man who had stood there for a while ran over and grabbed Zhao Hongjun He snatched the teacup in his hand and threw it into the pool outside the pavilion. The water splashed with a splash, and the dragonfly resting on the lotus flew away in panic.

"Still drinking. Do you want more of your son? Come back with me."

The little man was full of anger, like a meddling little adult, he dragged Zhao Hongjun's sleeves and walked out.Geng Qing couldn't avoid his embarrassment, so he also got up: "I'll see you off."

As he spoke, he patted the head of the kid named Zhao Hongyin.

"Even if you are of the same generation, you should respect the adults."

The little man looked at the dark-faced Geng Qing, stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, turned around and walked forward with a hum, he didn't pay attention to what he said, he ran and jumped around, obstructing the guards who were carrying furniture and burdens, it was annoying, But it's not easy to scold.

’ Just a little bastard. ' Zhao Hongjun whispered.

"His father, Zhao Jing, was originally the governor of Zhuozhou. Last year Li Ke used troops to attack Youzhou and conquered Zhuoxian County. He dismissed all the court officials and replaced them with officials from the Jiedu envoy's inner government. He came to Luoyang to look for me, and wanted to rely on me. , I went to Chang'an to find an errand, and I wanted to find you, but it turned out that you drove away the late emperor, so you came and went, so you temporarily stay at my house."

And this
Back then, he used a plan for Li Ke to attack Youzhou, but he never expected to attract such a family.

Geng Qing nodded and sent it outside the door, "Now that we are all in Luoyang, if you need help, just say, I have some friendship with King Liang, and it's not difficult for Zhao Jing to find an errand."

Over there, Zhao Hongjun took his little cousin by the hand and thanked him, saying that he was going to his place for a banquet at night, and by the way, he called his uncle Zhao Jing to talk to him face to face.

After seeing off the two cousins ​​who were very different in age, Geng Qing also went back to the mansion for a walk, thinking of Zhu Wen's dealing with Li Keyong, he couldn't help but think of his brother Li Cunxiao.

'If we really want to fight, there will be trouble with Cunxiao, and he will be jealous. He has to be on guard. Before I left Taiyuan, Li Keyong turned against him directly. It can be seen that if the suspicion falls on Cunxiao, he will definitely deal a painful blow. . '

Thinking about it, he ground the ink well, picked up the Langhao inkstone, and wrote on the spread paper to write the handwriting.

Cun Xiao my brother:

You should be safe and sound when you see the letter. I haven’t written to you for a long time, but I had a gap with the King of Jin before. It is inconvenient to write to you to avoid suspicion
Just writing down the beginning like this, the gradually blank paper was filled with handwriting profusely, the sky outside the window was getting dark, Jiuyu lit a candle and moved to the table without noticing it.

When I arrived, I put two pages full of content on the table to dry, and then someone came over, saying that the King of Liang had sent someone over to let him go to the house for a drink.

'Hong Junna, can only dodge until late at night. '

Zhu Wen couldn't refuse politely, especially when he just came to Luoyang. Save some appetizers, and wait for him to come over late at night for supper.

Soon, Zhao Hongjun, who was preparing for the dinner, was talking with his uncle Zhao Jing in the middle hall.

"Uncle, it's not me bragging to you, I have a life-threatening friendship with Brother Ji Chang!"

"Don't worry, as long as he opens his mouth on the errand, everything is easy to talk about. He has some friendship with King Liang."

After a while, the manager from outside came over, saying that a man named Dou Wei from Shang Shuling's mansion had come to deliver a message, so he hurriedly asked people to come in, and came in with the same fat figure, and said exactly what Geng Qing had said.

"The master said that the king of Liang invited him to the mansion for dinner, and several important officials of the court were there, so it was difficult to evade, so we had to go to the mansion late at night to have supper together."

The corners of the thin old man next to Zhao Hongjun twitched, and he asked his nephew next to him in a low voice.

".Is this a little friendship?"

(End of this chapter)