Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 168 Seeing the big from the small

"What about Wang Zhongsi? You are the adopted son of a saint, and I am still the nephew of a saint! You can't even think of taking Siniang away. The church has let her get married, and she is free!"

Du Wulang heard the roar from a distance, and stepped forward, only to see a middle-aged man in brocade robes pointing at Wang Zhongsi from a distance and cursing. It must be Wei Hui.

He then stepped forward and said, "Since Zhang Siniang is free, let's ask her what she wants."

Wei Hui was stunned and quickly said softly: "Siniang, Su Wunu is finally dead. Can you take me into my house as a concubine?"

Zhang Siniang burst into tears when she heard this.

She was also famous for her beauty in the church. The reason why Su Wunu was able to marry her was because he was good at walking on a rope. He once performed in front of the emperor and asked the saint to marry him a beautiful wife.

The couple has talent and fame, so they should have a good life. But within two years of their marriage, Su Wunu was reduced to selling his wife for money, doing nothing more than eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and refused to give up.

The sisters in the workshop often told her, "If you want to kill your husband, take a sandbag and crush Su Wunu to death at night, but the sandbag must be sewn well. Never imitate Aunt Pei, who kills her husband but can't kill her."

Now her husband is dead, but her family is destitute and she is said to be free. If she doesn't find someone to rely on, I don't know how many people can swallow her up.

Wei Hui knew the two men in front of her very well. They had strong wives and were weak and incompetent. In addition, this man was full of arrogance and turned out to be the famous General Wang.

Zhang Siniang only thought about it briefly, slowly prostrated herself in front of Wang Zhongsi, and said in a low voice: "I sincerely ask the general to take me in."

"Fourth mother-in-law!"

Wei would see this, heartbroken, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Wang Zhongsi, you are forcing Si Niang! In full view of everyone, Si Niang is crying..."

"I am not..."

"Siniang, don't be afraid of him, I will make the decision for you! You are mine, you can only be mine!"

After hearing this, Du Wulang rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, it was General Wang who beat her husband to death. Why do you come out to snatch her?"

"You say that?!" Wei Hui was shocked, "Killing your husband and seizing your wife, do you still have Tang Law in your eyes? Just wait for the punishment!"

He cursed, turned around angrily, and really wanted to go to the palace to complain.

Huang Hui tried to persuade him, but unfortunately he couldn't stop him.

Wang Zhongsi was used to seeing the iron troops at the frontier and was too lazy to pay attention to them. He sat there with his arms crossed and didn't say a word. When Xue Bai came to him, he opened his eyes and looked at Xue Bai impatiently.

"gone?"

"Yes." Xue Bai looked at Wei Hui's back and said, "It went more smoothly than expected."

Wang Zhongsi said: "It's worse than expected."

"I think the saint will summon you tomorrow, just tell the truth."

……

Although he failed to get Nian Nu to play Cui Yingying, Xue Bai also selected fourteen concubines and thirty musicians and led them to settle in their new house in Xuanyangfang.

Yan Quanming looked back and saw that Xue Bai had brought so many Yingying Yanyans from Jiaofangsi to his home. If he married Yan Sanniang to Xue Bai again, he would not know how much jealousy and grievance he would suffer in the future.

But the next moment, he felt that he had never seen Xue Bai look at any beauty more today. He was a rare gentleman, and it was difficult to judge for a moment.

At this time, Du Wulang also looked back and leaned over to talk to Xue Bai in a low voice. Yan Quanming winked at Yan Jiming, meaning Twelve Lang, go and listen.

Yan Jiming was younger and closer to Xue Bai, so he squeezed in next to Du Wulang.

"Hey." Du Wulang whispered: "I think the Ren family sisters are really interested in you."

"It's just an invitation."

"Aren't you tempted?"

"I respect myself."

"Respect yourself, then you accepted Qing Lan?"

Xue Bai whispered: "Self-respect is... when there are too many women who like you, you cannot accept them all, there must be choices. This process of giving up is self-respect."

Du Wulang said: "Why do I think you are talking nonsense?"

Yan Jiming didn't think this was nonsense, but he understood it deeply. He was also a handsome man, and he was always troubled by the beauty around him. At this time, he admired Xue Bai's indifferent and restrained attitude.

……

At sunset, several young people parted at the intersection of Changshoufang.

Yan Jiming immediately said: "Brother, I think Xue Bai is a rare self-respecting man in the world."

"Can I be more self-respecting than you?"

"This," Yan Jiming frowned in thought, and replied seriously and melancholy: "It's different. All the women I know are rare good women in the world, and it's really hard to live up to them."

~~

"General, I am not a very good woman. My husband just died today. I already admire the general in my heart..."

That night, Zhang Siniang took a bath and changed clothes, ran to the lobby and danced, and then accompanied Wang Zhongsi, who was drinking heavily. She was more attentive than his twelve concubines, talking softly and singing songs.

Finally, she even boldly took the wine glass from Wang Zhongsi's hand. Thinking of this man who had killed countless Xi people, Turks, and Tubo people, her hands were shaking with both fear and excitement.

"The slave family heard that the general once advanced into the rebel army on a single horse, galloped left and right, fought in and out, killed hundreds of people alone, and ravaged his army. I wonder if this is true?"

As Zhang Siniang spoke, she picked up the wine glass, drank the remaining wine in one gulp, and asked, "Can the slave family see the general's manipulations?"

"..."

To her, although General Wang's mansion was a bit empty, it was already a wealthy family, and she didn't have to worry about Su Wunu bringing someone back at night.

She slept deeply that night.

When I woke up the next day, there were anxious calls outside the house.

"General, the saint summoned the general to enter the palace quickly. By the way, the internal official also told him to take the woman he snatched from the Jiaofang Division yesterday with him."

Zhang Siniang was a little panicked. When she was in her prime, she really wanted to enter the inner teaching workshop, but she had given up on this idea long ago. She didn't expect to enter the palace like this today.

She didn't know how long she walked, but she kept her head down and walked side by side with Wei Erniang. She walked through the palace gates one by one and walked into a plum forest. When she looked up again, she felt like she was in a fairyland.

The music is fluttering, and the singing and dancing are graceful.

Zhang Siniang suddenly burst into tears because she knew that this was the Liyuan, the most elusive and unattainable place for people like her.

Wherever the saint is, there is the pear garden, with the best music, the best dance, and the swaggering long sleeves, which are so beautiful that it makes people feel like they are in a fairyland.

"The east wind sways the weeping willows, the hairsprings stir up the peach blossoms, and the bead curtains hide the hibiscus faces..."

The melodious sound of the guzheng was accompanied by the singing, and in front, people gathered around an old god.

Wang Zhongsi hurriedly came forward to greet him and said in a sincere voice: "I wish you all the best, saint."

"Get up, my Ah Xun is back. He defeated Tubo for me. Very good, very good... Come and give me a seat."

Zhang Siniang took a sneak peek and saw that Wang Zhongsi was far away. When she came to sit down at the banquet, Wei Hui, Wang Zhun, Jia Chang, Xue Bai and others she had met were all there.

~~

Li Longji didn't intend to care about such trivial matters as beating people, but he just wanted to see Wang Zhongsi's attitude.

At this time, seeing that Wang Zhongsi's attitude was not bad, he drank wine and discussed opera with Xue Bai. The more they talked, the more cheerful they became, and they continued talking for a long time.

This is actually a cover-up. It means that Wang Zhun and Wei Hui, who came to complain, will see, "I will not punish my adopted son for such a trivial matter."

If this continues until the banquet is over, perhaps the affairs of the Jiedushi of the four towns will still be arranged by Li Linfu and Wang Zhongsi will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, but the suspicion will not be as heavy as before, and it will not be difficult for Wang Zhongsi to seek a good death.

However, Wang Zhun and Wei Hui had no chance to complain, and Wang Zhongsi actually spoke first.

"Sage, I killed someone, please be punished by the saint."

Li Longji's smile faded a little and said, "You are my adopted son. My son hit someone, and my grandpa came forward to apologize. This is the end of the matter."

Wang Zhun raised his eyes and thought that if the saint did not punish Wang Zhongsi, the right minister would be ready to point out that Wang Zhongsi had colluded with Yang Dang and did it deliberately.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhongsi actually bit back.

"Back to the saint, Ruo Chen's beating is over, but I don't know how to handle the matter of Wang Zhun and Wei Hui forcing people in the church to sell sex?"

The smile on Li Longji's face then faded, and he thought that Wang Zhongsi was a little too serious. After looking into a trivial matter, he, the emperor, should be punished for a few musicians, Wang Zhongsi's son, who had made great contributions to the country's affairs. ?

This adopted son values ​​right and wrong far more than he values ​​his adopted father. This is the case in Shibao City and the same is true in the case of Jiaofang.

As soon as Jia Chang saw the saint's face, he knew what to do and quickly picked up the wine with a smile.

"General Wang is too serious! Haha, Mr. Jia is not talented. Can he be shameless and act as a peacemaker in front of the emperor? General, please settle the old feud with Wang Zhun and Wei Hui."

"But the army cannot be governed if the law is not strict, and the same applies to state affairs. If we punish them, I will naturally have no problem with them." "You beat someone to death, and you will be the first to be punished!" Wang Zhun immediately retorted.

Li Longji smiled, sat drinking, looked at Gao Lishi, pointed at Wang Zhongsi, and Gao Lishi glanced at Xue Bai.

They all saw that Xue Bai took Wang Zhongsi to make a deliberate mistake to show that he knew his mistake. The saint wanted this to express his position, so he personally protected him and planned to reward Wang Zhongsi directly with the woman he had snatched away to block Youyou. Everyone said.

The result was good, but he didn't appreciate it and felt that he was right. He thought that it was the country and the saints who were wrong.

This is the dark side of those who are close to Mo, and they are too influenced by Li Heng's idea that "there is a problem with the saint's governance of the country, and the prince should succeed to the throne."

Looking at Xue Bai, let Xue Bai also see, can Wang Zhongsi change? Nothing can be changed, this person is hopelessly stubborn.

However, the next moment, Wang Zhongsi's words surprised Li Longji.

"I beat Su Wunu to death, so I can be punished, but you treating the people in the church as prostitutes is a crime of deceiving the emperor."

"You wronged me?" Wang Zhun said, "Which of your eyes saw me sleeping with someone in the prostitute? I just let Su Wunu drink with Xianyu Erlang, but Wei Hui had an affair with Zhang Siniang."

Wei Hui did not expect that Wang Zhun would bite him back in front of the emperor. He was shocked and said hurriedly: "I... Zhang Siniang is married and not a member of the guild."

Wang Zhongsi refused to talk to them about this. He looked at Li Longji and bowed solemnly.

"His Majesty promoted music, personally taught three hundred disciples in the Liyuan, and set up foreign teaching workshops to supplement it. He also stipulated that female musicians can start a family until they are of marriageable age to show their benevolence. But now they can't enter the Liyuan, and they can't be released to marry after they retire. Being imprisoned as the plaything of these people, they regard His Majesty's disciples as prostitutes, and using His Majesty's name to commit lewd and violent acts, isn't it a crime of deceiving the Emperor?!"

Li Longji squinted his eyes, and unexpectedly saw some loyalty in Wang Zhongsi's eyes.

The women in the church were prepared for saints, and they were ruined like this. This adopted son who was raised by a saint may be genuinely angry... He has been filial and loyal since he was a child.

Li Longji was not that angry. He was old and could no longer take care of so many female actresses outside the palace. He often rewarded beauties to his ministers.

He couldn't help but sigh and lament the passage of time, thinking that as long as he could not grow old, he would not have all these problems.

Wang Zhun was already irritated by Wang Zhongsi. He stood up from his seat and knelt in front of Li Longji.

"Your Majesty, I only drank wine and watched the singing and dancing. It was General Wang who killed Su Wunu and took away the girls from the church, but instead blamed me."

Xue Bai said: "Sage, this is my fault. It was me who brought General Wang to the Jiaofang for casting on a whim. It was also because I couldn't see what the women in the Jiaofang were going through, so I asked General Wang to help them."

"What happened to make you so angry?"

"Please ask the sage to ask Zhang Siniang to find out..."

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After Li Longji had summoned Zhang Siniang and Wei Erniang, his eyes condensed and his attitude changed again.

He first thought Zhang Siniang looked familiar, and then suddenly remembered it. No wonder Su Wunu's name sounded familiar. It turned out to be a hundred opera performers who performed rope walking on the Lantern Festival a few years ago.

At that time, Zhang Siniang was one of the dancers selected by Zuo Jiaofang to perform on the stage. Su Wunu was fascinated at the sight and asked for a marriage. Li Longji agreed as soon as he was happy and forgot about them since then.

"Things have changed since we met again. How are you doing?" Li Longji actually treats people well, and asked Zhang Siniang in a gentle tone.

"The slave family..."

Zhang Siniang didn't know how to answer.

Back then, she thought Su Wunu was described as wretched and was unwilling to marry. After marriage, her life became even more miserable. But he dare not say that the saint ruined his life by just giving him a marriage.

"Speak confidently and boldly!" Li Longji said with a straight face: "You are a disciple of the teaching, and you are my disciple. If anyone bullies you, I will make the decision for you!"

He raised his hand and pointed at Wang Zhongsi, Wang Zhun, Wei Hui, Jia Chang, Xue Bai, and even Li Guinian.

"Yes, yes..." Zhang Siniang looked at Wang Zhongsi, tears streaming down her face, and sobbed: "Wei Lang is one of them. He fell in love with the slave family. In order to force the slave family to commit themselves to him, he took Su Wunu to gamble. Make him bankrupt and force the slave family to follow him..."

With such a great general as Wang Zhongsi standing there, she became more courageous and dared to tell the truth.

"You whore!" Wei Hui was shocked and furious, pointing at Zhang Siniang and saying, "It's obviously you who seduced me. I treat you with the utmost care, but you actually said such a thing?!"

Gao Lishi caught Li Longji's look, stepped forward, and slapped Wei Hui on the face.

"Snapped."

This is what the saint said, "I make the decision for you." This nephew dares to touch the saint's disciples and the woman whom the saint has granted marriage to.

But that's it, a nephew is a nephew after all.

Li Longji turned to Wei Erniang again. Seeing the ugly appearance and vulgar behavior of this woman, he couldn't help asking: "Who are you?"

"Back to the saint, Nujia is the musician of Zuo Jiaofang."

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Longji happened to be drinking and choked, which frightened the eunuchs around him.

"It's okay...ahem, since you're a musician, you can sing a song for me, and I'll sing Xue Bai's "Die Lian Hua"."

"Return to the saint, the slave family won't do it."

"Then sing what you can sing."

"Here. Shang Xie! I want to know you and live forever..."

"That's enough, no need to sing anymore."

Li Longji's face sank, and he showed the same patience as when he was chatting with his maid Chuncao at the beginning of the year, and asked: "How did you get selected as a musician in Zuo Jiaofang?"

"The value of the slave family is low." Wei Erniang said: "The Jiaofang didn't spend any money to buy the slaves. They just used it to make up the money."

"What does it mean to make up the numbers?"

"If we gather enough people in the monastery, we will be rewarded by the monastery envoy. We can also perform performances to make money. If we are beautiful, we can sell ourselves..."

Wei Erniang is outspoken and can't stop once she starts speaking.

As long as the saint asked, she would tell her, telling her everything she had seen and heard in the church from childhood to adulthood.

"The judge told me that if anyone thinks my singing is unpleasant, I can scold him. The church is in charge of court etiquette and music. Whether it sounds good or not is also the court etiquette and music."

"Zuo Jiaofang only releases one piece of music every year, because the saints only select new songs when selecting, so they use one piece of music to list different names. Of course I know, because Liu Wuniang has sent money to the Jiaofang envoy for three consecutive years, and has never She had been selected before, and every year the one selected was the piece she had been rehearsing. Liu Wuniang was so angry that she stabbed herself in the throat with a hairpin..."

Wei Erniang said that in the end, it was like the Yellow River leaking its embankments, which could not be blocked, and occasionally one or two curse words appeared.

Li Longji was shocked.

He couldn't believe that the Jiaofang under his nose had become like this. So he turned to look at Wang Zhongsi, thinking that Wang Zhongsi had deliberately framed him.

However, Wang Zhongsi, Wang Zhun, Wei Hui... everyone was at a loss and obviously did not expect such a result.

What was originally just a rough and tumble conflict between the two parties ended up turning into an ugly show.

This time, Wang Zhongsi actually apologized directly, saying: "I am guilty, and my emperor has no way to make Wei Er speak arrogant words in front of the emperor. Please be punished by the saint."

Li Longji didn't think he was guilty.

Wang Zhongsi was very good. Even if he wanted to rape a woman to commit suicide, he still adhered to the bottom line. He chose Zhang Siniang and Wei Erniang, who at first glance were not intended for saints.

From the beginning to the end, he showed filial piety.

People like Wang Zhun and Wei Hui made mistakes, but they were not big mistakes...

Li Longji finally looked at Xue Bai.

Because Xue Bai was found to have the calmest face among all the people, if anyone instigated this ugly musician to report, it must be this kid again.

However, in fact, there is no need for anyone to instruct this kind of thing. The problem of the church is basically obvious, but everyone is benefiting from it and no one exposes it.

"Blessed saint."

Xue Bai saw that Li Longji's eyes showed no surprise or innocence, and he saluted calmly and responded: "I went to the Jiaofang yesterday and saw that the situation is indeed like this. It has been completely corrupted."

This time, he really didn't do any tricks.

Just put some real things in front of this emperor, what is Wang Zhongsi like, and what is the Jiaofang like.

The so-called Mingjun of the Eternal Ages, who has great cultural and martial arts skills, does not allow anyone to disobey. If anyone thinks that the saint is wrong, he is planning to rebel.

Then we might as well take a look at this small teaching that the saint is most interested in. When the powerful cannibalize people, talented people have no way to advance, rules are broken, and contradictions abound... Is he wrong?

Is Wang Zhongsi always harboring resentment, or are some people too stubborn?

　Please give me a monthly pass, please give me a monthly pass~~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)