Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 91
Willows and warblers sing outside the window.

Xue Bai opened his eyes and found himself asleep in Yuzhenguan's reception hall.

With a sound of "squeak", the door was pushed open.

Li Tengkong was holding a fly whisk in his hand. He stood outside the door as if he wanted to come in, but he stopped and looked at Xue Bai across the threshold.

"Little lady of the Hardworking Sect." Xue Bai got up to perform the salute, and asked, "Is Miss Yan San alright?"

"Heart exhaustion convulsions are exactly what I am good at. I have given acupuncture and made qi-regulating soup, and it should be fine for now. But she has a heart disease and her body is weak. I am afraid that she will relapse in the future."

"Can you fix it?"

"Madam Yan also asked the same question. I have already prescribed the medicine, but I see that Madam Yan has been on guard all night. Can you go and buy some medicinal materials?" Li Tengkong asked, "Are you Yan Gong's student?"

"Yes, I'll go buy it."

Li Tengkong looked over, and Xue Bai looked frank, and he had already walked in front of her. She hurriedly took out a prescription from her sleeve and handed it over, saying, "Many of these medicinal materials are rare and valuable, and you may not be able to find them."

"It's okay, let's go to a few more pharmacies."

"Ah."

With the slight swing of the whisk, Li Tengkong turned around and walked back along the long corridor, with a peaceful demeanor and a fairy-tale air.

After walking two steps, she looked back and saw Xue Bai descending the steps towards the main entrance.She couldn't help but think, he is really easy to be sent...

Just as he was fascinated, he turned his head.

Li Tengkong was slightly flustered, quickly avoided, stabilized his mind, and walked away.

After observing Yan Yan's situation, she went to take a rest for a while, when she woke up it was already afternoon and Xue Bai hadn't come back yet.

Although she knew that those medicinal materials were not easy to get together, she probably had to spend some money somewhere.

When he went to the alchemy room, he first picked out the medicinal materials in the temple, and after a while, Xue Bai finally came.

"Miss Zong, please take a look, are these?"

"Buy so much?"

"Since it needs long-term conditioning, you might as well buy more."

"Alright."

Li Tengkong nodded calmly, turned around, took out a medicine scale, and started dispensing medicine.

She had just picked up a few slices of Danshen, when she saw Xue Bai stepped forward to help, she panicked and dropped two slices off the scale, but the weight of Danshen was just right.

"You pack the medicinal materials." She said lightly, "Don't make trouble."

"it is good."

There was a faint smell of medicine in the alchemy room.

The smell of medicine is different from the aroma of spices. It is a bit bitter, but it actually smells comfortable, and the grass and trees are refreshing.

Li Tengkong liked this taste very much.

She inadvertently glanced at Xue Bai quietly, and found that he didn't hate this smell either.

The wind and the sun were shining outside the window, the two of them didn't say anything, they just dispensed the medicine silently, but they could feel the peace and harmony of the years.

"That's right." Li Tengkong said suddenly, "I want to tell you... I don't practice Taoism because..."

She didn't want him to feel guilty about her being a monk, and she didn't think she was because of him.

She had decided so long ago.

It's just that when the words came to my lips, I suddenly didn't know how to say them.

"I know." Xue Bai said: "You have your ideals, to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and to serve the world by hanging the pot."

"Ah."

Li Tengkong felt a lot more relaxed after staying away from the right minister's mansion and getting along with him like this.

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"Take these medicines first, and you will come back in a few days, or I will visit Sanniang in Yan's residence when I go out for medical treatment."

"Thank you, Master, for saving my life, I will never forget it as a family."

After Wei Yun finished speaking, Yan Yan also saluted and said: "Thank you, Master Lian, for your rescue."

Li Tengkong smiled softly, forgetting the attitude she had been putting on all the time today, and said: "I am not good at medicine, but Master is a peerless famous doctor. When he returns to Chang'an, he may be able to cure your illness."

Yan Yan's eyes lit up, showing anticipation.

She has recovered a lot at this time, and she has returned to her previous delicate appearance, but there is still no blood on her lips.

Wei Yun wanted to keep the consultation fee several times, but Li Tengkong refused to accept it no matter what, saying that it was a rule not to charge the consultation fee, and she could just let her pay for the medicinal materials.

Everyone in the Yan family had no choice but to thank them repeatedly, and first take Yan Yan home before talking.

Before leaving Yuzhen Temple, Xue Bai saw Jiao Nu in Taoist uniform.

Jiaonu became thinner and looked very unhappy. When she saw him, she rolled her eyes and turned away...

~~
The carriage drove into Yan's house and stopped.

"Thank you very much this time." Wei Yun looked at Xue Bai and said with emotion: "When your teacher comes home, let him thank you well."

"Master, you don't need to be too polite, it's what students should do."

At this time, Yan Yan lifted the curtain of the car, and carefully got out of the car with the help of her maid, first raised her eyes to look at Xue Bai, with some doubts in her eyes, and then thanked Xue Bai politely.

"Thank you brother for saving your life."

Although she is playful, she is indeed very sensible.

Xue Bai smiled, stopped bothering, and turned to go home.

The next day, he went to Yan's house again, asked about the situation, and said that the teacher was not there, and he could send him at any time if there was anything to do.

After finishing these things, he remembered that Jinke Chunwei was about to release the list.

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"What have you been up to these two days? You don't go to the Imperial College, do you know that the rankings are released today?"

"I know, I'm going to watch the list."

"I think I have to remind you..."

In the early morning, Du Wulang rushed to Changshoufang on purpose, and went to the imperial city with Xue Bai.

There are so many people on Changjie Street on the day when the list is released, even the little ladies who don’t go out on weekdays insist on going out with round fans to choose a husband.

Before Xue Bai came to An's door, he had already been mistaken for an imperial examination candidate, and inexplicably stuffed a lot of colored notes in his hand, inviting him to come to propose marriage.

This is considered implicit, and it is said that catching a son-in-law under the list is even more exaggerated.

They were about to arrive at the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites. The front was too crowded for the horses to pass, so the two turned over and dismounted.

"I'll go to the Guozijian to fasten the horse, you can take it."

Before Du Wulang could react, a large stack of colored notes was stuffed in his hand.

"Hey, you..."

Suddenly, bells and drums rang together.

"It's on the list!"

Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, an official in front of him was holding a gold plaque and pasting it on the south wall of the Gongyuan.

Du Wulang looked up, stunned for a moment, and murmured: "So short?"

The crowd rushed up like a tide, and he was immediately shoved aside, looking directly at a fat little lady on the side of the road.

The little lady looked him up and down, her eyes fell on the colored paper in his hand, her eyes widened in surprise, she stepped forward and said with blessings: "Mr. Lang is on the list, how about marrying my slave?"

"What... what?"

"Grandfather! Here is a young gentleman who has won the list!"

"I……"

Before Du Wulang could react, a group of people rushed to fight and shouted, "Let go, this is my son-in-law!"

In this chaos, the candidates who squeezed to the front looked up, but they were all stunned.

"what happened?!"

~~
"what happened?"

"There are 23 Jinshi in Changke, but no one in Zhike. How can this be?"

"Did you find out? There is no commoner in this subject..."

Amid the exclamation, Xue Bai squeezed through the crowd, stood beside Du Fu, and looked up at the list of Jinshi.

Sun Ying, Bao Ji, Shi Zhen, Li Chen, Jiang Zhi... Soon, he read 23 names.

The champion is Yang Hu.

I didn't see Du Fu, I didn't see Yuan Jie, Liu Changqing, Huang Furan, I didn't see Yan Zhuang, Zhang Tongru, Ping Wei.

None of those candidates who were regarded as outstanding in talent and reputation at the time did not make it to the list.

"Let's go."

Du Fu was still in a daze, Xue Bai pulled him straight.

Yuan Jie and Du Wulang were already separated from the crowd. Fortunately, the Imperial College was not far away, and the two went straight back to the Taixue Hall.

"Failed?" Du Fu murmured as if he had lost his soul: "How could it be so? The subject of this subject is 'Wang Liang Fu', and the rhyme is 'Taking Morals as Hope'. My Fu can be written like a spirit..."

"Brother Zimei, success or failure is the normal state of life, just take the exam next year."

"But I don't understand."

The two were still talking, when suddenly a shout came from the Imperial College.

"Retest!"

"Retest!"

"Retest!"

At first, it was just one or two shouts, but the voices quickly began to converge, gradually forming a thunderous roar.

When Xue Bai and Du Fu stood up, they already felt that they were in the waves.

They walked out of the dormitory, and saw that the disciples were yelling and rushing out.

On the street, the exorcists who originally wanted to leave began to gather again.

Someone stood on the courtyard wall of the Imperial College and shouted loudly.

"The sage has not yet come to the imperial examination, the brother slaves control the examination room, and the king is strictly guarded! The treacherous ministers are blocking the audiovisual, and now there is no one in the world who is a commoner! Are we willing to fight?! Gentlemen, follow me and ask the saint to re-examine!"

"Retest! Retest!"

Xue Bai stretched out his hand to grab Du Fu, but Du Fu grabbed him back, and followed the crowd towards the imperial city.

"..."

Suddenly there was another commotion ahead.

"My brother is afraid that the people in the wild will accuse him of treachery and control the examination room! He even made Jin Wu quiet on the street, trying to kill us! We should go to Yonglefang to ask the left minister to come forward!"

The left side, of course, does not refer to the current Chen Xilie who only nods and bows to Li Linfu, but Li Shizhi.

Xue Bai suddenly realized that since Li Shizhi was in Chang'an now, he was afraid that this turmoil would be fueled even more.

He couldn't stop all of this at all, and together with Du Fu, the crowd flocked to Yonglefang.

The streets were full of shouts of "reexamination", and the crowd was so angry that no one could appease these moves.

"The second mountain is there!"

They finally found Yuan Jie, who was standing outside Li Shizhi's mansion.

The scarlet door has been opened.

Li Shizhi's face was as heavy as water, and he was standing on the steps with his hands behind his back, holding a long scroll with his own hands.

Yuan Jie looked passionate, holding a pen in one hand and a scroll in the other, and was writing vigorously. A young man stood beside him, reading aloud along with his handwriting.

"Ding Haichun of Tianbao, Yuanzi waited for the system with diction. He wrote three chapters of "Huangmo" and ten chapters of "Poems of Erfeng", and asked his desires from the Siyu family to benefit the heavenly supervisor... This is also the case.

The crowd gradually calmed down, listening to Yuan Jie's poems that seemed like a call to arms.

This is their call to action against Li Linfu.

Since the officials of the Manchu Dynasty dare not speak up, it's up to them commoners to act.

at last.

"The sages are superior, they must be frugal and guard their bodies, and observe and transform people, so they can protect their blessings. Why don't you think about it and act recklessly? The upper and lower are separated, and the gods and humans are resentful; they are insatiable in evil, and they are not afraid of falling!"

"The sages are superior, and they must use the virtuous and upright to overthrow the treacherous ministers, so it will last for a long time. How can it be reversed, thinking it is chaotic? Favoring evil and believing in confusion, being close to sycophants and flattering; abolishing one's wife and establishing a concubine, forbearance is a misfortune!"

Yuan Jie did not disappoint them, and the first psalm scolded today's saints.

And he made no secret of his words and diction, accusing the saint of licentiousness and licentiousness, and listening to traitors. The four characters of "favoring evil and believing in confusion" are directed at Li Linfu.

He even directly uncovered the case of the three concubines.

"Abolishing the father-in-law and establishing the concubine, to be a disaster?!"

Xue Bai was a little surprised when these eight words came to his ears.

He first thought that Yuan Jie was too impulsive, and then thought that Yuan Jie had never tolerated it before, but Li Linfu had gone too far this time. If he could bear it, these men from the Tang Dynasty would not be men from the Tang Dynasty.

After suffering countless times and having had enough of those persecutions, it was the first time Xue Bai heard someone dare to scold a saint in broad daylight for doing wrong by abolishing his wife and establishing his concubine.

And this is only the first piece of scolding by Yuan Jie. Today he will use thirteen pieces of rhetoric to wake up today's saints.

Xue Bai even had an urge in his heart to step forward and stand side by side with Yuan Jie. To overthrow Li Linfu and vindicate the case of the three concubines, his future future will be very different.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, he turned around and left.

……

In front of them there were still angry people rushing towards them, and farther away, Jin Wuwei and You Xiaowei came with their halberds, their armor clanging.

Xue Bai walked against the pedestrians, and after breaking away from the crowd, he stopped and looked back, with regret in his eyes.

It's a pity that I didn't listen to all of Yuan Jie's proclamations, and didn't stand with these brave people.

But he has his own way.

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Jade Zhenguan.

"Seventeen Niang." Jiaonu rushed into the alchemy room and said anxiously: "Something happened, and all the disciples in Chang'an are scolding Ah Lang."

"Call me 'Tengkongzi'."

Li Tengkong was flipping through the medical book "Supplementary Notes on the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine" left by her master Qi Xuanzi. She remembered that her master had commented on diseases of the internal organs, and she was thinking about it at this time.

"Which day will grandpa not be scolded?"

Jiaonu said: "But I'm afraid it will be different this time. I heard that Alang controls the examination room and has angered all the examiners..."

Li Tengkong put down the medical book and listened to Jiaonu's narration, when he suddenly thought of Xue Bai's saying "I recently made friends with Du Fu, a famous poet in the world", and felt a little bitter in his heart.

In fact, she had expected it a long time ago. From a very young age, she knew that if she could fall in love with someone, he would sooner or later be on the side against Grandpa.

A word has become a prophecy...

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Pingkangfang, Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Li Linfu sat behind the screen.

On the other side of the screen, a servant was speaking.

"Right minister, don't worry, the sage is not in Xingqing Palace recently, but went to the Forbidden Garden's Lee Garden to enjoy the flowers and rehearse... But, the matter is so big, I am afraid that the right minister will give the sage an explanation?"

Li Linfu was sitting there wearing a purple robe, his expression calm, and he said slowly: "Tianbao has said the truth for five years, Li Shizhi colluded with Li Ying's remaining party, and now he is instigating others."

"The sage should believe in this matter, and Li Shizhi is looking for his own death. The problem is that the whole court thinks that there is no commoner in the current department. I am afraid that it is unreasonable. What does the right minister think?"

"what."

Li Linfu smiled, and looked at the letter of poetry on the table.

All the local villagers are accusing him of treachery.

These people have not yet learned how to be loyal to the country, but they have learned to criticize current politics.

It is very simple to deal with Li Shizhi, but the imperial examination is indeed a major event, and an explanation must be given to the sage.

"Do you remember that on the night of Shangyuan, the saint and all the officials drank a glass of wine at the imperial banquet?"

"You mean?"

"Did you forget? The sage praised all the officials at that time, God bless the Tang Dynasty, all the talents gathered, and there were many civil and military..."

At this point, Li Linfu picked up the pen and wrote four words on the memorial——

"There are no sages in the wild."

(End of this chapter)