The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 200 It's All Routines
In fact, none of the companions around him in the second year of high school are simple figures. They include relatively famous figures in the Huizong period, such as Tan Zhen, Yang Jian, Deng Xunwu, a descendant of the Deng family in Shuzhong, Xu Zhichang, a Taoist painter, and Gao Qiu's brother. Gao Jie, and two attendants from Prince Duan's Mansion.

Of the two people who spoke, Xu Zhichang was the first to speak.

Xu Zhichang was good at writing articles, good at chanting, and proficient in Taoist classics. He was also good at painting immortals, Buddhas, goddesses, and heavenly kings. He was very popular with King Duan on weekdays.

The second person to speak was the eunuch Tan Zhen.

At this time, both Tan Zhen and Yang Jian were appointed to Shi Yeting, and they were minor eunuchs who were not popular in the palace. Because Zhe Zong and Empress Dowager Xiang were close to Prince Duan, they took refuge in Prince Duan's palace.Eunuchs in similar situations were not uncommon in the Northern Song Dynasty palaces, and the Song emperors of all dynasties did not refrain from using them. It was a kind of unspoken rule. The reason was the succession characteristics of the Northern Song emperors.

On the surface, these individuals are headed by the sophomore in high school, but in fact it is Xu Zhichang and the two eunuchs who can really make the decision.

Ergou eavesdropped on their discussion in the dark, but finally understood the purpose of these people's tricks, which was to make money from the Li family's young lady.

Some people may ask, Li Qingzhao is just an official lady. No matter how talented she is, how can she be bothered by the confidants of the Duan Palace to plot against her?

They were plotting against Li Qingzhao, of course, not for Li Qingzhao himself, but for her father, Li Gefei, who doted on his daughter, and for the children of the Su clan represented by Li Gefei after his death.

During the discussion between these people, Ergou heard the name of another core figure who was not present - Zhao Mingcheng, the third yamen of Zhao Ting's family, the Minister of Rites. From this, Ergou came up with a clue that was enough to trigger the Great Song Dynasty. Shocking conclusion, Zhao Tingzhi has something to do with Prince Duan's Mansion.

This is a bit of a problem.

It should be noted that the current official Zhezong is only 22 years old. According to common sense, he is in the prime of youth. He has a long life ahead of him. Who could have guessed that he would suddenly die of illness three years later!

However, Zhao Tingzhi's connection with King Duan was not clear at this time. In any other dynasty, this would have been the fate of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. Even in the Northern Song Dynasty, deposing remote military states was also the proper meaning of the title. .

However, Ergou has no intention of caring about the bad things going on in the old Zhao family. He only cares about his little wife of the Li family.

Originally, Ergou could have directly killed these troublemakers, but this could only be regarded as treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, and since Zhao Tingzhi and his son had not yet shown up, it could not fundamentally solve the problem.

Therefore, Ergou chose to stay hidden for the time being and wait and see what happens.

The group of sophomores in high school didn't know that walls have ears, but they quickly discussed the changes in the plan and then started to implement them.

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However, in recent days, a piece of street news began to spread at the Xiyuan Gathering.

It is said that there is a poor descendant of a family in Beijing who was famous in the previous dynasty, but he sells the famous painting "Five Cows" by Han Huang, a famous painter of the former Tang Dynasty, in the Taishan Temple area.

Han Huang studied painting under the guidance of Lu Tanwei in the Southern Dynasties. He was good at painting figures, especially rural customs, cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, etc.The exquisiteness of his paintings of cows is unparalleled in the world, and "Five Cows" is considered one of the best among his works.

Of course, there are many works of Han Huang that have been circulated in the world at this time. Unlike later generations, the "Five Cows Picture" is almost an orphan.Therefore, although the literati and scholars who came to the Xiyuan Elegant Gathering were curious about the news on the street, they would not act upon it.

Only one person asked the owner of the West Garden, Prince Consort Wang: "Brother Wang likes to collect original copies of famous paintings from the previous dynasty. Why didn't he send someone to find the painting seller and collect the "Five Cows"?"
But the prince's consort only smiled and said nothing.

But he knew in his heart who the real owner of the "Five Cows Picture" was. King Duan was manipulating it like this, but he didn't know what kind of tricks he was playing. He was stupid to get involved in it.

Li Gefei was a frequent visitor to the Xiyuan Gathering, so he naturally heard about the news that someone was selling the "Five Cows" on the street. He was an upright person and had no interest in going to buy it, but he went home and took the news as an excuse. I told my wife and daughter interesting things.

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

Li Qingzhao was obsessed with this [Five Cows Picture].

It must be explained here that Li Gefei and Li Qingzhao have a father-daughter relationship, but in terms of personal property, Li Gefei is far inferior to his daughter. The reason is that the woman's dowry inheritance system was relatively unique and enlightened in the Song Dynasty (for details, book friends can refer to Baidu I won’t go into details here, so as not to overwhelm everyone).

Li Qingzhao's mother was the eldest daughter of former prime minister Wang Gui. She had a prominent family background and a profound background, so her dowry was naturally very rich. After Wang died of illness, the dowry was inherited by her only daughter Li Qingzhao.

Of course, if this kind of thing had to be left to the Jia family of a certain "Feng Yue Bao Jian", Li Qingzhao would be like Sister Lin and die early.

It's a pity that the Li family is not the Jia family, and Li Gefei is not one of those man-eating beasts in the Jia family. He is a real gentleman. He guards the huge private property left by his ex-wife to his daughter. Not only does he not covet any of it, but he also returns it from time to time. Add a little bit of help to expand Mrs. Li's leather bag, and express her desire to be a father.

To be precise, Li Qingzhao is a truly rich young woman of the Li family.

Therefore, facing the "Five Cows Picture", Li Gefei, a poor father, could not be tempted, but Li Qingzhao, a wealthy daughter, wanted to take it for herself.

However, Li Qingzhao was not reckless. She looked for good weather and took her maid Lingxiang with her to go to Taishan Temple to offer incense, but she went there to explore the situation.

The Taishan Temple area in the east of Bianliang City is also a prosperous place. People come here in droves on weekdays. There is a permanent market (commercial street), and there is usually a small fair every three days and a big temple fair every five days. The city's Mahang Street is prosperous, but even more lively.

Today was the day for a small market near Taishan Temple. The young lady of the Li family arrived at Taishan Temple in a carriage with her maid Lingxiang. However, she did not enter the temple to burn incense, but wandered around in the market.

Although she came to buy paintings, she did not go straight to the subject as soon as she arrived. Instead, she admired this prosperous place in the world with great interest.

Ergou had been keeping an eye on the group of people in Prince Duan's Mansion these past few days, but he stayed near the Taishan Temple for a while and explored all the places here.

He did not notice the arrival of Li Qingzhao's master and servant at first. Instead, he first discovered the eunuchs Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, and Wang Fu. The one who made him feel most problematic was one of the new faces.

She is a sissy with quite a dog-like appearance (Er Gou's contemptuous term). In terms of appearance, she is only slightly inferior to Er Gou who is in a demonic state. He is handsome and majestic, making people unable to bear it just by looking at him. Live in a good mood.

Ergou was sure almost immediately that this guy should be that damn Zhao Mingcheng, Li Qingzhao's official spouse in history.

No wonder this guy was able to win Li Qingzhao's favor in history. He had already won 99 meters ahead of others at the [-]-meter starting line. There was only one thing left for him in the last meter, which was to impress Mrs. Li with his character and talent.

Of course, in terms of talent, after searching the entire Song Dynasty, I am afraid that only Da Su, who was preparing his luggage to go fishing in Hainan Island, could compete with Miss Li.As for others, Mrs. Li can definitely say with confidence that all those who don’t go fishing in Hainan Island are rubbish!

Therefore, the only thing Zhao Mingcheng can show to the young lady of the Li family is his own character.

The appearance of Zhao Mingcheng made Ergou immediately guess something. Li Qingzhao might also have appeared nearby.

Sure enough, with Ergou's special search, he soon discovered Li Qingzhao's master and servant.

With all the actors in this big show in place, the dramatic performance is finally about to begin.

And the first one to enter was a group of rampant crabs...ah no!It should be said that he is the evil young man of a wealthy family who is as rampant as a crab. A wealthy yamen who is shaking a folding fan and dressed in brocade is played by the eunuch Yang Jian.This Yang Jian led several servants who were also dressed in brocade clothes, but they were rampaging in front of the Taishan Temple. Everywhere they passed, there would be people jumping on their backs.

Only Mrs. Li, the master and servant, was in the place where this group of "evil people" were passing by.

She waited for her daughter's family to be weak and did not dare to stop this group of villains, so she stepped to the side of the road early.

It's a pity that this group of people came here deliberately to cause trouble, but when they passed by, they deliberately pushed a few people, almost knocking the Li family master and servant to the ground.

Lingxiang reluctantly supported Mrs. Li who was about to fall down, but she looked down upon the group of villains who walked away with great contempt.

Li Qingzhao was in a panic after being hit by someone, and he felt angry in his heart. He just stared at his big beautiful eyes and said nothing.

But when Yang Jian and his group came to the depths of the temple fair, they saw a small calligraphy and painting stall.

Although the calligraphy and painting stall occupies a small area and has few items, they are all rare and good things, such as exquisite wolf brush flowers, an inkstone of considerable age, a white marble brush washer, and some calligraphy and painting by seniors of this dynasty. , each item has a value of dozens of dollars.

Of course, the one that deserves the most attention in this calligraphy and painting stall is the scroll painting with five healthy cows.

There were many people nearby who stopped to admire the image of an old cow looking back and licking its tongue on the scroll.

Ergou looked at the painting from a distance. Although he had no research on calligraphy and painting, he felt it was extraordinary at just one glance.

There is no background for the cow in the painting, but the artist used thick and powerful ink lines to outline the cow's outline, vividly showing the cow's strength, calmness and slowness of movement, and vividly expressing its docile and stubborn character, which is better than that of later generations. The so-called high-definition photos are much more realistic.

Although Gein's later photos were more specific, they lacked the craftsmanship and were not as soulful as the painter's paintings.

The man who sells paintings is Xu Zhichang, a lay practitioner of Taoist painting.

Yang Jian and his group were so close to the painting stall, but they pushed everyone around them away, including Li Bangyan, Wang Fu and others who were mixed in. Yang Jian and others were not polite to them at all.

Everyone saw that the evil young man Yang Jian and his gang were vicious, but they were so angry that they could only swallow their voices.

Yang Jian stepped forward and picked up the painting, opened it and admired it for a few times, then pointed at one of the cows and shouted: "This painting is a crappy thing! The painting is not very good, but it has to be painted with cows! It even rubs against the branch. I’m not afraid of getting pricked! When I buy it and take it home, I’ll burn it! This will prevent the painter from making everyone laugh!”

Everyone around him was shocked when he heard this, and they all shouted no, accusing him of wasting natural resources.

However, Yang Jian was not afraid of what they were waiting for, and just said seductively: "Who are you waiting for?! Dare to interfere in Ye Ye's business?! After Ye Ye buys this painting, it is our family's freedom to burn or tear it down!"

When he said that, he glared at the man selling the painting and asked: "Poor, how much money can you sell this stupid painting for?"

Xu Zhichang was dressed in a sad manner, wearing a tattered old brocade suit (representing his once extraordinary family background), but his complexion was sallow and thin, as if he had not had enough to eat for a long time.

He stretched out a finger with a distressed look, made some gestures and said: "This painting of mine was made by a famous artist in the former Tang Dynasty. It is worth thousands of dollars. If the yamen wants to buy it, he will have to pay one thousand two hundred dollars." Only strangers can do it.”

When Yang Jian heard this, he said angrily: "It's worth a thousand guan but it's sold for a thousand and two. How dare you blackmail me?! You have a broken painting and only a few broken cows. Our family even bought five real cows, but it didn't work." It's just a hundred dollars! Isn't this guy talking about a lion?! Humph! That's all! I won't argue with you. For two hundred dollars, this painting is mine! Come, pay him the money, and let's go! "

As Yang Jian said this, he was about to leave with the scroll in his arms. However, Xu Zhichang was not willing to comply, but he hugged Yang Jian's arm and shouted: "How dare you deceive people in Yanei?! I got money from selling this painting, and I'm still waiting to give it to you!" My family buys medicine for medical treatment, and if you take it away like this, my family will really not be able to survive!"

Yang Jian kicked Xu Zhichang down, but shouted: "What does your family have to do with Ye Ye?"

A few people were arguing when they heard an angry shout: "Stop! How dare you take advantage of someone so cleverly in broad daylight!"

Everyone, including Yang Jian and his group, followed the sound and saw a handsome and impressive scholar walking here.

When he got close, he pointed his folded fan and halberd at Yang Jian and shouted: "Which family are you a dandy, but you dare to act wild under the emperor's feet! You are not afraid of causing trouble to your elders! And return the scroll to the owner's house. If you want to buy it, and If you bring real money to buy it, don’t use such despicable methods!”

But Yang Jian raised his nose and said, "I robbed him by force. How will you treat me?"

But the scholar shouted: "You think I can't control you? But I don't need to do anything more. I just send a letter of remonstrance to the censor's desk. There will be upright people in the court to hold your family accountable. Then I will Let’s see how you explain it to the elders in your family!”

When Yang Jian heard this, he felt as if he had been pinched seven inches. His face turned red and he shouted, "Who are you? Are you here to meddle in other people's business?"

The scholar said proudly: "A certain family will not change its name in business, and it will not change its surname in society! Zhao Mingcheng from Mizhou is the same! Now he is a student of the Imperial College. If you have any dissatisfaction, just come to me!"

After that, Zhao Mingcheng took the scroll from Yang Jian's hand, carefully smoothed out the wrinkles, then carefully rolled it up, and returned it to Xu Zhichang.

Yang Jian's face turned pale and pale for a while, but he was accompanied by a companion, but he said to him in a voice that most people could hear: "Yamen, this guy is the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is the third son of Zhao Ting's family who has been transferred to the Ministry of Personnel. In the yamen, we can't afford to be hostile to him."

When Yang Jian heard this, he shouted: "It turns out that you are also a member of my family. That's all, considering that we are all from ordinary backgrounds, I will let you go for a while today. Let's go!"

Someone nearby may ask: "This evil yameni says that he has the same background as the Zhao family yameni, but he doesn't know where he comes from?"

However, Bai Shizhong said on the side: "Zhao Tingzhi, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, is the descendant of the clan. His grandfather was granted the title Duke of Chu by Renzong. Now, although Zhao Tingzhi's family has lost the title, the ultimatum has been thrown away in the main temple of Dazong. It’s on the jade slip.”

Everyone else was stunned when they heard this. They only thought that the evil young man was also a yamen of a branch of a certain clan.

But Zhao Mingcheng returned the scroll to Xu Zhichang, and said seriously: "The stall owner should not bother Wansheng to talk too much. This painting is a first-class treasure that can be passed down to the family. If the stall owner sells it like this, wouldn't it be wrong?" What a pity!”

But Xu Zhichang said with a sad face: "I know the kindness of my husband. I think my ancestors also came from a family of officials, but now their family is in decline. My brothers went out a few days ago and were beaten by a vicious man until they were seriously injured and dying. I was waiting for money to buy medicine to save my life, so I had no choice but to sell these items passed down from my ancestors."

When Zhao Mingcheng heard this, he thought for a moment and borrowed two large silver coins from Wang Fu next to him. He then said, "It would be a pity if the stall owner sold this painting! I have two large silver coins here. You can take them." If you need it urgently, just put the painting away first!"

When Xu Zhichang accepted the money, he was extremely moved. He only shed tears and said: "My lord is so righteous and I have nothing to repay, so I am willing to give this [Five Cows Picture] to you! To repay your kindness!"

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