Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 525 Tang Dynasty
This kind of scaly creature always has a sense of weirdness, but the white snake in front of me has a kind of gentle holiness, its white scales are flawless, it swims in the Sanskrit sound, and its huge body rolls over the railings without causing any damage.

This snake's body actually has an indescribable feeling of lightness.

Xu Menglang also fell silent for a while, and the noise level on the entire floor dropped slightly.

"I heard that Miss Cui likes kendo talents. I guess you are very good at using the sword." Watching the snake head pass over their level, Xu Menglang tilted his head and smiled at the young man, "Then maybe you can really fight with your sword later. In a place like today, any one more person who remembers us is a precious opportunity that is hard to come by."

Xu Menglang lowered his head and poured him a cup of tea: "Unfortunately, although I have prepared poems, I can only serve as a foil today."

Pei Ye took the teacup and asked, "Are there any great poets?"

Xu Menglang looked across and sighed softly.

Pei Ye followed his gaze and saw the man with the chicken face who gave him a gentle and frail feeling.

"In recent years, his poems have shocked the capital, and he has become famous in the autumn." Xu Menglang said softly, "This person is also coming to the banquet... Hehe."

He lowered his head and remained silent.

Pei Ye looked at him quietly. He could see that this scholar was really upset and was definitely not like Zhou Shise who said indifferently, "I won't draw my sword today."

Just as he said, he gave up his dignity and worked hard to come here, waiting anxiously for the opportunity to step into the bright lights ahead.

However, everything here was beyond his control. There was no opportunity for him to present his poems, or he was ignored by the nobles, or... he was easily covered up by the talents of others.

The long-awaited opportunity is gone.

He always tried his best to remain graceful when chatting with the young man, really treating people like a top scholar in the imperial examination.

Pei Ye patted him gently and said nothing more. On this magnificent and elegant floor, they were indeed the only two people of humble origins sitting cross-legged together.

“Hahahaha, after all, this is someone else's precious land, how can we really kill them…” A burst of unrestrained laughter came from the corridor beside, and three or five people walked out together.

Pei Ye tilted his head to look, and saw a familiar figure first - his face was covered with an exaggerated colorful monkey mask, his hair was draped behind his head like a Hu man, he was wearing silk boots, a jade belt, and luxurious clothes that were casually dragged on the ground, and in his other hand he held a thin jade staff that held an exquisite little red snake.

"It's really funny. I asked him to write a poem in seven steps, but if he was one step slower, he would bite the woman. What a rubbish talent. He can only cry all the time, and his poem doesn't show his face at all!" The man laughed and turned his head to the person next to him and said, "We should suggest to your place to get some real talents. Some of them are just fakes, but they are better-looking."

Another person laughed, "Many of these people are going to Beijing to take the imperial examinations. How much better can it be? Can we get you a few Jinshi? It seems there are indeed a few young and good-looking ones this year."

"Those women of the five surnames only like to play with Jinshi, but I don't want a rabbit." Monkey Face shook the jade staff in his hand and said leisurely, "Yu still loves female knights."

Three or five people staggered over. Pei Ye turned around and saw Xu Menglang staring at the ground with a stiff face.

"Is the place they are talking about 'Huan Ge'?" Pei Ye touched him.

"..." After a long while, Xu Menglang rubbed his face with both hands, let out a long breath, shook his head and whispered, "I don't know either."

He was silent for a moment, then smiled: "Master Pei, you don't think I'm qualified to come here a second time, do you?" "Okay." He stood up, "It seems like they're almost done talking over there, I'll go first."

I left feeling a little tired.

Pei Ye looked towards Lu Xiu. The two were still talking, but he didn't know what details the man had caught.

"All the happiness that one person can get from another person can be found there, that is the 'Happy Pavilion'." The young man in black clothes and tiger face leaned on the railing in front of him without knowing when, looking up at the upward body of the white snake, "Today we can see the prince convey Haotian's intention, why don't you come and take a look?"

Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, then walked over with his sword in hand.

"It's a bit ridiculous, isn't it?" The man's black clothes were as simple as the tiger mask on his face, and his voice sounded about the same age as him.

"……A little."

"What happened in the Illusion Tower is actually nothing - keeping people for fun is a relic of the previous dynasty. As for using selected talents as playthings, it was mostly caused by the lust and blood of young men and women. Even if it harmed thousands of people, it would be a drop in the bucket."

Young Master Xuanyi seemed to smile: "For these Tang masters, this is just something to entertain themselves after dinner. After all, they invite people here, so even if a guest is a little bored or has a problem with his lower body, they have to provide him with the comfort he deserves."

"Who is the master of the Tang Dynasty?" Pei Ye asked calmly.

"You've been in Shenjing for some time, so you must have seen some absurd things."

"Southern Court." Pei Ye said, "I remember we investigated Liguan and the Taiping Cao Gang. The evidence was overwhelming and the clues were clear. Lord Di was a fourth-rank official. He was first forced out of the Dali Temple, then blocked by Jingzhao Prefecture. Later, he was impeached by ten nobles for judging the case in the street, and then issued a document and poisoned. Even after the case was solved, he could not mobilize troops. A powerful military general was actually frightened to the ground by a name..."

"Yes, isn't this situation much more terrible than playing with a few people?" The young man in black sighed lightly, and his voice suddenly became indifferent. "Let me tell you, if the court has ten points, six points belong to Wang and three points belong to Li; the Lu family controls half of Confucianism in Shenjing, and is the two uncrowned emperors in the north. All political orders cannot be carried out without the approval of the Lu family; the Li family is in the west, and the two military governors of Shaolong and Xilong have been retained for a long time, and the scale of their private army is unknown now; the Zheng family is in the south, and half of all rice and millet economy is shared with the country, first passing through Zheng's hands, and then entering the national treasury. Only the Cui family has not entered the capital for more than 20 years, and their power has been gradually reduced, but they hold the "Tai Gong Jin Kui" in their hands, and I don't know what they are thinking."

"..."

"Isn't this even more absurd than what you saw in the Southern Court?" The young man in black looked at him with a smile.

"..."

This really left Pei Ye speechless for a moment.

Even though he was ignorant of state affairs, he could tell that each of these crimes was a crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the clan. Now, for the first time, he was faced so directly with the so-called "Five Surname Families". They were so deeply rooted in the land of the Tang Dynasty. They were by no means a malignant tumor hidden somewhere waiting to be removed, but were so deeply intertwined with the lifeblood of the country.

So it was even more difficult for him to understand…why?
Over the past thirty years, the Tang Dynasty has been on the road to prosperity. In many aspects, the current sage can be called a heroic ruler, even if he is not a wise ruler.

"I've told you before, because they are the masters of the Tang Dynasty, not parasitic insects. What do you have to worry about when you play with some flowers, plants, insects and ants in your own yard?" said the young man in black in a calm voice.

"I guess Xu Chuo hasn't told you yet - what lives deep in the imperial city?"

(End of this chapter)