Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Thank you, Mr. Li." Defang nodded, rolled up her sleeves, picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, lifted it up, swiped the pen into a word, signed the book after writing, put the pen down and said, "Mr. You will be rewarded, the town of gentlemen in Wabu will be the descendant of Lishimen Liufang." After finishing her speech, Defang bowed, and before Master Li could speak, she turned around and walked out of Li's mansion with Shang En Baili. Looking up at the front of the red paper, I saw three thick and powerful characters [Gentlemen] on the paper, and then looked at the signature [Zao Xiao]

"Gentleman? Go to Xiao?" Master Li looked at the words and thought about it. Some of the guests at the side came over to take a look, and couldn't help but praise, "Brother Li, good writing! Good writing! I didn't expect that Brother Li could write so well." Good handwriting!"

"Brother Zhang." Mr. Li cupped his hands, "Thank you, but this word was not written by Li."

"Oh? Then who wrote this?"

"Written by a down-and-out kid named Zhao Xian."

"Zhao Xian, a down-and-out son?" Master Zhang looked at the signature, "but this signature is a fraud."

"Zoo Xiao?" Master Li thought for a while, "Isn't Zou Xiao just Zhao?"

"It's about" Mr. Zhang asked, "Brother Li, why didn't this person named Zhao Xian write his name?"

Mr. Li told Mr. Zhang about Defang and the three of them. After hearing this, Mr. Zhang thought about it, looked at the words, and suddenly pulled Mr. Li aside and said, "Brother Li, you must have met a nobleman, right?"

"My lord? Brother Zhang, what do you say?"

"Brother Li, do you know that last month the imperial court issued an announcement to all parties, saying that the eight sage kings acted on behalf of the emperor to obey the decree of the southern inspector. A few days ago, they heard that the eight sage kings had visited the black soil hill in Yongcheng, And Jinkou changed the name of Heitugang to Longgang, the emperor approved the name, and transferred the county magistrate of Yongcheng to the capital as an official, if calculated according to the journey time, the eight sage kings are very likely to come to our Wabu."

Master Li was shocked when he heard this, "Isn't it? Brother Zhang, you don't mean... Could it be that Zhao Xian would be... No, no, no, it's impossible."

"How is it impossible?" Master Zhang said in a low voice, "Zhou Xiao is Zhao, which is the surname of the royal family. Didn't that Zhao Xian just say that he is the eighth in his family and has three older brothers and four older sisters?"

"That's true." Master Li nodded

"Then do you know that the eighth virtuous king is indeed the eighth child of the late emperor, and there are three princes and four princesses. Now, the eighth sage king is indeed dead, his elder brother is dead, and his sister is married. Two years ago, when the eight virtuous kings came out to quell the chaos in Beijing, there were rumors that he had used the name Zhao Xian, and this time he was ordered to tour the south, and he took the name of Xian, all of which made sense."

"No no no" Master Li still didn't believe it, "This is a coincidence, just a coincidence."

"Brother Li! I have been to the capital several times, and I heard that the eight virtuous kings often walked the imperial streets in micro-fu, and also went out of the capital many times to play. If he meets a good official, he will definitely report to the emperor. For this reason, he will be promoted and rewarded." There are quite a few, and people in the capital say that the calligraphy of the Eight Sage Kings is thick and rich, and the paintings are outstanding, and today I see that the three characters [Junzili] are absolutely extraordinary!"

Master Li still frowned and waved his hands, "Impossible, the eight sage kings were ordered to tour the south for the purpose of supervising the imperial decree, how could they come to this small town of Wabu? Besides, what a dignified eight sage king? Dirty and rags are saluting to me, a peasant."

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