Wentang

Chapter 772 The Death of Hou Junji

Changsun Wugou and Yue Shan naturally heard the commotion outside.

The eldest grandson said with a smile, "Shu'er must have known you were here."

Yue Shan was also full of emotions, and said with a smile: "The little girl is probably going crazy in the palace."

The eldest grandson Wugou shook his head helplessly, feeling a little more guilty towards her in his heart, the knot of parents made her suffer so much for nothing.

Hearing that she seemed to be about to return outside the door, she also raised her voice and said, "Shu'er? Come in."

There was silence outside first, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.When they reached the door, the footsteps slowed down again, and they even paused for a few breaths before they were pushed away.

It was Li Shu who came in. Seeing Yue Shan, she couldn't restrain the joy on her face, but she still pretended to be calm and saluted: "Mother, I'm coming to see you."

Yue Shan saw that her face was flushed abnormally, and her breath was slightly panting, and he sighed in his heart, the illness was indeed getting worse.

When she didn't go back to the palace, she walked slowly for several miles without panting, but now she has to pant from the room where she lives to the room where the eldest grandson Wugou lives.

Changsun Wugou patted the chair next to him and said distressedly: "Come and sit."

"En." Li Shu walked over reservedly and sat down, looked at Yue Shan and asked softly, "Brother, when did you come?"

"Not long after I arrived, I was about to be notified to pack my luggage, and you came." Yue Shan smiled.

"Ah?" Li Shu couldn't help crying out in surprise, but immediately felt that this was too rude, so she quickly calmed herself down, but said with a bit of joy in her tone:

"Really? Can I go play with you now?"

"Okay, you can play as long as you want. Your sister, Xiang'er, Qianshu, and Yuhu all miss you too, so let me come and pick you up." Yue Shan said.

Li Shu turned to look at Zhangsun Wugou.

The eldest grandson Wugou said: "Go, stay as long as you want, just remember to come back to see your parents."

Only then did Li Shu show a happy smile, and said: "Well, I will definitely come back to see my father and mother often. You sit down first, and I will let someone pack your luggage."

After speaking, I couldn't wait to leave.

Changsun Wugou looked at her back and said guiltily: "I have wronged her these days, you have to treat her well."

"Uh... don't worry, I will treat her as my own sister." Yue Shan emphasized.

"As you please." Changsun Wugou said.

He had a meal here at noon, and Yue Shan took Li Shu out of the palace in the afternoon.

On the way back, Yue Shan asked: "What's wrong with you, it seems that you don't like the palace very much."

Li Shu said with a little fear: "I don't know. As soon as I returned to the palace, I felt oppressed and out of breath, and wanted to escape here."

Yue Shan couldn't help frowning, this girl won't suffer from mental illness, right?
With a heart move, he said, "What book have you been reading recently?"

"The golden house hides the beauty."

"What about the book, bring me to read."

Li Shu took out a book case from the package she carried with her and handed it over.

Yue Shan took it and took out a book from inside to take a look, then sighed in his heart, sure enough.

role substitution.

These few books of Jinwu Zangjiao are a bit worn out, especially the chapters describing Chen Ajiao being thrown into the cold palace are all curled up, obviously they have been frequently flipped.

Li Shu is bored in the palace these days, and misses the unrestrained life outside the palace. She probably uses this book to relieve her boredom.

People like to think wildly at such times, and it is easy to substitute themselves into a certain role and not be able to get out.

This is also why the wealthy ladies in the Qing Dynasty couldn’t get out after reading A Dream of Red Mansions. It’s one thing to have a wonderful book, but the sense of substitution is the most terrifying.

Li Shu most likely put herself into Chen Ajiao's role, that's why she felt oppressed by the palace and wanted to escape.

It's not that he is cranky, but there is a basis for speculation.

He was sure that Li Shu didn't have such an idea in the past, and it must have come back this time.

And he also had a similar description in Jinwu Zangjiao.There are many sentences like what the promise of the golden house cangjiao was fulfilled, but it also became her cage, making her depressed to the point of going crazy.

It's very similar to Li Shu's symptoms.

Li Shu asked anxiously: "Brother, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong?"

Yue Shan shook his head and said, "No, I just think this book is too negative. You, a child, can't read it every day. You should read more about One Thousand and One Nights."

Li Shu said aggrievedly: "I want to watch it too, but I was too anxious to bring it with me when I came back, and you don't have any new stories to listen to when you're not here."

"I'll make up for you when I go back this time, and I'll make up as many articles as there are days missing." Yue Shan said.

"Really? Brother, you are so kind." Li Shu said happily.

Yue Shan has been observing her expression, seeing that the worry between her brows has indeed decreased a lot, he is also relieved in his heart.It didn't develop into depression, which is fine.

Go out for a change of environment, go to a few more parties, and get her some positive books to read, and I think she will be able to come here.

In fact, Li Shu's situation was much more optimistic than he thought. After walking out of the gate of the palace, she felt relaxed, and raised the curtain to look at the scenery outside with relish.

Yue Shan even suspected that if she hadn't had a genetic disease, she would probably have been revived with full blood right now.

The two arrived at Sixingping all the way. Li Lizhi and the children were very welcome to Li Shu's arrival. Even the servants liked to see her, a kind princess.

Li Shu was also happily wandering around the yard, still muttering that this place has not changed, but there has been a difference, and she is more familiar with this place than Yue Shan, the master.

Needless to say, storytelling and the like later, anyway, now that there is more time, Yue Shan will tell her two or three more stories every day.

The ordering of the museum is also in progress, the list has already been written, and it is almost time to submit it, and Yue Shan took the time to send it to the palace.

Li Shimin agreed without changing a word after reading it, and there was a little disturbance when it was handed over to the Zhengshitang.

Liu Ji strongly opposed it, but Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou, and Fang Xuanling all agreed, and the others all abstained.

After the seal was stamped, it was submitted to the Ministry of Officials. In a few days, all the official seals and so on were completed.

The museum has a bachelor's degree for one person and four grades, which is temporarily vacant.There is one supervisor, Chen Yu, from the fourth rank.

Each research group has a bachelor, the fifth grade.There is no upper limit for bachelors, and one bachelor can be added for every additional group in the museum.

But this group is not added casually, there is only one group for each subject.

For example, the bridge-building group, everything related to bridge-building is a group, and only one bachelor is set up to take charge.The following people are all ordinary titles such as Yuanwailang, principal, and secretary.

The museum is the institution with the largest number of bachelors, with 23 established in one go.

Although they are all officials who don't care about military, political and judicial affairs, they are officials after all, and the museum has attracted a lot of criticism.But the imperial court was determined to do this, and no one could do anything about it.

After the official status of the members of the museum was issued, great enthusiasm for work broke out again, and they wished to divide themselves into several pieces to work.

After all, most of them were craftsmen, and they never dreamed that they could become officials and eat the imperial food.

And many people who were still waiting and watching were finally moved when they saw that the imperial court really gave the official body.

The museum once again ushered in a climax of admissions, and most of the applications submitted this time were from scholars.The addition of these people has put the development of the museum on the fast track.

The case of Xia Guogong's humiliation, which had been dragging on for a long time, finally came to a conclusion. Six doors caught Hong Weiruo and obtained a confession.

Chu Suiliang is the messenger behind the scenes.

Fearing that Yue Shan would really pursue him and find him, he staged a scene of host and guest feuding and stealing and fleeing in advance, and even pretended to report the crime.

Chu Suiliang naturally strongly denied it, thinking that Hong Weiruo deliberately bit him with resentment.

Many people related to his interests came out to protect him, and some people who had enemies with Yue Shan also stood on his side and spoke for him.

Many neutral people also believe that it is too hasty to convict the prime minister based on the confession of a criminal, and they should be cautious.

No one expected that Liu Jie stepped forward and dealt him a fatal blow.

You invited me to trip up Duke Xia together.

Everyone knew that Liu Ji and Yue Shan had a very unpleasant quarrel because of the museum, and it was impossible to stand up and lie for him to wrong another prime minister.

This is equivalent to a real hammer.

Then Six Doors produced more evidence of his family's corruption and perverted the law, and completely nailed his charges to death.

Chu Suiliang was dismissed from his position as prime minister, abolished his title of nobility, and confiscated his illegal benefits for more than ten crimes, including framing his colleagues, implicating the violent death of the Duke of Wuyang County, and conniving at his family members.

For the sake of his many years of hard work, he will not be punished separately, and will be sent back to the local government where he came from for strict supervision.

The dignified Zaifu and the county magistrate said they would be abolished, which really shocked many people.

This incident has once again refreshed everyone's understanding of Yue Shan, knowing his position in the emperor's mind.He was even more afraid of him, and told his family and allies one after another, don't mess with him if it's okay.

The turmoil brought by Oracle continues.

The reports of academic journals, the publication of the collection of oracle bone inscriptions, the appearance of Yin Shang cultural relics... no one doubts the authenticity of oracle bone inscriptions anymore.

The core figures of Xinxue headed by Wang Ji set off a second wave of offensive again.

Question the reliability of ancient books such as "Yi Li", and believe that the person who wrote this book brought private goods. The evidence is that the records in that book are different from those on oracle bone inscriptions.

Since we want to respect the ancients and restore the rule of the three generations, it is natural to revive the real etiquette of the three generations, not something written by later generations.

Naturally, the Ancient School would not sit still and stand up to refute one after another. For a while, the two factions became entangled.

……

Sanshui County, Binzhou, Gyeonggi-do.

The Chinese New Year is coming, and the streets are becoming particularly lively. The hawkers selling New Year’s goods in the streets, the common people wandering in the streets, and the cries of merchants from all over the world can be heard everywhere.

The gong of "Dang Dang Dang Dang" sounded from somewhere on the street, attracting everyone's attention, and people who liked to watch the excitement gathered around.

A middle-aged man held a gong and shouted:

"Fathers, folks, brothers and sisters, I arrived at Guibaodi today, and because I was short of money, I am here to sell some money to get back home, so that I can go home and visit my mother and youngest son. I hope everyone who has money will bring money, and those who have no money Thank you for your personal support! Thank you in advance.”

"Let my brother Da Niu perform the iron cloth shirt for everyone."

Then I saw a strong man with five big and three thick came out and bowed his hands to everyone, made a gesture of luck and fastened his horse stance.

He took a long gun, put the handle of the gun on the ground, and pointed the tip of the gun at the depression under his roar.

The onlookers were all in a row, not knowing what they wanted to do. Could it be that they wanted to poke themselves in the throat with a gun.

"Hey." The strong man shouted and pushed forward with all his strength, and the barrel of the gun was bent instantly.

"Oh." The onlookers had never seen such a battle before, and they exclaimed in shock, and many of them couldn't help closing their eyes.

Some bold ones stared at the strong man's throat firmly, and found that he was unharmed, and couldn't help applauding loudly: "Okay, okay, good work."

Only then did the others open their eyes curiously, and then followed suit.

The middle-aged man came out holding the gong upside down to ask for reward money, and many happy people threw their money away one after another.Most of them are copper coins of one penny, but there are also a few sporadic five-cent copper coins.

Counting it down, there were thirty or forty coins, and the middle-aged man had a happy smile on his face.

Afterwards, there were various thrilling performances such as crushing boulders on the chest, which caused bursts of exclamation, and more and more people were attracted.

This group of performers is even more fun, it seems that they can make a lot of money today.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Go away, haven't you seen Brother Hou coming? You want to die if you dare to block Brother Hou's way."

Hearing that Brother Hou was coming, the crowd gave way to a passage, and saw seven or eight hooligans walking towards a middle-aged man surrounded by a fool.

This middle-aged man is obviously Hou Junji.

"Come here." Hou Junji said, pointing at the middle-aged entertainer.

"Hero, what are your orders?" The middle-aged man knew in his heart that someone was looking for trouble.

But he is also a traveler who has seen all kinds of people.I have also dealt with local ruffians, knowing that such people just want money, so I am not very afraid.

"Who asked you to perform here? Don't you know that this is my brother Hou's territory?" shouted a younger brother of Hou Junji.

"Forgive me, the hero. I really don't know this when I first arrived in Guibao. Please forgive me if I offend you. Why don't you take this money to drink tea?" The middle-aged man raised the gong in front of him and said.

The younger brother visually inspected it, and it looked like forty or fifty copper coins, and said with satisfaction: "You are smart."

After finishing speaking, he put the copper coins into the purse, came to Hou Junji and said flatteringly, "Brother Hou, shall we go to the next place?"

"En." Hou Junji snorted from his nostrils, and was about to take someone away.

Seeing that they had been sent away, the middle-aged man heaved a sigh of relief. It was not a big deal for them to be able to send them away with money.

However, at this moment a crisp voice sounded: "Stop and return the money to us."

Everyone turned around to look, and suddenly showed strange expressions, and Hou Junji's eyes almost popped out.

Why do you think that the person who spoke originally thought that a [-]-year-old girl, although she was wearing a coarse cloth skirt, could not conceal her youthful and beautiful appearance.

It is really hard to believe that such a beautiful girl will appear in the juggling team running the rivers and lakes.

The middle-aged man turned pale with shock, and hurriedly scolded: "Yinger, whoever asked you to come out, go back soon." After speaking, he was about to push her back.

"Wait." Hou Junji's voice sounded.

The middle-aged man had a bad heart, and said with a smile: "The little girl is not sensible, this hero should not be as knowledgeable as her."

Hou Junji smiled lewdly and said: "I am the most sympathetic person, how can I have the same knowledge as such a beautiful girl. But I like to watch juggling, how about inviting you to my house to perform today?"

The middle-aged man forced a smile and said: "This hero is joking, how dare we make a fool of ourselves in front of you with our little crops. Besides, it's getting late and we should hurry on our way. I'm really embarrassed."

Hou Junji sneered and said, "Why, don't you look down on me? You have to go today, and you have to go if you don't. Brothers, they don't give our brothers this face, what should we do?"

The group of younger brothers rolled up their sleeves one after another, and shouted excitedly: "Don't dare to give Brother Hou face, take it back."

"Take it back."

Speaking of which, the group of younger brothers stepped forward to snatch people, but in fact they all targeted the girls.Now the jugglers didn't want to anymore, and six or seven people came over and fought into a ball.

The surrounding people gathered to watch, it was more lively than just watching the juggling, but most of them pointed at Hou Junji and others, scolding them for doing all kinds of evil.

And sympathy for the jugglers.

The fight between the two sides was quickly decided, and it was obvious that the juggler was the winner, and Hou Junji and his gang were quickly knocked down.

After the middle-aged man snatched his daughter back, he didn't care about the guy who was eating. He led his men into the crowd and ran away without a trace.

"Brother Hou, those jugglers have run away, do you want to chase them?" a younger brother shouted.

Hou Junji was lying on the ground motionless.

"Brother Hou, Brother Hou?"

The little brother yelled twice and still didn't see him responding. He thought he had been knocked out, so he hurried over to help him up.

Unexpectedly, after turning Hou Junji over, he found a dagger stuck in his chest.

The little brother threw Hou Junji to the ground in fright, and shouted in horror: "Hou... Brother Hou is dead."

(End of this chapter)