I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 26 You are useless

The big and small matters of the emperor's officials have always been the most interesting after-dinner conversation among the common people in the market.

On Chongwen Avenue, in a teahouse at the entrance of Dongxiang Hutong, there are seven or eight idlers, five or six businessmen, and three or two scholars, who are listening to a sip of tea, chatting all over the world with spittle.

"If you want to talk about the recent major events in Shuntian Mansion, the old man knows everything inside and out. Don't say anything else, let's say that Zhao Wang's son fell off a horse and was injured on Yongding Street five days ago. The old man saw it with his own eyes. You guys don't know how courageous those two boys of Zhao Wang are, riding a five-foot-high horse, and pumping the horse's buttocks, hey, the old man's palms are sweating from all the way.
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The old man was talking excitedly, but he heard Yi Xiucai unceremoniously burst out laughing and said:
"Second Song, you are starting to talk nonsense again. I was eating at the Sea Lion Building on Yongding Street that day, and I saw with my own eyes that Mr. Zhao and Wang were riding in a carriage."

Hearing this, the old man who was called Song's second son by the scholar, laughed so much that his teeth were bared.

"Listen up, listen up, Ma Xiucai went to Sea Lion Tower for dinner, shopkeeper Qian, invite Ma Xiucai out quickly, this place is not reserved for people who have been to Sea Lion Tower."

The shopkeeper of the small teahouse is a round white fat old man, who has long been used to the people chatting here, so he interjected:

"I don't know if Ma Xiucai went to the Sea Lion Tower or not, but that day I went to Yongding Street to get medicine, and I saw the carriage on Zhao Wang's mansion."

As soon as the shopkeeper opened his mouth, Song Laoer couldn't laugh immediately, but Song Laoer was exposed not once or twice. He shook his head and continued to spit and stare:
"Okay, okay, this is my Song's second child who made a bad record, don't count, I'll tell you something even better, Jin Yiwei knows it."

As soon as Jin Yiwei uttered the three words, the faces of everyone in the teahouse changed slightly. Seeing this, Song Lao Er started to pat the table and laugh again:

"I knew you didn't have the guts to listen, so, I'll change one for you."

Ma Xiucai still remembered Song Laoer teasing himself just now, patting the table and saying:
"Second Song, if you don't dare to speak up, just speak up, don't keep talking about us."

The tea drinkers on the side were also happy to watch the fun, chattering in unison, Song Lao Er rolled his eyes when he saw this, took a sip of tea, and said:

"Only what you don't dare to listen to, not what I, Song Laoer, dare not talk about. Three days ago, in the middle of the night, the gate of the South City was opened half the night, didn't you know?"

The capital city has always been closed for more than an hour after sunset, and the tea drinkers really didn't know that the city gate was open for half the night.

Song Lao Er cleared his throat when he saw this, and deliberately showed off:
"There is no tea in this bowl, so I can't say it."

As soon as Song Laoer finished speaking, a handsome young man sitting in the corner said:
"Shopkeeper, I will cover all the expenses for the tea customers who come here today."

Although it was an unfamiliar face, Song Laoer still crawled smoothly, baring his teeth and saying:

"Young master is so open-minded. In the coming year, I will definitely find ten or eight women with big butts."

Someone was in charge of the tea, and Song Laoer worked even harder, and said in a tone:

"Guess why the city gate was open half the night?"

This time, Song Lao Er didn't hold back any more, he paused and continued:

"Because, the leader of Jinyiwei ran away with the prisoners. The emperor let Dongchang and the guards of the Imperial Army chase him for half a night. You don't know how many soldiers left the city in the middle of the night. fifty thousand."

What Song Laoer said this time can be said to be earth-shattering and completely stunned everyone.

The leader of Jin Yiwei ran away with the prisoners, which has never happened in the years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Song Laoer looked at the people who were suppressed, and smiled triumphantly, but he heard the young man in Huafu in the corner say:
"The emperor's imperial army has a total of 22 personal guards, 11 people according to the number, but in fact there are no 10 people. According to what you said, the emperor sent out more than half of the imperial army. Zuo'anmen is so small, half a night can Release 5 people?"

"That's not so good. Don't you believe me, sir. I saw it with my own eyes. I, Song Lao Er, can still lie to you."

Song Laoer patted his chest with a proud face and said.

But immediately, Song Lao Er's face turned pale, and he couldn't even utter a laugh.

Ma Xiucai was thinking about how to tease Song Lao Er, when he looked up and saw Song Lao Er was sweating profusely, he immediately smiled and said:
"Second Song, we haven't been scared yet, why are you so pale like a dog's belly?"

All the tea guests also burst into laughter, not realizing that there was no one missing in the teahouse.

Song Laoer supported his trembling legs and sat down on the long wooden bench. He kept wiping his sweat with his cuffs and stared straight at the vacant seat in the corner.

Everyone also followed Song Laoer's eyes and found that the handsome young man who had promised to buy it before was gone, and there was only a hundred taels of treasure on the withered tea table.

Although the treasure bills have depreciated greatly, how can 100 taels of treasure be exchanged for ten taels of silver? Ten taels of silver are enough for these tea lovers to drink a hundred meals of tea. Treasure notes.

Only Song Lao Er was not interested in the treasure banknotes, he stumbled out of the teahouse, looked at the handsome young man who was already submerged in the crowd, and heaved a long sigh.

In the teahouse, the tea guests pestered the shopkeeper's pennies, distributed hundreds of pennies each, and scattered away in a hurry, for fear that the shopkeeper would go back on his word.

Ma Xiucai, who also shared a few hundred pennies, also left the house with a happy expression, wanting to go home and show off. Seeing Song Laoer sitting paralyzed by the street, he stepped forward and joked:
"Hundreds of pennies, Song Laoer, you don't pay much attention to it."

Seeing that Ma Xiucai was as happy as a fart, Song Lao Er laughed unceremoniously:
"You are such a stupid scholar, you can be happy like this with a few hundred pennies."

Talk back to talk, but there was no personal attack. Ma Xiucai's face became angry, and he immediately grabbed Song's second son by the collar and said:

"Second Song, do you want to be beaten?"

The sarcasm on Song Laoer's face became more intense, and he said dryly:

"Earlier, I, Song Lao Er, said that the South City Gate had been open for half a day, but I didn't say which gate it was, but that gentleman said it was Zuo'anmen, silly scholar, Zuo'anmen."

Ma Xiucai was taken aback when he heard the words, and loosened Song Laoer's collar, and then he reacted, but Song Laoer was still saying:

"Except for those officials, which ordinary people would call Zuo'anmen, silly scholar, don't you always say that you lack a nobleman? So what if a nobleman comes to your door now, you are useless."

Ma Xiucai was stunned, and the copper coin in his arms fell to the ground, and only the five words of Song Laoer were in his mind.

"You're useless."

It was none other than Li Tian who heard Song Laoer bragging in the small teahouse.

Three days have passed since he collected 35 taels of silver outside Chengtian Gate.

In the past three days, he either practiced the Nine Forms of Guyang in the Imperial Study Room, or practiced the results of his cultivation in Kunning Hall, Hanchun Hall, Ewha Palace, and Beauty Court, but he was exhausted.

Counting with his fingers, Li Tian decided to go out of the palace again in two days before going to court to meet the officials, so he had a good time.

(End of this chapter)