: The Snake is Shocked

The moonlit night is like water, the pavilion is on the water, and the nine curves return to the bridge, connecting to another bamboo pavilion in the distance. The men and guests and women hold one place, so that they will not lose their etiquette, but can also look at each other from afar. Ang Lee is as careful as he is thoughtful.

Yang Ling was wearing a light robe and simply tied her hair with a purple belt, making her look elegant and handsome. Zhu Xuanyi sat opposite him, with a faint smile on her face. She was as light as a chrysanthemum and as proud as a green bamboo. Although she did not have the temperament of Yang Ling who was in a high position for a long time and was not angry but was arrogant, she felt like she was as if she was bathed in spring breeze at first sight.

On the bamboo forest, Jinghu Lake is as elegant as a paradise. In such an environment, Zhu Xuanyi's temperament is more suitable for the environment. Everyone present has extraordinary identities, but when he sits casually, he still feels outstanding.

"Haha, it's not a beauty pageant anyway..... Even if it's a beauty pageant, isn't there any guy at the bottom?" Yang Ling looked at Lu Shijie with a smile.

Lu Shijie's appearance is not ugly, but his eyebrows are always hanging. Everyone seems to be just rolling their eyes, which makes people feel uncomfortable. He likes crazy, and crazy has also made his name, but this crazy has also ruined his karma.

People who truly become great know how to judge the situation. A person who is unfair to Lu Shijie really lays out all the conditions for him. He is just a stubborn and pretentious person, so Yang Ling didn't take him seriously at all.

What he really made him look at was Zhu Xuanyi and Yang Shen. These two young dolls showed their strengths, and their knowledge was much better than many knowledgeable scholars Yang Ling had seen. This surprised and surprised Yang Ling.

He really wanted to introduce these two outstanding talents to Beijing as officials. The court has changed its veterans and frequent personnel mobilizations. He really lacks the talent available, especially those with the same political views as himself. Now Yang Ling really feels eager to be talented.

So he had a banquet tonight, although he was in contact with the county lord and his wife and had connections. His bigger purpose was to find out the words of Zhu Xuanyi and Yang Shen. If they could join the inner factory, it would be a surprise. If they were not willing to be introduced to the North Korea, they would definitely be able to attract support from the country in the future.

The main purpose was to alert the enemy. The investigation of the rebellion of the vassal king was very involved. Yang Ling tried his best to avoid arousing suspicion of the King of Shu before entering Shu. However, as the information from Chengdu came one after another, his ideas also changed.

Liu Biao led a large number of people to move around Chengdu. He investigated for several months but could not get the real evidence of the rebellion of the King of Shu. He was an imperial envoy. Every time he went to Chengdu, he would definitely be like stars holding the moon. What kind of way could he detect this must be very secretive in front of everyone?

The grass is lush and the leaves are lush. Snakes are hard to find, so you can only use your body as bait to alert the snake, let it move when you hear the alarm, and you will appear in person. The county lord of Lu County is the daughter of the Prince of Huiping. The prince of Huiping has a close relationship with the Prince of Shu. As long as you deliberately expose a little breath, it will definitely be transmitted to the King of Shu.

Regardless of whether the King of Shu has the intention to rebel or not, he will inevitably respond appropriately. Without knowing how much information he has mastered or whether there is conclusive evidence, the King of Shu will neither take the risk of launching in advance nor dare to reveal his identity to murder the imperial envoy. The most likely thing is to work hard to destroy the evidence of rebellion, so he has the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Of course, the premise of this situation is that the King of Shu does mean to be rebellious, so the words must be clever, which must be revealed by people inadvertently and ambiguous, so that people cannot really grasp the handle of the conversation.

If the King of Shu really has a ghost in his heart, a plausible word is enough for him to think about it. If it is too direct, it will not only attract doubts, but also once the King of Shu rebellion is groundless, the court will fall into a passive position.

The breeze brought a scent of fragrance, which led to a small boat in the lake rippling, shaking the smooth water surface, breaking into circles of ripples, and the reflections in the ripples were graceful, and the maids began to pass on dishes like flowers and butterflies.

Zhu Chongba was very caring for his descendants. The salary of the first-rank official in the court was 87 stones. The royal family not only had the salary of the vassal kings, 25,000 stagnant of money, and each had the payment of silk, salt, tea, horses and grass. Even the lowest "Fengguo Lieutenant" had a salary of 200 stagnant of rice, and his wealth was even more difficult to describe. Therefore, the royal family's life was still very generous. The county lord and wife of Lu County had salary, fiefdom, and were well-known for making money. The family was rich, and the carefully selected dishes were naturally more precious.

First-class bear paw, home-cooked sea cucumber, dried roast shark fin, peacock spreads its tail, carves the gauze and look at the moon, the mountains and rivers are rich in flavor, making people see the index fingers very excited. Sichuan cuisine has a lot of flavor and a wide variety of flavors, and there is a saying that "one dish, one pattern, a hundred dishes and a hundred flavors". It rarely uses a single flavor. Even if the peppers have not been released at this time, they are still in their own style.

Yangling tasted the authentic Ming Dynasty Sichuan cuisine for the first time, which was quite suitable for the taste, especially the medicinal Cordyceps duck cooked with Cordyceps sinensis and old male ducks, as well as the 'boiled beef', which tasted delicious and tender meat, which made him so happy that he could not help.

In order to develop agricultural production in the Ming Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden to slaughter plowing oxen privately. However, according to Yibin and Ang Lee's explanation, the beef was slaughtered by the slaughtered old cows, so it was not illegal to use it to entertain imperial envoys.

Although Yang Ling melted in her mouth when eating the veal, it was extremely fragrant and she was obviously a newborn cow, it would be a bit too unfamiliar to pretend to be Qingtian in this way, and Yang Ling pretended to be confused with a mouth full of oil.

A cheerful laughter came from the female guests at the table, and the sound became louder. The drunkards were slightly drunk and looked over there. Taking this opportunity, Yang Ling picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and smiled at Yang Shen: "Brother Yang is very talented, but I don't know if he has participated in the imperial examination and what kind of fame is it?"

Yang Shen bowed and smiled, "Because his grandfather was ill, Shen has been by his side to fulfill his filial piety for his father, so he missed the provincial examination and is now just a scholar."

Yang Ling felt a little sad. He wanted to recommend Yang Shen to the court immediately, but when he heard that he had not even gone to the provincial examination to serve his grandfather, he was disappointed. At that time, filial piety was actually more important than being an official. He could not speak if he invited him to the court.

He sighed and said, "With Brother Yang Shen's talent, the provincial examination is just a small test, and going to Beijing to take the exam must be a destined person on the list. You have to serve your grandfather, and next year's provincial examination will be delayed?"

Yang Shenzhan smiled and said, "My grandfather has recovered from illness and is now in good health. Shen Zheng wants to obtain the next provincial examination first. Then he will go to Beijing to take the exam."

Yang Ling was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Waiting for one year in the provincial examination and three years in the Beijing examination. If you can go to high school, stay in the Hanlin Academy for a few years, and then be released as an official. When you show your ambitions, you will not know how many years it will take. Brother Yang is a talented person. I appreciate it very much. When the court is employed, he is eager to seek talent. I want to recommend officials to the court. What do you think?"

"This..." Yang Shen was moved.

The imperial examination is different from the Enke of Yangling. It is because of its outstanding talent and knowledge, reputation in the temple, and it is recommended by more than three first-class officials of the court. The emperor issued a special order to use land. In other words, it is not only not discriminated against by officials from the right path, but also highly respected.

Those who have such honor have always been knowledgeable scholars. If they don’t have to be full of white hair first, they will not be qualified. In addition to real skills, they also have to be old. Now that there is this opportunity, how can Yang Shen not be moved?

Lu Shijie was calm and as if he hadn't heard it, he raised his head, drank the wine with a "sourcing" sound, and laughed at Zhu Xuanyi, "Good wine, good wine, you and I have been begging for a long time, and Ang Lee was reluctant to take it out. Today, it was filled with the imperial envoy's fortune. Haha. Why don't Xuanyi drink two more cups?"

Zhu Xuanyi knew that this friend's personality seemed crazy and had no worries, but in fact he could take it and couldn't let it go. Now he seemed open-minded and had no love in his heart. He pretended to be ignorant and poured a cup for him. The two of them started to drink with laughter.

Yang Shen lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and finally raised his head and smiled awkwardly: "This... I am very grateful to you, but... I am special in my identity, if I am sponsored by my master, I may have an impact on my reputation."

Yang Ling said in surprise: "What's your identity special?"

Yang Shen stood up and bowed to him, "Don't blame me, I'm still interested in my reputation and agree with my advocacy in the court, so I took the liberty to make friends. I'm indeed named Yang Shen, and the Xindu family, but... I have never told me that my father's name is Tinghe, and he is...... It's the current dynasty..."

"Ah! Are you the son of Grand Secretary Yang?" Yang Ling slapped his forehead and said in a panic.

In this way, we cannot recommend it recklessly. He is not afraid of anyone discussing that he bought Yang Tinghe with this move and expanded his strength in the court. However, although Yang Tinghe has a good relationship with him, he also has some mutual appreciation in the court. However, the two of them have a bit of differences in political views and want to recommend their sons. If I don’t agree, that wouldn’t it be a big joke?

Yang Ling thought for a while and shook his head, "Brother Yang, with your talent and knowledge, if you have to go the right path, I will never tolerate it even if I think about it. Today's emperor works hard to govern and seek talent. As the saying goes, "Don't avoid relatives in the internal way, and does not avoid enemies in the external way, let alone just be an official in the court."

He said frankly: "To be honest, Lingzun and I have a bit of differences in political views, and sometimes we have to argue in the court. However, we are all for the people of the world, not for the sake of one's own selfishness. I believe that Brother Yang will be the official in the court and put the country first and will not do anything about father and son. But when you have the same political views as Lingzun, will you not agree with those who should agree to avoid suspicion?"

Yang Shen raised his eyebrows, and a hint of arrogance appeared on his face, which had always been easy-going, and said loudly: "Of course not. If I am an official, even though my father is a father and son, I am also a minister of the court. If I should persist, I will persist. If I should oppose, I will oppose. How can I be gentler than slander and make calculations of gains and losses at all times during advance and retreat?"

This kid is a person who is soft on the outside and hard on the inside, and has a needle hidden in the cotton. He is still young and can't stand it.

Yang Ling laughed in his heart, and after listening to him, he cheered: "Wow, a gentleman is open and honest, regardless of the wind and rain of a villain, you will know that no matter what you do, no matter how open and honest you are, you will always have slanderous words. The dirty things that a villain uses his own heart to measure others' belly will never be interrupted. What do they do? This kind of thing is worth caring about?"

Yang Ling's words were very slandering and praised him, and he was brave enough to do his own things. When Yang Shen saw that his heart was full of blood and raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm asking for my own words, I'm too scared."

He paused and said, "I will write a book tonight, tell my father what I think, and I will report it to my grandfather after I get the reply letter, and then report it to my grandfather."

Of course, this matter has a lot to do with Yang Tinghe, and Yang Ling could not force his father and son to not discuss it, so he nodded and responded: "Okay, then I will wait for your good news."

Zhu Xuanyi kept listening to the two of them talking, and then he held the cup with a full face and said, "Congratulations to Brother Yang Shen for being appreciated by the imperial envoy. Riding the wind and waves, he was hanging clouds and sailing across the sea. Hahaha, congratulations to Lord Emperor for getting this good material and jade. Brother Yang Shen is as if he was carved and helped by Lord Yang Shen. It is just around the corner to become a pillar of the country. Come on, let's drink this cup full."

Yang Ling was also full of joy. He raised his glass to show everyone, then drank it all in one go, and lit the bottom of the glass with his sleeves, which seemed extremely happy. Some people at the table drank wedding wine, and some drank sour vinegar. No matter what, they all drank them together.

Yang Ling didn't know that today's words certainly made Yang Shen's achievements in his lifetime, but the only top scholar seedling that was about to be released in the Ming Dynasty, which took more than a hundred years of hard work to cultivate Bashu fertile soil, was poached by him.

Yang Ling solved Yang Shen, and his goal turned to Zhu Xuanyi. He smiled and said, "Brother Zhu, I am one year old. Oh, don't be polite. We don't care about official positions at the banquet. We only talk about our seniority. Brother Zhu has outstanding talents and a beautiful spirit. Today, he talks about the opinions of the government. His outstanding knowledge and vision are amazing. I don't know who Brother Zhu is?

Haha, Brother Zhu, don’t imitate Yang Shen. I brought out another father with great background. I was already so scared by Brother Yang. If you are scared again, you will jump into the lake to catch the moon."

Yang Ling finished laughing, and suddenly a woman with a round throat voice behind her laughed: "Li Taibai is drunk and is trying to get into the water before she gets drunk. Who is the man who makes the mist soup?"

Before Yang Ling turned around, County Magistrate Wang had already stood up and bowed and said, "I have met the county lord, Mrs. Liu, Miss Tuoba, and Miss Fang."

During the meal, Yang Ling had heard Ang Lee introduce that Mrs. Liu was the newly reunited wife of the Sichuan Provincial Administration Commissioner, and Ms. Fang was the daughter of the Sichuan Qing Office of the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel. Mr. Fang was not a big official, but was in charge of the performance evaluation of officials. Naturally, the personnel officials were the ones that everyone would be flattered.

Tuoba Yanran is the lady who only heard the sound of him in the bamboo house and had not seen him. Don’t think that she is the daughter of a chieftain, and she is highly treated with courtesy among Han officials.

Just like Song Xiaoai led thousands of soldiers to fight against the Japanese in Zhejiang, and Emperor Zhengde personally issued an edict to give the title of general to show the emperor's kindness, influenced by traditional culture and the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, chieftains from all over the country were extremely powerful in the Ming Dynasty. Although, by the heart, Han officials actually looked down on chieftains from the bottom of their hearts, for the sake of stabilizing the political situation and winning over the people's hearts, the court not only treated chieftains extremely politely, but even indulged in the court.

At this time, the Western countries were opening up colonies, but they only had land and gold. The surrendered natives would either die or become slaves, and their policies were extremely cruel. The Ming Dynasty adopted a policy of gentleness towards the surrendered natives, which was extremely friendly. The power of the chieftain was so great that the fifth-rank magistrates would kowtow when they saw it, and the etiquette was close to that of the kings and princes.

These ladies are all family members of officials with great status. In addition, Yang Ling has never had the idea of ​​a man, so he hurriedly stood up and looked back. He saw four ladies walking up the bamboo path. The first one was the county lord Zhu Panpan, who had a heavy tonnage. As soon as she stepped onto the bamboo pavilion, the bamboo bridge behind her rebounded a little.

The person who spoke just now was the county lord Zhu Panpan. If he only heard the sound, he would sound like a beauty. Ang Lee was the master and he was drunk. He stroked his beard and slowly held the cup up, and smiled at the three girls behind his wife and said, "You don't need to be filled with mist soup, isn't this your own thing?"

The first one was wearing a bright and colorful silk dress, with a very beautiful look, and the hairstyle on his head was a married woman, who was supposed to be the governor. The two girls behind him walked hand in hand, one was tall and the other was petite, and the three girls were in a shiny gait, with the county lord "Pearls and Jade in front", which looked even light and floating.

There were red lights hanging around the bamboo pavilion, which made the faces of the three girls look as beautiful as peach blossoms, and they were particularly charming.

Several ladies and ladies walked into the pavilion and smiled at Yang Ling, "I have met the imperial envoy, Lord Yang."

"Mrs. Please get up quickly, please don't give me a gift, no gift, no gift, no gift, no gift, Yang Ling said, her eyes swept the three people who stood up, and then she could see the Miss Tuoba clearly.

He originally thought that since he was the daughter of the toast, even though he was pretty, he should be as heroic as Song Xiaoai and had a healthy body. Unexpectedly, the girl had a graceful waist, a slender body as bamboo, and was wearing a white rolled silver-edged clothes with clean and neat clothes, and she looked like a quiet orchid in the valley that was not as good as the world.

Yang Ling's first feeling was not stunning or beautiful, but clean. This woman must be very clean and has a strong sense of cleanliness. She felt so clean. Her whole body was crystal clear, just like she had just peeled the ground and cooked egg whites. I think the cracks in her nails were spotless and incredible.

At this time, she had just raised her head, and her white forehead was covered with a few golden forehead flowers. She shone under the light. Her slightly cautious smile was particularly elegant, and her melon-shaped face was thin and long, with soft lines, but she did not look thin.

The county lord pointed out one by one: "This is Mrs. Liu, this is Miss Tuoba, and Miss Fang."

With the guidance, the three of them came forward to greet each other. When Tuoba approached, he brought a faint fragrance, which would never disappear even if it was there. Looking under the lamp, her slightly transparent skin was as bright as jade. When she retreated gracefully, she was silent, as if she could dance on her palms.

In the Ming Dynasty, people from Sichuan liked to paint distant eyebrows. They were shaped like curved mountains, green and white, and beautiful. Yang Ling noticed that these three young women were all painted distant eyebrows. The lady in the 16 or 17 years old actually removed her eyebrows and drew a pair of faint eyebrows. Yang Ling had never seen such a dress before. She couldn't help but secretly admired the Ming Dynasty for its leadership.

These beauties arrived. Yang Lingdi had to put aside his plans and made a fuss with a few ladies and ladies. He was forced to punish himself for three cups at the instigation of the county lord. Then the beauties chuckled and let him go, and returned to his own bamboo pavilion.

Beauty is always a constant topic for men. As soon as they left, Ang Lee and his friends praised the girls and wives. In addition to Zhu Xuanyi smiling and not talking, not only Yang Shen was also very excited, but even the Qingcheng madman holding a donkey's face also interjected a few words from time to time.

These people talked about things, first talking about several famous beauties in Chengdu, then about Zhuo Wenjun and Xue Tao in the ancient times, and then naturally talked about Yuan Zhen and Sima Xiangru. Since they talked about Yuan Zhen and Sima Xiangru, how could they not talk about poetry, songs and essays?

He was so confused that he was incisive that Yang Ling was most afraid of talking about these things. He could not get into the mouth and was inconvenient to disturb everyone's interest. He continued to ask whether Zhu Xuanyi had a desire to enter politics, so he had to endure it for the time being.

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Yang Ling summoned a boy and asked him to lead him away from his seat to facilitate it. Walking back along the quiet bamboo forest, he suddenly heard a flute sound. At this time, the bamboo shadows swayed, the branches and leaves rustled, and the flute sound was melodious and gentle, and the sound of the swaying bamboo leaves came slowly, making people feel enlightened.

Yang Ling stopped and listened for a moment, waved his hand to the little boy and said, "You go back first, I will be drunk, take a walk in the forest for a moment before going."

The little boy quickly agreed respectfully, Yangling brushed his leaves and walked along the sound of the flute in the dreamy and gauze.

Just in front, the light of the lake was reflected on a rod of bamboo, with scales and scales. A beautiful and slender shadow was paved in the bamboo forest, and a long flute tube in front of her lips, and the melodious sound of the flute was blowing out from her mouth.

When Yang Ling saw that it was a woman, she felt something was wrong. She was about to turn around and retreat. The woman had already put down the bamboo roar and turned around with a smile, "Are you here?"

The bright moonlight reflected on her body, and the bright and dark moon shadows highlighted her flawless and moving curves, which was Miss Tuoba Yanran whom she had just seen.

Tuoba Yanran was stunned when she saw it was him. The rippling smoke in her eyes disappeared. She calmed down and smiled: "Who is a guest outside the bamboo forest, the flute, the crane and the moon? It turned out that it was the imperial envoy. The little woman took the liberty to disturb the adult's drinking pleasure."

Looking at the beauty under the moon, there is more than one word of beauty in my eyes. The atmosphere and mood are really soft and soft. Yang Ling was surprised and showed a happy look and said hurriedly: "Where is this, this is the first time I have heard of such a pure and pityful voice in the fairy voice. I... I am here, I have this opportunity to hear the fairy music of Miss Yanran. It is a blessing to be the only one."

Tuoba Yanran smiled and covered her mouth and said, "I'm too proud, why is this the first time? Didn't you just hear a song of Qingcheng fairy sound today?"

Yang Ling floated under his feet, as if he was drunk. When he saw such a beautiful woman smiling and whispering, he became more excited. He smiled and said, "Does the girl mean that Qingcheng madman? Hahaha. How can he get the girl if he has two skills?"

"Especially abominable, this person pretends to be crazy and neglects his official position. He is inspecting various provinces, regardless of local governors or local kings and princes, no one dares to be so rude. If it weren't for the important task of coming to Chengdu, I would not want to be in trouble. Hey! Just because he despises the imperial envoy, he can send him to prison to see if he can still get up madly under the whip of the prison guard."

Yang Ling was contented in front of the beautiful woman. At the end of her speech, she raised her eyebrows. There was a feeling of being a hero in the world, and the eyes that looked at the other girl also brought a burning passion.

"Oh?" Tuoba Yanran moved away without a trace, tapping the bamboo flute in her hand gently on the bamboo, and looked curiously: "The little woman has long heard of the reputation of the adults. She led her troops and fought in the north and north, and was invincible. She was the first general in the Ming army.

I heard from Yibin’s friends that the adults have unique ideas in government affairs and are far-sighted. They are really talented in civil and military affairs. No wonder they are so trusted by the emperor, but Bashu has always been calm. What big things can happen? Is there to bother a big man like you?"

While she lightly lit the bamboo pole, she looked at Yang Ling with an indescribable expression.
To be continued...