Chapter 104: Are the Liao soldiers very arrogant?

"Of course!" Liao Xiaoxiao put down her lips and said quickly: "Isn't this Miss Song Xiaozi? You have to listen to the words and turn back to the mansion and sing."

The "Bai Tongue" in the Song Dynasty was the name of verbal skills. Zhao Xing once watched the "Bai Tongue" performance in Quanzhou. He used a whistle made of wood, teeth and bones to hold it in his mouth and half of it was swallowed in his throat. This type of whistle is called "Shuffing" and it can not only assist in pronunciation, but also make words for people... The method of making this whistle has been lost in modern times.

When he was in Quanzhou, Zhao Xing once asked the "Hundred Tongues" performer to let him see the "screaming voice", but whoever was willing to show the food was to show it. As a result, Zhao Xing still found nothing at the sky-high price. At this moment, he saw the shy appearance of Mrs. Song, Zhao Xing couldn't help but move his fingers.

"In five days, I will move into my new home, and my genius will also come to Beijing. Since Miss Liao wants to learn new songs, please come to the door. I have several new music there...Miss Song, I'm sorry, I didn't hear your "Bai Tongue" performance today. Please come here and perform "Bai Tongue" for us." Zhao Xing warmly sent an invitation.

Sister Song seemed to cherish her voice very much. She had never spoken since she entered the bedroom. She answered Zhao Xing's invitation in body language - saluting a greeting to express her acceptance. A whisper came from the door of the box. It was the Phutian Diao Li Ying who was serving at the door blocking Zhao Xing. The person who came this time seemed to be very big, and the Phutian Diao was a little timid, and the tone of the visitor was very firm.

After pausing for a while, the Phutian Diao stood outside the door and asked softly: "Grand Official, Liu Jingshi came to visit. He brought Qin Xiaoguanren and Zhou brothers. Can you see him?"

The person who came was Liu Zhi. The old man was in prison with Su Shi in the "Wutai Poetry Case". Now he has also resumed with Su Shi, becoming the Imperial Envoy Central Chief, and in charge of the Censorate.

What does the Censorate do? It supervises all officials.

Liu Zhi has always had a reputation for being honest in the officialdom, but when the Song people talked about the word "kindness", modern times basically mean: they are small-minded, good at revenge, and at the same time they do things more honestly - please note that it is honest rather than fair.

Liu Zhi sent Qin Guan and Zhou brothers who were drunk as mud. When he entered the room, he swept the outfits of Zhao Xing and Chen Gongchuan, shook his head slightly, and didn't know why he shook his head. Then, he pointed to Zhou Bangyan and Qin Guan, who were unconscious and said dissatisfied: "Nephew, life is proud, and you shouldn't be so unrestrained. As an elder, I will say a few more words to you today..."

When Liu Zhi looked at him, Zhao Xing had already stood up respectfully, crossing his hands without leaving his square inch. He followed Liu Zhi's gaze and secretly looked at Chen Gongchuan who was following his appearance, and respectfully stood by Chen Gongchuan.

Zhao Xing's clothes were very ordinary - it was late winter, the weather was a little cold, and others were wearing brocade robes, and Zhao Xing was wearing a little thin. But in fact, his simple cloth robes were completely modern equipment: close to the body, including jealous cashmere braided underwear, sweaters and sweaters, plus light and soft camel-woven cotton vest, and camel-woven cotton trousers.

His cloth robe seemed simple on the surface, but the things under the cloth robe were enough to buy some clothes for ordinary people. The belt tied in his waist could tell that it was very valuable at a glance. This belt was actually an Arab soft sword, the scabbard was made of rhinoceros leather, and the hilt was used as a buckle in the middle. It was a semi-arc wooden handle made of maiyi red sandalwood. For the sake of easy grasp, there was no inlay on the wooden handle, and only mesh patterns were carved vertically and horizontally.

Liu Zhi is not a "savvy person". He can't see the value of Zhao Xing's outfit, but he only thinks that the other party is very simple, so simple that it is unexpected.

The Song people of this era liked to decorate the belt with jade gems and named it "Jade Belt", but Zhao Xing's waist was actually a belt with a piece of wood (sword hilt) inlaid on it. It made Zhao Xing look simple all over his body, so simple that it was almost cold.

On the contrary, Chen Gongchuan was wearing a gorgeous body. He wore a silver-white Shu brocade robe, which was also called "Light-Light Brocade". Under the candlelight, it shone like silver foil, with a silver metallic luster.

Perhaps influenced by Zhao Xing, Chen Gongchuan's robe did not have any embroidery for carving, but Chen Gongchuan's paintings were not as good as a dog. This silver robe alone was worth a lot of value. He also surrounded a jade belt, and his belt was covered with smooth and arc-shaped jade pieces. Although the jade pieces were not decorated with any carvings, they were just polished smoothly, the jade pieces emitted a lustery and warmth, which made the blind man see that even those jade pieces were valuable without polishing.

Zhao Xing was wearing a warm body, so he came out in a light robe. However, in addition to this brocade robe, Chen Gongchuan also had a fox fur. The fox fur was made of the fur of the North Sea blue fox. The fur color was pure white and evenly white. The fur tips were slightly blue, and the dazzling whiteness was covered with a layer of implicit blue... But this implicitness was also revealed on the other hand.

The Song people had never seen the Blue Fox of the North Sea. The Liao Kingdom occupied the north, and it was difficult for them to even get war horses, let alone the blue fox that grew up in northern Liao. However, Liu Zhi had read many books. He knew that this white fox was called "Snow Fox".

Liu Zhi just glanced at him and understood the luxury of the younger Chen Gongchuan. Based on the clothes of the two, he immediately understood that the person who threw the pearls was the brocade robe in the room, not Zhao Xing.

Officials pay attention to calmness and not to show their feelings. The so-called "Shan Tai collapsed in front of him, but his face did not change his expression" means. He was very satisfied with Zhao Xing's simplicity, but his expression was not revealed. His shaking his head was that a simple person like Zhao Xing should not have dated a playboy like Chen Gongchuan without any scruples.

"Young people, the warning is in their irritability, the warning is in their extravagance, and the warning is in their greed, and spend a lot of money... No, spend a lot of money, how could this literati do it?" Liu Zhi said earnestly, but he also understood that the target of the reprimand should not be Zhao Xing, but the literati of this era was so implicit, and Chen Gongchuan was not familiar with him - of course Zhao Xing was not familiar with him, but since he had a relationship with Su Shi in the same prison, he believed that he was qualified to be the one who admonished Zhao Xing instead of Su Shi.

"I have heard that Zizhan went to Huangzhou and lived a life without any help. Fortunately, Li was taken care of by others. Others said it was a "bet of poetry and wine". Brother Zizhan won a good apprentice, but I know that Zizhan had a very high vision and ordinary people did not see him.

I know that Li Ren is steady in his behavior and is not arrogant, but I didn’t expect that when I first arrived in Bianliang today, I showed my true face…”

Liu Zhi knew that his words had made the firepower target wrong, but this way of speaking was called "indirect attack". He clearly wanted to target another person, but he targeted the person next to him, deliberately wronged the person next to him to cause disputes, and then refuted it righteously to achieve his goal.

Liu Zhi had already prepared his words and was waiting for Zhao Xing to defend himself, but he did not expect that Zhao Xing just bowed respectfully and sincerely took on all the responsibilities: "The elders will teach you, and you will never forget them!"

What else could Liu Zhi say? He swallowed all the words he raised to his throat. He secretly took a few breaths before he evenly breathed. After he breathed well, he sighed and said, "I hate that I will not leave anyone!"

Liu Zhi also lived through a life of exile. He knew how depressed that life was in his life, and Su Shi was the first criminal in the "Wutai Poetry Case", and the persecution he suffered ten times more fiercely than he suffered. However, Su Shi was able to receive the full support of a generous righteous man like Zhao Liren, so that his life of exile was no longer depressed.

Liu Zhi was very satisfied with Zhao Xing. Such a person, such a person who dressed very simply, acted not at all, and was brave enough to take responsibility, made him full of jealousy for Su Shi's good luck, which made him sigh-How come I haven't won such a disciple?!

"In the court today, Zizhan talked about Li Ren." Liu Zhi's tone was relieved, without even seeing Chen Gongchuan, he sat down beside the silence, and continued in a lesson tone: "With the help of Li Ren, Zizhan presented the box of overseas copper coins and cleared his own relationship, which left the new party speechless.

Seeing that the imperial examination is about to be held, Zizhan is the chief examiner again. Li Ren should not be so arrogant... Well, in the palace today, Zizhan has applied for a separate examination. The official family is approved. Li Ren, you will move Zizhan's house in the past few days..."

The so-called "difference test" is a policy of avoidance for the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty. When the examiner has a relative relationship or a master-apprentice relationship between the examiner and the examiner, the examiner can apply for "difference test", that is, a special examination school is set up for these examiners with a joint examination and take a separate examination.

In the entire Chinese society, only the examinations in the Song Dynasty had such a policy of avoidance, and even modern civil servant assessments did not implement this kind of avoidance, or although there was a policy of avoidance, it was actually not implemented.

The avoidance policy prevented fraud in the imperial examination. It seems that Su Shi was worried that someone would cause trouble again and made his relationship with Zhao Xing public first, but the side effect of these announcements was that the "bet of poetry and wine" became famous all over the world.

Even after the court was dispersed today, Liu Zhi knew the name of Zhao Xing and the relationship between Zhao Xing and Su Shi. In recent years, even though Zhao Xing was far away from overseas, Su Shi was still under the care of Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing continued to provide "food subsidies" to Su Shi through the world restaurants. After the "bet of poetry and wine" was made public, both new and old parties in the court were full of disgrace for Su Shi's outrageous luck.

This guy's luck...ah, this will make people live. Even if he is exiled to the barbarians and his enemy is close to Huangzhou, this guy can find a patron and turn hell into heaven. How can he make things difficult for him in the future?

This "bet of poetry and wine" has almost become the ultimate dream of all court officials. In the officialdom, the old and new parties are fighting so hard that no one wants to win a follower who has no regrets, generously donated and no demands when he is in trouble.

This is a beautiful event that everyone is looking forward to.

Next, out of jealousy, Liu Zhi gave Zhao Xing a severe lesson. Of course, this lesson may be a kind of honor for others. He was teaching Zhao Xing how to deal with people and things in a caring mind...

Liu Zhi's words ended in satisfaction until midnight. It was Liao Xiaoxiao who finally rescued Zhao Xing. She pretended to be sleepy and fell on the mat with Miss Song. She deliberately made a loud snoring sound in her nose, interrupting Liu Zhi's enthusiasm.

When Liu Zhi said goodbye with an unfulfilled wish, Liao Xiaoxiao jumped up and yawned and said, "Ah, I'm really sleepy. I often heard that Liu Zhi is so irritated. This black guy is really nagging... How can the great official leave?"

Zhao Xing kept wondering why Liu Zhi stared at Zhou Bangyan meaningfully when he left. Qin Guan and the Zhou brothers were both drunk. He did not look at Qin Guan, who was more famous, but instead paid attention to Zhou Bangyan, who was relatively careful in dealing with things. What's going on?

He was over-focused and did not hear Liao Xiaoxiao's question clearly. Liao Xiaoxiao thought he was sleepy, so he arranged for his friend to help the drunk Zhou brothers home without saying a word. When Zhao Xing came to his senses, Qin Guan had been arranged to be in a warm sedan chair, and the other sedan chair was empty, waiting for Zhao Xing to take the seat. The puffing eagle Li Ying stood by the sedan chair in a sleepy manner, waiting for him to go home.

Out of modern people's psychology, Zhao Xing politely asked the two ladies if they needed to send them home. When he heard this, Liao Xiaoxiao smiled, she covered her mouth and laughed crisply: "Oh, I originally thought that the high-ranking official was a piece of wood and did not understand the charm at all, but I didn't expect that the high-ranking official had such a means. But I wonder which one do you want to send us tonight? Me, Xiao Madam Song?"

Mrs. Song's face was already red, and she pushed Liao Xiaoxiao, with a clear attitude of rejection. Zhao Xing was puzzled at first, but when he saw the two girls fighting, he suddenly realized.

This is an era when "people make an appointment after dusk". Requesting to send a girl home in the middle of the night is actually equivalent to applying to be a guest of the temple and asking for a good time together.

You can send someone home and enter the house by the way - isn't this a Western custom? Why did the Song Dynasty have such rules?

Zhao Xing, who understood, smiled awkwardly and immediately changed the topic: "How about I ask my two companions to send the girls back?"

This statement shows that Zhao Xing really doesn't understand the customs of the Song Dynasty. The two girls no longer make fun of them, and they say goodbye according to etiquette. Zhao Xing took the Xiao brothers, Chen Gongchuan, back to the street. He stood on the streets of the Song Dynasty, sniffed the air of 1087 deeply, and shouted at the streets with few pedestrians: "I'm here! I see! I love everything here so much!"

Chen Gongchuan was already drowsy by Liu Zhi's nonsense. He was woken up by Zhao Xing's shout, rubbed his eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "Everything is good, but the old master is too nagging!"

"Practice the light!" Zhao Xing roared. The Xiao brothers took out two glass lamps from their bags. The two glass lamps lit up and used the wooden stick in their hands to lift the lamp. One ran to the front of the team to lead the way, and the other ran to the end of the team to light it.

Zhao Xing turned around and thanked the waiter of the Tiandi, gave him two gold coins, and then ordered: "It's too late today, you go back and rest first. If you have nothing to do in the future, let's walk around quickly."

Zhao Xing consciously had two gold coins equivalent to 20 taels of silver. Li Ying could get the money for one night, and it was time to be content. But he didn't expect Li Ying to think so. He saw that Zhao Xing's reward of "rush to take advantage of" people was also a gold coin. When Chen Yiniang was rewarded, he would be a pearl. Therefore, Zhao Xing's reward was too far from his expectations.

The thick night covered the anger that flashed across his face. Zhao Xing unaware of it, stuffed Chen Gongchuan into the warm sedan chair, and took a big step away from the Lotus House with the wooden stick.

The next day, a scream woke Zhao Xing up. The scream came from next door to him. Amid the screams, there was Chen Gongchuan's begging. After Zhao Xing finished washing, he walked out of his room slowly and found that Cheng Azhu was wearing a fox fur and was standing in front of Chen Gongchuan's window, listening to the movements in the house, and the torture in the house seemed to have no intention of stopping.

Chen Yiyi asked Chen Gongchuan quickly and asked him why he came back so late, who had seen people in the trellis, and whether he had any evil behavior...

Chen Yiyi actually didn't want to ask Chen Gongchuan what she did. What she wanted to know was Zhao Xing's behavior, and Cheng Azhu also wanted to know, so she stood in front of the window and listened. When she saw Zhao Xing coming out, she was a little embarrassed and quickly gave a blessing gift and ran away.

Seeing Zhao Xing walk into the door, Chen Yiyi did not stop. She twisted the flesh on Chen Gongchuan's arm hard, as if she wanted to vent her anger. She looked at Zhao Xing hatefully while twisting. Chen Gongchuan's long howl was an annotation of her anger.

"He deserves to be punished," Zhao Xing said in anger: "He didn't tell you? Last night, he listened to Chen Yiniang's performance and actually threw out a pearl as a reward. This pearl is worth 50,000 yuan in Bianliang City... This Chen Yiniang was also redeemed by him. Yiyi, soon after, you will have a sister-in-law."

These words made Chen Yiyi stop asking questions. She jumped up happily, grabbed Zhao Xing's arm, shook his arm and asked, "Brother Xing, where are we going to play today?"

Chen Yiyi's happiness was because his brother was entangled with the female artists in the Vashes, and he showed Zhao Xing's innocence more and more. His brother could indulge in love, but as long as Zhao Xing was not romantic, Chen Yiyi felt that the sky was clear. She recovered her good mood and looked at Chen Gongchuan with encouragement while acting coquettish to Zhao Xing, and reminded him: "In the future, brother will go and see Fengyue of Bianliang, and don't stay at home all the time."

What this statement actually means: In the future, when Zhao Xing goes to Fengyue Place, Chen Gongchuan must follow suit, and it is best to keep pace with him.

Chen Gongchuan didn't understand why his sister's face changed so quickly. He stroked his green-scared arm aggrievedly and muttered: "I haven't woken up yet... The girl's house broke into a man's bedroom, so there was no rules... Let me sleep for a while!"

Chen Yiyi ignored his brother's complaints and happily helped Zhao Xing walk out. She raised her fingers and checked her interests: "Brother Xing, we were at Daxiangguo Temple yesterday, and we haven't had enough fun yet. Today I will go to Daxiangguo Temple again, I want to buy..."

Today, he couldn't go to Daxiangguo Temple. Dong Xiaoliang was moving very quickly, and the people he sent had arrived at Su Shi's mansion.

"Mr. Digong (Lang), the residence my master is looking for is not far from Donghua Gate. Walking back along this street for a moment or two, you can see a large courtyard near the big goods store. There is also a small lake in the courtyard, and the scenery is unpredictable. The garden covers an area of ​​about ten acres, which is located in the outer city. My master said that it is not easy to find this large courtyard in the inner city, only the outer city..."

The manager was a little hesitant when he replied, and Zhao Xing asked again: "Near the big goods store, there should be the 'Da Liao embassy inn' next to it."

The manager didn't know that although Zhao Xing had never been to Tokyo, he had asked someone to get a map of Tokyo in advance. He knew the key locations. He was shocked that Zhao Xing actually knew the envoys of the Liao people. After hesitating, he simply explained: "Yes, Lord Digong knew that the Liao people were arrogant, and the owner of that courtyard was forced to abandon the yard and live together.

Because the courtyard is very large, the Liao people pushed down the courtyard wall and regarded the backyard as a racecourse... Now that the yard has been empty for a long time, the rent is very cheap, and the original owner would rather pay it back, just to live with someone else. The Liao people ruined it too ruthlessly.

I told the owner of the family that this situation was and advised the owner of the family to find another house, but the owner of the family said: It doesn’t matter, Lord Digonglang is more fierce than the Liao people. If you are close to the Liao people, the one who suffers the loss must be the Liao people. This can be considered helping the owner of the park.”

Zhao Xing laughed: "That's right! Let's lead the way and see the house."

Chen Yiyi jumped out: "I'll go too."

This yard is indeed very large, but it is obviously lacking care. The horseshoe prints in the garden are messy, and they come to the backyard along the horseshoe prints. A few Liao people dressed up around the collapsed courtyard wall. They are basking in the sun leisurely. When Xiao Feng saw them, he immediately flashed and covered Zhao Xing with his body. He whispered: "It's the army below the head."

Zhao Xing was just wondering, and heard that the Liao people had now been influenced by Confucianism and knew the Confucian etiquette how could the Liao ambassador be so arrogant? Hearing Xiao Feng's reminder, he immediately understood the truth of the matter - it was the servants of the Liao ambassador. Because it was the servants who caused trouble, the Song Dynasty officials, who had already been concerned, were naturally not good at coming forward, and at most they could give a gentle explanation to the Liao ambassador.

The ambassador of the Liao Kingdom had the mentality of looking down on the Song people from a condescending manner. He did not care about the indulgence of the Song officials, and even deliberately indulged them. As a result, this situation became a situation - several servants regarded other people's gardens as racecourses.

The soldiers from the head saw the "house owner" appear, and they continued to do their work disapprovingly. Occasionally, someone glanced at the female relatives behind Zhao Xing, then looked at the tall Zhao Xing alert, and whispered to remind him. Then, several Liao soldiers began to pack their luggage lazily, as if they were about to lead their horses to leave the garden.

After all, they were still timid, so they were ready to leave first.

The manager who led Zhao Xing to see the house was trembling, and Chen Gongchuan was also timid. He glanced at the strong Liao soldiers and whispered to himself: "What a majestic soldier, are the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom so majestic?"

Cheng Azhu shook Zhao Xing's arm and reminded Zhao Xing not to cause trouble. Chen Yiyi shook Zhao Xing's other hand in a hurry, instigating Zhao Xing to negotiate, and complained quietly: "Brother Xing, if family members are moved in and out in the backyard, these people may disturb the female family. If something happens again, it will be a crime of "not being strict with the boudoir", but the Liao people are not injured..."

Cheng Azhu's stop was out of concern, because she lived in the Song realm, so she naturally knew the lawlessness of the Liao people. Chen Yiyi's instigation was also out of concern. In the eyes of this little girl, Zhao Xing was an omnipotent hero, and she did not want Zhao Xing to endure this insult because she was concerned about her safety... As for killing a few soldiers, in the eyes of this princess of the vassal state, the great hero would do it themselves - including the aftermath.
Chapter completed!