Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 150 Master!I read it for you! (4600 words)
As soon as Yanzi got home, he dragged out a washed and whitish cloth mat from the room and spread it in the courtyard, and asked the old servant to take out the unfinished book from the study, and then sat in the courtyard while basking in the sun. Read the book.

He was fascinated by watching, when he suddenly heard the hurried footsteps of the gatekeeper.

Yanzi put down the scroll and asked, "What's wrong?"

The gatekeeper replied, "Yanzi, what is that..."

Halfway through he said it, he always felt that it was a bit difficult to talk about.

Yanzi smiled and took a sip from the pottery cup next to him, and asked, "What's wrong with you today? This is not like your character. Didn't you always speak directly in the past?"

The gatekeeper smiled helplessly, leaned down and whispered something in Yanzi's ear.

Yan Zi frowned first, and then he couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Do people in Linzi think that I, Yan Ying, am a beauty-seeking person? If not, why do I still have women coming to elope when I'm so old?"

The gatekeeper smiled: "Of course not. You are a gentleman praised by the people. Maybe she admires your character and talent?"

Yanzi thought for a while, then laughed at himself and said, "Girls always like young gentlemen who are handsome, tall, able to hold a bow, energetic, and talented.

Although I, Yan Ying, can barely steal the item of morality and talent, but after all, I am so old.It is unreasonable that women still come to elope now.

I see, there must be some reason for this, you go and bring her to see me. "

The porter took the order, and went back to open the door of the house.

After a while, he led the woman to Yan Zi.

As soon as she entered the door, Yan Zi raised his eyes to watch for a while, and muttered: "It's strange! Look at her expression, her eyes are red, slightly swollen, and depressed. She is clearly worried about something."

So, when the woman came to him, Yan Zi asked directly, "Why are you so sad?"

When the woman heard the words, she was shocked at first, then humbly saluted Yan Zi, and then replied.

"The monarch hung an edict next to the locust tree, and anyone who violated it will be punished, and anyone who breaks it will be executed.

The concubine's father was a worthless man who had not heard of the decree. He broke into it after getting drunk at night, and the officials arrested him, and he was about to be punished.

My concubine has heard that when a wise monarch rules the world, he never reduces his salary, increases his punishment, harms public law because of personal anger, harms people because of animals, harms animals because of vegetation, and never harms people because of weeds. Harm the seedlings.

But now, the king intends to kill my concubine's father because of a tree, making my concubine a lonely woman.

Such an edict has been spread among the people and has become the law of a country.

Even so, my concubine has heard that a brave man will not bully the weak because of his numbers, and a wise king will not deviate from the correct principles and act according to his own wishes.

Now that the monarch has issued an edict to the people, if this edict can really legislate for the country and benefit future generations, then it is right for the concubine's father to die, and it is reasonable for the concubine to collect his body.

But in fact, the current edict is not like this.

But because of a tree, the concubine's father must be punished.

Therefore, the concubine is worried that doing so will damage the prestige of the officials who are discerning in law enforcement, and will also damage the reputation of the wise monarch in handling affairs.

If the neighboring countries hear about this kind of thing, they will think that our monarch loves trees and despises people. In this way, they will definitely despise Qi.

You are a virtuous gentleman with great wisdom, I hope you can understand what my concubine said and justly judge the concubine's father's crime. "

At the beginning, Yan Zi thought that Marquis Qi was unfair, but after hearing what this woman said, he couldn't help being surprised.

He immediately got up and said: "The king's behavior is indeed too much! Please rest assured, I will speak for you in front of the king."

After finishing speaking, Yanzi immediately shouted to the gatekeeper: "Quick! Get me a car, I want to go to the palace to meet the king immediately."

"As ordered!"

When the woman heard the words, her surprise was beyond words. She knelt down on the ground and thanked Yan Zi for his kindness loudly.

"Everyone in the country praises you as a rare gentleman in Qi. At a time like this, you are probably the only gentleman who is willing to speak for my concubine's father, right?"

Hearing this, Yan Zi just smiled and sighed: "Why thank me? You fought for this all yourself!

In order to save my father, I did not hesitate to tarnish my innocence, to express my admiration for this old guy who is about to die.

She is obviously such a talented woman, and her words are full of reason.

You have such wisdom and courage, not to mention that I, Yan Ying, will help you, even Guozi and Gaozi will be willing to help you when they hear your words. "

When the woman heard this, a blush appeared on her cheeks.

She hesitated to speak, but in the end she mustered up the courage to confide what she had always wanted to say.

"Yanzi, I... I didn't think of these words myself. It was... a gentleman taught me to say them."

"Oh?"

When Yan Zi heard this, he asked curiously, "Wouldn't you think that there are such talented and learned people in our country?"

Afterwards, he sighed with self-reproach: "I, Yan Ying, assist the monarch in handling political affairs, so I should recommend wise men for him and help the monarch correct his behavior.

But now, there is such a virtuous and virtuous gentleman in Linzi city, but I can't know his name, this is really my fault!

I have a request, after I come back from the palace, would you take me to meet the gentleman you mentioned? "

When the woman heard this, she nodded happily.

"Of course I would."

She was suffering from not knowing how to repay Zai Yu, now that Yan Zi offered to see him, she was naturally very happy in every way.

For a gentleman with talent and learning, what better reward than being appreciated by Yan Zi?

Moreover, according to Yanzi's meaning, it seems that he is planning to recommend Zaiyu to the king as an official, which could not be better!

She hurriedly said: "The gentleman was worried that you would blame me for eloping to see you, so he told me that if you get angry in a while, you will put all the blame on him.

But although I am a vulgar woman, I can't read many words, and I haven't read many books, but at least I know some principles of repaying kindness, so I have always refused to agree.

The gentleman saw that I did not agree, so he waited outside your house.

I plan to come over and apologize to you personally when I see you get angry after a while.

If you want to meet him, you must meet him now when you go out. "

Hearing this, Yan Zi nodded in relief: "I had some doubts about his character before, but now that you say it like this, I, Yan Ying, am a villain.

The gentleman you speak of has compassion for the people and understands the etiquette of getting along with others, but he is also able to make a lot of contingencies.

Now the virtuous people in the world, who can achieve one of these three points, can already get a lot of praise.

Now that he possesses all three points, it is too late for me, Yan Ying, to admire him, so how dare I blame him?
Please be sure to take me to meet him. "

The woman nodded, and led Yan Zi out of his small courtyard.

As soon as she went out, the woman saw Zaiyu who was arguing with Zigong standing not far from the door.

She lowered her head, pointed out the person to Yanzi with a blushing face, and then whispered: "Yanzi, who is wearing a white dark coat, has a heroic appearance, a tall stature, a decent manner of speaking, a gentle and bright smile, and a resolute and gentle personality. That's the gentleman I was talking about."

Listening to the series of adjectives that came out of the woman's mouth, Yan Zi was a little dumbfounded by her.

What a good word really let him take it!

You say that, how does the old man know which one it is?
He asked, "By the way, I forgot to ask earlier, what should I call you? What's your father's name?"

Hearing the words, the woman hesitated for a while, biting her lip, as if it was difficult to speak.

Yanzi asked, "Is there any inconvenience?"

The woman thought about her father, and finally made up her mind: "My life experience is a bit complicated. My mother is Tian's concubine, and her ancestors come from the country of Yan, so you can call my concubine Yan Gui, and my father and The father I begged you to save was actually..."

"Okay, I see."

Yan Zi sighed, and raised his hand to signal Yan Gui not to say any more, he already understood.

This girl's mother is Tian's concubine, and judging by her troubled appearance, her mother is probably not favored.

Tian Heng, the eldest son of Tian Qi, the head of the current Tian family, has a special hobby. Since he was an adult, he has been looking for women who are over seven feet tall all over the country, and when he meets a suitable one, he will directly marry him.

Therefore, he married more than 100 wives and concubines one after another, and it is reasonable that he could not take care of them.

However, if Tian Heng just married many wives, at most he is a person who is greedy for beauty, but he is not such a person.

The reason why he married so many is completely out of ulterior motives.

Because although Tian Heng likes to marry a wife, but at the same time likes to attract customers.

Moreover, the residence he arranged for his retainers was not far from his back house. The most admirable thing was that he never forbade guests from entering and leaving his back house, and he turned a deaf ear to the petty actions of the retainers and concubines in private.

Therefore, although Tian Heng's "work" enthusiasm is average, but his sons and daughters are abnormally many.

No need to think about it, this must be the result of the 'joint efforts' of the doormen and concubines.

Tian Heng did this, of course, not because he had any special hobbies, but to consolidate his position in the Tian family and to win people's hearts.

As the saying goes, if there are many people, there is great strength, a thriving population, and many descendants, so his words in the family will have weight, and the position of the first heir of the Tian family head will not be shaken.

And the diners themselves knew that they were ashamed of Tian Heng, and they also helped raise their children. If Tian Heng's status was shaken, their children would also suffer.

Therefore, Tian Heng's servants are extremely loyal, and they can risk their lives to defend Tian Heng's interests.

The concubines selected by Tian Heng are all tall and beautiful women, so most of his descendants are also tall. Tian's education has always been very good, so many talents have emerged from his descendants.

Regarding this situation, Tian Heng has a big heart, anyway, it's all Shi Tian, ​​whoever grows it, as long as Shi Tian is my labor achievement.

Anyway, when he chooses his heir, he also chooses from his legitimate sons.

As for the concubine sons born to concubines, they are used as assistants, and the concubines born to concubines are used for marriage. Isn't this beautiful?

And the reason why Yan Gui couldn't tell her father was probably because her father was originally a disciple of the Tian family.

Under Tian Heng's extremely open management mode, it is not difficult to understand why the poor diners and unfavored concubines suddenly sparked a spark of love.

Yanzi sighed, walked forward step by step with his wooden stick in front of Zaiyu and Zigong.

Before they got close, they heard the murmurs of the two.

"My son, this move of yours is too damaging. Aren't you afraid that Yanzi will scold you back?"

"What's wrong with Yanzi's scolding? Let him scold a few times and you won't lose a piece of meat. Besides, didn't the master scold me less in the past? He didn't let you be scolded. Why are you so anxious?"

Hearing this, Yanzi suddenly raised his crutches and tapped the ground. Zaiyu and Zigong lowered their heads, and only then did they notice this old man who was less than six feet tall.

The two hurriedly saluted, "Yan Zi."

Yanzi glanced at them both, pretending to be angry on purpose: "You two, who is the one who came up with the idea?"

Zaiyu was about to speak, but Zigong pleaded guilty before him.

"Yanzi, it's me, if you want to scold you, scold me!"

After hearing this, Zai Yu stepped forward quickly: "Yanzi, don't listen to his nonsense. This is my bad idea. If you want to blame it, blame me."

Yanzi glanced at Zhao Wuxie and Gongshuban beside them, suddenly put on a smiling face, and asked them.

"You two kids look so smart, you must know who is telling the truth, right?"

Zhao Wuji and Gongshuban looked at each other, they both hesitated.

Seeing this, Yanzi coughed and said, "I heard that if you don't practice faith at a young age, you will be punished by heaven when you grow up."

The two children blinked and looked at Zaiyu and Zigong for a long time.

Gongshuban stretched out his finger and was about to identify it, but in the end, he still couldn't make up his mind, so he burst into tears.

"Master treats me so well, I can't identify Master."

Zhao Wuxie hurriedly stuffed the remaining pear into his hand: "Ban, don't cry."

Seeing this, the little old man smiled and asked, "Then who is your master?"

The two subconsciously pointed at Jae Yu: "He!"

Jae Yu touched his face and muttered, "I really brought two smart students with me!"

But he didn't refuse, anyway, he was ready to be scolded early in the morning.

He replied: "Yanzi, I taught her to say it. If you have any complaints in your heart, please punish me."

When Yan Zi saw it, he just smiled repeatedly. He was about to say something, but the doorman had already arrived with a carriage.

"Yanzi, let's go."

So Yan Zi could only make a long story short, he said to Jai Yu: "I thought I only met one gentleman today, but I didn't expect to meet two great gentlemen and two little gentlemen!
If you and your friends don't mind, I will talk to you in detail after I rescue that lady's father from the palace.

Where is your residence?Is it convenient for Fang to let me visit? "

When Zaiyu heard this, he was flattered and said, "How dare you let me visit? If you want to see us, we juniors should visit you!"

Hearing this, Yan Zi nodded with a smile and said, "Okay! That's what you said."

He glanced at the sky and said: "When I come back from the palace, it will probably be past noon. In the afternoon, I will wait for your visit at the residence."

After finishing speaking, Yan Zi saluted them, then boarded the carriage and left with the help of his servants.

As for Jae Yu, his mind was still a little dazed.

Yan Zi is not angry?
Zigong wiped the sweat from his neck in embarrassment: "I'm afraid we underestimate Yanzi's old man's tolerance too much!

But I really didn't expect that he didn't care about this way of asking for an interview.

This kind of thing would probably be accepted in Qi, where the folk customs are open, right? "

He was sighing, when suddenly, Yan Gui, who had been watching them from a distance, suddenly ran over with a blushing face, then stuffed the champagne in Zai Yu's hand, then turned and ran away.

Zai Yu was still in a daze.

Gongshuban, who was still howling at the side, suddenly pulled out the square handkerchief from his hand like a ghost.

"Hey! Boy, what are you doing?!"

Zaiyu was about to snatch it back, but Gongshuban ran away.

He opened the square handkerchief while running, looked at the words embroidered on it, and shouted loudly: "Master! Let me help you. This sister is Yan Gui, the daughter of the Tian family, the Tian family of Qi State!"

Zaiyu took off his boots and held his hands high, furiously yelling, "Ban! You bullying boy! Stop!"

　Asking for votes is probably the happiest thing in the world.

　　The reason why asking for tickets is beautiful is that you will never lose love.

　　Once you vote, I will be happy for many days, and once you tip me, I will remember it for many years.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)