Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 116 The Merry Emperor

Emperor Huizong did not return to his palace to handle court affairs that night, and he did not choose which concubine to visit.

He put on a light coat and hat, and followed the tunnel all the way to Li Shishi's house.

It had been less than three days since Emperor Huizong last came to Li Shishi's house.

But Emperor Huizong already missed Li Shishi extremely hard.

As soon as Emperor Huizong and Li Shifu gathered together, they were so happy that they forgot all their worries.

After everything was done, Emperor Huizong looked at Master Li and said, "Is there any new music recently? Come and listen to it for me."

Li Shishi thought about it for a while, smiled sweetly, and said: "There is really a good song, I will sing it to the officials now."

Li Shishi got up, played the harp, and sang softly: "It's already the third watch in the city, and the horses are slippery and frosty. It's better to leave. There are really few people walking around."

The melody is melodious and beautiful, and Li Shishi's voice is clear and sweet, and it really sounds like the sound of nature.

Emperor Huizong was fascinated by it for a while, but the more he listened, the more he felt that something was not quite right.

Li Shishi was still singing, and Emperor Huizong raised his right hand to signal her to stop quickly.

Emperor Huizong frowned, looked at Master Li and asked, "If I remember correctly, you said these words to me personally one night last month. Huh? Who is the author of this poem?"

When Master Li heard this, he was horrified and thought: Oops, something bad has happened. The slave family made a mistake!
She gently put down the guzheng, bit her fingers and frowned.

After thinking about it for a while, I knew that I really had to talk about it.

If it is deliberately concealed from the Holy Majesty, it is a serious crime.

After a short ideological struggle, he finally confessed: "Guan Jia, this poem was written by Zhou Bangyan."

When Emperor Huizong heard the words Zhou Bangyan, he immediately nodded with forbearance.

It turned out that on that night last month, Emperor Huizong took advantage of Li Shishi's return to Bianliang from his hometown and came to Li Shishi's home as soon as possible.

But Zhou Bangyan also came to visit Li Shishi at that time.

At that time, Zhou Bangyan had not been alone with Li Shishi for a while. When he learned that the Holy Master had arrived, he knew that it was too late to run away.

It would be inappropriate for the monarch and his ministers to meet here, so Zhou Bangyan quickly hid under the bed.

And he kept the conversation between Li Shishi and Emperor Huizong in mind.

After this incident, Zhou Bangyan felt extremely jealous of Emperor Huizong.

Since he had nowhere to vent, he just had a few drops of ink in his stomach.

After much deliberation, I simply compiled the words that Li Shishi told Emperor Huizong into lyrics.

In any case, Master Li was really confused, and she knew exactly what was going on.

But as soon as Emperor Huizong asked her to play and sing a new tune, she couldn't help but sing the lyrics written by Zhou Bangyan.

In this way, Master Li was considered to have caused Zhou Bangyan's death.

The next day, before dawn, Emperor Huizong returned to the palace.

As soon as he entered the palace, he immediately called the chamberlain and asked, "What official position does Zhou Bangyan hold now?"

The chamberlain reported back: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou is now appointed to the Dasheng Mansion for promotion."

This Dasheng Mansion is the relevant department in charge of music, and the so-called promotion is equivalent to the "supervisor" a thousand years later.

A scholar like Zhou Bangyan was able to be promoted to the Dasheng Mansion, which is evident from his skill in writing.

Emperor Huizong had not known about the contact between Zhou Bangyan and Li Shishi before. After learning about this incident, he inevitably became jealous of Zhou Bangyan.

To put it bluntly, His Majesty is jealous.

Therefore, Emperor Huizong said to his left and right servants: "In this case... find fault with Zhou Bangyan for me!"

The so-called finding fault, how to find fault?It is not difficult to say this. Anyone with a little knowledge knows that Zhou Bangyan is a poet of the Wanyue school.

The lyrics written by Wanyue poets often revolve around life and love, but this is very simple.

It is very easy to randomly find two lines of obscene lyrics in the lyrics of the Wanyue poets.

I think that during the Zhe Zong Dynasty, the standards were relatively generous.

But by the Huizong Dynasty, the Wanyue school of poetry began to be easily criticized.

In less than half an hour, the servants on the left and right found dozens of long and short "evidences" of various sizes for Emperor Huizong.

When he brought the "evidence" to Emperor Huizong to see, a look of contempt and disdain suddenly appeared on Emperor Huizong's face.

He scolded: "A person like this is still worthy of being an official in the court?"

When he decided to go to court today, he directly demoted Zhou Bangyan out of the capital and sent him to the frontier for this reason.

Who can not understand what is going on?

The servants on the left and right knew it very well.

The reason why Zhou Bangyan ended up like this was not because of anything else, but simply because the Holy Emperor was jealous of him because of a mere prostitute.

Earl Ying will not attend the court today.

Because Earl Ying just arrived in Bianliang yesterday, he still needs one or two days of rest.

In addition, Earl Ying had just taken office and still needed some study and trials, so Earl Ying did not appear in the court today.

After Emperor Huizong demoted Zhou Bangyan from the capital on the spot, the great eunuch Liang Shicheng recommended a strange man in the world to Emperor Huizong.

This person's name is Lin Lingsu.

This person's profession is Taoist priest.

When Emperor Huizong heard Liang Shicheng talk about Lin Lingsu, who was omnipotent in heaven and earth, he immediately became interested and quickly asked Liang Shicheng to bring Lin Lingsu closer.

As soon as Lin Lingsu entered the court, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked.

Everyone saw that Lin Lingsu's face was terrifying, one half of his face was good, no different from ordinary people, but the other half of his face was like a skeleton.

With such an appearance, no matter who in this world sees it, they will feel that this person is extraordinary and extraordinary.

At this moment, Emperor Huizong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also felt the same way.

Lin Lingsu knelt down towards Emperor Huizong and said in a cryptic way: "It's weird, it's really weird!"

"Pindao met His Majesty when he was serving the Jade Emperor in Heaven."

Emperor Huizong was staring at half of Lin Lingsu's face. When he heard what Lin Lingsu said, he felt very interesting.

The childlike heart of Emperor Huizong, which Earl Ying had already seen, was immediately revealed.

Emperor Huizong accompanied Lin Lingsu and said, "Oh, yes! I feel very familiar when I look at you."

"Yes, yes, I still remember that you rode a green ox when you were in Lingxiao Palace, ouch, that's amazing! Where did your green ox go?"

For thousands of years in Kyushu, it has been widely rumored that Laozi, the founder of Taoism, rode a green ox through Han Valley.

Therefore, people in the world like to call Taoist priests "ox-nosed Taoist priests".

Lin Lingsutian was shameless and shameless, and immediately laughed and said: "Pindao has fostered Qing Niu in a foreign country, and he will come here soon."

Unexpectedly, after a stick of incense, someone in the court came to report that the Goryeo Kingdom had paid tribute to a green cow.

All civil and military officials were greatly surprised, and they all believed from the bottom of their hearts that this Taoist priest Lin Lingsu was really an immortal from heaven.

(End of this chapter)