I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 167
Sitting down on the bench, looking at his blue robe that hadn't been changed for several days, Ma Xiucai felt both anxious and regretful.

If he had known that there would be such an opportunity today, he would not have come out wearing this dress if he died, and he would have bought a decent round-neck silk robe no matter what.

Keeping glances at Li Tian behind him, Ma Xiucai's heart was extremely confused.For a while, I felt that I didn't trim my beard today, and for a while, I felt that today's hair crown was too ugly, so I stamped my feet angrily, wishing to give myself a hammer.

The tea in the small teahouse is brewed from the old leaves of the tea tree. It is very cheap and has a strong color with a little residue. One sip will only feel raw and unbearable in the mouth.

Empress Zhang, who lived in the deep palace for a long time, couldn't drink this kind of tea, but after chatting for a long time, Empress Zhang also felt a little dry.

"Husband, do you also want to listen to the nasty jokes told by the common people?"

Li Tian was taken aback when he heard the words, and there was still some charming person singing and blowing my flute in his mind, he smiled awkwardly, got up and said:

"Let's go then, your husband, I don't like to hear this kind of stuff the most."

"What did the husband lick just now, but just like the concubine, he is also thirsty?"

"Of course that's the case. Ling'er, you think your husband is like an apprentice."

"What does it look like, it obviously is."

Muttering in a low voice, Queen Zhang casually pressed a small piece of broken silver into the bottom of the bowl, blushing slightly, and pushed Li Tian out.

After leaving the small teahouse, Li Tian unconsciously took a deep breath of fresh air, and sighed in his heart:

"The common people in the teahouse don't think as much as Shiqi. The common people only know that Tiangongyuan can get ahead, and the household registration certificate can be exempted from checking the brothel. This is a real benefit for the common people."

"From this point of view, Huang Xianggong's household reform method is implemented well. Even a poor scholar is willing to spend 20 taels of silver."

"It should be good. The Six Departments are at his disposal, and even the Jinwu Guards have sent him a team. It would be a strange thing if he can't make a name for himself."

Li Tian had just said a few words to the queen, and Ma Xiucai in the small teahouse noticed that the nobleman had left.

Filled with impatience, Ma Xiucai didn't even care about anything. He didn't even pay for the tea, so he chased Li Tian out of the teahouse, caught Li Tian who hadn't left yet, and bowed down:

"Xiaosheng Ma Baosheng has met the young master."

Recognizing that this is the poor scholar who had previously resold the household registration certificate, Li Tian did not refuse people thousands of miles away, smiled and asked him to stand up, and said slowly:

"I don't know why Ma Xiucai is looking for this young master?"

"I'm not talented, I want to talk to the young master."

Ma Baosheng stood up with his hands arched, deliberately pretending to be neither humble nor overbearing, but in fact his heart was already agitated, and he was about to urinate out of nervousness.

Although Jiang Bao didn't go into the teahouse with Li Tian, ​​he was waiting outside. When he saw Li Tian coming out, he tried to speak up, but bumped into Ma Baosheng, who was worshiping the ground.

Seeing that the old man in front of him was the young master's servant, Ma Baosheng secretly sighed while feeling inferior.

A mere servant can wear a good brocade silk robe, but he, Ma Baosheng, is a well-known literati, why should he wear worse clothes than this old servant.

After thinking about it in his heart, Ma Baosheng knew very well that Mao Sui's self-recommendation was a self-deprecation, so he decided to improve himself, first let this young man be interested in him.

Pretentiously coughing twice, Ma Baosheng raised his hand meticulously before Li Tian could reply:

"Xiaosheng is Mr. Dongli's successor. Seeing that there seems to be a gathering of literary spirit between the young master's brows, he wants to have a small talk with the young master, and hope that the young master will appreciate his face."

Seeing the little scholar's complacent face, the corners of Li Tian's eyes twitched slightly. Dongli should be quite famous, but he had never heard of it.

Li Tian didn't figure it out, but Queen Zhang looked at Ma Xiucai with a flash of beautiful eyes, and couldn't help but look more squarely in her eyes.

Gently tugging on Li Tian's arm, Empress Zhang showed a solemn expression, bowed slightly to Ma Xiucai, and said warmly:
"It turns out that after Mr. Dongli, the slave family is polite."

Mr. Dongli, the queen will salute this little scholar?
Secretly smacking his tongue, Li Tian also made a look of surprise, nodded and smiled:
"It turns out that it's after Mr. Dongli, please hurry up."

Mr. Dongli's reputation was really good, and Ma Baosheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly led Li Tian to a slightly higher-end teahouse on Qianjie Street.

Although Li Tian and the empress believed everything, Jiang Bao secretly put a question mark in his heart. Ma Dongli is known as Du Fu in the poem, how could his descendants fall into such a situation.

Led by Ma Xiucai all the way into the teahouse, Li Tian didn't find a chance to ask, and finally waited until Ma Baosheng went to find the waiter in the teahouse, Li Tian hurriedly winked at Jiang Bao and said in a low voice:
"Jiang Bao, who is Ma Dongli?"

"My lord doesn't know?" Jiang Bao looked very surprised when he heard the words, but he hurriedly bowed his head and said in a low voice:

"Ma Dongli's name is Ma Zhiyuan. King Ning Xian once called him the number one person in the Yuan Dynasty. He wrote a poem "Tianjingsha Qiusi". Taizu Hongwu was called the ancestor of Qiusi."

At this time, Ma Baosheng had just returned, and was about to tell Li Tian what tea he had ordered, when he faintly heard the words Jiang Bao's mouth saying "the ancestor of Qiu Si", and immediately laughed loudly:

"My lord is talking about Qiu Siqu of Xiaosheng's ancestor."

I don’t know what Ma Dongli and Li Tian are talking about, but when it comes to Ma Zhiyuan, Li Tian still has a bit of an impression, a song about a dead vine, an old tree, a faint crow
"Withered vines, old trees and dark crows, small bridges and flowing water, people, ancient roads, westerly winds and thin horses. The sun sets, and heartbroken people are at the end of the world."

Ma Baosheng was already shaking his head and moaning.

After reciting the tune, Ma Baosheng smiled slightly, lifted his sour robe, sat facing Li Tian, ​​and said with a smile:
"Xiaosheng ordered the ancestor's favorite jasmine tea and Cangzhou stewed cakes. You will have to taste them later."

Jiang Bao learned to be smart this time. As soon as Ma Baosheng opened his mouth, he leaned sideways to Li Tian's ear, and said in a voice that only two people could hear:
"Ma Zhiyuan once went to Fujian after he resigned from office and returned to seclusion. That's when he got his love for jasmine tea."

Seeing that Jiang Bao thought he was a fool, Li Tian glared at him, turned to look at Ma Baosheng, nodded, and said with a harmonious smile:
"Brother Ma is the descendant of Mr. Dongli, where is he now?"

Ma Baosheng's face was a little uncomfortable when he heard the words, but he knew that he couldn't lose face, so he lied casually:
"A small student with no talent, now the Imperial Academy holds the post of Nine Ranks Waiting for an Edict."

As if he was afraid that Li Tian would not believe it, Ma Baosheng hurriedly added a calm sentence:
"Xiaosheng is impolite. The reason why my lord saw Xiaosheng wearing a scholar's uniform today is actually Xiaosheng's reluctance to wear Jinshi's uniform, and it was not intentional."

The Imperial Academy's waiting edict?

Hearing Ma Baosheng's self-introduction, Li Tian was taken aback. He actually ran into someone from the palace during his trip.

(End of this chapter)