The ninth and forty-sixth chapters tell the truth after drinking
At night, when Dachang City suddenly returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister Ma Qingdong was in the study. Ma Qingdong's study was a three-story small building with two and three floors. The decorations on the second and third floors were ordinary, mainly bookshelf, desk, and chairs. There were scrolls hanging on the walls. However, the third floor also had the function of looking at the scenery in the city. The first floor of the study was the top priority of the study. What caught the entrance was the long wooden table table, and there were a bunch of scrolls, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table table. After the table table table was a large wooden chair.
On the wall is a landscape painting, which is the original work of "Watching the Waterfall in the Spring Mountain" by Lu Ziling, a famous ink painting master of the Yan Han Dynasty in the previous dynasty. This painting was presented by Fan Guoyan, a famous scholar of the Tuhui country after Ma Qingdong became the prime minister. Next to the landscape painting is a scroll of running script, which contains the four words "The Fragrance of Calligraphy". The signature is Hou Qizhi, one of the four great talents of Tuhui. He once became a Hanlin scholar in Tuhui. Now he has retired and returned home. When Hou Qizhi was in the court, he had a good relationship with Ma Qingdong.
A plaque is hung above the landscape painting, with four big characters "Qingjing Zhiyuan" written on it, but it is Ma Qingdong's own handwriting. Although Ma Qingdong failed to pass the exam, the handwriting is extremely beautiful and has a lot of muscles. Especially after Ma Qingdong became the prime minister of Tuguo, many people came to flatter him. Many scholars who Tuguo were proud of having Ma Guo's handwriting at home.
On the left side of the study room is a row of four-story large bookshelves, with books densely packed with books. On the side of the bookshelves are two tall flowers, with celadon vases on it, and daffodils are in the vase. It is not the flowering period, and daffodils only have leaves but no flowers. There is a bright yellow floor lamp with one person high on both sides of the study room. The lamps are spherical. These two lamps are objects in the palace and are given by the king's iron cloth. Ma Qingdong loves these two palace lamps very much, so he puts these two lamps in his study room. After nightfall, the two palace lamps shine the study room full of warmth.
On the right side of the study is a large round table with six exquisite side dishes on the table and the pots and cups are neatly arranged. Ma Qingdong sat in the main seat with a smile. The person sitting opposite Ma Qingdong was about 40 years old. He was dressed in a literati, wearing a blue scarf, wearing a blue shirt, shaking a folding fan in his hand, smiling and talking with Ma Qingdong. Two beautiful maids stood behind Ma Qingdong and the scholar, pouring wine for them at any time.
This prime minister who returned to China suddenly has no choice but to wear official uniforms since this year. After the morning court, he would take off his cumbersome official uniforms and put on a cold shirt. At this time, Ma Qingdong shook the folding fan and looked gentle.
Ma Qingdong put down the folding fan, picked up the chopsticks and ate the dishes, then put down the chopsticks, and then smiled and said, "Hanzhang, now that I have become the prime minister, don't you want to come back to work for a job?" Ma Qingdong rarely drinks, but at this time he was already drinking with this guest, and he could see that Ma Qingdong was not restricted in chatting with this guest and was extremely relaxed.
The scholar known as Han Zhang laughed and shook his head while shaking his folding fan, saying disdain: "Due to my temper, it's better not to come back for the time being! As the prime minister, you can't even slaughter the pig and dogs? If I come back, I will be in the same palace as the foolish donkey, and my official rank is not as high as him. At that time, I will have to salute him, so I will be disgusted to him? What kind of ability does he have to be a general who protects the country? Isn't it just because his sister is the queen?"
Ma Qingdong smiled indifferently and said disrespectfully: "Hanzhang, isn't this his ability to be the queen? What a disgusting thing? Everyone is standing in the court facing the king. Even if they turn around and see the other person's face, as long as they feel disgusted for a while, they will gradually get used to it!"
The scholar in the green shirt laughed loudly and lit Ma Qingdong with a fan, saying, "I, Lou Hanzhang, is not the prime minister of the country, why should I look at his ugly face? Brother Yuan Shu, you, you are obviously angry and pretend to be nothing! His name is Wushu, and your name is Yuan Shu. Although it is just a little bit different, it is a world of difference! Besides, he is a thing that can stand in the court with his sister, so can you tolerate him?" It turned out that the scholar in the green shirt was Lou Hanzhang, a famous madman who suddenly returned to the country.
Ma Qingdong, whose name is Yuanshu, so Lou Hanzhang called him Yuanshu Brother. Ma Qingdong laughed and said, "Brother Hanzhang, some things are not what you think! Before I became the prime minister of the country, I failed many times in the Da Shang Dynasty. I still felt resentful? That's why I came to the country and returned to China. But people can't help but let people go back to China.
Unexpectedly, when I came to Zhutu, I became famous by teaching. After I came into contact with Prince Iron Tree, I met our Majesty, so that I could have the opportunity to become the prime minister. It was his Majesty's praise, but I really have any skills!"
Lou Hanzhang clapped his hands and smiled, "Brother Yuan Shu, you would be a bit too humble! If you hadn't planned for His Majesty the King in Hedaye City, could he have so many soldiers and so much money? Now is this considered killing a donkey?"
Ma Qingdong, who was tortured by the imperial examinations, smiled bitterly and said, "There is no imperial examination system for returning to China. If someone recommends it, I may not be able to take the exam as much as I can get! No matter how capable I have, as long as the exam cannot be seen by the examiner, then there will be no official position. Do I dare not accept it? I have taken the exam so many times in Da Shang, isn't it a lesson for me?"
Lou Hanzhang put down the folding fan, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine glass, put down the wine glass, and sneered: "What, is our prime minister going to bow to the idiot who slaughtered pigs and dogs? He is just a relative who can climb to a high position with his sister! What's so great about it? Doesn't his sister have older and weaker sex? Those who serve others by sex have lost their lust and love to fly! There are so many beautiful women in the world. Will there be new people who will be treated by His Majesty the King one day, and will their family still maintain wealth and honor?"
Ma Qingdong stretched out his finger, made a gesture of silence, and said softly: "Hanzhang, I had the same mentality as you many years ago, but now I am at the position of the Prime Minister, but now I don't think so. Do you study, and General Tolu also study? He doesn't study, so naturally he doesn't understand these principles. Do I want to argue with him in the court? As you said, he is a man who slaughtered pigs and dogs, and his strength is naturally much greater than mine. When he fights with his fists, I am not an opponent, so why can't I bear it?"
The maid wearing red gauze filled a glass of wine for Ma Qingdong. Ma Qingdong raised his glass and smiled and said, "Brother Hanzhang, please!" Both of them picked up the glass and took a sip. Ma Qingdong said, "I can't beat the general in the fight. The general is surrounded by a group of people to give him advice. After I lost power in the past two or three months, many of the Qinggu around me have left! After I became the prime minister of the country in the past two years, I gradually understood a lot of things!"
Lou Hanzhang raised his eyebrows and said, "I would like to hear it carefully!"
Ma Qingdong asked back, "Brother Hanzhang, if you have a sister who is the queen, wouldn't you become an official directly based on this status? Just like those kings and princes of all sizes, they all rely on the shady of their ancestors to get titles? Some things are because you and I are not in that position, so I don't think so much, and I think it's unfair. If our ancestors are kings and princes, then can't we inherit titles and have to take the imperial examinations by ourselves? Brother, it's useless to be angry, so face the reality!"
Lou Hanzhang laughed loudly and said, "Brother Yuan Shu, Brother Yuan Shu, I thought you could have any high theory, it turns out that's it! Think about it, it's because there are too many such people in a country that suppress the path of the poor scholars at the bottom! Many scholars are also victims, so they are indignant about this. We are now standing in the class of scholars, and of course we have to speak for scholars!"
Ma Qingdong said depressedly: "Brother Hanzhang, what you said is reasonable, but now I am the prime minister, so I have to consider too many things! Zhihui is weak, and after the palace capture two years ago, some talented people have been damaged. Now the talent is short of strength, literature and martial arts are lacking! In the desert, even the leader of the horse, Cheng Si, was given the surname of the country and was named Guancheng Envoy to serve the country. If I compete with General Toru at this time, Zhihui will be in danger!"
Lou Hanzhang showed a disdainful expression on his face, and he snorted coldly: "What the Prime Minister of China said is the same! Lou Hanzhang forgot that the Prime Minister of China is now an earl, and he can still sit in the future and his descendants can also be attacked by the Prime Minister of China. Of course, they are all the same as the pigs and dogs! No wonder our Prime Minister of China has been living in seclusion recently, and he also let the guy shout and shout in the court. It turns out that he is protecting himself!"
Ma Qingdong was not angry and laughed and said, "Brother Hanzhang said, can I still compete with him if I don't know how to protect myself? General Toru is powerful,
Although I am favored by the king, I am always an outsider. General Toru is his uncle and a royal relative. Can I fight for him? As the saying goes, a little impatience will cause trouble! If I stand up to fight with him, I will inevitably be jealous and framed. It is better to smile at him!"
Lou Hanzhang stood up angrily, poured a glass of wine into his mouth, and said with a look of disappointment: "I really didn't expect that the Prime Minister had fallen to this point! I wanted to persuade the Prime Minister, but I was persuaded by the Prime Minister! The Prime Minister really disappointed me, Lou Hanzhang! The person who slaughtered pigs and dogs was ignorant and willful. If this continues, he will suddenly be in danger! The Prime Minister sits in such a high position, but has no long-term plan. Just being a monk hits the clock for one day is really disappointing, and it disappoints me so much!"
Ma Qingdong only smiled and said, "Ruoer, pour wine for Mr. Lou! We finally got together to have a glass of wine today, and what are we doing for those disappointing things? Is the wine not good to drink, or is the girl not beautiful?"
The maid in green clothes standing behind Lou Hanzhang responded, then picked up the wine pot and filled the empty cup in front of Lou Hanzhang. Lou Hanzhang endured the disappointment and drank the glass of wine in one go. Lou Hanzhang grabbed the folding fan on the table and walked out of the study door, saying in a daze: "Master Guo, Lou Hanzhang is here, and he wants to persuade the Prime Minister Guozhang with his blood and courage. Now he thinks about it, he really doesn't think about it! The Prime Minister Guozhang thinks much more than me!"
Lou Hanzhang was unstable, and when he walked to the door, he fell to the ground and fell asleep. It turned out that Lou Hanzhang had been drinking with Ma Qingdong since noon. After drinking for an afternoon and one night, he was drunk and died of drunkenness. Ma Qingdong was also a little drunk, but sat on the chair and looked at the maid in green and laughed: "Ruoer, go and help Mr. Lou down, arrange a room for him and ask him to rest for a while!"
The maid in green agreed and stepped forward to support Lou Hanzhang who had fallen asleep. A delicate woman helped a man up, but she still looked light, obviously carrying martial arts skills. No one would have thought that there were two black figures lurking in the darkness behind the ridge of the house. One of them sighed softly: "I didn't expect that the little girl who returned to the prime minister's mansion would actually be crouched in the tiger and hidden dragon, and even the maids were martial arts masters!"
The other man snorted and said disdainfully: "No matter how good he is, as long as he does not threaten our general's mansion, let him go!"
The person who spoke in front chuckled softly and said, "Let's go, Lao Tu, let's go to Huanxi Tower tonight to have fun! Damn, I have been monitoring here for several nights. This prime minister is still very abide by the rules. Let's take a little lazy!" The two of them rushed over and went there like flying. Just looking at this light skill is already very advanced.
Shortly after the maid in green clothes helped Lou Hanzhang away, a servant in green clothes knocked on the door outside the study room, and the maid in red silhouetted in. The servant in green walked into the study room, came to Ma Qingdong, bowed down, and said with a humble expression: "Sir, the Hu Duwei said that the two people in the room have left!"
Ma Qingdong waved his hand and signaled the servant to retreat. The servant bowed again, retreated, and brought the study door. Ma Qingdong looked at the leftovers on the table, poured another glass of wine, took a sip, and said drunk: "Hanzhang, you don't understand at all! I, Ma Qingdong, have nothing, and finally returned to the position of Prime Minister. I finally got rich and prosperous. Who wants to take it away from my hands, how could I agree?"
Ma Qingdong leaned on the table, his eyes blurred. The maid from Hongshi quietly stepped forward and leaned in Ma Qingdong's ear and asked softly: "Sir, let me help you go back to your room to rest?"
Ma Qingdong did not answer, but just leaned on the table and murmured softly: "Hanzhang, I have to be careful of some things! I have reached this position step by step and have already seen through everything. What else can I, Ma Qingdong, and what can I bear tolerate? Without me, Ma Qingdong, who will Pingxi King recognize you? Some things you can do, can't I do? The joke is simply a big joke!" Ma Qingdong also fell asleep.
A smile appeared on the face of the maid Hongsha and said softly: "Sir, are you saying the truth after drinking?" The maid Hongsha gently helped Ma Qingdong up and slowly walked towards the bedroom of the back house of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Her steps were also light. This small Prime Minister's Mansion was indeed extraordinary.
Chapter completed!