Liang Shijie had a fake smile on his face, pretending to be a senior, and casually asked Wang Lin about his exams in Tokyo, but he seemed gentle and elegant.
Little did he know that in Wang Lin's eyes, he was nothing more than a transparent person.
From the perspective of Wang Lin, a time traveler, Liang Shijie is actually a very typical super phoenix man who is good at dancing and takes shortcuts to reach the sky in one step.
Born into poverty, lived in poverty for ten years.
After obtaining the imperial examination, he worked hard to get attached to Cai Jing and married Cai Jing's daughter. Within three to five years, he reached such a high position of the third rank and reached the pinnacle of his life.
He knew very well that Cai Jing could make or break him, and he would be knocked into the dust in a matter of seconds.
Because of this, how could he not burst into tears of gratitude to his father-in-law, Cai Jing, and fear him like a snake or a scorpion.
How could he not be afraid of Cai?
At first, he did not dare to think about taking a concubine.
But later on, as he grew older and became more powerful, his desire for beauty became stronger and stronger.
Therefore, for most men, power is a bowl of aphrodisiac.
This is true both in ancient and modern times.
However, he could not cross Cai's solid threshold.
Behind Cai's gentle smile, she is so ruthless and ruthless that it sometimes makes Liang Shijie's hair stand on end.
Sizhu was having fun, and after three rounds of drinking, Cai suddenly clapped her hands.
At this time, a fair-skinned woman of medium height, eighteen or nineteen years old, with an oval face, walked out of the back hall almost silently, glanced at everyone in the hall, and without panicking, she obediently knelt at Mrs. Cai's feet.
"This slave has met Master, Madam!"
Liang Shijie's complexion suddenly changed and his breathing became rapid.
He turned to look at Ms. Cai angrily, and saw her standing up with a smile, helping the woman at her feet, and chuckled at Wang Lin: "Wang Junshi, this woman's name is Li Ping'er. She is a newly adopted daughter of the slave family. Although I don't say
The country is beautiful, but she is not very pretty, and she is also very well-behaved. Since Wang Junshi and my master are officials in the same court, they should work hand in hand and become friends together to serve the court, so the slave family wants to give this girl to them.
The fact that the military envoy is a maid can be regarded as a kind gesture from my master."
As soon as Cai's words came out, Lu Junyi who was present was surprised, but he didn't take it too seriously.
Since it is common in these days for friends, colleagues, and even superiors and subordinates to exchange concubines, Cai gave Wang Lin a beautiful maid as a meeting gift, which was barely acceptable.
Liang Shijie's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
Ms. Cai turned her head and looked at Liang Shijie and said with a smile: "The slave family thinks so, what do you think?"
The corners of Liang Shijie's mouth twitched fiercely, he clenched the wine cup tightly in his hands, and veins popped out on his face.
He gritted his teeth and nodded: "But it's up to my wife to make the decision...that's it!"
Mrs. Cai immediately looked at Wang Lin with a smile and said, "Envoy Wang, this is a great gesture of kindness from the slave family and my master. Please don't refuse."
Wang Lin said calmly: "I already have a family by my side, so I can only accept Madam and Mr. Liang's kindness."
Liang Shijie was secretly relieved when he saw that although Wang Lin's tone was calm, his refusal was firm.
Mrs. Cai seemed to have expected Wang Lin's reaction, and was prepared to say: "It seems that Wang Jun is dissatisfied with my sister Ping's ugly appearance... It doesn't matter, since the slave family has said this today, she will always
If you can’t, just take it back—someone, go and ask Yang Tiha to come.”
Yang Zhi was summoned in a hurry for no apparent reason.
In the hall, after Yang Zhishi met Liang Shijie, Cai smiled and said: "The slave family heard that Yang Tiha and Wang Junshi are sworn brothers and have a close friendship. Since Wang Junshi intends to refuse, then the slave will take Sister Ping's son.
Give Yang Tiha a bed-warming concubine, and save Yang Tiha from being alone in Daiming, so pitiful..."
Ah. Where is this?
Yang Zhi was shocked, his mouth opened wide and he couldn't close it at all.
As a subordinate, how could he dare to get involved with the woman Liang Shijie had his eye on?
"Madam, this... is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Yang Zhi was sweating, and he knelt down on one knee and refused loudly.
Cai said lightly: "Yang Tiha, why not? You are a Tiha in the army and serve under my master. You are also considered a member of my Liang family. Why is it so strange that the slave family gives you a girl? Don't refuse.
The kindness of the slave family!"
Although Cai's voice was still soft and gentle, it had an obvious coldness.
Yang Zhi was speechless, his head buzzing.
Wang Lin twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this girl is really good at using evil methods.
She knew full well that Yang Zhi would never dare to agree to this.
The reason is very simple. Once Yang Zhi takes in a woman on Liang Shijie, even if it is only in name, Liang Shijie will be disgraced if word spreads about it.
From now on, Yang Zhi will no longer be tolerated, and he will even be eliminated soon.
Moreover, Yang Zhi will also bear the unbearable reputation of being ungrateful.
So with just one word, Cai drove Yang Zhi to the fire pit and roasted him.
Of course, her real purpose was not to force Yang Zhi, but to coerce Wang Lin into submission in disguise.
Liang Shijie naturally saw through this.
This damn Cai... Liang Shijie was so angry that he almost drew his sword and stabbed Cai to death. However, in the end, he just secretly became angry, gritted his teeth for a while, and finally got discouraged.
It's not worth it to fall out with Mr. Cai over an insignificant woman.
"Yang Tiha, what do you think?" Cai pressed forward step by step.
Yang Zhi's face turned green and red, and the corners of his mouth were trembling.
Wang Lin couldn't bear to see Yang Zhi suffer such an unreasonable disaster. Moreover, Cai's purpose of pushing Yang Zhi out was that the drunkard was not interested in drinking, but only for himself.
Wang Lin suddenly spoke to save Yang Zhi and said: "Madam, my brother is used to being alone for so many years. He studies martial arts every day and has never been close to women... It's rare to see Madam's kindness. I think it's better to invite Miss Ping'er to follow me.
Go back and be a servant girl for my wife."
For Wang Lin, there is certainly no need to become enemies with Liang Shijie.
But when you have to make a choice at some point, in fact, if you offend, you are offended, it doesn't matter.
He just left Daming Mansion and walked away. What could Liang Shijie do to him?
With Wang Lin's current status, he is not afraid of Liang Shijie's revenge.
Anyway, sooner or later he and the old thief Cai Jing will have a moment of face-to-face confrontation. What does a mere Liang Shijie mean?
More importantly, Wang Lin expected that Liang Shijie would not give up and would definitely have a back-up plan. If his judgment was correct, Liang Shijie would definitely force Yang Zhichao to take action and snatch Li Ping'er back.
And from this, the opportunity came to poach Yang Zhi.
Mrs. Cai suddenly laughed: "That's it...Sister Ping, go and sit next to Ambassador Wang Jun and serve you well!"
Li Ping'er responded silently, stood up and quickly walked to the side of Wang Lin's desk with her head down, half-kneeling on the carpet, with skillful and gentle movements, and began to pour wine for Wang Lin.
Yang Zhi felt relieved.
He wiped his sweat and slowly exited the hall, but he felt very complicated in his heart.
My virtuous brother refused at first but changed his mind later because he did not want to suffer the consequences of Cai's persecution and Liang Shijie's revenge.
This woman is so vicious, she really deceives people too much!
Yang Zhi clenched his fists, feeling furious in his heart.
In the hall, Wang Lin secretly looked at Li Ping'er.
In terms of appearance and figure alone, she is far inferior to such stunning beauties as Pan Jinlian, Li Shishi, Yan Xijiao, and Zhang Zhenniang, but she has a very special and complex temperament.
Calm, silent, depressed, forbearing.
For the time being, it was difficult for Wang Lin to describe his feelings for Li Ping'er.
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Li Ping'er served her new master tenderly, with almost no change in expression on her face, and some body movements were like a set process, natural and familiar.
Although Liang Shijie continued to chat and laugh with Lu Junyi and Wang Lin as usual, from time to time he secretly glanced at Wang Lin's side, a hidden beast-like green light kept flashing, and Wang Lin turned a blind eye to it.
Wang Lin originally thought that Liang Shijie would make a case, but fell out with Cai on the spot.
But in the end, he endured it all his life.
To endure what ordinary people cannot endure.
If that's the case, then you can't blame others.
After the banquet, Liang Shijie and Cai personally sent Wang Lin and Lu Junyi out of the Liang Mansion. Of course, there was also the taciturn Sister Ping who was carrying a small baggage. She followed Wang Lin with lowered eyebrows and lowered her eyes. Liang Shijie's eyes were filled with fire.
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Lu Junyi repeatedly and warmly invited Wang Lin to spend some time at the Lu family manor outside the city. Wang Lin never refused. The two agreed to see each other at the gate of Liang Mansion and said goodbye.
When Master Li saw that Wang Lin had brought back a pretty maid from the Liang Mansion's banquet, he knew it was a gift from the Liang family, so he didn't care too much.
She has been in Huanchang for many years, and has long been familiar with the rules of the game played by the powerful families of the Song Dynasty, and has seen it many times.
Wang Lin asked Li Ping'er to stay with Master Li as a maid to the common room, because she was in need of a servant girl to run errands to take care of her. Of course Master Li would not refuse.
After Wang Lin left, Liang Shijie went into the study alone.
He roared in the study for a long time and almost smashed all the vases and other furnishings in the study.
The servants have long been accustomed to his violent outbursts, and they have happened every once in a while in the past few years.
Ms. Cai stood quietly in the corridor opposite the study, with a sneer on her face.
When she heard the movement in the study gradually subsided, she waved her hand and signaled a few servants to go clean the battlefield.
After the servants cleaned up the mess, Liang Shijie summoned Yang Zhi with a dark face.
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. The woman he had been thinking about for a long time had not even touched her, so he got a free advantage from Wang Lin from outside?
Absolutely not!
"Yang Zhi pays homage to the left-behind master."
Liang Shijie pursed his lips tightly and said in a low voice: "Yang Zhi, how do I treat you?"
Yang Zhi lowered his head and replied: "Your Excellency, I would like to promote and reshape Yang Zhi!"
Liang Shijie promoted him from a soldier who was in charge of the army to an envoy in charge of the army. Although his rank was very low, he was an official after all. It is not an exaggeration to say that he had the grace of reinvention.
"In that case, Yang Zhi, I have something for you to do. The sooner the better..." Liang Shijie gritted his teeth and said.
Yang Zhi sighed inwardly, he had already guessed why Liang Shijie came to him.
The purpose was simply to let him lead his army to secretly block Wang Lin when he left Daming Mansion, and to take back Li Ping'er from Wang Lin's hands.