After quietly getting off the carriage, he walked alone on the East Street. The bustling crowds of people came and went, which suddenly gave him a feeling of loneliness and despair.
He found a tavern, went in and ordered a pot of wine, and poured himself a glass of wine, just like those literati from ancient times to the present. He felt self-inflicted and wanted to write a poem, but he was already neglecting literature.
It's been a long time since I've been busy working on official matters for all these years. Where can I find the time to do literature?
Feeling more and more depressed, I raised my head and downed half a bottle of wine. As I got drunk, I felt dizzy and my eyes were dizzy.
"Hey, isn't this Minister Yuan?" Suddenly, a mocking voice was heard.
He slowly raised his head and saw a middle-aged man wearing blue brocade clothes walking in with his attendants. When he took a closer look, he turned out to be Sun Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
He suddenly felt guilty and his face was flustered, because this Wu Shilang's wife was once his sweetheart.
Wu Shilang is 50 years old this year. His first wife divorced him out of jealousy when he was promoted, and then married his current wife. After that, he kept taking concubines. Now there are three concubines, some who have no status, and some
Seven or eight.
During the first-year assessment, he made some mistakes. Because he was promoted to the position of Minister, he had gone through the back door. He was always worried that he would not pass the examination, so he asked to go to the residence of Minister Wu and gave him many gifts. However, Minister Wu was greedy.
It was not enough, so he was asked to send another three thousand taels of silver. He didn't raise enough for a while, and offended Wu Shilang. He originally couldn't survive that year. Fortunately, his uncle came forward and the matter was settled.
After Wu Shilang came over, he said with a smile: "I almost forgot, you are no longer the Yuan Shilang. You have to call me Marquis. I heard that you resigned due to illness. Is your illness cured?"
Jinghou was already used to fawning over these people and subconsciously showing weakness, so even though he could hear the ridicule and contempt in his tone, he did not dare to refute, but just said with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Wu, thank you very much.
Greetings, nothing’s wrong, you’re welcome.”
He is a dignified marquis, but he would not dare to offend even a watchdog on the staff, let alone the minister.
Wu Shilang sat down with a smile and looked at him across from him, his face full of sarcasm and ridicule, "Yuan Balong, you are really worse than a dog. Dogs can still read people's faces. A coward like you is better off dead."
Gone."
Jingwai's sudden attack on Minister Wu was expected.
It wasn't because of his wife's affairs, but because he couldn't raise enough three thousand taels of silver, so he went to Wu Shilang to plead for mercy. It happened that the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel knew about it, so he reprimanded Wu Shilang and warned him. Wu Shilang has hated him ever since.
, opposed him at every step, which also resulted in him having to find connections to ask for favors in every assessment after that. When he was in office, he dreamed of Wu Shilang being transferred away, but Wu Shilang had a nail in his butt and was always there.
The officials are waiting.
Now facing Wu Shilang's hateful face, he could only say sarcastically, even under the influence of alcohol: "Master Wu really likes to joke."
"Trash!" Seeing that he couldn't be angered, Mr. Wu couldn't help but cursed in displeasure.
I just waited for him to leave quickly, so I didn't say anything to him, I just looked at Wu Shilang and smiled flatteringly.
"Master Wu has such great official authority!"
King An's voice came over coldly.
The two men suddenly raised their heads and saw King An, who was wearing a python robe, standing behind them at some point. His face was solemn and he looked at Wu Shilang coldly, "The Marquis has a title, so he is not the imperial court."
I will not tolerate your contempt, Ming Guan!"
There were many people in the tavern, and Prince An rebuked Wu Shilang in this way. Wu Shilang's face suddenly became pale, but he did not dare to argue. He just stood up and held his hands in the palm of his hand, "Your Majesty is right, I will take my leave!"
"Get out!" Wang An said coldly.
This word "go away" made Wu Shilang feel angry, but he did not dare to show his anger and left angrily.
Jinghou had never seen Wu Shilang so frustrated, and he couldn't help but feel happy. He quickly stood up and saluted Prince An, "Xiaohou has met the prince, thank you for your help."
Prince An raised his robe and sat down, and said in a hearty voice, "You're welcome, Lord Marquis. I can't stand his eccentric appearance, so I just want to give him a scolding."