Chapter 276: Poisoned by the governor's son... Hey, that didn't happen!
After the suona song was played, the atmosphere became completely lively.
The excited scribes followed suit one after another. Taking their own musical instruments, they came to the venue one after another to sing a long song and then started dancing.
Even Yumitsugu is ready to move up and dance...
But Li Yan always sits upright, being a quiet handsome man, and his style of painting is incompatible with the scene.
But he was so dignified that no one dared to disturb him, and he was a latecomer. Everyone was happy that he did not participate, but just drank and sang loudly.
Normally, this would be the climax of a cocktail party, but tonight was obviously different.
Zheng Hui returned to the table and looked at each other from afar with Yan Duzhi. The two nodded slightly and made a certain decision.
Zheng Hui stood up and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, I have something to announce."
Everyone looked over with smiles: "Brother Wenming, please speak."
Zheng Hui said: "I want to marry Yan Niang and get married."
The smile froze and the crowd roared.
Just like a basin of cold water being poured down, the venue instantly changed from extremely lively to extremely quiet.
The person who raised a glass and recited a poem got stuck in the middle of the recitation.
The dancers on the stage rushed back to the seats in a hurry.
Even the music girl who played and sang on the sidelines became mute, and the fake mother's color changed.
Gong Siguang was shocked, and his brows were full of surprise: "Is he crazy? Will he not be beaten to death by Governor Zheng when he goes back?"
Li Yan was the calmest one and said, "It sounds like it's still a concubine without the six rites. Is there any big problem?"
Gong Siguang whispered: "The problem is big. He is from the Zheng family in Xingyang. He has a serious family tradition and the highest rank. The key is that Zheng Wenming has not officially married yet. How can he take a prostitute as a concubine?"
The Zheng family in Xingyang is one of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. Although this group of Shandong nobles are still in a marginalized position in central politics, all the prime ministers of the Zheng family in Xingyang in history came after the Anshi Rebellion, but these passed down from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
The big families who come down from the family place great importance on their family tradition.
Everyone knows that ladies are usually sought after by high-ranking officials, dignitaries, and literati, but the standard of those who are really willing to marry them has suddenly dropped a lot.
Everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that the wife married the best man, and it was said that she married Guo Duan, the son of Guo Ziyi. But unfortunately, Guo Ziyi did not have that son at all. He was either a relative within the clan or a folk fabrication.
In reality, most ladies married to wealthy businessmen as concubines. Those in the officialdom who married ladies were basically at the level of county lieutenant. They were as good as sixth or seventh rank, and they would be ridiculed if they went up higher.
Li Yan is aware of this, but Zheng Hui is not an official after all. In terms of status alone, the biggest obstacle is that he does not have a wife: "This Mr. Zheng is quite old, why hasn't he married yet?"
Gong Siguang's tone was laced with schadenfreude: "He should have married a long time ago. Two years ago, he fell in love with Dou's daughter. Later, Dou committed a serious crime and many people broke off the engagement. A year ago, he fell in love with Wei's daughter, and Wei was in bad luck again.
, hasn’t this been delayed until now? Do you think this person is unlucky?”
Li Yan: "..."
It's quite unlucky~
The Dou family was severely damaged because of the Yun Dan case, and the Wei family was abused by Empress Wu because of the disaster in the pass. These two noble families were the two most frequently married families in the pass.
Just because they had troubles one after another, Zheng Hui's marriage has been postponed again and again, and now he actually has the idea of marrying Lady Douzhi.
After the governor's son said this, he seemed to let out a sigh of relief and felt relieved. Yan Douzhi's eyes were filled with joy, and his bright eyes were full of joy.
Seeing the silence in the whole hall, the masked woman who was standing next to Zheng Hui stood up and raised her glass to invite him to drink: "I am honored to be at the Qin and Jin gathering today. I will teach Luan Feng to go down to the dressing room early. Congratulations to my brother on his happy event. May my wife be blessed!"
Yan Douzhi quickly bowed and Zheng Hui also raised his glass with a smile: "Thank you, little sister."
Everyone was stunned: "This is actually the young lady from Zheng's family?"
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was open. In the early Zhenguan period, women had to wear a power fence when going out, covering most of their bodies to prevent passers-by from peeking. In this period, the power fence has become a curtain hat, and sometimes a gauze scarf is also acceptable.
Thirty years later, he just showed up in public, put on fancy clothes and heavy makeup, and rode a horse.
As for women dressing up as men and going out, it is commonplace, as long as they have a fig leaf.
But even so, it is still a shocking combination for a noble lady to come to a place like this and personally congratulate her brother Nadu as her concubine.
Gong Siguang grinned happily: "I've heard for a long time that Governor Zheng's daughter is a maverick, but I didn't expect that my son will be the same today. Now I especially want to see the old man's reaction after getting the news."
This was just for fun, and other people in the venue were a little restless.
Why did you end up in this situation when you were having a nice drink?
After receiving their sister's blessing, Zheng Hui and Yan Douzhi walked side by side to other seats.
Arriving at the first table, Yan Duzhi raised the jug with his delicate hands and poured wine down. Zheng Hui picked up the cup full of wine and said, "Brother Lu, you are so abrupt today. I propose a toast to you, and I hope Haihan will do the same!"
The scribe surnamed Lu stood up and sighed: "Civilization, this matter has to be left to Mr. Zheng... Alas! Forget it!"
He drank it all in one gulp, but did not say "Happy Wife", obviously unwilling to admit Yan Duzhi's identity.
At the second table, the scribe also drank wine with an unsightly expression on his face, without any words of blessing.
The next people faced Zheng Hui's toast, even if they hesitated a little, they all drank it, but they all kept their mouths shut and remained silent.
This is actually interesting enough, and there is a real sense of friendship.
After all, this move was to offend Governor Zheng, who was the highest official in Luoyang.
However, when Gong Taoguang came to the table, he raised his wine glass with both hands, first touched it with Zheng Hui, and then paid respect to Yan Duzhi: "I respect you two, and wish you a happy marriage!"
Faced with the indifference of the scholars before, Yan Douzhi's expression became calmer. After hearing these words, he couldn't help but look at Gong Taoguang in surprise.
Zheng Hui was even more delighted.
He didn't blame other friends. After all, he was the one dragging others into trouble this time. But he was naturally overjoyed to receive such a blessing and kept saying, "Thank you! Thank you brother Fengzheng!"
Li Yan said: "Your seventh brother is very courageous!"
There was some disdain in Gong Siguang's tone, and he quickly cleared the air: "He is not my seventh brother, he was born in a neighboring country..."
But watching Gong Taoguang and Zheng Hui drink several glasses of wine, his eyes couldn't help but be surprised, full of confusion: "What is this for?"
Zheng Hui was born in white and did not have any official position. Naturally, he wanted to curry favor with his father, Governor Zheng.
But what Zheng Hui is doing now has greatly angered Governor Zheng. After tonight, this group of people will definitely be classified as a group of bad friends in the eyes of the old man. What Gong Taoguang said is even more hateful.
Just as they were thinking about it, Zheng Hui and Yan Duzhi came to the table. Gong Siguang didn't even move, and said directly: "I won't drink this glass of wine. I would like to advise you, Mr. Zheng, don't worry about being happy, but think about it carefully.
How will you deal with Duke Zheng's anger when you go back?"
Zheng Hui's body stiffened, and he couldn't help but staggering a little. Yan Douzhi lowered his head and pursed his lips tightly.
Everyone looked at him sideways.
Gong Taoguang even said: "Fifth brother, even if you don't say nice things, there's no need to do so!"
Gong Siguang crossed his arms and looked tired: "I'm just telling the truth. If you can't even stand these words, how can you talk about a century-long relationship? You won't be able to survive for a year..."
What he said was the truth, but the truth hurt people the most, and everyone looked at him angrily.
Gong Siguang firmly wanted to draw a clear line with this group of people. He wanted to talk again, but when he saw Li Yan standing up, he immediately shut his mouth.
Zheng Hui hurriedly came over with Yan Douzhi: "Li Langjun, we respect you."
Li Yan did not raise his glass and asked, "Do you usually have bad breath?"
Zheng Hui was stunned and smiled bitterly: "Li Langjun, I didn't offend you, why would I do this..."
"It seems not!"
It was actually common for people in ancient times to have bad breath. After all, it was difficult to pay attention to oral hygiene and periodontal disease was unavoidable. However, there were relatively few nobles. And Li Yan looked at the thin powder on the face of the son of the governor and the meticulous grooming, and his heart
With the answer, he reached out his hand and pinched Zheng Hui's wrist.
After checking the situation inside this person's body, Li Yan was even more certain. With a flick of his fingers, Zheng Hui turned half a circle involuntarily, and then felt a palm slap on his back. His stomach was filled with turmoil, and a stream of wine spurted out from his mouth.
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This scene happened so fast that everyone didn't react until Zheng Hui sprayed wine and shouted angrily: "What are you doing!"
Even Gong Siguang was dumbfounded. You don't know how to recite poems, and you won't do it directly. You beat up the son of the governor. It's a lively night!
"Zheng Lang! Zheng Lang!"
Yan Duzhi, who was nearest, turned pale, and hurriedly supported Zheng Hui, only to see his expression change and his body tremble.
People rushing over from left to right noticed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"
Li Yan said coldly: "He was poisoned. There was a strange smell in his mouth, but it was just masked by the smell of alcohol."
He put his hand on Zheng Hui's back and frowned: "Go and pass me the plate of vinegar, quickly!"
The quickest reaction was Mrs. Zheng who rushed over. She immediately threw herself on the table next to her and handed over the vinegar plate.
Li Yan took the chopsticks with one hand, stirred it in Zheng Hui's throat, and poured the whole plate of vinegar into his mouth with the other hand. He was so sore just looking at it.
Zheng Hui couldn't resist, he was poured down, and then he felt the palm pressing on his chest.
After a while, he fell to the ground and vomited wildly.
After vomiting until the sky was dark, a smell soon filled the hall, and the vomit also revealed an indescribable smell.
Only then did everyone determine what had happened: "Poisoning! Is there poison in the wine?"
Madam Zheng suddenly changed her color. She looked at the wine bottle in Yan Duzhi's hand and gritted her teeth: "You actually poisoned my brother?"
Yan Duzhi's expression was dull: "I don't have any...concubine...ah!"
She was kicked to the ground, her hair was pulled up, and she was beaten randomly by Mrs. Zheng.
Others thought that this was the only son of the governor, and they didn't even care to watch the women fighting. There was chaos. Some people got up and rushed outside: "I'm going to find the doctor!"
Until a majestic voice sounded: "Everyone sit down and return to their original positions. No one is allowed to move!"
Li Yan said: "Mr. Gong Lang, go and ask for a doctor. Everyone in the hall is suspected. Only you are a latecomer. You have always been in my sight. There is no chance of poisoning."
Gong Siguang stood up honestly: "Yes! I'll go right away!"
Someone was dissatisfied and asked: "Who are you? Why do you give orders?"
Li Yan was still checking Zheng Hui's situation and ignored him. Gong Siguang seized the opportunity and shouted angrily: "Originally, none of you could escape from the relationship tonight. It was the Tang Dynasty Detective Li Yuanfang who allowed you to escape."
Just shut up and sit down obediently. Let’s see who dares to be so bold!!”