Chapter 211 Killing people, punishing their hearts and robbing marriages
Chapter 211 Murder, murder, and marriage robbery
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 211 Murder, murder, and marriage robbery
Civilized people always find it difficult to roll around in the street and yell at their father and mother.
However, Warrior Yu was a member of the lower class. Although he was already over sixty and had taken things lightly, but Wei Zheng bullied his son like this, Warrior Yu was not polite.
Yesterday, I slaughtered a sheep under the fence and threw the sewage, blood, water, feces and urine to the Wei family next door and asked them to replenish their heart, liver and lungs, but it didn't end there.
Early in the morning, when Huaiyu got up and was about to practice the Eight-part Golden Kung Fu, he saw his father walking back to the vegetable garden carrying a chicken.
"Dad, what are you doing catching chickens so early in the morning?"
"Kill the chicken."
"If you didn't go to the kitchen to kill the chicken, why would you go to the vegetable garden to do it?"
Lao Wu brought the chicken to the wall between the two houses, and actually raised a horizontal knife to kill the chicken. The most amazing thing was that he rode on the wall between the two houses and killed it, calling Wei Zheng and his wife while he was killing it.
"Today we, the old Wu family, are thinking of your Wei family when we kill chickens. They all say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. We must not forget our close neighbors when we kill chickens."
With a single stroke of the knife across the ring and the head, the big rooster in the left hand screamed several times and struggled for a few times before moving.
The chicken's neck was bleeding. Lao Wu purposely poured all the blood into Wei's courtyard. Then in front of Wei Zheng and his wife who came over, he cut open the chicken and pulled out the chicken intestines.
Throw it at Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng didn't expect Lao Wu's attack. He couldn't dodge it and was covered in chicken intestines.
"Oh, Mr. Wei's answer is really accurate."
Lao Wu laughed a few times, jumped off the wall with the chicken and left, leaving Wei Zheng with a handful of chicken intestines hanging on his body, stunned on the spot, his face turned red and white, white and purple, purple and black.
Mrs. Pei slapped her thigh angrily, wanting to scold her, but she couldn't.
Fortunately, she came from the famous Pei family in Hedong, so she couldn't open her mouth to curse like a shrew, and she always felt guilty in her heart.
"That's too much!" Wei Zheng tore off the chicken intestines, his beard shaking in anger.
At this time, Mrs. Pei still complained about him, "They are saying that you are heartless, and that you are petty." After saying that, Mrs. Pei turned around and left, not wanting to talk to Wei Zheng.
Wu Huaiyu witnessed this high-energy scene throughout.
He admired Lao Wu with all his might.
Lao Wu said proudly, "When a scholar encounters a soldier, he can't explain why. When dealing with a scholar like Wei Zheng, you can't talk to him about any principles or laws. You have to be a bit rough with him. My old Wu family can live in it."
Entering here is because my son has made meritorious deeds and served the country, and his majesty rewarded him. He, Wei Zheng, is a talker and a pen, so why should he be jealous of us?"
"Also, it is natural to pay back debts. If you don't pay back the money, when the one year is up, I will come to collect the house in person and beat the scoundrel out with a stick."
He said this very loudly, deliberately letting Wei Zheng, who had not gone far next door, hear him.
"If anyone thinks we are easy to bully, then let's just sit on the donkey and read the songbook, and we'll see!"
Huaiyu followed his father to take the chicken back to the kitchen. The poor rooster had crowed dutifully in the morning, but it turned out that he was killed to frighten Wei Zheng.
"Let's make some chicken soup later," Huaiyu explained.
Lao Wu's approach was relatively simple, crude and direct, but it was indeed quite relieving. However, Wu Huaiyu felt that for a person like Wei Zheng, such an attack was nothing at all.
Killing someone must be punished.
With some thoughts in his mind, Wu Huaiyu hurried out after breakfast.
He ran to visit Wang Ji, the wine-fighting scholar Wang Ji who served as a secretary and served under the imperial edict. He was the son of the Taiyuan Wang family whom Wei Zheng wanted to marry.
Wang Ji lived in Huaizhen Square in Nancheng. To the east of the square was the Xuandu Temple, the largest Taoist temple in Chang'an, occupying an area of one square. Huaiyu directly gave a handful of copper coins to the monk at the gate of the square and greeted him respectfully.
Lead him to Wang Ji's house.
Located on the bank of Qingming Canal in Fangzhong is a compact courtyard covering an area of about one acre.
"This is Wang Xueshi's house, for rent." Fang Ding revealed that money can make all the difference, but for only ten copper coins, the other party not only showed him the way, but also told Huaiyu everything he knew about Wang Ji on the way.
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Wang Ji rented a house in Huaizhenfang. He rented it after entering Beijing. This house belonged to the Xue family. It was the family of Xue Shou, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Dynasty. Xue Shou was a student of Wang Ji's eldest brother Wang Tong and also a
Wang Ji's friend.
Wang Ji's elder brother Wang Tong was a world-famous Confucian, and his teachings at Longmen were famous all over the world. Xue Shou's father, Xue Daoheng, was also known as the World Wen Sect. He was jealous and killed by Yang Guang because he was too talented.
In the fourth year of Wude, Xue Shou personally went to Longmen several times to ask him to come out, and finally invited Wang Ji to become an official again. After entering the capital, he has been living in the small courtyard of Xue's family. Unfortunately, in the seventh year of Wude,
Xue Shou died of illness at the age of only thirty-three.
Wang Ji also lost a confidant and became increasingly lonely in Chang'an.
Fortunately, after Xue Cao's death, his two nephews, Xue Yuanjing and Xue Deyan, were still on good terms with Wang Ji. Together with Xue Cao, they were known as the Three Phoenixes of Hedong, and as famous as the three brothers Wen Yanbo and Wen Yanbo, the three heroes of Hedong. Xue Yuanjing was also one of Li Shimin's eighteen bachelors.
Wang Ji returned to Tang Dynasty and worked as secretary Zhengzi. Xue Yuanjing was still secretary Lang and his boss.
Because of this relationship, Wang Ji has lived in the Xue family's small courtyard in Chang'an for five years. In fact, the Xue family has never confiscated his rent.
Wang Ji was addicted to alcohol and often missed work. If it weren't for the care of the Xue brothers and the care of Du Yan, Wang Gui and other disciples of his late brother Wang Tong, he would not have been able to become an official long ago.
Wang Ji was a very talented poet, but he was Li Bai's kind of poet and was not suitable for being an official.
Famous poets generally do not have a good career in officialdom.
"Xueshi Wang resigned from his official position and now I heard that he is going back to his hometown in Longmen, Hedong. I am packing my things these days." Fang Ding revealed.
Huaiyu gave Fang Ding another ten cents of money to thank him, and went to knock on Wang Ji's door.
After a long time, Wang Ji came to open the door in person.
"General Wu?"
In broad daylight, Wang Ji actually smelled of alcohol. He claimed to be able to drink five measures, and even gave himself the nickname Mr. Five Measures. In terms of drinking capacity, he was even more arrogant than Ma Zhou.
Huaiyu directly raised a jar of wine.
"Western Region Dragon Cream Wine,"
Wang Ji went up and sniffed the wine jar with his nose, "Well, good wine, please come inside."
Good wine is the best stepping stone. Wang Ji no longer asked about the purpose of the visit and directly invited people inside.
The small courtyard is simple and simple, with only a front and back courtyard, no outer courtyard and middle courtyard. In fact, except for an old servant couple, there are no other servants in the courtyard.
"Drinking."
When Wang Ji entered the hospital, he shouted to his wife, who was weaving, and asked them to come and drink together.
"You don't even have to pay for the money, so why don't you go buy some good wine?" Although Wang Ji's wife complained, she still came over and greeted Wu Huaiyu generously.
"This is the dragon paste wine from the Western Regions. It's rare to see it. Today, thanks to Wu Erlang," Wang Ji opened the jar and poured the wine without any courtesy.
Wang Ji's wife was actually a good drinker. Wang Ji was a devoted and dedicated man who loved his wife. Although he was a great talent, he never had a concubine. Even his wife was the same as when he was the prime minister of Liuhe County in Yangzhou. He was impeached and exempted from the crime.
After becoming an official, he retired to the mountains and worked as a farmer, writing poems and soliciting marriage proposals.
Wang Ji wrote many poems about his wife, who often showed affection and misbehaved.
He called her a wild wife in his poems and said she was a drunkard. In fact, this daughter of the Lu family of Fan Yang, whose surname was Lu, was also a talented woman. However, she lived in poverty with her husband but never complained.
Wearing Jingchai's cloth skirt, weaving and cooking are just as easy.
Lu's drinking style was very free and unrestrained, drinking in large gulps.
The couple drank three cups by themselves first.
Huaiyu took out a package of white-cut lamb head meat, then took out a package of fried broad beans, and a package of braised pig ear shreds.
"General Wu is really a fastidious person. He brings wine and food."
"Good wine must be accompanied by food." Huaiyu said with a smile.
Don’t talk about anything, just drink first.
Half of the jar of wine was gone, and then Wang Ji began to ask about Huaiyu's purpose.
"I heard that Bachelor Wang has resigned and is going back to his hometown in Longmen, Hedong?"
"Well, staying in Chang'an is quite boring. Xue Lang invited me to go back to Chang'an earlier. When I came back, I served as a secretary to the imperial family. The work of being under the imperial family was very boring and lonely. Fortunately, there were three bowls of fine wine to keep me nostalgic.
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Shi Jiaoge was ordered to be transferred to the Taiyue Department. His request to be transferred to the position of Taiyuecheng was not approved. The marriage with the Wei family caused a stir in the city and made the scholars laugh.
Although Wang Ji is a madman, madmen also need to save face.
Li Shimin didn't give him face, and he didn't want to serve as an official for Li Shimin anymore. Anyway, he had been in the court for five years, and he was still a straight person from the ninth rank.
"I'm going back to Longmen Donggao Mountain to farm."
Wu Huaiyu poured a glass of wine for Wang Ji and said, "I have read almost all of Wang Ji's poems."
"oh?"
"Reading Bachelor Wang's poems, one can feel the uninhibited freedom and the freedom and ease in melancholy. Your rhythmic poems are even more remarkable."
Wang Ji raised his glass and said, "I have also read the poems written by General Wu in Longyou. They are full of the heroic style of the frontier fortress, the heroic atmosphere of a scholar with a sword, and are very much the legacy of Wei Wu. Compared with those poems by a certain person, the pattern is inferior.
Too far."
Although Wu Huaiyu said more than once that those poems were written by his master, no one believed them at all. Everyone believed that they were Wu Huaiyu's poems. I even heard that some scholars in Chang'an called him a rising star in the poetry world and the founder of the Frontier Poetry School.
Wang Ji, a great poet, also liked Wu Huaiyu's poems very much. He really liked them.
"Actually, I came here today to persuade Bachelor Wang to stay in Beijing."
"I have decided to leave and have no intention of pursuing an official career."
"I'm not retaining Bachelor Wang as an official, nor do I have the qualifications,"
Wu Huaiyu proposed that he and Wang Ji make wine together, saying that he had many secret brewing recipes.
"very?"
Wang Ji and his wife were both stunned when they heard this.
Wu Huaiyu kept Wang Ji in Beijing in order to make wine together. This reason is beyond imagination.
Wang Ji was a good drinker, but he was also a poet and a famous person. Although his official career was not very good, his secretary Zhengzi and Liuhe County Magistrate were all minor officials of the eighth or ninth grade.
"I think it would be better for Mr. Wang to go back to his hometown to farm and make wine in Beijing. I have many wine recipes. We can make wine together and compile a book about wine.
Of course, winemaking is just a hobby in the spare time, and I can just make some money on the way. I would like to ask Bachelor Wang to come to the Wu family school to give guidance to the children of the Wu family in their studies,"
Wang Ji lived a very poor life. Although he was a son of a famous family, his father was a doctor of the Imperial College of the Sui Dynasty, and his brother was a great scholar. However, both his father and brother died early, and due to the turmoil in the world, his family fell into decline. If it were not for poverty, Wang Ji would
Ji would not be persuaded by Xue Shuo to become an official.
If it weren't for being poor, he wouldn't have agreed to the marriage proposal from the Wei Zheng family, and they would have gotten married if they offered one million to accompany the family.
Poets are expensive, and drinking is expensive, and a ninth-grade official can't even pay the rent in Chang'an.
Wang Ji, who is thirty-eight years old this year, is actually very confused in Chang'an. Although he often talks about going back to his hometown to farm, there is not much land in his hometown.
It's not that he wants to go home, but he really can't stay in Chang'an. His career as an official has not improved at all, and he is always impeached for drinking and getting into trouble. He is still a ninth-grade official. If it weren't for the Xue brothers, there would be his brother's students.
If they take care of him, his ninth rank will not be saved for a long time.
"It's good for us to make wine together. We can not only taste various fine wines, but also make wine to support our family and poetry..."
"I plan to invest 3,000 gu in building a winery, and ask Bachelor Wang to help with wine tasting. I will give him 40% of the share, and I will also give him a 3,000 gu house in Yankangfang and 300 acres of land in the capital.
I will also give Scholar Wang two horses, two rooms and eight slaves..."
The more Wang Ji listened, the more confused he became.
Even if you open a winery in partnership to make wine, it's not like this.
Wu Huaiyu continued with a smile, "I want my third brother to be named in the name of Bachelor Wang. If Master Wang doesn't mind, I also want to get married to Bachelor Wang's family and betroth my third brother to Bachelor Wang's daughter."
Wang Ji understood it, and so did his wife Lu.
There was a 40% share of the winery, a house, 300 acres of land, two horses and eight slaves. These were all regarded as betrothal gifts. After all, they were worth two thousand guan.
This was exactly the amount of two million they had previously requested from the Wei Zheng family as a betrothal gift and a companionship.
"The last time Wei Zheng proposed marriage to my family, he was scolded by His Majesty in public for accompanying his family. This is nothing more than a good thing." Lu reminded.
"Ms. Lu, I'm asking Bachelor Wang to join us in making wine and opening a winery. It's not a gift or a family fortune. If you can really like my third brother, then our two families will get married and engaged. Gifts and other gifts will naturally be accepted.
Prepare it according to your family’s customs.”
Mrs. Lu held the wine glass and took another sip of dragon paste wine. She was a little moved. After all, she was unwilling to leave Chang'an and return to Longmen, Hedong. Her husband was still so young, so she still hoped that her husband would be able to continue his career.
There is development.
Wu Huaiyu's condition was very good. It was only worth two thousand guan, which was enough to solve many problems they had while staying in Chang'an.
"Is this related to Wei Zheng?" Wang Ji took a sip of wine and asked directly. He heard that Huaiyu and Wei Zheng were neighbors, and Wu Huaiyu had borrowed the money for Wei Zheng's marriage proposal. But Wei Zheng impeached Wu Huaiyu several times, and it was definitely not simple.
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"To tell you the truth, I would be lying to you if I said this matter has nothing to do with Wei Zheng, but if it does, it doesn't have much to do with it."
"Our Wu family is also from Hedong, but we are not as good as the Wang family in Taiyuan. Our Wu family is just a humble family. Although we have made contributions to the dragon and have some status in the Tang Dynasty, we are still not as good as the five surnames and seven families.
Which man in the world doesn't wish he could marry a girl with the fifth surname?"
Wang Ji smiled, "Although I am the Taiyuan Wang family, the branch of the Qixian Wang family, the Longmen Wang family, is still somewhat different from the direct lineage of the main clan."
"They are all from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Wei Zheng failed to get married to Bachelor Wang, which is his loss. I also asked about the daughter's age, which is quite suitable for my third brother. My third brother is now eight years old.
People who learn to read are also smart..."
Huaiyu spoke so directly because he liked the reputation of the Taiyuan Wang family, but Wang Ji appreciated his frankness.
Lu held her husband's hand and said, "General Wu, how about we consider this matter?"
"Okay, then I will bring my third brother to visit again tomorrow. Bachelor Wang can test his talent and qualifications. If you think he is qualified, you can accept him as a disciple first."
"Take him under his sect and slowly examine his character. If he feels good, it won't be too late to get married."
Wang Ji felt his wife's attitude and nodded.
"I also have some fine wine made from pears, tangerines, grapes, and sweet potatoes. I will bring it with me tomorrow for Bachelor Wang to taste and comment on it."
When leaving, Wang Ji and his wife personally delivered it to the gate of the square, which surprised many people in the square.
Huaiyu rode Yezhaobai and hummed a ditty happily back to Yongxingfang. When he passed by Wei's house, he spat at the gate of Wei's house.
He believed that if the marriage was negotiated, Wei Zheng would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Although doing this would anger Wei Zheng, Wu Huaiyu didn't care. It was his repeated provocations that caused trouble in the first place. This was his own humiliation.
