Chapter 23: The geek laughs at the ill-gotten wealth
Xu Qianxue and Yu Guozhu stood frozen on the ground as if they had been struck by lightning, their faces ashen. After half a day, Xu Qianxue said: "What does this matter have to do with our officials in the capital? It's not like Ge Li took advantage of the power of asking for help and instigated the governor of Jiangnan to come forward.
You did it! This is too much. Didn't they get too little?" Of course Mingzhu knew that Ge Li dared to instigate others to make trouble because of Suo'etu's support. He thought that when things got to this point, Xu Qianxue still wanted to clear things up.
He wanted to stand up for himself and argue with Suo'etu. He was so angry that his calves were twisting and turning. He was angry because Mingzhu had a hand in the Nanwei incident after all. The top three were all done according to his own hints.
In Xu Qianxue's hands, once it is shaken out and beheaded, he will be the first to be beheaded. When we are in the same boat, we cannot make excuses. Thinking of this, Mingzhu sighed and said: "The Holy One is determined to handle this case, and there is no escape.
The more you talk about love, the more outrageous it becomes, and asking for the forehead map is like seeking the skin of a tiger! Fortunately, Guozhu and Ge Li are good friends. He holds Ge Li's handle in his hand, writes a letter to Ge Li, takes some money, and asks him to take care of it.
Don't involve the two of you. I won't care about the rest."
At this point, Mingzhu suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly realized that after Suo'etu returned to office, Kangxi treated him far less caring and confidant than in the past - such big things always had to be discussed with him first. Thinking about this, Fang Cun
Already in chaos, they sat dumbly and said nothing. Only then did Yu Guozhu and Xu Qianxue truly understand the seriousness of the situation. They couldn't help but be anxious like ants on a hot pot, and begged Mingzhu: "Please ask the central hall to help us!" Mingzhu shook his head and said with a bitter smile:
"As soon as this case comes out, I have to avoid suspicion. Please beg me, why not beg that stinking scholar!" He suddenly had an idea and thought of Gao Shiqi, "That's right! You go see Gao Shiqi immediately and break the 20,000 yuan."
If you use money to buy this hozen, he will have a good reputation in front of the Holy One!"
Yu Guozhu's official rank was two levels higher than Gao Shiqi's. He felt aggrieved and wanted to bribe him. He was a little embarrassed and murmured: "What a big appetite, twenty thousand!"
Reluctant to go, he just blushed and said nothing.
"You put the stinky shelf away!" Mingzhu sneered, "When you enter the upper study, you will be the prime minister. I'm afraid he won't accept cash! You have to exchange the money for antiques, and then exchange for his two bad calligraphy and paintings.
! As long as this hozen says a few words, everything will be fine!" After saying that, he shouted: "Huang Mingyin, Huang Mingyin!"
"My servant is here!" Huang Mingyin came in carefully, called Qian'er and said, "Master Xiang..."
Mingzhu regained her composure and said calmly: "I don't want this play to be performed in my house. I will send it to Prime Minister Gao's house. October 26th is his wedding day, so it is very useful. Just what I said, it's an excellent play."
, excellent team, maybe the emperor will also be happy - also, send my painting of Huizong's "Eagle View" and the pair of Xuande stoves that Xia Qitong sent up, saying they are congratulations on the happy marriage of the high school hall.
.Do you understand?"
"Ah? - Got it, eh!"
Gao Shiqi sat in his mansion and accepted antiques worth 40,000 silver from these three people for no reason. They put on a big show. He also "laughed and accepted" and wrote a few random words to Xu and Yu, and drew a picture to Xu and Yu.
Mingzhu, I tacitly agreed to help Mingzhu solve her problem.
As Mingzhu said, Gao Shiqi never collects money. Duan inkstones, ancient ink, Song Dynasty paper, Han tiles, cloisonne, Jun kiln porcelain... These things are both elegant and do not have the reputation of taking bribes. They are indeed smarter than collecting money.
.It was not that he was not afraid of beheading. From Kangxi's hesitation, he knew that Kangxi was trying to sway the mountain to sway the tiger. At present, Kangxi was focused on governing the country and using troops, and would not kill ministers regardless of the overall situation.
After receiving the gift, Gao Shiqi wrote and drew at home. After thinking for two days, he made up his mind to take advantage of the opportunity of his own marriage to complete the matter. Although Kangxi said that he would come to "officiate the wedding" that day,
But the noble man had a bad habit of forgetting what he said. Gao Shiqi was a little afraid that he would not come. After thinking about it over and over, he thought of Aunt Sumala.
To make it convenient for La Aunt Suma to relax, Kangxi followed Gao Shiqi's "doctor's advice" and built a villa for her in Changchun Garden. Gao Shiqi immediately ordered a sedan to go there. The villa was located under Niu Shou Peak in the garden, and Gao Shiqi inspected the license plate.
Entering the Forbidden Garden, I walked meanderingly, but I saw that the foot of the peak was full of pines, bamboos, bodhisattvas, wisterias, junipers, and green trees. The cypresses were covered with frost, and the ground was full of pine pagodas. It was quiet and not as depressing as the Zhongcuigong Buddhist Temple. Gao Shi
Qi walked slowly and saw Aunt Sumala playing chess with a woman from a distance. Several nuns gathered around to watch the game. Because he came and went often, he recognized the woman's name as Kong Sizhen. Kong Sizhen saw Gao Shiqi Peng from a distance.
He came in with a large roll of paper and said with a smile: "Here comes Gao Langzhong! He is going to disturb the purity of this Buddha land again! I had a fever last time, thank you for the medicine!"
"It's a joke on Sigege. What a trivial trick is useless!" Gao Shiqi smiled back at Kong Sizhen's words and looked at Aunt Sumala's face and said, "I don't think the master's illness has anything to do with it at all. Be quiet and empty, cultivate virtue and cultivate one's moral character.
, This is the essence of Buddhism. The master’s innate temperament can cure any disease. Unlike ordinary people like us, we can’t get a positive result after a lifetime!” Kong Sizhen couldn’t help but smile after hearing this and said: “
You have become such a big official, and you still come here to flatter you. We don’t have the official title to reward you!"
Aunt Sumala was already very familiar with Gao Shiqi. Although she felt that this man was a bit naughty, he was not very talented or learned, and he was also very talkative. He spoke eloquently and had a sense of elegance, so she had a good impression of him. After hearing this,
At Gao Shiqi's welcome, a smile flashed across Aunt Sumala's face. She gave up her hand and said, "Master Gao, please sit on the futon over there - Yun Jing Tea!"
A little nun agreed and brought the tea out. Gao Shiqi took the tea and sat down, smiling and saying: "It smells so good! Thank you, Master, for the tea!" Aunt Sumala asked: "What kind of wind brings a busy person like you here?"
Come? What is this big roll of paper you are holding?"
"Here comes the student." Gao Shiqi said sheepishly, "The master mentioned my calligraphy last time, but he was so busy when he went back that he forgot about it. The day before yesterday, I was having a drink at Wu Dan's place, and Zixu begged me to write my calligraphy before he remembered it.
"I'm afraid that if I doodle while I'm drunk, it won't be able to catch the eye of the master." Kong Sizhen had heard that Gao Shiqi had a good calligraphy stroke, so he got up and took it and showed it on the case. When Aunt Sumala looked at it, she couldn't help being shocked.
There are three paintings and calligraphy in total. The painting in the middle hall is neither pine nor bamboo nor plum blossom, nor auspicious animals and rare birds such as unicorns, deers and cranes. There is only a bright moon in the sky, surrounded by a colorful halo around the moon, and a clear pond below.
There is a green duckweed, accompanied by a solitary and towering lotus, and a slender-waisted bee fluttering its wings next to the flower. A couplet of calligraphy is more energetic:
Xia Nai Yun Soul
Bee is the spirit of the flower
Aunt Sumala looked at it, neither saying yes nor saying bad, as if she was crazy. At this time, there were so many thoughts, and she was distracted. She didn't know where she was or where her heart was. Gao Shiqi's heart was in his throat.
Son, I'm afraid that this flattery will slap me on the hoof.
It turns out that this couplet has a great origin. Fourteen years ago, Wu Ciyou also wrote this couplet in public and presented it to her.
"The writing is not good, not as much as Mr. Wu!" Gao Shiqi said with a smile, "However, according to Gao, speaking from the heart, the master's illness was actually caused by this. Often hanging in the middle hall is better than always being in the heart.
It’s more beneficial.”
Aunt Sumala was startled, then came back to her senses and felt that Gao Shiqi's words were not unreasonable. She held the paper in both hands and said with a smile, "Who dares to say this is a bad word? But I don't have anything to repay your favor. It's not like that.
Those guys are shameless and dirty officials, and they only want to fill up the round and flat ones for your courtiers who go to the study. Today's world is so different from what it used to be, and it's really deplorable - I'll just accept it, all the fate of becoming a monk is in vain, so don't do it
What do you expect me to do for you?"
Gao Shiqi was surprised by her sudden energy and sharp words - he never thought that this taciturn and cold Stone Bodhisattva could be so fierce! But he didn't know that Su Ma was nine years before Kangxi.
La Gu was like this - after being startled, she hurriedly smiled and said: "That's right! I never accept money from others, and I never ask the master for anything. If the master accepts the calligraphy and painting, it is my face," said Gao, a friend
I have some bragging rights again. Oh, I almost forgot. Several groups of actors have recently arrived in the capital. They have written good plays, and I heard that Lord Huchen is very appreciative of them. My concubine came to the door not long ago, and she was very pious and wanted to invite the master to come over.
Master, are you in the mood to relax for a while? If Si Gege is willing to give you a favor, the emperor may be able to move it. This means that the ancestors of the high family are virtuous, and Fanglan’s devotion to her is not in vain!" Aunt Sumala is still here!
Looking at the calligraphy and paintings, he said: "I never go to the theater, but the emperor asked me to go to the Changyin Pavilion to watch the theater, but I am too lazy to go! It's just flying swallows, jade rings, purple hairpins, peonies, or it's Fengshen, Journey to the West,
Bao Longtu cut off the underworld at night, what's the fun? - You probably couldn't invite the emperor, but you used calligraphy and painting to hit the wooden clock, right?" Kong Sizhen was bored in the palace for a long time, but wanted to go out for a walk, so he smiled and said: "
Master Huizhen is still 'all fate is empty'. Such an exquisite and clear mind will never become a Buddha in one lifetime! If you go, I would like to accompany you. I haven't seen your smiling face in many years!"
Gao Shiqi blinked, and after a while he suddenly laughed out loud: "Master, if you were a man and didn't become a monk, people like Shiqi would really have to pack up and go back to their hometown to study for another ten years! - It was exactly what was said! Why wouldn't we have this?
Meaning! With Shiqi's talent and face, how can he move the emperor! - This play is not an ordinary script. Hu Chen said in his letter that Mr. Lian Wu was dancing with joy after reading the draft!" He had an idea and added
Move out the god Wu Ciyou.
"What show?" Aunt Sumala was really moved.
"The Peach Blossom Fan!" Gao Shiqi's eyes lit up and he became energetic. "The proud handwriting of Kong Shangren, a talented man from Shandong Province, took him a full twenty years to write! It tells the story of the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the joys and sorrows of Hou Chaozong and Xiangjun. What's in it?
The poems, lyrics, music, styles, and artistic conceptions are all excellent! My invitation to the emperor was not entirely due to flattery. First of all, the emperor had already agreed. Secondly, the style of the play is very upright. Although the sacred knowledge is profound, I have no time to read something so sentimental and endearing.
Playing with things and training is not without its benefits!"
Aunt Sumala heard what he said and was very excited. Thinking that he had always been very careful in treating patients and had good intentions, she should not be too disrespectful, so she said: "You go back and listen to me. Si Gege is the adopted daughter of Lafayette, I will accompany you."
Go and invite her together. It's your destiny to be able to be invited, but don't complain if you can't be invited."
Gao Shiqi spent a long time talking and going round and round to get such a promise from her. He was afraid that she would change her mind again, so he hurriedly agreed to say goodbye and go back home.
Sure enough, the sound of the golden bell was abnormal. The affection between these two women was staggering. At the end of the second day, He Guizhu came to the court and delivered the decree, ordering him to go to the study for a vacation on the 26th. Lafayette will bring his
The emperor, the prince, the noble concubines Hulu, Hui Nalan, Rongfei Ma Jia, Defei Wuya, Yifei Guoluoluo, Chengfei Daijia, Liangfei Wei, and the princes Yinti and Yin
Zhi, Yinzhen, Yinzhi, and Yinzuo came to watch the play together, and asked Gao Shiqi to prepare for the defense. He Guizhu also brought twenty taels of gold and thirty pieces of Ning silk from the Empress Dowager to reward Fanglan.
As soon as Gao Shiqi heard this, he knew that this was moving all the concubines who raised the prince and the elder brother who was over three years old. It must be Kong Sizhen and Sumala Gu's idea to go to the study for a holiday, since the Empress Dowager was coming.
, I am not afraid that the emperor will not come. Since the emperor is coming, he will ask for Etu, Mingzhu, Xiong Cilu, Tang Bin, Li Guangdi and the editors of the Hanlin Academy to join in the fun. Such a big honor, such a big pomp.
Who had been responsible for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? The more Gao Shiqi thought about it, the better he became. He called Laoguan and immediately allocated two thousand taels of silver to reward his family.
More than a hundred people in the Gao Mansion got the money, and they were all very happy. After running around all night, they were still full of energy and not tired. They had almost turned the mansion over: the main hall was changed to the Empress Dowager.
, where the palace family members had their banquets, a gauze screen was set up in front to block it; a soft couch was set up for Kangxi in the middle of the front of the hall; seats were also set up in the side rooms on both sides for important officials. The two doors were demolished to imitate the palace wall, and the front and back yards were
It was an empty field, and a mountain-style stage was built with moso bamboo in the east, which stood in the main courtyard like a Qiongge Immortal Terrace. There were many low tables in the large open space in front of the stage, reserved for watching the show and drinking tea.
The palace food, tea, food, wine, pen and ink, and paper and inkstones should all be prepared carefully. Even the women's access to the toilet should be considered carefully - they should not be too far away, and they should not smell anything.
The next day was the twenty-sixth day, and Gao Shiqi hurriedly served as the groom's official for a while. Kangxi, in the honor of the Empress Dowager, visited Gaofei. A large group of ministers accompanied him, and it was indeed very lively.
After a burst of gongs and drums, the official jumped to thank the emperor for his kindness. First, a hat play called "Xia Meng Pass" was performed. Guan Yu, the male actor, "watched the Spring and Autumn Period under the lamp". Once it was over, the Empress Dowager announced the decree from behind the gauze screen.
He told Kangxi: "This actor is good, please reward him with something!"
Kangxi was also fascinated by this. Since entering Guan Dingding, the Wen Sage had already decided on Confucius. As for the Wu Sage, they discussed several times with no results. The Ministry of Rites drafted three - Wu Zixu, Yue Fei and Guan Yu. Due to the constant wars, Kangxi did not decide.
The decision was put aside. At this time, I saw the brave and calm Guan Yunchang on the stage stroking his beard and reading history under the lamp. Zhou Cang was guarding the side majestically with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. His loyalty and general demeanor were really pleasing to the eye. Hearing the words of Lafayette
It was called a reward. Kangxi woke up from his reverie and hurriedly told Li Dequan: "Bring him a handful of golden melon seeds as a reward!" Then he turned to the first group of civil servants and said, "This is the play on the stage, with Guan Yu as the title. Each of you will come up with it."
Give me a couplet to read."
Gao Shiqi and others obeyed the order and retreated to the veranda. They saw that Zha Shenxing was also there. He hadn't seen him for many days. He hurriedly went over and bowed, wanting to say a few words to express his gratitude. Zha Shenxing held the pen and laughed and said: "Brother Danren, the auspicious person and Tianxiang,
When everything goes well, have you forgotten the love of your old friend?" "Don't talk nonsense, how dare you forget the virtues recommended by my brother?" Gao Shiqi put down his pen and paper and said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking, I didn't perform the "Longevity" that you commented on today.
Palace", you feel aggrieved, right?"
"What the hell!" Zha Shenxing said with a smile, "The ending of Hong Fangsi's "The Palace of Eternal Life" is too depressing. Why should I displease the master? - Write a couplet tonight, so don't argue with me. Be careful. It's too beautiful.
Boss!" Gao Shiqi was writing. When he heard what Cha Shenxing said, he scribbled out one stroke and said: "Okay, you said, I will do the recording for you, we don't want to be the second best in the rankings - hurry up, Hanlin over there
We have already handed in the paper, and if we go late, how can we be called the 'Yanbo fisherman Cha Hanlin'?"
After writing, the two men came to Kangxi. The hat show on the stage was just finishing. "Guan Yu" led "Zhou Cang" to kneel on the stage and kowtowed to thank him. Kangxi saw the two of them coming hand in hand.
He smiled and said: "Here comes the big deal! I'm waiting to see what you get!" Gao Shiqi said hurriedly: "I am so happy that I have no idea about writing, but it is Zha Shenxing who writes the articles and I am the one who writes the words." Kangxi smiled.
He said: "Okay, are you going to win the first place?" After saying that, he unfolded it, but it was:
Wearing a green robe, facing a green lantern, reading the blue history, holding a green dragon and moon sword, Liuhe is full of loyalty.
Born with a red face, with a red heart, shining with red phoenix eyes, riding a red rabbit and chasing the wind horse, becoming a wise general through the ages.
Kangxi couldn't help but laugh heartily: "Great! I won the first prize. But two people can only get one reward for each roll!" Looking at Tang Bin again, it was:
Zhongyan Han Dynasty Three-point Cauldron
A book dedicated to the Spring and Autumn Period
Kangxi looked at it in silence and thought to himself: It seems that Wu Zixu and Yue Fei are not as good as Guan Yu. Wu Zixu avenged his father and brother and whipped King Chu Ping to death. Although he had filial piety, it failed to be a minister, so he could not be considered loyal; Yue Fei had both loyalty and filial piety, but he was just
His opponent is "Jin", which is a violation of the ancestral taboo of this dynasty. But Guan Yu combines loyalty, filial piety and justice, and is indeed worthy of the three words "Master Wu". This man can do it! (To be continued)
