Then I heard the guest at the next table say: "Last month, I saw him with my own eyes. He bought a bun at the Lujia bun shop and paid a piece of gold. Seeing the old Lujia guy grinning from ear to ear, he said: 'It's too little.'"
Ah?' After saying that, he gave me another piece of gold. ("")"
"That time I saw him wearing a hundred-year-old robe, sitting with beggars!" Another person said: "The beggars sang 'Lotus Falls', and he would be beating bamboo boards for them on the side. When the beggars came to eat, he would use it.
Eat with your hands..."
"Also last winter, when it was snowing heavily, he ran out of his home, wearing a single coat and trousers, barefoot, and ran around Bianjing City. I saw all this."
Is Zhao Zongji crazy? Chen Ke couldn't help being shocked, and shook his head immediately, how could it be? From this guy's letters one after another, there is no hint of madness. It is true that there is a serious literary illness...
Just as he was about to ask aloud, he heard a commotion downstairs, and several royal guards in soap-colored costumes rushed up, clasping their fists at everyone and saying: "Everyone, my second son is going to receive guests here, please go.
When other families have tea, my master treats them."
When everyone saw that it was the guards of the Beihai County Prince's Palace, they felt a little guilty. How could they refuse to agree? They all dispersed obediently. After checking the teahouse, the guards also retreated.
Chen Ke was the only one left on the second floor of the teahouse.
After a while, I saw Zhao Zongji who looked like eleven golden toads wearing a gold-plated futou, a gorgeous embroidered silk shirt, thin-soled pink boots, a bright red belt, and a golden folding fan.
, staggering up the stairs.
Looking at his appearance, Chen Ke couldn't help laughing and said: "You should change this face."
"What do you mean?" Zhao Zongji brushed his hand and unfolded the folding fan in his hand, only to see four big words written on it: "Lonely and self-admiring"!
'Pfft...' Chen Ke almost slapped him in the face and said: "With your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you look like a positive person at first glance. You really don't have the demeanor of a dandy."
"I will continue to work hard. """ Zhao Zongji sat down, looked at Chen Ke seriously and said, "You shouldn't come here."
"Why?" Chen Ke said with a smile: "Because you are a golden branch and a jade leaf, and my brother can't reach you."
"It can be understood that way." Zhao Zongji waved his fan and said, "I am a person of status. If I associate with common people like you, I will be laughed at by my friends."
"Put that thing together and fan yourself in February. Aren't you afraid of blowing the snot out of your nose?!" Chen Ke's temper was not good to begin with, and because of the grass in his heart, he immediately lowered his face and said: "I've been pretending to be crazy for a long time, really.
Are you mentally retarded?"
Zhao Zongji stopped shaking the fan in his hand, and a strange expression appeared on his face: "Am I so bad at acting?"
"It's more than just bad," Chen Ke shook his head and said, "It's simply terrible. Let me give you a suggestion. Running naked next time it snows will be much more effective than wearing clothes."
"It seems that I'm really not that good," Zhao Zongji said with a self-deprecating smile, "But it doesn't matter, as long as you get the idea."
"The young prince has such a good trick of 'pretending to be crazy to avoid disaster', which is really admirable." Chen Ke couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Do you want to keep pretending like this for the rest of your life?"
"Who knows..." Zhao Zongji looked gloomy and said, "When I don't need it, I won't pretend anymore."
"If you are afraid of that, you will be really crazy and fake. You can't tell the difference." Chen Ke sighed and said, "You are like this, which makes Mr. Ouyang very sad."
"So, he told you..." Zhao Zongji lowered his head deeply and said, "What else should I do? I can't bring trouble to my father and brother."
"Who will let you suffer?" Chen Ke asked in a deep voice.
"It's better that you don't know." Zhao Zongji raised his head and said seriously again: "You really shouldn't come to see me..."
"Nonsense," Chen Ke laughed loudly: "Even the emperor can't stop me from coming to see my brother!"
"Don't talk nonsense..." Although Zhao Zongji said this, his nose felt sore and he squeezed Chen Ke's hand tightly: "I will hurt you. The latest chapter of the Holy Church"
"Today's officials are so benevolent, why would they care about you dating a little guy like me?" Chen Ke said with a smile: "Besides, you can't go up there."
"What I'm worried about is not the official family..." Zhao Zongji whispered: "It's my brother..."
"Zhao Zongshi?"
"Yes." Zhao Zongji nodded and warned: "You must be careful. Even though you are highly skilled in martial arts, you should not be alone like this..."
"No way, I heard that he is a Confucian king and a wise king praised by everyone." On the way here, Chen Ke specifically asked the gang of idlers about Zhao Zongshi. Perhaps he felt that it was too easy to make money, and the gang of idlers
He praised Zhao Zongshi very hard for his filial piety, benevolence, studiousness, humility, courtesy, approachability, and good temper...the whole of Jiao Yulu in the eleventh century.
"Is there no shortcomings?" Chen Ke didn't believe it.
'There really aren't any shortcomings.' After thinking about it for a long time, the helper said, 'To put it bluntly, it's just that it's too boring, doesn't like women, and doesn't like vocals. How can there be any fun in this?'
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"It is said that he is a compassionate master who sweeps the floor without harming the lives of ants." Chen Ke asked puzzledly: "Why did I scare you like this when I got here?"
"My thirteenth brother, I really have nothing to say." Zhao Zongji said with a wry smile: "Our relationship used to be very good, but since two years ago, our relationship has gradually changed."
"Starting from Zhang Shu's secret recital?"
"Do you even know this?" Zhao Zongji nodded in surprise and said: "We have been together since we were little, and we often have gatherings. In the past, every time I reviewed articles and poems, I would always give him a thumbs up. But from that time on,
As long as he is present, the first place must be his."
"It's natural. No one dares to offend a person who might become a prince." Chen Ke said lightly: "How did he react?"
"He always tried his best to refuse, and would even say, 'If this happens, I will have to be absent from now on' to 'threaten' others to get a fair trial." Zhao Zongji said softly: "For the first time, they all believed it, so they took me
If he is recommended as the first, he will be ranked second.”
"I was sitting opposite him at the time," Zhao Zongji sighed in a low voice: "I saw his face turned dark at that time. Although it only returned to normal in a moment, I definitely saw it right."
"After returning home, I told my father about this matter. He pondered for a long time and said: 'From now on, you need to stay away from him.'" Zhao Zongji said with a bitter look on his face: "I still remember that Ouyang Gong once said to me, 'If it really happens.
That day, be careful of Zhao Zongshi.' After the two facts confirmed, I decided to pretend to be crazy to let him know that I will not pose a threat to him." He sighed deeply and said, "I really regret that I was not sensible when I was a child.
You must suppress him at every turn."
"Actually, you don't need to be so afraid of him." Chen Ke sneered: "Do you think his life will be easy? He is not the official's biological son, who stipulates that it must be him?!"
"You really dare to think..." Zhao Zongji shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "He is two years older than me, and he has such a good reputation. He has long been the best choice in the hearts of all the gentlemen, and no one can compete with him."
"Hehe..." Chen Ke sneered and said, "I think you are fans of the authorities."
"How?"
"The decision-making power lies in the hands of the officials. Are the opinions of those ministers useless?"
"Officials must always listen to their father-in-law."
"But this is an exception!" Chen Ke said decisively: "If I were an official and had the lessons of Taizu's family before me, I would not give up the hope of giving birth to an heir until the last moment!"
"Yeah." Zhao Zongji nodded.
"So the efforts of those officials will not be effective." Chen Ke said calmly: "On the contrary, it will be counterproductive and make the officials wary of Zhao Zongshi!"
"Yeah." Zhao Zongji's eyes became a little brighter.
"The days are still long, and there may be some changes. If you pretend to be crazy now, when will it end? Even if you have to pretend to be crazy, you have to wait until Zhao Zongshi is established as the prince!" Chen Ke looked at him and said solemnly: "Pretend now.
If you say that, it will only make you laugh. I am not asking you to fight. We don’t pretend to be wrong and just do our best naturally. Who can say the future for sure? But if you give up yourself, others will
I won’t even give you a chance!”
"Yes." Zhao Zongji nodded heavily and grinned, "Actually, I've already had enough of pretending!"
"Hahaha, is that right..." Chen Ke said with a hearty smile: "The most important thing in life is to live happily."
"Well." Zhao Zongji looked at Chen Ke gratefully and said, "When you say this, I feel much brighter. Yes, when does pretending to be crazy and acting stupid end? Sooner or later, you will really become a lunatic!"
"That's the truth." Chen Ke nodded with a smile.
"In this case, I have to go back and rewrite my homework." Zhao Zongji pinched his chin and said.
"What homework?"
"A few days ago, we were listening to a lecture in Zongxue, and the official family suddenly arrived." Zhao Zongji said: "The official family often went to Zongxue, and sometimes they would give lectures in person. I had just recovered from a serious illness that day, so I didn't say much. It was just before I left.
, leaving us with a homework, let us express our opinions on how to regulate the Yellow River, and talk about which plan is better."
"The 'Six Pagoda River Plan' has been under construction for more than a year, why would the officials suddenly ask this question?" Chen Ke said with a look on his face.
"Perhaps they want to test how much river engineering knowledge we have." Zhao Zongji was not sure.
"How are you going to write it?"
"Originally, I wanted to follow the crowd and copy a few sentences from Li Zhongchang's memorial, and I could cope with it." Zhao Zongji sighed and said, "But I was so embarrassed that I told lies with open eyes."
"What now?"
"If you don't pretend to be crazy, I will tell the truth." Now it was Zhao Zongji's turn to say decisively: "I will tell the truth. I think Li Zhongchang's plan is not unreliable!"
