The night was deep, but the pottery merchant was still awake. He was holding a scroll of slips, which recorded some stories and classics made up by unknown people in the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago. He had nothing to do, but it was quite interesting to read.
Diao Chan and the child had already gone to bed, and Mi Zhen also sent someone to greet the pottery merchant. She revealed intentionally or unintentionally that she was asking the pottery merchant to go to her residence to rest.
But the pottery merchant did not agree, and just asked someone to reply and tell Mi Zhen to rest early.
It's not that the potter is very diligent and good at reading, but he knows that someone will definitely come to him tonight.
Therefore, while he was reading to kill time, he also asked Pei Qian to tell the guards and doormen on duty what to do if guests came.
The night was deep, and not long after, the figures of your father and son appeared outside a street of Zhou Mufu.
You old man has a stern expression on your face and walks in the lead with your hands behind your back.
Mi Heng, on the other hand, followed the old man with a frown on his face, with a gloomy look on his face, completely lacking his usual arrogance and high spirits.
Throughout the afternoon, Mi Heng had already greeted Tao Shang, Tao Qian, and the other sixteen generations of Tao family ancestors from their father and son up one by one.
A despicable and shameless method! It is simply extremely despicable! It is outrageous and immoral.
If you apply such a method to a great writer in the world, wouldn't Tao be afraid of being struck by five thunders from heaven?
But the problem is, even if you can vaguely guess that you are framed, there is nothing you can do.
The ultimate reason why he dares to curse people at will, insult people at will, and abuse other people's personalities at will is simply because he is not afraid of death.
What can you do to a person who is not afraid of death?
The potter's method of dealing with this is very simple: You are not afraid of death, are you? Well, I will make your life worse than death.
After such a drama was performed today, the scandal of abandoning wife and children has spread in the official and cultural circles of Xuzhou. If Tao Shang really goes to the emperor, then there is basically no chance for your descendants to become officials in the future.
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A single move can destroy the reputation of a family for generations and the future of the entire descendants. Is this something that can be settled with Ni Heng's death?
If he wants to die, you old man won't let him die.
Mi Heng felt miserable. He wanted to pick up two simple knives at this moment, kill the general from the front door of Tao Mansion, go straight to the back door, kill him seven times in and seven times out, and then cut the pottery merchant into pieces and put them on the table.
He chewed it into pieces, spit it out on the ground, crushed it twice with his feet, and finally set it on fire and burned it to relieve the hatred in his heart.
But at most he just thought about it in his mind.
Ever since what happened in the morning, he and the Ni family behind him could only live a humble life in front of pottery merchants.
The father and son arrived at the door of Tao's mansion and were stopped by the gatekeeper. They saw you, the old man, saying to the gatekeeper very humbly: "Your father and son are here in the middle of the night. They really have something important to ask to see the Taifu. Please do it."
Just for your convenience, please let me know."
The doorman immediately went and saw Pei Qian coming out to greet him a short time later.
"Your Excellency, Mr. Zhengping, I am Pei Qian, who is the personal attendant of the Grand Tutor. It is unfortunate that you two are here today. The Grand Tutor has already gone to bed. If something happens to you two gentlemen, how about we talk to you tomorrow morning?"
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Hearing this, Mi Heng said: "Father, let's come back tomorrow..."
"Shut up, me!"
You old man interrupted You Heng with a vicious words, and then said: "Please be accommodating, Master Pei. My father came here late at night, but he has something important to report to Grand Master Ming."
"This?" Pei Qian seemed hesitant.
The old man bowed his head to Pei Qian and begged: "Please help my father and son, strong man."
"Your Majesty, there's no need to do this. I'll just go in and report."
You Heng is only twenty-three years old. Although he is proud and talented, he is not as understanding and worldly as you, the old man.
Even though it was only one night, if the so-called official document of the pottery merchant was presented to the emperor of Fandu in the daytime tomorrow, it would be too late to regret everything.
Even if you can shed blood to recognize your relatives, if you really act like this, then this matter will definitely spread throughout the world even more. It is said that people's words are terrible. How will this matter be spread by then? You, old man, are worried about it.
There is no spectrum.
No matter whether this move was made by Tao Shang or not, you, the old man, feel deeply that this is a dead move and cannot be resolved.
And he is the only one left who can keep your family's reputation.
Your father and son are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of not being able to face their ancestors after death.
After waiting outside the house for half an hour, Pei Qian finally appeared in front of them.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor has woken up. Please go to the side hall to meet you."
You old man finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The father and son followed Pei Qian to the side hall, and saw that the pottery merchant was neatly dressed and looking at the slips with a refreshed face. He did not look sleepy at all.
When Mi Heng saw him like this, his old habit suddenly returned.
"Taifu Tao, what do you mean by letting my father and son wait outside in the middle of the night and neglecting the wise men?"
Upon hearing Mi Heng's tone, Tao Shang frowned and said, "Get out!"
"What?"
"I asked you to go out. When will you be able to speak human language again?"
Mi Heng opened his mouth and wanted to salute back, but suddenly he realized something and didn't say anything.
The old man sighed, turned around and glared at Ni Heng, then waved his hand.
The two of them walked out again and entered the side hall again.
"I've met Taifu."
The two of them bowed deeply to the pottery merchant and spoke in a low voice.
The pottery merchant put down the slip in his hand, looked at the two of them with satisfaction for a while, and suddenly said in surprise: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhengping, why are you here?"
Mi Heng almost died of anger when he heard this.
From this tone, it was as if he just knew that the two of them were coming.
I don’t know who the sentence “get out” just now was meant to be.
You, the old man, were quite taken by the drama and hurriedly cooperated with Tao Shang: "Master, please save my family."
The pottery merchant was surprised when he saw this and said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"
"Taifu... Your family has no enmity or enmity with you, so why do you need to kill them all?"
Tao Shang smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. What do you mean by killing them all? Tao is a well-known gentleman in the world and has never harmed others."
Your old man's face was suffocated, and he suddenly said: "As long as Taifu is willing to help me, your family, I, your father and son, are willing to go through fire and water for Taifu. From now on, I will only follow Taifu's orders."
The pottery merchant looked at the frustrated and pleading look on your old man's face, and felt a little unbearable in his heart.
Although your father and son have a bad mouth and a bad temper, overall they are not guilty of any serious crime, and they have not caused any direct damage to the interests of the pottery merchants, and in some respects, the pottery merchants do want to use them.
Mi Heng.
After thinking for a moment, Tao Shang suddenly said: "You Zhengping, Tao asked you to be the scribe in my house, and you will be responsible for drafting various documents, memoranda, official documents, political poems and poems for me. Are you convinced?"
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When Mi Heng heard that the position assigned to him by the pottery merchant was actually a copywriter, he felt quite ashamed.
He was just about to object, but the pottery merchant opposite smiled and waved the slip in his hand at him. Obviously, it was a report he would send to the emperor tomorrow.
By the way, there is also the angry and warning look in your father's eyes.
Mi Heng sighed and said aggrievedly: "I accept the order, and I am willing to write for Taifu."
Tao Shang nodded and continued: "As for the report sent to Fandu to the emperor, Tao will temporarily withhold it and will not submit it. Tao will also find a way to seal the mouths of Xuzhou nobles and students. As for you
The woman and the child I met in the State of Lu... We two brothers are so good, who is following whom? I will help you raise the woman, and I will also help you raise the child. When the child grows up in the future, I will send it directly to you to recognize him as your relative.
, I can help you provide for your retirement as soon as you leave the mountain, what do you think?"
Mi Heng felt sad after hearing these words. He understood that Tao Shang planned to use this excuse to punish him for the rest of his life.
And if nothing else happens, as long as I dare to show off in front of the pottery merchant in the future, the handle in the pottery merchant's hands will be made public. Unless I throw away my life, face, family's future and reputation, otherwise I can only