The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 42 Origin ([-]rd)
The shopkeeper said so, and the faces of many scholars standing outside the door were all happy. 100 taels of silver is not a small amount, and the annual salary of the Hanlin Academy is only 60 taels. After two years in Beijing, I have no worries about food and clothing.

However, after getting excited and thinking about it carefully, I realized that the young man's question was really difficult to answer.

Since ancient times, most of the historians who compiled history were people who were proficient in Confucianism.

Scholars all over the world are called disciples of saints, so they cannot question the fact that the history books written by the sages are not true, otherwise they will be out of the scriptures.

But there is no way to justify it with just a sentence in the history book. The inside and outside of the hall fell silent for a moment, and those talented scholars who were conceited and talented were all thinking hard.

Seeing this situation, the young man shook his head and smiled, "I thought Dayan would produce a large number of talented people, but I didn't expect it to be nothing more than mediocrity. The random things written in the history books are actually believed in, what a pity!"

As soon as this remark came out, it aroused the anger of the crowd, and several scholars stood up to question.

The young man showed no fear, and said with a smile: "What you dare not question, I raised a question, but you are angry with embarrassment, I don't know why?"

To those scholars, these yin and yang words were tantamount to adding fuel to the flames. Immediately afterwards, two enraged scholars threw their fists at the young man.

The young man sneered, and when the two scholars approached, he kicked the two scholars out of the door without moving his upper body.

Immediately afterwards, several companions of the two scholars also rushed up, and the young man swept over with a whirlwind kick, and several scholars who were helpless fell to the ground one after another.

A few scholars knew that they were no match, and lost face again. After getting up, they walked out of the door in despair.

Pointing at the backs of those scholars, the young man said with a look of disdain: "These people, who obviously have no skills, are so arrogant. After reading a few broken books, they really think they can guide the world? "

This young man was dressed in a cyan literati, and his appearance was not too bad. However, he had a strong body and stood there full of momentum. He didn't look like a scholar, but more like a tycoon.

The surrounding scholars were furious, but they only dared to stare at the young man, not daring to fight again.

The young man was even more disdainful, and said loudly: "My name is Li Zongyan. If you are not convinced, you can come to me to challenge. If it is inconvenient to make a move today, you can also go to the Huitong Hall to look for me in the future. I will accompany you at any time."

Now that the Wanshou Festival is approaching, the Huitong Hall is the place to receive tribes from all over the country. When people hear Li Zongyan speaks Beijing dialect, they think he is the son of a family in the capital, but he claims to live in the Huitong Hall, so he is naturally from outside the capital. of.

Judging by Li Zongyan's figure and appearance, he probably came from some tribe in the north. I heard that those tribes have not studied much, and they are all unreasonable and rude people.

Everyone has made up their minds, it's better not to mess with such foolish people.

Lin Zisu and Liang Wanyi came to Linlang Pavilion today with the intention of enjoying the only copy, but they didn't expect that after some disputes, it would turn into a verbal war. They felt that it was very boring, so they started chatting.

The conversation at the daughter's house is all about the affairs of the boudoir.The two whispered to each other, Liang Wanyi talked about her childhood experience, Lin Zisu found it interesting, and couldn't help but chuckle.

The chuckle was so low that it would not have attracted attention.Li Zongyan had just shown her skills, and no one in the hall dared to let out her voice. Her laughter suddenly spread and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Hearing this laugh, Li Zongyan thought someone was laughing at him. He looked in the direction of the two women, raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is this friend who wants to give me advice? You might as well tell me."

Lin Zisu didn't expect her chuckle to make herself the focus of the audience.Seeing the young man staring at her table, Yingying stood up immediately, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to take advice, the little girl has a little understanding of the few words in the Han Shu, I don't know if the young master is willing to listen to it or not." ?”

Seeing that Lin Zisu was just a little girl, Li Zongyan's eyes flashed with surprise, but then he smiled and said, "Ma'am, please tell me, I hope to hear your opinion."

Lin Zisu said: "In the Han Dynasty, the art of witchcraft was very prosperous. People thought that jade could hide away with peace of mind, break the art of witchcraft, and save their lives. Therefore, all the officials of the Han Dynasty admired jade. The life-saving jade pendant presented to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty is to beg for mercy with Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, which means that his life can be taken away at any time, so Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty will be overjoyed."

Seeing Li Zongyan nodding his head, Lin Zisu seemed to agree with what he said, and continued, "As for rewarding Huo Guang with this jade pendant, it's easier to think about it. Then Liu He was abolished by Huo Guang."

"The history books say that Emperor Xuan was very afraid of Huo Guang. When he was in the car, he often felt thorns on his back, so he acted cautiously. This move is to tell Huo Guang that Liu He will be handled by Huo Guang at will. Life or death is up to him." He's coming to make up his mind."

Li Zongyan said with a smile: "Sure enough, if there are three people walking together, there must be my teacher. The girl's words are very clever, and she has been taught."

As he said that, he arched his hands towards Lin Zisu, stretched out his hand in a gesture of "please", and said, "Since you have this knowledge, why don't you appreciate the jade pendant?"

The shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion was in a hurry just now, for fear that the young man would mess up his business.Seeing that Lin Zisu resolved the dispute with a few words, he almost regarded Lin Zisu as a reborn parent.

The shopkeeper heard that Li Zongyan wanted to invite Lin Zisu to buy the jade, so he hurriedly ordered the waiter to hand the jade pendant to Lin Zisu.

Lin Zisu said embarrassingly, "Young lady doesn't know jade, so I just asked Yu Blind." She took the jade pendant and looked at it for a moment, then handed it to Liang Wanyi and said, "Sister Yi, what do you think of this jade pendant?"

Liang Wanyi saw that this jade pendant was made of Hetian seed jade, and the dragon pattern carved on it was very exquisite, so she couldn't help but couldn't put it down.

She tossed the jade pendant over and over for a while, got up and lifted the jade pendant to her chest, and said with a smile: "Looking at the lines and texture of this jade pendant, it is indeed Han jade. As for whether it is the one recorded in the Han book, that is The benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom."

Lin Zisu also said with a smile: "Sister Yi said that, after all, it is an ancient relic thousands of years ago, who can tell the origin clearly?"

His elaborate rhetoric was exposed by someone, and the shopkeeper felt a little guilty, but Lin Zisu and Liang Wanyi's words were vague, and they didn't intend to expose him face to face, so they felt lucky and decided that there was still room for this matter.

The shopkeeper coughed lightly, and said: "Dear guests, as the two ladies just said, this jade pendant is indeed an ancient relic from the Han Dynasty. If any distinguished guest is interested, please make a price."

Li Zongyan kept his eyes on Lin Zisu and Liang Wanyi. After listening to the shopkeeper's words, he wanted to bid for the jade pendant, and just shouted: "I will offer three thousand..."

Before the words finished, a cold voice came down from upstairs: "5000 taels, I want this jade pendant."

This voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the lobby. When they looked up, they saw a young man in Tsing Yi walking out from the VIP room on the second floor, leaning on the railing on the second floor and looking down.

This young man is dressed in a blue straight suit, with a fair complexion, and a pair of long and narrow eyes that are not angry and majestic.

Judging from his face, he is only in his twenties, but his voice is old-fashioned, which makes people feel a little disgusted, but also has to give birth to a little awe.

Young Master Tsing Yi walked down the stairs, followed by two guards.

The shopkeeper fawned on the young man in Tsing Yi, hurriedly went forward, and said with a smile: "My lord, is it the small one? Today's few treasures should let you open your eyes in advance. If I knew you liked this jade pendant, the small one would be fine." Don’t take it out to see people.”

Young Master Tsing Yi ignored the shopkeeper, walked straight towards Li Zongyan, walked in front of Li Zongyan, and said softly: "Prince Zongyan, you also took a fancy to this jade pendant?"

Everyone was startled when they heard this young master calling Li Zongyan the "Eldest Prince". Looking at Li Zongyan's figure, they thought he was the guard of some clan chief in the north, but they didn't expect him to have a lot of background.

Dayan is surrounded by four countries, and the only one who can be called a prince is Changli in the east.

Li Zongyan was also a little suspicious. He is the eldest prince of Changli, which belongs to the kingdom of Dayan. Because his mother was born as a maid in the palace of Changli, her status was always low and she was not valued by others. Even his palace was built in Changli. Suburbs of Beijing.

Because of the tense situation in Changli, he, an insignificant prince, was sent by the king to Dayan to celebrate his birthday.This young man in Tsing Yi was able to tell his identity as the eldest prince, presumably he knew him, but looking at this young man's appearance, he really didn't have much impression.

Li Zongyan thought for a moment, then gave a simple salute to the young man in Tsing Yi, and said, "I don't know what to call the young man? Are we old acquaintances?"

"My name is Cao Lang"

Young Master Tsing Yi didn't feel any displeasure, and said calmly, "Prince Zongyan is a noble person. It's not surprising that the prince doesn't know someone like me. However, it doesn't matter if you didn't know me before. In the future, we will definitely will know."

Li Zongyan saw that Cao Lang had an extraordinary bearing, he seemed to be a son of some family.When he came to the capital, he also made a lot of investigations, which family members in the capital are prosperous, which family has made great achievements, including who is in each family, and what hobbies these people have, all of them are very rare.

However, after a lot of searching, he still didn't expect that in the Dayan Dynasty, there was any noble surnamed "Cao", and among the information he got, there was no such person as "Cao Lang", so he was surprised and said: "Cao Young master, please forgive my ignorance, I have never heard of your name in the past few days in Beijing."

A faint smile appeared on Cao Lang's face, and he looked around the hall, seeing that everyone in the hall was looking at him, he said with a smile: "Prince Zongyan speaks quickly, which makes me a little admired. Haha, Cao is just a pawn, how can he have a big name? Not to mention you, even everyone here, no one has heard of my name, Cao Lang."

Li Zongyan laughed too, and said, "Mr. Cao, you are really interesting. If you have time, the two of us can sit together and have a few drinks."

Cao Lang said: "Don't rush to drink for a while, there will be more opportunities in the future."

He turned his head and asked the shopkeeper: "According to your rules, since no one raises the price, then the jade pendant is mine, right?"

The shopkeeper had just heard him bid a sky-high price of 5000 taels, and was afraid that he would go back on his word, but Cao Lang kept talking with Li Zongyan, so he couldn't interrupt.

At this time, Cao Lang proposed it on his own initiative, that would be great, the shopkeeper hurriedly responded: "Young master is absolutely right, your bid is the highest, this jade pendant must belong to you."

A gleam of sharpness flashed in Li Zongyan's eyes, Cao Lang was so courteous with him, it turned out that it was the idea of ​​playing Yupei.He was not very interested in the jade pendant, he just wanted to take advantage of the grand meeting at Linlang Pavilion to make a name for himself among the young masters in Beijing.

Just now, after some entanglement, he just wanted to show off, so he kept making things difficult for the shopkeeper, and also made fun of the scholars present, in order to let more people remember his name.

Since Cao Lang likes this jade pendant, he just took this opportunity to step on him and become famous in the capital.

Li Zongyan made up his mind, and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, who said that Mr. Cao bid the highest price? I just talked to Mr. Cao, but I haven't bid yet. You are in such a hurry to ship, could it be that you didn't take me out?" Put it in your eyes?"

A piece of jade pendant can be sold for 5000 taels, the shopkeeper is already secretly delighted, and hearing that Li Zongyan still intends to bid, he is even more overjoyed.

Seeing that the two sons are both dignified, they are trying to save face. If there is a fight, it is uncertain how much they will turn over in the end, and they can make a lot of money.

The shopkeeper was glad that he didn't say anything to death just now, the rules set in his shop, the one with the highest price wins, even if he finally sold to Li Zongyan, it was not his fault.

Facing Li Zongyan's questioning, he didn't panic at all, suppressed the joy in his heart, and replied in a flat voice: "Young master said yes, it was a small negligence, and I just forgot to ask you what you meant."

The shopkeeper feared that he had heard it wrong, so he quickly added: "My lord is also willing to bid for this jade pendant?"

Li Zongyan proudly said: "That's natural, I'm willing to pay 7000 taels for this piece of jade!"

(End of this chapter)