lady, please calm down

Chapter 287

"The laughter fills the air with the fragrance. The crowd looks for him thousands of times, but suddenly looking back, that person is there, in the dimly lit place."

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Caizhou Posthouse.

Everyone from Mei Yao in Tokyo finished singing the song, but they didn't receive the applause they expected.

Below, a group of young scholars from the Imperial Academy in the capital looked at each other with strange expressions.

Last month, after being beaten by "rioters", Qian Chengjin and others fled to Xuzhou next door.

Han Fang once worked as an academic administrator at Taixue University, and had a teacher-student relationship with Qian Chengjin and other Taixue students.

A few days ago, Tai students learned that Han Fang and Dong Xi had also come to Caizhou, and they immediately followed them.

Originally, everyone wanted to use Han Gong to reprimand Caizhou Fuyamen, Lu Anhou and others. However, on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, after Han Gong returned from a trip, his attitude changed a lot.

Just advise them, 'Don't cause trouble'.

This made Qian Chengjin and others very depressed and desperate. At this time, everyone in Mei sang the annoying words of Lu Anhou again, which made people even more unhappy.

"Everyone, the slave family is not good at singing?" The Mei family asked softly when they saw the worried faces of the young masters.

Last time, Xue Shaoxuan, who was beaten the most among the Tai students, immediately said displeasedly: "The singing is not good, it is the work of a vulgar martial artist! There are more than a thousand lyrics in the world, won't everyone, Mei, just ignore it?"

Mei Yao couldn't help but be startled. Recently, the whole city of Caizhou was singing about the Sapphire Case of Marquis Lu An. On New Year's Eve, they just learned to play it for all the young masters to listen to, so why did they make Mr. Xue so angry?

Furthermore, if you call someone a vulgar martial artist and the person who wrote such words is considered vulgar, then who are you, Xue Shaoxuan?

Mei Yao grew up in a land of fireworks, and no matter how resentful she was, she would not show it easily. Xue Shaoxuan's father was a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Although he was nothing in front of the other young men, he was not something she, a prostitute, could offend.

Mei Yao lowered her head and glanced at Qian Chengjin with aggrieved and resentful eyes.

Qian Cheng Jin, who was feeling full of anger and had nowhere to vent, suddenly felt pity. He immediately pointed at Xue Shaoxuan and cursed: "Xue Xiaotu, if you have the ability, go to that military leader and scold everyone Mei for nothing! Apologize to everyone Mei!"

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Xue Shaoxuan's father was bald early, and his colleagues privately called him Xue Baldzi.

Qian Chengjin's "Xue Xiaotu" not only insulted him, but also his father.

After being scolded, Xue Shaoxuan remembered that Mr. Qian had been pursuing Master Mei for nearly a year.

A woman like Mei Yao, who is used to seeing romance, knows best that "the best is what you can't get", so she never let Mr. Qian succeed.

With Qian Chengjin's family background, it would be nothing if he wanted to use force, but Mr. Qian prided himself on being a romantic and talented man, and he did not want to have a despicable reputation of using his power to overwhelm others.

As a result, the distant and ambiguous relationship between the two made Mr. Qian even more concerned.

However, Xue Shaoxuan's father was a die-hard horse boy of Mr. Qian's grandfather. Even after being scolded in front of his face, his face turned pale for a while. Finally, he stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Mei, everyone, please don't be surprised. Xiao Ke lost his temper for a moment. I apologize to everyone. I hope everyone can forgive me.”

When He Xingfu, who was sitting at the back of the crowd, saw this, his heart grew colder. Xue Shaoxuan's father worked for Mr. Qian's grandfather, and Xue Shaoxuan was even more cautious in front of Qian Chengjin. He was so loyal to the Qian family that he could not help but be scolded by Qian Chengjin in front of everyone. Humiliated, almost like a slave.
So how much can his little personal attendant be worth in the eyes of the other party?
From this, He Xingfu once again thought of Mr. Yanagawa, who was as gentle as jade. Mr. Yanagawa even vaguely hinted to him that Huaibei was in a period of employing people. If he could not develop his ambitions elsewhere, he could give it a try.

He Xingfu resisted the urge to agree on the spot. He knew very well that he had no roots in Huaibei and had no achievements in Huaibei. Even if he came to Huaibei, he would not be reused.

Therefore, he wanted to help Mr. Yanagawa do something first, and then change his family after making meritorious deeds. Like now, he wanted to continue to stay with this group of imperial students who failed to achieve anything but failed.

When people besieged the newspaper office last month, he knew about it, but he did not escape in advance. He, Qian Chengjin and others received a heavy beating.

If he escaped in advance to avoid physical pain, it would easily arouse suspicion.

For example, Wu Yifan happened to leave the newspaper office before the incident that day. Afterwards, he explained that he took the newspaper and went to the government office to find his uncle.
Everyone knew that Magistrate Sun and Marquis Lu An were not willing to deal with him, so after Wu Yifan got the newspaper that edited Chen Chu, he went to his uncle first. It seemed reasonable and reasonable, but he failed to be beaten with everyone, and Qian Cheng always let him go. Jin and others felt a little uncomfortable.

While he was thinking about it, he saw Wu Yifan, who had been sitting shyly next to Qian Chengjin, cautiously said, "Xiang Lin, don't be upset."

As soon as Wu Yifan opened his mouth, Qian Chengjin rolled his eyes and said lukewarmly: "Are you blind? How can you tell that I am angry?"

Wu Yifan couldn't help but hesitated, his face changed several times, and finally he managed to squeeze out a smile, lying next to Qian Chengjin's ear and saying: "Mr. Qian, when my uncle first arrived in Caizhou, he had a conversation with Chen Chu. According to him, Chen Chu can only be said to have a rough knowledge of writing, but he knows nothing about the classics and history."

"What do you want to say?" Qian Chengjin heard something unintentional and turned to look at Wu Yifan.

Wu Yifan smiled flatteringly and continued to whisper: "Then Chen Chu has no ink on his chest. He definitely did not do this Yuan Xi case!"

"Oh?"

Qian Chengjin subconsciously looked at He Xingfu, because he was a knife hunter, so naturally he didn't think this kind of thing was strange, but he said strangely: "This word is enough to make the world famous. It cannot be written by someone who is not a talented and beautiful person. Is such a character willing to ghostwrite for others?"

Wu Yifan chuckled and said confidently: "Have you forgotten that Yingchuan Chen Jing'an? With his talent, he can create such amazing works!"

"Oh Shigeru, you want to?"

Qian Chengjin seemed to have grasped something, and his tone couldn't help but become kind.

"Sir, people without talent are like fire wrapped in paper. They will last forever! I have a plan to expose this person who deceives the world and steals his reputation!"

"Oh! Shigeru tell me more!"

The 21th of the first month.

Stay in the Siguan office and study room.

Chen Chu carefully read the translation of a secret letter from the North. The original text of the secret letter was all in the character code of "A Sui Bo". It had to be copied page by page from the first edition of "The Legend of Journey to the West" edited by Sihai Publishing House in Fuchang ten years ago. Only by finding the corresponding text word by word can the content be restored.

Only a few people in the military command mastered the principles of this set of 'A'shengbo' characters.

Naturally, these include the most core ones, Li Mulezi and Li Ke.

Out of curiosity, Li Mulezi accidentally asked Li Ke who the 'Uncle Ah Su' was, and the latter said categorically: "There is an uncle in Luliuwei named Liu Sui. I think he is the Uncle Ah Su!"

But why the owner wanted to name this set of characters after him, Li Ke couldn't figure it out.

After a while, Chen Chu read the content of the secret letter, and Li Mulezi made another oral report, "Master Marquis, according to our brothers who are following Taixu, chewing the Shenhui Sanqing Fruit can not only make people enter The mysterious realm can also make people feel hot and dry in the cold winter. The Jin country is bitterly cold, and this wonderful place is just right for the Jin people. And..."

Li Mulezi was a little shy and his voice lowered, "Also, it is said that the Shenhui Sanqing Fruit has the effect of supporting yang."

"Nonsense~" Chen Chu couldn't help laughing.

Li Mulezi smiled and continued: "Taoist Master Taixu has just arrived at Huanglong Mansion for a month, and he has become a guest of the Jin Kingdom's Hailing Prince's Mansion thanks to the Shenhui Sanqing Fruit."

"Well, let those of us following Taixu pay attention to safety." Chen Chu reminded.

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis. Now our people are pretending to be Taoist boys and often accompany Taoist Master Taixu. In order to make the appearance more realistic, we have been reading Taoist classics a lot recently."

"Well, the brothers behind the scenes are often away on missions for several years and are not allowed to return home. You must remember to pay your brothers' families on time and monthly."

Seeing Chen Chu's solemn expression, Li Ke hurriedly said: "Don't worry, boss, I'm keeping an eye on this matter personally."

Chen Chu nodded and said: "If someone's family has something going on and needs money urgently, we should take care of it. If you don't have enough money, come to me directly for approval. Don't make things difficult for the families of the secret brothers."

"Yes!"

The expenditures of the military command did not go through the left-behind Siguan Yamen, and even the nominal Shangguan He Bei had no right to intervene. All expenses were paid by Chen Chu personally. In other words, no one except Chen Chu and a few core members knew where the military command money was spent. No way of knowing.

At the beginning of the year, not long after Li Mulezi and Li Ke left, Chen Jing'an came in with an invitation.

The invitation was sent jointly by Han Fang and Dong Xi, and the general idea was to invite Chen Chu and Chen Jingan to gather by the Ruhe River in three days.

Chen Chu, who was invited by the literati for the first time, couldn't help but be curious, but Chen Jingan explained: "Last year, we in Caizhou had some disagreements with Qian Chengjin's group of Taixue students. Han Fang also served as an academic administrator in Taixue. There seemed to be something in his words. To make peace for both parties."

"Oh? Who is going?" Chen Chu, who had little experience, asked curiously.

"In addition to Han and Dong, it's the group of imperial students. By the way, Daqi Qiyaokan Wang Jingrao, Zou Zhengdao and others who happened to be in Caizhou also received the invitation."

"What do I need to do then?"

"It's just about eating, drinking, and reciting poems. If Yuan Zhang is free, it's best to go there and take the opportunity to relax with the scholars."

Chen Jing'an persuaded slightly.Although the case of gentry and capitalist thieves in Huaiyuan County had been concluded last year, privately I felt that there were quite a few scholars who took advantage of Lu Anhou to blackmail the gentry. In addition to the sadness of the rabbit's death and the fox's death, they naturally did not have a good impression of Chen Chu.

From a psychological and emotional perspective, Chen Jingan, as a member of the scholar class, naturally did not want Chen Chu to confront the entire scholar class; from a utilitarian perspective, Chen Jingan also believed that if Yuan Zhang could not be recognized by the scholar class in the future, it would be difficult to achieve great things. sky.

Chen Chu seemed to have guessed some of Chen Jingan's thoughts and couldn't help but smile: "Then let's go and have a look."

The 24th of the first month.

The breeze is already somewhat warm, and the weeping willows along the river and the gentle slopes facing the sun have sprouted green buds.

The shady hillside still has waterfall-like ice hanging on it.

People who have been dormant in the severe cold all winter are taking advantage of these sunny days to go out for an outing.

On the bank of the Ru River in the southeast of Caizhou, there is a wild bamboo forest on the east side under the gentle slope, mottled with green and yellow, and a plum forest on the right.In late winter and early spring, plum blossoms are in full bloom, attracting many tourists.

A temporary awning was erected at the foot of the slope facing the sun and was filled with dozens of people.

"When your head is covered with mountain flowers, don't ask where the slave is going."

A girl from Mei Yao from Tokyo was playing the harp and singing "Bu Suan Zi. Gift to Yu Nong".

Chen Jingan, who was sitting with Han Fang and Dong Xi, was a little absent-minded. He couldn't help but look at Chen Chu's niece who was wearing a scholar's robe and sitting next to Chen Chu with her head bowed, but refused to make eye contact with him.

When he left the city just now, Chen Jingan saw Chen Jinyu who was following Chen Chu. He found the right moment to step forward and ask, "Why is Ayu here too?" However, Chen Jinyu said in a low-pitched but confident tone: "Everyone from Qiyao Magazine, The editor has come to Caizhou, and he is considered a sister unit of my Five-Day Talk, so how can I not show up to receive him?"

There seems to be some truth in what he said, but... you are here to receive me, so what's the point of following Yuan Zhang the whole time?
Of course, Chen Jingan knew about family matters last year after the conflict between his brother and Sun Changhao became public, and he was discussing breaking off the engagement with the Wu family. However, the Wu family didn't know what the wrong link was, and they refused to agree, leading to a stalemate.

With the current situation of the Chen and Wu families, there is no basis for marriage, but they have not broken off the engagement, and Ayu is still the nominal daughter-in-law of the Wu family, and now she is following Yuan Zhang. Isn't this intentional to attract attention?
What's more important is that Wu Yifan is here today, and the look he glances at from time to time is simply biting!

"Shou Qian, it is said that this song "Divination" was also written by Marquis Lu An a few years ago?"

Just a song, Han Fang stroked his beard and nodded.

"Yes." Chen Jing'an collected his thoughts and temporarily put aside the matter of his niece, and continued: "Marquis Lu An is very intelligent. Although he failed to read the scriptures thoroughly when he was overseas, after returning to China, he devoted himself to learning. Whenever I have free time, I will study hard.”

"Well, from this point of view, Marquis Lu An is also one of our scholars."

Han Fang stroked his beard and said.

This time when he came to Cai, he was given both dignity and face, and he didn't mind looking up to Chen Chu.

"That's true!" Chen Jing'an put in so much effort just to make the world's scholars regard Chen Chu as one of his own. This would be beneficial to his future achievements.

At this time, hearing Han Fang say it himself made me feel a little happy.

Seeing Chen Jing'an's respect, Han Fang suddenly said: "Since we are both scholars, Shou Qian advises Marquis Lu An not to embarrass Xiang Lin and the others in the future. It is the right thing to support each other. You also know that Qian Shangshu takes care of everything, so you don't have to worry about the juniors anymore." Take the trouble"

On the surface, it seems to be a peace treaty for both parties, but he calls one party "Lu Anhou" and the other party "Xiang Lin", which makes it easy to tell the distance and distance.

Then Chen Chu was asked not to embarrass Qian Cheng Jin, and Qian Shangshu, who was in charge of everything, was mentioned again.
It is a subtle criticism of Chen Chu, but also means to use money to suppress people for hundreds of millions of years.

In short, just stick out a crooked butt.

By the way, weren't these young men the first to publish Yuan Zhang in the newspaper?
Chen Jing'an endured his displeasure and glanced at Qian Chengjin.

At this moment, I saw Wu Yifan say something next to Qian Chengjin's ear. The latter suddenly stood up, smiled cheerfully, and said loudly: "Dear teachers and classmates, the cold winter has passed, and the warm spring is coming. Today we are here. How about each writing a poem as a souvenir?"

Han Fang and Dong Xi looked over at the same time, a little doubt arose in their hearts, but it was fleeting.

This outing was organized by Qian Chengjin who begged Han Fang to send invitations. He did not mention the process of writing poems before coming.

Otherwise, it will be noted on the invitation to give guests time to prepare in advance, so as to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to think of a good poem at the moment.

Qian Chengjin looked confident and seemed to be well prepared.

This is a sneak attack.

Han Fang wanted to stop him, but he thought of something else. He lowered his eyes slightly and acquiesced.

Chen Jingan also noticed something strange, but before he could say anything, the student Xue Shaoxuan hurriedly said in surprise: "That's great!"

But then he saw Wu Yifan standing up, looking around pretending to be troubled, and admonishing: "Brother Xianglin, this article is made by nature, and it was accidentally obtained by a good hand. Now in a hurry, everyone may not be able to pick up a good work."

Then Xue Shaoxuan said again: "You don't have to force it! If you can do it, do it. If you can't do it, don't force it."

"That's the best! Then Mr. Xue will sing one first?"

As soon as Wu Yifan finished speaking, Xue Shaoxuan walked to the middle of the field, walked around pretending to think for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said: "Yes!"

While speaking, he glanced at Chen Chu as if unintentionally.

Chen Jinyu, who was sitting aside, naturally noticed something was wrong, and couldn't help but nervously tugged on Chen Chu's sleeves under the desk.

Chen Chu played with the tea cup in one hand and gave the latter a 'no problem' smile.

This small movement could not be seen by others, but Wu Yifan's angle was just right to see it. His handsome face could not help but turn the color of pig liver, and his tone became eager, "Since Mr. Xue is here, please come quickly!"

Xue Shaoxuan was waiting for this sentence, and immediately cleared his throat with a cough, and said loudly with a smile: "Then I would like you to comment on my song "Drunk Peace".
Seize the mud swallow's mouth, whet the iron needle, scrape the golden Buddha's face and search carefully, but you can find nothing.The quails hunt for peas in their crops, the egrets chop the fine meat from their legs, and the mosquitoes eat fat from their bellies, but the general takes action! "

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The arena was silent.

For a moment, someone chuckled first, followed by a burst of chuckles and low whispers.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but glance at Chen Chu.

In fact, everyone saw something fishy when they saw these imperial students singing the double act, and even guessed who they were going to target.

But after listening to Zui Taiping, I couldn't help but be surprised by the sharpness of this poem.

'Buddha's face' is scraped with gold, 'quail' is grabbing beans from its mouth, 'egret' is chopping meat from its legs, and 'mosquito' is scraping oil from its belly.
The last sentence, "It's a shame that the general took action", combined with Chen Chu's blackmailing of the Huaiyuan gentry last year, the image of a sharp and mean military leader who is greedy for money emerges vividly on the page.

Wang Jingrao, editor-in-chief of Daqi Qiyao Magazine, who was watching the excitement, would have shouted 'good luck' on the spot if it hadn't been for the presence of Marquis Lu An.

Looking at Chen Chu, he still had a smile on his face. I don't know if he didn't understand or if he was trying to stay calm.

The big sword and the eldest son behind him had expressionless faces. They couldn't understand each other at first sight.

The sense of superiority of "We scold you, but you still don't understand" makes Qian Chengjin and others want to celebrate.

Wu Yifan had an elegant smile on his face, but the early spring weather could not stop him from opening the folding fan and shaking it twice. He glanced at Chen Chu and Chen Jinyu secretly, and felt a bad breath coming from his mouth, but he said at the right time: "Brother Xianglin, This matter was initiated by you, you must leave a poem!"

"This"

Qian Chengjin looked embarrassed, stood up and took two steps, as if he accidentally looked at the bamboo forest in the distance, and suddenly said: "Then I will compose a poem at will. Ahem. The bamboo is used as a chessboard to divide the longitude and latitude, and the stubborn bluestone is As a general. There are no tigers in the mountains built with stone walls, but the hozen dares to claim the title of marquis if he succeeds."

coax~
The students were all staggering with laughter. Some of them slapped the table wildly, and tears of laughter flowed out.

"The stubborn blue stone becomes the general", "The successful hozen becomes the marquis".
Among those sitting here, only General Yunhui can be called a general, and only Marquis Lu An can be called a marquis.

But it was compared to a stubborn rock and a hozen!
Even the people in the Qiyao newspaper office, including Han Fang, Dong Xi and their disciples, couldn't help laughing and smiled.

Only Chen Jinyu was so angry that she almost shed tears. She glared at Qian Chengjin, Wu Yifan and others fiercely, wanting to step forward and slap them.

Chen Jing'an hurriedly apologized and walked towards Chen Chu, fearing that the latter might not be able to hold back and draw a knife to kill.

But Chen Chu, who had been keeping a distance from Chen Jinyu throughout the party, suddenly looked at Wu Yifan with a smile, put his arm around Chen Jinyu's shoulders, pulled the person closer to him, and then lay down beside Chen Jinyu's ear and muttered. Something happened.

In the large audience, Chen Jinyu was embarrassed for a moment. The warm breath blew on his earlobes, and he fainted, completely unable to hear what Chen Chu was saying.

So Chen Chu had to repeat, "Ayu, help me get a pen and paper"

"oh oh."

Confused, Chen Jinyu stood up and walked around twice before hurriedly fetching pen, ink and paper.

Chen Chu leaned over, tilted a few words and then the words came out on the paper. Chen Chu then smiled and looked at everyone, "What a coincidence, Mr. Qian borrowed bamboo to talk about things, and I also have a poem about bamboo."

Chen Jinyu lay down next to the table and quickly read the five words scrawled on it, then burst out laughing twice.

Just when everyone was looking at her inexplicably, Chen Jinyu suddenly lost her anger and embarrassment, took the rice paper and walked to the center of the venue.

She didn't even forget that the reason why Qian Cheng Jin, who was still in the room, could suddenly calm down by giving a salute was because she had enough poems in her hand to crush the opponent.

Everyone was curious, but they heard Chen Jinyu say: "The poem written by Lu Anhou is called "Gift to Imperial College Qian Cheng Jin and Young Master Wu Yifan"."

After saying the title of the poem, Chen Jinyu even smiled sweetly at Wu Yifan, who stared blankly at the pair of dimples. Ayu hadn't smiled at me like this for a long time.

"Cough cough~"

Chen Jinyu cleared her throat and finally chanted in a clear voice: "Bamboo is like a hypocrite, strong on the outside but hollow on the inside. The roots are thin and good at digging into holes, and the waist is soft and used to bow. In groups, it can block the sun, and when it is independent, it can't help the wind. Many literati love this, come to think of it. The same voice and spirit!"

'Om~'

There was an uproar in the venue.
Well, this is an AOE attack, and everyone in the world has been scolded by it.

'Hypocritical, cowardly, strong on the outside but weak on the inside, fond of working in camps, forming cliques for selfish interests, and weak in control'.
In just a few words and five words, some of the negative traits among the literati community were completely wiped out.

Ask yourself, who among the scholars here dares to say that he is not involved at all?
This is more than just a slap in the face, it's simply exposing someone's background and digging into their ancestral graves.

The title of the poem is "Gift to Imperial College Qian Cheng Jin and Young Master Wu Yifan". Once this poem spreads out, these two people will probably become the laughingstock of the world for a long time!
They glared angrily and talked a lot.
In the midst of the commotion, Chen Jing'an looked at his niece who was still standing in the field with a proud smile on her face, and couldn't help feeling bitter. Silly girl, you are so proud of yourself!
Yuan Zhang's poem scolded your father, your second uncle, and even our whole family!
(End of this chapter)