Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 83 Stealing the Sound of the World (2)

After reviewing and finalizing the manuscript by many seniors, everyone passed on and copied dozens of copies. Naturally, Zhao Xingde did his part and had the right to practice calligraphy.The calligraphy he studied lays particular emphasis on the method, which is thin, hard and sharp, and each character is square and rigorous, but the charm is sparse, clear, bright, smooth and unobstructed.He originally promised Li Ruoxu to take him out to reveal the posts, but this day he packed everything up, paste, brushes, baskets and other things had already been prepared, so he hid a thick stack of Jietie in his bosom, left Li's mansion, The agreed Zhang Qi's foot shop ordered some fried soup and tea 'medicine', and while eating, he waited for Li Ruoxu to find an excuse to come out and meet up.

Unexpectedly, Li Ruoxu did not arrive for a long time, but another uninvited guest arrived.

Li Ruoxue wore a lacquered gauze headband to cover her temples, and a scholarly gown to cover her figure, with a silk sash around her waist and fluttering sleeves. From a distance, she looked like a handsome scholar with a calm demeanor and a free and easy manner. street.Seeing that Zhao Xingde ordered soup and tea, she said angrily: "The cook in the mansion is obviously delicious, but she wants to eat in a small shop outside." After speaking, she sat opposite Zhao Xingde and greeted: "Brother, Papaya round eye juice."

She has a beautiful face and a mellow voice, no one can mistake her. The tea doctor who was serving next to her had a strange expression on her face and looked to the side. Zhao Xingde coughed and said in a low voice: "There is ginger honey and lychee ointment in this shop. Summer season is the best time to cool off the heat.”

"Really?" Li Ruoxue thought for a moment, then said: "Then let's have lychee paste."

After Dr. Cha walked away, Zhao Xingde leaned forward and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here instead, what about Ruoxu?"

"Punish him to copy 'Mencius' at home. He was sneaky early in the morning. What's the point?" Li Ruoxue also lowered her voice. Zhao Xingde leaned forward so close, she was not used to it, pretty His face was slightly red, and his eyes were also looking into the distance. After a while, Fang seemed to come back to his senses, bit his lips and said, "I came out today, just to see how that Li Shishi can overwhelm the country, let two stinky guys, one big and one small "Touch" secretly like a thief."

Zhao Xingde was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized that he was in a great embarrassment. At this moment, Dr. Cha came up, and respectfully put ginger honey and lychee paste in front of Li Ruoxue, and said like a tongue twister: "When a concubine riding Hongchen smiles, this thing is called Lychee paste. Simmered for the first time to add deliciousness to the round eyes. Be careful when swallowing the tongue. Half-fresh fried white sesame seeds, the fragrance overflows the cheeks and tastes good. This official, please use it slowly, and the longevity will last forever.”

This one is called Kuatang, which is the basic skill of the tea doctor to please the guests, and each one is different.Hearing that he praised the ordinary bowl of lychee paste as unparalleled in the sky, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but smile, taking advantage of the slight relaxation of the atmosphere, he explained clearly the matter that he asked Li Ruoxu to post the debunking post.He also secretly showed Li Ruoxue the basket, paste, and paint beside him, as well as the poster in his arms.

"Imagine that there is no reason in the world to go to brothels with these things." Zhao Xingde spread his hands and said.

"If you don't bring these, which ones will you bring? Don't you know very well?"

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It is very unwise to argue with a talented woman. She can find even the slightest flaw in your words just by subconsciously.After Zhao Xingde realized this, he shut his mouth knowingly.

Li Ruoxue stared at Zhao Xingde's innocent face, and also felt that he had been wronged, and said in a low voice, "Then what do you have to do with Mr. Li from Gonglou?"

Zhao Xingde made up his mind a bit, at this time he had no choice but to die as a fellow Taoist rather than a poor Taoist. It is important to stabilize his own backyard first, so he explained the relationship between Chen Dong and Li Shishi, and said quite chicly: "Brother Chen and I have a moral relationship. Brothers of flesh and blood, as the saying goes, a friend's wife should not be played with, and the morals of the world, it is impossible to have anything to do with Miss Shishi."

Li Ruoxue knew Zhao Xingde and Chen Dong, Zhang Bing and other members of the Neo Confucianism Society very well. She nodded slightly, which seemed to agree with Zhao Xingde's statement, but still whispered angrily: "Who made you puzzled, explain clearly," With a slightly cold face, she asked again: "What happened to Ji Xixi who was said to grind ink for you in Hejian City?"

Zhao Xingde smiled wryly and said: "This is even more wronged." Then he explained the things that Liao soldiers came to the city, Tong Guan wanted to trap the soldiers and civilians in the city to death, and ordered him to write replies insulting Liao in the hall.In order to win the trust, she also showed Li Ruoxue the Li Xueshe public document in her arms.

After watching it, Li Ruoxue stared at it in deep thought, and said in a low voice, "If the court doesn't punish the country, how can it obey the people of the world." She raised her head and said to Zhao Xingde, "I'll go with you."

"What?" Zhao Xingde thought he heard it wrong.

Li Ruoxue looked into Zhao Xingde's eyes, and said word by word: "I want to go with you and post these debunking posts."

"How can I do this?" Zhao Xingde persuaded a few words, Li Ruoxue's attitude was very firm, so he had no choice but to agree.

After eating and drinking the tea soup and paying the bill, the two posted posters along the bustling Bianhe River. They wandered around the streets and alleys. , it was easier and more enjoyable than Zhao Xingde doing it alone.When passing the Taishifu Bridge, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, he actually posted a picture on an infrequently opened side door of Cai Jing's mansion near the Bian River.

In mid-summer, government servants Wang Bing and Fan An of Kaifeng Mansion patrolled the streets sweating profusely.These days, there have been a lot of postings on the streets of Bianjing criticizing Mr. Tong, who is deployed in Hebei. I heard that the postings are all candidates who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. These famous scholars are the most troublesome. If you win, you can't fight, you can only yell and scare him for a while, write down his name and let him go.There are more and more posters on the market, so that these government servants can't rest, they have to patrol around all day long, and tear off the pasted posters in time.

"Respect the writing paper. The Bodhisattva blesses you." Fan An tore off a copy of the post, but the paste was still sticky.People in the world spread the word that if you tear up the writing paper randomly, you will become blind in the next life. "His grandma's, what he tore off in the past two days is comparable to Lao Fan's first half of his life."

Fan An was full of complaints. He was also literate. He half understood the post. He discussed with Wang Bing. If what he said was true, Wang Bing spit on the ground, "Cut! What a disaster!" He should be beheaded!" He hesitated, "What if the officials don't want to be beheaded?" Fan An said bitterly, "When he falls into our prison, let him try all the methods of Class [-]!" He was originally a guard in the prison The warders of the Kaifeng government stayed in the dark place all the year round, if it wasn't for the postings everywhere in the past few days, and the important ministers involved were Tong Guan, the Kaifeng government wouldn't have sent all the warders during the rest time to the street to patrol.

"Fan Tou, look at the behavior of the two boys in front, is it suspicious?"

Fan An took a closer look, and one of them was looking around, while the other took out a paste brush from the basket in his hand, and brushed the back of the post a few times indiscriminately. Stably posted on the wall of Daxiangguo Temple, it can be seen that it is a habitual offender who is familiar with this matter.There were already a few passers-by standing around, pointing and watching.

"What two boys, look at the figure and waist, they are clearly girls. Tsk tsk, if you are caught in the prison," Fan An swallowed hard, patted the iron ruler around his waist, and puffed out his chest and belly. Gaining momentum, he stepped forward quickly and shouted loudly: "The two 'chaotic' stickers in front, stop! Yes, the master is calling you, stop!"

Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue heard the shouting almost at the same time, and when they looked back, they saw two ferocious officials rushing towards them with iron rulers and chains in their hands, yelling.

Li Ruoxue was at a loss for a moment, and vaguely heard Zhao Xingde yell, "No, run!" Pulling Li Ruoxue, he fled.Li Ruoxue was pulled by his left arm, and she couldn't help being pulled and ran.The streets and alleys of Bianliang receded quickly, and countless bustling pedestrians were also left behind. The two officials were still chasing, threatening loudly while chasing.

Zhao Xing pulled Li Ruoxue to run away desperately. The vendors and passers-by saw that the two Confucian scholars were insane, and that they were followed by two gentlemen. avoid.The officials on the side saw this posture and knew that they were trying to scare the Confucian scholars who posted the posters, so they didn't come to join in the fun.

Those two officials wanted to take the wrong 'medicine' and chased after him, "It's his 'grandmother'!" Zhao Xingde cursed secretly while running, "Where are the two mad dogs that got out?" But they didn't dare to step Without stopping at all, she pulled Li Ruoxue hard and ran forward.Fleeing west along Bianhe Street, he ran a hundred and eighty steps, but did not get rid of the official.To the north of the state bridge is the paving along the Daxiangguo Temple. The Duting Station is just opposite the Xiangguo Temple. The business travelers who followed the envoys of the various feudal states are also selling along the street. There are crowds of people from morning to night. .

"Get out of the way!" "Get out of the way!" Zhao Xingde ignored the scolding of passers-by, and pushed everyone who was in the way aside. He panicked and walked through the crowded crowd, and suddenly there was an empty space. The two couldn't hold their feet, and they ran straight away After entering the vermilion forks that are not allowed in the Imperial Street, the nearby officials clamored loudly. Fortunately, Zhao Xingde saw the opportunity and dragged Li Ruoxue westward into Yongkang Street.On the north side of the street, at the head of Jingling West Palace, Zhao Huan and the court lady were looking at the bustling markets on both sides of the Bian River, watching two Confucian scholars running past hand in hand, followed by two gentlemen yelling.

"Huh..." Li Ruoxue felt her mind go blank, it turned out that exposing posts was such a dangerous thing, but she didn't even have the slightest regret. "Huh..." The pain in my feet was no longer felt, but my chest was more painful as if it was about to tear apart. But thinking of how badly a woman from a good family fell into the hands of an official, I might as well die.She mustered every ounce of strength in her body and ran desperately with Zhao Xingde, even though she was dizzy and the figures on both sides of the street were gradually blurred, she still held Zhao Xingde's right hand tightly and ran forward desperately.