Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 628 The Nightmare of King Wu's Staff

Meng Dayian and Meng Xiaotian were among the imperial guards, they originally belonged to the group who were nothing, when the chief of the imperial guards mentioned them, they would often say that they could not do anything, and that they would not be left with whatever they ate.This kind of talk has been with the two brothers for half of their lives, but ever since they got involved with Wang Ping'an, no officer said that about them any more!

The reason is very simple. It's not that their popularity suddenly became better, and it's not that their ability to handle affairs has improved. It's because they were promoted too quickly. Their former chief became their subordinate instead!
It's not an exaggeration to describe the Meng brothers with a steady rise. Now their chiefs will no longer say that they are nothing. On the contrary, if a higher chief asks, who is the most capable among the imperial guards of the Eastern Palace?The officials will definitely say that they are the Meng brothers, and the Meng brothers will try their best to curry favor with the officials when they have money in hand.

However, the Meng brothers hadn't contacted Wang Ping'an for a while. Since Wang Ping'an had a bodyguard group, the bodyguards could handle anything for him, and they basically didn't need them. They have never been promoted since then.This time, Mi Xiaomiao suddenly sent word that they should accompany them to Qingzhou to see Wang Pingan. The Meng brothers almost fainted from joy, but they were looking forward to the opportunity, and the officials of the two brothers were going to go up again. ran away.

Satisfied, the two of them invited a few officers and a group of subordinates to go to a restaurant to drink and celebrate after they got off duty.If you want to treat guests, the money can't be spent in other restaurants. The rich water doesn't flow to outsiders.The Mengshi brothers held a banquet in the Herbal Food Workshop in Dongshi, and booked a large room to entertain their colleagues.

Pushing the cups and changing the cups, I was having a good time, when suddenly a young man came in to report and told the Mengshi brothers that someone had paid for their wine bill.

A guard smiled and said: "Hey, this flattery is enough to pay for it. This meal is not cheap!"

Meng Xiaotian wondered: "Who, who invited us? Such a generous person is rare!"

Meng Dayan smiled and said: "If we knew this meal was invited, then we should order more expensive dishes and enjoy it."

Meng Xiaotian stood up and said: "I'll go out and see who invited the guests, I have to thank them."

A general stopped Meng Xiaotian and said: "Sit down, don't rush out. Since the man invited guests, he must have come here for something, and paid for the drink in the name of making friends. Since he wants to make friends, then Just let him come here by himself, why did you go there, he begged you, not you begging him!"

This general is the current chief officer of the Meng brothers. He speaks with weight and has a lot of knowledge. He is good at all kinds of flattery. He knows what's going on when he hears that someone is entertaining him. Since someone is willing to chase him If you want to flatter, then push the catcher up a bit more and let him come over!
Hearing this, Meng Xiaotian smiled and said: "The general is still calm, the last general is still not hot enough, just worry about something!" He sat down again, and the imperial guard continued to yell and drink, eating and drinking as usual, ignoring it The one who treats guests.

Seeing this, the clerk went to the next room, and said to the two people inside: "Return to the two guest officers, General Meng said it, you two go over and talk if you have something to do!" After saying that, he turned and left.

Sitting in this room were two middle-aged scribes, dressed gorgeously, holding fans in their hands, and looked like learned scholars.When they heard the man's words, their faces immediately sank.One of them, wearing a blue robe, said: "A group of white-eyed wolves who can't get enough to feed, their meals cost several times. It's a lot of money. I wonder if the manager can sell it after I go back."

Another man in a green robe said: "The manager won't let us pay for it, the prince is not a stingy person."

The man in the blue robe asked: "Then what should we do? Let's go over there? These bastards don't know etiquette, they eat and drink for nothing, and they don't even have a word of thanks. We have to go and see them. There is no such thing in the world!"

The man in the green robe heheed, and said: "It's nothing to be courteous, it's not a rape or a thief, you are a fool, we paid for the wine, of course they have to hold back, so that we can spend more!"

Both of these two were aides in Wu Wang's mansion. They were ordered by Li Ke to come out to inquire about news.Because something happened in Prince Wu's mansion, it was the worst event in Chang'an City since the beginning of the dynasty. Some people went to King Wu's mansion to kill people, and five of them were killed. Besides the four servants, there was one more servant. Gao Wanquan, once an aide in the mansion.

Since the day when the Prince Wu's mansion was opened until the day before yesterday, such a bad thing had never happened, and it was still the kind that could not be reported to officials, because Li Ke was involved in the struggle in the officialdom, so Li Ke could only knock out his teeth If he swallowed it in his stomach, he didn't dare to report it to the government. Besides, since people dared to rush into his house to kill people, obviously, they were not afraid of him reporting to the government!

Li Ke was furious in the mansion, furious at those capable people and strangers under him, it was useless to scold them, they were all bullied and came to the door, and they didn't even know who did it!
Those aides hurriedly offered advice, anyway, there are a lot of aides in Wu Wang's mansion, a batch will be recruited after death, and there will never be fewer people who want to make money.The staff members analyzed it and called it a demonstration. Wasn't Gao Wanquan sent to Wang Ping'an's place? Now that the body was thrown at the door of the house, wouldn't this mean that Wang Ping'an was going to declare war on King Wu!
Li Ke didn't believe that it was Wang Ping'an who did it. Although he didn't know Wang Ping'an's personality, he knew that Wang Ping'an would definitely not do such a second- or fifth-sighted thing. What's the use of provoking him?People in the officialdom have always played tricks, they always work hard behind their backs, or they don't play, and if they want to play, they will play you to death!Wang Pingan would definitely not do such things as murdering and abandoning corpses. Detaining Gao Wanquan is more deterrent than killing him. As long as Wang Pingan keeps Gao Wanquan alive, he will not dare to do anything to him. On the contrary, if Gao Wanquan dies, Without a handle, Wang Ping'an is in danger!

It wasn't Wang Ping'an who killed the person, so who would have killed it?Even if they were exhausted to death, they never thought that Gao Wanquan was so powerful that he was able to escape from Gyeongju, and almost managed to get rid of the pursuers!

Li Ke discussed with his staff all night, but they couldn't figure out who it was. They really couldn't figure out how Gao Wanquan died at the back door, and the servants were killed as well!

Li Ke was helpless, so he had to send his staff and capable people to the market to inquire about news.In this day and age, if you want to inquire about any news, you can only listen to it in pubs or public places, and then come back to analyze it after listening, which is the so-called rumors of the rivers and lakes!

The people who came to the Herbal Food Workshop to inquire about news were two new faces, the kind of people who had just entered the Wu Palace and were eager to make meritorious service. These two people were all staff.They heard a group of soldiers yelling in the next room, talking about princes and other words like Qingzhou. They probably were talking about Wang Ping'an. How could they give up this opportunity? Spend money to make friends.

Unexpectedly, the two of them are newcomers in the flattery world. In the eyes of the generals of the imperial army, the little flattery is not worth mentioning at all, and they never came to make friends with them. I have to go to salute and flatter others.

The staff member in the blue robe said: "Forget it, people under the eaves, how can we not bow our heads, let's go over and say hello!"

Although the two felt a little ashamed, they had no choice but to get up and go to the next door.

Meng Xiaotian saw the two sour dings coming, and whispered to his brother: "Brother, we have nothing to do with scholars, why are they flattering us?"

Meng Dayan thought for a while, but he didn't have the nerve to speak, the other two had already entered the room, so everyone could hear what he said at this time.

He said: "Dare to ask the two surnames Gao, have we met before?"

The staff in blue robes cupped their hands and saluted, saying: "The student's surname is He, this is my classmate, surnamed Lu."

Meng Dadian got up quickly, and said with a smile: "So it's Mr. He and Mr. Lu, who have been famous for a long time. I don't know you two, why do you invite us rough people to drink?"

All the guards at the table laughed out loud, they didn't even know their names, they just knew their surnames, why are you looking up to their names for so long!

Staff member He said: "We are brothers all over the world. We heard the princes of Qingzhou from the brothers next door. Did you mean the little miracle doctor of Ping An? Simply come over and make friends!"

Staff Lu said with a smile: "We really want to hear about the prince's deeds. I wonder if brothers can tell us about it?"

Guards, you look at me, I look at you, I feel disappointed, everyone is drinking happily, but two sour dings, or unknown sour dings, this is so annoying, drinking Uncomfortable to drink.

A guard general said: "We don't know the prince too well, what about his deeds..." I feel that Chang'an people don't know Wang Ping'an, which is somewhat unreasonable.But he still said: "We don't know much, so we are neglecting you two. We are very grateful that you two invited us to drink, but you are also busy people, why don't you go and get busy first?"

The two guard generals next to each other looked at each other and praised each other in their hearts. They said it well. With this order to chase away guests, they have to explain clearly what they have to do. What they heard about Wang Ping'an's deeds is pure nonsense. Just pull someone over on the street. You can tell a lot of things about Wang Ping'an, so why bother to ask us?There must be something wrong with these two people, as long as we stay tight, they will have to spend more money, show filial piety, straighten their necks, and let us slaughter them when they are taken advantage of!

Meng Dayan thought even more in his heart: "No matter what they beg us, we will agree to it first, and then tell them that they can't do it after we get Xiao Jing... Well, don't say it so fast, anyway, we have to leave Beijing for a while, He can't find anyone, and it's impossible for Xiao Jing to go back!"

If it wasn't for the fact that these two staff members were Xinnen, they were so embarrassed, they didn't hear the intention of extortion, and thought they were really chasing customers!Although they have read a lot of books, none of them have written about how to take advantage of others, nor how to be slaughtered by others!Feeling very unhappy, the two of them didn't even hand over each other, turned around and left the room.

The guard general who spoke earlier was very upset, and cursed: "These two dogs are so sour, they don't know the rules, let them go and they really go, and they don't say anything. !"

The other guards quickly persuaded him, it's just two sores, let them lose face if you want to lose face, anyway, the money for the wine is theirs!Everyone ate and drank again, and they were taken advantage of to pay the bill. They were not polite, and they ordered a lot of food and wine, and they ate more happily.

Stealing chickens is not enough to lose rice. After the two staff members returned to their rooms, they listened hard, but they didn't listen to anything useful from the next door. They were depressed, so they called the staff to pay the bill.

Staff member He asked the buddy, "Xiaoer, why are those soldiers celebrating, but it has something to do with the princes of Qingzhou?"

The man smiled and said: "Of course it is. Two of the generals are on a business trip tomorrow and are going to Gyeongju to meet our boss. Tonight is practicing wine."

"Your boss? Who is your boss? It can't be a prince, right?" Staff member He asked in surprise.

The clerk nodded and said: "Yes, our owner is the prince, you two don't know, you just came to Chang'an?" Come out a few.

The two staff members hushed together. They are indeed newcomers to Chang'an. The Prince Wu's Mansion is in the "time of employing people", so they can become staff members smoothly. They are sent here because they are new faces, but sending them The people who came didn't explain that this was Wang Ping'an's business. They thought they knew about it, but they didn't!

Staff Officer He waved his hand and said: "Okay, we got it. Check out, how much is it?" Chang'an is big, and it is not easy to live in. He estimated that this meal would cost several times!Reaching into his arms, he went to get the money bag.

The waiter hurriedly said: "You two pay 120 Wen for the meal, and the table next door is 61 Guan. Our shopkeeper said that the meal bill for the two of you will be waived, and you can just pay for the next door. The change will be wiped out, you two. You only need to pay sixty guan!"

"A lot, a lot, how much is it?" Assistant He almost fainted. He thought that several guan would be quite expensive, but he didn't expect it to be dozens of guan!
The buddy laughed, it's really rare for you to be taken advantage of, so don't pretend to be rich if you can't afford it!He said: "There weren't so many at first. Those generals are not so generous in drinking, but today you invited them, so they ordered a lot of dishes just now, and they also picked the best wine. All in all, six Shiguan is still missing yours!"

He Muliao and Lu Muliao looked at each other in blank dismay. They both got more information from the guys than those generals, and they were ordered to evict them. These are not counted, and they have to pay such a large amount of wine for them. Sixty guan, enough to buy two big living people in the market!

The buddy looked at the two living people in front of him, and said in a low voice: "If you two want to go back on your word and don't want to pay for their drinks, you have to go and explain to them yourself. However, I can remind you, this gang Master Jun has a bad temper, especially when he drinks too much!"

How dare the two of them go over, Staff He stammered: "But... but we have sixty pennies, who can carry so much cash on us!"

The guy gave him an idea: "Why don't you keep one and go back to get the money for the other?"

The two staff members were about to cry, there is no mistake, they both lost their faces at home, it would be fine if they were thrown at their own home, but they were thrown at the enemy’s home, one will be deducted, and the other will have to go back to get the money Come to redeem!Let the king of Wu know about this, and don't be mad at him, what kind of aides are these, it's too useless!
(End of this chapter)