Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 14

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Wei and Fu were quite polite, they slaughtered Master Zhang without catching him, and after enjoying the night of ice and fire, they left the Suhuai courtyard with their entourage the next morning, but our Master Zhang and his servant are like ducks After three days and three nights of whoring and lusting in the Suhuai Courtyard, at noon on the fourth day, the exhausted Young Master Zhang hired a carriage to return to the Liansheng Inn. ——No way, we have to forgive some masters and servants of Young Master Zhang. After all, they are young masters of local rich men and servants of the rich man’s manor from a small rural place. They have never seen the big world. The Suhuai Courtyard where the celebrity Su San's wife Yutangchun once sat on stage, so she has to indulge herself, right?
Indulgence always comes at the expense of the body. When getting off the carriage at the entrance of the Deliansheng Inn, Zhang Shitou, who got out of the carriage first, felt his legs weaken. He staggered and sat on the ground with his buttocks. Our young master Zhang was so angry and funny, he couldn't help cursing: "Zhang Shitou, look at your bear look, it's embarrassing to my master, you only slept with seven or eight women in three days and you urinate (sound: SUI) like this ? If you are allowed to marry eleven wives and concubines like my old man, won’t you be exhausted in three days?” Cursing, our Young Master Zhang got out of the carriage with his hands, never thinking that his feet just touched the ground, but his two legs It was as heavy and sour as if it had been filled with lead, and he staggered and couldn't stand upright. He sat down on Zhang Shi, who was climbing halfway up.

"Ouch!" "Ouch!" Huobao's master and servant screamed together. Young Master Zhang wanted to struggle to stand up, but found that his physical strength was too exhausted, so he had no choice but to shout into the inn, "Little Er, Xiao Er, hurry up!" Come help me up, young master."

"Brother Zhang, you're finally back. I've been waiting for you here for a long time." No waiter came out from the inn, but a voice that seemed familiar sounded. Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in plain clothes smiled all over his face. Walk out of the inn door.Young Master Zhang took a closer look, only to see that this person turned out to be Xiao Chuan, the elder brother who was bought by him for 100 taels of silver, and a hundred households of Dongchang Jinyiwei!Young Master Zhang couldn't help being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly stood up and asked, "Brother Xiao, why are you here?"

"Haha, brother Zhang, the eldest brother is here to congratulate you." Xiao Chuan smiled heartily, and leaned into Young Master Zhang's ear and whispered: "Wei brother received the news. I am very satisfied with the papers, and I have already set you as No.3 in the first class, brother! So the elder brother hurried over to congratulate you, if you come late, brother, you will blame the elder brother for not understanding etiquette."

"No.3 in Yijia No.2? Why isn't it No.[-] in Yijia No.[-]?" Young Master Zhang was a little confused, thinking how the development of this matter is getting worse and farther from the story of consecutive promotion to the third level?In history, Zhang Haogu Mingming got the second place in the exam?
"Brother, you don't like Tanhua? Do you want to be the second place?" Xiao Chuan misunderstood the meaning of Young Master Zhang, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Brother, don't worry, there are still a few days before the list is released, and things will turn around. As long as brother wants to be the second place , Brother, you can find someone to move your joints for you, brother, and you must be promoted to one place."

"No, no need." Only then did Young Master Zhang come back to his senses, and he thought that Tanhua should be Tanhua, not to mention that moving joints cost a lot of money, even the title of Tanhua is much better than the second place in the list, maybe hundreds of years The last most famous Tanhua is my little Zhang Tanhua, let Li Xunhuan stand aside.At that moment, Young Master Zhang quickly saluted Xiao Chuan and thanked him, "Thank you for your concern, brother. I have been thinking about my younger brother's affairs. Thank you very much. Brother, don't rush to leave today. You must drink a glass of brother's wedding wine... Wait." At this point, Young Master Zhang remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, brother, how do you know that brother, I live in this Liansheng Inn?"

"Hehe." Xiao Chuan let out a smirk, and asked back: "Brother, have you forgotten what you do as a brother? Dongchang Jinyiwei! There are not many things in the capital that can be hidden from us in Dongchang. Brother not only knows you, brother Living here at the Liansheng Inn, I also know that brother, you first stayed at the Yuelai Inn, and moved here because of conflicts with other guests in the store."

Young Master Zhang smacked his lips, thinking that no wonder everyone said that Dongchang has eyes and ears all over the world, and his nose is indeed sharper than a dog.Thinking of this, Young Master Zhang suddenly had an idea, and thought he was right, since Dongchang Jinyiwei is so well-informed, he must know the ins and outs of Xiong Tingbi's case, and he must also know why the sky prison did not allow him to visit the whereabouts of Xiong Tingbi and that little beauty Xiong Hu .With this in mind, Young Master Zhang hurriedly took Xiao Chuan's hand, and said with a smile: "I never thought that Big Brother Xiao would care so much about my younger brother, and my younger brother is very grateful. Don't say anything else, let's go, the best Dongsheng Building in the capital, my younger brother will be the host. "Xiao Chuan originally came to send a letter to Young Master Zhang with the intention of making money, so he naturally agreed. At the moment, Young Master Zhang and his servant didn't even enter the inn, so he and Xiao Chuan got into the carriage they had hired at the beginning, and went straight to the capital. The most luxurious and most deceitful Dongxing Restaurant.

After arriving at the restaurant, Young Master Zhang first ordered a table of the most expensive food and drink, and then took out a silver ticket of 200 taels as wedding money and gave it to Xiao Chuan. Again and again insisted on accepting the bank note "reluctantly".In the end, Xiao Chuan, who was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, patted his chest again and said: "Brother Zhang, I have heard that the guest in the Tianzi No. [-] room of the Yuelai Inn dared to rob the room with you, and even dared to beat your entourage. It’s almost gutted! Brother, don’t worry, big brother, I’ll take someone to clean them up this afternoon, and let them know what will happen to Tai Sui’s head!”

"Brother Xiao, forget it, it's a trivial matter. Anyway, that guy kowtowed to apologize and paid money." Young Master Zhang shook his head and changed the subject: "There are two small things. I want to ask my brother. I hope that big brother will not hesitate to teach you."

"Brother Zhang, feel free to ask, brother knows everything." Xiao Chuan agreed without hesitation—our young master Zhang is not only generous, but also a default candidate for Jinke, and it is uncertain what will happen in the future. Xiao Chuan naturally wants to talk to us more Young master Zhang should make a better relationship.Young Master Zhang nodded, first made a wink for Zhang Shitou to guard the door, and then lowered his voice and asked Xiao Chuan: "Brother Xiao, let me ask—the former minister of the Ministry of War, Xiong Tingbi, Mr. Xiong, what is it for?" Prison? And after he got off the prison, why didn't he even allow me to visit the prison?"

"Brother Zhang, why are you asking this?" Xiao Chuan, who was still smiling just now, turned pale, and asked tremblingly, "What's your relationship with Xiong Tingbi?"

"It's nothing to do with it." Young Master Zhang shook his head and denied.Xiao Chuan pursed his lips, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, don't make jokes. Since you have nothing to do with Xiong Tingbi, why do you want to inquire about him? Why do you want to visit him in the prison?" Young Master Zhang had no choice but to tell the truth: "Brother Xiao, brother really didn't lie to you. I really have nothing to do with Xiong Tingbi—but I know his daughter, Xiong Hu, and I want to marry his daughter back home as a wife, so I asked you."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Xiao Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said in a low voice: "Brother, it's not that the elder brother is talking about you. Why should a man have no wife? Given your talent and family background, it is not easy to find a beautiful wife? Why bother?" Want to see Xiong Tingbi's daughter and get angry?"

"Get angry?" Young Master Zhang was even more puzzled, and asked: "What did Xiong Tingbi do? Who wants his life? Even marrying his daughter will cause trouble?" Xiao Chuan hesitated, not knowing what to do. You shouldn't have told Young Master Zhang the truth. Young Master Zhang saw his thoughts, gritted his teeth, took out a pearl the size of a pigeon egg from the package, stuffed it into Xiao Chuan's hands, and said in a low voice, "Brother, please help my little brother with this." Busy, don't worry big brother, little brother is not the kind of person who likes to gossip."

For the sake of silver and pearls, Xiao Chuan finally made up his mind, and whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear: "Brother Zhang, you are the one who is responsible for these matters. Even if other people ask me, I will definitely say nothing." I don’t know—to tell you the truth, Xiong Tingbi has caused a catastrophe this time. Those who want to kill him in the court, not only the Donglin Party, but also the Wei Gonggong Party, all want to behead him for public display. You say Say, such a person, do you still dare to marry him?"

"Both the Donglin Party and Eunuch Wei are going to kill him?" Young Master Zhang was taken aback—no matter how shallow Master Zhang's historical knowledge was, he had heard that the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian didn't deal with each other. Joining forces with the eunuchs to yell, beat and kill, this ability is indeed more than ordinary-of course it is the ability to offend people.Xiao Chuan nodded and sighed, "That's right, it's a long story. First of all, Xiong Tingbi doesn't belong to Wei Gonggong's party, nor does he belong to the Donglin Party, but the collapsed Chu Party..."

After Xiao Chuan's detailed explanation, our Young Master Zhang finally understood the ins and outs of Xiong Tingbi's case.It turned out that since the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party basically controlled the Ming court, Xiong Tingbi, who belonged to the Chu Party, basically had no place in the court. Governor Wang Huazhen was emptied, and even the military power was almost completely deprived.As a result, in the second year of Tianqi, Jiannu Nuerhachi led the army to attack Guangning. Wang Huazhen's entire army was wiped out and lost Guangning City. Xiong Tingbi could only hand over the last army to Wang Huazhen, and he himself led the people of Liaodong to withdraw to Shanhaiguan. The whole territory of Liaodong fell into the hands of Jiannu.

All the land north of Shanhaiguan was lost. Someone must stand up and take responsibility for this matter. At the beginning, Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty was fairly fair. He issued an edict to arrest the culprit Wang Huazhen, Xiong Tingbi was dismissed, and Wei Zhongxian did not express his position on this matter.But in this way, the Donglin Party quit, who is Wang Huazhen?The favorite student of Ye Xianggao, a [-]-star Zhongtian Kuixing University scholar of the Donglin Party!Wang Huazhen, who is a member of the Donglin Party, was convicted, didn't he slap the Donglin Party in the face?As a result, some members of the Donglin Party attacked Xiong Tingbi. Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of Zuodu, Tianhuixing, Wang Ji, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Wenyan, secretary of the cabinet, and Zhou Yingqiu, minister of Dali Temple, etc. The members of the Lin party all laid a dark hand on Xiong Tingbi, and let Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen bear the same charges, so Xiong Tingbi went to prison in a daze, and was sentenced to death with Wang Huazhen.

When Xiao Chuan was talking about this, Young Master Zhang interjected and asked: "Brother Xiao, since Xiong Tingbi was framed and imprisoned by members of the Donglin Party, how could Eunuch Wei hate Xiong Tingbi? Logically speaking, Eunuch Wei Since you regard the Donglin Party as a thorn in your side, shouldn't you hate Xiong Tingbi who was framed by the Donglin Party?"

"No way, Xiong Tingbi is not as smart as Wang Huazhen." Xiao Chuan said with a wry smile: "Wang Huazhen knew that he was doomed, and also knew that a part of the Donglin Party wanted to kill him, so he took the initiative to vote for Wei Gonggong and exposed some Donglin Party members. The embezzlement of the Liaodong military salary gave Eunuch Wei an excuse to attack the Donglin Party, so of course Eunuch Wei had to protect him. Another point, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, members of the Donglin Party that Eunuch Wei hated the most, both stood up to fight against the Donglin Party. Xiong Tingbi is fair, although these people found out with conscience and knew that Xiong Tingbi may have been wronged, but in this way, Eunuch Wei hates Wu and Wu, and of course wants to kill Xiong Tingbi." Speaking of this, Xiao Chuan added mysteriously , "Also, I heard that after Xiong Tingbi was released from prison, he did another thing that offended Eunuch Wei, so Eunuch Wei has already threatened that if he is not killed, the hatred in his heart will not be relieved."

"What did Xiong Tingbi do again? This thing is about to be beheaded, how dare he continue to offend 99 years old?" Young Master Zhang asked in surprise.Xiao Chuan shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, and replied: "I heard this from my brother-in-law, Commander of Jin Yiwei, Mr. Tian. He didn't go into details, and I didn't dare to ask more. The less you know about the things above, the longer your head The stronger it is."

Young Master Zhang was silent, and after a while he murmured: "It's complicated, it's so fucking complicated! Some people in the Donglin Party wanted to kill Xiong Tingbi, and some people wanted to save Xiong Tingbi. Eunuch Wei didn't hate Xiong Tingbi at first, but later he hated Xiong Tingbi so much that he wanted to kill him." He, the relationship between grievances and grievances is probably more complicated than a mess."

"Brother Zhang is right. It's better for us small people not to get involved in the complicated relationships above." Xiao Chuan echoed.Young Master Zhang was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Brother Xiao, the prison was not allowed to visit Xiong Tingbi that day, why is that?"

"It's not complicated." Xiao Chuan explained: "After Xiong Tingbi was imprisoned, his two sons came to the capital to find a way to save him, and they bribed a jailer named Jiang Yingyang, who often went down to the prison to visit Xiong Tingbi. Discuss how to escape from the prison. Later, the matter was exposed, Jiang Yingyang was arrested, and Wei Gonggong also issued an order that no one is allowed to visit Xiong Tingbi, lest he collude with outsiders."

"Oh, this is easy to handle." Young Master Zhang nodded, and then asked: "Brother Xiao, do you know where Xiong Tingbi's son and daughter live now? I want to meet them."

"I really don't know about this." Xiao Chuan shook his head, and said again: "But other people in our East Factory must know, I will help you find out, it should be no problem." Speaking of this, Xiao Chuan kindly reminded: "Brother, it's not that elder brother is nagging. You'd better not get involved in Xiong Tingbi's matter. Otherwise, if something happens, it will delay your future at least, and at worst - elder brother will have to find a way to visit you in the prison."

Young Master Zhang shuddered, thinking that the elder brother Jinyiwei who was bought with money was telling the truth, don’t worry, Xiong Tingbi didn’t get out, and he himself fell into it. Although Xiong Hu is beautiful, he is not as beautiful as his own head. The matter of Xiong Tingbi , I'd better not get involved.

(End of this chapter)