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Chapter 40 A Fog

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After Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing sent their servants home, it took a full hour and a half to invite Yang Liuqi to the Suhuai Academy. When he came in, Yang Liuqi still had two bloodstains on his face that were obviously scratched by his nails. Because of this, when Yang Liuqi saw Wei Liangqing, Fu Yingxing, and Young Master Zhang hugging a woman and drinking flower wine in the room, Yang Liuqi immediately became angry and shouted at Young Master Zhang and others, "Liang Qing, Ying Xing, Zhang Haogu, did the three of you take the wrong medicine? You pulled me out of the bed in a hurry in the third quarter, you want to kill me? Let your sister know that I am here, I Is there still life?"

"Brother-in-law, don't be angry, don't be angry." Wei Liangqing, who was so drunk that his tongue was talking loudly, smiled, pointed at Young Master Zhang and said, "Don't blame us, it's Zhang Haogu who insisted that we invite you here, if you are unhappy If you want to settle accounts with someone, just go to him."

"Zhang Haogu?" Wei Liangqing froze for a moment, wanted to get angry but because of face and relationship, he could only say angrily: "Zhang Haogu, congratulations on your high school career, you have something to do with me ?”

"Sixth brother Yang, please sit down, please sit down and drink a glass of wine before talking." Young Master Zhang was not in a hurry, he just smiled and beckoned Yang Liuqi to sit down.But Yang Liuqi replied impatiently: "Thank you, I'm abstinent from heaven and don't drink alcohol. If you have something to say, please say it quickly. Your god-sister has a bad temper. If you find out that I'm staying in this place, the family will be in trouble."

"Actually, it's nothing..." Young Master Zhang hadn't finished his sentence with a dry smile, but Yang Liuqi yelled with his eyes wide open, "It's nothing, why did you call me here? Do you think I'm as busy as you? Old Taishan's official documents are complete." I write the pen, do you know how many official documents I have to review in a day? How many words do I have to write? How many hours can I sleep in a day? "

"Brother Yang, please stay safe and don't be impatient." Young Master Zhang didn't expect Yang Liuqi's temper to be so irritable, and he didn't have a chance to say the euphemisms he had prepared at the beginning, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet Said: "The thing is like this, my younger brother heard from Brother Wei and Brother Fu that Sixth Brother Yang, you have worked so hard for official duties, and you are exhausted. My heart is really distressed, so I invited Sixth Brother Yang here and wanted to make a contribution to Sixth Brother Yang." It is a method of self-cultivation and esoteric art, helping Sixth Brother Yang to refine his physical body externally, internally refine his spirit, strengthen his foundation and cultivate his energy, strengthen his body, and prolong his life."

"Oh, what kind of cultivation secret technique is that? Does it work?" Yang Liuqi's tone finally slowed down.Never thought that Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing would almost roll with laughter, pointing at Young Master Zhang together and yelling: "Well, you are so good at Zhang, you can really blow it up, it's a technique in the house to please women, you dare to blow it up is Gu Benpei!" Yuan, to keep fit, to practice internally and externally... Hahahaha."

"A way to curry favor with women?" The words of Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing just hit the most painful scar on Yang Liuqi's heart, causing Yang Liuqi's face to turn from white to red, and then to green, and finally left with a black face and swung his sleeves. Ignoring Young Master Zhang's persuasion and explanation, he rushed out of the Suhuai Courtyard in two or three strokes.Young Master Zhang had no choice but to go back to the room and complain to Fu Yingxing and Wei Liangqing: "Brother Wei, Brother Fu, do you guys talk like that? Even a man can't stand the art of pleasing women. That's it, Yang Liu Brother must hate me."

"I'm sorry, but what you said was too funny." Fu Yingxing agreed with a smile covering his stomach.Over there, Wei Liangqing also laughed so hard that his stomach ached, and comforted him, "It's okay, he just has that temper, I'll explain it to him for you another day, and I promise he won't give you little shoes to wear."

"Well, I'm not afraid that he will give me small shoes to wear, but mainly because I'm anxious to ask him about things." Young Master Zhang said with a sigh.But before Young Master Zhang finished speaking, Yang Liuqi rushed back to the room with a pale face, and screamed again as soon as he entered the door: "You three bastards! I was hurt by you!"

"What's the matter?" Young Master Zhang, Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing asked in wonder.Yang Liuqi screamed like a pig: "Your sister sent her maid to follow me. When I was going out just now, her personal maid just got into the sedan chair and left. She must have gone back to report to your sister! God, this What can I do?"

Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing's expressions also changed greatly, and they exclaimed together: "Really? My sister won't tell my father or commit suicide here, will I?" Young Master Zhang's eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled Yang Liuqi's sleeve and leaned closer to Yang Liuqi's ear He whispered: "Brother Yang, don't be afraid, the godfather must have fallen asleep by now, and my sister won't be able to sue for a while. You can learn a few tricks from me, as long as you serve my sister well, You don't have to be afraid of anything."

When the matter came to this point, Yang Liuqi had no other choice, so he gritted his teeth and nodded and said, "Okay, a dead horse is a living horse doctor, you teach me quickly." Young Master Zhang didn't hesitate, and quickly put himself away from the Japanese love. Yang Liuqi whispered in Yang Liuqi's ear the men's oil-pushing technique learned in an action movie. Yang Liuqi remembered it carefully, and ran away to go home and explain to his wife.Over there, Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing were afraid that Young Master Zhang's tricks would fail and Wei Zhongxian's daughter would come to settle accounts, so they didn't dare to stay in the Suhuai courtyard. He was also afraid that Xiong Hu would follow Yang Liuqi's wife to watch secretly, so after paying the bill, he led Zhang Shitou to rush back to the inn to rest, and had nothing to say all night.

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"Brother Zhang, brother Zhang, wake up, wake up quickly." The next morning, when Young Master Zhang, who had been tossing around midnight, was soundly asleep, he was suddenly awakened by a familiar voice.Young Master Zhang opened his eyes in a daze, only to find that the person who woke him up was Wei Zhongxian's son-in-law Yang Liuqi!The expression on Yang Liuqi's face is also obviously different from last night, with a spring smile all over his face, and he speaks very kindly and politely, "Haha, Brother Zhang, Brother Six came to thank you, you taught me last night. A few hands really work."

"Brother Yang Sixth, brother didn't lie to you, right?" Eldest Young Master Zhang suddenly realized, got up and asked with a smile.Yang Liuqi smiled even more happily, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, "It works, it works, your sister hasn't cooked breakfast for me in three years, and she took the initiative to come out of the kitchen when she came together this morning, and boiled a pot of snow chicken for me personally." Rice porridge. Haha, your sister even told me to thank you for letting you teach me a few more secret techniques of self-cultivation."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, I dare not listen to Brother Yang Liu's orders." Young Master Zhang agreed repeatedly, and taught Yang Liuqi all the moves he remembered. Yang Liuqi was afraid that he would forget, so he specially asked Zhang Shitou to bring paper Take notes.After finally waiting for Young Master Zhang to finish speaking, Yang Liuqi carefully dried the cultivation secret book and put it away, then smiled at Young Master Zhang: "Brother Zhang, the whole family does not talk about each other. I have some time, tell me, what do you want Sixth Brother to do for you? Or if you want an official position, Sixth Brother will try his best to arrange it for you."

"Sixth Brother, if you are a straightforward person." Young Master Zhang grinned and flirted with Zhang Shitou. Zhang Shitou understood, and immediately took out the 200 taels of silver bills he had prepared in front of Yang Liuqi, and bowed out of the room.Yang Liuqi pretended to be surprised and said, "Brother Zhang, what are you doing? You help Brother Six reconcile his husband and wife, and Brother Six is ​​already grateful. How can he accept your money? Take it back, take it back."

"Brother Six, don't be polite. In fact, brother, I don't ask you anything, I just want to ask you a few questions." Young Master Zhang lowered his voice and asked slowly: "Brother, I just want to know why the old godfather asked you Want to kill Xiong Tingbi? Is there any possibility of redemption?"

"Why are you asking this?" Yang Liuqi was stunned for a moment, then he understood, and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that you really have a crush on Xiong Tingbi's daughter? Do you want to save Xiong Tingbi and please her?" Young Master Zhang was also straightforward, nodding directly Admitted, "Sixth Brother Yang is so bright, that's exactly the case, that's why the younger brother tried his best to ask Brother Six for help, please be sure to do it."

"Oh, you boy, you really don't know how to live or die." Yang Liuqi sighed regretfully, and said, "Forget it, anyway, it would be better to let you know some inside information, at least let you die-tell you Well, if you want to save Xiong Tingbi, there is no possibility at all!"

"Why?" Young Master Zhang asked.Yang Liuqi looked around, and whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear: "Lao Taishan wants to kill Xiong Tingbi, there are actually two reasons! The first reason is that Lao Taishan wants to use Xiong Tingbi's case to drag some members of the Donglin traitor party into the water." The main reason is to let Xiong Tingbi admit that he bribed Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, Donglin traitors, and cleaned up these Donglin gangsters. After the matter is completed, Lao Taishan will kill Xiong Tingbi to silence him. After scolding Lao Taishan, Xiong Tingbi asked Wang Wenyan to tell Lao Taishan that he was going to buy his life with 4 taels of silver, but after Lao Taishan said good things for Xiong Tingbi in front of the emperor, Xiong Tingbi didn't take out a tael of silver. In anger, of course I want to kill Xiong Tingbi to vent my anger."

"Oh, so that's the case. No wonder godfather hates Xiong Tingbi so much. It turns out that Xiong Tingbi promised to give the money but didn't." Young Master Zhang suddenly realized.Yang Liuqi nodded, and replied with a wry smile: "I don't know whether this Xiong Tingbi is crazy or stupid. Under such circumstances, he still dares to make fun of Lao Taishan. It's like a beggar carrying a bowl into the latrine—looking for death!"

"No? Is Xiong Tingbi really that stupid?" Yang Liuqi inadvertently reminded him, Young Master Zhang suddenly realized that something was wrong—Xiong Tingbi was sent to prison and sentenced to death, how could he make fun of Wei Zhongxian?Moreover, Xiong Hu also said that Xiong Tingbi himself confessed to his son that if he wanted to save him, he had to follow Wei Zhongxian's path. Isn't this contradictory?

"Brother Zhang, it's not just Lao Taishan who wants to kill Xiong Tingbi. There are also people in the court and among the people who wish him to die sooner." Seeing that Young Master Zhang had helped him a lot, Yang Liuqi simply bought one and got one free. Tell me everything you know, "Do you know Wang Huazhen? In fact, he is the chief culprit for losing Liaodong. We know this, Lao Taishan knows it, and the Donglin Party members know it—but he Wang Huazhen is the former chief assistant Ye Xianggao. The protégé of Liaodong was also recommended by the Donglin Party as the governor of Liaodong, and Ye Xianggao himself was the veteran leader of the Donglin Party. For the sake of Ye Xianggao's face and not to be implicated, the traitors of the Donglin Party were of course able to protect Wang Huazhen. So at that time, Wang Ji, Shangshu of Donglin’s traitorous party’s criminal department, Zou Yuanbiao, Zuodu censor, and Zhou Yingqiu, minister of Dali Temple, who were in charge of the Sanju Department at the time, insisted that Xiong Tingbi’s crime was greater than Wang Huazhen’s, and forced Xiong Tingbi into this case.”

"Wang Ji, Zou Yuanbiao, Zhou Yingqiu." Young Master Zhang gritted his teeth and memorized these three names.Over there, Yang Liuqi said in a low voice: "And I also heard some news that some folks are working for Wang Huazhen, wanting to keep Wang Huazhen and kill Xiong Tingbi, and they contribute money and energy. They are very enthusiastic. There are already many people in the court. The neutral officials and censors took their money, so in the court, almost no one speaks for Xiong Tingbi."

"Hey, my future old Mount Tai has a lot of enemies, and even the folks have paid and tried to kill him." Young Master Zhang muttered in his heart, and asked again: "Brother Yang, do you know who these people are?" ?"

"I don't know, I haven't checked." Yang Liuqi shrugged his shoulders and replied: "These people want to kill Xiong Tingbi, and Lao Taishan also wants to kill Xiong Tingbi, so our people didn't investigate carefully. I only know that they are through Yang Yuan and Yao Zongwen. The way to get in touch with the officials in the court, the people who come forward to handle the matter are relatives and family members of Wang Huazhen."

"Yang Yuan? Yao Zongwen?" Young Master Zhang secretly remembered these two names again.Over there Yang Liuqi stood up, patted Young Master Zhang on the shoulder and said, "Brother Zhang, Sixth Brother has to go—remember, if you are determined to work for Xiong Tingbi, don't directly bring things to light." For the emperor, this is what Lao Taishan hates the most! If you want to save Xiong Tingbi, you must first persuade Lao Taishan to change your mind. As for the sixth brother, don’t worry, I will try my best to hide it for you if I can, and I will try my best to help you. Say something nice."

"Thank you Sixth Brother. Sixth Brother's great kindness, I will never forget it." Young Master Zhang thanked him repeatedly, but he was very confused in his heart. If you want to bribe Wei Zhongxian to buy your life, why don't you let your son come forward? Why do you want Wang Wenyan from the Donglin Party to do it? Could it be this Wang Wenyan...?"

Note: Biography No. 140 of "History of the Ming Dynasty" original text: Huazhen was arrested in February, and Tingbi was stopped for investigation.In April, Wang Ji, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Zou Yuanbiao, Yushi of Zuodu, and Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of Dali Temple, etc. played the poems for going to prison, and Tingbi and Huazhen discussed their deaths.Later, when the execution was due, Tingbi ordered Wang Wenyan to bribe the inner court with [-] gold to pray for a reprieve, and then backed it.Wei Zhongxian hated him greatly and vowed to kill Tingbi quickly.And Yang Lian and others were imprisoned, falsely accused of accepting bribes from Tingbi, which was a serious crime.Already, Jiang Yingyang, a citizen of the city, said that he and Ting Bizi went in and out of the prison, and the conspiracy was unpredictable.

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