The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Chapter 122

After reciting Gao Ming's name, someone yelled loudly: "Shut up, demon!" It was none other than Jing Wang Zhao Ji, because he was standing next to the official's house, and when he suddenly yelled, he would still be immersed in shock Zhao Ji was taken aback.

He had never seen his son speak so loudly in public, not even when he usually spoke loudly, but suddenly he let out a loud shout, which surprised everyone.

Zhao Ji came to listen to the immortal position of his courtier team, not to hear the courtiers being called demons and goblins. If his subordinates are a group of demon kings, then what is he?Devil?

Zhao Ji made a prompt decision, "Take down this demon way!"

Wang Zaixi had already prepared, and put on the appearance of seeing death as home, "Xiaodao knew that the officials would be furious when they heard the truth. For this reason, Xiaodao has already prepared the coffin, hahaha, Xiaodao has nothing to fear."

He looked like this, as if he really put life and death aside, and would rather die in order to wake up the stunned king.

This calmness and self-confidence won the "trust" of some people. Among them, Zheng Juzhong, a scholar of the Zizheng Palace, stood up and spoke uprightly, "The officials and ministers think that no matter whether it is true or not, let the Taoist Wang finish the speech..."

Gao Ming smiled, Zheng Juzhong told Wang Zaixi to finish reading the list, naturally not for the purpose of finding out the devil in the Qing Dynasty, but also for his own self-interest.

He was at odds with Cai Jing, Cai Jing was ranked number one on this list, and he wanted to hear Wang Zaixi continue to read to see if there were any other Cai Jing's henchmen, so that he could take advantage of the situation and attack Cai Jing.

As a result, before he could finish speaking, Wang Zixi read out his name, "Heavenly Noble Star Zheng Juzhong."

Zheng Juzhong blushed, like a plucked rooster, red from the neck to the top of the head, and shrank back into the team in shame.

At this time, a young voice was heard angrily saying: "What are you doing in a daze, send this demon to prison!"

Gao Ming followed the prestige and saw the crown prince Zhao Huanchao Wang Zaixi who was next to Zhao Ji glaring at him. He was the one who said what he said just now.

The palace guards effortlessly grabbed Wang Zaixi and dragged him down.

Wang Zixi laughed and said: "The thunder from the sky and the appearance of this stele was originally a warning to the officials, but the officials closed their eyes and listened. The country will be harmed by these monsters in the future, and it is too late to regret."

Prince Zhao Huan said to Zhao Ji who was angry: "Father, let my ministers interrogate this monster! Let's see what purpose he has."

Zhao Ji was in a bad mood, and he didn't want to talk to Wang Zixi at all. Since the crown prince wanted to take over this matter, he agreed and waved his hand, "You will come to the trial."

Zhao Kai lowered his eyes and sighed imperceptibly, it was really a thief calling for a thief.

Zhao Ji's complexion was as frosty, he was so happy when he heard Lin Lingsu said that he had a fairy circle that day, but now he felt so sad when he heard Wang Zaixi said that he had a group of courtiers of the devil king.

The two Taoist priests deciphered the inscription at the same time, but the content was completely different.

When things turned out like this, Zhao Ji took the lead to leave with a dark face, and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all left without saying a word, with very bad expressions on their faces.

Like everyone else, Gao Qiu is very ugly, but seeing his son's composure, he couldn't help educating: "Why are you still acting like a normal person, you are on the list, aren't you worried at all?"

"The sky is falling, and Cai Jing is holding it back. I'm so low in the ranking, why worry about it?"

Sometimes Gao Qiu can't understand his son's thoughts, just think that he has the guts to not change his face, "If there is someone behind Wang Zixi, it means that someone can't understand our father and son and wants to get rid of him." To lose us, even if there is Cai Jing to stand up to it, but if the emperor is angry, he will lay down millions of corpses and expel us, it is not a matter of one sentence."

Gao Ming heard it, "Are you worried that this matter was instigated by the crown prince?"

It would be really bad if the crown prince was following them. After all, he was the crown prince. When he ascended the throne, Wang Zaixi would feel relieved when his name was read just now.

After Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he did exactly the same thing, cleaning up all the treacherous officials who surrounded his father.Those who ransacked their homes, exiled them, beheaded them, and swept them away vigorously. It can be seen that the hatred for this group of people has been suppressed for a long time.

Zhao Huan was very dissatisfied with his father Zhao Ji, and they never liked each other.

The relationship between the father and son has long been cold to the freezing point. However, because of the detached status of the crown prince in this dynasty, there are many people who secretly support the prince in the court. In addition, Zhao Ji's character is kind at best, and he can't bear to do anything to his own flesh and blood. The ugly point is that he lacks courage and is indecisive. Zhao Huan's crown prince has not yet changed hands.

But Zhao Ji was soft on the crown prince, and he had no such thoughts on Wang Zaixi, he had already sharpened his sword and turned to Wang Zaixi, ready to deal with this confuse guy.

At the same time, Wang Zaixi in prison not only silently wrote down the list of people who hadn't finished speaking that day, but also said that if the emperor did not listen to the advice of the gods and killed him, the messenger of heaven, he would be punished.

Just a few days ago, there was a heavy snowfall in Cangzhou, which was more than a month earlier than in previous years. It was considered abnormal weather, and Zhao Ji felt a little bit guilty.

"Father, I sent people to investigate. During Jiayou's reign, there was indeed a lieutenant named Hong Xin who was ordered to go to Longhu Mountain to pray for blessings. There were rumors that he let go of the demon king. I sent people to find his descendants. People, one of his grandsons is already an octogenarian, so he doesn't hide it. He said that after his grandfather came back from Longhu Mountain, he kept saying that he let go of the demon king. He felt guilty and died of depression not long after. There are rumors like this.” Zhao Kai, the King of Yun, who is the governor of the imperial city, reported the situation to the emperor, “In addition, he also sent people to Longhu Mountain, and I believe that definite news will come soon.”

Zhao Kai didn't dare to lie, because if he lied, his father would send someone to investigate, and the truth would be found out soon, and she would have no way to explain it. .

Zhao Ji's heart sank all of a sudden, it all sounded like it was true.

Looking at the arrangement of these stars, it seems that it is not unreasonable. For example, Gao Ming, he is a hero of heaven, he is indeed the youngest and most outstanding among these people.

Looking at Tiangui Zheng Juzhong again, he followed the path of Concubine Zheng, and was related to Concubine Zheng, so he just used the word "gui".

While Zhao Ji was thinking about it by himself, there was still a list quietly circulated in the Tokyo venue, all of which were the names of some court officials.

It is said that these people are all demon kings from the sky who came to the world to harm the government and destroy the Song Dynasty.

In an instant, it aroused great resonance among the people.

These [-] people, including central officials and local officials, cover a wide range of people, and most of them are not well-known among the people.

These people are now labeled as demon kings again, and the common people accept it without any psychological burden.

Even Gao Ming felt that if he was an ordinary citizen, he would have two choices in front of him, whether he believed that the imperial court official was the reincarnation of a god or that the imperial court official was the reincarnation of a demon king.

Whether it is out of envy, jealousy, or anger at the current political ambiguity, except for the family members of officials, almost no one will choose the former one.

Just this bunch of officials who are in a hurry, the gods are reincarnated?Pooh!

How has the imperial court been harmed by them, it must be the demon king who came to the world!

Gao Ming, as the Secretary of the Imperial City, under Zhao Kai's order, promptly dispatched manpower to hunt down the criminals who spread these rumors, and Kaifeng Mansion was full of people for a while.

Gao Ming thought it was a bit interesting, it reminded him that when King Yun gave him a horse, there were rumors in the capital that King Yun had a good relationship with the ignorant Gao Yanei. For this reason, I went to Gaotang Prefecture to avoid the limelight for a few days.

If the person behind Wang Zixi is really the prince, then he is a person who knows how to use public opinion.

The Imperial City Division has been fighting rumors day and night for many days, and it has achieved initial results, and the number of people who spread it secretly has decreased.

However, there are many middle and upper classes who openly jumped out and pointed their finger at the court officials.

A man named Chen Chaolao joined forces with Chen Dong and other imperial students to impeach Cai Jing, and there was an uproar for a while.

Because Chen Chaolao is considered a civil activist. Many years ago, when he was still studying in Taixue, he publicly impeached Cai Jing. Now his power is still the same as before, and he joined forces with Taixue students to attack Cai Jing.

This wave belongs to the folk movement, and above the court, Cai Jing's situation is not optimistic. Those who supported the prince were suppressed by him before and had to go dormant. This time they finally seized the opportunity to attack him. He has more than a dozen major crimes.

Officials in this dynasty have to save face, especially when they are impeached, they have to pretend to resign and return to their hometown.

At this time, it depends on the attitude of the emperor. If he wants to stay, the prime minister can stay. If his attitude is negative, then the prime minister should pack up and go home.

Cai Jing had ups and downs several times, and this time he reached a turning point in his life.

Faced with the pressure of public opinion, Cai Jing claimed that he would not be sick and scolded Wang Zaixi, but he also knew that Wang Zaixi was just a puppet put in front of the stage, as for the manipulator behind the scenes, he did not reveal his true face.

The rabbit died and the fox was sad, the number one demon king was attacked, and Gao Qiu was in a bad mood, afraid that the fire would burn him, so he acted more low-key.

Gao Ming was not as nervous as his father, after all, he was ranked ninth, and now the firepower was concentrated on Cai Jing, who told him that his reputation among the people was really bad.

But he, Gao Ming, is no longer the Gao Yanei with a bad reputation. He is the hero who recruited Liangshan, the defender of Hangzhou City, and the hero who captured Fang La.

The common people especially recognize military achievements, everything is false, and being able to catch bad people is the most real.

Unlike before, although Gao Ming was on the list, he was rarely scolded.

When he found Yaoyan, he even heard such remarks as, "Although Gao Lian is not very good, his son is good." "This list is slightly flawed, Gao Ming should not be added."

Gao Ming was very pleased, as expected, the eyes of the masses were discerning.

One day, Gao Ming had just returned to the mansion after finishing his work in the Imperial City Department, when the old Du Guan came up to him and said, "Ya Nei, the Taiwei asked you to go to the study."

He walked to the door of the study, and heard his father's laughter coming from inside, he couldn't help wondering, what's the matter, because of the list of demon kings, his father hasn't smiled for several days.

He pushed the door open and went in, and saw his father teasing a colorful parrot, "Speak." Hua Rong stood aside, seeing Gao Ming, with a smile on his face.

The parrot said mechanically: "Wanfu Taiwei, Wanfu Taiwei."

Gao Qiu said to his son with a smile: "Hua Rong brought it, how interesting it is for you to see." It doesn't matter whether the gift is expensive or not, the important thing is that you put your mind into it and make him happy.

This parrot has been trained to speak auspicious words.

Gao Ming stared at it, and it said: "The generation after generation will be a marquis, and the generations will be a marquis."

Hearing Gao Qiu's brows and smiles, it's not enough for his son to be a Marquis, he has to be a Marquis for generations, and he listens, how pleasing to the ear, he has to parrot.

Gao Ming walked over, looked at the parrot and said, "Talk to be the most handsome man in the yamen."

Gao Qiu glanced at his son, and said dissatisfiedly: "How handsome is he? You still want to be in command and go out to fight?!"

Gao Ming shrugged, "That's not what it means, then I'll teach it something else, that is, Huarong is the most handsome in the world." As soon as he finished speaking, he was happy.

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble here anymore." Gao Qiu said to Hua Rong: "Go down and talk."

Hua Rong nodded, "I'll take him away." Smiling, he dragged Gao Ming out of the door.

Because my father was present all the time, it was inconvenient to say some things, now there are only the two of them left, Gao Ming said with a smile: "You can change the way to please my father."

Hua Rong smiled and said: "I have already worshiped him as my father, these are what I should do. You are so busy every day, I will visit his old man when I have free time. Naturally, I can't come empty-handed, I have to give something."

Hua Rong was granted the title of Jiedushi. In this dynasty, where the salary was generous, he didn't need to save money to buy a house, and he had no family to support. The salary he got was not only a filial piety to the old lady in his hometown, but also to Gao Ming and others. Gao Qiu went shopping.

Before giving the parrot, he bought whatever he wanted. Gao Qilian boasted that the child had a heart, and he seemed very satisfied with Huarong's performance.

Gao Ming smiled, "If you work hard like this, when my father transfers you, he will be more gentle. It should not be as far away as Lingnan. I think it will be near Cangzhou. Okay, let's not talk about it. Have you eaten yet? I'll ask the kitchen to cook something you like."

"No, I have to go. I'm on duty today. Until now, I just want to see you."

Gao Ming sent Hua Rong out of the mansion, the two were talking and laughing.

"By the way, there is a lot of rumors about the list of demon kings in Tokyo now, do you know?"

Hua Rong also asked the question knowingly. Gao Ming, as the Secretary of the Imperial City, made a point, how could he not see these lists? He said that just to make a point.

Gao Ming didn't care, "Let's pass it on. Anyway, I'm not the only one on the list, there are so many people. The sky is falling, and the people in front of me are holding it up."

Seeing Gao Ming talking and laughing freely, Hua Rong also felt relieved, came to the door and got on his horse, "Then I will come to see you another day."

Gao Ming sent Hua Rong away, and when he returned to the mansion, he saw his father come out, "Hua Rong is gone?"

"Let's go, you didn't leave him for a meal?"

"He still has work to do."

Gao Qiu warned: "By the way, you see that every time you come here, you always carry something, and you never empty-handed. You also try to find a way to give him something back, and reciprocate, understand?"

Gao Qiu is always worried that his son is too used to Huarong's warm attitude, and then he will be careless, forgetting to give Huarong something in return to maintain the friendship.

"Yes, let me take a look and give him something."

At night, Gao Ming was lying on the bed, thinking about what to give Huarong, this gift should represent his heart.

In a flash of inspiration, I have an idea, let's make a hand cream for Huarong.

The weather is cold, and he just needs it when he performs martial arts.

When he was free the next evening, he asked someone to find rose water, tea oil, honey, beeswax, and various heating appliances, then rolled up his sleeves and started manual labor.

Rose water is used to increase the aroma, otherwise the smell of oil is unpleasant.

He has rehearsed the production process many times in his mind, everything is very simple...

It's simple...

Half an hour later, Gao Ming discarded the pot, Fu E doubted life, it should be very simple, why is it completely different from what he imagined?

Obviously, the brain has already penetrated everything, but when it's the turn of the unsatisfied hands, various problems arise.

In the evening, Gao Ming lay on the bed, rehearsed the production process in his mind, and said confidently: "Well, it's very simple, it will definitely be done tomorrow."

The next day, Gao Ming looked at the stars outside the window, leaned against the corner of the wall, and breathed out weakly, "...It's hard...I'm too difficult..."

In the evening, lying on the bed, he summed up his experience again, and secretly swore that he didn't believe that he was really a handicapped party, so he must make this thing.

Finally, hard work paid off, and on the third day, Gao Ming held the small porcelain box in his hand and smiled happily: "Haha, you're done!"

At this time, a servant knocked on the door, interrupting his moment of savoring joy, "Ya Nei, there is a Taoist who begs to see you, saying that he is an old acquaintance from Liangshan."

Taoist, old acquaintance of Liangshan?A name and a face appeared in Gao Ming's mind.

Gao Ming hurriedly resumed his work, walked to the front hall, and saw that it was none other than Gongsun Sheng.

Although the people in Liangshan did not reveal the whereabouts of Gongsun Sheng who left early, this does not mean that Gongsun Sheng who robbed Cai Jing's birth date at that time was not a wanted criminal.

"Why are you here?" When they were in Liangshan, they didn't have much friendship.

The time when Gongsun Sheng went down the mountain was very early. At that time, Gao Ming didn't even get the second deal.

Gongsun Sheng saw Gao Ming's doubts, and did not hide his true thoughts, and said straight to the point: "I heard from He Xuantong that the yamen is looking for someone who can decipher tadpole script."

"No need, it has been deciphered, and now it is spreading all over the place, haven't you heard?"

"But their deciphering is not accurate." Gongsun Sheng said with a smile.

Gao Ming found his words interesting, "Oh? It seems that you know the correct way to decipher it?"

Gongsun Sheng smiled mysteriously, "This is natural. I can give the correct translation, but I need someone to recommend me. I wonder if the Yamen is willing to help with this."

Gao Ming didn't want to, because now this inscription has involved many people, and he didn't want to go in the muddy water again.

They all lived on the top of a mountain, so Gao Ming stopped beating around the bush with him. He snorted and said, "I don't believe you can decipher that inscription. You haven't even seen what that inscription looks like. There is more than one kind of tadpole text. What is your purpose? What is the version you want to crack?"

Gongsun Sheng smiled and said: "Sure enough, I can't hide from the Yamen's eyes. Yes, I actually have some pills here that I want to present to the emperor. If the Yamen is willing to recommend me, then I can crack a fairy prescription."

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows. If Gongsun Sheng also deciphered it, it would be the third version, commonly known as the Xianfang version.

"What panacea do you have for the emperor?" Strange to say, the emperor had to test the poison for every meal and water, for fear of murdering him, but when facing Taoist priests, he dared to put anything in his mouth.

Gongsun Sheng deliberately put on a show, and said with a secretive smile: "Yamei, you understand."

Although there were only three words, Gao Ming understood it in an instant.

Considering Zhao Ji's huge number of children, maintaining such human-creating ability has something to do with nourishment, and among the various "elixir" refined by Taoist priests, there are naturally ones that meet this demand.

It seems that after Gongsun Sheng ran away from Liangshan, he embarked on the road of practicing medicine.

"Do you know how many Taoist priests there are in the palace now? Even if I recommend you, you may not be able to stand out among these people. Now those two stone tablets have changed the color of the officials. You are a newcomer to the palace. I will ask you to decipher it."

"So I need Ya Nei to help me." Gongsun Sheng said with a smile, "It's better for me to leave Liangshan. I am very confident in Ya Nei’s ability, and I think our goals are the same.”

These words are worth pondering, Gao Ming raised the corner of his mouth, "What purpose is the same?"

Gongsun Sheng laughed and said, "You understand."

Charades, huh?Gao Ming smiled and shook his head, expressing his understanding.

Gongsun Sheng made his words clearer, "Since Ya Nei returned to Tokyo, Yang Jian and Zhu Xi have fallen one after another. There are very few people who can see through the behavior of Ya Nei, and I am one of the few people with sharp eyesight."

Gongsun Sheng used to be a good Taoist priest and ran to rob Cai Jing's birthday card because he didn't like Cai Jing, who was disastrous to the country and the people, and wanted to help justice.

But after he went to Liangshan, he realized that he was wrong, their ideas were too far from his own, so he simply went down the mountain on the grounds of visiting his mother.

He couldn't see any way out, and spent many days in a daze, until he heard that Gao Yanei defeated Yang Jian in Tokyo, and defeated Zhu Xi in Hangzhou.

As if turning the clouds to see the sun, he suddenly understood that his previous methods were really useless and could not hurt the muscles of these treacherous officials. Only by lurking around these people like Gao Yanei and discovering their weaknesses can he defeat them.

At this time, he happened to have developed a prescription, and he believed that as long as he had this prescription, he would be able to win the emperor's favor, but he lacked someone who could recommend him. Gao Yanei was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate who shared his goals.

Gao Ming thought about it. If Gongsun Sheng really had the elixir in this area to offer to Zhao Ji, with his understanding of Zhao Ji, there is a high probability that he will be able to win the other party's favor.

Although it is said that Shiman Street is walking, there is no such person in Gao Ming's camp. If he cooperates with Gongsun Sheng, it will indeed fill the gap.

As for Gongsun Sheng's black history, Zhao Ji just wrote an exoneration document if he was happy, and it was nothing more than robbing Cai Jing's birthday present.

The need for each other is the basis of cooperation, Gao Ming thought for a while, "I can promise you, but I have to say something, there is no shortage of Taoist priests around the emperor now, if I want to recommend you, I must make a good plan to let you It is a blockbuster, you should find a place to live first, and when the time is right, I will send someone to find you."

Gongsun Sheng obeyed Gao Ming's arrangement, "I will live in the Hongyun Inn, and the yamen can summon me at any time." After saying that, he left.

Gao Ming looked at Gongsun Sheng's back and thought, how to make Gongsun Sheng the most dazzling and popular Taoist priest?

You have to think about it carefully.

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The next day, Hua Rong came to Taiwei's Mansion to greet Gao Qiu again, and the three of them had dinner together.

During the dinner, Gao Ming took out a small box with a square palm and handed it to Hua Rong, "Here, I'll give you a gift too."

Hua Rong looked at Gao Qiu worriedly, seeing that he didn't respond, she pretended to decline, "What are you doing, you are too polite."

Gao Qiu waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's for you, you can accept it." Although the box is small, the things inside must be gold and jade.

Huarong accepted it generously, and it was difficult for him to take it apart in front of Gao's father and son.

When he got out of the Taiwei's mansion, he couldn't wait to open it as soon as he got on the horse, and saw that there was a small porcelain box and a note inside the box.

On it is Gao Ming's handwriting: Send you a box of hand cream, you may not believe it, but I really made it myself.

Hua Rong was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously smiled and looked back in the direction of Taiwei's Mansion, as if he could see his sweetheart.

-

On the martial arts arena, Hua Rong took Shi Jin and other generals to check the soldiers' drills.

The cold wind was dry, and although Shi Jin was a hero, he could still feel the cracks on his hands slowly forming, so he rubbed his hands unconsciously.

At this time, he saw Hua Rong took out a small porcelain box from his sleeve, opened it slowly, dug out a little ointment from it, and applied it to the back of his hand.

Shi Jin smelled a fresh fragrance of flowers. He had been working under Hua Rong for some time, and he had become his confidant, so he didn't speak so extravagantly: "General Hua, what is this?"

Huarong said: "Hand cream." As he spoke, he spread the ointment to moisten his hands.

"Where did you buy it?" Shi Jin thought it was good, and he wanted it too.

"The one given to me by someone else was made by him himself, so he probably didn't sell it."

Shi Jin couldn't help being disappointed, but since it was a gift from someone else, he made the ointment with the delicate fragrance of roses mixed in it, and he guessed half-jokingly: "Is it from someone you like?"

Hua Rong raised his chin slightly, and his tone was full of happiness and complacency, "That's right."