Chapter 996: Ke Gong’s inscription, Qi Mu’s thoughts
Faced with the applause and cheers from the whole hall, Song Yinzhang was a little dazed, but he still bowed very naturally.
Ke Zheng praised: "Mrs. Song is weak in character, but her music has the meaning of fighting, wind and thunder. Her unique skills on the pipa are indeed as famous as those of the previous dynasty Lei Haiqing."
Speaking of excitement, I couldn't help but walked down from the high seat, came to Song Yinzhang, and looked at the pipa in Song Yinzhang's hand.
"Could it be that lightning struck the wood?"
Song Yinzhang replied respectfully: "That's right, this pipa is called Gu Yue."
Ke Zheng nodded and praised: "Okay."
Then he stretched out his hand and said to the left and right: "Bring me a pen. I am not talented. I would like to thank Madam Song with two words for this song."
Song Yinzhang immediately thanked him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ke."
Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ke Zheng picked up a writing brush and wrote the word "风gu" on Song Yinzhang's Gu Yue Pipa, and also left his name underneath.
Many guests who saw this scene were all shocked. This was the inscription of Mr. Ke Zhengke. It is something that many scholars dream of, but they did not expect that it would fall on an actor.
Everyone craned their necks, widened their eyes, and looked toward the middle, wanting to see what words Ke Zheng had inscribed on Song Yinzhang.
After finishing the inscription, Ke Zheng picked up the Guyue Pipa from Song Yinzhang and said, "I just heard what Madam Song said, and I feel the same way."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised the Gu Yue Pipa in his hand, showed the words he had inscribed, and shouted loudly.
"The character of a scholar-bureaucrat weighs more than a thousand catties."
Only then did everyone see clearly that the two characters Ke Zheng had given to Pipa Sheng were the two characters "character bones".
Ke Zheng shouted, causing the hall to suddenly become silent. Xiao Qinyan, who was sitting above, looked unhappy, but did not say anything.
Ke Zheng praised Song Yinzhang a few words, and then returned Gu Yue Pipa to Song Yinzhang. Song Yinzhang stepped back with great understanding.
Ke Zheng, who was standing in the hall, looked around and said in a deep voice: "I have been the chief minister for more than ten years. I will leave the capital tomorrow to take up my post. The heavy responsibility of the country will be entrusted to everyone here. I hope you will
All ministers and ministers, please remember this word of character."
This enthusiasm and enthusiasm made many people feel the same, and they were full of pride. The highly observant people who ate melons instinctively wanted to applaud. Seeing that no one here agreed, they could only purse their lips and calmly put down their own words.
hands.
Ke Zheng's speech was not over yet. He continued: "Don't be flattery, don't be flattering, don't be arrogant, don't be extravagant. Don't use extravagance to encourage sycophancy as a good thing. You should use chastity and direct remonstrance as the law!"
In an instant, many people couldn't help but applaud, especially Qi Mu, because Ke Zheng's words were undoubtedly a slap in Xiao Qinyan's face. They were political enemies, so he naturally wanted to support Ke Zheng.
Political.
However, when the others saw that Xiao Qinyan's face was not very good, they slowly put away their hands.
What Ke Zheng said was that Kang was very passionate, but he was about to leave the capital. In the future, the capital would be Xiao Qinyan's world. Although Ke Zheng had a high reputation, no one wanted to offend Xiao Qinyan, so he still remained silent at this time.
most.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely awkward. Finally, Xiao Qinyan changed his expression and praised loudly.
"This is a very good thing Mr. Ke has said. Everyone, please follow me and bring me a cup of water and wine and break a willow tree to send it to Mr. Ke."
Good guy, you praise me, but then you say goodbye. This meaning and attitude are very obvious. You are leaving tomorrow, and I am too lazy to argue with you...
Finally, Xiao Qinyan shouted passionately: "Here's to Mr. Ke!"
Everyone agreed with Xiao Qinyan and stood up to pick up their wine glasses, but Ke Zheng was very disrespectful and turned around and walked out as soon as he flicked his sleeves.
In order to avoid embarrassment, the housekeeper Zhongshu responded quickly and asked people to come up and continue the performance. Xiao Qinyan put down his wine glass with a livid face and chased Ke Zheng out.
Zhou Chen took a sip of his drink and looked at this scene with a faint smile. Although Xiao Qinyan defeated Ke Zheng in the power struggle, Ke Zheng was very old-fashioned in many things. He looked down on Xiao Qinyan, so
He won't even do superficial things.
"Marquis Zhongyong, I'm ready to leave, what about you?"
Duke An Guo stood up and was about to leave, and at the same time asked Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen said: "Don't worry, just wait."
By this time, the birthday banquet had basically come to an end. Those who were at odds with Xiao Qinyan also stood up and prepared to leave, but many people stayed.
Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to leave, because he knew that Xiao Qinyan would definitely have something to say to him later.
Sure enough, after a while, after Xiao Qinyan sent away most of the guests, he took the initiative to ask the housekeeper, Uncle Zhong, to find Zhou Chen and invite him to go to the side hall to discuss.
As soon as they met, Xiao Qinyan took the initiative to apologize: "Zhongyong Hou, Quanzi just offended you, I'm really sorry."
Now that he and Zhou Chen are partners, he naturally doesn't want to damage the relationship between them because of such a trivial matter.
Of course, this is also because Zhou Chen's status is high enough. If it were someone else with a low status, how could he lower his head like this?
Zhou Chen said: "Ms. Xiao is serious. It's just rhetoric, not true."
Xiao Qinyan said bitterly: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, I will strictly discipline Quanzi in the future and will not let him cause any trouble to Lord Marquis and Lady Song. I will never reveal even a single bit of Lady Song's affairs.
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A light flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes and he asked, "The Prime Minister's information is really well-informed."
"General, normal." Xiao Qinyan responded with a smile.
Zhou Chen chuckled lightly. The fact that he helped Song Yinzhang deregister himself was not very secret. Xiao Qinyan had been in Tokyo for a long time, so it was not surprising to know about it.
What's more, he had told the officials and the queen about Zhao Pan'er before, and Song Yinzhang and Zhao Pan'er were together. With a little investigation, the truth could be known.
"Ke Zheng is leaving Beijing tomorrow, won't your disciple go see him off?" Xiao Qinyan suddenly asked.
Zhou Chen replied: "This is my business, so I don't need Mr. Xiao to worry about it. I have other things to do, so I'll leave first."
"Master Hou, walk slowly."
As soon as Zhou Chen left the gate of Xiao Mansion, he saw Song Yinzhang, dressed in red and standing with a pipa in his arms.
"Master Hou!"
Zhou Chen asked: "Why are you here, not with the people from the Jiaofang Division?"
Song Yinzhang said: "They haven't left yet, and I don't want to stay, so I'm going to leave first."
In fact, she felt that Zhang Haohao's attitude towards her had changed, so she decided to leave first.
Although Zhang Haohao is mature, she also has a competitive spirit. Tonight is a good day that she has carefully prepared for a long time, but she did not expect that she was demoted to be worthless by Mr. Ke, and her moral integrity was broken.
She knew very well that all this had nothing to do with Song Yinzhang, and she also knew that she should not and could not blame Song Yinzhang, but she just couldn't control her thoughts, and her tone became a little dissatisfied.
Song Yinzhang, who was already relatively sensitive, felt the problem, so he chose to leave first.
"It's really inconvenient for you to stay here alone as a woman. In that case, you can take my carriage and I will take you back to Anyefang."
Song Yinzhang was overjoyed, but he hesitated and said, "Would it be too troublesome for you, Lord Marquis?"
"I have to go anyway, so let's go. Let's get in the car."
As for the little girl Song Yinzhang, Zhou Chen's senses were pretty good, but she was weak and easy to bully.
He is not the kind of man who only loves one person in his life. He also has a strong desire for women, so if possible, he would not mind accepting Song Yinzhang.
Of course, all this is to focus on the main mission first after he and Zhao Pan'er achieve good things. Even if he has some ideas about Song Yinzhang, he will ask for Zhao Pan'er's consent when the time comes.
On the carriage, Song Yinzhang sat upright and cautiously glanced at Zhou Chen.
She had secretly promised Zhou Chen, and today Zhou Chen helped her a lot. If it weren't for Zhou Chen, she might have been bullied today.
"You performed very well at today's birthday banquet. It is a great blessing in your life to be praised by Mr. Ke. After tonight, the literati in Tokyo will know your name, and so will you.
Become famous in Tokyo."
Song Yinzhang's performance today was indeed very good, especially the few words he said against Xiao Wei, which impressed Zhou Chen with admiration.
Song Yinzhang whispered: "I just feel that I cannot let you down, Mr. Hou, and I don't think about anything else."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "No matter what, this is a good thing, but I still have to give you a few words. It is worthy of happiness and pride to be praised by Mr. Ke, but you must also guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and keep your mentality stable.
, Fame and fortune are illusory. If you want to improve your pipa skills, you still have to rely on your own efforts, do you understand?"
"I remember it, Lord Marquis, don't worry, I understand."
Song Yinzhang nodded her head solemnly. She might not take other people's words seriously, but she would keep Zhou Chen's words in mind.
Song Yinzhang was sent back to Anyefang, but Zhou Chen did not go in.
"Tell Pan'er that I have to go to court tomorrow and see Mr. Ke off, so I won't go in."
"good."
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Early the next morning, after Zhou Chen went to the morning court, he went to the city gate to bid farewell to Ke Zheng.
Ke Zheng had been prime minister for more than ten years and had many students and disciples. When they learned that he was leaving Beijing today, although he had strictly ordered not to let people see him off, countless people still flocked to him.
Zhou Chen met with Ke Zheng, and Ke Zheng specially explained and gave him a few words to ask Zhou Chen to serve the court well.
Finally, Ke Zheng left in a carriage and headed to Leizhou to take up his post.
Zhou Chen knew clearly that if Ke Zheng left, he would probably say goodbye forever. He would become a local official. Although his rank was not low, for a proud person like Ke Zheng, this demotion had drained most of his energy and energy.
, no longer have the ambitions of the past.
Under such circumstances, how many years can he, who is already old, be able to persist?
In a mansion in the capital, Qi Mu was staying with Commander Cui Lincui of the Palace Department.
"Zhongcheng, why can't we expose Queen Tu's night banquet before Mr. Ke leaves the capital?"
Cui Lin was puzzled by what Qi Mu did. In fact, after he got the night banquet map that night, he quickly found Qi Mu and presented the night banquet map, hoping that Qi Mu could use the night banquet map to deal with the queen.
As long as the queen can be brought down, Xiao Qinyan and his gang can be eliminated. At that time, the official family will have to rely on Ke Zheng and Qingliu's lineage. It is also a matter of time before Ke Xianggong is re-activated.
Unexpectedly, Qi Mu was not very enthusiastic at the time, but instead told them to calm down and wait for the opportunity.
He had been waiting for a few days, and now that Ke Zheng had left, Qi Mu still did nothing, which he really couldn't understand.
Qi Mu looked serious: "Cui Lin, I know what you and Ke Gong's disciples think, but you also need to know that what Ke Zheng disdains the most is this kind of insidious method. If he knows that you use this method to deal with the Queen and
Xiao Qinyan, do you think he will be angry to death?"
Cui Lin fell silent immediately. Based on his understanding of Ke Zheng, if Ke Zheng knew that they used such disgraceful methods, he would definitely hate them.
"Then what should we do now? How to use this night banquet picture?"
"There is no rush. We must be well prepared. Dealing with Xiao Qinyan is not the most important. The most important thing is to let the officials establish a prince as soon as possible and let the prince supervise the country. This night feast must be used at the critical moment."
Qi Mu said that he was just and righteous, but in fact, he was just stalling for time. Ke Zheng's departure from Beijing was indeed a heavy blow to the Qingliu lineage.
But for him, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Once Ke Zheng leaves, he will be the mastermind of Qingliu Lineage, so he is eager for Ke Zheng to leave, so how can he be reinstated.
Ke Zheng is gone. As long as he overthrows the Queen and Xiao Qinyan, and then supports the prince to take charge of the country, the prince is young and can only rely on him. By then, he will be the second Ke Zheng. No, he will be even better than Ke Zheng.
The government has more power and prestige.
Cui Lin's martial arts value is good, but in terms of playing with his brains, how could he be Qi Mu's opponent? He was fooled by Hu in just a few words, but Qi Mu followed his lead.
"Are you sure about the candidate who will use the night banquet picture to expose the queen?"
"Go back to Zhongcheng. This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. Many people are willing to risk their lives."
Qi Mu nodded with satisfaction. There were advantages and disadvantages to using the night banquet picture to expose the queen. The risk was too high. He was very protective of his body, so of course he would not come forward on his own. This was a way out for himself. Who knew if anything happened?
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A few days passed in the blink of an eye. In the past few days, Tokyo was still not at peace. It was clear that the Imperial City Division had caught a criminal suspected of being a hat monster, but there was still a "hat monster" causing trouble, causing panic and no peace in the capital.
Zhou Chen was spending his days leisurely outside, but news came from his subordinates that the government was urgently recruiting people, so he immediately returned to the imperial city at full speed.
Under the leadership of the chamberlain, Zhou Chen went straight to the Chui Gong Hall where the official family was located.
Zhou Chen was waiting outside Chui Gong Hall, and then he heard Zhao Heng getting angry inside the hall. After a while, he saw several people retreating from Chui Gong Hall.
"Hou Zhongyong!"
Two parties came out, one was Lei Jing and Gu Qianfan, and the other was the deputy commander of the Dianqian Division, Du Yuhou and Commander Cui.
The atmosphere between the two parties was cold, the nose was not the nose, and the eyes were not the eyes, but when they saw Zhou Chen outside, they all greeted him politely.
Zhou Chen replied, and then followed the chamberlain into the Chui Gong Hall.
Both the Imperial City Division and the Palace Division had very bad attitudes. They glared at each other and then left one after the other.