Yang Hao originally wanted to bring the fish to Princess Yongqing early in the morning, but he didn't want to leave in a hurry in the morning and forgot about it. Fortunately, he sat in Honglu Temple for the whole day yesterday.
I saw with my own eyes how idle this yamen was. It was common for officials and junior staff to take leave of absence and skip work. Yang Zuo made his orders effective and turned around and walked back without even saying a word to the people in the yamen.
Yang Hao, an adult, always walks to work, because his home is on the bank of the Bian River, not too far from Honglu Temple. It is okay for the family to recruit a few bearers to carry the sedan to the Yamen, but it is such a short distance.
It’s really not worth it, and as your skills gradually become more sophisticated, breathing out the inner breath takes longer than practicing external skills. However, the breathing method taught by Lu Zu does not require sitting cross-legged in meditation. You can still practice it while walking.
It’s the best of both worlds.
Of course, it would be inconvenient to wear official clothes and official hats while walking on the road without riding in a sedan chair, so he left his official clothes in the Yamen yesterday and only wore his casual robe when he arrived at the Yamen to change. At this moment, Yang Hao was all dressed up
Wearing loose and comfortable Taoist uniforms, holding mudra with both hands, holding the sun and moon in his left hand, holding the universe in his right hand, he strode like stars, and his vigorous steps were accompanied by his long breathing, and they coordinated seamlessly.
After leaving Zhuque Gate, crossing Longjin Bridge, and turning into Martial Arts Alley, he saw a burst of noise in the street market. Yang Hao stopped and took a look, but it was a vendor selling big wood in a shed beside the road and a patrolman.
The soldiers were arguing.
"Who dares to confiscate? Who dares to confiscate?" When the merchant saw the soldiers swarming up to confiscate his goods, he was furious. He climbed onto a pile of large logs and said with a red face and thick neck: "Which of you dares to move?
Do you know who I am? I am the foreign steward of Zhao Pu Zhao Xianggong's house. Whoever dares to confiscate my wood will lend you such courage!"
Yang Hao didn't want to pay attention to these things at first, but as soon as he raised his legs, he heard that the matter involved the prime minister of the dynasty, and he couldn't help but stop in his tracks.
When the soldiers heard this, their arrogance suddenly faded. They stared at each other for a long time, but no one came forward. The people nearby couldn't help but talk about it. Then a voice slowly teased: "This is really a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door."
, Xianggong Zhao is certainly impressive, but a steward in Xianggong Zhao’s house is actually so majestic.”
"Who, so sinister, has the ability to stand up and speak out!" The man roared while standing on the pile of lumber.
"I'm right here, lower your eyes to see clearly!"
Under the wood, the tall soldiers separated to the left and right, and a man appeared behind him. Compared with the tall soldier next to him, this man was shorter and more frail. He had a southern face and three slight beards under his chin.
He looked to be about fifty years old and was wearing a military uniform.
The steward asked: "Who are you?"
The general under the pile of wood said slowly and calmly: "I, Zhao Jue, the gatekeeper of the left prison, have been ordered to patrol the capital. The government has already issued an order embargoing the transportation of large trees in Qinlong and banning large wood for building houses. How dare you disobey the order?"
The steward jumped down from the pile of wood and came up to General Zhao. He looked him up and down, raised his hands haughtily and said, "General Zhao, you and my prime minister are officials in the same court, so you should take care of each other.
It's just selling some wood. How can we cover everything in the huge city of Kaifeng? General, just raise your hand and this matter will be over."
Zhao Jue said coldly: "The official edict clearly prohibits the trafficking of Qinlong's big trees to build houses. You are already violating the order by smuggling the big trees into Beijing. If you are building a house for yourself, that's fine, but you are selling them in the market.
With so many pairs of eyes looking at you, how can you ask me to take care of you?"
When the steward heard this, he laughed nonchalantly: "General Zhao has learned that our prime minister's family is building a big house. These wood are the surplus for building the house, because the family can't use it. Mr. Fu, the housekeeper
Then he ordered the younger ones to take them to the market to sell them. Butler Fu has served the Zhao family all his life. His orders... The person behind this is naturally our master. General Zhao, if you think our master has violated the order, then you
Just pull the wood away. I am just a small steward of the outer courtyard. If you want to arrest me and put me in jail, I can only accept it and have nothing to say."
He stretched his hands forward and said in a bachelor's manner: "Come on, General Zhao, just capture me."
Zhao Ju originally thought that a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion was selling wood privately, which ruined the conduct of his master's family. If Zhao Xianggong heard about it, he would be furious. He originally planned to seize the timber and go back to explain the situation to Zhao Pu in person and obtain his permission.
Sorry, now people have made it very clear that selling wood is what Mr. Zhao meant. How can we still use this official tone?
Looking up at the piles of so-called leftover materials from building a house, Zhao Dian had a bitter look on his face. Seeing his appearance, the people around him knew that he was scared of Zhao Pu. A burst of snickering came, making Zhao Dian blush.
There was a pause, and when the steward saw Zhao Xiong, he became more courageous and sneered: "What, but General Zhao thinks that the villain should not be arrested for his crimes? If the general has nothing to do, the villain will leave.
The prime minister is going to eat bird tongue soup tonight, and I have to take time to buy a hundred or so birds for him."
After the steward finished speaking, he waved his hands and ordered his subordinates: "Go, go, be diligent, you have to shout when doing business, you all look like you have drunk dumb pills, I am the steward going to buy something.
Don't be lazy for me." After saying that, he tossed his sleeves and walked away boldly.
Zhao Jue was so despised by him that his face was livid with anger. He was originally demoted from the Shu Kingdom and was not a direct descendant of Zhao Song, so he was always cautious in doing things and tolerated as much as he could, but this did not mean that he could accept anyone's contempt. If that
The manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion gave him enough face and begged hard, so he could just go down the slope, but he didn't expect that a manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion would be so domineering. Who can be tolerated?
By the time Zhao Ding had filled up his anger level, the steward had already walked away. At this time, if he was trying to show off his power to those miserable servants, he would be demoted. Zhao Ding was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, but he couldn't do anything. Finally, he cut the root of his tooth into the air.
He bit, turned around and left with a sneer: "I have endured all these years and have suffered enough from my anger. Now a little steward of your Prime Minister's Mansion dares to show off to me. Okay! Okay! Okay! For me,
I’ll go find the emperor to comment!”
When Yang Hao saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown secretly. The Zhao family was really used to being domineering. In Xuyi County, people transporting wood to the Zhao family would dare to run away after knocking over the government grain ship. On the busy streets of Kaifeng, the Zhao family
Some people dared to openly sell goods prohibited by the imperial court, and treated the patrolling generals as if they were nothing.
But when I thought about the rumors that Zhao Pu placed a big clay pot in his political hall, and whenever he didn't like the memorials given to the emperor by Chinese and foreign ministers, he would throw them into the pot and burn them on fire when they were full.
The domineering nature of these people pales in comparison. This is the style of the Zhao family.
Yang Hao returned to the mansion, took out the wrapped fish, looked around, and asked the doorman in surprise: "Where are the two ladies?"
The old man replied: "The two ladies said that the master has taken office as a new official and is very busy with official duties. They are worried that the master will be exhausted, so they went to the streets to buy vegetables in person. They said they would cook some delicious dishes for the master tonight."
Yang Hao frowned. Since that day when he deceived Tang San'er, there has been no movement in the Tang family. He doesn't know if anyone from the Tang family has deceived him. If the Tang family doesn't believe it and kidnaps someone on the street, they will kidnap someone.
She is from the Tang family, and she does not have a marriage certificate in her hand. This lawsuit will not be easy to fight.
Yang Hao ordered: "When the two ladies come back, tell them not to go out on the streets these days to avoid any complications."
The old man was confused when he heard this, and he didn't know what complications would arise. He just responded and Yang Hao took the bag of bad white fish and went to Honglu Temple. The Khitan envoy had already gone back, and when he came, Master Obadoo brought
More than a dozen mounted guards came at full speed. When they returned, they loaded up seven or eight large carts with large and small parcels. He couldn't get up fast even if he wanted to, and he didn't know how long it would take him to get back. This time of year is no better than in later generations. If there is a telegram, it will be with the Khitan
Your Majesty, the Empress, you and I come and chat with each other to relieve boredom. Now it is a long time to wait for Khitan's reply, and Honglu Temple is quiet again.
However, Yang Haoyuan did not expect to have the opportunity to go on official business as soon as he took office. If something happened to him too soon, it would easily arouse suspicion. He would have to stay here for a while. With this understanding, he would just accept the situation as it comes.
, not anxious.
After Yang Hao hurried back to Honglu Temple, he asked people who would come to the palace today so that he could ask him to deliver the bag of trashed white fish to the greedy cat. However, a quiet yamen like Honglu Temple usually did not enter the palace.
There are so few opportunities to meet the emperor, and no one came to the palace today to present official documents.
Yang Hao picked up the bag of rotten white fish and thought to himself: "I can't tell. I'll find an opportunity to see King Wei and ask King Wei to send him to the palace. Well... No, if I walk around in private, once it falls into the eyes of King Jin...
Why don't you find someone to deliver it to King Wei? That's not right. How can I have such a big air? It's just a bag of bad white fish, and I dare to send it to someone so boldly that King Wei can do errands? That's too bad.
Like..."
While he was hesitating, Honglu Cheng Jiao Haitao walked in with a smiling face. Since Yang Hao's letter of credence, the officials copied the entire text without deleting or deleting a word, stamped it with a seal and sent it back to the Khitan envoy. Gao Xiang, Right Envoy Gao Xiang, behaved obediently.
After returning to the Yamen to work, the officials of Honglu Temple also stopped showing contempt for Yang Hao and added a bit of respect in their words.
Jiao Sicheng, who already felt ashamed of Yang Hao, laughed as soon as he saw him and bowed before saying a word. The flattering energy made Yang Hao feel uncomfortable for unknown reasons. However, after this back and forth, the two of them
Rather, he became the one with whom he had the closest relationship.
When he saw Yang Hao, Jiao Sicheng nodded and smiled and said: "Mr. Yang Zuo, our Honglu Temple is usually very busy and busy. We haven't had anything to do in a year. How good it is now. The day Yang Zuo came.
, the magpies under the eaves are chirping non-stop, and as expected, since Yang Zuo, your noble man, came, our Honglu Temple is really full of guests and very busy."
Yang Hao rolled his eyes, looked at the spider web on the pen holder and said, "Jiao Sicheng, please stop talking nonsense. Is this still called busy?"
Jiao Sicheng took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it over with a flattering smile and said, "Why are you not busy? Look, the Khitan envoy has just left, and another letter from the Tibetan envoy has arrived."
