Chapter 808: The Young Minister Falls
After becoming a disciple, there is a banquet to celebrate the apprenticeship.
Jiang Qingzhi set up several tables at home and filled them with family members.
Xia Yan tested Xiong Lou and said that this boy would probably not be able to study. As for the reason... he was too simple and honest.
simple?
Can someone who can smash up a bookstore be honest?
Jiang Qingzhi looked at the tall and strong Xiong Lou and sighed, "You look like this... you don't even need to act if you change your clothes and dress up as a gangster."
Xiong Lou is as his name suggests, tall, burly, and... with a face full of flesh.
Jiang Qingzhi felt that Lao Xiong's grandchildren had become somewhat distorted.
Xiong Lou was toasting and was startled when he heard this, "Master, how did you know my aspirations?"
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned. "Your ambition is to be a gangster?"
Xiong Lou nodded and said seriously, "When I first heard the story of the thief who has his own code of conduct from the book narrator, I longed for those knights-errant. Grandfather said that those knights-errant were actually fierce bandits, and I was fascinated by them."
I regret it... Jiang Qingzhi: "..."
Sun Chonglou was overjoyed, "Do you really like being a gangster?"
"That's right." Xiong Lou raised his glass to invite him to drink. Sun Chonglou glanced at him and said, "Change to a bigger glass!"
"How about..." Xiong Jia picked up the wine pot, and Sun Chonglou's eyes lit up, "Okay!"
The two men took the wine jug and started pouring.
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Xiong Jia's father. When he became his apprentice, the old gentleman said that although his son was tall and strong, he admired Chang Wei's elegant demeanor and vowed to become a Confucian general like Chang Wei.
Is this elegance?
Xiong Lou and Sun Chonglou stood on the bench, raised their heads and drank, the wine flowing down their chins and soaking their chests.
Xiong Jia's father laughed dryly and said, "This is joy. Yes, it's just too much joy."
Xia Yan whispered, "Qingzhi, why do I feel that... there's something wrong with this kid?"
"That's not right! He is right." Jiang Qingzhi smiled bitterly.
Xia Yan said: "However, Xiong Jia used this move to support the new policy, which is a great move."
Sun Chonglou and Xiong Lou...the second floor was arm in arm, talking about the things they liked, and after a while, they were almost sworn brothers.
Jiang Qingzhi was so annoyed, "Can't Old Bear change his grandson?"
"Important things are more important, Qingzhi, just take care of it!" Xia Yan said gloatingly.
"Master, I want to become sworn brothers with Chonglou!" Xionglou came to ask for instructions.
"Come here," Jiang Qingzhi waved with a smile.
Xiong Lou came over, smiling very naively.
"Lower your head!"
Jiang Qingzhi slapped him on the back of the head and cursed, "You and Shitou have sworn brotherhood, so what should Shitou call me?"
"Foster father!" Xiong Lou covered the back of his head, and Jiang Qingzhi cursed: "I am not Wang Yun, and Shitou is not Lu Bu."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Xiong Lou's father and asked, "Can you regret it?"
Xiong Lou's father stood up and said sternly, "Once a teacher, always a father. If Chang Wei Bo regrets, I will definitely kick this child out of the house."
If you have the guts to go back on your word, old man Xiong Jia has the guts to kick his grandson out of the house... Go to your mentor's house and stay there, and eat his food, drink his drinks, and live his life.
This is the relationship between master and disciple these days. The disciple even lives in his master's home, and his food, clothing, housing and transportation are no different from those of the master's children.
Otherwise, why do we say that once a teacher, always a father?
"Master, I will take care of you in your old age." Xiong Lou said seriously.
This kid!
Jiang Qingzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He already has a son, so why does he need this guy to support him in his old age?
But filial piety is commendable.
"Where's Junior Brother?" Xiong Lou suddenly perked up, his face trembling, "Disciple brought a gift for Junior Brother."
The gift was a walnut with an interesting carving. On the small walnut, there was a landscape painting carved.
"Ask." Since he is a disciple, he and Dapeng will have a close brotherly relationship in the future.
Someone went to the backyard to ask, and came back later, "They said that the young uncle was still breastfeeding."
Xiong Lou felt very sorry.
"It will be a full moon the day after tomorrow." Sun Chonglou said, "Come early the day after tomorrow and I will bring the baby to you to play with."
Play?
There was more murderous intent in Fu Cheng's eyes, and Sun Chonglou shuddered, "Yes."
Letting Sun Chonglou take care of the baby would make Jiang Qingzhi and his wife collapse... After the apprenticeship banquet, Sun Chonglou went into the backyard to visit the little master. The way he held the baby in swaddling clothes made Jiang Qingzhi and his wife terrified.
A big man, no, a giant man was holding a small swaddling cloth. He looked so nervous, as if the swaddling cloth would be crushed if he used a little more force.
"So fair." Sun Chonglou looked at the young master, "Master said that I should get married early and have a baby, and then follow the young master."
This is what Shishou means.
In the homes of the rich and powerful, servants are often treated like family members.
Sun Chonglou was just a brother to Jiang Qingzhi, so what was the meaning of a lifelong servant? Jiang Qingzhi just smiled and asked Li Tian later: "What does Shitou's marriage to Fucheng mean?"
Although Jiang Qingzhi could intervene in the matter and even make the decision for Sun Chonglou, Fucheng treated Sun Chonglou like his own son, so he couldn't get around it. Jiang Qingzhi simply let it go and let the father and son toss it.
"It's really depressing." Li Tian was holding the child. Sun Chonglou had just shaken him for a long time. Dapeng had already woken up and was babbling something in Martian.
"What do you mean?" Jiang Qingzhi leaned back in his chair, squinting his eyes as he wondered what kind of public opinion Xiong Jia's action would trigger.
Li Tian's voice was gentle. "Fucheng found a few matchmakers, but when they heard that I was a servant of the Bo Mansion, most of them shook their heads. It is not easy for a slave to find a woman from a good family as a wife. In addition, after learning that Shitou was the Asura mentioned by the foreign tribes on the grassland, those people...avoided me as much as possible."
Sun Chonglou is quite famous in the capital. Not only is his name Ashura enough to stop children from crying at night, but people in the capital's underground world all look solemn when they mention Sun Chonglou.
Those guys who regard the law as nothing are afraid of such a fierce and invincible person. "Tsk!" Jiang Qingzhi had a headache, "His marriage is really a headache."
"Let me tell you something."
"Why are you being so cautious? We are husband and wife, not superiors and subordinates." Jiang Qingzhi's body trembled, and Li Tian immediately lowered her head and said, "Yes, husband."
Li Tian handed the child to Jiang Juzi, who was still shaking violently, and took a sip of tea leisurely. "Fucheng once hinted that we should solve it at home."
"Who?" Jiang Qingzhi was stunned. "Looking for a maid? That's not right."
It’s not that he has a class concept, but that this era has endowed classes with irreversible hierarchy.
If Sun Chonglou married a maid, even if Jiang Qingzhi freed the maid from her slavery, in the eyes of outsiders, he and his wife would still be Jiang's slaves.
Sun Chonglou didn't care, but what about the children?
What will he think if someone tells him he is the son of a slave when he goes out?
Therefore, Jiang Qingzhi felt that this matter was inappropriate.
"Not a maid." Li Tian covered her mouth and laughed, "Guess."
Jiang Qingzhi laughed and said, "We'll see after the confinement period is over!"
The mother-in-law hinted to the couple that although they had been vegetarian for a long time, they still needed to be patient.
Jiang Qingzhi is young. According to what he said in his previous life, isn’t this something that needs to be done every day just like eating?
It's inevitable that the couple would have some things going on at night... Although they didn't get angry, it was better than nothing.
Li Tian snorted and said with a red face: "Fucheng means Dou Jialan."
"Dou Jialan?"
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned, "Isn't that a pair of happy enemies?"
"Doesn't the book say that enemies will always meet?" Li Tian said with a smile, "Dou Jialan is good, knows how to manage life, and is also a captain of the Imperial Guard. He can take care of the family after marriage. I just have a doubt."
"What doubts?" Jiang Qingzhi thought this was a good idea to produce and sell the products by themselves.
"Dou Jialan is bigger than a rock."
"A girl who is three years older than a student brings her a fortune; a girl who is five years older than a student..." Jiang Qingzhi blurted out.
"What is a female senior five?" Li Tian asked curiously.
"Sai Lao Mu!"
"My husband is talking nonsense again."
But we can't just rush into this matter, Jiang Qingzhi asked, "Has Fucheng tried to test Dou Jialan?"
"I have tried to test her, but she refused to agree." Li Tian raised his eyebrows, "But I am very optimistic about this matter. If she doesn't agree... I will naturally have a way."
"My lady is so majestic!" Jiang Qingzhi praised.
"Wow!" Dapeng suddenly cried. Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "But you wanted to praise your mother?"
"Wow!"
Li Tian skillfully opened the diaper and sniffed the smell without changing her expression. "I pooped."
"He can eat and poop, Dapeng is really amazing."
"That is!"
In the eyes of new parents, their children are almost the same every day.
And time passes slowly like this...
The invitations for the full moon banquet were sent out, and the servants replied. Everyone who received the invitation had a solemn expression on their face.
"It's as if he's going to be executed."
"It's like he's going to do something big."
Xia Yan stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, "Got it."
Hu Zongxian said: "Mr. Xia, 70% of those who can come tomorrow will support the new policy."
Xu Wei took a pickled broad bean from somewhere and put it into his mouth. He shook his legs and sneered, "It's like going to the execution ground. It shows that those people are not optimistic about the new policy. I wonder how many of them are fence-sitters who can't change their party."
"We can't expect everyone to be resolute and unswerving." Xia Yan has been through a lot and has seen through it all. "As long as we can stand here, it's fine."
"This is momentum," Hu Zongxian said. "Once momentum is established, it will sweep away everything. If... it is suppressed, those fence-sitters will leave one after another."
This is human nature.
Whenever there is a big change in the world, wise people are always reluctant to act rashly. They will watch the trend and follow it until they see the big trend emerge.
This is to act in accordance with the will of Heaven, and you will be successful in everything you do.
Those self-made kings often seem particularly powerful at the beginning, but their rise is rapid and their fall is sudden. They are all cannon fodder, paving the way for the new dynasty.
Yan Shifan also received the post and asked, "How long will it take for my father to arrive?"
"It is said that it will take several days." said the servant.
"To go or not to go?" Yan Shifan was a little conflicted.
According to Yan Song's opinion, he should go.
But Yan Shifan felt that the situation was not right.
"Once the new policy is launched, it will be either success or death. Jiang Qingzhi has the protection of His Majesty, so even if the new policy fails, he can still survive. But my father and I will become His Majesty's scapegoats."
There was a hint of coldness in that one eye.
On that day, the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan's horse was startled and he fell off and was injured.
"not dead?"
Jiang Qingzhi asked upon hearing the news.
"Not dead." Western Chief Advisor Bol said respectfully: "My Lord ordered me to keep an eye on him, so I stayed by the guard room of Duke Chengguo and watched him come out and mount his horse. The horse ran a few steps, and Yan Shifan slowly fell off the horse, and then screamed..."
The consultant was shocked. "The screams of the shrews in Lisbon can be terrifying, but they are not as scary as Yan Shifan's."
(End of this chapter)
