The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Zhao Ji was very satisfied with this fairy-like little white deer, "Gao Aiqing has a heart, and I will bring this auspicious beast back to the palace."

Yang Jian had planned to make sarcastic remarks before, but in this situation, he couldn't find anything wrong. He only regretted that he didn't have a good son like Gao Ming, but after thinking about it, no, he was an eunuch and couldn't have offspring.

But after thinking about it again, this Gao Ming is not Gao Qiu's own son, but also an adopted relative.

After waiting for a few days, I also searched for nephews and nephews in my hometown to see if I could have a clever adopted son.

Yang Jian was planning to adopt, but the other entourage were happy and pressured.

Originally, they were all dawdling around to make the emperor happy. Everyone was at the same level, and the pressure was not too great.

This Gao Ya Nei has suddenly raised the level of pleasing the emperor to such a high level, how will others play in the future?

If the auspicious offering is not as delicate as this time, it will be impossible to make the emperor happy.

So the other courtiers who felt the pressure began to look around, looking for the figure of the hateful Gao Yanei.

At this time, King Yun smiled and said to Gao Qiu, "Where is Gao Ming, why didn't you come out to meet him?"

As soon as the words were finished, Gao Ming's voice came from behind: "The minister is here."

Then Gao Ming walked up to the emperor and King Yun under the eyes of everyone, bent down and cupped his hands and said: "I am in the mansion, and suddenly I heard that the official family and His Royal Highness King Yun arrived. Forgive me."

He didn't lie, he was asking the people to groom the white deer, when he heard the emperor and the county king entered the mansion, he arranged the white deer in a hurry, turned around the rockery, and ran to the end of the team, so he just appeared.

Zhao Ji likes Gao Ming's idea of ​​showing the birthday star Bailu very much. If the scenery by the pool is a painting, it is also qualified in terms of composition.

Zhao Ji smiled and said to others: "If this scene is a painting, what do you think it should be called?"

Everyone knew that although Zhao Ji was the emperor, his artistic cultivation had reached a certain level. If he answered "White Deer Eating Sketches" casually, he would surely die a miserable death.

Liang Shicheng, who had been silent all this time, said at this time: "Why don't we call it "Picture of Chess Game between Immortals of the South Pole"?"

In front of the emperor, it is better to speak well than to speak too much. For example, Liang Shicheng kept quiet and said a sentence at a critical moment, which was the finishing touch.

Zhao Ji glanced at Liang Shicheng approvingly, "Not bad."

Zhao Ji was the emperor who set up the Royal Academy of Painting himself and presided over the entrance examination. He said to Gao Ming, "I'll give you a question. If you want to depict the warmth of spring and a branch of red apricot coming out of the wall, how should you paint?"

Gao Ming thought for a while following Zhao Ji, the creator of the question, and said, "Just draw a beautiful woman standing at the corner of the wall looking up."

This answer was in line with Zhao Ji's tone, and he nodded in satisfaction while stroking his beard.

This Gao Ming is different from his father, he is much more refined and has a more tempered attitude towards him.

Zhao Ji glanced at the white deer grazing in the rainbow by the pond again, he had already made up his mind, the next time he would present a question to those in the Academy of Painting, he would choose this one, and see who could draw a qualified "Picture of Antarctic Immortals Playing Games" .

Yang Jian saw that the emperor liked the deer very much, so he didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly asked someone to lead the white deer, so that he could bring it back to the palace for good luck.

Gao Qi pretended to be careless and said: "This fairy deer won't be fed to that white tiger by Eunuch Yang, right?"

Yang Jian tried his best to maintain a smile and lowered his posture, "How come, I said that yesterday, it was just a joke, Taiwei won't be serious, right?"

Gao Qiu laughed and said, "Of course I know it's a joke." The surname Yang is considered acquainted.

The entourage also laughed along, having a great time.

Everyone strolled in Gao's garden for a while, because the scenery was not as good as the royal garden after all, Zhao Ji had no interest, and happily went back to the palace with his auspicious white deer.

Gao Ming successfully completed a flattery, and he and his father respectfully sent Yu Jia away at the door, and he was completely relieved.

Gao Ming thought that Zhao Ji would like this slightly literary tone, and put the white tiger in the cage simply and rudely. He might also like the rare goods of the white tiger, but maybe he would like to see this cute little white deer more in his heart.

"The delivery of this white deer is considered a success, there is no waste." Gao Qi made up his mind that he would not give away anything in the future, and it would be easy to run into money with others. Fortunately, he had a good son to resolve the crisis.

Thinking of this, I can't help thinking proudly, although Cai Jing has six sons, but the sum of the six is ​​not as good as his own, so what's the use of having more.

Gao Ming said with a smile: "So, Dad, don't lose hope until the end, everything has the possibility of turning around."

Gao Qiu was startled, stared and said, "Have you educated me?"

I'm sorry, I'm used to spilling chicken soup, and it spilled on my father's head, so Gao Ming quickly turned around and ran away in the mansion.

Gao Qiu looked at his son's back and thought embarrassingly, whose daughter could be worthy of his son?

If the son continues to work hard and gets the favor of the officials, maybe the officials are happy to betroth a princess to his son.

Could Lao Gao's house also welcome the princess?Don't you want to be in-laws with the official family?

The more Gao Qiu thinks about it, the happier he is. Only a princess is worthy of his precious son.

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A few days later, Gao Ming heard a question from the emperor himself in the Academy of Painting. It was "The Game of Immortals in the South Pole". deer.

I made the painter very cute, and went back and created several paintings with deer as the theme. The image of the deer became popular for a while.

In addition to this news, Gao Ming also heard the news that the people in Liangshan had wiped out Tian Hu.

Gao Ming was not surprised, Tian Hu was destined to be taken care of by Liang Shan, besides Tian Hu, there were also Wang Qing and Fang La.

Gao Ming rested his chin on one hand, looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and suddenly thought that he was still in Liangshan at this time last year, watching how he went down the mountain every day. He led all the Liangshan heroes to recruit.

It seems like a lifetime away.

However, he doesn't have much time to be sentimental. He recently had a new idea, which needs to be completed before winter, and the time is quite tight.

He spread out the paper, picked up a pen to write and draw on it, and expressed the steps in simple symbols that only he could understand.

The first step is determined: go to Cui Niannu first.

Go as soon as you say, no one will check the post anyway, it is best to go during working hours, after all, during the holidays, Huarong is also in the Taiwei Mansion, if he goes to Cui Niannu, he will let Huarong know.

Hua Rong didn't like him going to Cui Niannu to drink flower wine, so he had to go secretly.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at Cui Niannu, he saw a number of carriages parked at the door, the alleys were full, and there was no place for him to park.

Cui Niannu's popularity is pretty good, and she won't be able to see her without an appointment.

So he reported his name at the door, said the time he wanted to make an appointment, and went back.

The next day, Gao Ming went to Cui Niannu's house again.

This time, as expected, there were no carriages and horses at the door. As soon as he walked in, Cui Niannu greeted him personally, and said to Gao Ming with a smile: "Yanei, you have been back to Tokyo for so long, why do you remember this place?"

"Isn't it busy?" Gao Ming found an excuse casually, walked in with a smile, saw that the food and drink were all prepared, and sat down at the table, "It's really not easy to see you. I came yesterday, and the door was full of cars. horse."

"Why didn't you ask someone to notify you? If you knew that you were here, those people would all drive away. The slave family knew you had been here, and it was already night. If they had known earlier, they would have chased you back."

It's definitely not Gao Ming's delusion, why does he feel that Cui Niannu's attitude towards him is more than twice as warm as before, "Then there is no need, it will be the same when I see you today."

Could it be that...

Sure enough, after Cui Niannu took her seat and exchanged a few pleasantries, she said with some admiration: "My family has heard about the experience of Ya Nei in Liangshan. It is really dangerous and shocking. There are only a few details. There is a discrepancy in the version that was said, can the yamen explain it to the slaves again?"

How many versions have passed on?Gao Ming smiled and said, "Hey, do you want to talk?"

Cui Niannu nodded with firm eyes, and said longingly: "I just want to hear what Ya Nei has to say."

"Cough, okay." After all, Cui Niannu still has something to do.

Who knew that as soon as the words fell, Cui Niannu yelled behind the bead curtain, "Sisters, the yamen agreed, come out and listen."

Then he saw several graceful and beautiful women coming out from behind the curtain, and then he was surrounded by the intoxicating smell of incense powder, and every pretty face that appeared in front of him read: Tell me quickly.

It turned out that after Gao Ming made an appointment yesterday, Cui Niannu told the little sisters that Gao Ming was coming, so Yanyue Street was shaken, and everyone ran to Cui Niannu to wait for Gao Ming to tell the story of Liangshan.

Cui Niannu innocently explained: "Knowing that you are coming, all the sisters want to come and listen to your legendary experience face to face, and my family can't stop me, so you won't blame me?"

As soon as the words fell, the women around Gao Ming asked: "Yanei, don't you blame me?" One said it was okay, and the ten or so asked questions together. Gao Ming instinctively felt the pressure, and immediately said: "How can it be? If everyone is willing to listen, the yamen will tell you about it.”

"I know that the yamen pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, so they won't blame us." A woman said delicately.

Two years ago, Gao Ya Nei, a former apprentice, came to Yanyue Street to hang out, and these people pinched their noses to serve him.

But it's different now, Gao Yanei is a legendary figure, so I asked a civil official who broke into the murderous Shuibo village alone, sat on the position of the village owner, and recruited all these people to surrender, how many people can there be in ancient and modern times?

Beautiful women love heroes. Gao Ming's actions, although he didn't kill the enemy himself, are still heroes to a certain extent, and he is also the type of witty and courageous. Heroes are more likable.

Gao Ming found that the damn high popularity is really a burden, he had no choice but to speak again, accompanied by the exclamation of the beauties, he still thought in his heart, he should publish a book, who wants to hear it, sign it on the spot gift that.

Talking about returning to Tokyo, these girls still have more to say, "And then?"

"There is no more, I will go back to Tokyo, and you will see me." Gao Ming said with a smile.

"Ya Nei, Gu Gu has spoken, it's getting late, where are you going to rest tonight?" a girl said, it was no longer a secret glance, but a famous one, flinging waves of winking eyes.

"I have to go back home tonight, but I'm here to discuss something with Cui Niannu, so I have to finish talking before going back."

After hearing this, Cui Niannu immediately took out the aura of "Your sister Niannu is your sister Niannu", and said to others: "Since the Yameni and I still have something to say, if you have nothing to do, go get busy."

"Oh, it really fell into the hands of Sister Niannu in the end."

"Since it's Miss Niannu, there's nothing I can do."

The other girls left resentfully, and before they left, they did not forget to send a few more glances to Gao Ming, "Ya Nei, come and have a drink with the servants when you have time."

Gao Ming replied: "Yes, yes."

When they left, Cui Niannu sat down and poured wine for him, and said with a smile, "What are you doing to my family?"

"Since I wasted a lot of time, I'll just say it directly. Do you know the merchant who buys and sells stone materials? I want to buy some stone materials. The quantity is large and the quality is better."

"Oh, what should I think of my family? It turned out to be this. It's a trivial matter. My family knows more than one businessman in the stone business. There is a man named Tang who runs the largest quarry. If the yamen wants to see him, tell me when. , I will call him to me, and you can talk about it in detail."

"Then please, the sooner the better."

In fact, Gao Ming can use the power of the Imperial City Division to know who he wants, but he is now in a low-key period, so he does not use public tools for private purposes, so as not to be caught by others, it is more suitable to find someone from Cui Niannu privately. his plan.

Cui Niannu smiled and said, "Whatever you say, please don't please, just say if you have orders."

Cui Niannu's efficiency was much faster than that of Yamen, so he contacted Tang An the next day and made an appointment to meet with Cui Niannu.

The two met at Cui Niannu's place a few times, and they talked about buying and selling stones.

In order to curry favor with Gao Ming, the stone materials are basically half bought and half free.

After finalizing the stone material, Gao Ming still needs to ask Cui Niannu for the second one, and this matter must be a professional like Cui Niannu, so Gao Ming ran to Cui Niannu again that day.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a pretty servant girl coming out with a smile all over her face, "You're here? Come in quickly, our girl is free."

Gao Ming nodded, followed the maid to the backyard, and when the maid opened the door, he stepped in.

This step doesn't matter, he saw an old acquaintance at a glance.

He saw Lu Zhishen with a gloomy face, sitting at the table in the middle of the room, and the table was full of dishes in front of him.

Needless to say, the dishes on this table were prepared for him by Cui Niannu, now Gao Ming is almost becoming an appetizer, let alone drinking and eating.

Gao Ming was startled, and then he was grabbed by the back of his collar by a person who flashed out from the door, and at the same time, a sharp knife was on his neck.

The cold blade chilled him all over.

Gao Ming looked up slightly, and saw Shi Jin with a cruel sneer on his face, "Yo, village master, long time no see."

Gao Ming cried in his heart, it was Shi Jin and Lu Zhishen.

If the car overturns today, the grass on the grave will be a foot high next year.

He immediately said enthusiastically: "Brother Shi Jin? Why are you here?" Then he glanced at the gleaming blade, "What are you doing?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Shi Jin lifted Gao Ming and pushed him into the room.

Gao Ming staggered into the house, and saw Cui Niannu sitting on a chair in the corner, looking at Gao Ming helplessly and in pain.

There were still a few little maids huddled around her, and they were all looking at Gao Ming and the two kidnappers with trepidation.

The maid who was full of smiles just now said to Gao Ming with tears in her eyes: "The yamen, the girl is in their hands, slave..."

Forget it, no need to explain, it's understandable, my master has been controlled by someone, so what can I do if I don't cooperate with the kidnapper's request.

As expected, Cui Niannu had seen the world, so he didn't panic, but instead asked Gao Ming, "They said they came to look for you, do you know each other?"

Before Gao Ming nodded and said yes, Shi Jin said fiercely to Cui Niannu: "You are not allowed to speak, otherwise your mouth will be gagged!"

Cui Niannu raised his eyebrows, turned his head and looked away.

This matter had nothing to do with her in the first place, it was Gao Yanei's old enemy who came to her, and she was left behind.

Lu Zhishen said to Cui Niannu: "Don't worry, these things have nothing to do with you. If you don't interfere with us, we won't make things difficult for you."

How else could Cui Niannu choose, of course he chose to cooperate, kept silent, stopped talking, completely stayed out of the matter, and gave Gao Ming a look of pity, Ya Nei, please take care.

At this time, Shi Jin came up again and put the dagger on Gao Ming's neck again, "Village Master, you are really hard to find. We entered Tokyo City and followed you for several days before we found your whereabouts."

Lu Zhi snorted deeply, "It's even harder than the last time the Sa family found you."

The so-called last time refers to the time when Lu Zhishen was rescued by Hua Rong because Mrs. Lin sought revenge from Gao Yanei.

In this way, they are old enemies.

Shi Jin also sneered, "Master, so you still know us, so let's catch up on the past today."

At this moment, I saw the hated Gao Yanei standing in the middle of the room, looking at them with a confused face, "What do you mean? Why do you speak in a strange way?"

Shi Jin held the knife in one hand, and creaked his fist in the other.

The man surnamed Gao dared to ask them why they spoke in a strange way, and he said angrily, "What do you think? Gao Yanei? You have deceived us so badly! Why are you pretending to be confused now?!"

Gao Ming pretended to be surprised, then showed a disappointed expression, then sad tears came out of his eyes, and he pursed his lips tightly, "I knew that all good brothers are fake. It will disappear, I thought you Shi Jin and Lu Zhishen were special, but the result is still the same."

The sadness revealed in the words seemed to have endured incomparable grievances and pains.

Are you special?Shi Jin was taken aback, but immediately came back to his senses, grabbed Gao Ming by the collar with one hand, and dragged him to him, "You still say this with a shy face?! Good brothers are all fake, I should say this I thought you were the real owner of the village, but you turned out to be Gao Yanei! We were actually recruited by Gao Yanei at the instigation of Gao Yanei! Is there anything more ridiculous in the world?!"

"Of course there is! That means you won't know him if your confidant brother goes home and changed his clothes! I'm Gao Yanei, but I'm also Sun Xiaowu."

When Gao Ming said this, he couldn't help sobbing.

"Brother? Are you embarrassed?!" Shi Jin put the knife on his neck again, "You are Gao Yanei. You have never been with us. You just went to Liangshan under the order of the court to recruit us carefully. Everything you have is yours. It's a disguise, it's all fake! Brother, if you say these two words again, I will cut your tongue."

As soon as Shi Jin finished speaking, he felt a tear fall on the back of his hand, and when he looked again, he saw that Gao Ming's other tear had left his eye socket and was sliding down his cheek. Not surprisingly, it would fall on the back of his hand sooner or later. superior.

Seeing this, Shi Jin moved his wrist instinctively, and even took the knife in his hand away from the opponent's neck.

At this time, I saw Gao Ming looking up at him with sad eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "So you miss me so much? I am so unbearable in your heart? Just because my real identity is Gao Yanei, the previous relationship Is there nothing left? I still treat you as brothers, but you beat and kill me just because I am Gao Yanei. It is not me, but you who fake brotherhood."

Shi Jin was a little bit lacking in confidence when he was questioned by the other party as if he was extremely sad.

Just because the other party is Gao Yanei, can the relationship between them really be wiped out?

In the end, Gao Ming said sadly: "I heard before that when you were the young owner of Shijiazhuang, you were willing to worship Zhu Wu and others because of their loyalty, and you were not even afraid of the government coming to suppress you. You are a good citizen , They are robbers, you are not afraid, you are willing to make friends with them, come to me, just because I am the son of an official, you treat me like this? I originally thought that even if the real identity was exposed, other people would misunderstand me and hate me, only You are different, and it turned out... I was wrong, I was so stupid, I misread you."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming stroked his eyes in "desperation", as if wiping away tears.

"..." Shi Jin felt a little uncertain, was he really not loyal enough?

Gao Ming treats himself differently, thinking that he is special, but in the end he still misunderstands him like everyone else, isn't it a bit too much?

Scenes of the Liangshan period appeared in front of Shi Jin's eyes, and the laughter at that time was still in his ears.

Of course the feelings at that time were true, otherwise he wouldn't be so angry.

Gao Ming took his hand away, raised his head again with red eyes, "It is said that Jiuzhilong Shijin is the most loyal, I thought you would be the special one... I was wrong."

To sum it up in one sentence, you can't even bear that I am Gao Yanei, and you still call yourself loyal?True loyalty is to be regarded as a friend, even if the other party is a pig, dog, mule or horse, they are still considered brothers as usual.

Cui Niannu, who was watching from the side, clearly saw that Shi Jin, who questioned Gao Yanei, had a hesitant expression, as if she was also asking herself. She prayed silently, hoping that this person would be emotional, be persuaded by Gao Yanei, and end all this quickly.

But at this time, Shi Jin suddenly came to his senses and said: "Don't come here, if you are really a good brother, why don't you tell me the truth, but choose to keep it hidden?! You even ran back with Hua Rong without looking back. Tokyo, I care about you, why do you treat me as an equal?"

Thinking of his concern for the village master, he repeatedly asked Song Jiang where Sun Xiaowu was, but Sun Xiaowu slipped away without even looking back, without leaving him a note.

This guy's only friend is Hua Rong, and he doesn't pay attention to the others at all.

Sure enough, after being cheated once, Shi Jin already knew how to think deeply.

Gao Ming pretended to be aggrieved and said, "I was ordered by the emperor to recruit you, how dare you reveal your identity?"

"Tell a thousand words and ten thousand, you still lie to us!"

"Since ancient times, it has been said that loyalty and righteousness are difficult to balance. If I have loyalty to the emperor, I cannot preserve my righteousness to you. If you can't understand my difficulty," Gao Ming said resignedly: "If you insist on thinking this way, then I really lied to you, if you want to kill me, you can do whatever you want.”

As soon as this remark came out, the whole room was astonished, Cui Niannu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ya Nei, you can't do this!"

Isn't Gao Yanei eloquent? It's good to hold them back. Someone else will come later. There may be a turning point at that time. How can he just give up on himself like this.

"Shut up!" Shi Jin killed Cui Niannu, and then simply grabbed Gao Ming by the collar and pulled him up, "I have nothing to say? How can you explain that you only took Hua Rong back to Tokyo after recruiting? "

He said that Gao Ming was not a human being, even if he left a note for him, he didn't have to worry about it.

Lu Zhishen said in a cold voice at this time: "Brother Shi Jin has no news of you. I don't know how many times I have asked Song Jiang and Xiangguan, but you have left without even hearing anything."

When Cui Niannu heard this, she couldn't help but look at Gao Ming reproachfully, "This is your fault, at least leave a letter, you see how much he cares about you."

Tsk tsk tsk, too ungrateful.

Shi Jin glanced at her, this time he didn't attack her, but just stared at Gao Ming, as if to say, "You don't think about it even if others can't see it?!"

Gao Ming thought to himself, why does he sound like a scumbag.

But he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After being quibbled by him just now, Shi Jin didn't really pursue him as a matter of Gao Yanei, and now he needs to explain the problem of him leaving without saying goodbye.

He can't be blamed for this, who knew that Shi Jin was so straightforward and took him so seriously.

He thought that Shi Jin and Lu Zhishen were like everyone else, knowing his true identity and just scolding him, but he didn't expect to come to Tokyo to seek revenge.

You see why Wu Song and Yang Zhi didn't come, this is the calm look a man should have.

"The situation was urgent at the time, and I had to rush back to Tokyo to report on my duties as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I would be slandered by treacherous officials. Not only me, but also Liangshan would be unlucky. After returning to Tokyo, countless pairs of eyes stared at me. I Don’t dare to act rashly.”

"Can't even send me a letter explaining?"

"Of course I can't. I have already stated my position in front of the official emperor. After recruiting Liangshan, it will be under the jurisdiction of the court. It has nothing to do with me personally. If I write to you on the cusp of the storm, I will be found unable to explain it." Gao Ming said. "You also know that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court don't know the generals, and the generals don't know the soldiers. I am your village master, and I already have prestige. If I get closer to Liangshan after the recruitment, the imperial court will think I am If you want to take Liangshan for your own use and become Gao's army, the officials are so afraid, how dare I contact you?"

Finally, Gao Ming said sadly: "This is the reason why I don't contact you. I also suffer in my heart. I want to see you but I can't see you. Can you understand me?" At the end, I didn't forget to give another blow, "Actually , I am really happy to see you today, no matter what your attitude is towards me, your appearance is always a surprise to me."

After all, he smiled at Shi Jin with tears in his eyes.

Shi Jin's hatred for Gao Ming shattered at this moment, and at the same time, he couldn't hold the knife in his hand, and fell to the ground with a bang.