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    The man who was with Shang Cheng was also a red-robed general, about fifty years old, with a long and thin face, stilted eyebrows, and a neatly trimmed gray beard with half a fist under his chin. You could tell at a glance that he was passing by.  Carefully taken care of, the black gauze bundt worn on the head is decorated with two triple golden kite wings on each side - this is a third-grade Zhuguo.

    "It's Shangguan Rui." Chen Pu reminded Tian Xiu in a low voice.  She and Shang Cheng nodded slightly and called to Zhu Guo, "Master Zhongwu is not going back to the camp today?"

    A smile appeared on Shangguan Rui's lips, and he said to Chen Pu with a smile: "I left the house as soon as the rooster crowed twice today. I traveled nearly a hundred miles back to Beijing in an hour. If I rush back now, I'm afraid my bones will be broken."  Broken. Anyway, there is nothing important in the camp, so I will just go back slowly tomorrow." He then said to Tian Xiu, "Are you Mr. Tian Xiu Tian? It's amazing, incredible! I heard about it in the Ministry of War, the Sixth Department  Twenty-four divisions will be changed to six divisions and twenty-five divisions as soon as I speak. If I remember correctly, since the death of Ke Zhaohou in the fifth year of Emperor Xianzong's reign, no woman has reached the seventh rank in officialdom. This can be regarded as a link between the past and the future.  What a move, right? It should come to light. In this way, I will do something today." He waved his hand and Tian Xiu couldn't refuse.  "Right, right right at Linyuan Pavilion in Dongshi! Everyone go."

    Tian Xiu didn't know Shangguan Rui, but he had heard about this man from Chen Pu a long time ago. He was a Marquis of Zhuguo, a founding lord, a minister of the Ministry of War, and a member of the army at Liyuan Camp. Although he had neither outstanding military exploits nor a great reputation,  He is one of the few people in the garrison of the capital who can tell the truth.  In her imagination, this person should be a wise, steady, and powerful person. Who knew that she would be compared to Ke Zhaohou first? This is an extraordinary compliment.  In just a few words, her concern was palpable, and her words contained two parts of praise and three parts of expectation, as well as a hint of admiration and admiration, which immediately made her a little confused.  Although she is smart, she cannot be said to be very wise. She has interacted with many high-ranking officials, but these people are either classmates and old friends like Chen Pu Nanyang, or uncles and elders like Zhu Xuan and Changxiu. The only exception is Yingxian County.  Bo Shangcheng was introduced through Chen Pu and Nanyang sisters.  In fact, she didn't have many contacts with officials above the fifth rank, and officials of the third and fourth ranks like Shangguan Rui were even rarer. Therefore, as soon as Shangguan Rui put on a friendly posture of welcoming and seeing off in the officialdom, she immediately felt a little nervous.  He was at a loss and responded in a confused manner, while the corner of his eye kept glancing at Chen Pu and Shang Cheng.

    Shang Cheng was talking quietly to Chen Pu.  He didn't quite understand Shangguan Rui's words, and was trying to find out who the "Kezhaohou" Shangguan Rui had compared with Tian Xiu.

    "It's Wei Ding and Wei Zian." Chen Pu said.

    "Wei Zian? That's Song Weiding, right?" Shang Cheng was somewhat impressed.

    "Yes, that's her!"

    Shang Cheng stopped talking immediately.  The name gave him a feeling of awe.  Shang Cheng had heard this man's story as early as when he was still driving pack horses in Yi County.  When I came back to work in Yanzhou, I heard more about it.  Wei Ding was originally from Songzhou, so he was called Song Weiding.  When she was a child, her family was very poor, so she would often go outside the private school run by a wealthy family in the village and lie on the wall to listen to "wall lectures."  When she was thirteen years old, there was a flood in Songzhou, and her village was also flooded.  She used a door panel and two rice cabinets to hold rice, and saved ten lives one after another - there are also folk stories saying that she saved dozens of lives - and then she was commended by the court and allowed to work locally in Songzhou.  He was a small official, the chief registrar of Ningling County, and he was out of control from then on.  Not long after she took office, she solved several major mysteries such as the murder of the Ding family, the case of a dancer falling into the water, and the case of Wang Sheng's hanging. Three years later, she was transferred to Songzhou, and before she was twenty years old, she was transferred to Beijing to serve in the Ministry of Punishment.  Soon after she arrived in Beijing, she solved the case of gold hidden in a tile kiln.  This case was one of the most serious cases in the early years of Emperor Gaozong's reign. A minister was thrown to death on the spot, and a deputy prime minister took the blame and resigned. The other twenty or thirty officials involved, large and small, lost more than a dozen heads.  Because Wei Ding offended too many people, he was quickly transferred to Ding Jin as the censor. Then the salt scandal broke out in Ding Jin. A prince and a county king were arrested, and the officials, clan and salt merchants were not included.  Its number.  Two major cases in succession shocked the world, and Wei Ding obviously became famous.  Because of her impatient and righteous character, her courage to speak up for justice, her justice in dealing with things, and her hatred of evil as much as hatred, she was praised as the "Gaotao of the time" and the "living beast".  In the second year of Emperor Xianzong's reign, Wei Ding inspected the south of the Yangtze River as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. As soon as the news came out, there were cries of mourning all over the south of the Yangtze River. The deputy transport envoy on the Huainan Road committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.  On the hanging beam, there was also an official who left a letter before committing suicide, lamenting, "I had known that this would happen, so why not be careful at the beginning" In March of the fifth year of Emperor Xianzong's Xiande reign, he was then the Bachelor of Jixian Palace, Minister of Dali Temple, and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment.  Wei Ding, who contracted an illness in Cangzhou and died, was given the posthumous title of Ke Zhaohou by the imperial court. Love for the people is called Ke, and showing virtue and hard work is called Zhao Since the beginning of Zhao, no one has been as well-known as Wei Ding, and her story is also among the people.  It is widely circulated and can be found in many folk stories and folklore.Define Weiwei as the prototype, or just use her as the protagonist

    Chen Pu glanced at Shangguan Rui: What's going on with this guy?

    Shang Cheng grinned.  How did he know why Shangguan Rui came?  He had a quarrel with several prime ministers in the prime minister's house, but in the end he still received a moderate punishment. He angrily went to the Ministry of War and handed over his waist badge of the Minister of War and the seal of General Pingyuan's Mansion, and accompanied Chen Pu to say  After finishing the conversation, we went out to the Imperial City and waited here to find a place to have dinner.  The ministries had just dispersed, and Gu Shi came out first. He wanted to invite him to his home, but he declined.  Gu Shi left in front, and Shangguan Rui came in behind. The two of them chatted in random directions, but before they got to the main topic, Chen Pu and Tian Xiu arrived.  He opened his mouth, but did not make a sound: You ask me, who should I ask?  He also glanced at Shangguan Rui: How about we all come together?

    Chen Pu was silent.  Shangguan Rui is her immediate boss, so it doesn't seem to make sense if she doesn't yell at him when she encounters him.

    Shang Chengcheng greeted Shangguan Rui and Tian Xiu: "Okay, okay, let's go to dinner together. I'm treating you today, so don't argue with me. This meal is to celebrate Mr. Tian's upcoming promotion, and secondly to thank Mr. Tian for helping me.  The glass and coke were sold at a good price. The third time I came here was to express my gratitude to Brother Shangguan. Brother Shangguan brought a pile of stones to my house before. I haven't paid for the materials yet, so this meal will be regarded as hard work. One by one, that's right.  Just go to Linhe Pavilion in Dongshi."

    He has the highest honor here. Since he has made the decision, it is hard for others to say anything else.

    The four of them got on their horses, with Shang Cheng and Shangguan Rui walking in front, Tian Xiu and Chen Pu walking behind, and a large group of male and female guards on horseback following behind.  It is now the time when all the major government offices in the imperial city are leaving. The tea stalls and carriage shops on both sides of Tianmen Street outside the Meridian Gate are full of people coming and going. People are leading horses, riding horses, driving, riding in cars, and inviting friends.  The banquet is full of drinks, and life is full of excitement.  The three Zhuguo and a seventh-grade civil servant swaggered past, and they immediately attracted a lot of sideways glances. Those who didn't know them asked about it, and those who knew them quietly gave them advice

    On the way to Dongshi, Tian Xiu remembered something and asked Chen Pu what punishment Shang Cheng had received.

    "The errands and positions were all taken away, and he was asked to go back and think about his mistakes behind closed doors, waiting for the court's decision on punishment."

    "Is there any punishment?" Tian Xiu asked in surprise.  Although she knew that Shang Cheng's position as Minister of War and Commander of General Pingyuan's Mansion were all fictitious positions, and she didn't have to go to the Yamen to work, and she just received a salary, but it was still a position after all.  Now that he has been dismissed, what further punishment will he receive?

    "It's probably about reducing the number of households." Chen Pu said uncertainly.  Xiao Yang, Shang Yan, Zhao's most capable generals at present are these four people.  Xiao Jian, Yang Du and Yan Gu are all over the age of sixty, and the youngest Yan Gu is also sixty-three years old this year. If anything happens to them, and something bad happens inside and outside the Zhao Dynasty, who can send them?  The only one who can use it is Shangcheng.  Therefore, the court could not make an issue of Shang Cheng's honors and titles, and could only punish him by reducing his titles.  Of course, this does not mean that there is no one else in the Zhao army except Shang Cheng.  Zhao has tens of millions of armored and capable men. If you really want to select a few pillars, it is just a matter of words.  But the problem is that Zhao has many generals in their prime, but not many who can stand alone.  Either it has not been honed by real battles and battles; or it has obvious shortcomings, either it can defend but not attack, or it is good at walking but not riding well; or it has skills but no means, or it has means but no vision and cannot catch it.  Seize the fleeting opportunities on the battlefield and miss the opportunity to win in vain For example, she herself is a living example.  In the 19th year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, the grassland war was defeated and the army had just retreated to Yanshan. Based on the analysis of the battlefield situation at that time, Shang Cheng judged that the Tujiec people lacked unified command and dispatch and were fighting independently. Therefore, he proposed a roundabout and deep outflank strategy with light cavalry.  Grassland strategy; the result was rejected by her.  Later, everyone realized that it was an excellent opportunity to turn defeat into victory.  I don¡¯t know how many people lamented this afterwards; she herself gritted her teeth with regret every time she thought about it

    While Chen Pu and Tian Xiu were talking, Shang Cheng and Shangguan Rui were also chatting away.

    Dongshi is only four or five lanes away from the Imperial City. The group of people were riding horses, so the journey was only a matter of seconds.  It was even easier when we arrived at Linyuan Pavilion. Three generals from the Zhu Kingdom came hand in hand. Not to mention Linyuan Pavilion, which is just a restaurant, even the first music studio of Neijiaofang like Xiyuan had to sweep the couch to welcome them.

    Shangguan Rui is a regular customer here. The owner of the restaurant who came in a hurry did not ask any questions at all. He respectfully led the four of them to the south wing of the third floor. They sat down at the tea table and offered fragrant tea soup. Looking at Shangguan  Rui didn't have any more instructions, so he walked out backwards and said, "Quickly call Madam Xian to come and serve you." He then set aside three elegant rooms on the second floor to entertain Shang Cheng and their entourage.

    Shang Cheng and the others were on the third floorThe room is extremely spacious, the size of two and a half rooms. There are several potted trees with rugged shapes placed in every crack on the north and south sides, cleverly covering up the black lacquered columns;  The faint ink stamps do not seem to be the work of anonymous graffiti.  There is a corner surrounded by two screens in the northeast corner, and you can vaguely see the low table placed in it, which is probably where musicians and singers perform their performances; the large table in the northwest corner is filled with pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and incense is burning.  Most of them are prepared for guests to drink, sing, and splash ink.

    Shang Cheng looked around and said with a smile: "It's pretty good. It seems that the owner of this restaurant has put a lot of effort into this place"

    Shangguan Rui laughed twice and said, "Oh, that's what happened."

    Shang Cheng was stunned for a moment, stared at Shangguan Rui, shook his head and said with a smile: "After all this trouble, you are the boss here?"

    ¡°My family members are making nonsense, and I can¡¯t stop them even if I try to persuade them¡­¡±

    Shang Cheng saw that Shangguan Rui's expression was strange when he spoke, and his words were hesitant. It seemed that the restaurant had other secrets and difficulties, so he stopped talking about this topic.  He thought that the weirdness of this restaurant was probably similar to the warehouse run by Yue'er Erya and the others. Even though the family had no worries about food and drink, they still had to run out to do business. Since they refused to listen to the advice, they stopped drinking.  If you can't stop it, then you have to let it go and find them a toy.  Of course there is another possibility.  After all, Shangguan Rui is different from him. He has a lot of wives and children at home. When there are more people, there is always someone close to him. This restaurant may also be a way to make a living for future generations.

    Chen Pu¡¯s princess residence is not too far away from here. I don¡¯t know how many times I have seen this Linyuan Pavilion in passing, but today is the first time I heard that it is the property of Shangguan Rui¡¯s family.  She said: "General Zhongwu is really impeccable in his work. I remember that this restaurant only changed hands three years ago. Is that when you bought this place? My younger siblings also took a fancy to this place at the time, but they were a step too late.  , I was so angry that I lay at home for several days."

    Although her words were unintentional, Shangguan Rui also knew that she had a naive personality and could not hide many things on her mind, but he had something on his mind, and he was inevitably a little suspicious when he heard the evaluation of "no leaks in her work".  He explained to Chen Pu: "It was a long time before I heard that this was a deal to cut off King Ding. I originally wanted to transfer this place to King Ding, but first I was afraid that King Ding would not see me, and secondly I  I don¡¯t know who to ask for an introduction, so I¡¯ve been dragging my feet until now.¡± He added, ¡°Chen Zhuguo said that I am impeccable in my work, but I don¡¯t deserve this comment. If I were really impeccable, why would I be blocked by Gu Poyang at the door?  You spit on your face? Fortunately, with your help, we didn't let this old killer take advantage of us!" As he spoke, he picked up his teacup and offered it to Chen Pu.  "Teach me to drink tea instead of wine, and pay my respects first. When the banquet is served, I will express my gratitude."

    Chen Pu said a few words of humility, and finally drank a cup of tea with him.

    Shangguan Rui put on the cup and asked the maid in the restaurant next to him to refill the tea soup. Gu Zi said to Chen Pu: "You don't know, this time Gu Poyang came here with anger. If you hadn't come forward, I would have eaten it."  It¡¯s not a big or small loss¡­¡±

    While the two of them were talking, Tian Xiu, who was sitting next to them, lowered his head and sipped tea and listened quietly.  Shang Cheng, however, showed no interest in their conversation. He raised his face and turned around to look at the calligraphy and paintings.  He always felt that Shangguan Rui seemed to be a little sneaky in what he did today, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him.  I was pondering over the pros and cons of a piece of cursive calligraphy "Between White Clouds Far Above the Yellow River" when I suddenly heard the door shaft cracking slightly. I turned back and looked back, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Why is it you?"

    The woman who came in looked up and saw him sitting on the desk, and was a little surprised.  She only met Shang Cheng twice, but she was extremely impressed. She bowed before entering and said softly: "I have met Uncle Yingxian, I have met General Shangguan, and I have met General Chen."  , I have met Lord Tian." Her voice was soft and soft. Although her voice was not loud, it was like whispering in people's ears, making people hear her clearly.  After bowing, he came over and took the teapot from the maid's hand without waiting for anyone to say anything or give instructions, and gently filled everyone's teacups.  Logically speaking, it was a very rash and rude act for her to act like this without the guest saying anything.  But it's strange that no one here thinks there's anything wrong with her actions. Instead, they think it's something that should be taken for granted.  This is probably an amazing skill.

    While she was pouring tea, Shang Cheng asked her, "I remember that you were still in Liangfeng the month before. Why did you suddenly think of changing places?"

    "Shopkeeper Meng Huang fell in love with me by mistake. He said that the slave is still a little awake, so he asked me to come over to help from Liang Feng." Lady Slim said in a thin voice with lowered eyebrows.

    "Liang Feng is willing to let you go?" Shang Cheng said with a smile, "If I were Liang Feng's boss, I would definitely be reluctant to let you go." This is actually a kind of compliment and respect.dimension.  Anyway, if he opened a restaurant, it would be impossible for Lady Xian to leave under any circumstances.  Just kidding, with a lobby manager like this in charge, the daily turnover won¡¯t increase by more than ten points?

    "I am a slave in my happy home."

    The smile instantly solidified on Shang Cheng¡¯s face.  He grabbed the tea cup and was embarrassed and speechless.  After a long while, he coughed and asked Chen Pu in a low voice: "Whose family does Liang Feng belong to?"

    "Neiyuan Jiaofang Division." Chen Pu said expressionlessly.  She couldn't laugh, otherwise Shang Cheng would be even more embarrassed.  But there was still a smile on her lips.  How could Shang Cheng not know about the famous Xiyuan Jiaofang Division?  She finally couldn't suppress her curiosity and secretly asked Shang Cheng, "The concubine in your home is the one you and Yang Liehuo fought over. Wasn't she the leading celebrity in Neiyuan back then? She didn't tell you.  Pass?"

    Shang Cheng snorted and turned his head to ignore Chen Pu.

    Chen Pu added: "That concubine of yours was the one my sister redeemed for her. Have you ever thanked my sister's matchmaker?"

    Shang Cheng simply didn¡¯t want to pay attention to this guy.

    "I think you should thank my sister. It's always a marriage"

    Shang Cheng was dumbfounded by her words. In the end he couldn't bear it anymore and retorted: "General Chen, you are Zhu Guo, a majestic general of the country. Can't you pay attention to the impact of your words?"

    Chen Pu saw that he seemed a little anxious, so he laughed and stopped talking.

    While the two of them were talking, Lady Xian ordered the maids in the restaurant to start serving the dishes at a low price. Every time a dish was served, she announced the name of the dish like singing, such as "Xiling Qiuxue", "Xiling Qiu Xue",  "High mountains and high mountains", "lonely city with blue sky", "cold smoke and green cypresses" A large table was filled with wine, food and dishes, and then they came to invite the guests to take their seats.  After the four people sat down, eight more charming musicians came in. They sat slightly beside the four people and took the pottery from the table to pour wine for the guests.  Shang Cheng stretched out his hand, covered the wine cup, and said, "I can't drink white wine."
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