Just when Hsu Fengnian couldn't bear to help him make the decision, the young official of the Imperial College clenched his fists, "It's too late, I'll be tough today! I've been a coward for nearly ten years, ten years, I've been so cowardly that I can't even study in peace. At worst, I'll just quit being an official! I'll pack my things and go home! "
Hsu Fengnian asked, "Laozi?"
Wang Tonglu quickly said, "This official!"
Hsu Fengnian was amused and playfully said, "Whether you believe it or not, this time is different from last time, you will only be promoted and get rich, you won't lose your official hat."
Wang Tonglu honestly said, "Don't, prince, don't say that! It's fine if you don't say it, but when you say that I have something to look forward to, my teeth are chattering. "
When Hsu Fengnian got closer and closer to the gate, the officials imperceptibly began to retreat.
Wang Tonglu muttered to himself, "Last time I walked in the clouds, I didn't experience the feeling of a fox borrowing the tiger's power. Today I'm going to die anyway, Wang Tonglu, straighten your back! This is the first time in your life, if you don't cherish it, you will be struck by lightning! "
Then Wang Tonglu heard the vassal king that he couldn't hate from the bottom of his heart say a few words. Wang Tonglu was about to say a few words to him to boost his courage, and then … there was no one around him!
Wang Tonglu immediately returned to his original state, subconsciously turning around and then running away, he didn't care about any other consequences!
At this time, an old man shouted, "Wang Tonglu!"
As if he was cast by an immortal, when he heard the voice, the fat man stopped and turned his neck to see the old man quickly walking over.
The old man kicked the guy and laughed angrily, "Chancellor Wang, oh Chancellor Wang, have you forgotten the pain after the scar healed? Previously you recklessly walked side by side with the vassal king once, are you addicted to walking?! "
Wang Tonglu tried to stretch out his hand to wipe his tears and pretend to be pitiful, but unfortunately, he found that there were no tears, so he could only laugh dryly, "Old man, it's really not that this official wanted to get close, but when this official got off the car, the young ladies were blocked outside and couldn't come in, and then the prince was pulled in."
Tantanon narrowed his eyes and snorted, "Oh? Why don't you play dead? "
Wang Tong Lu scratched his head and said, "I was so busy sweating that I didn't think of this. Then, I came here in the blink of an eye. Later, I thought about it and decided to just let other people do whatever they want."
Wang Tong Lu wanted to cry but had no tears. "Old Master," he said, "Why don't you help the Buddha all the way to the west and save this official one more time?"
Tantanon sneered and said, "It's hard to say whether you are a Buddha or not, but if you want to go to the Western Paradise, you don't need anyone to send you off."
Wang Tong Lu helplessly awaited death.
Tantanweng said angrily, "Alright, follow me."
Fatty smiled from ear to ear.
The old man asked softly, "What did that Xu kid say to you?"
Fatty smiled foolishly and said, "I was so scared that I forgot all about it. I can't remember at the moment. When Old Master brings this official in, I will definitely think about it during the court meeting. I will report it to Old Master when I return."
Tantanon looked at him in a new light and said, "You are enlightened!"
Fatty was resentful. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and said in a low voice, "Old Master, I remember something! In the end, that Prince seemed to have said something before he left. When Xu … Old Prince Liang walked the Imperial Road for the first time, no one was willing to go with him. Xu … Prince Liang didn't count the first time, but the second time, if there was someone who was not afraid of death following him, then he would be too lazy to say something like 'Not kneeling in the court, carrying a sword into the palace'. "
Tantanon's eyes shone and he laughed loudly. He pulled Wang Tong Lu's hand and walked quickly to Qi Yanglong's side. Then, Tantanon whispered a few words to the head of the secretariat. His expression was strange, as if he couldn't win against Wang Tong Lu, but someone could suppress him.
Wang Tong Lu saw the unreachable Grand Secretary of the dynasty staring at him and laughed. He patted his shoulder and said, "Wang Tong Lu, Grand Chancellor Wang, right? You are good! "
Wang Tong Lu's shoulder tilted and he swallowed his saliva. With a pale face, he said, "Little Chancellor, I am Little Chancellor, a very Little Chancellor!"
Qi Yanglong smiled and said, "I heard that the guy with the surname Xu didn't even bother to participate in the court assembly because of you?"
Wang Tong Lu's eyes turned rapidly and he patted his chest loudly, "Absolutely not!"
I am so damn quick-witted, so quick-witted.
Wang Tong Lu admired himself a little. If he angered Old Master Tantanon, he would at most be scolded and kicked a few times. But if he angered this former Grand Chancellor Qi, not to mention two hundred catties of meat, even if he had two thousand catties of autumn fat, it wouldn't be enough to shave him!
Tantanon was stunned at first, then he stomped his feet and scolded, "Damn you Wang Tong Lu! Ungrateful brat who can't be tamed! Get the hell out of my province today, see if I can't take care of you! "
Wang Tong Lu opened his mouth wide.
Qi Yanglong smiled amiably and patted the young fatty's shoulder lightly, "Don't listen to Tantanon's nonsense, it's useless even if he has a loud voice! In the small court assembly, I will personally greet His Majesty and ask you to come to my Secretariat. It's not a high position, but it's still standard fourth rank. As for whether you can climb up, it will depend on your own ability. "
The fatty looked left and right, then lowered his head and said softly, "Lord Head of the Secretariat, after thinking about it carefully, I still think it's better to go to the Secretariat."
The fatty who had his head lowered didn't see the two elders looking at each other and smiling knowingly, nodding their heads secretly.
Huan Wen kicked the fatty again, "Get the hell back to your colleagues in the Imperial College, don't be an eyesore here."
With Wang Tong Lu's size, when he jogged, it was really no different from getting the hell out of here.
Huan Wen turned to look at the door, "Mister Qi, after the Guangling Road war is over, I will resign and return to my hometown, in the future …"
Qi Yanglong interrupted Tantanon's words and said in a low voice, "It's okay, I will try my best to hold on for a few more years."
Huan Wen suddenly said sadly, "Green eyes, oh green eyes, you still lost."
Qi Yanglong shook his head, "Huan Wen, you are wrong, it seems that one person lost and the world won, but in fact, the world lost and one person won. I believe that in the hundreds and thousands of years later, many people have flipped through the pages of books about us, but it's fine if they have. Only Zhang Julu, this green eyes, will make people slowly flip through those pages in the dead of night and carefully read them a few times, and maybe they will even say regretfully, 'Why is there no wine to drink at the table?' "
Huan Wen murmured, "It would be even better if there was a plate of peanuts at hand."
— —
Many years later, at the end of the winter when firecrackers were used to celebrate the old year, Tantanon on his sickbed, no one would be able to hear his last words.
Old friend, do you have wine? Do you have peanuts?
— —
In the second year after Huan Wen's death, the new Emperor of Liyang rehabilitated Zhang Julu, the first person in Yonghui's reign, and posthumously conferred the title of Duke of Anguo.
There was a gentle woman, who was not very beautiful, with her child, who could already recite many Confucian classics, looking at the row of tombs and asking her son to kowtow to them one by one.
In the end, the mother and son sat side by side in front of a tombstone engraved with the name Zhang Bian Guan. The child, as in previous years, read loudly for his father, his grandfather, the mother and son, and the other Zhang family except for a woman.
Further away, the Emperor and Empress of Liyang stood without any retinue, but they did not dare to disturb them.
— —
There was an old man who lived in seclusion in the countryside. In the snowy twilight, he walked unsteadily. He did not go to the Anguo Cemetery where only the mother and son were there to sweep the tombs, but there was no shortage of wine, but to a small tomb that was far from being extremely glorious.
In front of the tombstone, he poured a glass of wine and put a plate of peanuts.
— —
Just after the old man left, there was another provincial official who resolutely resigned from his position.
For the old man that he often talked about, he poured more wine and peanuts.
He sat alone in the wind and snow all night.
— —
Perhaps some people, even when they were on the verge of death, had never left in such a carefree manner.
But in the end, these scholars of Liyang were still worthy of Liyang.
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