Chapter 93
After putting Chang Wei and the other two into prison, Du Zhongxiao wrote a letter and ordered Qiao Baoping to send someone to Bozhou. Xia Shu had to reply from his own hands to confirm the identity of these three people. According to common sense, with Xia Shu's status, he would not do such unreliable things. But this Xia Xianggong liked to play cards without the common sense. Not to mention sending slaves to do business, there were several servants in his family who were well-behaved because of Xia Shu's grace.
After the cooking, Du Zhongxiao arrived at the Houya alone and ordered people to serve tea. She sat there for a while. This is how it was for the official of Zhongyuan. He often met big people as his boss, which was quite difficult to deal with. Han Yi took advantage of himself. Now he changed to Xia Shu, which made Du Zhongxia feel very difficult. He couldn't afford to offend Du Zhongxiao when he was against Xia Shu. The difference between the two was too great. He was unwilling to flatter Xia Shu. Not to mention that Xia Shu was not a good person, but the impression that his political enemies left on Du Zhongxiao was that the farther away from this person, the better.
Xia Shun loves talent. He has been promoted to an official for decades, otherwise he would not have the status he is today. But this person is very scheming, smart, has a high opinion of himself, and is unpredictable. He is not a person who is easy to get along with.
The last time Du Zhongxiao went to Bozhou, Xia Shu had a good impression of himself and wanted to use the field as a test field. But now he sent a few family slaves to see the autumn grain, which made Du Zhongxiao confused and didn't know what Xia Shu meant. Sending family slaves to deal with official affairs was a great disrespect for Du Zhongxiao. It was not that Xia Shu had too high status, so Du Zhongxia took Chang Wei and the other two back to him. But then he thought that Xia Shu had a different understanding of the relationship between people. Maybe when he wanted to come, he would even express closeness.
After sighing, Du Zhongxiao stood up. Guessing people's minds is the most boring and tormenting thing, but Xia Shu arranged such a difficult problem for himself. Now he has to take one step at a time, and he cannot be weak, so as not to leave a verbal excuse for other officials to arrange his own words, and he cannot offend Xia Shu too ruthlessly. Otherwise, Xia Xianggong would not be as simple as saying that he would start to attack people.
When he arrived in the garden, Du Zhongxiao called Luo Jing, Shisanlang and others and ordered Qiao Baoping to prepare a banquet, which was shocked by the few people.
At this time, Luo Jing fully recovered and stepped forward to whisper to Du Zhongxiao: "Officials, although those three are domineering, they are not as fake as a young man. They may be really a guest of the prefect's husband. When I was in the Baozheng yard, I was tied there. Listening to the gossip of the three people, there were many things in the husband's house. If it was fake, how could I know so many things in the husband's house?"
Du Zhongxiao said in a deep voice: "Even if the people in the husband's family are just slaves. How can you despise the court and bind the officials?"
After hearing this, Luo Jing said, "It's all the bad things that have caused this disaster. The official, the young man is tied up and there is nothing serious about it. I want to know what kind of person the minister of the state is? How can he offend them? It's better to let those three people go, so as not to get rid of his husband and miss the future of the official."
Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "I let them go, which is a misleading future. Let the magistrate's slaves disturb the place. I am a marquis of Baili, and I cannot punish him. If someone reports to the court, how can I continue to do this? This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't think too much."
Luo Jing was still nervous, afraid that Du Zhongxiao would have a conflict with the prefect. He came thousands of miles away and was highly valued by Du Zhongxiao, and was extremely grateful to Du Zhongxiao. If it delayed the magistrate's official career because of a small matter, then he would not be redeemed.
In fact, the matter has nothing to do with Luo Jing now, and Du Zhongxiao cannot not punish Chang Wei and the other two. Indulge the boss and slaves to commit crimes. Once this is stabbed to the court, it will leave a very bad impression on those in power now. Not to mention that everyone is beating Xia Shu, looking down upon by the sergeants and doctors in the court, and he is stripped to Xia Shu and his future path will be difficult to go. A few days ago, Xia Shu wrote a chapter to judge himself, and Sun Yan, a scholar who criticized the answer, wrote a sentence "There is no better than to be loyal and diligent in the project; there is no better practice to stop slander." It can be said that he has no face at all. This is the attitude of the sergeants and doctors in the court towards Xia Shu now, and they are almost pointing at the nose and cursing. How could he cause trouble?
Seeing the chicken, duck, fish and meat on the table, Shisanlang's eyes were straightened. He grew up so old that he had never seen such a luxurious banquet. Compared with the ones on the table now, An Sanlang's wedding banquet was eaten by beggars, but it was the most luxurious meal Shisanlang had ever eaten.
He ordered everyone to sit down, and the servants who served each person filled with wine.
"Oh, this is a strong spirit. I can drink it today! I just heard that I finally saw it!" As soon as the wine was poured into the bowl, Shisanlang shouted. He has been a child, but his family is poor and he can only drink the private brews in the village occasionally. This kind of spirit wine that costs dozens of cents per pound is a legend for him. A large bowl was poured in front of him, making him feel like he was dreaming.
On the one hand, Luo Jing saw Shisanlang lose his composure, so he hurriedly pulled him and whispered: "The magistrate is sitting there, don't yell!"
Shisanlang was shocked and hurriedly crossed his hands and sang a promise to Du Zhongxiao.
Du Zhongxiao thought the man was interesting and said to him: "It seems that you are a good wine. How many bowls can you drink?"
Shisanlang scratched his head: "The little one has ever drunk such fine wine. It is said that he has strength and the gods are drunk. I really don't know how many bowls of it. I used to drink village wine, but it didn't taste much, but I never got drunk."
Du Zhongxiao asked again: "How much have you ever drunk at most when you drink village wine?"
Shisanlang gestured at the bowl in front of him and said, "At most, three bowls have been drunk. - The wine costs a lot, and you can't afford to drink it any more."
Du Zhongxiao laughed: "Okay, today I will let you drink happily, and you can drink as much as you want. By the way, everyone calls you Shisanlang, but they don't know what the name is."
"Why do you have to give a name for a poor family? Everyone knows that my surname is Wu and Shisanlang, so I won't call him the wrong person."
Du Zhongxiao slapped the table: "That's it. If you drink three bowls of this strong wine without getting drunk, what's the point of giving you a name?"
Shisanlang was overjoyed, stood up, crossed his hands and said, "Thank you, the official!" After that, he picked up the wine bowl on the table and drank it dry in one sip.
After drinking this bowl of wine, Shisanlang felt a heat flowing down his throat and went all the way to his dantian, which was extremely comfortable. He became excited and slapped the table and said, "Come on again, fill it up! No wonder this kind of wine costs dozens of cents per pound! I want to drink it with great rewards from the official!"
The officer saw Du Zhongxiao nodding and came up to pour another big bowl for Shisanlang.
After cooking three bowls in a row, Shisanlang felt extremely happy, his whole body was hot, and he seemed to be about to fly. He picked up the wine bowl, lit up at Du Zhongxiao, and said, "Official, I drank three bowls, but I felt comfortable, but I was not drunk at all. Please give me a name!"
Du Zhongxiao thought this person was very cute, and he said whatever he said, and went straight. Getting along with them was much more interesting than getting along with big figures like Xia Shu. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I will give you the word 'song'. As the saying goes, 'Standing is like a pine, sitting like a bell'. You are a martial arts practitioner. If you are right with others in the future, you must be the one who stands until the end."
Shisanlang clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Okay, this name is good. From now on, I will not only Shisanlang, but Wu Song will be the same."
Chapter completed!