The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

On this side, Princess Puning in the house saw a drop of cold sweat slipping down his father's forehead.

Shao Wang also felt his daughter's gaze, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit embarrassed.

When Xuanzan was selected as the county horse, he and his daughter praised Xuanzan as "a red rabbit among horses, and Lu Bu among people".

His daughter doesn't like Xuan Zan's appearance, so he can still fool her by telling people not to look at the appearance, but to look at the real ability.

But now it's different, Xuan Zan was completely crushed by Hua Rong without mercy.

Princess Puning said coldly at this time: "From this point of view, Xuanzan is not as good as you think, but very ordinary, so I want to make peace with you!"

"Harmony, harmony and separation? How, how is it possible? You are Zongji, it's impossible."

Princess Puning's depressed mood has been suppressed by her father at this time, and she has fallen to the bottom of the valley. She only feels depressed in her heart and hurts like a knife. When her throat is sweet and her body is shivering, she spits out a mouthful of blood. He fell to the side, but luckily the servant girl quickly caught it, but the Princess has lost consciousness.

Shao Wang was terrified, and hurriedly shouted: "Call the imperial doctor—"

After resuscitating for a while, the princess woke up leisurely, but the first thing she did was to grab her father's sleeve and said awkwardly: "If I can't make up, I will be blind and dumb."

Concubine Shao always obeyed her husband. When she saw her daughter disobeying her husband, she persuaded her: "Although you are the princess, you are also a woman. How can a woman get married? If she reconciles with her again, she will be said to be divorced. How can I hold my head up?"

"Can I hold my head up now? I'm sitting there watching polo today. If I knew that I would be ridiculed so much, I wouldn't go out even if I died." Puning said firmly: "I listen to you, marry me. It's gone. Now I'm going to listen to myself and get it over with!"

Seeing that his daughter can talk so much in one mouth, Shao Wang must be in good health, "There is no room for negotiation on this matter. You can't do it even if you cry, make trouble, and hang yourself."

Puning gave him a sneer, and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Shao Wang and Shao Wang concubine tried a few more words of persuasion, but their daughter still couldn't make a sound, thinking that she was losing her temper, so they decided to let it air for a while, got up and left one after another.

After a few days, they finally knew what was wrong.

What my daughter said about being a "blind-eyed and dumb-mouthed" person has really come true. If she doesn't speak or open her eyes, everything has nothing to do with her.

Although a person is alive, but refuses to communicate with the outside world, he is not much different from a dead person.

King Shao couldn't force her to open her eyes and speak, so she lost her temper a few times, and her daughter seemed to be deaf, as if she didn't hear anything.

Shao Wang had no choice but to make a little compromise, "How about this, my father will transfer Xuanzan to other places, and you don't need to see him, just be a couple in name only."

Many royal son-in-laws who are at odds with the royal family members are treated in this way. They work in the local area indefinitely and only maintain their status as husband and wife.

Puning made up his mind to reconcile, so he closed his eyes and didn't even hum.

And from that day onwards, he refused to eat, and he was so stubborn that he would starve himself to death.

King Shao had a daughter like Puning, so when he was choosing a son-in-law, he actually meant to choose a son, and Puning also understood his father's thoughts and told him to choose a son-in-law he liked and treat him like a half-son.

She just pinched her nose and married Xuanzan, whom her father liked. It was only after she got married that she realized that her husband was just like a shoe.

Especially when she saw other men Fengshen Junyi, whose arrow skills were better than Xuan Zan, it made her unable to deal with this useless husband.

The matter developed to the point of a hunger strike. Facing his dying daughter, Shao Wang finally let go, "Then leave!"

-

Gao Ming heard the gossip in Beijing within a few days, and he summed it up in one sentence: Xiao Li Guangwan abused the ugly county horse, and Shao Wang's mansion drove away the ugly son-in-law.

Xuan Zan is not only good looking, but even his professionalism has been crushed to scum, and he is almost autistic.

But the princess risked his life to ask for reconciliation, Shao Wang had already agreed, and Xuan Zan was sent to move out of Shao Wang's mansion.

Gao Ming felt that if Xuan Zan didn't take the initiative to trouble Hua Rong, and didn't expose his strength, he might be able to be his son-in-law for a while longer.

But after thinking about it, the princess would have been ugly to death by him, but now it's good to ask the princess to find an excuse and leave, so as not to end up in a dead end.

-

Princess Puning's previous ugly husband made her unable to hold her head up, and even if she remarried with her, she didn't want to go out. She was bored in the palace all day, depressed.

Even the relatives of Concubine Shao's natal family could see it, so they persuaded the concubine, "The Princess is not happy, largely because she lost face in front of the sisters. Only when the situation is brought back can the Princess regain her smile. .”

The princess sighed, "Why don't I know, but how can we turn the situation around?"

"This is actually not difficult. As long as the new husband is better than the old husband, the second marriage is better than the first marriage. So, princess, you can find a new husband for the princess. As long as the new husband is Both appearance and martial arts are twice, twice or even a hundred times better than that of Xuan Zan, who can see the joke, the princess raised her head, and even, the scar in her heart was healed."

The princess thought it made sense, so she turned her head and discussed with the prince, "Although my daughter has reconciled, she is also depressed all day long. Don't hold back her illness. Now that Xuanzan has left, we should let her start her life again. Bar."

King Shao didn't know that his daughter would definitely not be able to stay at home, and sooner or later he would have to choose a new county horse.

It was just because the county horse he chose was wrong last time, which tortured his daughter to the point of emaciation. This time, he didn't dare to make a decision on his own. Instead, he discussed with his wife in a rare way: "After all, my daughter is the princess, and I still have to worry about not being able to find a satisfactory one." Is Ruyi's husband?" After speaking, seeing his princess looking at him indifferently, he coughed in embarrassment: "The one chosen this time will definitely meet her wishes."

The princess knew in her heart that her daughter had been married once after all, and the previous husband had caused her too much harm. This time, her husband must satisfy her in every aspect.Not to mention perfect, but also to be perfect.

"My lord, don't we have to learn from others? Wait for the Jinshi to release the list and tie a son-in-law back?"

The arresting of marriages under the list can be regarded as a scene of marriage in this dynasty. As long as it is a Jinshi, they all rush to get it, and even several families scramble for it. It is not too much to say that Jinshi kidnaps and goes home.

Shao Wang didn't wait to see civil servants, so he stepped back ten thousand steps and said that if he couldn't find such a mighty one, he had to find someone who was born as a warrior.

He shook his head towards the concubine, "I don't have the strength to restrain a chicken, I don't like it."

The princess couldn't help but get angry with her husband, thinking to herself, is it you who married, or your daughter? !But he didn't say anything, just kept silent.

Suddenly, Shao Wang thought of Hua Rong who was shooting arrows every day, "Haha, isn't there a suitable candidate? Why did you forget him? What do you think of Hua Rong? He is the deputy commander of the Imperial Army. Although I don't want to see him like that, but this time, for the sake of my daughter, I can give in, as long as my daughter likes it."

The princess had never seen Hua Rong before, so she asked, "What does he look like?" She didn't have much confidence in her husband's appreciation of men, but don't be like Xuan Zan.

Then I heard the prince said dissatisfied: "It's a little boy."

That's good, the princess is relieved, as long as the husband doesn't want to see him, and says that the other party is a little boy, then he must look very good.

King Shao is satisfied with Huarong's family background. After being a loyal minister and good general, the only downside is that his hometown is not in the local area, so it is inconvenient to discuss marriage matters.

But it doesn't matter, first call him to the mansion to have a meal, make insinuations, if he wants to, then inform the family, and it will happen when it is done.

Shao Wang was impatient, so he made up his mind and found an excuse, saying that he wanted Hua Rong to give some advice on the archery skills of his servants, so he sent someone to invite Hua Rong.

The prince summoned him for a valid reason, and Hua Rong had no reason to refuse, so he readily agreed, and told the people from Prince Shao's mansion to go back.

Gao Ming frowned, "Isn't it a Hongmen banquet? If you embarrass his son-in-law, it will embarrass you if he doesn't keep it all. For example, a good archer is hired at a high price to compete with you, and then shoot a cold arrow or something."

"That would be great, just to have a contest." Huarong was full of confidence, but was very interested, "It's okay if you don't say it, but once you say it, I want to go even more."

Gao Ming always felt a bad premonition in his heart, "I still feel weird."

"Then you will come with me."

"I only invited you, what's the matter with me?!" Gao Ming spread his hands, "How can I be so thick-skinned."

"That's right." Hua Rong could only go by himself.

The next day happened to be a holiday, so when Hua Rong got up in the morning, she packed up and went out, riding straight to Prince Shao's mansion.

After Huarong left, Gao Ming sat on the chair and kept tapping his fingers on the table restlessly. After half an hour, he couldn't take it anymore, "Prepare the car, Prince Shao's Mansion!"

-

On the school grounds, Shao Wang looked at a row of archery disciples with his hands behind his back, "I saw you and Xuan Zan competing in archery that day. You fired several arrows in a row. I wonder if you can shoot consecutive arrows?"

Shao Wang's last son-in-law, Xuan Zan, was good at shooting straight arrows and had won a battle against generals, so he was favored by him, so the criteria for choosing a son-in-law should not be lower than this one.

Lianzhu arrows are actually shooting the most arrows in the shortest time at the fastest speed, compared to hand speed.

Huarong said: "This is not difficult. I can show it to the prince." Then, he took the arrow from a doorman next to him and drew the bowstring to the full, but the feather arrows were clamped between the joints of both hands, shortening the arrows from the quiver. When taking the arrows, when one arrow is sent out, another arrow is caught immediately, and five arrows are shot in one breath, just in the blink of an eye, and the arrows are not in vain.

King Shao stroked his beard in satisfaction, "There are simple food and wine prepared in the mansion, you can have a drink with me."

Hua Rong felt that Shao Wang was quite approachable.

After the two of them sat down, they heard the report from the housekeeper, asking for a meeting.

Secretary of the Imperial City pointed out Gao Ming, who is very famous, and he has been the most prominent in the past few months. Shao Wang frowned, thinking to himself, why is he here?

But Huarong was clear, "He may have come to look for me, he is my friend."

It's not that you can't come anymore, why are you here again?He must be worrying about himself, unconsciously a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he lowered his head and took a sip of wine.

When Shao Wang heard that he was Hua Rong's friend, and that he was Gao Qiu's son, a celebrity in front of the emperor, he laughed and said: "That's just in time, the dishes are just ready, let him come in quickly."

After a while, King Shao saw a young man coming in from the outside. It was the young man who was cheering for Hua Rong when Hua Rong was shooting arrows with Xuan Zan that day. He laughed and said, "So you are Gao Ming. I’ve told your story, but I haven’t had a chance to meet you, it’s just in time, please sit down.”

Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the food and drink on the table. He heard that Hua Rong was called by King Shao, and he was worried that King Shao would make things difficult for him because of the praise. It seemed that he was over-concerned.

After bowing to King Shao, he sat down without being polite.

Shao Wang asked the singer to come in to play and sing for fun, and like all blind dates, he began to ask Huarong's situation, "I see that you are not young, have you settled your marriage?"

Gao Ming took a piece of food with his chopsticks. Hearing this, his hand paused in the air before continuing to eat.

Then I heard Hua Rong say: "The humble job has never been married."

Very good, since there is no wife, the rest is not a problem.

King Shao was very beautiful in his heart, but he didn't want to hear Gao Ming say at this moment: "My lord, I'm not married either." Then he looked at him with a smile.

Shao Wang frowned, and didn't ask you anything, what did you answer.

At this moment, the wine table ushered in the embarrassment of silence.But Gao Ming has experienced many battles, so this little embarrassment is nothing.

But Shao Wang obviously couldn't do it. After a while, Shao Wang choked out a sentence to Gao Ming, "Since you are not married, let your father match you. If not, let the officials give you a marriage."

Gao Ming seemed to have heard some kind words, and kept nodding his head.

Hua Rong couldn't help kicking Gao Ming's shoe upper under the table.

This time, Gao Ming immediately fought back and kicked him, Hua Rong frowned and looked sideways at Gao Ming.

Gao Ming didn't seem to feel that Hua Rong was staring at him, and he still laughed at King Shao, "My lord, you also know that I work as a secret worker in Liangshan, and outsiders think that Liangshan is a bunch of rough men, but it's not true, there are also beautiful women. , Someone in Liangshan was a matchmaker for me, and wanted me to marry a female general, but I flatly refused."

When mentioning this, Hua Rong looked at Gao Ming jokingly, "Eh? I remember you swore you would never marry in front of everyone."

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows, "That's using Sun Xiaowu's identity, what are you doing to me, Gao Ming? There are three unfilial acts, and having no offspring is the greatest. How can I not get married?"

Huarong looked at Gao Ming enthusiastically at Shao Wang, and felt a little bit in his heart, you don't want to be Shao Wang's son-in-law, do you?

He couldn't bear it, pretended to be joking, but actually said: "Didn't you say to start a business before starting a family, are you going to break your oath so soon?"

Gao Ming shook his head slightly and sighed, "Establishing a career is a lifetime thing, you can take it slowly, but marriage is a big deal, it's about a chance, and it's a lifetime of regret if you miss it. Especially when you meet your favorite, after passing this village, there will be no such shop."

Shao Wang was dissatisfied with Gao Ming's outburst, so he went to Hua Rong for a drink and a conversation. What's the matter with Gao Ming?

Hua Rong glanced at Gao Ming and drank depressedly.

The wine table was attacked by embarrassment again, and none of the three spoke.

Shao Wang looked at Gao Ming with a dark face, Hua Rong is your friend, why are you messing around here, do you also want to be the king's son-in-law?

At this time, Gao Ming said with a smile: "Hua Rong, what kind of woman do you like?" Then before Hua Rong could speak, he said to himself: "Anyway, I don't like little girl movies, I won't marry for a long time, Just waiting for the mature and stable her."

After Shao Wang heard it, he was not black-faced, but so black that he turned purple.

Because he suddenly realized that Gao Ming, Gao Yanei is a well-known Huahua Taisui who loves other people's wives, and there was a lot of trouble in the city because of Mrs. Lin's incident.

Difficult, does his real purpose really want to be his son-in-law?

His own daughter was married once, but in a sense she was not someone else's wife, being mature and stable was exactly what he wanted.

No, no, no, he doesn't like people who are weak, and his son-in-law wants to be his half-son. He has to completely attack Gao Ming's "wishful thinking", so he said simply: "Marriage is a matter of parents' order and matchmaker's words. Don't worry about it yourself." Waiting blindly. Just like if this king is looking for a son-in-law, he must find a mighty general, at least he must have the skill of piercing Yang with a hundred steps, and he will not consider anything else." After finishing speaking, his eyes skipped Gao Ming and looked directly at Hua Rong .

Only then did Hua Rong understand that Shao Wang wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law.

He couldn't blame him for not seeing King Shao's intentions before, after all, he was not so narcissistic that he could think of being his son-in-law when he was invited to the mansion by King Shao.

Seeing that King Shao had revealed his real purpose, Gao Ming kept silent and glanced at Huarong, as if to say, you know this time, right?

The reason why he dared to use himself to test Shao Wang was also because he was confident that Shao Wang didn't like him at all. Xuan Zan and Hua Rong have one thing in common, that is, they are both martial arts practitioners. Obviously Shao Wang loves generals. It is not easy to be a Jinshi.

Now the question is, how can we ask Shao Wang to give up this idea.

Wait a minute, maybe there is no need for Shao Wang to give up his mind. Hua Rong hasn't asked for his opinion yet, in case he wants to be a county horse.

But, no way... What about the one who agreed to play bachelor together?

Gao Ming was thinking tangledly, and then he saw Hua Rong, who was drinking with his head down, raised his head, and said to Shao Wang: "My lord wants to recruit a son-in-law, but you have to keep your eyes open. Some people are as beautiful as gold and jade as jade, of course, this is not the most terrible thing." Yes, the most frightening thing is that the other party is very likely to be a broken sleeve, and if he really recruits such a person as his son-in-law, he will harm the princess for the rest of his life."

Shao Wang was astonished, it couldn't be your kid, could it?Otherwise, why are you bringing this up for no reason?

Looking directly into Huarong's eyes, who knows that Huarong doesn't avoid it at all, "And there are quite a few such people, and they may have appeared before your eyes."

Shao Wang exclaimed in his heart, he didn't run away, it was you!

There are some words that don’t need to be stated clearly, because none of them are fools, but they are so obvious that even fools can understand them.

After Hua Rong finished speaking, she glanced at Gao Ming, and saw him blinking in a daze, apparently also shocked.

Gao Ming took a sip of the wine, and it took him a long time to swallow it with difficulty.

Hua Rong, do you know what you are talking about? !You are coming out in front of King Shao, do you know that?Ah no, the point is that you are not, you are just running away from marriage, there is no need to hurt the enemy one thousand and self-injury eight hundred.

Hua Rong looked at Shao Wang calmly, as if saying, don't doubt, I am what you think.

Shao Wang cursed in his heart, you two, one is Huahua Taisui who likes other people's wives, and the other is Duanxiu who likes men.

No wonder you're friends, you're a good match, a couple of bastards.

Even if the king's daughter is raised in the mansion for the rest of her life, she won't recruit the two of you.

Leave everything to me!

"I'm not feeling well, I can't drink any more, you all go back to your residence." King Shao said loudly, "See off the guests!"

The banquet ended immediately, Shao Wang almost kicked out these two incomprehensible juniors.

Then he went to look for his daughter, and said in a panic: "Daughter, it's really dangerous, that Huarong is a broken sleeve!"

Princess Puning has been taking care of flowers and plants since she reconciled.

At this time, he was trimming the branches with scissors, and looked at his father blankly, "Hua Rong? Who?" After thinking about it carefully, I remembered that it was the officer of the Imperial Army who defeated Xuanzan, "Oh."

Seeing that his daughter had no sense of crisis, King Shao hurriedly said: "It's so risky to recruit him as a son-in-law. Fortunately, he has a conscience and knows his own way, otherwise he would really be called a county horse. The father said that the little boy is unreliable, so we should find someone else." Masculine..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw her daughter looking at him coldly as if covered in a layer of frost, "Father, do you want to recruit Zhu Huarong to be a county horse, have you already talked to him? Then he told you that he is Broken sleeve? Is this the case?" Seeing that his father didn't refute, she knew she had guessed right, so she immediately poked her neck with scissors, "The previous county horse was an ugly ghost, and this county horse is a broken sleeve. , you can kill me directly, if you don’t kill me, I will die myself!”

When Shao Wang saw it, he rushed up to grab the scissors, "Put it down quickly! Put it down!"

Princess Puning cried, "If you meddle in my marriage again, I will die for you! If you are so willing to be the master, you can be the master of my funeral!" As he spoke, he was about to poke his neck again to die.

Shao Wang hurriedly agreed, "Okay, okay, my father doesn't care anymore, I can marry whoever you want!"

Princess Puning put down the scissors just now, and Shao Wang comforted her with good words, and then left in a disheartened and frightened manner.

As soon as her father left, she picked up the scissors again, humming a little tune and happily tending to the flowers and plants.

She finally discovered that when she was a filial daughter, her father would only suppress her blindly, and her life was miserable.

But since she got up, made troubles with his father, cried, made trouble, and hanged herself, life has become much better.

-

On the way back to the mansion, Gao Ming said with lingering fear: "You still said that I would say everything outside, and you didn't give up. You said nonsense, and you even implied that Shao Wang was a broken sleeve. You don't want to be his son-in-law, so what? "

"Then tell me, is there any other way not to offend him, but also to make him calm down immediately?"

It doesn't seem to be true, "But, I'm curious, isn't it good to marry the princess? Why did you refuse?" After he finished speaking, he turned his eyes to the side and asked as if nothing had happened.

"I've never met her before. How can I marry a stranger? I don't want to marry blindly. The closer my sweetheart is to me, the better."

Gao Ming was still a little worried, "But this is not Liangshan, what should Shao Wang do if he says it?"

"Wouldn't that be better, lest someone come to recruit me again. I'm not the kind of person who is afraid of other people's gossip. We had already talked about it in Liangshan before. As long as we have a clear conscience, we can say what others like."

He likes Gao Ming, and sooner or later there will be a day when it will be announced to the world, and there is nothing wrong with letting others know that he likes men in advance.

"Then what if your real marriage is scared away after hearing your rumors, and you won't be able to find the tune if you cry carefully."

Huarong smiled confidently: "It shouldn't be mine, I don't want it, it should be mine, and I can't run away."

I have said so, what else can Gao Ming say, "Then you can't run away, as the saying goes, an optimistic person will never have bad luck."

-

Gao Ming ordered Shi Qian to investigate the rumors about Hua Rong. Fortunately, after a few days passed, there were no rumors, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe King Shao has a strict mouth and doesn't bother to spread gossip about the younger generation. Hua Rong's suffocating remarks that he claimed to be broken sleeves have not spread widely. It is hard to say whether the royal family knows about it.

Gao Ming is sitting in the office of the Imperial City Department, still thinking about the construction measures of his newly built building, where to open the door, where to have secret passages, and sketching with his pen.

At this moment, he saw his immediate boss Zhao Kai walking in, he immediately stood up, "Your Highness."

What is the wind blowing today?He even blew King Yun off, he can't come a few times a month, especially recently there is nothing important.

As soon as Zhao Kai came in, he looked at Gao Ming with a smile, feeling uncomfortable looking at him.

"Is there anything wrong with this king when he's not around?"

Gao Ming thought about it, there is nothing illegal recently, except Yang Jian's land grabbing, but you don't care if you report it.

But if it is in the city of Tokyo, there is only Shao Wangfu who drove away the ugly county horse.

Gao Ming said: "I have received a lot of secret reports recently. There are rumors about Prince Shao's Mansion in the city, and I have already sent people to arrest some of them and send them to Kaifeng Mansion, where they will be dealt with by the Governor of Teng Mansion."

This is also the biggest difference between the Imperial City Division and the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty had its own prison, and those who were arrested could be judged and tortured by themselves, but the Imperial City Division could not. Those who were captured had to be sent to Kaifeng Mansion.

In general, it is still acting within the framework of national laws.

Therefore, the reputation of Huangcheng Division is much better than that of another colleague.

Zhao Kai nodded in satisfaction, "Rumours cannot be allowed to spread."

Gao Ming said yes.

Zhao Kai sat down and said with a smile as if chatting: "Prince Shao's mansion has retired the county horse, so naturally they have to find a new one. Uncle Huang is looking for a candidate recently."

Gao Ming thought to himself, you are behind in the news, and you already knew about it.

Then King Yun continued: "Shao Wang has taken a fancy to Hua Rong and wants to recruit him as his son-in-law."

The news is still lagging behind, Huarong is already a thing of the past.

Gao Ming listened quietly, thinking whether to tell Zhao Kai about Hua Rong's exit.

Then Zhao Kai laughed and said: "However, it seems that because Hua Rong's sleeve was broken, this matter will be settled. Did you know about Hua Rong's matter before?"

Gao Ming thought anxiously, could it be that Zhao Kai suspected that Hua Rong had lied to King Shao?Prove it to yourself, and then condemn him?

He won't let this happen. If necessary, he can go into the water as a witness himself, and he can't let Huarong be questioned.

"I know, it's all true. I didn't know Shao Wang's thoughts before. If I knew, I would definitely stop Hua Rong from passing, so as not to disappoint His Royal Highness Shao Wang's good intentions."

Hearing this, Zhao Kai got up and walked up to Gao Ming, patted his shoulder, and said earnestly: "This king understands everything." Then he brushed past him and walked out.

I dare you, old man, to go to the Imperial City Department to find out if Hua Rong had broken his sleeve?But it seems to make sense, after all, it involves his uncle and cousin.

However, what is meant by "this king understands everything?"

know what?Do you understand that he perjured himself for his friend?

In fact, this king has already seen through your lies, but you just don't tell them?

Sometimes I really can't guess what King Yun is thinking, and it is harder to serve than his father.