Song Mingyue

Chapter 79

(It's night before it's dark...not a broken promise)

Zhao Hao saw that the man had disappeared into the crowd, still unwilling to do so, he quickly chased out the door, looked up at the street, and saw the bustling people on the street, where could he see that tall figure, although he secretly felt that Unfortunately, but also helpless.

In Shi Naian's novel, 72 of the 36 generals were created. Even "The Last Event of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty" is not credible, so Zhao Hao's list of 36 people who participated in the Song Jiang uprising, except Except for Song Jiang, the rest of the names are skeptical, after all, there are different versions of the list of [-] people.

Now, a well-known person on the list suddenly appeared in front of him with extremely high force, how could he not be excited?
It's a pity that in a blink of an eye, he missed the opportunity, and Zhao Hao had to return disgruntled.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Xie Yun called him over, handed over a red invitation card, and said with a smile: "My lord of the state government has invited you, but he is not respectful, so go and have a look."

Zhao Hao wandered around the streets of Hangzhou with nothing to do for a few days. He was well-behaved, very honest, and nothing happened. Xie Yun felt relieved.

Zhao Hao opened the red invitation card suspiciously, but it was sent by the prefect of Hangzhou, Cai Jia's residence.

Cai Ji, who is called the ninth son of Cai Jing in Water Margin, is actually the sixth son.

Cai Jing has only eight sons, of which the sixth and eighth sons have not been recorded in history. In fact, the other six are all bachelors or bachelors. Only Cai Jia and Lao Ba are ignorant and rely on their father's shade to get them. He thought he was an official, so his reputation was not obvious.

Three days later, on the Winter Solstice Festival, the Cai Mansion held a Winter Solstice Poetry Meeting on the West Lake and invited Mr. Zhao to participate.

Although Zhao Hao has no official status, he is a relative of the Great Song Dynasty after all. Now that he is in Hangzhou, Cai Jia's family heard the news, and after reporting to Cai Jia, they also sent an invitation to Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao didn't like poetry fairs, because he didn't have any poetic skills, and he just copied poems, which was a bit embarrassing after all. Zhao Hao has always tried to avoid participating in such occasions.

However, this time, Zhao Hao had no choice but to participate.

In addition to Cai Kai, he also found out that there was another distinguished guest at the meeting, and that was Zhu Xi.

Zhao Hao really wanted to see what the traitor who was listed as one of the "six thieves" and wreaked havoc in Jiangnan for 20 years looked like.

The most important thing is, if given the opportunity, he can teach Zhu Xi a lesson, or even get rid of him, that would be a great merit.

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The winter solstice, also known as "Yiyang Sheng", is an important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, both the winter solstice and the beginning of the year (Spring Festival) were emphasized. "Tokyo Menghualu" says: "The winter solstice in November. The capital attaches the most importance to this festival. Even if the poor, within a year, they accumulate borrowings. On this day, they can change new clothes, prepare meals, and enjoy worshiping ancestors. , to celebrate the exchange, just like the annual festival."

There is even a saying in some places that "the winter solstice is as big as the year".

In the city of Hangzhou, the weather is getting colder and colder, but it can't stop scholars and literati from showing off their coquettishness. In the winter solstice, which is as big as a year, there are many large and small poetry gatherings.

The Cai family has always been known as a scholarly family, with eight bachelors in one school. Although Cai Ji himself is ignorant, he still can't stop his coquettish heart, so a grand poetry meeting was held during the Winter Solstice Festival.

Those who participated in this poetry meeting were either rich or noble. Of course, more importantly, there was another distinguished guest coming, and that was the defense envoy Zhu Xi.

The poetry meeting will be carried out on a big boat, which was originally a big boat for transporting stones, several times larger than ordinary painting boats, there is no need to connect several painting boats together like the Xie family, it is enough to welcome hundreds of people guests.

Today's poetry meeting seems to be more important than the previous ones, so the top names of the pre-reserved brothels have already arrived, and those scholars and scholars also attended early.

Naturally, Zhao Hao didn't dare to trust him, so he took Zhao Dian and Liang Lie and boarded the boat along with a group of scholars and scholars.

Wearing a white jade crown on his head and a purple shirt, he is tall and tall. His 1.7-meter-eight figure looks unsurpassed in the crowd. He immediately attracted many people's attention, and many people asked which family he was from. .

At this time, many people had already come to the venue. After Liang Lie handed over the invitation card, someone rushed up to greet him: "Young Master Zhao, this way please!"

This "Mr. Zhao" attracted surprised eyes from all around. It was rare to see people with the surname Zhao in Hangzhou, but it was the first time someone who could be called "Mr. Zhao" was invited by the lord of the government, which made everyone even more curious. , all guessed Zhao Hao's identity.

At this moment, Zhao Hao suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in his heart. This chill only appeared once on the night of Yin Yi's assassination.

He turned his head suddenly, just in time to see a tall figure who turned his head away, looking at the clothes, he should be a helper hired by Zheng's mansion to decorate the venue.

Zhao Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly inquired about the person's attributes before he left, and he felt excited again.

This person is exactly the hero he was looking for the day before yesterday, but he unexpectedly met him here again.

Just as Zhao Hao was hesitating, that person had already left the venue and disappeared.

In an instant, Zhao Hao had a premonition in his heart that tonight would be an unusual night in Hangzhou. That person must have a plan to get into the poetry meeting, whether he came for Zhu Yu, or Cai Ying, or Both of them have pictures.

As soon as Cai Kui, dressed in fine clothes, appeared, everyone saluted in unison: "Welcome to the lord..." For a while, even the music and the noise stopped abruptly.

Zhao Hao looked up, and saw that he was of medium build, but with upside-down eyebrows, upside-down triangular eyes, aquiline nose, and a sinister look on his face. daunting.

Cai Jing, the sixth son of Cai Jing, has only been appointed as the prefect of Hangzhou for more than half a year. The young and strong woman committed suicide on the spot, and the people in Hangzhou hated her and called her "Cai Hu".

Cai Jie came side by side with a middle-aged man in his forties in Chinese clothes. The man was handsome, with a height of more than 1.7 meters five, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face, white face and beard, and looked quite handsome. A bit of elegance, much better-looking than Cai Jia's appearance.

"Zhu Xie, force: 35, intelligence: 76, politics: 53, command: 34, health: 87."

It is a person who cannot be judged by his appearance. This person looks like a gentleman with a good skin, but he is a huge greed who has plagued the south of the Yangtze River for 20 years. He is one of the six thieves.

At this moment, Zhao Hao suddenly saw that tall figure again, appearing not far from Cai Jia and Zhu Yu, about ten steps away, with a look of covetousness.

Zhao Hao's heart skipped a beat, he wouldn't just do it right now!
That person also seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then was dragged away by a handyman, Zhao Hao let out a soft breath.

In addition to the domestic slaves of the Cai Mansion, there are also elite members of the Xiang Army from the Hangzhou Mansion guarding the boat. In addition, Zhao Hao also saw seven or eight guards around Zhu Xi dressed in brocade clothes and with single swords at their waists, all of them were one of a kind. Experts, all of them have martial strength above 70, even if that person is highly skilled in martial arts, it is by no means so easy to assassinate Zhu Xi with bare hands.

It's just that, not to mention that person, Zhao Hao himself has murderous thoughts at this moment.

The tragic scenes he saw and heard along the way from Jiangning to Hangzhou, and the desolate and desperate singing on Taihu Lake made him feel itchy from the moment he confirmed Zhu Xi's identity, wishing to wipe this guy out.

However, this guy was one of the six thieves, and the powerful soldiers and beasts summoned by the summoning talisman had no effect on him at all. If he wanted to assassinate Zhu Xi, he had to kill him with real guns and knives.

With the presence of Cai Kai and Zhu Xi, the banquet gradually reached its climax.

The top performers sang and danced on the stage one after another to perform, and the guests present also mingled with each other, drinking and chatting happily, and it was lively and jubilant.

It's called the Poetry Club, so poetry is indispensable.Those scholars and literati drank a few cups of hot wine, and their poetic flavor surged up. They searched for chapters and excerpted sentences to piece together poems. For a while, many of them were called excellent poems. There are Ji and Zhu Xi.

Cai Kai is a real idiot, but although Zhu Xie is good at playing with stones, he also has some attainments in poetry. When he sees something good, he asks someone to read it aloud, and then hangs it up for everyone to appreciate.

As a result, all the talents in Hangzhou were aroused to be competitive, and they all searched their stomachs, or shook their heads, muttered words, or wrote quickly, and they all achieved it in one go.

When the atmosphere of the poetry meeting gradually reached its peak, Zhao Hao looked like he was out of his mind, his eyes were only searching among the servants around him, intending to find that figure, but he never saw it again.

"Everyone, among the audience here today, there is a distinguished guest from Jiangning Mansion, Mr. Zhao from Jiangning Zhao Mansion."

"I heard that Mr. Zhao is famous for his literary talents, so he is famous in Jiangning. How about asking Mr. Zhao to write a poem on the spot, and let me wait for the scholars from Hangzhou to pay their respects?"

At some point, someone suddenly stood up and babbled, making the audience quiet down, and all looked towards Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao was in a daze, and didn't notice what that person was saying at all. He didn't realize that someone was talking to him until Liang Lie reminded him.

When he came to his senses, he could see discussions all around, all eyes were focused on himself, even Zhu Xie and Cai Jia also looked in this direction.

Zhao Hao glanced at the Hangzhou scholar, couldn't help showing an angry expression on his face, snorted coldly, and remained silent.

Liang Lie next to him was also angry, and said loudly: "My son is a relative of the Great Song Dynasty, a nobleman, how can he be as knowledgeable as you?"

As soon as the voice fell, it immediately aroused public anger, and there was an uproar all around.

At this moment, not only Cai Kai's face couldn't hold back anymore, but even the always calm and calm Zhu Xi had an angry expression on his face.

What kind of spectrum do you, a family member separated by seven or eight rooms, put on?The Defense Envoy is now a popular figure in front of the officials, even if it is the prefect of Cai, he is also the son of the Xianggong family. Could it be that you have been humiliated?
Sure enough, a family general in brocade clothes beside Zhu Xi came striding forward, walked to Zhao Hao's table, and said respectfully: "Master Defense Envoy asks Mr. Zhao to leave a poem, please don't refuse."

Zhao Hao glanced at that man coldly, Zhu Miao was proud of being favored, and all the generals and servants beside him were dressed in brocade clothes and jade belts. Later, Zhu Mian was beheaded when the Dongchuang incident happened, and the other servants were fine, except for these Yudai's domestic slaves were all thrown into prison and never died well.

Zhao Hao stood up slowly, cast a cold glance at Zhu Yu, strode towards the desk in the middle, picked up a pen and dipped it in ink, swished it like the wind, and finished the book in one stroke.

"A bottle of good wine, thousands of people's blood, several plates of delicacies, thousands of surnames ointment. When people cry, the sky tears, and the laughter is louder, and the crying is louder."

(End of this chapter)