Travel to the Water Margin

Chapter 203 Stand in line?

Lin Youde calmed down a little after walking half a street with his head down. He put aside the struggle history among the princes of the Zhao family and concentrated on finding out the murderer who secretly poisoned him.

Strolling through the streets and alleys, his mood became brighter.

"Come on, hurry up, King Yun's dinner party has begun. If you're late, I'll break your legs!" A carriage hurriedly passed Lin Youde.

"I'm so damn stupid! It's not my cup of tea to conspire behind the scenes. Why was I brought in by these brainy people?"

"Wouldn't it be better to just go straight to the point?"

Then he turned around and took his men and horses to the nearby resplendent mansion.

Lin Youde walked gracefully and entered Prince Yun's mansion with the bronze medal given by Zhao Jinfu.

As soon as Lin Youde entered the backyard, he saw King Yun sitting in a small pavilion drinking alone,

Lin Youde laughed and cupped his hands and said, "I'm going down to Lin Youde to pay my respects to His Royal Highness King Yun."

King Yun stopped in his hand and said: "A distinguished guest is here, please take a seat."

When Lin Youde walked over and passed the small pavilion, his eyes suddenly lit up. Among the flowers, there was a stone table, four stone drum stools, a pot of fine wine, and a few side dishes.

And King Yun was sitting on a stone bench next to the stone table, staring at Lin Youde with a smile on the corner of his mouth!
Lin Youde raised his hands and bowed: "Thank you, King Yun, for your kindness. Lin Youde thanks you in advance!"

King Yun stood up slowly: "Unexpectedly, you and I will meet today, Lin Zhuangyuan, please sit down."

Lin Youde smiled and said: "We are separated, right? I am also your brother-in-law, right?"

King Yun took a deep look, and there was a strange look in his eyes: "You are very good at talking, and you are a generalist with all talents in civil and military affairs. It's a pity, it's a pity that the emperor put you in the supervisor and really buried you."

Lin Youde smiled, as if intending to change the subject!
"I wonder if King Yun has anything to eat?"

King Yun had a strange expression on his face and had been looking at the unexpected guest for two cups of tea.

But the unexpected guest, like an acquaintance, was sitting across from him, eating melons and fruits and drinking fragrant tea.

"The maid next to me, get me a few more plates of melons and fruits and tea, and my brothers have to deliver them outside." Lin Youde didn't know how much stuff was stuffed in his mouth, and he drank the fragrant tea in one gulp before giving up.

The maid looked at King Yun, who waved his hand with a dark face and waved the person away.

King Yun looked at Lin Youde who was eating and drinking, and his cruel and surly nature was gradually revealed.

King Yun asked him with a straight face: "Brother-in-law, what are you doing here?"

"I happened to be hungry when I passed by King Yun's mansion, so I came to His Highness King Yun's place for a meal."

"Is it really a meal? This king thinks you are a drunkard and don't mean to be in the bar?" The corners of King Yun's mouth twitched, and his veins bulged.

Lin Youde, the number one scholar in Jinke, was a seventh-grade Huyilang in Dengzhou before the imperial examination. He was talented in both civil and military affairs and was astonishingly talented.

It's a pity, his future royal sister who is certain.

Entering the Zhao family cut off their official career, and made them, the princes and dignitaries who had intended to be friends with each other, feel sorry for them.

The reason is not to lose a talent or a mainstay, but everyone can see that the officials have also taken a fancy to Lin Youde, and even married off their favorite daughter.

If there was no Zhao Jinfu, he would just be assigned to the Tiantian Division.

King Yun was confident, so he fished him out and gave him a governor of the state!
"This...was discovered by His Highness King Yun," Lin Youde laughed loudly and wiped the corner of his mouth, "Lin came here to ask His Highness King Yun, who is in charge of the household department, a favor."

"You don't want to go to Supervise Tiansi?" King Yun was not stupid, and he immediately understood Lin Youde's intention.

"Ah! Yes..." Lin Youde nodded quickly.

Prince Yun said: "I can help you submit the matter of the emperor's brother-in-law."

"Hey, thank you so much, Your Highness King Yun." Lin Youde arched his hands, and suddenly asked softly, "His Royal Highness, do you know why the imperial palace has been banned recently?"

"Oh, recently, my father has practiced in closed doors, and it happens for several months every year."

After finishing speaking, he sighed secretly in his heart, Lin Youde should have noticed something.

But Lin Youde has always been Zhao Jinfu's person, and it is not appropriate to reveal too much to him.

Lin Youde giggled, and said carelessly: "So that's the case, but what are you doing lately, Your Highness King Yun? I saw you and Zhang Bangchang and the others get off the boat last night."

King Yun immediately looked at Lin Youde anxiously, and after a while, he said hoarsely, "Oh? What do you think?"

Lin Youde smiled and said, "When I first saw King Yun, Lin Youde didn't dare to go up and talk."

After a pause, he continued: "I'm worried that I may accidentally miss the favor of King Yun."

King Yun raised his hand with a smile: "It's okay. Last night I just asked Master Zhang and Master Zhu to admire the flowers and the moon and recite poems. Oh, I forgot about this. The emperor's brother-in-law is amazing in literary talent. I will definitely ask you to join us next time. poetry meeting."

At this time, the maid brought two bowls of fragrant tea, and King Yun took the bowls and passed them over: "Sister-in-law, come, I'm happy today. I'm using tea instead of wine, and I've made you my friend."

Lin Youde was slightly startled: "This..."

"You don't always make me hold the bowl like this, do you?"

Lin Youde hurriedly took it and said, "How can this be so good with King Yun..."

King Yun shook his head and said, "Everyone has his own opinion. Why should you, my friend, care?"

Lin Youde said gruffly: "In that case, I'd rather be respectful than obedient." He drank the fragrant tea in one gulp.

"Okay, okay, by the way, I'm hosting a banquet for all my friends at the mansion. Why don't you come with me this time?"

"Well, thank you, King Yun, I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Lin Youde cupped his hands.

At this moment, more than 30 people were drinking and enjoying dancing in the prince's mansion, surrounded by maids who were constantly going up and down, all dressed up, and all the officials participating in the banquet were stunned.

A group of musicians, a group of dancers, all looking forward to their appearance.

"King Yun is here."

With a sound of "shua", all the sitting people stood up.

I saw King Yun leading Lin Youde, accompanied by two maids on the left and right, and a dozen imperial guards walking on both sides, with sabers tied around their waists.

The surrounding guard musicians, maikos, bowed down one after another, claiming to see King Yun, all of them looked solemn and respectful.

People rushed to greet him, some greeted him, some congratulated him, with different opinions.

King Yun happily said: "I'm sorry everyone, I've been slow to wait for you..."

Before he finished speaking, people stood up again and said, "I don't dare."

Instead, King Yun smiled and greeted several officials who had already visited before sitting down.

"Everyone, this is my future imperial brother-in-law, Lin Youde, the top scholar in Jinke." King Yun smiled and introduced Lin Youde to the more than ten officials present.

"See the Prince Consort." A group of officials woke up and stood up to bow to Lin Youde.

"Lin Youde pays homage to all the adults." Lin Youde immediately returned the salute.

At this time, Pu Zhangrui, head of the household department, asked:
"Prince-in-law, I have heard his name for a long time, and today I saw that he is indeed a talented person. I would like to give you this glass of wine, Zhang." Zhang Rui said as he swallowed the wine in one gulp, which attracted applause from all the officials.

Why did Zhang Rui want to drink with Lin Youde?

Being able to be brought by King Yun to a dinner inside the household department meant that King Yun intended to win Lin Youde over. In this case, everyone was on the same boat, and Zhang Rui, who is a master of communication in the household department, naturally wanted to play.

Oh, it's cool, but when it comes to drinking, although I don't have the strength of a drunkard like Wu Song, I, Lin Youde, will not admit defeat.

Lin Youde laughed loudly and said, "Master Zhang, Mr. Lin respects you."

OK OK! "Everyone answered in unison.

Pu Zhangrui, the head of the Household Department, is a well-known drunkard. He was the sixth Jinshi in the first four terms. He was a famous drunkard before he joined the Household Department as a clergyman. He would feel uncomfortable if he did not drink for a day, and even had several episodes. This time I took time off to have a few days of drinking with my friends at home.

"Okay, everyone, please sit down." King Yun looked at the imperial guards beside him: "Judong, where are the adults in the military department I invited?"

"King Huiyun, they are coming."

Just as he was talking, someone yelled: "Master Xingtai is here!" "Master Bushi is here!"

As the names of the officials were announced one by one, many officials came out of a large row of sedan chairs.

The officials saluted King Yun one by one according to their ranks. King Yun squinted his eyes and smiled, but did not return the salute.

After saluting, the officials sat down on the left side of King Yun, and several people sat down at a "table" on his right side.

King Yun said with a smile, raised his hand, and said, "Have a banquet!"

The maids immediately poured the wine and put it on the table, took the dishes and bowls, and the musicians immediately started playing.

As soon as Lin Youde sat down, several maids immediately brought all kinds of exquisite dishes, and a maid knelt beside Lin Youde, pouring wine for Lin Youde.

The music started, the dance continued, and the eyes of a group of officials were once again attracted by the dancers.

After the wine was poured, King Yun raised his hand again, and the music stopped. He cupped his fists and saluted around him, and raised his voice:

"Everyone, I invite you all to come here to taste wine. I invite you to come here to dance, write and recite poems in the style of the ancients. This year! It is very different. The number one scholar in the current subject is here, and all the people here are local dignitaries and decent people. The gentleman has added a wonderful story to the night banquet. I hope that while you are grateful, you will not forget to be loyal and serve the king! Please raise your cup! Cheer for tonight. Go for it."

So, all the guests raised their glasses and shouted: "Do it!"

King Yun smiled all over his face, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay. Please use it yourself, play music and dance!"

Suddenly, amidst the music, the coquettish dancers danced lightly, like a group of colorful butterflies flying in the forest.

Lin Youde accidentally met King Yun's eyes, looked him over, and smiled at him.

King Yun couldn't help but smile back at him.

When King Yun took a look, Lin Youde was very restrained and asked, "Brother-in-law, are you not used to this kind of situation?"

Lin Youde shook his head and said: "That's not the case. It's just that I'm not familiar with everyone. I'll get to know you after a few more glasses of wine."

"Haha, okay, I'd like to toast you this cup." Prince Yun smiled, bowed to Lin Youde, and drank it all in one gulp.

All the officials and gentlemen present here applauded, some people sang, and they sang well to help the wine, that's all.

During the banquet, the cups and cups were interlaced, and the crowd, like the stars and the moon, made a toast to King Yun one after another, so that King Yun's wine was not intoxicating, and everyone was drunk, and they couldn't help feeling elated.

At this banquet, the person attending the banquet had a very high status, which gave him enough face. He was greeted with a hundred promises, and everyone was in awe of him and treated him like a god.

In the middle of the night, Lin Youde was sent out of the mansion by King Yun, a carriage was parked at the door, and Wu Song and Lao Zhu stood there.

The carriage rattled and headed towards the son-in-law's mansion.

In the darkness, Lin Youde opened his eyes and took the hangover soup from Wu Song.

Wu Song handed over a letter, which was written by Zhao Jinfu to Lin Youde. Today Wu Song ran to the palace with the bronze medal and got Zhao Jinfu's letter.

With the help of the moonlight, Lin Youde opened it and took a look at it. Finally, he sighed: "Is imperial power really so attractive?"

"My lord?" Wu Song looked at the reason suspiciously.

"Based on the clues I provided, Zhao Jinfu caught several problematic officials in the palace."

Wu Song took a breath: "Is it true that the third prince wants to be the master of the house?"

Lin Youde glanced at Wu Song and said, "You think so too?"

Wu Song said "Huh". After all, King Yun was the most suspicious.

During this period of time, his behavior was too weird. Every night, he entertained people from all walks of life, no matter if they were rich and powerful gentry, or civil and military officials, and even secretly went out to meet with various military ministers.

Appeared in the Xiang barracks stationed outside Bianliang.

This kind of performance, no one knows.

"Things are a bit complicated, but," Lin Youde looked at the last person Zhao Jinfu wrote about, the corners of his mouth raised: "What I am best at is using force to overcome skill."

Back at Prince Consort's Mansion, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, and Lao Huang were waiting for him, all ready to go.

"My lord, we are ready." The three of them looked at him, puzzled by Lin Youde's sudden asking them to disguise themselves.

Lin Youde rubbed his forehead, then opened his mouth and squirted out a mouthful of old wine towards the flower bed. His rough and red face turned pale, and his red eyes became clear.

"Wu Song, and Lao Zhu, I'll leave this place to you." Lin Youde looked at Wu Song and Lao Zhu.

It is no problem for Wu Song and Lao Zhu to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but it is a shortcoming in sneaking.

"Yes, my lord."

Lin Youde turned to look at the three of them: "Let's sneak into the palace to get Lei Ding tonight. If possible, I'm going to visit Weizong."

The three of them wondered why Lin Youde was sitting like this, but they all held it in their stomachs.

"Yes, my lord."

As a result, as soon as he walked out of the son-in-law's mansion, Lin Youde and the others saw Lin Daochang, who came alone.

"Where are you going?" Lin Daochang looked at Lin Youde with a strange expression and asked.

He originally planned to ask Lin Youde what happened to the sudden martial law in the palace and many people were arrested.

As a result, when I arrived, I saw Lin Youde and a group of people in a menacing manner. They suddenly said, "I planted this tree and opened this road."

Lin Youde scratched his head and told about drinking with the third prince.

Lin Daochang was surprised and delighted, and said: "It's really great that you are going to the palace too!" After a second pause, he said: "You participated in the third prince's banquet by name, and you know what's wrong with you." How big is the impact?"

Lin Youde said: "What impact will it have? I was walking in Bianliang and saw the mansion of my uncle in the future. What's the problem if I go in and have a meal?"

Lin Youde smashed his eyes.

Lin Daochang sighed: "Well, since you don't evade, it proves that the third prince has a lot of ambitions! He is probably the one who poisoned you."

"Well, it's normal to be ambitious, isn't it? And you said poisoning, this is very doubtful and I can't say for sure."

"There are still doubts. Diji has just found out a lot of minions..."

"You said that Zhao Jinfu caught people in the palace, right? That was the clue I gave. She was clever. If I couldn't figure it out, she understood it right away. It's amazing."

(End of this chapter)