Happy Little Scholar

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. What happened at the Ning Wang Mansion banquet last night spread among the literati the next day.

Of course, the reason why the news spread so quickly was largely because of the sentence "forcing sorrow to compose new lyrics", which made countless talented people hit the knees.

After hearing this poem, some talented people looked at their previous proud works, and the various sorrows revealed between the words and sentences, their faces turned red, and they hid them and would never show them to others easily.

Living in the prosperous Jiangnan area, the world is stable, the years are quiet, and when you have nothing to do, you can recite poems and write lyrics. This is the elegant life of literati.

However, if you don't have enough experience, it is impossible to make good poems. They read books all day, hold poetry meetings, and go to brothels to experience the suffering of the people when they are interested. Where do so many national enemies and family hatreds come from? But in order to write poems, they can only "force sorrow".

Moaning without reason, talking about sorrow without any worries, this has invisibly increased the exaggerated style of poetry in the Jiangnan literary world.

However, even though everyone knows this, they will not point it out. After all, you can't go to the border to experience the situation of guarding the border and the pain of the demise of your country in order to write lyrics...

And this sentence "forcing sorrow to write new lyrics" is like a slap in their faces, reminding them to face reality. I am afraid that from now on, when someone writes such poems again, they will have to weigh it in their hearts whether it is suspected of "forcing sorrow".

As this lyric swept through brothels everywhere with a popular momentum, it was heard by more people. Over time, the exaggerated style of the entire poetry world has actually diminished. Of course, these are all later stories.

At this time, the "culprit" who caused this incident was lying on a rocking chair in his yard, enjoying the warm wind.

Li Yi was very idle and had not visited the shop for several days.

Ruyi Lu and strong liquor bring a lot of profits every day, most of which come from the share allocated by the palace. Ruyifang's business is better than before, but its proportion in the total income is getting smaller and smaller.

If he was alone, he would probably close the shop and wait for the money, but a Ruyifang is related to the livelihoods of many people in the village. They are willing to do it, and Li Yi is happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

He has been waiting for the gold mountain these days.

Counting the days, the emperor should have returned to the palace long ago. The reward he said that night should still count, right?

Hundred acres of fertile land and hundreds of pieces of silk, of course, the most important thing is the ten thousand taels of gold, when will it be spent?

Thinking that so much money is rushing towards him, Li Yi's desire to make money is even smaller.

Lying on the rocking chair, some parts of his body are still a little sore because of the excessive practice in the past two days.

The hot-tempered sister-in-law can't be provoked. Didn't I accidentally see her washing her bellyband in the yard two days ago? Is it necessary to retaliate against me like this?

If I hadn't asked Ruyi to massage me with her unique technique, I'm afraid I'd still be trembling when I walk now.

A chaotic sound suddenly came from outside the door. The courtyard door was not closed. Two white-faced, beardless men with cold and arrogant expressions pushed the door open. Li Yi looked up and saw two familiar eunuchs. He couldn't help but feel happy.

The money is coming.

"You two have come from afar. It must be very hard. Do you want to go into the house and have a cup of tea first?" This time, Li Yi's attitude towards the two people was completely different from before. He was extremely enthusiastic.

After all, this time they came to give money. You can't go against anyone, but you can't go against gold.

Li Yi's attitude also made the two eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict stunned, and they felt a little flattered.

It's only been a few days, and the attitude has changed so much. The two are a little uncomfortable.

But at least they got a smile this time. The two men's cold faces eased a little, and their tone was much softer than last time. They said, "The emperor has an order. Li County Lieutenant, please accept it."

Xiao Huan was taken down the mountain by Ruyi sisters to go shopping. Li Yi was the only one at home. When the two eunuchs entered the village just now, they probably made a lot of noise. Looking outside the door, many people were curiously looking inside.

What happened to the son-in-law of Ruyi's family? It's only been a few days, why is there another imperial order?

If you count their ancestors, they probably haven't seen an imperial order once. Now, they have seen it twice in a few days. Although the imperial order is not for them, they will have something to brag about when they go out in the future.

I have knelt in front of an imperial order. The imperial order is rare. Have you seen it?

So, before Li Yi knelt, a group of people knelt outside the door.

"Li Yi, the lieutenant of Anxi County, created the method of "cardiopulmonary resuscitation"..."

An eunuch began to read the imperial edict expressionlessly. The imperial edict did not mention Li Yi's meritorious service in saving the emperor. After all, the emperor also sneaked out this time, so he couldn't be too ostentatious. He used the reason that Li Yi contributed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He said a lot of praise, but didn't get to the point.

"... For the merits of a hundred generations, I will grant you a hundred pieces of silk, a hundred acres of good land, and a reward of ten thousand gold. I admire you!"

When the eunuch finished reading, Li Yi couldn't wait to take the imperial edict and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After a set of formal procedures, the next step was naturally the one that Li Yi was most looking forward to.

The accompanying runners moved the silk cloth into the yard in piles, and Li Yi saw the deed with his own eyes. However, when all the runners stood back in their original positions and stopped moving things into the house, Li Yi had not seen the ten thousand gold that he had been looking forward to for a long time.

"Where is the ten thousand gold?" Li Yi looked at one of the eunuchs and said.

Could it be that they forgot?

"That's it." The eunuch pointed to a rather gorgeous box in the middle of the silk cloth and said.

Li Yi looked at the box, and a thought came to his mind.

Are you kidding me?

How can this little broken box hold 10,000 taels of gold?

He ran over to open the box and saw a copper coin lying inside.

"Is this 10,000 taels of gold?" Li Yi asked with some uncertainty.

"This is 10,000 taels of gold, not a penny less." The eunuch nodded and said.

Li Yi was stunned for a while, and when he looked up again, he looked at the eunuch with a bit of unkindness.

"You two are a bit too unkind, these copper coins are worth only one or two taels of gold at most. Where did you hide my gold? Let me tell you, I know your General Manager Chang very well..."

Li Yi was very angry. Even if the two secretly intercepted dozens or hundreds of taels of 10,000 taels of gold, he would not care. After all, they came all the way here, and they should be given some hard work fees.

But when the ten thousand taels of gold were delivered, there were only a pile of copper coins left. This is too cruel!

This little money, the current old Fang is not interested, right?

The two eunuchs heard this, and the corners of their mouths twitched slightly. Could it be that this Lieutenant Li thought that... ten thousand taels of gold is ten thousand taels of gold?

If this is true, I am afraid that if His Majesty rewards more a few times, the treasury will be emptied...