After the salted fish is married

96. Confrontation

The shop that Ji Song and the others are going to is called "Dian Yi Mo", which is a shop that specializes in selling the Four Treasures of the Study.There are many shops selling the Four Treasures of Study in the city, but "YiDianMo" has become one of the best by virtue of its superior geographical location.That's right, this store is located next to the Imperial College, and students can see a big signboard as soon as they leave the gate of the Imperial College.

Yan Xining sighed endlessly: "It turns out that a little bit of ink belongs to the Yan family."

The original owner had bought the Four Treasures of the Study several times in the shop, but he only had a meager monthly profit, so he could only buy the worst pens, inks, papers and inkstones in the shop.

Once the original owner took a fancy to an inkstone, and he worked hard to save money for three months, but when he went to buy it, the inkstone was maliciously bought by Yan Ziyue's classmate.The reason why he said maliciously was because Yan Ziyue's classmate was from a wealthy family, and he didn't even bother to use the inkstone that the original owner liked.Even so, he snatched the inkstone from the original owner and laughed at the original owner's dog crawling words.

The original owner was so angry that his face turned red, and after a little argument, his reputation in the Imperial College was even worse the next day.

The Guozijian, which is regarded as a holy temple by scholars all over the world, is no different from a dragon's pond and a tiger's den in the heart of the original owner.

Yan Xining touched his chest, ever since he learned that they were going to close the shop of "Dian Mo", his heart beat faster, and there was an inexplicable emotion that made him feel complicated.

Seeing Yan Xining restless, Ji Song smiled and said, "What's wrong? Are you nervous?"

Yan Xining was embarrassed: "I didn't expect that one day I would own a shop, and it was a shop that I had been to before." If the original owner knew, I don't know how he felt when he learned that he became the owner of "Dian Mo".

Ji Song raised his eyebrows slightly: "The property of the palace has more than one shop. If you are willing, I will have someone hand over the property to you tomorrow."

Yan Xining shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, I think this is already very good."

There must be a lot of property in a palace, and someone with ambition would be happy to take this job.However, Yan Xining is too aware of his own situation. There is a shop where he can do the rent collection. If he is asked to invest and manage the accounts, he will have to lie down in three days.

Guozijian is the school of Chu Liao, and like modern schools, Guozijian is also on holiday.

Every ten days, the Guozijian will have a day off. This one-day holiday is called "ten-day holiday".It allows students to have breathing time and go out to buy daily necessities.

Every June, the Guozijian will have a "field holiday".The students of Guozijian come from all over the country, and the students who have fields at home can go home to help harvest crops,

There will be "clothing leave" in October, when the weather turns cold, students can go home to pick up their clothes.

Field leave and clothing leave are relatively long, and students can stay at home for a month, except for the traveling time.Yan Xining felt that these two holidays were equivalent to Chu Liao's winter and summer vacations.

It's almost time for the Imperial College to go on field vacation. Before the holiday, the teaching assistants will assess the students' learning.And the assessment means that the students have to gnaw at the books, and the four treasures of the study are consumed extremely quickly.

When Yan Xining and the others arrived at the door of the shop, there were always students in green skirts coming and going.Yan Xining quickly retracted her head: "Good guy."

Ji Song wondered, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xining's mouth twitched: "There are a lot of people outside."

Ji Song comforted in a soft voice: "The Guozijian is the place where the people of the world yearn for scholars. Elite students from Chu and Liao are gathered here, and the number of them will naturally not be small." Every year when the Guozijian recruits people, the long line can reach outside the book.If there are no people in the Guozijian, then there will be no people in other schools.

As soon as the carriage of Prince Rong's Mansion stopped, it attracted the attention of the students. The students whispered: "Look, is that the carriage of Prince Rong's Mansion?"

"Why did King Rong come to the Imperial College?"

"It may not be Prince Rong's personal arrival, maybe it is Prince Rong's family? I heard that Princess Rong also came out of the Imperial College."

When Yan Xining pushed Ji Song down from the carriage, the students talked louder.

Yan Xining felt more uncomfortable, and his brows were slightly frowned.I don't know if it was because the original owner had too much resentment towards the Imperial College, seeing this scene made him feel uncomfortable.

Ji Song patted the back of Yan Xining's hand in relief: "Don't worry."

The manager of the shop came out of the shop quickly: "I don't know that His Royal Highness Wang Rong is here, and the small shop is full of splendor."

Yan Xining looked up at the steward with a goatee, this person was still the same as the original owner remembered.So he whispered, "Do you still know me?"

The steward smiled: "Why don't you know each other? The villain pays his respects to Concubine Rong."

As soon as the words fell, the surrounding discussions became louder: "That's Princess Rong Yan Xining."

"I heard that when he was studying in the Imperial College, he failed two-thirds of his homework."

"Hush, your voice should be quieter. She is Princess Rong now, and she has great power."

"What's wrong with Princess Rong? Isn't what I said the truth? If all scholars in the world are as timid as you, Chu Liao will be finished."

Yan Xining pursed her lips, no matter what time the literati and students were the most daring to speak and act.Although what they said was true, he still felt aggrieved.

Ji Song took Yan Xining's emotions into his eyes: "Go, let's talk after we go in."

The steward hurriedly welcomed Ji Song and the others into the shop, the furnishings in the shop were still as the original owner remembered.The three rooms on the left side of the shop are filled with all kinds of stationery, the cheap ones are hung on the shelves, and the expensive ones are packed in exquisite boxes and placed in the cabinets.There are countless books in the three rooms on the right, including a subset of classics and history, as well as gaudy picture books.

There are countless calligraphy treasures hanging on the surrounding walls, which are left by the students.As students of Guozijian, a large part of the people here can enter the court after leaving.The steward of Dianmo is very insightful, and students who come to his shop to buy stationery can leave inscriptions.If these people make a fortune in the future, their inscriptions will be the living signs of the shop.

Many people who entered the shop were attracted by the calligraphy treasures on the wall at first glance, and then took a closer look. However, Yan Xining's first glance fell on a row of shelves next to the wall in the pen and ink area. On the shelves were cheap or damaged four treasures of the study.During the period when the original owner was studying in the Imperial College, he could only go there to search for suitable stationery.

Ji Song followed Yan Xining's gaze, and his eyes dimmed.Ever since he became interested in Yan Xining in the paddock, he asked Yan Ke and the others to investigate Yan Xining's past.If you don't investigate, you don't know. After investigating, you will know how wronged his princess was before she married him.

Both are descendants of Yan Boyong, Yan Ziyue and Yan Xining are treated like heaven.Yan Ziyue can eat hundreds of taels of silver for a meal with his classmates, while Yan Xining can only live on a monthly profit of five consecutive.

If Yan Xining is a child of an ordinary family, Wuguanqian can only maintain daily food and clothing in a place like Guozijian where the price is high.However, he happened to be born in the household secretary's family, and the classmates around him were descendants of aristocratic families. Yan Xining's monthly expenses were not even enough for them to eat a meal of tea.

No one taught him in Zhuangzi since he was a child, so Yan Xining's academic performance is naturally not as good as his classmates.When a person has no money, he has no guts, coupled with lack of ability, Yan Xining was fed up with cold eyes during his time in the Imperial College.

Ji Song raised his head and looked at Yan Xining, today he specially picked "A Little Mo" as the first Zhuangzi to take back, and it was also for Yan Xining to bid farewell to the past gracefully.

Yan Xining was recalling the painful past of the original owner, when suddenly he felt warmth on the back of his hand.Looking down, I saw a warm hand on the back of my hand.Ji Song's eyes were firm and his voice was gentle: "It's all over."

Yan Xining smiled: "Yeah." He didn't care about these things, he would naturally look forward.

It's just that he complained about the original owner, and as soon as he arrived in this shop, the timid, helpless and pitiful original owner appeared in front of him.At this moment, he felt very sorry for Yan Xining.Although he hadn't personally experienced those things, he felt the same about taking over the original owner's body.

The steward welcomed Ji Song and the others into the private room, but Ji Song didn't greet him politely: "Do you know the purpose of my visit today?"

The steward's eyes dodged, and just as he was about to say something, Ji Song took out a land deed from his pocket and put it on the table lightly: "Princess Yidianmo Congrong has been the property of the palace since she entered the palace. Steward, why don't you go to the palace to report the income and expenditure of the shop?"

The steward wiped his sweat in a panic: "This... the villain is just a steward, and the villain doesn't know about it!"

Ji Song nodded slightly: "Then go find someone who knows. This king will give you time to burn incense."

The steward's face turned pale, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.In fact, he knew about the fact that the shop was used as a dowry to Princess Rong, but the mistress said that if Prince Rong's mansion did not come to close the shop for a day, they would continue to open it.Even if people from the Wangfu came to take over the shop, they could just say that they didn't know and evade it.

Can a prince's mansion tear itself apart for a few shops and Shangshu's mansion?What's more, Concubine Rong is a member of the Yan family, isn't he afraid of being homeless after tearing his face?

But looking at the situation in front of him, the tricks used by the mistress obviously failed.King Rong came to ask for the shop in person, let alone the mistress, even if Yan Shangshu came in person, today the shop can only be obediently handed over.

The steward regretted it, but Yan Xining was not the only one who never expected to come.Ji Song is not a vegetarian, he has killed enemies on the battlefield all year round, and he has seen blood on the knife.He could deal with the weak Yan Xining, but he couldn't deal with the strong King Rong.

Looking at the vicious guards, the steward's legs were weak: "Yes, yes, the villain will go invite someone." Although he said soft words, the steward was still reluctant to take a step.

Yan Ke sternly shouted: "Hurry up!"

I heard that the guards of Prince Rong's Mansion followed him back from the battlefield, and the eyes of those who have been on the battlefield are full of murderous intent.The steward looked at Yan Ke's sharp eyes, and his body wished he could limp on the ground.However, he didn't dare to collapse, so he could only exit the private room with a stiff body: "The villain will go now, this time."

Seeing the small carriage leaving quickly from the door of the shop, Yan Xining was in a mixed mood.The servant steward of the Yan mansion is very good at reading facial expressions. Take the steward who just left as an example. He knew that the original owner was a descendant of the Yan family, but when the original owner came to buy things, he was unwilling to even give the original owner a piece of paper.

Yan Xining let out a long sigh: "This is a world where the ups and downs are pushed down."

The window on the second floor of the shop was facing the Imperial Academy, watching the students coming and going, Yan Xining relaxed and leaned against the window: "Student days are so good."

Ji Song manipulated the wheelchair and came to the window: "If you are interested, we can go to the Imperial College for a visit later. Look at those gentlemen who have taught you."

Yan Xining's complexion was delicate: "Are you sure they want to see me?"

Most of the people who can teach in Guozijian are people who can be named in the current Chu Liao literary world. These old gentlemen each have their own favorite students.Some of their students are smart, some are clever, some are tactful... only there is no such as Yan Xining who failed two-thirds of the exams.

Yan Xining thought evilly, if the original owner's wives saw him now, they would be so angry that they would blow their beards and stare: This elm lump has gone back to the Imperial College to anger me!

97. Confrontation

Yan Xining felt bored after looking on the second floor for a while, he looked downstairs: "Songsong, I'll go down and have a look, do you want to go down together?" Rather than being bored and waiting, he would rather go downstairs and have a look Is there anything suitable.

Ji Song couldn't move, and he didn't want to face the group of students watching the fun, so he shook his head: "I won't go."

So Yan Xining came from the second floor to the first floor, and he wandered around the shop aimlessly.Those ink treasures that were once unattainable in the eyes of the original owner are not uncommon now, and he feels that the pens packed in the box are not as good as the pens that Ji Song usually uses to write official documents.

There were also courageous students who looked around Yan Xining curiously, Yan Xining nodded to them with a smile.

Just when two courageous students wanted to say hello to Yan Xining, a woman's voice came from outside the shop: "But Aning is here? Aning! Where are you, Aning? Mother misses you so much!"

Yan Xining's eyelids twitched and his heart tightened. Hearing this voice, his body tensed and his whole body froze.

The person who came was Yan Boyong's wife, Yan Zhangshi. Coincidentally, she was pushing Pai Gow with some old sisters in a nearby restaurant.Hearing from a few servants that the carriage from Prince Rong's mansion came to the door of the ink shop, Yan Zhang came to the shop before he could finish his words.

After entering the shop, Yan Zhang swept her eyes, and she only saw Yan Xining and a few guards.Seeing no shadow of King Rong, she felt relieved.

She didn't care if Yan Xining was Princess Rong or not, he wouldn't want to take this shop away from her today.With such a good location and such a good profit shop, she still wants to leave it to her daughter as a dowry. How can she let an illegitimate son take it away?

The last time the Empress had a flower viewing feast, others said that Rong Wang and his wife were loving, but she could see clearly: when Rong Wang pulled Yan Xining out of the water, his face was so dark that he was unhappy.

That's right, Yan Xining saved the Seventh Prince, only Concubine Xian and the Emperor were happy, the other princes wished for a rival.Yan Xining must have violated Rong Wang's taboo by doing so, and now that he didn't see Rong Wang's figure, it explained everything.

Yan Zhang's eyes swept away and he burst into tears: "Ah Ning, you are so cruel. Since you entered the palace, you haven't been home. Your father misses you, and your brothers and sisters often ask Me: Mother, mother, when will Xining come back, we miss him. You are so cruel, why don't you come back and have a look?"

All the hairs on Yan Xining's body stood on end, he finally understood why the original owner was so hostile to Yan Zhang.This inversion of black and white face and methods made him amazed.The corners of his lips straightened and his eyes were impatient, but he didn't say anything.

When Yan Zhang saw that Yan Xining was still as dull as before, she howled even louder: "Yan's mansion is only a short distance from the shop, and you don't go home when you come to the shop. Do you really want us?"

Yan Zhang cried miserably, and those who heard it were sad and those who heard it wept.The ladies who followed her turned their eyes and seemed to be whispering, but the shrill voice had already spread throughout the shop: "You are really unfilial, you have entered the palace and climbed high branches, and you don't even want your parents. Tsk tsk~"

"Yes, yes, Yan Shangshu and his wife had a banquet and waited for a whole day on the day they returned, but they didn't see him coming back~"

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the surrounding students looking at Yan Xining changed, and there were whispers one after another.

"Looking at a very kind person, he doesn't even want his parents. Such an unfaithful and unfilial person can become a princess!"

"At that time, he was notoriously bad in the Guozijian. His academic performance was bad, and his character was bad. Master Guan sighs when he mentions his name now, saying that God is unfair."

Yan Xining almost laughed angrily: "Mrs. Yan, you keep saying that she is my mother. I just want to ask you, do you dare to tell everyone how you treat me?"

Yan Zhang sobbed: "A-Ning, what are you talking about? You are my child, and of course I treat you the same as any other child."

Yan Xining just felt ironic: "It's exactly the same. Since you don't want to say it, then I will say it. Yan Ziyue lives in a beautiful courtyard, and the house I live in is ventilated; And I only have five pennies a month... There are countless things like this, do you still need me to continue talking?"

Yan Zhangshi cried hypocritically: "Mother is afraid that you will learn bad things, and it's not that you are favoring one another."

This is not good in Chu Liao, as long as the other party occupies the word filial piety, no matter what excessive things he has done, the other party will be a head shorter.It was for this reason that the original owner suffered countless times from being dumb.

However, Yan Xining is not the original owner, and he doesn't care if the family scandal can be publicized.It really pissed him off, he even gave the ashes to the other party, he said blankly: "Isn't it fair to favor one over another? Madam Yan, you have a bad memory, have you forgotten what you told me? You said I was a whore, whore Son, I was born a lowly breed, I am not worthy to call you mother, nor Yan Shangshu father."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Xining felt something explode in her chest.This is not his emotion, this is the emotion of the original owner.The identity of the original owner's mother has always been his pain. There is a mother who was born in a brothel, and the original owner always felt that he could not hold his head up.

He didn't understand why they were all father's children, and only he was treated differently.He suppressed his emotions, tried his best to reduce his sense of existence, and only wanted to live humblely in Yan Mansion.However, even such a small dream, he still failed to realize it.

Yan Xining smiled miserably, and at this moment he finally expressed what the original owner was thinking: "If time could be turned back, I would use my life to persuade Yan Shangshu not to visit brothels. I would use all costs to prevent my mother from giving birth to I, but I can't, parents have the right to choose their children, and children have no way to decide their own origin."

"Mrs. Yan, please tell me. What did I do wrong? They are all Yan Shangshu's children. Other brothers and sisters can be cared for in Shangshu's mansion, but I have to be raised in the shameful Zhuangzi for so many years. Tell me, why did Yan Shangshu not allow me to call him father after I entered Yan's mansion, why did you treat me so meanly?"

"One of you is my father, and the other is my aunt in name. I don't expect you to treat me like Yan Ziyue, but can you treat me with a little bit of fairness and justice? I am a living person, I am not The chess piece that you can discard at any time is not a substitute for Yan Ziyue."

In Chu Liao, it is a serious crime for children to sue their parents.After Yan Xining said these words, there may be some people who felt sorry for him, but most people would use "they are your parents after all" as the opening and conclusion.Some people who value filial piety very much may even think that Yan Xining is rebellious, dare to say such words against his parents, he should be arrested and punished.

He knew that speaking out for the original owner would not get help from other people, and even others would look at him strangely.

But he didn't care, he held his breath in the original owner's chest for too long, and he felt that there was a reason to speak up for the original owner's question that the original owner wanted to ask until his death.Secondly, he is Princess Rong now, and his name has already been included in the royal family's jade certificate, even if Yan Boyong sees him, he has to salute.

As if he was pretending to be arrogant and arrogant, now he is no longer the begging Yan Xining, he is the dignified Princess Rong.If anyone disgusts him in front of him, don't blame him for not giving him face.

Yan Xining looked directly at Mrs. Yan Zhang: "The right way is to be kind and filial. It is normal for a father to be unkind and a son to be unfilial. Don't act pretentious in front of me. Just like Mrs. Yan, you once pointed at my nose and said, I am nothing. How do you fit into your Yan family's family. Let's let each other go, I won't pursue the harsh treatment I suffered, and you can't put gold on your face, okay?"

Yan Zhang was dumbfounded. As expected of someone who entered the palace, he dared to say anything in just a few months.For a moment, Yan Zhang felt a little guilty. The other party was now Princess Rong, who was leaning against Prince Rong. If he was really anxious, he might be detrimental to the Yan family.

Just because Yan Zhang didn't dare to speak, doesn't mean that others didn't dare to speak.Hearing that Yan Xining's biological mother was a brothel girl, some students showed disdain on their faces: "So she is the son of a prostitute, no wonder her character is so bad."

"It's no wonder that King Rong likes him so much, it turns out he's attracted to him."

"Hey~ The prostitute, the son of a prostitute and the paralyzed man are quite right."

"What did you say!" Yan Xining's roar resounded throughout the shop, and the next moment he rushed to the student who said Ji Song was paralyzed and grabbed his collar: "Try to say it again?!"

Yan Xining's shout made his eyes widen instantly, not only him, but also the two guards who followed Yan Xining downstairs also widened their eyes.They were just a few steps away from Yan Xining, and they didn't hear what the student said clearly.Seeing Yan Xining's excitement, the guards grabbed the handle of the knife.

The student was so frightened that his face turned pale and he retreated: "What are you doing, don't come over!"

He relied on standing far away from Yan Xining at the door, and his voice was not very loud, so he dared to speak meanly once.Unexpectedly, Yan Xining caught him right away, he was at a loss for a moment and his face turned pale: "You're beating someone! Princess Rong is beating someone!"

No one expected that Yan Xining would do anything to the students, and the onlookers dispersed and surrounded Yan Xining.

Yan Xining's blood surged, and he was so angry that he shook the man's skirt and forced him to stand up straight: "Stand up! Who gave you the courage to humiliate King Rong?"

He hated this attitude of Zhong Wuyan and Xia Yingchun who had nothing to do. When Ji Song was useful, people from Chu and Liao praised him as the God of War and the defender of the frontier.Now that he lost his legs and couldn't stand up temporarily, how dare someone call Ji Song a paralytic in front of him?

Yan Xining's eyes were slightly red: "Have you ever held a knife? Have you ever carried a gun? Have you ever killed someone? Have you ever been on a battlefield? Have you seen corpses littered with wild dogs eating corpses? Have you ever seen your comrades being torn to pieces by the enemy? scene?"

"You haven't even killed a chicken when you grow up so big, right? It's easy for you to talk here, who gave you the courage to let you talk nonsense here? Why do you think you can stand and talk without back pain?! Is it because of your luck?"

"In terms of life, isn't Ji Song's life better than yours? He is a noble man, and he was born as a noble prince. He can live a life of dignity and dignity, but for the sake of Chu Liao and the peace of his family and country, he went to the frontier to guard Heshan."

"He and his Chiling Army defended the frontier to the death, and only in exchange for the peace of the country. I never dreamed that you would humiliate him in front of me? Why did he break his leg? He broke it for the sake of our Chu Liao people. Yes! It was broken for people like you!"

"The good life you are living now is what he and the frontier soldiers paid for with their lives!"

"I have a bad background, a prostitute, the son of a prostitute, and my family hates me. You can despise me, but you can't insult King Rong! He and his Chi Ling Army are true heroes. I don't allow anyone to say a bad word about him !Do you understand?!"

A fire in Yan Xining's heart was burning fiercely. At this moment, he really wanted to punch this fearless student into the dust with his fist.However, after trying to restrain himself, he let go of his hand.

His face was calm, but there was deep sadness in his eyes: "I thought that those who came to the Imperial College to study were the best among scholars, able to distinguish right from wrong, and not to judge people by their backgrounds, nor their personal likes and dislikes. You enjoy the most A good learning environment reads the books of sages and sages, and keeps saying that you are a gentleman, but look at what you have done.

You see the wind and make the rudder bully the weak and fear the hard, and you are superior and do not distinguish between virtuous and foolish.You do not seek the truth and the right way, but are willing to silently abide by the stereotypes.You think you are righteous, but in fact you have no opinion.In my opinion, all your sage books have been read in vain. "

Yan Xining's eyes were full of sadness: "I feel sad for you, I feel sad for Chu Liao, and I also feel sad for the soldiers who lost their lives to defend their home and country."

The students froze for a moment, their faces flushed suddenly.