Tang's dining table

In the sixth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty, the osmanthus tree only sprouted twenty-one new branches and leaves.

Zhong Kui ranks first.

Li Zhi enthusiastically called his name and said, "Who is Zhong Kui? Come forward and let me see."

Just listen to a deep bass sound from the crowd: "That's Wei Chen."

As he spoke, a strong man with his head lowered walked out from among the twenty-one new scholars.

Li Zhi asked doubtfully: "Why does Aiqing bow his head?"

Zhong Kui said solemnly: "The humble minister is ugly."

Li Zhi laughed loudly and said: "How can a man judge a hero by his appearance? Just raise your head."

When Zhong Kui heard this, his eyes filled with excitement, so when Yun Chu sighed deeply, Zhong Kui raised his head.

There was a sudden silence in the main hall.

Yun Chu stretched his neck and looked at the dragon columns in the hall in boredom. These columns were actually not very suitable for collisions, but were very suitable for another ancient punishment - Pao Roo!

It is not known whether the legendary Zhong Kui died by touching the steps or the pillars. Judging from the environment at the scene, the possibility of both is unlikely, because the steps on the emperor's seat were made of wood and were covered with thick layers. Thick carpet.

The Panlong Pillar is made of thick copper plates, and it is still difficult to hit it to death on such a hollow pillar.

Therefore, Yun Chu finally laid his eyes on the iron wooden threshold at the entrance of the hall. This thing had been rubbed by the officials coming in and out until it was smooth and smooth. Although the middle had been rubbed into an obtuse angle, the two sides were different. , it is still as sharp as a knife at a right angle of 90 degrees.

After a while, if Zhong Kui really wanted to die, he would definitely choose this place.

Although Li Zhi was not frightened by Zhong Kui's appearance, he could clearly feel that he was unhappy.

When Zhong Kui was called out, he was originally supposed to be ranked first. However, after Zhong Kui was called out, there was no movement and he started calling other Jinshi to come out and take a look.

After everyone called out, Li Zhi made a slight change on the list, so when the eunuchs called the names, the first one became a guy named Xue Changshou.

Yun Chu discovered that Zhong Kui was not good at controlling his emotions. His huge body had begun to shake slowly, and it seemed that the grief and anger in his heart was about to turn into a vast ocean.

Like Yun Chu, Li Jingxuan craned his neck to watch Zhong Kui's performance for a while, and then said to Yun Chu: "This man is as fierce as fire. If you bring him under your rule in Wannian County, be careful that he will cause trouble for you." .”

Yun Chu said calmly: "I often warn the officials in Wannian County that when doing anything, as officials of the Tang Dynasty, they must first stand on one word. If they stand on this word, then they can do things without any taboos. "

Li Jingxuan smiled and said: "This is not the way to be an official."

Yun Chu said with a smile: "Brother Li, what do you think the way to be an official is? When I was a child, I heard someone say that if you don't make decisions for the people as an official, it's better to go home and raise pigs. If you want to be an official, you have to think about your future." If you don’t care about the future, it’s okay if you don’t do this job.”

Li Jingxuan cupped his hands and said: "As an official, a certain family is not as good as you."

Yun Chu sighed and said, "Although Brother Li says you are not as good as me, he must despise Yun Chu in his heart. A certain family still knows this."

Li Jingxuan shook his head and said: "No, I'm not slandering you in my heart. For example, I wanted to beat Zhang Du last time, and I even changed it to an elm wat board just to make it easier to attack. In the end, I used this piece of elm wood. But it’s you who is in Wat Ban.

So, it's not as good as it is, there is no duplicity. "

While the two were chatting, the process of the emperor's meeting with the new Jinshi had been completed. Among these twenty-one people, the highest rank was from the eighth rank, the lowest rank was from the ninth rank, and from the eighth rank There are three people below, but there is only one person below the ninth rank - Zhong Kui.

Yun Chu's eyes were fixed on Zhong Kui. He was now worried that this guy would suddenly go crazy and say nonsense like "I don't accept it" in front of the emperor, and then be directly ordered to be beheaded by the angry Li Zhi.

Fortunately, Zhong Kui was not rude, but silently followed the back of the team and walked out in despair.

Sure enough, when his lowered eyes met the sharp threshold, the guy slammed his head against the threshold.

At this time, Yunchu had already folded up the cushion under his buttocks. Just when Zhong Kui's head was about to hit the threshold, Yunchu's cushion happened to appear there, and he hit his head on the cushion.

Even so, Zhong Kui's strength was still very strong. The cushion removed part of the strength, but his face hit the ground.

At the same time, Yun Chu's figure had appeared at the door. After helping Zhong Kui up, he patted his strong chest muscles and said, "What a man with both civil and military skills. Are you interested in coming to work in Wannian County?"

Zhong Kui's eyes, which were originally as dull as ashes, gradually gained a glimmer of light.

He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your support."

Yun Chu patted Zhong Kui on the shoulder and said: "Returning to hometown after high school should bring infinite glory. Since you have joined Wannian County, tomorrow you can go to Wannian County's registrar's office to collect ten ounces of silver and spend half a month in Chang'an, or glory in your hometown.

After half a month, I believe you will receive a complaint from the officials, just come to my Wannian County Yamen. "

Zhong Kui once again saluted Yun Chu and thanked him. Seeing that the team had gone far, he hurriedly left the Tai Chi Hall with the group of new scholars.

Although Zhong Kui almost died just now, it did not arouse any emotions of surprise in the court.

Every year, many people stumble over that threshold, and they have long since lost the interest of the crowd.

Yunchu originally thought that since he was close to the gate, he should go out first. Who knew that was not the case at all, and it was the big guys who went out first.

In particular, old thieves like Li Ji, Su Dingfang, and Liang Jianfang kept farting loudly when passing by Yun Chu. Yun Chu even concluded that at least one of the bosses might have used too much force and broke his crotch.

There is no way to take action now. If these people are beaten, I will definitely be miserable.

Even though Liang Jianfang was still a good man with only ten pounds of flesh for a fight four years ago, now, it's not that Yun Chu looks down on him. When the two fight again, he is sure to overthrow Lao Liang within ten rounds.

More than four years have passed. He has grown from a fourteen-year-old boy to a nineteen-year-old young man. It is when he is most energetic. For an old thief like Liang Jianfang, four or five years is enough time for him to have the only remaining strength. Not much energy is consumed.

Now, let alone a bucket of rice or ten pounds of meat, I would probably have diarrhea immediately after barely eating them.

After enduring the contempt of the generals, the civil servants around him did not give Yun Chu much good looks.

Many of them despise Yun Chu for his unprincipled approach to courting people in the civil service system.

Although what they did when they integrated into this circle was far more limitless than what Yun Chu had done.

This still did not stop them from standing on the shore and despising Yunchu who had not yet landed.

Fortunately, these people seemed to know that Yun Chu's temper was not very good, and none of them came out to directly despise Yun Chu or say unkind words.

If so, Yun Chu wouldn't mind borrowing Li Jingxuan's elm wat board to beat him again.

It is impossible for a person who vows to become a Jingzhaoyin to stand in the same trench with these Jingguanmen.

Because Jing Zhaoyin is the largest local official in the world and does not belong to the Beijing official system. It can even be said that the interests of Jing Zhaoyin and the Beijing officials are contrary to each other and they need to supervise each other.

Yun Chu even believed that the official position of Jing Zhaoyin was like the Zhenyuan Immortal in "Journey to the West", known as the ancestor of the earthly immortals.

From this perspective, it is best for everyone to be reasonable and never talk about friendship, because as soon as you start talking about friendship, there will always be one party who violates the law and discipline.

It is for this reason that the fate of Jing Zhaoyin of the Han Dynasty was so miserable.

Finally leaving the smelly Tai Chi Hall, Wen Wen, Di Renjie immediately came over and said, "Did you hit Zhang Du?"

Yun Chu nodded and said: "This guy stuck his butt up at me and farted, and invited me to beat him. I have never heard such a strange request in my life, so I beat him up."

Wen Wen nodded and said: "Then immediately find this guy's excuse and kill him completely. You didn't hear this guy roaring like a killing pig outside Tai Chi Hall to kill you."

Di Renjie thought for a moment and said, "To kill him, special charges are needed. Ordinary things like corruption and drinking soldiers' blood cannot kill him."

Wen Wen spread her hands and said, "Then the only two options are rebellion and private deployment of troops. I wonder if this guy has such a handle to catch?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "Don't forge evidence. If there is proof, then kill him. If not, he is destined to be lucky."

Di Renjie said with a smile: "General Zhonglang, who leads the left army guard, has always been rough and arrogant in the army. If the Yushi Yanguan really wants to kill him, it will not be difficult to kill him just because of the convenience of hearing about the incident."

The three of them talked and slowly left the Tai Chi Palace. This kind of matter needs to be discussed in the long term. First, we need to find out whether there is a reason why this guy must die.

If there is, it won't be too late to kill him then.

Just when Yunchu was irritated by these monsters, Zhong Kui returned to the guest house, sat alone on the bed, stared at the ceiling, and recalled the scenes that happened at the court today.

First there was the gentle and gradually indifferent face of the emperor, then there were the snickers among the Jinshi team, and then there were the exclamations from the civil and military officials of the court after seeing his appearance.

You can't think about these scenes. The more you think about it, the less courage you have to live.

Fortunately, the smile of the young magistrate in the red robe gave him enough warmth.

"I was born and lived in Zhongnan Mountain. It is also a good thing to be an official in Wannian County at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain."

Zhong Kui finally sighed and dissipated most of the anger in his chest. Although he was well-educated and full of treasures, he could not show his arms. This matter made him resentful after all.

He has decided that if the young and excessive county magistrate can treat him like a national soldier, he will definitely repay him as a national soldier.

See you tomorrow