Yang You's skill was really impressive. In a short while, he fought several times in the dirt field, but no one could beat him. Instead, he used a fierce and unusual fighting formation to kill three people and seriously injured two others.
Among them was a famous martial arts artist who fought on the Double Ninth Festival. He was very skilled in using swords and cards, and his nickname was "Saiguansuo". He and Yang You stood two feet apart. They had just set up a portal to face the wind, and Yang You He hurriedly stepped forward and slashed his head with a knife, cutting his face into two pieces.
At this time, the people watching the gambling gathering around Tuchang ignored Jia Sidao and asked where the knife-wielding man came from and who was behind him. At the same time, there are wealthy young men who rely on their family's good skills and rich businessmen who are reluctant to give up their personal interests, and they are asking for their own good players to gamble and fight.
Those good players naturally made a name for themselves in various tiles in Lin'an City, but in the final analysis, what they are best at is sumo wrestling, kickboxing, stick fighting, and knife dancing. Lin'an City What the common people here see every day is this kind of fancy.
Even if they were like Yang Feixiang and Li Xunhuan just now, fighting each other, losing their temper and even their lives... After all, this is different from the fierce battle of life and death in the battle formation. They don't have the tenacity to face mountains of corpses and seas of blood as if nothing happened!
So despite the hosts shouting and shouting, no one dared to leave for a while.
Seeing that the situation was embarrassing, fortunately, the inquirers reported back one after another. After hearing the report, everyone in the field hurriedly looked at a location next to the earthen field.
According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, the seats in a circle around the tiles are not for casual sitting, but are related to the status and level of the owner. The farther away from the dirt field, the higher the seat position, and the lower the actual status. In the circle closest to the earthen field, the "green dragon head" near the lower gate on the left side of the earthen field and the "white tiger head" near the upper gate on the right side are where nobles with extremely high status sit.
The audience was so excited that they didn't pay attention. Now everyone focused their attention and realized that the white tiger head was empty today, and there were two more people in the green dragon head position.
One of them, a young man in his late twenties, looked a little sickly and his clothes were not luxurious. But when everyone saw his appearance, they stood up and saluted almost instantly. Some called him "Brother Shi" and some called him "Dalang".
"Who is this? Is he more popular than me?" Jia Sidao asked.
Although Han Xi also stood up, he did not salute. The young man looked in the direction of Qinglongtou with a strange expression.
He chuckled twice before replying: "This man is Shi Kuanzhi, the eldest son of Shi Xiang. The old man accompanying him is Xuan Zhen, who has just moved to the examination hall. Since he was raised in Shi Xiang's home It is normal for a good player to win many games in a row. I just don’t know how many benefits the other companies will have to share from the salt industry in order to satisfy Shi Xiang."
Shi Kuanzhi was the eldest son of Shi Miyuan, but he had been weak since childhood and could not study to become an official. Therefore, his future in the officialdom was very limited. He was in charge of the prime minister's family affairs. However, the power of the Prime Minister was overwhelming. Not only did everyone present dare not look down upon him, but they had to be even more respectful.
Han Xi is also the son of the prime minister, but it is a pity that the prime minister is worthless after his body and head are separated. If it hadn't been for the recent rapid decline of Dajin, which forced the Prime Minister to take precautions, Han Xi might not even be qualified to return to Lin'an, and would still be suffering south of Wuling.
At this moment, he suddenly saw Shi Kuanzhi being worshiped like a moon by stars, and felt really uncomfortable in his heart. After reluctantly explaining, he added: "Brother Xian Xian, how can you earn two or three hundred guan by winning these games? That's almost it. Let's go! Give me some of your two or three hundred guan." Flowers, okay? I only need two cents..."
The words came out, but Jia Sidao didn't respond.
Looking sideways, he saw Jia Sidao's two feet.
It turned out that when Jia Sidao heard the identity of the visitor, he immediately picked up the feet of his robe and stepped on the eucalyptus table. He tried his best to look in that direction and said, "Oh! Oh! So this is the son of the Prime Minister!"
How is this tone...
When Han Xi raised his head suddenly, he felt that Jia Sidao seemed to have changed.
The lazy boyish attitude all over his body was no longer visible at all, and his face was filled with flattering holy light.
After he had finished saluting with the others, he waved his hands again and again, gesturing in that direction, and said: "My father said that Shi Xiang was kind to our Tiantai Jia family. Every time he met Shi Xiang and the people around Shi Xiang, , all have a hundred thousand respects! A hundred thousand respects! A hundred thousand loyalty! I have to listen to my father!"
Good guy, have you remembered to listen to your father now?
When your father asked you to come to An'an, he had to ask you to study and learn literature, and he never asked you to live in debauchery... Did you listen at that time?
What's more, how can a scholar say such explicit flattering words directly?
When Han Xi was exiled to Lingnan, he missed the good time to study, so he did not regard himself as a scholar in daily life and was not subject to those constraints. Even so, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Jia Sidao suddenly showing such an expression.
The scary thing is that this Jia Sidao didn't just talk, he jumped up happily and ran over, shouting as he ran: "Mr. Shijia! Meet Jia Sidao on the rooftop!"
Han Xi suddenly had a bad premonition. He quickly covered his eyes, but it was already too late. Jia Sidao slipped through the cracks in the crowd and ran straight to Shi Kuanzhi. He then knelt down and gave a prostration.
Generally speaking, people in the Song Dynasty did not kneel down much except for certain special occasions. In normal daily interactions, those with lower status would sing "Nai" to each other, fold their hands on their chests, bow their heads and bow their bodies. Even if a subordinate is against a superior, a slave is against his master, or a prisoner is against an official, it is nothing more than this.
But Jia Sidao knelt down and kowtowed seriously, hitting his forehead on the ground and making a "dongdong" sound!
Shi Kuanzhi was startled and asked sharply: "Who are you?"
"I am Jia Sidao? Tiantai Jia Sidao!"
Jia Sidao raised his head with a smile on his face, with an expression on his face as if he was about to pounce on Shi Kuanzhi, hug him and give him a lick.
The question is, who is Jia Sidao? I, Shi Kuanzhi, am the son of the Prime Minister, and I am always surrounded by nobles in my daily dealings. I have never heard of a man named Jia Sidao! I’ve never heard of any big family on the rooftop!
Shi Kuanzhi came here today for business.
The right prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Shi Miyuan, had always been the leader of the political faction in the court. Since the first year of Jiading, he had always adhered to the foreign policy of being deferential to the Northern Kingdom. The Jin army asked for more coins, and the Song Dynasty also said that they could increase it; the Jin people wanted to win the title of Prime Minister of South Korea, and the Song Dynasty also said that they could give it. In dealing with various matters such as returning to the dynasty and relocating people, Shi Xiangdajin has always been responsible for his orders and has never left any difficulties.
Such a policy indeed maintained the peace between Song and Jin for many years. But in recent years, the Great Jin Kingdom has really failed to live up to expectations. Even when Shi Xiang was in Jiangnan, he heard news of the Jin army's disastrous defeat at the hands of the powerful Tartars from time to time. As of this year, the Great Jin Kingdom has simply been divided into two, half of which , but a man is still in power.
As a result, the voices in the imperial court that advocated radical war, or those who intended to benefit the north, gradually became unable to be suppressed. Even Qiao Xingjian, an important political ally of Shi Miyuan, openly proposed that if the Tatars are strong in the north, the gold will protect me, and the ancients' fate of dying lips and teeth can be overturned. Yigu can use two golds to make them resist the Tatars, and they can compete with each other.
The situation was unpredictable and the mood in the court was fierce. It was difficult for Shi Miyuan to ensure that his prudent policy would be correct. Therefore, he had to make some moves and place a bet in advance on the radical side of the main battle.
This is a complex and delicate operation.
If you do it too obviously, or if you use someone with too high a status under your own wing, it will be easy for outsiders to mistakenly think that the prime minister is about to change his course, and the resulting turmoil in your own camp will be a big deal.
If it is not obvious enough, or the relationship between the selected people and their own camp is not close enough, these people will easily go their own way and earn their own future with the political capital bestowed by the prime minister. What's even more troublesome is that since these people want to take the lead in the battle, they must have considerable force, which will inevitably arouse the fear of the prime minister.
For example, Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi, who are currently in Huaidong and hold important positions, are in this situation. Relying on their power and position, they really sent people north to make trouble and provoke Guo Ning! A few days ago, the Shandong Jin Army threatened to go south for revenge. When Shi Miyuan heard the news, his heart almost burst with fear.
He determined on the spot that Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi could not be trusted.
But who is trustworthy and reliable?
These days, Shi Miyuan has been thinking a lot about this.
It was not until these days that he finally decided to use the interests of selling illegal salt to the north as a banner, let his eldest son Shi Kuanzhi, who had never served as an official, come forward, and then use Yang You, a fierce general of the Red Coat Army who had gone south to seek refuge, as his lackey. , gradually reached out to the two rivers, and controlled a force that could fight at any time, but was firmly under the control of Shi Miyuan himself.
Today, Shi Kuanzhi came to Wazi, where the noble disciples of the imperial court gathered, specifically to let Yang You show his face, and then legitimately intervene in the salt affairs, which was the beginning of the whole plan.
Shi Kuanzhi thought of this and turned to look ahead.
Yang You didn't brag in front of his father. He was really powerful enough to defeat hundreds of people, and he could suppress disobedience with force. Starting from Yang You's killing to establish his authority, I, Shi Kuanzhi, could also pass on some circumstantial words for everyone present to bring to their elders or backers.
However, who is this person in front of me who suddenly rushes to fawn over him?
As soon as he came, it was like when Qiao Wanjuan was giving a serious history lecture in the Sitong Pavilion, Zhang Shilang suddenly jumped out next to him and spoke nonsense. Not to mention that the atmosphere was no longer suitable, and the audience's thoughts were all distracted. !
