The group of people who broke into Shuixian's elegant room were led by Liu Congguang and Li Jiasan Lang Li Ju, Si Lang Li Qi, Wu Lang Li Yao, and Sixth Lang Li Wei.
Coincidentally, Liu Congguang was also hosting a banquet in Fanlou today. Not only did he invite the son of the Li family and his playmates, he also invited some of the more famous candidates from Beijing, such as Feng Jing, Xie Jingwen, who have recently become popular among candidates. Liu Gu et al.
Although they are all relatives, the reputations of Liu Congguang, Cao Yi, Li Yonghe and others are indeed much better than Zhang Yaozuo: Brothers Liu Congde and Liu Congguang have a good reputation among literati because they always like to make friends with scholars; while Cao Cao Yi and Li Yonghe were well-received by both the government and the public because they knew their identities were sensitive and were cautious in their words and deeds.
Therefore, Feng Jing and other students who went to Beijing to take the exam were happy to accept Liu Congguang's invitation. After all, this was also a way to make connections, which was beneficial to both parties.
But if it were Zhang Yaozuo who had a poor reputation, Feng Jing and others might not be willing to accept it.
It can be said that Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang and others were willing to attend Zhang Yaozuo's banquet because of Zhao Yang's face.
When setting up a banquet in Fanlou, it is rare to not invite flower cards to add to the fun. Zhang Yaozuo is no exception, and Liu Congguang is no exception.
Liu Congguang is a contemporary of the official family, and he was also a frequent visitor to Liu Congguang in those days. He is now at least forty-five years old. Considering that Li Wei, the sixth son of the Li family, was also here this time, he did not intend to ask for flower cards to add to the fun, but he could not stand up to the Li family brothers. After all, the third son of the Li family, Li Ju, the fourth son, Li Qi, and the fifth son, Li Yao, were all only around 20 years old. They were just the age to know a woman. How could they not call them flower cards when they came to the fan building for a banquet?
After several uncle calls, Liu Congguang had no choice but to agree, but he did not forget to warn Li Wei, the sixth son of the Li family: "Anyone can have fun with the flower cards in the building, but you can't, do you understand?"
Li Wei, who was only fifteen years old, was considered obedient and nodded in agreement in front of his uncle Liu Congguang and several brothers.
Just because he is engaged to Princess Fukang, the only daughter cherished by the official family. Although the princess is only eleven years old this year and the two are not yet married, they are still consorts after all. Naturally, it is not easy to get close to other women, so as not to offend the official family and the princess. Not fast.
So Liu Congguang called to take charge, and then he learned that Zhang Yaozuo was also holding a banquet in the Fan Building today, and the two most famous flower cards in the building had also been booked by Zhang Yaozuo.
If someone else booked her, it wouldn't be a big deal. Liu Congguang and the Li brothers wouldn't have a conflict with anyone over two famous prostitutes from Fanlou, but it happened to be Zhang Yaozuo, which made them very unhappy.
Li Qi, the Fourth Master, sneered: "Zhang Yaozuo is able to get to know the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion because he relies on his niece Zhang Meiren to flatter the official family. How can he still have the nerve to hold a banquet?"
Wu Lang Li Yao also said: "Uncle, how about we teach him a lesson?"
Liulang Li Wei immediately agreed: "Okay, I went to the palace to see the princess at the end of last year. She once complained to me, saying that Zhang Meiren resented the officials for favoring her, and often deliberately said bad things about her in front of the officials, and also used various methods to instigate the officials. I punish her and give Zhang Yaozuo a lesson today, which is also a way to vent her anger on behalf of the princess."
Hearing this, his three brothers all agreed. After all, in their opinion, the Li family will count on the marriage between Liu Lang and the princess in the future, and there is nothing wrong with pleasing the princess.
Liu Congguang was past the age of taking the initiative to stir up trouble, so he was a little hesitant about this. After all, he had a grudge with Zhang Yaozuo over two flower cards. It was not worth keeping silent about it, and it would not sound good if it was spread. However, he could not resist the instigation of the Li brothers, especially Liu Lang and Li Wei who kept saying He expressed that he wanted to vent his anger for the princess, but he finally acquiesced. Anyway, Zhang Yaozuo only had Zhang Meiren in the background, so Liu Congguang was not afraid.
So Liu Congguang called the steward in the building and made it clear that he intercepted the two flower cards Zhang Yaozuo had booked.
The Li brothers even asked the steward to tell Zhang Yaozuo: If you are not convinced, go to the private room on the third floor to find them!
It is true that Fanlou cannot afford to offend Zhang Yaozuo, but it cannot offend Liu Congguang and the Li brothers even more. The former is the nephew of Empress Dowager Liu. In name, he is a brother of the official family. In fact, the official family treats him like a family member; and the latter is even more so. The cousin of the official family, and even Liulang Li Wei would be the son-in-law of the official family in the future.
Weighing the pros and cons, Fan Lou could only choose to offend Zhang Yaozuo.
After returning to the elegant room, the Li brothers proudly informed Feng Jing, Xie Jingwen, Liu Gu and other candidates about the matter. All the students looked at each other, but the playmates invited by the Li brothers praised them one after another. Most of them were very happy. He is a son of a wealthy family who clings to the Li family, and is closest to the fifth son Li Yao, especially the sixth son Li Wei.
Later, Liu Congguang and the Li brothers were having fun in the elegant room on the third floor while waiting for Zhang Yaozuo to come to their door.
As a result, after waiting for a while, Zhang Yaozuo was not seen. Liu Congguang and the Li brothers also felt a little puzzled, so they called the steward on the third floor and asked him to go to the second floor to inquire. Only then did they learn that Zhang Yaozuo had chosen ten more flowers. Card.
Zhang Yaozuo gave in. Although this made the Li brothers quite proud, Zhang Yaozuo's re-selection of ten flower cards also gave them a new excuse: You are not provoking another ten flower cards by selecting them again. What?
In the final analysis, they had already made up their minds to embarrass Zhang Yaozuo. Unless Zhang Yaozuo went up to the third floor to show his kindness to them and admit his guilt and apologize, no matter what they did, they could not make the Li brothers give up.
"Since he doesn't know how to praise, don't blame us for being rude."
As the four Li brothers raised their arms and took the lead to find trouble for Zhang Yaozuo, several wealthy children followed closely, leaving Feng Jing, Xie Jingwen, Liu Gu and others looking at each other in confusion, and finally followed.
A group of people marched from the third floor to the second floor. They first came to the Magnolia Room next door to the Narcissus Room. They opened the door with a bang and rushed in. The Kaifeng Prefecture officials who were having fun indoors were shocked and fell into silence.
Immediately, someone slapped the table and yelled: "Who are you, intruding into other people's banquet with such rudeness?"
But don’t underestimate the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture that Zhang Yaozuo hosted today. These officials are all envoys of Kaifeng Prefecture, judges, and officials of the three houses of the Prefecture and Prefecture. Their grades range from fifth to sixth rank, and the chief officials of the three houses are all Those who are qualified to report to the court early will naturally have the confidence to scold them.
However, Sanlang Li Ju was not afraid and said calmly: "Li Ju, the envoy of Xishanghemen."
"It's just..." The official who slapped the table sneered and wanted to say something more, but an insider next to him pulled his sleeve and reminded him in a low voice: "This is Li Yong and Iesaburo."
The official who slapped the table immediately fell silent.
Although Xishang Hemenshi is a military officer of the sixth rank, to put it bluntly, he is a military attache responsible for guarding the side gates and small palace gates in the palace. He is not a high-ranking official, but the Li family is the natal family of the official's biological mother, Queen Mother Li.
In addition, Liu Congguang later walked into the elegant room, and the Kaifeng government officials who recognized him became even more afraid to say anything.
Of course, the Li brothers did not embarrass these officials, but only asked about Zhang Yaozuo's whereabouts.
After a brief silence, someone may have whispered: "It seems that in the Narcissus Room next door, we are hosting a banquet for the candidates who want to take the exam..."
Silang Li Qi sneered: "Based on his notorious reputation, there are actually candidates who are willing to associate with him? It seems that he is not a clean and self-sufficient person."
After that, he and his third brother Li Ju led the crowd towards the Shuixian elegant room next door, but they stopped for a while to apologize to the Kaifeng officials present, which was also a way to deal with the consequences of the recklessness and rudeness of several nephews. .
The two elegant rooms were separated by a corridor. Within a few steps, the Li brothers led everyone to the Shuixian elegant room. When they saw the room sign with the word "narcissus" hanging outside, the brothers nodded one after another: Yes, that's right. This is it!
It happened that Qin Yunu was singing in the room at this time, "Duckweed can bear to watch the beacon fire burning the mountains and rivers in troubled times." Sanlang Li Ju, as the oldest brother of the Li brothers in Beijing, opened the door first and broke in. He shouted: "Who wrote the lyrics? How dare you write about how the war is burning the mountains and rivers!"
There was a sudden silence in the elegant room, and the group of people broke into the room one after another.
After breaking into the room, the brothers of the Li family swept through everyone in the room and immediately fixed their eyes on Zhang Yaozuo. After all, the third son of the Li family, Li Ju, was the general envoy to the west, Li Qi, the fourth son, was the general secretary of the general office, and Li Yao, the fifth son, was the palace official. The envoys, to put it simply, were the head guards who led the Imperial Guards in the palace, so they naturally recognized Zhang Yaozuo.
And Zhang Yaozuo also recognized the Li brothers, and he didn't expect that the other party would dare to come and provoke him even after he had settled the matter. He angrily yelled: "Young man of the Li family, what do you want to do by barging into my banquet?!"
After scolding him, he felt that arguing with such juniors was too low, so he added: "Where is Liu Congguang? Ask him to come and argue with me!"
What is your identity? Do you dare to boast that you asked me, Uncle Shi, to come see you?
Sanlang Li Ju raised his eyebrows and sneered, clasped his fists perfunctorily, and said to himself: "When I learned that you were appointed to know the affairs of the Kaifeng Mansion, my brothers and I came here to congratulate you. I never thought that you and the others would actually sing something like "Beacon Fire" Burning mountains and rivers, could it be that he is cursing me, the Song Dynasty?"
Liulang Li Wei, who wanted to embarrass Zhang Yaozuo the most, stepped forward and asked the five geishas in the room: "Who sang it?"
The other four geishas all looked at Qin Yunu, who turned pale with fear and was holding the piece of paper at a loss.
Li Wei stepped forward and grabbed it, but did not embarrass Qin Yunu. He glanced at the writing on the paper, then looked around the table and asked, "Who wrote this?"
Fan Chunren, Qian Gongfu, Wen Tong, Shen Yu, Lu Dafang and others looked at each other and sat upright, no one said a word.
Zhang Yaozuo also remained silent, but he had some expectations in his heart.
Seeing this, Li Wei asked again: "Who wrote it?"
Just when he was about to question Qin Yunu, Zhao Yang said lightly: "I wrote it."
"You?" Li Wei looked at Zhao Yang for a few times, then glanced at the handwriting on the paper, and sneered: "You dare to imitate others in writing poems and lyrics with such ugly words?"
Zhao Yang sneered with an unkind expression: "You look so ugly, why don't you still dare to show yourself to others?"
Pfft, Lu Dafang laughed out loud, and everyone else also suppressed their laughter and felt uncomfortable.
Li Wei was indeed not very good-looking, so Princess Fukang also complained a lot about their marriage. However, the official family felt that they owed their biological mother, so they insisted on the marriage. At this moment, when he heard Zhao Yang's sarcasm, Li Wei was ashamed and angry. He scolded with hatred: "Do you know who I am?"
"Who are you?" Zhao Yang asked calmly. He really did not recognize Li Wei.
Li Wei said proudly: "I am the sixth son of the Li family, Li Wei, Chongban of the Inner Palace, Commander-in-Chief of the Prince Consort, and the future husband-in-law of Princess Fukang!"
"Then what?" Zhao Yang asked calmly again.
Seeing that Zhao Yang was unmoved, Li Wei's momentum froze. When he took a closer look at Zhao Yang's face, he became increasingly jealous and raised his hand to hit Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang resisted hastily, but he also grabbed Li Wei's arm and pulled it subconsciously. Li Wei was caught off guard and fell into the dishes on the table. With a crash, the dishes were all broken, and his face was covered with sauce. juice.
"Mukuro!"
The third man, Li Ju, the fourth man, Li Qi, and the fifth man, Li Yao, were shocked when they saw this, but were stopped by Wang Zhongzheng and others who had already noticed that something was wrong.
These ten royal guards accompanied Zhao Yang to Zhang Yaozuo's banquet today. They did not expect such a change to happen. They neither wore regular uniforms of the imperial army nor brought weapons. Therefore, Li Ju and others did not recognize them and stretched out their hands to try to push them away. Kai Wang Zhongzheng: "Get away!"
Wang Zhongzheng was unmoved and said seriously: "Li Xishang, please don't be reckless."
Xishang, that is, the abbreviation of Xishanghemenji.
"you!"
Seeing this, Li Ju became even more angry and punched him. Wu Lang Li Yao hurriedly shouted: "Third brother, wait a minute."
Li Ju looked at Li Yao in surprise, but saw Li Yao frowning and looking at Wang Zhongzheng, and hesitated: "Are you...Wang Zhongzheng?"
It turns out that Li Yao only moved to the palace last year and had been serving as the Chongban of the inner palace before. Therefore, he got acquainted with Wang Zhongzheng, who moved to Dongtou to serve as an official due to the Qingli Palace change last year. Although his third brother Li Ju and fourth brother Li Qi were both He once served as the Chongban of the inner hall, but that happened many years ago. At that time, Wang Zhongzheng was just a member of a small yellow sect, so neither of them remembered it.
Seeing that Li Yao recognized him, Wang Zhongzheng clasped his fists and said, "Li Chongban, no, Li Gongyuan Envoy, you are fine."
Li Yao looked at Wang Ming, Chen Li, Sun Chang, Wei Tao, Bao Rong and others who were also blocking them. However, since these people were just eunuchs who had just entered the rank, he did not recognize them and asked Wang Zhong in surprise. Zhengdao: "Why are you here?"
"We are now guarding Yuan Wai Lang, Xiao Langjun." Wang Zhongzheng pointed out to Li Yao intentionally.
"Little Mr. Zhao?" Li Yao looked in the direction indicated by Wang Zhongzheng, and happened to see Zhao Yang. His heart skipped a beat, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Zhao Yang?"
Wang Zhongzheng nodded slightly.
broken……
Li Yao looked at his second and third brothers, and Li Ju and Li Qi also realized that they were in trouble.
Zhang Yaozuo and the others were not afraid, but Zhao Yang was a very evil person. He was placed in the palace by the officials based on a map. Soon he was promoted to the rank of seventh-grade Yuan Wailang. Later, he was promoted to the official title of You Zhengyan. Not only did he refute all the Taiwanese remonstrances, but he also impeached ten of them. Even the last prime minister, Wen Yanbo, was impeached, and Qian Mingyi, the former official of the Kaifeng Prefecture, was demoted because of it.
Although the reason is unknown, everyone in the palace knows that the official favor of this person is even greater than that of Liu Yongnian in the past.
They did not want to offend this class of people, but they did not expect that this person would appear at Zhang Yaozuo's banquet.
Didn't it say that Zhao Yang taught Zhang Yaozuo a lesson?
Just when the three brothers were in trouble, Li Wei, the sixth son of the Li family over there, was already furious with shame and grabbed a dish to hit Zhao Yang.
"Mukuro, stop!"
While the Li brothers stopped shouting in panic, the dish Li Wei threw hit Zhao Yang's head and threw it to the wall, breaking into several pieces with a crash.
Li Wei, who missed the blow, ignored the shouts of his three brothers and pounced on Zhao Yang again, grabbed Zhao Yang's neck with both hands and threw him to the ground.
Fan Chunren was sitting next to Zhao Yang. He lost his usual calmness when this incident happened. He subconsciously reached out and pushed Li Wei, causing Li Wei to fall to the side. Zhao Yang took advantage of the situation and rode on Li Wei in turn, freeing Li Wei's hands with his left hand. , punched the latter in the face with a backhand right hand, hitting the ground and making stars appear in Li Wei's eyes.
Both of them were about fifteen years old, and they were fighting in a ball on equal terms, but after all, Li Wei had been training since childhood and was a little stronger. After a few breaths, he turned around again and pinned Zhao Yang to the ground.
Shen Tuo and Wen Tong looked at each other, shouted "Don't fight, don't fight", stepped forward and pulled Li Wei over, and Zhao Yang took the opportunity to ride on Li Wei and pinch the latter's neck with one hand. , forehand and backhand, slapped the mouth several times.
The fight has started anyway, so I can’t worry about that much anymore.
Li Ju, Li Qi and Li Yao saw their younger brother being beaten and couldn't care less. Li Ju took the lead and punched Wang Zhongzheng in the face and tried to rush over to help his younger brother, but was hugged by Wang Zhongzheng.
The rest of Wang Ming, Chen Li and others were also like Wang Zhongzheng. Although they did not dare to attack the Li brothers, they still held them back and made it difficult for them to get close to Zhao Yang.
As for the young men from wealthy families who came to help the Li brothers in boxing, they were not so polite. They grabbed their clothes and responded with old punches.
Among them, Wei Tao and Bao Rong rushed to the side of Zhao Yang and Li Wei who were struggling together. Seeing that Zhao Yang had the upper hand, the two looked at each other and simply stayed aside to prevent those ignorant young men from rich families from attacking Zhao Yang. unfavorable.
Poor Li Weiming was only fighting with Zhao Yang on the surface, but once he gained the upper hand, Wen Tong, brothers Shen Tao and Shen Liao and others tried to sidestep him. They even acted for these people, and Wei Tao and Bao Rong simply blocked them. The gazes of the other three brothers of the Li family asked Li Wei how to beat Zhao Yang. He was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen after a while. He was so angry that he took time to look at the remaining playmates, Feng Jing and Xie Jingwen who were standing frozen on the spot. , Liu Gu and other students at the banquet shouted: "Are you all dead? Don't you want to come to help?"
The few remaining members of wealthy families woke up from a dream and hurried forward to help. Feng Jing, Xie Jingwen, Liu Gu and others were at a loss at first, until Li Wei shouted for help, and two people named Xu Yong and Liu Jing raised their arms. Shouting: "Please help the Li brothers."
Seeing that this group of people was about to join the fight, Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, Qian Gongfu and others could not sit still.
Maybe the Li brothers couldn't afford to offend them, but those children from rich families, especially those who were also going to Beijing to take the exam, what did they have to fear?
As Lu Dafang shouted, the two groups of people struggled in the elegant room, scaring the five geishas into hiding in the corner and shivering.
The boy serving the banquet also hurried to report to the steward.
The steward came after hearing the news and looked at the chaos in the house and shouted: "Stop it, stop it."
As a result, no one listened to him, and he even received a plate on his forehead.
This plate seemed to wake him up, and he hurriedly said to the boy serving the banquet: "Quick, go to the elegant room next door to invite the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture!"
The waiter at the banquet hurried to the Magnolia Room next door and shouted: "Everyone, it's not good, the young men of the Li family and the guests of Magistrate Zhang got into a fight in the Shuixian Room next door..."
The officials of the three hospitals of Kaifeng Prefecture looked at each other and Liu Congguang.
Liu Congguang said helplessly: "The young men of the Li family are young and vigorous, but they have put you in trouble... I don't want to see you in trouble, how about I go and have a look?"
At this time, all the Kaifeng officials present had guessed that Liu Congguang and the Li brothers were deliberately trying to embarrass Zhang Yaozuo. Although almost no one wanted to favor Zhang Yaozuo, Zhang Yaozuo was their current chief official after all, and they had spent money on a banquet today. If they dare to stand idly by and watch, they will surely have no good fruits to eat afterwards.
Therefore, Liu Congguang allowed them to go over and break up the fight, and they were relieved in their hearts.
One person even greeted Liu Congguang in advance: "I can't help myself. If there is any offense later, please ask Deputy Liu to envoy Haihan."
"Easy to say."
Liu Congguang smiled slightly and led a group of officials from the Third Hospital of Kaifeng Prefecture to the Shuixian Room slowly.
He deliberately walked slowly because he thought that the Li brothers would not be able to bear the disadvantage. After all, there were four Li brothers and six or seven children from wealthy families. Except for Li Wei, they were all around twenty years old. He was young and powerful, but none of Zhang Yaozuo's servants were around, and his nephew Shi Butong was by his side. Could it be that those he invited to the banquet dared to attack the Li brothers?
However, when he arrived at the Narcissus Room, he was shocked to see dozens of people in the room mingling together. What made him even more shocked and angry was that Zhang Yaozuo threw away a young man from a rich family, turned around, and attacked Li Ju, Sanlang of the Li family, together with his nephew Shi Butong. Punches and kicks.
"Stop! Stop it!"
Liu Congguang shouted and rushed into the room, went straight to Zhang Yaozuo, grabbed Zhang Yaozuo's right hand that was about to punch, and shouted: "Zhang Yaozuo, don't stop!"
After drinking, he was shocked to find that Zhang Yaozuo's left eye was black, there were fingerprints stained with sauce on his face, and his robe was torn, and he was in a very embarrassed state.
"Hold your mother's hands!"
Angry and angry, Zhang Yaozuo slapped Liu Congguang on the forehead. Before the latter could react, he grabbed his lapel and threw him down on the dining table.
Seeing this scene, all the Kaifeng officials looked at each other and were at a loss.
