Chapter 440 The world has changed because of me
“Master Chu!”
Zhuang Mohan saw the distinguished guest coming to the door and hurriedly stood up to greet him.
It may be due to sitting for too long, or it may be due to overuse of the brain, emotional excitement and insufficient blood supply. Halfway through, I lost my footing and fell forward.
Chu Pingsheng stretched out his hand to support him two meters away.
Zhuang Mohan felt a soft force helping him stabilize his figure.
"Thank you."
Although he did not practice martial arts, he knew that such methods were unusual for martial artists. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Master Chu, coming to Northern Qi is a blessing and a disaster. ?”
After saying this, he realized that it was useless, so he pushed aside the unfinished scripture notes on the wooden table, and finally cleared up a corner that could be used to entertain guests: “Zixu, please serve tea quickly. ."
"No need to bother."
Chu Pingsheng stopped him and sat down on the other side of the desk: "I'll say a few words and leave."
Seeing this, Zhuang Mohan waved his hand to signal the book boy to leave.
"Your brother is still alive. He is doing well. You will be able to meet in two days."
"Sean..."
Hearing this, Zhuang Mo Han's eyes lit up.
He has no descendants, he is just a close brother. In order to prevent him, a great literary figure, from being associated with a notorious character like a spy leader, Sean changed his surname and severed ties with his brother. Later, Sean was exterminated by Chen Pingping. , he himself also fell into the hands of the Overwatch Council, and stayed in prison for twenty years. Until the two countries negotiated a peace, the eldest princess Li Yunrui told him that Xiao En was still alive. As long as he helped deal with Fan Xian, he would do his best to facilitate the exchange of prisoners of war. He Only then did he accuse Fan Xian of plagiarism at the night banquet under the guise of his mentor.
Although it was proven that Fan Xian had indeed plagiarized, this unethical behavior still put him under great psychological pressure.
A few days ago, someone from the imperial court sent him a message saying that the Nanqing Mission's convoy was attacked by thieves on its way to the capital, and Sean died unfortunately.
He was very sad, lying in bed listening to the wind and rain at night, sighing that this might be his fate, so he turned his energy to the work of annotating the poems in "A Dream of Red Mansions", until yesterday someone came to the palace again , asked him if Chu Pingsheng had visited, and then he learned that the Nanqing envoy had entered the city, and the Xihu envoy Chu Pingsheng had also come to Northern Qi.
Informed Eunuch Si Li of the truth and sent the person away. He specially asked his apprentice Jiang Xinliu, who had published "Three Hundred Tang Poems" and "Three Hundred Song Ci Poems", to go to the Guanyi to ask for an audience. As a result, the Nanqing envoy Saying that Chu Pingsheng was not here, the master had always seen the dragon but never saw its end, and they didn't know where they had gone. Jiang Xinliu returned in despair.
Unexpectedly, one night later, Chu Pingsheng came to the door alone and brought him extremely gratifying news.
"Okay, okay, if I can see him again in my lifetime, I will die with no regrets."
Chu Pingsheng looked across at the old man who had spent his whole life studying. , thinking why he was willing to be used as a spearman by the eldest princess, it must be because he knew that his life was not long, and he tried his best, but regretted it during his lifetime.
"You have exhausted your efforts. This... should help you live for a few more years."
Chu Pingsheng took out a small white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and placed it in front of Zhuang Mohan. : "Take one pill a month. Don't eat too much. Depending on your physical condition, you will not be able to replenish your body if you eat too much."
Zhuang Mohan looked at the white porcelain bottle intently for a while, without doubting his words. He just shook his head slightly and declined: "I am buried up to my neck in loess... Why waste such a panacea and give it to people who need it more?" "
Chu Pingsheng smiled at him, and took out one book after another from his sleeves as if by magic, and spread them out on the case.
"The Book of Songs", "The Analects of Confucius", "Eryas", "Chu Ci", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Tiangong Kaiwu"...
An old master who claimed to be very knowledgeable was dumbfounded.
Chu Pingsheng did not stop, and divided the whole set of "One Hundred Thousand Whys" into several volumes before Zhuang Mohan's eyes, patted it and said: "Not to mention the ancient books in front that can educate the world. , just this...you have to think about it for a few years.”
"The Book of Songs", "The Analects of Confucius", "Tiangong Kaiwu", "One Hundred Thousand Whys", and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" were books he had read when he was in school. "Arithmetic" is something that was imprinted in my mind after reading it once in the world of Heavenly Dragon Slayer and Tian Long Ba Bu.
"This...this..."
Zhuang Mohan stretched out his trembling hand, picked up a volume and flipped through it, put it in his arms, picked up another volume and flipped through it He turned it over and put it in his arms again, saying that he couldn't put it down because of the crystallization of the wisdom of these sages, but the expression... his eyes were straight, his cheeks were slightly pulled, and the corners of his mouth were crooked, which looked very much like Alzheimer's disease.
Chu Pingsheng said: "Mr. Zhuang, do you still think it doesn't matter how many more years you live and how many less years you live?"
The old master woke up from petrification and silently put the white porcelain bottle into his sleeve Inside, keep it close to your body.
"Are these all a subset of the classics and history of that great dynasty on the other side of the world?"
"That's right." Chu Pingsheng patted "One Hundred Thousand Whys" and said, "Except for this one, it was translated by me. Maybe some things will To subvert your understanding, just read it as an essay."
Zhuang Mohan took two steps back and bowed deeply to the ground: "Master Chu, on behalf of the literati and scholars in the world, I thank you for your kindness."< br>
Chu Pingsheng did not hide, he received his great gift. He did not expect to make money from this, nor did he seek fame. He even took the trouble to copy millions of words to help people here, and he accepted him. What's wrong?
"Okay, sit down quickly and just rest your body. I'm really afraid that you will have a stroke if you get excited."
Zhuang Mohan nodded, sat back on the couch, and put this pile of treasures on his right hand side where he could access it at any time.
Chu Pingsheng said: "There is one more thing."
"Master Chu, please tell me."
"I intend to marry Haitang Duoduo, the saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty, as my wife. I'm short of a matchmaker, I hope Mr. Zhuang can help me."
Zhuang Mohan was stunned when he heard this: "Didn't Master Chu have already accepted the offer from the Emperor of Qing to marry Princess Chen, the daughter of the eldest princess? ? "The old man was present at the Siguo night banquet, but he did not mention the two daughters Fan Ruoruo and Ye Ling'er. This shows that concubines are really difficult to achieve.
"It seems that Mr. Zhuang doesn't know who was behind the Cangzhou War."
"..."
Of course Zhuang Mohan doesn't know, The only thing he knew about the battle in Cangzhou was that someone from the palace told him that Xiao En was dead.
But when Chu Pingsheng said this, he had somewhat guessed it.
"Master Chu wants to use this to fight back against Nan Qing?"
"There is only one position for the head wife. Whoever can please me more is qualified to do it, right?"
"Then ...I don’t know what the Queen Mother and the Saint mean...”
“They don’t know yet”
Zhuang Mohan was speechless. Even if he was a nerd, he would know that this matter would be normal. Families would be upset for a few days at most if they were rejected when they came to propose marriage, and the matter would be over. As Chu Pingsheng and Haitang Duoduo, they came to propose marriage without any communication in advance. If someone was unwilling and refused, it would be a lot of fun. .
"If I can help Mr. Chu, I can naturally be willing to show my face, but I'm afraid that if the Holy Lady doesn't want to, Mr. Chu will lose his face."
Chu Pingsheng said: "Of course she won't. How could she be willing? After all, my master broke one of her master's arms."
Zhuang Mohan felt that he had never been moved more times in his entire life. Who is this, his master? He chopped off the hand of the woman's master and then came to propose marriage to the woman?
“Also, my pet killed Langtao. Seeing as you don’t like to go out very much, you probably don’t know about this, right?”
! ! ! ! ! !
Zhuang Mohan completely lost his temper.
It would be strange if this... this... this marriage could be proposed.
Then the question is, he can figure out the logic clearly, but Chu Pingsheng can’t figure it out clearly?
“I don’t understand, since Mr. Chu has such a grudge against the saint, why do you still need me to come to propose marriage?”
“To turn hostility into friendship.”
"..."
Seriously injured the woman's master, killed the woman's senior brother, married her home and slept with her, and then they fell in love with each other and became a family?
From his standpoint, this is a way to turn hostility into friendship, but have you ever considered the feelings of the woman? Hey!
Zhuang Mohan was suddenly very happy that he did not have a daughter.
"This matter... is difficult."
"The result is not important, I enjoy the process."
Zhuang Mohan understood that this kid couldn't speak seriously.
Chu Pingsheng said: "Tomorrow you will bring your famous disciples to the palace to propose marriage. You don't have to worry about whether it succeeds or not. As long as you create a good situation, you will be well dressed in red and colorful, and the gongs and drums will be good. In short, it will be lively. What to do?"
"Do you...have another purpose?"
"Don't worry about it."
Zhuang Mohan pondered for a moment, then pressed his hand on the table: "Okay, I will risk my life to accompany the gentleman for once."
"No, no, no, no, you are always a gentleman, but I am not."
< br>In this matter, Chu Pingsheng is very self-aware.
Zhuang Mohan thought to himself that he was not a gentleman, but he was no longer a gentleman when he made trouble at the Four Kingdoms Night Banquet and made things difficult for Fan Xian.
“Okay, I’ve said all that needs to be said, what needs to be done is done, and it’s time for me to leave.”
Chu Pingsheng stood up and said goodbye.
Zhuang Mohan was thinking about the books he had just obtained and the matter of summoning his disciples to the palace tomorrow to propose marriage. He had no intention of drinking, so he did not force him to stay and ordered his servants to send him out.
This time, the people in Jinyiwei learned their lesson and did not follow them in the dark.
He went to a teahouse facing the street to listen to music for a while, and found that people in the capital did not discuss the fact that he repeatedly jumped sideways and slapped him in the face when the motorcade entered the city. The hot topic was instead the manager. reason.
It is said that the Queen Mother has plans to let Si Lili enter the palace as a concubine. This cannot be done because Chu Pingsheng and Si Lili have a close relationship. On the way north, they actually promulgated their obscenity in front of the envoys of Nanqing in broad daylight. , How could the dignified Emperor of Qi accept such an indecent woman as his concubine? This matter involves the dignity of the royal family, even if Si Lili, a spy, has made great contributions to Qi, it will not work.
...
Chu Pingsheng could hear the news when he was wandering around. It was impossible for the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Shen Sheng, to know anything about it. He knew it yesterday evening, and several ministers had asked about it this morning, thinking that It was Jin Yiwei's handiwork. After all, Lord Shen was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and everyone in the Northern Qi Dynasty knew it.
But the problem is that this matter has nothing to do with Jin Yiwei. He knows that the Queen Mother deliberately spreads false news to test Chu Pingsheng's reaction, so why bother?
Until the afternoon, one of the Qianhu households below sent the investigation results, saying that the news about Chu Pingsheng and Si Lili’s multiple car crashes on their way north was released by people from the Nanqing Mission, because the incident involved Chu Pingsheng and the royal family spread rapidly in the city. It is difficult to block such frivolous rumors. In just one day, several versions have evolved. Some said that Si Lili was pregnant with Chu Ping and gave birth to a child. The evidence is that the nun sent by the Queen Mother to the border in advance to force her to have an abortion was torn alive by a white ape. Some said that the emperor was very smart, even if Si Lili was pregnant and wanted to make her his concubine in order to win over Baifeng. At that time, Qi State had two great masters as its backers, and it was just around the corner to regain the territory occupied by Qing State. Although His Majesty the Emperor was young, he was a capable person. People who endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens and play big chess...
For these folk storytellers, I really admire them.
However, he did not enter the palace immediately to report the results to the Queen Mother, because he had just finished and was preparing to go out. His subordinates came to report that his sister Shen Wan'er had slipped out to look for Yan Bingyun again, but was stopped by Xiao Qi who was watching and refused to let him go. Crying and clamoring to commit suicide by jumping into the river.
(End of this chapter)