At the reception banquet, everyone ate quite happily. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Wang Hou was born in a small official, and now he is in a high position, whether it is the interesting story of a high-ranking person, or the slang of a local character, when it comes out of his mouth, there is always another flavor, and from time to time there are a few romantic but not obscene meat jokes, forcing everyone to laugh forward and back, and the original tense atmosphere is also resolved in this burst of laughter. These representatives of the family, who were originally very wary of Wang Hou, gradually let go. One by one, they raised their wine glasses with a smile and toasted to the officials who came from afar.

Although Wang Hou is old, the amount of wine is very high, and he does not refuse to come, glass after cup, and everyone is speechless. But the more Wang Hou is like this, the more enthusiastic everyone is, after three rounds of drinking, no matter how good Wang Hou's amount of wine is, in the end he is drunk.

Raising the wine glass, Wang Hou staggered to the middle of the hall, holding the wine glass high, first looking up to the sky and howling, and then taking a sip of the wine in the glass, snapping, breaking the wine glass, squinting at the crowd, and shouting: "Everyone, the Ming Dynasty was built at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, but if the sun rises in the east, the country is thriving, but there are always small people, plotting against each other, vainly trying to dig the corner of my Ming Dynasty, of course, I am not talking about you, but today here, I Wang Houfu poem, is not only to warn you, but also to encourage you." ”

Wang Hou's words were like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's heads, and the room suddenly fell silent, and everyone who was still staggering put down the wine glasses in their hands, and looked at Wang Hou, who was a little unsteady on his feet.

All things are born to support people, and the world still complains about the unkindness of nature.

I don't know that locusts are all over the world, and all the people are suffering.

There are noble and low people in life, and noble people are long for the grace of heaven.

The wealth of life is always determined by heaven, and the poverty of the grass people is punished by heaven.

Suddenly, there were madmen sharpening their knives at night, and the emperor star was fluttering and high.

From now on, why do you have to spare yourself to kill people.

The unfaithful can be killed! Unfilial people can be killed!

The unkind can be killed! The unrighteous are said to be killed!

Impolite, unwise, unbelieving, King Ming said kill, kill, kill!

The murderous poem of the Seven Killings hit everyone's hearts like a hammer, and everyone's faces in the hall changed greatly. And this ghost hidden in the depths of their hearts is only divided into sizes, and it was only at this time that everyone realized that the kind white-haired old man who had just been at the banquet, laughing and drinking with everyone, and talking wittily, was a big man sent by the imperial court to Zhengyang County with a special mission.

In the middle of the lobby, Wang Hou, who was still shaking, didn't know that his poem of seven killings had made everyone in the hall stunned, and he laughed loudly, turned around a few times, but his legs were weak and slipped out of the ground.

A middle-aged man who had been silently staying behind the banquet table where Wang Hou was sitting, his figure swayed slightly, and when Wang Hou was about to fall to the ground, he was already standing behind him, stretching out his hands and holding Wang Hou steadily. Liao Hui also grabbed a few steps, and when he looked at it, the official Shangshu Shangshu's face was flushed, his eyes were closed, his mouth was slightly open, and he actually snored.

Wang Hou actually got drunk like this.

"Lord Liao, the royal ministry has drunk too much, can you find a place for the royal ministry to rest first?" The middle-aged man looked at Liao Hui and said.

Liao Hui was also frightened by Wang Hou's poem on the Seven Killings just now, and his voice trembled a little: "Xiaguan has prepared a special courtyard for Lord Wang to use when he is in Zhengyang County, and it has already been cleaned up. Not far from the county guard's house. ”

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Lord Liao, the royal officials are old, and they are drunk at the moment, so it is not appropriate to move, nor can they blow the wind, so let's find a temporary place in the county government to let the royal officials rest for a while, and then move to the place you prepared after the royal officials wake up." What do you say? ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Liao Hui nodded, beckoned someone in exchange, and whispered a few words, the person who came and the middle-aged man who was holding Wang Hou walked back together, and the middle-aged man walked to the door of the back hall, turned his head again, and said: "Liao Junshou, I want to ask you to prepare a little sobering soup for the Wang Ministry after a while." ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Liao Hui nodded repeatedly.

Wang Hou left, but the hall was as silent as death, and after a while, Li Wei's younger brother Li Sicai said: "Lord Liao, the one who comes is not good, the good one does not come, we are afraid that we were all deceived by this old man at first, the so-called drunken spit out the truth, and finally this poem of seven killings, I am afraid that this person's true thoughts are the real thoughts in this person's heart." ”

Liao Hui was in a state of confusion, looking at Li Si, but he couldn't help but think of some of the things that Li was doing now, and said angrily: "Or spit out the truth after drinking, or talk nonsense after drinking, how to take it seriously, or wait for him to sober up, watch his words, observe his deeds, and then make plans!" ”

Li Xi sneered: "The villain will advocate madness as soon as he gets his will, this Wang Hou is just a small official, but he will ascend to the sky with the right master, and he really thinks he is a character, and he also kills seven poems, hehe, this is Zhengyang, not Yuejing, an old man of sixty or seventy years old, maybe he will have some accident and braids." ”

Hearing this, Liao Hui's face changed greatly: "Li Si, Hugh is talking nonsense, is this also what General Li meant?" Don't forget, Wang Hou's daughter, Wang Yueyao, is the director of the Department of Commerce, and the commercial resources in her hands are all over the world, and we can suffer huge losses with just a few means. There is news in Jingshi, Shu Chang, the director of the Imperial Medical Department, will soon become Wang Hou's son-in-law, you know who Shu Chang is, Wang Hou can also move casually, Wang Hou is really going to have something happen to our Zhengyang County, and we will all be unable to escape the fate of the clan. ”

Li Xi snorted coldly, "The dog is in a hurry and is about to jump off the wall, this Wang Houzhen is going to force us in a hurry, and there is no good end." Dropping this sentence, he actually brushed his sleeves and walked away. Ge Xingmin also sneered and walked to Liao Hui's side, "Lord Liao, we are people in the same boat, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, this Wang Hou wants to force us, but he can't do it." ”

As soon as the two leaders left, several other families also said goodbye, but they did not have the confidence and strength of the Li Ge family, and their faces were full of panic.

The hall was full of people, leaving a house of mess, Liao Hui looked up to the sky and sighed, and walked back for a long time, what should come is always coming, but I don't know where this storm will eventually lead him.

The backyard of the county guard, around the guest house, the guards brought by Wang Hou have surrounded this house, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the original guards of the county government have been driven to the periphery, it seems that Wang Hou's personal guards are not defenseless for Zhengyang County. Half an hour later, Liao Hui personally walked to the front of the guest house with a bowl of decanting soup.

Standing in front of the door, it was still the middle-aged man who had carried Wang Hou to the backyard before, and when he saw Liao Hui coming, he greeted him with a smile: "It was actually sent by Lord Liao himself?" It's so gracious. ”

"Is Lord Wang better? Our people in Zhengyang County are extremely hospitable, and Lord Wang is also too refreshing, I really didn't expect that Lord Wang would not refuse to come, it was my negligence, the old man is old, I should have stopped it. Liao Hui blamed himself again and again.

"It's okay, it's okay, I've checked the pulse of the royal ministry, although I drank a little more, it's okay, Lord Liao, please." The middle-aged man smiled and led Liao Hui towards the house.

The door was gently pushed open, Liao Hui walked in with the decanting soup, and the middle-aged man also walked in, closing the door gently behind him. Liao Hui pushed open the door of the inner room with one hand, but his eyes suddenly widened, and the decanting soup in his hand slipped and fell to the ground, making a crisp bang, falling to pieces, and the decanting soup was also spilled all over the ground.

He thought that Wang Hou, who was awake and unconscious, was lying on the bed, but he was sitting at the table in front of the bed awakely, holding a book in his hand, and he was reading it with relish. Hearing the sound, he raised his head and looked at Liao Hui, Wang Hou smiled faintly: "It's good that Lord Liao is here in person, I was originally a little worried that you wouldn't come!" ”

"Boss, what does this mean?" He really couldn't figure it out, the wine Wang Hou drank today was real, he could see it clearly on the side, he was a man in his prime, he drank these wines, he was afraid that he would get drunk, Wang Hou was so old, how could there be nothing.

"It's strange that I've drunk so much and nothing has happened?" Wang Hou smiled, "Don't forget, I have a son-in-law of a miracle doctor, before I came, I found a few sobering pills, before drinking, I had already secretly taken one, not to mention this little wine, a little more, it will not make me drunk." ”

"I don't understand why the old man is pretending to be drunk?" Liao Hui stammered.

Wang Hou looked at the other party, "Because I want to have a good talk with you without being obtrusive." Zhengyang County must be your territory, there are many people, the courtyard you prepared for me, I am afraid that I don't know how many eyeliners are hidden, in this county government, I think you should still have the ability to control, besides, I drank so much wine in front of everyone today, and it is common sense for people to be drunk and unconscious, some people should relax their vigilance, after today, I am afraid that I will have a good talk with you alone and undisturbed, it will not be so easy. ”

"I, I don't quite understand what the old man said. The boss wants to talk to the lower officials, no matter what time or place, no one will dare to disturb him? ”

"Really?" Wang Hou smiled coldly: "What about Li Wei, what about Ge Xiang?" Do they dare to bother? ”

Liao Hui suddenly sweated like rain. I swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and I didn't know what to say.

"Lord Liao, do you know why I took the trouble to talk to you?" Wang Hou looked at Liao Hui, who was sweating like rain, but changed the topic.

Liao Hui shook his head, but nodded again for a while.

"No, no, Lord Liao, you don't really understand." Wang Hou looked at the other party and said, "I am willing to talk to you because some very bad things happened in Zhengyang County, but fortunately, you are not involved in these things." ”

(Note: The poem of seven killings chanted by Wang Hou in this article is written by the author Yan Leisheng, and is hereby noted to express gratitude.) ）