It's not the same thing to sit down, two people are silent, one is waiting for an answer, the other is thinking about answering, and they are both guessing each other's thoughts.

"Ahem......" After a long time, Shen Ao coughed dryly.

Zhao Ji said: "What? Have you figured out how to reply? ”

"It's not." Shen Ao said unashamedly: "It's just a little itchy in the throat." ”

"You ......" Zhao Ji shook his head, and suddenly felt that it was really unnecessary to be angry with him, if he really wanted to be serious with him, he would not be angry for three days and three nights.

Shen Ao glanced at Zhao Ji and said tentatively: "Weichen...... Ah, no, can a student call His Majesty a father-in-law? ”

This means that whether An Ning marries or not, you can do it yourself.

"No way!" Zhao Ji replied very resolutely, and said with a straight face: "You already have a wife, and An Ning will never marry you." ”

"Oh." Shen Ao nodded, then closed his mouth again and stopped talking.

Zhao Ji saw that he didn't move for a long time, and said impatiently: "How do you give me an explanation."

Shen Ao's eyes widened and said: "What else is there to explain, if you don't marry your daughter, I can't marry, what else can I explain?" ”

Zhao Ji is out of words, although Shen Ao's words are bold, it is not unreasonable, if An Ning doesn't get married, what else will he explain? I can't explain it if I want to, Zhao Ji gritted his teeth and said: "But now An Ning is still on the sickbed, and after recruiting relatives, the condition is even worse, is it your fault?" ”

Shen Ao sighed and said, "It's Weichen's fault, please forgive your majesty." ”

"Hmph, so how do you deal with the aftermath?"

Shen Ao put his hands together: "The best way is for me to send six gifts and marry someone home, Your Majesty, you have no jokes, you have issued a will to show the world, and now the wood has become a boat......"

"Don't think!" Zhao Ji didn't fall for Shen Ao, stood up, and said with his hands: "Put this matter on hold for the time being, whoever mentions it again in the future, I will not tolerate it." ”

Shen Ao pursed his lips and thought to himself: "If you don't mention it, you won't mention it, it's just a pity for Anning"! I sighed, feeling a little lost.

Zhao Ji was also a little unhappy, and said to Shen Ao: "You will enter the palace again in two days, I have something to say to you, so let's go out of the palace first." ”

Shen Ao said: "Yes." ”

Out of the palace, immediately returned home, the joy in the house was infinite, Zhang Luo for a while, let Shen Ao change his clothes, eat a meal, it can be regarded as a celebration of Shen Ao's fierce turn into good fortune, Zhen Zhen looked at Shen Ao, I was afraid that Shen Ao would lose weight, but now I see Shen Ao's energetic and radiant appearance, I really suspect that Shen Ao has just returned from a trip, but in Dali Temple, she doesn't want to ask too much, just ask Shen Ao how about Anning?

Shen Ao shook his head, sighed, and pursed his lips silently.

Zhou Ruo was still angry with Shen Ao, but when he saw him frowning at this time, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's anger has probably not disappeared yet, it's okay, just wait a few days." ”

Tang Mo'er also said: "How can the emperor be so easy to marry, if you calm down, there must be a way." ”

Shen Ao looked at his three wives in surprise and said, "What's the matter today?" As if you wish you wanted me to go out and have a good time? ”

Zhen Zhen said angrily: "For the sake of Emperor Anning, you don't even care about your surname, do we dare to stop it?" ”

Shen Ao saw Zhen Zhen's jealous face, and hurriedly haha: "Actually, I don't care about my surname, I have planned it in advance, and your husband is the best at conspiracy and trickery, think about it, I'm bullying you, right?" But this kind of thing can only be understood, but it can't be passed on, if it is spread, where will the face of this official family go? ”

Shen Ao paused for a moment before he said: "So I had long expected that the official family would definitely punish me if they were angry, but what crime should they punish me?" The first is the impeachment of the ministers, I have seen the methods of those officials, and to put it mildly, it is okay to deal with others, but it is absolutely impossible to deal with me; In previous years, those who were impeached were wronged, and the officials couldn't even remember their names. But I'm different, I'm an old friend of the official family, how many pounds and taels I have, will he not know? If he believes that I have done anything immoral, but if he pours dirty water on me and says that I am treasonous, the officials will not only not believe me, but will sympathize with me. ”

"At this time, although the official family is angry, but they still can't save face, most of them want to teach me a lesson, so they will arrange for someone to interrogate me, and the trial will have to be guilty, what is the charge? Rebellion is nothing, but bullying the king is genuine, the problem is that this kind of thing can only be tacitly understood. Cai Jing and those people will not miss this opportunity when they see me falling into the water, so they will definitely go around to search for incriminating evidence. When Shen Ao said this, he couldn't help laughing: "This is the best part, if they want a crime, I will give them incriminating evidence, not only to give, but also to give them human evidence along with physical evidence, that is, they will try me for corruption." ”

He put down his chopsticks and lay down on the back chair contentedly: "It's a pity that they can judge me for anything, but not for corruption, that king's minister is only afraid that he will be unlucky, you wait and see!" ”

Shaking out all his plans, Shen Ao's mood was a little brighter, and he went to bed early that night, and went to Honglu Temple on time early the next morning.

The people of Honglu Temple have long been frightened because of Shen Ao's matter, Shen Ao is greedy, and they have also shared a lot of benefits, as Shen Ao said, everyone has a share, and no one will be pulled down, after Shen Ao is tried, maybe the next batch of people who will be tried will be their turn.

Now seeing that Shen Ao is safe and sound, everyone is relieved, and happily wants to get together to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Lord Siqing, Shen Ao refused without hesitation, and said to them: "There is no need to catch the wind, if you don't like to have a lot of money, Lord Ben doesn't mind helping you spend a flower, everyone, don't think too much about drinking, I want to serve the court, serve the queen mother and His Majesty's kindness, what are you still doing in a daze?" Take out the list of those merchants, which merchant has not come to Honglu Temple for several months, go and give him a hint, tell them that when they reach the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, they have to do it according to the rules of our Great Song Dynasty, we are a country of etiquette, and many people are not to blame, if he is not polite, many things will be difficult to do. ”

Everyone laughed and said: "Yes, yes, we must work diligently, and we must serve the court well." ”

The crowd was about to disperse, when Shen Ao suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Wait! Is there a fan merchant called Zhou? ”

When Sizheng heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, what I understand is that he climbed and bit the adult, and almost overturned the boat in the gutter, don't worry, don't worry about you, we will definitely clean him up, offend Honglu Temple, he still wants to do his fur business?" Hmph, that's not even a thought. ”

Who knew that this fart slapped on the horse's leg, but Shen Ao said with a straight face: "What you say, Lord Ben doesn't like to hear it, what do you mean by this?" Is it to ask Lord Ben to declare a personal vendetta? The public is public, the private is private, the official is very clear, ask someone to tell him, so that he doesn't have to worry and be afraid, it's okay, the official's feelings are not something that villains can understand. By the way, in addition, I will help me pass on a word, just say that I transferred the golden mask he gave to the emperor last time, and the emperor liked it very much after reading it, and couldn't put it down, I think so, since the emperor likes it, I think the queen mother and the princes will also like it, so it's better to ask him to send a dozen pairs first, let him quote a price, and the official will take out his private money to buy from him. ”

When Sizheng heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and said with great feeling: "My lord doesn't care about his past suspicions, his heart is as broad as a thousand miles of waves, and he can't see the end at a glance, and the officials admire it." What touches the officials the most is that adults often put the official family first in their hearts, and in order to share the worries of the official family, they actually took out their own private money, which is called how embarrassing it is for the officials! ”

Shen Ao sighed and said: "So reading makes people ambitious, and they can cultivate their own self-cultivation and surname, usually you read more books, and sooner or later you will reach a realm like mine!" Okay, let's go and get busy, Lord Ben is going to work hard. ”

After that, he went to the ear room, asked someone to pour tea, and directly half-lay on the couch for a while, and waited until noon to have lunch, and the merchants around the place came non-stop, and when he saw Shen Ao, he bowed his head and shouted bitterly: "The villain should die, damn it......"

Shen Ao hurriedly walked over to help him up, and said solemnly: "Brother Zhou, what are you doing?" I know, in fact, the reason why you went to the palace to say those words was because you were coerced by the king's ministers, right? ”

The chicks around nodded like pecking rice: "Yes, yes...... Otherwise, it is to kill the villain, and the villain will not dare to slander the adult. ”

Shen Ao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you do your business well, you don't have to worry about this matter." ”

Zhou Chu looked very grateful and said: "Lord Shen has a lot of adults, and the villains are extremely admired. ”

Shen Ao invited him to sit down, and said with a smile: "You don't have to admire, you came all the way from a foreign country to my Great Song Dynasty, and you are the guest of honor of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhou Chu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "My lord, you just asked me to send a golden mask, this mask was forged in the Guizi country, and in this Great Song Dynasty, it is difficult to find a suitable craftsman for a while, so this mask, I am afraid that it will not be delivered until the next year." ”

Shen Ao said regretfully: "That's it...... Then forget it, it doesn't matter. ”

Zhou was embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Although I can't find a skilled craftsman for a while, but the Great Song Dynasty is full of talents, presumably the adults will be able to find suitable candidates for forging, so the villain brought fifty catties of materials to make the golden mask, if the adults are not too troublesome, they can find another craftsman to forge." ”

Shen Ao said with a straight face: "What are you doing, I just want a gold mask, but you sent the materials, people who don't know, still think I'm greedy for your gold, hurry up and take the things away, this official can't help but be disgusted when he sees those yellow and white things." ”

Zhou almost knelt down to kowtow to Shen Ao, and shouted loudly: "My lord......, you must accept this material, it ...... They are not gold. ”

Shen Ao said: "It's not gold, what is it?" ”

Zhou's eyes rolled: "It's just an ordinary copper ingot, it's not worth a few dollars." ”

Shen Ao thought about it, nodded a little reluctantly, and said, "If it's a copper ingot, it's okay to say, you make a price, and I'll take the money for you,"

Where did he dare to open it, and hurriedly said: "It's not worth much, adults don't have to be polite." ”

Shen Ao insisted on giving, and the two of them were in a stalemate for a while, and then Zhou said: "If the adult really has a heart, just give the villain four or five yuan of money, hey, it's not a valuable thing, and let the adult break the bank." ”

Shen Ao said with a deep gaze: "If you buy something, you have to give money, this has always been the principle of the official, if people don't have principles, what is the difference between them and beasts?" ”