I didn't intend to be a Fairy

"Taoist priest! Taoist priest!"

The sound downstairs was still noisy, and I don't know how many words were mixed together. Maybe it was too boring in the past, so the festival seemed precious. The atmosphere of the New Year has not completely subsided until now. On the contrary, there is a lot more excitement because the whole world is celebrating the new king.

As mentioned above, universal celebration is not just about shouting slogans. The imperial court will have real policies to benefit the people. Distributing porridge and rice and reducing or exempting rents are all regular policies.

The whole city was discussing it for a while.

The discussion has been going on for several days, and even though the new emperor's coronation ceremony has ended, people's enthusiasm has not dissipated.

However, Song You was still sleepy, so he just sat up on the bed and listened to the conversation and discussion of the passers-by downstairs, when he heard a soft and thin shout coming from the stairs.

A girl wearing three-color clothes walked up, revealing her upper body at the stairs, and already said to him:

“Someone is coming to visit you down there!

"It's three people!

"I've seen them all before!"

The girl did not come up, but stopped when she was about to leave the stairs. She only leaned half of her body out of the second floor, stretched her neck and stared at the Taoist with a serious look on her face.

"Three?"

"There is a man surnamed Yu. I seem to have seen him in Yizhou, and I saw him once when I returned to Changjing last time. Empress Sanhua can't remember clearly. There is a magistrate of Liu County, also called County Sheriff Liu, who I saw in both Yizhou and Hezhou. Last time. We met once when we returned to Changjing." The little girl paused and stared at him with a stern face. "There is also a neighbor from Yizhou who brought fish to Empress Sanhua. I forgot her name. .”

"I see."

Song You shook his head. He really didn't want to get up, but he couldn't stay in bed anymore. He just turned to his children and said: "Since we are old friends, let's first ask Empress Sanhua to entertain them for us, and then I'll get dressed." Come down after washing up and ask them to wait a little longer. Remember, don't lose etiquette."

"knew!"

The little girl answered simply.

She had not completely climbed up to the second floor. At this time, she only turned around and heard the old wooden ladder clanking and creaking as she walked down quickly.

Song You started to get dressed and wash up.

A girl's voice came faintly from downstairs:

"My Taoist priest is a lazy guy. He just got up now. Please sit down and wait for a while. He will come down after getting dressed and washing up.

"Ms. Sanhua will make you a pot of tea.

"That's right! Have you guys had breakfast? Empress Sanhua has cooked dumplings, they have just been cooked!

"..."

The girl's voice was very organized and polite, but the cat had the social habits of a cat. No matter what they said, she would not listen and had to serve the dumplings to them.

Song You remained silent and splashed water on his face.

After washing up, he walked to the window, opened it and looked up and down.

The sky is blue, the sun is shining brightly, and the cool air suddenly rushes in, along with a little smell from the stalls selling vegetables on the street outside. Below are several scholars, all of whom are quite old. They gather together to find out which classmate or friend they are waiting for. Most of the discussions just heard came from them.

Song You didn't close the window, just in time to change the air in the room. He just tidied his clothes and went downstairs.

Only one wooden door below was opened. Although the little girl was not tall, she was very diligent and was opening all the doors to make the room bright.

There were three figures sitting in front of the table. There were only three of them. They did not bring any other servants, nor did they wear official robes. Instead, they were dressed very simply. One person is calm and composed, one person is slightly restrained, and one person is sitting upright. There is a pot of tea and three teacups on the table, as well as a plate of freshly cooked dumplings and three pairs of chopsticks.

The three of them couldn't resist the girl's enthusiasm, so they all took one with chopsticks and tasted it as if they were snacks, but they were too embarrassed to do anything else after that.

Seeing Song You coming down, they immediately stood up.

"Meet sir."

"Sir, you are fine."

"Meet sir."

"Since we are old friends from Yizhou, don't be polite." Song You said quickly, "Please sit down, please."

"I was busy before. I know that when Mr. Yu returned to Beijing, it was almost the New Year. He was busy with affairs at the beginning and end of the year, and at the beginning of the new year, he was also busy with His Majesty's enthronement. But it was only then that he came to visit Mr. Yu." Yu Zhizhou back then is now Yu Relative to Song You, who handed him over, he still maintained the same respect as before, "Sir, don't be offended."

"Sir, don't be offended."

"Luo has been in Beijing for two months, but he only found out yesterday that his husband is also in the capital. I feel so ashamed."

"Where. When I returned to Beijing this time, I never saw the three of them, but I often heard about how busy they were. Last year was eventful, but it should indeed be much busier than in previous years." Song You also said gently, "Those who are officials should be The country is for the people, and I can only admire you."

After Song finished talking, he turned around and looked specifically at Luo Baotou, who had been away for the longest time, and said with a smile: "After the farewell to the clouds, how has the class leader been in the past ten years?"

"Thanks to Mr., everything is fine."

"I said goodbye to Yidu. I never thought we could see each other here and now. I thought we would meet again when we return to Yidu twenty years later." Song You said with his hands in hand, "The fate is really wonderful. "

"Luo didn't expect it either."

"The class leader has also gone through a lot of changes."

Song You said and looked at the other two people. He saw that those who didn't have gray hair had white hair, and more and more of them had gray hair. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "Old friends have changed a lot."

"Getting older."

“It’s been nearly ten years of ups and downs.”

"Sir, he's still the same as before."

The three of them all had their own feelings about this.

But at this time, the little girl who had opened the door came over, silently placed a pair of chopsticks and a teacup in front of the Taoist, filled him with tea, and then stood silently aside, using a pair of smart and black and white Clear eyes kept looking back and forth at them. Although they didn't say a word, they were really cute and cute, which diluted a bit of the sadness of meeting old friends again.

Seeing that the four of them were silent, she spoke, and the first thing she said was: "Why don't you eat dumplings?"

"Eat, eat."

The three people answered quickly.

"Taoist, why don't you eat it?" The girl looked at the Taoist again, "This is what Sanhua Empress cooked specially for you."

"Miss Sanhua, please go out and buy me a bowl of Yuanxiao, preferably with glutinous rice soup base." Song You didn't even touch the chopsticks, "Today is the Lantern Festival, so I should have a bowl of Yuanxiao."

"Don't you eat dumplings?"

"Sanhua Empress, just eat it."

"why do not you eat?"

"I want to eat Yuanxiao."

"Then you eat the dumplings first!"

"Go quickly, I'm hungry."

Song You waved his hand and asked her to leave.

The three people at the table didn't dare to interrupt. They just turned their heads and looked at the tricolor clothes on the little girl without saying anything.

It wasn't until the girl walked away that she looked back.

But I can't help but have some doubts in my heart.

But they saw the Taoist saying to them calmly: "Everything is fine for me as a boy, but I have a hobby, I like to eat rat meat. Of course, this does not mean that today's dumplings must be filled with rat meat, but in the future, if Please think twice before you taste whatever she gives you."

"..."

The three of them were stunned when they heard this, and then their expressions became complicated, and they couldn't help but look at the plate of dumplings on the table.

The dumplings are still steaming.

The dumpling fillings were all minced and mixed with cabbage and fungus. Who could tell what kind of meat was inside?

They only knew that when the fairy boy brought the dumplings, they were steaming hot. They all felt they were delicious and very happy when eating them. They just felt that eating too much was a bit indecent, so they only tasted them briefly. Who would have thought that the children next to Mr. Son, such a beautiful and lovely fairy boy would actually serve them a plate of dumplings filled with mouse stuffing?

But the amazing thing is, now that I think about it again, it feels reasonable.

The three of them couldn't help but look at each other.

"Ahem, cough, cough, I heard that some people in Yuzhou love to eat snakes and rats and regard them as delicacies. It doesn't matter if they eat some rat meat." Prime Minister Yu is Prime Minister Yu after all, and said calmly.

"Yes, yes, when Luo was young and down-to-earth, he also ate snakes and rats, but he didn't care." Luo Baantou was even more bold. He simply picked up the chopsticks, picked up another one, and put it into his mouth for a big bite. Chew it to show that you really don't care at all.

Liu Zhixian, who is now an important member of the court, also nodded quickly. In a hurry, he agreed with Prime Minister Yu's words and imitated Luo Baotou to eat dumplings between his hands.

"You guys don't have to force yourself. I never eat it anyway."

As Song You said this, what he was thinking was that if Empress Sanhua saw this scene and knew that they ate it knowingly that it was rat meat, she would probably be very happy.

But that way, she would have another basis for persuading herself to eat mice.

"Sir, have you heard about the filling of the North and your Majesty's reward for Marquis Wu'an?" Yu Xiang suddenly asked.

"I heard about the North Filling project yesterday, and I just heard about General Chen being granted the title of Duke this morning by passers-by downstairs in his sleep." Song You said while raising a cup of tea.

The tea is bitter, quite bitter.

The cat probably thought that tea was a good thing, and he wanted to entertain guests. He was afraid that the guests would not taste the tea, so he put in a lot more.

Bitter but also obviously sweet.

It's the best honey, and there's a lot of it.

Therefore, there is a complex taste of bitter and sweet side by side. If you taste bitter first, you will feel bitter and sweet. If you taste sweet first, you will feel sweet and bitter, which is strange.

"I heard that the Lord Protector's injury has become more serious." Yu Xiang said calmly, and after a pause, "This is the idea of ​​Miao Huazi who is next to Your Majesty. Oh, this Taoist priest is also a disciple of the national master."

"how to say?"

"The practices of the Dayan Dynasty are different from those of the previous dynasties. Sir, do you know that there has been no living first-class official for more than a hundred years, and except for the beginning of the dynasty, there is no living and ennobled Duke?"

"I know this..."

Song You nodded calmly.

Dayan has always been stingy about titles and ranks. If nothing else, the prime minister in front of him is actually only in the third rank. Of course, his power is not limited by rank.

If it is a title, except at the beginning of the dynasty, the famous founding generals were granted the title of Duke. After that, no matter how great their achievements were, only those who died were granted the title of Duke, and there were no living Dukes.

"If it's just that, it doesn't matter. Marquis Wu'an first made extraordinary achievements throughout the ages, and then he retook the capital and helped protect the crown prince's legitimacy. His merits are no less than those of the famous generals who founded the country. Even if he is named the Protector of the country, even if he has been in the past two hundred years, There is no one who is alive to be granted the title of Duke, and no one dares to say anything." Yu Xiang said for a moment, "However, Your Majesty followed Miaohuazi Xian's plan and only granted the title of Duke without any physical reward. Instead, he made Chen Ziyi even a young man. The young heir was also sealed and told to rest in peace and recover."

Song You finally understood after hearing this.

"This is a hint..."

"It is also."

Yu Jianbai couldn't help but sigh.

It is a pity that the hero is so jealous of the monarch, and also laments that when the new monarch encountered this matter, he did not discuss it with the ministers and prime ministers, but only trusted a Taoist.

But this method is indeed clever and effective.

It is worthy of being seen from Fengtian Temple in Luming Mountain.