Tang's dining table

Life is slowly moving forward in this process of losses and gains.

Yun Chu would not be happy after making some money, but he was a little happy after losing some money.

This strange mentality is not only shared by Yunchu, he found that this mentality is common among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.

That means not giving in to the strong, tit for tat, and even giving every penny. However, when it comes to the weakest in the Tang Dynasty, some conscience will be shown more or less.

Yunchu didn't think this was a manifestation of kindness. On the contrary, he thought it was because these people needed to have the quality of being a good person reflected in themselves.

Just like a tiger, after eating and drinking, he doesn't mind if a mouse steals the remaining food from him.

Therefore, human beings are very complex animals.

Recently, Li Yifu made such a mistake. When he was inspecting the prison of Dali Temple, he found that a woman named Chunyu from Luozhou was very pitiful. He felt pity for a moment and asked the Prime Minister of Dali Temple to do so. Bi Zhengyi let the poor woman go.

A woman who comes out of prison has no friends and no food or clothing. Where can she go?

In desperation, Li Yifu showed great kindness and took in Chunyu. He was also worried that Chunyu would be looked down upon by his superiors because he came out of prison, so he took Chunyu as his concubine.

In this way, a poor woman finally found a foothold in this vast sea of ​​people.

It can be said to be a good deed in the world.

It was such a perfect good thing, but Duan Baoxuan, who was born in the Duan family of Guzang and had just been appointed minister of Dali Temple for less than two months, found out about it.

At the last great court meeting of the Yonghui period, Duan Baoxuan, who could handle the matter internally, reported the matter to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would severely punish Li Yifu for casually reaching into Dali Temple.

The first year of Xianqing was coming, and Yun Chu was still not qualified to enter the hall to discuss state affairs with the big guys.

However, there are only a few people in front of him now. When a few more people in the hall resign, a few more die of old age, a few more are demoted, and a few more are killed by Li Zhi, Yun Chu can enter. The hall was warm.

In fact, Yun Chu doesn't like to go into the main hall very much. It's too unfree there. If he encounters something ridiculous, he can't laugh immediately. If he encounters something outrageous, he can't open his mouth and curse immediately. , This must have made Yunchu feel aggrieved.

Unlike outside the main hall, because of their gentleness, Di Renjie and Yun Chu were in similar positions, so cans of tea could be carried in on the three of them.

While others were suffering in the cold wind, the three of them drank tea and ate scones while listening to the anecdotes in the court. It must be said that this was the ultimate enjoyment.

In the main hall, Li Yifu was so arrogant today that he even started scolding Duan Baoxuan. A very knowledgeable bachelor could use the most vulgar language in the world to scold Duan Baoxuan for a while and he couldn't even reply.

After hearing clearly the reason for the argument in the main hall, Yun Chu said to Di Renjie, "Is Bi Zhengyi blocking your way?"

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "If he did something wrong, he did something wrong. He needs to bear the consequences."

Wen Wen also looked at Di Renjie and said, "I don't believe that a trivial matter like a Dali Temple prime minister secretly letting a woman out of prison can alarm Duan Baoxuan, a man who has only been in office for less than two months?"

Di Renjie shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with me. There are five prime ministers in Dali Temple. I am the most honest and honest one. In the eyes of others, I am just a fool who only knows how to handle cases and knows nothing else."

"So, are the four of them fighting each other?" Yun Chu asked.

"That's right, Duan Baoxuan had already announced before he came that the young minister of Dali Temple, Lao Peng, was going to be transferred to the province. The young minister was selected to be replaced by Dali Temple Zheng. The vacant position of Dali Temple Zheng might be taken over. I have to come out from among the five of us. I am too young and not qualified enough to be promoted, so the four of them are fighting against each other."

Wen Wen asked strangely: "So you gave up this time?"

Di Renjie took a look and said softly: "Who said I gave up? Isn't this ongoing? Bi Zhengyi has been eliminated. Then, the person who informed Duan Baoxuan will also be eliminated, and then there are only two people left. I will compliment you again in the next few days. Let them show off in front of Duan Baoxuan, and in the end, won't I be the only one left?"

Yun Chu and Wen Wen felt that what Di Renjie said was very reasonable. Seeing that the red sun had already risen, the court meeting was probably coming to an end. The three of them dealt with the scene separately and returned to the team comfortably, waiting for the court meeting to end. .

The patrolling censors turned a blind eye to the behavior of Yun Chu and the others. After all, they were all old fools and it was useless no matter what they said.

At this time, Li Zhi's voice came from the main hall. Judging from the meaning of his words, he had no intention of pursuing Li Yifu.

Because of the two people sent to examine Li Yifu, one was Liu Rengui, who was involved in the matter, and the other was Zhang Lun, the imperial censor.

Only a few people now know Liu Rengui's whereabouts. Of course, there is no way to return to Chang'an to review Li Yi's mansion, and the censor Zhang Lun is the one who is best at figuring out Shang Yi among the censors.

Therefore, it is destined that the investigation will not yield any results.

The next day, news came out that Bi Zhengyi had hanged himself. Yunchu felt that this behavior was very unusual for Li Yifu.

After the court meeting, it is time to prepare for the New Year. The Yun family has made very rich preparations this year due to the import of new children.

Before the New Year, Yun Chu prepared gifts and sent them to the homes of the four veterans, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Zheng Rentai, and Liang Jianfang. This year's New Year's gifts were given out. As for the gifts from the homes of Di Renjie, Wen Wen, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, and He Yicheng , naturally sent the housekeeper Liu Yi to deliver it.

The New Year's gifts for Sun Simiao and Xuanzang were the most troublesome. In order to give them gifts, Yunchu planned them for a whole year.

Sun Simiao's gift was a printed version of "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions". Originally, this thing was not difficult, and Tongban and his family could print it with just a little effort. However, I don't know where the old immortal learned that printing technology is now developing very quickly. Pictures can be printed.

Therefore, the old man added many pictures of herbal medicines to Qian Jin Fang, so it was not published until a year ago.

The one given to Master Xuanzang is a complete set of "Journey to the West", which is also illustrated with pictures and texts. Various gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas are printed in the form of illustrations, making this book more readable.

To give Sun Simiao a New Year's gift, the whole family must be present to make it seem grand.

Therefore, before Xiaonian, Yun Chu took his entire family to go to Prince Ji's Mansion.

Li Shen was seriously ill and did not see visitors on weekdays.

When Yun Chu arrived, he stood up and took Yun Chu's family to the Taoist temple in the back house to pay homage to the old god.

Yun Chu kept looking at Li Shen's sallow face. Li Shen said shyly: "Apply medicine."

Yun Chu said: "Are you being too careful?"

Li Shen said seriously: "Be careful when sailing the ten thousand year ship."

Yun Chu nodded and thought that Li Shen had this idea, but it was useless no matter how careful he was. If Li Zhi and Wu Mei really wanted to deal with him, they would kill him even if Sun Shenxian was protecting them. his.

That couple is now frantically gathering power, and any power that is not controlled by the couple is included in the gathering.

"It will be fine after the emperor and the empress move to Luoyang." Yunchu said to Li Shen.

Li Shen shook his head and said miserably: "When your Majesty was building the Imperial City of Luoyang, he also built a house for me.

Sometimes I really feel that living like this is not as good as the old god who didn't take my illness completely seriously back then and just lived with such an illness. Maybe I could live a more comfortable life. "

"What you said is sorry for yourself and the old god."

Li Shen smiled and said: "I have done some things in my life that are sorry for others, and I am used to it."

Yun Chu had two carts of books dragged to the back house of Prince Ji's Mansion. When Yun Chu saw the old immortal, the old man was practicing the Five Animals Opera. Although he was already a hundred years old, he still showed the power of the tiger, the comfort of the deer, and the comfort of the bear. His calmness, ape's dexterity, and bird's agility are all vividly performed.

After the old man finished his set, Yun Chu quickly showed the old man the printed copy of "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions".

After reading "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions", Sun Simiao was silent for a moment and said: "You did very well, very well, better than I expected."

When Yun Chu heard this, he immediately grinned. To be honest, Yun Chu felt comfortable all over after being praised by this old god.

Sun Simiao rubbed his hand on the book for a moment, then said to Li Shen: "Publishing these books costs a lot of money."

Li Shen immediately said: "I will supply Yun Chu now."

Sun Simiao looked at Li Shen with some disappointment and said, "I want to replenish myself. What you owe Yun Chu can no longer be compensated by money."

As he spoke, he pushed a copy of "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions" in front of Li Shen.

Li Shen picked up the book and took a quick glance at it. When he saw the words "Publisher Li Shen", he immediately stayed on the spot.

"Yun Chu doesn't want this name, so I'll give it to you."

Sun Simiao ignored Li Shen, whose tears were streaming down his face. He picked up Mei Yu'er from the Yun family, and sat on the brocade couch with Caiyun Niang, smiling like an old god descending to earth with two beautiful children in his arms.

Yu Xiurong saluted the old god proudly and said, "You should really invite Yan Gongbu to draw the scene of the old man and the two young men together."

It was originally a joke, but Sun Simiao took it seriously. He said to Li Shen, who was still crying while holding the book: "Don't you have a good relationship with Yan Liben? Ask him to come over and draw a portrait of the old Taoist."

Upon hearing this, Li Shen immediately wiped away his tears, took Naha's hand and said, "Come with me."

Naha asked strangely: "What should I do?"

"Yan Liben recently painted a painting called "Drunken Monk" by Zhang Sengyao from Liang Dynasty. It was a lifelike painting, except that a monk was painted as a drunkard.

Taoist priests often use this painting to mock monks.

The monks felt humiliated, so they pooled hundreds of thousands of money and asked Yan Liben to paint "The Picture of a Drunken Taoist Priest". Now the two sides are still attacking each other.

If Yan Liben draws a picture based on his ancestors again this time, I wonder if those monks would dare to make fun of Taoist priests.

Last time I told Yan Liben that I had seen a beautiful blond girl, a rare elf in the world.

You can follow me and show him, maybe it can inspire this person's passion for painting.

You know that there is a difference between a person doing a job he likes and being forced to do an errand.

This time I would like to ask Yan Liben to include your family of five and your ancestors in the same painting. "

It's better to sleep, I can't even open my eyes.