Upon hearing Zhou Fangzheng’s confident reply, Yan Shifan couldn’t help but spit a mouthful of spit on the ground and cursed Yang Jisheng through the air, “Yang Jisheng, this self-righteous and stupid thing, his head has been kicked by a donkey, hasn’t it. No, this matter has to give the old man a word before doing so.”
Yan Shi Fan said and then turned around and walked out, after taking two steps he said to Zhou Fangzheng behind him without looking back, “Ta-Jen Zhou you come with me too.”
“Yes, Lord Yan.”
Zhou Fangzheng respectfully bent down and answered, his body bowed to the end, his back bent like a boiled shrimp, even if he was only facing Yan Shifan’s back, Zhou Fangzheng was still respectful as hell.
Yan Shifan in the front, Zhou Fangzheng in the back, soon arrived in front of the study of Yan House.
Yan Song just yesterday assisted Jiajing Emperor to successfully complete the blessing jiao-festival, Jiajing Emperor is very satisfied with the jiao-festival, but also in Yan Song’s old age, especially sympathetic to Yan Song, gave him a day’s holiday, let Yan Song at home to rest.
Yan Song is in the study at the moment.
Zhou Fangzheng followed Yan Shifan to the door of the study with great inner excitement, he knew that this was an opportunity for him to soar.
He admonished himself more than once in the bottom of his heart that he must make good use of this opportunity.
This is his second time to pay a close visit to Yan Song, but it can also be said to be the first time, because the last time he defected to Yan’s house, although Yan Song also received him, but it was only to say a word, which can’t be regarded as a visit in the strict sense.
This time is not the same, this time he is with the step of advancement, defection to come, this time he must grasp the opportunity, in front of the Yan pavilion elder to perform well. As long as into the eyes of the Yan Court Elder, that step by step, soaring to the top is no longer a dream.
With this kind of excitement, Zhou Fangzheng, like a pilgrimage, looked up to the study door.
The study room was half covered.
There was a screen blocking it, so it was impossible to see inside, but a voice vaguely came out from inside.
“Righteous father, my child happened to inquire about a piece of news, I heard that the Northern Song Dynasty’s great Zhang Zeduan’s Qingming Riverside Scroll is now treasured in the home of the late Minister Wang Ao.”
The voice of a person in the study reached Zhou Fangzheng’s ears, Zhou Fangzheng’s ears twitched at the words, he keenly caught the words “righteous father” and “Qingming Shanghe Tu”. Righteous father? Is this person inside the room Zhao Wenhua? Or is it Yang Shun, the Governor of Xuan Da? Zhou Fangzheng knows the rumours that Yan Song has a number of godchildren, the most famous is Zhao Wenhua, Yang Shun, of course, there is also Xianning Marquis Qiu Luan, but Qiu Luan has been executed, at this time the most likely inside is Zhao Wenhua or Yang Shun.
In addition, Qingming Shanghe Tu?
Qingming on the river map is not said to have been lost? I didn’t expect it to be privately hidden by the late Minister Wang Ao. If he was able to obtain the Qingming Shanghe Tu and then offer it to Pavilion Master Yan, wouldn’t it be another great achievement? However, Zhou Fangzheng himself also knows that this credit can only think about it, although the king’s prime minister has died, but the king’s family is still a hairpin, a not lack of money and not lack of power, how can he be this no money and no power of the small section of the road officials can covet.
“Knock knock.”
Yan Shi Fan’s knock on the door interrupted Zhou Fangzheng’s reverie, and also interrupted the dialogue in the study.
“Who is it?”An old and thick voice came from within the study, an enquiry from Yan Song.
“Father, it’s me.”Yan Shi Fan replied back from outside the door.
“Donglou Xiaoer ah, come in.”Yan Song’s voice came from inside the study.
Yan Shi Fan answered and brought Zhou Fangzheng into the study.
“Donglou aren’t you going to the Yamen, why are you back?”Yan Song asked when Yan Shi Fan only showed his head from behind the screen.
Only after Yan Song asked did he notice that Yan Shi Fan was followed by another person.
“This is?”
Yan Song no longer remembered Zhou Fangzheng.
“Father, this is Zhou Fangzheng from Kodo, originally I was going to go to the Yamen, but I happened to meet Lord Zhou visiting. Lord Zhou told a piece of news that I felt compelled to tell Father about.”Yan Shi Fan replied by introducing Zhou Fangzheng in passing.
“My humble servant Zhou Fangzheng, meet Pavilion Master.”
Zhou Fangzheng lifted his robe, fell to his knees with a thud, and kowtowed solidly to Yan Song, his head touching the ground with a “bang” sound.
“Oh, I remember, I saw you last month.”Yan Song saw Zhou Fangzheng kowtowing like this to salute and instantly remembered, last month Zhou Fangzheng also kowtowed like this to perform a great salute.
“My humble servant is not honoured.”Zhou Fangzheng’s head rested against the ground, and he joyfully returned.
“No need to be formal, get up and find yourself a seat.”Yan Song nodded.
“Many thanks, Pavilion Master.”Zhou Fangzheng gratefully rose from the ground.
After Zhao Wenhua greeted Yan Shifan, he swept a glance at Zhou Fangzheng and pulled the corner of his mouth disdainfully.
“Donglou, what news did you say just now?”Yan Song asked Yan Shi Fan.
“Father, someone has impeached you again. I also just heard this news from Lord Zhou, so I came over.”Yan Shi Fan returned.
“Someone impeached righteous father again? There are still those who don’t know how to die!”Zhao Wenhua shot up.
“Wenhua, sit down, how old are you, still so fussy.”Yan Song heard that someone impeached himself, his face did not change colour, sitting steadily like a pine, swept the furious Zhao Wenhua a glance, said faintly.
Holding the dynastic government for so many years, Yan Song had already lost count of how many people had been impeached, but which time was not a smooth ride.
In the face of impeachment, Yan Song had long been accustomed to it.
“Children this is not for the righteous father, righteous father for decades as one day, for my Ming morning and night, exhaustive thought, these people can enjoy the world in peace. If it wasn’t for Father Yi, they wouldn’t have the good life they have today, but instead of being thankful, they’ve turned to revenge and impeached Father Yi!”Zhao Wenhua said with righteous indignation while sitting down.
Yan Song did not care about Zhao Wenhua anymore, looked up to Yan Shi Fan and calmly asked, “Who is it this time?”
“Yang Jisheng.”Yan Shi Fan returned.
“Who?”Yan Song’s face couldn’t help but change when he heard it was Yang Jisheng, and asked again.
“Father, you heard it correctly, it is Yang Jisheng, the member of the Ministry of War’s Martial Selection Department that you have promoted.”Yan Shi Fan answered again.
“This white-eyed wolf!”Zhao Wenhua once again clapped his hands and cursed Yang Jisheng, “At first, surnamed Yang’s impeachment of Qiu Luan did not work, and was relegated to the barbaric barren land, it was righteous father in front of the saint who spoke well for him, and only then he was able to be used by the saint to transfer back to the Central Plains, and then it was righteous father who made a breakthrough in his promotion, and allowed him to rise a few grades in a row from a small county magistrate to the Nanjing Ministry of household department, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and then to the present Ministry of the military department of the military selection division of the minister of the foreign affairs.He has been treated with great kindness by his rightful father. Righteous father treats him like a mountain, this white-eyed wolf does not know how to repay, instead of revenge, really outrageous.”
