Xu Wenxiang, however, continued to speak confidently: "How about this, Brother Yang, if you are really worried about people gossiping and tarnishing the reputation of the Marquisate and Duke Yang of Qi, then let me be the bad guy. I'll immediately send someone back to prepare another good thing for you..."
"Are you being mean to me?"
Yang Huaijin looked at Xu Wenxiang with a raised eyebrow, his hand naturally stroking the handle of the basket, as if stroking the hilt of a sword.
Xu Wenxiang unconsciously took a step back.
The smile on his face was a little stiff: "Brother Yang, you misunderstood..."
"It's indeed quite weird." At this time, a clear and melodious young voice sounded.
Wen Shijie stepped forward and stood beside Yang Huaijin.
The young man, with a calm smile on his handsome face, said, "Just now, this young man started talking about the Third Young Master of the Zhenbei Marquisate and the younger brother of Lord Qi Yang. He also hinted so blatantly that the gift from the Zhenbei Marquisate was not good enough. If someone who didn't understand the truth heard this, it would really cause misunderstandings."
"Who are you? How dare a stinky student like you..."
Xu Wenxiang recognized Wen Shijie. He was the first one to go up and get the things.
A poor guy dares to talk about him!
'Pah'
Before he could finish his words, he was slapped on the face.
"I'm sorry, I just saw a big dung beetle about to fly into Brother Xu's mouth, and I couldn't help but slap it for Brother Wen." Yang Huaijin said sorry, but his wrist was snapping.
Xu Wenxiang, who was about to lose his temper, was immediately choked when he saw Yang Huaijin's fist.
"Haha, I just saw a pretty big dung beetle. Luckily, Brother Yang took a picture of it in time, otherwise it would have really disgusted everyone."
Many people who understood the meaning couldn't help laughing.
Xu Wenxiang's face turned dark.
Meng Xuan also stepped forward and slapped Xu Wenxiang on the shoulder with such force that Xu Wenxiang almost broke apart.
"Brother Xu, a man should be more generous and stop doing those petty things."
"Come here, I'm afraid you haven't even seen the gifts the Zhenbei Marquisate has given everyone! Look, everything is complete, not a single thing is missing, and this food...even my old man gave it a thumbs up, otherwise I wouldn't have been so shameless as to ask for some just now."
Food that even General Meng praised?
As soon as these words were spoken, many people present looked at the food basket in Meng Xuan's hand.
The lid is closed and you can't see what's inside.
But just now, Butler Yan opened it for everyone to see, and inside were several pieces of bread and dried vegetables...
Did General Meng praise that thing?
After being surprised, many people no longer believed it.
After all, the pancake was indeed special, but it was just a pancake made of flour, not some kind of delicacy, yet it was praised by an old general.
I guess he did it on purpose to give Yang Huaijin face!
However, many children from poor families have already lined up to receive it, but it is limited to children from poor families...
Xu Wenxiang naturally didn't believe it.
He finally realized that Meng Xuan was definitely in cahoots with Yang Huaijin. Indeed, they were both crude military generals, so they must be in cahoots. Damn it!
Finally, with a slap mark and a sore shoulder, Xu Wenxiang returned to his carriage in shame.
After this happened, naturally no one dared to go up and cause trouble.
That guy Yang Huaijin...he even dared to slap people in public at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
The excuses he gave were also extremely perfunctory.
Rude and arrogant!
Who dares to mess with me!!!
Of course, the most important thing is that no one dares to be stupid enough to cause trouble at this time.
However, this scene was seen entirely by a person sitting by the window in an attic on the street.
Emperor Wenyuan, dressed in casual clothes, frowned. "This Yang Huaijin really doesn't act like a scholar at all. He dared to hit someone in public at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall. How shameless."
In the attic, besides Eunuch Li who was serving on the side, there was another white-haired old man.
This person was none other than the old Duke Bai.
Hearing Emperor Wenyuan's words, the old man rolled his eyes secretly, nodded seriously on the surface, and said, "It's really not in good shape."
Emperor Wenyuan was just about to say a few more words.
Then I heard Mr. Bai say, "This kid is not even one tenth as good as his father. If his father were here, he would probably knock out a few of his front teeth with just one slap."
Emperor Wenyuan: "..."
Is this what he meant?
"Your Majesty, do you still remember those blue-eyed envoys back then? They were so bold as to make such sarcastic remarks right in front of you, openly and covertly belittling our dynasty as being inferior to other countries. They even slandered the very things you had bestowed upon us. It really infuriated us back then, to the point of boiling blood..."
Emperor Wenyuan also remembered it.
They were a group of envoys from overseas.
At that time, the envoy took advantage of the fact that the people of the Mo Dynasty could not understand their language and often mocked them in front of them and made some unpleasant remarks. Of course, they did not know at first and foolishly joined in their laughter.
After all, I don’t understand.
And the chief translator was from their country, and the translators of the Mo Dynasty at that time only had a limited understanding...
Until one day on the street.
Yang Tiejiang suddenly hit the man's mouth so hard that it was crooked, and the row of teeth fell out directly...
There was a commotion over this matter.
Everyone learned from Yang Tiejiang that his merchant wife actually knew some foreign languages. Then they finally understood how those blue-eyed foreign envoys had treated the people of the Mo Dynasty like fools, toying with them and fleecing them like fools...
Most of the court officials who knew the situation were so angry that they almost drew their swords on the spot.
In the end, those envoys were almost slapped in the face by Yang Tiejiang, and many of their teeth were knocked out. He also let them see with their own eyes the "power" of the Mo Dynasty, which frightened them so much that they trembled. Only then did he pack them up and throw them back onto the ship to "send" them away.
As for the things they 'cheated' and looted, they were naturally left behind.
Counting it all, it’s been almost twenty years since that happened…
As Mr. Bai mentioned this, Emperor Wenyuan couldn't help but think of what happened at that time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise a little. At that time... it was indeed very satisfying.
At that time, Emperor Wenyuan was not as magnanimous as he is now...
At that time, he and Yang Tiejiang could occasionally sit together in private and drink several pots of wine...
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