The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 245: The Grand Destroyer to One's Family

As expected by Sun Shaozong, Governor Zhou sent people to report to the Capital while strongly inviting North Korean Envoy, Li Enxian to attend the listing ceremony on the ninth day of March.

Since Li Enxian was sent to pay tribute, he was naturally familiar with the rules of the Zhou Dynasty. He knew that Governor Zhou would never dare let himself enter the Capital without the approval of the superior, so he also agreed to go with the tide.

After a few days, it was the ninth day of the first lunar month.

Early this morning, banners were displayed outside the Governor's Mansion, and gongs and drums were blazing loudly.

The team of dragon and lion dancers mingled with the women with wide sleeves and flowing clouds, but they didnt show any confusion. Among them was the roar of thousands of firecrackers, which made the people in the city feel uneasy.

Not only was this true in front of the governor's office, but businesses of some scale in the city were also required to dress in red, hang green in front of the door, and set off firecrackers to celebrate the grand event of being promoted by the Governor.

How could the words great joy and success be used to purely describe all this?

However, Governor Zhou's reputation for "enhancing the prestige of our country" this time has not been questioned by anyone, especially the merchants in the city. To avoid being labeled as "stingy and misleading the country," they all gritted their teeth and threw the silver into the water.

However, although the scale has increased, it was still extremely boring in Sun Shaozong's eyes. Compared to the sound and light effects of modern society, these were nothing at present.

As for the seats at the Governor's Office

How could the fried food from the big pot be compared to the exquisite cooking stove in Wangjiang Tower?

Therefore, after arriving at the Governor's Mansion, Sun Shaozong was listless and tense. All he thought about was that after the farce was over, he would immediately return to the Capital to determine the overall situation, lest Qiu Yunfei would lose his strength and indeed seize power from Wei Ruolan.

Not to mention how bored Sun Shaozong was, huddled in a corner, daydreaming.

It was said that Governor Zhou and the Korean Envoy, Li Enxian, stood side by side under the plaque that had not yet been unsealed.

Since the upper echelons of North Korea also used Chinese characters and spoke Chinese, there was no obstacle to communicating with each other. Therefore, Governor Zhou pointed at the street performance and said something in a spirited manner. Li Enxian also nodded frequently, with a look of envy on his face.

Regardless of whether he was polite or envious, Governor Zhou became increasingly proud.

At this moment, he saw a group of young people dressed up in big-headed dolls, setting aside a dozen or so tables, each piled about two feet high, and using a long bamboo pole to lift three balls of hydrangea, attracting two lions with silver heads, gold backs, and red beards and fire tails.

Upon seeing this, Governor Zhou knew that the climax of the performance was about to come. He quickly explained to Li Enxian, who immediately widened his eyes and looked at the two lions with good eyes.

The two lions first turned around the Table Mountain several times, chasing and fighting, running and jumping. They really looked like living lions. Even Sun Shaozong was interested and squeezed into Zhao Wutong's side to watch with his neck stretched out.

After the two lions had finished livening up the mood, they began to climb up the table in various ways. What they called "golden rooster independence, rolling the lion's tail upside down" drew constant exclamations and cheers from around them, and even Li Enxian couldn't stop praising them.

Governor Zhou was even more proud and secretly told him that he had hired a top lion dance team from Cangzhou Mansion at a high price, and indeed he had done the right thing.

Seeing that the two lions had climbed to the top of the mountain, and after another display of skill on the top, suddenly they stood up and bit the hydrangea ball held on the long pole.

As soon as the gong rang below, the two lions spat out large red banners at the same time, causing another round of applause.

After the banner was quickly unfolded, it was strikingly a couplet, which read, "This is not a righteous person, pretending to be Lei Gong, but lacking three aspects!"

After reading this first couplet, he felt that there was something wrong with it. Looking at that second couplet again, it became even more unreliable. Accustomed to making private connections, skilled in making silver ideas without any conscience at all!

It seemed that

Satirizing corrupt officials?!

Sun Shaozong, who didnt have much knowledge, could see the meaning of the couplet.

The civilian officials at the entrance of the Governor's office naturally changed their colors one after another.

In particular, Governor Zhou had an old face that was almost black, like the bottom of the pot was gray. Just now, he thought that Li Enxian's ability to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters was really the best thing, and it was convenient for him to show off.

But seeing this couplet right now, he couldnt wait for Li Enxian to be blindpreferably really deaf and blind!

He couldnt let it go on anymore!

Governor Zhou secretly signaled, and the officials next to him stood up and stopped the performance of the two lions.

However, when the gongs and drums were loud and the lion dancers were on the table, how could they hear what they were shouting?

The show continued as the lions grabbed the last hydrangea ball and tore it in both directions, revealing the last horizontal scroll, only to find that the words The Grand Destroyer to One's Family were prominently written!

Governor Zhou saw these words, and his chest burst into flames without restraint. He couldn't be more dignified or reserved and pointed to the table and shouted, Take it off, take it off, quickly... Quickly take these traitors off for me! Traitors, traitors, these are a group of reckless traitors!"

At the sight of him, his whole body trembled with anger, and the officials were busy shouting together. Only then did the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion reacted and rushed to surround the hundreds of people performing on the street.

Seeing that there was chaos in front of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Wutong went pale and muttered something.

Sun Shaozong poked him in the waist and asked, "This couplet satirizes Governor Zhou, right?"

Zhao Wutong shook his head in shock and subconsciously explained, "This is a couplet that was split. The first couplet of not a righteous person, uses the strokes of ren; pretending to be like Lei Gong, uses the stroke of rain, and lack of three aspects uses the stroke of er. Adding together, the word refers to Ru.

"In the second couplet, without a little conscience uses the stroke of gen, and when separated by the word mao, refers to the word Qing."

"As for this horizontal endorsement..."

Sun Shaozong interrupted him and said, "It's not necessary to mention the horizontal couplet. I can see it's a Zhou character."

"The combination of the word Ru and the word Qing, it is exactly the word Zhou Ruqing!"

Sun Shaozong couldn't help but feel a little surprised because the name of Governor Zhou was Zhou Ruqing!

The couplet implied his name and accused him of taking bribes, perverting the law, and losing all his virtue. Finally, he cursed his Zhou family with the words The Grand Destroyer to One's Family. No wonder Zhou Ruqing was so angry that he completely ignored the presence of the Korean Envoy.

He originally wanted to assert his authority over foreign countries, but now he has been disgraced and thrown abroad.

As long as there was a shred of truth in what was written in this couplet, it was estimated that Zhou Ruqing would inevitably lose his position and be removed from office. Perhaps he really deserved the curse of "The Grand Destroyer to One's Family!"

He just didnt know who made this revealing couplet