The carriage arrived at the governor's office.
The wind was blowing hard and there were no pedestrians on the road.
As soon as the carriage stopped, several people got out one after another.
Lou Ziyan got out of the car and looked at the carriage where Wang Lin was sitting. His face was full of helplessness. Zu Jue really had no etiquette at all.
Wang Lin didn't even invite him to get on the bus, he got on the bus himself.
Wang Lin is a person who has always been steady, polite, elegant, and has a sense of distance.
If Zu Jue did this, I'm afraid it would be difficult to achieve his goal.
Just as he was sighing with emotion, Wang Lin took Zu Jue's hand and got out of the carriage with a smile.
Seeing this scene, Lou Ziyan's eyes almost jumped out of his head.
Wang Lin cordially took Zu Jue's hand and invited him into the inner room.
When the two of them entered the house, Wang Lin asked him to sit next to her, and then sent someone to call her family members out to meet Zu Jue.
Lou Ziyan was sitting behind the two of them, still a little dizzy at the moment.
What happened??
Wang Lin organized a sumptuous banquet to entertain Zu Jue.
Wang Lin found a lot of food, which were specialties from the south that could not be eaten in the north. There was also a lot of fine wine. The servants came in and out, and there were more and more food in front of everyone.
Zu Jue did not mean to stop the other party. He smiled and said: "More! More!"
Lou Ziyan stretched out his hand and gently pulled down his sleeve.
Zu Jue looked at him and said with a smile: "You don't know, you can enjoy delicacies from the mountains and sea every day here, but we in the north can't."
"My king doesn't like luxury the most. He doesn't dare to eat or drink too much, not to mention there is a prohibition on alcohol over there!"
"Prince, when we go there, we won't be able to drink wine. Come on, let's get drunk today!"
When Wang Lin heard Zu Jue's words, she couldn't help but sigh: "The general is really a hero! It's easy to say that it's easy to abstain from drinking and eating frugally, but how difficult it is to fully implement it!"
"Okay, grandpa and I will get drunk and rest today!!"
Lou Ziyan's eyes became more and more shocked, what??
Just now in the carriage, Zu Jue had already convinced the other party?
So fast?
Lou Ziyan didn't understand, but Wang and Zu didn't care about it and started eating and drinking.
Zu Jue was chatting and laughing with Wang Lin while eating. The two of them seemed to have been friends for many years, chatting enthusiastically. Although Zu Jue was a strange person, his range of knowledge was indeed a bit frightening.
It's like there's nothing he doesn't know.
From eating, drinking and having fun, to music, chess, calligraphy and painting, to astronomy and geography, to military and internal affairs, as long as Wang Lin dared to speak, Zu Jue would dare to continue talking.
Even the officers around him stopped looking down upon this weirdo at this moment.
Can people really be so knowledgeable?
How many books has this guy read?
When Zu Jue was banging chopsticks for fun and singing loudly, the atmosphere of the entire banquet was brought to its highest level.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside.
The atmosphere came to an abrupt end.
Everyone looked outside the door.
After a while, a soldier walked up to Wang Lin and spoke in a low voice.
Wang Lin's face became particularly ugly.
"Grandpa, please sit down while I go and come back."
"No problem!"
Zu Jue directly grabbed him and asked with a smile: "But Lu Qian is here?"
Wang Lin nodded.
Zu Jue smiled and asked him to sit down, and then said to the soldier: "How can there be no musicians to entertain such a good banquet? Let him in!"
The soldier looked at Wang Lin, who nodded slightly.
Soon, a person strode in surrounded by everyone.
The man was tall and handsome, but his face was not very good-looking now. He just barged in, looked around, and then looked at the wine in their hands.
There is a Xiaoxingtai in Yangzhou, and Lu Qian is the person in charge of this Xiaoxingtai.
Therefore, he was able to suppress Wang Lin, the governor of Yangzhou.
Lu Qian sneered, "Okay, the Supreme Emperor has passed away, and all places have ordered to start mourning. As a minister, you don't abide by the laws of the temple, and you are drinking and having fun here."
"Lu Qian, long time no see."
Before Lu Qian could finish his words, he was interrupted by someone. Lu Qian looked around and noticed Zu Jue sitting in the upper position.
He was stunned, "Zu Jue??"
"Why is it you?"
"That's me."
"Why, you asked for so much money from the Southerners without telling me, received a hundred military sticks, and almost had your hair and beard cut off. You were in such a miserable state then, how come you have become like a dog now?"
When Lu Qian was told what had happened in the past, his face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "How can you be better? You were the one who stole Emperor Wenxuan's things and was driven out as a thief by him, weren't you?"
Zu Jue laughed loudly, "It's me. Is it you who was beaten a hundred times for asking for a bribe but not telling me?"
Lu Qian ignored him and looked at Wang Lin, "You Wang Lin, you dare to collude with Zu Jue, are you planning to cause chaos?"
Zu Jue sneered, "If he wants to rebel, do you still dare to speak nonsense here?"
"Others don't know your details and say you are some Lianghuai Xianmu, but I know what you are!"
"Lu Qian! You are a sanctimonious villain. You have made great achievements in governing the two rivers and Huaihe Rivers one after another, and your reputation is getting bigger and bigger day by day. Since you govern so well, why are the people in these two rivers and Huaihe Rivers getting poorer and poorer? Why is this so?
The people here have no way to make a living? Why are there more and more temples here but fewer and fewer people?"
"Wherever you go, there are more and more Nanseng. I see that you have been making money here for more than ten years, and you are no better than a rat from Lianghuai!"
Lu Qian's face turned red and his teeth began to clash.
"Someone is coming, someone is coming"
Zu Jue stood up, walked up to Lu Qian, and looked at him with a smile.
"How dare you?"
"I am Shi, the Chief of the General's Office."
"If you're capable, can you give me a try?"
"Your entire clan is under the rule of the general. Not long ago, I passed by your house. It can be said that it is not as good as before. Many people have been arrested. The most famous big tree in your house has been
It was cut down and made into a coffin."
"If anything happens to me in Yangzhou today, do you think the general will slaughter your entire clan? Otherwise, you will be left alone and your entire clan will disappear without a trace!"
Lu Qian looked at Zu Jue's beaten face in front of him, took a deep breath, and looked at Wang Lin again.
He finally didn't dare to speak anymore and turned around to leave.
Zu Jue pointed in the direction he left and laughed.
Wang Lin immediately stood up and toasted Zu Jue, and the two drank again.
It was in the middle of the night that Xu and Cheng helped Zu Jue go to rest.
Zu Jue's drinking capacity is indeed very good. After drinking so much wine, he still has no problem and can talk and laugh with two people.
The two brought hangover soup and asked him to eat some.
Li Xu couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, is Lu Qian really that unbearable?"
Zu Jue shook his head, "No, he is still quite talented, and he can be ranked at the forefront among the officials."
"Then why did you humiliate him like that just now?"
"He has no enmity with the general. His relatives are still serving as officials in Beidao."
Zu Jue laughed, his eyes particularly bright, "He is not as important as Wang Lin."
"Then there's no need to be so humiliated."
"Remember, you can't always think about having everything when you have to give up. You have to make a choice. Wang Lin and Lu Qian are not at odds. I can only choose one of them, so I will choose Wang Lin. It's that simple.
"
Zu Jue fell asleep while talking to the two young people.
The two people walked out of the house, and Li Xu couldn't help but sigh: "Our grandfather is really a strange person."
"He is not just a strange person, but also a capable person. General Wang was persuaded by him to go to the border fortress. He took a few of us with him when he came. When he came back, he had to bring back General Wang's entire navy!!
"
The two talked in low voices, and Li Xu's eyes were filled with envy.
"I really don't know when we will be able to do this."
"If the lord knew these things, I don't know how much he would reward me!"
Pingcheng.
The city was covered with wind and snow, but there were still pedestrians passing by on the road from time to time.
There are traces of being trampled on the ground.
A carriage braved the wind and snow and slowly stopped in front of a mansion.
The carriage stopped, and Wei Shou, wrapped in thick clothes, got out of the carriage with a smile. He was about to let someone knock on the door, but he saw another carriage in the distance.
Wei Shou squinted his eyes and smiled even more happily.
After the carriage stopped, Feng Shu walked out and the two met each other.
Wei Shou exhaled and looked at the mansion in front of him with a smile.
"How about it?"
"As I said at the beginning, how can he do it alone without us?"
"It's not that I despise Lu Qubing, but with Lu Qubing's attainments, asking him to write questions, haha, it would really be a bit difficult for him. As for the scholar, he can just write the questions. When he comes to the state
If we try, don’t we have to come forward?”
Feng Shu frowned, looked around, and whispered: "I heard that there was a big problem in the county test this time."
"The generals were dissatisfied with this and even fined Lu Qubing his salary. Is it true?"
Wei Shou nodded lightly.
"That's what I heard too."
"Either you are a young person. How can this test be so simple? The reason why Nanfang succeeded is because of his own situation. If he wants to copy Nanfang, how can he succeed?"
Wei Shou said no more and asked someone to knock on the door, and then followed Feng Shu into the courtyard.
The courtyard here is the residence of Lu Qubing.
The two of them walked into the mansion, and under the leadership of several clerks, they went all the way to the innermost lobby.
Lu Qubing went out and came to greet him.
The two of them hurriedly bowed to meet each other. Wei Shou, who had just belittled Lu Qubing in all kinds of ways, now had the gentlest smile on his face, "Oh, how come you have Lu Gong to greet you? I'm so rude, I'm so rude."
"How dare you proclaim yourself duke in front of Duke Wei? Just call me my cousin."
"How dare you, how dare you. Although Lu Gong is young, his talents are extraordinary and his morality is admired by people all over the world. Although I am older, standing in front of Lu Gong, I always feel guilty and feel that I still have a lot to improve.
place”
Compared with Lao Wei's unabashed flattery, Lao Feng is still much more restrained and still has a little bit of scholarly integrity.
Lu Qubing invited the two of them to enter the lobby. In the lobby, many ministers were already waiting for them.
These people are all friends of Wei Shou, such as Yang Xiuzhi and Lu Sidao, all famous ministers.
But these people were relatively reserved in front of Lu Qubing and did not dare to show off.
After all, Lu Qubing was different from Zu Jue. Lu Qubing dared to call Tao Zi directly in front of many ministers, and would also make some jokes about Tao Zi. However, the always cold lord not only did not get angry, but sometimes even agreed with him.
Lu Qubing once hid a few peaches in his sleeves and joked to Cui Gang, "Three Lords in the Sleeves".
When Liu Taozi heard about this, he said to his ministers: 'Three times a day you step on your ministers'.
Just because Liu Taozi is busy on weekdays, she has to go out at least three times a day and walk on the road three times.
After this incident spread, everyone respected Lu Qubing even more. He even dared to make jokes about the lord without being questioned by the lord. If it had been anyone else, big trouble would have happened.
Lu Qubing invited Wei Shou to sit at the table, but Wei Shou refused and refused again and again. Finally, he had to let Lu Qubing sit at the top.
Lu Qubing looked at everyone and said calmly: "Everyone is already here, so I will speak frankly."
"The reason for calling the princes here this time is for the state examination after the Spring Festival."
Everyone lowered their heads, and although they did not speak, one could feel their joy.
Lu Qubing sighed, "You may have heard about the previous county examination."
"I thought if we follow the Southern Dynasty's method, there won't be any problems."
"I didn't expect that in such a county examination, just because of unfavorable supervision, many things such as leaking test papers in advance, collective cheating, impersonation, hiring people to write papers, etc., were really very lively."
Wei Shou sighed and said: "Lu Gong, I didn't mean anything else when I said I wanted to help you. I just wanted to help you because this matter was too difficult to handle. It's just that some people in the court felt that we
People are unreliable. Things like this happened just now. Don’t get angry.”
"No problem."
Lu Qubing interrupted Wei Shou, and his attitude suddenly became stronger.
"When something like this happened, it was all my fault."
"I reported to the lord, asking him to punish me for my crime, reduce my title, and punish me with a salary of twenty."
Lu Qubing looked at his back and said, "I was punished a few days ago, so I just summoned all the gentlemen today."
The smile on Wei Shou's face gradually solidified, and he received twenty canes?
Lu Qubing said solemnly: "Of course, it's not just me who is being punished. Each county will also arrest and interrogate those who find faults."
"As of today, 396 people have been arrested, and it is estimated that more people will be dug up in the future."
"My lord has an order: The chief official leaks the imperial examination questions and condones cheating. This is a heinous crime and is punishable by death."
"The candidates implicated will be convicted according to the degree of cheating and adultery. The lighter ones will be banned from participating for life, the more serious ones will be imprisoned, and the most serious ones will be put to death."
"Of course, the local assessment must also be abandoned."
"As punishment for the local ethos!"
After Lu Qubing said this, everyone's faces became more and more ugly, and Wei Shou suddenly stopped laughing.
Gotta go!
This is not a fucking good job, it’s going to kill your head!!
Lu Qubing looked at everyone again and said with a smile: "This state examination is more important than the previous one. I have learned many lessons and improved many regulations on supervision and question setting."
"However, the questions in this state examination, especially the Ming Jing Ke, are really not what I am good at."
"Therefore, I invite you all to come here because I want you to help me with the question."
"In addition, in order to prevent leaks and other things, you will not be able to leave my mansion from today on."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Yang Xiuzhi asked displeasedly: "Does Mr. Lu suspect that we will leak the test questions? Isn't that reasonable?!"
Lu Qubing shook his head gently, "Of course not."
"I believe that the princes are human beings. It's just that the previous county examination exposed many problems. The princes have people around them and have cronies. And these people may take great risks to steal the questions and deceive the princes. Therefore,
, I have made such a stipulation. Whatever the princes need, you can tell them now, and I will send someone to bring them back. From today on, the princes will not be able to leave the house until the state examination is over."
"The same is true for people in my mansion. I have contacted the general, and the general will send the Hengzhou Army to protect us."
"The exam papers will be escorted by the Mandrill Camp!"
Wei Shou was stunned.
As for??
Is Mandrill Camp used for this?
Lu Qubing said solemnly: "Gentlemen, the general attaches great importance to this matter. This kind of mistake will not happen again. I hope everyone can help me complete it and help me find and fill in the gaps."
He touched his back lightly and said, "General, since I unintentionally neglected my duty, I only gave me twenty strokes this time."
"If such a problem still occurs in this state examination, I, and all the participants, will not be able to escape guilt. Anyway, I have no face to face the general again, and I will definitely die to apologize!"
Lu Qubing stood up and bowed to everyone.
"It's time to help you, gentlemen!"
Everyone was talking a lot, but they couldn't object. When Liu Taozi handed this matter over to Lu Qubing, he gave Lu Qubing the power to make arrangements.
He can mobilize officials at will to help him complete this matter. If anything happens to the imperial examination, of course everyone will bear the responsibility together.
Wei Shou looked at Feng Shu on the side again, his face no longer showing the slightest hint of joy, his brows twitching.
What to do now?
Feng Shu closed his eyes and shook his head slightly.
There is nothing you can do, just do it.
Chapter completed!