This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 232 Wang Anshi returns to Beijing

It has to be said that Zhao Zongshi is quite smart, and soon found out Lu Sen's 'mistakes'.

In fact, this is not a mistake or omission, but just a child's arrogance.

Lu Sen said with a smile: "Thousands of gold are indeed hard to buy true love in the world, but there are still some things that are equal to or even more important than true love in the world."

"Please brother-in-law teach me."

Lu Sen said with a smile: "For example, you like a woman very much, but if you marry her, it will be a disaster for the whole family. If someone takes the lives of your whole family in exchange for her life, what do you think?"

Zhao Zongshi was stunned.

"It's actually very simple." Lu Sen explained: "Everything in the world has a price. Barter, exchange love. To put it simply, if I treat your sister badly, even if she likes me again, If you have been left out for a long time, your heart will calm down."

Zhao Zongshi understood Lu Sen's meaning: "Brother-in-law means, in business talk business, treat the truth with the truth. Is this the meaning that everything in the world has a price?"

Although a bit subtle, Lu Sen meant the same thing.

"Study hard." Lu Sen patted Zhao Zongshi on the head and left.

When he went out of the room, he saw Zhao Bilian standing outside.

She seemed to hear Lu Sen's footsteps, and immediately turned around to see Lu Sen smiling.

"Did you hear everything?" Lu Sen walked up to her, and then continued to walk slowly.

Zhao Bilian followed Lu Sen's side and said with a smile, "I heard it all. Officials don't like to talk about love in front of the three of us, but this sentence of true love for true love sounds sweeter than any love words to me."

She thought for a while, then continued with a smile on her lips, "Sweeter than our honey."

Lu Sen smiled helplessly, and continued walking without speaking.

In fact, he has a guilty conscience. After all, he is from the monogamous world of later generations. He is born with a little lack of confidence in marrying three wives.

Fortunately, Zhao Bilian and the others didn't seem to care about it.

Lu Sen returned to the cave, rested for a few days, and then took the time to go to Dongying Izumo Taoist Temple. Firstly, he sent two Dongying witches to go home to visit their relatives, and secondly, he took some money back to Hangzhou from there.

Not to mention, enjoying a silver mine alone is a very happy thing.

As long as you dig it out and melt it, it's yours.

After handing over the money to the King of Runan County, before he could return to Hangzhou, Grand Master Pang came to his door.

"Son-in-law, it's not easy to find you." Grand Master Pang drank the good tea from the Runan County Wang's family, looked at Lu Sen, with a twisted expression: "You go to the Runan County King every day, and you are also a concubine. , is Bilian better than our Meier?"

The King of Runan County, who was making tea next to him, smiled slightly, a little smug, but not obvious, not annoying.

Lu Sen felt that there was no way to answer this question.

He looked at Grand Master Pang's jealous face, and he had no choice but to say sternly, "Everyone is treated equally. The reason why you don't get over it is mainly because your staff is a little complicated. Once you sit down, it's hard to get out."

When Grand Master Pang heard this, his heart was full of entanglements.

According to his personal point of view, or the point of view at this time, it is very rude for Lu Sen to speak so bluntly.

But Lu Sen is also a practitioner, so it seems quite reasonable for him to speak so straightforwardly.

"Since my son-in-law doesn't like the old man very much, let me speak quickly, so as not to be annoying by wordy words." Grand Master Pang snorted.

Lu Sen had no choice but to say, "After a month or two, I'll bring Meier back and bring a gift to greet you personally, okay?"

"It's more or less the same." Grand Master Pang is actually becoming more and more like an old urchin now. It seems that he has seen through the world, and he seems to no longer care about other people's eyes: "I came here this time to ask Sen'er, you You should know about Han Xiang's death in Qiongzhou."

Lu Sen nodded.

Of course he knew that he was personally very happy about this matter.

Grand Master Pang breathed out: "Mr. Han has a lot of disciples. They privately think that it is because of you and Bao Zheng that Prime Minister Han suffered such a catastrophe. It made the court lose a good talent."

"So they want to deal with me?" Lu Sen felt a little funny in his heart.

It wasn't Lu Sen bragging, but the literati in the Northern Song Dynasty wanted to harm people?

They can only harm good people, and they have nothing to do with bad people.

And just right, Lu Sen is not a good person in the traditional sense.

People in the Northern Song Dynasty were more or less influenced by Confucianism and had the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, so they were easy to be manipulated.

For example, Di Qing.

But Lu Sen didn't... pissed him off, not to mention killing civil servants, he dared to hack all the way from Donghua Gate to the court hall.

Grand Master Pang shook his head: "They dare not deal with you. After all, Sen'er, you are already a half-immortal, an extraordinary person. Not to mention the magical powers you showed before, just the floating fairy ship you made recently illuminated the entire Hangzhou Prefecture That night, this matter spread in our Bianjing very wonderfully, only idiots are against people like you."

Lu Sen understood: "Oh, they want to deal with Bao Zheng."

"Yes." Grand Master Pang nodded.

Unlike Lu Sen, Bao Zheng is still human despite his high reputation.

Even with the protection of the black cat spirit beast provided by Lu Sen, he is still human.

When Bao Zheng used the black cat spirit beast to investigate cases, he showed off his combined skills more than once or twice. Many martial arts people said that Bao Zheng was probably at the level of a top-notch master.

Not top notch.

So it is not difficult to deal with Bao Zheng.

What's more, Bao Zheng is no longer the governor of Kaifeng and the privy envoy, and he has no power, whether it is from the political path or from the rivers and lakes, there are ways to deal with Bao Zheng.

Lu Sen snorted: "Master Han's disciples don't dare to go to the north to fight against the two neighbors, but they are very cruel to their own people."

"That's right, a bunch of trash that can only stir up wind and rain." Grand Master Pang waved his sleeves.

"You mean, let me protect Bao Zheng for a while?" Lu Sen asked.

Grand Master Pang nodded: "That's it. Now that Prime Minister Han has left, and Bao Zheng has been relegated to Gui County, there are not many people in the court who can judge and do things. It is estimated that in about half a year, we will find a way to invite Bao Zheng again." return."

Lu Sen grinned: "Aren't you afraid that he will bring up the matter of land annexation again?"

There is a touch of irony in these words.

It was not aimed at Taishi Pang or the King of Runan County, but at all the civil and military officials in the entire court.

Grand Master Pang was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "In the mortal world, there are always times when people cannot help themselves."

He has a big family to manage and support.

The King of Runan County didn't care too much.

He has a very good relationship with Lu Sen, his son-in-law, not to mention Lu Sen scolding him, even if Lu Sen took away his family's wealth, he would not be interested, as long as he left some property for him to eat, he would be a rich man. up.

Why do you trust Lu Sen so much?
Because he felt that since Lu Sen had the idea of ​​pushing his son to the top, there must be a way to solve the land annexation.

Moreover, the King of Runan County felt that if it was really because of the annexation of the land that it prevented his son from sitting on the dragon chair, then what about the great reform of the government, and what about the division of his family's land!
He doesn't rely on those few pieces of land for food.

Seeing Taishi Pang's depressed expression, Lu Sen didn't say anything else.

After all, due to the limitations of the times, and his own class, it was normal for Grand Master Pang not to want to mention land annexation.

Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go to Guilin Mansion to open a dojo sometime."

"Open the dojo?"

At this moment, the two elders were stunned.

Under normal circumstances, when Taoists say they want to open a dojo, that means they want to establish a sect and teach disciples widely.

Lu Sen said: "Prepare for a rainy day, I kind of want to recruit more apprentices."

Grand Master Pang and King Runan stopped drinking tea, put their heads together, and looked at Lu Sen eagerly.

Especially Taishi Pang, he asked anxiously: "Can you let the children of our two families come and learn something?"

"It's not difficult to learn something, but the difficulty is..." Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "The difficulty lies in whether there is a fairy fate. If there is no fairy fate, I will not teach."

Grand Master Pang stroked his beard and nodded vigorously: "It should be so, it should be so. As long as you are willing to give the opportunity to try."

In fact, Lu Sen didn't want to open the dojo on a whim, the reason is very simple, Kunkun and Yaoyao are about to 'leave their teachers'.

In the game system, as long as the apprentice reaches a certain strength, he will be forced to leave the teacher.

Kunkun and Yaoyao are actually much faster than Lu Sen's three wives in terms of the progress of learning the exercises.

Although the strength is not as powerful as Jinhua and Bilian.

About half a year later, after the two of them leave the school, Lu Sen can start the sect system.

At that time, not only can more system recipes be generated, but also other system functions will appear.

For example... Systematically practicing exercises.

This is the biggest problem for Lu Sen's strength improvement. Although he can learn Taiyi Hunyuan Kungfu, it is a Taoist technique after all, which does not match Lu Sen's "game character".

Only by learning the exercises that come with the system can he get twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, Taiyi's Hunyuan Gong will not be left behind.

After chatting with the two old men in the Prince's Mansion of Runan County, Lu Sen returned to Hangzhou City.

Then...he met Wang Anshi.

In fact, it was Wang Anshi who found Bitian Pavilion.

Lu Sen was surprised when he heard Wang Anshi appear, and then went to Bitian Pavilion to meet him.

In the backyard of Bitian Pavilion, in the pavilion covered by willow trees, Lu Sen and Wang Anshi sat opposite each other.

Lu Sen looked at Wang Anshi. The latter's face was dark at this time, and he was even a little thin. He was no longer the suave and talented man he was more than a year ago.

It looks like a bit of an old farmer in the country.

And Wang Anshi was also looking at Lu Sen, and then he said with a smile: "I haven't seen you in a year, and Master Lu still looks the same, and he is still so immortal."

"Wang Junshou has changed a lot." Lu Sen sighed: "The vanity is gone, it seems that there is a gully in my heart."

Hearing this, Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, then he sighed and said, "It's not easy to survive in a poisonous place like Qiongzhou, so what's the point of being flashy?"

Lu Sen narrowed his eyes: "Wang Junshou will be able to return to Beijing so soon?"

Lu Sen felt a little displeased. Sending Wang Anshi to Qiongzhou was intended to punish him. After only a little over a year, he sent him back. Can the meaning of punishment be achieved?
Wang Anshi took a sip of water, looked at the surrounding landscape, and said, "I was supposed to stay for a few years, but Prime Minister Han left."

Lu Sen raised his eyebrows.

"I always want to bring his ashes back to Beijing." Thinking of Han Qi, Wang Anshi felt inexplicably depressed: "Besides, there are not many people who can do things in the imperial court. Can recover and return to Beijing."

It's true... Now the entire court affairs are supported by Grand Master Pang, Ouyang Xiu, Yan Shu and others, which is quite difficult.

When Zhao Zhen was still there, he could also feel that political affairs were not handled properly, and at that time, there were Eight Sage Kings, Sima Guang and others to help.

As a result, people are either gone or not in court, and the talents who can replace them have not appeared, or have not grown up.

So now Wang Anshi, a young man who can do things, was recruited back.

After all, it was Bao Zheng who brought Wang Anshi to Qiongzhou. Now that Bao Zheng himself has been exiled, naturally no one stopped Wang Anshi from returning to Beijing.

Lu Sen raised his glass and said with a smile, "Then congratulations to Governor Wang for returning to Beijing for his duty review."

"Thank you." Wang Anshi picked up the cup and touched Lu Sen, then drank the honey water, and then said: "In Qiongzhou, I thought a lot, especially in the few days after Prime Minister Han left. More. I also want to know why Master Lu hated me before. I used to go too smoothly, and I always thought I was superior to others, and I was too arrogant. When I first arrived in Qiongzhou, my wife and I were infected with malaria. If it wasn’t for Lu Yang’s The honey that was sent in the capital is estimated to be the death of our husband and wife. In contrast, Han Xiang was not so lucky. He suffered for more than a month and was in great pain. His departure was worthless. There is no difference between a bundle of firewood, a handful of fire, and a handful of ashes. He also has unfinished ambitions. I put my own situation on him, and fear arose.”

Lu Sen was a little surprised, and then asked curiously, "And then?"

"I'm scared. I found that I don't see life and death as nothing, and I don't have such a clear state of mind as I imagined. I'm just an ordinary person in essence." Wang Anshi's face was very ashamed: "Like all ordinary people in this world, There is no difference, just knowing a few more words."

Lu Sen was surprised, did Wang Anshi become enlightened?

If the other party's words are not hypocritical, then it should be.

In fact, it's normal to think about it, Wang Anshi is a genius in the true sense after all.

Others have to go through hardships to understand the truth, he estimated that as long as he encounters a little difficulty, he will be able to clear his mind.

"I even thought that if there was no honey from Mrs. Lu Yang, and my wife and I died of malaria like Prime Minister Han, then my son would be lonely and helpless in Qiongzhou, so what should I do? !"

Speaking of this, Wang Anshi's hands seemed to be shaking slightly.

He is really afraid, his son is only six years old, if he is so young, he will have no parents, no one to take care of him, and then he will be kicked out of the house, wandering outside, bullied by others, unable to eat and not warm... Just thinking about this , feel heartache.

Lu Sen looked into Wang Anshi's eyes. In those dark and bright pupils, there was only unspeakable regret and fear.

Then he smiled and was very happy: "Congratulations to the governor of the king."

"Thank you, Master Lu." Wang Anshi cupped his hands in return: "This time, I came here to thank Master Lu for waking me up, and the other is to chat with Master Lu about my strategy for land annexation in the Great Song Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)