This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 244 The Empress Dowager Please Don't Interfere In The Government
The slightly chubby young man was holding seven bottles of honey in front of his chest, as if he had found a treasure.

And others happily sang Goulan ditty, walking vigorously.

Lu Sen was walking side by side with him. Seeing his frightened appearance, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you so happy?"

"Of course I'm happy." Su Shi couldn't open his eyes with a smile: "This is the rumored fairy jade bee jelly. Even the officials didn't get a few bottles to eat, but I took seven bottles. This is not a profit. grown up?"

"That's because you write well."

"It's not good enough." Su Shi chuckled and said, "It's a pity that my talent is limited, otherwise I would have to take ten or twenty bottles from Lu Zhenyou."

He would not boast about it.

Su Shi didn't write poems and lyrics at random to make up the number, but he really thought about seven poems on the spot.

Although they are all travel notes and poems, they are far less touching than the sentences he wrote later, such as "nowhere to say desolation" and "the moon is cloudy and sunny", etc., but their level is much higher than that of ordinary literati.

So Lu Sen generously gave him seven bottles of honey.

This number is a lot to outsiders, but to Lu Sen himself, it is a small number.

Not to mention that there are at least 40 bottles at home, but there are still more than [-] bottles in his own system backpack.

Because there is no need to give honey to people everywhere like in the capital, so now the honey is hoarding more and more. .

Seeing him struggling with seven bottles of honey, Lu Sen asked, "Do you want to help?"

"No, no, no." Su Shi quickly refused, and he said with a smile: "Realist Lu gave me seven bottles so much, and it would be really inhumane for you to help carry them."

In Su Shi's mind, he was so talented that Lu Sen even lost seven bottles of honey to himself. Thinking about it, it must be a big loss.If I let the other party hold the honey again, what if he takes it back again?

I have to say that the brain circuits of foodies are different from those of ordinary people.

When the two walked to the front of the mansion, Lu Sen was about to separate from him, but at this time Su Shi said: "Really Lu, come in and have a seat. I just want to make honey chicken stuffed. It's a dish I improved. The world is now It's the only one."

Lu Sen thought about it, but agreed.

This is the first time Lu Sen has seen the Hangzhou Mansion. In fact, it is similar to the Kaifeng Mansion in essence, and they are all standard buildings.

Su Shi entered the mansion, and several arresters rushed up to greet him, one of them cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Su, I'm going to patrol. You are here to entertain... Reverend Lu!"

This person worked with Lu Huiqing before and met Lu Sen.

Lu Sen also remembered him, and asked, "Is there any clue about the poisoning case in Fugui Building some time ago?"

"Not yet." The man quickly clasped his fists and said, "But Magistrate Lu told me before that this matter has been handed over to the new Governor of Su, and if Master Lu asks, he can give you a copy of the case."

It seems that this matter is not simple. Lu Huiqing is indeed not as good as Bao Zheng in solving cases, but he is also a more capable person. If he can't find out things, it is estimated that ordinary officials can't find out.

Lu Sen waved his hand and said, "Don't look, there shouldn't be any useful clues."

If there is, Lu Huiqing will definitely make progress in investigating this case.

After all, Lu Huiqing was also threatened with his life at that time, and he definitely had no reason not to investigate carefully.

Su Shi looked at Lu Sen, then at the captor, and asked, "Why don't I know about this?"

Even Su Shi, who doesn't care much about the status of the officialdom, knows that Lu Zhenren's affairs must be given priority.

Now some people want to poison Master Lu, such a big matter, why don't these people talk to themselves.

The head catcher said aggrievedly: "Mr. Su, I've told you about this three times. Every time you said that the cases come first and last, and the people in the world don't care about high or low."

Su Shi recalled it, and it seemed to be true.

He said to Lu Sen with some embarrassment: "Really Lu, don't laugh at me, I really think so."

"Aren't you going to invite me to eat chicken stuffed with honey?" Lu Sen pointed his fan inside: "I want to go in and sit down for a rest."

"no problem."

When the two entered the house, an old servant came out to arrange the reception, while Su Shi changed into a coarse linen suit and said with a smile: "Really Lu, wait a moment, it will take less than half an hour to eat."

Lu Sen sat in the room and waited with peace of mind.

This is the backyard of the government office. To put it bluntly, it is the "staff dormitory" provided by the government for officials. Zhao Song is quite rich. I dare not talk about carved dragons and painted phoenixes here, but at least it is decorated with splendor.

Lu Sen felt very awkward.

He likes the environment in his cave.

A gazebo surrounded by beautiful flowers and trees.

More natural and casual.

After waiting for a while, Su Shi brought up his improved dish, which was actually a whole chicken belly stuffed with spices and other ingredients for steaming.

It smells really good, and the honey juice that Lu Sen gave him is added in it, which is naturally delicious.

Then Su Shi also took out a jar of rice wine, poured it into an iron basin, added some longan and wolfberry, and put it on the charcoal stove next to it to cook.

After a while, the aroma of wine overflowed.

The two drank wine and ate stuffed chicken.

Chatting casually, talking about everything in the southeast and northwest.

Lu Sen himself has a lot of knowledge, and Su Shi is also a braggart, he can catch up with anything Lu Sen says.

For example, Lu Sen said that there is a kind of glass made of carbon, which is as hard as gold and steel.

Su Shi nodded again and again: Yes, yes, I have heard of it.It is an extremely cold thing in the world, and Yueshu's crown was inlaid hundreds of years ago.

Lu Sen said: Although the eels in the Qiantang River usually live in fresh water, when they reach adulthood, they will swim back to the seabed at a depth of one thousand meters to lay eggs. The more turbid the water, the fatter the eel meat.

Su Shi: That's right, the adults in the family once caught a two-foot-long eel in the West Lake, and the whole village couldn't finish it for three days.

Lu Sen: In the sky in the far north, there are colorful rays of light, stretching for hundreds of miles, very beautiful.

Su Shi: Yes, yes, I have also heard that it seems to be transformed by the colorful clothes of the Nine Heavens Profound Girl.

Lu Sen looked at Su Shi with a wine-red face and hazy eyes, completely speechless.

This guy didn't know anything after drinking two glasses of rice wine.

After drinking for a while, Su Shi became more and more drunk, shaking and looking like he was about to fall.

Lu Sen had to be taken care of by the old servant of the Su family, while he went back to the Yang family to pick up Jin Hua back to his cave.

After returning home, within a few days, Bilian and Pang Meier also came back.

It's just the two of them, one cheerful and the other full of worries.

Lu Sen had no choice but to find Bilian who was always happy and asked, "What happened to Mei'er?"

"The Pang family is in trouble because of the flat peach incident."

Lu Sen was stunned for a moment: "Grand Master Pang didn't eat?"

In Lu Sen's mind, after Pang Meier went back, she must have given the flat peach to Grand Master Pang.

Besides, Grand Master Pang is the head of the family and has a long life. Although he is protected by spirit beasts, he can't enjoy it for many years in the future. It should be reasonable to give the flat peach to Grand Master Pang.

Bi Lian snuggled into Lu Sen's arms and said, "It was true that Mei'er was given to Grand Master Pang in the beginning, but Grand Master Pang didn't want to eat it, so he gave it to the eldest son, and there was a commotion."

Lu Sen understood that it must be the sons of Taishi Pang who were jealous and made trouble.

Who doesn't want a flat peach that increases longevity.

Bilian sighed: "Then Meier was also involved. Her parents said that it was brought back by her daughter, and the two of them have the right to decide how to deal with Pantao."

Lu Sen was surprised: "Could it be that Grand Master Pang didn't stop this?"

In Lu Sen's mind, with Grand Master Pang's prestige, it shouldn't be difficult to overwhelm the descendants of the whole family.

Bilian sighed, "If only it were that simple."

After thinking about it, Lu Sen had no choice but to put down Bi Lian and go to Pang Meier.

At this time Pang Meier was in her own room, her eyes were red.

Lu Sen walked over, hugged her in his arms, and said, "Sorry, I didn't think carefully, I should give you two or three more flat peaches."

Pang Meier shook her head vigorously: "It's nothing to do with officials. I know what a rare thing flat peaches are. If my husband can give me one more, it's already extremely pampering. It's just that my mother's family is not good, because of this little thing There was a commotion."

After all, she is a well-educated woman, and Pang Meier knew very well that Lu Sen was the only one to blame for this incident.

I have to say... the Pang family is no longer the warm Pang family she imagined.

Looking at Pang Meier who was extremely disappointed, Lu Sen had to spend the whole night comforting her.

Others tactfully did not bother.

On the next day, Pang Meier got up first, and went to make delicious food for Lu Sen to nourish his body.

Her sense of loss at this time has almost disappeared.

In fact, she also understands that if she marries Lu Sen, she becomes a member of the Lu family, and her natal family will help if they can, and if they can't, don't be too entangled.

It's just that she is very emotional, thinking that she kindly brought a flat peach back, but it turned out to be a mess.

Do something bad with good intentions.

And Pang Meier was also very envious of Bilian, she also brought back a flat peach, but only gave it to the King of Runan County.

As for other relatives who came to ask Bilian, she just said: The official only gave me one, if you want it, you can ask it yourself.I'm just a concubine, and I don't have anything to say, what if I offend the officials and send me away!
Just shut the mouths of everyone in the family.

At this time, it is a custom for a concubine to give someone away.

But generally, even if the daughter of a noble family is a concubine, the husband's family would not dare to mess around.

But no one can guarantee whether Daoist Lu will dare or not.

Lu Sen also knew that the birth of Pantao would definitely cause disturbances. He didn't take this matter to heart, but in fact, the disturbance caused by Pantao's incident in the court was far greater than he imagined.

At this time above the court, Empress Cao still listened to the government behind the curtain.

The new official, who was less than ten years old, sat firmly on the dragon chair... in a daze.

After several ministers reported the recent important political affairs, Ouyang Xiu wanted to go forward to talk about some political affairs, but the Empress Dowager Cao behind the bead curtain spoke.

"Masters, I heard in the palace that Immortal Lu planted the fairy peaches in the Heavenly Palace, and the King of Runan County and Pang Taishi's Mansion each got one. Eating them can restore youth, right?"

Everyone's eyes first fell on the Runan County King, and then on Grand Master Pang.

At this time, the Runan County King had no expression on his face, but he was scolding his mother in his heart.

Originally, after he ate the matter of the flat peaches, he issued a password, so that it could not be spread outside the Zhao family.

Even if it spreads accidentally, others will regard it as a catch-and-shoot thing.

After all, there are too many rumors about Lu Sen.

But he never expected that Grand Master Pang made a mistake.

The entire Pang family actually broke out over a peach, and Grand Master Pang couldn't hold it back.

These days, Pang Mansion's play is very exciting.

The second child and the third child knelt in front of the hall, and said in front of the ancestors that Grand Master Pang treated each other more favorably than others, and that he was thinking about the eldest in everything, and that the two of them were having a hard time.

After being reprimanded by Grand Master Pang, the two ran outside to cry again.

The main wives married by the second and third are all daughters of prominent families.

After all, 'the right family is right'.

After they cried outside, all the relatives of Pang's family came, as if they wanted to see the flat peaches that can prolong people's lives.

Although rainbow silk can also prolong life, it can only be eaten once, and it is only a simple life extension, unlike flat peaches, which can restore youth.

For example, the current King of Runan County is already fifty-three, but after eating flat peaches, he looks like a young man in his early forties.

This is much more powerful than Hongsi.

As a woman, Empress Dowager Cao is now old and decrepit. When she heard this, she couldn't help but think about it.

The King of Runan County himself did not intend to go to court, but the Empress Dowager Cao sent someone to the Prince's Mansion of Runan County the day before, and he was determined to go to court today.

If it was in the past, the king of Runan County would not want to go to court, and he would ignore it.But now that he has put his son on the throne of the dragon, he has a "rebellious" heart, so he thinks more about things.

Fearing that he would be too domineering and make Empress Dowager Cao suspicious, he pretended not to be very happy and went to court.

Seeing that almost everyone's eyes were wandering between himself and Grand Master Pang at this time, the King of Runan County understood in his heart that although Queen Mother Cao said "All Qing's family", she was actually asking him and Grand Master Pang.

In desperation, he had no choice but to stand up and say, "Report to the Queen Mother, this matter is indeed true."

Although they knew the answer earlier, when they heard the confession from the King of Runan County, all the officials still couldn't help talking.

Soon, under the gesture of the queen mother, the father-in-law next to him picked up the gong and knocked it with a 'boom', and the court hall quickly quieted down.

Empress Dowager Cao asked with a smile: "How many flat peaches did the Prince of Runan receive?"

"Only one, eaten."

"I think it's very precious." Queen Mother Cao asked.

"According to my family Bilian, it is indeed so."

Empress Cao was hiding behind the bead curtain, but there was a sudden trembling feeling in her voice, which was a mixture of extreme anticipation and extreme excitement: "Runan County King, can you contact Master Lu?"

"Difficult." Runan County King shook his head and said, "It's always been him who took the initiative to contact me."

In fact, it was very easy for the King of Runan County to send some information to Lu Sen.

"Masters, do you have a way to get Master Lu to return to the court?" Empress Dowager Cao said with incomparable urgency: "How can a great talent like him, a genius, stay outside the court? If he doesn't contribute to this country, it's like a pearl covered in dust."

All the officials knew what the Empress Dowager Cao was planning, she just wanted to give Lu Zhenren a great reward in exchange for a few flat peaches.

They don't have an opinion because they want to too.

As soon as Ouyang Xiu frowned, he was about to step forward and protest.

And at this time, someone stepped forward, Wang Anshi.

He stood very straight, cupped his hands and said, "Queen Mother, please don't interfere in the government affairs. Whether or not to call Master Lu is a matter for discussion among Zhongshu's disciples."

(End of this chapter)