Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Facing Lu Ci's smiling teasing, Zhu said that he could not be an opponent, but shook his head helplessly: "Brother Lu, don't make fun of me. Let's first—"

Lu Ci said solemnly: "What brother Yu said is not true at all, but I don't know where Brother Zhu picked up the treasure. The weight of this arm alone is probably more than brother Yu's hard work for more than half an hour."

Zhu said anxiously: "Brother Lu!"

Lu Ci sighed: "Brother Zhu is lucky, so don't let Brother Yu say a few words of envy!"

Zhu said that he almost looked up to the sky and sighed.

The one who hugged him tightly and refused to let go was not a gold and silver treasure, but a disheveled boy who couldn't see his true colors.

The boy also stared vigilantly at the man who seemed to be making fun of him, without saying a word.

Lu Ci raised his eyebrows slightly, looked him up and down casually, and had a plan in his mind.

Although the clothes, shoes and socks were as messy as if they had been rolled in the mud, and their face was muddy, but with Lu Ci's tricky eyesight, it was easy to tell that the clothes were expensive.

In addition, on the white wrist like a lotus root, there is also a golden bracelet looming...

Lu Ci squatted down, looked at the child, and said with a slight smile, "I don't know the name of this young man?"

The boy frowned and didn't answer, but just stared at Lu Ci without blinking, and his mouth was aggrieved.

The strange thing is that Zhu said that he could clearly feel the hands of the other party hugging his right leg, but invisibly loosened a little.

Gradually, it was completely let go.

"Ok?"

Lu Ci didn't get annoyed when he didn't get an answer, instead of looking at the boy whose eyes were gradually losing their sharpness, but whose cheeks were getting more and more red, he just made a very quick gesture to signal Zhu Shuo to come over.

Zhu said that he didn't understand what he meant, so he still did it silently, and then he heard Lu Ci say briskly in his ear: "You don't need to find a patrol officer, just rent a car and ask him to take you to Li Yuande's house, that is, But I will return it to Zhao. I still have other things to do, so I won’t accompany you.”

Seeing that Zhu was slightly stunned, Lu Ci raised his eyebrows again, and added a few subtly: "I know you have a high integrity, but the Li family is a little different... No matter what kind of gift they give you, just decline it once, and then You don’t have to be too conflicted, you can be happy if you take half of it.”

The boy was picked up by Zhu Shuo, even if Lu Ci knew the way, he would not go with him, so as not to lose Zhu Shuo's luck.

Zhu said that he has always been very convinced of Lu Ci, but he didn't quite agree with this point, and tried his best to be tactful: "But it's a little effort, and I'm too embarrassed to accept any thank you. Brother Lu's good intentions, but I can only live up to it."

Lu Ci smiled and didn't try to persuade him: "Then go and come back quickly."

Zhu said heaved a sigh of relief, quickly grabbed the little boy, and did as Lu Ci asked.

Lu Ci smiled slightly, watched him leave meaningfully, then shrugged his shoulders, humming a new little song with a few harvests, and went home first.

As for Zhu who didn't listen to his persuasion...

If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer a disadvantage in front of you. In order to teach him an impressive lesson, let's wait until tomorrow to pick him up.

Lu Ci leisurely went to the perfume hall to take a bath alone, and picked out a few beautiful and delicious snacks at the night market. He didn't forget to buy the family's breakfast for tomorrow, and he didn't even touch the book. After washing up, I lay down comfortably and rested.

No dream all night, wake up is dawn.

The gate was quiet, and Zhu said that he really failed to come back.

While having breakfast, Lu's mother didn't see Zhu Shuo's figure, she was a little worried, and she couldn't help asking: "Is Zhu Xiaolang still awake? Why don't you go and see, is he feeling unwell?"

"No rush." ​​Lu Ci swallowed the last sip without haste, and then rewrapped Zhu Shuo's share and put it in his sleeve: "He didn't return last night, so I'll go find him."

When Lu Ci rode on the old donkey and rushed to the front of Li's house at a leisurely and slow pace like a walk, Zhu said that he was about to go crazy when he was caught by the family and couldn't get away.

What he never dreamed of was that as soon as he sent him back and resolutely refused the heavy thank you gift, the face of the Li family changed suddenly, and they wanted to forcibly detain him as a son-in-law!

The most absurd thing is that the "Four Ladies" promised to him is none other than the little boy he sent back who deliberately dressed up as a boy and mischievously went to the Lantern Festival for a night tour!

Such an absurd thing, Zhu said, naturally he would oppose it to the end, but the Li family did not start their family by being law-abiding good citizens, and they had a barbaric nature. What's more, he has to force him to stay with his beloved daughter who is married to her...

Zhu said that he was detained in the room, unable to close his eyes all night, and his strength was no stronger than that of his servants. Just kidding.

After all, the Li family is not only famous for being beautiful and hot, but also one of the richest households in the west of the city.

The first two daughters married rich families from other places. Li Yuande found that Li Yuande was no longer satisfied with the status quo. up.

Although Li Yuande is rich and powerful, he has a bad temper. Of course, he can't look down on those bad-tempered students whose families are poor and who still have a chin and look at others from the corner of their eyes.

If you have a bad character, how can you live a good life with your daughter in the future?

Of course, he also took aim at Lu Ci, who was praised by countless people in the city, who is both talented and beautiful, and excellent in character and learning, but he has seen it with his own eyes, and secretly inquired about how Lu Ci's small achievements came , completely dispelled this idea.

Don't talk about those little girls in his nest, as long as time passes, this person will become a dragon and a phoenix, even he himself dare not make any guarantees.

After being so hot for a while, he finally calmed down, thinking that the fourth lady was still young and not in a hurry, so he stopped the vigorous storm of choosing a son-in-law.

As a result, as soon as he saw Li Shuo, who was delivered to his door, with Li Yuande's vicious eyes, of course he would not miss this person's outstanding appearance and character, and he immediately fell in love with him.

Zhu said that he almost lost his head in a hurry, and really regretted not following Lu Ci's advice.

What he didn't know was that when he was in a weak stalemate with the Li family, brother Lu, whom he admired the most, rode lazily across a thin wall, willing to grow out of the cracks in the bricks on the ground. On the old donkey with a few blades of grass, it is a pleasure to listen to this wall in a secret place.

Not to mention that there is no disadvantage in catching a son-in-law, the famous Li family, in the few months when Lu Ci first moved in, was chased, intercepted, chased and beaten by various wealthy households, and there was no shortage of wealthy households. He was lured with a lot of money, just to catch him as a son-in-law.

It wasn't until later that they first appeared that these kind of behaviors disappeared, and after a year, they completely disappeared.

After admiring Li's embarrassment enough, Lu Ci walked slowly by the donkey's side, knocked on the door himself, and explained why he came.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lu Langjun's friend, and he has already made an appointment to go to the mountains!" Li Yuande looked surprised, opened his eyes and said nonsense: "If I had known this, I shouldn't have kept this Zhu Langjun for lunch. Already!"

Of course, Lu Ci would not take away the steps brought by the other party himself, and even expressed regret, as if he believed it: "Of course I don't blame Mr. Li. Brother Zhu is used to studying hard, and I am afraid that he worked too hard, so he made the appointment Forget about it."

It was natural that Lu Ci would come forward in person.

After being polite to Li Yuande, he easily picked up the exhausted Zhu Shuo.

Zhu said that he didn't eat, drink or sleep all night, and he tried desperately to think of a way to get out. Whether it was theory or force, he failed. He fell asleep on the donkey's back.

Lu Ci raised his eyebrows and smiled, and didn't wake him up, he just walked a few more steps to Zhong's house first, and asked his powerful royal coolie Zhong Yuan to move him down and bring him into the room.

After this turmoil, Zhu said that he didn't know that he actually brought a lot of joy to Lu Ci, but he just knew that he was stupid enough not to listen to Brother Lu's kind advice, and as a result, he was almost forced to get married, and he troubled Brother Lu again, so he couldn't help feeling ashamed Get flushed.

In the remaining few days of the holiday, he learned from the pain, except for the perfume business, he stayed at home and only concentrated on studying hard.

In my spare time, I also wrote a poem with hundreds of characters, titled "Journey with Brother Lu at the Lantern Festival", to record the joy of traveling with my close friend and senior brother in the dreamlike beauty.

Lu Ci has not been idle these days.It took him a day to visit the neighbors in the neighborhood and finalize the matter of digging the well; then he wrote the method of tap water in a pavilion outside the city with a lot of tourists in the form of a poem on the wall at night; Hammered out a few chores...

In this short vacation that Zhong Yuan only saw as a flash, Lu Ci had already smoothly settled all the affairs that he would be busy with after moving.

Although I bought an old donkey for daily transportation, but considering that the mountain road is quite rugged, I am used to walking, but riding a donkey is not necessarily the case, and there may be some tragedies of donkey deaths...

Lu Ci resolutely gave up the idea of ​​riding it when he went to the academy.

In order to avoid meeting Miss Yang, Lu Ci usually leaves earlier, and this day is no exception.

Zhu said that he had cleaned up early, and waited obediently in front of the door; Zhong Yuan was still lying in bed, kicked up by Zhong's mother, and managed to keep up with it a few times; Lu Ci was as radiant as always, bringing With a polite smile that made Zhong Yuan both loving and annoying, he simply said hello to everyone he met along the road.

The three of them walked together, unconsciously going to work a little faster than usual. When they arrived at the academy, it was still early before the class started. After putting away the school materials, Lu Ci accompanied the restless Zhong Yuan to the yard for a few walks. step.

Zhu said that he had become used to sticking to Lu Ci's side unconsciously, so he naturally followed him at this time.

After walking a few steps, the three of them were seen by Master Yang who happened to come out to pour out the tea dregs.

Master Yang's eyes lit up, he waved at Lu Ci, and called out affectionately: "Lu Lang, come to me quickly."

Lu Ci was taken aback, and subconsciously agreed. Just as he was about to leave, Zhong Yuan lowered his voice and gloated, "I'm afraid we have to bring up old things again. Lu Lang is really lucky!"

Lu Ci narrowed his eyes slightly, seeing that although Zhu said that although he didn't agree with his expression, there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, and he unceremoniously pulled him into the water: "Zhong Lang doesn't know something, he is really lucky, but It's not mere inferiority, but Zhu Di."

After leaving this sentence lightly, Lu Ci followed Master Yang into the house.

Mrs. Yang rubbed his hands that were stiff from the cold. Even Mrs. Tang didn't care about changing the hot water, so he rummaged through the box, quickly took out a roll of paper, and proudly handed it to Lu Ci.

"I got this thing when I was visiting an old friend in the past few days. Not to mention that it is very reliable, it must have a five-point mark." Master Yang looked at Lu Ci lovingly, and said mysteriously: "Don't let others see it casually. Now, keep it for yourself. If there is something you don’t understand, you can come to me at any time.”

Lu Ci opened it and took a closer look. It was nothing else, it was given to him by Master Li half a month ago...

That set is said to be a collection of previous years' exam questions for the boy exam.

Lu Ci: "..."

Why did he seem to be on the fence with this Tongzike?

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. To catch a son-in-law and marry a commoner.

The restrictions on intermarriage between scholars and commoners were completely broken in the Song Dynasty.Zheng Qiao, a man of the Song Dynasty, discovered that: one does not ask about one's family background when selecting a scholar, and one does not ask about one's background in marriage.

Scholars married wives "seeking wealth directly". In turn, rich households also attracted scholars to marry with rich assets. There was even a unique style of "catching sons-in-law under the list" in the Song Dynasty. The famous Ouyang Xiu was the son-in-law who was captured. .

"Pingzhou Ketan" by Zhu Yu of the Northern Song Dynasty records: "In recent years, rich businessmen who are vulgar and rich in Tibetans marry their daughters, and they also catch their sons-in-law under the list. . " In order to win the favor of Xinke Jinshi, more than 1000 guans were scored in one shot.

There will also be unwilling scholars who will be caught by the local tyrants and cannot escape.Once there was a young and handsome Jinshi in the new department. On the day when the rankings were released, he was forcibly taken to a mansion by a group of healthy servants, and then a local tyrant in gold and purple clothes came out and said to him: "A certain girl is not ugly. I would like to match her." Gentleman, is it okay?"

2. Salutation:

In the Song Dynasty, "Gong" and "Zhang" generally referred to older men and elders of their parents.Gong is generally used when the status of the other party is relatively noble, and Zhang is used more widely. When the identity of the elderly is not clear, it is very polite to call Lao Zhang directly.

What I forgot to explain earlier is that in the Song Dynasty, foster father and foster son meant stepfather and stepson, not godfather and son.