Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Among the ruling and opposition parties, I am afraid that there is really no one who does not know Kou Zhun's temper.

But Lu Ci dared to go to the door single-handedly, and gave him harsh advice as a mere fourth-rank official. Naturally, it was impossible to lose his understanding of his temperament.

Lu Ci was actually very surprised when he realized that Kou Zhun did not hesitate to intercept the person himself just to admit to him that 'I made a small mistake'.

No matter how reluctant his tone was, how hard his expression was struggling, the dignified chief assistant who had straightened his spine for most of his life and dared to show his face to the emperor, was willing to slightly lower his proud head to the soft-spoken prince Zuo Yude. This point is completely beyond Lu Ci's imagination.

...It was inevitable that he was subtly flattered in his heart.

If Kou Zhun, who has a high self-esteem, insists on being 'owed' a favor, but he refuses it in a pretentious way, it would be a shame and a suspicion that he doesn't know what is good and what is bad.

If you are disrespectful, just don't say no.

Just for the sake of Kou Zhun's face, it's better to let as few people know about this matter as possible, and it's more appropriate to let it go as lightly as possible.

Anyway, the favor is in his hands, whether he will ask for it back in the future depends entirely on his will.

In the blink of an eye, countless thoughts flashed through Lu Ci's mind, and then Kou Zhun came up with an unbelievably generous response.

Kou Zhun took a long time to come back to his senses after seeing his back as he walked away gracefully, and couldn't help but feel depressed.

But after taking a breath, he couldn't help laughing again.

After Lu Ci left the palace, he was not in a hurry to go back.

Instead, he walked around the street selling snacks, and as soon as he came out, there were several steaming paper bags tied with string, all of which were Liu Qi's favorite fruits and hibiscus cakes.

As the saying goes, one slap and one candy almost scare people out of their minds during the day, and add to their homework, and now they are probably doing the questions honestly.

It should be appropriate to treat him mildly and reward him.

Lu Ci hummed an unknown tune, and returned home in a good mood. When he opened the door, he froze.

In the courtyard stands the tall, dark-skinned Ichiro-kun, who is looking up at the pear tree planted in the courtyard.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, the man suddenly turned around as if waking up from a dream, and met Lu Ci's gaze.

Lu Ci blinked slowly, and under the dim lighting, he carefully discerned the greatly changed outline of this man: "Brother Zhu?"

Zhu said that he stared at Lu Ci in a daze, with a faint unease in his eyes.

For some reason, the inexplicably more "near-native feeling" that had been inexplicably increased since he came to Beijing became more and more intense as he got closer to Lu Ci's mansion.

After a moment of silence, he managed to calm down, and called out clearly: "Brother Yu Yu."

After one or two years, the Zhu Xiaolang that he was familiar with, not only kept climbing up like the one who saw the wind, but also became... a gentleman who was not too big or small, and his voice became a little deep from the original clear Hoarse.

The corners of Lu Ci's lips suddenly rose, and an incomparably bright smile bloomed on his extremely handsome face, as if the dark room was lit by thousands of candles, which made people dazzled: "I'm finally back."

With a few strides, he took Zhu Shuo, who was still a little at a loss, into his arms, and even gave him a gentle hammer on his back.

The slight unfamiliarity brought about by two years of separation disappeared in smoke.

Zhu Shuo's eyes lighted up bit by bit, and he felt that he was instantly filled with happiness, and was about to take it back cautiously, when he heard Lu Ci's teasing voice whispering in his ear: "Brother Zhu is in the south After serving as an official for two years, I am afraid that I have done a lot of rough work, and my body has tightened up a lot."

Zhu said he couldn't help laughing, but his tone was serious: "Being responsible is not a word of hard work. In terms of hard work, no one in this room is half as good as brother Yu Yu."

Zhu said that he really admired his brother Yu Yu from the bottom of his heart.

Just to perform his own duties, he was flustered for a while at the beginning, and finally got on the right track, and he was so busy all day long that he didn't touch the ground, so he won the praise from above.

But it is only limited to the affairs of the position.

And brother Yu Yu, who he has always admired, saved many books by himself when he was the school manager.

After going to Fenzhou, as the head of a small state that didn't need to be deployed for a series of connections, he made extraordinary contributions in the fight against locusts and saved countless Li Shu.

At the end of this hug and when the two parted, Zhu said that he had completely lost the initial restraint, looked into Lu Ci's eyes seriously, and said very sincerely: "What brother Yu Yu has done is a model for our generation—— "

"Stop, stop."

Hearing the praise of the extremely familiar formula, even though Lu Ci boasted that he had a thick skin, he still felt overwhelmed.

If it's just Liu Qi's jokes and ridicule, that's all. Zhu said this sincerity from the heart, and then contacted Fan Zhongyan's flawless evaluation in history books...

Lu Ci's face was slightly hot, and he wisely changed the subject.

He lifted the small bags tied to his fingers with a rope, and said with regret: "If I had known you would be back tonight, I wouldn't have just bought these, at least I would have arranged a clean-up banquet for you like Brother Liu. "

Zhu said without hesitation: "If you haven't passed the hall test, it's not appropriate to celebrate. Besides, brother Yu Yu has a job and is very busy every day. I still have the audacity to stay here, which is already adding to brother Yu Yu." It's such a big trouble, how can I afford to take the wind and wash away the dust?"

Lu Ci: "..."

Although he is much stronger and his complexion is darker, he is still familiar and serious.

Originally, Liu Qi, who was taking this opportunity to quietly lean against the door rail and enjoy watching the two reunited after a long absence under the cover of the window grille, felt her face turn pale after hearing this righteous speech. Pain, and instinctively realized something was wrong, and hurried back to continue doing the questions in despair.

Why did he have such a naive and stupid idea before, thinking that once Zhu said it, there would be someone more to share this sweet burden with him?

Liu Qi rubbed the center of her brows, only to feel a headache.

He hadn't seen him for two years, so much so that he almost forgot that Zhu always believed and obeyed Lu Ci's words.

Even if it's boring, it's still sweet.

Where did he have an extra troubled brother, obviously an extra little glutton's eyeliner and supervisor, who will definitely tell him that from tomorrow on, even the occasional chance to relax just now will be lost!

Just when Liu Qi was crying secretly, Lu Ci, who sent the dusty Zhu Shuo back to his room, turned to the door of his room and knocked lightly.

Liu Qi snorted and said intentionally, "I'm busy!"

"I saw you hiding by the hall door just now, and I just wanted to save you some face in front of Brother Zhu, so I didn't expose it." Lu Ci laughed: "You have the ability to lie, but not the ability to open the door?"

"..." Liu Qibin said politely, "Please come in."

After Lu Ci came in, he didn't want to pursue what happened just now, as Liu Qi was so relieved.

Instead, he directly picked up the stack of practice papers he had written on the table all afternoon, and looked through them carefully.

Lu Ci didn't read it carefully, but only flipped through it roughly. After reading it roughly, he knew that Liu Qi was not lazy, but was writing seriously.

"If you can write these articles well," Lu Ci casually put down snacks on the table, and said with a smile, "The additional small punishments can be avoided for the time being."

When Liu Qi first heard such a good thing, his first thought was suspicion: "...Really?"

Little Taotie has always been cunning, since he met, he has never seen the other party suffer, and he is good at manipulating his temper, making him dizzy.

Now that they have been caught straight, how can they still encounter the good thing of picking it up high and putting it down gently?

Lu Ci sighed softly.

He lowered his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes cast a moving shadow under the soft glow of the candlelight, even Liu Qi, who once lingered in the flowers and looked at the stunning scenery, was dazed for a moment.

Lu Ci didn't know that the candlelight had opened a filter for him, and after brewing his emotions a little, he performed the desired earnest effect: "If you are really forced to finish writing those ten articles in one day, no one will It's different from forcing you to stay up all night, or just doing things perfunctorily. If you really want to do this, wouldn't it be self-defeating? I didn't intend to deliberately torment you, but I deliberately bluffed you, and my original intention was to hope that you would face it Museum test, don't take it lightly..."

Seeing Liu Qi's expression moved slightly, Lu Cifu sighed again, and took a strong medicine: "If it doesn't work, you will go back and continue to be your county magistrate. I am in this capital, but I have to return to being alone again. There is no one to talk to.”

When Lu Ci showed his weakness for the first time, Liu Qi was immediately stunned.

Sharpening this soft knife is worse than scolding him ten thousand words.

Seeing Lu Ci's seemingly calm but actually full of sentimentality, Liu Qi coughed uncomfortably, and from the corner of his eye glanced at the snacks that Little Taotie specially bought for him, feeling even more guilty.

He didn't say much, just made up his mind, and said solemnly: "I already know what Yu Yu means."

A faint smile flashed across Lu Ci's eyes, but he only said lightly, "Okay."

Hearing the meaning contained in this seemingly simple but actually heavy "good", Liu Qi was still in an extremely complicated mood when he ate the hibiscus cake and practiced writing Fu.

Sure enough, just as he imagined, Xiao Taotie always had a smile on his face, but in fact, he was definitely not happy in the middle of the capital alone.

It's a bit embarrassing for him to be so old and take so much care, yet he doesn't know how to be considerate of the other party.

In addition, with Zhu Shuo watching over him and discussing poetry with him every day, Liu Qi really calmed down in the next ten days, and took out the Zigong Ju with a seriousness that he had never done since he took it seriously. Finished the set of questions that Lu Ci prepared for him on the spot.

After Lu Ci observed them secretly for a few days, seeing that the two were more serious than the other, he completely relaxed and concentrated on studying his water control plan.

——According to his understanding of Kou Xiang, after he owed that 'favor', no matter how difficult it is to get the funds from Lin Te, the other party will definitely hold back the fire and rush to the door to fight.

I'm afraid it won't take too long, and it will be ready to start construction.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the examination.

When Liu Qi and Zhu said that they came out of the inside with ease following the flow of people with different expressions, they couldn't help but look at each other, feeling quite subtle in their hearts.

The actual content of the library test was completely covered by the scope of the practice questions given by Lu Ci.

It was too simple for the two people who had a solid foundation and had sprinted on the spot for more than ten days.

Because of Lu Ci, Liu Qi was filled with unprecedented motivation and desire to stay in Beijing for a job. At this time, she couldn't help but speed up her pace. She just wanted to go back quickly and tell Lu Ci how she felt in her heart. .

Zhu said that although he didn't understand why he was so motivated, he didn't want to lag behind, so he quickened his pace to catch up.

The two competed silently, and Liu Qi walked briskly until he was sweating all over. He didn't even take a second look at the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, which was passing by with a strong wind, and arrived at Lu Ci's house in a short while.

The most coincidental thing was that he ran into Lu Ci and Yan Shu talking and laughing, and they were so close that they almost hooked their shoulders and rode into the palace together.

Liu Qi was expressionless.

What kind of solitude is this?Lonely?