Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

With the increasing understanding of the little prince's style, Lu Ci, who does not want to be that unlucky sheep who is always caught and plucked, really wants to leave this time.

However, as soon as he and Di Qing returned to the boat, he immediately realized what it meant to backfire-a few days ago, he was satisfied with the toll he finally handed in, and the ferry official who was willing to let go rushed aboard the boat aggressively, with a stern voice Let Lu Ci come out.

As soon as Lu Cifu showed up, he was viciously controlled by them, and he was directly arrested and imprisoned on the grounds that the amount of goods listed on the 'public inspection' was wrong, and they suspected that there were contraband in it.

Although Lu Ci was stunned for a moment, it was not difficult to guess that the main reason for their tossing was not only because they got wind of it, but also because they wanted to avenge their useless efforts of running around and filing lawsuits against the county government in the past few days. , or out of greed.

After all, the 'useless work' he did didn't hurt them at all, and it became a joke.

On the contrary, it is the real extra income of 140 points, which obviously made them taste the sweetness thoroughly.

Now that this fat sheep, who was reluctant to let it go easily, foolishly reported them to the county government, it is natural that they have to be punished again.

The so-called 'suspicion', rather than conviction, is evidence of cunning.

It not only gave Lu Ci's extremely wealthy family room to find people to run relationships, but also prevented them from being able to fully defend themselves if they were sued by someone who didn't have a good eye.

After all, the word 'suspicious' can only be judged by their personal judgment, and there is no need to convict them, they need real evidence.

They certainly don't have the guts to fabricate evidence to make Lu Cizhen bear unwarranted charges; but after they are imprisoned, they don't have the final say on when to find out?

Anyway, it couldn't be them who were anxious, but Lu Ci who was in prison, and the Lu family behind him.

As far as Lu Ci has shown, the rich financial resources that he is willing to spend even 140 Guan's money, the Lu family must be extremely rich.

He will also be willing to spend a lot of money to open up relationships in order to keep his husband intact.

If the Lu family did that, it would be their wishful thinking, and they would not dare to say anything.

Lu Ci was imprisoned by them speechlessly, and even Di Qing was imprisoned and imprisoned as well.

After all, Lu Ci's care for Di Qing was obvious to all, and his identity was obviously different from other servants, so he was locked up together as a nephew of the Lu family traveling together.

As for those servants who have no masters and no knowledge at first glance, they were threatened by them and ordered to report the news to the Lu family as soon as possible so that they could send someone to redeem them.

Little did they know that the temporary workers on the ship were so frightened that they were sweating coldly, but those servants who had followed Lu Ci for three years, when they looked at the group of boatmen who were vicious towards their masters, not only did they not have the slightest fear in their eyes, but There's subtle sympathy and... admiration.

If Lu Ci hadn't winked at them just now, and told them to follow their plans before, not to have conflicts, let alone reveal their true identities, they would definitely not let Lu Ci be taken away so easily.

But even if they watched Lu Ci being taken away, they wanted to pretend to be flustered, but they couldn't pretend: even the most stupid people can imagine that as long as Lu Ci's real identity is revealed, it's not a bully at all. According to the words of the rich son of the rich family, but the solid third-rank minister of the court...

These flamboyant boatmen must have been so frightened that they fainted on the spot, right?

Because they couldn't pretend to be frightened and flustered, and they were afraid of revealing their secrets and ruining Mr. Lu's plan, they had a quick exchange of glances, and then lowered their heads in unison, pretending to be "cowardly and timid".

And seeing that although they were all tall and powerful, they were very cowardly and cowardly, and they didn't even dare to ask a few words.

A family that can raise such a lackluster servant must be rich enough, but expensive must not be relevant.

They have seen many servants of those powerful families, and they are all domineering one by one, so naturally they will not provoke them easily.

When they were rattling their abacus, Lu Ci, who had been squatting for the first time in his previous life and this life, didn't feel annoyed at all.

On the contrary, he felt something new, and began to observe carefully, and began to conduct on-the-spot investigation.

Di Qing, who was also in prison for the first time, was extremely calm.

He has absolutely strong confidence in Lu Ci from the beginning to the end. Knowing that the grandfather will let this group of people manipulate him, he definitely has other plans, and he can't panic even if he wants to.

What's more, being locked in a prison together, getting close to and protecting Gongzu like this is a good thing that he couldn't even dream of.

The only unsatisfactory thing is this cold, humid and extremely dirty environment.

Seeing that Lu Ci was busy, Di Qing thoughtfully not to disturb him, but personally sifted through the messy straw in the cell, picked out the clean and intact ones, and carefully weaved them with skillful hands for a while, and soon compiled a piece of paper. Thin simple straw mats and flat pillows come out.

The rest of the straw received more perfunctory treatment——Di Qing gathered up and tied it casually, stepped on it a few more times, and after flattening some burrs that were too sticky, he took the rough-skinned and not-thick ones on top. After rolling back and forth a few times, it's my own kennel.

In fact, this cell is not bad.

After all, the purpose of the boatmen who fabricated the reason to imprison Lu Ci was to ask for more money from the Lu family. In addition, as long as this pampered rich man was imprisoned, he would probably be scared out of his wits.

Fearing that they would kill people, they would end up dead and their nets would be ruined, and they would lose their money. Naturally, they didn't dare, and they didn't need to use punishment. It was considered preferential treatment to lock the two of them in a room alone, so as not to be injured by other vicious prisoners. Killed.

After Lu Ci studied the basic environment of the cell, when he turned his head, he was surprised to see two contrasting straw mats and other prisoners in the surrounding cells with ghostly expressions on their faces.

"You made this up yourself?"

Although Lu Ci didn't pay much attention to what was piled up in the dark corner where Di Qing had been staying, it was impossible for him not to know that there could be such exquisite bedding in the cell.

He observed in disbelief the straw mats and pillows, which were woven with careless straw, but looked decent. Even though he knew Di Qingnian was young, he was extremely capable of taking care of himself, so he couldn't help but be surprised.

Di Qing bowed her head in embarrassment, and said in shame: "If my mother is here, I will be able to weave it better."

"..."

Lu Ci, who considered himself an absolute waste in terms of weaving, could only say sincerely after hearing the words: "You are so humble."

Di Qing thought he heard it wrong, and blinked in confusion.

Lu Ci ignored the bewildered jailer who saw the two men calm down, and after sighing, he deliberately put on a straight face, and taught him a lesson: "You left me all the good straw, and you still bothered to make up With this appearance, but I use those defective ones, do you really think I can sleep peacefully?"

Di Qing had always been clumsy in front of Lu Ci. Seeing that Lu Ci was not only unhappy, but also frowning in displeasure, he suddenly became flustered and didn't have the time to figure out what the real meaning of these words was: "I, I, I just..."

Seeing his frightened look, Lu Ci couldn't help but lose his serious expression. He pinched his cheek lightly with a smile, and said with a smile: "We may only live in this cell for a few days in this life. , it’s still so cold, why divide it into two places? Why don’t you just ask the little raccoon servant to help you to the end, and let’s warm the bed by the way.”

Di Qing: "..."

Hearing Lu Ci's obviously joking words, at this moment, Di Qing's mind seemed to be hit hard by a sledgehammer, and he fell into a state of fascination.

Lu Ci, who was unaware of this, pulled him to lie down as stiff as a puppet after molesting him.

He also took off the warm and thick robes and covered them like quilts.

Although they didn't really embrace each other, the two of them were very close, cuddled up so intimately, and both of them were at a vigorous age, they didn't feel the coldness at all.

Naturally, there is no need to call Di Qing to "warm the bed" as Lu Ci said.

It wasn't until Lu Ci, who had been tired for a long time, quickly fell into sleep, that Di Qing came back to his senses. The first thought that came to his mind was to be grateful for the light in the prison that was so dim that it was difficult to distinguish faces.

There is no doubt that at the moment when he heard Lu Gongzu's words, the heat from his whole body, not to mention warming a mere bed, might even boil the water...

Di Qing, whose cheeks were still bright red, felt very embarrassed at the thought of this.

He shrank silently into his outer robe, and continued to feel 'excuse me' for a while.

Relying on the fact that his grandfather fell asleep, he mustered up his courage, opened his eyes wide again, and carefully looked at the corners of Lu Ci's lips that were still slightly upturned even though he was asleep in a dim light.

After a while, he couldn't help pursing his lips, and raised a similar arc.

——Gongzu is so pretty.

Realizing belatedly that he was lucky enough to have exclusive access to his father-in-law's Di Qing for one night, he couldn't help but take courage and start to think wildly.

wrong.

——It should be said that Gongzu is the prettiest.

Three days passed in a flash.

Lu Ci's ship has been detained at Guandu. The terrified crew members believed that Lu Ci would not be able to escape. The most timid ones even gave up the rewards stated in the contract, and directly boarded other merchant ships. Go back to Beijing.

Only Lin Yaren and the cook are still holding on.

It's not because they are extra daring, but because they are a little more thoughtful.

They stared at the movement of the three servants who had been following Lu Ci closely, and saw that those people were not in a mess, and even settled down in the mansion in the city, calmly waiting for something to come, and they completely let go Heart.

It must have been notified to the master, just waiting for someone to come.

It was not only the people from Lin Ya and the cook who were looking forward to the arrival of the Lu family, but also the boatman who put him in prison.

When they heard that there was nothing wrong with Lu Ci and Di Qing being locked up in the prison, except for refusing to use the prison food, they would only use clean cakes if someone got them clean, they were relieved and had a good laugh.

——As expected of a kid from a rich family, even when he was put in prison, he was so ignorant and made some demands!

However, since even the people and boats were held in their hands and left to their mercy, such a small request undoubtedly seemed insignificant compared to the large sum of money that would come later.

Simply follow Lu Ci.

Because Lu Ci's public inspection clearly stated that his people, like his goods, all came from Bianjing.

From Bianjing to Luzhou, even if it takes a boat day and night, it will take seven or eight days.

Not only did they not expect that the letter reporting the situation had already been sent long before Lu Ci's 'imprisonment'.

What's more, they dare not even dream about it. They have only heard about it for many years, but have never seen it with their own eyes. According to the legend, "the bell rings day and night to clear the way, and the passage is like flying lightning, and it travels five hundred miles a day." The gold plate issued by the hand order hastily delivered...

The author has something to say: Notes:

Urgent delivery of gold-lettered plaques: from "Dictionary of the Official System of the Song Dynasty" p540

There is a shop in eighteen or twenty miles, and it will be delivered by horses. The shop soldiers do not enter the shop to hand over, but on the post road.The types of documents to be transmitted are urgent documents related to foreign or military secrets, emergencies, etc.The gold plate was delivered urgently, without going through the three provinces and the Privy Council, and the imperial edict was issued directly in front of the imperial court. The bell rang day and night to clear the way, and the passage was like flying electricity, traveling five hundred miles a day.