Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

This shocking change stunned the people of Gwangju, who had been immersed in the warm atmosphere of Nuo vulgarity, until they gradually came back to their senses after listening to Lu Ci's explanation.

As soon as they learned that this poor man on the ground, whose face was covered in blood, was a kidnapper who was shouted and beaten by everyone, and almost succeeded, he instantly aroused righteous indignation in the crowd.

During the festive season, the kidnapper took advantage of the fun of the whole family and watched the Nuo customs, and the current vicious hands caused the family to be separated. He really missed the virtue of several lifetimes!

Especially those who have children in the family who are similar to the age of this pitifully crying boy, are even more terrified.Who is not afraid that something similar will happen to him?

Immediately, they couldn't care less about the festival, and they took off their masks one after another, and surrounded this extremely hateful kidnapper. Not to mention, there were quite a few people who gathered in teams to look for the suspicious kidnapper accomplices nearby.

This time, even if Di Qing didn't press his knees tightly against the man's vitals, the man could hardly fly.

Di Qing quickly got up and walked to Lu Ci's side obediently.

A pair of eyes, but kept staring at the leg that was hugging the grandfather just now and weeping endlessly. Now he has been hugged by the kind-hearted grandfather, and finally stopped crying, still hiccupping pitifully. Cub: "Grandfather."

Lu Ci looked at him with a smile, and jokingly said, "Xiu'er is so mighty just now, I admire you."

Xiuer?

Who is Xiuer?

Di Qing was in a daze, and after looking around, he was about to ask, when Lu Ci said softly, "If you hadn't been strong and quick, you would probably be hard to catch tonight, and it would be no different for the Tong family who lost their beloved son." What you have done is a great achievement. It’s just that this boy has not yet reached the age of understanding, otherwise he would not be easily abducted. I am afraid that he will not dare to get close to you because he sees your vigor and vigor. You, don't think too much."

Di Qing: "..."

He was in a daze for a long time, only to realize later that although Gongzu had taken a panoramic view of himself unconsciously just now, he had misunderstood it as envy that the boy was only close to Gongzu and not to him.

For this misunderstanding and thoughtful explanation, Di Qing had a rare experience of what it means to be speechless.

Why would he want to be close to a little brat who already knows how to be shameless when he is still wet?

It was difficult to distinguish, he was silent for a long while, but he lowered his head and said sullenly: "I know."

Lu Ci smoothly rubbed the head of Di Qing, who had turned into a docile little raccoon slave, and asked with a smile to the people who were filled with righteous indignation and were busy condemning the kidnapper who was curled up on the ground in fear and dared not speak, to see if they recognized the boy , so as to help find his family.

After all, the little boy wears gold and jade, is dressed in a spiritual brocade robe, and is born cute and carved with pink jade.Those who can afford to support such a young gentleman will not only have a wealthy family, but at least they will be quite well-to-do.

There shouldn't be many such families in the city, but there should be quite a few people I know.

Sure enough, before Lu Ci finished asking, someone recognized him.

It's just that his tone was not very firm, he took a closer look and said, "This baby looks like the grandparent's family!"

There was an uproar all around.

Some echoed and said, "It really looks a lot like it", and some doubted, "Why did the grandpa's family have such a small baby?" Some people mocked him and said, "When will you be able to visit the grandpa, and even his toddler is too big?" seen?"

The first person who said this was quite unconvinced, especially after looking at it a few more times, he became more and more certain in his heart: "About the first ten days of October last year, the father-in-law got a prince in the government office, and because he had a son in Guangzhou, he named him For the sake of light, and my family has a relative who is on duty at the county government office, I happened to be looking for him that day, and I ran into him, so why not allow him?"

He told a lot of specific details, and many people believed in it, but some people still questioned: "After more than a year, you only saw a wrinkled breast, and now it has grown a lot. You just rely on it." Can you still remember it at a glance? Could it be that you said this on purpose, so that you can ask for rewards from your grandfather's family!"

The man said angrily: "This is not a good thing. If I am not sure, how dare I say it! When the time comes, I will not be rewarded, and I will be punished for bringing bad luck to my father-in-law. Can you replace me for this crime?" by!"

When several people were laughing and cursing and arguing, Lu Ci raised his eyebrows, looked at Di Qing with a calm face, then at Di Qing, who was lying comfortably in his arms, and rested his fleshy chin on his shoulder, as if because The little boy, who was tired from crying and soundly asleep, finally subtly set his eyes on the kidnapper who had heard everyone's discussion, and now had a face full of confusion and despair.

...Abducting a child to the home of the local county magistrate, this thief not only has good eyesight, but also has extraordinary luck.

Because it was New Year's Eve, the county government office was also on duty, and there were only a few people on duty, but after hearing that some kidnappers dared to steal boys in public and were caught, they immediately cheered up and chased them away. come over.

When they arrived, Tongzi's family, who had been in a state of confusion since they found out that the youngest son was missing, and scattered to search, also happened to arrive.

The two sides reconciled for a while, and confirmed what the previous person said on the spot: This boy does not belong to someone else's family, but the youngest son of the local county magistrate last year. He is two years old and famous.

This once-in-a-lifetime scene of a blind mouse stealing a kitten is obviously more interesting to the local people than the annual Nuo ceremony.Even those who were quite far away, one after another abandoned the hustle and bustle of the Nuo ceremony and squeezed over.

When they arrived, they were even more busy: they had to condemn the hateful kidnapper who deserved to be hacked into pieces, and also saw how the frightened kidnapper begged shamelessly. How to punish the other party severely to comfort people's hearts.

Seeing that there were more people, Lu Ci also knew that Nuo Su would not be able to see him anymore, so after handing over the sleeping boy in his arms to the ecstatic mother who lost and recovered the child, he was about to lead Di Qing and retire.

However, the local county magistrate, after briefly explaining that the yamen servants will take him back to the prison yamen and wait for evidence collection and interrogation, hurried towards him.

"Fortunately, my benefactor has sharp eyesight, identified the thief as suspicious, and acted in time to save the dog in distress."

Apparently, he had already learned what had happened from the gossip of the people around him, and he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, and he was terrified.

After the jittery fear calmed down a little, he was full of gratitude to the person in front of him.

If the youngest son is really taken away, as long as the kidnapper is familiar with the road, he may be able to take him away from thousands of mountains in the blink of an eye. Even though he is the county magistrate of this place, he probably won't be able to chase him back.

It is conceivable that severely punishing the careless maid will not help.Not only will he be extremely distressed, but what is even more worrying is that his wife Nie and his mother are already weak, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to suppress the grief of losing their son and the long torment of finding a son later.

The consequences are unimaginable.

Because of this, regardless of his face as a local parent official, he obediently bowed to Lu Ci in front of everyone, then held Lu Ci's hands, and said earnestly: "Please benefactor, please show me your face. Come to my house and let me really thank you once."

Lu Ci took a step back amusedly, and pulled Di Qing, who was standing silently behind him, acting like a guard, forward, and said with a smile, "I can't thank Guangshan Order. To be honest, the first to see through that kidnapper's trick, the more It was not my subordinate who captured him with his own hands, but his younger brother Di Qing."

Unprepared, Di Qing was dexterously dragged out by Lu Ci. His hands were held straight, and he accepted Guangshanling's sincere gratitude at a loss, and even complied in a daze. invitation.

When he came back to his senses, he immediately panicked: "Grandpa, this should—"

Gongzu hurried so quickly that he even gave up the chance to reunite with his mother, just to return to Beijing as soon as possible.Why did he seem to be in a daze, and he was justified by what others said, so he just delayed the business of the grandfather?

Lu Ci smiled lovingly and said, "It's nothing. Although we're on our way, we won't be in a hurry for the night."

In his opinion, allowing Di Qing to experience for himself what he would get if he had kind thoughts in his heart and acted bravely, and it would also help establish a correct concept of behavior.

After all, opportunities like this to fight abductions and accept the gratitude of relatives are rare.

Looking at Di Qing, even though he was relieved, his face was still full of frustration, and Lu Ci swallowed back his last point that he wanted him to keep calm at all times and not to promise others casually in the future.

Obviously, Di Xiu'er was already strict enough to herself, there was no need to put too much pressure on him.

When Lu Ci and Di Qing came to Guangshan Ling's home, they naturally received the highest courtesy from the county magistrate's family who had already learned about the incident.

However, it is the grandchildren who are almost lost, and this family is an extremely orthodox scholarly family. No matter how grateful they are, the grandparents will not take turns to thank Di Qing, a junior in person. The nervous Di Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

For some reason, Guang Shanling knew that Di Qing was San Lang's savior, but he subconsciously became closer to this beautiful gentleman with a gentle smile, a little older, who had just reached the crown, and quickly made his own situation simple. Say it again.

Fuxing Sima, named Chi, styled Tianzhang, Jinshi in the second year of Jingde.

It was only in March last year that he was dispatched to Zhengzhou as a defense judge. He was transferred to the Guangshan County Magistrate only because the Guangshan County Magistrate was absent at that time.When he gave birth to his third son on October [-]th, he happily named the son Guang as the county name. He never thought that a year later, the kidnapper almost got his way.

Lu Ciluo pondered for a while, but he still had some impressions, and suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, last year when the government was levying moso bamboo, Guangzhou County under Gongzu's rule seemed to be the first to complete the instructions, right?"

Sima Chi was stunned on the spot.

Lu Ciwan's unintentional words revealed so much information that he didn't dare to think about it.

In the third year of Tianxi, the officials did collect moso bamboo from various counties because they wanted to build temples and temples in Gwangju, and they wanted to enshrine the scriptures.

This request can be described as absurd, and it also caused the counties to complain.

After all, it is well known that moso bamboo does not grow in Gwangju, so how can it be delivered within three days?

Thanks to what he learned from his studies that the nearby Huangzhou produces Moso bamboo, so he begged for a time limit, and at the same time dispatched to Huangzhou, and finally completed the task, and because he was the fastest to complete the task among many counties, It seems that he has received some praise in the court.

However, soon after, the situation in the DPRK and China changed. With the crown prince supervising the country, the construction of palaces and temples came to nothing.The moso bamboo collected was also recycled by the Ministry of Industry.

After all, he was a little concerned about the final destination of his hard work. He asked a lot, and later learned that the batch of moso bamboo was taken away by Lu Ci Lu Zuo Yude, who was very trusted by the prince at the time, and later became the repairer of the running water channel in Beijing...

Hold on.

Lu Zuo Yude?

After this thought flashed in the blink of an eye, it could never go away.

Sima Chi raised his head slowly, looked at Lu Ci with unconcealed shock, and asked with difficulty: "...May I ask, is your benefactor's surname Lu?"

The author has something to say: Lu Ci has not connected the surname Sima with the name Guang for the time being...

Notes:

1. Seeing the little cutie at the bottom of the last chapter, I wondered if the human traffickers were so rampant at that time. Answer: Yes, this matter was changed from historical facts.

Yue Ke's "History of the Tree" records an anecdote about watching lanterns: the youngest son of Wang Shao, the minister of rites, wearing a pearl hat, went out to watch lanterns with his servants, and was tricked by a traitor. When he arrived near the Xuande Gate of the palace, he saw a team of palace carriages Shouting for help, the villain fled in fear.He was sent to Shenzong for interrogation, and it was known that he was the son of Wang Shao, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Because of his cleverness, liveliness and cuteness, the emperor gave him shock money and sent someone to send him home.

2. Sima Guang's mother:

The father-in-law, Qiantang Lord Nie, is talented, filial and harmonious, and is known as the state family.At the time when the public was in the Qing Dynasty, he had virtuous parents, and his family education was already superior to others.

3. Sima Guang's family background:

Some books say that Sima Chi lost his father when he was young, and his family was quite rich at that time, with property amounting to hundreds of thousands of guan.But Sima Chi concentrated on his studies and gave all his family property to his uncles and uncles.

I am skeptical about the word 'all', tending to just give away most of it instead of all, otherwise it costs so much to study, how could he still be able to read it?Moreover, when Sima Guang was young, "he didn't like luxury by nature, and he was a baby. The elders put on gold and silver gorgeous clothes, and they often threw them away in embarrassment. Later, Jinshi Jiake, who heard that wedding banquets only did not wear flowers, is the same as the saying: " The king's gift cannot be violated. "It's a hairpin with a flower, and its heart to depose Hua Chongshi has been based on the age of three."

Since it is recorded that he didn't like luxury items such as gold and silver clothes since he was three years old, it means that Sima's family is very wealthy and can make such a gorgeous dress for a three-year-old child.

4. The matter of moso bamboo is also true.