Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Di Qing was directly stimulated by the grandpa's attire, and his soul flew for the most part. After Lu Ci had seen enough of his petrified foolishness and laughed out loud, he finally cracked the spell of immobilization, allowing him to finally do it. reacted.

At this moment, Di Qing was panicked by the reaction of his body, fearing that his grandfather would find out, so he didn't care whether his behavior was rude, turned around without hesitation on the spot, and went straight out without looking back.

Lu Ci: "..."

It took him a while to get over this laugh, but thinking about Di Qing's violent reaction just now, the first thing he did was to take a good look at himself.

Although he wore the other party's clothes to tease Di Qing, but regardless of the real owner of the clothes, just looking at the robe itself, to him it was just a change of loose-fitting regular clothes.

At most, because the hands and feet are not as slender as the other party, and the waist is not as strong as the other party, it looks a bit empty and has to be rolled up so as not to hinder the movement, but is it not so ugly that it is unbearable to look at?

How could Xiao Di Qing, who is always kind and kind, be stunned and run away in a panic?

Before Lu Ci, who was very puzzled, found the reason from himself, his servants came to announce that Dao Teng Zongliang had come to visit.

"Invite him in now."

Lu Ci didn't feel any dissatisfaction at being disturbed by Xiu Mu, and gently exhorted him, put down the half-drinked shrimp porridge, and went to the front hall to wait.

He is off work today, but Teng Zongliang is not like that, he has to continue to sit in the government office.

Lu Ci knew that although his friend seemed to be having fun on weekdays, he was by no means a nonsense, not to mention the complicated government affairs, he was probably already devastated, how could he have time to visit him who was going back to the living room tomorrow?

Now that I went out of the living room and came here to find it, I must have encountered some difficult things.

Sure enough, after Teng Zongliang was hurriedly walked into the hall, the first thing he did was to pick up the cup of warm tea served on the table, drink it up, and apologized breathlessly: "Mr. I'm sorry to say it. But if it wasn't for a very troublesome important matter, I really don't want to disturb your peace. But this hot potato is really only you who can take over. After thinking about it, I have to If you come to look for you, you should be magnanimous, and you should work harder for those who are capable."

"When will I blame you for this?" Lu Ci smiled lightly, poured another glass for him, and said kindly: "Do you want to catch your breath and explain the ins and outs to me clearly, or do you want to speak now?"

"With your reassurance in front of me, why should I rush for a while?"

Infected by his calm and relaxed attitude, Teng Zongliang answered casually, and really drank another cup of tea.

After successfully getting over the rush of rushing, he cut to the chase and said: "I just found out that the Wang Shangshu who became the bet between you and me came yesterday."

"He came so soon? I thought he was going to dawdle on the road for a few more days."

Lu Ci was slightly surprised, but immediately understood: "He is deliberately concealing his identity, and wants to see if there is something I can catch in this vastly changed Qinzhou."

Otherwise, even if he was taking a bath yesterday, and the Beijing official who came to supervise came, as usual, he would have to temporarily cancel the vacation, place the other party in the post house, and then use the envoy's money to clean up the dust for him.

How could it be that I didn't know anything until just now, or did I rely on Teng Zongliang's news?

Teng Zongliang didn't care about Wang Qinruo's original intention, and said with a wry smile: "You might as well guess, where is this Wang Shangshu now?"

Lu Ci laughed and said, "Could it be that you're on your way to my house just to catch me off guard?"

Even though he was in a difficult situation, Teng Zongliang couldn't help being happy when he heard Lu Ci's guess that had nothing to do with the facts.

He came here to ask Lu Ci's idea, so of course he didn't want to beat around the bush, and said directly: "Then you are really wrong—that Wang Shangshu came to the gate of the city at noon yesterday to accept the interrogation At that time, he was vague about his intention and identity, which aroused the suspicion of the soldiers, and he was temporarily imprisoned in the West Prison as a spy."

The West Prison is mostly used to detain people with doubtful identities who are waiting for trial. Although the conditions are not as difficult as other prisons, there are also some vicious inmates, and it is absolutely impossible to talk about comfort.

Let a thin and weak scholar stay in the middle of the night, and most of them will get sick.

Either he suffered from gas disease or frostbite, or he was injured by other prisoners.

This was beyond Lu Ci's expectation.

He endured the phrase 'nice job', blinked innocently, and asked subconsciously: "... Are you serious?"

With Wang Qinruo's shrewdness and cunning in the officialdom for many years, how can he fall into the hands of guards at the top of the city who can't read much?

Teng Zongliang snorted and said, "I came here on purpose. Could it be that I still made up some weird stories just to fool you? It's just that although this matter was done wrong, I really can't blame them. I heard them explain it in detail. Not only is the person dedicated to his duty, but there is nothing wrong with the regulations. It is only because this Wang Shangshu has some crooked ideas and said wrong words that this kind of misunderstanding occurred."

And those few city gate guards who initially discovered the loopholes in Wang Qinruo's words and decided that he was suspicious, and decided to imprison him, should have uncovered the fourth low-level spy this month.

Unexpectedly, after checking the official documents and chapters that Wang Qinruo carried with him, he realized that the flood had rushed into the Dragon King Temple and locked up the high-ranking officials from Beijing.

Immediately, he didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly notified Teng Zongliang, who was the judge.

Lu Ci said unhurriedly: "Then they are really unlucky. As we all know, Wang Shangshu is famous for revenge, and he holds grudges very much."

When Wang Qinruo was an official in the capital, he often made troubles for those who disagreed with him. It can be seen that this person is narrow-minded and always revenges, and he has absolutely no tolerance for others.

Together with stealing credit and pretending to be self-proclaimed, these actions of Wang Qinruo are obviously the most despised by scholars.

——Of course, Lu Ci does not have the beautiful quality of repaying grievances with kindness.

It's just that in many cases, I disguised myself better, while Wang Qinruo was much more eager.

When Teng Zongliang heard Lu Ciyi said this easily, he was not in a hurry, but relaxed: "From your tone, I know there is no need to worry too much."

Lu Ci smiled and said, "Where did you start talking about this?"

"Intuition." Teng Zongliang said generously: "I have worked with you for the past few years, and I have more or less understood it. When did you let your subordinates suffer? Now that you have said that, you have a way to let the king Shang Shu doesn't care about this matter."

What he didn't say was that when he realized that he was doing things rigorously, but imprisoned the wrong person, and was destined to offend the high-ranking official surnamed Wang, the first words of the guards at the city gate were not pleading for mercy, let alone evasion, but Fighting to plead guilty, and the phrase 'Did you cause Lu Zhizhou trouble'?

Lu Ci smiled but didn't answer, he just stood up and said, "Brother Teng, please come with me to pick him up from the prison, and comfort Wang Shangshu who is frightened."

Teng Zongliang agreed without thinking.

But before he took a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called Lu Ci: "Why, do you really want to dress up like this? I'm afraid it's inappropriate!"

Lu Ci's mind was running fast at the moment, and he was fully focused on Wang Qinruo, and he had indeed completely forgotten about the clothes he was currently wearing.

He immediately stopped, and said with a smile: "Brother Teng reminded me, otherwise I would go in such an inappropriate manner, wouldn't I let Wang Shangshu suffer another snub."

If this is the case, even if Wang Qinruo knows that he is wrong and wants to repair the relationship with Lu Ci, but he has to knock out his teeth and swallow it, he will be so angry that he will not let him go.

Teng Zongliang raised his eyebrows, looked him over from head to toe again, and after confirming that the obviously ill-fitting old clothes did not belong to Lu Ci, he raised the corners of his lips maliciously, and teased, "Why, I'm only a day old Before I saw you, why did you secretly go to the Yanyue workshop where the South China Sea is a common place, and which wizard's clothes did you wear? You are so flirtatious, can you be worthy of that beautiful woman surnamed Liu who is waiting so hard in Beijing?"

Lu Ci was amused: "What nonsense are you talking about? This dress belongs to my younger brother, don't make those intimacy jokes."

Teng Zongliang restrained himself a little, and was still dubious: "The government has always relied on you, and you are often rewarded, and even though your job is not good, your official rank is high, and your monthly salary is only for you alone. There is a surplus. You are not a Pixiu who can only go in and out, why don't you even keep your decent casual clothes, and you still want to grab the young brother's to wear?"

Faced with Teng Zongliang's sharp questioning, Lu Ci opened his mouth, and had a rare taste of being unable to argue.

He couldn't admit to his friends and colleagues that he was too playful and changed into this clothes just to tease Di Qing, right?

... They are all grown-ups, who doesn't want to save face.

Lu Ci's face was as usual, and although the pause was a bit longer, he quickly picked up the conversation, and he casually gave a reason with a relaxed expression, and opened his mouth to condemn: "Are you ashamed to ask? If it wasn't for this season, you can eat as much as you like." Hai drank too much, resulting in a slightly out-of-shape body shape. When wearing the usual clothes, he would not feel a little tight around the waist, making his movements a little inconvenient. Seeing that it would take time for people to repair it, I asked Qingdi to borrow this suit Loose."

Teng Zongliang's eyes became more suspicious, and at this moment, he didn't even care about the scapegoat that Lu Ci unceremoniously blamed on him, so he went straight to look at the bad friend several times, and finally, with his vicious eyes, he was sure of his friend He is talking nonsense with his eyes open.

"Liar!" He said angrily, "You are at most a hair's breadth away, and you have the guts to complain in front of me?"

If it wasn't for being dragged by this nasty little glutton to do business until midnight, and there was a night market on the way home, and always being coaxed by the eloquent glutton and the tempting aroma of food, without knowing it. Developed the bad habit of bringing home late-night snacks...

He won't gain weight too fast, the new clothes he made last season will look tight when he wears them again this season!

It also caused him to receive many disgusting silent rolls from his wife!

Totally distracted by this incident, Teng Zongliang angrily condemned the bastard Taotie who eats a lot and hasn't gained weight all the way, naturally forgetting the original question completely.

As Lu Ci walked unhurriedly, he automatically filtered out his friend's endless complaints, and at the same time, he devoted a bit of thought to thinking about something that had been neglected for a long time.

With so many people in the world, why is he the one who teases Di Qing the most?

Lu Ci's eyes froze.

Could it be because Di Qing is the most honest child, the easiest to bully?

As soon as this thought came out, Lu Ci... for the first time, was shocked by the evil intentions of his own persimmons.

—Is he that bad?

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. About masculinity:

"Qing Yi Lu" described the situation of the male style in the capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty: "Sifang Guihai is a workshop of Yanyue, and the customs are used to promote obscenity. Today, there will be tens of thousands of sex households in Beijing..."

It means that in the capital at that time, there were nearly 1 households selling their hues, and there were quite a few male prostitutes in them.The Fengyue practice of using men as prostitutes is quite famous, and it is called beehives, but the male prostitutes here will wear makeup like women, wear women's clothes, learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and call each other like women.

2. Master witch: The best male prostitutes are called master witches and costume heads, and they are also very expensive (Guo Jing, author of "Song Dynasty Travel Guide", P124-125)

3. The function of the West Prison is taken from the West Prison of the Fu Si in Kaifeng Prefecture.It is mainly responsible for detaining temporary suspects and witnesses, similar to today's detention center. (Guo Jing, author of "Song Dynasty Travel Guide", P154-155)