Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

As soon as she heard the news that Lu Ci would eventually return to Beijing, Liu Qi was both ecstatic and eager to try.

Since that day, while carefully calculating the length of the journey to Lu Ci, he has been furiously preparing powerful tools.

Yan's family, who lived in the courtyard next door, often heard the sound of "ping ping bang bang" coming from the wall.

Yan Shu was curious in his heart, but his face was watertight. Even when he was having dinner, he frowned and pointed out Goro Liulang who was about to move: "You can't talk about food."

The two young gentlemen who had been beaten shrank their necks guiltily, and continued to cook in desperation.

But after dinner, they watched their father return to the study calmly, and heard more than loud noises coming from the Lu residence, they couldn't sit still as if they were being scratched by a hundred claws.

Goro, who was more reserved, let the wind go, while Liulang, who was the youngest and more agile, grabbed the tallest tree trunk and rushed up.

As soon as he ran to the part higher than the courtyard wall, he stopped quickly, held his breath and followed the sound——

However, Liu Langjun, who has been living in this mansion since Lu Jiedu went to Qinzhou to work, is wearing a rare gray robe that is simple and dirt-resistant, squatting on the ground regardless of his image, facing a man who is obviously trying to capture the big man. A trap for prey to contemplate.

Yan Liulang frowned.

Why does this Uncle Liu, who usually chats with his father about wine, recites poems and paints, seems... not very smart?

He had a strange expression on his face, as if he had broken some secret, he didn't dare to stay here any longer, and slipped down.

However, as soon as his feet landed on the ground, he saw Goro looked guilty and anxious, lowered his head and said: "...Daddy just came here."

Yan Liulang's scalp numb: "What did you say?"

Wu Lang said with a bitter face: "You and I have forgotten that this tree is not only tall, but also facing a window in Daddy's study room. It is seen to be right, how can I fool you?"

...that's true.

Liu Lang looked lifeless and leaned powerlessly on the tree trunk, but Wu Lang still sighed and stabbed him solidly: "Daddy told Brother Liu to go to him to receive the punishment after you got off the tree. Go quickly."

He, an accomplice who only helped watch the wind, was fined to write twenty articles within ten days.The sixth brother who behaves more arrogantly and outrageously, is afraid that he will be even more unlucky.

How strict his father is, as Yan Wulang who is the most able to go to the house, he naturally knows the best.

He didn't dare to delay for a moment, he trotted to the door of the study, and just about to knock on the door, the door opened by itself from the inside: "Come in."

Hearing this voice that could not distinguish between joy and anger, Yan Liulang's hair stood on end, and he said with his tail between his legs: "...Yes."

Yan Shu looked down at the young boy who looked like a monkey, but he didn't rush to punish him. Instead, he sat back on the wooden chair slowly and took the time to look at the flustered Liu Lang.

When the room was dead silent, Liu Lang felt as if there was a sharp knife hanging around his neck, ready to fall down at any moment, but he couldn't fall down, which only made him suffer even more: "Daddy."

"You don't have to be too modest." Yan Shu clapped his hands suddenly, as if he said sincerely: "Just now, just to spy on your neighbor, that heroic posture like a monkey climbing a tree is really beautiful. This ability has won a place in the monkey group."

Liu Lang just wished he could find a hole in the ground and get in.

Yan Shu said slowly, "What did you see just now?"

"Go back to Dad, I know I was wrong." Yan Liulang said with a mournful face, "I didn't see anything."

"Oh?" Yan Shu's eyebrows flicked quietly, and he asked meaningfully again: "Didn't see anything?"

Yan Liulang couldn't figure out what his father was thinking, so he had the courage to pour beans into a bamboo tube that he had just seen, and he would explain it in a while.

When Yan Shu heard it at first, his first reaction was also inexplicable, but he soon came back to his senses, and couldn't help being a little more dumbfounded.

Seeing that the youngest son was still stunned, he snorted softly: "Fifty articles, twenty days."

Fifty articles!

Yan Liulang, who hated writing articles the most in his life and would rather dance and play sticks, suddenly lost his face.

But he knew that his father was strict, and this time he was caught again, so he really didn't dare to play tricks, so he went out listlessly.

Liu Qi was totally unaware of this episode behind the wall.

In order to 'welcome' the return of this heartless friend, he is fully prepared this time - he specially purchased six sets of traps for hunters to catch wild animals in the mountains, and placed them all over the house, just waiting for this one to come back without a trace. The abominable Taotie, who had disappeared without a trace, was caught firmly, and he was full of old punches.

When Liu Qi was finally ready, Lu Ci's return date finally arrived, and what's more coincidentally, it happened to coincide with the day when he Xiu Mu was at home.

"Brother Liu!"

Liu Qi, who was lying in the backyard with her eyes closed and meditating, lost all sleepiness when she heard that voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

He sprang up from the slowly shaking bench, his eyes were bright, and he flew towards the door in three steps at a time: "Lu Yuyu!"

Of course, there was no need for Liu Qi to ask for the return of the serious master of this house, the beaming servants had already opened the front door and greeted him enthusiastically.

Lu Ci didn't rush in, but chatted and laughed with Di Qing who was beside him. When he saw that Liu Qi didn't even bother to put on his shoes, he just came running with bare feet, he couldn't help but frowned, and teased: "Miss Liu, don't be too impatient, be careful not to trip, you are waiting here for your husband."

Di Qing: "..."

The corner of Liu Qi's mouth twitched, and he slowed down his footsteps to hide it, but he followed his words angrily and said, "Do you still want to have a wife? After being left behind by you for four years, I have already sent a piece of paper to reconcile you." book!"

Having said that, when Lu Ci opened his arms with a smile, Liu Qi, who was full of complaints, softened and hugged his friend tightly, "You still know how to come back!"

"What are you talking about?" Lu Ci gently bent the corners of his lips, and opened his mouth with sweet words, blocking all Liu Qi's words: "I haven't seen Brother Liu for a long time, and I miss you very much. You don't look thin, it seems that you are in Beijing. Water and soil do support people, so I did not do anything wrong by coaxing you to come here."

Di Qing looked at the sky speechlessly.

Liu Qi knew that this glutton was as cunning as hell, so he believed at most [-]% of what he said, but after all, he hadn't seen him for so many years, and to him who was always full of emotions and extremely delicate in mind, it was already a shocking enough.

Looking at my friend who is much taller, but also has a much thinner waist than when he left Beijing, I can't help but feel sad.

Thinking about how his friend seemed to be calm when he left the capital, but actually caused the people in the court to gloat over his misfortune, and how hard it was to make a fortune in Qinzhou all by himself afterwards, he couldn't get angry.

Thinking that the traps he had painstakingly laid out were abolished, he was not reconciled, so he only muttered in a low voice: "You still have a little conscience."

"I have always treated Brother Liu with sincerity." Lu Ci said without blinking, full of gratitude: "Fortunately, Brother Liu took care of the family house for me, so I don't have to worry about the future when I am away, so I can do things with peace of mind."

"Okay." Liu Qi raised his eyebrows to pretend to be angry, and cooperated with the play and said: "No wonder you only invited Brother Zhu to go, but refused to call me, it seems that in your eyes, I am just a caregiver for you? "

"Brother Liu was joking." Lu Ci smiled and hugged Liu Qi again, and took the time to wink at Di Qing, who was full of jealousy, before denying it flatly: "Miss Liu is so gentle and virtuous, how can she be a rare and virtuous housewife in the world?" Can you compare yourself to the rough man who looks after the house?"

Di Qing: "..."

He looked expressionlessly at the beginning, he was just acting deliberately, singing and singing with his father-in-law, and then he was really coaxed into submission, and he completely forgot to pursue brother Liu who had been alone in the empty house all these years, and he felt a little vigilant in his heart.

Gongzu is too good at talking, he can't be fooled so easily in the future.

After Liu Qi unceremoniously wiped away the few tears that overflowed from the corners of his eyes with Lu Ci's clothes, and regained some energy, he was surprised to find that there were more than a dozen people in green official uniforms standing outside the door: "This yes--"

"It's exactly what Brother Liu saw." Lu Ci said helplessly: "Although I want to reminisce with you, but I have important business to do, and I will be locked in the hospital just waiting to pack some clothes and utensils under their supervision. gone."

He had underestimated the strength of his cheating prevention: obviously to prevent him from cheating through the questions halfway, since the day he left Qinzhou, he had been "escorted" along the way, and he and Di Qing could not rest in the same room, privately. Every move in Li is carried out under the eyes of officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This time is no exception.

Even if he wanted to talk to Liu Qi who hadn't seen him for many years, it was impossible for him to talk too much and delay the business.

Those few words just now were already the limit, and he didn't want to embarrass the officials of the official department, so he just asked his servants to prepare a few simple packages, and then threw Di Qing, who hadn't been able to get intimate with him all the way, at home, and was "driven away" Went to lock yard.

Tuliu Liu Qi and Di Qing looked at each other, staring wide-eyed.

When Liu Qi belatedly realized that this man with handsome features and familiar eyes, tall enough to touch the door frame, and a thin and muscular silhouette that couldn't be concealed by his loose robes, was Di Qingshi's astonishment was no less than when he saw Lu Ci who had lost a lot.

"Qinzhou is a frontier fortress, why does it only support you, but let the little gluttons of good food starve and thin?"

Liu Qi couldn't help circling Di Qing, talking in amazement - he originally thought that Zhu Di's stature was already so fast, which made him jealous in every possible way, but he didn't want anyone outside.

Comparing Zhudi with Qingdi, it's really insignificant.

"Brother Liu."

Di Qing looked at Brother Liu who had let him drink a bucket of vinegar quietly just now, dumbfounded, and was about to speak when he heard another movement behind him.

The two of them looked back at the same time, and saw that Yi had changed into a well-tailored and pleasing ordinary clothes at some time, and there was still a faint scent of freshly bathed incense all over her body, and her hair crown was meticulously arranged, so exquisite that it was impossible to pick. Yan Shu, who was half wrong, brought a few friends who also came over after hearing the news.

After Yan Shu greeted Liu Qi reservedly, he gave Di Qing a strange look, apparently failing to recognize that the tall scholar in white was the little raccoon slave whom Lu Ci regarded as his righteous brother, and immediately pretended to be calm Sweeping his eyes inward, he casually asked: "I heard that Yu Yu is back..."

Why did he deliberately burn incense and take a bath, but when he was about to have a party, he was nowhere to be seen?

"So you came here for Yu Yu?" Liu Qi was immediately overjoyed, unable to hide his gloating, and said: "Then you can come a little late, he asked the officials to follow closely all the way, and he didn't even drink hot tea. He was dragged to a lockup."

Yan Shu: "..."