Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Seeing between the lines in Lu Ci, it was almost finalized that he would be doomed this time and would be demoted to Lingnan and other places, Teng Zongliang wanted to cry without tears.

Compared with the sweet and delicious lychees, the Lingnan area is more widely known, obviously as a wild land of "desolate and barren, barbaric, uncivilized, and harsh climate".

Even Di Qing, who had just started his official career, knew that among those demoted to this place, a few unfortunately died of illness and took office directly, and some even survived their tenure with difficulty, and they were as emaciated as peeled off.Most of them were completely forgotten by the imperial court because of their obscurity during the three years of exile, and then they were only left to travel to Yuanzhou County, and the day of returning to Beijing was nowhere in sight.

"If it really falls into that situation," Teng Zongliang sighed heavily, imagined it with a frown, and was worried: "Litches are expensive, and with my little salary, I still owe you a whole lot of debt. Can't you afford a lot of lychees?"

Di Qing: "..."

He silently swallowed back his stomach full of comforting words.

Rao knew that Brother Teng had always been big-hearted, and he didn't expect his focus to go so far——Brother Ganqing Teng's frowning face was not at all because he was frightened by Xu Hui's punishment of being demoted to Lingnan, but purely because he was worried With a meager salary, will it not be able to satisfy Lu Taotie's appetite?

Originally serious, Zhu said that after hearing Teng Zongliang's muttering, he couldn't help laughing on the spot: "Brother Teng still has to worry about the so-called 'debt', so there is no need. Not to mention that you and I are brothers and sisters, As far as the matter is concerned, this time also has a lot to do with my negligence and not reminding me earlier in the morning."

"That's impossible. I kept that from you from the beginning to the end, where did you find out, and how did you remind me?" Teng Zongliang shook his head violently, and said with great remorse: "I don't know the amount of money that was filled in. It’s not small, but you’ve worked so hard to accumulate savings that you’ve spent so many years, and you haven’t even married your relatives... If you are harmed by me, and you miss out on a good match and delay your life’s event, then I’m no better than a beast!”

Zhu said An listened quietly to his almost incoherent statement full of annoyance, and only after a while did he exchange a look of relief with Di Qing.

Sure enough, with Brother Zijing's disdain for the rules and his extremely rough temperament, if you want him to learn a profound lesson, it is far from enough to stumble on your own.

Even the reckless behavior of burning the account books and thinking of one person doing things alone, I am afraid that he will really fall to the step of being demoted to the common people. Brother Teng can still be a righteous and high-spirited fighter without even realizing that he is There is an issue of misconduct.

Only when he realizes that his lack of thoughtfulness has hurt his friends around him, will he brood over it and learn from it...

"It has already happened, Brother Teng, there's no need to be too frustrated," Zhu said gently, "After all...it's too late and it won't help."

Teng Zongliang: "..."

I didn't feel relieved at all.

What made him feel even more hurt was Di Qing's nod of approval, and the following heart-warming words: "It's better to spend more time in the city during this period. Stay at least a month, at most a few months Afterwards, as soon as the transfer order is issued and Brother Teng leaves, he will never return to Qinzhou City again."

Teng Zongliang was miserable.

How can you say this, as if he is seriously ill and needs to hurry up to explain his funeral?

When Teng Zongliang was "challenged" by his two younger brothers in turn, Lu Ci knew that Di Qing had acted accordingly and tried to remedy Teng Zongliang as much as possible. Although he made unkind ridicule in the letter, he never stood idly by. Write a letter to the court to intercede for Teng Zongliang.

Teng Zongliang was not surprised at all that he would have a catastrophe today.

——Anyway, I have worked with Teng Zongliang for many years, and as long as he is not blind, he will have a deep understanding of the contempt for the rules revealed in his bones.

It's just that when he was still in Qinzhou, whether it was the long-term relationship mode or the difference in power, Teng Zongliang was willing to step back and let him take charge of the whole process.

It is precisely because of him that he 'suppresses' Teng Zongliang, who acts as the second in command and rarely needs to make big decisions, so that he has been safe and sound all these years without any trouble.

But after he was hastily transferred from Qinzhou, and all the power in his hands fell into the hands of Teng Zongliang, it was not surprising that his friend would let himself go and cause disaster...

Yeah.

After Lu Ci finished writing the memorabilia and asked his servants to send it for mailing, he lay down on the rocking chair in a buddhist manner, smiling slightly and closing his eyes to rest.

After all, it was Teng Zijing who was "relegated to Baling County and rebuilt Yueyang Tower".

Even if there is no Yueyang Tower, maybe there will be Lychee Terrace, Kumquat Pavilion, Mangosteen Tower, Longan Dam... Waiting for this careless old man to repair it.

The worst ending would be to go to Lingnan and other places, the kind of poor mountains and rivers that ordinary people would avoid, but for Teng Zongliang, who is physically strong and energetic, this may not be the case.

Working as a sheriff in that poor country, the public money he can get is much less than that in Qinzhou.

In addition, as a foreign official, it is difficult to integrate into a place where there are many foreigners... There are so many problems that bother Teng Zongliang, which is enough to make him burnt out, and he will not be able to figure out any moths for a while.

When Lu Ci was lying comfortably on the rocking chair, as the chair body swayed slightly, the subtle "creaking" sound quickly penetrated into the ears of Ouyang Xiu, who was immersed in writing strategies.

Because the noise was quite irregular, sometimes long and sometimes short, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, it was really annoying. Even Ouyang Xiu, who was concentrating on it, was soon disturbed and woke up from the original state of ecstasy and pen wandering.

What is that noise?

Ouyang Xiu raised his eyes in doubt, and saw his new wife, who was usually gentle and modest, with the four characters 'Modest Gentleman' written all over his body, was lazily lying on a weird-looking bench, the chair was still not moving. shake.

"How can you look up in the test field?"

When he was subconsciously thinking about what it was, Lu Ci clearly didn't open his eyes, but he accurately judged his distraction through the subtle sound of his pen tip stopping abruptly and breaking the pen tip rubbing against the paper, and said lightly : "Continue to do the questions."

"Yes."

Unexpectedly, Ouyang Xiu was caught by the master for such a brief pause, and quickly lowered his head reflexively, and hurriedly continued to work on the problem.

It's just that after the thought is interrupted, if you want to continue, it's not as smooth as a coherent one.

Coupled with the fact that the annoying 'creaking' sound in his ears was still there, it made him uneasy, and the second half of the article seemed weak, not as smooth as the first half.

Almost as soon as he finished writing, Lu Ci sat up from the rocking chair, walked unhurriedly to the desk, and started marking the test papers.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu is the most nervous.

Especially this time, he knew that due to the interference of that annoying noise, he did not perform well in the second half of the chapter...

Sure enough, under the watchful eye of Ouyang Xiu who was pursing his lips nervously, Lu Ci quickly finished reading this policy theory, frowned slightly, and asked knowingly: "The first half of the article should be worthy of excellent diction and reasoning. Before the most demanding examiner, it should also be able to get a second-class evaluation."

Hearing this sentence, Ouyang Xiu knew it was wrong, but he could only listen to Lu Ci's continuation with anxiety: "Because of this pearl and jade in the front, it highlights the stumbling and mediocrity of the second half, which is inevitably disappointing."

"The students know." Ouyang Xiu was not surprised by the result, sighed lightly, and respectfully took the scroll paper after reviewing: "Thank you Lu Gong for your guidance."

The corners of Lu Ci's lips were lightly raised, and he deliberately pinched the scroll tightly, not letting Ouyang Xiu take it away, and raised his voice to 'make things difficult': "Why, don't you intend to explain?"

Ouyang Xiu forced a smile and said, "It's because the students are ignorant of their talents and have not performed well..."

He was quite aggrieved in his heart, and he really felt that the fault was not with himself who was disturbed by the sudden noise and thus performed abnormally.

But other than that, it is even more impossible for him to neglect the words 'respect the teacher and respect the way'.

To be able to get the careful guidance of the famous Lu Sanyuan, he is already lucky in his life, how can he speak rudely?

It's just that he is young, even if he thinks clearly, he will inevitably feel a little lost because of the inexplicable loss of praise from people he respects.

Lu Ci had already seen clearly the thoughts of the fledgling primary school candidates.

He smiled lightly, released the strength of his fingertips, and Ouyang Xiu took the paper away, and at the same time sat down relaxedly: "It's clear that I used that rocking chair to disturb others, why don't you speak up?"

Ouyang Xiu was stunned, and was about to speak, but Lu Ci stopped him leisurely: "No matter what I did just now, whether it was intentional or not, if it was really in the test room, you have already ruined half of this match."

Ouyang Xiu's heart trembled, and Lu Ci said again: "You have been in the exam once, so it is naturally clear. In such a huge exam room, only a thin curtain separates many exams. You are destined to hear clearly the movements in all directions."

"You are lucky for the first time, and you have never met anyone who disturbs you," Lu Ci said lightly, and said generously, "However, it is inevitable that there are differences in how fast or slow you are when doing the questions. There are not a few people who are influenced by the speed of doing the questions; there are even despicable people who, because of poor performance, know that they are hopeless in the rankings, and deliberately make some noises to disturb people's hearts and make you restless, how do you deal with it? ?”

What Lu Ci said was that when he was monitoring Di Qing's answering test, he moved his pen like flying, and the sound of turning the scroll was 'rustling' constantly, which made the people around him impatient and annoyed.

...But she didn't make any contact with her more detestable self back then.

Ouyang Xiu suddenly realized.

Only then did he realize that what Lu Ci just did was really painstaking, and he blushed with shame for his little thought just now.

He couldn't help standing up, and bowed deeply to Lu Ci: "Mr. Lu has a good heart, and the students are taught."

"Since I have accepted you as a student, I should do my best to guide you. This is a matter of my duty, so there is no need to be polite." Lu Ci smiled and said: "In my opinion, your skills are already solid, and the previous failure was mainly due to your failure. I'm not familiar with the examination room. If you practice with me for a while, you will learn how to resolve and deal with other people's evil deeds, which will be of great help to you next time."

Ouyang Xiu was still blushing, and nodded when he heard the words.

"Although I know that you are emotionally agitated at this time, you can't wait to write three hundred articles," Lu Ci said with a smile, "It's a pity that it's getting late, you should go home."

So he routinely sent two servants to take Ouyang Xiu back home, and because the weather has turned warm recently and mosquitoes are infested, he asked him to take some incense candles that can repel insects along the way, which made the disciple tearful for his kindness.