Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

At the moment when the window on the side of the teahouse was closed, anyone could clearly hear the cohesive sighs coming from the opposite side.

For some reason, a sentence that came out of Zhang Kang's crow's mouth a few years ago came to Lu Ci's mind: "I'm sure you won't let the noble lady of Tubo take you away as your husband..."

Even though he was quite uncomfortable, he still patiently waited for the guys to serve the refreshments he had ordered, and tasted them unhurriedly.

Afterwards, in order to prevent more troubles in this unfamiliar place, he decided not to stay any longer, but left.

When he went down to the first floor, he could tell at a glance that in the originally empty lobby, there were already several tables of female guests looking around.

... Their intentions for coming here are obviously self-evident.

Lu Ci looked away as if nothing had happened, and he didn't seem to notice their sudden silence. He put on the veil and cap again, settled the bill at the ignorant store, and then calmly left through the gate.

But as soon as he left on his back foot, the tables of noble ladies who were pretending to be a lady just got up anxiously, disregarding the store's dumbfounded retention, and asked the servants to go to check out, while he secretly followed. go up.

There are also a few people who reservedly did not go to 'follow', but still stayed in the original restaurant, but they did not idle, but sent servants down to find out the identity of the extremely handsome Song Dynasty gentleman.

Although it's just a glimpse, with their sharp eyes, they can still easily see that the other party's status is either rich or noble, and most of them have good backgrounds.

If it was only cultivated by merchants...

Then they will be impolite.

Even though Lu Ci had already put on his veiled cap and was walking on the road, he still attracted curious eyes because of the 'tail' attached to him not far or near behind him.

He could also feel the scorching gaze behind him, and unconsciously quickened his pace a little.

Did he have the experience of being listed as a son-in-law... Knowing little about the marriage customs of Tibetan women, he didn't want to put himself in danger to see if they would be reasonable like Song girls.

When he was still one street away from the posthouse, the oncoming gentlemen from the Song Dynasty happened to be some friends who had sneaked out for a stroll earlier than him.

They were chatting and laughing, but Liu Qi's eyes were still sharp, and when he was quite far away, he saw Lu Ci wearing a veiled hat: "Oh? Why did Yu come out?"

Hearing this, Yan Shu and Ouyang Xiu were taken aback at the same time, then laughed along with them, and walked up at a faster pace.

Yan Shu complained: "I just invited you together, but you refused to come. Now you are wandering alone."

The appearance of the few of them suddenly divided the gazes of the ladies, Lu Ci's heart relaxed slightly, and he lied casually: "I changed my mind temporarily, and I couldn't find you, so I just walked around for a while. "

The three of them didn't become suspicious of Lu Ci's explanation, but Liu Qi couldn't help teasing Lu Ci, who didn't forget to hide his face even in a foreign country, said "naturally beautiful", and stopped after a knock on the forehead.

A group of people walked away talking and laughing, and the noble ladies not far away tasted the taste of "some background" from it, they couldn't help but glanced at each other, and went back home silently.

By the time the envoys of the Song Dynasty had visited the Tubo market and had enough novelty, and returned to the post house for a rest, the news that "a very handsome Song man suddenly came to Qingtang City" had already spread among the Tubo nobles. spread like wildfire.

Before midnight, those who cared had already inquired about their identities, and even asked about the name of the envoy at the head.

——Lu Ci, Lu Yuyu, but there are only six out of twenty, and they are already ranked second in the official rank of the Song Dynasty.He is gentle and elegant, a young talent who can be described as a rare talent in a century.

The most important thing is that he is still single and unmarried!

As soon as the news came out, the first ones who didn't sit still were the few noble ladies who claimed to be identities before and didn't join in the fun.

Many of them are over [-] years old, because of their extraordinary family background, they are very favored, and they are somewhat arrogant, and they have been unwilling to give in, so they have not married until now.

Looking at it now, the handsome and handsome gentleman who made their eyes shine is actually a promising envoy of the kingdom, and the backyard is empty, which is really a good match from heaven.

They hurriedly talked to their father, and some old foxes who had already seen Zanpu's intention to befriend Song Ting also felt that it was in their favor.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, two other families wanted to act first, so they rushed into the palace at night and asked Zanpu.

When he first heard the appeals of these two families clearly, Zong Siluo thought that he was too tired to govern, so that his brain was dizzy and his ears were not working well.

After hesitating for a moment, Fang asked suspiciously: "...marriage? With Lu envoy?"

Even he had to wait for tomorrow's banquet to officially receive the envoys of the Song Dynasty, so that he could really meet the man he had never met but who had made him curious for a long time.

Why did the ministers take the lead, not only investigating all of Lu Ci's wealth and background, but also wanting him to be a matchmaker in a whimsical way?

After the rare and befuddled Zong Siluo understood the ins and outs from the minister, he could only laugh or cry.

"I'm afraid it will make your hopes come to nothing." Ji Siluo said with regret, "This Lu Langjun is deeply trusted by the Lord Song, and this time he is shouldering the important task of envoy. If you were someone else, maybe you could say something about it." , but for him... no one can force him."

No need to think about it, to the extent that Lu Ci is highly valued, if he intends to marry, even the daughters of the Zhao clan would have been allowed to pick him up, and there is no shortage of high-ranking clans who are willing to recruit this Chenglong with marriage. For a son-in-law, there are countless people who are willing to throw themselves into their arms, how can he be allowed to be alone so far?

And now he is still alone, which proves that Lu Ci doesn't know why, and for the time being, he has no such intention, and no one can force him.

As soon as these words came out, the two ministers understood that Zanpu had completely rejected their request for 'matchmaking'.

Although quite unwilling, it is useless to continue to stay.

With the same goal in mind and the same failure, they looked at each other with hostility and quietly retreated.

After they left, Chisiluo, who was sleepy after a busy day, became more energetic.

When he left the meeting room and returned to the bedroom, when the newly married Mrs. Qiao was gently serving him to change his clothes and wash his hands, he couldn't help mentioning Lu Ci: "This envoy Lu is amazing. No, and I never revealed my identity, let the several families compete to marry their daughters first."

Although Mrs. Qiao knew little about political affairs, let alone 'Lu Ci', she could hear Zanpu smiling when he said that just now, and she knew how to agree with him after a slight turn of her mind.

She frowned, and suggested softly: "Why don't Zanpu go there in person and meet him?"

"There's no need to do anything extra." Ji Siluo shook his head and said, "Tomorrow there will be a banquet in honor of the Song envoy, and Lu Ci will definitely be there. Why bother, it's half a day earlier?"

However, Qiao Shi could hear some emotion in his tone, and said: "Zanpu's words are certainly reasonable, but...the appearance of Lu Ci in front of Zanpu is not necessarily the appearance in front of others."

Zong Siluo fell into a deep groan.

Lu Ci naturally did not know the aftermath of the restaurant's appearance.

He only learned his lesson and made up his mind, until he went to the palace for a banquet at night, and never went out for anything.

As for the student Ouyang Xiu, he has no intention of restricting him.

Originally, he took people on such a trip for thousands of miles to broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge, but if they were detained in a posthouse to do problems, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

Seeing that Liu Qi and Yan Shu couldn't stay idle and wanted to go out for a walk during the day, Lu Ci simply asked them to take Ouyang Xiu out as well.

Seeing Lu Ci leisurely drinking tea, Yan Shu couldn't help but wondered, "Qi Yu is not one who likes to sit at home on weekdays, how come here in Tubo, he looks like he stays at home?"

Although Liu Qi didn't know anything about what happened last night, it didn't prevent him from teasing Lu Ci, and he smiled maliciously on the spot: "Qi Yu is not like us, she was born with a pretty face, if—"

Liu Qi didn't know that she just poked Lu Ci's sore spot, and immediately got kicked by Lu Ci expressionlessly.

As soon as the noisy friends left, the inn suddenly became quiet.

After Lu Ci drank a whole pot of tea, he still couldn't bear to hear the lively voices coming from outside.

He didn't go out, but went up to the second floor, opened the window a little, suddenly heard the sound outside suddenly became much louder, and became chaotic, he couldn't help but follow the sound.

It turned out that the reason why the streets were so noisy at the moment was because a group of young men dressed as nobles rode tall horses and walked through the busy city like no one else. A lot of goods were knocked over, causing a lot of embarrassment.

Lu Ci frowned.

If it was in Bianjing, even the most domineering son of a powerful person would not dare to ride a horse like this on the downtown streets because of the fear of severe punishment.

After the domineering people left one after another, the dusty street vendors complained softly, and hurriedly cleaned up the stalls that had been messed up by the riot just now.

And from their conversation, Lu Ci, who caught a few words, quickly figured out the identity of the leader just now.

——It’s no wonder that they are so blatantly arrogant. It turns out that the leader is Zanpu’s eldest son, Xia Zhan.

Where did blind felt come from?

Lu Cilue pondered for a while, and soon had an answer.

Judging from the direction where the group of people suddenly appeared just now, it corresponds to the west gate of the city.Going out from the west gate of the city, Kuozhou is not far away.

If he remembers correctly, after Zong Siluo married the Qiao family, in order to gain the wholehearted support of the Qiao family, and also to guard against the grudges of Li Lizun's bereaved family, he ordered the former wife Li to become a nun and placed in Kuo. state residency.

From Zong Siluo's point of view, he was afraid that he would spare the life of Li Lizun's daughter who had persecuted him so deeply in the past because of the fact that she had given birth to a second son for him.

But in the eyes of the Li family, this kind of humiliation of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, even the wife who had raised two sons, is a kind of tolerance?

If Mrs. Li has a bad relationship with her two sons, Blind felt and Mo felt horn, mother and son, that's all.

Judging from Xia Zhan's hasty return, it should be to visit his biological mother...

Lu Ci raised his eyebrows playfully.

He was so merciless towards Li Shi, but he never restricted Li Shi's second son.

Is this a ruthless and merciless attempt to get caught, or is it arrogance and negligence that will bury a huge hidden danger in the future?

The author has something to say: Notes:

In history, this is indeed a rollover of Zongsiluo.

"Historical Investigation on the Tubo Regime in the Qing and Tang Dynasties during the Reign of Zhesiluo"

Que Shuduo's first two wives were both Li Lizun's daughters. With Li Lizun's loss of power and the split with Li's group, the relationship between Que Shuduo and the first two wives will inevitably crack.After Jia, she married Qiao Shi, the daughter of the Qiao family. She was both beautiful and powerful, and she was an extremely shrewd and powerful woman.Now, it's only natural for Mrs. Li to fall out of favor.

Quesiduo ordered Li to become a nun and placed her in Kuozhou.This will inevitably arouse the strong dissatisfaction of Li's group "his son, Xia Zhan, and Mo Zongjiao's mother party, Li Baquan, stole his mother Ben Zonggeyi" Juhezhou Wangu, Mozhijiao Juzonggecheng Yiquesiduo's internal divisions gave the Dangxiang group a gap to take advantage of, "Yuanwu Asiduo's two sons complained about their father, because they used heavy roads to separate each other, and they were shady. To lure the nobles."

After capturing Hexigua, Sha, and Su prefectures, he marched southward and defeated the Tuku tribe in Lanzhou area. Hua Ma, the leader of the Yu Tibetan tribe with [-] households in the area, surrendered to Yuan Hao and became the son-in-law of Xia Guo.The Dangxiang Group controls Liangzhou in the north and Lanzhou in the east. The important town of Zongge is in the hands of the Li Group, which is struggling with Quesi, and the important town of Yaochuan is in the hands of more than [-] people and "feuds" with Quesixia. The southern part of the Yellow River was controlled by Wen Xiecheng Yu Longshou, who was out of control of Que Siduo, and the Hezhou area was controlled by the blind man who betrayed Wan Siduo.Qingtang, the royal city of Quesiduo, was completely surrounded by his enemies and traitors on three sides, so he had to temporarily abandon Qingtang and move westward to Lijing City, Qiao's base, to protect himself.

This situation has been maintained for about twenty years, until Song Renzong Jiaku three years. However, the situation changed only after the death of Xia Fen and Mo Fenjiao.