Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

After chatting for a while with the couple who had just had the closest contact, Liu Qi, Yan Shu and Ouyang Xiu, who had had enough fun outside, also returned to the Lu residence drunk.

Liu Qi drank the most, but he was the one with the best capacity for alcohol, so he could still walk by himself, and he could barely think.

After leaving behind the two companions who were so drunk and could only be sent back to the house to lie down, he sat in the living room alone for a while, slapped his forehead, and finally remembered that he had to ask Lu Ci .

When he opened the door and entered, Lu Ci was lazily lying on the rocking chair, while Di Qing was sitting in front of the desk, originally reading something.

As early as when Liu Qi's footsteps were still far away, Di Qing, who had excellent hearing, had already caught them. He silently put down the scroll and looked up towards the door: "Brother Liu."

Liu Qi opened her sleepy eyes and stood limply on the door frame for a while before entering the room with soft steps, but she didn't forget to close the door and said with her tongue out, "B-I'm back."

He turned his head and saw Lu Ci who was lying on the rocking chair with a Buddhist face and didn't even pay him a glance, he didn't pay much attention.

After all, when Lu Ci is not on official business, he always looks too lazy to be interested in everything. He can see it more when he travels along the way.

"Seeing that Yu Yu was greedy, I, I came to ask."

After Liu Qi stumbled and finished speaking, she felt a little dizzy after Zhan Zhan for a long time, so she took a seat in front of the round table, and met Di Qing's scrutinizing eyes.

Di Qing was thinking about how to send Brother Liu back to the room as soon as possible, so as not to disturb Gongzu's rest.

Unexpectedly, when Liu Qi's eyes met his, he was startled first, and then he showed a teasing smile.

Di Qing was startled by the deja vu smile.

Liu Qi used to be a frequent visitor in the Fengyue Field, and his eyesight has always been excellent. Before that, he could find many clues, not to mention that he was facing the spring breeze with his sweetheart just now, and now he was still in full bloom, and his whole body was like being soaked in honey. , the young man who has just opened his heart and has endless aftertastes?

It couldn't be more obvious, and it couldn't escape his discernment at all.

Liu Qi approached a few steps crookedly, under Di Qing's slightly vigilant gaze, at first he wanted to put his arm on the other's shoulder, but later realized that there was a big difference in height between them, so when he failed, he naturally changed to patting the shoulder and winking Said: "It turns out that the younger brother separated me and went to have fun alone?"

"The evidence is convincing," Liu Qi said before Di Qing could reply, "Don't fool me like I did last time——Looking at the young man's youthful appearance, I'm sure he's had a good night's time and learned the essence of it!"

Di Qing pressed his lips tightly, and it was because of this subconscious action that he realized that the corners of his lips had been unconsciously smiling just now, and his face was tense in a hurry, and he said stiffly: "Brother Liu misunderstood It's okay, it's nothing."

Liu Qi raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"

His eyes were slightly lost, and he stared closely at the expression on Di Qing's face. Although he didn't directly express his disbelief, his words and expressions clearly confirmed that Di Qing was lying and concealing it.

"Young brother is always honest, how could he lie to you?"

Lu Ci kept silent all the time, just closed his eyes and meditated. At some point, he stopped the slight shaking of the rocking chair, sat up from the top, and calmly said, "Young brother has been staying in the mansion since yesterday. He never took a single step, so he is as romantic and happy as Brother Liu, so he is so happy that he doesn't think about Sichuan."

Lu Ci had expected long ago that Di Qing, who was not good at deceiving people, would not be able to fool Liu Qi, who had a keen sense of smell, even if he tried his best to put on a coffin face.

In front of such a provocative veteran, deliberately telling him to do some cover-up tricks will easily reveal more flaws.

Lu Ci is different.

Compared with an honest man like Di Qing, it was easier for him to lie and make up than to eat and drink.

Facing Liu Qi's unbelieving eyes, he chuckled lightly, and said calmly: "If you don't believe me, you can ask your servants yourself—if you miss it this time, don't pretend to be a frequent visitor to the flower bed in the future. I teased my younger brother."

"You have always doted on young brother very much. Of course you can't believe it if you cover up for him."

Liu Qi really couldn't believe it, she would make mistakes again and again: "With his appearance, how could nothing have happened?"

"Believe it or not," Lu Ci leisurely closed his eyes again, "Please do as you please."

"Ask and ask!"

Emboldened by alcohol, coupled with Lu Ci's irritating attitude, Liu Qi slapped the table without saying a word, got up and went out to ask people.

After watching the aggressive drunk go out, Lu Ci quickly opened his eyes again, looked at Di Qing who was in an awkward posture, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu is already drunk like that, yet you can still make him see the flaws?" ?”

Although Di Qing knew that Liu Qi was determined not to ask anything from the ignorant servants, but the experience of letting Liu Qi, who was very drunk, get a glimpse of the truth just now made him quite uneasy and depressed. Said: "Qing... I don't know either."

He didn't say anything at all except calling 'Brother Liu' just now, why did Brother Liu see the clue at a glance?

Seeing his anxious appearance, Lu Ci couldn't hold back his smile: "You, if you can show [-]% of the thickness of your skin when you were with me last night, you can easily repel his questioning just now."

Di Qing was stunned, but Lu Ci said easily, "Next time he asks again, you might as well just nod your head and admit that the truth is true."

"This!"

Di Qing said in amazement: "How can Brother Liu know!"

Ever since he realized his true admiration for his grandfather, he knew that this feeling must not be known to others.

After receiving pity from God, response from her father-in-law, and even pity and love, she is even more contented and cautiously guards against this secret.

If he leaked it, he would be ruined because of it, and it was just a trivial matter, but it would definitely be used by the wicked as a weapon to attack the grandfather.

If because of his own personal affair, the reputation of the beautiful and beautiful father-in-law is stigmatized, then even ten thousand deaths will not be able to calm the pain in his heart.

"You don't understand that." Lu Ci smiled and said, "The more secretive and thin-skinned you are, the more you will make Brother Liu curious and probing; if you remain calm, let him say that he is satisfied with his guess. After that, you will start to be suspicious, and in the end you will think that you are annoyed, so you deliberately perfunctory him."

It is also due to the old-fashioned and serious image that Di Qing has created in the hearts of his friends on a daily basis, who is not close to romance, does not understand style, and is more powerful than Fan Zhongyan.

Unless Liu Qi was really caught, if he allowed him to guess, he would most likely be suspicious of Di Qingqing, Mu Ai, and some girl he was dating, and it would be impossible to guess the truth.

"I see."

Di Qing suddenly realized.

"It's a pity that you have to be wronged, and you have been following me without a name."

While saying apologetic words, Lu Ci smiled on his face.

In terms of emotions, he has never been a high-profile person who likes to show off. Before Di Qing, he never encountered a day when he wanted to hold hands and announce his relationship to the world.

It's a pity that when he met someone who was willing to disclose it for the first time, it was not in the modern era where he could control a little bit of the situation and was much more enlightened, but in this... the Northern Song Dynasty when he had to hide the truth for the sake of the future of both parties. .

He rested his chin in one hand, and lay lazily on his side in the rocking chair, facing Di Qing, his black eyes were shining brightly, with a bit of seductive cunning.

Lu Ci stared at Di Qing, lowered his voice slightly, and continued slowly: "But no matter how many grievances... After last night, it should be written off, right?"

——It's more than just a write-off, looking at Di Qing's state of being so tame that even a drunk can see through it just now, one knows that there may be some downsides.

Di Qing couldn't sit still in front of the case, the tip of his ears turned red unknowingly, and he walked up to Lu Ci involuntarily.

Lu Ci tilted his head to look at him, suddenly smiled, and stretched out his arms to him kindly, and put them on Di Qing's shoulders, letting the flattered little lover support his waist, and with a little effort in his upper body, he relaxed Loosely picked him up.

From the rocking chair to the small incense couch by the window, it was actually only a mere ten or so steps. Although Lu Ci felt a little uncomfortable, he would never be tired from even these few steps.

But Di Qing hugged her with a smile on his face and filled his heart with joy. He was also unconsciously tainted with a bit of sweetness that he usually only dislikes, and he was willing to do what the other person wanted.

After finishing this 'physical work', without waiting for Di Qing to dawdle for a while before letting go, Lu Ci generously rewarded him with a kiss, then pushed the dizzy opponent away a little, and sat next to him up.

He leaned against Di Qing, yawned lazily, and asked anxiously: "It can be seen that you can make Brother Liu drunk like that, so it can be seen that you are very satisfied with his hospitality. I'm afraid it cost a lot of money? Why, you are making up for Brother Teng. After that big hole, you still have a lot of private houses?"

He clearly heard that Lu Ci's words were purely joking, but Di Qing was a little nervous when asked about "the husband has saved a private house behind his wife's back", and he stammered and explained: "I have taken, I have taken the salary for several months, and there is no need for it. use..."

Different from ordinary small officials, the imperial court has always been generous in terms of salaries for officials who have posts. Even if Di Qing is just a general judge who has just entered the official career, the salary he earns is enough to easily support a family.

Di Qingfei is the eldest son of the family, and the Di family has never been greedy and ignorant of good and evil.

They knew that their family was poor, and they were worthy of the eldest son by supporting the eldest son to study all these years, but they never helped the youngest son much.

Even if he would be happy for him to be famous, he would only be more grateful to the nobleman who led him to the top, Lu Ci, who still peacefully guards the hunting job by the mountains and eats mountains, and never thought of coveting more wealth.

Di Qing seldom had the opportunity to go back to Fenzhou to visit his family. In the past, he was embarrassed to cause trouble for Lu Ci, and then he was a young man who came out to make a living, and only focused on making some achievements and getting ahead early; now he is an official abroad. They are quite far apart, and it is difficult to return only on holidays, so they only rely on letters for a long time.

When he had enough energy, he kept only a small part of his salary for his own living, and sent another small part of the same amount home to subsidize the family to fulfill his filial piety. It can be used for Gongzu's little thoughts, and all of them are saved up.

Although he eats a lot, he is not picky, so his life has never been related to the word "luxury".

In addition, Teng Zongliang insisted on repaying part of them through his salary every month. Although it was less than a year since he became an official, he had saved a considerable amount of savings.

This time I am willing to use it to entertain the missions, of course it is to make them stay longer willingly, so that he can spend more time with his grandfather.

For this 'unspeakable' purpose, he was proud to try his best to entertain everyone with great enthusiasm.

"Let me ask casually, why are you nervous?"

Lu Ci asked knowingly, relying on the fact that Di Qing felt sorry for his discomfort and didn't dare to "overstep" him for at least a few days, so he confidently "struggled" at Di Qing.

He lightly squeezed Di Qing's hot earlobe, put it on the side of the ear, and said softly with a smile: "Last night... he was so brave, but in the daytime he showed his original shape and turned back into a shy little raccoon slave." gone."

Di Qing, whose earlobe was gently pinched by him, was docile and motionless like a seven-inch snake being held down. However, the heat in the earlobe continued to rise, and it also turned crimson.

"No, I was wrong too."

Lu Ci blinked, and quickly corrected himself humbly and sincerely, and said seriously, "Where is the little raccoon slave, it is already a big raccoon slave."

It's about size - after last night, who could have a better say than he?

As soon as anyone listened to the words, it was not like the pure Di Qing before, and it seemed that his whole body was exploding, and he became popular.