Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

As soon as Lu Ci left the Guo residence, he rented a horse on the street, asked people for directions, and rode directly back to the guest residence where he was staying.

And when he went upstairs, he bumped into the four people who went downstairs with serious faces.

With a worried face, Zhu said that he walked in the front. When he suddenly saw Lu Ci, who he imagined, who was suffering in a rich merchant's house, appearing in front of him with a clean and calm body, his mind was still dazed.

His eyes widened, his footsteps subconsciously stopped, but his mind didn't turn around.

Lu Ci gracefully closed the folding fan, let the bamboo fan body tap on the dazed Zhu Shuo's head, and said with a smile: "Zhu brother, Zhu brother, if you let brother Liu go out of this door, what is the same as Zonghu Going Back to the Mountain?" different?"

Liu Qi was dissatisfied and said: "Good job, brother Yu Yu!"

Lu Ci hummed lightly, and he had the right to respond.

"Brother Yu Yu!" After realizing that he was the instigator, Yi Shu was almost overwhelmed by a strong sense of guilt. Seeing that Lu Ci was safe and sound, he almost cried out of joy: "You are fine!"

Lu Ci raised his eyebrows: "There is nothing wrong with it, but this account has to be settled with you."

No matter how powerful the other party is, it is impossible to investigate the identity of every foreign scholar who goes to the teahouse for tea.It is conceivable that the reason why Guo Shouyi was able to call him "Lu Jieyuan" in one word, and also knew the fact that he was unmarried, was through a teammate with a big mouth.

Not to mention that Zhu Shuo has been close to him all the time, only based on his cautious temperament, a certain degree of guard against strangers, and his mouth is very tight, Lu Ci never thought about him from the beginning to the end.

On the contrary, Yi Shu, whose face was red and absent-minded while eating tea, and who was still on the second floor in a daze after paying the bill, so that Zhu Shuo had to go to call him down, was the most suspicious.

Looking at Yi Shu's expression at the moment, it completely confirmed Lu Ci's guess.

Yi Shu blushed, bowed his head guiltily, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, brother Lu. If I hadn't been too negligent and let the other party make a fool of me, I wouldn't have caused brother Lu to be kidnapped in the street. , It takes half a day to get out!"

Lu Ci was noncommittal, and said, "I've been tossing around for a while, and I'm a little hungry too. Brother Liu hasn't used up the refreshments I brought back, right? Bring some."

Zhu said that before he had time to leave, Yi Shu, who most wanted to make up for his mistakes, rushed upstairs like an arrow from the string, and went straight to the room where Lu Ci and Liu Qi slept to get it.

Liu Qi, who was watching the play with a smile just now, couldn't sit still anymore, and shouted angrily: "Didn't you buy that for me? Why is it going to fall into brother Yu Yu's mouth again?"

Zhong Yuan looked at Lu Ci from head to toe, and after confirming that there was no missing arm or leg, he was greatly relieved and asked, "Then shall I go back to my room first?"

Lu Ci smiled: "Go."

Zhong Yuan walked away carelessly.

Liu Qi and Lu Ci lived in the same room, so they naturally went back to the room together at this time, but Zhu Shuo didn't say a word, and just followed quietly.

Liu Qi couldn't help teasing: "Why is Brother Zhu here? There can't be three people sleeping in one room."

"Don't bully him." Lu Ci squinted his eyes, and wrote lightly: "The big deal is to ask you to make a floor shop, isn't it?"

Hearing Lu Ci's blunt rebuttal, Zhu Yue couldn't help but relax his tense face, and pursed his lips into a smile.

The corner of Liu Qi's mouth twitched.

He suspected that Lu Ci, who did not play cards according to common sense, really did it, and shook his folding fan resentfully, but really stopped chasing Zhu to tease him.

After returning to the house, Yi Shu, who was full of thoughts of paying off his merits, had already poured the hot tea and put out the packaged refreshments neatly. He stood aside nervously, looking at Lu Ci anxiously.

Lu Ci smiled, patted him gently, and said gently: "Okay, let's not make an example. If someone asks you something in the future, if you don't know who the other party is, whether it is credible, and for what purpose , it’s convenient to say that you don’t know, rather than telling the truth.”

Unexpectedly, he would be forgiven by Lu Ci so soon, Yi Shu felt his eyes burning, almost cried, nodded vigorously, and solemnly promised: "There will never be a next time!"

Lu Ci said with a half-smile, "If you come again, I will visit your father and Lingci, and suggest that they get a wife and concubine for you immediately, so as not to be easily seduced by sex."

If Yi Shu is the kind of person who suffers from a trap but cannot gain wisdom, and who is unaware of the seriousness of the mistakes he made, whether to give punishments and lessons is still a second matter. Just as a friend, he is completely unqualified up.

Whether it's too simple in temperament or not high in understanding, if you maintain the status quo, you may be lucky enough to get into an official career in the future, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to go far.

Especially in the imperial court, it is inevitable to be involved in party disputes, and to make similar mistakes again, the consequences can not be taken lightly, and will bring catastrophe at any time.

Lu Ci has made up his mind, if Yi Shu behaves like this next time, he will have to alienate him no matter what.

Yi Shu didn't know that Lu Ci had included him in the scope of key scrutiny, and after hearing this joke, his face couldn't help but blush.

He responded in a low voice, and trotted back to the room under Lu Ci's dismissal.

"Sit down. This night of tossing will cause you to worry about it."

After Yi Shu left, Lu Ci completely relaxed, picked up a piece of Crispy Qiong Ye unceremoniously, under Liu Qiyou's gaze, "click click" neatly, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, what do you think?"

Liu Qizheng lazily put one hand on her cheek, tilted her head to look at Lu Ci, and said with a sneer, "But it's expected."

He is obviously the one who is least worried that Lu Ci will be forcibly captured and made into a son-in-law among these few people-not only because he is the oldest, and he has witnessed countless similar battles when he went to the exam last time, but also because he is against Lu Ci. Lu Ci's confidence came from his understanding.

The key to the Lu family's ability to jump from being poor to being well-to-do is clearly due to Lu Ci alone, not much of Lu's mother's credit.

Thinking about it again, Lu Ci has friends all over Mizhou City, and everyone from top to bottom is polite to him. Never treated him lightly.

It can be seen from Lu Ci's strong ability in dealing with the world.

How could such a person with an exquisite mind at such a young age be coaxed by a mere wealthy businessman into someone else's son-in-law just for the sake of money?

If such a strange thing like seeing a ghost in daylight really happened, he would find it very interesting, and he had to watch it for himself a few times before talking about saving lives.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi, who was still drinking tea with a smile just a moment ago, couldn't help turning into a very disappointed look, and sighed deeply.

This sigh came out of nowhere, causing Zhu Shuo, who had been silent all this time, to glance at him.

Lu Ci snorted softly, saw through what he was thinking at a glance, and said mercilessly, "Brother Liu may not have been worried, maybe he was regretting that he didn't see the good show of being kidnapped with his own eyes, right?"

Liu Qi smiled and said: "The one who knows me is Yu Yu."

At first sight of Zhu Shuo, who was sweating profusely all the way, and rushed to him for help, he was really startled.

However, after hearing the ins and outs clearly, he didn't give Zhu and Yi, who were overwhelmed with anxiety, any face, and laughed so hard that they almost rolled on the floor.

It's a pity, it's a pity, he missed the wonderful scene where Lu Ci's face changed drastically when he robbed the civilian man, who always had a calm and calm expression on his face!

After Liu Qi laughed heartily, under the unhappy gaze of several people, he made an analysis out of breath.

It's a pity that they didn't believe his judgment at all, especially Zhu Shuo, who claimed to have similar experience, and kept making alarmist remarks - as if they were a step too late, and Lu Ci would be escorted to a husband and wife worship.

Yi Shu was so frightened that his face turned pale, as if he was about to apologise, he kept begging him so hard that he had to change his clothes and followed a few people downstairs.

Still under Zhu Shuo's strong request, he had a headache and was ready to call his army of singing girls to help out, and he wanted to go to Guo Zhai to dignify.

Fortunately, at this moment, Lu Ci, who had escaped easily, came back, which saved them a waste of time.

Lu Ci nodded: "Today's matter, it reminded me."

After entering Beijing, encounters with arresting son-in-law will only happen more frequently, and because the other party is likely to be more prestigious, it will be more difficult to deal with.

Liu Qi nodded: "You don't want to think that someone will catch a son-in-law only after passing the palace examination. A good-looking young talent like you has been stared at by countless people early on, how could you wait so late? I dare say that as soon as you enter the gate of Bianjing, you will have an iceman propose marriage to you, brother Yu Yu, before you stay at the hotel."

Lu Ci frowned: "In previous years, there were no less than [-] people who were sent to the provincial exam. Among them, only about [-] people were admitted to the palace exam. They shouldn't be so eager, right?"

Liu Qi smiled and shook her head: "Brother Yuyu, this is a wrong idea. If you are a dying tree, or a person who is too old but not good-looking, you really need to think carefully about marrying a woman. But if it is you, Those who dare to wait until the day when the roll call is released in the palace examination will be the only ones who are as dignified as the court minister."

Lu Ci frowned.

He could tell naturally that although Liu Qi's words were somewhat exaggerated, they were really not nonsense.

Liu Qi took the opportunity to give him some advice: "If Brother Yu and Brother Zhu don't want to be sold at a price and be selected by others, there is only one strategy, which can be done once and for all."

Lu Ci didn't even need to listen, he could guess what he wanted to say, and refused directly: "No."

What Liu Qi was referring to was nothing more than letting him get married before going to Beijing: With the severe punishment of the law on "marrying a wife" as an obstacle, the luck of the love affair would have to be cut off.

Liu Qi teased with a smile: "I expected brother Yu Yu to have a very high vision, and he would not accept the marriage easily."

"There must be a way before the car reaches the mountain." Lu Ci smiled, and comforted the nervous Zhu in a casual tone: "When we enter Bianjing, first hire a book boy for each person, and then hire a few health workers depending on the situation." Servants are protecting each other."

The only thing that made Lu Ci feel a little scared was another point that few people had heard: the man who caught the son-in-law had a plan, even if he was the first to fight, he would get the last courtesy.

If what he met tonight was a real villain, and he could be kidnapped and harmed so easily, the consequences would be disastrous.

Lu Ci quickly made up his mind, not to mention anything else, he had to hire more bodyguards.

After what happened just now, no matter how reluctant Lu Cizong was, he had to admit that in front of a group of fat and strong servants...

A refined and delicate literati like him still needs someone to protect him.

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. Having a wife and marrying more = bigamy.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, one must be imprisoned for one year, and divorce is required, so as long as the married status is moved out, no matter how high-ranking a person is, he will only return home as a feather, and it is impossible to force his daughter to marry him.

2. Su Xun expected that when Su Shi and Su Zhe went to Beijing for the provincial examination, they would encounter a situation where many people proposed marriage, so they asked people to get married before they left 2333

3. If you don't want to be recruited, you can tell a fib such as 'already engaged' as an excuse.This is how Feng Jing in history dealt with Zhang Yaozuo.

4. The elimination rate of the provincial examination is very high. For example, there were as many as 5000 candidates who went to the provincial examination in one session, but only about 700 people passed the provincial examination and entered the palace examination.Between the second year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1009) and the second year of Renzong Jiayou (1057), there were about 7000 people who were relieved, and less than one-tenth of this number, that is, less than seven hundred.