Raising Wolves

"In the autumn of the fifth year of Shengyuan, August [-]th, Yisi, the emperor of Fengtian Chengyun, issued an imperial edict, Zhanshi, the young master of Zhanshi's mansion, and Lu Qingze, the Taifu, are talented, elegant, jade-clean and chaste. Zhiwenyuan Pavilion."

The person who came to announce the decree was Chang Shun, the chief executive of the imperial court. He declared the decree sternly, and then helped Lu Qingze up with a smile: "Congratulations to Lu Shilang, please get up quickly."

Lu Qing got up along the way, rubbed his temples, and decided to go into the palace tomorrow to ask this little bastard why he was crazy, and he actually left this job to him.

Among the six departments, the Ministry of Officials is expensive, the Ministry of Households is rich, and the servant of the Ministry of Officials is second only to Shangshu, which shows the importance of the position.

Compared with the vain title of Tai Tuo he held before, the third-rank Minister of the Ministry of Officials is not a high-ranking official, but he holds real power.

He took power a few days ago, and now that he is sitting in such an important position, I don't know how many people in the court will hate him to death.

Chang Shun was the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing that although Lu Qingze was holding his mouth, the smile in his eyes was very flat, and he was puzzled, so he quickly added: "Your Majesty said that you are not in good health, so you can still be exempted from the morning court, but you will be exempted from the court later on." They all have to enter the palace, discuss political affairs together in the cabinet, and go to the Ministry of Officials to handle errands."

The imperial decree has come down, and Lu Qing has also accepted the decree, what else can we do.

Lu Qing nodded towards Changshun: "Yes, I see, go and return."

After sending Changshun back for a business trip, Chen Xiaodao came back and sighed, "Let me just say it, my lord, why would His Majesty not let you enter the palace?"

Lu Qing bent his fingers and touched his head up and down.

The strength is not too heavy, Chen Xiaodao hugged his head, pretended to ouch, and smiled: "Young master, you have been promoted, do you want to celebrate?"

The "celebration" he said was to buy a drunken chicken from Zhenwei Restaurant, which is famous in the capital for its fragrant bones and tender meat.

Chen Xiaodao has never been tired of eating since he was a kid. He wants a chicken when he is tired, wants a chicken when he is depressed, wants a chicken when he is happy, and wants a chicken when he is free.

Very unpretentious and satisfying.

Lu Qing patted the back of his head amusedly: "What excuse do you use me for if you want to eat? Hurry up, or it will be sold out."

Chen Xiaodao sighed happily, ran to the back of the rockery, and dragged out Lin Xi who had just hid just now: "Go, brother will take you to eat chicken!"

Lin Xi frightened and shook his head frantically.

Unable to bear Chen Xiaodao's enthusiasm, Lin Xi didn't dare to make any effort for fear of hurting him, so he was dragged past Lu Qingze with a look of despair.

Lu Qing smiled sullenly, remembering the letter he sent to Mobei.

If General Shi's battle goes well, he should also return to the Mobei camp. After seeing the letter, although he didn't write it clearly, Shi Rongfeng can understand what he is referring to when he sees the keepsake painted on the letter.

If Shi Rongfeng had a reply, it would definitely be sent to Ning Juan, and Ning Juan had to be asked.

The next day, after the early court time, Lu Qing, who was the new official, entered the palace.

After the dynasty was over, the officials went back to their respective offices, and they met many on the road. When they saw Lu Qingze's car, they all stepped forward and congratulated Lu Qingze across the carriage.

The tone is much more eager than before.

In the past, the little emperor hadn't made his mark, and Lu Qing had no real power. No matter how good the teacher-student relationship was, most of the officials just looked at him from a distance and didn't have much enthusiasm.

Now Lu Qing is also serving as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The appointment and dismissal of officials and the transfer of examinations are all managed by the Ministry of Officials, which is closely related to their future-this is why many officials did not dare to make friends with Lu Qingze before. As for Guan Qiantu, if he offended Wei Herong, what if he was unhappy and transferred them to leave Beijing and throw them to a place where no shit would happen.

Lu Qing sat in the carriage and responded flatly.

The curtain was blown by the wind, and the people outside the car could only see a corner of the bright red court clothes, wrapping the thin body of the people inside the car.

When the carriage drove away, there were envious eyes from behind.

Cheng Wenang also stopped at the side, looking at the carriage with complicated eyes.

Lu Qing went straight to the official office of the Ministry of Officials.

A few years ago, he and Ning Juan wanted to insert people into the official department, but Wei Herong took strict precautions, but failed. Unexpectedly, he was inserted in the end.

The official office was very busy, and when they saw Lu Qingze coming, everyone looked at each other strangely, with a look of wariness in their eyes, obediently saluted Lu Qingze: "Servant Lu."

This is breaking into the enemy's interior.

Lu Qing sighed in his heart, and responded lightly: "How is the implementation of the Beijing Inspection this year? Hand in the documents listed by each department and the review comments."

Everyone's heart trembled immediately, is it really the three fires of the new official's appointment?He has just come to the Ministry of Officials, and he is about to intervene in the triennial Beijing inspection affairs, which is a major event related to promotion, appointment and dismissal!

They couldn't figure out Lu Qingze's intentions for a while, but the minister under the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was the biggest, so they had to move the documents no matter how reluctant they were.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the documents brought here are not only this year's Beijing inspection records, but also those from previous years. They are mixed together, densely packed, and the scalp tingles at a glance.

Lu Qing also wanted to look at the previous years, but he didn't mind, so he started to look through it with concentration, and he read ten lines at a glance, very fast.

By the time all these papers were turned over, it was already afternoon.

When the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs came from Lu Qingze, their buttocks felt like they were being pricked by needles, and they couldn’t sit still. He raised his head, suddenly full of doubts.

With so many documents, how could it be possible to finish them in one morning and half an afternoon?

Sure enough, the documents were transferred just to put pressure on them?

I didn't see Lu Qing taking a pen to record anything.

Everyone pondered, gradually changing from apprehensive to relieved.

Lu Qing closed his eyes, sorted out the things he had read in his mind, tapped the table with his fingertips, and said slowly: "Who is in charge of sorting out the documents?"

A middle-aged man slowly stood up: "My lord, I'm the next official."

"I asked to transfer this year's assessment documents, but there are documents from the second year of Shengyuan mixed in here." No one came to pour tea, and Lu Qing calmly poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip. The management is so chaotic, His Majesty may be very disappointed."

……

That's a badass!

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, met Lu Qingze's gaze inadvertently, and was speechless immediately.

The young man sitting next to the desk is very thin and looks weak.

But the eyes under the mask are as shallow as glaciers, and there is a three-point coldness in the gaze.

His scalp tightened inexplicably, and under such gazes, the sophistry words came to his lips, and he suddenly couldn't speak.

Of course, it is impossible to say that I did it on purpose, but if I said it was unintentional, wouldn't it be that I admitted that I was not good at organizing the files and documents, which caused the documents to be stored in confusion? !

Lu Qing lowered his eyes, took another sip of tea, got up slowly, without looking at the person again, and continued to look at the documents in front of him.

The entire bureaucracy became even quieter.

Wei Shoufu also serves as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but the affairs of the cabinet are more important. The promotion of ordinary officials is also sorted out by the people below and sent to Wei Herong for review. On weekdays, the Ministry of Officials has the most say in the Ministry of Officials. waiter.

Up to now, they finally reacted belatedly. The previous official minister Zhang Dong they were familiar with had been taken away by Jin Yiwei, and Lu Wei, the official minister, had been sentenced to death. The largest official in the Ministry of Officials.

This young man who is full of frailty is not as easy to bully as he looks.

When Lu Qing stayed in the official office for a break, he slowly finished looking through the things he wanted to see.

At least the group below are very obedient now, and they dare not make any small moves casually.

When he left the official office, Lu Qing was still pondering in his heart, how could the brat sit still so well that no one was sent to urge him to enter the palace all day?

Still angry?

He was thinking casually, and walked out with the flow of people, his eyes darkened, he looked up, and unexpectedly met an old acquaintance.

Cheng Wenang came here on purpose, but when Lu Qing came by car just now, he couldn't even find a chance to speak.

He stared at Lu Qingze, unable to distinguish his mood for a moment, whether he was more jealous or envious, mixed feelings.

He was always top-notch in the school, until he met Lu Qingze, who obviously went to Beijing together to rush for the exam, but he seemed to be looking up to him all the time.

Seeing Lu Qingze, the number one scholar in high school, uprightly admonishing him, and narrowly escaping death, he was entrusted by the dying emperor and designated as Tai Tuo. He kept a low profile and kept a low profile all these years, followed the new emperor to Jiangyou to provide disaster relief secretly, and soon after he came back, he assumed power , and now he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, holding a lot of power, and his reputation once again swept the capital.

At the beginning when he was still in Lin'an Mansion, he could barely compete with him, but after arriving in the capital, he seemed to be left farther and farther behind, and he couldn't catch up no matter what.

This kind of feeling that he regards people as his lifelong enemies and has always thought about how to surpass them, but in fact they are not on the same path as him, is really...

Cheng Wenang's mood became more and more complicated. For the first time, he didn't feel strange, and his lips moved: "Master Lu, congratulations."

Lu Qing still remembered the last time Cheng Wenang was tossed about waiting for Jiangyou's letter to delay the repair of the imperial mausoleum. Zuo Shaoqing, you have a promising future, and I want to congratulate you too."

Cheng Wenang was melancholy, and smiled wryly: "How can it compare to you."

Lu Qing didn't really hate Cheng Wenang, so he explained to him in a calm tone: "Master Cheng, you've been alive for only a few decades, if you compare yourself with others everywhere, wouldn't it be too tiring to live? Why don't you compare yourself more."

After saying that, Chang Shun's figure was spotted out of the corner of his eye, and he nodded politely: "Let's take my leave first, see you later."

Cheng Wenang watched the celebrity in front of His Majesty, and Eunuch Chang Shun, the chief executive of the Imperial Palace, walked up to Lu Qingze quickly, bowed respectfully, and smiled politely: "Lord Lu Do you have time to go to the palace now?"

The heart is basically numb.

Is the little emperor ready to reconcile with him?

Lu Qing raised his eyebrows: "It just so happens that I also have some matters to report to His Majesty, let's go."

Chang Shun looked back suspiciously: "Our family seems to have seen that Cheng Wenang again, did he come to you again to try to die?"

"No," Lu Qing waved his hand, "Don't worry."

As Chen Xiaodao predicted, when Lu Qingze left Qianqing Palace yesterday, he thought that he might not come again for a while, but Ning Juan shoveled him back the next day.

When the palace servants and guards of Qianqing Palace saw Lu Qingze, they immediately showed expressions of relief from a heavy burden.

Master Lu is finally back!

When His Majesty was in a bad mood, although he would not kill people at will, he was silent wherever he went with that heavy aura, and no one dared to take a breath, for fear that if he breathed a little harder, the eyes of the young emperor would turn over.

It's terrible!

Only when Lord Lu comes, can His Majesty smile and save them from the fire and water.

Can those officials be less verbose?

They really need Mr. Lu to stay in the inner court!

In the past, Lu Qing would come to Qianqing Palace, either to meet Ning Juan in the South Study Room, or in the Nuan Pavilion, but today he did not go to these two places, nor did he see Ning Juan.

Changshun led Lu Qingze to the door of Nuan Pavilion next to Ning Juan's bedroom, and said with a smile, "Master Lu, go in by yourself, our family won't follow."

What this is doing is mysterious.

Lu Qing glanced at Changshun suspiciously, and walked in without asking any further questions.

Seeing the scene inside, Lu Qing couldn't help being startled.

The wind chime at the corner of the eaves is blown by the wind, making a soft ringing sound.

A yellow-glazed porcelain vase in the southwestern corner of the room is missing an ear and is covered with fine lines, apparently broken and reglued.

There is a small orchid stone picture inkstone screen on the huanghuali wooden table.

The scene in the room slightly overlapped with the vague impression in his mind.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the words he said to Ning Juan resurfaced in his heart:

"My room is in the West Wing, with good sunlight."

"There is a wind chime hanging on the corner of the eaves outside."

"There is a vase in the southwest corner of the room. After I accidentally broke it... Uncle helped me stick it together."

……

It turned out that Ning Juan didn't ask casually that day.

He memorized every sentence and every word he said in his heart, and then took pains to send someone to restore the blurred picture to this room, even though due to the different times, many things are actually different from what he was familiar with. They were far apart, but at first glance, Lu Qing was a little dazed.

His emotions have always been flat, and he rarely feels anything too intense, but at this moment, it seems that some kind of warm current is flowing in his chest, knocking on his indifferent heart.

There was a soft and familiar sound of footsteps behind him, and they stopped at three steps away, and never came closer.

Lu Qing took a light breath and turned his head.

The young emperor standing behind him stood silently, dressed in black uniform, tall and long-legged, with a dignified imposing manner, but his eyes were straight when he looked over, like a puppy who was only trying to please others and was cautious.

Lu Qing smiled immediately: "Your Majesty is not angry anymore?"

Ning Juan was still a little embarrassed at first, but when he heard this sound, he frowned dissatisfiedly: "When have I ever been angry?"

Lu Qing said in his heart, do it, you are not angry.

It wasn't you who dared to shake your sleeves and leave yesterday, shutting yourself in the room and refusing to come out.

But in this room, the words rolled in his throat, but he still didn't say it.

The originally prepared questioning of the teacher was also pressed.

Lu Qing stretched out his hand and touched the yellow glazed porcelain vase beside him that was smashed and barely glued on. Suddenly, he felt a little familiar. After looking carefully, he said helplessly, "Isn't this the one in your bedroom? Worth it?" Liancheng's vase, you are good, if you say smash it, you will smash it."

Ning Juan stared at him: "Whatever the teacher wants, I will do my best to give it to you."

It's autumn in the capital, the weather turns from hot to cool, and it's almost night, the wind is a bit strong, and the wind chimes are jingling on the corners of the eaves.

Lu Qing was silent for a while, motioned Ning Juan to sit down together, and said, "I read the Beijing inspection documents of the official department this year and three years ago, and found some problems. The promotion of some officials is quite abnormal. An opportunity within the bureaucracy."

Opening the mouth is a business matter, avoiding Fang Cai's words and not answering.

Expected.

Lu Qing now just wants to increase the distance between them, no matter whether he understands his thoughts or not.

But today I came to reconcile, not to quarrel with Lu Qingze.

Ning Juan's chest was cold, and he hummed calmly: "Teacher, just let go and do it."

Lu Qing casually talked to Ning Juan about the situation of the Ministry of Officials, and then changed the topic: "Has General Shi replied?"

Ning Juan guessed that he would ask this, clapped his hands, and the chief guard outside brought in a memorial, handed it to Ning Juan respectfully, and then quickly slipped away.

Chang Shun swallowed, always feeling that His Majesty is like a volcano of anger that is constantly accumulating anger, and when it becomes unbearable, it will burst out. At that time... Will Mr. Lu still sit there and talk to His Majesty?

Ning Juan handed the notebook that Changshun brought to Lu Qingze: "The urgent report from Mobei yesterday."

Lu Qing took it over and took a look.

According to the emergency report, when General Shi Rongfeng led his troops to chase Oala, he was secretly injured. The military doctor had limited medical skills. Shi Rongfeng said that he was old and frail. The north wind and sand are violent, and he has not returned to Beijing for many years. I beseech His Majesty to allow him to return to Beijing for a while to recuperate.

A statement is earnest, and a few words touch people's hearts, and it makes people feel sad when they look at it.

After reading it, Lu Qing showed a smile: "General Shi's literary talents are so good, it seems that he believed the letter I sent for the time being."

When he was reading the letter, Ning Juan was looking at him as usual.

Lu Qing did not take off his mask, only revealing his reddish lips and delicate jawline.

He tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, and resisted not reaching out to pick it off: "Shi Rongfeng was indeed injured secretly, and his body is not as good as before."

Lu Qing thought about the ending of General Shi's death in pain and torment in the original book, and pursed his lips: "When Xu Shu comes back, maybe I can show the general."

Ning Juan paused, but did not speak.

Although he now has the support of more and more ministers, he has a shortcoming, which is the lack of military power.

Because he has no military power, under heavy fear, he can't even move Wei Herong at will, otherwise it will lead to the counterattack of the five army battalions who support Wei Herong, which will have unpredictable consequences.

This is ridiculous for an emperor.

Shi Rongfeng held a heavy army and had a great reputation. He had a very high status no matter among the common people or in the military camp. Back then, Emperor Chong'an was persuaded by the eunuchs and refused to send food and grass to Mobei, so Shi Rongfeng died with a lot of wastage. This threat, the idea of ​​returning to military power - although this idea seems extremely fatuous and out of date in such an emergency situation, Shi Rongfeng is indeed a great threat to the royal family and the emperor.

Ning Juan didn't think Shi Rongfeng would threaten the throne.

But even if Shi Rongfeng is willing to help because of Lin Xi, he may not hand over the military power to him.

He needs to gain military power, the sooner the better.

As far as he is concerned, a general who is sick and dead is more helpful than a general who is alive.

Ning Juan thought indifferently, if Lu Qing knew what he was thinking, he would definitely think him scary.

He felt terrible, too, but he couldn't wait to really have all the power.

Seeing that Ning Juan suddenly fell silent, Lu Qing stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes: "What are you thinking, can you be distracted while talking?"

Ning Juan came back to his senses, blinked his eyes slowly, and smiled slightly: "Well, okay, let Xu Shu take a look then."

He listened to Lu Qingze.

He was willing to suppress all dark suspicions for Lu Qing.

It's just that Lu Qing needs to bear another dark desire.

Lu Qing didn't feel any abnormality, and looked at the urgent report again with his chin resting on his cheek. When it happened to mention Xu Shu, he asked by the way, "Is there any news from Xu Shu?"

Xu Shu was brought into the inner courtyard of the Wei Mansion. Even though Wei Herong didn't suspect him, Xu Shu was still under heavy guard, but before entering, he made an appointment with Ning Juan on how to deliver the news.

Wei Qiao is seriously ill, and there is a medicine storehouse in the Wei mansion that covers almost all the medicinal materials, but some medicinal materials cannot be stored like this, Xu Shu wrote a prescription today, and there is a blind in it that needs to be freshly excavated. The people in the Wei Mansion sent a message, passing the name of the medicine, matching the secret code agreed before leaving.

Ning Juan smiled and said: "Well, it just came today. When Wei Herong brought Xu Shu into the inner courtyard of the Wei Mansion, Wei Qiao had coughed up blood and was unconscious. After Xu Shu took a dose of medicine, Wei Qiao woke up. Now Wei Herong has convinced him a lot."

They must act cautiously over there, and Wei Herong's criminal evidence should not be obtained for a while.

Lu Qing nodded, but when it came to Xu Shu prescribing medicine, he had to think of another matter. He couldn't help staring at Ning Juan for a few seconds. After thinking about it, the child's body is more important, and asked in a low voice: " Then your medicine..."

Ning Juan is not still drinking that every day, is he?

Ning Juan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Lu Qing to ask this, a smile appeared in his eyes: "It stopped yesterday."

Lu Qing was a little embarrassed: "That's good, that's good."

Otherwise, Ning Juan would be tortured every day...it would be embarrassing.

Ning Juan saw that the tips of his ears were a little red, and the corners of his mouth curled silently.

It seems that he still cares about that matter.

Lu Qing didn't want to mention the Mid-Autumn Festival night at all. He rubbed his shoulders and coughed lightly: "If there's nothing wrong, I..."

Want to run again?

Before he could finish speaking, Ning Juan glanced at him, got up and put his hand on his shoulder.

The boy's strength was just right, and the massage was very comfortable, and the sore muscles were relieved, but in the comfort, there was also some indescribable itchiness.

Lu Qing murmured unconsciously, grabbed Ning Juan's wrist, feeling unspeakably flustered, and tried to make his tone sound serious: "Guoguo, you are the emperor, don't give it to me casually..."

The kneading force seemed to increase suddenly.

Ning Juan said indifferently: "Didn't the teacher just remind me yesterday that you are my teacher? Even the emperor should respect the teacher. What's wrong with me rubbing the teacher's shoulders?"

Lu Qingze: "..."

Ning Juan still felt that the sound of "Guoguo" was very harsh, and pretended to be casual, "Qin Yuan'an didn't go to the Wei Mansion to look for Wei Qiao today, I sent someone to go to the Qin Mansion to have a look, so it turns out that he is going to be crowned today... two weeks later In three years, it's time for me to perform the crowning ceremony, and then the teacher will preside over the crowning ceremony for me, will you take the words for me?"

What's so bad about this?

It is only natural for the teacher to choose words for the students.

Although he wanted to minimize physical contact, His Majesty's thoughtful service was really comfortable, and he did not make any further contact.

Lu Qing's muscles were tense, and he sat alertly and was pressed for a while. Seeing that Ning Juan was well-behaved, his body was like a piece of paper. After reading the documents all day, his shoulder hurt badly. Lie flat and press the button, lazily said: "Okay, I have also thought about your words."

Ning Juan's eyes lit up: "What?"

"The meaning of the word Juan is not good," Lu Qing pondered, turning his head to discuss with him, his eyes were gentle, "The clear sky shines on the snow, and it helps the world. What do you think of it as Jiwei?"

Snow season and cold plum.

Ning Juan smacked in his heart, very satisfied, and there was some secret darkness in his eyes: "Then when the time comes, the teacher will crown me with his own hands."

Lu Qing smiled: "It's natural."

For people of this era, crowning means a lot to a man.

He can't run, so he won't miss Ning Juan's important coronation ceremony.

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Lu Qingze: Buried a flag shallowly.