Xiao Luolan held Lu Jijiu's famous thorn and felt a little hot. She knew that this person must have something to do when he came to visit, but she had to receive him.
After all, he is a famous Confucian. Compared with the Xiao family, the Lu family is famous in the world, has a good family background, and has real power. Lu Gui is fifty years old. Although he became an official early, his family did not. His younger brother took office in Luoyang. He was the president of Shan University, while his eldest brother was serving as General Jinwu Zuozhonglang in Chang'an.
Thinking of this, Xiao Luolan went to Zongzhu Zhou's study again. She remembered that there was a map of Chang'an in the room.
After finding it on the desk,
Xiao Luolan was secretly shocked. The Chang'an Forbidden Army was divided into North and South Yamen. The North Yamen was under the control of the emperor, while the South Yamen was under the jurisdiction of the prime minister because it was close to the south. The Jinwu Guards of the South Yamen Forbidden Army were now controlled by Lu Jijiu's brother, and That is to say, the Nanya imperial army and the prime minister are in trouble.
The situation was so critical, but the emperor still had time to send angels to cause trouble in Youzhou. When Xiao Luolan thought about his name, he was speechless to the emperor in Chang'an.
Return to the hall.
"Mother, this is what happened to Lu Jijiu. As for his younger brother, Dr. Lu, he is a master of classics." He Jin was wearing a white monk's robe, with a bamboo hat half covering his face, holding Buddhist beads in his hands, and smiled. He said: "When the young monk was a guest monk at Mercy Temple in Luoyang, he used to guide Dr. Lu and got to know him better."
Zheng Yuxin had a headache when she heard about offering wine, doctors, and classics. She was not interested in scholars at all, and she was not interested in this topic at all. But seeing that the mistress was a little worried, she said: "Is it because the person who came to offer wine is not a good person? I will let you Did they send him out?"
Xiao Luolan laughed, how could he spend his time casually? Unexpectedly, Sect Leader Zhou deliberately kept the Lu family and did nothing to his family.
Duke Xiao took his disciples out early in the morning, and Shiliu was forced to follow him. His daughter was sleeping, and Amu and Sect Master Zhou went to Pei Shanshui Master together. That's why Xiao Luolan took He Jin, a person from Jiangnan. Little master, please come here.
Knowing herself and the enemy, she also had to get to know the details of this person before making any plans.
However, there are so many great Confucian scholars and famous people in Jiangnan. Xiao Luolan only heard about three or four of them.
"Miss Xiaoyu, please don't speak nonsense." He Jin said, saying the Buddha's name.
When Zheng Yuxin heard her nickname, she glared at the monk fiercely.
"We are guests after all. We must not be rude. Let's see what happened to him first." Xiao Luolan said.
"That's right." He Jin nodded.
Jiangdu Palace.
Lu Gui has been here many times.
He looked at the courtyard of the outer hall, where the cicadas were chirping and the trees were green.
Just hearing the sound of the ring, a lady came from the front of the hall.
What is unique is the appearance of the bright moon peony, the snow-colored flesh, and the bright appearance. As soon as I saw it, it was so dazzling that the whole room was eclipsed.
Lu Gui paused while stroking his beard, knowing that this woman must be the mistress of Youzhou, Mrs. Huarong.
"I pay my respects to the princess."
Xiao Luolan sat down on the main seat and looked at Lu Jijiu, who was famous all over the world, not daring to look down on him with a serious look on his face.
"Your Majesty is not in the palace today. I wonder if Mr. Lu has something important to do with delivering the assassination?"
Lu Gui smiled smartly: "It's nothing important. Since the prince is not here, I will tell you the same thing, princess."
"Mr. Lu, please speak." Xiao Luolan said seriously.
Lu Gui's tone was rather sad: "To be honest with the princess, Guo Kuinai of the Guo family is my student. I heard that he was imprisoned the day before yesterday. I was very anxious. I knew that he had made a big mistake. I didn't ask for his release. I just asked the princess to read it. I miss my disciple so much, would you like me to go see my traitor in prison?"
"Guo Kui started school at the age of three and later entered Xuejunshan Academy. He has always served his teacher like a father. It is his own fault that he is in trouble. But as a teacher, if I don't see him, I will really feel uneasy."
At the end of his speech, Lu Gui actually stood up in obeisance, with tears hidden in his eyes.
To be honest, this scene is indeed very sad.
Xiao Luolan hesitated again and again, but still refused cruelly, saying sadly: "I am a woman and I cannot make the decision. I still need to consult the prince about this matter. When the prince comes back, I will definitely inform him and let him make a decision on this matter. "
Lu Gui said disappointedly: "Isn't it possible that the princess is not even willing to fulfill my teacher-student friendship?"
Xiao Luolan thought of the Lu family behind this man and the achievements of the young master He Jin in suppressing bandits. She had long been wary of this old man. If he had a tough attitude, Xiao Luolan would understand. After all, she had seen everything. They are those families whose eyes are higher than their heads.
"Please come back, Mr. Lu." Xiao Luolan said, issuing an order to expel guests.
There is absolutely no way this person is from their faction, there must be some conspiracy.
Lu Gui sighed and left.
Xiao Luolan looked at his back and frowned slightly, wondering what on earth this man wanted to do.
Outside Jiangdu Palace.
Lu Gui sat in the carriage, silent, and sighed again for a long time.
"Father, did Mrs. Huarong refuse?" His son was on the side, thinking: "I heard that she is gentle and kind, but now it seems that is not the case."
"It's a pity that the food boxes can't be delivered to the prison."
Lu Gui looked at the carved red lacquer food box on the long table. It was empty.
"Yeah, it's a pity."
Lu Guidao.
The only food box that cracked Zhou Youzhou's plan was not even sent to prison.
"Then I say, if the Guo family was more sensible, they should decisively take the lead in committing suicide in prison." Lu Gui's eldest son said bitterly: "It would save us so much thought."
"It's not easy to live, isn't it easy to die? They just live an ignoble existence."
Lu Gui closed his eyes, eating to no avail, and asked you to commit suicide. It would be better if the Guo family died. In this way, Zhou Youzhou would be the enemy in Jianghuai, instead of being like now, he would put pressure on Wei Gongna.
Chapter 226 (revision)
Mid June.
It's a hot day. If there is no ice in the house, she will be sweating if she moves even a little. At least Xiao Qingxue would rather stay in the room than go out. The place where she lives is near the lake, which is ventilated and spacious. There is also an ice basin in the house. Seeing that it was almost noon, Xiao Qingxue got up lazily.
She held a sweet pear dipped in the well and took a bite. Her mouth was immediately full of saliva, and the heat was gone. Xiao Qingxue couldn't help but squinted her eyes with joy, and sat on the steps to eat.
Dongxue has been following the young lady these past few days, sitting on her side and fanning herself. She knew that her mistress doted on the young lady, but after serving her for these days, she felt more and more that her mistress' love for the young lady was unparalleled.
Which noble girl doesn't get up until three o'clock in the morning?
Which noble girl can do whatever she wants without any scruples? He wears a man's robe and rides around Guangling all day long. He is more elegant than all the other gentlemen.
After finishing one pear, Xiao Qingxue washed her hands and took the remaining pears to her grandma's house. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, so she would only go out to play in the evening.
As soon as she came in, Xiao Qingxue's eyes lit up: "Mom, it smells so good!"
She walked in and saw that there was lotus leaf chicken and some fish for lunch today, which was another hearty meal.
"Hurry up and sit down and eat. You don't have to wait for anyone today. Your father and Amu went to Peishan, and Mr. Xiao went out early on the 16th." Xiao Luolan asked her daughter to sit down and eat.
Xiao Qingxue didn't take it to heart: "Then it's good for the two of us to eat." She asked Dongxue to put a basket of sweet pears on the table, and said with a smile: "After we finish eating, we will eat pears again. This Pears are delicious."
"Okay." Xiao Luolan naturally had nothing to do. After asking the maid in the hall to leave, she told her daughter about Mr. Lu's arrival.
Since there was no one in the hall, Xiao Qingxue pulled off a fragrant chicken leg and took a bite. After hearing what A Niang said, she also felt strange: "Then Mr. Lu said he wanted to meet Guo Kui?"
"Yes, he left immediately after I refused and didn't bother him too much." Xiao Luolan sighed: "Maybe I was overthinking it, but seeing that Mr. Lu was from Wei Guogong's side, I had to Be careful."
"Aniang is right, he is the enemy, he may be trying to play some conspiracy." Xiao Qingxue agreed.
"I met the Yu family in Guangling again later. He brought several prominent powerful men from the nearby counties and handed me a greeting card. After inviting me into the hall, he said something about your father being the most respected. He must have come here to pay homage to me. Surrender to us."
Xiao Luolan got a little closer to her daughter. Her daughter was considerate and she wanted to talk to her about everything. Here, they were the closest, and she was most relaxed around her daughter.
"That's fine. After all, my father killed the aristocratic family, and those scholar-bureaucrats will hate him to death. It seems that the aristocratic family can no longer be won over." Xiao Qingxue took a mouthful of rice and said without thinking: "Now we are in enemy territory, naturally We must unite everyone who can be united. It is normal for those scholar-bureaucrats to look down on powerful people from rural areas. Even my father made his fortune as a martial artist in their eyes. We all have similar statuses, so there is no need to dislike anyone."
Xiao Luolan felt melancholy after hearing this, not because of status prejudice, but because this Guangling tycoon was not like the Youzhou tyrants who were obeyed by the Zhou clan. Generally speaking, the Youzhou tyrants were not very evil, just Even the taxes were paid in full, and she even borrowed some names from time to time to pay for it several times. At least when she was in Langge, the powerful people in Youzhou were harvested one after another like wheat due to cruel officials.
In other words, Sect Master Zhou is the biggest powerful man in Youzhou, and no one dares to disobey him.
On the Jianghuai side, Xiao Luolan saw the county officials' documents and local chronicles in the study. It was better to give in to the evil done by those powerful people and those aristocratic families. In the fish and meat township, they wantonly amassed food and wealth and relied on them. There are many disciples, and they are basically bullies.
To be honest, Xiao Luolan felt a little conflicted in his heart when such a person came to seek refuge. But what his daughter said made sense. A Guangling family could show their resistance to the Zhou clan leader. Is it possible that he really wanted to fight alone in Jianghuai?
Unexpectedly, Sect Master Zhou also showed his kindness to Master Pei Shanshui first.
Xiao Luolan often felt that the current situation was like a quagmire covering everything, and that he could not move under the general situation.
Xiao Qingxue became more and more excited as she talked about it. In fact, she played with Shiliu all day long, and there were people protecting her everywhere. There were hundreds of guards. Even after wandering around for several days, nothing happened that interested her. People on the street were afraid to avoid her when they saw her, as if everyone was avoiding her, which inevitably made her depressed.
Even if you go shopping for a meal or a walk, most of those people are afraid of trying to please others, which is really boring.
It's not as exciting as daddy and grandma's side.
"I wanted to send you to Qinghe to go to school this time, but we haven't arrived in Qinghe County yet." Xiao Luolan suddenly remembered the purpose of this trip and felt that it was really a trick of fate. She said with emotion that she had agreed to set off back to Lang in July. Ge, it's already June and a half, and I don't know how Shen Zhi is doing in Langge.
"Isn't Mr. Xiao also here? I'll just go to him to ask for advice when I have time." Xiao Qingxue said with a smile.
"You still know how to ask for advice? I'm afraid you want to run out every day." Xiao Luolan said angrily.
Xiao Qingxue pretended not to hear and only smiled at her mother-in-law.
Xiao Luolan looked at her daughter's cute smiling face, her heart softened, and she also laughed.
Xiao Qingxue smiled and said: "I know there is a good place in Guangling. I will take you there in the evening."
Xiao Luolan said: "Where is it?"
"My mother-in-law will know when we get to the place." Xiao Qingxue gave the lie.
Wait until evening.
Xiao Luolan followed her daughter to the white jade bridge under Huangliang Temple, fifteen miles away in the south of the city.
"Twenty-Four Bridges, on a moonlit night, where can a beautiful lady teach me how to play the flute?" Xiao Qingxue read a poem while shaking her head.
"Although I don't know if this bridge is one of the twenty-four bridges, I think even if it is not, it is still worth coming here." Xiao Qingxue had obviously played once, and smiled at her mother in the cool summer breeze. : "Wait a while, and someone will set up river lanterns under the Yimeng Bridge under Huangliang Temple."
"The seventh day of July next month is the Qiqiao Festival. There are countless people coming to Huangliang Temple to ask for marriage fortune signs. It has become lively now."
Xiao Luolan turned around and looked up at the majestic Huangliang Temple on the mountain. Huangliang Yimeng, the name of this temple is really interesting.
Beside the Yimeng Bridge, there are more and more pedestrians on the road.
"Do you want to go?" Xiao Luolan asked with a smile.
"I don't want to beg." Xiao Qingxue flicked her ponytail, folded her arms and looked at the lake, just like a young man with red lips and white teeth.
"But it's okay to put out river lanterns. I heard that Huangliang Temple's vegetarian food is very famous. I want to eat their food for dinner."
"Okay." Xiao Luolan smiled.
