Speaking of Cao Ju, he was naturally equally gifted, and he was from the capital. His father had an old relationship with Li Mastiff Chun, so his father had made up his mind that he would become Li Mastiff Chun's disciple. However, Cao Ju was playful in nature and He is quite arrogant and thinks that he can become talented by self-study, so why should others teach him? So he didn't even go to the government examination, no matter how hard his father pushed him.
But just in the past few days, I heard that a genius one year younger than him had set an unprecedented record in the Imperial College, which made this arrogant boy have a bit of a desire to compare. He calculated this account clearly - Shanhe The academy and the Imperial Academy have always been competitors. Although the Imperial Academy has a more important status, the name of the Shanhe Academy has been more prominent in the past period of time. He did not consider becoming a disciple because it would not show his importance, but until he heard that the Imperial Academy had A young man of about the same age as himself has become a rising star. If he joins Shanhe Academy at this time and then competes with that boy, wouldn't he be the number one figure in Shanhe Academy overtaking the Imperial Academy?
So with this kind of calculation in mind, Cao Ju, who was only fourteen years old, also went to beat the fish-dragon drum - but he happened to be a step too late, so the third and fourth elders were settled.
Cao Jucai's words, what is exciting is that Ye Zheng changed his family background - first from the Imperial College to Shanhe Academy, but after completing his studies, he went straight to the Ministry of Justice without working in Shanhe Academy for a day, and rose all the way to his current position as Zuo Shilang. , and even married the daughter of the former Minister of Punishment.
Ye Zheng devoted himself to Shanhe Academy for more than ten years. Once he was born, he shocked the capital as much as he did back then. Many people said that he was Li Zhanchun's successor, but in Cao Ju's eyes, he was just an innocent person. A traitor, a white-eyed wolf who abandoned the love of his mentor and companions for the sake of fame and wealth.
To be honest, since they joined Li Zhanchun one after another, the unharmonious relationship between Ye Zhan and Cao Ju has lasted for a long time, especially Cao Ju's bad talk has always taken the lead. The fierce competition allows each to give full play to their talents, but if these incidents of disrupting each other occur too often, it is not good for the overall situation. In order to bridge the gap between the two, Li Zhanchun made a lot of efforts to make the disciples work together, and finally the two men, who had been fighting openly and secretly for several years on a case, eased up.
At that time, Shanhe Mansion was booming, and the government was taking on countless important cases. In order to supplement manpower, Li Zhanchun temporarily transferred all his good students to help - this was also the old practice of Shanhe Academy, and even based on the students' It is considered a privilege to help Shanhe Mansion with official affairs, but for Ye Zhan and Cao Ju and others, it is as frequent as going to the toilet. These two people have had the right to freely enter and leave Shanhe Mansion for a long time, and they are the busiest. I didn't even go back to school for a month.
The case they were cooperating with the Shanhe Prefecture to investigate at that time was the "Baoyu Case" involving Qi Changgeng's brother and Suihe King Qi Dingshan. One of the two went with the Ministry of Water to visit and investigate among the people, and the other sat in the government to pull together clues from all parties. , the case took more than three months from the time they participated to the end, and the truth finally came to light.
After this incident, although Ye Zhan and Cao Ju were not as close as brothers, they were able to sit at the same table and eat quietly, which really made these two arrogant guys feel. The person who felt the crisis and did not hesitate to make concessions to each other was a person who appeared later.
That person's name is Lu Ting, who is the number one in Li Zhanchun's mouth.
"Third Senior Brother, why don't we have a chat?" Lu Ting alternated between Ye Zhan and Cao Ju, and finally his eyes fell on Ye Zhan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. While speaking, he raised his thumb towards the opposite door. of vacant rooms.
"Old Jiu... don't use what you did to the prisoners on me." Ye Zhan smiled calmly and declined politely. He was very aware of Lu Ting's methods. This was his usual opening statement - after walking into the interrogation room, he leaned back on the chair casually, and then said: "How about we chat?":
Lu Ting is about the same age as the two of them, less than two years younger, but he became a disciple quite late - at this age, He Nan had already left Shanhe Mansion with a secret mission, and Lu Ting had just officially joined Li Zhanchun's sect. .
But this does not mean that He Nan is better than Lu Ting. On the contrary, it can reflect the situation of Shanhe Mansion - Shanhe Mansion was at its peak back then, but now it is in Qing Dynasty.
If Huang refuses to take over, even Li Zhanchun, who has a lot of talents all over the world, can only carry this heavy burden on the shoulders of the child.
In short, Lu Ting is different from many people in Shanhe Academy, and he is even unique among his direct disciples - he is the only student Li Zhanchun took the initiative to accept.
Lu Ting's family was poor. He was the posthumous son of a veteran. His mother raised him alone and sent him to school. However, after his mother passed away, the Lu family had no source of income, so they did odd jobs and listened outside the school. . Because he was quite literate, good at arithmetic, and very smart, he had been working as an accounting apprentice in a large local restaurant since he was seventeen years old. It happened that when Li Zhanchun was handling business in Huluzhou, the restaurant was involved in a case. Li Yushi took care of it when he had time. In the process, he discovered that this pearl left in the countryside had a rare He had a talent for criminal investigation, so he took him back to Shanhe Mansion after an investigation.
It was Lu Ting who became a monk halfway, which made the entire Shanhe University feel a crisis, especially the most outstanding people. They could all see Li Zhanchun's preference for Lu Ting.
The reason why Li Zhanchun valued Lu Ting so much was because he saw that Lu Ting had qualities that no one else could match. He needed Lu Ting's intelligence to kill Ye Zhan and Cao Ju's spirit, and he also needed Lu Ting's intelligence to kill Ye Zhan and Cao Ju's spirit. Everyone learned from Lu Ting's modest and reserved temperament.
People will always become more and more proud because of their own excellence. This is almost a inevitable misunderstanding - being arrogant because of resourcefulness and trapped because of being resourceful is a common problem among all smart people.
In fact, many not-so-smart people have to go faster and further than the so-called smart people. When they are faced with a few ideas and have chosen a path to go on, those with extraordinary talents still have While making choices among a steady stream of "good ideas", it's not that they lack the courage and decisiveness to execute, it's just that they always feel that they will be unwilling if they don't do their best.
Ye Zheng and Cao Ju were like this in the past, and He Nan was like this now. They were all caged by their talents.
Cao Ju is eloquent, sharp in his words, and comes from a well-known family with both talent and appearance, so he always indulges in the childish sense of comparison and vanity; Ye Zheng is thoughtful and thoughtful, but his nature is unruly and unruly. The sky is high because he has a deep inferiority complex about his poor background that makes him so eager to make a splash; He Nan is both Cao Ju's clever argumenter and Ye Zheng's strategist. His temperament is both ruthless and crazy, and most impermanent, but he is paranoid about hatred. But there is no cure, and they are becoming more and more stubborn - every young man Li Zhanchun expects has extremely fatal character flaws. The old man spares no effort to correct them, but every time he thinks of himself, he also has such shortcomings in the end. That's it.
But Lu Ting is the only exception. This kind of flaw that affects his life has not shown up in Lu Ting. This guy has always given people the impression that he does more than he thinks. Although he looks tepid and slow, but He is always the fastest and best person to complete the task. Ye Zhan and Cao Ju even discussed the mystery because of this, and finally they came up with two possibilities - maybe Lu Ting understood better how a blind man breaks off corns, so he only broke off the best one.
Or maybe he was really smart enough to make the best decision from the beginning.
The second conclusion is too hurtful, especially to themselves. Both Ye Zhan and Cao Ju are both arrogant and arrogant. They never thought that they would lose to each other, but after spending time in front of Lu Ting for a long time, they really felt that they were just one move away from each other. Maybe this This deep sense of frustration is the ultimate reason why Ye Zheng did not hesitate to run away and Cao Ju reluctantly bowed his head.
But as Lu Ting himself said, how can a person be without weaknesses? Lu Ting's weakness was not exposed to Li Zhanchun until later. Even Du Yushi himself regretted why he didn't see it earlier - over the years, he had indeed paid too much attention to Lu Ting and not enough. His dazzling results completely concealed his shortcomings.
This child is too rational, so rational that he is inhuman, so rational that he completely ignores emotions... But even a law enforcer also needs emotions, because only by constantly making corrections based on the dual factors of law and reason can the development of the law be promoted. .
He was indeed gentle and courteous;
But this seems more like his "choice" to communicate with people more efficiently and achieve his destination, rather than his true intention.
The real Lu Ting is a lone leopard and a bird flying alone. He doesn't care who he travels with and can't see where he is going. He is completely different from the chicken soup expert for the soul who is like a spring breeze in front of others. In private, he is completely different. He is cold and withdrawn. Even with so many smart people around him, no one can tell what Lu Ting's hobbies are.
This child lacks love...especially his father's love, so he is always so cold. When Li Zhanchun realized this belatedly, he also regretted it, so he called Shanglu every New Year's Eve, Mid-Autumn Festival and other days. We went home together, and later it evolved into other disciples gathering together at Master's house for the New Year's Eve dinner.
I don’t know what other people think, but this is indeed the day that Lu Ting is most looking forward to and the happiest day of the year.
But the reason why he was happy was dumbfounding - everyone else came to Master with the idea of having a reunion dinner, but he was the only one who looked forward to the impromptu entertainment activities before and after the meal.
