Seeing that the carriage had only waited for a while, it entered the Xie Mansion, and Ji Chong said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that Gongzi Xie to be an old acquaintance with the prince of Pengcheng. ”

The prince of Pengcheng, with a single name and a Yue character, is a well-known figure in Jianye City.

There are two reasons for his fame, one is that the prince is handsome, and if he shows up, he is better than Pan An, who threw fruit and won the car; The second is that he is extremely beautiful, whether male or female, if he enters the eyes of the son of the world because of his beauty, there are eight or nine times out of ten, and he will be caught.

Thinking of this section, Lu Sheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, "Xie Ying is peerless, don't say women, even if a man sees it, he must be tempted, if the prince of Pengcheng is entangled, he is only afraid that he will cause trouble." ”

Ji Chong smiled and said: "Brother Lu, this Gongzi Xie is not a simple person, the prince of Pengcheng will definitely not dare to mess around." ”

This young man has a lively temperament, and he has contacts with the three religions and nine streams in the city, and he can always inquire about all kinds of thingsIntelligence is a jack of all trades.

Lu Sheng asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Ji Chong said: "Brother Lu is good friends with Mr. Xie Ying, but he has never heard of rumors?" ”

Lu Sheng said: "When will I befriend Xie Ying?" It's just a matter of handling the case together, that son has a perverse temperament, and no one should enter, if he really has a good friend, it is a strange thing...... What rumors? ”

Ji Chong said with a smile: "It is rumored that Gongzi Xie was weak when he was young, and he only came of age safely because he was enlightened by an immortal, and he also learned advanced immortal arts, and his skills are superb, and he can drive demons and dispatch five ghosts, how dare the prince of the world provoke." ”

Although he didn't necessarily have the power to drive demons and ghosts, Lu Sheng still remembered that Xie Ying's order caused him not only to hand over all the soft things he carried, but also to untie his clothes.

Seeing that the door was closed, Lu Sheng turned around and said with a wry smile: "It makes sense, but if I care, it will be chaotic." Then he didn't delay any longer, and went back to the Qingming Office with Ji Chong.

The Qingming Administration cracked three cases of decapitation in one fell swoop, which was a great achievement, but the closing file and the presentation made Lu Sheng ponder for a whole day, and when he finished writing the nine characters of "The Last General Simin Gong Cao Lu Sheng's Worship", it was past the right moment, and he was about to be curfew.

He wanted to visit Xie Mansion again, but now he had to give up and hurriedly returned home, and was naturally reprimanded by his brother and sister-in-law, blaming him for being greedy for wine and almost making a mistake. Lu Sheng was neither greedy for alcohol, nor did he make a mistake, so he had to be wronged and admit his mistakes again and again.

After two days like this, the chores in the department were just a little over, and Lu Sheng rarely stole a few moments of leisure, took a miscellaneous book and was about to flip through it, but suddenly heard a noisy noise outside the door, and the ducks squeaked and quacked deafeningly. When he opened the door, he saw hemp and gray feathers flying all over the courtyard and a fat bird swooping in front of him.

Lu Sheng drew his sword without thinking and slashed, but it was as if he had slashed tissue paper, and the blade of the sword slid lightly, with a soft sound, like a cracked silk, and the innocent water duck was cut in half, fell to the ground, and sprinkled the blood of the feathered duck all over the ground.

The courtyard was frightened, but Lu Sheng was also slightly stunned, looking at the sword in his hand, the blade of the sword slanted downward, and a little blood slid down the blade, the whole sword was clean and clean, as clear as if it were flawless and clear.

At this time, a familiar voice laughed loudly: "I haven't seen you for half a year, your swordsmanship has improved again, Baoyang." ”

Baoyang is Lu Sheng's expression, and when he heard the reputation, he saw Ji Chong leading a scholar in Tsing Yi with a long body and a crown of Xuan sarong, through the corridor, and walked in while avoiding the water ducks flying all over the yard.

He immediately put away his sword, strode towards the scholar, and said happily: "Brother Yun Chang, don't come to harm!" Mr...... Are you okay? ”

The scholar's surname is Shen Minglun, and his words are common, and Lu Shengnai is a classmate of Songfeng Academy in the past.

Since the age of sixteen, Lu Sheng joined Yu Linwei, but Mr. Shui Yue refused to teach him anymore, but on the contrary, he was kind to Shen Lun and often gave advice. Two years ago, Mr. Shui Yue left Songfeng Academy and joined Chen Liuwang as a staff member, and Shen Lun also followed his teacher, and also became a guest in Chen Liuwang's mansion and went to Chen Liujun.

Although these two people have always known each other very well, they have always known each other very well, just like Bao, and they are commensurate with each other.

Shen Lun was born elegant and gentle, quite a gentleman's demeanor, with a warm smile, like a spring breeze, but it was completely different from Xie Ying's slightly sneering smile, he hugged his fists with Lu Sheng and saluted, and said with a smile: "The teacher has wandered away, and he is missing, and the letter is as usual, so there is no need to worry about it." I'm naturally fine, but Baoyang, you're getting more and more alive. ”

He swept into the courtyard with a smile, and Lu Sheng smiled bitterly: "Brother Yun Chang is used to making fun of people, where is this a living dragon and a tiger, it is clearly a chicken flying and a dog jumping." ”

A group of feather forest soldiers are catching ducks in the courtyard, those ducks are used to being wild, they are flexible, and from time to time they also spread their wings and fly into the air, if it weren't for the feathers being cut off, I'm afraid that they would have already flown all over the sky, where can these martial artists be close. One side dodge, the other side quacks deafeningly. Bailixiao was also mixed in, his head was covered with duck down, and he was hurrying to the outside of the courtyard with two ducks in each hand.

Poor Master Liu, a literati, ran a few steps after the water duck, and tripped over the corner of his robe and fell to the ground.

Ji Chong trembled and said, "Brother Lu, these are all rewards that Yu Linlang will give to his brothers, and they are also New Year's gifts. No, a cage broke ......"

Lu Sheng sighed and said, "Hurry up and catch it back, if you let the deacon see it, you will not escape the punishment." ”

Ji Chong hurriedly answered, and followed his comrades to catch ducks.

Lu Sheng led Shen Lun into the study of the office, made him a cup of tea himself, and sighed: "My top boss, the deacon of the Qingming Administration, is an old pedant who picks faults, and every time he picks out five or six mistakes in every message, he will rewrite it, which is even more severe than that of Mr. back then. With the recommendation of my mentor and Mr., it is easy for Brother Yun Chang to be a deacon. But you want to go to Chenliu County......"

Shen Lun took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "If I become your top boss, I will definitely be more severe than that old pedant, if the wording is poor, not only will I rewrite it, but I will also punish you for copying it ten times." ”

Lu Sheng's face froze, and he sighed: "You better go to Chenliu County." ”

Shen Lun laughed, and only then did he smile: "I entered Beijing this time to accompany the prince to the New Year's Festival. I traveled for a few days, and because I couldn't enter the city in time, I stayed overnight in Gyeonggi Xiaolizhuang, but I encountered a strange thing. ”

Lu Sheng still had lingering palpitations about the past, and when he heard Shen Lun mention the word strange things, he couldn't help but feel a little big, but he had to ask, "What strange things?" ”

Shen Lun said: "In the dead of night, I was suddenly awakened by a strange sound outside the window, the strange sound was sometimes like a pack of wolves howling the moon, sometimes like a child crying, which lasted for a whole hour, making people toss and turn and couldn't sleep. I stayed in that house, but I only told me to be patient, and not to go out and snoop. The foolish brother is a human being, and the virtuous brother of Baoyang also knows, how to endure it? Naturally, he went out with his sword and wanted to find out. Unexpectedly......"

Lu Sheng heard his tone sink suddenly, so he was also nervous, and asked with bated breath, "How?" ”

Shen Lun turned to sigh and said, "Nothing." ”

Lu Sheng said angrily: "Brother Yun Chang, you are playing me again!" ”

Shen Lun's face was full of smiles that almost overflowed from his eyes, and he confessed again and again, and continued: "Before leaving the next day, I used a little trick to hear the news from the mouth of the owner of the house. ”

Lu Sheng said: "A little trick...... I'm afraid that it is soft grinding and hard foaming, envy and power, and side knocking? ”

Shen Lun smiled calmly: "Those who know me hold Yang." All in all, it turned out that the vision in Xiao Li Zhuang was not only strange in the middle of the night, but even the two wells in the village had dried up. ”

Lu Sheng hesitated: "The water is dry in winter, and it is normal. ”

Shen Lun said: "One of the fields outside the village has collapsed by more than two zhang, and it can't be filled no matter how much it is filled. ”

Lu Sheng said: "I'm afraid that there was originally a cavity in the ground, but now the rock layer is broken, so it collapses, if the cavity is extremely deep, it will naturally need to add a lot of earth to fill it." ”

Shen Lun said: "The pigs, sheep, chickens and dogs raised in the village are often lost. ”

Lu Sheng said: "The farm infested by wild foxes and weasels is a common thing. It is necessary to build a high village wall and take more precautions. I informed the head of the Xiangxiang Pavilion and organized the Xiangyong to disperse the wild beasts near Gyeonggi. ”

Shen Lun couldn't help but smile and said: "Baoyang, you have clearly seen the manifestation of the gods and Buddhas of Shilipo and destroyed the demon monks with your own hands, but now you still don't believe in evil. ”

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Yun Chang also heard about it?" ”

Shen Lun said: "I was told in a letter from the south. ”

Lu Sheng could only hold his forehead with his hand and sigh in a low voice, "That girl...... It's clearly a small work around you. ”

Nanlai's surname is Yue, Yue's family and the Lu family live next to each other, it is the good of the family, Yue Nanlai is the youngest daughter in the family, and Lu Sheng and Shen Lun are old acquaintances, Shen Lun is the longest, Lu Sheng is second, Nanlai is the youngest, the three of them are childhood sweethearts, although they are old now, their feelings are the same as they were back then.

Shen Lun still smiled: "She's just hearsay, just chatting with me." ”

Lu Sheng said: "Chen Liujun to Jianye City for more than ten days, a letter exchange will take more than half a month, you two are tireless, Hongyan passed the book and chatted, but left me aside." ”

Such a sour taste caused Shen Lun to accidentally choke on a mouthful of hot tea into his trachea, and he coughed continuously and laughed lowly.

Lu Sheng realized that it was inappropriate, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to rub the tip of his nose, "I'm not ......" before he opened his mouth and paused, but this was more and more trying to cover up, inappropriate.

Shen Lun took out a hand towel and wiped it clean, and then said with a smile: "In my brother's heart, the virtuous brother of Baoyang and the virtuous sister from the south are all important. ”

Lu Sheng glanced at him, but sighed more and more in his heart.

Yue Nanlai is brother and sister love for Lu Sheng, but he has already secretly promised Shen Lun, but it is a pity that the goddess has a heart, King Xiang has no intention, and Shen Lun only treats her as a brother and sister. Even if the three of them are friends in general, Lu Sheng can only stand by and watch.

Fortunately, Shen Lun laughed a few words, and then returned to the right and preached: "If it was just some vision, it turned out that when the strange sound sounded for four or five days and did not stop, the little Li Zhuang invited a wandering Taoist priest to get rid of the demon. The Taoist priest set up a platform outside the village to practice, and in the middle of the night, the strange sound still resounded for an hour. After dawn, everyone wanted to blame the Taoist priest for being useless, but they only saw blood stains all over the ground, the mixed yuan scarf worn by the Taoist priest, and the fragments of the peach wood sword robe left at the platform, but the Taoist priest disappeared. ”

First there are wandering monks, and then there are wandering Taoist priests, people outside the party are not good at chanting scriptures, running around all day long, why bother. Lu Sheng's jet-black sword eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle deeply.

Shen Lun still said unhurriedly: "Zhuang Nong thought that the Taoist priest was eaten by a monster, and he was shocked inexplicably, so he buried the blood stains all over the ground on the spot, and burned the things left by the Taoist priest. It's just that the peachwood sword is not afraid of fire, and it burned for three whole days, but it still has most of it left. It made Zhuang Nong even more afraid, and when he saw me asking, he gave me the peachwood sword. ”

He took out a piece of something more than a foot long from his sleeve, wrapped in green cloth on the outside, and spread it out on the table, it was a piece of wood that had been cut flat, with scorched black marks everywhere, but the remaining wood was still strong, and there was a faint warmth when touched.

Lu Sheng had no clue, took the piece of wood and played with it in his hand, and muttered: "That Taoist priest is nowhere to be seen, how can I confirm that he was eaten by a monster, maybe he ran away." ”

Shen Lun said: "There is blood all over the ground, but you can't fake it, if you run away, you must also run away in a panic, and this treasure will also be lost." He pointed to the half of the peachwood sword, and said, "Even if it is not a monster, it is also a beast, if there are tigers, wolves, and mountain boars roaming around, those farmers will not escape sooner or later." It's just that everyone in Xiao Li Zhuang was frightened by all kinds of visions, and they only said that they were monsters, and they refused to report to the official. The foolish brother has the heart to take care of this idle matter, but he has no choice but to say it wrongly...... What's more, that Xiao Li Zhuang is in the name of Xie Shilang. ”

When Lu Sheng heard the word Xie, his heart couldn't help jumping, and he asked rhetorically, "Which Xie Shilang?" ”

Shen Lun said with a smile: "Xie Jin, the Cao servant in the palace, is a side branch of the Xie clan of Chen County. ”

Lu Sheng asked, "What is the position of Cao in the palace?" ”

Shen Lun said: "It is the left arm and right arm of the Shangshu in the palace...... That's it, Brother Lu told me not to talk to you about the affairs of the DPRK and China. ”

Lu Sheng held the teacup and looked at him with a smile, "Although I am only a six-grade gongcao, my mentor is the left eunuch of Yulin, and I naturally know Lord Shangshuyun in the palace." Brother Yun Chang, your bend is too big. ”

Shen Lun is so enthusiastic about a small farm, but now it seems that it is to make friends with that Xie Shilang, and the ultimate goal is the top boss of Xie Shilang's top boss, the palace Shangshu, who is beating around the bush like this, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Shen Lun smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, the prince has the heart to make friends with Lord Yun...... What happened to me in Xiao Li Zhuang was a complete coincidence. What's more, I am a disciple of King Chen Liu, if I interfere in the private affairs of court officials, it will only cause criticism, and there is no benefit at all. Baoyang, it's okay for you to be suspicious of me, don't involve the people. ”

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "Mourn the widow, compassionate to the lonely, revitalize the poor and make up for the shortcomings." He who helps the king to rest his people. Mr. taught, Brother Yun Chang has never forgotten jì. ”

Shen Lun couldn't help but smile and said, "Zhao Wei asked the Qi envoy"? You remember the books that a ten-year-old child reads. ”

Lu Sheng sighed: "I just remember a little bit of it, don't let Mr. know, he was laughed at by him." ”

The two laughed a few more words, Shen Lun took his leave, and Lu Sheng advised: "When I beg my sister-in-law to set up a dust-washing banquet, Brother Yun Chang should not refuse, if Nanlai knows, he will be happy." ”

Shen Lun unconsciously showed a bit of a trance, but then said with a smile: "I also want to meet the Lu family's brothers and sisters-in-law, uncles-in-law, and aunts-in-law." ”

After Shen Lun left, Lu Sheng also carried the six ducks back home, and Zhou ordered the servants to kill all six ducks in one go, pluck and wash them, three as saltwater ducks and three as roast ducks. It takes a lot of time to make, but it is Zhou's specialty, the salted duck is soft and glutinous, white, tender and juicy, and the roast duck is bright and oily, and the skin is crispy and the meat is smooth, all of which are mouth-watering delicacies.

When the fire arrived on the second day, Zhou took one salted duck and one roast duck, wrapped it properly with dried lotus leaves, put it in a food box with red paint on a black background, and ordered Lu Sheng to send it to Gongzi Xie.

Lu Sheng couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "He is a son of the Shi clan, where is there a lack of two ducks?" It's better to leave it to me. ”

Zhou's couldn't cry or laugh, but this baby brother had grown up after all, and it was not good to knock him on the head again, so he had to pat him lightly on the arm, "Don't play poor, it's important to give gifts, you are drunk in other people's homes, you always have to apologize and thank you, go quickly." ”

Lu Sheng's heart was cold, and the frost flew in June, and he couldn't be wronged anymore, but he could only honestly carry the food box to Xie Ying's mansion.