As soon as Li Jun returned home, he went to Zhiyun Courtyard first.

Now that his aunt is not at home, and his uncle is still in the military department, he will leave early tomorrow morning, so he naturally has to report to his grandmother.

At this time, Gu Qing had just sent Zhang Xuan away, and when he heard that Li Jun was going home at this time, he didn't know what was wrong with Lu Dao.

Li Jun's work point in the Yamen Honglu Temple is the same as Li Mao's military department, they all get off work at the hour of the hour (5:15), and now when Shen Shi has just arrived, why did Li Jun come back?

"Hurry up and ask your young master to come in."

"Grandmother." As soon as Li Jun entered the house, he saluted Gu Qing first, "Siqing ordered me to go to Fenzhou to assist in the errand, let me pack my luggage and prepare to leave tomorrow, I will say goodbye to my grandmother early, and I will leave tomorrow morning, so I will not delay my grandmother to go to bed early." ”

"It's not in the way, tomorrow I asked your brother to plant vegetables together, and I have to get up early." Gu Qing was very surprised when he heard that Li Jun was about to go on a bad trip. "Haven't you only been a month? Is this leaving? ”

Even in modern times, the internship period takes two months, and Li Jun has not passed the internship period at this time, not to mention that Li Jun has only learned this "foreign language" for a month, and it is still a question whether he can communicate normally.

"I heard that Uncle Suluk's family has encountered problems in Fenzhou, and Lord Siqing knows that my family has an old relationship with this group of people, so he sent me to follow the other Shangguan to see the situation, not to be resident." Li Jun himself knows very well that he has a few pounds and a few taels, and he will not be so self-righteous as to think that he has an important role. "I'll be cautious, please rest assured."

"Oh, is it Rumer and Miss Tana?" Gu Qing understood what he meant, "Although I don't know what is wrong with Lu Dao, but without hindering national affairs, if I can help, I can help them." ”

Suluk and they saved Li Mao, and they were very kind to his family.

"I know the truth, grandmother." Li Jun nodded. "Does Grandmother have any other orders?"

Gu Qing thought for a while, and then said, "When you see Lu Mo, tell him about the copper plate." What his father saw back then was the stolen money of the private minted official money, so he suffered this catastrophe. Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and his father's life should not be extinguished, and this copper coin finally reached your cousin's hand, so that the matter was exposed. ”

"Now that the bad guy has been arrested, the thief who privately minted official money is also ready to be beheaded after the autumn, he killed a lot of people in order to hide the facts, and it can be regarded as avenging his father's displacement."

Li Jun and Lu Mo have a lot of friendship (drunk from drinking), so they naturally responded in one sip.

Gu Qing asked Xiangyun to bring some silver over and asked Li Jun to bring it.

"It's a long way to go, and I don't know what will happen on the road, so you can bring more money and be prepared."

"Grandmother, I can't take your money. I have money on me, and I haven't touched the gold bills you gave me for the New Year, it's enough to spend. Li Jun saw that his grandmother was holding a bag of silver, and hurriedly waved his hand in fright, "What's more, I have followed the official team all the way, and the food and accommodation on the road are all at the post station, even if I am not at the post station, there is also the official who is responsible for the expenses, where is there a place where I want to spend money!" ”

"When you arrive in Fenzhou, you must invite Lu Mo and Tana to eat and drink, bring them. What if you get separated from the team? Gu Qing didn't know what Lu Dao wanted to prepare for Li Jun, but she felt that it should be right to bring more money.

"I really don't need it......" Li Jun and his grandmother pushed for a long time, and they didn't want to live or die.

Gu Qing couldn't deliver it to Li Jun's hand for a long time, and found that he really didn't want it, so he could only sigh his stubborn temper and put the money away.

It's just that she always felt that this child was very poor, and when she came to the Xinguo Mansion, she didn't even have dozens of taels of silver on her. Now when I go out, although I don't show off, I always want this kind of officialdom communication with my colleagues and officials, and occasionally add vegetables or something, right? How can you do it if you don't have any money?

Turning around, he instructed his subordinates to go to the West Garden quietly, and asked the little servant to stuff the money bag into Li Jun's luggage.

Li Jun went back to the West Garden to pack his luggage when he left Zhiyun Courtyard. He didn't have anything to pack, so he picked up some clothes, carried a few gold bills and scattered silver with him, and then brought the cloth shoes given by his aunt, all kinds of books from the Honglu Temple, and a bottle of refreshing peppermint oil, and then he couldn't think of what to bring.

When he first went to Beijing, he also brought some clothes and books.

After getting his luggage, he went to say goodbye to Li Ming and Li Zhao's two younger brothers. Li Ming was doing the project laid out by Mr. Du Jin at this time, and when he saw Li Jun coming, he hurriedly pulled him to ask for a long time, and after finishing the topic, he wished him a smooth journey, and gave him some gadgets, asking Li Jun to bring Tana to play.

Out of the clouds, Li Jun arrived at Li Zhao's door, wanted to knock on the door several times, and withdrew his hand.

Li Zhao once said to himself that he hoped that he would not go out of Beijing and stay in the house to teach him to read. Everyone thinks that his younger brother is arrogant and unreasonable, and he only has himself in his eyes......

Only he knew the Tao because he was afraid.

After all, Li Zhao is just an eleven or twelve-year-old child, and when he first arrives in an unfamiliar environment, he is not only worried that others will not accept him, but also afraid that others will dislike him. Although he didn't respect his cousin enough at home, and he couldn't stop calling at himself, but in this Xinguo Mansion, he was the person he was most familiar with after all, and once he left the mansion, this child really had no acquaintances.

A servant is not actually a "human" to him, is he?

As far as Li Jun is concerned, the child's words naturally have no impact on him, he is an official of the imperial court, and naturally he can't stop being an official just because his younger brother doesn't allow it, and it is a big sin to disobey the holy will. Officials appointed by the court are not allowed to leave office unless they are sick, disabled, old, or wrong.

It's just that in his heart, he still doesn't want to see his brother's disappointed and condemning eyes.

So he hesitated.

"Young Master Jun, why don't you go in?" Sang Zi, the girl sent to Li Zhao by the Xinguo Mansion, saw Li Jun standing at the door and did not move, so she hurriedly pushed the door open for him and rushed in to report the news.

"Young Master Zhao, Young Master Jun is here to find you!"

Li Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head, it seems that this is the will of heaven.

"What? Are you going to Fenzhou on an errand? Li Zhao jumped down from the stool, "How long will it take?" A year? Two years? ”

Seeing that Li Jun didn't speak, Li Zhao's eyes widened and exclaimed, "Won't it?" Do you want to stay there forever? ”

Li Jun hurriedly waved his hand.

"No, no, this time I was only temporarily ordered, and I don't know how long Lu Dao will stay in Fenzhou, I want to wait for things over there, and then I can come back." I haven't learned the languages yet, so I don't think I'll be able to move out so soon. ”

"That's it, you're still half a bucket of water, how can you just send out Lu to be an official!" Li Zhao sarcastically mocked him unceremoniously, "Then you have to come back early, and you are not allowed to leave me alone in the mansion!" ”

"I finished my errand, and naturally I came back. It's just that I'm afraid I'm going to be out there in the future, so you'd better ......"

"I don't listen to these words, when you go back and talk to my mother, just say that you have never taken care of me in the Xinguo Mansion, and as soon as I come, you will pat your ass and leave......" Li Zhao knew that his cousin was most afraid of his mother, and hurriedly brought out his mother to be a rescuer.

Li Jun pinched the corners of his clothes weakly, feeling that he could talk about it for a few days and nights if he had been entangled with this younger brother like this, so he had to change the topic.

"When I leave, if you have any difficulties or are wronged, go directly to Zhiyun Yuan to find your grandmother. She is the most amiable old man, and she likes children, and she will definitely not ignore your ......."

"Do you want this to say?" Li Zhao raised his head, proudly wishing to let Li Jun see his nostrils, "Grandmother Tang likes me, not only agreed not to let me go to the broken academy to study, but also said that she will teach me the mastery of becoming a talent tomorrow, you wait, I will be an official bigger than you when I turn back!" ”

'The mastery of success? Li Jun wondered, "Why did I just hear my grandmother say in Zhiyun Courtyard that I made an appointment to grow vegetables together?" Could it be that I misheard? Is it a success? ’

Although I don't know what the reason for this is Lu Dao, Li Zhao is valued by his grandmother, and Li Jun is also happy for him. He grinned a sincere smile and said sincerely, "I am relieved to see that you are so happy in the Xinguo Mansion. I'm worried that you won't be used to the house after I leave, and you'll cry as soon as I leave, and I'll be worried all the time, and I didn't dare to knock on the door just now. ”

"Who is crying! I'm twelve! It's not a two-year-old milk doll! Li Zhao said angrily, "Your mouth is still so bad, be careful not to offend people!" ”

Li Jun didn't know where he had annoyed his younger brother again, so he had to touch his head and smirk and watch his younger brother jump to his feet.

When Li Zhao saw Li Jun's appearance, he couldn't help but let out a long breath and slapped his thigh.

"I think I'm the one who doesn't feel at ease, you have offended everyone and lost your official position, and my aunt is going to cry at home again, so that my father will face my mother with a sad face!" Li Zhao gritted his teeth, "This won't work, you wait for me to ......"

He turned and went back to his room, took the key around his neck and unlocked the silver cabinet, grabbed a few handfuls of silver and threw them on the bed, and wrapped them in a tablecloth.

When his mother went to Beijing, he let him bring a thousand taels of silver, and he didn't need it anyway, so it was better to let Li Jun take a little.

He ran out of the inner room with a pummer and stuffed a large bag of things wrapped in a tablecloth into Li Jun's hand.

"I don't know how long you're going, but if you offend someone, give them more money. I've heard people say that these officials like money, and if you give more filial piety, you will be punished less if you make a mistake. ”

Li Jun was stuffed with a heavy burden, inexplicably held it in his hand, when he heard Li Zhao's words, his heart was excited, and he hurriedly opened the cloth towel.

I saw that the white flowers inside were all silver, and there was a pile of ingots of about ten taels a yard, which looked more than the bag that my grandmother gave him.

Li Jun doesn't even want his grandmother's, where will he accept Li Zhao's.

"Take it back, I've got the money!" Li Jun took out four or five gold bills from the house during the Chinese New Year from his sleeve pocket, "This is also a few dozen taels, I just went to Fenzhou, and it doesn't cost much." ”

"You're just stupid and naïve, you think you don't have to spend money to go out, just like your own home?" Li Zhao looked at Li Jun's gold bills with disgust, his brother is still so poor, he wants to come this month and the moon has not been paid, so he has to eat the old book. "Listen to me, bring more ......"

Li Jun was really afraid of his younger brother's grinding, so he threw the silver on the table, turned around and ran away in fright.

How deeply rooted is his image of a poor bastard!!

"Sang Zi? Mulberry? Li Zhao shouted at the top of his voice and called out to the girl sent by the Xinguo Mansion.

"Huh! The slave and maid are here, what is the young master doing with the slave and maid? ”

"You put this bag of money...... Well, no, he knew when he saw such a big bag in his luggage, I had to take it off a little. "Li Zhao took the bag of silver." Give me another handkerchief around your waist. ”

"Huh? What does the young master want the slave to do? Sang Zi said with a red face.

"Bring it first, I'll load it." Li Zhao stretched out his hand, "Give it to me." ”

Sang Zi got off the handkerchief from his waist and gave it to Li Zhao, Li Zhao carefully counted the money and counted nine, thinking that it was enough, so he hurriedly wrapped it in a handkerchief and handed it to Sang Zi.

"You're a son of the house, it should be easier to do this. Go back and find an opportunity to quietly go to my eldest brother's yard and ask the next person to put this bag of silver in my brother's baggage. Don't let my eldest brother know, understand? ”

"The slave understands, I'll go later!" Sang Zi glanced at his handkerchief with pity. It's still new.

The little guy in Li Jun's courtyard, Huzi, heard what the two subordinates in Zhiyun Courtyard and Li Zhao Courtyard said, and couldn't help but smile and said to another little guy: "You see that our young master is taken care of by all parties, for fear that the young master will have no money, and he will secretly let it go with his face!" ”

"Don't talk so much, hurry up and think about how to put so much money into the young master's baggage. The young master brought two burdens, and he would definitely be found if he put it like this! ”

"Yes, I'll go find a cage and put all the young master's things in the cage, so that the young master will save more trouble, and there will be a shade on the road." He was talking about the kind of suitcase that scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam often carry.

"Can the young master carry it? Isn't that all the books and scholars memorized? Another little guy said in embarrassment, "Don't be the young master when the time comes, scold us for being small, and if we don't do what we explain on both sides, I'm afraid we will be blinded." ”

"Where is Young Master Jun such a squeamish person, and this time he is out on an errand, the young master must have followed him on a horseback alone, and the luggage is placed on the car, and the cage can be loaded more than the baggage."

So the two little guys immediately went to find the cage and enthusiastically wanted to repack it for Li Jun. Li Jun was really happy to see the cage, he didn't think it was ugly to carry something like a basket, so it was so convenient that he didn't have to divide his hands to do other things!

The two servants secretly put two bags of silver into Li Jun's cage.

Early the next morning, Li Jun wore an official uniform, carried a cage that had obviously reappeared a lot, and led the horse out of the house.

Early in the morning, in the east courtyard of the West Garden.

"Young Master, why do you get up so early?" Li Zhao's personal maid Chuntao looked at the sky outside, it was not yet midday, and his young master was still sleeping at this time on weekdays.

Li Zhao stared at him and bent down to feel his shoes and put them on, and rubbed his eyes.

"My grandmother said that she wanted to teach me something, saying that I could become a talent. We made an appointment to meet at the Gui Pastoral Residence, and of course we had to get up early. ”

Chun Tao pointed at Li Zhao's feet funny, "Young master, the shoes are worn backwards." ”

After speaking, she knelt down by the foot pedal and put Li Zhao back on his shoes. "Young master, you have to behave well, Madame has come all the way to send you to the capital, just hoping that you will become a talent. Madame is still waiting in the mansion to live your good life, and let others see, not only Young Master Jun can be an official! ”

As a staunch lady party, Chun Tao expressed her vision for the bright future of their house.

"I'll try. Will not disappoint grandma and mother's expectations! Li Zhao tried to open his eyes. But I'm so sleepy......"

"The slave and maid will call someone to fetch water for you to wash your face, and you will be fine after washing your face." Chun Tao saw that his young master was no different from his younger brother, and he was very distressed to see his young master get up so early.

She pushed the door and went out, and ordered the subordinates who had been waiting for work in the corner room to prepare hot water immediately and wait for the young master to wash.

Chun Tao and the other girls leaned against the door and watched their young master go out with the two little guys.

This is also a strange practice in the Xinguo Mansion, and several young masters are followed by small servants and companions instead of girls, so that these girls go out a little less on weekdays.

I still want to follow the young master to visit the garden of the Xinguo Mansion, but now I can only wait for the mix to be ripe again.

The morning air is cool, with a chilling scent of grass. From the West Garden to the North Garden, Li Zhao lay on the verandah and watched the carp in the lake salivate for a while, and shouted in his heart that it was a pity, but he turned around and left.

This is not his home.

At the gate of the North Garden, someone who had already been instructed received the young master and led him to the vegetable garden where he returned to the countryside. When Li Zhao heard that his grandmother was already there, he couldn't help but speed up his steps.

"Young Master Tang, don't run, don't run, be careful of wrestling!"

When he was led to the place by the subordinates, he looked at the large vegetable field in front of him, and then looked at his grandmother who was standing at the edge of the vegetable field with a vegetable basket, and showed a stupid expression.

What's going on?

Gu Qing saw Li Zhao standing at the door of the vegetable garden of the Guiyuan Garden at a loss, and walked forward with a smile.

"You're here? I also said can you get up so early. Gu Qing remembered that she had specially found a black-faced grandmother to call Li Rui to get up every morning, and she felt very nostalgic.

"Grandmother early."

"Early." Gu Qing stuffed the vegetable basket into Li Zhao's hand, "I thought that there were still many weeds, but I didn't expect that I hadn't come to take care of the vegetable garden for so long, and the people in the garden were still doing their best to take care of it." Cheap you kid. ”

If it is to remove weeds, it is much easier than pulling weeds.

Li Zhao looked at the vegetable basket that was stuffed into his hand inexplicably.

Wait, did he hear something wrong?

Garden?

Weed?

Cheaper him?

"Grandmother, didn't you say you wanted to teach me the tricks of becoming a talent?" Li Zhao glanced at the new clothes on his body. This dress has never been worn before, in order to "learn from the teacher", he reluctantly took out the new clothes that his mother was preparing for him to wear for the New Year!

Not what he thinks, right?

"Both of your cousins have farmed with me. Your cousin Li Jun has been planting for a whole year, he was originally a fat man, and then he gradually lost weight. Your cousin Li Mingyuan himself is very weak (only strange), and he only became smart and clear after returning to the countryside for a while, and here can teach you 'a point of hard work and a point of harvest', and can teach you all kinds of knowledge that cannot be learned in books. Gu Qing put on a look of being a master in the world, "Besides, you don't let me see sincerity, why should I teach you the way to become a talent?" ”

Although Li Zhao felt very unreliable, he thought that his grandmother was an adult, so he would never lie to him as a child, right? So he took the basket and asked in a half-believing tone:

"So what am I going to do?"

"Let's put these dishes away first." Gu Qing looked at the radishes, cabbage and garlic seedlings in the field, and nodded with satisfaction. "How good you've come, almost all of them are ripe. Mama Jiang, you teach my grandson how to collect vegetables. ”

Mama Jiang hadn't seen Mrs. Qiu for almost half a year, and now that the master is finally here, and she has brought a young master, she naturally has twelve points of energy to teach.

Gu Qing sat under the canopy, watching Li Zhao being pulled into the vegetable field in a daze, with a shovel stuffed in his hand, and couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

It's still good when I first came, there was a child living in the garden at that time, and every day was full of laughter, even Li Rui's teasing yelling was very interesting, and now the children have their own ideas, Li Rui even entered the palace, I heard that the homework is very heavy, and it is very hard to think about it.

"Ah!!!h

Li Zhao screamed so miserably that Gu Qing stood up.

What's wrong? Hit your feet? Shovel smashed into the arm? No, Mama Jiang is looking at it!

"What the hell, it's disgusting! Vomit! Still twisting! Li Zhao was so shocked that he sat on the ground, and the whole person was still moving backwards. Mama Jiang, take it away, take it away! ”

"Young master, this is an earthworm." Mama Jiang twisted an earthworm. The thick earthworm kept writhing between her fingers, and Li Zhao was even more panicked, "Don't put it on top of my head!" Take! Take! ”

"Slave and maid, take it, take it!" Mama Jiang hadn't seen that a child would be scared like this by an earthworm, and when Young Master Ming was so young, he frowned when he saw an earthworm.

"Oops!" Mama Jiang watched the earthworm that suddenly curled up fall down, "The slave's hand slipped......"

Li Zhao only felt a chill on his forehead, he reflexively touched his forehead, and the soft and slippery feeling suddenly passed through his hand......

What is it?

Li Zhao lowered his head, and the ugly long worm stretched out in his hand first, and then curled up in an instant.

"Ahh Yes! Yes!!!!!!! ”

Gu Qing couldn't speak in the canopy holding her stomach, she was afraid that she would collapse as soon as she opened her mouth. But this scene was so funny that she couldn't help laughing, so she could only pinch herself.

"I can't do it! Mama Hua, this kid is so funny! Gu Qing grabbed the corner of Mama Hua's clothes, and almost leaned on her body. Isn't his home in the country? Haven't you seen an earthworm? ”

"The mother of this young master is a girl from a serious family, and she will not let her children play with the dirt. Although the old man's house is in the countryside, it is actually not much different from the people in the county, and it is also because of the good climate in the township that the two old people are reluctant to leave home. Mama Hua also thought it was funny, "In such a comparison, the two young masters of our family are quite bold." ”

"Yes, indeed!"

"But Mrs. Tai, why did you let Young Master Li Zhao also come to farm? After all, he is not a child of our family, if there is resentment in his heart. Mama Hua asked with some hesitation.

"He just has a grudge, what else can he do with me? If you can endure it, you can endure it, and if you endure it, you will know that I have told me about my good intentions, and if I can't bear it, I will go home, am I still afraid that he will do something to me? Gu Qing deliberately put on an expression of "I am the biggest except for the Queen Mother", "He lives under the eaves of my house, so I don't want to look at it, right?" ”

"But at present, if you want him to accept farming, it seems that there is still a grind."

"Who knows that Chinese food is hard work. He looked down on the poor, so I told him that he couldn't even do what the poor could do. If you don't know about the people's suffering, and being an official is also harmful, I can't let him go on like this, and others will poke us in the backbone when we look back, saying that this young master is raised in our family and doesn't know how thick he is. "Gu Qing thought very simply, she was afraid that she would go out, and people thought that this child was raised in his mansion." Before he can become an adult, he is still far from his brother. ”

At this point, Li Jun is much better than him, is it because he has read more books?

Speaking of Li Jun, I don't know if he can go.

Going to Fenzhou on an errand, I think it should be very hard.

"Young Master Zhao, this one is going to be picked underground, and this is picking leaves."

"Young Master Zhao, this one is going to be uprooted, and this one has to be left with roots and waiting to sprout again."

"Be careful, don't fall!"

"Ahh

Well, this one, it's going to be hard for a while.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Duck A: This one is dumber than that.

Duck B: Less daring than that.

Duck C: Are we going to hide the eggs first?