"Give me water!" Li Bao'er slammed the teacup on the table, "Hurry up!" ”

Li Bao'er couldn't remember how many cups of tea she had drunk, and she spent it with Lu Xiaoxian. Hmph, trying to avoid me, it's not that simple.

Zhang Meng had a bitter face on the side, and couldn't help but complain in his heart: Xiao Xian, Xiao Xian, you don't go out early or late, but you go out when this aunt and grandmother come, isn't this embarrassing for me?

After refilling the water for Li Bao'er, Zhang Meng had to wait bitterly aside. He has never been good at dealing with women, let alone a county lord, a difficult county lord.

Li Bao'er glared at Zhang Meng and shouted loudly: "Tell me the truth, where is he hiding?" ”

"County Lord, how many times have I said it, he really went out!" Zhang Meng felt that his ears were grinding out of calluses, and he helplessly spread his hands, "If you don't believe it, you can search in the house!" ”

"I won't search it!" Li Bao'er pouted and said, "Such a big place, he just found a place to hide, where can I find it!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Bao'er paused, and suddenly lowered her voice: "Where is the toilet in your house?" ”

Dare to love Li Bao'er drank too much tea, and now she is a little anxious.

Zhang Meng felt funny, but he still held back and hurriedly said, "Oh, county lord, I'll take you there!" ”

Seeing Zhang Meng's appearance as if he was smiling, Li Bao'er couldn't help but feel angry: "Don't go, I'm leaving!" ”

Hearing that Li Bao'er was leaving, Zhang Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Bao'er said viciously: "You tell Lu Xiaoxian that he will go to me as soon as he comes back, and he will avoid me again, I am not done with him!" ”

Zhang Meng nodded hurriedly: "County Lord, I remember, as soon as he comes back, let him go to you!" ”

Li Bao'er snorted and walked away.

……

Li Bao'er really wronged Lu Xiaoxian, Lu Xiaoxian didn't mean to avoid her, but went to meet a guest.

At this moment, in front of a remote courtyard in Lirenfang, Lu Xiaoxian was looking at the dilapidated courtyard gate. I couldn't help but wonder if this was really Lu Huaishen's residence.

Lirenfang is a square in the southeast corner of Luoyang City, its north is Yongtong Fang, between the two squares is Yongtong Street, the east entrance of the street is Yongtong Gate, and it is the southernmost gate of the three east gates of Guocheng outside Luoyang.

This is a relatively remote place in Luoyang City, and most of the people who live here are ordinary people, and their family backgrounds are not very good. But Lu Huaishen is different, he is a member of the official department of Zhengliupin.

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials, examinations, promotions, awards, transfers and other affairs.

Looking at the dilapidated courtyard in front of him, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart: Could it be that he went to the wrong place?

asked Lu Xiaoyi for an invitation card, and checked it carefully.

Yes, it is.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't know why Lu Huaishen suddenly invited him to the mansion, but he guessed that it must be related to the Lu family. Lu Huaishen and Lu Xiaoxian's parents are from the same Fanyang Lu family, and they are still relatives.

Fanyang Lu originated from the surname Jiang, and was a descendant of Qi after Jiang Shang, the prince of Qi, and was given the surname Lu after receiving the title of Lu Yi. Gao Jie, the secretary of the state of Qi, was the ancestor of the surname Lu, and his descendants received the surname Lu because of the fief Lu Yi. In the Qin Dynasty, there was Lu Ao, a doctor of the Five Classics, whose descendants later moved to Zhuoshui and became Fan Yangzhuo.

The Fanyang Lu family lives in Zhuo County, Fanyang County, Zhuo County was originally the Zhuoyi of the Yan Kingdom, and as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was one of the famous capitals in the world of "Fuguan Hainai". The Qin Dynasty set up Shanggu County, the Han Dynasty and the Yan Kingdom, Zhuo County, here a horse flat river, fertile fields, is a famous anointing place.

What really made the Lu family famous all over the world was Lu Zhi who began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was respected as the ancestor of the Lu family and the ancestor of the Lu family in Fanyang.

Lu Zhi is Hua Xin, Guan Ning's junior disciples, and later received Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan and other three disciples, two of which have fought for hegemony in the world, especially Liu Bei, a cloth cloth, self-made, joined the army and followed Lu Zhi to start the Yellow Turban Army, and finally was able to divide the world with Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

In the chaos of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi, as the mainstay and Confucian people, had a wide range of influence and was recognized as a model by the world for his academic courage, meritorious achievements and moral demeanor.

In the era of the gate valve of the two Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the southern clan first recommended "Wang Xie", the north was "Cui Lu", and the Fan Yang Lu family was a famous scholar, known as "the crown family of Beizhou, the prosperous gate of the world".

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Lu family was the object that only the emperor and the prince could marry, and in the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Lu family still married the royal family many times.

The Fanyang Lu clan is a talented and well-known clan, and has made remarkable achievements in the three major cultural fields of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Such as Lu Qin, Lu Chen, Lu Jingyu, Lu Yanqing, Lu Sidao and others, as well as the "Six Ancestors of Zen Buddhism" Huineng, all of them are from the "Fanyang Lu family". From the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty alone, there are more than 800 people surnamed Lu recorded in the official history. Among them, there are more than 100 people, such as the prime minister, Shangshu, Thorn Shi, Taishou, and county guard.

In the Tang Dynasty, although the Lu family was no longer as brilliant as the previous dynasty, it was still a first-class wealthy family among the Shandong scholars, and it was ranked among the seven surnames and ten families. 137

Taizong and Gaozong revised the "Clan Chronicles" several times, wanting to elevate the social status of the royal family and degrade the Shandong scholars, but they still could not prevent the ministers from clinging to the Shandong scholars, and even the imperial examination scholars regarded marrying a "woman with seven surnames" as the highest pursuit of life on the same level as Jinshi and the first.

Due to the scholarly and well-known virtue of the Lu family, it has become a family for many people who want to marry.

In the eyes of the five surnames and seven hopes, Li Yifu was an upstart and had a bad character, and it was not enough to become the marriage object of the gate valve family. Li Yifu couldn't propose marriage for his son, and in a fit of rage, he asked Tang Gaozong to issue an edict prohibiting the seven families from marrying each other.

In the fourth year of Tang Xianqing, Gaozong Li ruled a ban on marriage, prohibiting seven surnames and ten families from intermarrying each other, and three families of Fanyang Lu were among them.

Lu Xiaoxian has always looked down on the so-called big family, although he himself is also from the Fanyang Lu family. If he wanted to be someone else, Lu Xiaoxian must have resigned, but Lu Huaishen is an honest official and does not engage in private property, and he is an alternative among the ministers of the court, Lu Xiaoxian has a good impression of him, so he happily went to the appointment.

Pushing the door in, the situation in front of him made Lu Xiaoxian stunned again.

The low courtyard walls were mottled, several low and dilapidated houses were in tatters, the roof tiles were patched from east to west, some good and some bad, and the black smoke rising from the roof shrouded the sky, making people feel breathless.

Lu Huaishen is really honest, and he would live in such a place. Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help blushing a little, compared to Lu Huaishen, his mansion was simply luxurious to the sky.

At this moment, an old man in his fifties and a middle-aged man in his forties appeared in front of Lu Xiaoxian.

The old man was of medium stature, although his eyebrows were sparse and his beard was gray, but he was full of energy, and his amiable face had a pair of bright eyes.

The middle-aged man looked less than forty, tall and thin, with thick black hair, a faint melancholy on his thin face, and he looked elegant and learned.

The old man raised his hand from top to bottom, and sang a promise: "Huaishen has seen Lu Gongzi!" ”

Seeing Lu Huaishen saluting himself, he hurriedly returned the salute: "The junior has seen Master Lu!" ”

"Master Lu, you must not call yourself a junior!" Lu Huaishen waved his hand in a panic.

"Why is that?" Lu Xiaoxian asked strangely.

"I'll tell you!" The middle-aged man took over, "In terms of seniority, you are his uncle, and he has already arrogantly called you Lu Gongzi, of course you can't call yourself a junior anymore!" ”

There was a hint of superiority in the other party's words, Lu Xiaoxian frowned, and looked at the middle-aged man suspiciously: "I don't know if you are ......"

"Oh!" Lu Huaishen hurriedly introduced to Lu Xiaoxian, "This is Lu Ruoliang, the current head of the Lu family's Northern Ancestor Mansion!" ”

Speaking of this, Lu Huaishen subconsciously glanced at Lu Ruoliang, as if he was worried about calling him by name and causing dissatisfaction among the other party.

Seeing that Lu Ruoliang had no expression on his face, he continued: "In terms of seniority, the head of the Lu family is your cousin!" ”

A Lu family master fell from the sky, or his cousin, Lu Xiaoxian didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing.

After Lu Huaishen finished introducing, he waited for Lu Xiaoxian to give Lu Ruoliang a salute. In front of Lu Ruoliang, Lu Xiaoxian is the real junior.

Who knew that Lu Xiaoxian had no intention of giving a salute at all, but just smiled at Lu Ruoliang.

Lu Ruoliang's face was a little gloomy, and he stared at Lu Xiaoxian sternly. Lu Xiaoxian did not shy away, still with a smile on his face, and just looked at Lu Ruoliang.

Including Lu Xiaoyi, the four big men stood there silently, no one made a sound, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward and weird.

Lu Xiaoxian did not mean to despise his elders, but for a reason.

He is good at mind reading, and when he first saw Lu Huaishen and Lu Ruoliang, he had a preliminary judgment about the two.

Lu Huaishen is straightforward and upright, the same on the outside and on the inside, at least there is no fancy. But Lu Ruoliang is different, he looks modest and elegant on the outside, righteous and awe-inspiring, but in fact he is scheming, and the city government is very deep. In addition, he intentionally or unintentionally put on a superior shelf, which made Lu Xiaoxian very unhappy, so he deliberately did not take the initiative to salute him.

It was Lu Huaishen who came back to his senses first, and said to the two of them: "Uncle, Lu Gongzi, let's talk in the house!" ”

Lu Ruoliang, as the head of the family, really had the ability to forbear, he nodded at Lu Huaishen, and followed him to the house.

Lu Xiaoyi was too lazy to entertain these people, and basked in the sun alone in the courtyard, and Lu Xiaoxian also followed into the house.

This room should be the living room of Lu Huaishen's house, it is not big, it looks empty, except for the tables, chairs and necessary items, there are calligraphy works hanging all over the wall.

The living room is used to receive guests, and how the layout shows the façade of the host, Lu Huaishen's living room is so simple, which shows how poor the family is.