After Lu Jing received the news that Jia Yu had raided Lai's house, he asked Lu Zheng to clean up the whole matter, the people involved, the transfer of the transfer, and the concealment of the concealment.

"Master, Ni Er, send Sun Ren's family away!"

"Does Ni Er have any complaints?" Lu Jing asked.

"Although he was reluctant, he didn't complain, the little one told him the reason, and he rushed to that testimony, it was impossible for the Jia family to keep him, and he also understood the master's hard work." Lu Zheng replied.

"The little one also told him what the master said, and within five years, he will definitely let him return to Beijing!"

"Well, don't treat him badly!" Lu Jing nodded.

"Don't worry, the little one has been arranged!" Lu Zheng replied.

Then he reported the finishing work to Lu Jing, and said at the end: "Even if the Jia family is suspicious, they can't find anything." ”

"Whether you suspect it or not, the Jia family will investigate this matter, so that you can go back and leave some flaws for them." Lu Jing explained.

"This?" Lu Zheng looked at Lu Jing in confusion.

"There is no seamless situation, there will always be flaws, rather than being found out, it is better for us to take the initiative to expose one or two places, and you will point the spearhead of the clue to Wu Tianshan's family in a vague way!" Lu Jing explained.

Lu Zheng nodded hurriedly and said, "The little one understands, the uncle wants to move Jiangdong." ”

"Not only that, the main thing is to remind the Jia family to keep their eyes high and don't stare at the Lin family all day long!" Lu Jing shook his head and said, and then asked about the progress of Leng Zixing's plan.

"Leng Zixing was too cautious and didn't sell that thing!" Lu Zheng shook his head and said.

"Suspend the plan over there until I get back." Lu Jing thought for a moment and said.

Now that his official appointment has been issued, he has been compiled by the Hanlin Academy of Liupin, and the Ministry of Rites has arranged for him to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and he will leave the capital for a while, and some things need to be suspended first.

Ge Yin and Li Yi are both preparing for the election of Shujishi, and neither will return to their hometowns until their arrangements are finalized.

In the next few days, Lu Jing arranged all the things in the house and prepared to return to his hometown.

Since Lai's house was raided by Jia Yu, the atmosphere of the Jia family has been quite tense, and the official statement given by the Jia family is that Lai Da Steward was greedy for public accounts during the period.

After hearing the news, the people of the Jia family were cautious one by one, and at the same time, they were afraid that it would be their turn next.

Although Lai Da is greedy, he has worked hard for the Jia family for a lifetime, and he has worked hard without merit, and finally ended up being confiscated, fortunately, the old lady was merciful and let the eldest man return some of the family property, otherwise the situation of Lai's family would be even more embarrassing.

When Jia Lian found out that there seemed to be a shadow of the Wu family behind the affairs of the Lai family, not only the people were nervous, but the masters of the Jia family were even more depressed, and their faces were gloomy all day long, which made the people in the Jia family more and more noisy.

After Shi Taijun, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and others repeatedly confirmed with Jia Lian, they believed that it was the Wu family who did it, Yuan Chun and the Wu family were both concubines, and both families built provincial relatives, they wanted to destroy the reputation of the Jia family, so as to monopolize the scenery of the provincial relatives.

Shi Taijun convened Jia Yu and Jia Zheng many times to discuss the matter of dealing with the Wu family, and finally decided that Jia Yu would take action to investigate the handle of the Wu family and hold it in his hands to deal with the Wu family's trouble.

After Jia Baoyu was ill for seven days in a row, Zhuang Huaigu took Jia Baoyu's leave slip, found Jia Zheng, and asked Jia Zhengyan to ask a famous doctor to treat Baoyu and not delay his studies.

When Jia Zheng saw this, his already depressed mood was even more depressed, the honest person, the way of heaven is also, he does not deceive himself internally, he does not deceive others externally, people have no faith, he doesn't know what he can do, Baoyu's behavior directly broke through his bottom line.

After Jia Zheng was ashamed to persuade Zhuang Huaigu away, he suddenly stopped suppressing his anger, and called someone to call Baoyu, and he couldn't help but say that he would scold Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu was terrified when he was suddenly summoned by Jia Zheng, and when he heard that Jia Zheng was going to beat him, he was suddenly frightened and trembled.

Jia Zheng's servant hesitated there, and he was busy with the spirit to inform Shi Taijun.

"Take Baoyu, take a big stick, gag your mouth, and beat me hard!" Jia Zheng said angrily.

Seeing that Jia Zheng was ruthless, the little guys didn't dare to disobey, so they had to press Baoyu on the stool, lift the big board and beat it lightly more than ten times.

Jia Zheng was suddenly furious, kicked away the little guy who was in charge, grabbed it himself, and just hit it three or five times, and the servant was busy persuading.

Jia Zheng didn't listen, and was about to continue to do it, when he suddenly heard "The old lady is here!" ”

Before Shi Taijun arrived, his voice was full of anger: "Beat me to death first, and then kill him, wouldn't it be clean!" ”

Jia Zheng hurriedly threw away the board and greeted him.

When Shi Taijun saw Jia Zheng, he stopped, took a breath, and said sharply: "Now that there are many things happening in the house, your eldest brother is not worrying, and you are also adding to the chaos, but you have taught Baoyu a lesson!" ”

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "My son taught Baoyu a lesson, but also to let him be motivated and study hard...."

Shi Taijun didn't wait for Jia Zheng to finish speaking, and interrupted angrily: "If you want him to study, teach him well, force him like this every day, and cause him to see you, just like a mouse seeing a cat." ”

"How did your father teach you in the first place, but I don't have a good son in my life!"

Thinking that the eldest son was calculated to raid the Lai family, and the younger son beat her favorite grandson, Jia's mother couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

Jia Zheng hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "How can my son bear what his mother says!" ”

"If I say a word, you can't afford it, if you beat Baoyu, he can't help it?"

Shi Taijun said, remembering Baoyu in his heart, and ignoring Jia Zheng, he hurriedly went in to see Baoyu.

Seeing that Baoyu was still gagged, lying motionless on the stool, he was distressed and angry, hugging Baoyu and crying.

After a while, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and others arrived, crying and persuading them, Shi Taijun stopped crying and asked people to take Baoyu and go back with her.

After Jia Zheng and the others left, they were speechless and sat alone in the study, that is, they sighed sadly.

After returning to the residence, Shi Taijun, Mrs. Wang and others checked Baoyu's injuries and saw that they were not serious, so everyone was relieved, and asked people to ask for a doctor on the one hand, and appeased Jia Baoyu on the other.

After Lu Jing heard that Baoyu was beaten, he thought that Jia Baoyu should stop for a while this time, and then found Lin Ruhai to say goodbye.

After Lin Ruhai saw Lu Jing, he wanted to ask Qing Baoyu about being beaten, but in the end he hesitated for a long time, and he didn't ask, but explained: "Don't forget to visit Master Xu before you return home!" ”

"Rest assured, the disciple will not lose his manners." Lu Jing nodded and said, it is customary to thank the teacher before returning home.

Lin Ruhai was a little worried: "I saw your second uncle, say hello to me!" ”

"Don't worry, when the disciple returns home, he will come to propose to the teacher!" Lu Jing said that in the letter sent by the second uncle a month ago, he did not say anything about his marriage, and he still needs to persuade Lu Jun when he returns from this trip.

On the second day of the fourth month, after Lu Jing arranged all the matters in Beijing, he took his sister back to Gusu to worship his ancestors.

After more than half a month, he arrived in Gusu City on April 18.

If you don't return to your hometown, if you don't return to your hometown, you will not only have a guard of honor to accompany you, but also a set of process specifications, and you need to ride a horse to parade the streets and be congratulated by your neighbors.

With the propaganda effect of glorifying the ancestors after high school, to enhance the lofty image of the imperial examination in the hearts of the people.

On the morning of the same day, Lu Jing changed into the champion red robe and rode the jujube red horse that had been prepared by the Zhizhou Yamen to the city.

With the guard of honor in front and the guards behind, the Gusu officials knocked on the copper luo and shouted all the way: "Congratulations to Master Lu for his high school champion." ”

The people of Gusu had already received the news of Zhuang Yuanlang's return to his hometown today, and when they saw the arrival of the honor guard, the teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, and workshops on both sides of the street suddenly became lively.

The people stopped to watch, the last time Gusu had a champion was in the Kaishuo period, more than 50 years ago.

Lu Jing walked all the way to the Temple of Confucius, worshiped the statue of the saint Confucius, and completed the propaganda task of returning to his hometown.

Then there were many old friends in Gusu, the neighbors came to congratulate, and the people of the Lu family also came, Lu Jing was the patriarch of the Lu clan, and the entire Lu clan felt honored.

After Lu Jing returned home, he set up a three-day flowing water banquet on the Tangqian Street at the door of his house, and all the neighbors who came to congratulate him could participate in the banquet.

Lu Jing's move was to establish a reputation in Gusu, the ancients attached great importance to the feelings of fellow villagers with a strip of water, and officials paid more attention to the reputation of their hometown.

After three lively days, Lu Jing began to prepare for the ancestor worship.

Under the control of the elders of the Lu clan, the Lu family temple arranged five offerings such as incense burners, incense tubes, candlesticks, three animal meals, three teas and five wines.

After Lu Jing offered incense to the ancestors of the Lu family, he read the sacrificial text, offered rice soup, served tea, offered silk, offered wine, offered food boxes, offered meat, and burned sacrificial texts to complete the ancestor worship.

Later, Lu Jing repaired his parents' tombs, bought 100 acres of sacrificial fields, and repaired the family studies in the clan at the same time.

Lu Jing stayed in Gusu for seven days, and after arranging the people left behind, he asked Lu Dong to transport some salutes to Jingshi first, and he took his sister to Jinling City to visit Li Shouzhi.