As soon as Lin Ruhai saw Lu Jing, he said: "Huai Jin came just in time, and the teacher was about to send someone to look for you." ”

"What is the teacher's business with a disciple?" Lu Jing asked hurriedly.

"The teacher has inquired clearly, the main exam of this subject is Xu Dashi, Xu Daxue's literary style is similar to yours, I think I will look at your article differently in the future."

Lu Jing's face was overjoyed when he heard this: "Yesterday, the disciple learned about this from a good friend, and he wanted to ask the teacher about it. ”

Lin Ruhai nodded and smiled: "With the temperament of Scholar Xu, even if he will not be partial to you, he will also have a preference for your literary style, plus your article skills, I think you will have a good ranking in the future." ”

Lu Jing was a little excited in his heart: "In this way, the disciple is also more confident, and I would like to thank the teacher for remembering this matter." ”

"You are my disciple, I should take care of it." Lin Ruhai said and handed a few of Xu Jingnian's articles to Lu Jing, "These are a few articles selected for the teacher from Scholar Xu, you take them back and study them carefully." ”

After Lu Jing took it, he thanked him again, and then asked, "Can the teacher know Shen Ji, the secretary of Dali Temple?" ”

The Shen family was still friendly with the Lu family for several generations when they were in Gusu, and his cousin was married to the Shen family.

Lin Ruhai was a little surprised when he heard this: "I haven't dealt with Shen Ji, but I was about to invite Lord Shen to talk about it, why did Huai Jin ask about it?" ”

A few days ago, he heard Xu Jingnian mention that Shen Ji had spoken out for him many times about the affairs of Jiangnan, and he wanted to thank him.

Lu Jing immediately told Lin Ruhai about the marriage between the Lu family and the Shen family: "The disciple plans to visit Lord Shen in a few days, but the disciple doesn't know much about Lord Shen, so he wants to ask the teacher." ”

Lin Ruhai knew in his heart when he heard this, no wonder Shen Ji would speak for him many times in the court that day, it turned out that it was because of the Lu family: "Since your second uncle has already married the Shen family, you should visit Lord Shen." ”

Lin Ruhai thought for a while and said: "Speaking of which, you have been in Beijing for a few days, and in a few days I will take you to visit some old friends in Beijing!" ”

"Thank you teacher, I can have a teacher with me, and the disciples can also have more knowledge!" Lu Jing said with a smile, Lin Ruhai's move should be to introduce him to the Lin family's connections.

"There are not many friends in Beijing for the teacher, most of them are friends when they were in the Hanlin Academy, and the closest ones are Xu Daxue and Hubu Qi."

"Among the rest of the friends, Master Zhang has a slightly deeper friendship, well, Lord Zhang is the eldest son of my mentor Ting Jinggong, a few years older than me."

Lu Jing also knows something about these three people, Qi Zhe is the left servant of the household department of the second grade, Xu Jingnian is a cabinet scholar from the second grade, and Zhang Yuan is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy from the third grade, and these three people are all high and powerful.

Then Lin Ruhai introduced the situation of these three people in detail for Lu Jing, and Lu Jing wrote them down one by one.

In the next few days, Lu Jing sorted out the gifts he brought from Jiangnan and inquired about the news in Beijing.

On October 4, Lu Jing paid a tribute to Shen Ji Mansion, and after Shen Ji replied, he brought a gift to Shen Ji Mansion on October 6.

Shen Ji Xiumu was at home, and he also attached great importance to Lu Jing's visit, and specially asked his son Shen Liang to greet Lu Jing outside the mansion.

Shen Liang is Shen Ji's second son, and Lu Zhili's betrothed partner, seventeen years old this year, now studying in Guozijian, participated in the township examination in August this year, did not win, and is still a prisoner.

Shen Liang stood outside the mansion and saw from a distance a handsome and extraordinary young man of about eighteen or nineteen years old with five or six servants, followed by two carriages, walking towards this side, he hurriedly greeted him: "But Brother Huaijin in person? ”

Lu Jing quickly took a few steps forward and replied, "It's down, but Your Majesty is the second son of Shen?" ”

"It is here, my brother has worked hard for a long time, and my father learned that my brother came today, and he has ordered someone to prepare a banquet, and he specially ordered Chengyu to wait here." Shen Liang said with a smile.

Although he and Lu Jing have never met, they learned from their father that Lu Jing was a young talent, and he was promoted at the age of sixteen, and now he is the patriarch of the Lu clan, representing the Lu family, so he did not neglect at all.

"Shen Gongzi is polite, I have been waiting for a long time, and I am also in the next place!" Lu Jing replied with a smile, and then ordered someone to offer a gift. He looked at Shen Liang with a dignified appearance, spoke modestly and politely, and did not have an arrogant look, and his first impression was not bad.

"Brother is too polite, they are all close friends, why bother to see each other like this!" Shen Liang ordered someone to accept the gift, and said politely, because he and Lu Zhili made a marriage contract, Lu Jing is now his brother.

"The first time I came to the door, I just brought some hometown specialties, and I hope you don't dislike it with a little gift!" Lu Jing said with a smile.

"When I was in Jiangnan, I often heard the second uncle mention Lord Shen and Shen Gongzi, and I have admired him for a long time, so I just took advantage of this time to enter Beijing and came to meet him!"

"Haha, brother is too out-of-sight, please come in!" Shen Liang said with a smile, "Speaking of which, my father often praises my brother, and praises my brother for his young talent many times, Cheng Yu has always hated not being able to get along with his brother, you and I are close in age, my brother can call me Cheng Yu!" ”

"In this way, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate, Brother Chengyuxian, where is Lord Shen, I am about to see you below." Lu Jing asked.

"Brother, come with me, my father is in the side hall!" Shen Liang led the way in front as he spoke, and the two talked happily all the way.

Lu Jing followed Shen Liang all the way to the side hall, and after seeing Shen Ji, Lu Jing immediately bowed down and said hello: "Late Lu Jing to meet Lord Shen!" ”

"Nephew, please get up!" Shen Jiwen smiled gently: "Your second uncle often writes to mention you, and the old man often hears people mention you, a talented man who is famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't want to see you today!" ”

"Lord Shen praises falsely, Huai Jin, the name of the talented man, is really ashamed, and the younger generation has admired Lord Shen for a long time, and this time I came to listen to Lord Shen's teachings!" Lu Jing hurriedly said modestly, and then took out Lu Jun's letter and handed it to Shen Ji.

After Shen Ji read it, he put away the letter, and said to Lu Jing with a smile: "Speaking of which, our two families are old friends, and now they are close to each other, and the virtuous nephew is now entering Beijing to take the exam, if there is any difficulty, you don't have to see outside, just come to find the old man!" ”

Lu Jing thanked: "The younger generation obeys the order, thank you Uncle Shi for taking care of it!" ”

"Virtuous nephew doesn't have to see outside, listen to your second uncle say, Lord Lin Hailin is your teacher?" Shen Ji asked.

"The students are worshipping under the teacher!"

"Lord Lin is in good health now?" Shen Ji asked.

"The younger generation of teachers is grateful for Uncle Shi's concern, and the teacher's health is now very good."

"A few days ago, the teacher also mentioned Uncle Shi many times, saying that he wanted to thank Uncle Shi for his righteous words that day, but no one recommended him, and he was worried that he would visit rashly and be abrupt." Lu Jing said.

When he came, Lin Ruhai asked him to test Shen Ji's meaning, so Lu Jing took advantage of Shen Ji's opportunity to mention Lin Ruhai and talked about Lin Ruhai's desire to visit.

"Hehe, I was just doing business at that time, and I don't deserve Lord Lin's thanks!" Shen Jiwan refused, Lin Ruhai was involved too much, and he didn't want to have too much interaction with Lin Ruhai.

"I've always heard that Master Lin is extraordinary, and you are under Lord Lin, so you can also get the true inheritance of Lord Lin."

"The teacher teaches with all his heart, but the younger generation is stupid and has not yet learned something, and the younger generation is much worse than Chengyu." Lu Jing said modestly, he naturally heard the meaning of Shen Ji's words, sighed in his heart, and stopped mentioning the matter.

Shen Ji listened to Lu Jing's words, and was extremely happy in his heart: "The virtuous nephew is too modest, you can be sixteen years old, you are extraordinary, Chengyu is far worse than you, you are close in age, but you have to communicate more, and you can also benefit each other!" ”

"Cheng Yu and I hit it off at first sight, and we were about to ask Cheng Yu for advice!" Lu Jing said with a smile, through a short exchange, he recognized Shen Liang, the future brother-in-law.

After Shen Liang heard this, he was overjoyed, and as soon as they met, he had a good impression of Lu Jing: "Brother's words made Cheng Yu embarrassed, but Cheng Yu had to ask his brother for advice." ”

"That's just right!" Shen Ji said with a smile: "Cheng Yu usually doesn't have many friends, but now it's naturally excellent that you can discuss knowledge from time to time." ”

Shen Ji then asked about Jiangnan and Lu Jun's recent situation, told Lu Jing that the undergraduate exam was Xu Jingnian, and taught Lu Jing some homework, and at noon, Shen Ji ordered someone to have a banquet.

Now Shen Ji's eldest son, Shen Yan, is released to Luzhou as an official, Shen Yan's family is with him, and Shen Liang is not yet married, so there are only three people at the banquet: Shen Ji, Shen Liang and Lu Jing.

Shen Ji was extremely disciplined, and the three of them just chatted about some topics at the dinner table, and after the meal, Shen Ji and the three of them returned to the inner hall.

"Nephew Xian is going to visit Scholar Xu next?"

Lu Jing nodded and said, "Scholar Xu is the main examiner of this subject, and all students should go to see him!" ”

"What kind of gift has the good nephew prepared?" Shen Ji asked.

Lu Jing replied thoughtfully: "The younger generation heard that Xu Daxue has always liked Xu Wenchang's calligraphy and painting, so he specially prepared one!" ”

Shen Ji nodded: "The virtuous nephew is the person who should be examined, and it is also the right thing to visit the main exam!" ”

"It's just that Lord Lin and Lord Xu are a little involved, the turmoil in Jiangnan is not over, and now there is a lot of noise in the middle of the court, and many eyes are staring at Lord Xu, the virtuous nephew still needs to be cautious, don't let people seize the handle, and delay the future!"

Lu Jing was shocked when he heard this, he naturally heard the meaning of Shen Ji's words, presumably the dispute between the DPRK and China is still there, and many people want to find the mistakes and omissions of Lin and Xu, and he, as a disciple of Lin Ruhai, will inevitably be involved and will be used to make a fuss.

"Thank you Uncle Shi for reminding me, the younger generation will be cautious!"

"Virtuous nephews don't have to be so nervous, Lord Xu has always been diligent in royal affairs, so he is fine!" Shen Ji once again mentioned that Emperor Yuanyong appointed Xu Jingnian as the main examiner of Chunyu this time, which not only meant to compensate Xu Jingnian and Lin Ruhai, but also wanted to use Xu Jingnian's hand to fight hostile forces.

When Lu Jing heard this, he felt more and more that this Spring Festival would not be so peaceful, and he thought that it would be another political confrontation and a court game.

Shen Ji reminded Lu Jing of some precautions in Beijing, and left first.

Then Lu Jing and Shen Liang chatted for a long time, and then they also said goodbye and left.