Guo Hong went up at this time and grabbed Yu Zhongde by the collar and said, "Do you still dare to entangle?" ”

"Don't dare! Can't! ”

"Will you go to Du Wailang to tell the truth?"

"Don't dare, if I go to the snitch, I won't have to die!"

"What do you say in your clan?"

Yu Zhongde looked at this flowery-faced little Taoist priest, and his heart was itching with hatred, but he was helpless, it was easy to wait until Lu Zhizhen, Yun Xuansu and others were not there, he originally wanted to cheat, but the other party had a ruthless person, so there was no way.

"Listen to you, I'll say whatever you want me to say...... What about Xue Fangzheng? ”

Cao Shouzhen said: "Let's go." ”

Yu Zhongde looked around suspiciously, why did this old man come out of nowhere and walk silently?

Guo Hong and Cao Shouzhen exchanged glances, but in fact, he imitated them with ventriloquist just now.

Yu Zhongde was in pain all over, and was forced by Guo Hong to return to the clan to intimidate, saying that the government would investigate the big crime of not allowing sacrifices, and Yu Chengzhao had to be allowed to enter the ancestral hall.

Liu Yanniang also gave the patriarch some money, and finally got the thing done.

Yu Chengzhao's name is on the family tree, and the tablet is in the ancestral hall of the Yu family, and Liu Yanniang took the little mystery to pay tribute.

Yu Zhongde swore to the sky again that he would not go to Dufu to inform, otherwise he would not die well, and then wrote a document to explain that he would no longer entangle Yu Chengzhao's identity, and drew a bond with the patriarch.

He didn't steal the fish and got into a shame, and he was beaten so angrily and hatefully that he lost his teeth and swallowed blood, so he had to go home to recuperate.

The matter came to an end for the time being, Liu Yanniang's hanging heart finally let go, and her condition gradually improved.

Yun Xuansu, Guo Hong and others can all use medical skills, Yan Niang is still young and has a good foundation, and she finally got better after a few doses of medicine.

Guo Hong comforted Liu Yanniang and promised to help her find the real culprit.

This matter can only be investigated slowly, Chang'an is different from Hengshan, he also has the will of the Empress Dowager Guo and cannot leave, so he can't force it.

Someone called the door early the next morning, Guo Hong, Lu Zhizhen, and Cao Shouzhen were all practicing, Guo Hong went to open the door, and saw that it was Lu Yu.

"Senior Brother Lu, you have arrived in Chang'an so soon!"

Lu Yu smiled and said, "When I wandered the rivers and lakes with my master, didn't I just say that I would leave? Isn't this thinking about the three junior brothers? ”

Lu Zhizhen and Cao Shouzhen both stopped to salute and let Lu Yu inside.

This big man was dressed as a ranger, wearing a hat, and carrying a long sword, and no one could have imagined that he was a man rushing to take the exam.

"Third brother, Brother Xuan is not going to participate in the tribute next year, why didn't you come together?" Lu Zhizhen asked, he and Lu Yu had recognized the same sect.

"He's coming back at the end of the year, and he's going to take a big retinue with him as soon as he goes out. Or I'm alone, I don't like so many people to follow, this time I ran secretly, and threw all the relatives sent by my mother in Luoyang, they couldn't find me and didn't dare to go home, and I became a swarm of headless flies, hahahahaha. ”

Guo Hong groaned: "Senior Brother Lu is their head, it's not good to praise yourself like this." ”

Lv Yu: ???

"Phew, phew, phew, I'm not a fly, have you ever seen such a big fly?"

"It's a swarm of headless flies."

Lv Yu: ......

was critted a thousand points, and seeing that he was a little disgusted, Lu Yu was let into the house.

"Senior Brother Lu, how did you find here?" After sitting down, Cao Shouzhen asked.

"I went to Jinxian Temple, and then asked the place to enter Chang'an."

Lu Zhizhen was a little strange and asked, "Third brother, I heard that the eldest brother lives in the city in Luoyang, why didn't you go to him first when you came, but rushed to the Golden Immortal Temple?" ”

Lu Yu said: "Well, well, going to Jinxian Temple is just a stop, the master and junior brother are in Meridianyu, I just happened to take a look at them first." ”

"Do you still have a 'pro' junior brother?" Guo Hong asked.

"Don't look down on people! My junior brother is a Binggong Jinshi from Silla Kingdom, and he is also a bit famous in Chang'an! Our master is preconceived, although he is ten years older, he still calls me senior brother! ”

Guo Hong: The eldest second senior brother can't help but think of Lau Denuo......

The four of them chatted for a while, Cao Shouzhen was going to Qinrenfang to wait for news from Guo's house, Lu Zhizhen went to Qinglong Temple, Yan Niang's family moved to the vicinity of Xishi, Guo Hong had nothing to do these days, Lu Yu grabbed him and said, "Go, accompany me on a trip." ”

"I can't see that such a big man doesn't dare to go out on the street alone."

Lu Yu smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, I'll just look at your eyes, let's go together." ”

"Didn't you look at the doll in the eye?"

"Get out!"

……

Lu Yu changed into a scholar's outfit, Guo Hong also put on a Taoist costume, and the two went out of the workshop and walked northwest along the main road.

"Where to go?"

"See my eldest brother first."

"Where is Senior Brother Lu going to live?"

"I just arrived in Chang'an, and now I haven't settled yet, my father asked me to live in the old house of Anrenfang, but my sister-in-law is a bit fierce, so I don't want to go."

"Then Senior Brother Lu might as well move in with us."

"That's great, that's exactly what I thought."

"I don't know if you're polite?"

"What's polite, it's been the flowering period recently, so let's go back to the Temple of Mercy and Grace to see the peony."

"What color do you like?"

"White ......"

"Senior Brother Lu still likes white peonies, and I have to talk to Su Su Niang about this opportunity."

……

Anrenfang Lu Mansion.

Menzi is the son of the Lu family, so he naturally knows Lu Yu, so he let him and Guo Hong in, and he also leads the way in front and reports together.

"It's San Lang here, come in and sit, it's almost the birthday of the saint these days, your eldest brother has been busy in Jingzhao Mansion, and he came back late."

The sister-in-law invited Lu Yu and Guo Hong in, and sent a servant to Jingzhao Mansion to inform Lu Huan that she heard that Lu Yu was going to live near the Ci'en Temple in Nancheng, and she immediately became much more affectionate.

Soon Lu Huan asked for leave and came back, and the two greeted each other, as for Guo Hong, Lu Yu introduced that he was the junior brother of the Hengshan faction.

The faces of the brothers looked very similar, Lu Huan asked about Luoyang's parents, Lu Yu explained in detail, and gave the gifts he brought with him to several nephews and nieces.

"Third brother, you will live here this time to study, go to friends with your brother on weekdays, write articles diligently, and wait until the end of the year to go to the Luoyang Township Party to present investment bank papers, and ask them to help recommend them, and strive for high school next year."

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination required a paper, because the examination was not obscure, so it was very important to recommend it.

Bai Juyi's "Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withering, the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows." "It's a scroll.

Lu Yu nodded again and again, he was a head taller than Lu Huan, and kept his head down to talk to his brother.

"It's a pity that after Feng Ao presided over the tribute this year, he was transferred from the waiter of the Ministry of Rites to the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and Deng Chang, the son-in-law of the Niu family, took a big advantage." Lu Huan shook his head and said.

"My family is different, even if Feng Ao is known for his integrity, I'm afraid he won't help." Lu Yu said.

"It's still my father's temper at that time, so he had to scold Meng Xiurong in front of the saint, and he lost his honor in front of the king and was demoted to the Eastern Capital! Meng Xiurong didn't have anything to do at the time, this guy was very domineering, and later he was angry, and the imperial history of the court and the central government made trouble for him together, and it wasn't until last year that the sage was annoyed and transferred him out of Chang'an, but I heard that he came back recently and was returning to the palace. ”

"He's only been a member of the Zhenwu Supervision Army for a year, and he can come back?" Lu Yu frowned and asked, the promotion in the Tang Dynasty was generally three to four years, even if the evaluation was continuously "good", it would take two years at the earliest.

Guo Hong also pricked up his ears, this Meng Xiurong had heard Guo Zhongli mention it two days ago, and he couldn't imagine that Lu Rang was demoted because of his impeachment.

Lu Huan took a sip of wine and coughed twice before saying: "There are people in the court who are easy to do, he is Ma Yuanzhen's sworn friend, and now the surname Ma is gaining momentum, and the matter of being transferred back to Beijing is not far from ten." ”

He took another sip and choked on coughing.

Lu Yu slapped his back and said, "Big brother, you have been in poor health, so you should drink less." ”

"You know what I like the most is this cup, what's the fun of living without drinking? By the way, I'll have someone clean up the yard for you, and you will live in the west courtyard. “

Lu Yu glanced at his sister-in-law and hurriedly said, "No need, I have already rented a house near Ci'en Temple, where there are mostly exam-taking moves, and it is more convenient to come and go." ”

Lu Huan thought for a while and said: "It's also good for the third brother to live there, after all, making more friends can also increase knowledge and sharpen articles...... Next door, Du Fanchuan's mansion is also going to pay a visit. ”

Lu Yu got up with a smile and said, "My brother has something to do to go to Du Mansion, so it's better to go now." ”

Lu Huan said: "Du Wailang should not have gone down yet, only the Cui family is in the mansion at this time." ”

"It's for my uncle's family business, and it's only appropriate to talk to Mrs. Du."

Lu Yu told Li Yuan and Li Susu, the assassins of Yuezhou, and Lu Huan was very happy to know that his younger brother had already married.

"Then you go early and come back early, I'll ask your sister-in-law to prepare a family banquet, and we'll get drunk at night."

Lu Yu and Guo Hong walked out of the mansion gate and walked along the street, not far from the gate of Du Mansion.

Du Mu's private residence is the old residence left by his grandfather, Du You, the prime minister of the Dezong Dynasty, but Du Mu's parents died when he was a child, and he didn't know how to operate when he was young, and he lived by pawns, and soon his family failed, and more than 30 houses were all taken away by creditors.

After three years of extreme poverty, the servants in the family were scattered, and finally there was only one servant left, Du Mu finally came out and became a jinshi at the age of twenty-six.

In the same year, he was admitted to the virtuous and honest Fangzheng Extreme Advice Department, and obtained the official position of the Hongwenguan School Shulang from the Jiupin and the military rank of Cao Joining, the left military guard.

Jiupin Yulu can receive 16,000 yuan a month, which looks like a lot, but in fact, it is only sixteen, but Du Mu and his younger brothers and sisters at least can't starve to death.

At that time, Chang'an had 40 yuan for a bucket of rice, a bucket of wine for a consistent price, a cow for 15 yuan, a bad horse for 6 yuan, and a good horse for 30 yuan.

This income is not enough to redeem the ancestral home, so I can only rent a house.

You must know that the housing prices in Chang'an are very expensive, when Bai Juyi did the history of Zhongzhou Thorn, bought a house in Chang'an, and wrote a poem: "Traveling in Kyoto in the twenty springs, there is nowhere to be poor in poverty." The envy snail still has a house, and it is better to hide the mouse. ......The allusion to the dwelling of the snail comes from here.

Han Yu also bought a house in Chang'an in his later years, and wrote a poem: "At the beginning, I came to Beijing to teach, and I stopped at carrying a book, and worked hard for 30 years to have this house." This house is not gorgeous, and I have more than enough. ……”

Du Mu was an official in Chang'an in his early years, and he has been renting near the ancestral house in Anrenfang, and has also moved to Changxingfang, which is next door to the east, and Guo Zhongwen is the neighbor.

This shows that he has always been reluctant to give up on his ancestral house.

In the second year of Huichang, he released the history of assassination, as the governor of a state, he was rich, and there were various light and dark incomes, accumulated a lot of wealth, and when he returned to Chang'an, he spent money to redeem the ancestral house.

Generally, fifth- to third-grade officials buy a decent house, depending on the location, ranging from 3,000 to 5,000.

Of course, there are also expensive, the Tang Dynasty Zong Shi Ning Jie Du made Ma Lan build a house in Changxingfang, the hall alone spent 200,000 guan, the whole house is estimated to be millions of guan, obviously overdue, he died after the sect confiscated this house, demolished the middle hall, changed to Qianyuan Temple, put 49 Taoists, pray for Suzong.

Qianyuan View is a large view of Chang'an, the location is in the south of Guo Zhongli's Mansion, and He Deng was the princess of Tuoyongjia who went into the relationship.

Du Mu's ancestral house is regulated by the prime minister, and the official residence above the third grade is much more spacious than the official residence of the fourth and fifth grades, and the official residence is not sold to the common people, even if you want to buy it, it is forbidden to transfer it to the county government.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, and some tycoons climb to the same clan of famous families, and then lend money to the descendants of high-ranking officials who are tight on hand, and finally accept the house to live in by themselves, and put it under the name of the officials of the same clan, just give some benefits.

This is the case in Du Fu.

Therefore, Du Mu's redemption is also very simple, the other party does not want to give the house to the same sect for nothing, so he can only collect the money and return it to him.

When Lu Yu arrived at the door of the mansion, an old servant reported that he had entered, and soon the two were led to the main house.

Mrs. Du Cui is sitting in the hall, she is about thirty years old, her appearance is not very beautiful, but she has the temperament of a lady, with a peony in her high bun and a fan in her hand.

These five nine-frame halls are indeed comfortable to live in, but the redemption and renovation of the ancestral house almost cost Du Mu many years of savings, and he didn't even have the money to repair the villa in Fanchuan outside the city.

Lu Yu entered the door and saluted: "I've seen my cousin." ”

"It's my cousin here, please take a seat."

The two parties are cousins, and Cui's mother is also surnamed Li and is Lu Yu's aunt.

"This is Guo Shangzao, a disciple of Liu Yuanjing Zhenren of Hengshan."

Guo Hong saluted, Cui Shi was secretly surprised to see that his face was full of white lines, and the two sides sat down for tea and chatted.

Lu Yu explained what Li Susu had entrusted him, and Cui Shi smiled: "That's good, the second sister is now widowed in Yangzhou, if Li Fujun asks to marry, it is naturally a good thing, both parties know the roots, Li Fujun and your cousin-in-law are not only old colleagues, but also friends, I will go back and ask about this matter, there must be no problem." ”

Lu Yu smiled: "Then I'll wait for good news here." ”

He was thinking about going back to the house to drink, and was about to say goodbye, when the maid A Dou came in, took out a letter and said: "The letter that the post station has just arrived is from Yangzhou. ”

Cui Shi took it and sighed, and smiled at Lu Yu: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, this letter must be asking for money again." She turned to Ah Dou and asked, "How much money do you have at home now?" ”

Ah Dou is the maidservant girl she married, helping to manage the accounts, so she naturally knows the situation, so she said: "Now that Lang Jun has just redeemed the ancestral house, the remaining silver money is not enough to buy vegetables to survive!" ”

Cui Shi said: "Then take some from my dowry to make emergencies, and survive until the emperor's birthday reward on the Tianchang Festival will survive." ”

Cui Shi smiled and said to Lu Yu that the family had just moved in, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits grown in the backyard would grow after a while.

Ah Dou muttered in a low voice: "The lady is always like this, this also comes from the dowry, that also comes from the dowry, and our money is not enough to make up for it!" ”

Cui Shi slapped the fan on the table and said: "What are we, you have now entered the Du family, marrying a chicken and a dog and a dog, Lang Jun is not easy, the uncle has had an eye disease for fifteen years, and his sister is also widowed and needs to be supported, these are all places where money is used." ”

There is also an eldest brother above Du Mu, who can't be counted on, the third brother Du Yi (yi) lives in Huainan (Yangzhou), the family has no source of livelihood, and the same is true for the younger sister, all relying on Du Mu's help.

Ah Dou pouted and said: "It's already the flowering period in the past few days, and the people of Chang'an go to enjoy the flowers, and a famous peony is sold for dozens of times, and it costs money everywhere, which is really sad." ”

Peony is the national flower of the Tang Dynasty, the flowering period is in the late spring, only more than 20 days, during this time Chang'an is like a festival.

Liu Yuxi once had a poem: The peony demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the pond is pure and affectionate. Only the peony is true to the national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom.

The peony flowering period is a festival in the two capitals, and Chang'an people have to go to the street, and there are many places to spend money.

Cui Shi waved his hand and said, "Don't talk too much, don't go quickly!" ”

Seeing that the mistress was resolute, Ah Dou had to nod and go to the back.

"This girl is an old man I married over, and she is not strict with discipline on weekdays, which makes the two of them laugh." Cui Shi felt a little cold about Lu Yu and the others, so he leaned over and said.

Guo Hong turned around and saw a peony blooming in the garden, it was a century-old famous plant, called the brocade tent hibiscus, the branches and leaves were luxuriant, and the flowers were red, which was very eye-catching.

"Since there are dozens of peonies, why don't you separate dozens of peonies in the garden and sell them, only need to keep a small part, and they will grow again in the next year. I think that clump of peonies is particularly beautiful, and it must be able to sell for a lot of money. ”

Cui Shi smiled: "The little refiner reminded me that I will let people divide the plant." ”

At this time, a servant came in in a panic to report: "The two little Langjun are drowning in the back garden!" ”

Cui Shi suddenly panicked and hurriedly walked to the back garden, and Lu Yu and Guo Hong couldn't stand idly by, so they followed in.

Mansions above the third grade generally divert water from the canal to dig ponds, and if there is no pond, they are embarrassed to set up banquets at home.

The group came to the back garden, and the two children had been fished up.

"What's going on?" Choi asked.

A maid said: "The two little Langjun jumped into the water by themselves, and when we find out, something has happened." ”

"How's the kid?"

"It's all out of gas......"

Guo Hong looked at it and said, "This is holding your breath, Senior Brother Lu is learning to save people with me." ”

He went up and turned the child over, lifted his belly, and slapped his back a few times, and the child's nose and mouth came out of the water together, and the cough eased a few times.

"Is it a slap in the lungs?" Lu Yu also learned to do it, Guo Hong was in a hurry, so he simply did it himself to wake up the second child.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of drowning has always been a pat on the back, there was no artificial respiration in ancient times, and Guo Hong will not, I heard that if you make a mistake, you will break your ribs, the famous singer McJackson has two ribs that were crushed by the nurse who did cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and Chinese medicine does not have this problem at all.

One of these two children is thirteen or fourteen years old, named Cao Shi, and the other is about ten years old, named Zhu Ji, both of whom were born to Du Mu's ex-wife Pei.

In this era, the clan relationship was extremely close, so no one would abuse the son of his ex-wife, in fact, Du Mu's two children were later admitted to the Jinshi, which was inseparable from the careful teaching of the stepmother.

"Why did you go into the water?" Cui Shi saw that the child was awake and asked.

Cao Shi bowed his head and was silent, and his younger brother Zhu Ji said: "Mother, we saw something in the pool, so we wanted to go down and fish it up, but later, when the eldest brother ran out of strength, I wanted to pull him, but I also fell down." ”

Cui Shi said angrily: "Master Cao, you don't want to die!" ”

Master Cao bit his lip and said, "It's my aunt who gave me a dream and asked me to go underwater to get the treasure!" ”

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Historical figures: Lü Huan, Cui Shi, Cao Shi, Zhu Ji