Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a big festival in the middle of the year, and it has always been valued by people. Although many places have suffered from drought this year, the government has built up water conservancy, and the year is not much worse than the good years of the past, and there is a lot of joy for the bandits who don't know how many years of being wiped out, and it is even more difficult for people to sleep and feel solid and stable, so this time everyone is hating to have a lively festival. As the days get closer, so does the festive atmosphere in the markets. The big merchants in the south market began to set up fragrant fruit archways in front of the shops; Ordinary small shops can't afford such money, so they wrap and decorate the façade with colorful paper. The government has drawn a large open space in the straw mat market, and is working overtime to build a few lantern towers on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many people's courtyard walls have been placed with one or two or more long wooden poles, one by one, which is a must-use household work when worshipping the moon and grabbing the tower lamp; According to legend, whoever can pick up the lantern hanging from the lighthouse with a pole will have his wish fulfilled......

The customs in the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to worshipping the moon, walking fragrant fruits, grabbing tower lamps, and putting sky lanterns, are also loved by people. At this time of the year, the big families always have to build a wooden archway outside the door of their house, and on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, whose archway is the most beautiful and attracts the most tourists, it means that this family is the most prosperous. This is not only the case for the people, but also for the government, and several large yamen in the state city are setting up lighthouses. And the Wei Mu Mansion and the Inspection Division, who have always looked down on each other, are even more intense in secret, and both sides are looking forward to overpowering each other on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At noon on this day, a carriage stopped at the door of the merchant in Zaozi Lane in the south of the city. The chief steward of the merchant mansion, who was sweating and directing people to build a lamp stand, immediately recognized that this was Lu Ji's carriage. He hurriedly trotted over to greet the rare Master Wei Mu. Before the words of greeting could be spoken, Lu Ji picked up the curtain and asked, "Has the Admiral come back?" ”

"Just came back." The steward's Yixian native voice, "My lord explained, you don't need to pass it on when you come, just go to the study to find him." ”

Hearing that Shang Cheng was at home, Lu Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He came to Shang Cheng to discuss the personnel arrangements of the Duanzhou prefect. The prefect of Duanzhou resigned due to illness, and the files and resumes of several candidates proposed by the pastoral government were sent to the governor's mansion on the second day after Shang Cheng returned. At the moment, this matter can no longer be delayed. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be the autumn harvest season, and the verification, taxation, labor, and examiner performance appraisal will be ...... Someone has to take the lead in handling a package of things, and if the Duanzhou prefect can't settle it, I don't know how many things will be delayed; In addition, there is a Yandong commander who meddles everywhere next to him, and there may be chaos in Duanzhou......

He got out of the car, dusted off his sleeves and brushed the corners of his robe, and did not immediately speak to the steward of the Shang Mansion, but looked at the lighthouse that had begun to take shape, and asked, "Why is the tower so high?" ”

The businessman's face was covered with sweat, and he stammered with a smile and explained: "If you go back to the old man Lu, you are all small and ignorant, and you don't understand the rules of Yanzhou Mansion at all, and you still follow the method of your hometown in Yixian County, thinking that this is good, but the result is ......" He wiped the sweat flowing down his cheeks embarrassedly.

Lu Ji shook his head and said: "This tower is not a problem, it doesn't have the grandeur of a big family." Dismantle and re-build. I invite a few people to make towers in my house, and if you go for a trip, you will say that I said it, let them put the work in their hands, and come over to help first. ”

I don't know if I was stung by sweat or because I was embarrassed, the steward blinked his little eyes vigorously, and said pitifully: "When General Sun came before, he also said that this tower was not atmospheric enough, and he also said that he would transfer two old soldiers to build a bridge and open the way to come and help." My lord didn't allow it, and scolded General Sun. But as you know, my lord has always been concerned about family affairs, and the young lady is not here, so I went to ask the eldest lady. The eldest lady said that there is no need to be so troublesome, you can be whatever you want; That's why I didn't change it......"

Although Lu Ji rarely goes out, the situation of the families in Hezhou City is still relatively clear, knowing that the "Miss" in the steward's mouth refers to Liu Yue'er, and the "Eldest Miss" refers to Yang Pan'er, a family of three with three surnames, and was talked about as a rare thing for a long time. Because of the close age of his two unmarried daughters, Liu Yue'er often went to his house, so he met a few times. Shang Cheng's cousin is the daughter of a Zhuang family, she has never read and is not very literate, but she is very reasonable, she is not as quiet as his two daughters, and her personality is a bit like her brother, both generous and straightforward. He hadn't seen Yang Pan'er, but he had heard the two daughters talk about it a few times, and it didn't seem to be any relative of Shang Cheng, but Sun Fu's wife and sister; And Sun Fu's wife is the goddaughter of one of Huo Shiqi's brothers. He also heard that Yang Paner seemed to be the daughter of a high-ranking official in Beijing, and she didn't know why she was exiled to Yanshan, and was finally taken in by Shang Cheng. There are also rumors that Yang Paner is actually a close relative of Tao Qi, as for why Tao Qi's relatives live in the Shang Blind Man's Mansion, it is a matter of opinion to the benevolent and wise......

He withdrew his gaze from the wooden shelf and asked the steward, "Did General Nakayama propose it?" "Sun Zhongshan has made meritorious contributions to suppressing bandits, and has been promoted to Zhaowu Lieutenant, although he is not a real general, but he is only one step away from the general's seat, so he calls him "General" to show respect. But isn't Sun Zhongshan staying in the town? Why did you come back without a sound? Thinking of Shang Cheng's whereabouts in the past few days, his heart suddenly tightened one by one, is there another war?

"Not General Nakayama." The steward smiled and said, "It's General Sun Huan." ”

"Oh." Lu Ji exhaled with relief. It turned out to be this General Sun! He thought that something big had happened, and Shang Cheng summoned Sun Zhongshan back. He knew about Sun Huan. In May, the right army encircled and suppressed the big bandit Qi Bald, and Li Shen, in order to grab the credit, had a miasma with his own Sima Governor Sun Huan. Of course, Governor Sima couldn't compete with Sima, so Sun Huan came to Yanzhou to find a merchant and become his master. Shang Cheng had no choice but to transfer Duan Xiu, the Sima Governor of the Chinese Army, to Ximen Sheng in Fangzhou as his deputy, and then let Sun Huan top Duan Xiu's errand, and then transfer a general in the Wei Mansion who had always opposed Zhang Shao to Li Shen as Sima Supervisor, which could be regarded as calming things down.

Thinking of Sun Huan and Li Shen, as well as the extermination of Qi Bald in May, his face couldn't help but blush. At that time, he carried Shang Cheng behind his back to report to the imperial court in the name of Yanshan Weimu Mansion, who knew that Li Shen actually cheated in the war report, if Shang Cheng was not desperately pressed and covered, the single charge of "deception and lie" could make him unable to eat and walk around. Not to mention that his opponent in Beijing was still looking for his mistakes at that time, if it was really exposed on the spot, he would have to fall a big heel! It was later revealed that Li Shen lied about his achievements, and Shang Cheng took all the responsibility without saying a word, he and Zhang Shao and Di Xu were not reprimanded by the imperial court, and they all reported the good news to the imperial court behind Shang Cheng's back, and now Shang Cheng said that he asked them to report the good news to the imperial court separately, but Shang Cheng single-handedly planned to exterminate the bandits and appease Yanshan, and made such a great contribution, not only did he not receive any reward, but he was reprimanded by the three provinces for "great joy, greed, negligence, and stupidity"; The three of them didn't do anything. Not only are they fine, but they have also been promoted to one and a half levels of martial arts rank because of their merits in dealing with the aftermath of Yanshan and suppressing bandits and soothing the people......

He walked into Shang Cheng's study with a mixed feeling.

Shang Cheng is not there. There was only one young woman in the study who looked about the same age as his youngest daughter. The woman was probably here to deliver tea, and when he entered the door, she was still taking a cup from the wooden tray, and when she saw him come in, her expression was obviously a little cramped.

He thought that this was the servant girl who served Shang Cheng, so he didn't say anything, he sat down on the guest seat by himself, and was about to ask, but the woman spoke first:

"You, you're the uncle of the Lu family, right?"

Lu Ji was stunned. He immediately understood, and in front of him was Yang Paner, the eldest lady of the merchant. He nodded kindly and asked, "Are you Pan'er?" He deliberately didn't mention Pan'er's surname. Seeing Pan'er nodding, and waiting for her to respectfully give herself a junior salute, she asked her kindly, "Why didn't you go to Xishan Dragon and Tiger Temple?" The day before yesterday, I went to Xishan, and Parrot and Jin'er talked about you, and they all thought about you. ”

Pan'er hesitated for a moment before saying, "There are many things at home, and I can't leave." Let the two sisters worry about it......" She poured a bowl of tea for Lu Ji, held it and put it on the next few cases, and said, "I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't prepare tea." Lu Ji took a sip of the teacup and said, "Okay." Compared with the tea soup, I still like this clear and bitter tea more. ”

Pan'er said, "He'...... My brother ...... Bathing in the back, you wait, he comes. ”

Lu Ji nodded, picked up a volume of "Book of Han" on the case, and said, "It's okay." I read a book by myself and waited for him slowly. If you have something to do, go ahead and get busy. After turning two pages, I saw clearly that it was "Food and Goods", and I suddenly felt bored, and looked up with the book, and the bookshelves leaning on the wall in the study were either green cloth bags containing official documents or brown paper bags containing files, and books and brochures were thrown everywhere on the tables, several cases, and chairs. He stood up, picked up a book on the opposite case, and glanced at the title of the book, "Crossing the Flying Box". He was not interested in the legends of the Tang Dynasty, and he put down and changed to a copy of the "Annotations on the Analects" and memorized the things that he was familiar with one by one, and he couldn't even raise the slightest interest...... Even looking for three or four copies, it is not to your liking. Look at a bookshelf next to him on a brocade scroll, less than a foot and a half long, loosely wound with green silk threads; The goose yellow tassels with beads hanging on the shafts on both sides are so preciously framed that they are obviously either books or paintings. Gazing at it, the color of the shaft head is warm and moist like jade and not jade, and there is a little green and yellow in the milky white, and the scroll is actually ivory!

It's a hand roll!

Lu Ji is not a great calligrapher, but he is also quite accomplished in handwriting, and he himself often admires it; I love calligraphy and painting even more, and there are a lot of treasures hidden at home, and I have already seen a lot of such binding and decoration, and I can judge the content of seven or eight points at a glance. Seeing that this handscroll was framed so magnificently, it was obviously a rare treasure given to Shang Cheng by others, and he couldn't help but see that he was happy, and the corner of his eyes looked at Pan'er who was still cleaning up the table, and said in his mouth: "Is this the treasure of Lord Admiral?" Without waiting for Pan'er to speak, his hand had already stretched out, and he slowly opened the scroll with a precious and cautious hand, and defended himself, "Appreciate elegance and things, and enjoy it......" Halfway through the words, the voice stopped abruptly.

There are only four words on the scroll:

"Moving and Moving"

Lu Ji was born as a Jinshi, and knew that this was the "Yi" word of the "Yi" hexagram in the "Book of Changes", "Yi is moving and Xun, and the day is boundless." Heaven and earth are born, and there is no way to benefit it. The way of all benefits is to be in harmony with the times. In the hexagram, we should move from time to time, follow the trend, and benefit from the inexhaustible truth of the situation, which is naturally clear in the chest. What surprised him was not the content of these four words, but the words on the scroll. The line of the four characters is a sharp collection of points and strokes, the font skimming and frustrating the outer circle and the inner square, the structure is rigorous, the strokes are calm, the strength is strong, the spirit is strong, the attitude is strong, the bearing is magnificent, and the super Yi is strange...... It was the handwriting of Mr. Yu who he searched and searched!

He looked at the four words again and again, his eyes almost fell into the silk of the framed words and couldn't pull them out, and he couldn't wait to immediately put the scroll of words on his sleeves and leave. His mind kept turning the mind of how to ask for this painting, and he forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart, and hurriedly went to see the title and the payment.

There is no headline, and there is no inscription. There are not even years, months and days, just these four words. However, he could conclude that it was indeed Mr. Yu's own handwriting. There can be no mistake! He has two copies of "63 Stickers" at home, which are the proud posts of the predecessor who asked him to present the sky when he stepped down, and has always been regarded by him as a family heirloom that is not passed on, except for himself, others do not want to take a look, even when Chen Pu was in Yanshan, he did not take it out to the princess of Changsha to see even a look. There are ninety-one words on "Sixty-Three Stickers", and he has already figured it out countless times in the past two years, and he can see it with his eyes closed. He believed that as long as it was Mr. You's words, he would recognize them at a glance...... It's a pity that his pen power is limited, and Lin's posts are similar in shape but not in god, and they are just superficial. To his deplorment, only one of the two facsimiles remains. His wife wanted to do something big, and she took one of them, so that he didn't sleep well for several nights......

He swallowed his saliva, tried his best to make his smile look calmer, and asked Pan'er, who was still tidying up the study, in a dumb voice: "This word is someone else...... To...... Business's? ”

Pan'er listened to his tone a little strange, raised her head to look at him, walked over and stared at the handscroll in his hand twice, and shook her head gently.

“…… Bought? ”

Pan'er shook her head again.

It's not given away or bought, where did that come from? These words have already poured to the tip of Lu Ji's tongue, and a light suddenly crossed his mind, one by one, could it be said that Mr. Yu Que is still alive?! Ha! That's a big deal! In that case, he can not only listen to the guidance and teachings of this great calligrapher in the world face to face, but also recruit this old gentleman for the imperial court, thinking that with today's love and obsession with calligraphy and painting, as long as Mr. Yu Que can sit and talk with today's calm auxiliary arts, then no matter who it is, it is impossible to bring down Lu Bofu again......

"Shang Gong, are you familiar with Mr. Yu Que?"

Pan'er stared at Lord Wei Mu with a pair of slender eyes. She didn't quite understand why Lu Ji's voice was suddenly so hoarse, and she didn't know who Lu Ji's "Mr. Yu Quan" was. She couldn't even understand Lu Ji's words, let alone what Lu Ji was doing with this painting. But when the elder asked, she couldn't help but answer, so she shook her head gently.

Pan'er's tepid attitude made Lu Ji itch with hatred, he was very impatient and couldn't help but suppress the nameless fire that was jumping in his heart, tried his best to make his tone seem more casual and kind, and asked, "Where did this handscroll come from?" Pan'er stopped talking again.

Just when Lu Ji felt that his patience was about to disappear, and he was about to lose the calm bearing of the patriarch of Yanshan and the humble demeanor of Jinshi, Pan'er finally spoke: "It's my brother, it's him...... It was written by my brother when he came back that night. I had someone frame it. ”

"Okay, good ......" Lu Ji said six or seven good words in a row. Even he didn't understand what it meant. His mind was blank, and he said to himself, "It turns out that Shang Gong is learning characters, okay, good ......."

His eyes widened wider than Pan'er's eyes.

What the?!

This is Shang Cheng's word?!

That's impossible!

This is obviously the handwriting of Mr. Yu Que, how can it be the words of a blind man? This stroke is a stroke, a stroke, a stroke, a hook and a frustration font is rigorous and simple, the style is high and ancient, in addition to Mr. Yu Que, where is there a second person today who can have such a bold and vigorous stroke? He opened his mouth and was about to refute, when his eyes swept past Shang Cheng's legendary experience, as well as the various actions of this person after he pretended to be the commander, as well as the signatures and instructions of Shang Cheng on official documents that he had seen, as well as the "63 Post" with an ancient and melodious charm but a simple meaning......

…… It's him. He is Mr. Yu Que who searched through Yanshan and couldn't find it......

No wonder the first time I saw Shang Cheng's instructions on the official document, the meticulous and neat block letters of the strokes gave me a sense of déjà vu - one by one, so it was......

He never thought that Mr. Yu Que would be a vulgar monk, a rude soldier, and a ...... It's ridiculous, I was looking for the whereabouts of Mr. Youque everywhere, and I inquired everywhere about the handwriting left by Mr. Youque, who knew that the Admiral General who met and talked to me every day turned out to be the person I was looking for in every possible way......

He sat in the chair with his hand roll in his hand and was dazed, not even knowing when Pan'er went out or when Shang Cheng came in, until he heard Shang Cheng speak, he suddenly woke up from a dream.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've kept Bo Fugong waiting for a long time......"