Lu Runzhen is more concerned about the political pattern in the court than Tan Zongjun, and because of his sensitivity, he heard Tan Zongjun's remarks that "the Qing faction is going to unite with the Westernists." "Such a strange theory, I can't help but glance at Tan Zongjun, who likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, and is also a smart person, and there are not many people who can see this kind of court change pattern.

The so-called "Qing School" advocates showing strong people to the outside world, not hesitating to fight a war, and nationalist sentiment is high.

The "Westernists" are humble to the outside world, subservient to foreigners, dare not go against the foreigners' ideas, sign foreigners to formulate traitorous treaties, and think that the Qing Dynasty cannot defeat foreigners before the war begins, and betray the country to seek glory, and refuse to speak lightly of warlike hypocrites and villains.

This is the "Qing School" and "Westernization School" that Lu Runzhen, who is familiar with the sage book, and he also wants to follow his mentor Li Hongzao and be an upright "Qing School", and he has made lifelong efforts for this, so he should have the national integrity, and he can't help but humbly ask for advice: "Tan Laoer, you can see it thoroughly, and you are not as good as you as a brother, so please ask me, do you say that Li Laosan belongs to the Westernization School or the Qing School!" ”

"Hey, Boss Lu, you are studying hard, Li Laosan is a combination of the Western-style school and the Qing school, relying on either side, and pleasing on both sides, you don't see that he wants to buy his teacher, this is just a meeting gift, doing things behind his back, can you see it." Tan Zongjun spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and regards Li Guolou as a villain who wants to climb up, without a firm proposition, and moves closer to where he gains power.

Like Tan Zongjun said in his mouth, this kind of person accounts for the majority of the court, until the critical moment, you can't see which side of the person he is, the so-called left and right, the seven tricks of the exquisite heart, is this kind of person, talented and able to see the wind and rudder, belongs to the millennium tumbler, no matter who is in charge, he will also use this kind of person.

"Well, it makes sense, Li Laosan, that's the kind of person, smart person." Lu Runzhen can only say this, now that he is above the court, he is only in charge of the Western-style faction, he has only come out, he has no authority, and he wants to be as high and powerful as his mentor Li Hongzao, not to mention that he will be an official for more than ten years, and it is very likely that it will be more than twenty years later.

Tan Zongjun took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, it was only two o'clock in the afternoon, as if he was about to go out when he returned to Siyang Hutong, and said: "Boss Lu, call a carriage and go directly to a Jones bakery next to Baozhi House to have afternoon tea, where French bread is good, Blue Mountain coffee tastes great, I have to buy some baguettes to take home every time I pass by!" ”

Lu Runzhen's butt left his seat, and the probe asked the coachman to turn to Donglai Jiangxiang, and after sitting down, he teased: "Tan Laoer, you are lonely and unheard, that bakery is a French peach blossom in Li Laosan's family, and the owner and proprietress of that shop used to be his servant, and now he is also the boss!" ”

Tan Zongjun sighed: "Hey, it's not that the Manchurian nobles are so rich, Li Laosan is just a nine-rank false rank official, where did he get the money!" ”

Lu Runzhen rolled his eyes and said: "Why do you care so wide, you want to eat black and eat black, you are an outsider, and you have been in Beijing for more than two years, and you are careful to be sunk into the Yongding River if you talk more!" ”

Tan Zongjun opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Boss Lu, you still don't know me these days, you can't control your mouth, you like nonsense, you will offend Li Laosan when you are right, and you will say a few words to you in the future, don't turn your face!" ”

Lu Runjun shook his head and was silent, he likes to taste delicious food Tan Zongjun, he was born with a big mouth, he just likes to blow nonsense, listening to Tan Zongjun's chatter in his ear, Lu Runzhen still maintains a steady demeanor, not happy with things or sad with himself; If you live in a high temple, you will worry about its people; If you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you are worried about it, you are worried about it, and you are worried about retreating; However, when it will be happy, it will say: the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world.

At this time, the obese Li Hongzao touched the beard of the eight characters, admiring the jade Guanyin in the Zhengxiang Hall, their whole family believed in Buddhism, and they were extremely happy to be presented by Li Guolou as a teacher, and they were a little worried, and they couldn't help but sigh.

Next to him was the twelve-year-old eldest son Li Kunying, who was a little strange, and asked, "Dad, what are you sighing for!" ”

"Oh, nothing, just thinking that this Buddha is too precious, it's not that our family can worship artifacts, and if there is a happy event in the palace in the coming year, we should send it to the palace." Li Hongzao was reluctant to look at the jade Guanyin on the tribute platform, thinking that why Li Guolou wanted to give him such a valuable gift, a priceless treasure, with Prince Gong Yixun and Li Hongzhang covered, Li Guolou had no reason to give this big gift, Li Guolou was promoted, and he didn't need to rely on him to help.

Mrs. Li knelt on the futon, just finished kowtowing, she was unhappy when she heard this, and turned her head and said: "Master, how can you take a gift from someone else and send it to the palace again, there is no sincerity at all, this kind of unlucky thing, you can't do it, Guanyin Niangniang will be unhappy when she hears it, Amitabha, Buddha is not to blame, I will kowtow to you to make amends." After speaking, Mrs. Li began to kowtow to Guanyin Niangniang and make amends, and she was extremely devout Buddhist.

Li Hongzao summed up in his heart, Li Guolou should have a Tanhualang, thinking that he was doing it, thinking of this layer, he immediately felt at ease, and said to himself: "Well, or Mrs. understands things, Guanyin Niangniang will give our whole family and bring health to our children and grandchildren, and Guanyin Niangniang will bring future blessings to our family if she stays here." After speaking, Li Hongzao couldn't help but look behind Mrs. Wang, kneeling and kowtowing to Mrs. Yu, a full house of children and grandchildren is a symbol of prosperity, he is only in his forties, energetic, and should have many sons and grandchildren.

Mrs. Li smiled and said: "Hey, if it weren't for Li Guolou being the grandson of Li Hongzhang, I would have recognized him as a righteous son, but unfortunately the generation is not right, I almost wanted to speak, but fortunately, I thought of that layer, so I spit out the words to my mouth and swallowed them back alive!" ”

Li Hongzao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Li Guolou will come and go often, this protégé knows the rules, and it is not in vain that I have worked hard to cultivate it, hehehehe!" ”

I thought to myself: Li Guolou's cheating in the scientific examination has been erased, and it will never be detected, and the country should let people like Li Guolou admit people, the more the better, so that the country can prosper.

The people in the Li Mansion, from the elders to the juniors, took turns lining up to incense and kowtow to the Jade Guanyin, and the images of the other more than 200 Jinshi were blurred, and they were just friends on one side, and they gave a Jade Guanyin Li Guolou, and the people in Li Hongzao's mansion remembered it firmly, and the other Kejin scholars gave gifts, and no one surpassed Li Guolou, so far Li Guolou Li Hongzao was the first favorite disciple among the disciples in his heart.

Li Guolou's marriage process has no reference to the ancients, because he is holding a combination of Chinese and Western wedding forms, at this time, Westerners get married in the church, he married three mothers at a time, and no bishop church blessed his family, so this marriage process, Li Guolou, Chen Xiangfang, Xie Xiuzhu, Yelia, the four of them used their brains to come up with it.

Eight sedan chair sedan chair Baozhi room door parked three, Li Guolou took the three mothers to drink the wine, there is no reason for the three mothers to be hungry and wait for him to enter the cave room, this is too inhumane, the three mothers got off the sedan chair, Li Guolou unveiled the red headscarf, wearing a pearl and phoenix crown, wearing an auspicious phoenix crimson wedding dress, pedaling soft-soled embroidered shoes, standing at the door together, greeting guests, coming to the VIP, signing a commemorative note.

If it weren't for the wedding banquet, Li Guolou wanted to wear a suit to get married, but now he is still dressed in a seven-grade official robe, official boots and official hats are ready-made, that is, there are two goose feathers on the official hat, and others only wear seven-grade official robes once in their lives when they get married, and he has his own clothes, saying that there is no regret, that is, the pearls in the Tibetan family can not be hung around the neck, some uninvited colleagues and friends, the gift money was accepted, and everyone was persuaded by Li Guolou to go back, and there was no place to let them drink, so they could only say sorry and invite them to drink another day.

In addition to more than 200 Jinshi seated, Li Guolou invited him four who were not admitted to the Jinshi fellow villagers Cao Kexing, Fan Dahui, Wei Hanyu, Xu Lan, Jinshi likes to write characters, poems, and writing Fu, Baozhi room originally hung many famous painting banners, and now there are many masterpieces of Jinshi.

The marriage ceremony is a formality, less red tape, in the center of the lobby, Li Guolou boldly confessed to the three mothers, swore to love the three mothers for a lifetime, and gave the wedding ring, simple and direct.

"Chen Xiangfang, Xie Xiuzhu, Yelia, I, Li Guolou, will love you for the rest of my life, and I will be in the same boat through thick and thin in this life, hand in hand." Li Guolou confessed loudly, and the people next to him applauded and congratulated him on this happy marriage.

But at this time, the social atmosphere, the folk are to make trouble, on the wedding night, there are no scruples, you can play tricks on Lang and Niang, tonight I met a sour Confucian scholar, for there is no cave room to make trouble, and I was very dissatisfied with such a simple marriage ceremony, and clamored never to let Li Guolou pass.

Fan Dahui was the first to fire and shouted: "Li Guolou, what kind of work is this, carry your mother upstairs first, come one by one, are you right?" "Sneered in my heart, pretending to be a ghost Li Guolou, you also have today, this is the beginning, the first show, wait for the offense.

"Right······ Carry your wife first. "All the Jinshi are loud and noisy, their eyebrows are dazzled, they want to see Li Guolou's back, the banquet has not yet started, they want to make fun of Li Guolou, who called Li Guolou's identity as a jinshi is suspicious, and the marriage is also nonsense, don't make fun of Li Guolou at this time, when will you stay.

Chen Xiangfang was quite happy at first, so many Jinshi knew etiquette and knew that she was big, so she asked Li Guolou to carry her upstairs first, and she was not ashamed, she boldly lay behind Li Guolou, and said in a low voice: "Xiaolou, don't be awkward, point!" ”

Li Guolou was vicious, gritted his teeth and picked up Chen Xiangfang, ready to pass the first hurdle first, and walked towards the stairs.

People crowded on both sides of the stairs, dozens of hands blocked Li Guolou's way, and did not let Lang and the three mothers go upstairs, and they all made noise, expressing their dissatisfaction, and they must Li Guolou perform, "Zhu Bajie carries his daughter-in-law!" ”

Seeing that Li Guolou really picked up Chen Xiangfang and prepared to go upstairs, among the coaxes, Dong Sui was extremely dissatisfied, opened his arms to block the way, held two green onions in one hand, shook his head and said: "Tanhualang, no, no, how can it be done like this, Zhu Bajie's daughter-in-law is not like this, the pig should look like a pig, Yao, I prepared two green onions for you, it's cheap for you, don't let you insert it in your nose, give me a bite in my mouth!" ”

Li Guolou has nowhere to escape, tonight as a Lang official, he can't be angry, if his hometown is made miserable, in the full cheers, Li Guolou has two green onions in his mouth and carries Chen Xiangfang upstairs.

The three mothers were originally "thick-skinned pigs", and they had long been ready to be tricked, but in the midst of everyone's coaxing, they were all red and hot, "Zhu Bajie carries his daughter-in-law." "How was it thought of by Jinshi.

"Click." "Click." Photographer Roberts Torres and apprentices Jiang Cong and Zhou Xiaohuan took unforgettable photos from different angles, and many thick-skinned Jinshi also asked Li Guolou to carry his daughter-in-law on his back like this, biting two green onions and taking a group photo with them, so that Li Guolou could do physical work, and kept carrying his wife on his back to take a group photo.

Tan Zongjun said with a smile: "Li Laosan, don't worry, what about the physical work, we are cultured people have a lot of good ideas, you want to pass the test early!" ”

Li Guolou regretted it, he shouldn't have invited a cultural "hooligan" to drink the wedding wine, the guests came early, and the banquet didn't start, so he was treated as a monkey first.

Li Guolou finally carried the three mothers upstairs, and took out the two green onions in his mouth, Li Guolou just took a breath, and the door of the box Cuiyun Pavilion was stopped by the crowd again, preventing Lang and the three mothers from entering.

Lu Runzhen said loudly: "Li Laosan, the rules are not set by you alone, the times make the rules, we also have to make the rules for tonight's marriage, the auspicious time has come, we have to hear the clanging sound, so that we can be lucky, do you say yes!" ”

"Bang." With a sound, Tan Zongjun next to him struck each other with a gong, and they were going to use red ribbons on both sides of the gong, one gong was tied to Li Guolou's chest, and the other gong was tied to Chen Xiangfang's chest, so that the two of them could hit each other and make a "bang." "Loud sound, come and please the audience.

Li Guolou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, no one said good things for him, no one helped him, scratched his ears and cheeks to find a way, and wanted to get by, but the customs of making trouble and being a mother have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, no matter how he begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and wanted to come to an easy show, no one agreed to change the show, and the champion princess Zhang was recognized by everyone.

"Bang." Li Guolou was pushed by the people behind him, and hit Chen Xiangfang head-on, and the gongs on both sides of his chest were crisp and pleasant.

"Good ······" The upstairs and downstairs of Baozhi's room erupted in warm applause and applause.

"Pass five levels and kill six generals, Tanhualang, and there are still nine difficulties!"

The fat man Fan Dahui screamed more vigorously than anyone else, today is the time for him to show his face, so that the three housewives have a deep understanding of him, and in the future he will become the first master of Li Guolou.