【Liu's mother died of illness】

Liu Hong stared at Lu Zhi kneeling in front of him at this time, holding the fold he had just put on the table for himself, Liu Hong really didn't know what could make this group of scholars so persevering, so courageous, and able to disobey himself again and again.

Lu Zhi's so-called "Eight Strategies", the first to use good, the previous kings of the past dynasties did not let the states and counties nucleate the virtuous, but this way of inspecting filial piety and honesty is not the way to be monopolized by the clan class, this first point alone is not in line with my taste; There is also a second point, pardon the party members, I and the former emperor took the party system, you let me pardon now, isn't this a slap in the face of me and the former emperor in public; There is a third one, the burial of Queen Song, which is no different from the second point, just to embarrass me; There is also a fourth point, preferential treatment of the princes, since Emperor Wu took the Tui En Order, the princes and kings have no real power; The fifth one is interesting, recruiting people like Zheng Xuan, if I remember correctly, this Zheng Xuan seems to be your junior brother; The last point is even more hateful, no longer accumulate private wealth, if you don't have money, what can you use to reward your subordinates, is a king who has no money still a king? Of course, these words can only be thought in the heart, and cannot be said to the outside world.

"Lu Aiqing, get up, don't kneel, it's also an old person, kneeling for a long time is not good for your health!" Then Liu Hong said: "Come on, give Lord Lu a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he got up and sat down in the position assigned to him by the Yellow Gate.

Liu Hong took a lychee from the fruit bowl held by Huang Men beside him, opened the husk and put it in his mouth, and ate it with taste.

"Give Lu Aiqing a taste!" Liu Hong angrily pouted at Huangmen and motioned for him to come over.

Huang Men walked up to Lu Zhi, bent down and said softly, "Lord Lu, Your Majesty will reward you with lychees to eat!" ”

Lu Zhi looked up at the fruit in the fruit bowl, took one in both hands, nodded to the yellow door, and then said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!" ”

"Let's eat, these lychees are all transported from Jiaozhou quickly, and they are eaten on this hot day, which is cool and thirst-quenching." He spit out the lychee seeds in his mouth into the bowl in Huangmen's hand, and took another one: "In that year, Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu" recorded lychees, what's the 'So Lu orange summer ripe, yellow sweet orange, loquat persimmon, Tingnai magnolia, jujube bayberry, cherry Pu Tao, Yinfu Xudi, answer the branch, Luohu harem, Liehu North Garden. "It can be seen that he has studied these fruits quite well, of course he must like to eat lychees, haha......"

"Your Majesty is erudite and talented, and the minister is ashamed of himself!" Lu Zhi held the lychee in his hand and did not eat it.

"Hey~ This is all the study of food, if you don't learn it, you can't get on the stage, unlike you, Aiqing, you are the only contemporary Confucian!" Liu Hong said with a grin.

"Your Majesty has won the award, the minister is ashamed, and he is ashamed, Your Majesty, do you see the opinion of the minister?" Lu Zhi saw that Liu Hong was talking to him about something to eat, which was not the purpose of his coming today, so he brought the topic back on track.

Liu Hong pretended to suddenly come to his senses and said: "Lu Aiqing, the advice you gave me is very pertinent, every word in this, I can see your intentions, I can see your loyalty to my Han and to me, I have been watching your performance over the years, it's better to be like this, anyway, this writing is not an important thing, you don't want to write a book in Dongguan, I worship you as a servant and a scholar today, you don't have to go to Dongguan in the future." "Liu Hong originally sent these people to Dongguan to write a book, so that he could be quiet, but he didn't expect that things gather people in groups, these people get together, and there are more things.

But Lu Zhi doesn't care where the emperor lets him go now, because this is not a key matter, and letting the emperor accept his proposal is the most important thing...... However, Your Majesty, the eunuchs are doing evil, and the officials from all over the country are corrupt and perverting the law in order to flatter the eunuchs, oppressing the people, and now they are angry and resentful; What's more, they even insulted Empress Song......"

When it comes to Queen Song, Liu Hong actually knows that Queen Song is innocent, these are all dirty things done by Wang Fu and others, and his agreement with Yangqiu's proposal to arrest Wang Fu is also out of an explanation to Queen Song, so he has already felt guilty about Queen Song in his heart, but because he is ashamed, he is even more reluctant to mention it in front of him, because this is nothing more than exposing his own shortcomings, at this time, seeing Lu Zhi so stubborn, Liu Hong angrily reprimanded: "Presumptuous, how can you interfere in royal affairs." ”

Lu Zhi saw that the emperor was unwilling to accept other people's opinions and would not let people speak, so he simply said one more sentence: "Your Majesty, the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan; The river will collapse, there will be many injuries, and the people will be the same, and the ministers will say from the bottom of their hearts......"

"Get out! Get out of here! Liu Hong smashed the lychee in his hand at Lu Zhi fiercely, so frightened that Lu Zhi immediately covered it with his hand.

Lu Zhi looked up and saw the emperor glaring angrily, and his muscles were exposed, so he was immediately startled, and hurriedly bowed and said, "The minister retires." After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the palace.

Walking out of the palace gate, Lu Zhi came to his senses, he breathed a deep sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his forehead, this hot day, his back actually broke out in a cold sweat.

Lu Zhi was walking on the street alone at this time, he was very speechless to the emperor, the emperor was stubborn by nature, and was deceived by villains, alienated from the court's virtuous ministers, and did not accept advice, this world is not long from chaos.

"Excuse me, are you Lord Lu Zhilu?" Suddenly, a young man came.

When Lu Zhi heard it, it was his hometown accent, but he didn't know each other, so he said: "I am Lu Zhi, may I ask who you are?" ”

"I finally found you, I inquired for a long time, and today I finally met me, I am from Zhuo County, Zhuo County, followed my boss to Luoyang to do business, Liu Bei's mother died of illness, and the family asked me to send a message to Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei should go back quickly."

When Lu Zhi heard this, his face was solemn, and his heart was very sad, Liu Bei had lost his father when he was young, and now his mother is gone, and he hasn't even seen his mother's last face, he is really a child with a hard life, he took out a tael of silver from his body and said: "If you have work, I will convey it." When the man saw that Lu Zhi had given him the silver, he took it with a smile and said, "Lord Xie, Lord Xie, ...... it" After speaking, he turned around and left.

Lu Zhi also quickened his pace at this time, and was about to go back to convey the matter to Liu Bei, but when he walked into Dongguan, he didn't see Liu Bei and Liu Deran, but saw a person with a round head and a round face, this person was tall, wide and fat, and when he saw Lu Zhi walking in, he looked at Lu Zhi with a smile, where did Lu Zhi know who this was, and he didn't turn his head and planned to look for Liu Bei. After walking a few steps, Ma Riyan hurriedly stopped him: "Zigan, this is today's uncle of the country." Ma Riyan introduced.

As soon as Lu Zhi heard this, he remembered that after the emperor abolished Queen Song, he overrode public opinion and insisted on making He the queen, and heard that Queen He's family had a half-brother who was born as a butcher. ”

How do you know that He Jin is still grinning, got up and walked towards Lu Zhi and said with a smile: "Haha, it turned out to be Lord Lu, it's okay, it's okay, I'll just come and walk around, I, He Jin, have already heard of your prestige, and when I see it today, it's really better to hear than to see it." He kept patting Lu Zhi on the shoulder several times while speaking, looking like a mixed society, and there was no officialdom at all.

But when everyone saw that he was the uncle of the country, they naturally didn't say anything, and of course they didn't dare to laugh at him.

"Uncle Guo is serious, come, sit down!" Lu Zhi ushered He Jin back into position.

He Jin sat there and didn't say anything, grinning for a while to look at this, then to look at that, to touch the teacup, to pat his clothes for a while, and to say from time to time: "Okay, good....."

At this time, Lu Zhi looked at Ma Riyan and then at Yang Ci, and several people were puzzled, not knowing why He Jin suddenly came to visit today, just came, and didn't say anything, which made the people present look ignorant. Although Lu Zhi was in a hurry, but seeing that Uncle Guo was present, it was not easy to walk away, so everyone chatted casually with each other, and did not say anything serious, probably talking about some innocuous things about how his body was and what he was busy with recently.

After a long time, maybe He Jin himself felt that this awkward conversation was tasteless, so he said goodbye to everyone present one by one, and walked out of Dongguan with a big belly.

At this time, Yang Ci said: "I don't know what is going on here, a few days ago there was news in the palace that the emperor's Wang Meiren gave birth to a son named Liu Xie, but Wang Meiren died for no reason after she was born. Everyone is wondering if the cause of death is caused by Queen He, because if Wang Meiren dies, of course, it is best to die with the baby, which is the most beneficial to Queen He and his son Liu Wei. ”

Lu Zhi was also thinking about this matter at this time, thought about it and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple." ”

"What do you mean?" Ma Riyan asked.

Lu Zhi said: "He Jin was originally a butcher, and suddenly became the uncle of the dynasty, which can be described as a carp jumping over the dragon gate, but his background here really can't be changed, so he visited the famous people of the dynasty everywhere, hoping to be related to these famous people, and it is best to let these famous people support him in the future, so that he can use this to improve his identity, in other words, to add gold to his face." ”

"As a relative of the court, this identity is too sensitive."

Lu Zhi continued: "Yes, He Jin is indeed a relative, but if you want the people of the world to support him, it is not impossible. Speaking of this, he smiled slightly and looked at everyone present.

Ma Riyan involuntarily popped out a few words from his mouth at this time: "Lift the party and kill the eunuchs." ”

Lu Zhi listened to Ma Riyan's words and said: "Well, as long as He Jin can raise the banner of lifting the party and killing the eunuchs, he will definitely be supported by famous people all over the world immediately." ”

"But seeing that He Jin is not a person with a delicate mind and a bright mind, with him as the core, I am afraid that things will be difficult to achieve." Yang Ci said with a look of disgust, he was originally a famous family, and he was prejudiced against these poor people, not to mention that he was still a brainless poor family.

Lu Zhi said: "Yes, it is true, but if it is really what I just said, it is impossible to come up with He Jin, I see that there are other people behind He Jin to point out, as for who it is, I don't know." Speaking of this, Lu Zhi suddenly remembered something important, so he said to the people present: "By the way, have you seen Liu Bei and them?" I'm in a bit of a hurry to talk to them. ”

"Liu Bei went back just now, I asked them to go back to sleep at noon, if they couldn't get in, a few of us would have slept a long time ago!" Liu Kuan stroked his beard and said.

"Oh, then I'll go first, farewell!" After saying that, Lu Zhi hurried back.

Lu Zhi rushed home and saw that there was no one in the courtyard and study, so he went straight to Liu Bei's room and pushed open the door.

"Liu Bei, Deran, get up, get up!" Lu Zhi gently patted Liu Bei and Liu Deran's faces.

"Ah~ what's the matter, teacher!" Liu Bei was suddenly woken up by Lu Zhi and said in a daze.

"So, let me tell you, just now someone from my hometown wrote to say that your mother ...... Your mother died of illness, and the family asked you and Deran to go back! Although it was difficult for Lu Zhi to talk about this kind of thing, he still said it, because he knew that Liu Bei had grown up and it was time to take on the responsibility of the family.

"What! This...... Is this true? Liu Bei suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he couldn't believe what the teacher said.

"This ...... How so! When Liu Deran heard the news, he was also immediately frightened to sober, he quickly got up and looked at Lu Zhi blankly.

"It's true, kid!" Lu Zhi said with a solemn face, "Pack up your things and go home!" Lu Zhi put his hand on Liu Bei's shoulder at this time, hoping that this would give Liu Bei the courage to face the bad news.

"How can this be, mother~" At this time, Liu Bei finally couldn't control himself anymore and cried loudly in front of the teacher.

【Overjoyed】

"Master, I'm back!" Zhang Shiping went from Zhongshan to Luoyang and back to Zhongshan from Luoyang for several months, and he really took great pains to make Su Xue happy.

"Oh, Lao Zhang is back, hurry up, come inside, sit down for a while, and rest!" Su Shuang saw that Zhang Shiping was back, and hurriedly greeted: "Come on, bring the tea, it should be cold!" ”

"Thank you, Master!" Zhang Shiping sat down and said: "Don't say it, it's really hot, it hasn't rained for several months, and this year it's estimated that there will be another big drought!" ”

"The drought is not a big drought, it has no impact on us, I know the good news you sent back from Luoyang!" Su Shuang saw that the servant brought the cold boiled water, and said, "You drink some water first to relieve the heat!" ”

"This time it's really thanks to you, after being busy with our Su Mansion, fortunately, this disaster has finally survived, Duan Xi, the captain, is also pitiful enough, he was deposed and imprisoned not long after, and he committed suicide in prison, his family, including the brute Duan De, were all exiled, although our Su Mansion's business has lost some, but it is finally back on track!" When Su Shuang said this, he shouted, "Go and call Miss over!" ”

"It's not my credit this time, it's all the credit of Xue'er's teacher Lu Zhi, as well as several of his junior disciples, they gave advice and worked hard to make this victory, I'm just an errand runner, it's all manual work, it's not hard!" Zhang Shiping drank the water, handed it to the servant, and motioned for him to have another cup: "I know, you must be very tormented at home, so I am afraid that you will be worried, as soon as I got the news from Lu Zhi, I wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to you." ”

"Smart, thoughtful, attentive!" Su Shuang gave a thumbs up and said: "I won't tell you, that time was simply torment, I had already had a serious illness for this, and then I saw a doctor many times, and the doctor said that I was too heavy, and the body was full of anger, so I had nothing to do Don't think about it so much, usually relax, but how can you let me relax, Xue'er locks herself in the house every day, I, as a father, feel guilty!" Su Shuang slapped his chest with his fist: "If I hadn't been so obsessed with my mind at the beginning, where did I get so much!" ”

"That is, they are all over half a hundred years old, and now they know the truth that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants?" As soon as Su Shuang finished speaking, this accusation came from outside the door, and it turned out that Su Xue was here.

"Uncle, are you here? Thanks to you this time, Cher has thanked her uncle here! Su Xue was about to kneel, but Zhang Shiping hurriedly got up and stopped her.

"Xue'er, don't be like this, it's all a family, why do you want to thank you so much, sit down!"

"People have misses, horses have stumbled, Daddy also sees the wrong person, and sees Duan De as a gentleman, Xue'er, don't always criticize Daddy like this!" Su Shuang said aggrievedly.

"I don't dare to criticize my father, if it weren't for the fact that Duan De is a bureaucrat's child, how could my father be wrong!"

"This ......" Su Shuang saw that her daughter's mouth was so unforgiving, so she didn't say anything.

"Uncle, this time I went to Luoyang, how is the teacher's health, and ...... And Liu Bei, they are like this! Su Xue asked with concern.

"Oh, look at my memory, don't say I forgot, Lu Zhi's body is very good, so you can go to Luoyang to see him when you have time; There are also Liu Bei and Liu Deran, they asked me to tell you that everything is fine with them in Lu Zhi, and the development is going very smoothly, so Xue'er, don't worry, when you come back, in order to thank them, I specially invited them to play in Zhongshan in the future and come to Su Mansion to have a look! Zhang Shiping thought about it carefully, and it was estimated that there was so much.

"So what do they say, do they say when they will come?" Su Xue hurriedly asked.

"That's not true, they promised that they would come when they had the opportunity in the future, as for when, they didn't say, but this is understandable, they are still students with Lu Zhi, and the time arrangement is naturally based on Lu Zhi, and the time they arrange is not much, so I didn't say that this is normal."

"Oh, too, they're good!" Su Xue was also relieved, she and Liu Bei had been separated for a long time, and she really missed him.