Li Qing returned to his residence, Xiaoyu smiled like a flower, and the purple and red flowers in the courtyard were shining, but Li Qing was vulgar, ignoring the beautiful scenery of the good day, and shouted: "Is the meal ready?" I'm so hungry I swallow a cow! ”

"Cow no, I specially stewed a jar of chicken today, if Childe doesn't want to eat it, then I'll take it!" Xiaoyu smiled, turned around and entered the house, Li Qing hurriedly followed her into the house, only to see that there were as many as five or six dishes on the table, one large and one small bowls of rice were steaming, just lifting the spoon to fill the stomach, Li Qing was overjoyed, picked up the bowl and blurted out: "What a capable daughter-in-law!" After saying that, he regretted it, hating himself for being so Meng Lang, and he didn't dare to look at Xiaoyu, so he only buried his head in gnawing on the chicken and shaving rice.

Xiaoyu didn't speak, only ate the rice in one bite, but his face slowly turned red, and later, even his neck became red, both of them buried their heads in eating, no one spoke, the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing, and suddenly Li Qing choked and almost squirted out the rice.

Xiaoyu hurriedly handed over the chicken soup, thumped his back and said, "Don't worry! Hold your horses! Take a sip of soup first, don't choke. ”

Li Qing drank two sips in a row, then took a breath and smiled: "My problem of eating fast has really been changed, one day when I invite guests to dinner and be rude in front of the guests, then it will be a shame!" ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a servant came running in a hurry, standing in the courtyard and saying repeatedly: "Li Gongzi, Li Gongzi, the old man is invited!" ”

"Could it be that Mr. Yan has already shown it to the old lady? No, he will go to paste, at least three days. Li Qing didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly followed the servant to the lobby, and when he entered the door, he saw a person kneeling by the screen with his head down, his figure was humble, and when he looked at it again, he was taken aback, he turned out to be Zhang Qiu.

Before he entered the hall, he heard someone shouting in the hall: "Brute! I don't want to learn, I want to cheat, I have been innocent for generations, and I have this bad son and tarnished my family's reputation. ”

Li Qing's heart suddenly sank into the abyss, "Could it be that the child had an incident?" No way! In this year's examination of the post scripture, although Zhang Qiu handed in a blank paper, but afterwards the county Cheng made up for him, not a child, what is the matter? ”

"Young master, but what happened to Tong Sheng?" Li Qing asked Zhang Qiu in a low voice.

Zhang Qiu raised his head, his eyes were swollen, he glanced at Li Qing blankly, shook his head, and hung down weakly.

"Who is it behind the screen, stand up!" The roar stopped abruptly, and suddenly shouted again.

Since it was not a child's thing, Li Qing put his mind at ease, turned out from behind the screen, and saw three people sitting in the hall, the upper position was the old lady Xian Yu who trembled slightly, and the left head was Xian Yu Zhongtong who he saw in the afternoon, he had changed into a azure large-sleeved wide-body Zen robe, and was nodding and smiling at him, and the person on the right was similar in age to Xian Yu Zhongtong, and there was a little resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes, but he had a purple face, and his face was full of anger.

"This must be Xian Yu Zhongtong's brother Xian Yu Shuming, Mr. Yan said that their brother has an internal evil and an external anger, and this is indeed the case." Li Qing didn't dare to think about it, so he hurriedly took two steps forward and gave Xian Yu Shijian a big salute: "Li Qing knocks to see Xian Yu Grandpa!" He got up again and gave one to each of the two masters and said, "Li Qing has seen two masters. ”

When Xian Yushi Jian saw him, his eyes smiled into a slit, he pointed at Li Qing and smiled at his two sons: "This is Qiu'er's Xixi, a descendant who knows books and etiquette, I like it very much." He beckoned to Li Qing again: "Come here!" ”

He took Li Qing's hand and gently introduced him: "These are my two sons, Zhongtong and Shuming, both of whom are officials outside, if you have any trouble in the future, go to them, just say that I said it, see if they dare to agree?" ”

Xian Yu Shijian had a naughty smile on his face, and the nasolabial folds on his cheeks were deeply engraved, but Li Qing's heart was moved, and when he saw one face, he cared so much, and no matter what trouble he would have in the future, he made a promise in person.

But his two sons behaved very differently, one smiled and nodded, his eyes appreciative, and the other stared at him with dissatisfaction and even a little disdain in his eyes.

"Since you are Zhang Qiu's Xixi, why don't you teach him to be upright and motivated, but you want to do those things that are embarrassing and insulting." Xian Yu Shuming was obviously angry, and vented his dissatisfaction on Li Qing's body.

A hint of anger flashed in Li Qing's eyes, he glanced at Xian Yu Shuming coldly, and sneered: "Second master, can I ask you to make it clear first, I am confused, how to distinguish right from wrong?" ”

"Humph! It doesn't hurt to tell you. Xian Yu Shuming pointed at Zhang Qiu and scolded: "This little beast paid money to buy a knife catcher in the Qinglou and participated in the township test for him, making a lot of noise, a friend of mine heard this, so he told me, but I hated this little beast and refused to admit it." ”

This is their impromptu strategy that day, if Zhang Qiu doesn't say it, how will others know, needless to say, it must be that he is drunk and talking nonsense, and it is also a shame that he did not poke out the matter of childhood, in a moment, Li Qing's mind has turned countless turns, since there is no direct evidence, he can only deny it.

Li Qing sighed secretly, he hurriedly defended Zhang Qiu: "Rumors from outside, nine times out of ten, they will be distorted, the two masters have been in the world for a long time, and the three of them have become tigers, how can this be unexpected, I think Zhang Qiu is not unadmitted, it is very likely that his original words did not mean this, and it was caused by being mistaken." ”

Xian Yu Shuming heard Li Qing say something reasonable, and his anger disappeared a little, he didn't believe it very much, although his nephew was ridiculous, but he was not so stupid, how could this kind of thing be said nonsense, and now it is still more than half a year to leave his hometown to try, and it seems that it is a little early to find the knife catcher. It's just that Uncle Xian hates his nephew for not seeking progress, and he has long been dissatisfied, and when he suddenly heard this, he used his usual grievances to express his anger.

"No wind, no waves! If it weren't for his usual indiscretion, how could this rumor be flying all over the sky, and besides, if he hadn't said it, then why wouldn't this rumor be told to others? ”

Li Qing slowly walked to Zhang Qiu's side, glanced at him and said, "Young Master, think about it, what did you say about the township test?" ”

Zhang Qiu was not stupid, he naturally understood what Li Qing meant, he was drunk and talked nonsense, and he forgot what he said, but Li Qing had already given him a ladder, and he just had to climb it up.

"I—I remembered! It seems that when I was drinking with my friends, I joked that if anyone knows the topic of this year's township exam, I am willing to buy it at a high price, this is obviously just a joke, how can it be spread like this! ”

"Humph! If you don't study hard, but you want to be opportunistic, with your virtue, if you win the township test, God really has no eyes. Although Xian Yu Shuming's tone is still harsh, his words have eased a lot, after all, it is a family ugly, if you can hide it, you can hide it!

"It's also that I'm not good, and I insist that he take the test." Xian Yu Zhongtong on the side finally spoke, he said: "I wanted to protect my enemy's future, but I was afraid that people would say that I was nepotistic, so I let him take the exam. ”

According to the Tang system, he can indeed be an official with a son, but the officials obtained by Yin will not be able to do much in the future, so his two sons do not want to be shaded, they just want to be admitted to the fame themselves, and they are from a professional class, and Xian Yu Zhongtong wants to give this quota to his nephew.

Xian Yu Shuming sneered and said, "Forget it!" If a man of his kind becomes an official, the people below will not know how much sin he will suffer, and I oppose this. ”

"The second master is wrong!" Li Qing straightened up, walked in front of him, and said with a faint smile: "Zhang Gongzi is a little ridiculous, but he has no great evil, have you heard of his evil deeds of bullying men and women and forcibly occupying land?" There is no bad record of abusing people and extortion, although he is a good Qinglou, but it is also a fair deal, and there is no name for Bo Xing, it can only be said that he does not abide by the rules, and does not hesitate to reputation, which is actually no different from people who are addicted to wine, and he is righteous, without asking for anything in return, many Huang Tong Bai Suo have received his favor, how can the second master of such a high quality turn a blind eye? I think if he is a official, has a serious business, and is constrained by the official law, he will naturally take his heart, and he will no longer be idle all day long like this, wandering outside. On the contrary, if he is left unchecked, he will only become more and more decadent, and sooner or later he will go down the wrong path. ”

He was too full of Xian Yu Shuming's words just now, and he was afraid that even if he was tempted by what he said, he wouldn't be able to pull it down, so he turned his words around and gently kicked the ball at the feet of the old man, and at present, he can only use the old man to suppress Xian Yu Shuming.

Xian Yu Zhongtong nodded secretly and praised, this person has a low status, in front of his majestic-looking brother, he can still be so scheming and agile, eloquently, knowledge, insight, and courage are not bad, it is really a pity not to use him.

The old man listened to Li Qing's words, and looked at Zhang Qiu, who was kneeling far away, and looked really pitiful, he couldn't help but feel sorry for his daughter, marrying the Zhang family was really wronged, this Zhang Qiu was his daughter's only son, even if he was in front of his daughter, he had to help him.

"Shuming, Brother Li is reasonable, don't object to this matter, let your eldest brother arrange it!" He said to Xian Yuzhong again: "Qiu'er has passed the Tongsheng exam, it's okay, don't embarrass him anymore, help him to set up a position first, and then fill it when there is a vacancy in the lieutenant, find something for him to do, and save him from idleness all day." ”

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Xian Yu Zhongtong, the name direction, the word Zhongtong; Xian Yu Shuming, the name Jin, the word Shuming. Historically, their words have been much more famous than their names, so this book uses their words instead of names.