The three-foot desk is surrounded by smoke, and the fragrant tea on the desk is also fragrant with tea.

Lu Ren took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and then looked around. After sweeping the circle, Lu Ren smiled at Mi Zhen in the opposite seat: "I remember that the last time I came here was at the beginning of the first month, and at that time, the foundation had just been laid here. In a little more than a month, you actually built such a nice courtyard. ”

Mi Zhen sat there, her eyes locked on Lu Ren, and she responded: "There are a lot of masonry in Xudu, I spend more money and invite more people, and it is not difficult to build a house in January." Moreover, these craftsmen use bricks fired by you, Mr., so they will naturally speed up. ”

Lu Ren said: "When I came, I saw that there were still some ordinary houses being built, presumably those craftsmen were still here, right?" I asked them to help me build a house. Oh yes, and make sure to build a bathroom like the one I usually use......"

"Sir-!!"

Mi Zhen's almost scream-like roar startled Lu Ren at that time, and when Mi Zhen ran into Lu Ren before, she was afraid of a lot of people, so she wanted to ask Lu Ren in her heart. Now that there is no one on the side, Lu Ren looks so unhurried, which makes Mi Zhen really can't help it: "What the hell is going on?" Why are you so good, but you have been dismissed? Yesterday at night, I received a report from the clansmen, if it wasn't for the fact that it was late at that time, I was afraid that the city gate would be closed when I arrived at the city of Xudu, I would have gone to look for you overnight! ”

Lu Ren shook his head with a wry smile, and after scooping himself up with a cup of hot tea again, he still said so unhurriedly: "Actually, there is nothing to say." To put it bluntly, I'm just carrying a black pot from the boss. ”

At that moment, Lu Ren roughly said this matter, and Mi Zhen was stunned for a while after listening to it before saying: "Cao, Cao Gong, how can he be like this?" He knew ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand and said: "Cao Hong just wants to avenge me last time, if it was just him who stabbed me, Cao Gong could have helped me stop it, but the real trouble was those court officials, Cao Gong couldn't fall out with them on the bright side because of my little thing." ”

Mi Zhen looked a little anxious: "But ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand again: "Don't be." In fact, I told you a long time ago that officials in the court are not so easy to be. I can only tell you this, what can you Mi do on the rich side of Xuzhou? Isn't your eldest brother the same as being squeezed out by other scholars and officials after becoming a driver in Xuzhou?

"Your eldest brother is still like this, and I am really not even a scholar, and most of the officials in Xu Du are famous families, so it's strange that they will look up to me! If nothing happens to me, if something happens, those who look down on me will immediately fall for me. This incident is proof of this. ”

Lu Ren didn't say a word, just don't say that those people in the scholar clan look down on Lu Ren, even if it is Cao Cao, who is in the limelight, isn't it the same that he has always been looked down upon by the people in the scholar clan? And Mi Zhen just lowered her head and didn't speak.

Lu Ren said again: "I think I have to remind you that you are a person who knows the inside information, and you must not leak these inside information, otherwise it will be used by people with intentions to make a big fuss, and if we don't do it well, we will all be killed." In addition, even the Zhongshan Zhen family will be implicated, and there will be more people who will die by then...... Alas, what to say? I told you that it didn't matter if I didn't care about it or if I could do it, but you ......."

Mi Zhenliang was speechless for a long time, and suddenly knelt on the ground to Lu Ren, and even lowered his head completely.

Lu Ren was stunned and said, "Sister, what are you doing here?" Hurry up! If you have something to say, it's good to say! ”

Mi Zhen lowered her head, and there was great guilt in her tone: "Sir, it's Mi Zhen who is sorry for you." If it weren't for Mi Zhen's insistence on going to Hebei to sell iron, Mr. would not be like this today. Now that Mr. has been wronged and removed from his official position, Mi Zhen is uneasy, so please ask Mr. to punish Mi Zhen! ”

"......" Lu Ren shook his head with a wry smile, reached over and helped Mi Zhen and said, "I can't blame you entirely." If I hadn't asked you to go to Zhongshan at that time, things might not have turned out the way they are now. And then again, Cao Hong really wants to take revenge on me, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have always looked down on me, so even if there is no such thing this time, sooner or later I will have other handles in their hands. A wise man can still make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, let alone a person like me who is not a wise man? In fact, the current situation is not bad, at least Cao Gong is ashamed of me, and he will definitely cover us in the future. ”

Mi Zhen was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Sir, you should scold me a few words, otherwise ......"

Lu Ren grabbed his scalp and squatted in front of Mi Zhen, and suddenly bent his fingers and gently knocked Mi Zhen's forehead three times, and muttered: "This time is Xu Duling, this time is the general of the pawn farmer, and this time it is to beat you This girl is competitive and ignorant." Alright, the penalty is over, hurry up! ”

Mi Zhen looked up in amazement: "Sir, ...... you"

Lu Ren clasped his hands and said, "There is actually no point in punishing you at all. We've known each other for many years, and you're good at everything, but you're a little reckless. At the beginning, I told you that the officials here in Xu Du are not so easy to be, and if you don't control it properly, the consequences will be unpredictable, but now you finally see it, right? Get up, get up, I don't blame you at all, in the future, you will eat a trench and grow wise, just stop being reckless. ”

Mi Zhen silently returned to her seat, and after thinking for a long time, she said to Lu Ren: "Sir, don't blame Mi Zhen for being snobbish. Mi Zhen came to meet from afar, hoping to get the protection of Mr., and use the protection of Mr. to settle the clan in Xudu. But now that Mr. has been dismissed, then the clan led by Mi Zhen will ......"

Lu Ren said: "Don't worry, I also said just now that Cao Gong is ashamed of me, not to mention that the Son of Heaven has come forward to help me speak." With them covering me, we can farm and make money and settle our clan here in peace. ”

Mi Zhen shook her head: "Sir, things are not as simple as you think. I think our Mi family is on the rich side of Xuzhou, but why does my eldest brother try desperately to enter the officialdom? To put it bluntly, it is a power word. The way of the world is like this, if you don't have power, even if you are rich, what can you do? If we are oppressed by our power, we can only watch our family wealth be squeezed away little by little. ”

Lu Ren was stunned. Mi Zhen said the truth, of course Lu Ren understands, where will there be less power and money transactions or collusion between officials and businessmen in ancient and modern China and foreign countries? As an ordinary grassroots otaku sling, he has always hated this kind of thing, but he can't deny that this kind of thing has fallen on him now.

To be honest, Lu Ren actually doesn't want to be an official anymore, because this incident made Cao Hong really see the sinister hearts of people in officialdom. And now Lu Ren also has the conditions to no longer be an official, because according to the system at that time, it is generally difficult to return to officialdom after being dismissed, not to mention that the charges he has carried are not very good. Of course, Cao Cao has already said that he will use Lu Ren again, but according to Lu Ren's plan, it will definitely not be so fast, and under normal circumstances, it is hopeless to eliminate the limelight without two or three years. And two or three years later, Lu Ren will already be a flash, and he will still be a fart?

But seeing Mi Zhen's appearance, Lu Ren felt uncomfortable and couldn't say it, so after hesitating for a while, he said: "Sister, don't worry, Gong Cao said that he would use me again after the limelight passed, and I could still ...... at that time."

He was only halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Mi Zhen: "Sir, why do you want to deceive me? There are things that others don't know, but I know. In fact, you plan to resign in two years, at most three years, and then retire. And after you're gone, who will be able to take care of me? ”

Lu Ren was slightly surprised: "How do you know?" ”

Mi Zhen sighed and said, "Did you forget, sir?" When I first arrived in Xudu, I often slept with Wan'er. There are some things that Wan'er will tell me. Originally, I thought it was just Wan'er's casual words, but now that Mr. was indifferent after the dismissal, I knew that this was indeed what Mr. meant. ”

"......" Lu Ren was speechless.

Mi Zhen said: "I don't know whether it is right or wrong to come to Xu Du now. Sir, if you really leave in two or three years, where should this sect led by me go? Sir, can you teach me? The eldest brother and I led the crowd to vote because we believed in Mr., Sir, you can't just leave, abandon Mi Zhen and the clansmen. ”

Lu Ren was speechless. Lu Ren can understand what Mi Zhen said, and he is also very clear that there is a big difference between the current Mi Zhen and the Mi Zhen in the original historical process. Not to mention anything else, just this very ambiguous relationship with herself can make Mi Zhen unable to marry Liu Bei like the original history. On the other hand, Lu Ren also felt that if he really threw Mi Zhen here, he would be a little sorry for his conscience.

At this time, Mi Zhen saw that Lu Ren's face was in trouble, and couldn't help but sigh faintly: "Xuzhou is afraid that it is difficult to have a place for my Mi family, and Mr. Xu Du here can't protect him thoroughly." Alas, if only there was a place in the world where there were no disputes and where our Mi clan could live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Mi Zhen's words made Lu Ren stunned at the time, and after looking down and thinking about it, he asked, "Do you want to find this kind of place to settle the clan?" ”

Mi Zhen nodded.

Lu Ren smiled bitterly: "Is it a paradise? What a paradise these days! ”

Mi Zhen was stunned: "Xanadu? What is that place? ”

Lu Ren patted his head, and said in his heart that he accidentally got out Tao Yuanming's things again. However, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked Mi Zhen again: "Do you think that if I am gone, no one will cover your Mi clan, so instead of staying here in Xu Du, it is better to find a peaceful place where you can escape the troubled times and live a peaceful life?" ”