(ps: It's on the shelves, it's two more today, the first one is delivered, and I ask for monthly passes and recommended tickets to support.) ）

The next morning, Lin Tianqing really couldn't wait to come to Lu Fatzi's room early, pulled out the sleeping Fat Lu out of the bed, and forced Lu Fatzi to get up and go to Suo Etu's house for a banquet. It made Lu Fatzi cry and laugh, and said, "Lord Lin, I said that you are too anxious, right?" It's just been when I arrived now, and Lord Suo is still on an errand in the palace, so you can go over now, I'm afraid that even Master Suo is not at home, right? ”

"Master Lu, you have always been new to officialdom, so you don't understand this." Lin Tianqing shook his head and kindly pointed out: "In our officialdom in the Qing Dynasty, when an official reaches a certain level, he invites his colleagues to a banquet, and invites him to a banquet temporarily, or he only invites dinner, but this is nothing, you can rush to the meal." But the day in advance said that it is good to treat guests in their own home, it is particularly grand, usually the host has to prepare a dancing girl singer troupe, let the guests swim for a day, the earlier the guests arrive, the more respect and affection for the host. ”

"Especially after a public waiting like Master Suo, yesterday he said that he invited you to come to the house at noon, and he must have let you stay in his house all day today, not only to invite you to lunch, but also to invite dinner, maybe he will also leave you in his house for the night, and let the maid serve you to sleep."

"In the final analysis, it's just a waste of the hard-earned money of our Chinese people, right?" Fat Lu snorted coldly in his heart, sat up and hummed: "Thank you seniors for your guidance, juniors understand, please wait a while, juniors will get up and change their clothes, and accompany you to the banquet at Lord Suo's mansion." By the way, Senior Lin, like this case, should the younger generation bring some gifts? ”

"Whether you can bring it or not, it depends on your own heart." Lin Tianqing replied casually, and then lowered his voice and said: "But Lord Lu, your current official position has always been a little lower, according to the old man, it is best for you to prepare gifts, the more expensive the better, and show a little more respect to Lord Suo." ”

"But the younger generation is now destitute, so the money from them buys expensive gifts?" Fat Lu said distressedly.

"Forget it, the old man will help you find a way." Lin Tianqing now has a request for Lu Fatzi, and in desperation, he had no choice but to say: "In this way, the old man happens to have a true handiwork of Wu Daozi next to him, and he originally planned to wait until he arrives in Yunnan to present it to the prince of Pingxi. ”

"That being the case, then the junior is not welcome." Fat Lu didn't blush, and agreed to take other people's things as a favor. Here, Lin Tianqing turned around and went back to the room to get the painting, while Lu Fatzi got up and called Xiao Erlang to the front and whispered in his ear: "How is it?" Are all the things you need to prepare? ”

"Young master, don't worry, it's all ready." Xiao Erlang agreed in a low voice.

"Very good, when we get to Suofu, we will go our separate ways, I will deal with it in Suofu, and you will leave Suofu under the pretext of playing in the capital." Fat Lu nodded with satisfaction, and said in a low voice: "Also, first, your task is the heaviest, in addition to taking Fang Shiyu's stupid boy well, there is also to give me a little attention to the Liu family brothers, after all, their brothers have been with me for a short time, and they are not as stupid as Fang Shiyu, when necessary, suspiciously ask Fang Shiyu to make a move." There is another thing, you should immediately go to the prince of Pingxi and say this to him............ ”

After Lu Fatzi finished speaking, Xiao Erlang took the order and left, Lu Fatzi got dressed and got up by himself, washed and dressed and hurriedly used a little early, Xiao Erlang and Lin Tianqing both returned to Lu Fatzi's side one after another, and then Lu Fatzi led the dogs and Lin Tianqing out again, and found Wu Yingxiong and said that he was going to Shichahai to enjoy the snow, and I am afraid that he will not be able to come back until the evening. Wu Yingxiong didn't doubt it, he just smiled and agreed, and also told a few words of concern about snow road skating, don't risk skating, and waved his hand to let Lu Fatzi, Lin Tianqing and others out of their own door.

Successfully out of the gate of Wu Mansion, Lu Fatzi and others hired a carriage, and went all the way to Suo'etu Mansion located outside the Shenwu Gate. After the carriage walked along the official road in the city for more than half an hour, it stopped in front of a mansion with a huge area, and the coachman greeted: "Two masters, the Suo Lao Zhongtang Mansion you said has arrived, please get off." ”

"Good guy, it's much more generous than the Ao Bai family." Glancing at Suo'etu Mansion, which covers an area of dozens of acres and a group of houses, he secretly admired, Lu Fatzi jumped out of the carriage, and as soon as his feet stood on the snow, a sturdy man had already come over in front of Suofu, and said to Lu Fatman: "Dare to ask this master, but Lu Yifeng from Yunnan, Lord Lu?" ”

"It's Lu Yifeng down there." Fat Lu nodded. The man immediately beat down a thousand children, and said respectfully: "Zhao Fengchun, the general of the Suofu family, has been waiting here for a long time on the orders of my master, please rest assured that Lord Lu, the little one will send someone in to ask the master to come out to greet him." ”

"Slow." Lin Tianqing hurriedly stopped Zhao Fengchun, glanced at Fat Lu and said: "Lord Lu, Master Suo is the son of Suo Zhongtang, the former head of the imperial court, what is our identity, how dare we work for his old man to greet him in person?" That's it, Brother Zhao, you can just lead the way into the house for us. ”

As he spoke, Lin Tianqing also took out a silver ingot and stuffed it into Zhao Fengchun's hand. Fat Lu snickered and scolded the old loach in officialdom, and then he also bowed his hand to Zhao Fengchun and said: "Brother Zhao, Lord Lin is right, we really don't dare to work to greet Lord Suo, so please lead us into the house." ”

Zhao Fengchun, who was ordered to treat Fat Lu politely, hesitated for a moment, and quickly agreed, and ordered the doorman to open the door, and respectfully invited Fat Lu and Lin Tianqing into the mansion, where Xiao Erlang and Fang Shiyu and other dogs also followed, and went to the gatehouse in the front yard to rest.

All the way to the second gate of Suofu, Suo Etu also led Kong Sizhen and Zhou Peigong out in a hurry, and as soon as they met, they complained to Lu Fatzi: "Lord Lu, Lord Lin, what do you say you are doing here?" came to the door of the house, why didn't you wait for Suo to go out to greet you, didn't this make Suo rude and slow to be a guest? ”

"Master Suo is polite, we came to disturb us, it was rude, how dare you go out to greet you in person?" Lin Tianqing rushed to be polite for Fat Lu, and couldn't wait to ask, "Master Suo, where is the Longde Sea Dragon Son yesterday?" I wonder if he was here? ”

"My distant brother went out to play, and he may not come back today." Suo Etu replied with a smile. Hearing this, Lin Tianqing, who was anxious to sell his buttocks, was inevitably disappointed, and Suo Etu grabbed Lu Fatzi with one hand and Lin Tianqing with the other, and said with a smile on his face: "The snow is big and the weather is cold, the two adults hurry up, please, Suo has prepared tea and singers in the warm pavilion, please move the two adults to the warm pavilion to talk." ”

As Suo Etu entered a warm pavilion with charcoal burning underground, snacks and tea had been placed in the pavilion, and there were several singers sitting behind the screen playing the pipa and singing, the singing voice was crisp, the pipa was loud, and it was extremely elegant and luxurious. Suo Etu first beckoned everyone to sit down, and then said with a smile: "I don't know if Lord Lin and Master Lu like to listen to opera or music, so I have temporarily arranged a few singers, if the two of them feel that listening to music is too monotonous, just speak, Suo Moufu also has an opera troupe that specializes in singing Kunqu Opera, which is also prepared, and it can be called immediately." ”

"Master Suo is too polite, and he is not proficient in these lowly duties, so it's good to be casual." Fat Lu replied modestly.

"Master Suo, the old man is quite interested in opera." Lin Tianqing is an old officialdom who has been mixed up for decades, and he said with a roll of his eyes: "It would be nice if Master Suo could invite the opera troupe in the house and sing "Chasing Han Xin under the Moon". ”

"Well said." Suo Etu agreed, and immediately ordered his subordinates to make arrangements. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kong Sizhen, who is also proficient in this way, pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Lord Lin is really good at picking up the drama - Han Xin gave up the overlord and voted for Liu Bang, helping Gaozu to achieve the Han Dynasty for 400 years, and he himself has also achieved a lifetime of fame, which is worthy of emulation by our descendants." ”

"What Sigege said is extremely true." Lin Tianqing nodded, and said meaningfully: "At the beginning of the Huaiyin Marquis, under the tent of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, he saw through Xiang Yu's courage and lack of strategy, and the benevolence of a woman, and it was difficult to become a great weapon, so he gave up Xiang Yu and joined Gaozu, and eventually became a generation of famous ministers." ”

"It's a pity that in the end, there is a dead Weiyang Palace." Who is Fat Lu, and can Kong Sizhen and Lin Tianqing still hear this little bit of off-string sound? At that moment, Lu Fatzi said quietly: "It can be seen that none of the people who betray the Lord and seek glory can have a good end." ”

Hearing this, Kong Sizhen and Lin Tianqing inevitably changed their faces, and Suo Etu was also slightly shocked in his heart, saying in his heart that this fat man Lu said this, today's matter is only afraid that it will be difficult to do.

Sure enough, in the following time, although Kong Sizhen, Suo Etu, and Lin Tianqing used the story of Han Xin to tease and test Lu Fatzi's ambition many times, Lu Fatzi refused to accept this talk, but just kept changing the topic, seemingly talking and laughing, but in fact, he wiped left and right, and said that he would not give Suo Etu and Kong Sizhen and others a way to buy their own words. Kong Sizhen was helpless, so she had to give Zhou Pei a look, Zhou Pei Guild understood, got up and smiled at Lu Fatzi: "Lord Lu, it seems that you, like Zaixia, are not very interested in listening to the play, and it is boring to sit here, why don't you let Lord Lin and Master Suo listen to the play here, and how about we go to the garden to enjoy the white snow and plum?" ”

Lu Fatzi really hated the opera that he couldn't understand, and he was disgusted with Kong Sizhen from the bottom of his heart, so he got up and said, "Okay, then let's go for a walk in the garden together." Over there, Suo Etu, Kong Sizhen and the others agreed with a smile, only saying that they would let Lu Fatzi and Zhou Peigong go at will, and then send someone to call them after the banquet was held. At that moment, Lu Fatzi and Zhou Peigong walked out of the warm pavilion together and walked slowly to Suofu Garden side by side.

Suo Etu's family snatched this mansion from the hands of the former Ming magnates, the garden is more than 30 acres, there are water and mountains and pavilions in the garden, the white marble railing without any variegation bends through the pool, leads to a turmeric stone rockery in the pool, it is extremely elegant and quiet, it is indeed a good place to take a walk and enjoy the snow. But it's a pity that Lu Fatzi and Zhou Peigong, who are each pregnant with ghosts, obviously don't have this Yaxing, and they just have a pair and say extremely unnutritious words along the way. It wasn't until he walked to the edge of the pool that Fat Lu thought of asking Zhou Peigong's name, "This lord, we are meeting for the second time today, and I haven't had time to ask your official name yet, I wonder if you can give advice?" ”

"In the next week." It was also thanks to Zhou Peigong's luck, he only reported his name and did not report his own words, "At present, he is serving as a seven-pin enshrinement in Hongwen Academy, acting for a little inconsequential document for the middle hall, this time Sigege entered Beijing in a hurry, and he didn't bring a staff with him, so he borrowed his humble post from Hongwen Academy, temporarily followed her side, and acted for her Guangxi official documents and Dingnan Wangfu text. ”

"Zhou Chang? Nobody, how could Kong Sizhen choose such a person as a casual henchman? Lu Fatzi wondered in his heart, and when he saw Zhou Peigong's handsome appearance, Lu Fatzi suddenly realized, "Damn, eighty percent of the noodles picked by Kong Sizhen, don't take it to heart - if you call Zhou Peigong, Lao Tzu has to be careful." ”

"So, it's the same grade as Lord Zhou?" Fat Lu said with a fake smile: "For the sake of fateful acquaintance, I will ask Lord Zhou to take care of me in the future." ”

"It's okay to take care of it, but it's a pity that it's humble in the lower position, even if you want to help with this, you don't have the qualifications." Zhou Peigong smiled even more fakely, and said: "It's you, Lord Lu, although you are only in the seventh rank now, but I heard that the emperor and Ao Bai Ao Zhongtang are very appreciative of adults, and the promotion of official positions is already a matter of waiting. ”

"The emperor and Ao Zhongtang appreciate the humble position?" Lu Fatzi shook his eyes and said: "What are you kidding Master Zhou, a seven-grade sesame official in Xiaqu District, whether you have heard of Zaixia's name is still the same thing, how can you appreciate your humble position?" There is also Ao Zhongtang, who has just come to the capital to see His Majesty, and has not yet officially taken office, without the slightest political achievement, how can Ao Zhongtang appreciate the humble position? ”

"Fat dog, pretending to be quite like." Zhou Peigong snorted coldly in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Lu is modest, as far as the lower officials know, at noon ago, Ao Zhongtang sent someone to invite Lord Lu to the mansion to talk, Ao Zhongtang, as the first assistant of the imperial court, said that he has all the opportunities, and he can still spare such precious time to meet the adult, isn't this an appreciation for the adult?" ”

"Oh, that's it." Lu Fatzi suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Lord Zhou misunderstood, that day, Ao Zhongtang met with the lower officials for the case in Fujian to find a lowly job to inquire about the truth, not for anything else. ”

"Oh, then why did Ao Zhongtang ask about that case?" Zhou Peigong asked curiously.

"I don't know about this, I just reported what I knew to Ao Zhongtang truthfully, and I didn't dare to say a word more." Lu Fatzi shook his head and said slyly: "But the humble man privately speculated, maybe the emperor knows the reason, Lord Zhou can report this matter to Sigege, and then let Sigege report to the current emperor, maybe the current emperor will tell Sigege the reason." ”

"Hey, this dead fat man is really fucking insidious, and he doesn't leave the slightest handle to sow discord - let the emperor know that Ao Zhongtang is pursuing this case in private, and it's strange not to be suspicious of Ao Zhongtang." Zhou Peigong was secretly angry in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Why should Lord Lu be so troublesome, anyway, you are in Beijing this time to see Your Majesty, how can you have the opportunity to see the face of the sky, when it comes to Your Majesty, Lord Lu will directly pay tribute to the emperor?" ”

"This kid is very yin, let me take the initiative to report this matter to Kang Xiaomazi, old man Ao knows, can you give me good fruit to eat?" Fat Lu glanced at Zhou Peigong, and he was also vigilant, so he also smiled and said: "Lord Zhou's words are wrong, long live Your Majesty, what a glorious thing?" At that moment, how could a subordinate official dare to say such a trivial matter to the emperor? ”

"It's not a trivial matter." Zhou Peigong said with a smile: "Maybe the emperor heard that Lord Lu had to meet you in Aozhongtang in person, so he looked at you differently." ”

"Hmph, the eldest husband should be above board when he takes fame, he can only take it directly, not in the bend." Lu Fatzi said righteously: "Lu disdains it like this!" ”

"Damn, dead fatty, then you still want to translate "Geometric Original" to the current emperor? Now it's so righteous and awe-inspiring? Zhou Peigong was angry in his heart, and he was helpless to take Lu Fat's brazenness.

While speaking, Lu Fatzi and Zhou Peigong had unconsciously walked along the white jade railing through the pond to the foot of the rockery, and bypassed the rockery, and the three thatched huts appeared on the artificial island in the pond again. Zhou Peigong pretended to be happy and pointed to the three thatched huts and said with a smile: "This is a good place to study, Lord Lu, how about we go in and have a look?" ”

"Yes." Although Fat Lu didn't have a few elegant bones all over his body, he also felt that these thatched huts in the pool were very elegant, so he went over with Zhou Peigong, Zhou Peigong pushed open the door of the thatched hut with his hand, made an invitation gesture, and said, "Lord Lu, please." ”

"Lord Zhou is polite." Fat Lu was modest on his lips, but he strode into the door honestly and unceremoniously with his hands behind his back, and after entering the door, he looked inside, but saw that the three thatched huts were connected by inner doors, and at this time, a majestic boy's voice suddenly came from the inner room, "Bold, who will disturb my Qingxiu study?" ”

"I?" Zhou Peigong hurriedly rushed to the inner door to the inner room to take a look, immediately knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "Weichen Zhou Chang, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

After saluting, Zhou Peigong hurriedly turned around and beckoned to Fat Lu, urging: "Lord Lu, what are you still doing?" The holy driver is here, why don't you come and salute? ”

(To be continued)