After only two days of returning to Songshan, Du Shiyi had to leave for the return trip. (Baidu search .com) after all, before the Jingzhao government test, he was in danger of catching up, but the government test was late of course, of course, there are extenuating circumstances, in October, the household department set to read and pay the letter of solution and family form, and in November, after the list of tributes was announced, he met the Son of Heaven with the tribute Hanyuan Palace, and if he was late, the gods could not help themselves. When he said goodbye to Lu Hong on the occasion of his resignation, the teacher who not only taught him the history books and legal scriptures, but also taught him many life principles, but sent him to the outside of the thatched hut, and then looked at the thriving scene in the valley, and smiled happily: "Nineteen Lang, come back in the future when you are free, as long as you don't dislike me, an old man, you can discuss anything with me." ”

"Yes, Master Lu, please take care of your body, disciple farewell!"

Knowing that Lu Hong didn't want to be sent out of the valley, but because he didn't want to attract too much attention, after Du Shiyi bowed deeply, he saw that Du Shisanniang also bowed and thanked him, so he took him to the carriage and horse parked outside the valley. At this time, the grass hall had already opened a morning class, but only listened to the sound of the grass hall on the waterfall, so there were very few idle people in the valley, obviously Pei Ning had already arranged it properly in order to avoid too much alarm when he left. At this moment, seeing that next to the carriage and horse, Lu Wangzhi and Pei Ning were waiting there with their horses, and he hurriedly hurried forward.

"I have already practiced it last night, why should the senior brother and the third senior brother send each other in person?"

"Last night was last night, it was Senior Brother Gu Zhong seeing you off, and today I and the Third Senior Brother have something to say to you alone."

What can't be said before? Even if there are more and more people studying in Lu's Thatched Cottage now, it is not that there is no place for a solo conversation!

Of course, she muttered in her heart, but Du Shiyi understood that Lu Wangzhi and Pei Ning seemed to have different temperaments, but in fact, they were both people who said the same, where did they dare to fight with the two. Let Du Shisanniang and Zhuying Qiuniang get on the ox cart, and let the entourage escort the ox cart in front, Du Shiyi led the horse and Lu Wangzhi Pei Ning far behind, and walked along the path for a while, then he asked: "What does the third senior brother want to say to me?" ”

Lu Wangzhi glanced at Pei Ning and motioned for him to speak first. At this time, Pei Ning hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Senior brother just got the news that the general of the Ten Thousand Cavalry, Ma Chong, killed people during the day, and the matter went to Jingzhao Mansion, I am afraid that the White Criminal Department will eventually be closed, and my eldest brother is a member of the Criminal Department, and he is in charge of the punishment." He is upright and upright, and he will never attach himself to the powerful, I am afraid that he will get into some trouble. If the tenth junior brother can, please pay attention to the progress of this matter. ”

Pei Ning's brother Pei Kuan, Du Shiyi has not had a chance to see it yet, but from the words and descriptions of several senior brothers, he knows that it is a hard bone that is rather straight and unbending, at this moment, although Pei Ning only said to be careful, he still solemnly agreed: "Third senior brother, don't worry, I will do my best." ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi heard the strings and knew the elegance of the song, Lu Wangzhi couldn't help laughing. Seeing that Pei Ning was silent, as if he didn't know what to say, he rode his horse closer to Du Shiyi, but said seriously: "Pei Dalang is an extremely strong person, if you want to help, you might as well do it smartly, otherwise Saburo will be blamed." This matter has just come out, and the results will not be so quick for a while, so you don't have to rush. Now you have the help of Qinghe Cui's and Jingzhao Du's family, and you have sold Duanyan and Songyan ink prosperously, and the bookstore is also open, so you don't have to worry about it in general, but it is easy to dodge with open guns and difficult to defend against hidden arrows. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and said casually: "In Chang'an West City, there is a Wangyue Attached Shop, which is my capital, and the news there is convenient, if there is anything inconvenient for Cui's Du Shi to know, you might as well go there." ”

When Du Shiyi heard this, she was almost so shocked that her eyes popped out. What is a boarding shop? This is like the pawnshop in later generations, in addition to being a consignment business, it is also responsible for usury! If it was someone else's business, it would be okay, but he never thought that Lu Wangzhi, who had always been lazy as if he didn't care about the mundane things in the world, would have such a hand!

However, what made him stumble was that Lu Wangzhi seemed to know that he was speechless, and added two more sentences: "What I said just now is not quite accurate, it should be said that the third junior brother occupies half of the capital, I have forty percent, and the remaining one percent belongs to several other junior brothers." Not only Chang'an, Luoyang, Shaanzhou, Dengfeng, Yanshi, these places have such a consignment shop, although it is not second to none in the local area, but it is also quite famous. ”

This time, Du Shiyi was really surprised. And Pei Ning explained for the first time: "The second senior brother and the fourth senior brother have been studying in the cottage for many years, although Master Lu's annual restraint is just a formality, but they always have corresponding expenses outside, and there is no one to take care of their hometown family, so where do they not need money?" They refused at first, but they were persuaded by the senior brother to agree, and they each got together a share of the shares. And Lu Shi is the same, he has lived in seclusion for many years, there are always some relatives and friends at home, it is inevitable that there will be contacts, plus the expenses of subsidizing the poor scholars, in the past, it is impossible to repair the grass hall and clothing, food, housing and transportation all year round.

So as soon as the senior brother said it back then, I agreed. Originally, I wanted to give you a share to keep, but the senior brother said, you have your own way to make money, and now it seems that you are indeed better than us in small fights! Last year, Master Lu was conscripted into the Hajj to see him, and Senior Brother and I still have lingering palpitations, so we had to instruct the other side to inquire about all kinds of news and send it back in time. It's just that when they knew that you were robbed and killed, you had already entered the exam, and all they could do was try to spread the matter carefully in the east and west cities, so that no one else could cover it up. ”

"Since I learned to settle accounts, I am in charge of Master Lu's household expenses, and the master has something to do, and the disciple obeys him, so I don't need to let Master Lu know about these troubles." Lu Wangzhi seemed to be talking about such ordinary things as eating and drinking, and said lazily, "The money attached to the shop is lower than that on the market, because it is mainly a small amount, so it has never caused resistance from those big money-lending households, I don't want to be too eye-catching, and I haven't expanded the scale outside of those few houses." To be honest, if it weren't for you, the third junior brother would probably have to go back to Luoyang this year to prepare for the Yin Shi, or Ying Ming's classics. ”

The meaning of Lu Wangzhi's words, Du Shiyi didn't understand. Knowing that the two senior brothers had high hopes for him, he bent down deeply on his horse and saluted: "Senior brother, third senior brother, the two of you have put so much effort into Master Lu and the grass hall, and I will do my best to do my best in the future." ”

"You don't have to be too burdened, just have a heart." Lu Wangzhi patted Du Shiyi's shoulder with a smile, but yawned again, "With you, our senior brothers will save a lot of effort!" Hey, if you can, you can be idle......"

This time, Du Shiyi no longer felt that Lu Wangzhi was doing something to do with his junior brother, and when he arrived at Gukou, said goodbye to the two senior brothers and went on the road, he still had those words in his heart. When he first earned the first pot of gold, he secretly subsidized the cook Ah Huang with some money for buying and making rice, and then made a lot of money because of the ink made by the grass hall Shizhitu, he came back this time, and planned to leave Lu Hong a sum of silver money, so that he could sponsor poor students, but the old man resolutely refused to accept it at first, and it was easy to agree and hand it over to Lu Wangzhi.

Otherwise, how can the life of the teacher be lived by relying only on those meager bundles every year? It's just that they didn't expect that Lu Wangzhi and Pei Ning had already planned to be thoughtful.

Therefore, he and Sima Chengzhen had only met once, and he didn't even have time to say a few words to Sima Heiyun, Du Shiyi deliberately detoured to Songyang Temple, but he learned that Sima Chengzhen was a fairy trail and didn't know where to go, he couldn't help but sigh that this old man was simply a god. According to the previous jihua, he deliberately went to the Shaolin Temple again, but when he found the hut in Tallinn, Gongyejue, who had never left here, was nowhere to be seen, and he specially went to visit the common Yining master before, only to know that Gongyejue suddenly quit and went down the mountain a month ago, and now no one knows where the person went.

Rushing out of the monastery of the prison temple in two consecutive airs, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and he didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment for a while, and when he left the hospital, he actually bumped into a person with a solid heart. At this moment, he almost felt as if he had hit an iron plate, and when he frowned and saw the person in front of him clearly, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Luo ...... Surplus? ”

"Du Langjun!"

Seeing that the little monk, who was not tall, widened his eyes and looked at himself with surprise and joy, Du Shiyi couldn't help but rub his chest that was hit and sighed in pain: "I said Luo Ying, have you practiced iron head skills?" Barely knocked me out of breath? ”

"It's me who came to the master of the temple for something, and I didn't pay attention to the people in front of me." Luo Ying scratched her bald head embarrassedly, and then said excitedly, "Why did Du Langjun come to the temple?" How many days are you going to stay? I am very familiar with Songshan Taimuro Mountain and Shaomuro Mountain, and I can show you the way to see all the scenic spots! ”

Du Shiyi looked at the slippery little bald head, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I'm here to find Mr. Gongye, and I don't have time to stay, I'm going to leave now." ”

"I see."

Luo Ying was immediately disappointed, but quickly cheered up: "If it was Mr. Gongye from Tallinn, he said that he would go to Youzhou. ”

"Oh?"

After questioning, he learned that Luo Ying learned the exact news from Gongye's mouth, although Du Shiyi was still a little suspicious, but it was much better than the initial loss. And Luo Ying sent him all the way, and he wanted to speak several times and stopped, until he reached the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple, and he asked expectantly: "Du Langjun...... Lady Yue, is Lady Yue okay? ”

Hearing this sound of Lady Yue, Du Shiyi was stunned for a moment, and then patted her head in disappointment. He touched his chin and thought about it, then beckoned Luo Ying to accompany him to Du Sanniang's ox cart, and then said, "Shisanniang, you are looking for it in your bag, do you have a short sword?" ”

Although Du Sanniang was a little puzzled, she still found something and handed it out. After Du Shiyi took it, he turned around and stuffed it into the little guy's hand, because he said with a smile: "This is the flying sword of Yue Niangzi, you can keep it as a souvenir." ”

"Ahh

Luo Ying suddenly retracted his hand back, as if the flying sword was a hot piece of iron, but the next moment he immediately stretched out his hand and snatched it in his arms at a faster speed than before. Xu knew how abrupt his actions were, he took a deep breath, and then stammered and asked, "Lady Yue...... What's going on now? I heard from the pilgrims that Gongsun was summoned to the palace, so she was also ......"

"She didn't stay in the workshop, and now she is haunted, and I only saw her once a month ago." Du Shiyi knew that Luo Ying admired Yue Wuniang in his heart, although Yue Wuniang was several years older, and the little monk was in Buddhism, he didn't know where this karma would end, but he still smiled and said, "All in all, don't forget what you said at the beginning!" ”

"Hmm!" Luo Ying nodded heavily, and then said, "I will practice martial arts wholeheartedly, and when I am excellent in martial arts in the future, it is not too late to talk about anything else!" ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi was leaving, he suddenly remembered something, hurriedly ran forward, took out a bag of things from his arms and stuffed it to Du Shiyi, and then said seriously: "I don't have anything to give Du Langjun, this is the tea that the monks in the temple often drink today, and the abbot and the master of the temple both say that it can clear the heart and calm the mind, which should be useful for Du Langjun!" ”

It's actually tea? He has been in Datang for so long, but except for the tea soup added by Songyang Guannalaoshizi, he has hardly ever drunk tea again because of his insensitive gratitude!

Du Shiyi took it in surprise, opened it and saw that it was extremely finely ground tea leaves, and after thinking about it, he thanked the little monk and put it in his arms.