After Chinese New Year's Eve, it was the New Year's Day, Lu Hong did not give lectures, Du Shiyi and Lu Wangzhi enjoyed the spectacular scene of the frozen waterfall, and climbed to the top of the waterfall from the back path, standing on the top to overlook the simple teaching grass hall and the grass and trees that were all yellow on the middle of winter. After going down the mountain and returning to the house, Lu Wangzhi made a "Watching the Ice Waterfall Fu" overnight, and after Wencheng showed it to Lu Hong, Du Shiyi and a few juniors, everyone praised it endlessly, but he threw it into the charcoal basin and burned it to ashes without care, laughing and saying that it was useless to keep it, and it was just right to use it to sacrifice spring.

After the Lantern Festival in a flash, Lu Hong couldn't resist Du Shiyi's coaxing, and he reluctantly let him and a large number of disciples go to the Fang City in Dengfeng County to see the lanterns.

Despite the new funeral of the emperor, the people returned to their usual life after the first three months, and the Lantern Festival was also as usual. Dengfeng's lanterns are much inferior to the scene of the fire trees and silver flowers in Luoyang, Chang'an, but they are used to being clean in the mountains, and at first glance they see the lively and festive gongs and drums and the bright night, Lu Hong is still quite interested, and this night is like those people who carnival all night to wander until late at night, and then stayed in Du Shiyi's let Wu Jiu arrange the haode hostel early, and did not alarm Dengfeng Ling Cui Yunzhi.

However, although the lanterns were put on for three days in a row, Lu Hong was not young after all, and he returned to the mountains the next day. As the New Year passed, in the past few days, there were also all kinds of students returning, in addition to sending bundles as always, some brought hometown specialties as gifts. However, everyone knows Lu Hong's temperament, and the ingredient of dedication is far greater than gift-giving. However, what made Du Shiyi very strange was that Pei Ning, who went home to get married, was just that, but even Cui Jianxuan didn't hear anything at all. He originally wanted Wu Jiu to go to Dengfeng County to inquire about one or two, but when he heard Wu Jiu mention a piece of news, he immediately dispelled that idea.

At the end of last year, Yao Chong, who had been in office for several years, and Yuan Qianyao, who had not been in office for a long time, resigned together, and they were replaced by the equally famous Song Jing and Su Ting! It must be known that Cui Jianxuan is different from a lonely family like him who only needs to take care of his sister and doesn't need to pay much attention to it, the Cui family is full of officials, and in this kind of political change, there may be some actions, so Cui Jianxuan can't come back for the time being!

In a flash, at the beginning of February, Cui Jianxuan and Pei Ning still hadn't returned, but Wang Wei and others came back one after another, and there were already a lot of other students who came back in the cottage. Du Sanniang and the master and servant of the bamboo shadow plus Tian Mo left, he immediately felt that his surroundings were deserted, even if Lu Wangzhi was still as unruly as always, but he always felt that he had no energy, even if he had always been able to copy books calmly, he would occasionally wander for a while.

On this day, he had resigned from Lu Hong's grass hut for an hour, and he had just dropped the scroll in his hand on the desk near the window, when he suddenly heard a shouting outside.

"Senior brother, senior brother!"

Remembering that Lu Wangyi was ordered to go to Songyang to send a letter to Sima Chengzhen, whose whereabouts are now a mystery, Du Shiyi immediately went out of the house. Seeing that the person outside was the Xue Liulang who he and Cui Jianxuan had saved when he first came to last year, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. This son of a family who is timid and afraid of snakes is the same as Liu Ximing who came to study with a letter of recommendation, although there is no formal salute, but the monthly homework is also personally answered by Lu Hong. It's just that this person fell into the eyes of outsiders because of his humiliation, and he has always avoided himself and Cui Jianxuan, and he also broke off contact with Liu Ximing, which can be regarded as inconspicuous among the many students in the entire Lu family's thatched cottage. He remembered that Liu Ximing had not returned yet, and this Xue Liulang seemed to be too, but he didn't want to suddenly appear today.

"It's junior brother...... Xue Liulang's eyes flickered, and then he asked casually, "Senior brother is here?" ”

"Senior brother went to Songyang Temple."

"What about the second senior brother?"

"The second senior brother and the fourth senior brother went to the mountains to pick herbs, and the rest of the senior brothers happened to be not in the cottage. If it's urgent, I can take you to Master Lu. If it weren't for the urgency, the senior brothers would have come back around the evening. ”

Hearing this, Xue Liulang couldn't help but hesitate, and after a while, he forced a smile and said, "It's nothing too important, I'd better go back and come back to Senior Brother." ”

Seeing that the people were leaving in a hurry, Du Shiyi suddenly noticed that Xue Liulang's trouser legs were full of mud, and he was obviously galloping all the way on the path into the valley. Although several heavy snowfalls this winter were in the year before, and the weather is getting warmer after the year, the mountain road can still run horses, but in the past you always had to walk slowly, and you can imagine how fast you can splash such mud ideas. Xue Liulang clearly came here for an urgent matter, but what happened in the past at this time? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be full of suspicions. But Xue Liulang's attitude was there, and even if he stepped forward to ask, it might not be useful. After thinking about it, he had to turn around and go back to the house.

If Cui Jianxuan's guy is still there, he can join forces with him to use some other methods to test the temptation, but now he can only wait for Lu Wangzhi to come back.

After returning to the house, he continued to copy a few pages of the book, and Du Shiyi gradually forgot the doubts in his heart just now. But just as he was lifting the pen and dipping it in ink again, there was a sudden noisier uproar outside, mixed with the shouts of many students. Knowing that something was wrong, he hurriedly dropped his pen and walked out quickly, and the first thing he saw was the two red flags flying high on the mountain road, followed by dozens of cavalry guards surrounding one of the red-robed officials. At that moment, he couldn't help but take a soft breath, and an instinctive thought popped up in his heart.

This pomp and circumstance is far greater than the previous inspection of the imperial history Liu Nuan, who was ordered to inspect the locust hunting in various states and counties, plus the official was impressively obedient, I am afraid that the intention of this trip is by no means ordinary! In this way, Xue Liulang came in a hurry before, I was afraid that it was just because he met this group of people on the road, but he didn't say it earlier!

As soon as this thought flashed in his mind, he saw a rider come out of the crowd, rode his horse in front of the onlookers, and said loudly: "Obey the edict of the Son of Heaven, conquer Lu Hong, the hermit of Songshan Mountain!" ”

Hearing this, Du Shiyi didn't hesitate any longer, he picked up the hem of his robe, and trotted to the grass house where Lu Hong lived in the deepest part, and he didn't have time to pay attention to the exclamations and discussions of the students behind him. When he hurriedly entered the house, because he saw Lu Hong sitting on the couch in the center, his face was full of solemnity, and he obviously heard the movement, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Master Lu, the angel outside ......."

"I am a reclusive person in the world, and I have neither the ability nor the will to govern the country, so why should the Son of Heaven be repeatedly recruited?" After a long sigh, Lu Hong still motioned to Du Shiyi to help him stand up, and then said indifferently, "Let's go, let's see what the edict is this time!" ”

When Du Shiyi helped Lu Hong to the scarlet-clad official who had already dismounted and was smiling and holding a copper cylinder, he found that this person was quite young, only in his early thirties, with a black beard on his chin and lips, and a dignified appearance. When the two saw each other, they even took the first salute, and then said with a smile: "Duke Lu's name is like thunder, and his servant Li Linfu is the crown prince." It is an honor to be able to recruit Lu Gong out of the mountain on the order of the saint today. I hope that Lu Gong will understand the saint's thirst for talent, and be ordered to go to the Eastern Capital to live up to the holy hope! ”

Hearing these sincere and polite words, many students next to him were moved, but Du Shiyi was taken aback. Seeing this powerful minister in a different day here and now was really unexpected for him. Moreover, the crown prince Zhongyun is an official under the fifth grade, and in the center, he is more than a step higher than Cui Yunzhi, who was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, not to mention that Li Linfu is younger, and he is already so prosperous!

"The old body does not dare to be so falsely praised." It was not the first time that Lu Hong had received a call, and he glanced at the guards behind Li Linfu who were holding trays covered with red silk and standing straight like nails, and he said lightly, "There are many wise men and talents in the world. ”

Without waiting for Lu Hong to continue to be humble, Li Linfu restrained his smile a little, and took out the bamboo tube in his hand with both hands: "Lu Gong, please don't be humble enough, this is a sage's book, and I ask Lu Gong to read it before making a decision." The saint is sincere, and Lu Gong also invites a good taste. It is necessary to know that the monarch and the minister are not abolished! ”

This ritual was pressed down, and Du Shiyi suddenly felt that Lu Hong's arm was stiff. Even he can appreciate the weight of this statement. After a moment of silence, he quietly let go of his hand, and when he saw Lu Hong solemnly dressed and took the edict with both hands, he took a step back quietly. However, standing behind Lu Hong, he could still clearly see that when the division commander opened the bamboo tube and took out the edict that looked like ordinary white linen paper inside, his face was even more solemn than before.

"I am small and thin, and I am in a big position. Taste the hatred of the Xuanfeng for a long time, Chunhua has not been promoted, every time I think of the sage, I hope to hear the emperor's training. With Qing Huang Zhong's reasoning, the hook is deep and subtle, the way of the poor Taiyi, and the practice of the virtue of the mean, it is indeed noble, and it is enough to be ancient. Therefore, compared to the next solicitation of books, it is a good performance, and every excuse refuses to disobey. So that I am humbly leading, in the past few years, although I have been able to walk in the chastity of a ghost, but I have lost the life of my father. Is it the reason for the court to be so interesting? Will indulge in the mountains and forests can't be reversed? There is a great etiquette, the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and it cannot be abolished! Now the city is dense, not embarrassed, so it is necessary to restrain the silk, re-declare the purpose, want to have a reversal of the festival, vice I mean! ”

Lu Hong still remembers the previous solicitations, but in contrast, the wording of this edict is faintly harsh, which simply cuts off the possibility of his humble resignation again. At the beginning, he saw the life-and-death power tilt in the DPRK and China, and he had no interest in being an official, coupled with the early death of his wife and the death of his son, so he simply lived in seclusion in the mountains. It's just that I didn't expect that the so-called fame would push him into such an embarrassing situation! Thinking about it, he only felt an indescribable tiredness, and at this moment, a hand next to him firmly held his arm.

"Li Zhongyun, Lu Shi only performed the golden needle obstacle removal technique a few years ago, and he was sick again during the winter, and now his body is still weak, I am afraid it will be difficult to respond to the call."

Li Linfu had just seen Du Shiyi, who was helping Lu Hong out, and when he heard the words, he glanced at him again, and saw that he was looking at Lu Hong with a worried face, he had already said it thoroughly enough, and immediately nodded with a smile: "These coin gifts are all given by the saints, and I ask Lu Gong to accept them." The servant will stay in Dengfeng County for a few days, and if Duke Lu changes his mind, he can send someone to inform him. ”