Whether it is Chen Baoer or Cui Jaw, this is the first time in his life to stay in a completely unfamiliar place, and it is not one residence and two rì.

After dinner, both of them followed Du Shiyi into the study with some ups and downs in their hearts. One first time to read under the oil lamp, and it was the whole book of poetry that he dreamed of, and he was hungry and thirsty for a while, and he tried to memorize it by rote if he didn't understand. As for the other, although Du Shiyi said that he could casually flip through the books in the study, he didn't dare to really check it, so he picked a random volume and returned to his bookcase, but was stunned to find that it was a hand-copied volume of "Stone", and he fell into a trance when he looked at it.

And Du Shiyi herself lit the lamp, intently looking at the long volume of the enlistment table, and gradually became a little distracted. The number of officials in the Tang Dynasty, from the founding of the country to the present, has gone through a geometric progression of growth, and not long ago, the income of the officials was even paid in the form of official usury, that is, the capital of the public party. It was useless for many ministers to mention this article before, but this time it was Zhang who said that the most important prime minister played, and Li Longji was exempted from this malpractice in order to show that he was more sympathetic to the people than Taizong Li Shimin. Before that, after the many taxes paid by the people were released into the national treasury, most of them were used to provide for the expenses of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, when the rear of the martial arts was able to build the Daming Palace and then repair the Luoyang Palace, after that, Zhongzong Ruizong was also generous to the kings and nobles, so that the royal family was arrogant and extravagant, and everything was to draw the treasury. But from the perspective of the magistrate, the taxes paid by the Tang Dynasty are all in kind, and the land tax that was originally used in Yicang when it was collected in addition to the rent adjustment has long lost its original meaning, and it has been misappropriated and seconded layer by layer, so that as early as the Shenlong period of Zhongzong, the Yicang in the world has completely left only an empty shell, so the state and county magistrates are stretched thin for what they want to do, and just one rent adjustment is enough to work out

The reason why Chengdu is better than many Wangxian counties and upper, middle and lower counties is because the land here is rich and the population is large, and it is far away from the two capitals where dignitaries and dignitaries gather, so it is not too difficult to collect taxes and levy servants every year, but what the government really wants to do depends on the big families pushing and pulling the ball, and don't want to do things lightly. And because the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is in the same city, high-ranking officials at the level of Changshi Sima often interfere at every turn, so if it is a county order with a hard waist, it is just a county order, if it is a slightly weaker one, it is like a fake echo worm.

"Lang Jun."

Seeing that it was Chibi who came in, Du Shiyi put down the scroll in his hand. And when Chibi stepped forward, he first glanced at Chen Bao'er, and saw that his eyes were not squinting, but Cui Jaw quickly raised his head and glanced at it, and only after meeting his eyes did he hurriedly lower his head and continue to read, he couldn't help but smile,

When he came to Du Shiyi's side, he bent down and whispered: "The news I just got, Li Tianluo is in slightly better health, and he went to see the heads of the Luo family and the Wu family, but they were all prevaricated by people for various reasons, and when he went to the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to ask to see Fan Yuanjun, he was also turned away. Now the Li family is isolated for a while because they have hated Lang Jun before, and they are just panicking. ”

"Li Tianluo, or how did the Li family have a stroke in Chengdu in the past?"

Lang Jun also saw Li Tianluo's eager temper, and he was insatiable and skinning and cramping, so naturally he had no good reputation. It is rumored that over the years, he has robbed people's daughters and seized people's properties, I don't know how many similar things he has done, and I heard that he also ruined the lives of others because he coveted the profits of the goods carried by the merchants. It's just that there is no empirical evidence, and at that time, the Li family took care of the top and bottom, and the matter was over. ”

Chibi has been following Du Shiyi for almost five years, and at this moment, when he heard the string song, he asked in a low voice: "Lang Jun wants me to inquire, what is the reaction of the rest of the Li family to Li Tianluo, who is now isolated?" ”

Listening to Li Tianluo's bad deeds, Du Shiyi couldn't help frowning tightly, her heart was full of disgust and disdain. He deliberately glanced at Cui Jaw, and saw that he was concentrating on reading at this moment, and he didn't pay attention to this side anymore, so he gently tapped the table and made a decision in his heart.

"This Li Tianluo, he asked Fan Yuanjun to deliberately make a trip to Zhangjiacun in vain, so Rod prevaricated him, most likely it was Fan Yuanjun's instructions. Cui Tang is now interested in befriending me, so he naturally wants to hide from him, the plague god, and as for the head of the Wu family, at first glance, he is a person who is not humming or extremely jīng, and he will not be touched at this time. It is not surprising that Li Tianluo betrayed his relatives and left. You tell the lady about it, and she will arrange it. By the way, tell her that such a scumbag, no matter what ends up, is to blame

Although Chibi had guessed the purpose of Du Shiyi's trip to Chengdu to bring Wang Rong, he still couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this. When he said yes and left the study, he looked back at Cui Jaw thoughtfully, secretly thinking that Lang Jun had left this eldest grandson of the Cui family, and he was not shy about speaking, probably to test the young man's heart, and at the same time, to measure the true position of the Cui family.

After all, Yizhou Governor Shi Fan Chengming's qualifications are too much higher than Du Shiyi's, and with this Fan envoy sitting in Chengdu, no matter what Du Shiyi wants to do, all of them can't surpass this person's big local households, which is the right thing to do.

After reading the various county party files for half an hour, Du Shiyi couldn't help yawning, and then said to Chen Bao'er and Cui Jaw over there: "It's late, I'll be here tonight, and you guys will go back to your room to sleep." ”

"I'm not sleepy...... Chen Bao'er replied instinctively, and then suddenly came to his senses. Looking up and seeing Du Shiyi looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly closed the book and straightened up, and said with a crimson face, "Follow Master Du's orders, I'll go back to the room." ”

And Cui Jaw was distracted after all, even if Liu Zhiji's "Stone" was well written, he couldn't devote himself to it wholeheartedly, so he hurriedly got up at this moment. When he and Chen Bao'er left the study, following the guidance of a servant to the back guest house, he remembered the news he heard with his ears pricked up, and couldn't help but itch in his heart, and finally asked the servant in front of him respectfully and politely: "This eldest brother, I am really a little hasty to stay today, I don't know if you can go to my house to send a message and let someone send some clothes?" ”

"Cui Langjun don't worry, although it was late just now, Cui Weng had already sent your rì clothes, full of four boxes."

Cui Jaw was suddenly stunned by his grandfather's urgency. No matter how thick the winter clothes are, he does have a lot of plain clothes, but where can he use so many boxes in four boxes? Could it be that his grandfather made up his mind to let him set up camp in the county party, and even packed the chūn suit and sent it over? But this Ming Gong is so unpredictable, and even said such an important matter in front of him, the Cui family, if there are any other plans, how can he withstand it when he is not involved in family affairs? Not to mention......

He thought about it, so he swept aside Chen Bao'er, who was not even walking absent-mindedly, and sighed deeply in his heart-What's more, Du Shiyi Weishenme had to let him live in the same room with Chen Bao'er?

This night, for the first time in his life, he slept on a thick silk cotton mattress, covered with a brocade quilt, and Chen Baoer, who was no longer freezing her hands and feet, had insomnia, and she couldn't sleep anyway. The incense used in the guest house was not expensive, but the fragrant fragrance that was completely different from the smell in his own house made him very uncomfortable. And he was afraid of waking up his roommate, so he was still very careful and light in his turning movement, but when he heard a creaking sound that was far more frequent and louder than his own, he finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "You...... Can't sleep? ”

In the dark, when Cui Jaw heard this question, he wanted to pretend that he was asleep and didn't hear it, but after thinking about it, he finally gritted his teeth and asked, "That's right, I'm prone to insomnia when I change places." Why can't you sleep? ”

"It's the first time I've left home." Chen Bao'er shrunk his neck a little embarrassed, realizing that the other party couldn't see, so he gently sniffed his nose and said, "I think it's like a dream." A great person like Du Shi was willing to accept me under the door...... Cui Langjun, do you know, my biggest dream in this life is to be able to save more money and buy more books......"

Listening to Chen Bao'er's simple dream, Cui Jaw was unconsciously stunned. He was forced to study by his grandfather and parents from the beginning when he was not very sensible, and later most of his younger brothers couldn't stand that suffering, and their qualifications were really mediocre, so all the pressure was on the shoulders of him, the so-called seed of reading. Whenever he heard his grandfather tell him that he must be a champion in the field, he only felt a heavy heart. What kind of life Chen Baoer had in the past, this is something he never imagined and will not think about. Listening to this, he suddenly said in a loud voice: "Then do you know what my former rìzi was like? ”

In the room at night, there was only a boy and a boy talking in a low voice, and when they spoke of rising, they could occasionally hear a burst of laughter that could not be hidden.

When the two of them got up in the early morning, they couldn't help but be deficient. As a result, it was Chen Baoer who taught Cui Jaw the most haode method, that is, to wash his face with cold and biting well water. Although it was so cold that my teeth were shivering, the sleepiness was indeed swept away. When the followers said that Du Shiyi went to the courtyard to practice swords, let them go to the study to read in the morning first, the two looked at each other, but Chen Baoer couldn't help but propose: "I haven't seen anyone practice swords, Cui Langjun, let's go and see it together, okay?" ”

Although he knew that it was wrong, Cui Jaw himself was also very curious, and he couldn't help the little guy to be soft and hard, and he finally asked for the permission of the servant. When he took Chen Bao'er through a few doors, and finally entered the largest courtyard in the official office in the backyard of Chengdu County, he was immediately attracted by the sword shadow flying up and down.

Du Shiyi didn't dance fast, one move and one style was not so much sharp as soothing, but the beauty of the free retraction between the ups and downs still made him see the gods who had also practiced swords. Especially when Du Shiyi finally put away his sword and stood up, but his right hand coldly shot out a golden light, even if the snap only knocked down a dead branch, he was still startled.

It's no wonder that his grandfather spent too much energy on him so much to expect him to be able to study both civil and military, where is there still kung fu to practice swords

Du Shiyi looked at the two little guys with straight eyes, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Let Cui Jaw, who was born rich and rich, and Chen Baoer, who was born poor, be together, and in just a short period of time, he will be sure enough to ambush Cui Jaw As for the Li family, Wang Rong will not let him down