The Lu family was extremely excited today, not only because the emperor personally came to the birthday banquet, but more importantly, the important minister Pei Ju brought a news that made the Lu family cheer, His Majesty the Emperor has decided to appoint Lu Zhuo, the head of the family, as the prince of the country.

It was late at night, the lights were still bright in the Lu family, and everyone was busy preparing for tomorrow's small birthday banquet, which was also a family internal birthday banquet, attended by representatives of the same clan from all over the world, although they were all surnamed Lu, there would be hundreds of people.

More than 100 domestic servants and Lu family disciples were busy, preparing all kinds of items for tomorrow.

At this time, in the inner hall of the Lu Mansion, Lu Shen was discussing with his two sons the next path for the Lu family to take, although this kind of major matter is generally negotiated within the family, but Lu Shen is very strong, he thinks that he can decide everything, and there is no need for internal disputes and interests within the family.

"I am very satisfied with the position of the country's priest and wine, I don't have much power, but I can accumulate enough contacts, even if the world changes the dynasty, it will not be affected, on the contrary, it will be more valued."

Lu Shen was very satisfied with the official position of the Guozi Priest Wine, and he said to the eldest son with a smile: "Since the son of today is to let Pei Ju come to pass the word, then this matter is basically settled, and you will start preparing to enter Beijing tomorrow to perform your duties!" ”

Lu Zhuo hurriedly bowed down and said, "The child understands." ”

Lu Shen turned back to his second son and said, "Tomorrow, we will send someone to the capital to clean up our house in the capital and let your brother live there." ”

"Yes!" Lu Yi agreed weakly.

Lu Shen heard that there was a perfunctory meaning in his tone, and couldn't help but stare at him, "Are you still dissatisfied?" ”

Lu Yi was frightened, and hurriedly lowered her head, "The child is not dissatisfied!" ”

"Humph! Don't think I don't understand your thoughts, you think I didn't recommend you to go to the capital as an official. So disgruntled, isn't it? ”

"A child does not dare to be dissatisfied with his father!"

Having said that, Lu Yi was really dissatisfied in her heart, she let the eldest brother take all of everything, and he was the head of the family, and now the Lu family has the opportunity to become a high-ranking official. was still snatched away by the eldest brother.

And he has nothing, isn't he a son-in-law? Don't you have the ability? His heart was full of resentment and resentment towards his father.

Lu Shen squinted his eyes and looked at his second son for a moment, and said coldly: "Do you know why I don't recommend you?" You are too small-minded to do big things, it can be seen from Zhang Xuan's matter, I let him be arranged, but you are narrow-minded and extremely humiliating, if it weren't for his disdain to leave. How do you ask my Lu family to explain to the saint? ”

Lu Yi hurriedly defended: "The child didn't know that he would be taken seriously by the Holy Master, in fact, the child just dealt with this matter according to common sense, he injured Bai Xinyang, it is impossible for the child to offend the Bai family for him-"

"That's because you have a problem with your prior arrangement, he is Luo Cheng and Qingyuan and friends, you should arrange them to sit together, with Luo Cheng and Qingyuan here. Does Bai Xinyang still dare to provoke? It's clear that you look down on him and deliberately put him in a corner to humiliate. That little bit of caution you think I'm not going to understand? ”

Lu Yi was annoyed and angry by his father's scolding, his face was swollen and red, and he stiffened his neck and said: "I believe that anyone will deal with this matter like a child, and the same will happen to the eldest brother, even including the father, you will also deal with him in the same way." Now it's all on my head, and I'm not a saint, how can I know that the Holy Lord will value him like Hanako? ”

Lu Shen was furious and slammed the table, "You still have the face to argue." Get out of here, get out! ”

Lu Yi was so angry in his heart that he finally lost his mind, and in anger, he turned around and left, only to listen to 'Bang! With a loud bang, Lu Yi slammed open the door and strode out.

"Rebel!" Lu Shen pointed at his son's back and scolded angrily, almost fainting.

Lu Zhuo was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged his father and persuaded him repeatedly: "Father is angry! Calm your anger! ”

Lu Shen slowly calmed down, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "How did I give birth to such a stupid and ignorant son?" ”

Lu Zhuo knew what the problem was, and he whispered to his father: "Since the child is going to the capital to take up a post, it is better to step down as the head of the family and let the second brother take over, what does my father think?" ”

"No way!"

Lu Shen categorically denied his son's suggestion, "The Lu clan rules are clearly written, the position of the head of the family must be inherited by the elder, I don't want to revise the clan rules because of this matter, otherwise there will be endless troubles, you continue to serve as the head of the Lu family, as for you not in Zhuo County, I am here!" I'll take care of the family affairs for you for the time being. ”

Lu Zhuo sighed secretly in his heart, in the final analysis, his father refused to give up the power in the family.

After being silent for a moment, Lu Shen asked again: "And today's Cui family's marriage proposal, why did you decline?" ”

"The child just thinks that the Cui family is too strong, obviously Cui Lu's agreement is that Qing'er marry the heir of the Cui family, and now that their head of the family is undecided, they ask Qing'er to marry Cui Wenxiang again, which is not in accordance with the rules, and the child feels that the Cui family is a bit of a bully!"

"The Cui family is the number one family in Hebei, they have strong capital, the prestige of the Lu family is still far inferior to the Cui family, you should not refuse them, and you should agree to this marriage."

Lu Zhuo groaned and said: "Actually, the child didn't refuse, the child just said that he would talk about this matter after Cui Wenxiang's career was a little successful, and now he is still Bai Ding, the child feels that the time for marriage has not yet come, if they are really sincere, they should think that I am reasonable." ”

"If you wait for everything, you will have extraneous branches, and I don't know how many things will happen?"

Lu Shen sighed, "Well, since you have already decided like this, I don't care, you can take your family to Luoyang!" In Jixian County, I feel a little uneasy. ”

Lu Shen glanced at his eldest son meaningfully, "You should understand what I mean!" ”

Lu Zhuo was secretly shocked in his heart, did his father already know that Qing'er was almost taken away?

He didn't dare to explain, so he had to bow deeply, "The child obeys!" ”

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At dawn the next day, Luo Cheng ran to Zhang Xuan's yard out of breath, at this time Zhang Xuan was packing his luggage, and when he saw Luo Cheng running with a red face, he smiled and said, "Is there such a hurry?" ”

"Big brother, come with me, someone is looking for you!"

"Who is it?"

"Just come with me!"

Luo Cheng didn't have time to elaborate, grabbed Zhang Xuan and left, and the two walked quickly to the Guike Hall, only to see that in the Guike Hall, the deputy governor Luo Yi was accompanying a guest to chat.

The guest was in his seventies. The stature is medium, the spirit is very strong, I can't see the slightest bit of old age, wearing a gauze hat, wearing a golden purple python robe, and a jade belt around my waist. Apparently a high-ranking official of the imperial court.

Zhang Xuan felt that this person was a little familiar, as if he had seen it at the Lu family's birthday banquet yesterday, but he didn't know the name of this person.

Luo Yi saw Zhang Xuan and said with a smile: "He's here!" ”

The old man sat in his seat without moving, looking at Zhang Xuan thoughtfully, at this time, Zhang Xuan walked into the lobby quickly and gave Luo Yi a salute, "See Uncle Luo Shi!" ”

"Is the virtuous nephew leaving today?" Luo Yi asked with some regret.

"Yes! The military department asked the little nephew to report to the barracks today. I had to leave, thank you Uncle Shi for your care during this time. ”

"A little thing, you're welcome."

Luo Yi smiled and waved his hand, and introduced him to the old man next to him and said, "This is Pei Shangshu, and he is also the head of the Pei family, have you heard of it?" ”

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, although there were two Pei ministers in the imperial court, there was only one head of the Pei family. That was Pei Ju, Zhang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. "See Pei Shangshu."

Pei Ju smiled and said, "Congratulations to General Zhang on his promotion." ”

"Thank you Shangshu for your praise, Zhang Xuan is ashamed!"

Next to him, Luo Yi smiled at Zhang Xuan and said: "Today, Pei Shangshu specially came to accompany the virtuous nephew to the military camp to serve, and the virtuous nephew's appointment is indeed different!" ”

Ordinary officers are accompanied by officials of the Ministry of War, and Wu Yonglang like Zhang Xuan will take office, and at most he will be accompanied by ordinary Langzhong.

But today he was actually accompanied by Shang Shu Pei Ju, which is extraordinary. Therefore, Luo Yi's tone was full of envy, even if he, the governor, took office, he might not be able to invite a high-ranking official like Pei Ju.

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned in his heart, but as soon as he thought about it, he understood that Pei Ju must have something to find him. He hurriedly thanked again: "Zhang Xuan, how can he be virtuous, he actually alarmed Pei Shangshu." ”

Pei Ju smiled, "You're welcome, if you pack it up, let's go!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "It's already cleaned up!" ”

Luo Yi hurriedly ordered someone to carry Zhang Xuan's luggage, and Luo's father and son sent Pei Ju and Zhang Xuan outside the gate, two carriages were parked under the steps outside the gate, and a groom had led Zhang Xuan's war horse out of the stable.

After a while, all the luggage had been loaded into the carriage, and Pei Ju smiled at Luo Yi: "I'm disturbing Luo Dudu today, it's not too early, I'll accompany General Zhang over first and say goodbye!" ”

"Welcome Pei Shangshu to come to the Mansion again, the door of the Mansion will be open for Shangshu at any time!"

"Definitely! Certain! ”

Luo Yi sent Pei Ju into the carriage, Zhang Xuan nodded to Luo Cheng, and also got into the back row of the carriage, the carriage started slowly, and quickly drove towards the south of the city.

Looking at the back of the carriage, Luo Cheng secretly made up his mind that no matter what, he must win in the contest agreed next year.

"Yulang, remember what you say as your father, and you will have more contact with Zhang Xuan when you have time in the future!" Luo Yi dropped a sentence and walked quickly towards the mansion.

Luo Cheng shook his head helplessly, how could his father be so snobbish? He couldn't help but sigh secretly.

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Inside the carriage, Pei Ju smiled and said to Zhang Xuan: "General Zhang, in fact, we have dealt with each other, do you still have an impression?" ”

Zhang Xuan really couldn't remember where he had dealt with this Pei Ju, so he smiled apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember."

"We haven't met, to be exact, you don't want to see me, in the Baye Gukulun Division, do you have an impression?" Pei Ju looked at Zhang Xuan with a smile.

"You're—"

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered, on the night he came back from Beihai, Thule said that there was a Mr. Pei who wanted to see him, and at that time he was unwilling to talk to Tulle about Beihai, so he politely declined the request to meet, and it turned out that Mr. Pei was actually Pei Ju.

"It's rude!" Jang Hyun said.

Pei Ju smiled slightly, "Don't apologize, even if you came to see me at that time, you only saw a businessman surnamed Pei, but as soon as you left the next day, I went north to clean up the aftermath for you, such a serious incident, it's not like sinking the armor into the lake and it's over, understand?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, "The humble position understands, but the later things can't be solved with the ability of the humble position." ”

"Indeed, the Servant Bone Department and the Hui Department will not listen to your explanation, I am using the name of the head of the Northern Domain of the Great Sui to vouch for them, so that they believe that the Ancient Department of Baye did not monopolize the heart of the armor, but hid the armor for the Great Sui, in fact, the key is not the batch of armor, but Shi Shu Huxi, you shot this person, right!"

"Yes! If he doesn't kill him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape from Beihai, is it not good to kill him in the Great Sui? Zhang Xuan asked a little worriedly.

"Not really, the Holy Lord has been killing him for a long time, so I will not hesitate to get rid of this person, I plan to take advantage of his Sogdian business nature, lure him to trade south, and take the opportunity to kill him, but I didn't expect to be preempted by you, how to say? You've solved a big problem for us. ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, killing Shi Shu Hu Xi has always been a hidden danger in his heart, he didn't know what the consequences would be, and it wasn't until Pei Ju's words today that he completely untied the knot in his heart.

Zhang Xuan felt grateful to Pei Ju in his heart, and he said in a low voice: "Pei Shangshu's love for the humble position will be engraved in his heart. ”

Pei Ju accompanied Zhang Xuan to the barracks to report today, on the one hand, it was of course Yang Guang's arrangement, and on the other hand, Pei Ju wanted to take the opportunity to win over this young general.

Only he knew that Zhang Xuan had been regarded by Yang Guang as the pillar of the emperor's grandson, how could he miss such a promising young man.

Pei Ju smiled without saying a word, but he was thinking about how to further win over Zhang Xuan.

At this time, Zhang Xuan saw that the carriage was heading northeast, and he still wanted to see Yang Qi, so he asked, "Pei Shangshu, can I go to visit His Royal Highness King Xie Yan first?" ”

Pei Ju shook his head, "The Holy Lord doesn't like King Yan to interact with foreign ministers, so don't see him today, there will be opportunities in the future." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't speak, he understood what Pei Ju meant, this so-called 'foreign minister' refers to himself, and Yang Guang doesn't want him to have too close contacts with Yang Qi again.

But in any case, he was always full of gratitude in his heart, and it can be said that it was because of Yang Qi's respect and recommendation that he was discovered by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui in less than a year, and he was exceptionally promoted to be a martial arts general. (To be continued......)