Previously.

Just as Lin Tingchen shook his head and recited the articles he had written, in a small study room at the back of the hall, two young people, a man and a woman, were standing in front of the trellis with annoyed faces and looking at everything in the hall.

Between the hall and the study room, there is a lattice of flowers, covered with a layer of white veil, embroidered with delicate plum flowers, and a few bees are flying among the flowers. When the wind blows, the white yarn drifts gently, and the flowers and bees embroidered on it seem to come to life.

Because of this white veil barrier, the scenery outside is in full view.

The man and the woman were both fifteen or sixteen years old, and the male one was quite sturdy, and his chubby face looked very cute. It's just that his eyes are full of unruliness, a typical youthful rebellious youth.

If it's not a little fat, this guy is very handsome.

As for the other little girl, she was a little thin, and her skin was a wheat color that was rare in the Ming Dynasty, and she looked vibrant. A small nose and a small mouth, and there are a few cute freckles on both sides of the nose.

Both of them poked their heads forward, looked outside, and whispered.

"Little sister, when will Daddy leave?" The little fat man was a little depressed: "Isn't it just a grasshopper, just catch one for you when you run away, and you have to look for it from the boxes and cabinets." ”

"Shhh, second brother, you keep quiet, it's troublesome for your father to hear it. My iron-headed general has already won more than a hundred taels of silver for me, where are you looking for such a powerful grasshopper? The little girl shrugged her nose angrily, and the freckles on both sides of her nose moved playfully, "I blamed you before, I have to see it." Okay now, run, right? I don't care, I have to get it back. Otherwise, you have to accompany it, and you don't need too much, a thousand taels. ”

"Sorry, I'm sorry. Little sister, you are a lion with his mouth wide open! Anyway, I'll keep looking, it's in this room anyway, and I can't run far. However, we have to wait until Daddy leaves. The little fat man looked at Lin Tingchen, who was excited outside, and was annoyed: "There is too much nonsense in this house, I hate it very much, and I don't know when I can get it done?" I still want to find Lu Xuan's birdman's discomfort, I have already made an appointment with a few small guys to block his way, and I grabbed it and beat him up first. ”

When the little girl heard the fat man say this, she immediately became excited, and her voice became louder: "Ah, you are going to fight, remember to take me with you when you do it, I haven't seen bloodshed for a long time......"

"Don't, be quiet." The little fat man's face changed in shock, and he quickly put his finger on his lips.

The little girl stuck out her tongue and lowered her voice: "Second brother, you are so bold, you actually want to fight with the eldest brother, if you let your father and grandfather know, you will be carefully peeled off by them." The boss likes to make small reports behind his back, and if you move him, he will definitely be scolded. ”

"He dares, Lu Xuan's kid is just fucking annoying, he looks like a decent gentleman, and when he sees me, he will teach me a lesson with a straight face. What the hell, he really thinks he's the eldest grandson of the house. Xiaopang snorted, and hesitated in his heart, really looking for someone to block the way of the eldest brother, with that guy's surname, he would definitely sue, and he would be the one who suffered at that time.

"What, scared?" The little girl saw that the second brother hesitated, and when she saw that she couldn't see the excitement, she felt disappointed in her heart.

"What are you afraid of, it is estimated that it will not be possible today, and Daddy doesn't know when to leave. Maybe I'm not interested in waiting! I said, your future husband, why is Lin Tingchen so noisy, what kind of text is he reading, and he shook his head. I lost my temper and made us angry, and I even beat him together. The little fat man looked at Lin Tingchen, who was looking excited, and clenched his fists.

"What, what a future husband." The little girl's face was ugly: "Fatty, I'll beat you up if you talk nonsense, and compensate me for the grasshopper." ”

That's right, these two people are Lu Chang, the grandson of the third generation of the Lu Mansion, and Lu Shuang, the granddaughter of the granddaughter.

According to the rules of the imperial court, after the death of the first two generations of the Lu family, Lu Chang will inherit the title and be the first heir of the Lu family.

Lu Bing was originally a marquis, and in real history, after his death, he was posthumously presented as a loyal uncle, and he was honored with Wuhui.

As the saying goes, the gentleman's ze, the third generation. Any big family, no matter how strict the family rules are, will always have some children by the third generation.

What's more, the Lu family has been rich for five or six generations, and it is a famous family in the Ming Dynasty.

The two brothers and sisters lived in Hubei in their early years, no one was in charge, and the local people were afraid of the power of the Lu family, and they developed a temper that was not afraid of heaven and earth. This time I came to Yanjing, and I still couldn't change my previous flying surname.

Recently, the third lady, Lu Shuang, got a new gnat, and she gambled with others all day long, and won a lot of money. The second young master, Lu Chang, was happy to see Hunting, and wanted to borrow this iron-headed general from his sister for two days. But I didn't want to, the worm was very dishonest, and as soon as he passed his hand, he jumped out of the cage and ran away without a trace.

When they were looking for them, Second Master Lu came over and just blocked them in the study room.

"Huh." Lu Chang smiled and whispered, "Little sister, if you are not satisfied with this family business, don't worry, and leave it to my brother." Brother found someone to beat this kid away. ”

"Forget it, it's useless to fight, after all, it was set by grandpa, what can I do." Lu Shuang was a little melancholy: "What does Lin Tingchen say, he has a talent to learn, and he doesn't hate it when he talks, but it's boring." ”

After all, he is a child of the Wang family, and there is an atmosphere in his bones, and when he talks about his future family affairs, Lu Shuang has no look of timidity, as if he is talking about something that has nothing to do with him.

"Whatever you want." Lu Chang didn't take this matter to heart, and only snorted: "No, Lao Tzu just doesn't like Lin Tingchen." took a good exam, what did he do, and read the article in front of his father, isn't this a show? Loaded, loaded. I really thought he was a great talent comparable to Zhang Baigui, but in my opinion, he didn't understand bullshit at all. Little sister, you read a lot of books, tell me about it, is that the case? ”

"No, Lin Tingchen's article is very well written." Lu Shuang slowly explained: "The text of the pun pays attention to beautiful words, neatness and neatness, and is extremely elegant, and the most important consideration is a person's talent. Like this cover letter, when ordinary people write it, most of them will say some clichés, or lower their bodies and use humble words. It's hard to grasp the middle of this, and it's easy to pass it, especially if it's disgusting. This article is blindly playing with rhetoric, but it is written with charm and is not offensive. Ordinary people are in a hurry, and it is not easy to write such an article. ”

Lu Changping said that he was in the school hall, and he didn't have the heart to read at all, and he didn't seem to understand Lu Shuang's words, so he waved his hand again and again: "Don't say it, I don't understand." Little sister, you read a lot, and if you say good, that's really good. If you really like Lin Tingchen's article, when you go to the academy tomorrow, I will order that kid to write another article for you. ”

"What to write, this kind of empty thing, I don't have to read it!"

"That's, what kind of poetry and songs, the ghost just went to see it." Lu Chang crutches his little sister with his elbow; "Recently, a new book has been published in the market, what is it called "Stone Nodding", it looks very good, do you want it?"

"Ah, there's a new book to read, get it quickly." The little girl was pleasantly surprised.

"I know you like it, how about the "Drunken Awakening Stone" I bought you last time?"

"That's a good book, too."

"Then, the matter of the gnats ......" the little fat man laughed quietly: "You also know that if this kind of book is seen by my mother, it will be a disaster." When the time comes, I'm afraid that even I will be implicated. ”

He wasted no time in making the offer.

"If you have a script, who still plays with gnats, that's it, that's it." Lu Shuang said generously: "Isn't it just a worm, spend some money, what can't be bought." ”

Lu Shuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Lin Tingchen's article was finally finished.

For the third-generation descendants of the Lu family, the competition in the hall was meaningless.

If you want to get ahead, there are ways and methods.

There was an unspoken rule in the politics of the Ming Dynasty, civil officials were in charge, and nobles were in charge of the army.

Xungui's children are born with a very high starting point. When the age is reached, it will be arranged to exercise the ability in the major powerful departments. When he inherits the title, he will smoothly become an important minister of the court.

Therefore, there is no need for them to change their fate through the imperial examination like ordinary people.

However, this unspoken rule changed dramatically after the Tumu Fort Change. With the death of a large number of meritorious nobles, civilian officials in charge of the army gradually became the mainstream.

This is that this change was not so obvious during the Jiajing period.

In the eyes of Lu Chang, these aristocratic teenagers, life is still so beautiful. Gorgeous clothes, food, crickets, angry horses, novels, and the popular Kunqu opera are the most important and interesting things in life.

Therefore, whether Lin Tingchen's article is well written or bad. Even if he took the initiative to provoke Wu Jie, or even caused Wu Jie to fight back, it didn't mean anything to the Lu family brothers and sisters.

Because they hid in the bookstore for a long time, both of them felt bored, so they went to the bookshelf to draw books to read.

Helplessly, it was all serious texts such as the subset of scriptures and histories, and I flipped through a few books, and I reluctantly put them back.

Lu Shuang watched it for a long time, and then picked out a copy of "Three Kingdoms" written by Chen Shou. In contrast, the book also has some plot and a certain readable surname.

At this time, Wu Jie's clear voice came: "I heard that the world's talkers gathered and said, I don't need to seal the marquis of ten thousand households, but I hope to know Lu Hangzhou." What a sight to behold. Wouldn't it be that with the wind of Zhou Gong and the things that he held in his hands, he made the heroes in the sea run and returned, and when he climbed the dragon gate, he was worth ten times. ”

The little girl suddenly smiled in her heart: "This person can speak, and he compares his grandfather to Zhou Gong, and he is not afraid of blushing." ”

However, this man's words also had some charm, so he stopped and listened carefully.

"Therefore, the people of Longpan and Fengyi all want to be named and priced in the prince. If the prince is not proud of his wealth and humility, he will be proud of his wealth and humility, and then there will be a hairy man among the three thousand, and the envoy will come out, that is, he will be a person. ”

Lu Shuang couldn't bear it when he heard it, and couldn't help but sneer and said to Lu Chang: "Second brother, this is a sycophant, very arrogant. What is it that there is a hair among the three thousand, and the envoy has to come out, that is, his people? ”

"What's the matter, what's wrong with this, I don't understand it."

(To be continued)