Cao Ying said that he would drive to pick him up, so he said goodbye to Liu Xiu and the others happily, got in the car and left. Looking at his excited appearance, Liu Xiu felt funny, but Lu Min frowned: "Deran, don't have much to do with him." ”

"Why?" Liu Xiu was puzzled.

"His father Cao Song is the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng, the origin is unknown, although he is also an official in the court, but he is a turbid current, and the clear stream of Luoyang is unwilling to deal with him, that is, a loyal gentleman like Mr. Bo Jiao, who is educated and classless, and he is willing to associate with him when he is still studious. However, it seems to me that he was not close to Mr. Bo for the sake of learning, which was but an excuse. ”

Liu Xiu smiled, didn't say anything, and said in his heart, you are really bookish enough, you can't move the clear stream and turbid current, those clear streams have a fart use, and they actually fought in a group for a few words, which is really a waste of words.

Lu Min saw that Liu Xiu was a little disapproving, and sighed, he also saw that Liu Xiu was actually not focused on reading, and he was not very interested in the so-called Qingliu, otherwise he would not have made such a big deal in Taixue just now. He didn't want to argue with him in front of Liu Bei and others, so he changed the topic and told him what Cai Yong told him.

Lu Zhi is not in Luoyang, after he arrived in Luoyang last year, he did not stay in Taixue for a few days, there was a rebellion in Nanyi, Jiangnan was stirred, Lu Zhi was appointed as the Taishou of Lujiang by the imperial court because of his political achievements in Jiujiang, that is, he went to work, and he has been gone for several months.

"Nanyi rebellion?" Liu Xiu was taken aback, there is a male man in the north of the heart to unify Xianbei, the frontier will be unstable, why is the south not peaceful, I still want to take refuge there, how can I go.

Lu Min sighed: "It's not just a rebellion, it's just a mess." In the first year of Xiping, Huiji came up with a self-proclaimed Yue King surnamed Xu, who fought for three years, just pacified, and had not been born for a few days, Jiangxia, Changsha, and Danyang were in chaos again, and most of Yangzhou was not peaceful now. ”

Liu Xiu thought about it, there is Xianbei in the north, which is not peaceful, there is Nanyi in the south, which is not peaceful, and there is Qiang chaos in the west, which is not peaceful, and the only thing left is the sea in the east.

Several people had their own thoughts, walked forward, and got out of the car in a step cloud that looked a little remote, Lu Min walked in front, Liu Xiu thought about it, and fell behind, Zhang Fei and the others recalled the scene they saw in Taixue just now, excitement and disdain were mixed, and no one noticed that Mao Yan was a little nervous.

In front of a small door, Lu Min knocked the pull ring on the door, and after a while, the door was opened, revealing half of his face, and he looked nervously outside, and when he saw Lu Min, he immediately smiled, and shouted loudly: "Mother, it's the eldest brother who is here." While opening the door wide, he shouted and threw himself out, and when he saw a large group of people standing behind Lu Min, he shrank back in fright, and timidly hid behind his mother who was about to walk out quickly.

Lu Min's mother Zhang was full of smiles, but when she saw Mao Yan, who was a little cramped and uneasy behind Lu Min, the smile on her face immediately faded, her brows frowned slightly, and she glanced at Lu Min reproachfully. Lu Min was a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and followed Zhang into the door, Lu Min's younger brother Lu Shen saw that the situation was not right, and did not dare to say anything, so he had to politely invite Liu Xiu and others in. Mao Yan stood there and neither advanced nor retreated, looking very embarrassed.

Lu Min walked a few steps, and when he saw that Mao Yan didn't follow, he stopped, hesitated, turned around and beckoned: "Grandma, come here, haven't you seen your mother yet?" ”

Mao Yan was relieved, hurriedly took small steps, and bowed to Zhang, although Zhang was a little unhappy, he couldn't bear to brush Lu Min's face, nodded reluctantly, and walked quickly to the room.

Mao Zong was very unhappy, and was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by Mao Yan with his eyes. Seeing this, Liu Xiu hurriedly stepped forward and patted Lu Shen's shoulder with a smile, "Ziyan, isn't Luoyang fun?" ”

Lu Shen was a little uncomfortable by his affection, and he was embarrassed to dodge, his face flushed slightly, and he muttered: "Luoyang is good, but rice is too expensive, and it is not easy to live." ”

Liu Xiu was very strange: "Mr. is the Taishou of Lujiang, and the two thousand stones of Yulu are not enough for you to eat?" ”

Lu Shen pouted: "Father's money was all used by him to support his subordinates, we can't get it at all, we can't even pay the rent these days, and we have been scolded by the landlord several times." When I heard you knock on the door, I thought it was the landlord who came to collect the rent. ”

"The landlord dares to scold you?" Liu Xiu was angry, "Doesn't he know who Mr. is?" ”

"I know, but what's the use, there are more Confucians in Luoyang." Lu Shen said depressedly: "Besides, the reputation of the Great Confucian can't be exchanged for money. Although his father has been an official for several years and has stayed in Luoyang for many years, his temper is ...... Alas, we couldn't find a place to borrow money if we wanted to. Only Mr. Cai Bojiao is easy to talk to, but he can't always come to the door to ask for a loan. My mother said that if I go too often, people will look down on my father. ”

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that Lu Zhi's temper didn't seem to be easy to get along with. He smiled and comforted, "It's okay, your eldest brother came this time and brought a lot of possessions, which is enough for you." This is your sister-in-law's younger brother Mao Zong, who is a rich man. ”

Lu Shen smiled embarrassedly, but Mao Zong didn't say anything, pouting and only caring about getting angry. Mao Yan listened, but she understood, and hurriedly asked people to bring in the things brought in the car. Lao Mao Qin probably thought that his daughter followed her son-in-law to Luoyang as an official, and she might not be able to go back in a short time, so she brought all Mao's dowry.

Looking at the goods that filled half the room, Zhang's face finally looked better, and he pointed to the seat next to Lu Min: "It's all a family, you're welcome, sit down." ”

Lu Min blushed, lowered his head, and said nothing. Mao Yan sat beside him obediently, three feet away from him, almost sitting on the ground. Seeing this, Lu Min moved to the side and motioned for Mao Yan to come closer. Mao Yan glanced at him gratefully, then looked at Zhang's face, and saw that she was not unhappy, so she moved half a foot.

Liu Xiu and the others didn't even have the qualifications to enter the door, so they could only wait outside. Liu Xiu was not interested in this kind of hypocritical etiquette. Speaking of Lu Min's mother, the Zhang family is not a big family, or she would not marry Lu Zhi, who was still a poor scholar at the time, she probably looked up to the Mao family back then, but now the situation is different, Lu Zhi is already a Confucian, a high-ranking official of 2,000 stones, and the Mao family can only be respectful in front of her.

Great Confucianism? Liu Xiu secretly expressed his disdain, people are snobbish, and no one is more noble than others. Lu Zhi's father and son may not have this idea, but Zhang's obviously does not have such moral cultivation, and snobbery is very obvious to her.

After the initial rustiness, Lu Shen, who was only thirteen years old, quickly became familiar with Liu Xiu and them, and listened to them tell all kinds of interesting things with bright eyes, especially when he heard the group fight between the students just now, he giggled and laughed while listening to it, and shook his head in a young and old way, and even forgot to pour the water, or Liu Xiu asked Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to run outside, and drank wine and bought some dried fruits in the market they had just passed. Lu Shen found out that he was rude and was very embarrassed, but after a while, he was attracted by the story told by Liu Bei, and squatted under the porch with them, eating dried fruits while listening to the story.

Lu's mother and son talked for a while, and Zhang came out and arranged their residence in a very elegant manner. Just as they were busy, a young woman dressed in a Luo dress walked in, and was taken aback when she saw the people in the courtyard.

"Mrs. Luo, you came just in time." As soon as Zhang saw the woman, he screamed, stood under the porch and waved. Luo was a little surprised, obviously a little unhappy with Zhang's attitude, but when he saw Liu Xiu and the others standing next to him, he didn't dare to say anything, walked over in small steps, and smiled before saying a word: "Mrs. Zhang, there is a guest, why don't I wait two days and come back?" ”

"Not a guest." Zhang smiled reservedly, and pointed at Lu Min proudly: "This is my son and daughter-in-law, who are the students of my husband's husband, who have just made meritorious contributions from Northern Xinjiang and come to Luoyang to report their victory." ”

"It turned out to be a warrior from the northern frontier, and the concubine is really rude." Although Roche was a little restrained, he was not flustered and gave a generous salute. While speaking, Zhang asked Lu Min to take the money bag, put it in his hand, and threw it into Luo's hand, "You count it and see if it's enough, if it's not enough, I'll add it to you." ”

Luo opened it and glanced at it, and hurriedly smiled with him: "It's enough, it's enough, and it's fifty dollars more." As he spoke, he was about to look for money, and Zhang waved his hand: "Forget it, these days, Duomeng and his wife have taken care of us and haven't driven us to the street, so this money can be regarded as profit." ”

Luo's face was slightly red, he couldn't stay any longer, and bowed down, "It's really rude, please forgive me." After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave, but Zhang raised her hand and stopped her: "Mrs. Luo, slow down." ”

"Dare to ask Madame what else to command?"

"My son and daughter-in-law are here, and there are so many students, two rooms can't be lived, you can rent the whole yard to me, the price is good, I won't treat you badly."

"This ......" Luo hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly smiled: "It is the honor of my family that Madame's family is willing to live here, and the price will be as agreed before." ”

"Well, this is three months' rent, and Madame has collected it." Zhang motioned to Lu Min to give money, Mao Yan saw it, hurriedly grabbed a step, walked to Luo's face, asked the price, counted the money and put it in Luo's hands, and thanked Luo's for taking care of her, and politely sent her out of the door.

Zhang's face looked much better, snorted, and turned back to the house. Lu Min and Mao Yan glanced at each other and smiled knowingly. They can see that the Zhang family has probably eaten a lot of bad words from the landlord these days, and today they finally took revenge.

"This woman is in good shape." Zhang Fei, who had been silent, said suddenly.

Liu Bei and Mao Zong's eyes when they looked at him suddenly changed, they pursed their lips and didn't say anything, but their disdain was very obvious. Zhang Fei ignored them, turned his head to Liu Xiu and said, "Sir, what do you think?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded in agreement, although Luo Che doesn't look amazing, and he is a little cringe, but his figure is relatively standard, and his face shape is not bad, but he is dressed up a little vulgarly, if he puts on makeup, his posture is still good. Zhang Fei has some occupational diseases under his guidance, as soon as he sees a woman, he first looks at the figure, and then looks at the face shape, and the superficial things such as makeup can be automatically ignored.

"No self-confidence." Liu Xiu commented: "This woman's husband is probably not a knowledgeable person. ”

Lu Shen suddenly interjected: "How do you know?" ”

Liu Xiu looked at him, threw a salt bean into his mouth, and chewed it twice: "Do you know her husband?" ”

"I've seen it once." Lu Shen said: "Actually, this woman is good to us, the first few times we paid the rent late, she was also accommodating, but then her husband pressed him and came to the door to quarrel again, and she couldn't help it, so she always came to urge." Lu Shen thought for a while, and then said: "Her husband's surname is An, and he seems to be a Wu Bo in the Yue Cavalry Battalion, who is very vulgar and has money all day long. It's not good for her, and once I saw her blushing and covering her with a handkerchief. ”

"It turned out to be from the Northern Army." Liu Bei muttered.

"Spanking a woman?" Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows, a little unhappy.

Zhang Fei was still immersed in his own artistic world, and after a while, he suddenly said: "Mr. is saying that if she can be confident, she is also a beauty?" ”

Liu Xiu laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Zhang Fei's shoulder: "Yide, you have entered a new realm again." ”

Zhang Fei smiled slightly.

At three o'clock in the morning, Cao Ying drove the carriage to Buyunli and outside, walked in wearing new clothes, and greeted Zhang with his son and nephew. When Zhang heard that he was the grandson of the eunuch Cao Teng and the son of the great Honglu Cao Song, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, his expression was both awe and disdain, seeing Lu Min's helplessness, he didn't say anything, and he was a little unnaturally courteous, so he turned around and entered the inner room with the help of Mao Yan.

Although Cao Ying was a little embarrassed, he had seen a lot of such things, and soon recovered his natural nature and invited Lu Min to get in the car for the banquet. Lu Min gave Liu Xiu a look, Liu Xiu understood, and hurriedly drove the carriage with Mao Zong, asked Lu Min to get in the car, and Mao Zong and Liu Bei sat with him, but he tilted his butt to Cao Ying's car, and said with a smile: "I take Brother Mengde's car." ”

Cao Ying looked at Lu Min in the car in front of him, lowered his voice and said, "Brother Deran is not afraid of my turbidity?" ”

"Those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid." Liu Xiu said seriously, he paused, and said: "Even if your eldest father and your father are turbidity, it doesn't mean that you are turbidity, right?" I don't seem to have heard of any misdeeds on your part, at least, or I wouldn't have invited you to the banquet by my last name. ”

Cao Ying smiled to himself: "Hehe, that's also the light of Lu Jun, Mr. Bo Jiao is loyal, just polite, I'm going to join in the fun with a sloppy face." Although he was laughing, he couldn't hide the loneliness in his eyes, "Brother Deran, I won't tell you, I have been in Luoyang for so many years, in addition to Nanyang He Boqiu and Liang Guoqiao Gongzu, you are the third one who is willing to get close to me." ”

Liu Xiu frowned, and said in his heart, this is the real potential stock, if you are famous in the world, I will not be worth it if I get close to you again, it is at this time that the investment will be rich.

"Brother Meng De, why should you be discouraged, those laymen are just a cloud of people, where do you know what a true hero is. is a celebrity, self-styled, Brother Meng De is introverted, he will become a career in the future, and I will be stained with your light in the future. ”

"Hahaha......" Cao Ying laughed happily and patted Liu Xiu's shoulder hard: "Lucky to invite heaven, if you can really do what Deran said, you will definitely live up to Deran's good intentions." ”

Lu Min couldn't help frowning when he heard the two people behind him talking, and sighed softly.

Cai Mansion lived in Hua Gai Li, a residential area where nobles lived. Although Cai Yong himself is just a Lang, he lives with his uncle's family, his uncle Cai Zhen is one of the guards of Jiuqing, and his younger brother Cai Gu is the Sima of the Zhuque Gate, and the family has been an official in Luoyang for many years. Cai Zhen didn't come forward, Cai Gu came out to greet him, but he only talked to Lu Min, and he didn't say a word to Liu Xiu and the others from the end, especially when he looked at Cao Ying, the contempt in his eyes was not concealed at all.

Liu Xiu has personally experienced the situation that Cao Ying just said, and only then did he know that Lu Min was actually quite accessible, and Cai Yong was indeed a kind person, and the so-called people who could really recognize heroes were a minority after all. With Xu Shao's eyesight, although he gave Cao Ying a comment of "a capable minister who governs the world, a hero who destroys the hero in troubled times", he probably didn't expect that Cao Ying would be a capable minister and a hero who can control the fate of the Han Dynasty.

How else can only heroes know heroes, you see how grateful Cao Ying is now.

The Cai Yong brothers and Lu Min talked about learning, Liu Xiu and Cao Ying couldn't interject, just on the side of the sea and the sky, the two cherished each other, and the more they talked, the hotter they became. Hearing Liu Xiu's intention to come to Luoyang, Cao Ying smiled and shook his head: "This matter is very complicated, and I don't think Mr. Bo Ji may be able to solve it." ”

"Why?"

"Mr. Bochael himself is anti-war." Cao Ying lowered his voice and said: "Xia Yu is a martial artist, or Duan Jiming's old department, and Liu Bo'an is a clan, and he is a scholar, and he has many contacts with the famous people of the Beijing Division, he alone is enough to overwhelm Xia Yu, not to mention that there are two famous men in Shanggu Taishou Gong Shafu and Liaoxi Taishou Liu Ji." ”

"But Xianbei is on the side, and the smoke is thousands of miles, only Ningcheng has a great victory." Liu Xiu said unconvinced: "It's useless to capture and kill the Xianbei prince Huaizong, such a big credit?" ”

"It's useless." Cao Ying took a sip of wine, sipped his lips and tasted it for a moment, and looked at Liu Xiu: "Deran, it doesn't matter if you don't believe it, you will understand in a few days." What is Prince Xianbei, what is the victory in Ningcheng, how many Xianbei people have you killed? He paused, shook his head and said: "Duan Jiming has fought for more than a year, killed so many Qiang people, and even earned the praise of Emperor Xiaohuan, but you look at his situation now." ”

Liu Xiu was silent.

"Luoyang is so far away from the frontier that they don't even think about what it's like to fight on the frontier. Today's celebrities, there are still a few people who can go on the horse to hit Hu and rule the country like Li Yuanli (Li Ying), and they will curse. Cao Ying shook his head, "Do you think that scene of Taixue today is very strange?" Let me tell you, this kind of thing always comes once in a while, and a few of the tens of thousands of students are really studying, and their most attentive thing is to call friends, flaunt each other, and make a list of eight friends and eight chefs. Deran, believe it or not, just by virtue of your high argument that 'and the word is a yang thing', you are already famous, of course, it is difficult to say whether it is a clear name or a dull name. ”

"Not really, right?" Liu Xiu couldn't believe it.

"Don't believe it, just wait and see." Cao Ying said confidently: "Strange theories and unconventionality have always been the best way to become famous, and scolding is a shortcut to becoming famous." If you scold a celebrity, it's hard for you to think of being famous. ”

"Celebrities? Is that guy who is neither male nor female a celebrity? ”

"He's not a celebrity, but their family has a lot of fame." Cao Ying showed a gloating evil smile: "He is a member of the Xu family in Runan, and he is a guest on Yuan Highway. ”

Runan Xu family? Yuan Highway? Liu Xiu felt that things seemed to be a little complicated. Luoyang is really a metropolis, and scolding anyone casually has a background.

(To be continued)