While Qingzhi and Zheng Hangpei were walking in Jiangbei City, Lu Hezhou, the prefect of Jiangbei City, met with a person in his backyard.

It was his own nephew, Lu Shishi.

Lu Shishi woke up after being drunk yesterday, and he has been feeling a little wrong.

When he woke up, he slept in his own bed, but he clearly remembered that before he got drunk, he was drinking with Lu Shikang in the Jade Pavilion Restaurant.

The reason for his uneasiness was that after waking up, he had a vague memory, that is, he seemed to have said something to Lu Shikang that he shouldn't have said.

However, when he woke up, it was already the morning of the second day, and Lu Shikang had already returned to Jiangbei City.

Besides, it's inconvenient to ask about this matter directly.

Thinking that he was going to be a lobbyist at his uncle's house in a few days, he postponed the originally planned date by a few days.

He originally wanted to wait for his sister to fully agree to Zheng Hangsu's family affairs.

Only a day after Lu Shikang returned, he packed a simple package, bought a good fabric for his grandmother, and ordered his groom Zhang Feng to pull him to Jiangbei City.

The Lu Mansion set up a rich family banquet for him.

After the family banquet, Lu Shishi found an opportunity to meet his uncle alone in the tea room.

Because of Lu Shikang's reminder, Lu Hezhou knew the real purpose of his coming here.

He said that he came to visit his grandmother, but he only brought a piece of cloth. What do you want to take a look at the autumn scenery on both sides of the Qianjiang River in Jiangbei City, however, in previous years, every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he and his other two brothers would buy moon cakes from Yanxia City to the old lady, and by the way, they climbed the Wangjiang Tower.

When people come from the city of Yanxia, it is nothing more than the Spring Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and such as the old lady's birthday, wedding and funeral, etc., and the number of other times to come here is only a handful.

Therefore, in ordinary days, there must be a reason.

Lu Shishi is a shrewd person, and naturally he will not easily state the purpose of coming here.

He started by making small talk and telling stories.

It is nothing more than the story that Dali told many times ten years ago, the story of Zheng Jin.

He sighed as he spoke, what a pity, such a hero was beaten into a bear.

If it was usual, Lu Hezhou would probably sigh with him, but with Lu Shikang's reminder, he was silent.

What's more, he knew that it was Zheng Jin who had been trying to kill his third son recently, and his good impression of him had disappeared.

However, he does not say slanderous words, but talks about him left and right.

When Lu Shishi's dishes were endless, he seized a gap and said to Lu Shishi: "Virtuous nephew, is the tea you bought for your uncle delicious?" ”

Lu Shishi picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "It tastes really good, what kind of tea?" ”

He had been thinking about how to convince his uncle just now, and he didn't have the heart to taste tea at all.

Lu Hezhou said: "This is not a famous tea, this tea is grown by the people of Shiyuan Town. The virtuous nephew may not know that the people of Ishihara Town used to make a living, but since the current Shengshang has worked hard to encourage crop production and dig two major canals to facilitate the transportation and sale of crops, the people of Ishihara Town on the bank of the Jingnan Grand Canal have begun to grow tea for a living, and now, the people of Ishihara Town can be said to be truly living and working in peace and contentment. When I went there twelve years ago, it was a desolate and decadent scene......"

Lu Shishi had to cater and said: "That's the wisdom of today's saints......"

Give him 10,000 guts, and he doesn't dare to say that the saint is a mediocre and incompetent person in front of a prefect.

Even if this prefect is his own uncle.

Lu Hezhou said: "The rarest thing in today's saint is that he has ruthlessly put an end to buying and selling officials, and now those who are officials are all admitted based on their strength, so there are no straw bags and rice bags in the ranks of officials." ”

These words hit Lu Shishi's sore spot.

Five years ago, after knowing that he was not a student of study, he also thought about buying an official, but he asked around for gifts, but no one dared to accept his gifts, and the officials naturally couldn't be officials.

He is a fan of officials by nature, and he wants to be even the lowest seven-grade sesame official to show his prestige.

Therefore, he hates the emperor more than anyone else for managing the matter of buying and selling officials so strictly.

Hate for hate, he didn't dare to show it, but echoed: "Yes, today's saint is indeed wise, so no one dares to sell his official position." ”

Lu Hezhou picked up the teacup, took a sip, put down the teacup and said: "Therefore, I often pray that the holy body is healthy today, and he can live a long life, which is the blessing of the people." Shishi, you should also pray like this, if it wasn't for the emperor to create a peaceful and prosperous world, our Lu family's business would be so smooth? You must know that in a year of panic, no matter how big the family business is, the family wealth will be scattered in an instant......"

When Lu Shishi heard this, he felt that he had come for nothing today, and while he was remorseful, he was also a little glad that he had not completely detached himself from his true thoughts and uncle. If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll be arrested and imprisoned today.

He wiped the sweat from his face and said, "I listened to my uncle's words today, I have been very taught, and I will definitely pray to the emperor every day that his old man is in good health and lives a long life......

Then I remembered that when I talked about Zheng Jin just now, it was full of beautiful words, so the sweat on my face was even more.

He got up and said, "Uncle, I'll talk to my uncle about this today, because I'm busy with affairs, my nephew will go back first." ”

"Uncle Wei knows that you are busy, so I won't keep you......" Lu Hezhou didn't get up and said.

"I still have to say goodbye to my brother." Lu Shishi said and walked out.

Lu Shishi walked out of his uncle's door and came to Lu Shikang's courtyard, and saw that he was teasing the bird, so he stood beside him and said: "Shikang, I was drunk the day before yesterday, and I seemed to have said some nonsense, don't take it seriously, just listen to it as a joke." If you're drunk, it's almost the same as talking in your sleep......"

Lu Shikang smiled: "You did say some nonsense, and I didn't take it seriously." ”

Lu Shishi didn't give up and said: "I'...... What did you say? ”

"You said you were going to really love a woman, I would believe that? Can you really fall in love with a woman, isn't that the sun coming out in the west? ”

Lu Shishi said in disbelief: "Did I really say that? ”

"If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I wouldn't have believed it. Say, which girl do you really like? ”

"How is this possible?" Lu Shishi believed it a little, and he had some interest in a woman named Xiaofei in the past few days, but if it came to the point that she had to do it, there was absolutely none.

He pursed the corners of his lips and said, "Shikang, don't laugh at me, aren't we the same?" How are you better than me? It is impossible for us to really fall in love with someone, because there are too many beautiful women, and a fool will only like one. If you love only one person, you are bound, what is the difference between you and the bird in your cage? ”

Lu Shikang smiled slightly and did not answer.

After Lu Shishi left, Lu Shikang said to the caged thrush seriously: "Bird, bird, you say, what should this son do?" I'm already on the verge of becoming a caged bird like you......"