The next day, Lu You really taught Su Xi to dance the sword, and when he heard Lu Feng come to report that the prefect Zhou was coming, Su Xi made a sword move and asked, "What is he doing here?" ”

"I don't know, Lord Zhou didn't say," Lu Feng replied.

"Want to know?" Lu Youzhen raised his eyebrows, waiting for Su Xi to ask.

Su Xi put away his sword and said, "Didn't you say that he had a certain prince behind him?" How dare you still associate with him? ”

"It's not that I want to deal with him," Lu Youzhen stretched out his hands to express helplessness, "It was he who found me, and that day he sent Zhang San to the yamen for your second uncle, and he pulled me to the close, and said that he had time to visit-a prefect visiting an unknown junior like me?" ”

Lu Youzhen scoffed at this, and Su Xi asked, "He didn't reveal any reason?" ”

Lu Youzhen shook his head, and when he saw that Su Xi was interested, he said, "What is the purpose, I should see it today, go and see it with me?" ”

Su Xi nodded, and Lu Youzhen asked Lu Feng to take someone to the guest room on the first floor of Fuyun Zhai to serve tea. He and Su Xi went back to the inner room to wash briefly, and changed into refreshing clothes before going to meet the guests.

In the living room, Lu Fu is cooking tea for Zhou Hao, Lu Fu's craftsmanship is a must, no wonder Lu Youzhen arranged for her to serve in the study, think about reading every day until she is tired, drink two sips of tea made by beauties, wouldn't it be more poetic?

Su Xi poked and thought secretly, but Lu Fu's tea made people like her who didn't understand elegance feel refreshed when she drank it, and she was really reluctant to transfer her to other places, so she could only bother herself to work harder, and look at Lu Youzhen.

Sure enough, Zhou Hao also loves the tea of Lu Fu, and when he saw Lu Youzhen, he boasted: "It is worthy of being the person next to the second son, and his appearance and talent are so outstanding, even ordinary tea can cook the taste of immortals." ”

"Lord Zhou praised it falsely, this tea is ordinary, but the water used to cook the tea is taken from the snow water on Luming Mountain in winter, presumably it is stained with the aura of Luming Mountain." Lu Youzhen said with a smile.

Seeing that Zhou Hao was still intoxicated by the fragrance of tea, Lu Youzhen asked Lu Fu to fill a jar of snow water for Zhou Governor's Mansion to go back to make tea, Zhou Hao hurriedly thanked him and said, "How embarrassing is this."

Lu Youzhen only said, "It's okay", and asked him: "I don't know why Lord Zhou came to the Humble House today?" ”

Zhou Hao put down the cup, looked at it solemnly, and said, "Don't hide it from the second son, there are indeed some things ......" He glanced at Lu Fu and Su Xi, and paused without continuing.

Lu Youzhen waved away Lu Fu, took Su Xi's hand and said, "The adult has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it, there is nothing that Neiko can't know." Zhou Hao hurriedly exclaimed: "The second son and his wife are really in love." ”

He straightened out his thoughts a little before he said: "After Wu Chi's incident, presumably the second prince can also guess my connection with the court, and Zhou has nothing to hide, and it is Concubine Zhen and His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince who are loyal to him." ”

Concubine Zhen and the Seventh Prince, aren't they Lu Youzhen's aunt and cousin, no wonder the adults are so polite to them this week, Su Xi nodded secretly.

Listening to Zhou Hao continue: "Concubine Zhen heard that the Su family has a marriage contract with you, and specially ordered me to try my best to help the Su family, and also went around in the court for this reason, and tied up the second prince - Wu Chi is the second prince's person. ”

Lu You is really noncommittal about this, although Zhou Hao has a place to help the Su family, but more often than not, he uses the Su family to bring down Wu Chi, and Concubine Zhen will most likely go around to help Zhou Hao sit on the prefect's position.

Lu Youzhen disdains to admit such feelings, but Su Xi is still grateful to him for taking care of the Su family all the time, and the Su family has developed extremely rapidly without the constraints of the government in the past year.

Not to mention anything else, just when paying taxes, the accounts of the people under the Wu prefect have not been checked, and they first plundered 20% of their property, and they asked for bribes in various ways.

It is much better in the hands of the Zhou Governor, even if there are all kinds of filial piety, but within the scope of acceptance, Master Su has a lot of money left in his hands, and his mind will be lively, and the business will become bigger and bigger.

Su Xi sincerely thanked Zhou Hao: "Speaking of which, I really thank Lord Zhou, without Lord Zhou's help, the Su family would have to call Wu Chi to collapse sooner or later." ”

"The second young lady is serious, not to mention that the second young master is the nephew of Concubine Zhen, just what Zhou did was only to act according to the law, it was Wu Chi's heinous crime, which made the people of Sifang City live in dire straits."

Zhou Hao said righteously, but Su Xi didn't know how to pick it up, she sincerely thanked but didn't want to close her eyes to do some touting, she was still guessing in her heart how Zhou Hao behaved when he received her father's silver.

Zhou Hao saw that no one answered, so he took a sip of tea unnaturally and said: "Actually, Zhou came today, but he actually wanted to pass on a word for Concubine Zhen. ”

"What do you command?" Lu Youzhen personally watched the stove fill the tea, and refilled the cup for Zhou Hao and Su Xi.

"Niangniang means that since you came to Sifang City, you have not had the opportunity to meet, and you can't even participate in your family affairs, and I feel sorry in my heart, and I hope that the second son can take the second young lady to the capital, so that the blood relationship can be recounted."

Lu Youzhen's hand holding the teapot paused slightly, and he added a piece of charcoal to the stove before putting the teapot on it and slowly speaking: "Youzhen, thank you for your thoughts, it's just that I'm used to being lazy, and I don't have a size, so it's really not suitable for the talent-filled capital." ”

"The second son is too modest, last year's hospital examination, I heard that the second son is the ninth, it can be seen that there is a talented person, this time it is a pity not to participate in the township test, if you can enter Beijing, there are Niang Niang and the Fu family to recommend, the second son will definitely have a bright future."

Zhou Hao obviously did his homework, he deliberately glanced at Su Xi, and continued: "When the time comes, I can also ask the second young lady to give a decree, wouldn't it be infinite to add a phoenix crown and a veil to her body." ”

Zhou Hao saw that Lu You really seemed to be intent on moving, so he was not in a hurry, and after chatting casually for a few words, he took the jar with snow water and left.

Su Xi hugged Lu Youzhen's arm and asked, "Do you really want to go to the capital?" ”

Lu Youzhen sighed deeply, put his arm around Su Xi's shoulders and said with a smile: "What's so good in the capital, the people there have a lot of thoughts, who knows what they are thinking about day by day, so I don't want to go." ”

"Really?"

"Of course, Xi'er ......" Lu Youzhen still wanted to say something, but he heard Lu Nian knock on the door outside and say that a letter had been delivered in the capital. Lu Youzhen took the flying pigeon biography, and there was only one line of small characters on it, which was the notes of his uncle Fu Mingxia, writing:

Don't come to the capital

Lu Youzhen and Su Xi looked at each other, and asked Lu Nian again: "What's wrong with the capital recently?" ”

Lu Nian said: "During this period of time, the Moon Sect has revolted in various parts of the west, and all the departments of the imperial court are worried about this, and they are fighting for money, food, personnel, etc. in the court every day. ”

Lu Youzhen frowned, and suddenly asked, "What's the news in the west?" ”

Lu Nian shook his head and said: "Childe, our dark line is basically in the capital, the south has been developed for two years and it is relatively good, the west has just sent people over, there is no foundation, and the situation is not ideal." ”

Lu You really knew that this matter was not in a hurry, and he didn't feel sorry for him, so he only said: "Take your time and don't be in a hurry, focus on safety." You go to Manjiang Tower and ask Jiang Wumeng's people about it, he has a lot of business in the west, and he should be well-informed. ”

Lu Nian said "yes" and retreated, and brought back the news an hour later, including the deployment of the imperial army, the suppression of the situation, the situation of the rebels, etc., Lu Nian reported the information to Lu Youzhen, and Lu Youzhen stood up in surprise when he heard one of them:

Situ Youxi, the orphan of the former prince, was the leader of the sect and vowed to avenge the former emperor and the first prince.