Xiao Jiangyuan was also very surprised by Li Longji's sudden praise. The sincerity in her smile was a little more, and she arched her hand and said, "It's everyone who teaches well." ”

"Recently, I have killed some locusts, they are very fresh, and I will make you another plate, and the right will be a reward."

The corners of Xiao Jiangyuan's lips twitched suddenly: "Don't be a minister." ”

"How dare you refuse me?"

"It's not once or twice that the minister refused." Without waiting for Li Longji to speak, Xiao Jiangyuan immediately said, "The righteous brother is on duty, and the minister will retire." ”

Li Longji's joke was very weak, but seeing Xiao Jiangyuan so vivid, he was a little more really happy.

He finally chose Yuan Qianyao, who was born in Jinshi and had a hearty temperament, as the Tongping Zhangshi and temporarily took the responsibility of the prime minister. He knew that Yuan Qianyao's ability was limited, so he had a certain psychological preparation, thinking that if he used more snacks, there would not be too many problems in political affairs, and Yuan Qianyao did make him very relieved and worry-free, this Yuan Xianggong was very self-aware, but whenever he encountered something, he would go to Yao Chong to ask first.

At first, Li Longji didn't know, but he was very familiar with Yao Chong's style of acting, so when Yuan Qianyao said several points of view and suggestions that satisfied him, he asked: "This is Yao Gong's idea, right?" ”

Yuan Qianyao is also a proud official, and he doesn't want to be Yao Chong's messenger all the time, so he tries to come up with ideas a few times, but every time at this time, Li Longji will be very dissatisfied: "Why don't you discuss with Yao Gong before you come?" ”

Yuan Qianyao was also desperate about this, he never expected that there would be such a big tacit understanding between the Son of Heaven and Yao Gong.

Not only that, after not seeing Yao Chong for a few days, Li Longji still misses him very much. On this day, there were few political affairs, and he was idle early, so he wanted to go out of the palace to see Yao Chong. This time it was a micro-service, so he only took Xiao Jiangyuan, and when he was changing into his regular clothes, he listened to Xiao Jiangyuan say: "Although when he was also the prime minister, Yao Gong was ahead of Lu Gong, but Lu Gong was older and sicker, so he resigned from the phase, so let's go and see Lu Gong first." ”

Li Longji has always respected Lu Huaishen and has a noble character, and nodded when he heard this.

He thought that the famous family of the Lu family in Fanyang must be a wealthy family living in Chang'an, so when he arrived in front of Lu Huaishen's mansion, he looked left and right several times, if it weren't for the halberd representing several grades of the official residence still displayed at the door, he really thought that he had gone to the wrong place.

The room was empty, and Li Longji had no way to pass it on, so he walked straight across the threshold of Lu Huaishen's mansion. It is a very small courtyard, except for the main house and two wings, there is only one kitchen. The rice jar in the kitchen was empty, and there were no fruits and vegetables, except for some moist dregs on the white coarse cloth next to the stove. In addition to a dying jujube tree in the yard, there is only one stone mill, but it has not been pushed for a long time.

This is too far from Li Longji's imagination, the family and the prime minister's court, have fallen to this point?

At this time, an old man walked out of the main house and saw Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan wandering in the courtyard, so he bowed his hand first: "The old slave is the housekeeper of Duke Lu, so I heard the voice and came out to take a look." Who are the two of you, what are you doing when you enter my Lu house? ”

Seeing that the old housekeeper was dressed in sackcloth, and it was actually a heavy filial piety, Li Longji exclaimed: "Lu Gong is ......."

The old housekeeper showed a sad look on his face, but he was not overly indulged, and still said uprightly: "Lang Jun came unfortunately, just half an hour ago, Lu Gong ...... went. ”

Li Longji was shocked: "Can you ...... Let me see Lu Gong? ”

"I don't know if Lang Jun is ......"

"A certain surname is Li, the family is three, and the old man can call me Sanlang."

The old housekeeper's eyes moved, obviously realizing something, but his face did not change, and he still politely invited Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan into the main house, and everyone was in a good mood. Li Longji nodded at this, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Jiangyuan learning from the old housekeeper, adjusting his posture and bearing, and felt a little relieved while being sad for a while.

Lu Huaishen died of illness, but he didn't seem to have suffered too much, and his face was still alive although he was dead. Li Longji lifted the hem of his robe with both hands, and even though he wanted to kneel, he was stopped by the old housekeeper: "Lu Gong is still simple, Lang Jun doesn't have to be polite." Lang Jun can have this heart today, come to visit, Lu Gong will have no regrets if he dies! ”

When Li Longji heard this, although he did not bow down, he still solemnly bowed three times, and then sat down in the east wing room at the invitation of the old housekeeper. He really had too many questions, he didn't vomit or be unhappy, and after the old housekeeper sent food and tea, he immediately said: "The kid didn't post, he visited in vain, and I hope the old man will forgive me for the abrupt place." ”

The old butler refused to sit opposite Li Longji, and knelt side by side with Xiao Jiangyuan on the side. Hearing that Li Longji was so polite to his servants and his servants, he hurriedly said, "Don't dare." Lang Jun has done his best, but he doesn't want to leave, if he has something to ask, he might as well say it directly, the old slave will know everything, and he will say everything. ”

"Then I'm going to be even more abrupt." Li Longji felt quite uncomfortable when he saw Lu Huaishen's mansion, "Duke Lu was born in the Fanyang Lu family, and he has a three-grade official residence, how is this mansion...... So shabby? He said and looked at the clear water of tea on the table and the soybeans in the bowl, "There is no surplus food at home, and the diet is like this...... Qing is hard, is it possible that someone dares to deduct Lu Gong's money? ”

The old butler said, "Not really." It's just that Lang Jun doesn't know, it's true that Fanyang Lu's clan is a big family, but Lu Gong's branch is one of the poorest. This clear water soybean seems to be bitter, but it is the best food that can be served to the guests in Lu Gong's house. ”

"But I see that other high-ranking officials of the third grade, there are also some clansmen who want relief, and they are not as poor as Lu Gong."

"Forgive the old slave. Lu Gong's sleeves are clean, except for Yu Lu, there is no food to receive, and he treats his clansmen too dedicatedly, and Lu Gong's clansmen, because of Lu Gong's presence, there are many people who do not want to make progress, although Lu Gong is not weak, but too tolerant, which is different from the situation in the families of other high-ranking officials. Even if you give Lu Gong three times as much, it is not enough. ”

"The matter...... The whole Chang'an City knows about it, right? ”

"Lu Gong has lived here for many years, and the Jiji people are often there every year, neighbors, people come and go, and there must be a lot of people who know." The old housekeeper didn't quite understand the meaning of Li Longji's question, and as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Longji's eyes drooping, and there was only shame on his face.

- This means that as long as he cares more about Lu Gong on weekdays and asks more questions, he can know a lot, but he doesn't. He allowed his prime minister to set an example for hundreds of officials, and on the other hand suffered the grievances of the "prime minister who accompanied him", and at the same time lived such a poor life, even the most basic livelihood, but he did nothing about it, not even aware of it at all!

This is his prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, a courtier he relies on, but he only knows how to squeeze his value from him, those officials who are lower in rank than Duke Lu, because they like him, can be asked a few more words by him, and occasionally rewarded, but Duke Lu. He knew that Lu Gong was such a person who didn't know how to ask for it, only wanted to be useful to himself, and then gave everything, why didn't he ask more, and finally let Lu Gong die so miserably?

This is his negligence as a monarch, and even more so his dereliction of duty as a junior acquaintance!

Thinking of Lu Gong's shabby regular clothes in the past, and thinking of Lu Gong's joy when he learned that he was not useless, but because of his virtue and exemplary behavior, Li Longji couldn't help but choke up a little, and was speechless for a while, so he hurriedly glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan.

Xiao Jiangyuan took out a brocade bag from his body and handed it to the old housekeeper: "Duke Lu is a man of great virtue, a pillar of the country, he passed away suddenly, my family Ah Lang is very sad, this is my family Ah Lang's heart, the housekeeper still has to take care of Lu Gong's affairs, don't refuse." ”

Now that Lu Zhai really has no money to be cautious about Lu Huai, the housekeeper did not shirk it, but only knelt down at Li Longji and bowed three times. Li Longji hurriedly went to help with his own hands, took a deep breath, and said: "This is just a small effort, the housekeeper can rest assured, Lu Gong's future affairs will never be done so hastily." ”

The housekeeper had already guessed Li Longji's identity, and hearing Li Longji's promise, he finally couldn't help crying.

Li Longji looked at the empty courtyard, and suddenly thought: "Duke Lu is seriously ill, and none of the clansmen he has helped have come to serve the sick?" ”

The butler wiped his tears from his cuffs and said nothing, only shook his head.

"I see." After Li Longji finished speaking, he said goodbye to the old housekeeper.

After leaving the Lu house, Li Longji walked silently on the road for a long time. Xiao Jiangyuan led their two horses and followed silently behind him, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Even if the friendship is not long, there can be such a righteousness of a monarch and a minister, which is deep-rooted and unbreakable, and Duke Lu should live up to this life. So, what about her?

Lu Huaishen has his own house in Chang'an, and although his life is hard, in the eyes of those officials who have been officials in Chang'an for many years and still can't afford to buy a house, it is not bad. Like Yao Chong, he has never had his own mansion, so he can only stay in the Gangji Temple. There are a lot of mosquitoes in the temple, and Yao Chong's disease is malaria from this mosquito.

Because the disease is contagious, Yao Chong didn't let Li Longji go in to see him.

Li Longji had already lost Lu Huaishen and didn't want to lose Yao Chong anymore, so after returning to the palace, he sent several imperial doctors to see him, and sent more than a dozen envoys to greet him a day. At the same time, he had a special person in charge of Lu Huaishen's funeral, and even ordered those clansmen who Lu Huaishen had relieved to come to wear linen and filial piety. He also paid more attention to the treatment of the prime minister, and added 300 food euphems to the existing Yulu. He is determined to make him the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty only worry about state affairs and be the real humerus of the country, and he will have no worries from now on!

Only bitter Yuan Qianyao had to continue to run, and finally one day he couldn't bear it anymore, and suggested that Li Longji move Yao Chong to live in the Sifang Pavilion, and work while recuperating.

"Yao Gong is still sick, you just let him move, and let him work sick?" Li Longji was quite dissatisfied.