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Zuo Di, who was eavesdropping at the entrance of the alley, sighed softly, turned to Qiu Ju and said, "Let's go." ”

Qiu Ju was confused, she didn't understand that her master was so good, why did she suddenly fall down: "Childe, but what's wrong with that person?" ”

Zuo Di shook his head, with an unbearable look on his face: "Liu Dian is the director of the Espionage Department, I heard that he is a delicate person, but I didn't expect to live such a poor life." The old mother is seriously ill, the family is surrounded by walls, and the information says that there are two disabled younger brothers, and he is filial and responsible. ”

Qiu Ju also frowned, she couldn't connect the person in her master's mouth with the man with the upright but sleek man just now.

But my heart involuntarily tugged at it, and I also came out of such a family......

"Childe, then you still want to take him for yourself?" The ghost sent the gods, Qiu Ju asked.

Zuo Di looked at her strangely: "Didn't you still hate him just now?" And now you want me to help? ”

Qiu Ju bit her lip, her expression was a little gloomy: "The slave maid thought of the past, when the slave maid was young, her father died early, her mother was seriously ill and bedridden, but she had an uncle. But instead of taking care of our orphans and widows, he didn't find a doctor for my mother, and let my mother die of illness in bed, and then sold the slaves and maids to people for money to marry ......"

Zuo Di was clear, reached out and patted the back of Qiu Ju's hand, and said warmly: "It's all over, you will never have a hard life in the future." ”

Qiu Ju rubbed the corners of her eyes and smiled slightly: "The slave has a good life, I met a master like you." It's the slave who is too talkative, and if you want to use someone, you naturally can't be pitiful because of him, and I hope that the son is not to blame. ”

Zuo Di smiled and shook his head: "Fei Ye, you just reminded me." I've been wondering what kind of people are qualified to send me to Nanyu. I need people who are bold and careful, and more responsible, who can bear things. This Liu Dian, his mother is seriously ill and his younger brother is disabled, he would rather not marry a wife than take care of them, where to find someone more responsible than him? From the way he treated Nan Lian and Jiang Ming, it can be seen that he has quick wit and vision. This man met my requirements almost exactly. ”

Qiu Ju didn't ignore the word "almost", and asked, "Childe, do you have other concerns?" ”

Zuo Di nodded with satisfaction, Qiu Ju deserved to be the person who had been with her for the longest time, and won her heart: "In addition to the above points, there is also one most important requirement, if you can't do it, even if the other conditions are met, you can't use it." ”

Qiu Ju was thoughtful.

"It's loyalty. If you don't have 100% loyalty, the better your ability is, the more useless it is. ”

Qiu Ju suddenly realized, and secretly scolded herself for being stupid: "But how can this loyalty be tested?" He didn't even know Childe at this time. ”

Zuo Di smiled mysteriously: "I was dozing off, someone sent a pillow, about loyalty, Cui Guangyuan may be able to help us." ”

During the conversation, the two had already left Shimen Lane and got into the carriage back home.

……

It is said that the big thing you do in Dakang depends on whether you live close to the palace.

Therefore, even outsiders like Zuo Zhangheng spent a huge amount of money to buy a house at the foot of the imperial city.

Although Lu Xingbang is a fifth-grade official, no matter how Kandi wants to change his position over the years, he refuses on the grounds that he is not enough.

But his identity is there, and the dignified lord will naturally not live too remotely.

Coincidentally, the Lu family and the Zuo family are still serious neighbors from the topography, but not from the side, but back-to-back neighbors.

If calculated by the straight-line distance, the Lu family and the Zuo family are only separated by a thick wall. However, the two gates face away from each other, and if you walk, you need to go around in a big circle, which is quite a distance.

Someone wants to ask, in this case, wouldn't the two open a back door and communicate with each other?

You're really thinking that Dakang's walls are too thin.

The Dakang city wall is 12 meters high, the bottom is 18 meters wide, the top is 15 meters wide, the thickness of the city wall is much greater than the height, and it is as stable as a mountain. You can even run horses and drill at the top of the wall.

Of course, the walls of the house are not so thick, but the main wall used to separate the portal is also more than two meters thick, and even if it is really opened, it is not a door, it is a long corridor!

At this time, the Lu family behind the Zuo family ushered in a regular customer.

Lu Xingbang, only 60 years old, but very well maintained. Although the hair is gray, the body is stiff, and he has a neatly trimmed spotted white goatee, and he is of medium shape and has an excellent mental head.

He was sitting upright in the main hall, holding a celadon tea cup and taking a small sip, and the tea in the hall was fragrant.

"Lord Lu is really a graceful person, this is a good cloud mist, right?"

Opposite Lu Xingbang sat an official with thick eyebrows and big eyes, dressed in a purple official uniform, with a smile on his rather masculine face, looking a little disobedient.

After Lu Xingbang drank the whole cup of tea slowly, he filled his mouth with a piece of candied fruit, and said slowly:

"The one sent back from the palace is not a good tea, but it bears the name of tribute tea. It's Lord Cui, who has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and is running over in such a hurry, but what's the matter? ”

Cui Guangyuan smiled awkwardly, he didn't know that the saint stepped forward and gave an order, and he ran over with his back feet and looked a little uncontrollable.

But Liu Dian has really helped him deal with a lot of pickling things, so he can't help but be nervous.

"Lord Lu is discerning, and the officials are embarrassed."

Lu Xingbang waved his hand: "Eh, Master Cui's words are wrong, you are a dignified third-grade official, and the old man is a fifth-grade petty official, where can you be a subordinate official." ”

Cui Guangyuan hurriedly said: "It's all a student's slip of the tongue, but if you talk at home, you will score a superior official and a subordinate official." ”

Lu Xingbang smiled slightly, and his goatee trembled: "If you have something, just say it." ”

"Does Lord Lu know about Liu Dian?"

"I haven't heard of it."

"It's the director of the spy department, Liu Dian."

Espionage Division? Lu Xingbang frowned slightly: "Hmm, I heard that Your Majesty gave the Espionage Department to Li Qiao, and the Liu Dian you mentioned is the one in charge of the Espionage Department?" ”

Cui Guangyuan nodded again and again: "Exactly." He had dealt with a lot of things for the students before, and the spy department changed hands, and the students sent people to collect tribute to find out his mouth, but he was unexpectedly sent out by his younger brother. The student thought to himself, didn't he give birth to two hearts? ”

Lu Xingbang chuckled: "This little thing, Lord Cui can't sit still?" ”

Cui Guangyuan's face was a little embarrassed: "Those things are not big, but they are small...... Actually, it's not small. The students were afraid that he would turn against Master Li, in case he really had some handles in his hands, and the students would be implicated at that time. ”

"Alas, how can such a forward-looking future achieve great things? You are also a child of the Cui family. ”

Lu Xingbang seemed to be a little regretful, and shook his head: "It's just a miscellaneous person, with no background and no backer, since I'm worried about his bad things, find someone to take care of it." ”

Lu Xingbang spoke lightly, as if he was not discussing a living person, but an insignificant object.

Cui Guangyuan's eyes lit up, how could he not think of the most worry-free way to get rid of Liu Dian, but he couldn't do it himself.

At the beginning, the Espionage Department had just been established, and the Yushitai and the Criminal Department competed for each other, and in the end, the Criminal Department had the upper hand.

This time, the spy department is classified as the Yushi Observatory, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him, and there are many people who want to see jokes and want to grasp the handle. He couldn't afford to take the plunge of that.

But if Lu Xingbang is willing to make a move, it will be really easy and will not attract the attention of others.

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