Zhuang Yue listened to it and said in surprise: "The young master confessed at the beginning, if someone wants to refute you, can you write an article and publish it in the newspaper, why did you go to debate with you on the spot?" Even if I go to you, you can find all kinds of excuses to refuse to argue with them. ”

Peng Shicheng said with a sad face: "Those are the respected Confucians who are too scholarly, come to theorize, do we dare to put them out of the door?" Moreover, we don't have much to do, except at home or in the academy. This time we are busy, not at home, and everyone doesn't say that we are too timid to fight. ”

Zhuang Yue frowned and said, "Then what can I do?" You are all gentlemen in the four schools, and you can't go out to avoid the limelight. ”

Shi Xiu, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Otherwise, let's quit the academy and go to Runzhou." ”

"This ......" Peng Shicheng hesitated for a moment and looked at Lu Jiuyuan.

Lu Jiuyuan nodded with a solemn expression: "That's the only way." ”

He sighed: "At the beginning, Jin Ning also told me that this situation might occur after the article was published in the newspaper, and persuaded me to go out for a walk. But I thought his words were too exaggerated, and I was reluctant to take Mr. Simen's errand, so I didn't take his words seriously. In retrospect, it was I underestimating the effectiveness of the newspaper. ”

Lu Jiuyuan, Shi Xiu, and Peng Shicheng are not the masters who are short of money, otherwise they would not have traveled thousands of miles to Gui Province for an academic problem, and they would have stayed there for two years. The meager income of Mr. Simen Xuedo was not taken seriously by them at all.

What they are reluctant to do is the identity of Mr. Simenxue. After all, the four schools are also subordinate to the academy under the Guozijian Gate, and being a gentleman there is very respected.

This is equivalent to the professors of those famous national universities in later generations, whose status is more recognized by the society than that of the teachers of non-governmental universities. Even if the content of the paper is the same, the former is more authoritative and convincing than the latter.

In the final analysis, everything is for the doctrine of the mind. Although if you leave at this time, you will definitely be said to be afraid to leave, but it is better than now, when someone comes to the door to force the battle all day long. Not to mention that their theories can't withstand such a wheel war, even their physical strength can't withstand it. But you can't close the door and let others scold and fight outside.

Zhuang Yue hesitated: "But if you go to Runzhou, what should those people do if they chase Runzhou?" After all, Runzhou is not far from the capital, and they really have the heart to debate, and it is still easy to go to Runzhou. ”

"Isn't that still your young master?" Peng Shicheng said with a big grin, "As far as your young master's mouth is concerned, no one will be scared." Let me tell you this, if Jinning were in the capital, we wouldn't have escaped. ”

The corners of the mouths of the few people present twitched when they said this.

It's good that Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them are so old, and they are the masters of the four schools, and they have been Du Jinning's husband before, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are highly respected. Is it really good to talk about the three of them being so incompetent and embarrassed?

But this is a fact, the three mouths of the three of them are not as good as Du Jinning's. Thinking about Du Jinning's great achievements in making Qi Yuandao so angry that he vomited blood, Lu Jiuyuan and Shi Xiu silently admitted Peng Shicheng's statement, and the three pairs of eyes looked at Zhuang Yue expectantly.

Zhuang Yue hesitated: "Otherwise, I'll write to ask the young master." As he spoke, he smiled apologetically and bitterly, "There's no way, if the three gentlemen go like this, it can be regarded as a disaster." My young master's small body doesn't know if he can carry it. ”

As soon as they heard the words "Disaster leads to the east", the smiles on the faces of the three old gentlemen were a little sneering.

It's really a disaster, and it's really not very kind.

However, although Runzhou is not far, it is not close. It took two or three days to write a letter. And Lu Jiuyuan and the others really couldn't wait for a moment.

"Why don't we go to Runzhou first. If your young master thinks it's inappropriate, let's go elsewhere from Runzhou? Lu Jiuyuan asked.

"Uh, that's fine." Zhuang Yue showed a look of embarrassment on his face, but he once again admired his young master's clever calculations in his heart.

Du Jinning built a garden in Runzhou, and also promoted tea culture, she is not idle and has nothing to do, she has time to accompany people to hold tea parties all day long to entertain literati and artists from all walks of life. Naturally, she was going to send someone out to do this.

When Zhuang Yue heard about Du Jinning's plan, he was quite worried, thinking about whether to find a few people to help Du Jinning Zhang Luo and the guests. Du Jinning was in his chest, saying that Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them would not stay in the capital for a long time, and they would just let them come to receive guests when the time came.

Now, as Du Jinning expected.

Seeing that Zhuang Yue agreed, Lu Jiuyuan got up and said, "Let's go home first, so as not to startle the grass and snakes, and be seen to be blocked at the city gate." Tomorrow at dawn we will meet again at the gate of the city. ”

“…… Good. Shi Xiu was speechless.

Even if you will be blocked at the city gate, don't say it, okay? Shame on you!

On the second day, Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them really took their subordinates and took three carriages to Runzhou.

At the end of Runzhou, the craftsmen of the Liang family have long been accustomed to building gardens, and they are helping another owner to do things, and they are very dedicated. Except that it takes time for the newly planted trees to grow lush, everything is ready to go.

When Lu Jiuyuan and the others arrived in Runzhou, they happened to stay in the newly built garden.

"Gentlemen, rest assured, except for those who are very persistent, no one will come to Runzhou to debate with you. They want to debate, they just write articles and publish them in the newspapers, and they don't have to go so far. Du Jinning gave Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them a reassurance.

Peng Shicheng smiled: "Yes, yes, even if someone comes, what are we afraid of?" If we three old guys can't win, don't we still have you? Who will you be afraid of with this mouth? ”

"I'm afraid I'll have to fight. If we don't fight, won't we seem weak-hearted? Du Jinning said with a smile.

Seeing her like this, the three of them put their minds at ease and had the heart to choose a place to live: "Where are you going to arrange for us to live?" ”

When Du Jinning designed the garden, he deliberately designed a secluded corner for himself. That place is in its own corner and is not easy to be disturbed.

So she said very generously: "Take your pick, and live wherever you like." ”

The three of them were overjoyed and immediately went into the garden to pick a place to live.

However, in order to facilitate the exchange, the three of them still chose three gardens next to each other. This place was specially designed for them by Du Jinning.

"I hired a luthier, who was not very old, but he was very skilled. You can also go to his place to listen to the piano when you are fine. Du Jinning said.

The courtyard where Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them lived was not far from the comfortable courtyard.

"Yes, yes." The three of them were very happy.

The three of them came to Du Jinning, although Du Jinning has a house in the city, but the family has a widowed mother, Du Jinning is not at home during the day, and it is not good for them to live there.

Since Du Jinning still has such a quiet and elegant garden in the countryside, they naturally want to live here.

It's just that the garden is in the countryside, surrounded by mountain and wild villagers, and there are not many people who can interact with them. There are three of them living in a huge garden, and it is quiet, but it is a little lonely.

Now there can be a pianist to come and go, and it is better to talk than nothing, so as to add a point or two of excitement.

For the thoughts of the three gentlemen, Du Jinning looked at the fire, but smiled and said nothing.

For the first two days, the garden was indeed very quiet, except for a few people who brought it, and the luthier named An Shi, there was no one else. When Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them came from the most lively place in the capital at first glance, they didn't feel very comfortable.

Thinking of living like this in the future, the three of them muttered a little in their hearts, feeling that although there was pressure in the capital, it was better to talk about it every day, which was better than living in this wilderness.

Just as the three of them were thinking about whether to tell Du Jinning, they went for a walk elsewhere, and then made a detour back to the capital, a group of scholars who claimed to be Du Jinning's neighbors went to the garden and came to visit the three gentlemen of the capital Guozijian.

The garden suddenly became lively.

……

In the capital, in Lu Jiuyuan's mansion, the housekeeper said to a middle-aged man very apologetically: "Steward Yao, you are also a housekeeper, and you also know where the masters go and when they will come back, it is really not up to us subordinates to influence." When my lord left, he resigned from the position of Mr. Simenxue, and it is really unpredictable when he will come back. ”

"So what do you say?" The housekeeper surnamed Yao said with a straight face, "The prince asked, what should I say?" ”

He stared at the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion and said, "I don't need you to say when he will come back, you just need to tell me where Mr. Lu went." ”

"This ......" The housekeeper of the Lu Mansion was embarrassed, and secretly complained in his heart.

The other party is the housekeeper of King Jing's Mansion. Although King Jing is not a prince with real power, the emperor trusts him very much, and he has a good relationship with the Queen Mother and the eldest princess of Lu, and no one in the capital dares to underestimate him.

It stands to reason that Prince Jing deigned to come to Lu Jiuyuan several times, Lu Jiuyuan was just a gentleman of the four sects, no matter how he went to the field, the people of the Lu Mansion had to quickly inform him to come back.

But when Lu Jiuyuan left, he let go, saying that he was not allowed to send someone to find him. Someone came looking for him, but they said they didn't know where he had gone.

The first two times Zhao Chang came, he was polite and humble, knowing that Lu Jiuyuan and the others had gone to other places, although he was a little disappointed, he left without saying anything.

But today, the housekeeper surnamed Yao came over alone and was aggressive, which made the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion embarrassed.

Thinking about the dignity of Prince Jing, it is estimated that his master is also very happy to get his attention. If he comes back and learns that he has invariably blocked King Jing from the door, maybe the master will blame him.

Thinking of this, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion took two steps closer and whispered: "My lord, when I left, I mentioned a sentence, saying that I went to Runzhou to see Lord Du Jinning Du, who knew Ren Tongzhi there. However, a few days have passed, and I don't know if he is now in Runzhou, or he left there and went elsewhere. The prince wants to find my master, and I really don't dare to notify him of the packing ticket. ”

Steward Yao's eyes lit up.

To be honest, he didn't come here today because Zhao Chang sent him, but on his own initiative. The main reason was that he saw that his prince was excited about the three articles published in the newspaper, and repeatedly looked for Lu Jiuyuan to no avail, so he came over without authorization to use the identity of the prince to suppress it, hoping that the Lu family could inform Lu Jiuyuan to come back from other places.

As the housekeeper of Zhao Chang's mansion, how could he not know his prince's appreciation of Du Jinning? It was only because of the unwritten rule that the prince was not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers, so after Du Jinning entered the Hanlin Academy as an official, he became estranged.

Now that he heard that Lu Jiuyuan went to find Du Jinning, he felt that he could make a great contribution in front of the prince.

The prince has come to the Lu Mansion many times, most of them are still coming for Du Jinning.

Now that Lu Jiuyuan has gone to find Du Jinning, the prince can go to Runzhou under the banner of finding Lu Jiuyuan. Anyway, the prince is also an idle king in Beijing, and he has nothing to do, but it is a good thing to go out for a walk, and his mood is more comfortable.

After getting the news, he hurriedly said goodbye, which made the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion breathe a sigh of relief.

Back to King Jing, as soon as Steward Yao told him about it, Zhao Chang was really happy, sat there and thought for a long time, and ordered his subordinates: "Pack up your things, I will go to Runzhou tomorrow." ”

"But the emperor ...... there"

"Brother Huang, I'll go and tell you." Zhao Chang said.

He is a prince, and like the eldest princess of the Lu Kingdom, he also has his own fief, and the fief is much larger than Zhao Mingyue. In addition to his fiefdoms, he had his own Praetorian Guard. Once he left Beijing and went to the fiefdom, Zhao Yu had to send the Praetorian Guard to protect him.

And having an army of one's own, which is very taboo in the current situation where Zhao Mi's foundation is unstable. Moreover, the second prince has been ambushed, but the fourth prince is especially here, and no one can guarantee what the fourth prince will do with Zhao Chang, the fifth prince with an army.

Therefore, after Zhao Yu ascended the throne, he did not let Zhao Chang go to the fief to become a feudal domain. There was once a minister who mentioned this matter in the court, but it didn't take long for the minister to be impeached, demoted to a remote place, and encountered an accident on the way to office.

Since then, Zhao Yu did not mention Zhao Chang's matter, Zhao Chang himself did not mention it, and no minister dared to mention it. Zhao Chang eats, drinks and has fun in the capital all day long, being an idle king who has no enterprising spirit at all.

But for Zhao Chang, who has been serious and positive since he was a child and has little interest in eating, drinking and having fun, being confined in this capital, not being able to do anything serious, and not being able to get close to the courtiers, is equivalent to solitary confinement, which is really painful. He especially wanted to go outside for a walk and relax.

When I learned that Du Jinning invited himself to be released and went to Runzhou to be a fellow intellectual, he was the happiest person than Zhao Chang. Du Jinning is the person he Zhao Chang admires and admires the most so far, except for the imperial brother Zhao Yu. He very much wanted to become a close friend with Du Jinning, follow Du Jinning to do learning, and talk about the world.

It's just that Du Jinning originally worked hard for the Jinshi exam, and he couldn't bother; After Du Jinning was admitted to the Jinshi and then entered the Hanlin Academy, he became a close minister of the emperor, and he was also the minister of the humerus that the emperor wanted to cultivate, whether it was for Zhao Chang himself or for Du Jinning's sake, he had to stay away from Du Jinning, so they were alienated from each other.