The first rays of sunlight in the morning slowly jumped out of the horizon and sprinkled towards Danfeng City, the capital of the Great Wei Kingdom.

A vibrant new day begins, whether it is ordinary people or merchants, whether it is the palace or the magnates, it will be a little busy and noisy at the beginning of the new day.

Ordinary people either scold their children who want to sleep lazily and their husbands get up quickly, or they complain about their wives' laziness, complain about their in-laws yesterday, and the food in front of them, and think about how to work today.

The same is true for the powerful gatekeepers and palace merchants, the maids and subordinates began to be busy in an orderly manner from before dawn, and as the main family began to get up one by one, the original orderly order immediately became busy, the sound of pouring water in the copper basin, the sound of the housekeeper urging, the sound of pots and pans in the kitchen, etc., as well as the sound of the main family with the dissatisfaction of getting up, all indicate that a new day has arrived.

The palace is even more busy, almost from dawn, the palace maids and eunuchs began to be busy, and the forbidden army in the palace will not be idle.

On the day of the court meeting, the palace is naturally more busy, whether it is the palace maid or the eunuch, or the forbidden army guarding the palace, on this day will always feel and mentally much more nervous than usual.

The merchants began to calculate today's goods, estimate today's income, and how the people in the shop should be trained.

In short, every morning in Danfeng City is like the same morning, the same hectic, the same nervous, and the same fresh.

The only difference may be that the weather is sunny, cloudy, windy, cool, snow and rain, and the difference between wearing a coat or not or not bringing an umbrella.

Of course, everything can't be generalized, and some people's early mornings are always normal, but occasionally there are unusual things that befall them.

Just like in the mansion of Lu Rui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the sun shines in the courtyard, not only does it not seem harmonious and quiet, but it is not as vibrant as it should be in the morning, but it is immersed in a suffocating cloud.

Feng's screaming and scolding made the subordinates and maids in the entire house silent one by one, and they were even more cautious than usual in doing things! For fear that if one is not careful, it will provoke the angry scolding of the master's family.

The only backbone of the house, with a gloomy face before dawn, as if he was going to kill someone, rushed to the palace early dynasty.

Feng's scolding has hardly stopped since Lu Rui left, and in the courtyard not far away, the courtyard where Lu Xidao, the heir of the Lu family, is located, and it is even more gloomy, as if a huge pot lid has been covered on the top of his head, so that the subordinates and maids in the courtyard don't even dare to take a breath.

Feng, who couldn't enter Lu Xidao's door, seemed to be tired of finally looking up to the sky at this moment, panting and taking the warm water that the maid on the side had prepared a long time ago, and drank it all with the ups and downs of his chest.

Then he knocked on Lu Xidao's door: "Son, is it okay to let my mother in?" My mother is worried about you. Don't you think about it...... The doctor said that it will be fine in a few days, and it is all some skin trauma. You say, if you have three long and two short, how can you let your mother live? ”

Then he leaned to the door and listened, but there was still no movement inside, so Feng, who was more and more anxious, angry, and angry, once again walked to the courtyard and scolded, but this time, even Lu Rui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also scolded.

The implication of the words is nothing more than that Lu Rui has a fart to be an official, and he can't even protect his own son, so what face does he have to go to the court! Just go to Banlong Village to farm!

There is a fight with the scene in the Mansion of Lu Rui, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites in the early morning, and it is naturally the Mansion of the Marquis of Leling in the Vermilion Bird Fang.

However, compared to Lu Rui's mansion, it was just the Feng family who was alone and scolding, and the Leling Marquis Mansion was much stronger, and it didn't sound like someone was beaten yesterday, it was more like ...... Somebody is dead.

The sad cries of broken sounds, the arguments of some men with red faces, the scolding of women regardless of their image, and even the sound of cups and other things being broken were mixed in, so that passers-by were even a little surprised, was the roof of the Leling Marquis Mansion picked by someone? Otherwise, this is ...... Dead, or what's wrong?

Fengyang Palace is as majestic and solemn as ever, and the early dynasty is also in a solemn atmosphere, just like the face of Lu Rui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites today, full of warnings and majesty that people should not approach.

After the eunuch's spy voice shouted out to retreat from the court, Lu Rui deliberately slowed down after walking out of the Daqing Palace, which was specially used to open a court meeting, and after the waiter of the Ministry of Rites walked out side by side with the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Rui looked at Xu Zhongli, who had just whispered a few words to the waiter of the Ministry of Officials.

Li Chong, the servant of the ministry, saluted Lu Rui, who was expressionless and had gloomy eyes, and then took the lead in leaving.

Xu Zhongli walked up to Lu Rui, and Lu Rui also walked forward slowly.

"I just said hello to the servant of the ministry, and tomorrow I can invite Chen Ping's son to come to the Guozijian to take the school first, as for how to evaluate the products, I will discuss with Li Chong at that time, and then report to ......the adults in detail." Xu Zhongli looked quite relaxed, as if he had finally finished the errand that Lu Rui had given him.

Lu Rui sighed slightly, after walking out of the Daqing Palace, the sun that had risen high looked a little dazzling, Lu Rui couldn't help but squint his eyes, and then took a deep breath, then shook his head again, and asked, "Is Zhongli planning to recommend it personally?" ”

Xu Zhongli nodded, and said with a smile: "If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, Zheng Yan's subordinates don't have to pay attention to it, but Lord Shangshu's orders, how can Zhongli ignore it." What's more, a few days ago, Chen Ping had already apologized to me personally, and this matter was ...... And so it passed. ”

"That's good, then it's tireless." Lu Rui nodded, then looked at the officials around the two of them, who were no longer walking behind, looked up at the clear sky, and said with a somewhat lonely expression: "The dog was attacked last night." ”

"Attacked?" Xu Zhongli frowned, his expression still seemed quite calm, looked at Lu Rui who was standing in place, and asked, "Who did it?" ”

"I don't know." Lu Rui sighed and shook his head: "Steward Luo found it at the gate of the mansion early this morning, Xi Dao was covered with injuries, and he didn't go to the house, I'm afraid he fainted at the door all night." ”

"It's ......." Xu Zhongli's brows furrowed even deeper, his eyes became sharper and sharper, staring straight at Lu Rui's face that was both distressed and resentful, and asked again: "The people in the mansion...... Aren't there a few good skills? On weekdays, when Rishidao goes out, don't you send someone to follow him? ”

"Yes, in addition to the coachman, there are two new retinues, but they were all knocked unconscious." Lu Rui's face was full of bitterness at this time.

"So what's going on? Why don't you just throw it in prison and interrogate it to see if it's ...... them. Xu Zhongli gave Lu Rui an idea in a deep voice.

"They are all trustworthy people, and they can't be the ones who did it. I'm afraid that after coming back, Xi Dao provoked some three-minded and nine-rate characters in Danfeng City. After all, it is the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, even if it is our official residence, some outlaws may not necessarily be afraid ....... ”

Lu Rui frowned, since he found out Lu Xidao until now, even if he was just at the court meeting, his mind has always been wondering, what kind of person dares to be so ruthless, what a grudge, and hurt people so badly!

"Chen Ping's ...... here." Xu Zhongli reminded Lu Ruidao.

Lu Rui glanced at Xu Zhongli, and then nodded: "I can ask him to help me check and see if Xi Dao has offended anyone in Danfeng City recently, or who he has provoked." ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then it's up to you to ask Chen Ping, I'll send someone to hand him the documents of Guozijian in a while, so that he must do his best in this matter." Xu Zhongli said solemnly, and then after a deep groan, he said: "When I was in Xining, I still had some friendship with Sima Dutong, do you want me to send a letter and ask him to help the virtuous nephew find two people who are not weak in the army?" ”

Lu Rui frowned and thought about it, while Xu Zhongli shook his head and smiled, and said with relief: "This kind of thing is not a violation of the laws of the imperial court, and it will not have anything to do with the Ministry of War." There are also many people in the army who want to get ahead, but because of their background, they can't take the road of recommendation, so they naturally find another way, and you don't know this. What's more, there is one by Weiyang's side now, so no matter where Weiyang goes, after all, the father can be relieved. Of course, the most important thing is that the ears can be cleaner, otherwise, once something happens, not to mention the face of you and me as officials, even the nagging of the women in the ears of the family can't stand it. ”

Lu Rui thought for a moment, then nodded, squeezed out a somewhat embarrassed smile, and said, "Then there is Lao Zhongli." ”

After returning to the Ministry of Rites, Xu Zhongli sat down at the desk, first pondered, and then thought about the attack on Lu Rui's son, and involuntarily remembered his little fool last night, and then a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Unfolding a piece of snow-white rice paper, he pondered and studied the ink, thinking about how to write a letter to Sima Xiaojun to ask for someone.

And when Lu Rui and Xu Zhongli returned to the Ministry of Rites, Gao Kun, the Marquis of Leling, had already entered the palace in a carriage.

At the same time, Gao Zhaorong, the noble concubine, had just walked out of the Ciyuan Hall with the palace maid carrying the food box and came to the Jiaming Hall where the emperor was eating.