In the middle of spring, Lin Chong, the uncle of the Pingzhang Yushi Lin family, went out of Beijing alone to step on the spring.

I don't know what realm to go, only one person and one horse to tour everywhere, and I unconsciously arrived in front of the gate of Xuanzhen Mountain.

「…… This is the place where the eldest master of Jia Jianing's Mansion used to play Jiao, although he is lonely now, it is not easy to trespass."

Lin Chong looked at the row of stone statues in front of the mountain gate and thought secretly for a while, and then raised his head to see that the sky was dark, so he turned around and went down the mountain all the way back to Beijing.

Halfway through, when you see the outer and outer walls of the city from a distance, a drizzle falls from the sky, wetting the hair gap, blocking the road ahead, making people feel embarrassed.

Fortunately, there was a wine shop on the side of the road, Lin Chong hurriedly got off the horse and came over, deposited it at the entrance of the shed outside the store, and went into the house to keep warm.

"Why is this here?"

A call came out of the door, and a guest on the seat got up laughing, took it, and said, "It's a coincidence."

Lin Chong fixed his eyes and saw that it was Leng Zixing, an old friend who was an antique, who had not been seen for a long time, and he couldn't help but be happy at this time.

The two of them re-entered the liquor shop and sat across from each other.

Lin Chong beckoned to the store, "Boss Zhu, just cook another table of good food and wine to talk to Gao Peng."

The shopkeeper Zhu Fu recognized Lin Chong and was about to go, but was stopped by Leng Zixing.

"There's no need to be extravagant, I'll come back to Beijing next time, but I'll take a trip here to avoid the rain. Today the rain will be gone, and tomorrow will be the time to talk with my elder brother about the past."

Lin Chong gave up, and only asked for two catties of hot wine and three catties of lamb legs.

Leng Zixing said: "I went out of Beijing in the middle of winter the year before last, and I was not there for many years, so I don't know if there is news in the middle of the city?"

"In the middle of winter the year before last? Isn't that not long after Jia Menlian's second master was promoted to the military department?"

Lin Chong couldn't help but sigh, because he said: "There is not much news in the capital, but the court is changing with each passing day, which makes people unable to imagine that there are not a few officials who were implicated in the dismissal last year, so that it is difficult for the northwest state affairs to operate, so that it is convenient to show the palace report last month and reinstate the old members."

There is another external trouble in the northwest, even Leng Zixing has heard about this in Jiangnan, and now that he heard this, he couldn't help but be curious about Lin Chong.

"Since there is an opportunity for the court to recover, the door is wide open, and people are allowed to snoop, I wonder if my brother can get what he wants?"

Lin Chong nodded first, and then had to shake his head.

He planned for a long time, and finally got something last year, and became a garrison in Jindi, Shanxi.

However, the officialdom is treacherous, which is really unbearable, and it will inevitably cause trouble in the long run, and the second is that the old man Lin Ruhai is sick in bed, so he simply resigned and returned to Beijing to serve.

As for the beginning of this year, Lin Ruhai improved slightly, and seeing that the national funeral had passed, he decided to find a marriage for Lin Chong, thinking that it would help the officialdom.

Now that he is about to get married, Lin Chong's thoughts are gradually disordered, so he goes out for a walk, but he unexpectedly meets an old friend.

It can be regarded as the time when they met at the end of Weimo, three or five glasses of wine were in the stomach, and when Leng Zixing asked like this, Lin Chong was very emotional.

"Officialdom is really not your daily life, even if you have a place to operate, you can live up to the hearts of the people from the top to the heavens, but you are subject to the influence of your colleagues, and you are in a dilemma. It would be strange to be with the light one day! It's like the eyes can't see, the ears can't hear, the heart is thinking, and the body is reckless, so it's even more difficult to get along with people and do things. I really don't know, how can Second Master Lian rise step by step?"

Leng Zixing smiled and said: "My brother is worthy of being taught by Tanhualang, and he wants to 'be with the light and dust' in his words, which is really not Wuxia Ameng."

When Lin Chong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh for a while.

Leng Zixing said again: "If you want to ask Second Master Lian, you have to mention the worldly heritage. Jiamen heritage is extraordinary, the founding of the country has gone through five generations, the four kings and eight princes of the imperial court are old friends, the four families of Jinling are siblings, the palace of Dong'an County is regarded as a brother, and the palace of Leshan County is called the younger generation. From the south to the north, the provinces are either big officials, or small officials, or gentry who don't go to the land, all have the protégés of Jiamen. One day, the second master of Lian was born out of thin air, and Jia Men was originally decadent, and the official face was helped by all sides, and it was naturally like a hidden dragon ascending to heaven, and it is still like divine help."

Lin Chong hurriedly said, "No wonder this is the case? I think that although my family is also behind Houmen, but the family is not prosperous, I came one day

In Beijing, he is gradually drifting away from Gusu's hometown, like a fish out of the water, how can he compare to the second master of Lian!"

Yes.

No wonder Master Ruhai is in a hurry to choose his wife's family, so as to connect the background and help become an official.

Leng Zixing said: "But it's not just that, the second master of Na Lian is not a mortal talent, and there are nobles around him to help him, and he has been favored by saints every year, which is the great reason for his ascension step by step. Otherwise, it is not a talent of the state and county."

Lin Chong was busy thinking about it carefully, and he couldn't help but be suspicious later.

"This statement is inconsistent, if it is only a state and county talent, how can it be called a hidden dragon ascending to heaven?"

Leng Zixing smiled because of this: "My brother is much better than Yucun."

Lin Chong was stunned again.

Leng Zixing said: "There are advantages and disadvantages of secular heritage, twenty years in the world is a generation, and there are not a few nobles of the dynasty who steal their families and exterminate their clans and ask for beheading, all because of the excessive momentum and too much involvement, I don't know what to do, so that the latecomers above the court are taboo. Even if someone has extraordinary talents, if there is a taboo in the family, the most he can do is to maintain the family business and enjoy wealth and prosperity, how can he take the turn to run state affairs like the second master of Lian?"

Lin Chong was silent, and only cared about eating and drinking for a while.

Leng Zixing inspected the wine shop, took the baggage around him, took out a square red lacquer box, opened it and put it on the table.

It is a crown of advancement.

The hairpin is silky, and the glow is extraordinary.

"This was originally looking for me in the East Palace, but after I left Beijing, I heard that something was bad in the East Palace, so there was no follow-up. If my brother wants to get married, he will give it as a congratulatory gift."

As he spoke, Leng Zixing closed the lacquer box and pushed it to the opposite side.

"This—since it was given by Brother Xing, I won't refuse."

Lin Chong pressed the lacquer box with one hand, and didn't open it, but sighed again: "What I saw and heard today is like an initiation, and the court is involved in all kinds of relationships, who knows if there is anything in my family? This is considered to be my ambition, and in the future, I really only encourage me to maintain the family business and live up to the trust of Master Hai."

Before long, the rain stopped and it was dusk.

So Leng Zixing and Lin Chong calculated the money for the wine, one rode a horse, one drove a car, and went to Beijing together.

When they arrived at the market in Duzhong, the two said goodbye, and Leng Zixing drove in the direction of his house.

After passing through a fangmen, I saw the boss wearing armor and holding a soldier coming.

Leng Zixing hurriedly drove to the side of the road for temporary shelter, and after a while, he saw an official in a scarlet robe taking the lead, first passing two columns of Yulin Army, and then there were soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division behind.

They hurried across the street and went to another place.

Leng Zixing stood on the wheel and looked up, seeing that this army was faintly surrounding a mansion, and his heart could not help but tremble.

"That's!"