The son of the cloud who said that he went to the flower building to taste wine appeared in Jiqingfang.

On this day, Jixia Palace was on vacation, and Lu Anran stayed at home to direct Chunmiao Pharmaceutical Tea.

"One penny each for perilla, bergamot, and hundred knots, boil in water and add three coins of rock sugar."

Chunmiao paused, raised her head, and said in confusion: "Is it three coins?" How can the slave not remember so much? ”

Lu Anran said seriously: "That's right, you just listen to me." ”

"Oh." Chunmiao is right to think about it, although her young lady does not follow the medical path, it is not easy to make medicinal tea.

Yunqi came in at this time and laughed: "Add so much sugar, and I'm not afraid of killing you." ”

Lu Anran sprinkled a handful of Mai Donghou and glanced at him, his eyes clearly said that you have a lot to say.

Chunmiao was annoyed, and she let Miss cheat again.

Stirred it into the soup pot with special silver chopsticks, wiped his hands clean and said: "The slave maid poured tea for the prince, and made some sugar steamed cheese in the morning, do you want to taste it." ”

Yunqi raised his hand, and Chunmiao went down to work happily.

Sniffed the smell and asked, "What is boiled?" ”

"Shiso bergamot." It still needs to be boiled for an hour, Lu Anran went out of the kitchen and said: "Spring is wood, the qi is generated, the yang qi is prosperous, and it is easy to cause inflammation. ”

"If I didn't know you, I almost cheated you." Yunqi chuckled: "To put it bluntly, it's just a word of greed." ”

Lu Anran's face under the mask was rarely red, but his tone was calm: "The prince has heard the saying, but he can't see through it." ”

Under the tall osmanthus tree in the small courtyard, a pair of tables and chairs were arranged, and when the two walked over, Chunmiao happened to make hot tea and put it on the table.

Yun Qi sat down in his robe, looked at the green young leaves of the osmanthus tree, and sighed lightly: "You don't know, Yuan Fang is a thief and wants to throw any trouble at me." ”

After hearing the reason, Lu Anran said: "The prince of the world got off the donkey, and he didn't suffer a loss. ”

Yunqi laughed and said: "I just took it over because I took it because this place was unusual, and Su Ji was asking questions at this time, but it didn't matter much to think about it, the key was what the murderer's purpose was in doing these things." ”

"First the county lord of Rong'an, Jun Tao, Second Master Gu, and then the spirit card of General Zhongwu." Lu Anran's eyes drooped slightly, and his eyebrows twisted, "The murderer seems to be targeting the Gu family." ”

Yun Qi turned the teacup in his hand, a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, "You once said that the commonality between the deceased is that they are all directly related to the current head of the family. ”

"Well, what's wrong?"

Yunqi tapped on the table with his index finger, shook his head, and said, "No, it's just that I re-combed on the way here and found that there is a common place here." ”

Lu Anran showed a touch of confusion between his eyebrows, and Yunqi gave two key points, "Exhaust the sea, General Zhongwu." ”

From the time Lu Anran had not yet entered the royal capital, she had heard about the heroic deeds of the loyal generals, which were most intuitively reflected in the eye-catching general's tomb outside the city.

Wang Shouren has long since died in the exhausting sea, but his name has reappeared in the royal capital.

Li He was rewarded through the battle of exhausting the sea and was promoted to the deputy general of the Wolf Mountain Battalion.

Du Wenzhi was promoted from a centurion to a lieutenant of Shangfu Zuo Guoyi, also because of his exploits in naval warfare.

There is also Gu Fu.

Because of Gu Chengfeng's outstanding achievements, the entire Gu Mansion chicken dog was allowed to ascend to heaven.

In the final analysis, it is all about the exhaustion of the sea.

The teacup in Lu Anran's hand tightened, and a certain thought in his heart was about to come out, and he suddenly looked at Yunqi and said, "Xu Duwei, Xue Mansion, Jiang Mansion......"

Yun Qi pressed the teacup on the table with his five fingers, and raised his eyebrows, "At the feet of the Son of Heaven in the royal capital, there are many families, and there are more famous disciples than other places combined. ”

"The more prosperous and splendid the place, the more undercurrents are surging, and then the halberd and the high gate also need to be maintained by the descendants from generation to generation, if you don't advance, you will retreat, just like a pack of wolves around, once you fall, you will eat it in an instant."

"Therefore, the big family attaches the most importance to the cultivation of offspring, in order to prosper from generation to generation and continue."

Yun Qi said this, just to pave the way for the rest of the words, so that Lu Anran could be easier to understand, fortunately, Lu Anran was not a dull person, seeing her expression, he continued: "What is the most effective and shortcut way to revitalize the family, as an official." ”

If you have power, you will have power, and then you will have no money.

"For ordinary people, it is the most rare to be an official, and being an official in the big families of the royal capital is just a matter of raising your hand, but the difficulty is what kind of official you are and whose way to go."

Even if the emperor tried his best to clean up the unhealthy tendencies of officialdom, he would have to be hindered by the criss-crossing of various forces and contain each other.

Therefore, since the beginning of the dynasty, many families have openly and secretly sent their children into the officialdom to do an errand. But there are also disadvantages, such official positions are basically idle positions, and it is better to do nothing than nothing for a lifetime.

"If you want to make a difference, high-ranking officials will enter the knighthood, and you can only have a foothold in the court in the future, you can only go through two roads."

Yunqi picked up a piece of sugar steamed cheese and broke it into two, grabbed half of it with both hands, and looked to the left: "Worship the great Confucianism of the dynasty as a teacher, and conduct general scientific research with civilians," looking to the right, "enlist in the army to earn military merits." ”

Ordinary people, such as Yu Deshui who is far away in the Mengdu County Bureau, even if he is on the list, it is a fool's dream to want to prosper in officialdom from now on. To put it bluntly, even if you go to the temple to burn incense, you still need the temple to guide the way, the sea rises and falls, and the complexity inside is a little careless, and it may be impossible to recover.

The big family's reliance lies in connections, if you are angry, and someone paves the way for you, it is not difficult to rise step by step.

If ordinary people take the first step in the scientific examination, everyone's children will take the lead and do more than half of the way.

Comparatively speaking, serving in the army is not a good place for the sons and daughters of rich and noble families, but compared to fooling around all day long without learning and unskilled in the royal capital, the people in their family think that it is really good to go to the army to experience and earn some military merits by the way.

There are people in the court, who hold some military power in their hands, and undoubtedly add a layer of copper and iron walls to the illustrious lintel.

"Xu Zhongshou, Xue Youqing, and Jiang Wall were all kicked into the barracks by their families, and Xu Zhongshou was the best to get a captain." Yunqi said lazily: "A few years after the fall of the previous dynasty, there are still sporadic remnants of the former dynasty active everywhere, and then they gradually died down, and the Daning Dynasty has not started a war for a long time, where are there military merits for them." ”

Speaking of this, he snorted: "Exhausting the sea to make trouble, no, the opportunity has come." ”

Lu Anran followed the train of thought and said, "So the three of them went to the Exhausted Sea at the beginning? ”

Yunqi threw the dessert back on the plate in his hand, patted off the pastry crumbs, and said: "Yes, originally we only stared at the deceased to check, and didn't think of this layer, before I came, I let Guanyue run, and it turned out that ......" The black eyes flashed slightly, and the bottom of the eyes hid a little sharp, "I guessed right." ”

Lu Anran exhaled, "Since the prince knows in his heart, the next step should have been deployed in advance." ”

This case is too treacherous, and it always makes people feel uneasy, but now that there are clues, Yunqi is sitting here idly and doesn't see any movement.

The old god of Yunqi is saying: "Don't worry, the only one who has been to the Exhausted Sea in the royal capital is Du Wenzhi, as long as the murderer appears nearby, he will be captured with one blow." ”

Lu Anran reminded: "There is also the Gu Mansion." ”

Yun Qi smiled: "Qi Shang sent someone to guard it." ”

Lu Anran bowed his head: "Although Captain Qi is young, he does things safely. ”

He also said: "It is said that Xu Zhongshou and Qi Shang are both lieutenants, and everyone in Wang Ducheng praises Qi Shang, but Xu Zhongshou's name is rarely mentioned. ”

Yun Qi waved his fan and shook it gently, and said leisurely: "The first martial champion of the Daning Dynasty naturally crushed a group of rabble. ”

Lu Anran rarely heard Yunqi praise a person like this, obviously he called someone a 'butcher' a while ago, this would be a change.

Xu saw through Lu Anran's thoughts, and Yun Qi smiled: "How can you say that Qi Duwei is now his own people." ”

Qi Shang, who was told by Yunqi to be 'his own person', appeared in Jiqingfang the next moment, which surprised Lu Anran and Yunqi.

Qi Duwei has always been upright and dignified, but at this moment, his face was dark, and his burly and tall body stood in the courtyard, like an iron tower, and said in a calm voice: "Something happened to the Gu Mansion." ”

Yunqi sat down and looked up: "Didn't you send someone to watch?" ”

Qi Shang took out a letter from his chest and handed it over.

Yunqi only glanced at the envelope, and raised his eyebrows high, "Three horizontal and nine vertical." ”

Three horizontal and nine vertical is the order of the army, which means urgency and quick return.

"I went out of town as soon as I received the letter, and I felt wrong halfway through, and when I asked the messenger again, he said that it was a fresh face who sent the letter." Qi Shang clenched his fists, and there was a little annoyance in his eyes, "When I go back to the Gu Mansion, that person pretended to be my cronies and rushed into the main house of Rong'an County and kidnapped her." ”

Lu Anran was taken aback, and Yun Qi also reined in his carelessness, "Lord Rong'an? ”

Qi Shang said with a cold face: "He wore armor, tied the county lord of Rong'an in front of him with a rope, and tied the county lord's maid behind his back. ”

In this way, the archers are helpless.

"Still in the Gu Mansion?"

"He asked for a carriage and went in the direction of the city gate, and I sent someone to follow him and inform you." Qi Shang hurriedly said, turned around and jumped on the horse's back, the horse's hooves shook, and he ran out a few feet away.

Almost as soon as Qi Shang left, Guanyue landed.

"Shizi, the suspect broke down the door and left, and went to the general's grave."

Yun Qi thought of the spirit card that had been splashed with paint, and a strange thought flashed through his mind, "He won't blow up the grave, will he?" ”

Guanyue twitched, "Otherwise, the neighborhood will be cordoned off." ”

"Blow it up and fill it in, is it possible that the dead can still cheat the corpse?" Yun Qi waved his hand, "It is imperative to save the county lord of Rong'an first." ”

Mo Yan drove out the carriage that Lu Anran usually cared in, Yun Qi stepped forward, his sleeves were grabbed by Lu Anran's two fingers, and he turned around: "Huh? ”

Lu Anran raised his head slightly, his dark eyes were clear, and the light and shadow were scorching, "I'll go too." ”

Yunqi stared for a moment, looked back into the carriage, and said, "Come up." ”

As soon as he sat down, Yun Qi suddenly chuckled: "You are going, just in response to the rumors outside." ”

Yu Yunqi had a romantic affair, on the contrary, Yu Lu said that it was somewhat detrimental to his reputation.

Yunqi asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Lu Anran's eyebrows were calm, and he said: "Reputation is unhearable, and right and wrong are self-distinguishing." ”

"There is also a saying, 'Pengsheng is in the middle of the hemp, and it is not straightened.' The white sand is in Nirvana, and it is black with it'. Yunqi smiled slightly, and the eyes that looked at her suddenly deepened, and there was a ghostly light in his eyes.

Lu Anran met his eyes unexpectedly, and it was a good mistake, and his eyes fell into his eyes, causing a palpitation.