Xuanwu Street, the capital is located near Chaoyang Gate, many mansions on the street here are the residences of the important ministers and nobles of the dynasty, the largest one is called Lu Mansion, the previous name is Hengguo Mansion, it is in the rebellion of Wen Huan, was destroyed by Emperor Jing, and now the owner is the great long Shi Lu Shen.

Lu Shen served His Majesty for thirty-five years, from the eunuch who was His Majesty's personal eunuch when he was a child, to the head of the palace, and then to follow His Majesty to quell the rebellion of the Wen family of the Duke of Chu and help His Majesty ascend to the throne, which can be described as loyal.

Lu Shen served as the chief historian for twenty-three years, and Emperor Jing gave this mansion to Lu Shen, who was low-key, and rebuilt the front door of the Guogong Mansion with a three-grade Beijing official face that matched his rank, but outsiders still called this place Lu Xiangfu, all because Lu Shen was known as the inner minister.

Today is the day of double happiness in Lu Mansion, Lu Shen was young and poor, in order to support his widowed mother and younger brother, he entered the palace at the age of 14 and became a eunuch, who knew that there was no money in the palace, and later he was assigned to the five princes who were not favored at that time, that is, Xiao Jingyuan, who was later Emperor Jingyuan, happened to be the same age as Emperor Jing, and accompanied the two people all the year round to be called master and servant, in fact, there is brotherly righteousness.

After Emperor Jing ascended the throne, Lu Shen not only became a great historian, but also the governor of His Majesty's secret guard Black Dragon Guard, but very few people knew this identity.

When His Majesty had not yet left the palace, the day was uncertain, and Lu Shen could only secretly help his widowed mother and younger brother, for fear of affecting them; After His Majesty ascended the throne, he reused Lu Shen and gave him a mansion, so that Lu Shen dared to bring his widowed mother and younger brother to the eastern capital to enjoy happiness.

In addition to being on duty, Lu Shen must accompany his widowed mother as soon as he has time, educate his younger brother, and later start a family for his younger brother.

Lu Shen's younger brother Lu Da had no talent, so he made up a five-grade Guanglu doctor, and Lu Shen's two nephews were quite competitive, and they were both admitted to Guozijian to study; The eldest nephew Lu Xuwen is now by His Majesty's grace to make up for the post of the right young secretary of the Hongxu Temple, and since then the Lu family is no longer a broken door, but also a serious scholarly family, plus Lu Xuwen has given birth to Lin'er, just full moon, so Lu Shen held a banquet, and sent people to the Chinese Wudu to participate, even if the heads of the eight families like Wang Xie Cuifei and He Wu Lu Chen may not be there in person, they also arranged for representatives to come and send generous gifts, the reason is very simple, this majesty has personally given gifts, and sealed the newborn child a seven-rank commander of Chengyi Lang, which is really a holy favor.

Therefore, this auspicious street, the street is full of ribbons, and the guests in the house who greet the guests are lined up at the street entrance, and the people who give gifts from all walks of life at the entrance of the Lu Mansion are endless, and the sound of roll call is endless.

Lu Mansion opened the middle door to welcome guests, Lu Shen brothers and two nephews were personally welcoming guests, except for the honorable and noble Beijing officials above the third grade, other guests all entered from the side door, and they should not be greeted by each other.

With such pomp, even Xie Xiang and Chen Guogong didn't dare to put it out, but this Lu Shen was not afraid, and he was worthy of holy grace, but the main thing was that he understood that the more greedy he was, the more assured His Majesty was about himself, and nine out of ten of the things he received were finally transferred to His Majesty's inner curry.

The carriage and horse that Ye Luohe was sitting on was the carriage of the Wupin Jingguan, so as soon as he entered the street, he was stopped by the doorman: "This lord, please get off the horse first and show the invitation, the villain will arrange for someone to welcome the adult in, and the carriage can be taken care of by the Lu Mansion." ”

Ye Luohe has always disliked to bring his entourage, and what he followed was a horseman, in fact, His Majesty made him the crown prince and young master and the prime minister of King Yong, and he was already an official position of the second rank, but because he was about to follow the Seventh Highness to the Wei State, there was no need to prepare the car of the second rank official, so it was no wonder that the doorman was clumsy and did not recognize it.

Ye Luohe's coachman was going to argue a few words: "Hey, what kind of eyes do you have, this is our Ye ....."

Ye Luohe stopped repeatedly: "That's it, Ye Kai, you go and stop the carriage, master, I'll take a few steps." ”

The coachman nodded yes, and drove the carriage to the park.

Ye Luohe got out of the carriage and handed the post to the doorman casually.

"I'm tired."

The doorman opened it and looked at it, and said in shock: "Young Master Ye, it's a villain's clumsiness, I hope the adults will forgive me, please come with the villain." ”

The doorman hurriedly called the carriage and wanted the carriage to pull the leaf down the river to the main gate.

Ye Luohe smiled and waved his hand; "It's okay, you don't have to bother so much, you guys are busy yourself, and the official can take two steps by himself."

After speaking, without waiting for the doorman to react, he walked inside, and several doormen glanced at each other, for fear of being sluggish, so they had to follow from afar, for fear that Lord Ye would be really angry.

Ye Luohe didn't care in his heart, he was just interested in this Lu Shen Mansion and wanted to see the environment for himself.

Many of the officials, nobles and some scribes who came to give gifts around knew Ye Luohe, so they stepped forward to greet them one by one.

"Master Ye, no, no, no, the lower official is wrong, Young Master Ye! The lower officials are polite. ”

"You're welcome!" Ye Luohe returned the salute

"Congratulations to Young Master Ye for his ascension!"

"There, there."

"Young Master Ye is famous all over the world, but this time we have to accompany the Seventh Highness to the Wei Kingdom, so it will be difficult for us to drink and chant poetry with Young Master Ye."

Ye Luohe nodded: "State affairs are important." ”

After dealing with it all the way, I can also see Ye Luohe's reputation in the officialdom of Jiandu, which can be described as a representative of Qingliu, and there is a circle of compliments around him.

Lu Shen was standing at the door to greet the guests, except for the three princes and nine princes in the court, and several princes, he also bowed his hands to the others, but seeing Ye Luohe slowly coming from a distance, Lu Shen hurriedly greeted him, and Lu Da and his two sons saw that Lu Shen valued the visitors so much, and they also hurriedly greeted them.

"Young Master Ye, how are you walking, this is going to be seen, isn't it laughing at the old man's etiquette." Lu Shen hurriedly made amends.

Ye Luohe saw that Lu Shen came to greet him in person, and he was also very polite: "Lu Changshi is polite, I just took the liberty to ask for a glass of wine, and today I should congratulate you with double happiness." ”

Lu Shen turned around and introduced: "This is Ling Brother Lu Da, the word Zhongyi, this is my two nephews, Lu Xuwen and Lu Xuwu, both studying in Guozijian, Xuwen has just been awarded the right Shaoqing of Honglu Temple by His Majesty's decree, and Xuwu has been awarded a doctor by His Majesty's decree. ”

Lu Shen introduced Ye Luohe again: "Xuwen, Xuwu, this is the university scholar of Daliang that my uncle often talks about, Ye Luohe, Mr. Ye Zhiqiu, is also the young master of the crown prince of the dynasty, Ye Shaofu is a literary master, not only taught the princes in the palace before, but also lectured in the Guozijian, you have to ask Ye Shaofu for advice." ”

Lu Xuwen entered the Guozijian relatively early, so he had listened to Ye Luohe's lecture in the Guozijian, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute the disciple: "Master Ye, the disciple once lectured on the modern interpretation of the I Ching with Mr. Guozijian, and he was deeply inspired, please bow to the disciple." ”

Although Lu Xuwu entered the country late and did not listen to Ye Luohe's lectures, he also read Mr. Ye's "Shangshu Xinyi" and "Spring and Autumn Commentary" and other books, so he also followed his brother to worship as a disciple: "Master Ye, the disciple is familiar with Mr. Ye's works "Shangshu Xinyi" and "Spring and Autumn Commentary", which are quite helpful to learning, please accept the disciple's worship." ”

Ye Luohe helped up the two juniors of the Lu family, looking at it and thinking it was good, it was indeed knowledgeable, it seemed that Lu Shen did not put much effort into teaching.

Lu Shen saw that Ye Luohe admired his two nephews, and suddenly thought: "Young Master Ye, please move to the study for a while." ”

He turned back to Lu Da and said, "Second brother, you are here to welcome guests, and you have a few words for Brother Ye and Young Master Ye." ”

Lu Shen stretched out his hand and asked, "Young Master Ye, please." ”

Ye Luohe Ye said: "Da Changshi, please." ”

The two entered the mansion side by side, followed by Lu Xuwen and Lu Xuwu.

Lu Da was a little stupid, and he didn't know why Lu Shen was so humiliated and handed over to this young master who was about to leave Beijing and exile Wei, although he was quite famous, but what good did it do to the Lu family?

Only Lu Xuwen seemed to understand the reason of his uncle's arrangement in his heart, and along the way, he thought in his heart: "The reason why the Lu family is prosperous is that my uncle is His Majesty's henchman and former minister. If the Lu family wants to keep it in the future and gradually grow into a real family, they must keep betting, and it seems that the uncle has already bet, and it is still a heavy bet. ”

He pulled his younger brother and hurriedly followed his uncle, his heart was turbulent.

When it came to calligraphy, Lu Shen ordered someone to serve tea, and the two nephews sat on the side, Lu Shen said solemnly: "Young Master Ye, my two nephews are dedicated to learning, and they only want to serve Your Majesty in the future, Young Master Ye is about to leave the court, I have a reluctant request, and I hope that Young Master Ye can agree." ”

Ye Luohe: "Lu Changshi, please speak." ”

Lu Shen said solemnly: "If I let my two nephews worship under Young Master Ye's disciples, all of them will be a disciple, although they may not be able to teach by Young Master's side every day in the future, but they will definitely maintain Young Master Ye's knowledge wholeheartedly, and will never disgrace Young Master Ye's reputation." ”

After Lu Shen finished speaking, he didn't wait for Ye Luohe to agree, and called out repeatedly: "Xuwen, Xuwu, hurry up and salute Young Master Ye." ”

Xuwen and Xuwu walked to the foot of Ye Luohe and bowed, and kowtowed three times in a row, Ye Luohe stopped him, and Lu Shen finally showed a satisfied smile.

After Xuwen and Xuwu worshipped, Ye Luohe smiled and helped him up: "This official is about to send an envoy to the Wei State, I am afraid that he will not be able to return, it is inconvenient to teach the two virtuous nephews, if you are a formal disciple, it will be a mistake, but both of them are my Liang talents, why not be a registered disciple, some manuscripts before I leave Beijing are inconvenient to take away, I can arrange for someone to send them to you to study, if you can gain in the future, it will not be in vain your uncle's good intentions."

"Thank Master for giving me the book, and the disciples will definitely study it carefully, organize it into a book, and pass on the master's way."

Xuwen and Xuwu happily agreed, and Ye Luohe nodded with a smile, quite satisfied with the performance of the two sons.

Lu Shen stepped forward and said: "Young Master Ye, Lu Shen is half-crippled, the two children can get the help of Young Master Ye, no matter what achievements they have in the future, they will glorify Yemen and never betray their master for the rest of their lives." ”

Ye Luohe nodded.

Xuwen and Xuwu said loudly: "Nephew, remember. ”

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Lu Shen ordered: "You go down to greet the guests, uncle and your master still have a few words to say." ”

"Nephew retires!" The two retreated

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Ye Luohe knew that this Lu Shen had entrusted all his life to His Royal Highness the Seventh, thinking about Lu Shen's identity, he naturally understood that all this was His Majesty's arrangement.

He also thought: In the future, there will be Lu Shen as an internal response in the court, and great things can be expected, you need to know that this Lu Shen is good at planning, Wen Heng rebelled that year, the prince was killed, and the first emperor was trapped; The princes did not dare to send troops, only he said to His Majesty today: "Your Highness is raising troops at this moment, Your Highness's uncle Min Guogong will definitely send troops to help, His Royal Highness still has Xie Xun and Cui Yan to rely on in Beijing, Wen Heng may not dare to attack them even if he masters the capital, as long as His Royal Highness raises troops, the two families must do internal response, then Wen Heng can be peaceful, and His Royal Highness will definitely be able to determine the world in one fell swoop." ”

His Majesty listened to Lu Shen's advice, and sure enough, he put down the rebellion of Wen Heng and ascended the throne as emperor.

"Steward Lu!"

Lu Shen called, and the housekeeper of Lu Mansion entered the door

"No one is allowed to go a hundred steps close to the study!"

The butler answered, exited the study, and led the door

Only then did Lu Shen get up and apologize to Ye Luohe: "Young Master Ye later, Your Majesty has a secret decree for our family to convey." ”

Lu Shen took out a wooden box from the secret compartment of the study, opened the wooden box, and took out a holy decree

Turning around, he said with a serious expression: "Under the holy decree, the crown prince and young Fu Yongwang Xiangye Luohe listened to the decree. ”

Ye Luohe knelt down and listened to the order: "Minister, Weichen respectfully listens to the holy oracle." ”

Lu Shen said: "The emperor announced that the well-being of the society, inheriting the heavens and starting the fortune, and controlling the four seas, is now entrusted by the will, if I am a great trip, with Shangshu Ling Xie Xun, Zhongshu Ling Cui Yan, Chen Guogong Chen Qing, Min Guogong He Zongquan, and the crown prince and young Fu Yongwang Xiangye Luohe as auxiliary ministers, and Xiao Siyu, the seventh son of the emperor, entered Fengzong Ao, and succeeded to the emperor's throne. ”

What Lu Shen is holding in his hand at the moment is actually His Majesty's edict of succession!

Ye Luohe only felt that the holy decree weighed a thousand pounds, and at this moment he finally understood why Lu Shen would make such a risky move, it turned out that His Majesty had already turned over the hole cards to them.

Ye Luohe replied: "The minister's decree will be exhausted to assist King Yong." ”

Lu Shen handed over the holy decree to Ye Luohe's hand, and said: "Young Master Ye, there are two copies of this secret edict, and one copy is in the hands of the Duke of Min, Your Majesty has an edict, and the purpose of going to Wei is to protect King Yong and avoid the hidden arrows in the court; If there is any change in his court, please ask Young Master Ye to protect King Yong's safe return to the court; Min Guogong, Chen Guogong, Cui Xiang, and Xie Xiang will definitely respond to the plan. ”

After speaking, Lu Shen took out a black dragon pattern token from his arms and handed it to Ye Luohe: "Young Master Ye, this is the Black Dragon Order, from today onwards, all the Black Dragon Secret Guards in the Wei Kingdom are at your disposal, everything is just to protect the safety of King Yong, when the time is ripe, take King Yong back to China, and someone will naturally come to meet you when you arrive in the Eastern Capital." In response to the code, I will arrange for the flying pigeon to pass the book, which will change every three days, just in case. ”

Ye Luohe, collected the token, and bowed his hand to Lu Shen: "Weichen will protect King Yong with his life, and he will do his best to plan for King Yong." ”

Lu Shen laughed: "Okay, our family's words are finished, Brother Ye, let's take the table." ”

Although Ye Luohe already knew that His Majesty would make this arrangement, but at this moment, with the secret edict and the black dragon order, he still couldn't help but be terrified, so he left early, and Lu Shen knew it and didn't save it.