In the first year of Shaosheng, most of the Jinshi of the Jiaxu Branch had already arranged official positions.

Of course, real shortages are not so easy to obtain. Chen Kuang was able to obtain the official position of the county order after being promoted to the jinshi, which shows two problems, one is that he has a backer; Second, I did well in the exam.

But this only shows that he did well in the exam, and Chen Kuang, who was born in the second class of Jinshi, still can't be compared with Li Kui of Jinshi and No. 1. In fact, the students who can enter the palace examination and obtain the Jinshi background are basically the same in talent, and it is more luck that affects the ranking. If the Jinshi is the lucky one in the imperial examination, then the Jinshi and the first are definitely the existence of the ancestral tomb smoking, luck, strength, and timing are accurate, so that it is possible to get the top three results.

Champion Ma Yu is so.

The list is gradually like this.

The same is true for Tanhua Li Kui.

But unlike Ma Yu and Bi Yan, the first two were touting the change of law and making Longxin happy, so they won the top three rankings, but Li Kui was completely different, he won the top three rankings in the palace test because he died. Although he is the third Tanhualang, he is not worse than the first two people, but he is even more famous in Shaosheng Jiaxuke.

"Genius!" The moment Chen Kuang saw Li Kui, he was indeed very surprised, in his impression, Li Kui was tall and had a deep complexion, but he was definitely not dirty. But today's Li Kui is not so ragged, but his body is stained and quite embarrassed. From the steady little Li Tanhua in his memory to the miserable appearance of the bear child after rolling in the mud, I have to say that Li Kui's glorious image quickly collapsed in Chen Kuang's memory: "Renjie! But on the way, he was plotted by thieves? ”

But Chen Kuang thought about it and felt that it was impossible, Li Kui was conspired by a thief? Do robbers dare to rob more than a thousand forbidden troops? I'm afraid I don't have the guts.

Li Kui looked at the person in front of him a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was, but when the other party opened his mouth, he said his own words, which should be an old friend of acquaintance: "You are?" ”

"Chen Kuang, Chen Qianfu."

"Jiangning Chen Kuang?" When he met someone he knew himself, Li Kui could only pull the relationship between each other in his mind.

"Renjie, we met several times in Kaifeng but didn't have a chance to talk, I didn't expect Renjie to be a person with a heart, can you still remember me?"

"Shame, shame! The younger brother came to the northwest to take office, and came with the forbidden army, and there was no post station on the halfway, and he slept in the open air, and he was embarrassed. Li Kui said helplessly.

Chen Kuang came up to greet enthusiastically, but when he saw Li Kui's blank eyes, he sighed in his heart, this is the difference between ordinary celebrities and super celebrities!

Of course, Chen Kuang will not be careful to hold grudges.

After all, Li Kui's success can't be replicated, and Ma Yu and Bi gradually boasted about changing the law in the palace examination, which is already like gambling for the scholars who participated in the palace examination. Not to mention Li Kui, I can't wait to write something on the paper of the palace exam in a few big characters - the Great Song Dynasty is going to end!

Let's ask, how many students in the world can use a test paper to alarm all the important ministers in the court?

That is, Li Kui has the guts.

This is also why Chen Kuang still remembers Li Kui, but Li Kui is at most able to call Chen Kuang's name.

Climbing friendship, first of all, is about the order of the young and the old, whether it is a world friend. It's just that this kind of relationship is generally recognized, and there is no need to cling; The second is to discuss the resume, whether it is the same school of the same college, and whether the imperial examination is the same competition; The most important thing is the friendship of fellow villagers. The friendship between Chen Kuang and Li Kui belongs to a further one, and it can become ferromagnetic, and taking a step back is a nodding relationship.

Of course, the relationship with the Jinshi in the same field will tie them together many times.

Li Kui naturally couldn't snub Chen Kuang, Chen Kuang would also think about Li Kui, and pulled Li Kui in a low voice and said: "Renjie, my Lantian subordinate has no eyes and bumpers into the virtuous brother, but after all, it is my subordinate, do you want to give my brother a thin face, wait and deal with it first?" ”

With the Kejinshi, it only takes a few words to win over the relationship, but as soon as he comes up, he makes a request, which makes Li Kui a little strange about Lu Ping's identity, and thinks about it: "Does this thief have a background?" ”

Chen Kuang smiled bitterly: "Renjie, this is Lantian, where the Lantian Lu clan is located, and this county order for my brother is just a passerby." ”

"Brother Qianfu is saying that this person is the servant of the old Lu Xianggong? No wonder I was so bold and reckless that I dared to tear up my official identity documents in front of someone, so bold. Although Li Kui's tone was not good, he seemed to be very happy when he looked at his face. This made Chen Kuang very incomprehensible, was it because he saw himself? He didn't dare to think about it, he and Li Kui were not close friends, but there was a relationship with the Jinshi, and he was not a passerby. Li Kui is not aimed at himself, which is already great news for Chen Kuang.

Even Chen Kuang felt that Lu Ping was too reckless, and with Lu Ping's behavior, Li Kui had every reason to rush to Lu's house to find Lu Dafang to theorize, and such a felony as destroying official documents was not a crime that a small county horse army could afford.

Even if he is guilty, Lu Ping's guilt should be borne by Chen Kuang. Even if he was escorted to the capital, Li Kui could not be lynched.

On the one hand, Chen Kuang is for himself, if Lu Ping is really killed, he will not be able to do both. In officialdom, there must be a rift with the Lu family; In addition, if Li Kuizhen kills someone, I am afraid that he will also be implicated. He wanted Li Kui to let Lu Ping go, and more hoped that Lu Ping could leave a confession, and then everyone would be okay with their faces.

Of course, Chen Kuang doesn't care about the life or death of a small official, Li Kui has reason to be angry, but maybe for the sake of Lu's face, he will be more sensible.

What surprised Chen Kuang was that Li Kui seemed to suddenly change the topic: "Brother Qianfu, you came just in time, you just hunted a yellow sheep in the morning, and it is being slaughtered at this time, so let's talk while eating." In addition, the younger brother came with the prison army Hao Sui, he took the first step, I don't know if Hao Sui is in Lantian or Jingzhao Mansion now? ”

"It's in the city!"

Chen Kuang guessed that Li Kui was reluctant to spit out, perhaps hoping that the Lu family would intercede. As for him, I'm afraid he doesn't have this face in front of Li Kui.

After all, Lu Ping's death this time makes people speechless, what to do is not good, he has to tear up the official documents of civil officials, this is a situation that never stops. For the sake of the face of the fellow Jinshi, Li Kuicai did not make any trouble, and Chen Kuang no longer talked much. He also knew that Li Kui's official identity documents were not simple, and before he sent the official, Li Kui had already been awarded the official position of the Direct Secret Pavilion.

Although the Straight Secret Pavilion is a close official, it is extremely noble, this is an official position that walks beside the emperor, and it is humble but not necessarily unimportant. Although it is not as formal as the living room, the status is about the same.

And the official position of the living lang, which is generally the best among the jinshi, will not be appointed until three or five years later.

It can be seen that Li Kui is already the leader of Shaosheng Jiaxuke.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

I have to say that among the labor supplies brought by Chen Kuang, the wine is not very good, and the wine in the northwest is turbid, like the water of the Wei River, with traces of wind and sand. It is stronger than the wine of the Central Plains, just like a man in the Northwest, with a bold personality.

"My lord, Grandpa Hao is here!"

"Brother Qianfu, you and I will go out to greet you?"

"That's what I mean!"

Chen Kuang happily got up and accompanied Li Kui to greet Hao Sui. After all, he is the head of the prison army in the northwest, and he must give the face he deserves. Even if Chen Kuang scolded Hao Sui in his heart not long ago: dead eunuch. At this moment, with a smile on his face that seemed to be true and difficult to distinguish between true and false, he came out of the tent to greet Hao Sui.

To Chen Kuang's surprise, Hao Sui seemed to be unusually enthusiastic about Li Kui, but what made him even more confused was that Hao Sui seemed to be afraid of Li Kui.

This can't be said, the cronies around the dignified emperor, in the northwest, Hao Sui's identity is Qincha, an official who stands at the decision-making level in the entire northwest. Although he is a eunuch, he can't look down on Hao Sui because of some flaws. On the contrary, it was Hao Sui, but he looked preoccupied. This made Chen Kuang puzzled.

What surprised him even more was that Li Kui, who was the most proud of the officialdom of Shaosheng Jiaxuke, was even degraded.

"Renjie, how could you?"

When people are unlucky, true friends can become enemies, let alone Chen Kuang, an ordinary fellow scholar? But Chen Kuang was only surprised, although Li Kui's official rank was not much higher than him, but the officials in the imperial city and the officials sitting outside the imperial city were two worlds, not to mention that Li Kui was demoted from the Kaifeng Imperial City to Yangquan County in the northwest as a county lieutenant?

According to Chen Kuang's original guess, Li Kui should be promoted, and coming to the northwest is at least a general official position.

If you really want to talk about it, the official position from the sixth grade is not as prominent as that of the Zhiji Pavilion. Even if the official rank is much higher, it is completely two levels of officialdom. The former is in a state of confusion in the place, and the latter walks in the imperial city in the Imperial City, such as the Metropolitan Hall, the Privy Council, and other first-class yamen of the Great Song Dynasty, which is incomparable.

After Li Kui greeted Hao Sui and sat down, he shouted: "Father-in-law Hao, my official documents have been torn, and I have to go back to Beijing." ”

"No, Li Kui, don't harm our family, okay, wait in Lantian County, let the eight hundred miles of fast horses go directly to the capital to re-issue a copy for you?" As soon as Hao Sui picked up the wooden chopstick, he was so frightened by Li Kui that he fell to the ground. Although he said that he came to the northwest to be a prisoner, before taking office, he still had a task to escort Li Kui to take office.

Where will Li Kui let Hao Sui get his wish?

He originally thought that he would come to the northwest to be the general judge, but he didn't pick it, and Gyeongju and Yan'an Mansion were all completed. But in a blink of an eye, the general sentence was gone, but he became a county lieutenant? Why should everyone else take advantage of it, and he alone is injured?

How unfair is it?

This breath, Li Kui can't bear it!

On the contrary, Chen Kuang looked very curious, and he found that Li Kui and Hao Sui had a story that they had to tell. It seems that Hao Sui, a popular man in front of the emperor, begged Li Kui everywhere, but Li Kui was obviously a degraded official from Jiupin, and Hao Sui's identity was one of the best in the northwest. This made his heart itch, and he was very curious, who did Li Kui offend and cause such a lawsuit?

How did Chen Kuang know that Hao Sui was used to being bullied by Li Kui, and he had been bullied since the first day he saw Li Kui.

Now, although Li Kui has given Hao Sui enough respect on weekdays, he will not take Hao Sui's feelings into account at all at critical times. Especially, this time he has a big reason.

Hao Sui almost hugged Li Kui's thigh to prevent him from leaving, and at this time, the Lu family asked to see him.

Li Kui was angry, turned his head and glared: "No! ”

Chen Kuang was a peacemaker, and hurriedly stood up and pleaded with Li Kui: "Renjie, don't be impatient, let Brother Wei ask about the situation?" ”

Li Kui didn't say anything, but he still nodded, and he had to give some of the affection with the Kejinshi.

Soon, Chen Kuang hurried over, walked up to Li Kui and said softly: "Renjie, Lu Ping is the Lu family after all, it is not good to be killed, the Lu family means that people are taken up first, whether it is killed or sentenced, it will be according to the law." ”

"They even have to protect such goods?" Lu Dafang is not the kind of short-sighted person, as long as Lu Ping's actions are known to Lu Dafang, it is estimated that Lu Dafang is the first person who wants to kill this thing. Suddenly, the Lu family wanted to protect Lu Ping, which still made Li Kui a little puzzled. The gains outweigh the losses, why does Lu Dafang still have to do it, this current situation is not good, he has been degraded many times, and Lu Dafang has shirked it several times on the grounds of ill health.

But if Lu Dafang continues to shirk, I'm afraid the court won't be able to help him.

Chen Kuang smiled bitterly: "Renjie, people are now tied to the city gate, there are many people from the Lu clan in Lantian County, if you break people under their noses, the Lu family will probably be angry." For the sake of the family's face, Lu Ping also has to be protected. ”

Ha ha...... This thing died, Li Kui scolded softly: "Let his family prepare the coffin, this person must die." ”

It is simply impossible for Li Kui to give face to the Lu family. Unless Lu Dafang came in person, Li Kui would consider priorities. Sending a child of the Lu family, Li Kui would not give the Lu family this face at all.

Chen Kuang had no choice but to go out of the camp and tell Lu Jingshan, who was stopped: "Master Lu, Renjie is still angry." ”

Lu Jingshan was angry, and the Lantian Lu family was bullied by a foreigner boy to this extent, and he was also a little angry. Especially with so many clansmen of the Lu family, seeing Lu Ping tied up at the gate of the city and beaten, if he was really beaten to death, it would undoubtedly be a major blow to the Lu family. In particular, Lu Dafang's authority in the family will also be affected.

In Lantian County, inside and outside, except for a few civil officials sent by the imperial court, they are all people who have a relationship with the Lu family.

Although Lu Ping said that he was at fault first, even if he was killed in the cell, the Lu family would admit it, but if he was beaten to death at the city gate, it would be the Lu family's face. Lu Jingshan, who was a descendant of the Lu family, couldn't accept it, and snorted coldly: "What a big official authority? The bully has come to the door of my Lu family, and there is no one in the Lu family who bullied me? ”

Lu Jingshan dropped a seemingly threatening sentence and left, returned home, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and went to reply to his father Lu Dafang.

But as soon as he came to the courtyard where his father lived on his front foot, a forbidden soldier came to the Lu family's compound on his back foot, and left with a word: "Send someone to collect the corpse!" ”

Hearing the news, Lu Jingshan's face turned red, and he stood in place and trembled, but Lu Dafang's loose eyelids opened a slit, his eyes flickered, and he sighed: "What a decisive boy, I'm afraid it's another Duke of Yisuo!" ”

The Duke of Yi is Wen Yanbo's name and an honorific title. This is the old minister of the Four Dynasties of the Great Song Dynasty, and he acts calmly and decisively.

The influence of this person is one of the best in today's court.

Lu Jingshan didn't believe that Li Kui would become a mainstay like Wen Yanbo, and said angrily: "He is also worthy? ”

"Maybe stronger." Lu Dafang smiled coldly: "Duke Yi Su doesn't have Li Kui's boldness. ”