Lu Wenjing and housekeeper Liu Si went down to the second floor of Mingchun Building, but they didn't see Yang Shen's shadow, so they found a place near the window and sat down.

Coincidentally, through the window, I saw Jiao Huangzhong and a group of Hanlin officials laughing out of the teahouse and going all the way to the west.

After Liu Si called the teaman and ordered the tea, he looked a little disdainful and said:

"Young master, the person surnamed Jiao must have gone to eat flower wine, there are many private music shops nearby, all of which are good places for officials and lords to have fun."

Lu Wenjing asked:

"Eat flower wine? Doesn't the Da Ming Law restrict the entry and exit of officials to that kind of place? ”

"Of course the Qinglou and the Teaching Workshop Division can't, but the Cola Fang is different, on the surface, it is a singing and dancing place, and it is just making a living, as long as it has a relationship with the government, it will not find out about them..."

"I see, to put it bluntly, it's selling dog meat with a sheep's head."

"What the young master said is extremely true." Liu Si nodded, "As long as the officials and gentlemen who go to enjoy themselves don't stay there overnight, they won't be able to get any tricks." ”

Lu Wenjing shook his head with a smile:

"It's true that there are policies and countermeasures, but it just proves that there are indeed loopholes in the Daming Law."

Hearing this, Liu Si's face turned green.

"The Da Ming Law is a national law that Taizu personally participated in revising, and the young master should not discuss it at will, be careful to set it on fire..."

"Well, let's not talk about state affairs." Lu Wenjing looked around and breathed a sigh of relief, "Anyway, that Yang Dacai can be regarded as leaving, young master, I can even breathe a lot easier." ”

"Yang Juren is very famous in Beijing, why doesn't the young master get acquainted with him?"

"It is precisely because of his fame that he should not accept his solicitation. At present, the situation is unpredictable, the Lu family has no backer, and they hold several lifelines of wealth in the Ming Dynasty, and committing to either party will be a catastrophe. ”

Liu Si listened to it and felt that what the young master said seemed to be very reasonable, but he couldn't say what the truth was, so he could only nod his head and say yes.

Actually, the reason is very simple.

The current situation of the Lu family is like raising a cow with a lot of milk, which used to produce milk and share it with everyone, but now there are a few bullies who want to snatch the cow away and enjoy the milk source exclusively.

Fortunately, these bullies don't deal with each other, there are irreconcilable contradictions between them, and they don't know how to raise this cow, so they all think of persuading the Lu family to "cooperate" together.

As long as the Lu family chooses one of the bullies as the object of cooperation, then the other bullies will definitely hold a grudge and find an opportunity to retaliate.

At the moment of life and death, the bullies attached to the Lu family will definitely not break their bones for him, because the relationship between the two is only for monetary interests.

Then, the fate of the Lu family is likely to be beaten to death by other bullies, and then, the cows have changed breeders, and they should still eat grass and grass, produce milk and milk, and the rest is a new round of milk source competition between bullies.

Therefore, in Lu Wenjing's view, the last thing the Lu family should do at present is to take refuge in any bully and incur unnecessary hatred.

The best solution is to wait and see what happens, wait for the dust to settle, and choose the general trend and sell.

At this time, the teaman happened to come to serve tea, and Liu Si poured a full teacup for the young master, and said with admiration:

"The old slave has followed the master for more than 20 years, and he thinks he has some knowledge, but now it seems that he is less than one ten-thousandth of the young master..."

"Uncle Liu, don't compliment me, in fact, what I admire the most is a hidden martial arts master like Uncle Liu."

Liu Si shook his head with a smile, "What kind of martial arts master, the old slave was cornered by the enemy back then, and it was thanks to the old man who came forward to take him in that he escaped a difficulty." What if you have kung fu on your body, there are people in this world, and you can kill us by saying a word. ”

Lu Wenjing heard some interest and asked:

"That's... Who was the person who wanted Uncle Liu's life at the beginning? ”

“... It's all old and not worth mentioning. Liu Si took a sip of tea, seemingly reluctant to mention the past.

"Let me guess, Uncle Liu was a hero of the green forest back then, and the person who could give orders and let all kinds of enemies encircle and suppress Uncle Liu must be from the government, right?"

Liu Si's eyes widened slightly, "The young master is really smart... The person who posted the killing order back then was the Jinyi Wei Yamen, and the person who pursued me was called Zhang Ming, who was the boss of the 13th Taibao at that time, and now he has already been promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, under Lord Qian Ningqian. ”

"Can alarm Jinyiwei, Uncle Liu's previous case is not small!" Lu Wenjing was a little surprised.

Liu Si's eyes moved slightly, as if he was a little proud:

"At that time, the governor of Bazhou was a big corrupt official, not only bullying men and women, but also disregarding people's lives, robbing thousands of acres of fertile land from farmers, the people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, the old slave drank too much wine that day, gambled with his brothers, and vowed to cut off the head of the dog official, avenging the victimized villagers, who knew that after the wine woke up, the head of the corrupt official fell at the feet of the old slave, only to know that he had made a big mistake..."

"The murder of the magistrate of the imperial court is not a small crime, no wonder it will alarm the Jinyi Guard." Lu Wenjing said suddenly, and had some questions, "Then how did Uncle Liu escape from Jinyiwei's pursuit, and how could Daddy take you in?" The strangest thing is that for such a big crime, why was Uncle Liu not held accountable by the imperial court? ”

Liu Si replied:

"It's a long story, when the old slave was hunted down by Zhang Ming Zhang, all the enemies took the opportunity to make trouble, almost desperate, the old man saw that I was a man, and hid me at home for refuge, but they still found out. However, it is also considered that the old slave has a big life, and it happened that Emperor Chenghua died, and the amnesty was granted to the world, and Lord Zhang only interrogated me for three days and then released, in order to repay the master's life-saving grace, the old slave entered the Lu Mansion as a subordinate. ”

"It turned out that he encountered an amnesty, and Uncle Liu was really lucky."

"Not long after, Lord Zhang reported the case, and the three law divisions ruled that the governor of Bazhou was to blame, and the old slave was exempted from accountability."

Lu Wenjing's predecessor had never asked about these old things, and he didn't bother to ask, so he didn't know about it.

I thought that the good-looking father was a businessman who was greedy for life and afraid of death, but now it seems that he is a little chivalrous, and that Master Zhang seems to be a capable official who knows how to be flexible...

Lu Wenjing was secretly sighing, and suddenly someone behind him said coldly:

"Brother Huaizhen, I just went downstairs by myself, I really had to do it, please forgive me..."

Seeing the man, Liu Si stood up with interest and stood on one side.

Lu Wenjing sighed lightly, and said secretly, sure enough, your dog skin plaster hasn't gone yet...

He also got up and turned around:

"Brother Repair, please sit down."

"Haha, okay."

Yang Shen was not polite at all, and paced to the opposite side and sat down.

"Don't hide it from my true brother, I really can't talk to that Jiao Bianxiu in the next place, and my father and Jiao Ge Lao also have political disagreements, and the two of us are just general friends..."

"Sounds like there seems to be some gap between Brother Sister and Master Jiao?" Lu Wenjing asked knowingly.

Yang Shen said:

"Isn't Brother Huaizhen the same as Yang?"

The two looked at each other, then burst out laughing.

"I really have a relationship with Brother Huaizhen, why don't you think about Yang's previous proposal?"

Yang Shen's calculation was nothing more than to pull Lu Wenjing into the Lize Society, and then use the Lu family's connections and financial resources to secretly expand the influence of the Poetry Society among the people, and then invisibly hinder the power of the nine-thousand-year-old eunuchs.

Lu Wenjing didn't want to talk about the Literati Poetry Society, and was about to refuse, when he suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile:

"I can agree to Brother Nun's proposal, but you also have to promise me one condition."