"In all fairness, that girl Gu is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

In the main hall of the Lu Mansion, a pair of young men and women sat opposite each other, and the woman looked at the furnishings in the room with a little curiosity, smiling and sighing.

Lu Shen took a sip of tea, tasting the fragrance of high-quality tea and the meaning of her words.

At the previous glance, he could see that Gu Wan'er's appearance was extremely outstanding, otherwise she would not have been rated as one of the five major Oiran in Beijing.

When she got out of the carriage, the crowd outside was quiet for a moment, and even some young literati showed stupid expressions, which showed that the lethality of this beauty should not be underestimated.

However, beauty is beautiful, Gu Wan'er is a little inferior to Li Bingxue in temperament.

Although they have known each other for a long time, this is the first time that Lu Shen has looked at Li Bingxue's appearance head-on.

As far as the eye could see, I saw her in white clothes, dyed with green silk and ink, looking forward to Shenfei, floating out of the dust.

Unlike Gu Wan'er, who is so beautiful that it is more vague and difficult to describe accurately in words, Li Bingxue shows a unique and clear cold temperament all over her body, like an iced fruit wine in a dog day.

She was wearing a pure white round-necked robe today, with delicate gold-patterned butterflies embroidered on the cuffs, a few strands of lace crocheted on the placket of her chest, and a bundled collar that set off her slender and graceful neck like a white jade flawless.

Compared with other women's elaborate dressing in hair accessories, Li Bingxue simply curled it into a ponytail and tied her black hair with a silver hairpin.

Lu Shen's gaze was not aggressive, but being looked at like this, Li Bingxue couldn't help coughing lightly.

"Today, there is a girl who helps me, and I am very grateful."

Lu Shen retracted his gaze, directly skipped the topic that the other party had provoked earlier, and thanked him sincerely.

Li Bingxue has not been idle in the past few days, and she visited some old friends living in the capital on behalf of her father. Yesterday, she received a letter sent by Lu Shen, so she put down the visit she had agreed to today, and brought her personal soldiers to Lu Mansion to easily solve this trouble.

Among his peers, there is no more suitable candidate than Li Bingxue.

Hearing Lu Shen change the topic a little stiffly, the corners of Li Bingxue's mouth hooked slightly: "I remember that on the night when Jianghua City returned to Shun, my father drank a glass of wine for the first time. Although he has never said it to our children, we all know that he is depressed in his heart, and the return of the seven cities of Jiangbei to Daqi is a happy thing for him that is worth seeking. ”

Seeing that Lu Shen wanted to speak, Li Bingxue chuckled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to be humble first, I won't put all the credit on you, but I won't forget your efforts." If it weren't for your great efforts, how could the proud soldiers under my father's command be so recognized. Therefore, it is not a hassle at all that you can think of me when you need me, but it makes me happy. ”

Lu Shen knew that if he was polite any longer, he would inevitably look at him, so he said, "Then I won't say this thank you." ”

Li Bingxue nodded at him, with a little more kindness between his eyebrows: "That's very good." ”

"If that Gu girl is willing to go to Jingzhou, I will bear the expenses. It's not that she pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, it's just that she is also a poor person who can't help herself, and she is used as a tool against me. From beginning to end, she didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and asked the maid to remind me a few words, which was my compensation for her innocent suffering. Lu Shen's expression was frank, and his eyes were still calm.

Li Bingxue said: "Okay, I know that your Lu family is a well-known rich businessman in Huaizhou, much richer than the Li family, so I won't fight with you in this matter." ”

She is also a woman with a crystal clear mind, and she has long been vaguely aware of a hazy feeling between Lu Shen and Lin Xi, so she will not misunderstand that Lu Shen's explanation is deliberately aimed at herself.

Lu Shen smiled, and then said: "Li Sanlang lost his wife and soldiers this time, and he will definitely not give up." ”

"This kind of gentleman ......"

Li Bingxue snorted lightly, obviously remembering that she just came to the capital two years ago, Li Yunyi inexplicably came to the door to get acquainted, she didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of person, who knew that the other party had to inch in front of her, so she kicked out of the main hall to the door.

But she was a little curious, how would Lu Shen deal with it?

"Your Majesty must already know about Gu Wan'er, but Li Yunyi is not overdoing it, if he just wants to befriend you, a rookie in the border army, it is indeed a little difficult."

"It's hard to deal with, I just don't quite understand why he dared to do that. When I was in Guangling, I had heard people say that the court was on the path of Wushu, and generally speaking, Wenchen would not get too close to the generals. Li Yunyi's grandfather was the head of the ministers of the left and the left, and he befriended me so openly, so he was not afraid of causing criticism from the government and the opposition? ”

Although Li Bingxue has been in the frontier for a long time, she has been in contact with the court for a long time, unlike Lu Shen, who is a fledgling, so she explained: "Li Yunyi is currently a person, and he does not have an official position, so naturally he doesn't have to care too much about those invisible rules. Another one, he is about the same age as you, and if you want to know a young talent like you, others can't find anything wrong. ”

Lu Shen smiled and said, "Maybe in his opinion, it is my honor that he deigned to meet me?" ”

Li Bingxue bowed his head and said: "Not only him, but many powerful children think so, after all, who made us just barbarians from the frontier." However, after Gu Wan'er's matter is resolved, you don't actually need to pay attention to him, Your Majesty will definitely summon me and others in a few days. After seeing your majesty, we can leave the capital and return to the frontier. ”

At first, Lu Shen also planned to do so, but the big people above kept a strange and unified silence, and it was destined that Li Yunyi would not swallow this evil breath of losing his wife and breaking his army.

Thinking of this, Lu Shen said leisurely: "Since this is the case, I will go to see this Li Sanlang." ”

Li Bingxue was slightly stunned: "You ......"

Lu Shen's tone was very calm: "This is the capital, so we are more restrained, and we don't want to cause trouble unless we have to." But now that right and wrong have come to the door, and the big people who have the ability to stop these troubles are watching from the sidelines, I can't just hide in the courtyard and passively bear it, so that people will look down on the border soldiers. ”

Looking at his calm expression, Li Bingxue felt a sense of pride in his heart, and said angrily: "I'll go with you." ”

Lu Shen smiled and said, "Thank you Miss Li for your kindness, but I think I can handle it." ”

Li Bingxue actually regretted it a little after blurting it out, not because she was afraid of Li Yunyi and the left minister behind him, otherwise she would not openly take Gu Wan'er in today.

She just felt a little reckless, after all, going to the banquet together was more symbolic.

She didn't want to be looked down upon by Lu Shen because of this.

Fortunately, Lu Shen downplayed this matter with a word, Li Bingxue's heart was relieved, and he said: "It's okay, if you encounter tricky trouble, remember to let people spread it, and I will take the brothers from the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion to help you." ”

"I will."

"Then I'll take my leave."

"I'll send you."

Lu Shen sent Li Bingxue outside the house, and then did not return to the back house, but sat in the main hall and waited quietly.

About half an hour later, Chen Shu came in and said, "Young Master, that Song Yun is here again." ”

Lu Shen said indifferently: "Please let him in." ”

When they met again, Song Yun was no longer as high-spirited as he was that day, and even if he wanted to disguise, he couldn't pretend because he had obvious scars on his face, and he obviously became the target of Li Sanlang's angry attack.

This incident made Li Yunyi lose face on the one hand, and the loss of an Oiran also made him heartbroken.

A Qingqi person of Gu Wan'er's grade, the silver spent on cultivating her can completely create a silver person, but now it seems to have been thrown into the water and she hasn't even seen a splash.

Looking at the embarrassed appearance of this Song genius, Lu Shen still calmly invited him to take a seat, and asked people to serve fragrant tea.

Song Yun's mind was complicated and indescribable, he took a sip of the teacup slowly, and then smiled reluctantly: "Captain Lu has good means." ”

Lu Shen smiled faintly and said, "I just feel that Gu Huakui is a little pitiful, what does Brother Song have to teach here?" ”

Song Yun didn't have the cloud and mountain fog cover this time, and said honestly: "Captain Lu, Li Sangongzi asked me to tell you that he prepared a banquet in the alum building, and asked you to enjoy your face and go to the banquet tomorrow." This is a personal communication, and it has nothing to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I hope that Captain Lu can take the time to go. ”

To be honest, he felt that Li Yunyi was a little carried away by anger.

Lu Shen solved the trouble caused by Gu Wan'er so easily, how could he still agree to go to the appointment?

It's just that this Li Sanlang is extremely stubborn by nature, even if Lu Shen refuses the invitation, before the Son of Heaven summons him, Li Sanlang will still find a way to force Lu Shen to come forward.

Lu Shen asked quietly, "Did Gongzi Li invite me alone?" ”

Song Yun nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

Lu Shen asked again: "Are there any others during the banquet?" ”

Song Yun felt a little strange in his heart, he didn't know what this person's intentions were, so he could only reply cautiously: "There are still five or six sons of the family, but please rest assured that Captain Lu is not in office, it is just a simple gathering, and there are no other factors." ”

This kind of talk can only deceive that kind of simple people.

Lu Shen's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Li Gongzi's kindness is difficult, and Lu is better than being respectful." Please Brother Song tell me on your behalf, if there is no summoning in the palace tomorrow, I will go to the Alum Tower for a banquet. ”

Song Yun looked at him in a daze, as if there was something wrong with his hearing.

He even agreed?

Seeing this, Lu Shen said, "Brother Song? ”

Song Yun reacted at this time, and the color of surprise quickly appeared on his face, and he didn't have time to think about the reason for Lu Shen's sudden change in attitude, so he nodded busily and said, "Thank you Captain Lu for your face!" I can't thank you enough! ”

"Brother Song is serious."

Lu Shen unhurriedly gave the order to evict the guests, and then asked Chen Shu to send away Song Yun, who was so surprised that he was in a trance.

The next day, Lu Shen, who had waited quietly for a day and a night and still did not wait for the angel to come to the palace, stepped on the horse, left the Lu Mansion with four personal guards, and walked to the alum tower a few streets away with an indifferent expression.

At that time, the wind and scenery were bright, and the prosperous capital was as good as ever.

(End of chapter)