Xun Guo said disdainfully: "Don't be ashamed, go cook." ”

Li Mu smiled: "Zheng'er wants to see the sword dance? I'm going to dance for you. ”

Lian Po tightened his waist seal: "What does it mean to dance the sword?" Come on, let's fight. ”

Li Mu: "Huh? Ay? etc......"

Ying Xiaozheng sat on a high chair, kicked the short legs hanging in the air, and looked at the lively birthday banquet, his body and little head couldn't help but shake around.

……

At the entrance of the village, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao's carriage stopped under the big tree. He stood on the frame, looking out at the bustle in the distance.

"Master, why don't you let Lin Shangqing come to receive you?" The coachman wondered.

Zhao Bao shook his head: "Don't bother him, alas." ”

The coachman did not understand why his own master father would drive to Lin Xiang's fiefdom, let alone why his master father would look at the lively lamentation in front of him from afar.

"Let's go back." Zhao Bao sighed a few more times, but still decided not to disturb Lin Xiangru.

Not only did Lin Xiangru celebrate the birthday of Qin Guo's proton, but even Lian Po and Li Jiazi, who were resident in Yanmen County, came to the banquet, which made him very worried.

Or is this matter irrelevant to Qin Guo's proton, is it really because Lin Xiangru regards the person named Zhu Xiang as his nephew?

But how could Lian Po and Li Jiazi disregard their identities and come to a commoner's house to celebrate the birthday of that commoner's nephew?

There are also these villagers, did they go to curry favor with Zhu Xiang for the sake of the main family Lin Shangqing?

Zhao Bao remembered that Lin Xiangru had recommended Zhu Xiang in front of the monarch many times, but when the monarch was finally willing to let Zhu Xiang enter the palace as an official, he flatly refused.

"Is it because Lin Xiangru is unwilling to let Zhu Xiang become a temple man, or is he dissatisfied that the king does not reward Zhu Xiang for cultivating rare and exotic grasses because of the increase in the yield of the field?" Zhao Bao muttered to himself.

He rubbed his brows and said to the coachman, "Don't go back to the house, go find Pingyuan-kun." ”

The coachman complied.

Zhao Bao sat in the carriage with his eyes closed and pondered.

Zhu Xiang has the identity of the uncle of King Qin's proton, and has already become one of the ranks of the scholars. At this time, Zhu Xiang was recommended as an official, and it was reasonable for others in the court and China.

The king trusts his brother Hirahara-kun more than him. Pingyuanjun is used to raising doormen, and it is more appropriate for Pingyuanjun to recommend Zhu Xiang.

Zhao Bao sighed: "It doesn't matter if there is a Zhu Xiang, you can't let Lin Xiangru and Lian Po be separated from the king." ”

Zhao Bao had already persuaded King Zhao to give Lin Xiangru a face and give Zhu Xiang an idle official.

Lin Xiangru has never sought officials for the children of the family, and the children of the family have worked their own. Now Lin Xiangru rarely asks for an official, even if he is a concubine, as long as Lin Xiangru recognizes him as a nephew, this identity actually doesn't matter.

But the favored ministers around King Zhao were unwilling.

A monarch and a courtier. After the first king and the successive deaths, the favored ministers around King Zhao hoped to replace the status of Lin Xiangru, Lian Po and other old ministers of the previous dynasty, so they naturally did everything with them.

Although Zhao Bao knew that there were bends and curves, he had always been wise to protect himself, and it was not easy to pierce it.

Chapter 19 Stir-fried shredded pork with ginger

Pingyuanjun's fief was in Tobu City, but Pingyuanjun Zhao Sheng was the minister of state of King Zhao, so he lived in Handan City, and Zhao Bao soon arrived at Pingyuanjun's mansion.

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, is the son of King Wuling of Zhao, the half-brother of the former king Zhao Huiwen, and is deeply loved by King Zhao Wuling, trusted by King Zhao Huiwen and now King Zhao. His mansion occupies an entire street in Handan City, with rows of pavilions, beautiful palace lamps hanging under the eaves at night, and the faint lights gather together, like a fairy cloud.

Although Zhao Bao is also the half-brother of King Zhao Huiwen, he is far less respected by generations of monarchs than Zhao Sheng, and his residence is naturally not as luxurious as Zhao Sheng.

When he got out of the carriage, he couldn't help but feel envious when he saw his brother's magnificence.

But soon, he restrained his envy.

The more reused, the greater the stress and danger. Zhao Bao couldn't help but shudder when he thought of his father, King Zhao Wuling, who had been besieged in the Dune Palace for more than three months, so that he starved to death.

Zhao Bao once had great ambitions, but the tragic situation of his father starving to death lingered in his heart for a long time, and his brother Zhao Huiwen starved to death and his father and queen jumped on his father's corpse and cried fakely. Whenever he wanted to do something, these images came out to interfere with him.

"Father, it's here." The coachman saw his master standing in front of the carriage door in a daze, and reminded him loudly.

Zhao Bao pressed the corner of his eyebrows, and retreated in his heart.

At this time, the door of Pingyuanjun's mansion opened, and Zhao Sheng personally greeted him.

He wondered, "I heard the doorman say that you have been parked at my door, why don't you come in?" ”

Zhao Sheng went out to greet him, and Zhao Bao couldn't play anymore.

He took his brother's outstretched hand, jumped down from the carriage, and entered the door side by side with his brother, and said, "Brother, do you know that the proton of the Qin State is now in the house of Lin Xiangru's doorman Zhu Xiang?" ”

Zhao Sheng's news was better than Zhao Bao's, and he said, "I know." Lin Xiangru's doorman Zhu Xiang was once abandoned by his eldest sister and was taken in by Lin Xiangru when he almost starved to death. Unexpectedly, the woman actually became the wife and concubine of the alien, gave birth to a child for the alien, and lost the child. ”

Zhao Bao didn't know about this deeper matter, he said: "Since Zhu Xiang is the uncle of the Qin State Proton, he can be regarded as a scholar. I see that Lin Shangqing and Lian Shangqing are both close to Zhu Xiang, why don't you agree with Lin Shangqing's recommendation? ”

Zhao Sheng stopped and looked at Zhao Bao suspiciously: "You came to me today for this matter?" ”

Zhao Bao said: "I passed by Lin Xiangru's fiefdom and saw that Lin Shangqing and Lian Shangqing were both celebrating the birthday of the proton of the Qin State. ”

Zhao Sheng frowned: "Why would they deign to celebrate the birthday of a Qin State proton?" When Yiren feasted guests in Handan, neither of them went to the banquet. ”

Zhao Bao said: "I heard that Zhu Xiang has a health problem and has no heirs, so the Qin State Proton may be his only blood junior." ”

Zhao Sheng frowned: "You mean, that commoner named Zhu Xiang has the idea of taking the proton of the Qin State as his heir?" What a daring man! Even if it was the discarded Qin royal family, it was impossible to change their name and surname to become the heir of a common people. If he does this, he will be punished by heaven! ”

Zhao Sheng attaches great importance to his noble and lowly background, and the customers he recruits are all famous and surnamed scholars. This is also the reason why although he has a good relationship with Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, he refuses to help Lin Xiangru recommend Zhu Xiang.

Zhao Bao originally thought that Zhu Xiang had the identity of Qin Guo's proton uncle, and his brother's prejudice against Zhu Xiang would be reduced, and he was willing to recommend Zhu Xiang to King Zhao. Unexpectedly, he casually said that Zhu Xiang regarded Qin Guo's proton as his heir, which actually aroused his brother's disgust for Zhu Xiang.

Zhao Sheng's disgust with this matter is also related to Zhao Bao's psychological shadow, and the fact that his father, King Zhao Wuling, was starved to death in the Dune Palace.

His father's death was miserable, and as a child who was favored by his father, Zhao Sheng naturally found it difficult to accept this matter. But it was impossible for him to blame his brother Zhao Huiwen for this, and King Zhao Huiwen was indeed young at that time, and the government was controlled by powerful ministers. So Zhao Sheng transferred the hatred in his heart to the powerful ministers Li Dui and Gongzi Cheng.

And because the son became the clan of Zhao State, Zhao Sheng hated Li Dui even more.

Gongzi died at the end of his life, and although Li Dui was dismissed, he also died a good death. Although Zhao Sheng dislikes these two people, he is helpless against these two people because of his brother Zhao Huiwen's maintenance of them. But the disgust for the powerful ministers who have no king and no father and dare to starve to death has penetrated into Zhao Sheng's bone marrow.

Zhao Sheng was deceived into Qin by the Qin State and imprisoned without authorization. He had no affection for the Qin State. However, Qin Guo's proton was a prince and nobleman with him, and he couldn't stand the disrespectful and humble treatment of a commoner after picking up the royal family, and actually crossed to the point of recognizing him as his heir.

Zhao Sheng thought that if a bold and reckless civilian like Zhu Xiang became an official, he would definitely be the same as Li Dui, and he would be the scourge of Zhao State.

After listening to Zhao Sheng's words, Zhao Bao also hesitated.

He originally wanted to say that Lin Xiangru and Lian are quite optimistic about people, and they should not become like Li Dui. Moreover, they only recommended Zhu Xiang to be an idle official, and with An Lin's similar and honest heart, these two former ministers who were ignored by King Zhao felt the importance of the Zhao royal family again. But the elder brother transferred his dislike for Li Dui to Zhu Xiang, and Zhao Bao really couldn't think of words to persuade his brother.

In fact, Zhao Bao himself can also nominate Zhu Xiang. But he is used to protecting himself, and he always hides behind his brother when he does things. Zhao Sheng refused to recommend, and he didn't want to come out of the way.

Seeing Zhao Bao's embarrassed appearance, Zhao Sheng persuaded and said: "A commoner who has no blood relationship, Lin Xiangru and Lian Po are close to him, how can they be close?" If you want to show your kindness to Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, wouldn't it be better to reward their clan children directly? You're in the picture. ”

Zhao Bao thought about it carefully and said, "That's true. Then how about choosing their clan disciples to recommend? ”

Zhao Sheng readily agreed this time.

When the spring returned to green and the winter wheat began to joint, Li Mu said goodbye to Zhu Xiang and embarked on a journey north.

When Li Mu left, he took away a box of potatoes and Zhu Xiang's instructions for potato sowing.

"I'll write to you every month asking for advice on how to farm." Li Mu was very reluctant to Zhu Xianghe Zheng'er, who pulled his sleeve and called him a teacher, he picked up Ying Xiaozheng and said, "Zheng'er has to eat well, and teach you martial arts next time I go back to Handan." ”

Ying Xiaozheng nodded with a small face: "I will definitely practice martial arts well, better than my uncle!" ”

Li Mu was puzzled: "Why did you suddenly mention your uncle?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng sighed angrily and said, "Xunzi has always scolded my uncle that no matter what weapon he uses, it is rotten wood and cannot be carved. Zheng'er should practice martial arts well and protect his uncle. ”

Li Mu smiled: "Zheng'er is really filial. ”

Zhu Xiang shrugged. He thinks that he has made great progress, but he is embarrassed to poke at the other party's point when he holds the weapon. What modern person can fight to the death without any guilt?

What he couldn't understand even more was that Xunzi had to fight him to the death when he taught him to use weapons, and said don't worry, just go up. Zhu Xiang was scared to death, for fear of hurting or being injured by mistake, how could he really have a good fight with Xunzi?

No matter how you think about it, Xunzi chased after himself with a broad sword, this kind of teaching method is too much, right?!

"You try harder, too." Li Mu is now familiar with Zhu Xiang enough to joke, "Aren't you shy to be protected by Zheng'er?" ”

Zhu Xiang said shamelessly: "Don't be shy." I have such a filial and powerful political protection, are you jealous? Ouch. ”

Lin Xiangru clenched his fists to give Zhu Xiang a head. The crowd laughed.

Li Mu reluctantly left Handan amid the laughter of everyone.

Although they have known each other for a short time, Li Mu has already recognized Zhu Xiang, Lin Zhen, and Cai Ze as confidants. People and people's feelings sometimes don't just look at the precipitation of time. Li Mu looked back at Handan, his heart was full of melancholy.

Zhu Xiang saw Li Mu riding a horse and looked back, put Ying Xiaozheng on his neck, and asked Ying Xiaozheng and Li Mu to wave.

When Li Mu saw this scene, he also raised his hand to say goodbye to Ying Xiaozheng again, and then waved his horsewhip to speed up his departure and no longer looked back.

Soon after bidding farewell to Li Mu, the next person to resign was not Cai Ze, who had the intention of entering Qin, but Lin Zhen - Lin Zhen was assigned a heavy task to go to the east to serve as the county guard.

Lin Zhen kept complaining: "I am alone at home to serve my father, I am gone, who will take care of my father!" ”

"What do you complain about when it's reused? You can rest assured to be your county guard, and I will take care of it. Zhu Xiang patted his chest and promised, "Your father is my father, don't you still trust me?" ”

Lin Zhen complained: "Trust? I trust it too much. I'm afraid that the next time I go back to Handan, my father will only recognize you and not me. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Isn't that your own problem? Hurry up and reflect! ”

Lin Zhen was so angry that he chased Zhu Xiang with a sword, although Zhu Xiang couldn't beat Lin Zhen, but he was not afraid of anyone when it came to escaping. The two ran around the carriage several times.

Lian Po turned his head to Lin Xiangru and said, "You just watched the two of them play around here shamelessly?" It's not like your character. ”

Lin Xiangru leaned on crutches and said calmly: "The two of them have been together for five or six years, and the relationship is better than that of brothers. ”

Lian Pole said: "I can see it, you are reluctant to give up." If you are reluctant to give up, you will tell the king, don't let your young son go far away to be an official. ”

Lin Xiangru said: "I'm old, he has this ability, and he has this opportunity, so he should stand on his own." ”

"Come on, since you are willing, I won't persuade you." Lian Po said, "But Lin Xiangru, do you really just want him to stand on his own, not let him avoid the next whirlpool?" ”

Lin Xiangru was silent.

Lian Po scratched his head: "That's it, I won't persuade you." But you have to remember that the king is not your former benefactor, and if you talk too much, I am afraid that you will be killed. ”

Lin Xiangru glanced at Lian Po: "I still need your persuasion?" You should mind yourself and don't worry me too much. ”

Lian Po smiled: "Okay." ”

Before Lin Zhen left, he still couldn't give Zhu Xiang a moment.

He left in a rage, and soon after the carriage left, he couldn't help but wipe his eyes.