The person who was called Lord Lu was called Lu Mingui, and he was the governor of the Yamen of the Heavenly Mansion. He and Wu Fengzhao met in their early years, and they have been officials in Nanjing for many years, and the two have a good relationship.

One of the two is in military power, and the other is a local parent. Therefore, the Wu and Lu families also moved around a lot, and Wu Fengzhao also intended to match his little daughter with Lu Mingui's son.

It's just that the eldest is too big, although the elders are interested, but the two juniors just can't catch eye on each other for a long time, and there is no gratifying progress, and they are in a hurry but there is no trick. However, Lu Mingui's son Lu Xiang often visits Shangshu Mansion when he has nothing to do, and it seems that he has a good conversation with Wu Fengzhao's eldest daughter.

Wu Fengzhao went out to inspect the defense for several months, and when he came back, he was worried and depressed. Today, this old friend suddenly came to the door, which made him overjoyed.

I saw Wu Fengzhao hurriedly greet him out of the study, grabbed Lu Mingui and walked into the study, and said loudly as he walked: "Hurry up and watch the tea." ”

Meng Dongting hurriedly made tea for the two of them on the side.

After the tea was finished, Wu Fengzhao asked with concern: "I have been out for a few months, I don't know what major events have happened in the court?"

Lu Mingui said: "What else can be a big deal? That Liu Song has now begun to purge the people of the Inspectorate, and several hard-necked people have resigned."

????“ Alas!" He sighed and continued: "This has made Liu Heitan very angry. Liu Song still chased and beat hard, and insisted on inserting his gang of clowns who jumped up and down into the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Wu Fengzhao couldn't help but shake his head when he heard that the court was so corrupt, and said: "If this continues, the Liu Party will run rampant, and I am afraid that there will be no peace in the court!"

The two sighed in pair, and the joy of seeing old friends just now dissipated in an instant.

???? Wu Fengzhao saw that the atmosphere was solemn, and hurriedly changed the topic to relieve the embarrassment, he pointed to the two family members behind Lu Mingui and said, "You have nothing to do, you must not have any good ideas." ”

???? Lu Mingui smiled and said, "Hey, don't say it, there is indeed a difficult thing that makes me bother, so I have to come to you for help!"

Wu Fengzhao saw that he was sincere, and couldn't help but wonder: "Who in this Nanjing City doesn't know that Brother Lu, you are extremely intelligent, what else can stump you?"

Lu Mingui hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Hey...... However, everyone in Nanzhili said that Wu Shangshu is very intelligent, and you are rich in five cars, and I came here to ask for advice sincerely!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

Wu Fengzhao laughed happily, and caught a glimpse of the old friend's eyebrows, so he asked, "But what's the matter, I'll talk to you in detail!"

Lu Mingui sighed again and said, "Brother Xian, I really made a mistake this time. If you don't save my foolish brother, I'm afraid I will not be long in the end of the mission of the Heavenly Mansion Yin!"

When Wu Fengzhao heard what he said, he asked in surprise: "What's the matter, but the Jinyi Wei gang came to embarrass you?"

Lu Mingui shook his head and said, "That's not true." In the eyes of outsiders, we officials in Nanjing are all old and waiting to die, and the Jinyiwei gang can't be busy with the affairs of the Beijing Division, where will I have time to take care of my affairs!"

Wu Fengzhao frowned and thought: "It's not Jinyiwei, is it from Dongchang?

Lu Mingui said: "Dongchang now has a great tendency to overpower Jinyiwei, and it won't do anything to me." ”

Wu Fengzhao became more and more surprised, and said, "Brother Lu, then I really can't think of anyone else in our Nanjing City who can embarrass you!"

Lu Mingui smiled and said, "Brother Xian, you have said that I am like a snake in this Nanjing City." Alas...... The one who gave me the problem was not one person, but two people!"

Wu Fengzhao's interest was mobilized to a high place, thinking that the people in Nanjing City who could embarrass Lu Mingui could be counted on one hand, and hurriedly asked: "Oh, two? ”

Lu Mingui sorted out his thoughts a little and said, "Brother Xian, this is not dealt with by Lord Xue Duan and Lord Hu Yinglong, a guerrilla general who was transferred by the imperial court to recruit a new army, have you heard of it?"

Wu Fengzhao nodded and said, "I've heard people talk about it, but the two of them are not on good terms, how can they get involved with you?"

Lu Mingui smiled bitterly: "I started to think the same, but I forgot that there is a saying called 'the fire at the city gate affects the fish in the pond'." ”

Wu Fengzhao said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Lu Mingui continued: "This matter has to start not long after you went out on your autumn patrol, the Ministry of Rites presided over this year's autumn festival as usual, and all the civil and military officials at home had to gather at the Taimiao Temple to participate. ”

"At the beginning of the ceremony, all the civil and military forces must line up to sacrifice, General Hu in front and Lord Xue in the back. But he said that General Hu went up the steps to make a sacrifice, and there were stones on the road, and his feet were unstable, and he almost fell. ”

Wu Fengzhao heard this and said: "General Hu is careless, if he is bumped into by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he will not be held accountable for being rude." ”

Lu Mingui nodded and said: "That's right, it's just that this Lord Xue is even more ruthless than you, and he actually went to the court to control the court for failing to control his manners, which is a big disrespect." ”

Wu Fengzhao gasped and said, "What next? Have you ever convicted General Hu?"

Lu Mingui shook his head and said: "Although this General Hu is just a guerrilla general, he is not simple behind him, but he is a favorite general under Yang Chengliang, the governor of the Right Pillar State, how can the imperial court easily punish the crime." ”

Wu Fengzhao said: "With such a hard backstage, if you want to come to Lord Xue, you can't help him, and the imperial court will definitely not support it." ”

Lu Mingui smiled and said: "If things are so simple, it would be easy to do, this Lord Xue is not good at stubble, he has the support of the imperial historian behind him, who is behind this imperial history, I think you don't need to say much that you also know." ”

Wu Fengzhao suddenly realized: "Oh! In this way, the two sides are evenly matched, but I don't know how the imperial court decides?"

Lu Mingui said helplessly: "The imperial court has its own tricks, and with a stroke of the pen, it should be reviewed by Tianfu Yin." In this way, this hot potato was thrown into the hands of the foolish brother. ”

Wu Fengzhao knew Lu Mingui's ability, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu is talented and has good intentions, how can he be stumped by this matter?"

Lu Mingui sighed and said, "You are hurting me! If I have a way to deal with it, why would I come to look for you with such a generous gift? I won't tell you anything, before I came to you, I had already approached Wu Shilang of our Nanjing Rite Department and Bai Lao Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, but they were all helpless. ”

Wu Fengzhao frowned, thought for a moment and said: "This is really a dilemma, if you say that it is true, it will inevitably offend Yang Dadudu;

Lu Mingui smiled bitterly: "What you are talking about is exactly what is important, the foolish brother knows that you have always been resourceful and intelligent, and you must have a way to solve problems for me." ”

Wu Fengzhao shook his hand again and again and said: "Brother Lu, I can't afford to wear this high hat! Even characters like Wu Shilang and Bai Lao Hanlin can't think of a way, I'm afraid that I have more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”

When Lu Mingui heard him say this, he burst into tears and said, "If Brother Xian doesn't help, then I'll go back and wash my neck, close my eyes and wait for death." ”

Wu Fengzhao was taken aback and said, "Brother Lu can't be discouraged, I'll think about it again!"

After that, Wu Fengzhao got up and sat back on the desk, put the pen in his hand, and wrote on the paper after a little thought: "There is a gap in the guerrilla attack of the priest, and the priest is looking for the opportunity to sacrifice and lose the etiquette to control the crime of disrespect." The order should be reviewed by Tianfu Yin, what can I do?"

Meng Dongting heard the things told by the two of them clearly, and now looking at Wu Fengzhao's words, he extracted the key points in a few words, which is indeed extraordinary.

Lu Mingui and Wu Fengzhao discussed for almost an hour, but they couldn't think of a way to deal with both.

Wu Fengzhao said: "Okay! This kind of problem is definitely not something that can be solved overnight, you and I will go to eat first, drink two cups, maybe we will have a good plan at that time!"

Lu Mingui smiled bitterly, knowing that Wu Fengzhao might not be able to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, so he had to say, "That being the case, let's eat!"

With that, the two took the two family members out of the study together, leaving Meng Dongting alone in the study.

Meng Dongting saw the two of them gradually walking away, and said in his heart: "Listening to what Lord Lu said, it is indeed a difficult problem to solve, no wonder the two adults from Jinshi are helpless! Lord Wu treats me well, if there is a chance, I will definitely share his worries." ”

After thinking about it, Meng Dongting came to the desk again and looked carefully at the words left by Wu Fengzhao.

He whispered what was written on the paper several times, thinking hard in his heart, and in an instant, his mind moved, and he had already calculated, and laughed and said: "It's rare to be upset by Shangshu Hanlin and Shilang Fuyin, but it's not necessarily rare to be downcast by me, a lawyer who writes pleadings for others!"

It turned out that since he was a child, he mixed up in the pile of poor people, and since he grew up to write a lawsuit for others, he has encountered many scoundrels, and he is the best at resolving such seemingly unsolvable dilemmas.

Then I thought that I was tired and unsuccessful, wronged on death row, and ended up running for my life again, many misfortunes. couldn't help but feel like his mind flickered, and his heart went crazy and said: "I, Meng Dongting, might as well show my hands, so as to teach these officials who know that they have themselves but don't know who else is what 'there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people'!"

After thinking about it, he picked up the pen, and wrote down the countermeasures on Wu Fengzhao's piece of paper.

After writing and putting down the pen, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and when he was smug, he suddenly thought like a lightning strike: "This is bad, I am crazy at this time, and I write such words indiscriminately without thinking about it, and the master is afraid that he will be angry when he sees it." ”

Just as he was thinking about how to cover it up, suddenly Wu Gui hurriedly walked in and shouted, "Hey, the housekeeper has something to look for you, go quickly!"

Meng Dongting was so anxious that he was at a loss, trying to erase the words he had written, and said, "You tell the housekeeper, I'll be there later." ”

Wu Gui sneered and said, "He has something urgent, if you don't go again, I'm afraid that I will be scolded and scolded." ”

Meng Dongting is like an ant on the hot pot, he wants to ignore it, but he can't afford to offend the housekeeper.

I had to sigh and follow Wu Gui out of the study.

When I met the butler, it was just a trivial matter. Meng Dongting was anxious, and he just wanted to rush back to the study immediately to try to cover up.

When the butler finished babbling and commanding, he didn't listen to half a word. After nearly half an hour, I had to get out and hurry to the study.

Meng Dongting was apprehensive, and hurriedly lowered his head and walked into the study, only to see Wu Fengzhao and Lu Mingui standing beside the desk with doubts on their faces.

Meng Dongting had a ghost in his heart, but he could only stubbornly ask, "Master, what do you command?"

I only heard Wu Fengzhao ask in a deep voice, "Who came to the study just now?"

Meng Dongting said in a snort: "The villain was called by the housekeeper just now, but someone took the opportunity to sneak in and damage something?"

He knew that Wu Fengzhao must be angry for the words he had scribbled on the paper, but he didn't dare to admit it on the spot, so he had to make promises and find something else to say.

Wu Fengzhao ignored him and said to Lu Mingui: "This is strange, someone clearly wrote down this countermeasure on this paper! Brother Lu, could it be that your family Xiang'er has arrived?"

Lu Mingui shook his head and said: "The dog is a few catties and a few taels, I am naturally clear as a father, and this handwriting is definitely not written by him." ”

Wu Fengzhao couldn't help frowning, and said, "But who are they? Could it be my two naughty daughters? ”

When he was about to go out of the room, Meng Dongting saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he immediately bowed down and said, "Master, Lord Lu, the words on this paper are written by me, and the villain doesn't know the etiquette, so don't be surprised." ”

Wu Fengzhao's eyes lit up, and he asked loudly at Meng Dongting, "Did you really write it?"

Meng Dongting made a bitter face, and bowed again and again: "The villain is arrogant and ignorant, and he has a crazy attack for a while, which has ruined the Yaxing of the two adults' high-minded talk, and please punish him heavily." ”

Lu Mingui was suddenly curious, looked him up and down a few times, and said with a smile: "This little brother, yes, yes, no, this kind of thing can't be messed with!"

Meng Dongting listened to his tone and knew that he was suspicious, so he couldn't help but have a temper that came up again, and said, "What's so difficult about this, how can I talk nonsense?"

Wu Fengzhao and Lu Mingui both snorted involuntarily when they heard the arrogance he had just suppressed.

Wu Fengzhao said with a calm face: "You are just a guest of my Shangshu Mansion, how can you talk to Lord Lu like this, don't you know that there is a family law?"

Meng Dongting listened to the contempt in their words, as if the words were prickly, and couldn't help but feel his blood surge, and said in his heart: "Although I, Meng Dongting, am just a guest scholar, I can't tolerate you being so cheap!"

Immediately, he blushed and said loudly: "Master, although the villain is not a squire Hanlin, this problem is not necessarily unsolvable. The countermeasure given by the villain is to ask Lord Lu to return to the court with 'courtesy should go first, not to mention the future', and ensure that Lord Lu is safe and sound!"

Hearing Meng Dongting say the countermeasures written on the paper, the two of them had no doubts in their hearts, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, and at the same time stroked their palms and laughed: "The future is terrifying, and the courage is commendable!"

"Ministers should go first, not later. ”

Wu Fengzhao and Lu Mingui whispered this countermeasure several times in a low voice, and their faces showed three points of surprise and seven points of admiration.

It turned out that in the sacrifice presided over by the Nanjing Rite Department, Ying Tianfu Yin, as a Beijing official, should have taken the lead in the ceremony, and if he saw what was behind it, it meant that he had also lost his manners.

Meng Dongting's nine words not only freed Lord Lu from the evil Lord Xue and General Hu, but also exempted him from the guilt that might be placed on his head, and he was extremely clever.