Chapter 46: A Response (2)

"Ji Hua Lian ......"

"Adult ......"

Lu Zheng, who was muttering the name Ji Hualian, glanced at Hu Jinlu standing behind him, and Hu Jinlu hurriedly lowered his head again, not daring to speak. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Lao Hu, look at that Jianghu man, is there anything unusual about him?"

Half an hour had passed since He Fei left this room, but in this half hour, Lu Zheng didn't say a word, sitting on the chair like a wood carving, supporting his cheek with one hand, and the index finger of the other hand kept tapping on his thigh.

Obviously, He Fei only stayed in the house for less than a quarter of an hour, but Lu Zheng sat on the chair for this quarter of an hour and meditated for half an hour, Hu Jinlu has been a staff member of Lu Zheng's side for more than five years, and witnessed Lu Zheng's promotion from Huangzhou to Kaifeng, and then transferred to Luoyang Mansion Yin. It was precisely because of Lu Zheng's rapid promotion within five years that Hu Jinlu was relieved to stay by He Fei's side and serve as this staff member who did not have a half-official position.

However, the first time Hu Jinlu saw Lu Zheng's appearance was when he was in Kaifeng, when the first emperor Renzong died, when today's son ascended the throne, Lu Zheng had this expression every day, his brows were deeply locked, and his eyes seemed to be staring into the distance.

At that time, the first emperor died, the new lord was established, and the situation was unstable, so Lu Zheng was worried and Hu Jinlu was not incomprehensible. But now that he has seen He Fei, why is Lu Zheng still looking like this? Except that there are no tears in the corners of his eyes, Lu Zheng's expression can be said to be the same as when the first emperor died. Thinking of the past, Hu Jinlu couldn't help but think of Lu Zheng's gesture to avoid him, and he felt a little worried in his heart, so when He Fei went out, Hu Jinlu didn't wait for Lu Zheng to summon him, and returned to the front hall from the back hall on his own initiative. However, he never expected that he would see Lu Zheng's expression here again.

When Lu Zheng asked this, Hu Jinlu remembered the man who came to the mansion with He Fei today, that man also looked like a sword eyebrow, and his gestures were even more different from ordinary people. But Hu Jinlu could see that this person was dressed luxuriously, but he didn't dare to go beyond the proportions of ordinary people. Although the clothes are luxurious, they are only the luxury of the people's homes, although He Fei is quite polite to him, but He Fei has always respected the people of the rivers and lakes, which is well known in the officialdom of Luoyang. It is precisely because of this that Hu Jinlu looks down on a martial artist like He Fei even more.

Seeing that Hu Jinlu was speechless for a long time, Lu Zheng first frowned, then smiled with relief, thinking that Hu Jinlu didn't know who he was referring to, so he added: "It's the one who came in with General He and slipped away through the back door." ”

Hu Jinlu has followed Lu Zheng for many years, so he naturally understands what Lu Zheng thinks, and it is difficult to say at this moment that he slandered He Fei, and he has no impression of that Jianghu person, so he said:

"That person was born handsome, and he thought he was the queen of a family in the rivers and lakes, but Yulong (Hu Jinlu's cousin) didn't think that person was anything different from ordinary people, and he was probably just a son and brother in the rivers and lakes. ”

"No, that guy has a lot of backgrounds. ”

When Lu Zheng heard this, he knew that Hu Jinlu didn't take Ji Hualian to heart, and he was faintly unhappy in his heart, but he remembered that Hu Jinlu was talented and knowledgeable, and he was well versed in many officialdom truths, he didn't even pay attention to He Fei, a general with thousands of soldiers under his hands, how could he cast a blue eye on a small person in the rivers and lakes?

After all, even if it was Lu Zheng himself, he heard that He Fei, who was temporarily living in Luoyang Mansion, had brought back a Jianghu person, if he hadn't had that conversation with He Fei, he wouldn't have paid attention to it at all.

"Great ...... Where did it come from?"

Hu Jinlu was a little puzzled, he could let the dignified Luoyang Mansion Yin use the four words "great origin" to evaluate a person, could it be that the dignitary who traveled in small clothes when the people in the rivers and lakes traveled in small clothes? But looking at the dress of the people in the rivers and lakes, he didn't look like a scholar, could it be that which noble son went to the rivers and lakes to play and caused trouble before he found He Fei, trying to mobilize the imperial court soldiers and horses to solve the trouble for him?

Lu Zheng couldn't see Hu Jinlu's complicated expression behind him, as if he was talking to himself, and seemed to explain to Hu Jinlu: "If not, how could He Fei mention that person's name over and over just now?" He seemed to want to remind me of something, but he couldn't say anything, and it seemed that he was deliberately hiding something. ”

When Hu Jinlu heard this, his disgust for He Fei, a martial artist, deepened in his heart. Hu Jinlu, who has always looked down on martial artists, said secretly in his heart: "A martial artist is not good at speaking, but he sells the pass with one side of the guard, no wonder this He Fei was transferred from the front line to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and he can't continue to eat silver and fight the Liao people in the front, presumably because he offended the party Jinglu, so he ended up like this." ”

A literati like Hu Jinlu naturally didn't know what was going on during the border war, and Hu Jinlu only knew a little bit about how vicious the Liao people were. The so-called difficulties in resisting Liao on the front line have been praised by these storytellers as a flower with their three-inch tongues, and nonsense such as "Yang Dashuai Leaping Horse Dragon City" has been so wildly fantastic that although Hu Jinlu refuses to believe it all, his contempt for the Liao people has been imperceptibly formed.

As a result, a kind of martial artist like He Fei, who has no merit on the books, in the eyes of Hu Jinlu, naturally became "a big Song maggot that let the soldiers under him work hard, but he himself sat back and enjoyed his success". Of course, He Fei would not tell Hu Jinlu how many times he was born and died on the front line, and it was impossible to take away the first credit from the mouths of those civilian officials who came to supervise the army.

"Forgive Yulong for his courage, may I ask my lord, what did General He say to my lord?"

Hu Jinlu naturally thought in his heart that He Fei used the identity of the noble son who concealed his identity to say something to Lu Zheng that a martial artist should not say, but Lu Zheng's next words made Hu Jinlu also fall into contemplation:

"General He, he didn't say anything, no, it can't be regarded as nothing, he spared me a big circle, but whenever I asked about the transfer of the defenders of Luoyang City, he would be involved in the change of defense, or the defense of the city, or something like that...... It really touched on some unavoidable content, so he turned the conversation to the Jianghu man named 'Ji Hualian' he saw today......"

Hu Jinlu was puzzled by Lu Zheng's words, so he asked: "Didn't General He come to Luoyang this time to inspect the defense of Luoyang City? Isn't the transfer of soldiers, the replacement of defense, and the defense drill exactly what he wants to do?"

Lu Zheng let out a long sigh, and then explained to Hu Jinlu again: "Yulong doesn't know, if General He is training troops, if it is a drill, then there is nothing wrong with it, after all, it is nothing to close a street for an hour, but Yulong, do you know that on that street, He Fei's soldiers transported dozens of corpses." ”

"What?"

Hu Jinlu's eyes widened and he exclaimed.

(To be continued.) )