Baolin Temple is a temple in the city, not far from the Imperial City.
Lin Yutong frowned, "Why is Lu Qi here?"
The fifth princess whispered: "The Lu family was convicted. The original house was not confiscated, but was sold. There are many people in the Lu family, and after the house was sold, each house did not get much. Lu Qi got this house.
After buying a small house in the inner city with some taels of silver, he didn't have much left. Fortunately, he used to come to Baolin Temple often, and the incense and silver money gave him quite a lot! Now, he just copies scriptures in the temple and earns a few coins to support his family."
Before Lin Yutong could say anything, he saw Lu Qilang dressed in Tsing Yi coming over from a distance. A beauty is still a beauty. Even if she wears fancy clothes, she is still a beauty.
He saw that Tongtong had also arrived, and his steps were not chaotic. He walked over step by step, and then greeted the two of them.
Lin Yutong pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit down."
It's closer to the charcoal fire, so it'll be warmer.
Lu Qilang sat over and said, "Your Highness, Princess."
He behaved himself, but the arrogance that appeared that day was gone.
The fifth princess poured him a cup of tea, "You said you wanted to see me because you have something to do. Just tell me, there is no need to avoid the princess!"
Lu Qilang looked at the fifth princess and said, "Your Highness, I met the fifth princess that day, so I asked you for help. In fact, before I met the fifth princess, I went to Zhongyongbo's Mansion, originally I wanted to find Prince Han.
, but Crown Prince Han is not in the house. I left a message, but so far I haven’t seen a reply. I was thinking that Crown Prince Han had never returned to the Han family. In the meantime, I went to prison again, still wanting to find Crown Prince Han. But I was afraid.
Prince Han thought I was asking for mercy or something else... so he avoided seeing me. I also wanted to go to Zhongqin Bo's Mansion to find the princess, but... there were rumors in the capital earlier, but now, I am in a state of desolation, but I am eager to find the princess.
Lord, I'm afraid it will be more detrimental to the princess's reputation... It just so happens that I met the fifth princess again, so I had to ask you for help."
It means that I don't want to take advantage of the fifth princess or anything else.
Yes! The fifth princess nodded, "I didn't think too much about it, you just said it."
Lu Qilang stood up, then slowly knelt down, "Your Highness, Lu Qilang is here to ask for help today."
Help? Who bullied you?
"Lu Qilang, a seven-foot man, if you have a dispute with someone and can't resolve it yourself, you deserve to suffer. If you ask for help for this, what will happen to me, Lu Qilang?" He looked at Lin Yutong, "Princess Princess, does she still remember Du Shiniang?
?”
Remember! What happened?
"Someone is buying a girl from an aristocratic family... for their own pleasure. Du Shiniang is famous... Because her brother refused to sell her, her legs were broken. She was afraid of causing trouble to the family, and now
I have become a monk and am staying at Meihua Temple in the city!"
What? Lin Yutong slapped the table, "You...you have been nagging for half a day, just say it bluntly!" After saying that, he pulled the fifth princess to stand up and walked away.
While talking to Lu Qilang: "When you discover such a thing, you should go to the Yamen. It is a sensitive time for a family, and the Yamen will not turn a blind eye! The saint promoted officials who came from aristocratic families and had not been involved in trouble. There are still aristocratic families in the cabinet.
Even if people from other backgrounds come to them, they won't ignore them. You're good, why are you so annoying! If you go to Han Shizi and leave a message to the prison directly telling the matter, he will have already taken care of it. Come and see me.
It’s inconvenient to ask a stranger to deliver a post, but it won’t be delivered? I’ve never known you, Lu Qilang, to be so long-winded in doing things!”
Lu Qilang blushed, "The Lu family is different from other families, so I'm afraid of arousing taboos..." The fifth princess looked at him: "What kind of family do you want to be a royal family?"
The two of them left the temple and did not take the carriage. Lin Yutong led the horse and took Qingya and Liu Yun with her. She said to the fifth princess, "You take Lu Qilang to the government office, and I will go to Meihua Temple to see Du Shiniang."
As he spoke, he turned over, got on the horse, urged the horse and drove off.
The fifth princess agreed, and while getting on her horse, she called the attendant: "Give Lu Qilang a horse and go to the capital government office." Then she urged Lu Qilang, "You should hurry up!"
Lu Qilang looked around and saw that there was no horse stool and no one on the horse. The fifth princess and her people had already run away, so he followed. The fifth princess asked on the way, "Do you know who is doing this business?"
"Most of them are big merchants!" The fifth princess frowned but said nothing.
What can you say about this kind of thing? Liu Yun sighed: "This is the evil of human nature." Lin Yutong nodded, who can say it is not the case! They will be psychologically satisfied by destroying people who were nobler than them in the past. They are not as good as pigs and dogs.
In front of her was Meihua Nunnery, a very famous nunnery with a good reputation in the capital. She got off her horse and said bluntly that she wanted to see Du Shiniang.
The little nun was leading the way, and another nun was delivering a message to the host.
Lin Yutong did not wait for the host, but quickly walked inside. In a small courtyard in the corner of the nunnery, he saw Du Shiniang dressed in gray.
The girl who used to be as golden as jade is now thin and haggard.
Seeing that it was Lin Yutong who came in, she stood up, bowed and then fell silent.
Tongtong looked around the quiet room. There was no charcoal fire and it was as cold as an ice cellar. She frowned and said, "Why don't you ask for help when you encounter such a thing?"
Du Shiniang said nothing.
"The Du family... Du Weijun rebelled and died. But Du Weiming is alive! Although he was dismissed from office, he was allowed to return to his hometown! In the Du family, no one close to him is an official, but people like Du Weiming, he
I have many old acquaintances and friends, can’t I protect you?”
Du Shiniang shook her head, "Husband and wife are just birds in the same forest. They fly separately when disaster strikes. Not to mention a family with many internal conflicts... The princess can come... I am very grateful."
Lin Yutong didn't ask anything else, only asked, "Do you know who had such dirty thoughts?"
Du Shiniang nodded, "The historians were convicted of the teahouse in the past."
Well! As long as there is involvement, it will naturally become involved. And then what?
"It's a businessman from the southwest, surnamed Chang. The Chang family bought the reverse birth from the Ministry of Household Affairs and started their business again... I don't know why the daughter of a purchasing family came to the house, but as far as I know, it is their family who is buying people."
Lin Yutong stood up as soon as he heard this, "You can stay in the nunnery for now!" He said and walked out. When he came out, he saw the host waiting outside and warned: "Haosheng, take care of her. She is a witness in a case. If something goes wrong,
It's an accident, so I won't take it lightly."
As he spoke, he glanced at Qingya.
Qingya took out the silver ingot and handed it to the other party, then followed his master directly out.
After coming out, Liu Yun whispered: "The Du family has several old concubines who have become monks in Meihua Nunnery, so they are willing to take them in."
Well! Lin Yutong came directly to the door and went straight to the teahouse.
The shopkeeper of the tea house has also been replaced. He was startled when he saw this fierce battle: "My lord, please forgive me, the shop has not reopened yet..."
"Where's your boss?"
Here! Here!
"Call me out." Lin Yutong sat in the main hall and looked at the shopkeeper, "Hurry up and stop talking nonsense."
The shopkeeper quickly asked the boy to fetch someone.
After a short while, a thin middle-aged man in his forties walked in and said, "Your Highness, you see, we are not open yet."
Lin Yutong stood up: "What's your name?"
Chang Ji! The villain’s last name is Chang Ji.
"I heard that you are buying someone?"
Chang Ji's expression changed and he quickly said: "The villain... the villain... is buying people. To make a living, you need to gain some people."
"Specially choosing women from aristocratic families?"
The sweat on Changji's head started to drop, "...a woman from a noble family...this is a business gimmick."
"If someone doesn't sell it, you break his legs?"
"The villain is wronged. He fell off the horse while riding. He was not the one who interrupted him!"
"That means you really bought people!" Tongtong snorted and said, "Dachen founded the country and had regulations on buying and selling people..."
The sweat on Changji's head began to drop, and just as he was about to speak, he saw the government surrounding the teahouse and someone from the government office came.
Then Tongtong doesn't care, it's not her responsibility.
When she came out, she whispered to Liu Yun: "Tell Manager Chen to keep an eye on the Chang family and see what they want to do with the purchase."
yes!
When they were riding back to the palace, the fifth princess was already waiting at the palace gate. Lu Qilang was standing beside him, talking to the fifth princess.
As soon as Tongtong came back, the fifth princess smiled: "How is it? Is Du Shiniang okay?"
"Nothing happens in the nunnery for now." Tongtong got off the horse, threw the reins to Qingya, and went into the palace with the fifth princess.
Lu Qilang bowed deeply: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Tongtong waved her hands and walked back with the fifth princess.
Lu Qilang could hear the princess's voice. She was saying: "I'm just a tea merchant, so brave. This matter needs to be made more serious. When everyone knows about it, they also know that some things cannot be done."
Too much. People fall into the dust, but they cannot be trampled on at will."
Lu Qilang suddenly raised his head and looked towards the back.
"People fall into the dust, but they cannot be trampled on at will! People fall into the dust, but they cannot be trampled on at will."
Lu Qilang raised his head high and stood for a long time. It was not until his feet were numb that the old servant had the courage to urge him, and then he turned around and walked back.
A small front, a small courtyard.
As soon as he entered the door, an old servant and his wife lived in the concierge on the side. Through the screen wall, there was a small patio. He walked through the patio and entered the main hall, where he could hear his father's deep cough and his mother's low voice.
He stood in the main hall and took two steps towards Tojima. "Father, mother, my son is back."
Mother hurriedly said: "Come in quickly!"
Inside, on the kang, was the pale-faced father. Sitting on the edge of the kang was a woman in coarse clothes. This was the mother.
The mother's face was still covered with a towel, so he hurriedly asked: "Is the boil on my face not healed yet? Let me take a look at it and go back to the doctor to prescribe some medicine!"
Mother Lu hesitated for a moment and then took off the scarf.
When Lu Qilang saw that face, his complexion turned pale in an instant, "Aniang...your face..."
Mother Lu touched her face: "Isn't it scary?"
"Who?" Who scratched your face?
Mother Lu smiled and said, "My mother married your father. Among the rich and powerful, her appearance is not a problem! But if you are from a humble family, such appearance is a disaster rather than a blessing! This is what my mother made for you.
My father didn’t know in advance.”
The man on the kang leaned on the pillow and looked at the woman with pity, his eyes filled with moisture, "I've wronged you."
Mother Lu shook her head, then stood up, "I'll go serve the rice while you two talk."
Lu Qilang took off his cotton cloak and put it on his mother, "It's windy outside, please don't catch a cold."
Ai!
Mother Lu walked out, and Lu Qilang sat next to his father, "Father, have you taken the medicine?"
Eat! Lu Fangxing gave Mrs. Tang in his arms to his son, and then said: "It's freezing here, so let's live like this in the city this year! When the weather gets warm next year, we can sell the houses in the city and go to
If we buy a small village in some suburban county outside the city, have some land, and teach a few Meng boys, we can live a good life. If my health hadn't been weighed down and I couldn't travel far, I should have returned to my hometown."
Lu Qilang was silent for a long time, and then he said: "Father, I heard that the imperial court is going to select officials..."
What?
"Three generations cannot be officials, but officials can't help it!" Lu Qilang looked at his father, "My son... doesn't want to hide, and lives in fear every day. Whether he is an official or an official, he has to stand in front of others and do an errand.
.Having an identity will protect you and your mother for the rest of your life. I also want to have a stable job and earn money to support the family... I always hold on to my identity as a noble family and feel superior, but others are still the same.
I can trample you under my feet. Dad, I will do it in vain and grit my teeth to get through it. In fact, it is not a big deal. It doesn’t matter if the official is low-level or not in the mainstream... I don’t care! If I dare to stand up and do this job...
Then the world will know what kind of person I am! I can do things that others can't do. So if anyone wants to bully me, he should stretch his arms a little... so that people know that we just don't have that superior status.
Yes, we are not easy to mess with either!"
Lu Fangxing finally had a smile on his face, "My father used to tell you that you should not be arrogant when you are in a superior position. You always said that you listened. But in fact, you never listened! You are Lu
Qilang, what you think is not arrogant is not really not arrogant. As a father, I often worry about how long it will take for my son to grow up with such a temperament. But now, he has indeed grown up. It can be seen that good fortune and misfortune can depend on each other.
Now. When the Lu family is here, my son is noble, but he is just sent to some girl by the family for marriage. Now, the Lu family is gone, and my son is sensible. Although he doesn't understand 'to be in a superior position without being arrogant'
, but being able to understand 'being in a lower position without being humble' is a great comfort to him as a father."
Only then did Lu Qilang smile, his eyes burning: "I'll go and sign up tomorrow."
Well! Go ahead.
When eating, there was a pot of corn and a plate of pickles. Lu Qilang felt sour when he saw the sweetness of his parents' food. Being able to eat corn and pickles every day was the only meal he could provide to his parents.
After eating, he went to sleep on the narrow kang on the other side of the screen.
It's too cold, and we can't afford to burn a few charcoal fires at home, so we just have to make ends meet.
It was late at night, and I could still hear my father's muffled cough and my mother getting up to pour hot water for him.
Mother's voice was low, "I'm afraid this medicine may not work. It's from the wrong year, so it won't be as effective as the previous ones."
The father replied: "It's the same, there is no difference in drinking. It's just because of the cold wind, it will be better if you wait a little longer."
Mother said nothing, as if adding fuel to the fire, she got on the kang again.
Lu Qilang was almost asleep when he heard his mother say again: "...become an official... I'm afraid people will ridicule Qilang..."
The father's cough started again, "... Taizu is different from other emperors... Today's emperor respects Taizu... This is not only compassion and broad-mindedness... but also pragmatism! Qilang... must be accepted He is ridiculed, but he will not grow up until he gets over the humiliation! But as long as he survives it... he will make a difference. As long as he is down-to-earth, down-to-earth, and does his job well... even an official can stand out. In the years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taizu...canonized many controversial people. What did the head of the family say at that time? They disagreed very much, but I thought it was good. There was a man named Han E who specialized in farming. Yes, he wrote a book on farming. After Taizu read it, he made him an official in charge of agriculture and rewarded him with the title of viscount. This family came from a poor family and was quite low-key in the capital. There was another A man named Mao Wenxi wrote a book called "Tea Book" and gave it to the Viscount, who made him a Yuanwailang at the Ministry of Industry. There were also several poets who were promoted to the academy under special circumstances, and held The salary of the seventh grade of the imperial court... It can be seen that if you are good at one subject, as long as you do it solidly and have achievements, the imperial court will value it. This is more important than talking about poetry and lyrics all day long. And officials focus on doing practical work... If Qi Lang just gets in, he will be able to accomplish something, and if he quits, he can settle down and support his family... This is not a shameful thing. The salary and money received by the officials are only the same as the salary received by the accountant. There is no difference between high and low.”
The woman gave a soft 'hmm' and snuggled next to the man, "When Qilang comes back... don't ask him about his errands, just praise the child."
Yes! Just praise it!
The sounds over there gradually became less audible, and Lu Qilang felt his cheeks were cold. Tears fell from nowhere, wetting his cheeks and the pillow.
When I got up early the next day, my mother personally brought hot corn cakes and said, "I'll be back early when I'm full."
Ai!
Lu Qilang went out and went to Liubu Yamen.
The Ministry of Rites was recruiting scribes, and he wanted to try.
Finally, when I arrived at the Yamen Gate, I saw a notice being posted that the imperial court was recruiting Khitan translators.
There were two seventh- and eighth-grade officials nearby who were discussing, "It's not enough to just stick it here, we have to go to various markets..."
"You have to ask an errand to come over! It depends on who in the trading firm is a Khitan guy who can speak Khitan dialect, and you want to find a job... Otherwise, where can you find such a person..."
Lu Qilang understood. It was not enough for the court to have translators, but it also needed translators.
Of course! Han Siyuan told the Sixth Prince over there, "The translator can do what is written on paper. But if you take it out, you can live there for three to five months, be able to speak, and understand the local language." , At least half of the people he brings must be able to understand Khitan." These people still have to deal with miscellaneous things, so they can only find translators! In fact, they are called assistants.
The sixth prince expressed that he understood, and agreed while sending Han Siyuan off, "This time, my eldest brother, I don't know when I will be scheduled..."
Just as he was talking, he saw Lu Qilang reading the notice at the door as soon as he went out.
Lu Qilang was stunned for a moment, then greeted the two of them and asked, "May I ask His Highness the Sixth Prince, Prince Han, if I can apply for the recruitment?"
Han Siyuan looked at him seriously: "This is the translator!"
"I know!" Lu Qilang handed over his hand again, "I know the Khitan script, the scripts of various tribes in the Western Regions, and even the Jiaozhi language...can I apply for a translator?"
Han Siyuan nodded, "Yes!" He pointed to the Sixth Prince, "His Highness the Sixth is responsible for this matter. You can discuss the details with him."
Thank you!
Han Siyuan nodded politely, then waved to the Sixth Prince, turned around and rode away.
The sixth prince turned to look at Lu Qilang and waved to him, "Come on -"
