The two talked about business for a long time. It was not until Lin Yutong lay down at night that he remembered what little Zhu said about the Zhu family's desire to get married.
"Have you fallen in love with Sanlang?" Fourth Master said in disbelief, "He Mao next to me is probably better than Sanlang."
He Mao is young and can stay with the fourth master. He must be a confidant and his future prospects are good. Although He Mao is engaged, he should not first fall in love with this young, promising and handsome man without knowing it.
A young man? If you inquire more carefully, it would be great to know his family background. Why do you ignore such a person and look down on him, but he fell in love with Saburo?
Lin Yutong recalled that at that time, Sanlang was wearing a white robe with patterns of auspicious clouds embroidered with gold thread, and a jade crown on his head. He was indeed a talented and romantic man. She looked up at the fourth master, and now he looked like this.
He definitely has nothing to do with being romantic and suave, he has a completely tough guy image.
So it seems not unreasonable that Zhu Guixian fell in love with Saburo.
"Probably because of your appearance." Lin Yutong whispered.
The fourth master shook his head, "Really... ok. I'll ask Sanlang tomorrow to see what he says? However, with his temperament, if he knew that he could marry your mother's family, he would probably agree. This is the same as double insurance.
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Lin Yutong smiled and said, "Then let them go their own way." She shrank into the quilt. The temperature had dropped significantly in the past few days.
The Fourth Master wrapped her up in his arms and said, "Go to sleep and ask people to light up the earth dragon tomorrow."
The two of them had decided on this matter, and no one took it too seriously. There were a lot of big things waiting for them, and they had no time to take care of these trivial matters.
The next day, it was already afternoon, and an unexpected person was welcomed into the house.
"Mr. Lu?" Fourth Master held the post in his hand and looked at Wu Chunlai, "Where is the person? Who sent the post?"
"People are outside the door." Wu Chunlai said quickly: "I want to see you now."
The Fourth Master put down the post and walked out quickly, "Tell someone to tell Madam that Mr. Lu is here in person."
Wu Chunlai quickly sent away a young eunuch. When he turned around, he saw that the fourth master had rushed out without even bringing an umbrella.
He quickly picked up his umbrella and chased after him.
When the fourth master arrived at the door, he saw that the person standing under the eaves at the door was not Mr. Lu, who was dressed in civilian clothes.
"Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming?" Fourth Master supported Mr. Lu, "It's raining so hard. It's hard to walk on the road."
Before Mr. Lu could say anything, the middle-aged man who followed Mr. Lu said: "There is a letter from the fourth master, telling my father to send someone to prepare a chariot overnight and to come to pay his respects."
The fourth master also knew this man, he was Mr. Lu’s son Lu Geng.
"Sir." The Fourth Master quickly bowed, "You are really a bad boy." He said, taking the umbrella from Wu Chunlai's hand, "Let's go into the house to talk."
Lu Heng smiled, nodded, and followed the Fourth Master inside. Along the way, the Fourth Master held up the umbrella and held it above Mr. Lu's head.
As soon as they entered the main hall, Lin Yutong came out with a smile, "Sir, we are naturally happy that you are here. But on this rainy day, we were shocked at first when you were rushing like this. People like you are the treasures of the whole world.
Don’t make any mistakes.”
After saying that, he personally supported Mr. Lu and helped him sit on the main seat. Then he personally served tea and handed over the hot handkerchief, "You sit down first, and I will cook for you. You always have a taste of my cooking."
Then, he stepped back with a smile.
Lu Heng said: "I have worked hard for the imperial court all my life, but when I am old, you think you are a treasure." His tone was very sad.
The fourth master held the tea with his own hands and said, "Sir, if you think about it, you have worked hard for the people of this world for half your life, and you won't feel guilty. I only know that during your tenure as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the imperial court never added any gifts.
When you were the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the assessment of low-level officials was the most stringent. When you were the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, the backlog of cases was the least. With this, how can you not be a treasure?" This man has a good heart, but he also
I am not pedantic. I stick to the bottom line and yet escape from the officialdom. I am definitely considered a capable person. "I invited you before, but you didn't come down the mountain. This time, you came down the mountain in the rain because of the almanac. You
It is definitely considered a treasure in the world."
Mr. Lu waved his hands repeatedly, but his eyes were moist. "I can't deserve such praise. Before, I refused to go down the mountain because I didn't know what kind of person your Fourth Master was? Watching Zhao Hanshan become king, looking at Zheng
The king rebelled, and he saw that King Zhao was ready to act, and even colluded with the barbarians. I was thinking again, who is your fourth master? When will you show your ambition and become king? Until you pacify the Central Plains,
I thought that your time is ripe. The first thing you do when you come back is to become the king. But I didn't expect that I guessed wrong again. Fourth Master, you are very able to calm down. There is no sign of this at all, but you are adjusting.
Officials live with the people. I thought this was your strategy, and I praised your tolerance. However, I still underestimated your heart and mind. You want to break up with the court, but you are doing it for an imperial calendar.
Think about it, you are the one who asks the people to grow crops well and live in peace and contentment. Who else in this world is you? I can say this, once the imperial calendar comes out, it can be worth millions of people. The people will think, this Yin
If Shiro is not the emperor, who deserves to be the emperor? If he is not the emperor, he is concerned about our farming season. If he becomes the emperor, he will definitely be a good emperor. Fourth Master, you don’t know, what you want to compile is not the imperial calendar, but the people of the world
I suggest that this imperial calendar should be distributed free of charge to the people not only in the North, but also in the South."
The fourth master stood up and bowed, "Listen to you. Let's do this..."
Lin Yutong came in with a food box, "Let's eat first. After eating, sir, take a rest first. You've been tired all the way."
Mr. Lu pointed at Lin Yutong and said to the fourth master: "You have a wife like this who is worth half a million elite soldiers." He only mentioned it in the letter at first, but he had forgotten it. He didn't expect Lin Yutong's sense of smell to be so good.
Sensitive. This is not something that an ordinary woman can have. Although he has always felt that Lin Yutong is a strange woman, he always feels that he has underestimated her. Just like this time, this young couple refreshed his
The cognition is the same.
The fourth master laughed: "This is also the boy's first proud thing."
Lin Yutong put out the food in the food box and smiled sheepishly: "It must be something that my husband brought me."
Mr. Lu nodded with satisfaction. The feeling of being truly respected by others is not bad.
At the door, Li Jishan, Liu Shuquan, Fang Changqing, Fan Dongzhe and others all arrived, and the fourth master invited a few of them to accompany him. It was not until the dinner table that the few people knew that the fourth master wanted to compile the almanac.
"Fourth Master cares about the world. This is the blessing of the world." Li Jishan said quickly.
Lin Yutong laughed in her heart. No wonder the fourth master said that Li Jishan was not good at words. He was so flattering and so dry. Both she and the fourth master had been in high positions and had heard countless flattering words. Lin Yutong said this
It's called flattering, but the fourth master said it's indecent. This should be called 'praising the saint'. It is the duty of a minister to sing praises to the emperor. But this 'praising the saint' also has skills. Some people take pictures, and they can really impress people.
The whole body feels comfortable. For some people, the photos make people feel uncomfortable all over.
People who are good at talking, those who sing praises and praises, even if they are lies, still make people feel that they are sincere and rare.
For people who can't speak, even if they speak sincerely, it will appear fake and blatant.
Li Jishan is a person who cannot speak. He always pays the price when he suffers.
Seeing Liu Shuquan put down his chopsticks immediately, he cupped his hands towards Fourth Master, "Fourth Master, my subordinates have traveled a lot over the years and met a lot of people. What I usually do most is walk around on the street.
Listen to the people talking on the streets. I always feel that I can see the prosperity and change from these street talks and their every move, word and deed, food, clothing, and even plants and trees. The last time my subordinates left Beijing, that
It was ten years ago. At that time, the most lively streets in the capital during the day were the chicken and dog fighting markets, and the most lively places at night were the flower streets, willow lanes, gambling houses and theaters. At that time, my subordinates felt that this was a sign of decadence.
.But when I returned to the capital with Fourth Master this time and walked on the street, what came to my ears was the sound of martial arts practice and the sound of Lang Lang reading. What is this? This is the sound of vigorous hope. Now
, and I saw that the fourth master took this matter of the people into his heart, and the subordinates saw from this a heart that belongs to the emperor, and a benevolent heart that belongs to the wise king."
Lin Yutong said in his heart, look! This is a person who can talk.
The Fourth Master waved his hand, "Mr. Qingtian, he usually disdains flattery, but once he opens his mouth, it's basically nothing to do with anyone else."
Liu Shuquan quickly handed over his hand and said, "This is really from the bottom of my heart."
Several people laughed and passed.
Today, Liu Shuquan put some words on the surface, saying that the fourth master has a benevolent heart that belongs to a wise king.
But everyone knows that the fourth master also has the ambition of a king.
After returning to the backyard in the evening, the Fourth Master said to Lin Yutong: "This Liu Shuquan is smart, that is really smart." Pointing out the Fourth Master's ambition in front of Mr. Lu forced Mr. Lu to retreat.
All the boats are gone.
Lin Yutong smiled: "This person is usually a little aloof and arrogant. There is nothing wrong with him. Although he can talk, he rarely tells lies. But that Li Jishan looks like he can't speak, but sometimes he is very unpleasant to listen to.
To tell the truth. For example, he always said that one tael of silver is nearly two hundred taels. He also said that 500 old, weak, sick and disabled people are 500 elite soldiers and strong generals. Which one is better and which one is worse is really hard to say."
"Will Liu Shuquan really tell the truth from now on?" Fourth Master waved his hand, "That's not true. You can't be an official just by telling the truth. He is so smart that people can't notice what he is doing.