Sitting in the carriage, Mrs. Fang was actually quite panicked, because she was worried that Lin Jue's going home without warning would expose Huanqiu's whereabouts. So when they arrived at the door of the house, Mrs. Fang took Lin Jue and others down.
While the food and wine were being moved, he quickly entered the yard and loudly announced the news.
"Husband, Master Yan, Lin Jue is here. This kid heard that Master Yan was here, so he insisted on coming to visit. He bought a lot of wine and food."
Mrs. Fang's loud voice caused Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengshen, who were sitting in the hall to drink tea, to stop talking. Yan Zheng solemnly said, "Is Lin Jue here? That's great. I heard that he has arrived in the capital.
I want to see him."
The girl in Tsinghua who was sitting aside to serve tea to the two elders turned pale, stood up helplessly, and panicked. Fang Dunru winked at the wing, and the girl in Tsing hurriedly ran and hid in the wing.
Lin Jue carried two large wine jars into the courtyard. When he saw Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru coming out of the main room, he quickly put down the wine jars and stepped forward to salute.
Yan Zhengsun laughed loudly and stepped forward, looked Lin Jue up and down and said: "Good boy, just try to sneeze at me. Years ago, I said you would come to the capital to serve your teacher, but when I came I found out that you didn't come at all. Your master and mother-in-law complained that I didn't bring him with me.
I want you to come to Beijing with me, lest you encounter any trouble. Even if you don’t want to come to Beijing with me, you don’t have to lie to me.”
Lin Jue hurriedly apologized and said: "Master Yan, please forgive me. I encountered something on the way and had to go somewhere else for a few months. I didn't mean to deceive Master Yan."
Yan Zheng laughed solemnly and said: "That's all, since you have other reasons, why should I still blame you? You look a little darker and thinner. It seems that this matter is a bit difficult. We won't ask anymore, you young people always
You have your own affairs, but you should settle them early and study hard to prepare for the exam. The Jinshi exam will be held in a dozen days, so don’t take it lightly."
Lin Jue nodded in agreement, and Fang Dunru on the side also said with a straight face: "I heard that you have been busy with some personal matters these days, and I haven't seen you calmly reading books. Are you planning to embarrass me?"
Lin Jue hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare. The student will devote himself to studying, and don't dare to lose the face of his teacher."
Yan Zhengsun also said: "Yes, how many people are watching you in this Chunwei exam. You are Jieyuan of Liangzhe Road and a disciple of Brother Dunru. If you don't get the first place in Chunwei, it will be a big deal.
So you have to work harder to succeed."
Fang Dunru glared and said, "Did you hear what Mr. Yan said? In fact, my face is not important, what is important is your future. Don't think that I don't know something about you. What's the point of doing some evil things just to enjoy yourself now?"
Use? Everything is inferior, only reading is high, do you understand?"
Lin Jue was obedient and could only nod in agreement. He seemed to find something out of Yan Zhengsheng's words. Yan Zhengsheng said that he knew what he was doing, but he didn't know how much he knew. Don't even know about his trip to Funiu Mountain.
Okay, that's it.
"Come on, come on, just say a few words. Is it over? Lin Jue specially bought wine and food to honor you two. When we met, he scolded you. How embarrassing. If you scold people again, these wine and food will be given to me.
But they were all given to the homeless people on the street to eat." Mrs. Fang finally couldn't bear it anymore and said with her hands on her hips.
"No, no, no, sister-in-law, don't do this to me, hahaha." Yan Zheng said, stroking his beard and smiling.
Mrs. Fang said: "Then don't lecture others. Isn't it enough to listen to you two complaining all day long? It's okay to be upset in the court, but it's still the same when you get home. There's no need. You are in a bad mood, but you are
Why take it out on the child?"
Yan Zheng smiled solemnly and said: "Yes, yes, Madam-in-law said yes."
Fang Dunru sighed: "This woman really doesn't know etiquette, how can she teach Master Yan? She really doesn't know etiquette and she can't be polite."
Mrs. Fang glared and shouted, "What did you say?"
Fang Dunru was obviously extremely wary of the other party's wife's anger, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Okay, I didn't say anything. Where are the food and drinks? Bring them in, Master Yan and I can have a few drinks."
Lin Jue held back his laughter and picked up the wine jar. Lu Wu and Xiao Hu carried other wine and vegetables into the house and placed several wine and vegetables on the table one by one.
"Pig ears, duck necks, and braised duck tongues. Salted peanuts. Hmm! This wine is also very good. Madam, how can I let you spend so much money? It must cost a lot of money." Yan Zhengsheng stared at the table.
The food and wine served were very exciting.
"Lin Jue bought these to honor you, and all he spent was his money." Mrs. Fang said with a smile.
Yan Zheng chuckled solemnly and said: "That's to show filial piety to his teacher. Yan has taken advantage of it today."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "I am also respectful to Master Yan. Come, I will pour wine for Master Yan and the teacher. You can have a drink today."
At the moment, Lin Jue was drinking with Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru, pouring wine for them. Lu Wu and Xiaohu accompanied Mrs. Fang to eat some food in the kitchen, and Mrs. Fang took advantage of someone to deliver some food to the side room.
Fang Huanqiu ate it while hiding in the middle, and then came out and took Lin Hu and Lu Wu to the yard to cut branches and dig trenches for the flowers, trees and vegetables in the yard. Mrs. Fang never wastes labor, so she naturally refused when free labor came.
Let it go. Even though it is getting late, I still would rather light a lantern and do something.
In the room, after a few glasses of wine, the conversation was originally limited to some trivial topics, and most of the topics focused on Lin Jue finally changed to other things. That is what Mrs. Fang said about these two people who are now here.
Together we talked endlessly about all the important political matters.
"Master Yan, how are you getting along with those people in the political hall recently? I heard some rumors, which seems a bit unpleasant, right?" Fang Dunru drank a glass of wine and asked in a low voice with a hint of drunkenness.
Yan Zhengsheng put down the empty wine glass and glanced sideways at Lin Jue. Lin Jue was so shrewd that he stood up and said hurriedly: "Sir and Mr. Yan are chatting among themselves. The students should retreat first. I will go to the yard to help my wife dig a trench."
Fang Dunru looked at him solemnly and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Lin Jue is not a talkative person. It's okay to ask him to stay here."
Yan Zheng smiled solemnly and said: "Of course it doesn't matter, I still trust Lin Jue, but Lin Jue, you must not spread the drunken talk that your teacher and I chatted in private. We are just chatting in private."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "I'd better retreat, I don't want to hear about any military and national affairs."
Fang Dunru frowned and held up the empty glass and said, "What are you being pretentious about? Just go in your left ear and out your right ear. Who will pour the wine for us when you leave?"
Lin felt speechless and could only smile and said: "Okay, I'll just turn a deaf ear. I'll stay and serve Mr. Yan and Mr. Yan drinks."
Lin Jue picked up the jug and poured wine for Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu. But Yan Zhengsu said to Fang Dunru: "Brother Dunru, isn't this expected? I went to Beijing to serve as the counselor at the Political Affairs Hall.
Political affairs, this will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some people. Therefore, some disharmony is also foreseeable. However, in fact, unlike what I imagined, I did not encounter much difficulty in the political affairs hall. Mr. Lu, in addition
The two deputy prime ministers and the housekeepers in each house were also very polite to me. I felt a little surprised."
"Oh? Lu Zhongtian is very good to you? What's the best way?" Fang Dunru asked.
"I can't say it's a good thing. In short, we still maintain harmony. Since I entered the political hall, some people have been disrespectful to me and seem to be a bit bullying. Prime Minister Lu has reprimanded them several times. He also tolerates me in some things.
I made the decision and didn’t secretly obstruct it. The situation is much better than I imagined before I came here. The deputy prime minister and the officials in each house are also polite to me now, so everything is going smoothly."
Fang Dunru nodded slightly and said, "But, brother Zhengsu, what do you think is Lu Zhongtian's attitude?"
Yan Zhengsun picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Brother Dunru, why should you ask questions knowingly? Lu Zhongtian is just doing something superficial. He is just showing his generosity and tolerance for others to see. Besides,
, what you and I have to do hasn’t even started yet, he will just wait and see what happens, so how could he show his hostility from the beginning? He is very good at disguising. You once served as deputy prime minister with him in the political hall.
, when you know him better than me."
Fang Dunru chuckled and said: "I know him very well. I once made an evaluation of him. I think this person has small etiquette but no great righteousness, sticks to trivial matters but loses great virtue, and appears gentle on the outside.
He has the heart of a tiger or a wolf inside.' He is an out-and-out hypocrite and a vicious and ruthless person."
Lin Jue stood by and listened carefully. When he heard his teacher's comments about Lu Zhongtian, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. As expected, the criticism among literati never used curse words. In just a few sentences, he could outline the whole story.
The image of a despised person.
Yan solemnly laughed and said, "Brother Dunru's comment is really to the point. It shows that Brother Dunru has a deep understanding of this person's character."
Fang Dunru sighed: "What's the use of knowing that he is such a person? I told the late emperor these words of evaluation, and the late emperor rebuked me for being incompetent and saying that I was narrow-minded because I
The political proposal he proposed was opposed by Lu Zhongtian, so he had objections to him. Alas, I was very sad. I didn’t expect that in the heart of the late emperor, I was this kind of person. Lu Zhongtian’s greatest skill was that he was good at disguising himself. No matter whether the late emperor or today
Your Majesty, I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to see through his true face.”
Yan Zheng nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "In any case, it is enough for you and me to know his true face, so that no matter how he pretends, we know it in our hearts. Sooner or later, one day, he will not be able to pretend anymore, and he will tear his face off by himself.
break."
Fang Dunru said with a smile: "Yes, we will never give in this time. If we don't succeed, we will succeed. I, Fang Dunru, will not retreat, and you, serious and solemn, cannot retreat. You must remember that it was you who called me back to work.
,If it weren’t for your invitation, I wouldn’t come back.”
Yan Zheng chuckled solemnly and said: "Don't worry, I don't want to come to the capital to be an official. I have been living outside the capital for nearly twenty years. No matter whether the late emperor or the emperor called me to the capital many times, I have never agreed.
Well? Now that I’m here this time, how can I think of giving up halfway? You can rest assured on this point. Who I am, Yan Zhengsheng, is unknown to others, but Brother Dunru should know it best."
Fang Dunru nodded and said: "If I didn't know what kind of person you are, how could I come back? So, regarding what we are going to do, have you had a detailed discussion with the Holy One recently? What did the Holy One say?"
Lin Jue pricked his ears again. He heard the key word 'things to be done'. Lin Jue wanted to know if this was the change he had guessed. So, he listened extra carefully.
