Sitting in the carriage, Mrs. Fang was actually quite flustered, because she was worried that Lin Jue's going to the house without warning would expose Huanqiu's whereabouts. So when she arrived at the door of the house, Mrs. Fang took advantage of Lin Jue and the others to move wine and food down and quickly entered the courtyard, and reported loudly.

"Husband, Lord Yan, Lin Jue is here. This kid heard that Master Yan was here, so he insisted on coming to visit. I bought a lot of food and drinks. ”

Mrs. Fang's loud voice made Fang Dunru, who was sitting in the hall drinking tea, stop talking with Yan Zhengsu, and solemnly said solemnly: "Is Lin Jue here?" That's great. I heard that he had arrived in the capital, and I wanted to see him. ”

The girl in Tsing Yi, who was sitting on the side serving the tea of the two elders, had a white face, stood up at a loss, and panicked. Fang Dunru glanced at the wing, and the girl in Tsing Yi hurriedly ran and hid in the wing.

Lin Jue entered the courtyard with two large wine jars, and saw Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru who were stepping out of the hall at a glance, and hurriedly put down the wine jars and saluted.

Yan Zhengsu stepped forward with a laugh, looked Lin Jue up and down, and said, "Good boy, play sloppy with me." A few years ago, I said that I came to the capital to serve your teacher, but I didn't know that you didn't come at all. Your master and mother complained that I didn't bring you to Beijing. I'm afraid you're in trouble. You just don't want to come to Beijing with me, but you don't have to lie to me. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly confessed: "Lord Yan forgives my sins, I encountered something on the way, and I had to go elsewhere for a few months. It was not intended to deceive Lord Yan. ”

Yan Zhengsu smiled and said: "That's it, since you have another reason, can I blame you?" Look at how thin you are, it seems that this thing is a little tricky. We don't ask anymore, you young people always have your own affairs, but you should finish it early, and you should be the one who prepares for the exam. There are more than ten days before the Jinshi exam, 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 are still busy with some private affairs these days, and I haven't seen you Wen Shu in peace, are you planning to lose my face?" ”

Lin Jue hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the student will concentrate on studying and don't dare to lose the face of the teacher." ”

Yan Zhengsu also said: "Yes, how many people are looking at you in this Spring Exam." You are Xie Yuan of Liangzhelu Road, and you are a disciple of Brother Dunru, if you don't have the first place, then you can see it, so you have to work harder to succeed. ”

Fang Dunru glared and said, "Did you hear what Lord Yan said?" In fact, the old man's face is not important, what matters is your future. Don't think I don't know some things about you, what's the use of being greedy for enjoyment and engaging in some crooked ways now? Everything is inferior, only reading is high, understand? ”

Lin Jue was resigned, so he could only nod yes. Something seemed to be smacked out of Yan Zhengsu's words, and Yan Zhengsu said that he knew what he was doing, but he didn't know how much he knew. Don't even know about going to Funiu Mountain by yourself, that's the end of it.

"Come on, just say a few words, and there's no end to it? Lin Jue specially bought wine and food to honor the two of you, and when they met, they were reprimanded, which made people feel so embarrassed. Train people again, I'll give all these drinks and food to the homeless people on the street to eat. Mrs. Fang finally couldn't bear it anymore and said with a sneer.

"Don't don't, Mrs. Sister-in-law, don't do this to me, hahaha." Yan Zheng stroked his beard and smiled.

Mrs. Fang said: "Then don't train people, isn't it enough to listen to the two of you complain all day long?" It's okay to be down in the court, but it's still like this when you go home, so there's no need. You yourself are in a bad mood, but why do you need to be angry with your children? ”

Yan Zhengsu smiled: "Yes, yes, what Mrs. Sister-in-law said is true." ”

Fang Dunru sighed: "This woman, she really doesn't know the etiquette, how did she train Master Yan?" If you really don't know the book, you can't be polite. ”

Mrs. Fang glared and shouted, "What did you say?" ”

Fang Dunru was obviously extremely jealous of the other party's wife's anger, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yes, I didn't say anything." What about the food and drinks? Bring it in, and I'll have a few drinks with Lord Yan. ”

Lin Jue couldn't help laughing, and immediately picked up the wine jar, Lu Wu and Xiaohu carried other drinks and dishes into the house, and put several drinks and dishes on the table one by one.

"Pig ears, duck necks, and braised duck tongues. Brine-water peanuts. Well! This wine is also very good. Sister-in-law, how can you be so bankrupt. It's going to cost a lot of money. Yan Zhengsu stared at the wine and food on the table, and his index finger moved.

"This is all bought by Lin Jue to honor you, and it is all his silver." Mrs. Fang said with a smile.

Yan Zhengsu smiled and said: "That's to honor his teacher, Yan is stained today." ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "It's also filial piety to Lord Yan, come, I'll pour wine for Lord Yan and the teacher, you can have a drink today." ”

At that moment, Lin Jue was drinking with Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru on the side, pouring wine for them. Lu Wu and Xiaohu accompanied Mrs. Fang to eat some food in the kitchen, and Mrs. Fang took advantage of the unpreparedness to send some food into the wing room for Fang Huanqiu, who was hiding in the wing, and then came out and pulled Lin Hu and Lu Wu to the yard to prune and dig a ditch for the flowers, trees, and vegetables in the yard. Mrs. Fang never wastes labor, and when free labor comes, she naturally refuses to let it go. Even though it was getting late, I would rather light a lantern and do something.

In the room, after a few glasses of wine, the topics that were originally limited to talking about some trivial topics, and mostly focused on Lin Jue, finally changed to other things. That's what Mrs. Fang said, these two people are now together, and they have been chatting endlessly about those major affairs of the court and politics.

"Lord Yan, how have you gotten along with those people in the political hall recently? I hear some gossip and it seems a little unpleasant, doesn't it? Fang Dunru drank a glass of wine and asked in a deep voice with a slightly drunken spirit.

Yan Zhengsu put down the empty wine glass and glanced at Lin Jue sideways. Lin Jue was so shrewd, he hurriedly got up and said, "Mr. and Master Yan are chatting with themselves, and the students will retreat first." I went to the yard to help my wife dig a ditch. ”

Fang Dunru looked at Yan Zhengsu and said, "It doesn't have to be like this, Lin Jue is not a talkative person, so it doesn't hurt to ask him to stay here." ”

Yan Zhengsu said with a smile: "Naturally, it doesn't matter, Lin Jue, I still trust Lin Jue, you must not spread the drunken words that I talked to your teacher in private." We're just chatting in private. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "I'd better retreat, I don't want to hear about any military affairs." ”

Fang Dunru frowned and held up the empty cup and said, "What is hypocritical? You just go in your left ear and out of your right ear, and when you leave, who will pour the wine for us? ”

Lin Jue was speechless, so he had to smile and say, "Okay, I'm deaf." I stayed behind to serve Mr. and Master Yan with a drink. ”

Lin Jue picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu. But listening to Yan Zhengsu, the other party Dunru said: "Brother Dunru, isn't this expected? I went to Beijing to participate in the governor's affairs in the political affairs hall, and this will inevitably cause some people to be dissatisfied. So some discord is also to be expected. However, in fact, contrary to what I imagined, I was still not subjected to too much harassment in the political affairs hall. Lu Xiang, the other two deputy ministers, and the heads of each house were also polite to me. I was a little surprised. ”

"Oh? Lu Zhongtian is very good to you? What's a good way? Fang Dunru asked.

"It's not good, in short, we still maintain a harmonious atmosphere, since I entered the political hall, some people have been disrespectful to me, and it seems to be a bit of a bully. Lu Xiang reprimanded them a few times. I was also allowed to make the decisions on some things, and I did not secretly obstruct them. It's so much better than I thought it would be before I came. The deputy prime minister and the heads of the house are being polite to me now, so everything is going well. ”

Fang Dunru nodded slightly and said, "However, Brother Zhengsu thinks that what is Lu Zhongtian's attitude?" ”

Yan Zhengsu took a sip of the wine glass and drank it dry, and said with a smile: "Why do you want to ask Brother Dunru knowingly, Lu Zhongtian is just doing some superficial things. He's just showing his generosity and generosity, and doing it for people to see. Besides, what you and I are going to do has not yet begun, and he will only wait and see what happens, so how can he show his hostility in the first place? He is a very good person to disguise, you used to be the deputy minister in the political hall with him, you should know him better than I do. ”

Fang Dunru smiled and said, "I just know him too well. I once had an evaluation of him, I think this person 'has small courtesy but no great righteousness, is modest and loses great virtue, shows a gentle color on the outside, and has the heart of a tiger and wolf on the inside. He was an out-and-out hypocrite and a vicious man. ”..

Lin Jue tilted his ears on the side, listened carefully, and couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard his teacher's evaluation of Lu Zhongtian. Sure enough, the attacks between literati never use dirty words, and in just a few words, they sketched the image of a person who is spurned.

Yan Zhengsu laughed and said: "Brother Dunru's evaluation is really to the point, it can be seen 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 former emperor of this evaluation, and the former emperor retorted that I was intolerant and said that I was narrow-minded, because I had an opinion on him because my proposal was opposed by Lu Zhongtian. Hey, I'm very sad, I didn't expect that in the heart of the emperor, I was this kind of person. Lu Zhongtian's greatest ability is that he is good at disguising himself, whether it is the former emperor or the current saint, I am afraid it will be difficult to see his true face. ”

Yan Zhengsu nodded and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, you can know his true face, so that no matter how he disguises, we will know it in our hearts." Sooner or later, he won't be able to pretend, and he will tear his face by himself. ”

Fang Dunru smiled and said: "Yes, this time we will never back down, if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent, our Dunru will not retreat, and you Yan Zhengsu can't retreat." You have to remember that you called me back to do things, and I would not have come back if it had not been for your invitation. ”

Yan Zhengsu said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't want to come to the capital as an official, and I have been floating outside Beijing for nearly 20 years." Both the emperor and the saint have summoned me to Beijing many times, and I haven't agreed? Since I'm here this time, how can I have the idea of giving up halfway? You can rest assured of this. Who I am Yan Zhengsu, others don't know, but Brother Dunru knows best. ”

Fang Dunru nodded and said, "If I didn't know what kind of person you are, how would I come back." So, have you talked to the Holy One about what we have to do recently? What does the Holy One say? ”

Lin Jue pricked up his ears again, and he heard the key word 'things to do'. Lin Jue wanted to know if this matter was a change that he had guessed. So, he listened extra closely.