Lu Xiong had an accident from Jinling, and his father-in-law Long Ding's official position was dismissed, and the couple followed Long Ding and his wife back to Suzhou listlessly.

During this period, he went to Shaanxi to visit his parents, when Lu Zhen's wife was seriously ill, because he was impatient to live in Shaanxi, Lu Zhen was bent on seeking official reinstatement, and wanted his son to participate in the imperial examination in the coming year after restoring his fame, so that the father and son concealed Mrs. Lu's illness from the public.

In the name of picking up his wife, Lu Xiong went to Jiangnan again, and after he came back, he still lived in his father-in-law's house.

Long Ding, who is idle at home, has no children and nephews, and there are not many distant relatives, just such a son-in-law, although he is tired, in the end, he will have to rely on half a son to support the elderly in the future, so he does not complain a word.

Long Ding treated his son-in-law as a son, worried that Lu Xiong was ashamed of being dressed in white, depressed, and pleaded with his in-laws, so he used thousands of taels of silver and connections to temporarily change his son-in-law's name and seek an official position as the chief of honor and deputy of the feudal palace.

The power of the vassal king's mansion is no longer powerful, people are floating in things, there are so many families, and the officials can't supervise it, so they were exploited by Longding lightly.

When Lu Xiong saw the official from the fifth grade, he immediately dispelled the idea of the imperial examination, originally with his knowledge, the road of the imperial examination was undoubtedly fantastic.

The satisfied Lu Xiong was still a little shy when he saw people at first, embarrassed, after a long time, he reverted to his old ways, and slept in Suzhou City all day long, bullying people. The local people didn't dare to offend because the Long family was a well-known gentleman, so they had to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

Long Ding has been a Beijing official for half his life, and there are several cases of money invested in overseas trade, and he left Beijing in a hurry that day, and failed to ask for it in time, so he sent his son-in-law to Beijing.

Before leaving, Long Ding specially instructed, and Lu Xiong patted his chest to promise to go back quickly and never cause trouble. took three or four relatives and henchmen Wang De, and took a boat all the way to Jinling.

A few days after arriving in the capital, he rented a private house outside the city to live. For ten days in a row, half of the silver taels were recovered, and the remaining half had to wait a few more days.

All the money has to come back to go back, so Lu Xiong is not in a hurry, he has money in his hand, and runs to Qinhuai River every day to visit famous prostitutes, and although Qinhuai River is not as prosperous as before, there are more and more privately operated painting boats, drunk and sheng songs are still the same, and Lu Xiong has no day and night to have fun at will.

On this day, I met Liu Yun's guy. Liu Yun has taken refuge in Lu Xiong's father Lu Zhen over the years, and he was also impeached by Yanguan and lost his official position recently.

At this time, Liu Yun's wife Cao Shi had passed away, and Liu Yun, who had no scruples, was unscrupulous, and all the women in the family who had a little beauty had to hook up.

The two who smell like each other used to be intimate, and now they call each other confidants, and they hang out in the courtyard together every day, but the capital is full of powerful people, and they can't help but have a hard time.

Liu Yun said: "Brother, you go back to Yangzhou with me." The scenery of Yangzhou is not reduced in Jinling, I will take you to open your eyes. ”

"Good!" Lu Xiong clapped his hands.

So the two hired a boat to go directly to Yangzhou City, and the silver they got back was deposited in the bank, and it was very convenient to go out. After arriving. Liu Yun took him around every day to have fun.

On the fifth day of coming to Yangzhou, Liu Yun got up early in the morning and ate snacks, because Lu Xiong didn't wake up after drinking too much last night, so he couldn't go out alone. Bored to stand in front of the door and watch the excitement.

The prosperity of Yangzhou is no less than that of Jinling, with pedestrians coming and going on the streets, and the sound of selling is endless. The roads are particularly congested. Liu Yun's eyes searched around for the dazzling woman, and suddenly noticed that there was a little lady on the opposite side who opened the door and came out to splash water.

"Yo!" Liu Yun's eyes were brighter, the little lady looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, her cloud bun was fluffy and her demeanor was lazy, obviously she hadn't freshened up after getting up, she was wearing a lake-green tight-fitting jacket, a blue cloth skirt, her face was like a dewy flower, and her willow waist was not in her hands, and she was naturally graceful.

Just as the little lady finished splashing the water, she raised her head, and noticed that someone was staring at her on the other side, her pretty face turned red, turned a few steps and fled back, closing the door.

Liu Yun's soul seemed to follow in, and his heart said who is this? The whole person looked at the door of the house in a daze, and the straight eyes didn't move.

Suddenly realized that someone had been patted on the back, "Brother Renxiang, are you distracted by anything?" ”

Liu Yun looked back and saw that it was Lu Xiong, and said with a smile: "There is an immortal in the sky passing by, so the foolish brother is here to treat him respectfully." ”

Lu Xiong smiled: "What do you say? I don't understand. ”

"Come, come!" Liu Yun pulled him into the study, carefully described the style of the little lady at the door, and sighed: "Such a beauty, how can you let it go?" ”

Lu Xiong smiled and said, "It's not difficult!" I don't think the family on the other side is a big family, and I sent someone to find out what to do for a living, just to impress with silver, and not to worry about fulfilling our brother's wishes. If his family insists on unwillingness, we will use our power to suppress people, and ordinary people are still afraid to fly to the sky? ”

This is Yangzhou, what is Liu Yun afraid of? immediately asked the housekeeper who stayed behind, and the housekeeper replied without thinking: "It is the former scholarly Shen family, after the death of the parents, the family fortune plummeted, the brothers and sisters separated, the young master Shen could not study, it seems that he is running a cloth business, and his wife's surname is Wu." What the master saw should be the only daughter of the Wu family, whose name is Aunt Lan, who used to come to our house often, at that time she was a yellow-haired little girl, she seems to be seventeen years old this year, and the person who came out is more beautiful than Huajiao, and she has not yet been married. ”

Liu Yun frowned and said, "It's actually an old neighbor for many years, and it's my junior." Alas! I can't do anything indecent, but I pity me for this lovesickness. ”

Lu Xiong smiled happily: "I might as well do it!" Butler, you continue. ”

The housekeeper said: "Young Master Shen went out to sell cloth, there were only two of them in the family, mother and daughter, and Mrs. Shen was thrifty at home, and she didn't need a single person." ”

"As the saying goes, as long as the deep iron pestle is sharpened into a needle." Lu Xiong seemed confident, "Since his father is not at home, I have my own strategy, and I am not afraid that her daughter will not be hooked by me." Brother Xiangren, don't be sorry, what is a neighbor? If I succeed, I will naturally come out on top, and you will be able to fulfill your wish by the way. ”

Liu Yun shook his head and said: "Needless to explain, I don't care about you in this matter, I just want to say a few words to her, and I don't dare to do it." As for you, it's up to you. ”

After all, Liu Yun has been an official for many years, and people know what they can do and what they can't do when they are middle-aged, and rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest! At least on the surface. Of course, he is not a good person, so he does not interfere with Lu Xiong, and only God knows what he really thinks.

Lu Xiong immediately confessed to his henchman Wang De like this and gave him fifty taels of silver. Wang De went to Shen's house and knocked on the door, and Aunt Lan inside came out and opened the door. Seeing that it was a stranger, he hurriedly retreated.

Wu, who was less than forty years old, came out and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Wang De said with a smile on his face: "Is your old man the grandmother of the Shen family?" Your master Shen has a letter here, and he asked me to send it. ”

"Ahh Come in. Wu Shi saw that it was entrusted by her husband, and the person who came was well-dressed, like a deacon, and had no suspicions.

Invited people to the house to sit down, Aunt Lan shyly handed over tea and stood behind her mother. Wu asked, "Where did my husband meet Zunjia, and what kind of letter did he bring?" ”

"The letter was brought by the master of my house. I'll send it over. Wang De said again: "The surname of the head of the family is Lu, the supervisor of the capital Guozijian, the eldest son of the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and the uncle of the former Shaoqing Long of Dali Temple." Because I met Master Shen in the Suzhou teahouse, I learned that the previous generation had a world friend. My young master saw that Master Shen was loyal and very close to each other, because the young master was going to visit friends in Yangzhou, Master Shen asked him to bring back a piece of silver and a message, saying that he was in a hurry to write a letter. He can't go home for the time being, so I tell you to rest assured. ”

"Oh!" Wu and his daughter were very happy when they heard this, and they saw Wang De put a heavy bag of silver on the table, "It just so happens that my young master lives in the Liu Mansion at the opposite door. Send me the money. The young master said that there was no man at home in the Zun Mansion, so it was inconvenient to come to visit, so I greeted Madame. ”

After Wang De finished speaking, he asked Wu to check the silver, picked up the tea and blew it. The look is laid-back.

Although Wu didn't receive a letter from her husband, who would send you money for no reason? Young Master Lu is an official eunuch who has read the books of sages and sages, and his family background is noble. Totally convinced.

Looking at the silver happily, the score was not bad, Wu Shi happily handed it over to his daughter to put it away, and asked Aunt Lan to seal the five coins of silver and come out, and said to Wang De: "Thanks to your son-in-law carrying it from afar, the slave family is very uneasy." I asked the housekeeper to walk on my behalf, a little respectful, and asked the housekeeper to buy a pair of shoes to wear. In front of your son-in-law, you have to bother the housekeeper to thank you on behalf of the slave family. ”

Wang De smiled: "Madame is too polite, do you still need money for legs and feet in three or five steps?" No, if the young master knows, he will definitely not follow. ”

"That's what I mean, and it's okay for Childe to know." Wu Shi also smiled: "Could it be that there are too few housekeepers?" ”

Wang De excused himself a few times, and then reluctantly accepted it, and then got up to thank him and say goodbye, and Wu personally took him out.

Wu watched Wang De cross the street and enter Liu's mansion, and said to his daughter: "I dare to love the young master of the Liu family is really back, and I don't know if Mrs. Liu has come back, I haven't seen you for many years, alas! ”

Back then, Liu Yun was stubborn and liked to play tricks on people since he was a child, and he was also very lustful, but he was obedient and obedient by Cao's discipline, and basically did not harm the daughters of the neighbors. Later, I heard that after entering Beijing, the official fortune was prosperous, but her husband was repeatedly disappointed in the imperial examination, just like some people in later generations often said that naughty children are more promising, and I can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Aunt Lan said: "Then why don't you buy a gift and go over and have a look?" ”

"If you don't go, why be embarrassed?" Wu shook his head, "Besides, things are not human, and your father is not at home, so it is not good for us to go out at will." Let's go, go back, my mother will make you something to eat. ”

"Great." Aunt Lan happily helped her mother and said as she walked: "Mother, is it really entrusted by my father?" ”

"How not?" Wu explained: "Your father is worried that the family will not be able to return for a while. Presumably, the son surnamed Lu is a serious person, didn't he say that the previous generation was still friends with my family? So don't write letters, it's okay. ”

Aunt Lan nodded lightly, but she was very puzzled in her heart, and secretly said that her father was doing things for the owner, where did he get the fifty taels of silver? My father has always been meticulous, even if he has to take the money he deserves, how can he embezzle the capital of the owner? And there is no handwritten letter back, so I can't listen to the words of the Lu family, there must be a reason.

Wu is dignified and thrifty, but she is an ordinary woman with little knowledge. Aunt Lan has been literate since she was a child, and she has been in a new school for girls for two years, she is very smart, and she is much stronger than her mother in terms of human sophistication. (To be continued......)