After entering the main hall of the mansion, Wang Qihe hurriedly asked someone to move a chair over and asked Mu Xiaojiu to sit down. Mu Xiaojiu didn't say anything polite to him, and sat down directly.

This time when he returned to the Central Plains, the little emperor once again promoted the rank and power of his official position as a "special envoy". Now he is already a second-rank official of the imperial court, and he can directly pick up that person's official uniform for both third-grade and third-grade officials, and he can cut officials below the third rank first. Of course, after investigating the officials, he needs to find a temporary replacement and not leave no one at the post.

When the little emperor announced Mu Xiaojiu's promotion in the early court, many officials jumped out to oppose it. However, Cai Jing and Zhuge Zheng refused to speak, and the "pro-emperor faction" cultivated by the little emperor has been effective, so in the end, this decision was passed.

Of course, such an outrageous decision can be passed, and many old ministers directly began to play dead advice, and even began to persecute the little emperor on the grounds of telling the old man to return to his hometown. But in the end, these people were pulled back by Zhuge Zheng and Cai Jing.

There is no way, now the little emperor is not afraid at all, and he does not eat this set; Second, Mu Xiaojiu has never done anything excessive since he became an official, but has repeatedly made great contributions, and it is reasonable for the little emperor to promote him.

Although Wang Qihe knew that Mu Xiaojiu was a special envoy, he was a senior official of the imperial court, and he was promoted to a second-rank senior some time ago, but he didn't know these twists and turns. Don't talk about this, he only knew the official position of envoy before, but he didn't know who Mu Xiaojiu was. However, he didn't know, but it didn't mean that the Shaoxing prefect who belonged to Cai Jing's faction - Lu Junyu didn't know either.

Lu Junyu, who had been asleep, was woken up, and he still had fire in his heart, but as soon as he heard that the imperial envoy Mu Xiaojiu was coming, this guy immediately put on his clothes in a hurry, and ran over from the backyard in a hurry, shouting as he ran: "Lord Mu? What about Wood-sama? ”

Mu Xiaojiu heard this shout and smiled lightly, but did not get up to pick it up, but sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and waited quietly for Lu Junyu.

After a while, in a rush of footsteps, Lu Junyu ran over.

Mu Xiaojiu turned his head to look, and saw that this Lu Junyu was not tall, thin and weak, and his eyes were a little blue, probably because of excessive indulgence. In addition, when this person saw him at this time, a flattering smile was obviously shown on his face, which made Mu Xiaojiu feel a little unhappy in his heart.

"Humble Lu Junyu, I've seen Master Mu!" Lu Junyu straightened his clothes, first gave a long salute to Mu Xiaojiu, and then said, "I don't know why Master Mu came to this Shaoxing City?" If there is anything that can be done by a lowly position, it will certainly not be ambiguous. ”

Mu Xiaojiu bowed slightly, but did not answer Lu Junyu's question, but first talked about the incident that happened at the dock just now, "Lord Lu, just now at the dock, a few thieves stabbed the official, and when he fought back, the official killed those five people, and now I am here, mainly to tell you about this matter." ”

Lu Junyu obviously also saw that Mu Xiaojiu was not very interested in his flattery, and now he was still expressionless, which made him muttered in his heart, I don't know if this Lord Mu didn't eat this set, or because he didn't show his true meaning.

It's hard to confirm it now, so he can only pretend to be temporary, "Hey, where is this little thing worth it for Lord Mu to come and run this trip in person." You can rest assured that these people actually dare to attack the officials of the imperial court, and this official will definitely report the matter, and at the same time increase the intensity of investigation and punishment, and once they find their comrades, they will all be arrested. ”

Lu Junyu's words were to the point, in fact, there was nothing wrong with it, Mu Xiaojiu really wanted to see what kind of person the parents of Shaoxing City were, but he didn't have the idea of picking bones in eggs. Therefore, for Lu Junyu's answer, he also smiled, "Since this is the case, then it will trouble Lord Lu." ”

Lu Junyu hurriedly said that he didn't dare, "Lord Mu is too polite, the lower official is the parent official of Shaoxing City, this kind of thing is the duty of the lower official." However, someone stabbed you, Lord Mu, and frightened you, which is actually a dereliction of duty on the part of the lower officials. ”

Well, although the previous appearance was a little flattering, but his official position does have a great deterrent effect on him, although the flattery is too much, it is normal. Mu Xiaojiu's heart gradually relaxed a little, after all, what the latter two sentences said made Mu Xiaojiu have a little change in his opinion of Lu Junyu.

As for overindulgence, this is a private hobby after all. Even if he accepts more concubines and sings in the Qinglou every night, as long as he doesn't rob the people's daughters, it won't be a problem.

Just thinking about it, Lu Junyu suddenly said: "Master Mu, let's not sit here, please inside, let's go have some tea." People say that it is better to hurry up than to hurry, since you have come to Shaoxing City, and you have arrived at this mansion, then the lower officials should also do their best to be a landlord, and we will go to have lunch together later. There is a Qiyu Pavilion in Shaoxing City, the dishes are well cooked, the wine is also authentic, and the most important thing is that their family's Yue Opera is particularly authentic. ”

Mu Xiaojiu originally intended to refuse, but he thought about it, it was okay to do so. First, go inside, look at the furnishings or something, and you can also determine what Lu Junyu's life style is on weekdays; Second, anyway, he will go to Qiyu Pavilion to listen to Yue Opera in a while, and if he goes alone, he will go, and it doesn't matter if there is one more Lu Junyu.

Thinking of this, Mu Xiaojiu simply nodded, "Since this is the case, then, I will forgive the official for bothering him." It just so happened that the official was actually a little curious about the structure of the government, and today just satisfied my curiosity. ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to Wang Qihe again, "Wang Zhutou will come along." I was able to get out of the dock smoothly today, without causing misunderstanding, thanks to the arrival of Wang Zhutou. ”

Wang Qihe's face was bitter, and he was about to excuse himself, but he heard Lu Junyu say lightly: "Since Master Mu called you, then come with you, Wang Zhutou." ”

When Wang Qihe heard Lu Junyu's tone, his heart trembled, knowing that he might not have a good time in the next few days. But when it came to this, he couldn't refuse, and in the end he could only keep up with Mu Xiaojiu and Lu Junyu.

Walking through the main hall and entering the inner courtyard, Mu Xiaojiu glanced at it casually. The inner courtyard of the Shaoxing Mansion is very simple, with only three rooms. The room on the left is Lu Junyu's residence, the room on the right is the kitchen, and the room opposite is used as a storage room. There is also a small courtyard behind the storage room, where there is a martial arts arena, which is specially used for the practice of the catchers.

Lu Junyu invited Mu Xiaojiu over for tea, so naturally it was impossible to take him to the kitchen or the storage room. After briefly browsing and introducing the purpose of each room, Lu Junyu took Mu Xiaojiu to his own room.

Speaking of which, Lu Junyu's room is very simple, with a bed, an ordinary quilt, a wardrobe, a dresser, and a set of tables and chairs. Other than that, there was only one bookshelf left in the room, which was full of books. Mu Xiaojiu took a look at it, those books had traces of being often turned over, and there was no dust on them, obviously they were not placed here as decorations, but someone was really reading them.

But I don't know why, Mu Xiaojiu always felt that something was wrong. As soon as he entered the room, he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell where it was.

"Lord Ki, please take a seat." Lu Junyu first invited Mu Xiaojiu to sit down, and then set up the tea sets on the table one by one. When Wang Qihe saw this posture, he immediately ordered the two guards who came over to carry hot water at the door.

After a while, the hot water was brought over, and Lu Junyu took the hot water, chatting with Mu Xiaojiu while brewing tea. Mu Xiaojiu had nothing to do, and he chatted with Lu Junyu without a match, and he was killing time.

It's just that he always had a strange feeling in his heart, as if he had missed something.

At noon, Mu Xiaojiu followed Lu Junyu in the direction of Qiyu Pavilion. Originally, Mu Xiaojiu wanted Wang Qihe to come with him, but Wang Qihe shirked the fact that relatives came to the house, and it was inconvenient to eat out, so they didn't go together. Therefore, following Mu Xiaojiu and Lu Junyu are two catchers.

Needless to say all the way, when I arrived at the Qiyu Pavilion, as soon as I entered the door, the shopkeeper of the Qiyu Pavilion, a middle-aged man who was about forty years old greeted him, "Yo, Lord Lu, please please hurry up, it's still the old rules." ”

Lu Junyu's face changed, nodded, and then secretly glanced at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper quickly remedied: "Haha, Lord Lu, I don't know which adult came this time?" If you want me to say that you have nothing to do, you can be regarded as having nothing to do without ascending the Three Treasures Palace. Do you have to have an adult to come to my shop? ”

Lu Junyu's face finally showed a little smile, "Hey, it's not that you don't know the shopkeeper, I'm so little from my family, where do I dare to come to your Qiyu Pavilion every day." If I dare to come on weekdays, my wife will not be allowed to chase me for a few streets with a kitchen knife. ”

As he spoke, Lu Junyu peeked at Mu Xiaojiu, and then let out a sigh. Fortunately, this Master Mu has been looking at the layout of Qiyu Pavilion since he came in, and this scene did not fall into his eyes.

But what Lu Junyu didn't know was that at this moment, Mu Xiaojiu also laughed, but his smile was different from Lu Junyu's smile. Lu Junyu's smile is the kind of smile that is relieved; And Mu Xiaojiu's smile was a smile with murderous intent.

The agency was too clever and mistook Qingqing's life. Who is this talking about? At this moment, this is Lu Junyu, who is too clever to calculate.

pretended to be single-minded, but in the end, this Lu Junyu still failed.

Of course, at this moment, Mu Xiaojiu didn't say this, but still followed Lu Junyu to the second floor casually. Because now, apparently, is not a good time to deal with things.

At the very least, you have to wait until you go upstairs and enter the wing.

"Huh, Lord Mu, don't you know, this Qiyu Pavilion is good, but it's a pity that the price is a little high. I only dare to come here every time an official visits, which can be regarded as a treat for myself. As soon as the shopkeeper's front foot went out, Lu Junyu smiled and opened his mouth.

Mu Xiaojiu raised his head and looked at Lu Junyu, and after looking at it for a while, it even made Lu Junyu feel a little hairy, so Mu Xiaojiu smiled and said, "Lord Lu, don't pretend." ”

Six words, just these simple six words, Lu Junyu's back suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. However, he has been able to mix in officialdom for so many years, at least the surface skills will not fall. Therefore, he forced himself to calm down and asked, "Lord Mu, what are you talking about, how can I-"

"Smack!" Mu Xiaojiu suddenly slapped the table, "I don't understand, right, I said let you stop pretending here." What do I pretend to be as cheap as a mirror and as clear as water? Do you understand this time? ”

Lu Junyu knew that he had planted it this time. But he stopped sweating, but reached out and took out a stack of about twenty or thirty silver tickets from his sleeve and handed them to Mu Xiaojiu. Mu Xiaojiu looked down and saw that these silver tickets were all 10,000 taels each.

"Master Mu, since you've talked about this, let's open the skylight and say something." I don't know why, Lu Junyu, whose lies were exposed by Mu Xiaojiu, suddenly became calm, "There are 300,000 taels of silver tickets, which is considered to be the money for you to buy the road, and when you leave, I will have 200,000 taels to give." ”

Mu Xiaojiu laughed, and then the next moment, he picked up the silver ticket and threw it in Lu Junyu's face, "Three hundred thousand taels?" Two hundred thousand taels? Oh, Lord Lu, having money can make ghosts grind, but it may not be able to let me Mu Xiaojiu grind for you! ”

Lu Junyu, who was dumped by Mu Xiaojiu with a silver ticket, was not angry at all, and climbed to today's position step by step, he didn't know how much humiliation he suffered, this thing was completely trivial to him.

"Lord Mu, if 500,000 taels is not enough, I can add another 500,000 taels. But I want you to pay attention to one thing, behind me is Lord Cai Jing Cai, even if you are now a celebrity around Your Majesty, but Lord Cai can influence not only Your Majesty. ”

Mu Xiaojiu's eyes narrowed slightly, "Lord Lu, you are threatening me." ”

Lu Junyu smiled, "How dare Xia Guan threaten Lord Mu, I just want to tell you, I don't know if you have money to make the ghost grind, but if you are not greedy, the snake will definitely be blown up." No way, there are too many examples of this. In the past few years that I have been sitting in the Shaoxing Mansion, you are not the first to come to check on me. But these people will either take my money and get out of here, or they will be the snake that has been blown up. Now I want to ask you, Master Ki, do you want to be a ghost, or do you want to be a snake? ”

Mu Xiaojiu looked at Lu Junyu who was smiling, suddenly shook his head slowly, and then said in a calm tone: "I am a human being, a living person. If I don't let the good people do it, why should I be a snake or a ghost? What's more, what kind of good thing are you? Others are snakes and ghosts, but what about you? The way you look now, you're just a powerful dog. ”