Now although Gong Zhuoxiang is only serving as the censor of Zuoqian Capital, the fourth rank, everyone in the court knows that he is the favorite minister of the Holy One, but he is only limited by his age to stay in this position for a while, and his future official career is There is no limit, so people who want to build a relationship with him will naturally be indispensable, and there will be no shortage of people who are close to him as an excuse, such as the one who put his idea on Lu Zijian's head now.
Moreover, although Lu Zijian's family affairs were ordinary, he was at least a pure minister of the guard who had meritorious service in guarding the emperor when he ascended the throne, so even regardless of Gong Zhuoxiang's relationship, it was normal for some wealthy families to list him as the candidate for the concubine's son-in-law.
"What do I mean? What's the matter... You want to be my matchmaker?"
Lu Zijian was stunned for a moment before realizing what Gong Zhuoxiang said, and he couldn't help but look at him in surprise, wondering why this person was stimulated, he usually cares about what he cares about, why did he mention this all of a sudden?
And you said to mention this to me with such an expression, do I dare to say that you have an idea... Lu Zijian secretly slandered.
"... Men always want to get married and stay behind, otherwise it will hinder your future career."
Gong Zhuoxiang hesitated for a moment, and finally said it vaguely and unwillingly. The relationship and life between him and Lu Zijian have been very stable in the past two years. Gong Zhuoxiang is also very satisfied with this situation, but seeing Lu Zijian alone Living alone in Beijing, he will inevitably feel distressed, but if he is willing to let Lu Zijian remarry, it is absolutely impossible, but in the status of the two of them, Gong Zhuoxiang feels that he may not be qualified to do so Selfish.
"When will you stop looking at me with such a murderous expression? When will I be thinking about this?"
Lu Zijian squinted his eyes and stared at Gong Zhuoxiang's cold face for a while, until the coldness on the other's face was almost freezing, he suddenly shook his head and sighed, and lazily leaned back against the wall of the carriage, with the corner of his mouth so A little bit suspiciously bent upwards.
"Then what if I keep doing this?"
Gong Zhuoxiang's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward to get close to Lu Zijian, watching his every change of expression seriously and earnestly... Zijian, do you mean that you will never marry another wife because of me
"Then I don't think about it all the time. Anyway, I'm not like you, the eldest son and grandson of a big family, who have to carry so many responsibilities. Besides, men, powerful and powerful are afraid that they won't be able to marry a woman. In addition to taking teenage girls as concubines, there are not many who are... um... "
Lu Zijian smiled lecherously and pinched Gong Zhuoxiang's face, but before he finished speaking, he was pressed against the car wall and kissed him deeply, but before Lu Zijian got up to fight back, Gong Zhuoxiang was very angry Quickly retreated and left, returning to his usual look of ease.
"Since it's settled, I'll arrange another butler for you tomorrow."
A comfortable smile appeared on Gong Zhuoxiang's face, he already had many new ideas in his heart, and he was quite looking forward to it.
"... Mu Bo is pretty good, what else do you want the housekeeper to do?"
What did we agree on? Lu Zijian's eyebrows twitched, he was becoming more and more powerless towards Gong Zhuoxiang's growing 'self-righteousness'.
As for the Mu Bo he mentioned, Gong Zhuoxiang arranged for him. It can even be said that the housekeeper and more than a dozen servants in his family were all picked by Gong Zhuoxiang... Lu Zijian was a little angry when it came to this Thinking about how easy it was for him to choose those well-behaved maidservants and beautiful boys, Gong Zhuoxiang actually cleaned them up for him, and although he could see the replacements, he didn't dare to stand in front of him. What fun can there be in raising it
Of course, Lu Zijian paid for the servant's monthly bill and all the expenses of the family himself, he would not take advantage of Gong Zhuoxiang, and Gong Zhuoxiang never showed off his wealth in front of him.
"Mumbo can take care of your daily life and food, but you are not good at interpersonal communication. Although you are not good at those people, after all, you are in the officialdom, and you cannot lack the rules and etiquette you should have."
Gong Zhuoxiang's idea was that since Lu Zijian didn't realize the importance of a headed mistress, he might as well not let him know, and send two housekeepers to take care of all the internal and external affairs, so that Lu Zijian would be gone. Worry about the future can be considered as good for him or good for me.
Lu Zijian's family background can be regarded as a little rich, and there are about 20 servants serving him in his old home. Although his official position is not low now, he doesn't care about the pomp and pomp at all. He still lives in the small house when he was preparing for the exam, and there are only a dozen people serving at home. He is enviable for being carefree and carefree every day, and what Gong Zhuoxiang likes most is probably his free and easy, generous and hearty man. Personality.
"Okay, where shall we go for dinner?"
Lu Zijian nodded indifferently, and then asked about today's destination. He no longer has any illusions about the person Gong Zhuoxiang sent, and he is probably not much younger than Mu Bo...
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX carried two jars of spirits alone. Qiao Yingxuan came to his old place by the river and sat down. The simple and elegant small building on the riverside is supported by pillars and suspended above the bank and the river, so with the ebb and flow of the tide, Qiao Yingxuan felt that every time he saw it, he seemed to change places, so he felt inexplicable. Just fell in love with this place.
Qiao Yingxuan also visited the small building when he came several times before, but he found that although there were wooden furniture such as beds, tables, chairs and cabinets, there were no traces of people living in it, such as bedding, rice and grain, but there was no dust or dilapidation. , so I thought it was cleaned by someone. Qiao Yingxuan didn't meet anyone a few times in a row, and then he didn't go in to see it. He just drank his own wine and punched himself on the big rock where he could see it. After venting, he lay on the stone and watched the stars until he fell asleep drunk and was packed and carried to Lu's house by someone sent by Lu Zijian to sleep overnight. The next day he was alive and well, what should he do...
Today's Qiao Yingxuan, as always, was drinking first, thinking of the old, the young, the dumb, and the crazy at home, and the wife who was supposed to be in love with each other, but she was just a Tong Linniao, who couldn't even say a word from his heart. no…
Thinking of his eldest brother and good brother, eldest sister and brother-in-law, even senior brother and Brother Xiang, Qiao Yingxuan's drinking became even more intense. His expectation all the time is really simple, he just hopes to have a wife that he can love well, and who can truly love him and understand him, and then the two will have children and live lovingly and lovingly for a lifetime.
It's a pity that God can torment him too much. The first person who made him fall in love was his sister-in-law, and the first woman who left him an heir represented only humiliation to him. Getting married as first-law wives, but they can't develop feelings for each other...
Qiao Yingxuan didn't want to break his promise, and even if it was for the sake of his children, he didn't want to fall in love with other women anymore. Doting on a concubine will inevitably kill his wife and hurt his children. The lessons learned from his family are there, so he won't let himself repeat the same mistakes of.
There was a lot of troubles in his heart, Qiao Yingxuan inevitably drank a little too quickly, so when he saw a slender and elegant man in a white cape approaching the small building, he was already drunk Holding the remaining half jar of wine, he jumped off the rock and ran over.
At this time, dusk was almost passing away, Qiao Yingxuan could only see the man in plain white clothes under the cloak blown by the wind from a distance, he thought it was Ying in Xiaozhong, when he ran closer, he found that the man was probably At the age of twenty-five or six, his appearance was rare and elegant. Qiao Yingxuan had always been very curious about the owner of the small building, and now he felt that he might have met the right owner, so he couldn't help showing a happy and bright smile on his face.
If you say that young man is really brave, is a man on this empty riverside holding a wine bottle stupid? He smiled and ran towards him, but he just watched quietly without changing his face, except that the hand holding the fan was slightly clenched, and his figure did not move at all, as if he was not worried that the other party would harbor evil intentions.
"Excuse me, are you the owner of this small building?"
Qiao Yingxuan didn't stop until he was not far from the young man. Although he knew in his heart that he was being rude so rashly, he didn't intend to restrain himself after getting drunk. He thought in his heart that if the other party disliked him like this, he would call him Just say hello and continue to drink alone. If the other party doesn't dislike it, then he will invite the other party to drink, as if he has met more friends.
"... Yes, dare to ask this son what's the matter?"
The young man's calm eyes lingered on Qiao Yingxuan's smiling face for a while, thinking that his "encounter" was not a fake, his expression softened slightly, and he answered his question, apparently not minding Qiao Yingxuan's innocence present.
"I like this small building very much. I have long wanted to know the owner of this place. I was lucky enough to meet you today. I would like to invite you to have a drink."
Seeing this, Qiao Yingxuan's smile became even brighter. He raised the wine jar in his hand, and stared at the young man with bright eyes, looking forward to it.
At this time, Qiao Yingxuan obviously didn't realize that his current behavior, in the eyes of others, was a blatant flirting, especially since the other party was such a handsome and elegant young man, it made Qiao Yingxuan's intentions of this move all the more obvious. Pure...
"… please."
Fortunately, that young man was good at observing people's hearts, and he felt that Qiao Yingxuan did not appear to be malicious, and his appearance was upright and cheerful, so the young man turned the folding fan in his hand, pointed in the direction of the small building and said please.
Qiao Yingxuan was not polite, let the young man who was the host take the first step, and he carried the wine jar together into the small building. The two of them sat at the table by the window facing the river. Qiao Yingxuan saw that there were no wine utensils in the room, so he directly The wine jar respected the young man.
The young man's eyes flashed, and he took the wine jar without hesitation and raised his head to drink it. After returning the wine jar to Qiao Yingxuan, he wiped the wine stains on his lips with his fingers.
"good!"
Qiao Yingxuan saw that he was so frank and forthright, so he took a few sips from the wine jar without restraint, and suddenly felt a heat flow down the esophagus into his stomach, and then rose from his stomach, making his limbs and bones comfortable extreme.
But Qiao Yingxuan didn't know that when he himself squinted his eyes enjoying the aftertaste after drinking, the young man was secretly observing him. After seeing that he was indeed safe, he took the wine he handed over and took a sip He took a sip, and as for the first sip just now, the young man actually just bit it with his lips pressed together, and even wiped it off with his fingers and measured it on his silver-encrusted belt.
Qiao Yingxuan drank happily, looking at the elegant and upright appearance of the other party, for some reason, a strong desire to confide in him arose in his heart, so he started to talk about himself in front of this person who didn't even tell each other their names. mind.
The remaining rationality allowed Qiao Yingxuan to ignore the person he cared about, but he couldn't stop him from reading all the difficult sutras in his family, and he didn't give the other party a chance to intervene until In the end, he said, "Don't worry about me, someone will come to pick you up..." and then fell drunk on the table and passed out.
"..."
The young man sat with Qiao Yingxuan silently and dumbfoundedly for more than half an hour, watching him babble about those parents and his various sad things with him, until the man fell asleep without being able to say a word. The experience was too novel for the young man, so that in the end he couldn't hold back his calm expression and laughed out loud.
Looking at the big boy who seemed to be a few years younger than himself but could not hide his childishness, the young man couldn't help but reach out and rub his hair, and God knows that he didn't seem to have done such an intimate gesture with anyone in his life. After all, the place where he was born and raised was such a cold and cruel world.
"See you soon..."
Although he didn't know the name of the person who fell drunk in front of his eyes, it was obviously easy for a young man who knew so much about his 'privacy' to find out his identity.
Taking the wine jar and pouring the remaining drops of wine juice into his mouth, the young man covered Qiao Yingxuan with his cloak, turned and left the small building.
The next day, after Qiao Yingxuan woke up in the guest room of Lu Zijian's house, he agonized over the plain white brocade cloak for a long time, and finally kept hypnotizing himself that he didn't say anything, and finally suppressed his chaotic emotions. down.
In the following days, Qiao Yingxuan still lived as usual. Apart from being more and more "respectful to each other" with Yang Yingmo, it seemed that there was nothing to worry about. Qiao Yingxuan would occasionally go to the small building with the wine jar and food box , but he never met the person that night again, so he would sit at the table facing the river, eat, drink and drink alone, and then he cleaned up before leaving, but he was never drunk again.
In a blink of an eye, it will be another year of spring and flowers blooming. In the spring of the third year of Qianwu, the first civil examination spring since the new emperor ascended the throne officially began on the ninth day of February...
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the same as the provincial examination for juren. It is also three consecutive exams for three days, and because those who pass the imperial examination can pass the imperial examination without any accidents, they will only be re-ranked and divided into Jinshi grades, so generally Those who can pass the test will be regarded as the end of all hardships, and the future is promising.
Outside the examination room on the ninth day of February, almost half of the streets were blocked by horse-drawn carriages for the examination. No matter whether they were young masters from a noble family or candidates from a poor family, they were all wearing single clothes and shoes according to the rules at this time, carrying all kinds of supplies and waiting in line for inspection. At this time, those officers, soldiers and government servants who have always bowed their knees to the masters, all of them had a straight waist and a loud voice, as if they wished to find cheat notes on all the judges. It seems to be checking hard.
Outside the queue of people, the door of a carriage with a simple and elegant appearance that had been parked for a long time was opened, and the handsome young man in a beige brocade suit jumped out of the carriage first, then turned around and picked up two lovely and beautiful golden boys Then he helped another elegant man in a dark blue gown to get off the carriage.
"Zhuo Zhuo, I remember everything, just let me queue up."
Qiao Yingze held the serious-looking Gong Zhuoliang's hand helplessly, but his heart was full of unspeakable warmth. For his exam today, Gong Zhuoliang had started to prepare all kinds of supplies for him half a month ago, he was meticulous and caring in every way.
"You're going to stay there for nine days. You can't be careless. Forget it. Now that this time has come, you won't listen to anything that tells you to do what you can. Then try your best to give me a good grade in the exam. Well, I'm waiting at home to celebrate your success."
Relying on his height, he finally overtook Qiao Yingze by a little bit, Gong Zhuoliang slightly lowered his head and rubbed against his forehead, his eyes were full of encouragement and trust for him.
If Qiao Yingze's talent and knowledge still fail, then it's either cheating in the scientific examination or the examiner has a problem, Gong Zhuoliang firmly believes in this.
"Daddy, Daddy, we're waiting for you too!"
Qiao Minyan, who was already five years old, held Gong Jinxian's little hand with one hand, and hugged Qiao Yingze's thigh with the other. His bright smiling face was extremely rare, and Gong Jinxian also imitated him and hugged him with the other hand. After Qiao Yingze said to wait sweetly, she blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at Gong Zhuoliang.
"You guys are good. Daddy is not at home these days, you have to listen to little daddy and don't be naughty, you know?"
Qiao Yingze knelt down and took a sip on the faces of the two little guys, and after they kissed back sweetly, he stood up and took a deep look at Gong Zhuoliang, and then the boy carried the examination equipment and the food. The box of supplies was waiting aside, and Qiao Yingze stood in the line alone.
Gong Zhuoliang let the two little guys grab his clothes and followed behind, and he followed Qiao Yingze's speed and slowly walked towards the entrance of the examination room, because there are quite a lot of people like him sending their relatives into the examination room, so it's okay It didn't attract anyone's attention, until Qiao Yingze was checked, the young officer who checked his card was taken aback for a moment, and then followed Qiao Yingze to see Gong Zhuoliang who was not far away, his eyes lit up immediately, his face There was also a suspicious blush, and then he pushed away the rude companion next to him, although his expression was still serious, but his movements were gentle and asked Qiao Yingze to take off his coat for him to check.
Qiao Yingze blinked in a strange way. He had seen the 'tragedy' of the candidates in front of him with his own eyes, but when he came to him, the other party was suddenly so polite, which made him a little inexplicable, but of course Qiao Yingze would not be at this time Going to be an idiot to ask why, he cooperatively unbuttoned the belt and took off the outer shirt to the other party, and then opened the belt of the middle coat to reveal the close-fitting underwear inside, so that the other party can check whether there is a sandwich entrainment.
"The coat is fine."
The young officer kicked his colleagues to signal them to turn over the box lightly, and then turned his head to look at Qiao Yingze's clothes inside, and he couldn't help being surprised, it was different from the thin cloth or silk loose underwear that everyone was used to wearing. The one on Qiao Yingze's body was actually a close-fitting style. The officer twirled it with his fingers, and found that it seemed to be a fine-quality cotton thread that was woven into thick strands and densely woven. , It can be seen that the people who prepared this were more active.
While searching Qiao Yingze's body, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but peek at Gong Zhuoliang, thinking that this is a living Gong family and his husband Qiao, a talented man, I just saw it today, it really is a To fairy-like people!
"..."
Seeing the expression and mannerisms of the young officers and soldiers very similar to those of his 'fans' in his previous life, Gong Zhuoconscience thought that he might have recognized them from Qiao Yingze's name, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows gracefully and kindly when the other party peeked over again. The corner of the mouth, so after a while, Qiao Yingze, who had been inspected, entered the gate of the examination room smoothly. Of course, under the operation of those veterans, outsiders could not see what kind of preferential treatment Qiao Yingze received, but compared with other exams In a state of embarrassment, Qiao Yingze, who sat in his examination shed, simply tidied up his clothes and utensils, with a relaxed expression on his face.
After watching Qiao Yingze go in, Gong Zhuoliang smiled and glanced at the young officer, then turned around and took the children into the carriage and left.
If it is said that Gong Zhuoliang didn't take this kind of goodwill to heart, after later knowing that Qiao Yingze was also taken care of by him in the examination room, Gong Zhuoliang accepted this person's kindness, of course, he would not It's stupid to take the bribe and thank the soldier directly.
So one day after the exam, when the little soldier stepped into the Liang Zeshufang branch he often went to, he was dragged into the living room by the shopkeeper he was already familiar with, and then changed his ordinary membership card into a premium membership card. Gold card, so Gong Zhuoliang has gained another diehard book fan since then... This is just a small episode, so I won't mention it here.
Nine days later, the carriage stopped outside the gate of the examination room again. Gong Zhuoliang stood quietly outside the gate until he saw the familiar figure coming out, and then hurried up to meet him.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Qiao Yingze looked at the oncoming person with a satisfied smile, and then he relaxed and softened into Gong Zhuoliang's arms, closing his eyes as if he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand.
"Only this time, don't think that I will indulge you like this again in the future."
Gong Zhuoliang touched Qiao Yingze's obviously thinner face with distress, and regardless of whether anyone was watching, he directly picked up Qiao Yingze and got into the carriage, separated the two little guys who rushed to hug him, and sat down. Come down so that Qiao Yingze can sleep in his arms, but the man just keeps his eyes closed and smiles, letting Gong Zhuoliang swing him around...