The roll of silk unfolded slowly, and the delicate streamer wiped the lines of small characters.
Chu Yu lightly tapped the small characters with the end of the green bamboo pen holder in his hand, and when he read halfway through, there was a sudden explosion in front of him—My lord!
The green bamboo pen shook, almost shaking out from the fingertips, Chu Yu took a light breath, stretched out his hand and pressed the pinna inadvertently.
It was only after looking up at Li Xun that this young Jinshi's cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were as bright as shining stars. As if aware of his gaffe, he slightly pursed his lower lip, and the tips of his ears were also slightly red.
"After all, it's the south of the Yangtze River that has good soil and water, and has produced such a beautiful person." Chu Yu hooked the corners of his lips. Although he spoke kindly, his voice was too cold and his smile was too distant, which made people feel no warmth.
Li Xun stabilized his mind, frowned slightly, lowered his gaze, not daring to look at the lord Shangshu in front of him, but said: "My lord is ridiculous, I can't afford to be a student. A student is just born in a remote place."
Chu Yu knew of Li Xun's background, so the scroll in his hand was specially found by someone, and Li Xun's background was written in detail on it. In a word, the grassroots cannot be more grassroots.
There is no clan, no backer, and even a family with few relatives and parents who died young. Since he was a child, he grew up relying on the support of the villagers. He was enlightened by the teacher in the village, and later he was appreciated by his teacher, and he has miraculously achieved fame until today.
If it is said that Li Xun is not the intelligence of a talented man, Chu Yu would not believe it.
But if it is said that it is talented, it is outstanding and...
"Qing Yu, I came to you today to ask you a question," Chu Yu paused, "Are you willing to come to the Ministry of Household Affairs to listen to the government and ask me to be your teacher?"
This sentence is no less than a thunder in the clear sky, Li Xun almost staggered, his eyes were wide open, but his heart was full of puzzlement.
Seeing that there was no response for a while, Chu Yu asked doubtfully, "You don't want to?"
"No, it's not!" Li Wei was a little incoherent, and said: "It's not because I don't want to ask you to be my teacher, but... it's just that I am confused."
Chu Yu nodded slightly, motioning for him to say.
Although Li Xun was a little ashamed to speak, he still said frankly: "You are stupid, even though you have won a Jinshi, you can only be regarded as the bottom of the top three. Don't say it can't be compared to the number one scholar in the top two. Outstanding talent, even among the top three, there are many people with both ability and political integrity. Therefore, I don't understand why adults only look at Xun."
These words are frank and straightforward, many scholars are high-minded, conceited and clumsy, but Li Xun can calmly ask questions without blinking an eye when facing such big pies that fall from the sky, such as directly entering the household department to listen to the government. Not terribly cute.
There was a sporadic smile in Chu Yu's eyes, and he said: "Then I'll ask you too. Most people in the world regard profound and beautiful articles with elegant rhetoric as the best. They use ancient and modern discussions on politics, people, and debates as their topics. Why? Your test paper abandons the rhetoric of Bing Bing, Bing, Lang, and uses such plain and straightforward words as the edge, picking the last business way to discuss. Do you want to take the edge of the sword and find a unique path?"
Li Wei frowned slightly, shook his head firmly, and said: "It's not about finding a new way, what is said in the scroll is all what you think in your heart. Although business is at the end, if you can make the country prosperous, how can you avoid it? I don't know that it is bustling and bustling. Reciprocation can be a good blade, if it is used well, the benefits are unknown. If you are foolish, the way of business discussed is too simple, which makes adults laugh."
Chu Yu remained calm on the face, but she was extremely satisfied in her heart. Among Jinshi, there are many talented people, but their minds are clear and clear, and the only one who dares to speak frankly is Li Xun, who has no other ears. Therefore, the young Jinshi who was looked down upon by others was picked up by Chu Yu.
"Using salt and iron as a guide, it is divided into tens of millions of shares, and the merchants can exchange for transporting grain to the border. This is written in your test paper, how do you say it?" Chu Yu asked.
Li Zi's heart trembled, he understood that this was a teacher who wanted to test himself.
"I would like to give an example. Let the merchants buy rice for one stone in the Datong warehouse, and three buckets of rice for one stone in the Taiyuan warehouse. Give Huaiyan a small lead. After the merchant sells the vend, he will pay it with the original lead. The emperor will invite merchants To transport grain and get it with salt. At the borders of various provinces due to the climate, more merchants are called in for salt storage. Considering the distance of the road, there is a difference from five stones to one stone... "
The sound of countermeasures in the classroom didn't stop.
Under the eaves is a birdcage made of willow branches, in which there is a red-billed green parrot, who is looking inside with his head tilted and his black bean eyes blinking...
The warm tea was fragrant, Chu Yu took a sip and put down the cup. After some countermeasures, he became more and more satisfied with Li Xun. With a clear and firm heart, intelligent and transparent, although he is still young, he has a certain calmness without arrogance or impetuosity. Given time, it will become a big weapon.
"My lord..." Chu Yu raised his hand and interrupted Li Xun as soon as he opened his mouth.
"You still don't want to join my household?" Chu Yu asked.
With Li Xun's ranking, if he gave up this opportunity, he might have to be released.
The temperature that had subsided on Li Xun's face suddenly rose again: "Xin, yes."
Only then did Chu Yu raise the corners of his lips: "Then don't call me an adult, I intend to treat you as my half-student."
"Sir!" Li Xun couldn't help tightening his hands in his sleeves, he suppressed his joy and respectfully gave Chu Yu a student salute, adoring him as his teacher.
Chu Yubai picked up the treasure of pearls and fishes, and was in a good mood, so she slowly got up and opened the door. Li Zi followed behind him.
The setting sun turned red, reflecting Chu Yu's charming eyebrows and eyes, and even the official uniform on her body showed an incomparable elegance and elegance.
Li Xun is a little crazy, he never imagined that there is such a scene in the world, but it is worth a thousand. This reminded him of an unknown flower he had seen when he was a child. It was born among the cliffs, and it was not fragrant because of no one. The beauty is so eye-catching, but it is as far away as the world, so people can only try to stretch their necks, stand on tiptoes, and try to get closer to the distance of one foot.
"It's time to release the Yamen, let's go, I'll take you home." Chu Yu just finished speaking, only to hear a bang behind her.
Turning around, I saw Li Zitiao lying on the threshold.
Chu Yu:…
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In March of that year, it was just before the cold spring, Chu Yu was more afraid of the cold than others.
Li Xi could clearly see that Chu Yu was wrapped in a thick fox fur as soon as he went out, and his fingers, which were half of suet and white jade, pinched the neckline, trembling slightly.
After leaving the yamen and walking outside the palace, he saw the Chu family's chariots and horses waiting outside for a long time.
"Second Master!" The servant saw him from a distance and greeted him, rolled out a delicate hand stove from his arms and stuffed it into Chu Yu's palm.
Chu Yu nodded slightly, followed into the carriage, turned her head slightly, and motioned for Li Xun to go up.
"Sir..." Li Wei didn't follow, and stood below and bowed his body: "Your Excellency, go back first, and you can just go home by yourself."
Chu Yu raised the curtain and said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry to go back home, I'll see you off first."
"Sir, you don't have to..." Li Xun was a little anxious and wanted to decline again.
"Come up." Chu Yu interrupted him lightly.
Li Xun was startled, he just felt that he was the student who didn't listen to the teacher's words, he didn't dare to resist for a moment, he obediently climbed into the carriage, and sat on the side in a well-behaved manner.
The corners of Chu Yu's lips curled up for a moment, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
The Chu family's carriage doesn't look ostentatious from the outside, but there is something special inside. The walls are wrapped in deerskin, the bottom is paved with mahogany, and under your feet is a Persian velvet blanket embroidered with large and beautiful flowers. On one small table with carved flowers, there is a gold and copper nine-lotus incense burner the size of a tripod's palm, exuding a faint fragrance of orchids. There is a cloisonné enamel vase in the corner of the table, with a few white peaches sticking out their pistils.
Chu Yu sat on the soft couch, and leaned back in a rare way to relax, showing a bit of laziness after removing his seriousness.
Li Xun seemed to have been given some sort of immobilization spell, he kept his eyes on his nose, his nose and his heart, and he didn't dare to take a closer look at the gentleman in the seat, for fear that he would be in a daze inadvertently due to his languid charm.
"Qing Yu, where is home?" Chu Yu was a little tired, with a vague nasal sound in his tone. He stretched out his hand to hold his back, couldn't help clenched his fist and tapped it lightly, but felt a little powerless. After all, it is the falling disease, and I can't stand sitting for a long time, otherwise, I will have a dull pain from the lower back, like a pinprick, which makes people lose my temper. It is a fight with this pair of legs that are not working well all year round.
Li Xi raised his head abruptly, and after a while he said softly, "Ning'an South Street, Mao'er Alley."
Chu Yu looked up at him, nodded, and ordered the coachman to go to the place Li Xi said. I also understand why Li Xun repeatedly declined this farewell.
Mao'er's Eye Alley was extremely narrow, barely enough room for two people to walk side by side, the carriage couldn't get in, Li Xun was about to get out of the carriage, but saw Chu Yu following him.
"Sir, go back quickly, it's cold outside." Li Xi stopped Chu Yu.
Chu Yu pushed Li Zi's arm away and said, "Let's go."
Li Xun: ...
Silently following behind the teacher, there was a sense of powerlessness.
At the entrance of the alley, there were a few children playing and clapping their hands and laughing.
"The corridor on the south street, the house on the north side, the east wall was demolished to make up the west wall. The hoes and iron plows are lined up, not as good as Hubu Chu Erlang!"
Li Xun's face turned pale, and he subconsciously took two steps towards the group of children, and the children scattered away.
In order to fill the national treasury, Chu Yu brought the Ministry of Criminal Justice into the water together with Dali Temple. In the past two years, the Ministry of Criminal Justice was responsible for ransacking the house, and the Ministry of Households was responsible for collecting stolen goods. For a while, everyone in the Gaomen of Shangjing was in danger, for fear that the Minister of the Household Department would be so mad that he would dig his own home. It is certain to offend people. Since Chu Yu chose to be a lonely minister, he never thought that he could have the same success as the chief minister in the past.
Since he has offended people, his reputation will not be much better, both good and bad, even children in the streets and alleys can hum a few very ironic songs.
"Sir..." Li Xun felt a little uncomfortable.
Chu Yu's face was expressionless, and he just walked into the alley: "It's okay, let's go."
The alley is narrow, the ground is full of mud, and every household has the habit of dumping swill outside. Chu Yu's pair of buttoned jade satin boots made Li Zi tremble with fear every step he took. I'm afraid that his boots will be stained, and his fox fur will be dusty.
"Sir, we're here!" Li Xi heaved a sigh of relief, and pointed to a small courtyard ahead. Seeing Chu Yu's suspicious face, he explained again: "The master vacated a room for me, and it's still clean."
The most important thing is to be cheap, Li Xun swallowed this sentence back.
Chu Yu nodded, even if he didn't go in, he knew what the situation was like, so he said, "It's fine to live here before, but now I don't want to live here anymore, let's buy a house."
Li Xun nodded slightly, but he didn't have the money to buy real estate.
The mansions in Shangjing are staggeringly expensive. With the monthly salary that Li Zi currently receives, if he saves for ten or eight years, he may be able to buy a mansion in the suburbs of Shangjing.
Chu Yu understood Li Xi's predicament in his heart, and said with relief, "I'll just send someone to help you pay attention. It's too far away, and it's not convenient for you to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs every day. For now, let's go live in the Duke's Mansion with me. "
As soon as the words were finished, there was a thump, and Li Xun tripped over the threshold again and almost fell to the ground.
Chu Yu looked down at the not-so-high threshold, thinking that his students might violate the threshold, so when looking for a house, don't look for one with a threshold.
Li Zi was in shock, the master invited me to stay at his house, what should I do...
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Chu Yu expressed his kindness, but Li Xun could not refuse, nor did he dare to refuse.
The horseshoe clattered, dragging Li Xun and all his belongings - a few boxes of books and a few clothes, and drove to the Duke's Mansion.
After getting out of the car, Li Xi was still a little uneasy: "Would you not bother Mister too much?"
Chu Yu said: "No, there are few people in the Duke's Mansion, and there are many empty yards, and you are idle if you are idle. At present, there are not many ready-made houses in Beijing, and it will be troublesome for you to find them. You can live in peace of mind first." After a pause, he added: "Just be careful when walking, the threshold is quite high..."
Li Xun: ...
As soon as Chu Yu got home here, before Chu Yu settled down with Li Xun, she heard a crisp "Daddy."
Li Xi's eyes blurred, and he saw a ball of light yellow rushing towards Chu Yu. Looking carefully, it turned out to be a little girl, wearing a light yellow skirt, and a white velvet fox fur thin jacket lining her small face. , a pair of flickering eyes bring out a full of coquettishness, and the pink lips are full of sweetness, which makes people have to love it.
"Zhen'er." Chu Yu pressed down the little head that was rushing towards her, and flicked Zhen'er's drooping steps with her fingers, causing her daughter to shake her head like a rattle.
Only then did Zhen'er see the person behind her father, her face flushed, she looked like a lady, and gave her a light blessing.
Li Zun was startled, thinking of the daddy before, he realized that it was actually Chu Yu's daughter. For a while, it felt a little inexplicable, thinking about it, it is true, the husband should have married a long time ago with such a family background.
After paying his respects, Zhen'er grabbed Chu Yu and asked, "Daddy is a little late today."
Facing her daughter, Chu Yu followed outside like two different people, leaning slightly, her brows and eyes were all gentle: "Some things are delayed."
"Did you take your medicine on time?" Zhen'er pulled her little hand out of Chu Yu's palm, stretched out her hand behind her back, and asked sternly.
Chu Yu nodded: "Of course."
Zhen'er carefully walked two steps closer to his father, raised his face and asked again: "Are you on time?"
Chu Yu hesitated for a moment: "Yes."
Zhen'er frowned, and said loudly: "Dad is really on time?"
Chu Yu couldn't help chuckling: "I've been busy with a few case files, so it's a little bit cooler."
Zhen'er stomped his feet, and the petals and golden bells on the embroidered shoes rang crisply: "Doctor Liang once said that the medicine is seven minutes warm, and it's not good for the spleen and stomach when it's cold. Why is Daddy so careless?"
Chu Yu didn't dare to offend her darling, and hurriedly said, "Dad was negligent, and I won't do it next time."
"really?"
"really."
Then Zhen'er passed her little hand over again, and was held by Chu Yu's cool palm.
Li Zi looked at the big and small in front of him, his heart was a little confused, and he felt a little envious for no reason, and said: "The daughter is very smart, I think it must be taught by Mr. Li and Mrs. Zun on weekdays."
The unintentional words faded the smile on Chu Yu's face.
Zhen'er glanced at his father, bit his pink lips lightly and said: "My lord, Zhen'er has no mother."
Li Zi was startled, guessing that he had said something wrong, he couldn't help but secretly annoyed that he had spoken inappropriately, and wanted to explain to Chu Yu anxiously.
"Zhen'er is my daughter." Chu Yu blocked Li Xun's explanation with one sentence.
Li Xi didn't understand the meaning of Chu Yu's words, but he couldn't say much.
Chu Yu ordered the servants to take Li Xun to settle down in the courtyard, and said: "Send someone to me if you have something to do, and if there is something you are not used to living in, just tell me. There are few people in the family, so there is no need to see outsiders."
"I'm bothering you sir." Li Xun saluted again, and then followed the boy down.
Chu Yu looked at Li Ziqingjun's background, turned around slowly, and rubbed the top of her daughter's head again.
Zhen'er raised his head and said softly, "Let's go, Daddy."
Chu Yu bent her lips and smiled: "Okay."
"It's time to copy the sixteenth volume of "Nirvana Sutra" today." Zhen'er counted with his fingers.
Chu Yu squeezed the little hand in the palm: "Daddy is a little tired today."
Zhen'er was a little hesitant: "The master abbot of Keguan Yunshan said that Dad thought too deeply and was depressed, so he copied Buddhist scriptures every day to cultivate his health."
Chu Yu couldn't bear her daughter's worries, so she secretly helped her aching back, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll copy another volume."
Flower branches block people's sleeves, rolling up a few wisps of fragrance. The breeze blows and blows off scattered petals, quietly falling between the big and small hairs...
State Duke's Mansion, Shocking Magpie Court.
The eldest servant girl took care of the room in Fengdong, and said with blessings: "Your Excellency, you can rest first, and ask someone to pass the meal later."
"Thank you, miss." Li Xun returned a salute.
Feng Dong hurriedly turned his body sideways: "Your Excellency can't force it, it really offends the maidservant."
Li Xun shook his head, and said: "Lord Chu's love for allowing me to stay in the Duke's Mansion is Xun's harassment, thank you for your hard work."
"My lord is the second master's guest, but absolutely don't say that." Seeing that Li Xi was handsome and so polite, Feng Dong couldn't help saying: "My lord, don't take offense if you talk too much."
Li Zi said: "Girl, but say so."
Feng Dong lowered his voice slightly, and said: "Maidservant has the courage to ask, isn't your lord from Shangjing?"
Li Zi nodded.
Only then did Feng Dong say: "Then it's no wonder that I don't know my second master..."
Li Xun thought about the previous events, and said, "Could it be that Xun said something wrong."
Feng Dong shook his head: "I don't blame you, it's just that you don't know what's going on."
"I hope the girl can give some advice." Li Xi pleaded.
Feng Dong hurriedly waved her hands: "My lord is too serious..." She paused and said, "The real girl is the daughter of my second master."
"I know..." Before Li Xun finished speaking, his eyes widened suddenly. When Chu Yu said this, he didn't realize it, but now he heard Feng Dong repeat it again, and he understood the meaning.
Zhen'er is Chu Yu's daughter.
Zhen'er is Chu Yu's own daughter.
Fengdong saw Li Zi come back to his senses, and continued: "The previous chaotic marriage, the second master has already reconciled, and the real girl has returned to the family tree of the Chu family. No one dared to mention it. The servant girl talks too much, and the adults just listen to it at will... "
Li Xun was speechless for a long time, until a long time after Feng Dong left, he sat down in a daze. His mind was filled with the image of seeing Chu Yu for the first time, and his mouth gradually became slightly bitter. So it turns out that such a graceful person is willing to be a servant and have children
But I don't know who is the one who touched Shuanghua.