Because Zhou Jin did not agree to the marriage proposal, his sister's reputation was ruined and his father was confined to his house and fined for half a year.

As a result, Zhou Jin was now granted marriage by the emperor.

Thinking about Zhou Jin's current glory, and then thinking about the miserable situation of his own family.

Yongxing's eldest son was extremely angry.

You can’t hit an official appointed by the imperial court? I know that!

But Zhou Jin and I have some personal grudges!

The person I am hitting today is Zhou Jin who rejected my sister!

As long as I don't use my servants and I do it myself, it's called mutual fighting.

I am not afraid even if the lawsuit is brought to the emperor.

At most you'll get a beating!

Following an order from Yongxing's eldest son, the carriage sped towards the direction of the Lu family's convoy.

Tianjie is bustling with people.

There are three Lantern Festivals in the capital every year.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is the Lantern Festival which lasts for ten days.

On the 15th day of July, which is the Ullambana Festival, river lanterns will be released, and the festival ends at the end of midnight.

The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th is the last Lantern Festival every year and lasts only one day.

All the lights on Tianjie Street were provided by the royal family.

Lanterns and fireworks illuminate the entire night, and drums, music and acrobatics are noisy until dawn.

Someone once wrote a poem to describe the grand scene of the Lantern Festival.

The fish and dragons are treading on the waves, and the smoke from the sea is like the sky; the lightning cannons are like chariots in the sky.

There is still some light on the way back, and the mountains and forests along the way are reflected in the purple clouds.

The group got off the carriage.

Xu Jingchen winked at the Taoists.

The Taoists formed a circle and protected the Lu family tightly.

The further you go towards Tianjie, the more people there are.

From time to time, there are children walking among the crowd.

"Would you like to buy some osmanthus flowers? They are only five cents a branch. I wish you the best of luck and success in the next imperial examination."

The child's voice is clear and crisp, which is particularly pleasant to hear.

Lu Bozhou walked over, bought a branch of osmanthus and put it in Li Jinglan's hand.

The fragrance of flowers is fragrant.

Li Jinglan couldn't help but chuckle, "It smells good."

Lu Guanyu looked at Lu Bozhou eagerly.

Lu Bozhou glanced at Lu Guanyu and said, "When you grow up, someone will send you flowers."

"Humph!" Lu Guanyu pouted and took out five coins from his purse. "I have my own money."

She picked out a branch of osmanthus that she thought was the best from the flower boy and waved it in her hand as if to show off.

Turning around, he saw Lu Zhongyu tied around the waist with a rope by the old scholar. Lu Guanyu took out ten cents, bought two osmanthus branches and placed them in front of the old scholar.

"Sir, here are some osmanthus flowers for you."

The old scholar was delighted to receive the osmanthus and looked at the students, "Osmanthus is a fairy. The most beautiful thing is the laurel. You should all buy one to bring good luck."

The little boy welcomed a big customer, who bought out all his flower baskets in one go and left happily.

As the sky gradually darkened, the lights on both sides of Tianjie were lit one by one.

The light is dazzling and as bright as day.

"I've never seen lanterns in Nanli County before. I didn't know the Lantern Festival was so beautiful."

Lu Bozhou bought another portable lamp and handed it to Li Jinglan, and then grabbed Li Jinglan's hand.

The candle in the lantern swayed in the wind, and the faint light poured toward the ground, coating the ground with a layer of dim yellow.

It reflects two hands clasped together.

Entangled in the shadows of the lamp.

"Bo Zhou, Zhou Jin..."

Someone squeezed in from the crowd, it was the brothers Wang Zhenyan and Wang Yongqing.

"I saw you from a distance and squeezed for a long time to get here." Wang Yongqing wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Lu Bozhou couldn't help but laugh: "Today is August 15th, have you visited the Fu family?"

When talking about this, Wang Yongqing blushed: "I went there this morning."

"When is your wedding date?" Lu Bozhou held Li Jinglan's hand and walked side by side with Wang Yongqing.

Wang Yongqing lowered his voice and said, "The positions have been granted. I will go to Boluo County, Huizhou Prefecture, and my elder brother will go to Pinghu County, Jiaxing Prefecture."

"Father wants us to take our families with us, so I will be married at the end of this month, and you will all come then."

"I will definitely go!" Lu Bozhou was happy for his friend.

Both counties are prosperous, and Yin Zhihai has indeed made great efforts.

It's much better than holding a sinecure in one of the six ministries.

If you can achieve good political achievements, you can return to the Ministry of Personnel for assessment after six years and get a better position in the six ministries.

It was worth it for the two friends to wait for several months.

"The legal advisors in Jiaxing are famous all over the world. In a few days, I will ask my uncle to help you hire a few legal advisors who are familiar with the affairs of the government. Then I will ask my uncle to write some letters for you to establish good relations with the local powerful people. The Lu family still has a considerable status in Jiangnan." Lu Bozhou said.

Wang Yongqing showed a delighted look on his face: "Thank you very much, Bozhou."

Wang Zhenyan was talking to Zhou Jin at this time: "When is the date for your wedding with Miss He?"

Zhou Jin blushed and said, "The He family said we should prepare well and get married next year."

Then Zhou Jin spread his hands and said, "I am very poor and I still haven't bought any land."

Wang Zhenyan laughed: "Fortunately you don't have any land, otherwise you won't be able to be neighbors with Bozhou in the future."

Wang Zhenyan was talking about one of Miss He’s dowries, the house next to the No. 1 scholar’s ​​mansion.

After hearing this, Zhou Jin smiled.

He raised his head and looked in the direction of Lu Bozhou, his eyes full of gratitude.

Another place in Tianjie.

Qingjiang Tower, opposite Caojia Restaurant, welcomed guests.

The owner of Qingjiang Tower is King Jin.

Following the emperor, he slowly went up to the third floor of the restaurant.

The two brothers were followed by several important officials from the court.

Because he wanted to share the joy with the people, the emperor wore the white dragon fish costume.

The emperor stood in front of the rooftop, leaning on the railing.

After watching for a while, he was quite dissatisfied, "This year's Lantern Festival is not as lively as in previous years."

"The cost of this year's Lantern Festival is also less than in previous years." Prince Jin added.

The official in charge of the Lantern Festival cast a grateful look at Prince Jin.

The emperor glanced at the Cao Family Restaurant across the street and asked, "Prince Zhao, I remember that this Cao Family Restaurant is your property, right?"

King Zhao, who was standing behind the crowd and drinking water, heard the emperor calling his name and took two steps at a time.

"In reply to your Majesty, it is indeed my property." King Zhao bowed.

There were faint sounds of laughter coming from the Cao Family Restaurant across the street, but I didn't know which family the women were from.

The emperor retracted his gaze and asked with a smile: "Is that the woman in your family across from you?"

King Zhao bent over and said, "No! Cao's restaurant is rented out during the Lantern Festival every year. It must be someone who rents the restaurant."

"If your majesty wants to know, shall I send someone to ask?"

"No need." The emperor waved his hand nonchalantly and looked down at the lights on Tianjie.

The King of Zhao remained silent and stood aside with his hands behind his back.

At this time, the emperor's expression was slightly solemn.

"Um..." The emperor narrowed his eyes, "Brother, come and take a look, is it Lu Zemei?"

Prince Jin poked his head out to take a look, then immediately retracted his head: "Yes, there are also Zhou Jin, Wang Zhenyan and Wang Yongqing."

Seeing the Prince of Jin hiding so quickly, the Emperor raised his lips, "Why? Are you afraid that they will recognize you and ask you for money for food?"

"Please stop teasing me. I was driven out by the Li family. I guess she will be glaring at me and not in a good mood when she sees me now." Prince Jin smiled and looked down again.

I saw Lu Guanyu at first sight.

Lu Guanyu was holding Zhou Tuanjin's hand and showing off the rabbit lantern in her hand to Zhou Tuanjin.

Whether it was Li Jinglan, Zhou Tuanjin, or the Wang sisters, they all wore veil hats.

Lu Guanyu, without his veil hat, stood out particularly.

"This little girl is full of life and carefree all day long. It can be seen that Li loves her so much that she has developed such a character." Prince Jin smiled with emotion.

When the emperor heard the words "carefree", he thought of the secret report he had seen.

Lu Bozhou was tortured and imprisoned for four years. Lu Xuande's family deliberately gave Lu Bozhou lamp oil made from tung oil, hoping to blind Lu Bozhou's eyes and kill him.

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this moment, the crowd near Lu Bozhou suddenly became noisy.

The emperor was on the third floor and could see it clearly.

Frowning slightly.

"Zhou Jin..."

Zhou Jin, who was chatting and admiring the lanterns, heard someone calling his name and subconsciously turned his head.

Lu Bozhou and the Wang brothers also turned their heads with him.

When he turned around, Lu Bozhou saw someone rushing towards him.

A Taoist priest saw someone rushing forward and stepped forward to stop them.

Yongxing's eldest son glared at him and said, "You dare to stop me? Do you know who I am? I am Yongxing's eldest son. Get out of my way!"

The Taoist was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look at Xu Jingchen.

Seeing that only Yongxing's eldest son was rushing over and the servants were following behind without moving, Xu Jingchen made a gesture to the Taoist priest to let him go.

After entering the Taoist circle, Yongxing's eldest son flexed his fingers.

Rolled up his sleeves.

Yongxing's eldest son was not qualified to attend court or enter the Hanlin Academy, and did not know Zhou Jin.

But he had heard of what Zhou Jin looked like.

It is said that Zhou Jin is very young and handsome. Otherwise, how could he be selected as the third place winner?

Among the four men in the field, Yongxing's eldest son directly targeted Lu Bozhou, who was the most handsome.

"Why is my sister not worthy of you? Can you just cancel the engagement?"

"Today, I want to vent my anger for my sister."

After saying this, Yongxing's eldest son rushed towards Lu Bozhou.

He swung his fist and punched Lu Bozhou in the face.

Damn it!

Break the image for you!

I wonder how you will be able to serve as an official in the future?

Just as Yongxing's eldest son's fist was about to hit Lu Bozhou's face, a hand suddenly appeared in front of Yongxing's eldest son's fist.

boom!

His palm just managed to catch the fist from Yongxing's eldest son.

Yongxing's eldest son felt as if his fist had hit an iron plate.

He screamed in pain.

The eldest son of Yongxing looked at Xu Jingchen who caught his fist and cursed, "Who the hell are you?"

Xu Jingchen pushed gently.

Yongxing's eldest son staggered back several steps.

I'm about to faint from anger.

"Do you know who I am? Do you know who my father is? How dare you hit me? How dare you hit an official appointed by the imperial court?"

Yongxing's eldest son covered his fist and said, "Tell me your name! I'm going to chop you into pieces."

"Taixuan Temple, Qingyangzi!"

When he heard the three words "Taixuan Temple", the eldest son of Yongxing subconsciously shrank his head. When he heard the name "Qingyangzi" which he had never heard of before, he straightened his chest.

"What happened to Taixuan Temple? Don't think you can rely on Jin..."

Seeing that he was about to say the name of King Jin, Xu Jingchen stepped forward.

He clenched his fist and punched Yongxing's eldest son on the cheek.

"Ow..."

Yongxing's eldest son's body flew backwards.

Seeing Yongxing's eldest son flying towards him, a Taoist priest moved sideways to reveal a passage, allowing Yongxing's eldest son's body to continue flying backwards.

thump!

Yongxing's eldest son flew out of the encirclement, first bumped into a servant, and then fell to the ground.

Rolling around with the servants.

At the same time screaming.

"Zhou Jin, you instigated your servants to beat me. You ordered your servants to beat up the imperial officials!"

"I'm going to sue you! I'm going to ask the censor to report you!"

Yongxing's eldest son cursed, covering his cheek.

Prince Guangping, who had been confined at home for six months and whose term was about to expire in two months, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

"It's getting cold!" Prince Guangping tightened his clothes.

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