I played as an assistant in ancient times

Shen Xiaoye put out the fireworks and laughed out loud. She watched her cousin drop the sack and pick up the fork in anger to chase after him. She quickly stopped laughing and said, "You can't catch up."

"Not necessarily." Taoist Master Hengxi tapped the ground with his toes and sent a missile flying several meters in pursuit.

Shen Xiaoye exclaimed "Wow", waved at her grandmother who was walking towards her, and ran after her.

Lin watched the sack bulge back and forth, sighed, checked the opening, and then found a bunch of straw to tie it up several times.

On this side, Shen Xiaoye ran into the mountains, and among the shadows of the trees, she lost sight of the two people in front of her.

Fortunately, the little black cat had excellent eyesight and pointed out the direction very accurately. When she chased after him, she only saw her cousin climbing on the fork of a tree and looking around.

She asked, "Where is the Taoist priest?"

"He's chasing it. Look, his silver needle has hit one." Shen Cungeng raised a big fat rabbit in his hand and shook it.

Shen Xiaoye nimbly climbed up the tree and looked into the distance. Everywhere he looked was grass and trees. This piece of forest belonged to the village's public property and was connected to an even deeper old forest. After going several dozen miles deep, it belonged to another county.

She couldn't see Taoist Hengxi's figure, so she slid down the tree to hide herself. She asked Little Black Cat again but got no answer.

So I leaned against a tree trunk, closed my eyes and looked into the car, and found that the little guy was scratching at the left window.

"What's wrong with you? Do you want to go out?" She raised her eyes to see her cousin looking at her intently, and then her consciousness flashed into the space.

The little black cat glanced at her, then laid down with its paws retracted in disappointment, saying, "I seemed to sense my own body, but it disappeared in a moment."

"Did it fly nearby?" Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart; it was too mysterious.

The little black cat shook his head: "No, no, it's just my soul that's sending me a reminder. My physical body is about a hundred miles away from me. Go to the left."

"I can't walk a hundred miles now." Although Shen Xiaoye said so, he still opened his eyes and took a step forward.

When she had walked about seven or eight meters, and the little black cat kept urging her to walk faster, Shen Cungeng finally noticed her and said, "Don't go any further."

Before he finished speaking, he had already jumped down from the tree and blocked the road with one step. "Xiao Ye, if my mother knew you went deep into the forest, she would definitely break my legs first."

Shen Xiaoye definitely did not doubt her aunt's kindness. She paused and said, "I don't want to go too deep. I just want to see if I can find any pheasant eggs nearby."

Now, she had to apologize to the little black cat. She couldn't ignore her family's concerns.

Shen Cungeng flicked her forehead and said, "What are you doing? Villagers often come in and out here to chop wood and pick fruit. How can pheasants dare to hatch eggs here?"

"Haha, there are no pheasant eggs, but there is a pheasant." The voice of Taoist Hengxi came, and in a moment he walked out of the woods carrying a chicken and a rabbit.

Shen Xiaoye praised him and said, "The Taoist priest is mighty."

"Hey, that's too fake. I punish you to kill a pheasant so that I can taste the delicious pepper and sesame chicken from Brother Geng's mouth." Taoist Master Hengxi's lineage can't resist meat. Ahem, he and Jie Chen are drinking buddies.

Shen Xiaoye nodded repeatedly, "No problem, my fourth uncle's specialty."

Shen Cungeng took the prey and returned the silver needle to the other party, saying: "Your Qinggong is really good. I used to think that Qinggong only existed in storybooks."

"It's just a matter of speed. If you really want me to fly five meters, it's impossible." Taoist Master Hengxi followed the two people down the mountain.

Shen Xiaoye deliberately slowed down and closed her eyes, and immediately saw the little black cat sticking its butt out towards her.

She had no other choice but to plan to go into the mountain another day to let it sense the water and at least finish watering a few acres of land first.

But when she reunited with her grandmother, Shen Xiaoye discovered that she and her cousin had been confined to the fields for ten days and were not allowed to come here.

"Why? It costs money to hire someone to water the fields." The two exclaimed in unison.

Lin said calmly, "I am happy to do so. Are you two planning to disobey me?"

What a big pot! They both shook their heads in agreement. OK, they should be confined to their homes! They hoped that their fourth uncle would come back soon and help them.

Although Shen Changsui could not hear what the two were thinking, he was already on his way home. The village was riding on an ox cart and a mule cart. The speed was not fast, but the wheels had no rubber. He was very reluctant to be bumped around and wanted to get off the carts and walk for a while.

But the village chief Qian kept talking to him, not allowing him to get off the car and ride in the car with Qian Wu in the back. Both of those families were his relatives, and he had to worry about each of them. "Sui'er, after the county magistrate sentenced him to 100 years of caning and imprisonment for three years, what are the chances that the state government will change the sentence?"

"The verdict probably won't be changed." After the initial verdict, Shen Changsui privately consulted the county magistrate and learned that in recent court cases involving brothers or family discord, no redemption was granted and there were examples of heavier sentences.

It is hard to say whether this was not a consequence of the severe punishment of the two princes. I hope Lu Guan will not be punished too severely.

Little did he know that at this moment Lu Guan and a dozen other young men were lying outside a hall in the imperial palace, being beaten with bamboo whips by their elders, but no one dared to cry out in pain.

Papapa

Lu Guan felt that his original uncle had beaten him really hard. He groaned with a cloth in his mouth, and looked around from time to time. Apart from catching a glimpse of eunuchs standing at the door of the hall to supervise, he did not see any shadow of the emperor.

Only after he had received hundreds of lashes from behind did he hear the eunuch raise his voice and say, "Your Majesty has given an order."

"I accept your order." The heads of the families in charge of the executions all prostrated themselves on the ground. As for the teenagers being executed, they could not even get up, and several of them had already fainted.

Lu Guan could try his best to get up, but he would rather lie on the ground than kneel, so he pretended to faint.

I could only hear the eunuch's ordinary voice saying, "You are young and at the right time to learn literature and martial arts. I will grant you a year of admission to the Imperial Academy to listen to the teachings of the sage. Those who take the top spot at the end of the year will be allowed to take the civil and military examinations, and after passing, they can enter the government. I decree this."

"I obey your command. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

"I obey your command. Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, the eunuch who announced the decree did not even stay for long, and left in a hurry without even giving the parents a chance to give them money.

Lu Guan was carried on his uncle's shoulders and left the palace before everyone else.

There was already a carriage waiting outside the palace gate. After he was placed on the cushion and the carriage started, Uncle Lu said, "Don't pretend. Go back today to get some medicine and heal your wounds, then report to the Imperial College."

"Uncle," Lu Guan followed the local customs. Although they had just met and exchanged a few words in the morning, he called out without any hesitation, "Look, if I don't get first place in the exam at the end of the year, I won't be allowed to take the civil or military exams to become an official?

And in the future, you are not allowed to serve as an official in the court? You only have half a year to study, right? "In ancient times, it would be difficult to get by without an official position. Just look at Shen Heng's linen clothes.

"If you had shown the cleverness you had as a child earlier, this wouldn't have happened." Uncle Lu was so disappointed with him that he saw the blood oozing from his buttocks to his thighs and instantly retracted his hand.

Lu Guan exhaled and said, "I guess you can forget about getting first place."

It cannot be said that it is impossible for a group of playful teenagers to compete with the students of the early imperial dynasty for the first place.

He asked again: "Can I still get the hereditary title of Qian Hu?"

Uncle Lu frowned, "Once the decree is issued today, only your descendants can enter the camp and inherit the title and position.

After your majesty ascended the throne, the hereditary hundred households granted to your father by the late emperor were promoted to hereditary thousand households, and you were granted the title of fifth-rank cavalry officer. Although you do not receive a position or salary, you have two hundred acres of farmland granted by your majesty, which exempts you from the tax. In addition, you receive annual rewards and a two-story house in the inner city, which is enough to provide you with food and clothing.

Don't think of taking any shortcuts in the future and looking for someone to help you take over the position of Qian Hu."

"In that case, can the title of Qianhu be lent to my brother?" It would be nice to have a fifth-rank honorary title of military merit. Lu Guan could not remember any dynasty in which a military position could be inherited by a relative.

Uncle Lu immediately held up his face and said sternly, "No! Your father risked his life to inherit this title, so you are not allowed to lend it to him. Even if your eldest and second brothers are your father's nephews, you are not allowed to lend it to him.

Lu Guan, you have to remember that money can be generously lent within your means, because even if the other party does not return it, it will not hurt you too much.

But this official position is different. In the thirty-four years since the founding of the country, the number of people who have inherited military positions and ended up bringing lawsuits to the emperor is so great that even if both hands were added together they would not be enough to count them.

I don’t want you brothers to turn against each other after I die.”

It turns out that my name is Lu Guan in both my past and present lives! The father in this life saved the current emperor before he ascended the throne.

"But because of me, my uncle will be transferred from the Imperial Guards to the Western Camp, and he will have to train in the wind and sun every day." Lu Guan's eyes were full of apology.

Uncle Lu patted his face and said with a smile, "Stinky boy, you finally understand the benefits of having your uncle by your side every day.

From now on, it’s only 20 or 30 miles away from home, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to ride home on horseback. Besides, my uncle has been promoted to a higher rank, so he has more free time.”

"Uncle, how old am I?" It was not surprising that Lu Guan was promoted in name only and was demoted in reality. He made an effort to lift his upper body.

Uncle Lu stretched out his hand and pushed him down, "I know you are fourteen, not four.

You suddenly regained your cleverness, and uncle is still not used to it.

Our task this time is light, we only need to sort out the weapons that were reorganized a few days ago."

He paused, then leaned close to his nephew's ear and said, "Uncle, the position of the Commander of the Imperial Guards is a must-have position in the eyes of many people.

Ever since you started hanging out with the boys from the military families two years ago, you've often contradicted me. As for the incident at the garden, who knows if it wasn't a trap set up by someone long ago.

But don't worry, your eldest brother will be transferred back to Beijing from the Western Camp in a few days, and he will protect you."

After his younger brother was killed and his sister-in-law died of childbirth complications, the fourth brother became much quieter. He often regretted that he should not have transferred his younger brother back to the capital from the border army earlier, as he was serving in the emperor's palace at the time.

"Little Fourth Brother, when you were three or four years old, you were sent from the border to live with me. I am called your nephew, but I am actually your son.

Uncle loves you so much that he can’t express it enough. Seeing that you are being encouraged by others to distance yourself from me, uncle feels sad…” Uncle Lu’s eyes became red as he spoke. He already knew who had coaxed his nephew to go to the garden, and the matter was not over yet.

Lu Guan could feel the other party's sincerity. He grabbed his uncle's hand and said, "Uncle, I will protect myself in the future."

“Well, let’s ask the old imperial physician to treat you, and your hands and feet will be able to move freely soon.

By the way, I have already found out from Pu Jiu who saved you, and I have sent Uncle Lu to deliver a thank you gift, which has almost reached Linghe County now. Uncle Lu prepared more than one gift, but he also sent a thank you gift to everyone who helped save his nephew that day.

Lu Guan seized the opportunity and said, "After I recover, I will go and thank you in person."

"It's my duty. I'll take leave to accompany you then." Uncle Lu felt that his nephew had understood the ways of the world after this incident, and it was worth it for him to be transferred out of the Imperial Guards.

……

In Linghe County, Shen Changsui had already changed the subject. He was discussing with Village Chief Qian and his uncle that the old waterwheel was not easy to use and that they should build a large waterwheel for the village this year when they heard the sound of hurried horse hooves behind them.

And Captain Lu called out, "Sui Ge'er, stop the car for a moment."

The man arrived as the voice came, and the black horse under his crotch suddenly stopped in front of the ox cart. The raised yellow soil could not hide the worries of the young and old in Jiuli Village: Did Hang run away again?

As a result, Captain Lu jumped off his horse, smiled very respectfully, and took the lead to clasp his fists and said: "Sui brother, wait a moment, just now Mr. Lu's family came to the county government office and asked us to help find you to express our gratitude.

I also sent Dr. Ge some medicinal herbs, tea and wine."

"Captain Lu, I'm just calling someone over.

I really don't dare to boast of my achievements." What a coincidence, this place is right next to the grove where Lu Guan was rescued. Shen Changsui helped his uncle get out of the car, but saluted a step later than the other party.

Captain Lu gestured to let him have a moment to talk, and after the two of them had stopped two feet away from the crowd, he whispered, "Sui'er, Young Master Lu's steward came here with a business card from the Third Rank Commander of the Western Camp."

As he spoke, he said with envy: "I knew you were lucky."

"Captain Lu, I want to take the imperial examination." Shen Changsui waved his hands quickly.

Captain Lu sighed and said, "More friends, more paths."

He pointed to the bend in the official road and said, "Look, the carriages hired by the Lu family are here."

Sure enough, Shen Changsui saw a white-bearded old man riding a horse with his back straight and speeding towards him. After only a dozen breaths, the man dismounted swiftly and bowed to his uncle and the head of the village. The air of a veteran soldier on his body made Shen Changsui feel a little favorable towards him.

As he walked closer, the other party just happened to look over...

Meanwhile, Shen Xiaoye, who had returned home a long time ago, was making rabbit cages of various sizes with her cousin under the advice of Taoist Priest Hengxi. She had never expected that today she would not only harvest a lot of wild animals, but also receive a lot of thank-you gifts.

It turned out that Shen Changsui could not refuse Steward Lu's sincerity in coming to express his gratitude, so he had to lead his men to Cousin Lin's house first, and then brought them back to his own home.

As soon as he entered the door, Shen Xiaoye jumped up and wanted to show off, but he saw a white-bearded old man leading four or five young men into the yard holding boxes, and the last one was actually carrying several jars of wine.

"Sui'er, what's this?" Lin came out of the main room, looking puzzled. Huang, who followed behind, guessed something and couldn't help but look at Shen Changsui.

The latter shook his head slightly and motioned Shen Xiaoye and the other person to quickly make tea. He glanced and saw the corner of Taoist Hengxi's robe disappear behind the kitchen door.

Butler Lu naturally noticed it, but he didn't investigate further. He clasped his fists and said, "My surname is Lu, and my young master was able to receive medical treatment in time thanks to your help.

Today, I came here to express my gratitude on the orders of the master of the house."

"It's just a small favor." Lin didn't know about what happened two days ago, but that didn't stop her from returning the favor politely. It seemed like she couldn't refuse the gift of thanks, and Captain Lu was still with her.

She invited the guests to sit in the main hall, and at the same time called on her eldest uncle Shen Shanxin who came back with her, and the head of the village to help entertain the guests.

No matter how many questions you have, you have to wait until the guests leave.

Shen Changsui sat at the last seat, while the other main guest, Shen Xiaoye, hid in the kitchen, just asking his aunt and cousin to serve him tea.

Taoist Priest Hengxi was puzzled: "There is something wrong with you! Why are you hiding from others like a petty person?"

"Same here, Taoist priest is also away from worldly troubles." Of course, Shen Xiaoye also noticed that he deliberately stayed in the kitchen after Butler Lu came in.

Taoist Master Hengxi was just using his saltpeter to make some ice, and a cup of fruit tea instantly became a cold drink. "Let's talk to each other and relieve our boredom."

"Hmm? You don't mind?" Shen Xiaoye was a little surprised.