[Comprehensive] Travel to the world of martial arts and raise a boss

The flowers in the courtyard have already bloomed, exuding bursts of fragrance, and swaying in the wind.

The warm sunshine poured down, reflecting sparkling waves on the calm lake, and occasionally a bird or two flew by, and the ripples slowly rippled away...

Not far from the lake, there is a small and exquisite pavilion with high hexagonal cornices.

At the moment, there are two people sitting there, one blue and one white, and they are fighting fiercely.

The black chess pieces were lightly knocked on the chessboard, and a large number of white pieces were instantly trapped to death. The man in white frowned and pondered, holding the white pieces' hand and staying in mid-air for a long time, Fang sighed, threw the pieces and said: "Your Excellency is superb at chess, I'm sorry!" lost."

The man in the blue robe, that is, Lu Chongming smiled lightly, and said, "You really know it well."

The spring breeze blew over here with the quiet fragrance of flowers, and the person sitting opposite Lu Chongming couldn't help but lowered his head and coughed a few times. It's the end of spring now, and ordinary people have changed into thin shirts, only he is still wearing A layer of interlayer wraps itself tightly.

As time went by, he was no longer the thin boy who seemed to be able to blow him away with a gust of wind. Although he was still sick and his face was still pale. Long, the eyebrows and eyes have been completely opened, and he is a very good-looking young man.

"Isn't it okay to admit defeat quickly? Since the game is already dead, why waste time." Su Mengzhen chuckled lightly, then stretched out her hand to pick up the white pieces on the chessboard, and the blue scarf wrapped around her wrist followed His movements peeked out from his sleeves.

Lu Chongming raised his hand, stopped his movement, and said calmly under the suspicious eyes of the other party: "Who said this is already a dead game?"

He picked up a white piece and put it in a corner slowly. The white piece that was dead just now came to life instantly.

Su Mengzhen was surprised, and then praised: "My lord has been practicing chess for only three years, and I have already achieved this level of achievement. I admire you."

Lu Chongming picked up the sunspots one by one, shook his head and said, "Just treat it as a confrontation between the two armies, and there will be no difficulty."

It's easy for him to say, but isn't it more difficult for the two armies to fight on the battlefield than a mere game of chess?

Su Mengzhen looked at him with complicated eyes, "Actually, my lord should not be a civil servant, but a general." As soon as the words came out, he regretted a little. The Song Dynasty always valued civil servants over military officials. After all, being a civil servant is more important than a military officer. Prosperity.

Lu Chongming said flatly: "There is no difference between civil servants and military officials."

Su Mengzhen fell silent.

I have been by his side for three years, and I have been watching him inseparably for three years. At first, I couldn't have a good impression of him. He was monitoring him for Zhu Muyang and those 4000 lives. Later, I found out that his mentor was Prime Minister Cai Jing. After that, there was no need to have any affection for him.

But the feeling towards a person will change, after seeing him for so many years.

He really didn't expect that the other party would sell his property in order to keep his promise to Zhu Muyang, and finally handed over the money. Although he couldn't say he was poor, he was still in short supply. At that time, he also ate Chinese cabbage for more than a month. , It was not until the other party's salary was paid that it gradually improved.

There are not few people who donate money and give righteousness to others, but how many people can really do their best to fulfill their promises?

Su Mengzhen paid more attention to him.

In the next three years, he could clearly see what the other party did, and even the biggest prejudice disappeared without a trace, and he admired it instead.

Yanzhou, a place that was severely damaged after the war with Xixia, was seriously changed by him little by little, until now it has regained its vitality.

Everything is going well, and he has contributed a lot.

Su Mengzhen admitted that he is indeed a good official. This is not what he thinks alone, but what is recognized by all the people in Yanzhou. This is what makes him even more puzzled. How can such a talent become Cai Jing's? student?It's like a flower growing in a pigsty.

Naturally, Lu Chongming didn't know what was going on in his heart, let alone that he was compared to a flower. He just stood up when the other party coughed again, and said, "It's windy, let's go back."

Su Mengzhen smiled faintly, and walked back together with him.

The sun fell on them, casting black shadows on the ground. The distance between the two was neither far nor close, just two steps apart. This was the distance they had kept for the past three years.

Su Mengzhen looked at the slender back of the person in front of him, and then looked at the habitual distance between the two of them. Suddenly, he wanted to take two steps forward and stand side by side with him. In fact, he did the same.

Sensing the slightly surprised look from the other party, Su Mengzhen said, "I'm leaving."

Lu Chongming didn't take it seriously at first. Although the other party has followed him almost all the time in the past few years, he would go out of the house several times to meet old friends for private affairs. He would go there for a month or two. He will always come back within three months, so he just said indifferently: "How long have you been out this time?"

Su Mengzhen was silent for a moment, and said: "A year or two, maybe more, a letter from home said that my father was seriously ill, and I must go back."

Lu Chongming was slightly startled, and then said: "So I was released after serving my sentence?"

Su Mengzhen curled her lips and smiled lightly: "Yes, without my prison looking at you like a prisoner, you are completely free."

Lu Chongming laughed out loud. It was rare for him to laugh so recklessly that even his deep eyes were bent. At the end, he asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Now!" Su Mengzhen answered simply.

Although Lu Chongming was a little surprised, he still nodded slightly, and using the etiquette he had already practiced, he bowed his hands towards the other party and said, "Then, you and I will meet later."

Su Mengzhen blinked, "I live in Bianliang, your three-year term is about to expire, I'll wait for you in Bianliang."

……

The breeze blew through the leaves and made a rustling sound, there were birds singing on the branches, the sun had already climbed overhead, but only his shadow was left on the ground.

Lu Chongming stood there for a while, feeling a little uncomfortable.

After getting along for a few years, from being on guard at the beginning to admiring later, he has gotten used to the existence of Su Mengzhen, but now that there is suddenly one less person, he feels more or less uncomfortable.

He walked back slowly with his hands behind his back, and he didn't meet a single person along the way. Ever since he dismissed most of the servants three years ago in order to raise money, Gu's mansion has never bought servants again, instead they kept coming one after another. I sent some away, and now there are probably no more than ten people staying in Gu's mansion to serve.

For Lu Chongming, this is not bad, he has never been a hedonist, and he also likes a quieter living environment.

When he returned to the house, he happened to meet the old butler walking over with rock sugar stewed pear water, facing the other party's puzzled expression, he frowned, waved his sleeves and said, "Don't prepare this in the future, he has already left. "

With that said, he lifted his foot into the house.

Things in Yanzhou are already on the right track, so he doesn't need to worry as much as he did a few years ago. He just needs to check the general direction and go out to inspect it occasionally.

From being unfamiliar at the beginning, to slowly groping step by step, and now proficient, he feels that his Yanzhou magistrate is no worse than others.

This is enough, there are no victims, no soldiers who rebelled because of unfair treatment, he has fulfilled his responsibilities as a prefect.

……

After instructing the copywriting sent by the people below, he put down his pen, and subconsciously looked at the soft couch by the window. He saw that it was empty, and the study room was eerily quiet, without the sound of low coughing. and the sound of pages turning.

Lu Chongming frowned, and just as he was about to get up and leave, he heard a bang, and someone knocked open the door.

"father!"

It was hot, and his sweaty body threw himself into his arms. If he was not sitting on the chair, he would definitely not be able to stand still.

His chest was aching from the impact, Lu Chongming put his arms around his back, slightly pursed his lips, and the sullenness in his heart finally dissipated.

"It's so big, why are you still so noisy."

Gu Xichao raised her head, raised her chin and said in dissatisfaction, "Who told Dad not to go with me?"

Lu Chongming flicked his head, "Are you still a child? You have to be accompanied by your father in everything? Besides, I don't like hunting, so why go with you!"

Of course he will not admit that he is still a child, he has grown up, his face with baby fat in his childhood has thinned out, revealing a sharp chin, because he has been practicing martial arts for the past few years, his body is flexible and slender, more than Children of the same age are tall and slender, and there is no trace of Xiaodouding back then.

Lu Chongming rubbed his hair. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Bai Mingmo walking in through the open door carrying a cage of a snow-white fox.

Gu Xi's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran over, took the cage, and handed it to his father, "I hunted this, Master Bai said that the only way to pass the test is to capture it alive without hurting a single bit, but I It took a lot of effort!"

Children need praise, this is one of the few experiences he has gained from raising children, so he praised him without hesitation, "Good job!"

Gu Xichao smiled deeper, "Father, look, is this fox's fur beautiful?"

The snow-white fox fur was soft and smooth, Lu Chongming nodded.

"As long as father likes it, I'll take off its fur later and make fox fur for you!"

Pick it up, pick it up? ! !

Lu Chongming stared at the man who was smiling happily, and was at a loss for words for a while. Of course, he couldn't have compassion for a fox, but as an honest and kind boy, how could he say such bloody words.

Lu Chongming cleared his throat, and said seriously, "Don't you think this fox is cute?"

Seemingly surprised by his suddenly serious attitude, Gu Xichao shrank his neck and hesitated: "Is there?"

Lu Chongming nodded solemnly, "How could such a cute fox have the heart to kill it? So let's raise it up."

Gu Xichao nodded confusedly.

"Good boy!" Lu Chongming patted his head, his upright attitude was started from small things, and he couldn't be sloppy at all. Looking into his dark eyes, he seemed to feel that his success was in sight.

Bai Mingmo, who watched the interaction between father and son from the beginning to the end, shook his head and laughed.

The term of office of each local official in the Song Dynasty was only three years, and he had to be reassigned once the three years came. This was to prevent people from rebelling, and Lu Chongming, the magistrate of Yanzhou, was no exception.

Two months after Su Mengzhen left, Jingzhong's transfer letter came. The only difference from others was that it was not the seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the emperor's imperial decree.