Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

[one hundred]

Old Prime Minister Xu saw her hesitation and thought she was not happy, so he smiled and said, "Princess Princess is a good girl, and this old man can also tell that she really likes you."

Zhou Jinyu sneered twice, and prevaricated: "The student came to Chunwei this time only to get a half-job, to serve the Great Jin, and to be loyal to His Majesty. As for marriage... the student never thought that he would need the help of an elder at home." Make up your mind."

The old man squinted his eyes and smiled, he could tell that Zhou Jinyu had already tactfully refused.

The old man said: "It's good for you to think so. A man is determined to serve the country. If he is tied down by his children's love, it's not appropriate."

Zhou Jinyu cupped his hands and said respectfully: "The students understand."

The old man nodded, said no more, closed the curtain of the car, and told the driver to leave.

Zhou Jinyu actually understood that the meaning of Old Xiang Meng just now was probably also the meaning of Emperor Tianshun.

The number one scholar and the son-in-law, she can only choose one.

However, Emperor Tianshun just hinted at her just now, which meant that he would give the champion to Feng Weizhi, so wouldn't she, Zhou Jinyu, want to marry the princess?

If she was allowed to choose by herself, she would definitely choose the champion.

After all, she couldn't stand the princess's overly enthusiastic behavior, but in fact, the old man was right, Wei Huanian was actually a good girl.

Everyone in the world said that she had a child out of wedlock, and that she was an indiscreet person. Apart from Zhou Jinyu's prejudice against Wei Huanian that he had heard from the world, there was actually nothing wrong with Wei Huanian. Nor is it a person who follows the cloud personally.

The other princesses of Emperor Tianshun were rumored to be arrogant and domineering, and there were many people who were at odds with the son-in-law, but Wei Huanian stayed behind closed doors in the mansion, and hadn't reported any rumors with any man for so many years. No scandal, this is enough to prove that she is actually a good girl.

Everyone in the world knows that Wei Huanian, the eldest princess of Yuanzhao, looks like a fairy with extraordinary demeanor.

In fact, Zhou Jinyu didn't feel that Wei Huanian was bad from the beginning to the end, and once he considered that Wei Huanian liked her, no matter whether Wei Huanian wrote her a love letter or asked someone to send her something, it was all because Wei Huanian liked her .

There is nothing wrong with liking someone.

Besides, such a beautiful and beautiful girl comes to greet you every day, and always talks about her love for you. If someone else meets her like this, they will probably cry and ask for help. married her.Besides, as Wei Huanian's eldest princess, there are not many men in the world who dare to resist.

Thinking of this, Zhou Jinyu sighed deeply.

Presumably Wei Huanian teased her over and over again, probably because she was too handsome, which made her unable to help herself.

Wei Huanian has raised his son alone in the mansion for so many years, and there is no one around him. I'm afraid he has been lonely for a long time?

If it was on an ordinary man, under Wei Huanian's repeated teasing, he might have fallen under the pomegranate skirt of this eldest princess. Even with her status as the eldest princess, he would definitely let him go first.

But she, Zhou Jinyu, is not the kind of heartless person, and she can't do that if she doesn't like someone and agrees to that kind of thing.So she never agreed to Wei Huanian's teasing.She never replied to the letters that Wei Huanian wrote to her afterwards, she always avoided if she could, and avoided when she could.Wei Huanian sent people to invite her so many times, but she never went to Wei Huanian's house once, and it was obvious that she refused.

She is not the kind of person who covets wealth and honor, she has always wanted to win the hearts of the one and never leave each other.She just hopes to find someone she likes, who also happens to like her, and the two of them get married together, and live happily ever after.

So, let's forget about the glittering status of the son-in-law.

While thinking, she walked towards the mansion, and when she came to the front yard, she found Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu were sitting in the living room waiting for her.

Zhou Jinyu said hello and sat down at the table: "Mother, grandma, are you waiting for me?"

The old lady Zhou asked: "Fourth, tell me what's going on? I heard the news that you and a man named Feng Weizhi are tied for the top spot?"

Zhou Jinyu stole a glance at her mother, Liu Shi, who just calmly ordered the servants to bring up the freshly boiled soup.

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said to Mrs. Zhou: "Grandma, it's not that they are tied for the top spot, but it hasn't been decided yet."

The old lady Zhou asked anxiously: "Why hasn't it been decided yet? Isn't the champion yours?"

Zhou Jinyu said with a smile: "Isn't that grandma? I'm afraid that if the errand enters the palace tomorrow, Long Live Lord still has some errands to order. If this errand is completed, the champion will be grandson's. If the errand is done No, the number one scholar is probably someone else's."

Mrs. Zhou complained: "This Long Live Lord is really, so unhappy."

Zhou Jinyu nodded and said, "Grandma, don't blame the Long Live Lord. When the grandson enters the palace tomorrow, let's see what the Long Live Lord orders."

Mrs. Zhou was still not very happy, she nodded and said, "That's fine, we all have to listen to Lord Long Live."

Zhou Jinyu echoed, "That's right."

Mrs. Zhou signaled the little girl to serve Zhou Jinyu a bowl of ginger soup with her eyes, and brought it to Zhou Jinyu: "Fourth, drink a bowl of ginger soup quickly. It just rained coldly today, and you are not in good shape all the time. Okay, your mother is afraid that you will catch cold, so she ordered the small kitchen to cook it for you."

Zhou Jinyu looked at Mrs. Liu flattered, and said sullenly, "Mother, please miss me, baby."

Liu Shi didn't say much, just said: "Drink quickly."

Zhou Jinyu quickly lowered his head, picked up the ginger soup on the table, and drank it all in one go.

After finishing dinner, Mrs. Liu ordered her servants to fetch hot water for Mrs. Zhou to wash up. Just as she was about to go back to her room, Zhou Jinyu called to her, "Mom, I have something to tell you."

Liu Shi paused, looked at her with a complicated expression, and then said, "Follow me."

The mother and daughter went all the way to the study, and Liu ordered the old housekeeper Zhou Cheng to guard the door outside, and asked Zhou Jinyu, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while and asked, "Mother, I'll just ask you a question, and I'll go out after I'm done."

Mrs. Liu sat on the chair and looked at Zhou Jinyu who was standing below: "What do you want to ask?"

Zhou Jinyu paused, and asked as if mustering up his courage: "Mother, I just want to ask you, do you still think about that person?"

Liu Shi was startled when she heard the words, she looked at Zhou Jinyu, opened her mouth, and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled wryly, knowing that Liu Shi knew why she was asking, so she asked her with a smile, "You know who I'm asking."

Liu Shi just looked at her like that, the light in the study was very dim, only one lamp was lit, she couldn't see the expression on Zhou Jinyu's face very clearly, she just felt that the child was not in the right mood today.

Liu looked at her for a while, then replied, "I've already forgotten."

Zhou Jinyu smiled wryly again, and said in disbelief, "Forgot?"

Liu Shi nodded, and there seemed to be a smile in his eyes, but the smile was bitter.

Zhou Jinyu felt sorry for her, and said: "Mother, the child knows that you have not forgotten, if you really forgot, it is impossible to avoid talking about it all these years."

Suddenly Liu said coldly: "If I say I forgot, I forgot."

Zhou Jinyu raised his head, looked at her very calmly, and said slowly: "Master Meng told me that Long Live Lord intends to invite a senior Confucian from the previous dynasty to come out of the mountain. Aniang, guess what, the senior Confucian who is it?"

Liu Shi paused when she heard the words, as if she suddenly remembered something: "Could it be..."

Zhou Jinyu pulled the corners of his mouth and laughed: "Yeah, he said he has found his whereabouts. Lord Long Live sent people to invite him several times, but they failed to invite him. Aniang, what do you think, if he is really His whereabouts have been exposed to others, will that person let him go? Taking ten thousand steps back, those who knew about that incident back then have all been silenced, and he may be in danger."

Zhou Jinyu just looked at her like that, seeing the expression on Liu's face change several times, and remained silent all the time.

Liu Shi was at a loss for words and couldn't speak a word.

After a long time, Liu finally calmed down and asked her, "Have you finished?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded, apparently having understood her attitude: "I'm done."

Liu's tone slowed down, and said in a low voice: "Go back and rest after finishing speaking, won't you still enter the palace tomorrow?"

Zhou Jinyu laughed, turned around and was about to leave.She had just taken two steps, and when she walked to the door, she turned around unwillingly and said, "Mother, I came to tell you this to tell you that I want to pay to you for the blood debt owed by that bastard back then." He got it back."

Liu said anxiously: "Can't you let go of these and live well!"

Zhou Jinyu sneered: "Let it go? Auntie, how do you want me to let it go? He killed so many lives in our family, and almost killed me. I, Zhou Jinyu, am not generous enough to be like you , A person who doesn't care about anything. Even for myself, I will take back everything he owes me. "

Liu Shi paused, and was about to say something, but Zhou Jinyu had already opened the door and walked out.

She seemed to be very angry when she went out, and closed the door again with a "bang".

That voice shook Liu Shi's heart. Liu Shi stared at the closed door and remained silent for a long time, finally tears flowed from his eyes.

All of these are injustices, all the injustices she made back then.

If she hadn't saved the scholar who was about to freeze to death in the snow in front of his house, she would not have caused the bitter result today.

But what can she do now?

Zhou Jinyu has grown up, and as she gets older, the hatred in her heart is getting deeper and deeper, and she is no longer willing to listen to her advice.

When Zhou Jinyu left the study, the old butler Zhou Cheng called out, "Fourth Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Jinyu replied to him: "It's nothing, I went back to my room, I heard that my mother is not in good health recently, you remember to tell her to take medicine."

Zhou Chengdao: "Fourth son, you can go and talk to Madam about this by yourself."

Zhou Jinyu didn't speak any more, flicked his sleeves, and walked along the path towards the east courtyard.

Before she said these words to Liu Shi, she actually guessed Liu Shi's answer long ago, but she just couldn't be reconciled, why Liu Shi didn't mention a word all these years, and even pretended that nothing happened How could this woman be so magnanimous, how could she let go of such a deep hatred and such a deep blood debt with such a light word.

How can she let go of this kind of thing?

[two more]

On the second day Zhou Jinyu got up early, before dawn she dressed and went out. Today she was going to enter the palace. Today I am going to enter the palace.

This time Emperor Tianshun might not want to see her himself, but when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw Feng Weizhi and Lu Yao already waiting there.

Lu Yao looked at her, and ran over at a brisk pace: "Brother, you are here."

Zhou Jinyu smiled: "Yes, brother, you came very early."

Lu Yao yawned a lot and stretched his waist: "Yes, I'm going to be sleepy to death, it's going to kill me if I get up so early, brother, I ask you, it's hard to be an official in the capital." Do you want to get up so early?"

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while and answered him: "Yes, if you become a Beijing official in the future, will you be able to get up?"

Lu Yao thought about it seriously, and then shook his head like a rattle: "No, brother, I'll ask you again. If you repent now, is there still time?"

Zhou Jinyu touched his chin and thought about it seriously: "What should I do, it's too late."

Lu Yao came to his senses and looked at Zhou Jinyu deliberately angrily: "Brother, learn how to speak like me."

Lu Yao's accent has the softness of Lingnan, and he has a baby face, which makes him look very harmless.

Zhou Jinyu laughed: "Yes, I heard it from you."

Lu Yao was about to raise his fist to hit her, but Zhou Jinyu immediately begged for mercy: "Don't, don't, I was wrong, I won't learn from you... oh."

Lu Yao put down his fist at first, but when he heard Zhou Jinyu's intentionally protracted "oh", he wanted to make trouble with her again.

At this time Feng Weizhi came over and gave them a cold look: "How decent is Cheng?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said nothing, Lu Yao snorted unwillingly, and whispered to Zhou Jinyu, "None of his business."

Zhou Jinyu suddenly couldn't hold back: "Pfft ha ha ha!"

Even cursing in Lingnan dialect brings joy.

Feng Weizhi heard Lu Yao scolding him, but in front of all the guards at the gate of the palace, he was not easy to get angry.

After a while, a little eunuch came out to pick them up: "Long Live God has a decree, Xuan Zhou Jinyu, Feng Weizhi, Lu Yao enters the palace to face the saint."

Zhou Jinyu thought that this time, as usual, Emperor Tianshun would let them go to the Golden Palace, but unexpectedly, this time they were sent to the Imperial Study.

But think about it, the candidate for the champion has not been decided yet, so what's the matter with going to the Jinluan Hall, so I came to meet them in the Imperial Study Room.

The three of them followed the little eunuch all the way into the palace, and came to the door of the imperial study, waiting for Emperor Tianshun's announcement.

After a while, Jiang Youde, the chief eunuch, came out and preached: "Please come in with us, three of you."

The three of them answered in unison, followed Jiang Youde into the imperial study, saw Emperor Tianshun on the throne and knelt down in unison: "Students see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and safe."

It was not yet noon at this time, Emperor Tianshun had just left the morning court and was reviewing the memorial. Seeing them coming in, he put down the memorial in his hand, squinted and looked at the three kneeling below.

Emperor Tianshun said in a deep voice, "Get up."

The three of them stood up together again, all of them bowed their heads, naturally they didn't dare to look directly at Longyan.

Emperor Tianshun went straight to the point and said: "I called you here today for an errand, and I will reward whoever of you does well."

It was the first time for Lu Yao to face the saint, and he was so scared that he was about to die, but he still raised his head and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, what errand do you want us to order?"

Emperor Tianshun saw that this little Tanhua was very courageous, so he asked with a smile: "Lu Yao, you are from Lingnan, right?"

Lu Yao nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, the student's hometown is Suyang, Lingnan."

Emperor Tianshun said: "I want to invite Grand Master Liu Xiliu to come out of the mountain, but I have sent people back several times to invite them, but they have not been able to invite anyone, so I thought about this as a topic, Zhou Jinyu, Feng Weizhi... "

Emperor Tianshun called his name, and Zhou Jinyu quickly bowed: "The student is here."

Feng Weizhi also bowed: "The students are here."

Emperor Tianshun said: "You two, if anyone can invite Liu Xi to me, I will appoint him the number one scholar."

Both Zhou Jinyu and Feng Weizhi were taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Yes!"

Emperor Tianshun said: "I will send someone to inform you of Liu Xi's secluded residence when you leave the palace. Zhou Jinyu, Feng Weizhi, this is the only job I have to do right now. Whoever can handle it well will be the champion. "

Zhou Jinyu and Feng Weizhi looked at each other the same way, and responded in unison: "Yes!"

Lu Yao quit now and asked, "Your Majesty, since this is my brother's bet, what about me? What am I going to do?"

Emperor Tianshun paused, biting the words: "Your brother?"

Lu Yao immediately pointed at Zhou Jinyu and said, "Yes, Zhou Jinyu is my brother, we just became sworn friends yesterday."

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Is this kid stupid? Isn't this going to tell Emperor Tianshun that the two of them started forming cliques before entering the court?

Emperor Tianshun suddenly laughed, and said to Zhou Jinyu with a smile, "Is there such a thing?"

Zhou Jinyu gritted her teeth. Since Lu Yao said so, it would be bad for her to deny it, so she said with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty, Lu Yao and I hit it off right away, we hit it off very well, and even made an appointment to go out together. Come on, let's go drink together."

"Go to drink together?" Emperor Tianshun's face turned cold suddenly, and reprimanded him: "You are such a nonsense, how can I entrust you with a heavy responsibility in the future!"

Zhou Jinyu immediately said: "Yes, the students know they are wrong, and they will definitely not mess around with Lu Yao."

Emperor Tianshun snorted coldly, glared at her angrily, and said nothing.

Zhou Jinyu finally felt relieved, this test was finally passed.

You must have a good talk with Lu Yao later, and don't talk nonsense in front of Emperor Tianshun, otherwise they don't know how they both died.

However, Lu Yao still looked at Emperor Tianshun with a puzzled expression, and Emperor Tianshun just said: "Lu Yao, you also go to Lingnan with them, and if neither of them succeed in the end, you invite someone here, I have a great reward for you too!"

When Lu Yao heard it, he immediately said with a smile: "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"

The three of them took orders and left the Imperial Study Room together.

Lu Yao pestered Zhou Jinyu and said, "Brother, I'll go with you, I know Lingnan well."

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said, "Okay, then you and I will go together together."

Lu Yao became happy: "Okay, brother, I paid for all the money along the way!"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Did your money fall from the sky?"

Feng Weizhi snorted coldly and walked forward first.

Lu Yao looked at his back and complained: "Brother, do you think this Feng Weizhi is a little bit weird?"

Zhou Jinyu said: "You don't care about him, we invite ours, and he invites others, it doesn't matter."

Lu Yao thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Yes."

Feng Weizhi went out of the palace and got into the carriage, and ordered: "Hurry back to the house!"

The carriage drove all the way, and stopped in front of the residence of Feng Boyang, Shangshu of the household department.

Seeing Feng Weizhi's return, the servants guarding the gate immediately bowed and saluted: "My lord, you are back."

Feng Weizhi walked in and asked, "Is the master back?"

"Back to the eldest son, the master has just returned from court and is in the study."

Feng Weizhi didn't speak any more, and walked quickly all the way to the study room. He didn't even knock on the door, just pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing him coming in, Feng Boyang was reconciling the accounts with the account book in his hand, thinking that someone had broken in and was about to hide, but when he saw clearly it was him, he quickly straightened his body and said angrily, "Who made you so unruly!"

Feng Weizhi said: "Father, something is wrong."

Feng Boyang said: "What's the matter?"

Feng Weizhi replied: "Father, Lord Long Live is going to invite Liu Xi out of the mountain."

Feng Boyang was taken aback: "What? Liu Xi? Why haven't I heard of this? But it's true?"

Feng Weizhi said anxiously: "It's true. I heard what the Long Live Lord said. The Long Live Lord also said that Zhou Jinyu and I should go invite people together. Whoever invites him will be the number one pick."

Feng Boyang pondered for a while, then said in a cold voice: "The old thing is hidden so deep. I have been looking for him for so many years, but I can't find anyone. After all, the Lord Long Live found him. But the Lord Long Live wants to invite him out of the mountain. You actually hid the news like this, and even I didn’t hear the slightest bit of news.”

Feng Weizhi asked: "Father, what should I do? If he came to the capital, wouldn't you, father..."

Feng Boyang interrupted him with a sneer: "Why panic, he hasn't come to the capital yet." Feng Boyang asked: "Do you know where he is?"

Feng Wei was stunned and nodded: "Yes, I see. What do you mean, father?"

A cold look flashed across Feng Boyang's eyes: "Liu Xi won't be able to reach the capital anymore."

Feng Weizhi nodded: "My child understands!"

[three shifts]

Zhou Jinyu and Lu Yao agreed that they would leave for Lingnan tomorrow. Zhou Jinyu asked and told him that when he saw the Lord Long Live, don't let this little ancestor talk nonsense. Lu Yao listened very carefully, and finally He nodded guiltily and swore that he would never talk nonsense again and cause trouble for brother Zhou Jinyu.

Zhou Jinyu felt relieved, and just told him that Long Live God is no better than others. The so-called accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and she is also for his own good.

After the two agreed, they went back to their homes to prepare.

Zhou Jinyu returned to Zhou's house and immediately called for Jinfeng.

After Zhou Jinyu finished explaining, Jinfeng withdrew.

Seeing that Jinfeng had left early, Zhou Jinyu was relieved.

After Jinfeng left, she went to the front yard and explained to Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu that she was going to Lingnan to do business for Emperor Tianshun.

The old lady Zhou said anxiously: "Why do you have to go to such a far place on business? Zimu has just left, and you are leaving too."

Zhou Jinyu comforted Mrs. Zhou, saying that this time he was going to invite people, not to fight.

Mrs. Liu didn't say much, but went to Zhou Jinyu's room, prepared clean clothes for her, and went to the warehouse to get 50 taels of silver for her. Zhou Jinyu silently put away the silver.

After Mrs. Liu cleaned up, she said to Zhou Jinyu, "You know his temper."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Yes."

Mrs. Liu said again: "He has always been stubborn. It would be useless for anyone to invite him. You know that."

Zhou Jinyu smiled: "But I'm not an outsider."

Liu Shi paused for a moment, then said again: "The situation in Beijing is not good, I'm afraid he might be in danger if he comes."

Zhou You only shook his head: "Mother, I don't think so. Since the Lord Long Live has found out his residence, it has been exposed to others, and it is dangerous to stay in Lingnan. On the contrary, they dare not do it."

Liu Shi sighed, what Zhou Jinyu said was not unreasonable, and this was the only way to do it for now.

Liu Shi gave some more instructions and then left.

Before she left, Zhou Jinyu asked: "Mother, has there been any news about Little Baozi's visit recently?"

Liu Shi shook her head: "No more news."

Zhou Jinyu frowned, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "She has disappeared for a long time, so nothing happened."

Liu Shi said: "Miss Yuan made an appointment with us before. After you finished the exam, you will come to the house to discuss marriage. Now there is no news suddenly. I'm afraid..."

Zhou Jinyu nodded and said nothing.

How could she not understand what Liu Shi wanted to say, but she never believed it. It was agreed at the beginning that she would arrange a marriage after she finished the exam, but now that she has finished the exam, that person has disappeared.

How could she not understand what it meant.

It's just one thing to understand or not, but another to accept it.

In fact, she thought, since Little Baoziniang was unwilling to agree, she would not force her, and she would not have to disappear suddenly.

On the next day, Lu Yao came to Zhou's house early to pick up Zhou Jinyu. Zhou Jinyu originally wanted to prepare a carriage by herself, but after seeing Lu Yao's carriage, she gave up on this idea.

She was more and more sure that Lu Yao was the son of Lu Xunnian, a wealthy merchant from the south of the Five Ridges, but judging by the grandeur of the carriage, ordinary rich men couldn't afford it.

Zhou Jinyu put the salute on the carriage, but Lu Yao had a sweet mouth, calling Mrs. Zhou "grandma" and Liu's "aunt", and only said to hand over his brother to him. Don't worry though.

Zhou Jinyu bid farewell to his family and jumped into Lu Yao's carriage.

It took seven days to walk this road. The location of Chang'an City was almost in the middle of the entire Great Jin Dynasty. The south of the Five Ridges was actually not far away, but there was a big river in the middle. The one who went around finally arrived at Suyang in the south of Lingnan.

Zhou Jinyu wanted to join Jinfeng, but she was afraid that there would be trouble, so she ordered Jinfeng to protect Liu Xi early in the morning. As soon as she arrived at the border of Lingnan, she received a letter from Jinfeng, saying that everything was going well.

Zhou Jinyu was completely relieved.

Lingnan is different from Chang'an City. The folk customs here are simple and simple, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The prosperity in the county is different from that in the capital. The people in the capital are all indifferent, but the people here often have a smile on their faces when they see her.

Lu Yao found an inn for Zhou Jinyu to stay in. Lu Yao only said that the inn was rented by their family, and that Zhou Jinyu could live here without paying money, while he was going back home.

Zhou Jinyu asked, "Aren't you going to invite Bachelor Liu with me?"

Lu Yao explained: "I'm not going, I don't want the reward from the Long Live Lord."

Zhou Jinyu asked: "Then what are you doing with me in Lingnan?"

Lu Yao smiled at her: "Lingnan is my home, brother, you forgot, I was awarded Tanhua, I want to come back with you, to announce the good news to my father in person. But if I just tell Lord Long Live that I want to come back , Lord Long Live will definitely not let me go, so I came to Lingnan with you on the pretext of doing business with you."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "I see."

Lu Yao smiled, and patted her on the shoulder: "Brother, you must win the first prize, don't be compared to that Feng Weizhi."

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said, "Yes, I know."

After Lu Yao left, Zhou Jinyu followed the instructions sent by Jinfeng, walked for about two miles, and found a small fenced yard at the foot of the mountain. There was a small thatched cottage in the yard.

Jinfeng suddenly jumped down from nowhere and appeared in front of her, startling Zhou Jinyu.

Zhou Jinyu asked, "Has Feng Weizhi been here?"

Jin Feng shook his head: "I didn't see anyone, but two groups of assassins came last night. After I stopped them, they all committed suicide."

Zhou Jinyu frowned: "It really is."

Jin Feng asked: "My lord, do you know who the assassin is?"

Zhou Jinyu shook his head: "I'm not sure yet, but..." Zhou Jinyu paused for a moment, and didn't say anything further.

Zhou Jinyu looked at the small hut ten steps away and said, "I'll go in first to invite someone, and you wait outside for me to come out."

Jinfeng nodded: "Okay."

Zhou Jinyu stepped forward and pushed open the wooden fence door around the small thatched hut. Although the courtyard was dilapidated, it was cleaned cleanly. A few bamboo boards were hung on a peach tree in the courtyard. Zhou Jinyu went to Looking at the bamboo board, there are some warning mottos engraved on it.

"Who is outside?"

At this time, someone in the thatched cottage spoke.The voice of the old man who spoke was a little hoarse, and he sounded like an elderly man, so who else could it be if it wasn't Liu Xi?

Zhou Jinyu straightened his body, and said loudly outside: "Old sir, student Zhou Jinyu was sent by His Majesty today to invite the old gentleman to come out of the mountain."

Liu Xi said: "Go back, the old man has no intention of going out of the mountain."

Just as Zhou Jinyu was about to speak, Feng Weizhi pushed open the gate and came out.

Feng Weizhi sent someone to stand beside Zhou Jinyu with a small wooden box, and said, "Scholar Liu, the student brought you a hundred gold as a gift. I just want to see the old scholar."

Liu Xi simply stopped talking now.

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while, and said directly: "Mr., the students also brought a greeting gift, but if the old man refuses to see me today, I'm afraid he will regret it for the rest of his life."

Hearing what Zhou Jinyu said, Feng Weizhi asked with a smile, "Brother Jinyu, what gift did you bring?"

Zhou Jinyu ignored him, and Feng Weizhi stopped talking because he was making fun of himself.

After a while, the door of the thatched cottage was opened, and Liu Xi said, "Come in."

Feng Weizhi was overjoyed, just as he was about to step forward, he heard the person inside say again: "I didn't mention you, let that young man with a fair face come in."

Feng Weizhi's face suddenly darkened, Zhou Jinyu smiled at him, and immediately walked into the thatched cottage.

Feng Weizhi stared coldly at the closed door again, feeling a little unwilling. Last night he had sent an assassin, and he waited all night, but no assassin came back. So he came to check the situation in person today. Unexpectedly, Liu Xi was still alive and well.

After Zhou Jinyu entered the thatched hut, there was very little conversation inside. Feng Weizhi strained his ears to listen, but he didn't hear the conversation inside.

About half an hour later, the door of the thatched cottage finally opened again. Feng Weizhi looked again and saw Zhou Jinyu walking out with the help of an old man.

Although the old man was old, but the aura exuding from his body was quite fairy-like, he walked out with Zhou Jinyu's support.

Feng Weizhi stepped forward to salute: "Scholar Liu, student Feng Weizhi." He paused, and added: "The son of Feng Boyang, Minister of the Household Department."

Liu Xi didn't even look at Feng Wei, but after hearing Feng Boyang's words, the hand grabbing Zhou Jinyu's arm suddenly became a little harder, and Zhou Jinyu reminded in a low voice: "Mr., be careful of the stones under your feet. "

Liu Xi nodded, and followed Zhou Jinyu out calmly.

Seeing that Zhou Jinyu had finally invited the people, Jinfeng immediately whistled, and not far away were two horses driving side by side, pulling a carriage and running over.

Feng Weizhi watched helplessly as Zhou Jinyu helped Liu Xi into the carriage, Jinfeng also jumped into the carriage, and several people drove away in the carriage.

The entourage behind Feng Weizhi asked, "My lord, what should we do now?"

Feng Weizhi snorted coldly, and wanted to throw the box of gold on the ground in anger: "What else can I do! Go back to Beijing!"

The entourage asked: "Then how do you explain to Master Shangshu?"

Feng Weizhi said: "You immediately fly the pigeon to pass the letter back, saying that things have changed, and let him think of another way."

The follower immediately said: "Yes, the villain understands."

After receiving the person, Zhou Jinyu and others immediately went to Lu's house to meet Lu Yao.

Seeing that Zhou Jinyu only took a long time to invite Liu Xi out of the mountain, Lu Yao complained unwillingly for a long time.

There is no other reason. The timing of his return this time is very unfortunate. His father, Lu Xunnian, went to the neighboring county to discuss business. It will take half a month to come back. The troublesome concubine, who didn't even see his father, was going back to Beijing with Zhou Jinyu.

After returning to Beijing, in order to prevent nights from having long dreams, Zhou Jinyu immediately invited Liu Xi to the palace to meet Emperor Tianshun.

It was written in the posthumous letter from the old head of Qiulu Academy that he recommended Liu Xi as the new head of Qiulu Academy. She had read that letter, so this time when Emperor Tianshun saw Liu Xi, there was no need to think about it. Zhou Jinyu could also guess that the new head of Qiulu Academy must fall on Liu Xi's head.

In this way, she won the contempt between her and Feng Weizhi.

She was the one who invited Liu Xi to the capital, so the status of the No. [-] Scholar must also fall on her head.

It's just that she thought she was going to live forever, but she didn't expect the king's heart to be unpredictable.

It was agreed at the beginning that you can't have both, and you can only choose one of the champions and concubines.

But after Emperor Tianshun made Liu Xi the head of Qiulu Academy and made him a second-rank bachelor, the second imperial decree was to hand-pick her as the champion of Zhou Jinyu High School, and she was just about to accept the decree to thank her.

But the little eunuch who announced the decree continued to read: "Zhou Jinyu has both ability and political integrity, and won my heart. He is specially authorized to marry Wei Huanian, the eldest princess of Yuanzhao, as a son-in-law, and to marry at a certain date."