continuation [farming]

When Xia He yelled for help, he also made a bet with himself whether the son would meddle in this business.

He has a calculation in his heart - if he wants the son to take him to see the emperor, for the son, this in itself is a big deal.If he didn't even want to meddle in such trivial matters as asking for help, how could he expect this imperial relative to meddle in big matters?

Fortunately, the car in front did stop. The man in the car poked his head out, glanced at the three strong men chasing after Li Mu and Xia He, frowned, then waved his hand, and saw someone walking around Come over and stop those three strong servants.

Xia He panted heavily, and said, "Thank you...thank you, Master."

That Shizi is not stupid, he raised his eyebrows and said: "So you know me?"

"I know..." Xia He calmed down and exhaled, but Li Mu beside him coughed.Li Mu was unprepared, and was dragged away by Xia He, choking on the wind.Xia He couldn't care about Guan Shizi anymore, and went to pat Li Mu on the back.

The steward of Li Tonghe's family chased after him. When he saw Shizi's carriage, he didn't dare to show his nostrils to look at people's faces. These two are guests invited by our master."

Just as he was about to report himself, the son of the virtuous king interrupted him impatiently, saying: "I'm not a three-year-old baby, and I've never seen the appearance of inviting guests. ——Which family are you from? You're older than me." No rules, sent three Lianjiazi to 'invite' people?"

"The small one is..."

"Okay, Liang Jing is a place where you can kill three officials by smashing a plaque at random. Even if you say your master's name, I may not know him." The son of the virtuous king shook his head again and said yes, interrupting the steward again if.

Xia He listened to the son's words, poked Li Mu worriedly, and asked in a low voice, "Can we find him? I think he is too arrogant."

Li Mu also frowned slightly, this son seems to be different from the rumors.Lin Shusheng told a few anecdotes about him, and praised him as the most unassuming of the royal relatives, and he could get along with all kinds of religions.Now it seems that Li Mu is also a little worried, whether this prince can take a serious look at the two of them.

As soon as he finished muttering, Shi Zi glanced at the two of them and asked, "Your accent doesn't sound like someone from Liang Jing?"

Li Mu quickly said, "The late student is from Qingyang, and he came to catch the exam. This is Zhuo Jing."

But the son suddenly said: "The word 'Zhuojing' refers to the wife in the family. If you are married to a man and call her by the woman's name, would he be happy?"

Xia He is ignorant, and actually doesn't know what Zhuojing means, and only now did he realize that this word is also used to refer to women.

Li Mu was speechless for a while.

The prince smiled and said, "When I introduce my family to others, I always call 'my baby'. You can learn from it."

Li Mu's ears turned red all of a sudden.

When the manager heard it, he was speechless and murmured in his heart, this son of the virtuous king is indeed a jerk like the rumors say.

Even though he looked down on this person from the bottom of his heart, as a servant, how dare he show such emotions on his face, he still smiled and wanted to ask Li Mu to leave.

Prince Xian glanced at him, but said: "Unfortunately, I also want to invite these two to my house as guests, what should I do? Why don't you let your master wait."

Shizi didn't think that these two young men from other places stopped his carriage and called out his name just to get rid of the people behind him. They must have other things to say.Seeing that the two were eye-catching, he extended an invitation.

A guard came up to him and asked, "My lord, do you need another car for the guests?"

"No, no, our car is very spacious, just let them come up." The prince said yes.

After hearing this, Li Mu frowned, hesitating whether he should go or not.

Xia He didn't think much and hesitated for a while, but when he thought that Shi Zi nodded in person, he jumped into the car in a disembodied manner.As soon as the curtain of the car was opened, Xia He finally understood why the master said that he had no rules just now.Shizi actually took off his boots in the car and sat with his feet crossed.

Xia He laughed undisguisedly, and turned to call Li Mu: "Brother Mu, why don't you come up?"

Li Mu sighed, his heart skipped a beat, and he jumped up.

Anyway, if this son is a fussy one, the one who should be offended has already been offended.

When Xia He opened the curtain again, he saw that Shi Zi had covered his feet with his clothes, coughed dryly, and explained: "Yesterday I practiced a little too much, and today my feet are swollen, so I..."

"Practice? Do you know kung fu?" Xia Hepo paid attention to the other place again.

Shizi sighed in his heart, but it had been a long time since no one talked to him like that, surrounded by respectful guys, always made him feel awkward.Therefore, he couldn't help but find Xia He more pleasing to the eye.

As for the guy who is sitting properly... the prince looked at Li Mu, and couldn't help but think of his own concubine, the guy who talked all day about his irregularities here and the unethical ones there.

He leaned close to Xia He's ear, and asked: "Is this your family also meddling all day long and dislikes you here and there?"

Xia He was startled, shook his head and said, "No."

Hearing this, the prince was very envious.

Although the prince is said to be a relative of the emperor, he is as expected from the rumors in the market and has no airs.First they asked their names, and then asked if there was any good scenery in Qingyang.Talking to Xingqi, he said to Xia He: "Xia He, you can just call me by my name. My name is He Zhijing. It's always the princes who come and go, how awkward."

"No, no." Xia He refused without thinking.

He Zhijing was depressed for a moment, and asked, "Why?"

Xia He thought about it, and said: "Aren't your officials older than the officials and lords over there? It's not my turn to call their names. If they are called, they will be punished. - That's called... big The crime of disrespect?" Xia He didn't know where he heard the crime, and it took him a long time to think about it.

He Zhijing said: "I'm an idler, where did I get the official position?"

"My son." Xia He said yes.

"The prince is not an official." He Zhijing shook his head.

Xia He let out an "ah", with a rather disappointed look on his face.If the son is not an official, then would He Zhijing dare to help himself and offend those who are officials?But if you think about it carefully, although he is not an official, at least he has the most honorable uncle in the world.The officials are bigger than the people, and those who are related to the officials can use their power to bully the people.The emperor is older than the official, and the emperor's relatives are probably not afraid of the official.Xia He pondered for a moment, then became happy again, and didn't worry anymore.

He Zhijing watched the young man in front of him suddenly feel very lost, and after a while, he suddenly laughed again, not knowing what Xia He was thinking about.

He then asked: "I see that you two came to me specially, it seems that you have something to talk about."

Neither Li Mu nor Xia He expected that the person in front of him would ask such a straightforward question and take the initiative to take care of this matter.The two looked at each other, Li Mu just wanted to speak, but in the end it was Xia He who pulled him.

This is the Zhang family's own business, Xia He wants to say it himself.

Touching her nose, Xia He was bored for a long time and didn't speak.Fortunately, He Zhijing had enough patience to wait until Xia He said solemnly: "I have a method here to make the corn grow stronger and produce more, so that more people will not be hungry."

When He Zhijing heard this, his foolish look disappeared, and he became serious.

Xia He thought for a while, and then said: "I can give you a solution, but I hope... this way, you can do me a favor in exchange for your son." Speaking of this, Xia He paused for a while.

Seeing that Xia He paused, He Zhijing held his chin and thought about what he wanted to do by himself. Could it be difficult?

"I hope you can... take me to the saint." Xia He said yes.

"..." He Zhijing thought for a moment, and asked him, "You want to see Uncle Huang, what do you want to say? Why don't you tell me, maybe I can do it for you. Uncle Huang has been ill for a long time, Now that you don't even go to court, you probably won't see him."

"It's okay, it's okay, I can wait." I wanted to say that I could wait for the next emperor, but just as the words came to my lips, I swallowed them again.Xia He took a careful look at He Zhijing, hoping that the other party thought that he could wait for the emperor's illness to recover.

"This matter... can't I do it?" This time, He Zhijing asked Li Mu.

There are not many things in the world that the only son of the younger brother who is favored by the emperor and the son of the hereditary virtuous king still cannot do. He Zhijing weighed it up and did not directly agree to Xia He Instead, he smiled and said: "If you can trust me, tell me about that first, and I will ask you if I can bring you to meet the Holy One. I don't like Dabao In general, we always pay attention to doing what we can.”

Xia He looked at Li Mu, wanting to discuss with Li Mu, but he was hindered by He Zhijing's presence.Although Xia He had a good impression of this son, after all, it was the first time we met, and Xia He didn't let go of his vigilance, so he immediately revealed the matter.

Seeing the cautious appearance of these two people, He Zhijing laughed instead, and said: "No hurry, no hurry, the most important thing now is to invite the two guests to the palace to have a delicious meal. Other things , let’s put it aside first. ——Li Mu, you are here to rush for the exam, right? My baby is Tanhualang who took the exam last time. When you get to my house, you two can have a good chat. There are still ten days left It's over, let him give you some questions to do, you can't slack off."

The concubine's surname was changed to Ke, and she wrote beautiful articles. Mr. Ling admired this person very much, and showed Li Mu a lot of his articles.Li Mu also admired this person quite a lot, now that he could see Yi Ke in person, Li Mu was still a little nervous, thinking about it wildly, after all, Tan Hualang is also a concubine, what kind of courtesy should he use?

After thinking about it again, Li Mu suddenly understood.He Zhijing also specifically reminded himself before, don't treat a man and a wife as a woman, presumably with the character of this son, he would not keep the son and concubine in the backyard, so he should ask for advice openly.Having figured this out, Li Mu laughed at himself, and secretly patted Xia He's hand.

Xia He was a little confused, and glanced at Li Mu.

Unexpectedly, there is only such a big space in the hood. Li Mu thought he was doing it secretly, but the actions of the two people still fell into the eyes of the prince.Seeing Shizi was quite melancholy, and he couldn't help but miss Yi Ke who stayed at home and refused to come out with him.

Alas, if Yi Kezai, then he promises to be more affectionate than the two in front of him!

Even if he goes back, he will definitely be punished to squat... Thinking of this, Shizi faintly felt that his already swollen feet hurt even more.

It seems that Prince Xian's mansion is used to their family's heirs going out for a trip, and when they come back, they will bring new friends they don't know where they met. When they see Xia He and Li Mu, they are busy preparing for the banquet.He Zhijing led the two of them to the hall, and then called out the concubine Shi Zi, then dragged Xia He to one side, seeing that the two scholars over there were polite at first, but soon became lively discussions.

He Zhijing touched his chin and said, "Every time I hear my baby arguing with others, it feels like I'm listening to a scripture."

Xia He's eyes lit up: "My lord, don't you like reading too?"

He Zhijing: "..." Why do these words sound weird?He didn't admit it, so he coughed dryly and said, "Where is it, I just don't like reading sage books."

"I don't like to read the words of saints either. I prefer to read agricultural books and travel notes, but after reading too much, I still feel that it is better to go out for a walk by myself than to be bored in the study reading how other people play." Xia He The answer is yes, and then he shook his head, "Except for one bad thing, people are wandering outside, and everything they do requires money, and it's all very expensive."

"Do you think Liang Jing's things are expensive?" He Zhijing asked with a smile.

Xia He nodded and said, "One meal here is enough for our family to eat for several days in Raonan."

"Haha, if Li Muta passes the exam and is left in Liang Jing, you may have to get used to the price." He Zhijing said yes.

Xia He became distressed, and pondered for a while: "Then... I'll start a vegetable garden in the yard and grow vegetables myself, which can save me a lot of money."

"How about planting some more corn?" Shizi asked.

Xia He nodded: "That's not bad, so we have enough food."

"It's just that if you eat corn every day, you will get tired of it." Shizi shook his head.

But Xia He said: "It's fine if you can eat enough, but if you want to eat in different ways, you need a lot of money."

"I see how you two are dressed, your family should not be poor." The prince couldn't laugh or cry.

Li Mu's family is indeed not poor, otherwise they would not be able to spend enough money to allow the two of them to stay in Liang Jing for three years, but Xia He grew up in a poor family.Hearing what He Zhijing said, Xia He lowered his head, touched the material of his clothes, and muttered: "A few years ago, I didn't think I could wear such a good material. But now if you want Let me change back to the original coarse cloth, I may not even be used to it."

"It's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal." The son said yes.

Xia He then remembered Zhang Shiyi and Lan Niang. Both of them should have grown up in wealthy parents. I really don't know how they endured hardships, and they were able to pull the three siblings together by farming in a small mountain village. old?Thinking of her parents far away in Raonan, Xia He felt sore in her heart.

He Zhijing watched Xia He suddenly become sad again, and found it very interesting: "You are a person, your emotions are all written on your face."

"What else can I do? Do you keep it in your heart?" Xia He wondered, why would the son say such a thing?

"It's all kept in my heart. The appearance that is shown to outsiders is the appearance that outsiders want to see. This is called ability." The son said yes.

Xia He thought of Li Mu's judgment again. The reason why his grandfather made the emperor suspicious was probably because he didn't let the person sitting on the throne see the side he wanted to see.Thinking of this, Xia He shook his head and said, "It's too tiring to live like that."

Xia He thought to himself, I'm afraid his grandfather didn't regret it, he didn't regret his Zhang family's straightness.

After talking with Yi Ke, Li Mu admired each other's erudition.As for He Zhijing, it was rare to find someone who didn't know the rules and didn't bother with them, and chatted happily with Xia He.This speech, when it comes to the sky is dark.He Zhijing patted his forehead and said: "I didn't expect it to be so late, why don't you stay here tonight. I'll take you back tomorrow and see if the one you provoked is still here."

The two were also worried that Li Tonghe would send someone to guard him, so they didn't refuse.

The guest room of Prince Xian's mansion opened Xia He's eyes, lying on the extremely soft mattress, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.Xia He opened his eyes, rolled over a few times, and suddenly said to Li Mu: "I think Shizi is a good person, I want to trust him, let's... tell him everything tomorrow?"

At the same time, Yi Ke, the concubine of the crown prince, said to the crown prince: "That Li Mu is a talent to make friends with."

"Do you like him?" He Zhijing turned sideways, admiring the appearance of his baby.

"Why don't you introduce him to His Highness the Seventh Prince? Didn't His Highness the Seventh Prince say a few days ago that he lacks young and promising young talents who can be used?"

"Tch." He Zhijing laughed, "Don't say it, you didn't hear it, Lao Qi wants you to stop spending time at home and go work for him quickly?"

"He needs someone, but who is that person, what's the matter?" Yi Ke raised his eyebrows, "Don't think I don't know, what are you and His Highness the Seventh Prince planning?"

"The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. It is the best policy to hold back now. - You see, the fourth cousin is in a hurry to get ahead, it's only been a few days, how many troubles have he caused?" He Zhijing regretted Shaking his head emphatically, "The group of people who were chasing Li Mu and his wife on the street today, I asked someone to find out. It is one of the little grasshoppers who are doing evil under the protection of the fourth child."

"Who is it?" In fact, Yi Ke is quite strange. Although Li Mu is a talent that you meet once in decades, and won the general election in just two or ten years, he is not so conspicuous that he was noticed as soon as he entered Beijing.

He Zhijing laughed: "That man's name is Li Tonghe, and he is Li Mu's uncle. Nowadays, it is not only Lao Qi who needs a young talent to establish the image of a virtuous and virtuous corporal. This uncle takes his own My nephew went to flatter my fourth cousin." It's a pity that Li Tonghe had a good plan, but he never expected that his nephew was not at his mercy.

Yi Ke thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember who this Li Tonghe was from the court, he must be a petty official.He shook his head, rather regretfully said: "I hope that after Li Mu becomes an official in the court, his uncle won't hold him back."

"You're thinking too far. Wait a minute, we have to see what the two of them are asking for. I'm afraid that it won't be Li Tonghe's turn to get in the way. What they want to do, Just drag them down first." He Zhijing was so worried.

Yi Ke was silent for a while.

After a long time, he said: "I see that the little brother of the Zhang family believes in you, and I guess he will confess to you tomorrow. At that time...you can help, so please help."