Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 51 Don't Hear What's Outside the Window
After the [-]th day of the first lunar month, people's lives began to gradually return to normal.

As the students returned one after another, the sound of reading was heard again in the library:

"How about Mrs. Dai Zong, Qi Lu is still young.

Chong Shenxiu, yin and yang cut faintly.

Zeng Yun was born with a chest swing, and he decided to enter the home bird.

Will be the top of the mountain, looking at all the small mountains..."

"It's the father's fault to raise or not teach. The teacher's laziness is the laziness of teaching.

If you don't learn, it's not appropriate.If you don't learn when you are young, why should you be old?

Jade is not cut, not a device.People don't learn, they don't know righteousness..."

Bai Min'er and Zhou Yu strolled side by side in the yard, listening to the sound of the students reading one after another, they couldn't help but look a little envious.

"Ziling, you must enjoy such a leisurely life, right?"

"Ha, it's okay..."

"Then you used to sit in the dormitory and read aloud like them?"

"Hmm~" Zhou Yu nodded, "Many scholars come here like this."

"But won't this affect each other? Just like our cultivation, if someone disturbs us, it will be difficult to calm down."

Zhou Yu thought for a while, and said, "It depends on each person's state of mind. If you have no distractions, don't listen to things outside the window, and only read sage books, then it won't be affected."

"I don't hear anything outside the window, and I only read the books of sages..." Bai Min'er seemed to be touched, and she couldn't help muttering to herself.

After a while.

Sun Li came out of the dormitory, holding a few articles in his hand.

When he approached, he bowed and said, "Xuexing has met Mr. and Mrs...."

This call "Master's wife" made Bai Min'er's face blush and she was extremely shy.

After all, although she and Zhou Yu were in love with each other, they were not married after all, so the name "mother" seemed a bit improper and unreasonable.

It's just...it sounds sweet in my heart.

Zhou Yu reached out to take it, and asked casually, "Is the article finished?"

"Yes, sir, please correct me."

"Well, let's go back to the dormitory first, and take a closer look as a teacher when I'm free for a while."

"Thank you sir!"

Sun Li saluted Zhou Yu and Bai Min'er again before returning to the dorm to continue studying.

As soon as he left, Bai Min'er said considerately: "Zi Ling, you have something to do, don't stay with me..."

Before Zhou Yu could answer, a yamen servant hurried over with a name sticker.

"The villain has seen Master Zhou."

These yamen servants are majestic in front of the common people, one official at a time.

But in front of Zhou Yu, he lost his prestige and could only call himself a servant.

"Master Zhou, this is a famous post sent by a villain sent by Mr. Lu. Please ask Mr. Zhou to go to the county government office and say that we have something to discuss."

"Oh?"

Zhou Yu took it and saw that it was indeed Lu Zhengwen's famous sticker.

So he turned his head to Bai Min'er and said: "Min'er, you go back to the mansion by yourself first, I will accompany this elder brother to the Yamen."

"Well, go get busy, I'll go find Yingning later."

Not long after, Zhou Yu came to the county government office.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, he couldn't help but look surprised: "Master Lu, why are you here?"

Leader Lu, whose name is Lu Ershui, is the leader of the most famous Lu family opera troupe in this county.

The previous original owner was a loyal fan of the Lu family troupe, and would go to join them from time to time, including Zhou Yu, who would sometimes go to the Lu family troupe to listen to a play when they had nothing to do.

"The villain has seen Master Zhou..."

Lu Ershui hurriedly got up and saluted, and then smiled and replied: "The villain was called by Master Lu to discuss the matter of setting up a stage to sing an opera."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but smiled at Lu Zhengwen, "I wonder if Mr. Lu has any happy event to celebrate? Could it be..."

He wanted to say that it would be difficult to be promoted to Qipin county magistrate, but then he thought, if not, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
The result is really not.

Lu Zhengwen replied: "Master Zhou, it's like this... Mr. Zhou should still have an impression of Duan Rui, Lu's classmate before, right?"

"Of course~" Zhou Yu nodded.

"I don't know what's going on, there's a small mistake in the official department...

In short, brother Duan turned the acting county magistrate of the county where he took office into a regular post. A county can't have two county magistrates, can it?
Coincidentally, Master Chang...well, there happened to be a vacancy in Guobei County, so the Ministry of Officials appointed Brother Duan to fill the vacancy. "

"So that's how it is! Lord Duan and Lord Lu are classmates and friends. It is indeed a joyful event for the two of you to join hands in governing Guobei County."

"Master Zhou, last time in Meiyuan..."

"Hehe, Master Lu, you don't need to worry about it. If you don't mention Zhou, you will almost forget it."

Hearing this, Lu Zhengwen couldn't help but nodded in relief.

Then he said: "In order to welcome brother Lu to take office, Lu made a special trip to ask Mr. Lu to set up a stage outside the county government office to sing a three-day drama. At that time, Master Zhou will be invited to come and join us."

Zhou Yu cupped his hands and smiled: "Master Lu is so kind to invite you, how dare Zhou refuse?"

"Master Zhou is serious, serious..."

After exchanging courtesies, Zhou Yu got up and left.

He knew in his heart that Lu Zhengwen wanted to be a peacemaker and resolve the gap between him and Duan Rui.

It would be fine if Duan Rui took office in another county, there is no need to do so.

The problem is that Duan Rui came to Guobei County to take up the post by mistake, and Zhou Yu is a well-known squire in Guobei County, so the two sides inevitably have to deal with each other frequently.

So it is better to turn hostility into friendship.

Two days later, the county government received an official document stating that the new county magistrate, Duan Rui, had set off and would arrive soon.

The county government started to get busy up and down, ready to meet the matter.

Lu Ershui was not idle either, and ordered the theater troupe to rehearse carefully and not to lose face in front of the new county magistrate.

When Duan Rui was about to arrive for his post, he brought two disciples from the theater troupe to a mass grave in the suburbs at night.

This is an ancient and special ceremony: breaking the platform.

When acting on stage, it is difficult to pretend to be a god, a ghost, or a villain, and it is inevitable that you will often encounter some bizarre things.

I don't know when it started, but a rule became popular in Lihuayuan: before every performance by the opera troupe, there will be a stage-breaking ceremony.

The troupe leader has to go out in person, take people to the wilderness to burn incense, light candles, burn paper, and then sing a play, in order to seek good luck and avoid evil, and be safe.

"Amin, Xiaodong, hurry up, you two should burn a stick of incense in the east, west, south, and north respectively, light a pair of candles, and forget to burn more paper money."

"Yes, head teacher!"

A Ming and Xiao Dong responded, bravely moving separately, one headed east and the other headed west.

Lu Ershui lit a pair of large candles in the middle of the mass grave, inserted three sticks of incense, and sprinkled a jug of wine.

Then he knelt down and folded his hands together and turned to pray: "I'm in Lu Ershui, I don't intend to disturb everyone's rest.

Just because the troupe is going to sing a big show in two days, I come here to offer incense, burn paper and sing for everyone.

Please also bless the theater troupe with safety and good luck..."

When the greetings were almost over, Amin and Xiaodong also came back.

"Alright, let's change costumes and start singing!"

"Yes!"

The two of Xiaodong responded in unison, opened the theater box and began to change their costumes...

(End of this chapter)