Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 695 Help
"It's almost time!" Lu Guangping stood up.

"Almost? Brother Lu, what are you doing? The gate of the workshop has been closed. If you leave the workshop, you will be in trouble if you encounter the patrolling Wuhou on the way!" Huan Yanfan said hurriedly.

"It's okay, you come with me!" Lu Guangping walked out with a smile, and Huan Yanfan had to follow behind. The two of them left the yard and walked eastward for more than a hundred steps. When they came to a side courtyard, Lu Guangping knocked on the door. He knocked on the door twice and shouted: "Are you there?"

"Who is it?" A reply came from the door a moment later.

"It's me, Twelve Lang! Open the door quickly, it's urgent!"

The sound of clogs came from the courtyard. After a while, the door opened. Behind the door stood a middle-aged scholar with a handsome face and messy beard and hair. He looked tired when he saw Lu Guangping and said: "I am already so busy that I wish I had four hands." Come on, if you don’t come to help me and don’t say anything, you’re here to make trouble for me. If you have anything to say, tell me quickly and then leave after you’ve said it. Don’t delay me!”

Huan Yanfan felt a little embarrassed when he saw the scholar talking like this. He turned around to leave, but was quickly caught by Lu Guangping with his quick eyes and hands: "Brother Sheng (the word of Lu Zhaolin), you said you were busy, I am not looking for someone to help." You! I also have my own affairs, don’t worry, you will understand in a few months? "

"Looking for someone to help me?" Lu Zhaolin's curious eyes turned to Huan Yanfan, and Huan Yanfan had to bow his hands: "I'm the next Qu A Huan Yanfan, a foreign minister who lives in the Shangshu Province! I've met my brother!"

"Don't dare!" Lu Zhaolin hurriedly returned the salute: "I'm Fan Yang, Lu Zhaolin, who is serving as a secretary in General Wang's shogunate." He glared at Lu Guangping and said, "Brother Huan, my brother is speechless, but you are clearly I have a bright future in Jutai Pavilion, and why I asked you to help me is really ridiculous, so don’t take it to heart!"

At this time, Huan Yanfan had already guessed Lu Guangping's plan. He was like a person falling into the water. He would naturally grab a life-saving straw when he saw it. He hurriedly said: "Brother Lu doesn't know something. My current situation is already We are desperate!" Then he told the story about how he had offended Pei Judao and was about to be demoted to a county in Hunan to join the army and serve as a Sima. He had no way to appeal, and finally said: "The matter has reached this point. There is really no way. After your brother finds out, , just brought me to see you!"

"This -" Lu Zhaolin smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Brother Huan, I am just a clerk in the general's shogunate. I am a humble person, so how can I help you? I really can't help you!"

"Brother, aren't you complaining all day about the lack of people in the shogunate? The general is about to send troops. There are hundreds of letters to write every day, and you have to divide your meals into several times when you are busy. You introduce Brother Huan to the general and ask him If I also go into the shogunate to help you, wouldn't it not only save him from the disaster, but also relieve your troubles?"

"Stop talking nonsense! This kind of thing can't be nonsense!" Lu Zhaolin was furious: "The general is about to leave for Liaodong right now. There are so many things at hand, how can I bother him with these things? Besides, If Shizhong Pei knows about this, he might hate the general because of it. If the general and the general are at odds because of this, then I will never redeem myself!"

When Huan Yanfan heard what Lu Zhaolin said, he couldn't help but feel extremely ashamed. He was about to leave, but was pulled back by Lu Guangping, who was standing beside him, and whispered: "Wait outside for a moment, I will take care of this!"

After Huan Yanfan stepped back, Lu Guangping smiled and said: "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, why are you so heartless!"

"Is this a matter of rescuing people?" Lu Zhaolin said coldly: "I made it very clear just now!"

"The general is not a fool. If you tell him what's going on, it's up to him, not you, to agree or not!" Lu Guangping said with a smile: "Besides, I don't think the relationship between the general and Pei Shizhong is that good! Maybe it's up to him!" The general left Chang'an with his front foot, and Pei Shizhong was in trouble with him on the back foot!"

"How do you know if they have a good relationship?"

"Isn't this simple? This Huan Yanfan just said in front of Pei Shizhong, 'This document used to be sent to the general first', and he was about to go to the smoky land. What do you think he was thinking? Look at the general? As the saying goes, 'The prime minister's belly can hold a boat', but our Shizhong Pei's belly can't be said to be a boat, I'm afraid even a washbasin may not be able to fit it!"

When Lu Zhaolin heard this, he already heard the implication of his brother: "You mean to take advantage of Huan Yanfan's opportunity to remind the general to be wary of Pei Shizhong?"

"Hehe, I didn't say that, you said it all!" Lu Guangping said with a smile, "How about it? Do you want to introduce this person?"

After a while, Huan Yanfan was pulled back by Lu Guangping, who saw Lu Zhaolin with a calm expression: "Brother Huan, I can introduce you to the general, but there are two things you must agree to me first!"

"what's up?"

"First, I can only recommend you, but in the end, can you stay in the shogunate of the general? What I say doesn't count. You don't have to thank me if it works, and don't blame me if it doesn't work. How about it?"

"That's natural!" Huan Yanfan hurriedly smiled and said: "No matter success or failure, Brother Lu and I have great kindness, and I am grateful!"

Lu Zhaolin smiled: "The second thing is that after you meet the general, you must tell the general the whole thing carefully from beginning to end. You must not omit anything or tell lies, otherwise you must bear the consequences!"

"Don't worry about this. No matter how bold Huan is, he won't dare to deceive the general."

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Wang Wenzuo's residence.

When the first candle was half burned out, Sancho came to him.

"Master, Mr. Lu wants to see you!"

Wang Wenzuo put down the spoon in his hand, and his dinner was placed on the long table: buttermilk, biscuits, fried rabbit meat and honey drink.He took the napkin from his wife and wiped his beard: "Is he alone?"

"No, there is another person. According to him, his name is Huan Yanfan, and he is an official in Shangshu Province!"

"Okay, tell them to wait for me in the study!" Wang Wenzuo stood up, shook off the crumbs from his clothes, and nodded to his wife next to him: "I'll go to the study first, and you can eat slowly!"

"Can't you let Mr. Lu wait for a while?" Cui Yunying frowned: "Or just let him come here, he is one of his own family!"

"It's okay if he is alone, but he is not alone today!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "If there is nothing major, I will be back soon!"

In the study, Lu Zhaolin was sitting on the chair at the bottom, while Huan Yanfan was standing aside. Judging from his standing posture, he was very nervous, like a taut bowstring, ready to go off. "Brother Huan, you can sit down. The general is actually a very easy-going person!" Lu Zhaolin said with a smile.

"Okay, okay!" Huan Yanfan responded twice, but showed no intention of sitting down. Just when Lu Zhaolin was about to say a few more words, familiar footsteps came from outside. He quickly stood up, saluted to the door and said, "I belong to you." I pay my respects to the general!"

"Well, let's all sit down and talk!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to the seat and glanced at Huan Yanfan's face, feeling that it looked familiar: "You are -"

"Your Majesty Huan Yanfan!" Huan Yanfan was already kneeling on the ground: "When I served at the Shangshutai and the General was in the political hall, I had the honor to meet him several times!"

"Oh, no wonder they look familiar!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Since we are acquaintances, there is no need to be so polite. This is a private residence, so just sit down and talk!"

"I obey the order!" Huan Yanfan stood up, but before sitting down, he cast a consulting look at Lu Zhaolin beside him.Lu Zhaolin coughed: "That's what happened! Brother Huan and the next cousin are neighbors. Brother Huan encountered something in the political affairs hall two days ago, so he found his subordinate through that cousin. The subordinate felt that We should inform the general and bring him here! Brother Huan, please tell the general everything!"

"Yes!" Huan Yanfan responded, recounted what happened in the past few days, and finally said: "I don't want to trouble the general for such a trivial matter, but these days I have been running around everywhere, and I have no way to ask for help. There was no other way, so in the end I had no choice but to beg the general. If the general can save a villain from the fire and water, he should live under his disciple and do the work of a dog and a horse!"

After Huan Yanfan finished speaking, he knelt on the ground with his face close to the ground, waiting for Wang Wenzuo's answer. Wang Wenzuo looked at Huan Yanfan who was kneeling on the ground. It was unlikely that the young man in front of him was lying. After all, he The fact that he said something to offend Pei Judao happened in the political hall, and there were other people present at the time. As for Pei Judao wanting to demote him to Hunan, all he had to do was send someone to the Ministry of Personnel to ask. It would not be difficult to verify it himself, and it was also in line with Pei Judao's character. , and the fact that he was about to leave Chang'an, his long-suppressed mentality suddenly exploded.

"Listening to what you said, your words were indeed inappropriate at that time. Shizhong Pei is a minister of the imperial court and the father-in-law of the emperor. He is really above Wang. You said it like Wang is above him. Shizhong How can I not be angry?" Wang Wenzuo said coldly.

"That's what the general said!" Huan Yanfan was already sweating, but at least Wang Wenzuo didn't expel him from the house immediately. He had a glimmer of hope in his heart: "But the villain made an unintentional mistake at the time, and he deserves to be punished. , I won’t go to the smoky land for a trip!”

"Whether you should go to the smoky land or not, it's hard for me to say! But you are still young after all, and young people should always be more tolerant when they make mistakes!" Wang Wenzuo smiled. In his eyes, Shizhong Pei was just a man waiting to die. It's just a human being. Even if the emperor is thinking about deposing the queen, how many more days can he be a servant?Since he was leaving Chang'an anyway, he might as well do a good deed and play some free chess, maybe it would come in handy sometime.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Huan Yanfan was overjoyed when he heard Wang Wenzuo's words meant to help him: "I will be careful in my words and deeds from now on!"

Wang Wenzuo took out a pen and paper and wrote a few lines casually. After sealing it, he handed it to Lu Zhaolin who was standing aside: "You two go to the Yang Mansion and give this letter to Yang Pushe. You don't have to worry about other things! "

"Thank you, General!" Huan Yanfan kowtowed twice, stood next to Lu Zhaolin, followed Lu Zhaolin out of the door, walked for a while and then said with a smile: "Thanks to Brother Lu tonight, otherwise I would have been dead this time. Got it!"

"You don't have to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank the general!" Lu Zhaolin said with a smile. He looked at the letter and said, "If the general opens his mouth, Yang Pushe will definitely come forward. You can sit back and relax!"

"Yes!" Huan Yanfan sighed: "It's a pity that I can't serve in the general's shogunate!"

"Hahaha!" Lu Zhaolin said with a smile: "Don't worry, the general acts in a measured manner. If you work hard in Chang'an, there will be many opportunities to help the general in the future!"

"Yes, yes!" Huan Yanfan responded: "They say the general is going to Liaodong. When will he set off?"

Lu Zhaolin smiled, but did not answer. Just when Huan Yanfan thought that the other party wanted to keep it a secret and not tell him, he heard Lu Zhaolin say: "It's fast, faster than you think!"

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Yangzhou.

"Faster, faster!" Cao Sengnu slapped the railing of the sedan hard and urged the bearers. Under his urging, the four dark-skinned Kunlun slaves almost ran away. People on the road saw This was a dark-skinned Kunlun slave bearer wearing a gold-rimmed vest, sheepskin shorts, and they all moved out of the way, pointing and talking.

"Did you see clearly? Why are the four bearers all dressed in black?" A businessman sitting in a tea and wine shop eating snacks pointed at the bearers who were flying across the bridge and shouted.

"What does it mean to be dressed in black? That's a Kunlun slave. He's as strong as an ox. He can go into water and fire without getting hurt. Any one of them is worth hundreds of gold!" The person sitting at the same table was a rouge and gouache merchant, who was a little amused by his companion's fuss.

"Hundreds of gold each? Can't that be exchanged for four or five handsome maids? Who is so willing to use them as sedan bearers?" The person who heard the words said in shock.

"Of course it's Cao Monk and Cao Daguan! Who else in Yangzhou City can afford or dare to use it besides him?"

"It turns out it's him. That's no wonder. When it comes to money, I'm afraid the official family has less money than him. There is a river of gold flowing to his house! But what can make him so anxious?"

"I don't know, but it must be a big deal. If anyone is willing to let me know, I am willing to exchange four boxes of the best rouge for the little lady. Even a chaste and fierce woman can seduce her!" That rouge and gouache! The businessman sighed, slapping his thigh.

Naturally, Cao Sengnu didn't hear the discussion on the roadside. He kept wiping the sweat on his forehead and urging his sedan bearer. When he arrived at the door of a deep house next to the pier, he jumped down from the sedan and did the same thing in three steps. He entered the house in two steps and said loudly: "Master Li, Master Li, it's a big deal, it's a big deal!"

"What big thing could happen?" Li Shangdao walked out of the flower hall. Compared to a few years ago, his face was much rounder, and his words were more confident: "Old Cao, please sit down and have a cup of tea first. , go away the inner fire, the spring tea I just drank is something you can’t drink normally!"

"Don't worry about the new or old tea for now!" Cao Sennu lowered his voice: "The general has left Chang'an!"

"What?" Li Shangdao trembled: "You mean Wang Wenzuo——"

"Yes, the general has finally left. He sent me a letter asking me to recruit two thousand Xuanrun crossbowmen here and join him at Fan Yang before six months!"

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