At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 161

Lu House.

After Lu Jun changed the prescription, although he still coughed, his condition was much better than before.

The sun is shining brightly today.

Lu Jun walked to the courtyard to bask in the sun, and asked the servant waiting beside him: "Yu'er went to pray today, why hasn't she returned home yet?"

The servant said he didn't know, but Lu Jun frowned.

Lu Yu went to the Taoist temple by the river every day to pray for blessings, and always went back and forth on time, but today it was nearly noon, but he still hadn't returned.

Lu Jun felt somewhat worried.

"Brother, I'm back."

Just when Lu Jun was thinking about whether to send someone to look for his sister, he heard Lu Yu's voice.

He looked up, and found that Lu Yu's hair was in a messy bun, and his clothes were very strange and didn't fit well, obviously they had been changed.

At this time, Lu Yu's eyes were a little dodgey.

After she saw Lu Jun's scrutinizing gaze, she hurriedly lowered her head and her face turned red.

Know sister Mo Ruo brother.

Seeing this, Lu Jun couldn't help but feel slightly depressed, and called the two of them into the inner room. After closing the door, he shouted sharply, "What happened?"

Lu Yu and the maid looked at each other, and finally did not dare to hide anything. They both knelt on the ground and recounted what happened today.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Cough cough cough cough!"

When Lu Jun heard this, his blood could not help but surge up, his face turned red, and he was so angry that he couldn't stop coughing.

Seeing this, Lu Yu hurriedly stood up and came behind his brother, patting him on the back gently.

After coughing, Lu Jun looked at the two of them with a gloomy face and shouted: "Don't talk to outsiders about what happened today!"

The two girls nodded like chickens pecking at rice, the worry on their faces slightly diminished.

Lu Jun's expression kept changing, and finally he turned his attention to his sister and asked, "Are you willing to marry the general Chariot and Cavalry as your concubine?"

Lu Yu hesitated for a while, bit his lip and said, "I'm afraid that the family will be humiliated."

With such an answer, Lu Jun already knew what his sister wanted, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "Your parents died early when you were still young, and I will raise you. The elder brother is the father, and I don't want you to marry me. I don't like it. people."

"Since you have a good impression of General Cheqi, and the matter cannot be changed, marry into General Cheqi's mansion."

"But you are the daughter of the Lu family after all. If you wantonly arrange the marriage, it will hurt the face of the Lu family."

"When I set a date with the General of Chariots and Cavalry, I will let the envoy quietly bring you into the house. Don't feel aggrieved."

Hearing this, Lu Yu bit her lip and dared not speak, but her tears couldn't stop flowing down.

Lu Jun rubbed his brows, waved his hands wearily, and said, "I'm tired, you guys step back for now."

The two women did not dare to stay too long. After bowing, they slowly retreated.

It wasn't until the two women exited the house that Lu Jun opened his eyes again, with anger flashing in his eyes.

"I originally thought that the chariot general was a humble gentleman."

"I never thought that I would use such despicable methods!"

The methods used by Zhou Qi were not clever, and Lu Jun was not an idiot, so he simply did not believe that such a coincidence would happen.

He can already conclude that this is definitely a trap set by Zhou Qi in advance.

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At this point, even though Lu Jun was angry, he had no choice but to do anything.

He knew his sister too well.

Now that Zhou Qi's body has been taken care of, if he can't marry him, he will definitely not be able to survive in this world.

He doted on his sister very much, so even though he knew that marrying Zhou Qi as a concubine to Lu Yu would be a disgrace to the family tradition, he still had no objection.

As Lu Xun's father, Lu Jun himself had extraordinary talents, but unfortunately he died young in history.

He had long seen that Zhou Qi was definitely not something in the pool. As a Yangzhou shepherd with a heavy army in his hand, and coming from the battlefield to fight, his skills must be extraordinary.

If you want to truly control Yangzhou, you must get the support of the major families in Yangzhou.

The Zhou family in Lujiang and the Lu family in Wujun were the first to bear the brunt, and they must be the first targets of Zhou Qi's attack.

Lu Jun had expected this a long time ago, but he didn't expect Zhou Qi to use such a direct and rude method.

In doing so, he actually pushed Lu Jun to a crossroads.

Either choose to marry off his sister, and the two parties will form a good relationship between Qin and Jin. This will not only help Zhou Qi rule Yangzhou, but also benefit the future development of the Lu family.

At least, the candidates for the prefect of Lujiang will not be changed, and Lu Jun may also become famous.

And with the Lu family as a backer, even if Lu Yu marries Zhou Qi as a concubine, she will not be wronged, but will live a very happy life.

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Jun chose to agree to this marriage.

In fact.

If Lu Jun disagreed with this marriage, it would be equivalent to rejecting General Che Qi's kindness, and then the two would definitely fight to the death.

Although the Lu family is prominent, they are still not as good as Zhou Qi, who holds a heavy army and occupies great righteousness.

When that time really comes, not only will Lu Jun lose his father Lu Kang's position as the prefect of Lujiang, but the Lu family may also face disaster.

If Lu Jun was not sure before, Zhou Qi dared to act like this.

But seeing that the other party actually used such methods to plot against a woman who had just reached the age of hairpins, one could guess Zhou Qi's character.

"This person is good at calculating, ruthless, and will do anything to achieve his goals. He looks like a hero!"

If we talk about Taiping, the Lu family is naturally not afraid of a mere Yangzhou shepherd.

But now it's a troubled time, with Zhou Qi holding a heavy army, the Lu family can't afford to offend him.

Moreover, in troubled times, it would be a good thing for the Lu family if they could marry a hero like Zhou Qi.

As for Lu Yu's concubine status, Lu Jun was not worried.

As long as the Lu family of Wu County is strong enough, so strong that Zhou Qi has to rely heavily on it, it might not be impossible for Lu Yu to give birth to a son in the future.

If Lu Yu's son can inherit the Zhou family's foundation, then the Lu family will surely be able to really take off because of it.

Lu Jun's thoughts are not enough for outsiders to understand.

He wrote a secret letter and sent it to Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, explaining to him why Lu Yu was allowed to marry Zhou Qi as his concubine.

As for Lu Jun's own guess, he didn't tell anyone.

This secret will be buried deep in Lu Jun's heart forever. Even his closest son, Lu Yi, will not know about it.

Once things are cleared up.

Not only Lu Yu's reputation will be damaged, but even Zhou Qi will be affected, and both sides will look bad at that time.

Three days passed in a flash.

When Zhou Qi came to Lu Mansion again, he brought many precious gifts.

After Lu Jun heard the news, he went out to greet him in person, and instead of refusing to accept the gifts, he directly led Zhou Qi into the inner room.

Before Zhou Qi could open his mouth, Lu Jun was the first to pay his respects, "If it wasn't for the envoy's help two days ago, sister-in-law might have been in trouble."

"The envoy first saved me with a good doctor, and then saved my sister. His kindness is like the water of the East China Sea, unfathomable. Please accept Lu Jun's respect!"

Seeing this, Zhou Qi showed a little smile on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Lu Jun, saying: "I also came here to accuse Ji Cai, and because of the emergency that day, I had to offend Lingmei. "

"However, I have admired your sister for a long time. If Jicai will not give up, I would like to marry your sister back home. I will treat her with courtesy!"

Lu Jun heard this and said: "My sister-in-law also has a good impression of Shijun, and I have such a fate with Shijun. I consider myself a beauty."

Zhou Qi was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "The treasures outside the house are the gift of the matchmaker. Please don't refuse, brother."

Zhou Qi was so shameless that he hit the snake with a stick and called him "brother."

Lu Jun did not refuse.

Afterwards, the two began to choose an auspicious day to welcome Lu Yu into the mansion.

Both parties had a very tacit understanding, neither said they would marry Lu Yu as their official wife, nor did they say that they would accept her as a concubine, nor did they say that they were marrying with great fanfare.

that's it.

Five days later, Lu Yu was quietly sent to General Chaqi's mansion.

It was not until half a month later that this incident gradually spread in Yangzhou. Many aristocratic families were extremely shocked when they learned the news.

They did not expect that Lu Jun would marry his sister to Zhou Qi as a concubine.

But soon.

The news spread from Cheqi General's Mansion that Zhou Qi doted on Lu Yu in every possible way, and treated him like a regular wife in all aspects of food and clothing.

In the whole Chaqi General's Mansion, no one dared to treat Lu Yu as a concubine.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jun was promoted by Zhou Qi as the governor of Kuaiji, and the children of the Lu family were also widely used. In almost all the counties of Yangzhou, the children of the Lu family can be seen.

With the allegiance of the Lu family's children, the dilemma of Zhou Qi's lack of manpower was also solved to a certain extent.

For a time, the Lu family of Wu County, which was originally ranked second in Yangzhou, actually became so powerful that it was almost on par with the Zhou family of Lujiang.

Seeing this, many aristocratic families could not help but secretly scolded Lu Jun for letting his younger sister be Zhou Qi's concubine for the prosperity of the family.

Even though he was so slandered, Lu Jun never said a word, but silently suffered all the infamy.

As the largest county in Yangzhou, Kuaiji County occupies almost one-third of the entire Yangzhou, or even more.

in history.

Soochow divided Kuaiji County into three because the area of ​​Kuaiji County was too large to be conducive to ruling.

The situation in Kuaiji County is quite special. The registered population is only about 40, but in fact it is far more than that.

Just because there are so many mountains in Kuaiji County.

Coupled with the rampant corruption of officials, many people also fled into the mountains and forests to join Shanyue in order to avoid corvee and taxes.

Over time, this created the illusion that Kuaiji County was vast and sparsely populated.

In fact, the real hidden population of Kuaiji County is not even less than the registered population.

The situation in Kuaiji County is complicated, and capable and trustworthy people are needed to go there.

Originally Zhou Qi planned to let the Zhou family of Peiguo move to Kuaiji County, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Dong Zhuo appointed Zhou Jing as the governor of Jiangxia, so Zhou Qi had to choose another candidate for the governor of Kuaiji.

It wasn't until after meeting Lu Jun that Zhou Qi discovered that this man had extraordinary talents, both in literature and in military affairs.

Moreover, Lu Jun is now Zhou Qi's eldest brother-in-law, and the two have formed an unbreakable marriage relationship, so they can naturally be trusted and entrusted with important tasks.

It was for this reason that Zhou Qi appointed Lu Jun as the prefect of Kuaiji.

However, Zhou Qi has always been more suspicious. Although he is married to Lu Jun, he is also wary.

After all, the Lu family is a prominent family in Jiangdong, and now Zhou Qi is using the Lu family's children on a large scale. If the Lu family is the only one in Kuaiji County, and Lu Kang is the prefect of Lujiang, Zhou Qi will inevitably be constrained by others if he has different aspirations.

Therefore, Zhou Qi sent Xu Huang as the captain of Kuaiji County to control the military power in Kuaiji.

Whether this is done to restrain Lu Jun or to pacify Shanyue in Kuaiji County in the future, Xu Huang, who can lead the army alone, is the best candidate.

It's just that Zhou Qi's apprentice banquet is approaching, and Lu Jun and Xu Huang don't want to miss it, so they didn't go to the office immediately.

Lujiang County, Shu County, Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Yi couldn't help frowning when he saw the news from Shouchun.

"Father, what's wrong?"

Zhou Yi handed the letter to his son Zhou Yu, and said, "I never thought that with the Lu clan's prominence, he would be willing to marry his daughter-in-law to General Che Qi as his concubine."

He immediately sighed: "Although this action hurt Lu's face, the Lu family of Wu County has gained real benefits. Now, in the seven counties of Yangzhou, the Lu family has served as the prefect of the two counties."

"Especially the prefect of Kuaiji, whose status is even more extraordinary."

"In comparison, our Zhou family's movements are actually a bit slow."

Zhou Yu also frowned slightly when he heard this.

Based on the origins of the Zhou family in Peiguo and the Zhou family in Lujiang, Zhou Yu originally thought that the Zhou family would be Zhou Qi's first target to win over.

I never thought that it would be the Lu family of Wu County.

Although the Zhou family was more prominent than the Lu family, both Zhou Yi and the late Zhou Hui had served as Luoyang magistrates.

Luoyang Ling, although his rank was only Qianshi, served in the capital. If you think about the current mayor of the capital, you will know how powerful his authority is and how high his status is.

This official position was even more prominent than that of a county magistrate during the period of peace and prosperity.

From his father Zhou Zhong, he was promoted to the rank of Great Sinong and ranked among the Nine Ministers.

From his father Zhou Chong, the official worship of Ganling, and the title of Marquis of Anyang Township.

His father, Zhou Shang, was also an official in Luoyang before. He fled back to Shu County with Zhou Yu and others.

Leaving aside the prominence of Lujiang Zhou's ancestors, just Zhou Yu and his father's resumes are already very scary.

In particular, Zhou Yu follows his father, Zhou Zhong, and will serve as the third prince in the future.

If in the Taiping period, with the prominence of the Zhou family in Lujiang, they could basically occupy the land of a county, and no one would dare to provoke them.

But now that the world is in chaos, the gold content of official positions in the court is no longer comparable to that of the local princes who hold military and political power.

Especially after Zhou Yu's two cousins ​​were killed by Dong Zhuo, the Zhou family felt a deep crisis.

In this troubled world, if you don't have military power in your hands, you must rely on the strong.

From now on.

General Chariot and Yangzhou Mu Zhou Qi is obviously the best choice.

Zhou Yi originally wanted to maintain his identity and let Zhou Qi come to visit in person, but he did not expect that it was precisely because of this reserve that the Lu family of Wu County, who was far inferior to the Zhou family, gained the upper hand.

Zhou Yi stood up abruptly, and said, "At the end of this month, General Cheqi will have a apprenticeship banquet. Yu'er and I will go to Shouchun together to congratulate General Cheqi!"

There are only so many county guards in Yangzhou. If the Lujiang Zhou family does not express their position, after all the county guards are canonized, the Lujiang Zhou family may not be able to get a high position even if they turn to Zhou Qi again.

Zhou Yi was able to take up the official position of Luoyang Ling, so he naturally had an exquisite heart and knew how to choose and choose.

Jiujiang County, Shouchun, Cheqi General's Mansion.

At this time, the guests in the mansion were satisfied, and all the major families in Yangzhou sent people to come, and even many friends from the frontier also came to this banquet.

Especially with the Lu family of Wujun as an example, the other major families also lowered their face and planned to take the initiative to seek refuge with Zhou Qi in order to find official positions for the children of the family.

There is also competition among aristocratic families.

When other families prosper, they will naturally squeeze their own family's living space. If they want to compete with them, they can only rely on Zhou Qi to show their value.

The aristocratic family is sometimes very proud, sometimes very humble, everything is in the interest of the family.

The palace of the General Chariot and Cavalry became unprecedentedly lively at this time.

The banquet lasted for a whole day, and finally the host and guest had a good time.

Zhou Qi also finally knew what happened to his prestige, not only the major families sent people here, but also the prefects of the counties in Yangzhou.

Of course, except for the prefect of Kuaiji, he has now been confiscated and granted a seal.

This master apprentice banquet not only made up for Zhou Qi's own shortcomings, but also enlisted the children of many big families as officials during the banquet.

Although at most it was only the county magistrate, it also made the major families very happy.

After the master apprentice banquet was over and all the guests had left, Zhou Yi brought Zhou Yu to visit Zhou Qi.

When Zhou Qi heard the news, he couldn't help but move slightly in his heart, and hurried out to greet him.

"Greetings to the Cavalry General!"

As soon as Zhou Yi saluted, he was supported by Zhou Qi and said, "Sir, you are a famous person in Lujiang. When I serve as the magistrate of Anfeng County, I heard of your name."

"Furthermore, the Peiguo Zhou family and the Lujiang Zhou family are inextricably linked. How can you be so courteous?"

After speaking, Zhou Qi led the two of them into the house and entertained them warmly.

Both sides have their own thoughts.

Zhou Yi deliberately flattered and sought refuge.

Zhou Qi is determined to win over and recruit.

As the saying goes: The bastard looks at the mung bean-the right eye.

Zhou Qi left the two of them to have dinner in the mansion. During the dinner, the two parties had a lively conversation. Zhou Qi made no secret of his love for the young and smart Zhou Yu.

At the end of the banquet, Zhou Qi deliberately said: "In terms of seniority, Mr. and I should belong to the same generation."

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Exactly."

Zhou Qi then sighed: "My family is small, and I don't have much to be close to younger generations. I really love seeing Ayu today."

Zhou Yu's expression moved slightly, then he stood up and said, "Uncle, please accept my nephew's respect."

Zhou Qi was overjoyed when he heard this. He hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhou Yu, held his arm and said, "It would be a great blessing for me to have a nephew like Ayu."

Zhou Yi said hastily: "The chariot general is overrated."

Zhou Qi pretended to be displeased, and said, "Ah Yu has already called my uncle, why is my brother still so stern?"

"It's a family feast now, brother just call me by name."

Zhou Yi also followed the stick when he hit the snake. Knowing that this could bring the relationship between the two parties closer, he immediately said, "It would be disrespectful for me to reject him as a brother."

Only then did Zhou Qi turn angry into joy, and took Zhou Yu's hand, but he refused to let it go, and then said: "I have learned a lot in my life, and I have learned a lot about warfare and hunting. It's a pity that the second son in my family is too young to inherit the mantle. .”

"There are no other available young men in the clan, and I am also worried that the Zhou family will not be able to take over in the future."

Zhou Yu knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string, and immediately bowed again, saying: "I have heard of my uncle's reputation, and I have admired him for a long time. I usually like military books and war strategies. If my uncle does not give up, I would like to worship my uncle as a teacher and inherit my uncle's mantle."

Zhou Qi was overjoyed, then turned his head to look at Zhou Yi, and asked expectantly, "Brother, can you agree?"

Zhou Yi said: "If so, it's my son's luck!"

　In the book review area, I posted the official positions of all the subordinates of the protagonist. Some of them have not been canonized yet, or they have not been written about yet. I will continue to add them after they are written. Brothers, please take a look when you have time.It's probably still under review now, so I won't be able to see it until tomorrow.

　　
　
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