My clone is on the other side of the starry sky

Chapter 226 Brothers reunited

Looking at the silent young man in front of him, Li Xinian felt a little emotional.

At that time, I accepted this boy as a disciple, partly because I had no choice but to do so, and the other half really felt that this boy was different from those gang of rebels.

After leaving Sanyang County, Li Xinian moved to Liuzhou with his family, wanting to avoid the turmoil of worldly affairs. As for Lu Chao, he did not break his promise and taught the boy seriously.

And Lu Chao was indeed a Confucian scholar. Over the past eight years, he had watched with his own eyes his transformation from a nerd.

Although the Lu family brothers came from rough backgrounds, their talents were indeed good.

Needless to say, Lu Xuan is now a top martial artist in Daqian. After Lu Chao became a disciple of Li Xinian, his talent gradually emerged. At that time, he seemed out of place among the rebels and was a bit dull in his work. However, in Confucianism and Taoism, It is learned knowledge and strong memorization, which can be revealed in just one point.

A few years ago, Liuzhou was hit by floods. The court was unable to provide relief and dismissed many officials. A friend in Liuzhou once asked him to come out to help, but Li Xinian could not do anything about it. The court had no money to provide relief, so what could he do?

Lu Chao volunteered to work as a staff member for a period of time.

At Lu Chao's suggestion, the prefect spent a lot of money in the treasury to buy grain at high prices, attracting a large number of grain merchants. However, when these merchants gathered, Lu Chao said that there was no silver in the treasury, which made countless grain merchants consider themselves unlucky and sell them at low prices. Food relieved the local disaster situation.

However, Lu Chao also took the blame and was dismissed by the prefect.

Afterwards, the prefect personally came to question him. Because of this incident, not only was Lu Chao's reputation among the nobles ruined, but he was almost ostracized. Since then, Lu Chao has never appeared in officialdom again, and Lu Chao himself seems not to have Why do you care about this?

These two brothers are not very disciplined people.

In other words, the years when he was a rebel and his elder brother had a great influence on Lu Chao. Although he seemed to be a modest gentleman on weekdays, he was somewhat unscrupulous in doing things and only looked at the results, regardless of the process.

"Then why did you come to Tiandu with your master? Shouldn't you go and join your brother now?" Li Xinian looked at Lu Chao and asked with a smile.

"Let's see if we can save the teacher's life at the critical moment. As for my brother... there should be no shortage of me now. If I go to my brother, it's hard to make arrangements. I ran away when the battle was most difficult. Now that I see that the great work has been accomplished, I run to enjoy it. The good thing is, even if my brother and those brothers don't tell him, they will inevitably have grudges in their hearts. Now that he has finally got a foundation, he can't embarrass his brother because of me. Compared with this, the teacher may need more people here." Lu Chao Put down the tea cup and say.

"I don't want to believe a word of what you brothers say." Li Xinian snorted. Lu Xuan could use the truth to tell the effect of lies. Lu Chao could tell lies with open eyes and still make people feel his sincerity. Think about that time The prefect was deceived by Lu Chao into a large number of Liuzhou wealthy businessmen. In the end, Lu Chao said that the matter had been resolved and left, leaving the prefect alone to face the wrath of wealthy merchants from all over the country. If it weren't for Li Xinian's reputation, he would have Maybe he came with the knife.

"These are my sincere words. There should be some basic trust between teacher and master and disciple." Lu Chao took a sip of tea.

"Come with me to visit Master Zhang later. Don't talk too much." Li Xinian sighed. He really liked this disciple, but it was a real headache, especially his insistence on going his own way, which was really annoying.

"Disciple still knows some etiquette." Lu Chao nodded, indicating that it was no problem.

Li Xinian nodded. On the surface, this disciple gave the impression that he was an honest and bully nerd who was easily liked by the elderly. But after getting along for a long time, you will find that this honest kid has a dark heart.

Zhang Shen and Li Xinian have a half-teacher, half-friend relationship. Li Xinian and Zhang Shen often exchanged letters when they were in Liuzhou, but the last time they met was more than ten years ago. Now that they meet again, the old friend has a full head of hair. Naturally, some emotion and lamentation are unavoidable.

As expected, Lu Chao didn't say much. He only answered some questions when asked. Zhang was very satisfied with his answers and rewarded him with many things.

"Where are you going?" After leaving Zhang Shen's house, Lu Chao asked Li Xinian to resign. Li Xinian was a little confused. He didn't remember that this child had an old friend in heaven.

"My disciple loves chess. There are many literati gathering here today. I think there are some people who are proficient in chess. I want to meet them." Lu Chao said with a smile.

"You want to go to a brothel, right?" Li Xinian asked.

"Well, I heard the name of spring, I want to meet him today, and I also want to make friends with chess." Lu Chao's thoughts were broken, and he was not embarrassed.

"The sky is not as good as Liuzhou. My face is of little use here. Don't cause trouble." Li Xinian ordered.

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"General Lu, you haven't been here for some time since you got married, which made Shishi and the others lose weight." The spring weather was strong, and when the old bustard saw Lu Xuan, it was as if he was seeing a relative.

"What? Do you think this general is a human being?" Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"From what you said, the girls miss you." The old bustard said angrily.

"What are you doing over there?" Lu Xuan's eyes fell on where a group of scholars gathered and asked suddenly.

"A scholar from out of town said that he made friends through chess. This bookworm looked honest and honest, but he spoke very wildly. He said that the scholars in Tiandu only know how to play like flies and dogs, and have long forgotten their original intention of studying. In the huge Tiandu, there is no way to learn chess. But no one can compete with him." The old bustard sighed.

Lu Xuan looked through the crowd and landed on the face of the young man playing chess. After being stunned for a while, he suddenly laughed: "Interesting, today the Japanese general also went to join in the fun."

"Eh?" The old bustard was a little stunned when he heard this. This Lu Fengxian never associated with these scholars, and even had some disdain. Has he changed his gender today?

While he was talking, Lu Xuan had already arrived at the chess table. In front of him was a middle-aged scribe who was meditating on the chess board. The young man opposite him had a calm face. His delicate face still had the slightly dull temperament, but his eyes were full of expressions. A bit confident and sharp, his eyes always fell on the other party, with a bit of a sincere smile on his face. “Get out of the way.” Lu Xuan waved his hand and pushed the middle-aged scribe who was playing chess aside arrogantly.

"You..." The scribe was furious, but when he saw it was Lu Xuan, his momentum suddenly dropped, he coughed lightly, and retreated into the crowd.

"Brother, you must behave according to the rules, first come, first served." Lu Chao glanced at Lu Xuan doubtfully, feeling familiar, but he was sure he had never seen this person before, and frowned slightly.

"Rules are made by people." Lu Xuan said casually while separating the chess pieces: "Now the rules can be changed."

Lu Chao glanced at the faces of the surrounding scholars who dared to be angry but dared not speak, and he also smiled: "Maybe."

Lu Xuan looked at Lu Chao in surprise. This child's mood changes were much smoother than before. If it were the previous Lu Chao, he would probably argue with reason.

"Where are you from?" Lu Xuan fiddled with the chess pieces and asked casually without being in a hurry.

"Liuzhou."

"It doesn't sound like it." Lu Xuan casually moved down and said.

"A lot of people say that."

"What are you going to do in the coming days?" Lu Xuan said.

"Be an official."

After playing a few moves and saying a few words, Lu Xuan's face turned a little dark. It wasn't about chess, he didn't understand chess. The person he was playing against now was Li Xingzhi, who was far away in Sanyang County, playing chess with Lu Chao through his own body. Xuan Bu didn't understand the game very well. What made him speechless was that his brother's words sounded so sincere that people couldn't help but believe them, but none of them were true.

This brother...is a bad learner!

"The general has superb chess skills, and Lu admires him." Lu Chao's attention gradually focused on the chessboard, and the speed of his moves became slower and slower.

"Marching and fighting is much more complicated than this, isn't it strange?" Lu Xuan said casually.

Lu Chao raised his head and glanced at Lu Xuan, then continued to look at the chessboard. After thinking for a moment, he said: "There is still a difference, but I didn't expect that in such a vast world, the people with the highest chess skills are not Confucians, but martial artists. It's really surprising."

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding scholars who were cheering for Lu Xuan just now fell into silence and looked at Lu Xuan with complicated eyes.

A kid from Liuzhou, whose chess skills made the entire Tiandu scholars look down on him, was now suppressed by a martial artist. At this moment, the people who originally hoped that Lu Xuan would win began to change their minds due to Lu Chao's words. Instead, I hope Lu Chao wins.

"You boy, you have a lot on your mind." Lu Xuan naturally noticed the changes in everyone's emotions, but he didn't care much. He looked at Lu Chao and said amusedly: "Since you are here to be an official, how about coming under the general's command?"

"I am not very talented and have little knowledge. I am afraid that I will miss the important task of the general." Although he did not know the specific identity of the other party, he knew from the attitude of the scholars around him that the person in front of him was not popular. Before he knew the depth of the other party, Lu Chao felt that it was better not to get involved. Too many relationships are better.

"I think you are quite good." Lu Xuan smiled and said: "This general rarely recruits people. If you come to my place, you will be in the seventh rank."

As a third-rank general of the current dynasty and the son-in-law of the Xie family, Lu Xuan said this with great confidence. Many of the scholars around him looked at him more complicatedly. They looked at Lu Chao and wished they could replace him.

"No, I still want to become an official based on my ability." Lu Chao said with a negative smile: "The general's chess skills are not as good as mine."

"That's such a pity." Lu Xuan threw away the chess piece in his hand and said, "If you change your mind in the future, come to me anytime."

With that said, he walked into the crowd.

"General, I didn't expect you to have such a skill. It's really eye-opening for me!" The madam came up to Lu Xuan and said with admiration: "Now that the girls know this, I'm afraid they will fall in love with the general to death."

"It's just troublesome. Did the little scholar see it?" Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"Well, I understand. Let's get this kid kicked out. He dares to refuse the general's kindness. He really doesn't know how to live or die!" The madam nodded and prepared to find someone to deal with Lu Chao.

"The general likes this boy very much. He will treat him well and serve him well. He will keep the account with me." Lu Xuan glanced at the madam after hearing this and said.

"Uh... I suddenly felt that this scholar has a handsome face and a gentle manner. He is destined to be a big deal at first glance. General, you are really a sharp eye!"

"Go and entertain him, I'll know the way myself!" Lu Xuan waved his hand.

"Eh~"

(End of this chapter)