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Chapter 474: The Imperial Literati (II)


Zhou Shiqi relied on his beautiful calligraphy, and soon became a bachelor in Hanlin.By the time Li Luxi conquered Eastern Rome, he had been promoted to the rank of fourth-rank official, and he was a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.He has a well-behaved temperament, quick thinking, and likes to curry favor in front of Li Lu, and he is very popular with Li Lu, so Li Lu has always taken him with him.One day, Li Lu went out of Beijing to hunt, and saw a deer running, so he urged the horse to chase after him.Unexpectedly, the horse was galloping, and suddenly fell to his knees with his front hooves and almost threw Li Lu off the horse's back.Fortunately, Li Lu grabbed the horse's mane and clamped his legs, so he didn't fall off the horse.Although the guards gave him a good horse, he was still annoyed and frustrated, and he kept his face open for a long time without a smile.In this heavy atmosphere, Zhou Shiqi came!

I saw that his robe was covered with mud, and his face was also mud in the east and mud in the west, like a clown on the stage.Seeing him so embarrassed, Li Lu asked strangely: "Zhou Shiqi, how did you get this, why are you covered in mud?"

”When Zhou Shiqi heard this, he hurriedly got up: "Your Majesty, don't mention it, the minister ran a little faster on the horse just now, and he couldn't sit steadily, so he fell off the horse and fell into a muddy puddle, you see, the minister has now become a mud monkey!"

”He said in frustration.Li Lu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, pointed at him and said: "You are a genius in the south of the Yangtze River, just like the so-called southern ship and northern horse, you can't ride a horse."

I didn't fall off my horse just now, but I still sat firmly on the horse. ”The crowd shouted, "Hooray!"

”Li Lu was naturally very proud, and threw the unhappiness just now out of the clouds.In fact, Zhou Shiqi didn't fall off the horse at all, he was unhappy when he heard that Li Lu was startled by the horse, so he ran to the sewage, smeared himself in mud, pretended to fall off the horse, and saved face for Li Lu, so as to please Li Lu.Li Lu inspected the world, and Zhou Shiqi followed behind with the four treasures of the study, and was ordered to accept the order, and he used his wit to help Li Lu get out of trouble many times.When Li Lu was fortunate to visit the Lingtai Temple of Tianzhu Quzhou Mansion, the Taoist priest who was guarding the temple knelt down and begged Li Lu to give him a plaque, and Zhou Shiqi was busy presenting pen, ink, paper and inkstone.Li Lu was very interested, and he wrote with a pen!

I don't know that the writing is in a hurry, and the word "spirit" will take up half of the paper!

I can't squeeze most of the words in the following paragraph.Zhou Shiqi saw Li Lu holding a pen with an embarrassed look, and hurriedly wrote the word "Yunlin" on his palm, pretending to go up to polish the ink, and stretched out his palm in front of Li Lu.Li Lu saw that he understood, so he added a "cloud" under the rain and wrote the word "cloud forest".Therefore, this Lingtai view is also called the cloud forest view.Later, Li Lu drove to the Xuanqing Palace in Mengjia Province, and the Taoist priests here also knelt down and begged for a plaque.Zhou Shiqi was busy writing the words "Tianshui One Color" on a small piece of paper, Li Lu was very happy when he saw it, and immediately dipped in ink and wrote every word!

Quzhou is the place where Zhou Shiqi settled after entering the British Empire, there is a garden called Wenlan Courtyard, it was designed and built by Zhou Shiqi, the path is different, Li Lu couldn't help but praise after playing: "Well, it's really interesting!"

”As a result, the people in the garden asked for a plaque again, and Li Lu was stumped again!

In such a delicate and elegant place, it is difficult to match ordinary words, and if it is not written well, it will look tacky.Seeing Li Lu's hesitation, Zhou Shiqi broke down and said: "Your Majesty just praised that it was really interesting, remove the word 'have', it will become 'really interesting', and it is very appropriate to use these two words with Wenlan Academy." ”Li Lu was overjoyed, so he hurriedly wrote three words that were really interesting.Once Li Lu and Di Renjie and Zhou Shiqi stood together on the side hall, Li Lu smiled and asked, "What are the three of us like today?"

”Di Renjie didn't think about it, and rushed out: "Like Sanqing Daozun." ”Zhou Shiqi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Gao Ming is worthy of heaven!"

”Di Renjie was frightened into a cold sweat when he heard this, thinking that this Zhou Shiqi was really amazing, and he regretted introducing him to the palace in the first place.Since Zhou Shiqi became the emperor to accompany Wenchen, the money has increased day by day, and the influence has become greater day by day.In order to further curry favor with the emperor, he deliberately curry favor with Li Lu's Tianzhu eunuchs, spy on Li Lu's daily life, every time he enters the palace and enters the duty, he always carries a golden bean on his body, and a eunuch reports a palace secret to him, and he will be rewarded with a golden bean.So Li Lu's every move, he knows everything well, what books Li Lu reads, he also reads, so he can answer everything Li Lu asks, and Li Lu's meaning in every sentence.In this way, Li Lu thought that Zhou Shiqi was well-read and knowledgeable, so he often praised in front of the ministers: "Among the hundreds of civil and military officials in the imperial court, I am afraid that there is no one who can compare to Zhou Shiqi." ”So Zhou Shiqi became the most well-informed authority among the courtiers, he returned to the palace from the palace every day, there was always a lot of traffic in front of the door, and the carriage of the minister of Jiuqing was crammed into the entire alley, all came to ask him for news in the palace.Gradually, Zhou Shiqi became proud, and there was no one in his eyes, and even Di Renjie, the new British Prime Minister who recommended him to Li Lu, was not as well-informed as him in the officialdom, so he turned to him for advice.Every day, he invited Di Renjie into the house as usual, and the two talked for a long time before sending them out, followed by a few Shangshu and waiters, and finally called the house slave out and shouted: "It's late today, please come back tomorrow!"

”The rest of the officials had to disperse and return disappointed.Over time, the number of people who hated him increased day by day, and they went to Li Lu to poke at his feet and accuse him of recruiting power and accepting bribes.Some people even say that he is the ten permanent servants by Li Lu's side, and sooner or later he will break the government!

Li Lu couldn't help but be suspicious when he heard these words, so he asked Zhou Shiqi to ask, Zhou Shiqi knelt down and said: "The ministers of the governor have a lot of gifts because of Your Majesty's kindness to the ministers.In fact, although the ministers serve His Majesty, how can they participate in the holy word?

For them, they spent unjustly money, and the ministers were all received by the emperor. ”Li Lu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and didn't ask any more, it was true that Zhou Shiqi never asked about the government, but just played the text to help him solve problems.But later, more and more people said bad things about him in front of him, Li Lu knew that there were many people offended by this product, and it didn't matter if there were more or fewer literati around him.However, this matter of accepting bribes can't just be counted as such, although Zhou Shiqi is his close servant and royal literati, and he is a standard close minister of the Son of Heaven, but Li Lu does not intend to let him pass the test just like this, "Zhou Shiqi, for the sake of you who are a little anxious and wise, and I am my favorite minister, I will hand over the bribes that those bastards made to you......

I can spare your life......

"Li Lu is open to Zhou Shiqi, this guy inquired about his whereabouts, and accepted bribes, he has already turned over the taboo, he didn't cut off his head, it's good to want his life........

Zhou Shiqi often accompanies Li Lu, knowing that he has caused a big disaster this time, and his official road can be regarded as coming to an end, after he learned that he could spend money to buy his life, he immediately kowtowed to thank him, and now his little life was saved.