At dusk, due to the curfew, the streets of Luoyang City gradually became fewer, but they were not absolute. There were more people going to some places, and this included the doors of the mansions of some powerful families.

As the prime minister of the dynasty and the longest reign of the Left Prime Minister, there was a rush of people in front of Lu Zhen’s Prime Minister’s Mansion. At this time every day, many people held gift lists and held famous sects to enter the Prime Minister’s Mansion. It would be good to meet the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion and say a few words.

As visitors who dare to visit the Prime Minister's Mansion, their identities are naturally very unusual. Either they are high-ranking officials in the court, or famous scholars who are well-known and have a lot of works, they must be famous merchants. This made this relatively spacious square outside the Prime Minister's Mansion squeezed out by various BMW cars for a long time. However, those who really want to enter the door can only have only three people a day. Sometimes everyone can watch someone send a thick gift list in, and they are withdrawn for a moment.

The people who waited in front of the door to meet the left minister have long been accustomed to this situation. Many officials and scholars who often come here to ask for their meeting can even speak because of this, but what happened today obviously completely subverted their understanding.

As soon as it got dark, a small carriage driven by a single horse came from the street in front, and then it stopped directly in front of the closed Prime Minister's Mansion. When everyone was curious and guessing who would get out of this simple carriage, they saw a young green-robed official get off the carriage quickly, then climbed up the stairs and walked towards the gate.

This person's actions shocked everyone. Think about it, as long as everyone waiting outside has an official position, no one is in a red robe. Such a 60 or 7-rank official dares to climb to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for a meeting. Where does this come from? Some people even want to send their subordinates to take this brave guy down and teach them a lesson. How can a person like him offend him?

However, after seeing the surrounding mansion guards holding spears, they all endured it again and looked after them to stop people. As a result, the young man said something, and the guards actually made way and let him come to the door calmly, knock on the door and responded, handed in an item, and was greeted in like this.

At this moment, many officials and great scholars who had been waiting for a long time but could not enter the school could not believe their eyes. After a while, they turned their heads and asked others about the identity and origin of the young man. However, no one could tell me, and even the small carriage that brought him to the place went.

While everyone outside the door was still suspicious and jealous, Li Ling walked through the prime minister's mansion like a maze in the garden, heading towards the depths.

Speaking of which, Li Ling had some knowledge. He had either been to or lived in these powerful residences, but no mansion had ever made him so amazed at such moments.

Because the architectural structure of this prime minister's mansion is so unique, it looks so beautiful outside, no different from the mansion of ordinary noble people. But when you go deep into it, you will find that there are few pavilions and towers, but there are many big trees, flowers and trees, and only a few gravel paths dot it, making people feel like they are walking into the bushes in the suburbs.

But when he was walking in it and looking back at the high walls and green tiles outside, he felt that all this was so natural, and the combination was extremely clever and inexplicably. This made Li Ling sigh in his heart, and even forgot to recognize the way. It was not until the manager who led him in finally stopped in front of a temple that he realized that Lu Xiang should be here.

"Master, Lord Li Ling has come to meet." The manager reported in a low voice, and then heard a gentle voice sounding inside: "Mr. Li, come in and speak."

"Yes." Li Ling did not dare to neglect, so he quickly sorted out his clothes and then pushed the door open and entered. He saw an old man in the room wearing a loose Taoist robe, with gray hair tied into a Taoist tuxedo, and cooking tea soup leisurely. Seeing him in, he turned to the seat in front of him: "Please sit by Lord Li."

Li Ling and Lu Zhen had never met each other, but in the past, they always looked at this left prime minister from a distance, but they really didn't look at him carefully. Now, when they look at him up close, they found that although he is old, he is still handsome, with a long face, slender eyes, straight nose bridge, a slightly big mouth and neat beard, giving people a sense of integrity, majesty and a little affinity.

Li Ling only glanced at him twice, then quickly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head to thank him, and then sat opposite him according to his wishes: "The Xiaguan dare not be called an adult by Lu. If you don't dislike me, just call me a gentle word."

"Wen Zhong, um, not bad." Lu Zhen nodded, but his eyes were always on the pot of tea that was already boiling. I don't know whether it was praising Li Ling's words or this pot of good tea. After a while, he took the pot off the charcoal stove, poured the green tea soup into two tea bowls of the same color, and pushed one of them in front of Li Ling, "Try this tea, this is a famous tea in Jiangnan."

Li Ling thanked him and was not polite. He raised the bowl and blew it, and then took a sip.

"How?" Lu Zhen asked with a smile at him.

"Well, it's pretty good, it's quite quenching." Li Ling said his feelings, but Lu Zhen was stunned, and then he laughed: "It's interesting, it's really interesting. No wonder you can write such a story or such an article. You, Li Wenzhong, are indeed different from ordinary people."

"Uh, Zuo Xiang has read the article written by Xia Guan?"

"Yes, Xiaoyaozi, the author of "The Romance of the Gods", is you, and the author of "Bao Gong Case" that has released two volumes and has not yet released a new book..."

"It's the official." Li Ling nodded honestly. This matter was too easy to investigate, so he naturally could not deny it.

"To be honest, I have read a lot of novels in my spare time over the years, and counting these two is the most interesting, especially the bag of Gong Case, which makes people unable to stop reading. If you don't have a certain experience in handling cases in the yamen, you may not be able to write such cases."

"Lu Xiang is too famous, and Xia Guan is just a temporary game, and it is difficult to catch the eyes of Fang's family."

"Haha, by the way, why are there only two volumes today, and what is the following content?"

"This..." Li Ling was completely stunned. What is this? Was it urging updates on the spot? The second-in-commander of the country is my book fan. After that, he still urging updates on the spot. How to break the updates on the spot? It's very urgent, wait online...

After hesitating for a moment, he smiled bitterly again: "Didn't you have any spare time before? The junior official wrote these. Later, he had to take the imperial examination and do some work, and some affairs in the bookstore, so the junior official had no time to write down. But he should be able to take some time to write some free time next time and always write a few more volumes."

"Haha, that's fine, then let's make a decision. I'm waiting for your new book." Lu Zhen was very satisfied with his answer, smiled and nodded, and pointed to the tea bowl again, "Drinking tea, if this tea is cold, it will taste much worse."

"Yes, Prime Minister Lu invites you too." Li Ling took the bowl and drank it, and he wondered again. The Prime Minister Lu called him for no reason, so he wouldn't really make it to urge him to update, but what exactly was he trying to say?

It was not until this time that he felt the power of these officials. Before he knew it, he felt a little pressure. And just as he was guessing the other party's intention, Lu Zhen said again: "You entered Beijing yesterday, and returned to the Ministry of Revenue today, and then had an argument with the Minister of State Bian?"

"Just... it's right." Li Ling was shocked again. This person was really well-informed. He had known what happened half a day ago. Of course, what surprised him even more was that the people around Bian Xuedao were too big, so why did he leak the matter?

"But why? You, a little chief, dared to have a dispute with the minister!" Lu Zhen asked with a smile.

"The lower official just couldn't agree with the accusation against me by the Bian Shigong. I asked myself that I was doing it right in the capital or in the southwest and had not made any mistakes. But he insisted that I admit some false guilt, so I would naturally not do what he wanted." Li Ling gently put the bowl and said with a serious expression.

"So that's the case, this is not a mistake, because as far as I know, you have indeed made a lot of contributions to the court over the past year, but you have never seen any mistakes. However, you are still wrong today. He is a Shangguan, and it would be wrong for you, a subordinate, to offend him like this."

"What Prime Minister Lu said is forgiving that the officials cannot agree with each other. Right or wrong does not depend on the dispute between the identity and status of both parties, but only on the matter itself! Otherwise, what the censors and censors do, and what the Ministry of Justice Dali Temple does? As long as something happens, you can compare the status of both parties, and you can tell the right or wrong?"

"You..." Lu Zhen wanted to say something, but finally sighed, "What you said may be reasonable, but it may not be the wisest. Things in the court cannot always be distinguished by right or wrong. Sometimes, temporary retreat may be more beneficial to you. After all, that is your immediate boss, and you can determine your future with just one word."

"The Prime Minister Lu has learned the lesson, so the officials have recorded it." Li Ling naturally would not argue with him, so he nodded in agreement.

Lu Zhen seemed to see what he was hiding, but he didn't ask more questions at this time, just looked at Li Ling and said, "Let's not mention these for now. I will ask you, do you know why you asked you to come today?"

Are you finally going to get to the point? Li Ling, who changed this idea, even more careful, with a hint of confusion on his face: "The official is stupid, I really don't know."

"Didn't you just return from the southwest? What I want to ask is naturally related to it." This time, Lu Zhen didn't go around any more and went straight to the topic, "I'll ask you, what do you think about the current situation in the southwest?"
Chapter completed!