Are you all after the heroine? I married that female devil

Chapter 1274 9

Shen Yian was very familiar. He walked forward, took Lu Jiu's wrist and invited the father and daughter to take a seat.

After a simple greeting and pleasantries, Lu Jiu led Lu Lingxue to stand up from her seat and stated the purpose of their visit. While expressing his gratitude, he was also coming to apologize.

It was clearly his Lu Mansion's business, but it involved the Chu Palace, and caused Shen Yian and Ye Liyan to be caught in a vortex of rumors.

In the end, it was someone else who stepped in to settle the matter, and the Lu family was of no help from beginning to end.

"Your Highness, Prince of Chu, I am ashamed. I was afraid of Qi Shang's status as a candidate and failed to stop his thoughts in time, which led to yesterday's incident. I have caused you so much trouble. Please punish me, Your Highness, Prince of Chu."

Lu Jiu bowed and turned to shout, "Lingxue, kneel down!"

Lu Lingxue lowered her head and bent her legs obediently, about to kneel down, but her body was forcibly restrained in the air by a force, unable to move at all.

Shen Yian put one hand behind his back and the other hand in front of him, helped Lu Lingxue up from a distance and said with a smile: "Lu Zhengqing, you are too kind. Lingxue and Liyan are good friends. This is just a small favor, it's nothing more than a small favor."

"What's more, there are always some people who claim to have read a lot of books and understand a lot of great principles, but in the end, they have read a lot of books but have only learned a lot. They talk about the wisdom of the ancient sages, but have not done much. They always like to use various morals to strictly restrict others, but are lenient with themselves. This kind of scum is what I dislike the most."

"If such a person becomes a minister of Daqian in the future, I wonder how he will exploit the people of Daqian."

Shen Yian flicked his sleeves and took two steps forward, saying with emotion, "Compared to those scholars who are full of knowledge and like to talk a lot, I prefer people with upright moral character, practical actions, and down-to-earth attitudes. Unfortunately, such people are often the most likely to lose power and find it difficult to realize their ambitions. If I meet such a person, if conditions permit, I will definitely help him and add more real talents to Daqian."

Lu Jiu was slightly startled when he heard this. His career as an official was different from that of most people. He did not rely on the imperial examination, but obtained it with the help of nobles and was appreciated by His Majesty.

He is from Suzhou, and his hometown is a small village on the bank of the Yangtze River. He is the ninth child in the family, so he was named Lu Jiu. Since he was a child, he has witnessed the horror of the roaring and surging river.

Especially during the flood season, when there were continuous heavy rains, the rivers overflowed and the big river that nurtured them would transform into a terrifying beast that destroyed everything they had. The imperial court sent people to control it several times, but with little effect.

For this reason, Lu Jiu has been determined since childhood to rely on what he has learned and known in this life to help the people in his hometown escape the ravages of the river.

While other children were still reciting ancient Chinese texts in preparation for the provincial examinations, Lu Jiu had already started to follow the fishermen to the river and acquire all kinds of experience and knowledge from the old fishermen.

When I grew up a little, I found ways to borrow books related to water conservancy and farmland from the town to read and study.

Later, heavy rains hit the area and caused floods. In order to provide disaster relief and control the floods, the imperial court dispatched the Director-General of the Grain Transport Bureau in person, and even the Maritime Defense Bureau was dispatched.

At that time, he was young and bold, with great ambitions in his heart. He dared to say anything. When the local officials were reporting the disaster and solutions to the Director-General of Grain Transport, he refuted from a distance. As a result, the other party heard it. The local officials were naturally very angry when they heard someone questioning them. They immediately had someone arrest him and slap him in the face. Later, they were stopped by the Director-General of Grain Transport.

The Director-General of the Grand Canal heard that he had some knowledge and insights, so he asked him to express his opinion.

He knew that this was an opportunity to show himself and naturally would not let it go. Reality also proved that his method was indeed feasible and had a good effect on flood control. The Director-General of the Grand Canal personally wrote a letter to the emperor to take credit for him.

Because of his contributions to flood control, His Majesty personally issued an edict to appoint him as the River Patrol Envoy, who was mainly responsible for helping other areas severely troubled by floods to control floods.

Shen Yian knew a little about Lu Jiu's experience, and felt that fate was playing tricks on him.

A truly capable person is like a piece of gold. If given the opportunity, he will surely shine and soar into the sky.

Not only did Lu Jiu win the appreciation of the Director-General of Grain Transport, he also married his youngest daughter through an accidental visit. It is said that at that time, the people who wanted to marry the youngest daughter of the Director-General of Grain Transport could line up from Tianwu City to Northern Frontier, but in the end, she was won by Lu Jiu, an unknown boy.

Lu Lingxue's mother was the youngest daughter of the Director-General of Grain Transport.

With the support of his mother's family and his own strong knowledge, Lu Jiu was not only good at water management, but also proficient in farmland water conservancy, which was beneficial to crop production. He was promoted from a river patrol envoy to Tianwu City and became the chief minister of the Sinong Temple.

In the court, Lu Jiu was a rare maverick who did not participate in any party struggles and focused on studying the matters he was responsible for.

Due to the special nature of Sinong Temple and the close watch by the old man, no one dared to take any action.

The news that Lu Jiu came to visit him today must have spread like wildfire, attracting the attention of many people in the city. It is estimated that there will be some disturbances, one after another.

Lu Jiu was of course well aware of this, but he still brought Lu Lingxue to personally express his gratitude the next day.

Shen Yian has received this sincerity.

The words he just said were not meant to recruit Lu Jiu, but to tell him that he admired his talent. If he encountered problems like Qi Shang's that were difficult to solve in his position as the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, he could come to him directly and he would help.

Not to mention that Lu Lingxue and Li Yan have a good relationship, so how could they just sit back and watch when something happens?

"Your Highness's kindness and righteousness make Lu Jiu ashamed."

Lu Jiu saluted.

"Lu Zhengqing is so polite."

Shen Yian turned around and smiled warmly.

Lu Lingxue and Ye Liyan seemed particularly reserved listening to their conversation in the hall, so Shen Yian simply asked the two girls to go out for a walk. It happened that he had some important matters to ask Lu Jiu.

When he traveled to various countries, he brought back some crops and seeds that were rare or even non-existent in Daqian. The old man handed them over to the Sinong Temple for arrangement.

When he was under house arrest in the palace, he could still ask the old man about the situation when he remembered. But after moving out of the palace and various things gradually became more and more complicated, he rarely asked about them.

The head of Sinong Temple was present today, which made Shen Yian remember this matter.

When talking about his profession, Lu Jiu's state was obviously much more relaxed, and he talked more and more.

Gradually, Shen Yian felt like he was in class and his head got bigger and bigger as he listened.

It was obvious that Lu Jiuzheng was talking very excitedly, and he didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he had no choice but to listen.

the other side.

The two girls were liberated, and Ye Liyan happily took Lu Lingxue for a stroll in the palace.

He also showed the other party some interesting mechanical objects, which opened Lu Lingxue's eyes.

Before I knew it, noon had passed and it was already afternoon.

After lunch, Lu Jiu and Lu Lingxue, father and daughter, said goodbye and left the palace.

Shen Yian was able to swim ashore from the "ocean of knowledge".

"Husband, are you okay?"

Ye Liyan saw that her husband looked tired, and a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes.

With my husband's physique, even if he stayed overnight, he wouldn't be like this when he woke up in the morning. What on earth happened?

"Li Yan, you don't understand."

Shen Yian rubbed his eyebrows.

Ye Liyan: "?"