The main hall is very spacious and cleaned, and there is no furniture at home in rural people.

However, what surprised Zhu Xiu was that in addition to the large bed, there were two rope beds in the house.

The rope bed is actually a backrest chair, which is very similar to the Taishi chair in the Song Dynasty. However, in these days, the country people basically didn't see such instruments at home.

With the popularity of rope beds, since the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese people's sitting posture gradually changed to leaning on their backs and hanging their feet.

In addition to the rope bed, a tablet placed on the altar in the middle of the room also attracted Zhu Xiu's attention. The words on the tablet made him frown inadvertently.

Wang Luwu moved a table and placed it in the middle of two rope beds, and pointed: "Sit!"

He poured out two bowls of hot tea from the dark iron kettle and pushed one bowl to Zhu Xiu: "Drink!"

The tea bricks are not very good, and there are many impurities when brewed, and the taste is bitter. Zhu Xiu took a bowl of sketches and tilted his head slightly to raise his mouth, secretly spitting out the residue in his mouth.

Wang Luwu drank two big bowls in a row, wiped his mouth and breathed happily.

"You are not Zhu Xiu!"

The sudden muffled thunder sounded by Wang Luwu scared Zhu Xiu's hand holding the bowl trembled, and tea spilled out.

Seeing Wang Luwu staring at him with bright eyes, Zhu Xiuqiang calmed down and put down the bowl and said with an embarrassment: "Why did Uncle Wang say this? My nephew doesn't quite understand!"

Wang Luwu stared at him for a while, patted his forehead and smiled: "Look at what I said, I mean, you have been sick for a while, and your temperament seems to have changed a lot."

"In the past, you only bowed and said nothing, but today you actually took the initiative to call someone 'Uncle Wang'!"

"In the past, when you came to my house, you would rather be hungry than eat more, and you wouldn't get started!"

"In the past, Erya talked to you, but you only smiled but didn't say anything, and there was a sense of distantness in kindness. Today, you actually spoke to Erya on your own initiative."

Wang Luwu paused, "Anyway, you have changed a lot!"

Zhu Xiu said in his heart that awesomeness, but he sighed as if he was melancholy on his face and bowed, "I made Uncle Wang laugh. I was the ignorant and rude thing before. I hope Uncle Wang will forgive me. When my nephew was seriously ill, he missed my father in his heart and was worried about his studies. He had many life insights in his life. After he recovered from the illness, he decided to learn from the pain and change his face and become a new person!"

Wang Luwu nodded, a hint of praise flashed through his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Although you didn't say it before, I know that you are self-reliant in Juren Zhu's son, who is my head and family, and you don't like my family very much. Although you look kind to everyone, you still have the pride of your hometown Gonglang in your heart."

Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly and sighed: "My father was old and his family was in decline. My mother and three sisters worked hard to support me in school. If you can't let go of the little bit of Yu Rong left by my father, refresh yourself and work hard to be strong, what kind of face does Zhu Xiu have to stand in the world!"

Wang Luwu's praise became stronger and stronger: "You can feel this way, which means you have grown up! Very good, it's not wasteful of Zhu Juren and your mother's high expectations for you!"

Zhu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, lowered his eyebrows and bowed his eyes: "I want to thank Uncle Wang for his long-term care for my family!"

Wang Luwu waved his hand and said disrespectfully: "Ju Ren Zhu had great kindness to me back then. Although he unfortunately died early, how could Wang be a man who knew the kindness but did not repay him? It's just..."

Wang Luwu frowned and said helplessly: "Your mother insisted on letting you study and take the imperial examination and take the path of fame and fortune. I really can't help too much! I'm a rough man, studying and doing academic research... I can't help you!"

Zhu Xiu lowered his head with shame. It seemed that he was a sensible person. He knew that Zhu Xiu's grades in the Shuikou Township School were not good.

If Zhu Xiu followed the original development trajectory, it would be impossible for him to be admitted to Zhushan County School before the age of 19.

Fangshan Academy, which has more stringent enrollment requirements, doesn’t even think about it.

The original Zhu Xiu was not as hardworking as his father Zhu Daquan. Apart from having a good face, Zhu Xiu's opinion now is simply useless.

Although you can rely on your appearance these days, you can have a broad ambition and even just in front of Her Queen, Zhu Xiu still decided to rely on his talent to achieve his ultimate goal of enjoying peace and prosperity.

After all, not every calf can chew that fossil-level old grass...

Regarding whether Zhu Xiu's path to the imperial examination can be achieved, Wang Luwu was very sensible and did not continue to expand. After pondering for a while, his face said a little solemnly: "A few days ago, I accidentally heard a news from Taocun Zheng's house. It was related to your studies. After thinking about it, I decided to tell you."

Seeing that he looked serious, Zhu Xiu quickly corrected his attitude and said, "Uncle Wang, please say yes."

Wang Luwu said slowly: "You know that the Shuikou Township School House only gave two quotas to Taozhu Village, one is you, and the other is Tao Sheng, the second grandson of Tao Village. Now Tao Xing, the third grandson of the Tao family, is twelve years old. The Tao family seems to intend to let Tao Xing go to the school to study. They want you to give up the quota and leave it to the Tao family. The excuse is that you have been in school for three years and have been lagging behind in your studies, and there is no hope of being admitted to the county school. If you think about how to deal with this, the Tao family will come to you soon."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiu did not react much. He was just a rural primary school. Even if he didn't go, he would suffer a lot of losses. Instead, he could be more worthy of his wishes.

But it’s hard to explain Fang Cuilan, and her mother probably won’t agree to this matter.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Xiu bowed and smiled, "Thank you, Uncle Wang, I know. I'm not hiding it. In fact, I'm not sure about it. I have long had the intention to leave the school and go to the county town to learn some ways to make money, so that I can help you make up for your family as soon as possible."

Wang Luwu thought that Zhu Xiu was preparing to give up because of his poor academic studies. In his opinion, his smile seemed to be a forced smile. He sighed and comforted: "You don't have to be discouraged. Not everyone is suitable for the imperial examination. Look at someone, he is literate but he can't write a perfect sentence, so he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.

You are too thin and powerless, otherwise, I will teach you how to pull your bow and shoot arrows and be a hunter. If you go to the mountains twice a year, if you are lucky, you will save enough money to build a house in three to five years. Isn’t this how my two big tiled houses come from.”

Zhu Xiu smiled and agreed, expressing regret. His body was probably not something to touch.

After a conversation, Zhu Xiu realized that his relationship with Wang Luwu had become much closer, and Wang Luwu also liked Zhu Xiu much.

Zhu Xiu glanced at the spiritual throne placed on the altar, and hesitated in his heart, and asked tentatively: "Dare you asking Uncle Wang, did you come from the Western Regions before?"

Wang Luwu was stunned and said in surprise: "How do you know?"

This was considered an admission. Zhu Xiu sat upright, looked a little cautious, and lowered his voice: "My nephew wants to ask Uncle Wang again, what is your relationship with the late Anxi guardian Wang Fangyi?"

Wang Luwu stood up with a huff, and his black face changed instantly. The pair of amazing eyes shot out, the splendor made Zhu Xiu dare not look directly at him!

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became solemn!

Zhu Xiu's face turned pale and his heart was clamoring for a bad heart. Could it be that he revealed Wang Luwu's secret that he couldn't tell. He was so angry that he wanted to kill him?

As if he felt the murderous aura emitted from Wang Luwu's body, Zhu Xiu unconsciously grabbed the tea bowl and his throat slid.

Wang Luwu stared at him with a grim look for a while, then slowly walked to the door of the main hall with a calm face, looked out, and saw that Wang Ang and Wang Zhu were not approaching, and then walked back.

Zhu Xiu shrank on the rope bed and did not dare to move. His breathing was a little slow. He held the tea bowl tightly. He flashed his mind whether to act first. He took the tea bowl and tried hard to greet Wang Luwu's head...

Wang Luwu stood in front of him, and said in a low voice with confusion: "Is this matter Zhu Juren telling you?"

After asking, Wang Luwu shook his head again and said in confusion: "No! Zhu Juren passed away six years ago, how old are you? Besides, if you believe Zhu Juren is, he will definitely keep his mouth shut. How did you know about this?"

It was Zhu Xiu's turn to be surprised and stammered nervously: "Wang... Uncle Wang means, my father...had already known about this?"

Wang Luwu looked at him deeply, sat down, remained silent for a moment, and sighed: "Nine years... It was still three years before. The Protector and General Cheng Wuting had just returned to Beijing from Suizhou to suppress the rebellion. Soon, Cheng Wuting made an appeal for Prime Minister Pei Yan, angered Empress Wu, and was executed. The Protector inadvertently said, "Wuting is the confidant of the Queen of Heaven, why did he even commit crimes?" He also hated Empress Wu, was deprived of his title and was exiled to Yazhou..."

Wang Lu had a great anger surged from his five sides, his fists clenched, and he said in a low voice: "I am a Han native of Kuzhe. When Dadu Protector was guarding the Western Regions, he joined the army. Fortunately, Dadu Protector valued it and accepted it as a subordinate of Wang, and treated me like my son and nephew. Dadu Protector was exiled to Yazhou. Our tribes had made an appointment to rob people in the middle of the journey, but he didn't expect that before we arrived, Dadu Protector had died! Dadu Protector was 62 years old at the time, strong and strong. How could he die as the court said? It must be that Empress Wu secretly sent someone to attack the murder!"

Wang Luwu's heavy breathing took a while before gradually calming down, and sighed: "The majority of the Protectors died, and our troops naturally dispersed. For some reason, the court actually knew our plan to rob people. We waited for the arrest list and wanted by all counties in the world. I fled to Zhushan County with my children incognito. Thanks to your father's rescue, I escaped the disaster and helped my family settle down in the county and have a settlement. Unfortunately, my wife was weak and caught a disease on the way, and died soon..."

Zhu Xiu listened silently. When he first met, he felt that Wang Luwu was very fierce and not like ordinary people. He did not expect that there would be such a past.

No wonder he would say that Zhu Daquan has great kindness to his family, so that's how it is.

"Wang Luwu...ru..." Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly in his heart. I'm afraid that this hatred will only be buried deep in his heart.

Wang Fangyi is the cousin of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wang. Empress Wu has been determined to kill him for a long time. He is just a guide to Cheng Wu. Even if Wang Fangyi is cautious, he may not escape the murderous attacks of Empress Wu.

"Brother Wang Ang and Erya's sister probably don't know about this matter, right?" Zhu Xiu said softly.

Wang Luwu said: "An'er knows a little, but she doesn't know."

Zhu Xiu sighed lightly: "It's good if you don't know. Many years have passed. Uncle Wang should not continue to take it seriously. Who can tell the right and wrong of the court? It's good to live in the present."

Wang Luwu didn't expect that Zhu Xiu would comfort him in turn and smiled and said, "You haven't answered yet. How did you guess that it is related to Protector Wang?"

Zhu Xiuchao bowed his hand with the spiritual card engraved with "the spiritual position of the late Taiyuan County Duke" and smiled and said, "As far as I know, the imperial court has only granted this title once in the past decade, and it is Wang Dadu Protector. When I was having dinner, my nephew saw that Uncle Wang liked to eat rosé and mixed with rosé and rice noodles. Only those who have lived in the Western Regions for a long time were used to it. Wang Dadu Protector has long been in charge of the Western Regions. He has great martial arts skills and Uncle Wang's demeanor is like a person in the army, so he has many associations and has this guess!"

Wang Luwu suddenly realized, looked at Zhu Xiu again, and said in surprise: "You all see these things from books?"

Zhu Xiu nodded calmly: "That's right! My nephew usually likes to read some strange news, and it is not uncommon to have some understanding of the struggles of the court!"

Wang Luwu always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it, so he nodded and accepted Zhu Xiu's explanation.

Zhu Xiu laughed in his heart, he couldn't say that this was recorded in later history books!

As night fell, Zhu Xiu also stood up to say goodbye.

Wang Zhu carried a fat chicken and a fat rabbit, walked over and stuffed it into Zhu Xiu's hand: "Here! Take it!"

Wang Ang also carried half of the white face and waited with an angry look on his face.

"How can you be so embarrassed!" Zhu Xiu said politely, but his hands clenched the fat chicken and rabbit tightly, and his face was so smiled that he couldn't stop.

Wang Luwu smiled and said, "Take it, your mother can't hide her face, don't say anything to her. If you have difficulties at home in the future, even if you come to me, your Uncle Wang has no other skills, and it's still okay to let you have enough food."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Zhu Xiu was moved and thanked him softly.

"Go back, I'll ask Wang Ang to give you." Wang Luwu patted his shoulder and waved at Wang Ang.

Wang Ang carried a sack and walked towards the field in a meteor, while Zhu Xiu carried the chicken and rabbit and quickly followed.

It was so dark that he couldn't guarantee that he could find his way home.

Besides, if you encounter a jackal or beast, Zhu Xiu is afraid from the bottom of his heart without the protection of this fierce man Wang Ang.

Wang Luwu watched them leave, returned to the main hall, looked at the tea bowl that Zhu Xiu had drunk, and suddenly laughed.
Chapter completed!