The dinner in Lu Mansion lasted for a long time. From the arrival of night until the lights were on, there was still laughter and laughter in the kitchen, and the whole family was as happy as the New Year.

This moment is indeed comparable to the New Year Festival for Yang Cong and Lu Ling'er. It took them more than a year to meet again. Even during the New Year Festival, they were not so happy.

Li was also very happy. She was worried about Lu Ling'er's baby daughter. At that time, she strongly advocated finding a scholar for Lu Ling'er. Their performance now is enough to prove that her idea was right at the beginning. When her baby daughter was with Yang Cong, she was as happy as Huaer. How could she be unhappy?

Although Lu Song and Lu Bing and his son didn't say much, they were actually quite happy inside. They were also spoiled by Lu Ling'er and the others. Lu Ling'er and the others were naturally happy as well.

In addition, there is another unexpected benefit when Yang Cong comes, that is, he can drink wine without permission. Usually, Li is very tight about their father and son, because it is very common for military households to drink too much and fight or even cause trouble.

Li was afraid of something, so he didn't let them drink too much, but now in order to let them drink with Yang Cong for a good time, the wine will naturally not be restricted.

Now, the father and son are naturally very enthusiastic about drinking, let’s talk about it if you have a good time.

Although Yang Cong pretended to be generous on the surface and tried his best to cater to the father and son, he was still very sensible when drinking. He didn't want to get drunk when he first came to Lu's house as a guest.

As a result, the Lu family and his son had almost drunk, but he was still awake.

When Li saw that the father and son were talking nonsense, it was getting late, so he had to announce the end of the dinner and let Yang Cong go back and have a good rest.

There is no banquet that will never end. Although Yang Cong was reluctant to leave, he could only get up and say goodbye.

Fortunately, Li asked him to come to Lu'er's house to play when he had time, which meant that he would not stop him from meeting Lu Ling'er anymore. Yang Cong and Lu Ling'er were naturally so happy.

Unexpectedly, when Lu Bing saw that Yang Cong was walking over, he insisted on taking Yang Cong back by carriage.

I don’t know if this guy is drunk or something, but Yang Cong didn’t think much about it and followed him into the carriage in a daze.

He thought Lu Bing was drunk, but he never thought that as soon as the carriage set off, Lu Bing asked inexplicably: "Qingfeng, I heard Ling'er say that you met her by accident for the first time. Is it really such a coincidence?"

Huh?

This seems to be a suspicion that he had planned it!

It turns out that this guy is pretending to be drunk too!

He couldn't help but secretly wake up, and he seemed to be a little underestimating to the world.

This Lu Bing is not simple. Although he was Jiajing's milk brother, he received all the favors from Jiajing, but favors did not represent power. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not without brothers and sisters, and their brother-in-law and father-in-law were piled up, and no one was fully favoured by the emperor.

However, there are no ones as powerful as Lu Bing.

I won’t talk about the elder brothers of the emperor, because the royal princes have no power since the Ming Dynasty. Just talking about the princes, uncles, and father-in-law, there must be those who are more favored than Lu Bing. Why have there been no powerful figures in the court and the opposition?

There are naturally many reasons, but one thing cannot be ignored, that is, Lu Bing must have extraordinary wisdom or ambitions, otherwise, he would not have reached the peak of power.

It seems that this kid is not scheming in front of his parents and sister, and he pretends to be simple. Perhaps, he thinks there is no need to be foolish in front of his family.

Good boy, you almost fooled me. You are still far from being fooled by me.

Yang Cong secretly glanced at him in the dim light outside, then pretended to be dizzy and said in a confused manner: "Yes, I was about to ask for directions at that time, but Ling'er suddenly drew her sword and asked me why I was staring at her. I was not staring at her. At that time, I just wanted to ask him for directions, hahahaha."

Lu Bing was still a little suspicious and said, "Didn't Ling'er say that your family often sends gifts to my uncle? Even if you don't know where the commander's yamen is, the servants you bring will always know?"

This guy is indeed suspicious of him!

Yang Cong also knew that Lu Ling'er's identity would definitely take the opportunity to cling to him. However, the first time he met Lu Ling'er was really a coincidence, and there was nothing to hide.

He said without hesitation: "Yes, my grandfather's intimate has indeed been to Yongning Acropolis many times, but my subordinates are like me, and they are the first time I went to Yongning Acropolis. I was negligent and didn't lead the way. But then again, if I lead the way, I might have missed Ling'er, and this might be fate."

Lu Bing stared at Yang Cong secretly for a long time, and saw that the boy was open and honest, and he didn't seem to be telling lies, so he felt relieved.

He was also very fond of his sister. If Yang Cong had ulterior motives, he might have to let this kid know that he was amazing.

His parents were ordinary military households who had never read much, but he was not. He had accompanied Emperor Jiajing to study and learn to read since he was a child, and he followed Jiajing through the ups and downs of great ceremony and the intrigues in the court, and was full of thoughts.

Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing were really close. Because Jiajing had no brothers, only Lu Bing played with him since he was a child. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he kept Lu Bing with him. When Lu Bing was a little older and could be in charge of the director, he gave Lu Bing a position as deputy Qianhu, allowing him to study with the elderly in the Xingxian Palace. When Lu Bing grew up and became a senior, he promoted Lu Bing to Qianhu, the Jinyiwei, who was responsible for managing the imperial guards in the palace, and at the same time helped him stare at the ministers in the court.

It is precisely because Lu Bing saw the awesomeness of those powerful ministers that he was also very enthusiastic about power. He also wanted to be like those powerful ministers, calling the wind and rain and giving guidance to the country.

Unfortunately, he is just a thousand households of Jinyiwei, and is still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from calling the wind and rain and guiding the country.

Originally, he had no chance to take power at this moment because he had no arm help. Don't look at his power behind him, and he was just a young man who had just debuted. At this young age, in the eyes of the shrewd and sophisticated courtiers, who would follow him?

However, it’s different now. Yang Cong is his future brother-in-law. Moreover, Yang Cong is very likely to be on the list and enter the official career. If he trains it well, he will definitely become his right-hand man and help him take control.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tentatively: "Qingfeng, I heard that you are from the Yangming lineage, is that true?"

If someone else asked this question, Yang Cong would naturally be based on the Yangming lineage. However, Lu Bing asked this question differently. He could not let Lu Bing think he was a minion from the Yangming lineage.

He thought for a while, then pretended to be disdainful and said, "That's all pretending to deceive outsiders. My Yangming lineage and I are just using each other."

Immediately afterwards, he explained the process of making a grudge with the Chen family of Longxi and the fact that Xu Jie led him as a confidant in order to deal with the wealthy maritime merchants. In the meantime, he also vaguely mentioned that he and Zhang Yue, the daughter of the right censor of the Censorate, almost got married, in order to test Lu Bing's attitude towards his marriage with Zhang Zhen.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bing instigated: "This Zhang Yue is amazing. He is likely to be in charge of the Censorate in the future. Such powerful arm helps naturally win over. Don't worry, I will help you lobby for this matter for my parents and Ling'er. Zhang Yue must be caught!"

Yang Cong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

No wonder he was powerful. In order to win over Zhang Yue, he even encouraged himself to take down Zhang Zhen.
Chapter completed!