Chapter 1 is my own
Lu Zheng started his studies in a private school since he was a child, studying with his father and brother, and then entered the prefecture school of Qiongzhou. After entering Jiangnan, he did not follow the path of embracing the Imperial Academy. He entered the third grade with his own abilities and passed the Jinshi. He is now studying in the Imperial Academy and can become an official after passing the examination. In Zhao Bing's opinion, although his knowledge is not as amazing as Lu Xiufu, he is not a fool. He lacks experience and social beatings, so he doesn't hate him as his own little tail.
In the early morning, just as the sky was dawn, Lu Zheng had already gotten up. He did not disturb his father, but came to the stern of the boat sneakily, and saw that the rope tied to the side of the boat was still there, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Last night, the fleet moored a small Hu Zhong on the riverside at night. His Majesty said that the river crabs were just when Zi Man was fat, so he pulled him to "stole" two pieces of raw meat from the kitchen, and put two crab cages at the stern of the boat, so he asked him to collect them early before starting the boat in the morning.
"Empty!" Lu Zheng first pulled up a crab cage, looked inside and saw that there were only stones falling from the cage, but did not catch a single crab, and frowned and murmured.
"Young Master, let's see if the other one has it?" The imperial boat was heavily guarded, and guards were alert day and night. Seeing Lu Zheng disappointed, the guard on duty came over and said softly.
"No, you must have stole it first!" Although Lu Zheng was a little angry, he had done such a thing with the emperor several times, and knew what was going on. The meat in the cage was gone, but he did not catch a crab. It was obvious that someone had started in advance.
"How is that possible? Who dares to move His Majesty's things?" The guard said with a rattle.
"Hmph, it's not the first time you have. Wait for Your Majesty to punish him!" Lu Zheng was one hundred and didn't believe it. It's not the first time their prey was stolen.
He was also a little confused. The emperor wanted to eat crabs, and he was afraid that countless people would offer it with one word, but he was willing to catch it by himself. However, the guards who should have protected the emperor often stole it, which made His Majesty's "longyan furious" and chased them on the boat. But those guards didn't know whether they were having the bad taste of stealing things, or they liked to see the emperor being angry and embarrassed, and they would steal it next time.
"Young Master Lu must not be wronged. Maybe that cage is full!" The guard refused to admit it and was not annoyed. He encouraged him to pull another cage without squinting.
"Hey!" Lu Zheng glanced at him, reached out to pull another crab cage. As soon as he tried, he felt heavy. He hurriedly used both hands to pull the cage out of the water and pulled it onto the deck.
When he looked over, he found that there were indeed most of the river crabs inside squeezing in the cage, trying to escape back to the water, which made Lu Zheng even more sure that the guards had stolen another cage. Otherwise, the two cages, which were only about ten steps apart, would have been so different from the harvest. But he knew that he had not caught the current situation, and the guards would definitely not recognize them, and they could not bear to "bully with their power". He could only untie the cage stone and throw it into the water, and carried the two cages back to hand in the service.
"Sir... Mr. Lu is a little interesting!" The imperial ship has a tight defense, and it can be said that he was monitored by the guards without dead corners. Lu Zheng's performance was under their surveillance. Seeing him leave, he walked out of the darkness and said to his companion with a smile.
"Don't be too happy too early. Will this guy complain to the official?" Mingshou said.
"No, Mr. Lu is a kind person, otherwise it would have happened on the spot!" said the secret whistle and shook his head.
"Hmph, then this kid is blessed. He will probably stay in the inner court!" Mingshou nodded and said...
Zhao Bing, who was practicing in the morning on the deck, saw Lu Zheng picking up the crab cage and saw that he had harvested more than 30 fat river crabs. He was one of them and knew it well, but Lu Zheng didn't explain it, just caught them. He didn't ask any more questions, but asked him to send it to the kitchen and steam it at noon.
In fact, Zhao Bing fished and crabs on the boat just to have fun and eat fresh food. He didn't care how much he got, and he didn't care about the guards' "stealing" his own fish. The reason why he was "furious" every time he was "furious" because he knew that the days of being a soldier were boring, and the days on the boat were even more boring. Young people couldn't stop eating, so he just wanted to find a happy one, and there was no malice.
Therefore, in Zhao Bing's opinion, it was like the boss's meal in his previous life and took two boxes of good cigarettes in his office. There was no big difference, just a bit of bragging topic. Even if the boss found out, he just scolded him with a stern face and didn't care at all, so he turned his face to say a joke.
These soldiers who "steal" things were also out of the same mentality. When they recalled their military career, they stole things from the emperor, and they were so angry that the emperor jumped straight, but they had no choice but to brag for the rest of their lives. Zhao Bing was angry and was just better in cooperating with them in acting, which made the soldiers feel more exciting.
Otherwise, there would be no one who was caught and was punished to wash the deck and organize the sail cables. There was no such thing as a person being beaten with a military stick. The veterans knew this very well, and the officers turned a blind eye and even secretly encouraged the recruits to do it. In fact, it was just a game between the emperor and the soldiers who were tacitly aware of it.
During lunch, there were steamed crabs on Zhao Bing's table. The method was very simple to add ginger slices to steam. Lu Zheng made efforts and was naturally qualified to accompany His Majesty for a meal. He was a little worried, but he was relieved to see that the emperor had not seen through it. The emperor also picked a few big ones to send to the queen and the imperial concubine, and asked the little yellow gate to give more than a dozen to the old people, and also gave the jar of yellow wine intimately.
Lunch was placed in the small restaurant that His Majesty used, accompanied by Ni Liang, Zhang Hao and Chen Shishi, who was not on duty today. In addition, two small yellow gates were serving. Lu Zheng was soon frightened by the eating habits of the two generals. Although there were tools for eating crabs on the table, they didn't use it at all. They just lifted the crab shell and bite it open and chewed it on their mouths.
When Lu Zheng was stunned, he saw that the plate was half empty. Wang De first snatched two large ones for the emperor and put them on the plate. Chen Shishi was also very experienced and reached out to grab two. He also reminded him: "Lizhe, eat it quickly, or you will be eaten up by these two fools!"
"Don't be polite, eat quickly!" Ni Liang and Lu Zheng were old friends, so they took him and put it in the plate with thoughtful words, while they were still holding a crab leg in their mouths.
"Young Master Lu, this is not a grand banquet for the court. There is not so much attention. You are so gentle and will be hungry!" Zhang Hao took a sip of the scalded rice wine and also pointed out Lu Zhengdao.
"Lizhe doesn't mind, they are right. If there are too many things to do or the military situation is urgent, you will be able to eat at any time. And after this meal, you don't know when you can eat the next meal, so everyone has developed a habit!" Chen Shishi nodded to confirm that what he said was not false.
Chapter completed!