Chapter 7: The Story
Lin Xie took two breaths before saying, "It's almost, I've checked everything I can, I have to say, your Lu family can really toss." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
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"Order first, eat as you talk. ”
"Good. ”
The waiter was called and ordered 7 dishes, and the waiter hesitated for two seconds after remembering the dishes, and asked, "The first time you two came to Xiaozhou Garden, do you want to taste the outside of the long pavilion here?"
"Outside the Long Pavilion, what is that?" Xiao Zhouyuan does not have a menu, but it is said that some things can only be eaten by chance, and it seems that this outside the long pavilion is a kind of chance.
"The outside of the long pavilion is different every time, and the small one has just received a message from the shopkeeper that the boss wants to send two people outside the long pavilion. ”
Lu Hexi smiled: "Okay, then let's feel the opportunity of Xiao Zhouyuan." ”
"Okay, I'll serve you right away. ”
"The boss here is surnamed Yu, and when you first came, you deliberately told the shopkeeper that you were a member of the Lu family, He Xi, what are you going to do?"
"To be honest......" Lu Hexi paused, "I went to Jianfu Palace today, and I think there is something suspicious about the fire seven years ago." I still can't believe my mother died in that fire. ”
"Five-Grid ......"
"I came back not only to find the Lu family, but also, I think there were too many doubts about Lu Jiu's death back then. There is revenge, and if I don't know the truth, I will have trouble for the rest of my life. ”
Lin Xie looked at her eyes, they have been together for nearly eight years, and it is the first time he has seen this little girl who has always been pampered so seriously, Lu Hexi will not do anything badly, and there are few mistakes, but she is never serious, she does everything with a mentality of completing tasks, coupled with her talent, Lu Hexi does not have many things in her eyes, and there are even fewer things that she takes seriously. Whether it is studying or training, when they were training in the Political Security Bureau, Lin Xie was so tired that he was about to pass out, but the little girl next to him was always a little stunned face, mechanically completing the task.
He suddenly felt a sense of relief that "my family has a girl who has just grown up", seeing that there was a bit of murder in her eyes, he could only reach out and touch Lu Hexi's head, and said in a low voice: "I've always been by your side, let's take our time." Hold your head!"
Lu Hexi realized that there was something wrong with her emotions, she took a few deep breaths, "It's okay, I can control it." By the way, what have you found in the past two days?"
"The source is too shallow, most of them are rumors in the market, and there is not much valuable information. Now it's like a black eye, it's really not easy to find clues!" Lin Xie opened the box and took out two pieces of paper, "This is a little thing I sorted out, you can take a look first." ”
On the night of June 26th, the fire of Jianfu Palace alarmed many forces in the capital, the people of the old Qing court speculated about the revival of the imperial family and the huge wealth hidden in the palace, the people of the new government of the warlords were afraid of the abolition of the emperor and fled but were also thinking about recovering the Forbidden City again, and some nouveau riche families thought about the treasures that came out of the Jianfu Palace. No profit can not be early, the Qing Emperor is already history, no one thinks that the old Qing Dynasty can turn over much in Beijing, but they all care about wealth, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver.
The various forces are like rats in the dark, hiding their bodies, revealing two thief eyes to stare at the movements in the old palace, watching the movements of others, and when the time comes, they show their sharp teeth and claws, gnaw off a piece of meat, and scratch off a layer of skin.
June 23rd, 1923. The weather in early summer is unusually hot, and it is difficult for people to open their eyes due to the heat wave. On the street, 50 cavalry and 100 infantry marched neatly into the high walls of the Forbidden City all the way unimpeded, led by young people wearing straight dark green military uniforms, and their eyes were as sharp as knives, making people dare not look directly.
The fourth prince of Lu personally led the troops into the Forbidden City.
Since Lu Jiu entered the Forbidden City, there has been no news from it.
Everyone knew that it was the people brought in by the fourth prince of Lu who blocked the palace of Nuoda. No one knew what was going on inside in those days, until the evening of the 26th, the fire broke out, and on the morning of the 29th, the palace gate creaked open, and dozens of grizzled people came out of the palace gate, one by one, with vain steps and tired looks.
Someone with a heart carefully checked everyone who came out of the palace, but Lu Jiu was missing.
On the third day, the lintel of Duanwang's Mansion was hung with white silk, and the ritual was done for seven days, and a coffin of golden silk nanmu with only a few clothes was buried in Yanshan. The old prince had white hair and a numb expression, Lu Ming was sitting in a wheelchair, his face was pale, and his fingers on the coffin were trembling. Two young children knelt before the spirit, sobbing silently.
Only then did the people in Beijing realize that Lu Jiu, the fourth son of Duanwang, was no longer alive.
No one gave Duanwangfu a chance to breathe, the business was overwhelmingly suppressed, and all forces in the military and politics united to consume Duanwangfu, less than a year later, Lu Jiu's reputation for two years of development was almost wiped out, Lu Qi was still young, Lu Ming was disabled, and his condition worsened from time to time, and the old prince was running out of oil and lamps.
In this case, the branch relatives of the Lu family also encroached on the power of the main family, accelerating the decline of the Duanwang Mansion.
1924, Mid-Autumn Festival.
It was late at night, the back door of Duanwang's mansion creaked open, and several family members took out three carriages, each escorted by five personal soldiers, and quietly disappeared into the moonlight of the capital. Early the next morning, the Duanwang Mansion opened its gate for the first time, and people saw the Luqi Mansion with a hundred guards and two carriages.
Shortly after Lu Qinian left, Lieutenant Feng Qi of the Overseer's Staff led people to rush into the gate of Duanwang's Mansion, and that whole day Duanwang's Mansion was filled with gunfire, and it is said that that night, a truckload of corpses cleared out of Duanwang's Mansion was piled up, and a large lake in the back garden was also dyed blood-red, even after five or six days, this area was still filled with a disgusting fishy smell.
Since then, Duanwang's Mansion has disappeared into Kyoto, and no one has ever seen a person come out of Duanwang's Mansion again.
In less than a month, a Taoist priest passed by the gate of Duanwang's Mansion and exclaimed that this place was too heavy to kill, not suitable for living, not suitable for people, and a good house was slaughtered alive into a place of great evil. Just when the Taoist priest spoke, there were suddenly a few wolf howls in the house, and the faint red light over the palace could be seen in broad daylight, not to mention that the Taoist priest sprinkled a glass of clear water on the stone steps in front of the palace, and the clear water turned into blood when it landed, and it was red and terrifying.
In addition, after the day of the slaughter of the palace, people often disappeared around the palace, and the stiff corpses of wild cats and wild dogs could be seen everywhere, so the people rumored that this end of the palace had become a murderous mansion and could not be entered.
The government's original plan to transform Duanwangfu into a hospital was also halted and another location was chosen.
So such a large area was left vacant. As the war intensified and the number of displaced people increased, some beggars took the risk to run to the front yard of the palace to take shelter from the wind and rain, but after many years, no one dared to open any door in the front yard, and no one dared to enter any empty house in the courtyard.
Lu Hexi frowned and handed back the things that Lin Xie had sorted out.
"This method is a bit rough, although it has achieved the purpose of protecting Duanwangfu, but ......" sighed, "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the handiwork of the Lu family." ”
"At that time, the situation was so chaotic, no matter how strong the Lu family was, it might only be able to arrange it to that step. ”