Chapter 10: Generals
Lu Ying put aside the strange emotions in her heart and looked at Old Lady Gu, "I heard my father say that the imperial court has set up several checkpoints outside Hangzhou City, just to block people who go to avoid trouble. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info I was afraid of long nights and dreams, and if there were any changes, I couldn't guarantee the safety of the whole family. ”
I see.
Langhua immediately understood.
This is the purpose of Lu Ying's trip, not to visit her, but to further test whether her grandmother will move away from Zhenjiang.
Old Mrs. Gu was silent for a moment, took a cup of tea and put it to her lips but didn't drink it, "Good boy, you give your aunt an idea, should we go?"
Lu Ying was not surprised that Mrs. Gu would ask such a thing, he put down the tea in his hand, stretched his sleeves, the childishness of the young man on his face seemed to fade all of a sudden, and slowly spoke, "First of all, my aunt and grandmother are not ready to leave Zhenjiang, so now my aunt and grandmother are hesitating, whether Uncle Gu's family, Second Aunt Gu and Sister Langhua should follow their mother to Hangzhou." ”
Langhua didn't expect Lu Ying to say it so bluntly.
Lu Ying said: "The Gu and Lu families have supported each other for decades, and in the flood ten years ago, the Gu family helped the Lu family tide over the difficulties, and the Lu family will inevitably return the favor of the Gu family, besides," said he couldn't help but look behind the screen again, "Grandmother and aunt have already set up a family affair for me and Langhua, if you change the Geng post before leaving, Langhua is the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, no matter what, the Lu family must protect her well." ”
"Aunt and grandmother must be concerned about whether Langhua will be wronged if she marries into the Lu family, and the dowry you prepared for her will allow her to gain a firm foothold in the Lu family. ”
Langhua listened to Lu Ying's words, and remembered Lu Ertian's cheerful and smug tone when he moved into the Lu family with dozens of boxes of dowry.
Half of the Gu family's money went into the Lu family in this way.
The Gu family was the icing on the cake for the Lu family, but in the end, all they got was the reputation of being charity by the Lu family.
She knew the calculations of the Lu family, and she always thought that Lu Ying was different from others.
She and Lu Ying are childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, in memory Lu Ying's attitude towards her has always been gentle and considerate, no matter what trouble she encounters in the Lu family, her mother will go to Lu Ying, Lu Ying will always find a way to solve it, and spare no effort to protect her.
But today, it seems that everything is not as she remembers. Now the marriage contract between the two of them is just a calculation of interests between the two families in Lu Ying's heart.
When did Lu Ying start to be really good to her, because she was too pitiful to live in the Lu family, or because she got along day and night.
If they hadn't made a marriage contract, she wouldn't have stayed under the Lu family, what would happen to the two of them?
No matter what, she will not compromise at this time because of the relationship between the two of them.
Langhua looked at Lu Ying, "Does Third Brother Lu also treat us as uninformed countrymen?" Someone in the Lu family is an official in the court, and he must have a clear understanding of the situation of the imperial court's dispatch of troops and rebels this time, but he refused to reveal the slightest bit of information to the Gu family, but he regarded the Gu family as an uninformed countryman.
If you recruit it, you will come and call it out.
Lu Ying looked at the voice in surprise, the girl behind the screen had already sat up, Gu Langhua looked a little haggard, but a pair of eyes were slightly raised, and she confronted him vigorously.
Lu Ying couldn't help but purse her lips.
These words just sound like a child's bickering for no reason.
But after thinking about it carefully, in one sentence, this is also where Old Lady Gu is uncomfortable, how can Gu Langhua say it so thoroughly.
My grandfather and father knew what was going on in the war ahead.
But it must not be passed on, because the less people know, the safer.
What's more, the Gu family has no principal, the old lady Gu is terminally ill, and the third old man Gu can't support the wall, so it is impossible for the Lu family to work with them.
If it weren't for the fact that the Gu family had a lot of wealth, her mother would not have agreed to take the Gu family to Hangzhou.
Lu Ying just thought of this.
A mass of things rushed out from behind the screen and threw itself into Old Lady Gu's arms.
"Grandmother. The crisp voice sounded again, and Lu Ying realized that this strange thing was Gu Langhua.
Gu Langhua wrapped himself in moon-white muslin from head to toe, looking very ridiculous.
She did this out of fear of spreading smallpox to others.
Langhua turned her face in Old Lady Gu's arms and looked at Lu Ying.
Seeing each other, Lu Ying suddenly found that Gu Langhua was not so ridiculous. Miss Gu is famous for her beauty, delicate eyebrows, small chin, white skin, and very delicate and moving, but that's all.
But today is different, although her appearance is covered by cotton, just a pair of eyes have made her whole person appear more vivid.
Old Lady Gu touched Langhua's sideburns, "Child, do you think we are uninformed countrymen?"
Langhua nodded, "We are countrymen, so what, a few years ago, we didn't let a single relative and tenant who took refuge starve to death. ”
Old Lady Gu's originally straight face suddenly smiled, "Our family is not a famous family, and no one is an official in the court, but we have let the entire Zhenjiang survive the difficulties." ”
Langhua glanced at Lu Ying, the meaning of what her grandmother said to her was already obvious, ridiculing the Lu family, a famous family, in the end it was not as good as the Gu family they looked down on.
Lu Ying still looked calm, as if she didn't take what she said to heart.
"Third Brother Lu," Lang Hua's voice was crisp, "You're not going to go to Hangzhou with Second Aunt Lu, are you?"
These words finally made Lu Ying raise her eyes.
Langhua and Lu Ying met their eyes, and from Lu Ying's surprised expression, Langhua got the answer satisfied.
After all, ten years later, Lu Ying will become the "clay sculpture bodhisattva" in the mouth of others, and at that time, it will be more difficult to figure out his thoughts from his face than to ascend to the sky.
Lu Ying said: "How does Sister Langhua know?"
Langhua laughed, the crisp children's voice like a silver bell sounded very pleasant, she straightened up, learned Lu Ying's tone just now, and repeated Lu Ying's words, "Aunt and grandmother are hesitating, whether Uncle Gu's family, Aunt Gu's second aunt and Sister Langhua should follow their mother to Hangzhou." ”
Lu Ying listened to her words again and immediately found the problem.
He said that he would follow his mother to Hangzhou, not follow us to Hangzhou, and he subconsciously excluded himself.
What he didn't care about, Old Lady Gu didn't hear the clues, how could Gu Langhua actually find out about this.
Lu Ying couldn't see the slightest abnormality on Gu Langhua's immature face.
Could it be that an illness can transform a person?
Langhua's white finger nodded forward again, "Grandmother, look." ”
Old Lady Gu followed Langhua's hand and looked at the shoes on Lu Ying's feet.
Langhua said with a smile: "Third Brother Lu is wearing a new pair of shoes," said and frowned slightly, "Walking a long way, wearing new shoes, your feet will be very uncomfortable." ”
Lu Ying was reluctant to stare at Gu Langhua carefully, it would seem that he was not polite, but his gaze couldn't help but stay on Gu Langhua's face.
After she was reborn, she realized many things that were different from what she had known in her previous life.
But she really knew Lu Ying too well, so she could find out some of the facts she wanted to know at the first time.
From Zhenjiang to Hangzhou, such a long journey, ordinary people will not adapt to a new pair of shoes before leaving, and Lu Ying will not be able to.
Lu Ying's right foot was injured when he was young, and the pain would be unbearable when he was a little tired, and he never told others about it, because his foot injury was caused when he visited his biological mother and aunt, and no one would feel sorry for him when he said it, but would scold him for not being polite.
Outside, he was majestic and a confidant of the emperor, and when he returned home, he curled up beside her like a shrimp, letting her fumble for his feet to be drugged, his hand slashing through her sideburns like a feather, at that time he was just Lu Saburo who was full of medicine and wounds.
If Lu Ying wants to follow the Lu family out of Hangzhou, she will never put herself in an embarrassing situation, and it is impossible to wear a new pair of shoes two days before leaving.
What made her feel strange was that Lu Ying didn't leave, how did he get out of Zhenjiang when the city was attacked? Why did Lu Ying never mention it.