There is a hall on the landlord's side of the third courtyard, which can enter the backyard, which is the back cover room of the Lu family's compound. It is more secluded and can be used as a maid's residence, as well as a storehouse and miscellaneous room.

After stepping down as the head of the family, Mrs. Lu didn't go anywhere, so she chose to live here.

Although the rear cover room sits in the north and faces south and faces the same direction as the main house, the living conditions are significantly lower than the main house and the wing room, and the size and quality of the house are very different from the main house and more than a dozen east and west wing rooms in the Sanjin courtyard.

After Lu Ruoliang succeeded as the head of the family, he tried his best to dissuade Mrs. Lu, hoping to move back to the main house.

In desperation, Lu Ruoliang retreated and prepared to renovate the back cover room, but the stubborn old lady insisted on not allowing it. couldn't resist Old Lady Lu, Lu Ruoliang had to let him go. In this way, as soon as Mrs. Lu lived in the back room, it was seven or eight years.

Mrs. Lu asked the housekeeper to arrange a Buddhist hall in the back room, and he hid in the Buddhist hall all day long to meditate and chant scriptures, as if he had converted to Buddhism and became a devout Buddhist believer.

Since beating Lu Ruoliang as the head of the Lu family, Mrs. Lu has rarely appeared in front of people, and only when there are festivals or sacrifices to ancestors, Lu Ruoliang can invite Mrs. Lu to reunite with her children and grandchildren.

The butler stood outside the door of the Buddha hall and could hear the crisp sound of wooden fish coming from inside.

The door opened, and a light shot into the Buddhist hall, and the old back of Mrs. Lu on the futon could be vaguely seen.

The door closed again, and darkness returned to the temple.

The butler gently placed the basket on the ground and stood quietly in place.

Mrs. Lu recites scriptures in the Buddhist hall every day, and others only think that he is cultivating himself. But the housekeeper's heart is like a mirror, the old lady is praying for the blessing of the deceased old lady. Otherwise, how could the old lady also set up the old lady's spiritual seat in the Buddhist hall.

When Mrs. Lu was alive, she had always had a good relationship with Mrs. Lu, she was the old lady's virtuous helper, and Mrs. Lu respected her very much, and she never even took a concubine for her.

Mrs. Lu gave birth to three sons for Mrs. Lu, and the family was originally happy, but who knew that there were unforeseen circumstances.

Eight years ago, Mrs. Lu, who was not yet the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, suddenly fell ill and died.

Mrs. Lu was greatly hit, and since then she has been in a slump, not only stepping down as the head of the family early, but also locking herself in the dark Buddha hall, completely isolated from the world.

"It's coming!" Old Lady Lu's voice came into the butler's ears.

There is no need to look back, the old lady knows who is coming, except for the housekeeper, no one in the Lu family's compound dares to come to the Buddhist hall at will, not even the head of the family, Lu Ruoliang.

"Yes! Master! The butler said softly.

Old Lady Lu sighed: "How many times have I said it, I am no longer the head of the Lu family now, Ruoliang is the master!" ”

The mouth is talking, but the sound of the wooden fish under his hand is still unusual.

"Got it, sir!" The housekeeper respectfully agreed, and then came to the side of Old Lady Lu and stood there quietly.

The old lady shook her head and smiled bitterly, too lazy to correct the housekeeper again. They are all old, and decades of habits are not so easy to break.

"Lu Gongzi is here?" The old lady's question was brief.

The grandparents' old lady Lu turned out to be the same as Lu Ruoliang, calling Lu Xiaoxian "Lu Gongzi", which made people sound a little nondescript.

This Lu Gongzi, who has never met him, is inextricably linked with the Lu family.

Before Mrs. Lu became the head of the family, the head of the Lu family was Lu Xiaoxian's grandfather, Lu Shaorong. Lu Shaorong is the eldest son of the Lu family, and the old lady Lu as the younger brother is the second son of the Lu family.

Lu Shaorong used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, and when he was the head of the family, the Lu family was quite beautiful.

Later, Lu Shaorong was convicted and exiled, and the position of head of the family was inherited by Mrs. Lu, and the Lu family was much worse than before.

When Lu Ruoliang inherited the head of the family, the Lu family plummeted, and there was still the demeanor of a century-old family. Even the local Huang family, Liu family and other wealthy families in Fanyang have slowly overshadowed the limelight of the Lu family.

Since the ancestor Lu Zhi, the Lu family has been rooted in Fanyang for more than 500 years, and the Huang family and the Liu family have been working together for decades. The humiliation and unwillingness to be forcibly pressed by others were like a mountain pressing on the hearts of every Lu family's children, making them breathless.

"It's coming!" The butler's answer was equally succinct.

The old lady asked again: "In your opinion, did Lu Gongzi come to Fanyang from Luoyang because of the position of the head of the family?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian helped the Lu family survive the catastrophe, and at the same time put forward harsh conditions. Although there was a word in advance, Lu Xiaoxian asked Lu Ruoliang not to spread the matter, but this matter was too big, how could Lu Ruoliang hide it from Mrs. Lu, so he told Mrs. Lu truthfully.

As a result, this matter became Mrs. Lu's heart disease.

If it's just talking, it's good now, Lu Xiaoxian himself came to Youzhou City from Luoyang, which made Old Lady Lu's heart sick even more.

The housekeeper's body trembled slightly, and he said cautiously: "Master, you must have seen this more thoroughly than me!" ”

"I'm asking you!" Old Lady Lu said unhappily. 163

"It's not!"

"Why?" The wooden fish paused.

"In my opinion, Lu Gongzi doesn't look down on the position of the head of the family at all!"

Although the housekeeper is just a subordinate, Mrs. Lu has also been friends with him for decades, and he knows that his vision is still very sharp, and he will not be wrong to look at people.

It's just that the housekeeper's words are too direct, and the position of the head of the family that makes Old Lady Lu worry a lot, people don't even look at it, what kind of feeling is this?

"How so?" The sound of the wooden fish returned to its rhythm.

"I have seen Lu Gongzi twice, and when he walked around the compound, his eyes and demeanor were like walking in the wilderness, without any waves. If he coveted the Lu family, it would never be this kind of performance! The housekeeper slowly said his feelings, "When interacting with the people of the Lu family, he is neither humble nor arrogant, neither enthusiastic nor indifferent, as if he has nothing to do with himself!" We arranged a place for him to live in the inner courtyard, but he didn't even live once! ”

Old Lady Lu nodded slightly, the butler's analysis was not unreasonable. If people have a certain idea, they will always show it, but Lu Xiaoxian's performance is not visible at all.

"If he really wanted to be the head of the house, it would have been like a showdown with Lord Ruoliang. But until now, he didn't even say a word. On the contrary, I think he is more interested in private school! ”

Old lady Lu couldn't help but smile bitterly, it would be good if Lu Xiaoxian really explained his words, but in the current situation, knowing that there is such a thing but not saying it, it is the most worrying.

"You mean to say that Gongzi Lu will let Ruoliang go?"

"No!" The housekeeper said bluntly, "I think he wants to choose one of the Lu family's children to replace Master Ruoliang!" ”

"You mean nonsense?" The sound of the wooden fish paused again.

Lu Xiaoxian obviously takes more care of Lu Wuxian than other Lu children, which Old Lady Lu has also heard.

The housekeeper nodded: "Exactly, Lu Gongzi is in the nonsensical room now!" ”

"How can this work?" Old Lady Lu's voice suddenly became louder, "Nonsense Ji is not a sister-in-law, nor is he the eldest son, how can he be the head of the family?" ”

"Lu Gongzi has never cared about these restraints!" The housekeeper sighed with emotion, "Just rush to the house he chose in Youzhou City, don't you see it, master?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian's home in Youzhou City is facing the Yamen of the Assassin's Mansion.

There has always been a folk saying that "behind the temple in front of the yamen, it is not an auspicious place to live", which means that behind the temple and before the yamen is a place where home feng shui is taboo. The Yamen is murderous, and if it lives on the opposite side of it, it will bear the brunt of it, and if it can't afford it, there will be casualties; The temple is a place where yin energy is condensed, and it is not suitable to live too close. But Lu Xiaoxian didn't care about it, and lived directly opposite the yamen.

Old Lady Lu was silent for a long time and asked, "Does Ruoliang know about this?" ”

"I don't know, but I think he should be able to guess!"

"Nonsense! Ludicrous! Old lady Lu muttered the name, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The butler opened his mouth, but did not speak.

"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Although it was in the dark, the old lady was keenly aware of the butler's subtle movements.

"Master, I think ......" The abruptly stopped wooden fish voice, making the housekeeper swallow back the second half of the sentence.

"I know, you have always been optimistic about nonsense, you blame me for not being ruthless back then, and drove their mother and son to the front yard to live with the next person!" Old Lady Lu sighed lightly, "Of course I know that this is unfair to their mother and son, but I have to do it, you are the old man of the Lu family, you should understand"

"I understand!" The housekeeper nodded, "Master, this is to clear the way for the Lu family head to succeed to the throne in the future!" ”

Since ancient times, big families abound, but how many can survive for a long time?

The reason why so many families are declining is because of family infighting.

Old Lady Lu's voice became a little deeper: "At the beginning, I insisted that Ruoliang inherit the head of the family, not Ruoshui, and that's the reason!" ”

The Ruoshui in Mrs. Lu's mouth is Lu Ruoliang's second brother Lu Ruoshui. In terms of ability, Lu Ruoshui must be much stronger than Lu Ruoliang, but the old lady Lu moved out of the ancestral training of "establishing a successor but not a concubine, establishing a long man but not a virtuous", and finally made Lu Ruoliang the head of the family.

Now it is the same situation, even if Lu Ruoliang is no longer the head of the family, it should be inherited by Lu Ruoliang's eldest son, Lu Wuwu, and no one else.

"If you want to be the head of the house, you can't do it!"

Old lady Lu gritted his teeth, which made the housekeeper's heart twitch inexplicably: The old lady who has always been shrewd, I'm afraid that this time I will lose my eyes, although Lu Wuwu is the eldest son, is he really the best candidate to inherit the head of the family?

……

Hua Yunfeng finally waited for Lu Xiaoxian to speak, Lu Xiaoxian's eyes were clear, and he said slowly: "Why don't you try it with the acupuncture point method?" ”

Acupuncture point application is a kind of topical therapy, similar to the principle of acupuncture, which is a method of treating the external acupuncture points stimulated by acupuncture in the human body, which is actually a unique combination of acupuncture and medicine.

Although there are many doctors in the world, there are very few who know how to apply acupuncture points, and only a handful of them are proficient. Lu Xiaoxian explained the method of acupuncture point application in one mouthful, which was indeed unexpected by Hua Yunfeng.