The cold wind was biting, and as soon as the drum sounded, snowflakes drifted on the roof unconsciously, and the eaves of the Lu Mansion were already dotted with a few points of white. In contrast, the room was much warmer, and a pot of charcoal in the middle of the room was red, quietly tidying up the room, and muttering: "I haven't come back for a long time, there is so much dust in this room, why didn't I find it two days ago!" ”

But Lu Zuo sat in front of the window, holding a book in his hand, staring blankly out of the window, "Jingruo, it's snowing outside!" ”

Jing Ruo put down the work in his hand, hung the rag on the wooden barrel, and walked to Lu Zuo. Lu Zuo quickly stood up, led Jing Ruo to sit down, and then held Jing Ruo's hand with both hands, watching her hands cold and red, her face was full of love and heartache, "Thank you for your hard work!" ”

Jing Ruotian smiled and shook her head without speaking, her eyes were full of tears, but she just held back. Lu Zuo felt that Jing Ruoruo's hands were very cold, so he held her hands up again, then rubbed her hands and sighed, and then asked with concern, "Is it cold?" ”

"Not cold......" Jingruo looked at her husband with love, her heart was already warm, and as she was talking, a cold wind blew into the window, and suddenly rolled in a few snowflakes and landed on Jingruo's hair, the two of them said in unison, "Leng ......" The two looked at each other and smiled.

Lu Zuo gently brushed away the snowflakes on her head, and looked at the snow in the yard quietly, his heart warm.

"Bang bang bang!" There was a sharp knock on the door outside the house, "Master open the door!" ”

Jing Ruo looked at Lu Zuo and asked in a low voice, "Coming to you so late, is something wrong?" ”

Lu Zuo nodded with a calm face, and then went to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, but seeing that Yin Ji was covered with wind and snow, he said anxiously: "Master is not good!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Cui Hao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, hanged ......"

"What...... Lu Zuo's eyes widened, "How do you know?" How are people doing now? ”

Jing Ruoye walked to the door curiously and asked, "Why did Cui Shangshu hang himself?" ”

Yin Ji ran out of breath in the winter, his forehead was still sweating, he swallowed his saliva, and said, "King Ning just sent someone to say, and now it's not clear whether people are dead or alive!" The prince asked you to go quickly! ”

Lu Zuo pondered, then turned around and muttered, "Why did Cui Hao suddenly hang himself?" Could it be that he has something to do with the debt this time? But Cui Hao is an upright person, and he has always despised those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, how could he ......"

"Master, now is not the time to think about this, hurry up and take a look!" Yin Ji said anxiously.

Jing Ruo said: "Gongfu, you better go and have a look first!" Cui Shangshu is also a loyal minister and righteous man, and he is indispensable to the imperial court! ”

"Is it going to King Ning's Mansion or going to Cui Shangshu's mansion, did anyone say?"

"Ning Wangfu!"

"Let's go!" Lu Zuo couldn't help but say, and was about to walk out the door.

"Wait!" Jing Ruo called Lu Zuo, then took out a coat from the house and put it on Lu Zuo, and then told Yin Jidao, "It's freezing outside, take care of your master." ”

"Master, don't worry!" As he spoke, he picked up an umbrella under the eaves of the porch.

Yin Ji held an umbrella and led the master to walk and said, "Lao Pan has already prepared the carriage!" ”

"Isn't Xinghua Restaurant right next to it, why is there a carriage, just walk over it?"

Yin Ji explained: "It's too cold, you are not in good health, let's take a carriage!" ”

Lu Zuo blamed: "How can it be so expensive, why do you spend all this effort?" ”

When the master and apprentice came to the door, Lao Pan was already waiting in front of the door, and there was a carriage waiting behind him. Lao Pan saw that the old man came out, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with an umbrella: "Master, hurry up and get in the car!" The people from Fang Caining's palace came to urge again. ”

Lu Zuo ignored it and got into the carriage directly, and Yin Ji also got into the carriage. When I got off the car to see, Dai Heng, the bookkeeper of the restaurant, was already waiting at the gate, and when I saw that the person who got off the car was Lu Zuo's apprentice, he hurriedly greeted him and said in a low voice: "Mr. Lu, but I have been waiting for a while, and if it is too late, there will be a big incident." ”

Yin Ji said: "What are you urging, isn't this coming, I don't know if my master is not in good health......"

Lu Zuo shouted in a low voice: "Ji'er, don't be rude!" ”

"Don't blame Brother Yin Ji!" Dai Heng led the way in front while smiling, "It's small, isn't it!" Beware, the road is slippery in snow! ”

The master and apprentice passed the secret room, and when they went out of the secret passage of King Ning's Mansion, Liu San'er, the housekeeper of King Ning's Mansion, was waiting in the hut, and King Ning was in the study at this time, Liu San'er hurriedly led Lu Zuo's master and apprentice to the study.

In the study of King Ning's Mansion, King Ning Liu Xun was wandering back and forth in the room, so angry and anxious that he stomped his feet, heard the "rustle" sound outside the eaves, and hurriedly walked to the door.

"Mr. Lu!" Liu Xun anxiously stepped forward two steps to hug Lu Zuo, "But you're looking forward to you, sir!" ”

Lu Zuo was flattered and stopped, "Let the prince wait for a long time." When he was about to bow down, Liu Xun hurriedly carried him into the study.

The study was warm, and the charcoal in the bronze stove in the middle of the room was burning red, and the scent of sandalwood hit the nose. Liu Xun enthusiastically helped Lu Zuo take off his coat and then hang it up. After settling down, Liu San'er had already come up with hot tea.

"What should Mr. Lu do?" Liu Xun was very anxious and tapped his index finger on the table, "It's really annoying to me!" ”

Lu Zuo looked at the prince's face, he already knew seven or eight points in his heart, and pointed to the tea in the prince's hand, "The prince will take a sip of tea first, and take it slowly, how is this Cui Shangshu now?" ”

As soon as Liu Xun heard Cui Hao's name, the ignorant karma came to his heart again, "This Cui Hao is also angry!" Hey......" After saying that, he buried his head and sighed again, "The people from the Cui Mansion have come to tell you, and the people are fine!" ”

Lu Zuo asked curiously, "Did Cui Shangshu commit something?" ”

"Daddy......"

A tall figure suddenly appeared at the door, it turned out to be Liu Xingyuan, the eldest son of King Ning, who was hurriedly closing the door and coming in.

Liu Xun scolded Liu Xingyuan angrily, "My father is talking to Mr. Lu about business, what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Xingyuan walked up, bowed to his father, and then asked anxiously: "Dad, the child heard that Master Cui had an accident and was about to hang himself, what happened?" Lady Cui, is he okay? Do you need a trip with your children? ”

When Liu Xun heard his son's repeated questions, he was even more angry, "It's not going down yet, I'll talk to Mr. Lu about business!" ”

Lu Zuo glanced at Liu Xingyuan awkwardly, and said, "The prince doesn't have to be angry, it's not a bad thing that the eldest prince cares about your people so much!" Let's get down to business! What happened to Master Cui? ”