Lu Zuo thought that his father-in-law would react like that because An Shilu said the wrong thing, so he intended to alleviate the embarrassment, so he asked with a smile: "Oh? The eldest brother is already married, why don't you see your sister-in-law? ”

At this time, An Yuanshan and Jia were speechless, not knowing how to answer. Jing Ruo felt that it was okay, there was no need to hide it so secretly, so he explained: "There is nothing unspeakable, and I blame me for not telling you, originally my eldest brother was married the year before last, and he was married to Xue Ling, the daughter of Xue Jide, the assassin of Ruzhou, originally my brother and he respected each other like a guest, and the relationship was very strong, but it was a pity that God was jealous, and my sister-in-law had tuberculosis in January last year, but it was ...... in three months" When I said this, Jing Ruo could not hide her sadness, and her eyes were red, "and she passed away." ”

Lu Zuo saw that everyone looked sad, and he blamed himself a little, he wanted to change the topic and talk about something else, but he didn't expect to involve these sad pasts, "Rude offense, I didn't expect these reasons, I'm really sorry." ”

An Yuanshan sighed in a low voice, "It's nothing, it's just that An Shiqing was a little slumped later, and then I was afraid that he would become ill, so I recommended it to the emperor and let him go to the old marshal Zhou's account to listen to it, and this year it has gradually improved a lot." ”

Jia's face suddenly turned sad into a smile, and he also comforted: "Today is the day when my uncle and Jing Ruo return to peace, and they are all happy when they say that they have done these sad pasts." ”

An Yuanshan also found that he was rude, and hurriedly smiled, "Yes, yes, I have ordered someone to arrange lunch, and today we will have a good gathering as a family." Today is the girl's big day, the old man is happy! ”

In the blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, according to the past practice, today is a day off, but because the Han is about to go out on August 16, so on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be as usual. The difference is that the emperor did not talk about other political affairs this morning, but mainly instructed the western expedition. And the internal supervisor Zhang Cen announced that Gao Yun was appointed as the generalissimo of the Western Expedition, and led 100,000 soldiers and horses to destroy the enemy, and the position of General Jin Wuwei was temporarily deputized by Liu Bozhao, who was recommended by Gao Yun.

When everyone heard the number of 100,000 soldiers and horses, they were a little surprised, after all, 100,000 may be an egg for a novice like Gao Yun, and Shanzhou's city defense is unbreakable, such a pitiful number is really unreassuring. But at this time, no one dared to question the choice of Emperor Han, he must have his thoughts and judgments, so it was useless to say too much in the eyes of all the ministers.

In the afternoon of the same day, Gao Yun took the deputy general who went out with him this time, as well as Lu Zuo, to the school military field to order troops, and after all the matters were arranged, it was already evening, and everyone went home for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When Lu Zuo took the sedan chair back to Lu Mansion, it was already dark, and when he entered the hall, Jing Ruo had already prepared a meal, so he was waiting for Lu Zuo to have a reunion dinner! Lu Zuo and his wife and Yin Ji sat at the table, and when they were about to start the meal, Lu Zuo waved his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry to eat first, there is still one person who hasn't come back yet!" ”

"And another?" Quietly looked at Lu Zuo unexpectedly, "Who?" ”

Yin Ji also seemed to remember, and replied, "Master is talking about the second uncle!" ”

"Your second uncle?" Jing Jingruo was a little curious, "Xianggong, why have I never heard you say that you have a senior brother?" ”

Lu Zuo smiled, "It's not too late to tell you now, my father once had two righteous brothers, the second uncle's name was Lu Xiuyuan, and the third uncle's name was Qin Fu, and the two of them were both my uncle and my master." Third Uncle Qin has a daughter named Qin Hong, and the brother who will come later is the adopted son of Third Uncle Qin, they worship Second Uncle Lu as a teacher, and Second Uncle Lu has a son named Lu Manxi, he worships Third Uncle Qin as a teacher, so we are usually commensurate with brothers in the same sect. ”

Jing Ruo asked curiously, "So where are they now?" Is it still in Lujia Village, Shanzhou? ”

Lu Zuo and Yin Ji glanced at each other, their faces pale.

Jing Ruo noticed that they didn't seem to be suitable to speak, so she pointed to the wine and food on the table with great interest, and said with a smile: "I'll bring the food to heat it up!" ”

"No need!" Lu Zuo stretched out his hand to stop Jing Ruo, "We are already a family now, so it doesn't hurt to tell you." In fact, they fell into the grass on a mountain near Lujiazhuang very early, called Fengji Mountain! ”

Jingruo was a little surprised, "How did the Xianggong get acquainted with them?" ”

"That's a long story, I'll tell you all about fifteen and fifteen one day!"

As soon as Lu Zuo finished speaking, he heard a light knock outside the door. Yin Ji jumped up reflexively, collapsed behind the door in three or two steps, and asked in a low voice, "Who?" ”

A whispered answer came from outside the door, "It's me!" ”

Yin Ji heard that the voice of the person was Chen Huizhi, so he nodded to the master and opened the door, "It's the second uncle!" ”

Sure enough, Chen Huizhi, who was standing at the door, was dressed in black and wore a black gauze hat, covering his entire face. As soon as Chen Hui entered the house, he took off the hat on his head, and instructed Yin Ji, "Close the door quickly!" Chen Huizhi raised his head and saw his sister-in-law head-on, so he hurriedly gave a salute first, "The younger brother Chen Huizhi has seen his sister-in-law. ”

Jing Ruo also bowed and thought with a smile: "It seems that I saw you on the wedding day?" ”

"Exactly!" Chen Huizhi said with a smile.

Yin Ji sat back next to the master and playfully explained: "That day, the second uncle was afraid that the housekeeper would recognize him, so he disguised himself as a subordinate, so you have seen it." ”

Jing Jingruo nodded, pointed to the table full of food, and said, "Then let's eat quickly!" Otherwise, the dish will be cold in a while! ”

The four of them sat down, and Lu Zuo began to ask Chen Huizhi in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”

Chen Huizhi took a bite of the dish and nodded, "Everything is ready!" ”

"When are you leaving?"

"You set off on August 16, our people will set off in batches, it should be faster, and then we will gather outside Lanzhou City."

The two of them chatted mysteriously, and if they listened more and more curiously, but they were embarrassed to ask, they must be talking about something related to this expedition to the west. Lu Zuo also saw that Jing Ruo was very curious about this matter, so he explained to her: "Retreat is the leader of the alliance of the green forests of the seven provinces, so this capital, as well as the states, have quite his power, this time I also asked him to gather some people and horses to come to help us." ”

Jing Ruo was even more puzzled, "But they are grassy, how can the imperial court trust them, I'm afraid there will be danger." ”

Lu Zuo smiled disapprerovingly, with a confident look, "This is already under my control, as long as it is in the name of Zhao'an, it will be said that the border bandits heard that the Han is going to war with the Great Fan Kingdom, so they brought their soldiers to surrender." ”

"But without the emperor's order, how dare you recruit bandits privately?"