When Lu Jing heard this, his grief was even more uncontrollable, he knew that what his father hoped most was that he could keep the lintel of the Lu family, and then he looked solemn, staring at his father's eyes full of hope, with a firm will, and made a vow in a sonorous manner: "Father rest assured, the child swears here, and will lead the Lu family to prosperity, glorify the ancestors, and live up to the father's ardent expectations for the child." ”

Lu Yu nodded with satisfaction: "If you can have this ambition, you can rest assured that you are a father!" ”

"But you also have to remember that those who are committed to morality are not enough to be famous, those who are committed to fame are not enough to tire their hearts, and those who are benevolent are not seeking their own benefits in their right way, and they must not be benevolent and rich, and they must not choose to be cold!"

Lu Yu knew that his son was quite deviant, and his ideas and methods were endless, and he was worried that his son would go on a fork in the road because of excessive pressure, so he advised his son to know his way and do it right.

Lu Jing solemnly promised: "Father, rest assured, the child will definitely seek the right way, will not be in vain, and will never violate our Lu family's upright, kind and sincere family style, let alone do anything that insults the Lu family's century-old reputation!" ”

Lu Yu knew his son's character very well and trusted him very much, and when he heard his son's assurance, he was relieved and stopped talking about it.

He immediately said: "I have already sent letters to Huai'an Mansion and Suzhou Mansion a month ago, thinking that your second uncle and the other clansmen from several houses should also arrive in the next two days, and you should pay attention to this matter." ”

Lu Jing knew that his father was arranging the future, his father was the head of the Lu clan, and now he was seriously ill and could not rush back to the clan, so he could only recruit the clansmen to Yangzhou, ready to explain the affairs of the clan in the future, and even possibly let him succeed him as the patriarch.

Lu Jing grabbed his father's thin arm, endured the grief in his heart and replied: "Yes, father, the child will pay attention to this matter and arrange the second uncle and the clansmen!" ”

"After I leave, your two aunts, if you are willing to remarry, you will give a dowry, if you want to cultivate, you will send it to Rong'an Temple, and all the offerings will be borne by our Lu family, and there is no need to keep them in the house!" Lu Yu continued to explain.

Since his wife Xian left, he has neither renewed nor straightened the concubine, he just doesn't want his son and daughter to be wronged, and now that he is leaving, he must also arrange the family affairs clearly, and he can't leave any mess for his son.

"Father, rest assured, the child will handle this matter properly!" Lu Jing cleaned up his mood and nodded resolutely, he knew that after his father left, he would need him to support the entire Lu family's big house, and he had to behave calmly and moderately, and he couldn't let his father worry in the slightest.

"Well, you are a junior after all, these things are not easy to come forward, you let people call your two aunts, I will ask them!" After thinking about it for a while, Lu Yu decided that it would be better for him to come forward.

Lu Jing saw that his father was thoughtful about everything, and his heart was even more sad, and he replied with tears in his eyes: "The child will go now." ”

"Alas, you should also go and see Zhiyu, she has listened to you the most since she was a child, and when she saw her smile just now to make her father happy, her father's heart was sad."

"Your mother went when she was young, and now she is her father's departure, I don't know if she can stand it, you have to persuade her more, don't let her cry!"

Lu Yu thought of his daughter and said with distress, now the most reassuring thing in his heart is his little daughter, I don't know how his daughter should be sad when he goes.

"Father, don't worry, Zhiyu has me there!" Lu Jing solemnly assured, watching his father wave his hand, Lu Jing endured his grief and left.

Lu Yu looked at the back of his son's departure, and his heart was both relieved and pity, and he was glad that his son was so good that he would definitely be able to take on the responsibility of prospering the Lu family, and even do better than him, but more importantly, he cherished that his son had to support the Lu family's family business at the age of a weak crown.

Lu Yu sighed in his heart, there was one thing he didn't explain to his son just now, the purpose of his son to apprentice Lin Ruhai today was not for the network behind Lin Ruhai, but because of the Zhen family.

Although the Zhen family will not escape the fate of decay in the future, the Zhen family at this time is in power in the south of the Yangtze River, and they proposed to marry the Lu family, how can this family matter be so easy to refuse.

Especially because he is not in good health, once he dies, it will be difficult for the Lu family to be the opponent of the Zhen family, and the Lu Jing brothers and sisters can only be kneaded by the Zhen family at that time.

That's why he let his son apprentice Lin Ruhai, wanting to use Lin Ruhai's power to protect his son, but he didn't plan to let his son know the inside story.

After Lu Jing came out of Lu Yu's bedroom, he immediately arranged for someone to invite Aunt Jiang and Aunt Bai, and after the two entered his father's room, Lu Jing restrained his grief and walked quickly to the little sister's residence, wanting to comfort the little sister.

Lu Jing saw the four maids outside the door of the little sister's room, Luo Mei, An Lan, Sizhu, and Rouju, and hurriedly asked, "What about the girl?" ”

"The girl drove out the slaves and maids, and she stayed alone in the room!" An Lan replied anxiously: "The slave is about to go to find the young master, and the young master is here if she doesn't want to." ”

"Go down, I'll go see Zhiyu!" Lu Jing entered his sister's room as he spoke, and saw that his sister was sitting on the bed curled up and sobbing in a low voice, full of distress: "Little sister, don't cry!" ”

Lu Zhiyu watched Lu Jing arrive, hugged her brother tightly and cried bitterly: "Brother, Daddy is going to find his mother, Daddy and Mom don't want Zhiyu anymore!" ”

Lu Jing stroked his sister's back and comforted him softly: "Little sister, don't be sad, you don't keep writing letters to your mother, your father is just going to help you send letters to your mother, and you will come back, your father and mother will come back to visit you, and your brother will always be with you!" ”

"Will Daddy come back?" Lu Zhiyu looked up at her little face full of tears and asked suspiciously.

Lu Jing wiped her sister's tears and said with certainty: "Yes, it will be, when you grow up, your father will come back!" ”

When Lu Zhiyu heard her brother's affirmative answer, she still grabbed her brother's arm uneasily, wanting to dispel the suspicion in her heart, and said in a low voice after a moment of silence: "Brother, it's all my fault!" ”

"What's wrong, silly girl?" Lu Jing asked suspiciously.

"I've been making food for my dad these days, but my dad is eating less and less, if I hadn't coaxed my dad today, he wouldn't have been able to eat a piece, is it that I don't make it delicious, my dad eats so little!" Lu Zhiyu lowered her head and said with self-reproach.

Lu Jing hugged her sister tightly, thinking about her sister's hot and blistering hands in order to cook food for her father these days, she resisted the urge to cry, and comforted: "Silly girl, you are doing a good job, you see that your father is not eating anything except the food you cook now, it is all your credit!" ”

Lu Jing's eyes were red as he spoke, and he hurriedly stopped the tears that were about to overflow, and continued: "Let me tell you a secret, don't you always say that I eat too much, and my father is afraid that you will laugh at him for eating too much, all while you are not eating secretly!" ”

"Really?" Lu Zhiyu leaned her head against her brother's chest and asked suspiciously.

"Really!" Lu Jing endured his crying and said affirmatively.

"Daddy is really, and people won't laugh at him!" Lu Zhiyu said unhappily.

Then she thought of something, and said a little suddenly: "No wonder I put the pastries in my father's room, the next day is always gone, I suspected that you stole it, but I didn't expect it to be eaten by my father, and when I see my father tomorrow, I will definitely demolish him!" ”

"Okay, let's demolish him tomorrow!" Lu Jing endured the heartache and echoed his sister.

"Not good!" Lu Zhiyu suddenly shook her head and said: "If Daddy is exposed, what if Daddy doesn't eat it in the future, it's better not to!" ”

"Then treat it as a secret for the two of us, and no one will tell you!" Lu Jing said.

"Good!" Lu Zhiyu said happily, then left Lu Jing's arms, lay on the bed a little tired, and said, "Brother, I'm sleepy!" ”

"Then you have a good night's sleep, you have been taking care of your father these days, and you haven't rested well!" Lu Jing said distressedly.

"But when I think of my father's illness, I can't sleep, and I'm afraid that when I wake up, I won't see my father!" Lu Zhiyu said in a rather low mood.

Lu Jing gently stroked her sister's hair, covered her with a quilt, and said softly: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, my brother is here with you, and Daddy will be fine soon!" ”

"Hmm!" Lu Zhiyu listened to her brother's persuasion, and her heart settled down, and then she looked at Lu Jing and said coquettishly: "I want to listen to my brother's story!" ”

"Didn't you say that when you grow up, you don't want to sleep listening to stories anymore?" Lu Jing said with a smile.

Thinking that when my sister was a child, she relied on him to tell stories to coax her to sleep, and when my sister was six years old, she suddenly told him one day that she had grown up and stopped listening to stories and sleeping.

"I'm going to listen, I'm going to listen, my brother will tell me a story, okay?" Lu Zhiyu shook Lu Jing's arm and continued to coquettishly say, this is the method she summed up to deal with her brother, and it is the most effective.

"Okay, good, good, brother will tell you a story!" Lu Jing said dotingly, and as he slowly spoke, Lu Zhiyu gradually fell asleep.

Lu Jing looked at her adorable sister in her sleep, her mood became heavier and heavier, and she didn't know how long these lies could deceive her.

After Lu Zhiyu fell asleep completely, Lu Jing instructed Luo Mei, An Lan and others to take care of her sister wholeheartedly, so she left her sister's room with a heavy heart and returned to the study with heavy steps.

Yinglian saw Lu Jing walking in with a frown, and said with concern: "Young master, you are here, Yinglian will make tea for you!" ”

"Don't be busy, you can sit down and talk to me, you've been happy in the house for the past few years, right?" Lu Jing looked at Yinglian, who was already out of the dust, and asked.

Yinglian is Zhen Yinglian, and she was later renamed Xiangling and Qiuling, she is thirteen years old this year, and she was rescued from Jinling by Lu Jing more than three years ago.

At that time, he was also on a whim, thinking about the few women related to the Jia family, who are still in Jiangnan now, and then thought of Zhen Yinglian.

At the same time, thinking of Zhen Yinglian's tragic fate, Lu Jing was moved by compassion for a while, so he asked people to secretly visit the gourd monk who was in Jinling Mansion, and then followed the place where the gourd monk lived, found the kidnapper who abducted Yinglian back then, and secretly rescued Yinglian.