Lu Jun saw that his nephew really didn't know much about the Gusu family, and then said in detail: "Gusu can also be said to be unique in the entire Jiangnan water town, and it has produced many talents for thousands of years!" ”

"There are many famous families in the Gusu family, the Lu family, the Lin family, the Xia family, the Shen family, the Zheng family, and the Zhen family can all be called the local famous families in Gusu, among which the Lin family, the Shen family and the Xia family are good friends with us."

Seeing that Lu Jing showed a confused look after hearing the Shen family, Lu Jun continued to explain: "The reason why you don't know about the Shen family is because the Shen family has moved to Beijing for many years, and now Shen Ji, the head of the Shen family, is in charge of Zhan Shifu in Beijing. ”

"As for the Gusulin family, after Brother Ruhai became a marquis from his ancestors, their branch moved to Jingshi, and it was passed on to Brother Ruhai that it was the fifth generation, and now Brother Ruhai and the Gusulin family can only be regarded as distant relatives who are about to come out of Wufu."

Lu Jing knew a lot about the situation of the Lu family and the Lin family in Gusu, but he didn't know much about the situation of the Shen family, but seeing that the second uncle didn't explain in detail, he didn't ask any more questions, and then asked about the Zhen family in Gusu: "Does the second uncle know that Zhen Shiyin is a person?" ”

Lu Jun nodded and said: "I know that the Zhen family in Gusu was originally a side branch of the Zhen family in Jiangning Mansion, Zhen Shiyin was also quite famous in Gusu back then, but although this person is talented and learned, he does not gain fame, I heard that his family suffered a disaster many years ago, and now it has declined." ”

Lu Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "Zhen Shiyin's young daughter was abducted back then, and then the house was hit by fire, and now the family is broken, but Zhen Shiyin's young daughter Zhen Yinglian, who was abducted back then, is now in our house." ”

Lu Jun asked curiously, "Who is it?" ”

"It's Yinglian in my nephew's study, when I went to Jinling to visit my uncle-in-law three years ago, I saved her by chance, and then I found out that she was Zhen Shiyin's abducted daughter back then, and she volunteered to stay in the house at that time, so I took Yinglian in charge."

Lu Jing explained Yinglian's matter half-truthfully, not that he couldn't trust Lu Jun, but that the matter couldn't be explained clearly.

"I also had a relationship with Zhen Shiyin back then, he is also a talented man, and he acts in the style of a hermit, because his behavior is incompatible with the Zhen family in Jiangning, and he is mostly excluded by the clan, since you saved his daughter, you still have to treat her more kindly, which can be regarded as the right time for us to intersect back then." Lu Jun admonished.

He had a relationship with Zhen Shiyin when he was young, and he had a good impression of Zhen Shiyin's personality, and now Zhen Shiyin's whereabouts are unknown, and as Zhen Shiyin's old friend, he also has the obligation to take care of Zhen Shiyin's widow.

"Second uncle, don't worry, nephew will treat Yinglian well." Lu Jing didn't expect that the second uncle and Zhen Shiyin still had a relationship, looking at the second uncle's expression, it is estimated that the two have a good relationship.

But even if Lu Jun doesn't say it, he will treat Yinglian well, not to mention that Yinglian herself is delicate and straightforward, and she is lovable, even if he is curious about Zhen Shiyin's inexplicable disappearance.

And Zhen Shiyin has also been to the Illusory Realm, and has seen leper monks and lame Taoists many times, and he also looks forward to Zhen Shiyin being able to appear one day, for the sake of his face in taking care of Yinglian, Zhen Shiyin will be able to answer some doubts for him.

Lu Jun knows his nephew's temperament very well, since Lu Jing said that he would treat Yinglian well, he would naturally say that he would do it, so he was relieved to hand over Yinglian to his nephew to take care of.

"Since you talk about the Zhen family, then let's talk about this Zheng family, the Zheng family can be said to be the largest family in Gusu and even Jiangnan, compared to today's Zhen family, it is not much more than today's Zhen family, during the Yankang Dynasty, the emperor gave the daughter of the Zheng family to marry the prince as the concubine, if the prince successfully ascended the throne, the Zheng family is the royal relatives of the eight classics."

Speaking of this, Lu Jun sighed: "It's a pity that the prince of Yankang was deposed in the twenty-seventh year, and the Zheng family was also implicated, but the emperor was benevolent and did not involve the Zheng family too much."

"Alas! When I didn't want to Yankang for 30 years, the Zheng family was still implicated because of the crown princess, and there were hundreds of people in the family, and few escaped. ”

"Since the Zheng family was not implicated when the crown prince was deposed, why was it implicated later?" Lu Jing asked, he was quite curious about this matter, and he didn't know why this former No. 1 clan in the south of the Yangtze River had committed the taboo of the emperor.

Lu Jun sighed with emotion: "The Zheng family belonged to the prince's party back then, and after the prince was deposed, they took refuge in the eight princes, and those years were the most intense moments in the battle for succession, and the eight princes were the most powerful, causing the other princes to be hostile, and the six princes and the party re-turned out the matter of the crown princess back then, involving the Zheng family." ”

"What did the crown princess do that involved the Zheng family?" Lu Jing asked curiously, as far as he knew, the reason given by the emperor for the deposed prince was quite vague, but he just said that the prince was immoral, and he didn't specify what it was, but he didn't know what it had to do with the crown princess.

"It was said that the crown princess did witchcraft and cursed the prince, which caused the prince to behave immorally, and I don't know exactly how it involved the palace." Lu Jun said secretly.

The reason for the prince's immorality and what he committed is still a mystery, and he only knows that this matter involves the palace secret, and he doesn't know how it is, let alone dare to know it, and he guesses in his heart that everyone who knows about it has been killed by the emperor.

"The matter of witchcraft has always been nothing, has the Emperor investigated it clearly?"

Lu Jing is even more curious, the witch chaos has been a sharp weapon to frame the prince since ancient times, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years because of the mistaken belief in Jiang Chong, mistakenly killed the crown prince Liu Ju, forced the queen Wei Zifu to death, implicated hundreds of thousands of people, since then the royal family of all dynasties have been cautious about this matter.

Lu Jun reminded with an extremely serious expression: "Jing'er, sometimes the emperor wants to deal with whom, what he wants is not the truth, but just an excuse. ”

"Back then, the Emperor Taishang asked hundreds of officials to go to the court to promote the prince, whether it was the ministers of the court or the governors of various places, they all recommended the eight princes, do you know what this means?"

Lu Jing slowly spit out two words from his mouth: "Form a party!" ”

"Yes, but it's not as simple as forming a party, the Eighth Prince is so buying people's hearts, no one can say how many dark things are underneath."

"However, the Eighth Emperor can buy so many people, and he must have used a lot of money, at that time, the Zheng family was the Zheng family who could provide the Eight Princes with these money, and the Zhen family was protected by the Zhen Concubine in the palace, and the Zheng family's backer, the crown princess, had already lost power for many years, and the Emperor Taishang naturally used the Zheng family to beat the Eighth Prince and the henchmen who attached to the Eighth Prince."

"What did the Eighth Prince do at that time, didn't the Zhen family and other allies save the Zheng family?" Lu Jing asked, but he sighed a little in his heart, in order to beat one of his sons, the Emperor Taishang used hundreds of fresh lives from a big family.

"The Eighth Prince was still in a panic back then, and it was too late to protect himself, so how could he care about the Zheng family." Lu Jun said with emotion.

"Since ancient times, all the families involved in the succession have a few who can have a good end, but the Zheng family can't see through this matter, and they got out of the matter of the prince, and they don't know how to wake up, and they take refuge in the door of the Eighth Prince."

"As for the Zhen family, hehe, the Zhen family and the Zheng family both belong to the Jiangnan family, there is a conflict of interests, and there are many discords in ordinary times, and at that time, they assisted the Eighth Prince at the same time, and the two families competed for favor in front of the Eighth Prince, how could the Zhen family help the Zheng family, in my opinion, the Zheng family suffered, and there was no Zhen family in it." Lu Jun said with a sneer.

"No wonder, since ancient times, although the struggle for rights has not been swords, it is more cruel, either you die or I live, the slightest carelessness is a catastrophe, and those who are combined with interests will also fall apart because of interests, and this kind of ally is also the most unreliable." Lu Jing said with emotion.

He has a deeper understanding of the power struggle, and if he is careless, he will not only lose his own life, but also the whole family will be buried for it.

"What you said is right, the Zheng family is already involved in the matter of the prince, the emperor let him go, he doesn't want them to be involved in the heir again, the emperor also sees that the Zheng family can't recognize the situation, so he naturally wants to take them under the knife."

Lu Jun has no mercy for the Zheng family, after all, it was the cause they planted themselves back then, which will have the consequences later.

Back then, the Lu family also dissuaded the Zheng family many times not to participate in the matter of seizing the heir, but the Zheng family was carried away by interests, and instead of listening to the advice of the Lu family, they also wanted to pull the Lu family into the camp of the eighth prince.

Fortunately, the Lu family has always been only diligent in royal affairs, and has never participated in the matter of seizing the heir or party disputes, so they have not been implicated by the Zheng family.

"No wonder I've never heard anyone mention the Zheng family over the years, it turns out that the Zheng family has committed this kind of taboo." Lu Jing said with emotion that there has always been no right or wrong in power struggles, only the difference between victory and defeat, and this is a winner-takes-all game.

"Almost the entire Zheng family was implicated back then, and a huge family fell overnight." Lu Jun also sighed.

Then he said with some joy: "Speaking of which, our Lu family and the Zheng family also had some friendship back then, and you almost got married to a girl of the Zheng family back then, if this is the case, I'm afraid our Lu family will also be implicated." ”

Lu Jing was quite surprised when he heard this, he never knew that he almost decided on the matter of the baby's marriage, and hurriedly asked, "Why have I never heard my father mention this?" ”

Lu Jun explained with a smile: "This matter is also a strange thing, at that time, there was a daughter in the Zheng family who was born two years later than you, and she was born at the same time in the same place, month, and day as you. ”

"At that time, everyone said that the two of you were the same fate, the fate of the same life, maybe they were husband and wife in the last life, but she was reincarnated two years later than you."

"Originally, the Zheng family wanted to get married, but at that time, the old man was not very comfortable watching the Zheng family jumping up and down, so he politely refused the matter, saying that he would talk about it when you were older, and then the Zheng family was involved in the matter of seizing the heir, and the old man has always been secretive about this matter, so he no longer mentions the matter of marriage."

"Now that the Zheng family is in the past, the eldest brother will naturally not talk about it to you!"

"I see, is this girl still alive?" Lu Jing asked.

He is still quite curious about this woman who almost married him, as for what the same fate, he doesn't believe it, and he was not born at the same time and place in the same year, the same month, the same day, if it is really the fate of the five sames, he may believe that it is fate.

Lu Jun nodded and said: "I heard that the Zheng family is now the only one left, because she has been sick since she was a child, and she has bought many stand-ins that are useless, and the year the prince was deposed, the Zheng family was worried that she would be implicated, so they let her enter the empty door in person, and later because she practiced in the temple, she escaped the catastrophe!" ”

"Temple?" A thought suddenly flashed in Lu Jing's mind, and he hurriedly asked, "Is she practicing in the Panxiang Temple of Xuanshan Mountain now?" ”

After Lu Jun recalled, he was still a little uncertain and said: "It seems that yes, I was an official in Luzhou at that time, and I can't remember too specific things!" ”

"Because this girl has something to do with you, I paid more attention, and I only heard someone mention it back then, and I vaguely remember that I was practicing in Panxiang Temple on Xuanshan Mountain."