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Master Lu, the current patriarch of the Lu family, listened to the shopkeeper's announcement and stood up excitedly: "Is it really Wang Shouren? ”

The shopkeeper replied: "Eighty percent is true, although the villain did not cover up with Master Wang, he recognized the young master Rui of the Shen family." In addition, the housekeeper of Mr. Wang's family did not hide it before, although he did not mention Mr. Wang's name, but he did not conceal that the main family was the Wang family. ”

The Lu family has an old relationship with the Wang family, and this old man Lu is not a few years older than Wang Shouren. When Wang Shouren lived in Songjiang, the old patriarch of the Lu family was still there, and a few years later, the old patriarch passed away, and Uncle Lu, the eldest son of the grandson, became the new Master Lu.

In the past two months, Songjiang has not been peaceful, and the Lu family, which is second only to Shen He's two families, is also watching with apprehension. Several families live here, so they are naturally in contact with each other, and because the eldest master of the Shen family clan is mediocre and rigid, Master Lu and Second Master He have a better personal relationship. It's just that since the Shen family was involved in the rebellion, Master Lu didn't mean to stand on the He family's position and fall into the Shen family.

It's really that the Shen family's jade characters are too brilliant in their lives, two champions, two second-class jinshi, and a number of lifters and talents, these people are unpredictable in the future. Even if the Shen family is convicted of "colluding with the Japanese", with the connections between teachers and students of these people in the officialdom, they will not end up in the end of "raiding the family and exterminating the clan".

In that way, even if the Shen family is frustrated for a while, with the children of the jade generation, the Shen family also has the capital to make a comeback.

The Lu family has the same origin as another big surname in Songjiang, Zhang, and they are both descendants of Zheng Dehenggong, who established the "Xilin Zen Temple". That Zheng Dehenggong, who single-handedly laid the foundation of the Lu family and the Zhang family in Songjiang, is a legendary figure recorded in the Fuzhi of Songjiang Mansion. He was originally a homeless person, but later joined Zunzhang for his son-in-law, took over the Zhang family's grocery store, and began to do business. Make a small businessman into one of the best giants in Songjiang Mansion. Although he later restored his original surname, Duke Deheng still inherited the Zhang family with his second son, and divided the family property into two and divided it into two families, Lu and Zhang. For his children and grandchildren, he is not limited to farmers and businessmen, but only requires everyone to give full play to their respective strengths, and relatives help each other. In his later years, Deheng believed in Buddhism and built the "Xilin Zen Temple", where he offered high monks and learned Buddhism and Zen.

Influenced by the family rules of the Deheng family, the Lu Zhang family has been in the family for several generations, and there are few infighting. In addition, because of the "Xilin Zen Academy", both Lu Zhang's two families worship Buddhism, and most of their children are benevolent and benevolent, and they are not as competitive as the second master of the He family.

is Master Lu, although he has a personal relationship with Second Master He, he does not approve of some of his actions in his heart.

This is also the reason why the Shen He family has fought openly and secretly several times, and the Lu family has not participated. Second Master He dared to take the risk of "falling into the well" to the Shen family before, but he also knew the family style of Lu Zhang's two families, and knew that the two families would not participate.

What Second Master He made a mistake was that although Master Lu did not temporarily participate in the affairs of the Shen family and the He family, he did not mean to be a bystander all the time. Therefore, this is not only the struggle between the two families of Songjiang, but also the prefect's yamen mixed in.

As one of the local snakes in Songjiang, the Lu family also has in-laws who work as errands in the prefect's yamen. The Lu family has long been dissatisfied with Zhao Xianzhong's clever establishment of a name and exploitation of the place before, but Zhao Xianzhong has a big backing, and the Shen He family does not speak, so the Lu family is not easy to say. But after the "rebellion", Zhao Xianzhong deducted the pension and silver two, and framed the Shen family in order to get rid of the crime, so that Master Lu was alert.

There are one and two, and today in order to get rid of the crime, Zhao Xianzhong dared to convict the Shen family; Tomorrow, in order to make money, the Lu family will be destroyed.

Master Lu's cousin is also a Beijing official, but he is a Lang official in the Sixth Department, and his grade is not high. Rao is like this, and the news mentioned in the family letter also made Master Lu decide.

Behind the dispute between the Shen family and the He family is the dispute between Xie Ge Lao and Li Ge Lao in the capital. The two elders are fighting for the position of the future first assistant, and the two Shen He are fighting for the leading position of the two clans in Songjiang.

The He family's mistake is that they forget the difference between inside and outside. In the face of a corrupt official like Zhao Xianzhong, as one of the great surnames of the Songjiang gentry, the He family should stand with other families, or curb the rights of the prefect yamen, or find a way to transfer Zhao Xianzhong out and return Songjiang to a peaceful place, instead of standing with the prefect yamen and dealing with the Shen family.

Now in prison, several children of the Shen family, Shen Qi and Shen Ling, are not very familiar with each other, but Shen Jun is very familiar, and they often drink and eat tea together.

In Master Lu's heart, he had already decided that it was the prefect's yamen and Second Master He who had joined forces to frame it, and he was already biased towards the Shen family in his heart. It's just that there are some clansmen behind him, and Master Lu doesn't dare to move lightly.

Waiting for two months is also to wait for the Qin to come down. If it was someone from Li Ge's old side, the Lu family could only continue to remain silent in order to protect themselves; If it was Xie Ge's old man, the Lu family would be willing to help the Shen family if they could help. As for whether he would offend the He family, Master Lu didn't care. Before, he and Second Master He were just friends on the scene, but seeing that Second Master He could even pit his nephew for money and power, Master Lu had already decided to go far from now on.

Wang Shouren is an old friend of Master Lu, and he is naturally happy to know that Wang Shouren went to Songjiang, and he prefers that Wang Shouren is a Beijing official. It's just that because Wang Shouren is young and his grade is not high, Master Lu didn't expect that he would be the envoy of the Qin Mission, but when he was the deputy who came down with the Qin Mission, he hurriedly asked, "Who else is traveling with Master Wang?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "There is also a slightly older old man Zhang, who is also dressed as a scribe, and the strange thing is that in addition to the accompanying steward and small servant, there is another guard, each tall and mighty, not like ordinary people, and most of them are Beijing official dialect." The villain saw it twice, and those guards were full of momentum, and they seemed to be more imposing than ordinary petty officials and officials. ”

As the head of a family, Master Lu has seen a little bit of the world. Hearing it now, it happened to confirm his previous speculation that Wang Shouren should be the deputy envoy and accompany the envoy to investigate the case. Most of those Beijing guards are accompanied by brocade guards.

The Yamen of the Songjiang Prefect sent people to wait at the dock a few days in advance, but the Qincha did not put out a guard of honor, but entered the city in micro-service and stayed in the Hongyun Inn, does this mean anything?

In addition, Wang Shouren did not avoid the relationship between teachers and students, and directly passed on his student Shen Rui to meet him, does that mean that he has a good relationship with the envoy, and is biased towards the Shen family in this lawsuit between the prefect's yamen and the Shen family?

Master Lu seemed to have seen something, and he already had a decision in his heart, but he still instructed the shopkeeper: "You take my post back, first determine whether it is really Lord Wang, if so, hand over my post, and say in front of that Master Zhang that I have a secret relationship with Master Wang." Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Also ask people to stare at Shen Rui to see what the Shen family moves next......

The shopkeeper replied and returned to the inn without mentioning it.

Besides, on the side of the Hongyun Inn, knowing that King Ning had objections, Wang Shouren was still calm, Zhang Yong was simply shocked, and his back was cold.

This King Ning entered Beijing last year, and he did not go to the East Palace to pay homage, and several big companions in the East Palace received heavy gifts from King Ning. At that time, King Ning begged for the restoration of Ning Wangwei, and everyone in Beijing did not regard it as a major event at that time. After all, the other palaces have as little as one guard and as many as three guards, all of which have their own palace guards, only Ning Wangfu cut the palace guards when he moved the fiefdom, and he has not recovered so far. But if King Ning restored the palace guard in order to rebel, then the world would have to be turbulent.

Now that the new emperor has only been on the throne for a few months, and he is young, the local vassal kings are all waiting and watching, and if there is really a leader, it is impossible to say that other restless vassal kings will also jump out. Now that the monarchs and ministers of the court are not in harmony, the celebrant and the cabinet are fighting hotly, and they cannot be unanimous with the outside world, and when they encounter rebellion, it is really not how it will end.

Zhang Yong watched the new emperor grow up, and all the honor and disgrace were on the new emperor, so he was naturally most afraid of the turmoil on the throne.

Although Shen Rui is young, he looks steady, and he still investigates it with Shen Li, Zhang Yong will not suspect him of fraud, but because he is used to being cautious, he frowned and said, "Our family wants to meet your clan brother." This is not to discuss with Shen Rui and inform Shen Rui, because Shen Zhu is outside the city, Shen Rui took the initiative to mention taking someone there.

Zhang Yong was worried and nodded in response.

Shen Rui left with a team of brocade guards, and only Zhang Yong and Wang Shouren were left in the house.

Zhang Yongfang gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect King Ning to be so ambitious, hmph, he still wants to restore the palace guard, that's a dream!" ”

Wang Shouren thought for a while and said: "According to the Songjiang prefect's report on the robbery of the 'Japanese Invaders', dozens of ships went ashore, and more than 1,000 'Japanese Invaders' entered the city, this is just a waterway. ”

Zhang Yong nodded and said: "Although the miscellaneous family has never been to Taihu Lake, they know that it has been a hiding place for water bandits since ancient times, and I heard that tens of thousands of bandits were hidden at the most. This is just Taihu Lake, Ning Fan has been entrenched in Jiangxi for a hundred years, if it really raises private soldiers, it will not be a small number. ”

While the two were talking, they heard movement at the door, and someone said through the door: "May I ask if the distinguished guest is the lord of Yuyao?" ”

It was the shopkeeper who came with Master Lu's post, but because of the difference between respect and inferiority, it was not good to call Wang Shouren by his name, so he called it so, "Yuyao" is where Wang Shouren is from.

Wang Shouren was slightly surprised, glanced at Zhang Yong, and saw that he had no objection, so he raised his voice and said: "It's down there, who is looking for it, please come in and talk." ”

The guards at the door let him go, and the shopkeeper bowed in, recognized Wang Shouren, and said with a little surprise: "It's really Master Wang, you are back, the villain is a servant of the Lu family, and he was ordered to send my master's post over." ”

This shopkeeper once went to Xilin Zen Temple with Master Lu, who was still a young master, and met Wang Shouren. Wang Shouren never forgot it, and immediately recognized it: "You are Lu Ci's brother Guishan?" Seeing him dressed up again, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that this Hongyun Inn is the property of the Lu family." ”

The shopkeeper said respectfully: "It's the villain's ......" Speaking of this, he secretly glanced at Zhang Yong, who was sitting next to him, and stopped talking.

"But Brother Lu Xian brought the message? Mr. Zhang is my friend, so there is no need to shy away from it. Wang Shouren said.

The shopkeeper said: "My lord said that about the 'rebellion', I have to tell the king in secret." ”

Wang Shouren and Zhang Yong couldn't help but glance at each other, and Zhang Yong opened his mouth to ask, "Who is this Master Lu?" ”

Wang Shouren said: "It is the nephew of Zen Master Hongshan, the head of the Lu family surnamed the Songjiang gentry, and the father and the old patriarch of the Lu family are old friends. ”

Zen Master Hong Shan had placed orders in the capital in the early years, and his fame was not small, and Zhang Yong had also heard of it, knowing that he was born in a large family in Songjiang, and many people from the clan became officials. For the Lu family, who has not yet met, I also have some impressions. It seems that even if this family is not as prosperous as the Shen family, it can be regarded as a large family in Songjiang.

Regarding Master Lu's so-called "affection", Zhang Yong couldn't wait and urged: "Since it's an old friend, why be so polite, then invite Master Lu to come over." ”

As for the matter of the "rebellion", at present, only the investigation results provided by the Shen family can be corroborated by others, and the crime of "framing" by the Songjiang prefect can be finalized as soon as possible, so that the investigation of the Ning Fan can be started.

Wang Shouren naturally did not object, and immediately said to the shopkeeper: "Since Master Zhang speaks, I will trouble you to go back to your house and ask your master to come and talk." ”

As early as Master Lu's order, the shopkeeper knew that his master wanted to use this to climb up to the Qincha, so he asked himself to say that. Now that the task has been completed, he respectfully accepted the order and personally went back to the Lu family to spread the word.

When the shopkeeper went down, Zhang Yongfang hesitated: "I don't know what the relationship between the Lu family and the Shen family is?" ”

Wouldn't it be bad if you wanted to "take advantage of the fire" and "fall into the well"? He was ordered to support Shen Rui.

Wang Shouren said: "They are all old surnames in Songjiang, and they are also related to each other, this old man Lu was personally raised by the old lady of the Lu family, and he has always been kind to others." ”

Zhang Yong was relieved at this time, asked someone to serve a pot of tea again, and told Wang Shouren about King Ning's whereabouts in Beijing last year, which ministers he befriended, and which foreign ministers seemed to be involved. I didn't think much about it before, I didn't think there was anything, but now that I think about it, my whereabouts are really sneaky.

The Lu family is not far from the Hongyun Inn, and the shopkeeper went for half an hour, and then he came back with Master Lu, accompanied by a few healthy servants, carrying two large boxes.

The guard at the door of Jiazi knew that the shopkeeper was going back to invite someone, and when he saw someone coming up at the staircase, he just wanted to tell inside, and saw the shopkeeper take Master Lu to the empty room next door, and when he came out again, only the shopkeeper and the Master Lu did not see the box.

Is this knowing that Qin sent down, carried the cash and bribed?

Rao has always had eyes above the top, but the two guards at the door couldn't help but think about the two big boxes.

The shopkeeper stepped forward attentively, stuffed the gold coin into the hands of the two guards at the door, and said in a low voice: "My master is here, and the two eldest brothers are bothered to pass it on." ”

The two guards got the money and the respect, and went in to pay their respects.

Wang Shouren did not rely on his official body to support him, and greeted him in person, and the two exchanged two words of greeting and invited Master Lu to the guest room.

Zhang Yong, who was accustomed to seeing the powerful in the capital, did not put Master Lu in his eyes, so naturally he did not get up, and still sat with a grin.

When Master Lu saw it, he confirmed his previous conjecture more and more, and decided that Zhang Yong was a chaplain, and his expression couldn't help but be a little hesitant.

Wang Shouren did not hide it, and said bluntly: "Lord Zhang was ordered by the emperor to investigate the rebellion in Songjiang Mansion. ”

Master Lu also has a reputation for raising people, and he doesn't kneel when he sees officials, he just needs to meet him, and he gives Zhang Yong a salute again.

However, Master Lu did not directly plead his case, but invited the two adults to go next door.

Although Wang Shouren didn't know what he meant, he still nodded in response; Zhang Yong felt that Master Lu was "playing tricks", but it was just a matter of a few steps, so he did not object.

When he saw the two huge wooden boxes, Zhang Yong's face was difficult to look at.

Master Lu knew that he had misunderstood, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly asked the guard's henchmen to open the wooden box.

I only felt a cool air gushing out of the box, and when I saw the contents of the box clearly, Wang Shouren and Zhang Yong's faces changed......