After all, it is the gateway to the government and the opposition, and there are some small things that are not enough to worry about, and I like him to be in harmony with his brothers, so he only tells him not to violate the law of the country, and then he no longer asks. Therefore, in the past 20 years, the Lu family has become prosperous, and the mansion has also accounted for one-third of the northwest grid of the national capital, and the brothers in the clan are all impressed by Lu Wenchi and have great respect.

"It turns out that my father already knows ......," Lu Wenchi sighed.

Lu Xingyuan was stunned again, and replied: "My father naturally knows. Do you think you shouldn't know as a father? ”

"That's not what it means...... The child said that his father hated such things the most, so the child kept it a secret from his father, thinking that he had never been noticed, and he didn't know where the flaws were exposed. Now that I think about it, the child is still immature. ”

Lu Xingyuan's face was a little embarrassed, and he hesitated: "...... Regardless of whether the old man knows it or not, now His Majesty knows. Liu Mingyan came to join you on the Kuntou ship, and the trouble was known to everyone in the country. If Your Majesty forgives you for such a big crime, how will you deal with tens of millions of people? ”

"So, your majesty won't pardon the child...... Lu Wenchi suddenly felt that his heart began to sink.

"How to forgive? The old man entered the palace at night, took off the golden crown and took off the python robe, knelt down and begged her, and said good things to save your life, but she couldn't agree...... Son, it's because the father is incompetent that he can't save you. With that, he turned away and seemed to choke.

Lu Wenchi was shocked and angry when he heard this, and he felt anxious in his heart, and he suddenly pulled the cell door and shouted: "Father, I am your sister-in-law." After my brother is gone, the child will be your eldest son! The child knows that you have always felt that your brother is better than the child, but the brother is gone, and no matter how poor the child is, it is also your own bloodline. ”

"How did you not think like this for your father, how did you beg your father in the Yingze Palace today to see you, but not in front of a bunch of imperial relatives and relatives, Lu Qiusheng and Su Xiaochen are all ministers and foreign ministers, and it is not easy for Your Majesty to forcibly suppress Liu Mingyan and participate in your private embezzlement of the treasury. As a father, he also thought of this, so he quietly entered the Laiyi Palace alone, and begged until the middle of the night before coming out. But even if Her Majesty wants to protect you, she is powerless. ”

"She is Your Majesty, the Ninety-Five, she wants to pardon me, who can say a word?" Lu Wenchi shouted wildly: "Liu Mingyan is something, but she is in charge of Nanhua Island, can't Your Majesty see her selfishness?" Isn't Your Majesty the most knowledgeable at the art of contemplation? Why don't you take a look at those fancy intestines in her heart? ”

"Not to mention that you embezzled the treasury privately, back then, you blamed Zhao Yu for your father and me, and deceived the emperor, which was already a capital crime of bullying the king. Even if the emperor is no longer there, you should know that Princess Yinquan and Zhao Yu have already broken off their old relationship, you calculated Zhao Yu's life, and now that she knows the truth, how can she give up? If it weren't for Liu Mingyan hugging her in the palace today, she would have really slashed you with Shang Fang's sword, but I am afraid that Your Majesty would not do anything to her. ”

The more Lu Wenchi listened, the more depressed he became, but he still didn't give up, and begged: "Father, Princess Yinquan finally married Cangwu, if Mu Yunyou is alive, we are still afraid of her, and now she is an old widow, and there is no one in the court except Your Majesty who is reliable, what are you afraid of?" As...... It's better to choose one of my Lu family's children with outstanding talent and appearance, and enter the palace to accompany her under the tent, maybe...... can turn enemies into friends, how does my father think ......" Before the words fell, Lu Xingyuan was already angry.

"Bastard, you can still come up with such a dirty and ridiculous idea, you can see how many indiscriminate methods you have used on weekdays! If you had one-tenth of your brother's bearing, it wouldn't be so. ”

Lu Wenchi was drunk in the head, collapsed on the ground, and said silently: "My son has been stubborn since he was a child, not as diligent as his brother, and he lags behind him in everything. The father prefers the elder brother, and now he says that the son is a subordinate son and can't say anything. But the father still has a son in his heart, right? His father was born as an orphan and attached great importance to blood and family affection. Back then, I also knew that being a Jinquan horse was a dead end, so I pushed my brother who was not related by blood out, leaving me, the son of my own family, right? The son knows, and the son knows in his heart, that the father is very strict on his face, but he is actually protecting his son. ”

Lu Wenchi said excitedly, suddenly turned around and leaned on the door, crying out with tears in his eyes: "But father, people are not grass and trees, the son understands in his heart and understands his father's expectations, so after the brother is gone, the son redoubles his efforts, and the head of the household department has not dared to slack off in the slightest for 20 years......"

"I worked hard for my father, and I didn't let you embezzle the treasury! You are so lawless and reckless, won't the glory of my Lu clan be completely ruined in your hands! ”

Lu Wenchi suddenly burst out laughing when he heard this, and the laughter was almost exhausted, echoing throughout the cellar-like prison, sounding low and sad.

"The glory of the Lu clan? Father, how do you think the glory of the Lu clan came from all these years? If my brothers and I were like you, we would have been like you, and we would not have taken a penny from the court, but I am afraid that our Lu clan would have starved to death long ago. You don't know yet, do you? Most of the profits of the younger brothers' business alliance come from mineral deposits, but the mines and mines under their names began to dry up more than ten years ago! If it weren't for my boatload after boatload of gold ingots to them, where would Lu Fu have today's food and clothing, and where would you have your rich country? Did you know? A single eight-horse treasure car is enough for a family to eat for 30 years, and the fan pendant on your fan is worth a thousand gold. You don't really think that these brothers are making money from business, do you? ”

Lu Wenchi stood up and laughed wildly, and then looked up to the sky and sighed: "Father, open your eyes and take a closer look!" It's me! It's me, an unfilial son, who went to dig up those gold ingots with dirty hands for my father to use, and I was careful not to tell them, for fear of angering my father! It is I who have supported the glory and wealth of the Lu family in the past 20 years! It is my gold ingot that keeps your reputation known throughout the country without taking a penny! Now you're going to tell me about the glory of the Lu family, right? ”

Lu Wenchi said the words that he had held in his heart for the rest of his life in one breath, and he suddenly felt extremely relaxed in his heart.

In fact, at first, he did not plan to smuggle that many gold ingots from Nanhua Island. First, the younger brothers of the Shang Alliance came up to complain, saying that the mineral source was exhausted, and then it was the brothers of the Qingshui Yamen who came to ask for help, so they came to help, and the gold ingots were more and more lucky.

To be honest, he also knew later that he didn't need so much money, and he hid it in a pile, but slowly he couldn't stop. In this Lu Mansion, thousands of pots and hundreds of feasts of delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, and every silver ingots of white flowers are used, all of which show his ability Lu Wenchi. He felt satisfied, he felt honored, and he felt that the more money he could give, the more his father would recognize him.

Although he was afraid to tell his father that it was not his younger brothers but that he earned it, he hoped that his father would know a little bit about him, that he was not useless, and that he could praise him as a good son.

Now, what should be said and what shouldn't be said is said today, and it must have attracted a burst of thunderous anger from my father. It doesn't matter, have you been scolded less since you were a child? It's already a felony, so what else?

When the elder brother is there, it is always himself who is scolded, because the elder brother is perfect.

The brother is gone, and he is still the one who is scolded, because he is the elder brother.

Lu Xingyuan listened to his son's words, but he didn't jump like thunder as his son imagined, he just bowed his head and was silent, as if he was speechless. Inside and outside the cell door, there was silence for a moment.

Lu Wenchi said faintly: "Actually, my son also knows that since he has done this kind of thing, there will be such a day." It's just that life is short, and the days go by day by day. No matter what, in the past 20 years, the wealth of our Lu clan has also been enjoyed, and His Majesty will not be able to take it back. The son was lucky, thinking that if something happened one day, the father should at least be able to save his son's life. In this way, in the second half of his life, he ate fasting and chanted scriptures every day to become a monk, and for the sake of Lu's family, his son was also willing. I just didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to ...... so soon" After saying that, he buried his head and cried.

Lu Xingyuan also looked sad, and lamented: "Son, my father didn't know that you were so distressed in your heart. It's because the father is pushing you too hard, it's because of the father. ”

Lu Wenchi choked up when he heard this: "Father is really good-tempered today, son...... The son had never heard his father say such a thing. Father...... Actually, my suffering is nothing. Now I just want to ask, in my father's heart, am I a good son? After speaking, he added a self-deprecating sentence: "Naturally...... It can't be compared with my brother. ”

"Of course you are a good son for the Father. Although I haven't said it about my father all these years, I know very well in my heart that after Wen Jun, among all the brothers, you are worthy of the word brother. Lu Xingyuan said it sincerely.

"Really? Did my father really think so? Lu Wenchi was quite surprised, this is a praise that he has not heard for decades, and he has always hoped to hear it in his heart, but he dare not imagine it. Now that he suddenly heard it, he felt that the joy of this moment had made him forget countless scoldings.

As soon as the knot in my heart was untied, the breeze in my heart rose up. He calmed down and said lightly: "Father will just say it, what is Your Majesty going to do." ”

Lu Xingyuan hesitated for a while, as if he couldn't speak, and said, "Your Majesty still takes care of my Lu family's face after all. She said that 20 years have passed since the Nanhua gold sales case, and among the people involved, Zhao Yu, Shen Xianyun, Wen Hegui, and others have all died, and even the emperor who personally decided the case is gone, and only you are left. If you write down all the charges you have committed tonight, and then you are willing to obey the law, this case will become a death case, and there will be no more truth to be checked. In the matter of embezzling gold ingots, although Your Majesty guessed that you must be the only one involved, but for the sake of my Lu clan's allegiance to the three dynasties of the blue sea, she allowed you to change the guilt to stop at you in the confession, and it has nothing to do with the clan, so that the reputation and peace of my Lu clan can be preserved. As he spoke, he took out a wine jug from behind him, the body of which was beautifully carved, and the seven-pointed orchid on it was lifelike.

When Lu Wenchi saw the seven-horned orchid pattern, he thought it was something that came to the Yi Palace, and shook his head and said: "Since Your Majesty wants me to die, why don't you simply hand me over to the three divisions for trial and tell the world, but you want to secretly take my life tonight?" It doesn't make sense. ”