With the complete settlement of the Xie family's case, Lu Zhen finally established a firm foothold in Hangzhou. Both officialdom and the people know that this young general judge from the capital is indeed a powerful person, and it is better not to offend or not to offend.

Especially in the prefect's yamen, with the failure of Xuan Zheng's co-knowledge to frame Lu Jin, he was not only dismissed and imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Division, but even lost his life, and Lu Zhen became the object of curry favor with everyone in the yamen. And because the prefect Hua Qianfeng is old and doesn't take care of things, the power of the government has all fallen into the hands of Lu Jin, the general judge.

In this regard, Lu Zhen neither evaded nor was he surprised, but he did his duty and arranged the relevant errands properly, which made the people below admire it even more, and Lu Tong's reputation was naturally more famous.

It's just that when Lu Zhen is proud of the officialdom here, in another field, his situation is not so good, that is, the love field.

After confirming that his position in Hangzhou was solid, Lu Jin planned to take Chu Yunrong back to his side. The two have been separated for more than a year, and he really misses his nominal wife, and he doesn't know how she is doing at home in Suzhou.

After all, this era is no better than hundreds of years later, even if it is not far away, it is impossible to communicate all the time. Only once a month, each person comes and goes through the official post station to send a letter or two to chat to express his feelings of missing. And in these letters, Lu Zhen clearly felt that Chu Yunrong couldn't hide her sorrow, she seemed to have something deliberately hidden, and she didn't want to let herself know or worry.

In this regard, because there were various things in the yamen before, Lu Zhen had not studied it deeply. But now that everything is on track, he has to take care of it. Just a few letters were sent, but they sank into the sea, and there was no reply. This made Lu Zhen unable to hold back any longer, so he simply sent Zhu Chang and several yamen messengers to Suzhou, intending to take Chu Yunrong back to him.

His decision wasn't too abrupt. In the era of male superiority and inferiority of women in the Ming Dynasty, the emphasis is on the water spilled by the married daughter, the husband is the wife, and a husband wants his wife back from his mother's house, which is a legitimate thing, if the other party refuses, it is impossible to lose the lawsuit.

Although the relationship between Lu Zhen and Chu Yunrong is somewhat special, he believes that although there is no husband and wife between himself and Chu Yunrong during the previous period of time, it is impossible for her to make this secret public. Therefore, it is naturally not difficult to invite her back to Hangzhou as a husband - as long as there is nothing wrong with her mother, and this has been more than a year, even if her mother is sick, she should be almost cured.

But the result greatly surprised Lu Jin, and Zhu Chang and they came back ten days later, but Chu Yunrong did not come back together. What annoyed Lu Jin even more was that they also brought back the meaning of the Chu family, that is, they hoped to let their daughter and Lu Jin reconcile and dissolve the relationship between husband and wife!

When he heard these words, Lu Jin's whole person was stunned, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. After a while, he asked in a somewhat astringent voice: "Is this what Yun Rong meant, or did someone else say?" ”

"We didn't see Madame, it was the old man of the Chu family who put forward the meaning, and he said that this was Madame's own intention." Zhu Chang looked at Lu Zhen with some worry, and said the matter at the same time.

Lu Zhen rubbed his forehead with his hand, and said after a while: "I don't believe this will be Yun Rong's own meaning, she and I ...... Although we have been separated for more than a year, the relationship between us will not fade because of this, there must be something wrong with this! ”

"My lord, what's going on?"

"I'll get people to get to the bottom of it. No matter what the purpose of the Chu family is, or who comes up with it, I will definitely not let him do it! Lu Jin's gaze quickly became resolute. After overcoming so many hardships and hardships by yourself, are you still afraid of this obstacle?

Although he said so, it was not easy for Lu Zhen to do it, especially if he wanted to bring Chu Yunrong back, and he could only do it if he went to Suzhou in person.

However, now that he is in the government and has responsibilities, how can he leave so easily? Moreover, the imperial court also has a strict order prohibiting local officials from leaving the country, so Lu Zhen can only be patient for the time being. The only thing he could do was to send Lin Lie and a few others to Suzhou to inquire about the situation and wait for the arrival of the New Year. Because only when he waited for the Chinese New Year, he would have the opportunity to go to Suzhou and bring Chu Yunrong back.

But Lu Jin, who was in Hangzhou, didn't know that Chu Yunrong in Suzhou City was in a different situation at this time.

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Suzhou, Chu House.

Chu Yunrong lay on the bed in her boudoir, although the old mother on the side was still persuading and chattering, but she didn't listen to any words at all, she was just thinking about the hateful man - Lu Jin.

Obviously, she could already feel his affection for her as early as when she was in Guangling County, and it was clear that in the city that day, he could save himself desperately, even if he almost died because of it. But after he was deceived by his parents and returned to Suzhou, why didn't he come back to find him?

Although there is indeed an exchange of letters between the two, it is really difficult to tell him about one of his daughters, so let him hurry up and pick him up in person or send someone to pick him up. It's good now, it's because of his inaction that his parents have the idea of letting themselves to others, and he is to blame for all this......

Chu Yunrong's heart was both complaining and full of longing, it was really a mixed taste, and his thoughts had already flown to Java. Yan, the mother of Chu, who had been persuading her for a long time, finally saw something, and couldn't help but put on a straight face: "Daughter, are you thinking about your affectionate husband again?" You better break this mind quickly, such a man is not a good match for you. It's your cousin, that's the one who is really good to you. You've been married for many years, and he's still infatuated with you, and this time when he heard about our intentions, he came to the door again to mention the family matter, and you said, ......"

"Mother, don't say it, my daughter will not agree to do such a ridiculous thing. Since I have long been Lu Lang's wife, I will definitely not be separated from him in this life! Although Chu Yunrong's cheeks were obviously red when he mentioned the title of Lu Lang, he was still very resolute after saying it.

When Mother Chu heard this, her face changed again: "Daughter, we are all thinking about you." That Lu Jin, when he was in Suzhou in the past, was just a cowardly and cowardly nerd who only knew how to study, and it was only because he got married that he had to marry you. That's it, he is a jinshi in the examination and has a good background. But now, although the mother is just a woman's family, she also knows how much trouble he has caused in Beijing, offending the prince of the dynasty and the Jinyi Guard, how dangerous it is. Once those people really convict him, it will be you, and my Chu family will also be implicated. Daughter, can't you understand the hard work of your father and mother? ”

"Mother, Lu Lang is right in everything he has done in the capital, and many upright adults in the court are on his side, how can you say that?" Chu Yunrong hurriedly retorted.

Chu Mu said again: "Then why didn't he do the order of the capital county and was sent to Hangzhou to be an official?" Everyone knows that the magistrate is far inferior to the Beijing official, if he had not offended the people in power in the court, how could he end up like this? If he can be sent to Hangzhou today, he will probably be dismissed tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, he will be questioned, and even his family will be affected. Can you bear to let your father and your mother be implicated by him alone? ”

After saying these words, Chu Yunrong didn't know how to refute it, so he had to keep a calm face and not say a word there. Seeing this, Mother Chu was even more energetic, and continued as if the iron was hot: "And your cousin's family is different, everyone knows the roots. Although he has no fame, your uncle is a classic history in the county government, and he is also a family with some status in my Suzhou, and Yan Huan will be able to take this position in the future. Moreover, the Yan family still has several properties in the city, after you get married, you will definitely not have a hard life, and An Ansheng is not much better than being so frightened now.

"Besides, Lu Zhen is in Hangzhou, and he doesn't want to come here to see you, maybe he is not sincere to you, you still listened to your father and mother, and broke off with him!"

This kind of talk, in fact, Chu Yunrong's parents told her a lot before, but she couldn't listen to it all the time. But today, somehow, the last few sentences touched her a little. Yes, Lu Zhen is in Hangzhou, why can't he come over to see himself? Even if he is not good to come because he is busy with official business, he should send someone close to him to pick him up, as long as he comes, he will definitely think of going with him, even if it will go against his parents' wishes. But since he is married, he will be his wife in this life!

Suddenly, another thought popped up in Chu Yunrong's heart: Could it be because he felt that he was an impostor, so he didn't take this relationship seriously? With this thought, Chu Yunrong's heart suddenly squeezed fiercely, how could he ignore this point. In fact, what he is interested in is not the original Lu Zhen at all, but this impostor, but can he really understand his thoughts?

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Chu Yunrong's heart became, and his face became a little pale. Seeing this scene on the side, Chu's mother finally stopped talking, for fear of making her daughter, who had not been in good health recently, suffer from a recurrence, so she had to sigh: "Think about it again." As parents, we will only make you well, how can we harm you? ”

But Chu Yunrong didn't listen to her words at all, and just muttered silently in her heart: "Lu Lang, when can you come to me?" I...... I really can't hold on anymore......"