There is a road to heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, as a famous mansion in the south of the Yangtze River with the same name as Hangzhou City, famous for its beautiful scenery, the scenery of Suzhou is naturally also a picturesque existence. Especially in this twilight spring season, the spring breeze is warm, the flowers are like brocade, and the green willows are shady, and the official roads outside the city are dotted like a garden.

This kind of beautiful scenery not only makes the pedestrians who come and go on the official road stop and linger unconsciously, but also many people in the city also call for friends and companions, and come to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the city. And as soon as there were many of them, there were people with shrewd minds who also carried baskets full of all kinds of food, shuttling through the crowd, selling pears and peaches and other melons and fruits and other pastries to everyone, which was very lively for a while.

This made Yun Yan and the two daughters sitting in the carriage feel interested, and they lifted the curtain from time to time to look out. In the past, in Hangzhou, although the scenery there was also very good, they were only a part of it, and it was difficult to really appreciate the lakes and mountains there. But now, with a new identity, when they come to Suzhou, they have a completely different perspective and vision when they see the beautiful scenery, which allows them to better appreciate everything in front of them.

Of course, the frequent appearance of the two women also added a little color to the beautiful scenery outside Suzhou, and the beautiful women and the surrounding flowers and trees complemented each other, and also attracted the attention of the surrounding people.

However, Lu Zhen didn't pay attention to the scenery in front of him, because he was still thinking about what to do next. He didn't know the way to Lujiagou now, and he didn't want to meet those so-called relatives, so it seemed that it was the most correct choice to enter Suzhou City and settle down temporarily, and then go to find the Chu family and bring Chu Yunrong back.

Thinking of Chu Yunrong, Lu Jin unconsciously became a little nervous again. He already knew that someone in the Chu family was trying to break up the two of them, but now that three or four months have passed, he really doesn't know what kind of changes have taken place. I only hope that Chu Yunrong can be strong and wait until he arrives.

Thinking of this, Lu Jinmeng raised his head and exhaled deeply. Unexpectedly, this time it attracted an exclamation from a person next to him: "Seventh brother, why are you back?" Didn't you hear that you used to be an official in Beijing? Why didn't you send us a letter when you went back to Suzhou? As he spoke, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with half a basket of melons and fruits in his hand quickly approached.

Seeing that someone suddenly leaned over, Lin Lie and the two subconsciously put their hands on the handle of the knife on their waists. Although they didn't encounter any changes along the way, they still didn't dare to relax in the slightest. It wasn't until they heard the man say this that they relaxed a little, but their hands were still pressed on their waists.

Lu Jin looked down at the young man who came up in surprise, and vaguely guessed in his heart that the other party should be someone from Lujiagou, or even his own clan, and he had already recognized the identity of that Lu Jin. But there was still a look of hesitation on his face, and he said, "Are you ......?"

He pretended to be a little unable to remember the other party, and the young man really fell for the trick at once, and hurriedly said: "Seventh brother, I'm thirteen, it's only been four or five years, you don't recognize me?" The people in our village are thinking about you. ”

"Oh, you're thirteen, look at my memory." Lu Zhen pretended to recognize him: "But in the past few years, you have grown up, and you look different from before, so at first glance I really dare not recognize him." ”

"Hehe, what Brother Qi said is also true, I was only so tall at that time......" The young man smiled knowingly and gestured. Then he remembered the matter: "Seventh brother, are you planning to go into the city, or go back to Lujiagou?" ”

Lu Zhen originally planned to go into the city to find an inn to settle down first. But now, when they all met the people of Lujiagou, they naturally could only change their established ideas, so they smiled and said: "I came home this time, so naturally I went back." ”

"That's great, let's go, I'll take you back." Without Lu Jin's mouth, the young man had already taken the initiative to lead the way, and led Lu Zhen and them to the northwest before the fight.

After taking two steps, he found that Lu Zhen was actually following a carriage behind him, which made him unconsciously mutter: "How did Brother Qi bring back two such beautiful women?" I heard that Miss Chu was going to reconcile with Seventh Brother before, is this because of this? But these two sisters-in-law are really good-looking...... "It turns out that he was able to find Lu Zhen in the crowd because he was greedy for the appearance of Yun Yan's second daughter before, and then he saw Lu Jin riding a horse and standing next to the car.

"By the way, in the past few years since I left my hometown, are everyone in the village okay?" After Lu Zhen traveled for a while, he began to apply the words of the person in front of him. After all, he, the Xibei goods, knew everything about Lujiagou very limitedly, so he had to know more about the situation there before arriving.

"Everyone else is fine, it's the fourth grandfather who passed away due to illness last year, and the third uncle, who has also made old mistakes recently and can't get out ......of bed," the young man walked while introducing the changes in the village to Lu Zhen in recent years. In fact, such a small village has changed very little in today's era, and it is just the birth, old age, sickness, death and marriage of some people.

When he mentioned those people in the village, he used the title of relatives, which made Lu Zhen confused, the ranking was the order of the entire Lu family, and it was a shame that he could distinguish it so clearly. After talking for a long time, Lu Zhen couldn't even find out the name of a clansman, and even the head one only knew that he was the thirteenth in the clan and was his cousin, but his name was unknown.

This gave Lu Zhen a headache, and he could only call him thirteen or thirteen, while constantly changing his mind to see if he could get more information from his mouth. I knew that this was the result, I should have gone to Suzhou City at that time, and then went to Lujiagou after everything was clarified.

Just as he was thinking about it, the young man who led the way in front of him shouted: "It's here!" As he spoke, he ran straight ahead, shouting: "Twelfth uncle, uncle, third grandfather...... Come out, everyone, Brother Seven, he's back from the capital! ”

Lu Zhen raised his eyes and looked forward at this time, but found that on the edge of a slowly flowing stream, there was a small village that did not occupy too much area, but the houses were in order, and it was stretching on both sides of the stream.

This small village, which looks like a paradise, is Lu Jin's hometown Lujiagou. Just from the scenery of this place, it can be seen that although the Lu family is not a famous family in the local area, it also has some status, and it should be a model of cultivating and reading heirlooms. No wonder that Lu Zhen was able to kill all the way from places like Suzhou where the imperial examination was prosperous, until he was admitted to the status of a jinshi.

With the call of the young man, many people who were bending down in the fields and working in the fields stopped their work one after another, turned their heads and looked out of the village, just in time to meet the gaze of Lu Jin, who was riding on a horse.

Lu Zhen hesitated slightly, then turned over and jumped off the horse. He knew very well that he should be regarded as a junior here, so it was naturally not good to ride over in a big way. And Lin Lie and Qinggele, who were following him, also hurriedly dismounted and followed, and walked into this small village along the dirt road that was not very wide.

When Lu Zhen walked into the village, there were already five or six men in coarse cloth shirts waiting there. As soon as they saw him coming, these people all showed some strange and reluctant smiles on their faces, and it took a while for someone to say, "Xiao Qi, you can be regarded as back." It's been four or five years, and we still thought you complained that we didn't treat you well back then and refused to go back to your hometown. ”

Looking at the honest and unfamiliar faces in front of him, Lu Zhen could only smile and said: "A few uncles are serious, I have the blood of the Lu family in my body, how can I do this." What happened before, let him pass! "Anyway, I don't know what you've done to him before...... Lu Zhen added this sentence in his heart.

Hearing him say this, those villagers who were still a little nervous were obviously relieved, and some even raised their thumbs and praised: "Xiao Qi, you are worthy of being learned now, and the people who have become officials are different from people like us." ”

"Hey, Xiao Qida must have had a hard time coming back from the capital, let's stop talking around him here, hurry up and welcome him in, and then report to the Taigong." A man who looked obviously stockier then said something more.

Obviously, this person's prestige in the village is not low, and everyone quickly agreed a few times when they heard this, so they enthusiastically pulled Lu Zhen and walked to the village. However, their more eyes still fell curiously on the carriage following behind, because they had already seen the two daughters of Yun Yan inside from the slightly lifted curtain.

Surrounded by everyone, Lu Zhen walked into this small village in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is not as white as imagined, it has a quiet flavor in it. It's just that because the villagers in the village have been called out by the young man named Thirteen, there is quite a lot of commotion in the village at this time, regardless of men, women, old and children, they are all staring at Lu Jin's arrival with adoring and respectful eyes.

When Lu Zhen approached, an old man with a cane and a white beard also came out tremblingly, and there were people around him who reminded him: "Taigong, be careful." ”

The old man didn't pay attention to them at all, but stepped forward and grabbed Lu Jin's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Wow, Xiao Qi, it's good if you can come back." Don't keep those things in mind back then, after all, blood is thicker than water, everyone is the Lu family, don't you say? ”

"Well, Taigong, what you said is ......" Lu Zhen could only nod again and again to indicate that he would let him go in the past, but his heart was empty for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with the current situation.

"Taigong, why do you say this? Xiao Qi is back today, which means that he doesn't care about the past anymore. We're a family after all, aren't we? Quick, let's kill a pig, dig out the wine in the cellar, and give Xiao Qi a good dust......" another man proposed.

So, after Lu Zhen first arrived in Lujiagou, he didn't say a few words, and he didn't even find his own residence, so he was dragged to the ancestral hall to participate in the banquet......