The Liu family forced the eldest son Lu Tao to let Zhang Yuan withdraw the case, Lu Tao knelt down and wept silently, then Lu Yangfang saw that his brother Lu Tao refused to go, and secretly hated in his heart, and said: "Brother must have listened to his sister-in-law's slander, which caused my brother to be discordant, brother, for a lowly maid, to send his brother to court." Lu Yangfang still felt very aggrieved.

When the Liu family heard this, they aroused their dissatisfaction with Zhang Ruoxi, Zhang Ruoxi was not well-behaved enough, did not know how to please her in-laws, and her mother's family was not rich enough, Liu said angrily: "You rebel, if you don't withdraw the case today, I will let you divorce your wife and let the cheap maid surnamed Zhang go back to Shanyin." ”

Lu Tao shouted sadly: "Mother, what does this have to do with Ruoxi, the second brother robbed Zhang Yuan's maidservant, Zhang Yuan immediately went to sue the official, Ruoxi didn't know, the mother insisted on persecuting her son, and the son died." While speaking, he kowtowed hard, and his forehead was broken in just a few strokes, and the blood flowed - Liu was startled, her eldest son has always been docile, but now it is so fierce that he wants to fight to the death, knowing that Lu Tao is to protect his wife Ruoxi, Liu is very angry, but at this time he can only take a step back, and ordered the servant woman to help Lu Tao up, and said in a slow tone: "Tao'er, for the mother, this is also for the harmony of your brother, you only have such a younger brother, you don't love him, who loves him, hurry up and let your brother-in-law withdraw the case." While asking the maidservant to take the wound medicine and apply it to Lu Tao, Lu Tao said: "Mother, that Zhang Yuan is not a person who can be ignored and unforgiving, but if he wants to withdraw the lawsuit, he must always apologize to him in person." ”

When Lu Yangfang heard this, he said angrily: "If you want me to apologize to him, this will never work." He said to Liu: "Mother, what did you listen to what Brother said, asking your son to apologize to a yellow-mouthed child, which makes the son lose face, and the son would rather die than give in." ”

Liu said: "Tao'er, your brother-in-law's family is poor, why don't you give him fifty taels of silver to settle this matter, fifty taels of silver can buy a maidservant." ”

Lu Tao said patiently: "Mother, Zhang Yuan is not short of silver, Fan Juren in Suzhou wants to engrave the collection of essays for him, and he has to pay him two hundred taels of silver, and Yang Xiucai of this county also gives one hundred taels of silver to ask Zhang Yuan to select and comment on Shiwen, Zhang Yuan's eight-strand essay is well-written, and it is not difficult to earn silver." ”

Lu Yangfang pouted and said, "Brother, it's an exaggeration, the silver is so easy to earn, Zhang Yuan is only sixteen years old-"

As he was talking, a servant woman ran in and said, "Old lady, it's not good, the messenger of the county government came to the door and shouted to arrest the second young master to see the official." ”

After all, the Liu family is a woman's family, and he was also a little scared, and said: "The master is not at home, these yaxu dare to come to the door to arrest people, it is really unreasonable." He said to Lu Tao: "Tao'er, you go and tell them, just say that your brother has gone out and has not returned." ”

Lu Tao said: "Mother, the second brother can hide today, but he can't hide from Ming, this matter must be solved, only by apologizing to Zhang Yuan and asking Zhang for forgiveness can this matter be ended." ”

Liu Shi said: "Fang'er, you just go and apologize to that Zhang Yuan, so that those servants will buzz like flies." ”

Lu Yangfang was unwilling to wipe this face and apologize to Zhang Yuan, and said: "Mother, brother is deliberately humiliating me, it's okay to pay for the silver, apologize and don't think about it, those errand servants will let them buzz, and when Daddy comes back, they will naturally disperse." ”

Another old servant ran in and said, "Madam, what should I do if the five messengers refuse to leave in front of the porter?" ”

Lu Tao said: "I'll take a look." Out of the inner courtyard, past the front hall, to the foyer, I saw five soap-clothed servants standing in front of the ear room of the foyer, shouting loudly to arrest Lu Yangfang, Lu Tao said: "Hugh has to shout, disturbing the inner house." ”

The five officers all recognized Lu Tao, sang the promise together, and Deng Bantou, who was the leader, said: "Lu Xiucai, it's not that the villains are rude, it's the county lord who urges him, and he will definitely arrest Brother Ling, and I ask Lu Xiucai to forgive me." ”

Lu Tao said: "It's too late today, my brother hasn't returned, you can come back tomorrow." ”

The five servants looked at each other, nodded, and Deng Bantou said, "Okay, the villains will come back tomorrow." ”

After the messenger left, Lu Tao returned to the inner courtyard and told his mother Liu that the messenger had dispersed, so please rest assured.

Liu nodded and said: "It's good to have fame, and I'm not afraid of seeing officials." ”

Lu Yangfang was still here, and when he heard his mother praise his brother, he said angrily: "If my son hadn't helped his father with some fields and shops all these years, why wouldn't he have been able to make up for it!" ”

Lu Taoxin said: "You can't write a complete eight-share article until you are twenty years old, and your father said that you are not a student of reading, which is why you learned business, but you are saying this now." He didn't want to argue with his younger brother in front of his mother, so he just said: "But those messengers will come tomorrow, and the second brother has been hiding and not going out?" ”

Lu Yangfang sneered: "Daddy will come back in two days, Daddy is a well-known squire in this county, and he is a person, and when the time comes, a letter of worship will be sent to the county government, so it will naturally be fine." ”

Lu Tao saw that this younger brother was still so arrogant, and he had suffered the loss of the Songjiang Dong family last time, but he didn't have the slightest introspection, so he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Then let's wait for my father to come back-Mother, can my son retire?" ”

Liu said: "You go, persuade Zhang Yuan, let him not make trouble, if you want as much money, we will give it." ”

Lu Tao retreated, from the hall back to the small courtyard where he and Ruoxi were, his steps were very slow - the moon was already half-round, the light was everywhere, and he could see the road under his feet without a lantern, Lu Tao wandered under the moon, and he couldn't bear to walk into that warm courtyard, he felt very uncomfortable, his mother said that he wanted him to divorce his wife, but he refused to blame the second brother Lu Yangfang who made a mistake, the second brother was spoiled by his parents since he was a child, and the last time Chen Ming defected to Songjiang Dong's family was actually because the second brother was light and weak, and his father is still healthy, can still support this family, once the father can't be the director, if the second brother Hu comes, then the Qingpu Lu family's family business will definitely be lost in the hands of the second brother - and think about how many grievances Ruoxi has suffered in the open and secretly since Ruoxi married to Qingpu, Ruoxi said every time that as long as Lu Lang treats her well, it doesn't matter if she has other small grievances, but now the cruel words that her mother said are angry words, but if they reach Ruoxi's ears, Ruoxi will be so angry that she will cry, and Ming said that it is better to let Ruoxi go back to Shanyin with Zhang Yuan, and after a while, she will see if she can rent another house, In the future, Ruoxi will not live in a big house with his parents when he comes back, and there will always be fewer contradictions-"Lu Lang, you are back." Ruoxi's voice came from the courtyard gate.

Lu Tao looked up and saw that his wife Ruoxi had already come over, and at a glance he saw the scar on his forehead, so he hurriedly came over to take a closer look, but without speaking, tears flowed down.

Lu Tao panicked and hurriedly said: "I just kowtowed and hurt a little accidentally, it's okay, it's really okay, don't cry, it's not good to let Lu Chun and Lu Jie see it later." ”

Zhang Ruoxi knew that Aunt Liu's spleen and surname, she must not blame her uncle but blame her Lu Lang, and wanted to force Lu Lang to let her younger brother Zhang Yuan withdraw the lawsuit, Zhang Ruoxi put her head on her husband's shoulder, and choked up: "Husband, don't blame my brother, if you want to blame me, I always say that I don't please my aunt-"

Lu Tao stroked his wife's back and said: "What does this have to do with you, even Zhang Yuan is not wrong to do this, the second brother is too much, but his mother still protects him and refuses to let him suffer a little." ”

Suddenly, a servant woman shouted and ran over and said, "The eldest young master, the second young master let the official arrest him." ”

Lu Tao was stunned, didn't the five officials leave, how could they arrest the second brother?

…… Lu Yangfang saw that his brother was gone, and said to his mother Liu: "Brother doesn't think of his own brother at all, but he helps people with foreign surnames, this must be the sister-in-law's pick-up, the sister-in-law wants to give her mother-in-law more money for compensation, these are all in-laws, things are done so desperately, for a servant girl to sue the official, isn't it just for the silver!" ”

Liu Shi thought so, and sneered: "Then Ming said that I will give the kid surnamed Zhang a hundred taels of silver to see if he Dongzhang has made a fortune." ”

Lu Yangfang said some bad things about her brother and sister-in-law to her mother, and then she went back to her small courtyard, but saw a servant woman greet her and said, "Second Young Master, that Zhang family's son has been waiting for the second young master for a long time, and he is waiting in the hall, does the second young master want to see him?" ”

Lu Yangfang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did he come here, didn't he order this side not to open the door?" ”

The servant woman said, "Zhang Gongzi came here from the side alley. ”

Lu Yangfang was angry, strode to the foyer to take a look, Zhang Yuan was sitting there alone and slowly sipping tea, then walked over and said: "Shanyin Zhang Gongzi, so majestic, he actually wants to go to Qingpu to fight a lawsuit, admire, admire." "This is in his house, and what is he afraid of?

Zhang Yuan asked, "Has my brother-in-law seen Lingtang?" ”

Lu Yangfang sneered: "I was scolded by my mother, and my head was broken, and I must have been hugging and crying with Sister Ling at this time." ”

Zhang Yuan said quietly: "It's me who I'm sorry for my brother-in-law, in fact, it's not a big deal, it's just a servant girl, right, you can tell me if you want, but there was such a big misunderstanding today." ”

Lu Yangfang looked at Zhang Yuan in disbelief, and Zhang Yuan said again: "I also brought the maidservant, you can come and see, we have something to say, for you it is nothing more than spending some silver, right." With that, he put down the teacup, walked out of the foyer, and walked towards the door.

Lu Yangfang walked to the entrance of the hall and looked at the door, and sure enough, he saw the handmaid surnamed Mu standing in the shadow of the lamp in front of the door, and couldn't help but sneer and be proud, sure enough, it was still a matter of silver, where to apologize!

Lu Yangfang walked behind Zhang Yuan, and said as he walked: "Since it's for silver, then why do you want to sue me, oh, this is to blackmail me." ”

Zhang Yuantou didn't reply: "Of course, how can you be willing to give more money in this way." Walked up to Mu Zhenzhen and asked, "Zhenzhen, what about your father, I want to talk to him about something?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen shouted: "Daddy-"

Someone outside the gate answered, and then there was a knock on the door, Mu Zhenzhen went over and opened the door quickly, and before Lu Yangfang could react, Mu Jingyan, a wrestler, and a few poor people rushed in, twisted Lu Yangfang and went out, Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen followed out, only to the two servants in the gatehouse were stunned.

(To be continued)