Chapter 75 Lu Guozheng's "Plea"
On the other hand, Lu Guozheng was placed under house arrest by the emperor for unknown reasons, and he was always very anxious.
On this day, Liu Chunyan did not return directly to the Lu Mansion after leaving the court, but went straight to the Jingfu Yin to check the files related to the Lu Guozheng case.
Lu Guozheng and Mrs. Lu stared at each other in the Lu Mansion.
"Why don't I go out and ask you what's going on." Mrs. Lu looked at Lu Guozheng and said.
"Don't make trouble for me, the emperor just put me under house arrest, you will go out to inquire about my affairs, isn't there no three hundred taels of silver here." Lu Guozheng said loudly.
Recently, too many things have happened in the Du family, first Lord Du was imprisoned, and then there was a scene on the birthday of the Queen Mother, and then Du Yuyan died of illness, which made Mrs. Lu very upset.
Seeing Lu Guozheng at home, she was naturally very scared, she still knew a little about what Lu Guozheng did on weekdays.
"But it's not a way now, is it just waiting for death at home?" Mrs. Lu looked at Lu Guozheng and said.
"You woman, what do you know, don't make any more trouble for me." Lu Guozheng said impatiently.
Mrs. Lu didn't know what to do, she originally wanted to help, but when she saw Lu Guozheng saying this, she felt sorry for herself again.
"Hey...... This year, everything that has happened to me has happened to me. ”
Hearing Mrs. Lu sighing on the side, Lu Guozheng felt even more annoyed, "What are you doing sitting here, you go and see if that girl has come back, since the emperor announced her to the palace, there must be something to tell her." ”
Lu Guozheng said this, Mrs. Lu hesitated, after all, Liu Chunyan at this time is no longer the previous Liu Chunyan, and Mrs. Lu at this time is not the previous Mrs. Lu.
"I'll go, it's not good, I had a holiday with that girl, she should hate me." Mrs. Lu whispered.
She clearly remembered what she had done to Liu Chunyan before.
On the pretext of praying for Lu Guozheng's blessing, he took Liu Chunyan to the mountains outside the capital, and let the bandits take her away and sell her to the Khitan.
In the Lu family, it was also unpleasant to find Liu Chunyan three times and twice.
and on the Queen Mother's birthday, although Du Yuyan did not confess Mrs. Lu, Liu Chunyan already knew that she had participated in it at this time.
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Although most of the above things were instigated by Lu Guozheng behind his back, it was Mrs. Lu who did it himself, and most of them happened between Mrs. Lu and Liu Chunyan.
So when Lu Guozheng asked Mrs. Lu to go to Liu Chunyan to ask about it, she was empty-hearted.
Liu Chunyan has never mentioned these things, but she is a reporter deep in her heart.
The reason why she didn't mention it was because even if she said these things in her previous identity, no one would be able to make decisions for herself, and the situation in her own house would only get worse.
Lu Guozheng looked at Mrs. Lu with an angry face, "I knew that today, I wouldn't have treated her so much, it's not that you used your identity as the Du family to suppress me, otherwise it would be like today." ”
"Lu Guozheng, Lu Guozheng, I can't imagine that you are such a person, I think that when you were a down-and-out scholar, you were an unpopular teacher in the thatched cottage, who took you in at that time and recommended you to enter the court as an official, at that time you already had a wife and children, and who did not dislike your humble background and married you, I didn't think that you could say such a thing today."
Mrs. Lu wept and said that the accuser, Lu Guozheng, was ungrateful.
"If it weren't for you, I, Lu Guozheng, would not be here today, although Lord Du has helped me a lot, but how many things he has done with me over the years, if it weren't for me, would he be able to do so steadily as the prime minister?" Lu Guozheng rebuked loudly.
"Lord Zhang back then, and Lord Liu before...... Who settled these things for him, and it was he who used me Lu Guozheng. Lu Guozheng continued.
"Then you didn't benefit from it yourself, if it weren't for my eldest brother, I'm afraid you would have starved to death on the streets by now, and now you are still thinking about this."
"Enough, don't say it again, you get out of my sight, get out of my sight." Before the words landed, Lu Guozheng slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground.
Hearing the sound of things breaking, Lu Yujian pushed open the door and ran in, "Dad, mother, what's wrong with you?" ”
Lu Yujian is very simple, and she has been learning martial arts in Shaolin all these years, and she doesn't know anything about Lu Guozheng and Mrs. Lu's dealings.
As for the fact that Lu Guozheng was under house arrest so far, Lu Guozheng simply told Lu Yujian that he was placed under house arrest because the emperor was investigating the affairs of Master Du and it was inconvenient for him.
Lu Yujian is so simple, for Lu Guozheng's words, he is naturally convinced.
"Father, isn't it just a matter of house arrest at home for a few days, it will be fine in a few days, and it will be good when Master Du's matter is investigated." Lu Yujian walked up to Lu Guozheng and whispered.
"Mother, don't worry, aren't the children all back, no one will dare to bully our Lu family." After Lu Yujian comforted Lu Guozheng, he turned back to comfort Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu hugged Lu Yujian tightly in her arms, crying and said, "My baby son is still the most intimate, and he knows how to comfort his mother." ”
"Mother, this is not a big deal, wait a few days for my son to take you out of the city to relax." Lu Yujian took Mrs. Lu's hand and said softly.
Lu Yujian didn't know that the father in front of him, who had always been respected, had done so many hurtful things, and when he knew about it, he would definitely not be able to bear it.
"Jian'er, you take your mother to the courtyard for a walk." Lu Guozheng asked Lu Yujian to take Mrs. Lu out, and he had to come up with a countermeasure quickly.
Hearing Lu Guozheng say this, Lu Yujian pulled Mrs. Lu out of the room.
Lu Guozheng was alone in the room, his expression was very lost, and at this time, his mind slowly recalled the things he had done over the years.
One by one, all of them slowly came to mind, and what Lu Guozheng missed most at this time was the time when he lived in a thatched cottage by the lake.
At that time, Lu Huaixiang and his wife were by his side, although there were no high-ranking officials, no power, but life was simple and fulfilling.
Since abandoning Lu Huaixiang's mother and son, he came to the capital to be a place of wrong, and he has been busy every day with some deceit, for only those things that seem a little inexplicable now.
What disappointed Lu Guozheng the most was the case of Lord Du, although Lord Du invaded the government and the opposition, and the official became the prime minister, but in the end he only ended up with a lifetime of infamy, how sad.
This has never been what Lu Guozheng wanted, Lu Guozheng, who was born as a scholar, originally wanted to do what he wanted to do the most, and he originally cherished the dawn of the world in his heart, but he didn't expect that after arriving at this court, everything changed, and it was no longer as simple as he thought.
Lu Guozheng has not been a doll all these years, a doll of Lord Du, a doll of power.
After Lu Yujian took Mrs. Lu around the Lu Mansion for a while, she took her to the room.
Accompanied and comforted by Lu Yujian, Mrs. Lu soon fell asleep.
Lu Guozheng stayed in the lobby alone until late at night, when suddenly the housekeeper pushed the door in, "Master, Miss has just returned home." ”
I heard that Lu Guozheng hurriedly got up and planned to go to Liu Chunyan in person to find out about some of the things that had happened in the DPRK and China recently.
"You're back?" Lu Guozheng whispered at the door of Liu Chunyan's room.
The door of the room was not closed, she glanced back at Lu Guozheng and said, "It's so late, is there something to find me?" ”
Liu Chunyan knows Lu Guozheng's character very well, and she knows that when she comes back tonight, Lu Guozheng will definitely come to ask about the case, so she also deliberately came back so late at Yin's yamen in Beijing.
I never thought that Lu Guozheng hadn't fallen asleep yet.
"I'm here to see why you came back so late, the capital has been a little restless lately, you have to be careful." Lu Guozheng said softly.
Liu Chunyan thought that this was Lu Guozheng's fake compassion, in order to just want to put some words on herself.
In fact, she didn't know that Lu Guozheng at this time was already regretting Lu Huaixiang's matter, and she really cared about the daughter she had forgotten for more than ten years.
"If you have anything, just say it, I haven't been running around for a day today, and I'm a little tired." Liu Chunyan said coldly, whenever she saw Lu Guozheng, she would immediately think of the scenes where Lu Huaixiang was frozen to death.
Although Liu Chunyan had no feelings for Lu Guozheng in her heart, Lu Huaixiang's tragic situation made her inexplicably hate the man in front of her.
"Actually, I still want to know why the emperor put me under house arrest at home?" Lu Guozheng whispered, he was afraid that Liu Chunyan would not answer his question if his voice was a little louder.
Liu Chunyan just smiled coldly, and then said loudly, "Since you are here today, it just happens that I will not be able to talk to you about this matter early tomorrow morning." ”
Hearing Liu Chunyan say this, Lu Guozheng didn't expect it to go so smoothly, Liu Chunyan would take the initiative to say this, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Okay, then you can speak quickly, and rest early after that." Lu Guozheng looked at Liu Chunyan and said softly.
"Actually, I don't have much to say, that is, about your case, I have already taken it from the emperor, and made a military order, to investigate this matter thoroughly, tomorrow you will go to the Yin Yamen of the Beijing Mansion with the Imperial Forest Army guarding in front of the Lu Mansion to be tried." Liu Chunyan said loudly.
Lu Guozheng listened very carefully, and then looked at Liu Chunyan expectantly, as if waiting for her to tell more about the case.
After saying it for a while, Liu Chunyan saw that Lu Guozheng still had no sign of leaving, so she said bluntly, "That's all, you better go back and rest early." ”
Lu Guozheng looked at Liu Chunyan with wide eyes, and squeezed out two words in his mouth for a long time, "That's it......"
Liu Chunyan nodded very affirmatively, and motioned for Lu Guozheng to leave with her eyes.