The people sent by Lu Nian to follow Situ Xiaojing and Situ Yelin are all masters, and they have been instructed by Lu Youzhen to "rather lose than wake up", so they will naturally not be discovered.

However, these people followed for two days, but they didn't gain anything, although these two masters never acted together, but they were surprisingly consistent in eating, drinking, enjoying the scenery and visiting the lake all day long.

However, some careful people still found some clues and reported to Lu Youzhen that both of them sent their subordinates to look for something in private, and the people of the second prince also visited Lu Mansion at night.

Exploring Lu Mansion at night? When Lu Youzhen heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart: Eighty percent of this matter is related to the first emperor and Bai Chao, otherwise he would not find the Lu family who has been retired for many years.

What exactly are you looking for? Lu You really thought about it, but decided to go home and chat with the old man for a while.

As soon as I entered Mr. Lu's yard, I saw that he was teasing the newly bought starling under the porch, and the big yellow dog next to him kept yelling at the new favorite starling.

As soon as Master Lu reprimanded, Rhubarb stopped barking and licked Master Lu's trouser legs with a whimper, looking pitiful.

"Dad," Lu Youzhen shouted.

"Hmm—when did you come back?" Master Lu glanced at Lu Youzhen, and continued to tease the birds.

"Just arrived," Lu Youzhen added after speaking, "I want to tell my father a message." ”

"What does this mean by coming back?" Master Lu was obviously a little unhappy, obviously complaining that his son took his daughter-in-law to escape the summer, and ignored him, an old man.

Lu Youzhen had long been accustomed to his father's childish temperament, so he didn't care, and said to himself: "My son saw the second prince two days ago, and the prince also came to Sifang City. ”

"It's coming, it's their Situ family all day, it's all a fuss." Master Lu didn't care.

Lu You really didn't expect this news to move his father, but the next news, he believed that his father would not be calm.

He looked at his father carefully and said slowly: "Bai Chao is dead, and he was divided by the emperor's five horses. ”

"What?" Master Lu was really shocked, and he didn't care about teasing the birds, so he sprinkled the corn kernels in the cage at will, stared at Lu Youzhen and asked, "Really?" ”

Seeing his father's anger and bloodshot eyes, Lu Youzhen was frightened for a while, he had never seen such a Master Lu, he replied dryly: "Really, it was more than 20 days ago." ”

Master Lu closed his eyes, his body was shaky, and it took a long time to stabilize his mind, and his eyes opened again with endless memories.

He took Lu Youzhen to the study and took out the long box at the top of the bookshelf that had accumulated thick dust. He gently brushed the dust away with his sleeve and sighed before opening the box.

Lu Youzhen stepped forward to take a look, only to see a rusty iron sword lying quietly inside.

Master Lu touched the body of the sword and sighed: "I haven't seen you for many years, old guy, you are too old to look good." He said to Lu Youzhen again: "This sword was forged by your grandfather Bai Chao himself, and it was given to me as a gift for my eighth birthday." ”

Master Lu said while remembering: "Your grandfather and your Grandpa Bai are world friends, but the relationship between the two is not good, and they quarrel as soon as they meet, but your Grandpa Bai is very good to me, and always teaches me to practice sword and boxing."

"Although your white grandfather is higher than me, but he is not a few years older than me, I have been messing around with him since I was a child, and then he went to learn art, and he went for ten years, and when he said goodbye, he was already excellent in swordsmanship, and few people could beat him."

"Dad—" Lu Youzhen called softly, but his father waved at him.

Master Lu continued: "I really didn't expect it, I thought he either escaped into the rivers and lakes or stayed in the imperial tomb to guard the tomb of the first emperor, but I didn't expect him to stay in the palace and end up like this." ”

His face was full of pathos, in Master Lu's heart, Bai Chao was a master, an elder, and a brother.

Master Lu said a lot of things about Bai Chao, and only then did he ask, "Why did the emperor kill him?" ”

Lu Youzhen shook his head and said, "To the outside world, it is said that it is a collision with the Holy Driver, but the specific situation is unknown. Master Lu's emotions were also infected to Lu Youzhen, and his heart was also very heavy.

Master Lu sneered, obviously not believing this statement.

Lu Youzhen said again: "The crown prince and the second prince came to Sifang City immediately afterward, and the two of them were playing in the mountains and rivers on their faces, and they seemed to be looking for something secretly, and they also sent someone to visit the mansion last night, did Dad notice it?" ”

Master Lu's expression was subtle, and he glanced at Lu Youzhen awkwardly, needless to say, he knew that Master Lu hadn't noticed that outsiders had come at all.

He coughed dryly and changed the subject: "What do you mean is the connection between the two?" ”

Lu Youzhen nodded, originally he was just suspicious, but now he knows that Bai Chao still has such a relationship with his father, but he is afraid that the one in the palace will feel that the thing is in his father's hands, so, what is it? Is it in his father's hands?

Lu Youzhen asked sideways: "Dad, haven't you and Grandpa Bai exchanged letters all these years?" ”

"It's not that you don't know the situation of our family," Master Lu was also sad that he couldn't even contact his old friend, "The one above has been staring at it, how dare I do anything." ”

The first prince died, the first princeling like his father died, the distribution was distributed, and there was no one left who lived without shrinking his head.

Master Lu suddenly realized that Lu You's truth had something to say, after all, he was not as good as back then, for the safety of the Lu family, he could only pretend to be a carefree man who ignored everything, but after a long time, he really became a carefree man who only knew how to have fun.

Master Lu asked uncertainly: "Listen to what you mean, is Uncle Bai hiding something important, and the emperor thought that he was hiding it from me so that the prince and them came to find it?" ”

"Very likely," Lu Youzhen replied, "It's a matter of life and death for the Lu family, is there really nothing in my father's hands?" ”

"How could it be," Master Lu was anxious, "Since I moved to Sifang City, I haven't been in contact with the capital, and I haven't even written a letter from your second uncle." ”

"Wouldn't that be worse," Lu Youzhen frowned, "If there is something, we still have bargaining chips, but we don't have it, we don't even know what it is." ”

Master Lu pondered for a moment before saying, "Although I didn't have one, I can probably guess what they are looking for." ”

"What?" Lu You was really surprised.

"Although the Tatar invasion did not succeed in the end, the power of the Tatar iron cavalry frightened the imperial court," Master Lu recalled, "The first emperor ordered Uncle Bai to form a cavalry belonging to my own Yueguo. ”

"The emperor is looking for this cavalry?" Lu You is really puzzled, the army's food is not as ordinary, and it is impossible to move without clues, not to mention that in an open place like Sifang City, where can the army be hidden.

"The cavalry is easy to find, and they have always been kept behind the royal palace in Chongming Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, and what they are looking for should be the Longtu Decree that controls this army."

Master Lu said, and couldn't help but lament: "I should have thought that Uncle Bai has this army in his hands, and the emperor will never let him go." ”

Dragon Diagram Decree? Is this what killed Grandpa Bai? Lu Youzhen secretly recited it a few times, and asked Master Lu again: "More than ten years have passed, why is the emperor only looking for it now?" ”

Who knew that Master Lu shook his head and said, "I don't know this, Uncle Bai has always been the guard of the first emperor, and the only power he has in his hands is this army, except for the Longtu Decree, I can't think of anything else." ”

"Have you seen this dragon decree? What does it look like? ”

"No, I heard from your grandfather, the emperor showed it to your grandfather when he built this token,"

Master Lu thought for a while and guessed: "I remember that your grandfather said that the first emperor only summoned him and the first prince to go over at that time, and there was no news of the Longtu decree afterwards, if your grandfather hadn't told me before he died, I wouldn't have known that such a thing existed."

"There have been no wars in these years, could it be that the emperor only knows now that this cavalry can only be mobilized by the Dragon Diagram Decree?"

Lu Youzhen sighed, isn't it obvious that things are clear? The Longtu decree is nowhere to be seen, and the Lu family, as the henchmen of the former emperor, is the most suspicious, even if they are explained, who will believe it? I'm afraid that the Lu family won't be too peaceful.

"The top priority is to find the whereabouts of the Longtu decree, otherwise the Lu family is afraid that it will be over." Master Lu looked depressed, he had been hiding for more than ten years, but he didn't expect that he couldn't hide in the end.

"Dad might have guessed where Grandpa Bai hid the Dragon Diagram Decree?"

Master Lu shook his head and said, "Some of the people back then are almost dead, and there is no one else who can make Uncle Bai trust except our family, I really can't think of where he can be placed." ”

"Bang-"

"Who?"

The father and son were alarmed by the noise outside the door, and hurriedly went out to investigate, but there were only starlings eating corn kernels outside the door, and a dirty rhubarb who didn't know where to play.

Rhubarb came from a distance, stopped in front of Master Lu with a sudden brake, and looked at Master Lu pitifully.

The two of them just thought it was Rhubarb's naughty movement, so they didn't take it seriously, and they didn't notice that the person standing in the dark around the corner quietly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

Master Lu had no intention of going on, so he only told Lu Youzhen to investigate secretly and not make a noise, so he let him go back.

Lu You was really bored, his feet when he walked into Sanqi Hutong were as heavy as lead, he obviously just wanted to live a good life with Su Xi, why was he involved in this kind of thing?

"Xianglan Xianglan, you said that I made clothes for Lu Youzhen, is it better to use this red cloth or cyan?"

Su Xi's crisp voice came from the house, and she actually took the initiative to think of making clothes for him.

"Uncle is handsome, he looks good in any color, why don't Miss make two clothes."

"When will it have to be done, it's enough for my hands to hurt. Vanilla, what color do you say is good? ”

"How's the cyan one? My uncle seems to prefer to wear bright-colored clothes, which are a little dark. ”

"But I like this red cloth, so let's make it red."

"Miss has an idea, and she came to ask us."

There was a burst of laughter in the room, how beautiful it was, Lu Youzhen suddenly felt a dry throat, he used to know that someone was worried about the feeling of pain, but now he has experienced the best happiness in the world, and he doesn't want to go back to the past.

But how do you tell him to face Su Xi? How to explain to Master Su?