"Didn't you say that the first prince's family was killed more than ten years ago?" Su Xi asked suspiciously.

Lu Youzhen didn't seem to hear Su Xi's question, so he suddenly grabbed Lu Nian's shoulder and asked him, "Situ Youxi, has anyone seen Situ Youxi with their own eyes?" ”

Lu Nian was caught by him, but he didn't dare not answer: "No, I heard that the shopkeeper of Manjianglou said that this news was tortured from the prisoners when the Northwest Army suppressed the rebellion." ”

Lu Youzhen felt that he had lost his temper at this time, let go of his hands and said: "Tell the spies in the west, other things can be postponed, but about this Situ Youxi, you must find out about this person." ”

Lu Nian took the order, and Su Xi took Lu Youzhen's hand and asked, "Do you know Situ Youxi?" ”

Lu Youzhen's expression was complicated, and he said with a little nostalgia: "Situ Youxi, he should be my cousin, his mother and his mother are sisters, and we were always raised together when we were young. ”

At that time, Lu Youzhen's memory of Situ Youxi was already vague, but he remembered that his mother always hugged him and secretly missed his aunt and aunt's child.

At that time, Fu Hongguang, the master of the Fu family, that is, Lu Youzhen's maternal grandfather, in order to climb the imperial family, sent one of the two daughters to the prince's mansion, and the other to the prince of Ningguo, and the rest of the concubines were also sent to the princes of each family.

However, the daughter of the Fu family is indeed outstanding, especially the eldest daughter, she is very favored by the prince first, and was immediately named a side concubine after giving birth to the child, but unfortunately with the fall of the prince, she also died with Xiang Xiaoyu.

At that time, some people laughed at Fu Hongguang and said that he lost his wife and broke his army, so it would be good not to affect himself, but who knew that without the prince's side concubine, the Fu family also had a side concubine of the fourth prince, and Fu Hongguang's status was as stable as Mount Tai.

"After the first prince passed away, my aunt also followed, and my mother hugged me and said over and over again that my aunt was good, and praised Cousin Youxi's intelligence,"

Lu Youzhen's eyes were far away, "I still remember that my mother said that my relationship with my cousin was very good, and she saw it on the day she was born, and her aunt entered the delivery room that day, but the birth did not go well, and my mother insisted on visiting the East Palace despite her big belly.

"The midwife was ready to give up, and as soon as my mother came, my cousin came out by himself."

Lu Youzhen smiled very gently, "Mother said, as soon as I heard my cousin's cry, I started to trouble her, and it was not yet the day of delivery, and I was not stimulated by anything, but I was impatient to come out."

"My cousin was born in the morning, and I was born in the evening. I cried so much that I couldn't even coax me with milk, but as soon as I got close to my cousin, I stopped crying, and even the emperor said that we were brothers. ”

It was obviously a story he had heard, but Lu Youzhen seemed to have seen that scene with his own eyes, and a smile was hooked on the corner of his mouth. But his smile gradually sank, and he said in a low voice: "But I have no chance to remember him, and I don't even have the slightest impression." ”

"Didn't he reappear now, and you still have a chance to meet, didn't you?" Su Xi hugged him and wanted to give him more warmth.

Lu Youzhen didn't seem happy because of this, but said worriedly: "The tragic situation of the year, my uncle witnessed it with his own eyes, and he watched the palace people take the roster to count the corpses of the palace, including my cousin's. ”

"Maybe he has another chance to survive, you...... Are you worried that someone is organizing this rebellion in his name? Su Xi quickly figured out that Lu You was really worried.

"I naturally hope that he is still alive, but if someone takes advantage of this life and causes him to have no peace under the Nine Springs, I will not spare them."

Obviously, Lu Youzhen believed in Fu Mingxia's judgment, and did not expect the news that Situ Youxi was still alive, he was more inclined to someone pretending to be in his name or simply pretending.

Su Xi saw that he looked sad, so he proposed to go to the foot of Luming Mountain to play, Lu Youzhen did not refuse, but the smile along the way was always not as pure as before, and there were too many things in his eyes.

Out of the city gate, the two unexpectedly met Situ Yelin, he seemed a little tired on the horse, obviously in a hurry, as soon as he saw the carriage that Lu Feng was driving, his eyes lit up.

He hurried over and asked Lu Feng: "May I ask if your second son is sitting in the car?" ”

Lu Feng nodded, and was about to tell Lu Youzhen, but Lu Youzhen had already picked up the curtain and came out, and he asked in surprise: "The second prince has not returned to Beijing yet?" ”

Situ Yelin only nodded and didn't explain much, but invited him to the side to talk, Lu Youzhen turned around and said a few words to Su Xi and followed Situ Yelin to the forest on the side.

Situ Yelin threw the horse to his subordinates, pulled Lu Youzhen and said, "Originally, I also wanted to see you, but today it was a coincidence." These days, there are many rebellions in the west, the court is in turmoil, and the noise every day is a headache. ”

He complained, just like complaining to his old friend for many years about the unsatisfactory work, only to hear him say: "I originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to come out to hide and relax, but my father urgently called me back." ”

What he said was messy, Lu Youzhen still understood what he meant, last time he came for the Longtu decree, and also to buy people's hearts by the way, but after the Western Rebellion, he went back to the capital once to mourn for the three princes.

Since then, various departments of the imperial court have begun to quarrel over the rebellion, and now they are becoming more and more intense, and the emperor does not interfere, and they make noise every day.

Situ Yelin commanded his officials to seek benefits for himself, and on the other hand, in order to prove that he did not intervene in the errand of receiving an expatriate assignment, he planned to grind until the dust settled before going back, but he did not expect that the emperor would issue an order urging him to come back as soon as possible.

He said with a wry smile: "My father is trying to prevent me from planning for himself, and at the same time he is still thinking about using me, it's really difficult for me." ”

"The emperor still values the talent of the second prince." Lu Youzhen couldn't complain about the emperor like him, so he had to pick up some irrelevant words and say a few words.

Situ Yelin didn't expect to hear any words of hatred and hatred, he sighed, and said to Lu Youzhen: "To tell you the truth, cousin, come to the capital, you can prepare earlier." ”

Lu You's heart sank and asked, "What does this mean?" What does the affairs in Beijing have to do with me, as early as thirteen years ago, the capital and the Lu family had no relationship. ”

"Nothing to do with it? Hehe! Situ Yelin chuckled, "Sister Ling gave birth to Lin'er a month ago, I heard that the mansion is the full moon ceremony that your eldest brother went to congratulate." ”

Lu You really didn't know what he meant, so he had to nod and say: "Since the eldest sister got married, it was difficult to see because of the long distance, and my mother was worried day and night, and she was even more worried when she heard that the production was difficult, so she let the eldest brother go to visit." ”

"The full moon feast has passed, have you heard the news that your eldest brother is coming back?" Although this was a question, Situ Yelin's meaning was already obvious, and Lu Youzhen really didn't hear the news that the eldest brother was coming back.

Situ Yelin said directly: "Your eldest brother will not come back, the prince recommended him for a position of recording the forbidden army and joining the military, it is time to take office today, although the official position is not high, but in the end it is in the forbidden army, the Son of Heaven guard, what do you say your eldest brother is going to do?" ”