The rumors about the Lu Wangfu change day by day.

The newspapers do not publish the specific evidence of the impeachment in detail, and the common people can only speculate on the gossip by word of mouth.

First of all, it was revealed that eight or nine out of ten of the private fields in the Mizhou area were under the name of the Lu Wangfu, and many of them were natural disasters when the famine, the common people borrowed usury from the Lu Wangfu, and when the time came, the slaves of the Lu Wangfu would forcibly take away the people's fields, real estate and even their children. It is said that the people in the Mizhou area have long been boiling with resentment, but the Lu Wangfu bribed the Mizhou officials, and the government not only suppressed and covered up, but even colluded with the Lu Wangfu to divide the people's land and property.

Then the root cause of the civil unrest in Yizhou was revealed. For a long time, everyone thought that it was the floods in Yizhou that caused the farmland to be unproductive, and the locust plague in the spring, so it caused the situation of displaced people everywhere. Now it is said that in fact, the imperial court issued disaster relief grain last year and this year, and the Lu Wangfu joined hands with the Yizhou government to embezzle and intercept the flow, filling their own pockets, so that Yizhou was starving all over the wilderness, and the people could not survive, which inspired the civil unrest.

So the common people wondered, the Lu Wangfu is a clan, and the money and grain should be supplied by the imperial court, so what is the purpose of looting and plundering the people's fat and ointment?

For what? Naturally, it is to raise private soldiers.

The clan palace of this dynasty is not allowed to raise private soldiers, and the number of guards stipulated by the court law shall not exceed 100 according to the level of the Lu royal palace. However, the joint impeachment transcript said that according to verification, the Lu Wangfu secretly raised 3,000 private soldiers, with luxurious equipment and daily training. What is the intention of such a private soldier?

In connection with bribing officials and forming parties for personal gain, in order to compete for the crown, it is not surprising that various royal clans have been fighting openly and secretly for many years. And planting slander and framing Zhongliang should be talking about the Chunfu fraud case.

With these insider foundations, as for how the Lu Wangfu manipulated the civil unrest in Yizhou, and how to create a heroic image of the three sons of their palace who went to the meeting single-handedly and persuaded the bandit leader to surrender, everyone can naturally make up countless stories.

For a time, the Lu Wangfu was notorious, and everyone praised and admired the Lu Wangfu at the beginning, but now they hate this chaotic minister and thief, and they can't wait to step on 10,000 feet.

With the arrival of dog days, the climate is getting hotter and hotter, the sun is like roasting the ground during the day, and people are in a very irritable mood.

However, these bloody storms outside did not have the slightest impact on the Bai family.

The people in the Bai family's garden are eagerly looking forward to the return of their families.

According to Bai Rongcheng's last letter to his family, it is time to go to She County in the next two days.

In accordance with the instructions in the letter, Xu has cleaned up a guest house for the distinguished guests, and assigned a maid and a small maid to clean every day to ensure cleanliness.

After the heat, I entered the middle of the bush in a few days.

On the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month, there was a torrential rain, and after the rain, the sky was clear, but there was a moment of coolness.

The Xu family sent the housekeeper early in the morning to wait at Yuliang Wharf, according to estimates, Bai Rongcheng and his party should be able to arrive today.

In the Pujia Courtyard, Meng Qingyun was slowly walking with his feet under the support of Asakusa and Bauhinia.

Five days ago, her calf had been removed from the splint, and she didn't dare to go directly to the ground, so she continued to lie still for a few days.

But at first, you can't go more.

Meng Qingyun cautiously moved more than ten steps, and Asakusa Bauhinia said that enough was enough, and it was time to sit down and rest.

"It's too careful, I haven't even stepped out of the house."

Asakusa said: "The doctor said yesterday, don't be in a hurry, you have to take it step by step. ”

As she spoke, the two maidservants put her down on a chair, and then Bauhinia squatted down, lifted her feet to her knees, avoided the injury, and began to massage her. From the moment she broke her bones, the two maidservants took turns massaging her every day, otherwise her calves and feet would be swollen and congested.

She had to look out the window and see the white clouds, like cotton candy, covering the sun tightly, and there was a gentle breeze. Since she came back from watching the Dragon Boat Race, she has never been out again, and it is rare to have good weather and her heart is itching.

"It's not too hot today, I want to go to the garden."

Asakusa looked at the weather outside, thought about it, and said, "It's okay, it's always lying in the house, and Yuan Niang is also suffocated." The weather is fine today, so let's go sit in the garden. ”

She instructed the maidservants to prepare fans, hats, handkerchiefs and other items to protect from the sun and cool down, and then asked someone to go to Xu's to apply for a few pots of ice cubes and put them in the water pavilion in the garden.

Then he calmly protected Meng Qingyun and took a sliding rod to the garden.

The Baijia garden is very well repaired, the green shade is everywhere, the octagonal pavilion of the water pavilion is hung with rattan curtains, blocking the heat outside, and two large basins of ice cubes are placed, which makes people feel full of interest.

Meng Qingyun asked the maidservants to open the curtains on both sides of the back sun, just to see the huge lake, half of the lake is green like jade lotus leaves, a pink and white lotus flower and flower buds stand between the lotus leaves, occasionally dragonflies stop on the sharp corners of the lotus buds, such a scene is really refreshing.

Meng Qingyun said to Zijing: "You go and see what Qing'er is doing, and invite her to come and enjoy the flowers together." ”

Bauhinia went with a smile.

When Bauhinia went, she said to Asakusa again: "You go to the kitchen, ask for a watermelon that has been flooded by the well, cut it and bring it over." Then ask for a chilled bottle of pomegranate juice with a few snacks and fruits. ”

Asakusa ordered a maidservant to come over and tell her to go.

Meng Qingyun said: "How does she know my preferences, or you go." ”

Asakusa thought about it, but the garden was still safe, so she asked the maid to take good care of it and went by herself.

When her back disappeared behind the bushes, Meng Qingyun succeeded in her plan and raised her hand to greet the maidservant.

"Come and help me take two steps."

Asakusa and Bauhinia stared at her too closely, and they didn't allow her to walk for only a few steps, and when would it take for her to fully recover. So she deliberately took the two of them, and the rest were the maidservants of the Bai family, but she didn't dare to talk back to her.

The servant girl had no choice but to come and help her.

Meng Qingyun cautiously came out of the pavilion first, and then walked slowly and slowly along the smooth stone path under the shade of the trees.

The maidservant girl held her firmly, worried that she would fall, and finally saw a stone bench on the side of the road in front of her, and hurriedly said: "Yuan Niang, we have walked so far, let's rest." ”

Meng Qingyun also felt a little thin sweat on his forehead, so he agreed. When I approached the stone bench, I was a little anxious, and I took too big a step.

"Oops!"

The maid felt unstable and screamed.

At this time, someone next to him rushed up with an arrow, grabbed Meng Qingyun, and complained: "Why don't you be careful!" ”

Meng Qingyun looked up at the visitor in amazement.

This is a middle-aged man.

Well, a very handsome middle-aged man.

He is tall, well-dressed, full of heaven, round in the earth, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, elegant and elegant, and a neat short beard on his lips to add to his mature demeanor.

Not only handsome, but also a little familiar.

But how did he pull and pull as soon as he came up, like a greasy old pervert.

Meng Qingyun shook off his hand and asked unhappily, "Uncle, who are you?" ”