"I only saved you once when I saw injustice, and how you will be in the future has nothing to do with me." The man replied with a cold face.

Lu Qingmeng hugged his thighs and cried even more: "Ask the son to take me in, if the son is unwilling, then let me die here today for a hundred years, anyway, it will be difficult to escape in the future, it is better to die innocently." ”

As he spoke, Lu Qingmeng pulled out a dagger from the man's waist and stabbed it towards his heart.

Fortunately, before the tip of the knife pierced his heart, he was keenly intercepted by the man, followed by a reprimand to Lu Qingmeng-

"Are you crazy? How can you be so unfilial to yourself? ”

Hearing this, Lu Qingmeng snorted coldly: "Parents? I have no father and no mother for a long time, so how can I talk about unfilial piety? ”

After laughing at himself, regardless of whether the person in front of him was willing to listen to his story, Lu Qingmeng only talked about himself:

"My parents died when I was a child, and I have been taken in by my aunt, but recently I was framed by my brother at home, and I couldn't argue, so I was kicked out."

The man ignored it, still looking indifferent.

Lu Qingmeng begged him excitedly again: "I beg you, son, I really can't go back to the Lu family, you saved me, it's hard to thank you for your kindness, and I am willing to be a cow and a horse for the rest of my life to repay you for saving your life today." ”

Lu Qingmeng crackled and said a lot, but the man did not focus on her so-called repayment, but asked her in surprise: "Lu family, which Lu family?" ”

Asked by him so suddenly, Lu Qingmeng first paused for a moment, and then responded to him honestly: "The Lu family in the East Lane of Shengjing City, my brother is now the envoy of the Criminal Department. ”

"Lu Xuan?" The man shouted out the name in Lu Qingmeng's heart that had gritted his teeth a thousand times.

Lu Qingmeng was taken aback: "Childe knows my brother?" ”

This person mentioned Lu Xuan for no reason, and he didn't know whether he was friend or foe.

Seeing Lu Qingmeng ask like this, the man's face did not show any abnormality, but responded lightly: "I am about to enter Beijing to take up a post, and Brother Ling's name is just an accidental hearing." ”

After responding to Lu Qingmeng like this, the man spoke to her again: "Since the girl is really lonely, I will be a good person to the end, and take the girl into Beijing together." ”

Hearing this, Lu Qingmeng nodded happily on the surface and was grateful to the man, but inside he was full of suspicions:

He was clearly pale-faced and indifferent, and he refused to soften even if I said anything, why did he inexplicably want to take me back with him when he mentioned Lu Xuan now?

This had to make Lu Qingmeng wonder if there was any connection between this man and Lu Xuan.

However, I think that he and Lu Xuan are not old friends, otherwise he could have taken Lu Qingmeng directly to the door to lobby Lu Xuan with his former affection, instead of secretly bringing her back behind his back.

Thinking about it this way, if there is a person who is an official in the court and joins forces with him to deal with Lu Xuan, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?

Lu Qingmeng didn't ask much, he just followed the man back, thinking that he would always be able to persuade him to ally with him in the future.

lived in the man's mansion for a few days, and he didn't really let Lu Qingmeng be a slave and a maid, but supported her like a young lady, and was even more respected than in the Lu Mansion.

After getting along in the past few days, Lu Qingmeng secretly learned a lot about this man.

From his name Li Ce, the official to the household member Wailang, to who he secretly communicated, who he was loyal to, and who he had to deal with...... She knew it all.

It's just that Lu Qingmeng still pretended to be weak and deceitful when she first met Li Ce, which made it really difficult to doubt her scheming intentions.

Until one day, after Li Ce returned home, he rushed straight to Lu Qingmeng's room, and asked for a long time before he said what he really wanted to ask in his heart-"That brother of yours is loyal to His Royal Highness the Fierce King?" ”

A few days ago, Lu Qingmeng lived here, and Li Ce never asked her more about Lu Xuan, but today she took the initiative to come to the door inexplicably, thinking that it must not be a whim.

Lu Qingmeng secretly speculated, and did not answer Li Ce's question, but asked him rhetorically: "Did you see my brother today?" ”

Li Ce hesitated, but his hesitant expression had already betrayed him, even if there was no answer later, Lu Qingmeng already knew the answer.

Asking who a person works for and who he relies on is nothing more than to find her weaknesses.

In addition, Lu Qingmeng already knew that Li Ce had always been in the same faction as King Chang, who returned from guarding Linchuan Mansion, so Lu Xuan, who was the faction of the fierce king, must be inseparable from him.

However, in order to maintain his pure and weak image, Lu Qingmeng did not insist on anything at this time, but responded to Li Ce with an uncertain look:

"I have never dared to ask about the affairs of my brother's officialdom, and I don't know who he is with me."

Hearing this, a trace of loneliness flashed between Li Ce's eyebrows, and Lu Qingmeng was even more sure of the conjecture in his heart, so he added to him again:

"However, His Royal Highness the Fierce King has visited the mansion many times, and he often helps his aunt solve troubles, so I think his relationship with his brother should be good."

Hearing Lu Qingmeng's words, Li Ce couldn't help but show worry on his face.

thought that Lu Xuan was simply loyal to the Fierce King's Mansion, but looking at Gu Huanli's various performances to her, the relationship between the two seemed to be more than that.

Seeing that Li Ce was out of his mind, Lu Qingmeng immediately opened his mouth to call him back - "My lord, my lord? ”

Li Ce came to his senses in an instant, and Lu Qingmeng immediately asked knowingly: "What are you thinking, you are so engrossed." ”

Li Ce shook his head, but his eyes were full of panic, and he paused for a moment and calmed down a little before tentatively probing Lu Qingmeng:

"You said before that you were kicked out of the Lu Mansion because you were framed by your brother, but you are talking about this Lu Jie's envoy?"

Lu Qingmeng pretended to be pitiful and nodded, and then hurriedly explained: "But maybe Qingmeng did something wrong and made her brother angry, so she would expel Qingmeng from the Lu Mansion, and Xu just wanted Qingmeng to teach her a long lesson." ”

On the one hand, Lu Qingmeng defended Lu Xuan hypocritically, but Li Ce, who had always been indifferent to this matter, was indignant and upset for Lu Qingmeng-

"Long lessons? If she just wanted you to teach you a long lesson, I'm afraid she would have sent someone to look for you back, so why did she leave you alone outside for so long? ”

Lu Qingmeng seemed to understand Li Ce's intentions, but he still rehearsed according to his original trajectory: "Maybe I ran too far, and my brother can't find it." ”

Lu Qingmeng pretended to be thinking about Lu Xuan all the time, but Li Ce retorted even more:

"Ridiculous, if she really wants to find you, how can she not find it? I saw her in the household today, and she was in good spirits, and she seemed to be better off without you. ”

As soon as Li Ce said this, Lu Qingmeng's tears that could come at any time burst out of his eyes in an instant, and then he took a few steps back with an unacceptable look:

"You talk nonsense! My brother has loved me the most since I was a child, and she would never do this to me. ”

Even though Lu Qingmeng resisted so much, Li Ce still didn't give up:

"You should be sober, if I hadn't saved you from those villains that day, you would have been disheartened and looking for death by now, if she really loves you, how could she let you be bullied alone outside?"

As soon as Li Ce said a word, Lu Qingmeng quieted down, and there was no more word in his mouth.

Only then did Li Ce step forward and gently patted her thin shoulder: "I'm all I say, and I don't want you to be deceived again, so think about it yourself." ”

After speaking, Li Ce turned to leave, and the moment the door closed, Lu Qingmeng showed a gloomy smile on his face, and then reached out to wipe away all the false tears on his face.

"It seems that you don't dislike Lu Xuan less than me, so God really helps me." Lu Qingmeng muttered to himself in a low voice.

Previously, she racked her brains to think about how to persuade Li Ce to help her deal with Lu Xuan, but she didn't expect him to take the initiative to sow discord.

Turning passive into active in this way is simply a gift from heaven to Lu Qingmeng.

Later, Lu Qingmeng pretended to be persuaded by Li Ce day by day, and the hatred suppressed for Lu Xuan in his heart became more and more sprouted on his face.

Only then did Li Ce gradually regard Lu Qingmeng as his ally, and gradually told her his secret.

Lu Qingmeng learned from Li Ce that he was indeed a faction of King Chang, and he was able to enter the court as an official because of King Chang's favor, and as for being arranged to the household department, it was premeditated and had to wait for Lu Xuan.

In other words, she and Gu Huanli were not surprised by Lu Xuan's transfer from the Criminal Department back to the Household Department, but Lu Qingmeng knew about it early on.

After all, as Lu Xuan expected, it was Lu Qingmeng who followed her to the county government of Lixian County that day, and then secretly reported the seizure of quinine by her to Xichang.

And Li Ce became more and more determined to deal with Lu Xuan in order to deal a heavy blow to Gu Huanli through her weakness, and then sweep away him, the biggest contender for imperial power, as soon as possible.

Li Ce and Lu Qingmeng colluded and successfully lured Lu Xuan to him according to the plan, and then when the time was ripe, he asked Lu Qingmeng to return to Lu Mansion in a miserable manner to gain sympathy as his internal response.

When Li Ce kept saying that she wanted to take Lu Qingmeng in, she expected that he had other plans, but she never thought that such a chivalrous and righteous person back then would end up being a hypocrite who would do whatever it took to achieve his goals.

For example, in order to win the further reuse of King Chang, he did not hesitate to use Lu Qingmeng's beauty as bait, and deliberately introduced the two to acquaintance, so that she was misunderstood by Lu Jiaojiao and was mistaken by the concubine.

For example, at this time, although Li Ce said that he was worried that Lu Qingmeng would be taken advantage of by King Chang, he might be looking forward to her completely winning King Chang as soon as possible.

But Lu Qingmeng didn't care, after all, at this time, for her as a person who had nothing, there was nothing more important than bringing down Lu Xuan.