Aunt Liu held the ten taels of silver that had succeeded in begging for salary, and was choked up and speechless.

Lu Caiqing stepped forward and persuaded: "Aunt Liu! Now that we have gone to beat the drum to redress our grievances and punished the culprit of the Miao family, Miao Rongfeng, and Brother Shuangzhu has also come out of prison, we should be relieved, they will be comforted if they have a spirit in the sky, don't be sad! ”

Chen Xiufen raised her teary eyes and pulled Lu Caiqing and said, "Caiqing! I don't even know how to thank you and Ziyu's child, if you weren't willing to risk killing your head to beat the drum for me, now I'm still feeling sorry for myself, and the iron pillar is still suffering in prison, double pillar! Fast! Hurry up and kowtow to your sister, if you pick a young girl in the future, it is incumbent on us to do so. ”

Liu Shuangzhu really listened to Aunt Liu's words, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Lu Caiqing quickly pulled Liu Shuangzhu up and said, "Brother! Don't! I can't stand it, and besides, this time it's not only the credit of our husband and wife, but also the Ma Gongzi and the newly appointed Lord Zhou. ”

Aunt Liu heard this and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Or Cai Qing reminded that the most important thing for our family to thank is Master Zhou, as well as Ma Gongzi! After speaking, he will kneel on the ground and kowtow.

When Ma Feiyi saw it, he hurriedly stopped: "I can't do it!" You are a patient, how can you be so reasonable, I received your mind on behalf of Lord Zhou, and in the future, you will live a good life with the Tiezhu brothers, everything must be opened, and the good days will be long! ”

Ma Feiyi said a few more polite words, then said goodbye to Chen Xiufen's mother and son, and when he was about to go out, he said to Lu Caiqing: "Can I talk to you alone?" ”

Although Lu Caiqing was surprised, he still agreed, said a few words to Aunt Liu and went out, and sent Ma Feiyi to the gate of the inn, Ma Feiyi looked back at Song Ziyu who was standing in the distance, looked at the two of them, and said, "Brother Song is still as good to you as ever!" I just had a brief chat with you, and he was worried. ”

Lu Caiqing followed his gaze and looked at Song Ziyu who was standing in the distance, and laughed slightly.

"You look really good when you smile!" Ma Feiyi looked at her side of the face and praised.

"Didn't Ma Gongzi have something to say to me? I'm going back to take care of Aunt Liu in a while! Lu Caiqing restrained his smile and said.

"You are not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted! For a neighbor who is a meal can stand up like this, and say bluntly, I really admire you, and I admire that there are so many family members around you who treat you sincerely! Ma Feiyi opened his mouth and sighed.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Lu Caiqing raised her eyebrows, a little displeased, she couldn't say why she didn't like to talk to him alone.

"Can you hear about my background?" Ma Feiyi asked Lu Caiqing's opinion.

Lu Caiqing was even more puzzled, so he nodded, and Ma Feiyi began to tell about his life experience.

It turned out that his father was a political envoy of the three grades, in charge of accepting internal and external chapters and the suggestions and accusations of his subjects, which was equivalent to the current State Bureau of Letters and Visits.

He is cautious, but he is not willing to be a mere three grades, he wants to tie up with a higher magnate but has no way, he has a wife and four concubines at home, but he only has two men under his knees, one is the eldest son of the main room, and the current guard chief Ma Feilong of the Beijing Guard Battalion.

There is also the second son Ma Feiyi, who was born to an unfavored concubine, he grew up in the shadow of his eldest brother since he was a child, and everyone's praise is always how the eldest brother is full of wealth, how wise and martial, he has never heard a word of appreciation in his father's mouth.

Father's strict discipline, just because he is his son, taught him to let him learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just for him one day, the same son, the gap is clear at a glance, in order to get his father's affirmation, he has been working hard, dare not go against his father's will.

Even this time he came to Jeju Mansion to investigate Lu Caiqing, it was his father's idea. In order to make friends with the Ma family to the Lin family in the capital, he put his ideas on Lu Caiqing, who had nothing to do with him.

Ma Feiyi is a very smart person, since his father entrusted him and arranged him by Lord Zhou's side, he knew that his father must have wanted him to climb Lu Caiqing, and then contact the Bai family or the Lin family.

Arriving here in advance actually let him find out about the recent boiling drum beating and unjust case in Jeju Mansion, which actually had a trace of connection with Lu Caiqing, he guessed that he could help Lord Zhou to do things well in order to have his own foothold, and maybe he could contact Lu Caiqing.

I didn't expect it to be as I expected, but what I didn't expect was that the main person who beat the drum and sang the grievances was her Lu Caiqing, he admired this bold woman, admired her courage very much, and through talking to her, he was smart enough to detect that she had discovered her intentions, deliberately approached, and had premeditated, in order to offset her misunderstanding of herself, so he told the truth, hoping to eliminate his prejudice.

After listening to his narration, Lu Caiqing knew the intrigue in the courtyard of the deep house, if he was not a man, his father would not have a child like him at all, this is a typical family of patriarchy in ancient times, but it is not easy for him to live in the shadow of his eldest brother, and he can still maintain himself, no matter what kind of entrustment he bears from his father, he has never been malicious to himself, so if he does not violate his interests, this friend can still be made.

"Why do you want to tell me the truth, you want to get close to me through a relationship that is kind to me, or you can cling to Lin Huaijin who you want to befriend?" Lu Caiqing went straight to hear how he defended.

"Pick a green girl! I know that you have always been on guard against me, when I was in the back garden of Baifu, I hesitated and hesitated because of my father's warning when he was about to go out, so that I would not have much trouble and not cause trouble! I remember it in my heart because I know that the identity of the Bai family's guests is that I can't afford to be the unfavored son of a small political envoy in my family. ”

"But you can't stand the condemnation of conscience, you still care." Lu Caiqing said for him.

"But since I'm in charge, I won't regret it." Ma Feiyi said firmly.

"This time I came prepared, although I was there for a long time, but I was waiting, because people were light and fortunately, Lord Zhou arrived in time, so I could play my role, although I had already planned, but I still don't regret it! To do things is to be far-sighted, if I am not sure, I will never take action, not only will I not be able to save the two, but I will also limit myself to the predicament. ”

"I understand! Thank you for your frankness, I also heard that it was your father's explanation, you have to do it in public and private, and I also admire your principles, but I think you have such a deep prejudice against your father, why should you be at his mercy? Lu Caiqing asked suspiciously.

"After all, he is my father, how to say that I am also a member of the Ma family, since he wants me to get ahead, then I have to work hard, but not for him, but for me and my mother, one day if I am developed, she will no longer be able to raise her head in the Ma family, I will let her raise her chest to be a man, so I have to work hard, just start from Jeju Mansion, I want to make achievements to show him, not people who hold it in the palm of their hearts will eventually become great, it is gold and there will be a day when it shines, no matter three years or five years, I will work hard for my goals." The more Ma Feiyi spoke, the more he felt that his goal was in front of him.

Lu Caiqing listened to his lofty revenge, and suddenly felt that he was surviving in the cracks, and the first thing he learned was that his own safety was the most important, and his premeditated plan in court became insignificant, but such a person with lofty goals would not attach too much importance to friendship, they all had their own needs, since his lofty revenge was really here, then it was beneficial and harmless to the people, why not be friends.

After thinking about it, Lu Caiqing finally smiled and said, "Brother Ma! Since this is the case, we will have many opportunities to deal with each other in the future, and if there is anything that needs me, I will definitely do my best to help you. ”

"Really? Get out of the girl! Don't you blame me for having a plan in court and having other intentions for you? Are we friends now? Ma Feiyi asked with great excitement.

"You are excusable, I forgive you, and haven't we been friends for a long time? We have been friends since the moment you acted bravely in the White Mansion against your father's wishes. Lu Caiqing said lightly.

"I'm still a little ashamed, I really followed my own heart at that time in Baifu, and I have no regrets about saving people, even if I go back and be reprimanded by my father, I am willing. I am selfish in this court. Ma Feiyi lowered his head in shame.

"Brother Ma! You don't need to be ashamed of public or private, the husband does things informally, as long as the result is what he wants, the rest doesn't matter! Lu Caiqing said righteously.

"Having said that, but people's feelings are still involuntary, and I was entrusted by my father to investigate your family affairs before I unintentionally collected evidence; Second, I want to make meritorious contributions in front of Lord Zhou, although he is recommended by his father, but I want to rely on my strength to speak; Thirdly, I really want to get rid of the house, since I come out, I don't want to go back to that home without temperature, and when I am developed, I will pick up my mother out, this is my real purpose. Pick a green girl! You won't blame me for being selfish! Ma Feiyi said cautiously.

"Thank you Brother Ma for your confession to me, just because I am not familiar with you and I have no lifelong friendship, I will also take care of the overall situation on me, rest assured that I don't blame you!" Lu Caiqing comforted him.

"Then I'll rest assured, in fact, to be honest, I've grown so big, I never knew that I didn't have a true friend, and I didn't know how to get along with friends who had died, so I really cherished the friendship with Miss Caiqing, and I was very nervous, which made you laugh. It's not early, so I live in the government office, and I send someone to call me if I have something, and I'm on call. ”

Lu Caiqing saw that he was happy like a child, so he smiled and nodded, and then he turned around happily and left, Lu Caiqing watched him start to walk in a decent way, and then he felt that no one was watching and jumped away, as happy as eating candy.

Lu Caiqing felt that no matter whether he was pretending to be hypocritical, whether he was sincerely befriending, or deliberately trying to befriend the powerful, in short, his appearance was absolutely not harmful to him.