The night is hazy, like a thin veil, holding this water town of Shaoxing in it. Lu Yanduan sat on the railing at the end of the inn, looking at the sky and the moon in a quiet daze, his thoughts returned to six years ago, he was still the one who had just learned about the infinite scenery of the Yuan, and was studying hard all night for the spring of the second year.

Father in order to hunt down the robber of the Jiangyang thief has not been home for half a month, as the head of Yangzhou City, it is common not to go home for ten days and a half, but this time he feels extremely irritable, may be related to the weather, it has passed the beginning of autumn, but it is like the dragon lord is angry, and all the water of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is poured into Yangzhou City.

Suddenly heard the sound of porcelain falling to the ground in the kitchen, which was thrilling in this stormy evening, Lu Yan dropped his books and ran into the kitchen, and saw broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, and bright blood stains dripping from his mother's fingers.

"Mother, why are you careless!" After complaining, Lu Yan hurriedly found gauze and bandaged his mother.

Mother's sideburns have been dyed with hoarfrost, and fine wrinkles have climbed between the corners of her eyes. In fact, few people still remember that she was born in Qinglou, only knowing that her husband is the head catcher of Yangzhou City, Lu Chai, and her son is the Xie Yuan of this autumn season, maybe if she is lucky enough, she can still be sealed!

Mother sat on a chair in the kitchen, looking at the heavy rain outside, "I always feel a little upset today, and I don't know how your father is?" ”

Lu Yan comforted: "Mother doesn't have to worry, don't you know your father's ability?" It may be that this case is a bit tricky, and my father came back a few days late, and this kind of thing is also common! ”

"How can I not worry, I have been worried about your father for twenty years after marrying your father, I have been worried about him for twenty years, I don't ask your father to be a high-ranking official and rich and noble, as long as he can be safe, I will be content!"

Bright lightning pierced the sky, and the whole room was lit up, and then thunder rolled in, as if to split the sky through a hole. After the thunder, I heard a knock on the door, accompanied by the rushing rain, and it was dull and breathless.

"Who?" Lu Yan asked loudly.

There was silence outside the door for a while, and a hoarse voice said: "It's the chief catcher in Yangzhou City, Lu Chasing Lu Catcher, who is back, open the door!" ”

This is not his father's voice, but it sounds a little familiar, as if it is a certain apprentice of his father, Lu Yan felt strange in his heart, but he still put on a hat and went to open the door.

Another lightning flashed, the sky and the earth were bright, Lu Yan saw the scene outside the door clearly, several people wearing hats carried a black coffin, under the bright lightning, he could see the grief on their faces clearly. The man at the head said: "Lu Zhutou unfortunately died in his line of duty when he was chasing down the Jiangyang thieves who robbed the army's salary! ”

The thunder rolled over the sky, and Lu Yan didn't have time to react, so he heard a muffled sound behind him, and when he looked back, his mother had fallen in the heavy rain.

After that day, my mother fell ill, and my father's funeral was handled by a kind neighbor.

After that day, Lu Yan seemed to have grown old all of a sudden, before this, he was just a student who only read the books of the sages, he felt that all the problems in the world could be answered from the books of the sages, and after that, the problems he encountered, the ancient sages could no longer give a reasonable answer!

His father's coffin was parked at home for three days, but only a few people came to worship, especially the people in the government office came even less, Lu Yan only thought that they were busy with official business, but on the day of the funeral, he received a harsh order from the government office, saying that Lu Yan was not effective in handling the case, resulting in the robbers who robbed the military salary to get away with it, causing huge losses to the treasury, and even delaying the military aircraft, and removing the head of the Yangzhou government.

On that day, his mother dragged his seriously ill body to the government and sounded the drum of injustice, although his husband was not in a high position, but he worked hard for the court all his life, self-denial, and loyalty, and she would never allow him to be detained after his death! Lu Yan followed behind his mother, holding a paper of grievances in his hand.

But he didn't expect that the two of them didn't even enter the door of the mansion, so they were driven out by the messengers inside, and the one who took the lead was his father's best brother on weekdays, and he shouted Zhao Jia, who grew up with Uncle Zhao.

At this time, Zhao Jia replaced Lu Chai and became the chief catcher in Yangzhou City. was polite to them, and comforted them with kind words: "Sister-in-law, eldest nephew, what do you think you are doing here?" The eldest brother's reprimand order was sent from above, I heard that it was the meaning of the Governor's Mansion, and the prefect was also severely reprimanded for this matter, and it won't help you to come here, don't mess around, go back quickly! ”

The mother cried and said, "Zhao Jia, how did your eldest brother treat you in the past, are you such a wolf-hearted reciprocal to your eldest brother?" ”

Zhao Jia pursed his lips and said, "In the past, my eldest brother was really good to me, but I was not bad to my eldest brother either!" This matter is one yard at a time, you go back honestly today, you will still be my sister-in-law and eldest nephew in the future, if you continue to mess around, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless! Especially the eldest nephew, you are going to Beijing next year to take the exam, don't let this incident affect your future, let's go! ”

In fact, Lu Yan now thinks back that Zhao Jia's words at that time did mean to defend the two of them, because he knew that the water in it was too deep, and it was not something that a woman or a nerd could clarify!

It's a pity that Lu Yan's heart was full of the great truth read in the sage book at that time: "My father suffered such an injustice, as a son of man, if I can't get justice for my father, what face will I have to stand between heaven and earth, and what face will I have to gain fame?" He rushed to the palace desperately and stopped him, he said loudly: "I have a meritorious reputation, which of you dares to stop me?" ”

There are many people who watch the excitement at the entrance of the palace, the prefect has not dared to show up, they have been making trouble from noon to evening, the people who are watching the excitement around have dispersed, the mother is in a hurry, after spitting a few mouthfuls of blood, she hit her head on the pig at the door of the palace, all say that the pig can distinguish right from wrong, can know good and evil, loyal and treacherous, but it is stained with the blood of the mother, and it is still indifferent to the rights and wrongs of the world.

Father and mother are buried together, and being able to sleep with the life they love and die in the same cave is a kind of happiness for the mother. But Lu Yan couldn't let his father and mother die unjustly, since he couldn't find the justice he wanted here, he went elsewhere, he thought that there was always a place in the world that could give him justice!

Lu Yan left Yangzhou on the second day after burying his parents, and then the news that he was robbed of his fame was also sent to the Lu family's door, but unfortunately no one received the official document!

Zhu Yixiang's words during the day reminded Lu Yan's past, he really wanted to frame Hu Zongxian this time, maybe Hu Zongxian had nothing to do with this military salary robbery, but he must have something to do with his father's death! It's just that I can't find any evidence after checking over the years.