After receiving the queen's order to execute Lu Ling, the wild people who gathered in front of the west gate to make trouble gradually dispersed as if they had fulfilled a certain promise, and ran home in different directions, still muttering something in their mouths, lazily away from Liu Bang and Lu Ling's sight.

Seeing that the wild people finally dispersed, Empress Lu closed her eyes and exhaled lightly, and the trouble in front of her was finally lifted. But Lu Ling, he is going to die, he has to die, although it is not what he wants, although he said that he will not let Lu Ling and his brother die, but the attitude of the wild people makes her have to do this, she has no way, it is not easy to save her brother's life.

The mood did not improve in the slightest, and he watched the wild people disperse, without a trace of pleasure on his face, as if he had been defeated.

Seeing that Empress Lu was staying there, Liu Bang came over, attached his hand to her shoulder and patted it.

Empress Lu turned her head and looked at Liu Bang in front of her with a blank look in her eyes.

Lu Ling...... Is it really driving people to death? Liu Bang still didn't believe it and wanted to confirm it from Empress Lu.

His eyes suddenly met Liu Bang's questioning gaze, and only after looking at it did he shift again, leaving his side, turning his back to Liu Bang, knowing that he couldn't hide it, knowing that Liu Bang already knew, he squinted his eyes and said lightly, "Yes." There is such a person in the Lu family, and the concubine is helpless, the concubine is good at keeping her brother alive because her brother reads Lu Ling is a member of the Lu clan and can't bear to send him to the court to be punished, and the elder brother is actually not guilty, and I hope the emperor will see it. The emperor decreed, Lu Ling is in his brother's mansion. ”

Liu Bang turned his head to the back of Lu Hou and looked at it, a strong back that seemed to be a stranger, from Lu Ling's accident to the present, Lu Hou did not say a word to him, and how did she know that Jiancheng Houfu was also besieged by wild people. She didn't tell him anything, which made Liu Bang's heart a little cold, and it took a while before she was lonely and said, "When did we distrust each other so much, you don't know what I think, I don't know what you think, you don't tell me anything." ”

After speaking, he shook his head helplessly with a sigh, and walked in the original direction after passing by Lu Hou's side.

Lu Hou's eyes followed Liu Bang's figure closely, and she raised her hand to call him and tell him everything, but she stopped talking, and the hand raised in the air gradually drooped, and she saw Liu Bang leave, leaving only herself and Dai Qing.

"Niangniang......" Dai Qing called her.

"I want to know what's wrong with us, I want to tell you everything, but I can't." Empress Lu's empty eyes looked at his distant figure without light, and he turned his head and said lightly, "Go back to the palace." When Empress Lu returned to the palace, he immediately sent someone back to the servant who had completed the Houfu, and before leaving, the servant asked Empress Lu how things were handled and how to explain to the Hou. Empress Lu lied to him, saying that it was all right, and the people around the Hou Mansion would gradually disperse, and let him go home and tell his brother and Lu Ling the good news, in fact, he also wanted Lu Ling not to resist, the whole world is not the king's land, and those who can't escape from it are better to die calmly, and they will treat their families well after death. When the servants heard the good news, they immediately rejoiced, and were escorted all the way back by the queen.

Liu Bang returned to the front hall and immediately summoned the court lieutenant and issued a holy decree to execute Lu Ling. As soon as Tingwei left, Liu Bang put down the pen in his hand, raised his hand and pinched his forehead, leaned on the dragon couch and quietly thought about the things of these days, and heard sighs from time to time.

He was thinking about why he had told people not to let the queen know about Simon, and why the queen had arrived not long after he arrived. He was thinking about how much the queen had hidden behind his back. He wondered if his economic policies were appropriate, and whether he should suppress such an arrogant and impudent and hoarding businessman as Lu Ling.

The servants who had built the Houfu happily went home with good news, and the queen's people saw that he had arrived home safely, and returned to the palace politely without entering the palace gate. As soon as the servant entered, another servant greeted him and exchanged a few words with him, and immediately happily ushered him into the hall.

It just so happened that Jiancheng Hou and Lu Ling were sitting on the slumped mat with sticky hearts, leaning on the side of a few cases, their eyebrows locked, and they all looked at each other in a daze. Hearing that the people who had entered the palace had returned, Lu Ling and Lu Shizhi stood up and walked to the door together.

"How? What did the queen say? Lu Shizhi asked eagerly, and Lu Ling also became eager, opened his eyes and swallowed nervously while waiting for the servant to answer.

The servant swallowed his saliva and said with joy, "It's okay, the queen mother came forward to solve it, she asked Lu Gongzi to stay in the Hou Mansion for a while, so as not to cause another riot among the wild people." ”

Hearing this good news, Lu Shizhi and Lu Ling glanced at each other happily, and their hands clenched together excitedly.

"If it's good news, good, big prize." Lu Shizhi clenched his hands into fists and happily slapped the servant's chest, saying that he wanted to give him a big reward because he had brought this good news.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your generous reward." The servant accepted with a smile on his face.

Lu Shizhi walked to the center of the house, and said with a smile to the left and right maids with his head held high behind his back, "Tell me to go down, be happy today, and cook more good dishes." ”

"Whoa." The maids went down to tell the kitchen behind.

Lu Shizhi instructed the house slaves to go to the back hall to rest for the time being, and pulled Lu Ling to sit on the mat by himself. There was wine on several cases, Lu Shizhi happily poured some in his own wine buds, and poured some for Lu Ling, the two toasted happily, Lu Ling sighed, "This incident was caused by me, almost involved my uncle, my uncle stepped forward to rescue my nephew, I don't thank you, my nephew can only honor my uncle with wine." After speaking, he drank all the wine in his hand, and there was not a drop left.

Seeing that his mood was finally not as nervous as before, Lu Shizhi also felt relieved, accompanied by a smile, poured all the wine in his hand into his mouth, and poured the wine face down after drinking, so that Lu Ling could see that he had indeed drunk cleanly.

"Don't say that, I am a family surnamed Lu, and I am a distant nephew, why do you say such a thing? I said that the queen must have a way to settle this matter, don't you believe it. Behold, aren't the wild people at the gate scattered? Aren't you alright? He burst out laughing.

Lu Ling didn't dare to be so careless, although he said that the queen had solved the matter, but he had a bad feeling in his heart, so he frowned again.

"Don't worry, I still believe in my sister's ability to do things, you haven't seen her ability." Lu Shizhi saw that he still had a sad face, so he comforted him a few words and continued to pour wine for him.

Lu Ling had no choice but to nod and accept it, and saluted Lu Shi's wine.

When the two of them were drunk, suddenly the house slave outside the door ran in and reported that someone from the court had come, and then a few people with serious faces appeared behind the house slave, Lu Shizhi didn't know why he was still drunk and laughing.

Lu Ling got up vigilantly and looked at the few people who came in, all of them looked at Lu Shizhi and Lu Ling coldly, Lu Ling's heart sank, and he felt flustered and frightened.

The person who started Lu Shizhi knew that it was Zhang Tingwei, Lu Shizhi didn't know why, I don't know why he came here at this time, and got up drunk to talk to him.

"Why is Zhang Tingwei here?" Lu Shizhi staggered to Zhang Tingwei and asked him with a drunken smile.

When Lu Ling heard that it was Zhang Tingwei, his heart was even more shocked, and he suddenly felt that death was approaching him, no matter what Lu Shizhi and the surnamed Zhang said, he took the opportunity to run away and want to escape.

"Catch Lu Ling." Zhang Tingwei didn't care about talking to him, he only saw Lu Ling running away, so he ordered someone to catch Lu Ling, who had run out of the house, and Lu Ling was carried in, and he glanced at Lu Shizhi with panic in his eyes, and was speechless.

Lu Shiyi looked at this scene, and suddenly the wine also woke up, and he was stunned for a long time before he stared at Zhang Tingwei and them, and asked puzzledly, "What does Zhang Tingwei mean by this?" Isn't Lu Ling's matter solved? ”

Zhang Tingwei didn't answer, and took out Liu Bang's holy decree from the deep sleeves of his wide robe to read it.

"Emperor's edict." As soon as the holy decree was held high, everyone quickly knelt down and listened.

"The emperor's edict: Lu Ling forced people to die for no reason, and he couldn't tolerate it because of reason, and even the murderer died in the three chapters of the law, and his name of guilt became successful, so he gave death." After Zhang Tingwei finished reading, he closed the holy decree and handed it to Lu Ling, who was being held, "Still not accepting the decree?" When Lu Ling heard this, he was already frightened and weakened on the ground.

Lu Shizhi, who was kneeling on the ground, was also frightened and overwhelmed, and Lu Shizhi couldn't figure out what was going on, biting the hand that was clenched into a fist against his mouth, his eyes rolling. Didn't the servant tell him that the queen had already settled the matter? Why did a Zhang Tingwei come out now, I was a little confused. Lu Ling was even more cold sweat on his back, so frightened that he couldn't say a word for a long time, let alone answer the death edict, he was weak on the ground in panic, and beads of sweat the size of beans rose on his eyebrows and forehead.

Lu Shizhi stood up and grabbed Zhang Tingwei's hand, and asked dumbfoundedly, "What's the matter?" Didn't the queen take care of this matter? How could there be Lu Ling's death edict? Are you mistaken? The more he talked, the more excited he became, and finally he asked through gritted teeth and tugging at his collar.

The servants around him and the entourage around Zhang Tingwei will be built and pulled away from Zhang Tingwei's side. Zhang Tingwei tidied up his clothes, stuffed the holy decree to Lu Ling on the ground, and got up and said to Jianhou, "Master Hou, you'd better ask the queen's mother, the minister is just carrying out the emperor's will, and I don't know anything else." ”

Lu Shizhi looked at Zhang Tingwei with cracked eyes, and then looked at Lu Ling, who was so frightened on the ground that his soul went to seven points, and knew that the matter was a foregone conclusion. Suddenly, his heart turned upside down like a sea of uncomfortable, the usually strong and fiery man now had red eyes, walked to Lu Ling's side and held his shoulder tightly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... I said sorry all the time, but after all, he still couldn't protect Lu Ling, his mood fell to the bottom, and anger broke out in his chest.

Lu Ling was stunned to read the holy decree over and over again, suddenly closed the holy decree, swallowed his saliva, his eyes were red with fright, he looked at Cheng Hou, and prayed with tears in his eyes, "Uncle, don't forget to take care of your mother after Lu Ling dies, and remember to put a pillar of warm incense on your nephew every year." ”

Jiancheng waited for tears to agree, holding Lu Ling's hand tightly with both hands, as if nothing could separate them, but the two big men cried so that everyone was sad.

"Come, give wine." Zhang Tingwei sent a message to bring the wine, and the entourage brought a bottle of wine to Lu Ling, and said, "The murderer should have been a heretical doppelganger, the emperor remembered that you were a member of the Lu clan, and he was specially ordered to die by giving wine, and the matter has come to this point, so don't complain about Lu Gongzi." ”

Lu Ling cried a lot, reluctantly took the wine in Zhang Tingwei's hand, looked at the wine ice and pure, and thought that it was a drink to seal his throat, and drinking this cup is to understand life forever. Jiancheng Hou raised his hand to stop him, and shouted urgently, "Don't ......" However, Lu Ling had already closed his eyes and poured the wine into his throat, and suddenly he couldn't say anything, he rolled on the ground in pain, and the pain in his eyes made Jianhou decide to avenge him. It didn't take long for his body to stop, his eyes closed, and a stream of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, flowing between Lu Ling's neck.

Seeing the dead Lu Ling, Jiancheng waited for the cry and ran to Lu Ling in front of him, hugged him and cried, causing all the maids and servants to put down their work and stand at the door to watch, and some also cried.

Zhang Tingwei saw Lu Ling's death, shook his head and sighed, walked to Jianchenghou's side, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted, "The deceased is gone, Hou Ye mourns." ”

Jiancheng Hou still howled and cried, ignoring Zhang Tingwei.

"Let's go back to the palace." Zhang Tingwei couldn't help when he saw it, so he just said a word of comfort and took his entourage back to the palace to resume his life.