"Follow him."

"Yes."

The third floor of the Magenta Building. The window facing the street in one of the guest rooms was ajar, and a white figure stood by the window, looking down at the figure on the street below, far away in the night.

Li Ke sat on the other side of the room, holding the wine glass in one hand, and caressing the guqin on his lap from time to time in the other, and the intermittent sound of the piano masked the laughter downstairs.

The man in white standing by the window turned around, revealing a middle-aged face, Li Ke looked up at him, and his face showed a hint of puzzlement.

"Master Mu, you seem to value this Lu Zhi too much, do you need to be so careful with a kid who has no roots and no foundation?"

This middle-aged man in white surnamed Mu was actually called a "teacher" by Li Ke, an arrogant prince! Even the gentlemen who are in charge of teaching the prince full-time in Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan have never been called "teachers" like Li Ke.

"Your Highness, those who want to achieve great things should take a long-term view, and they are often this kind of seemingly innocuous characters, and in the end, the more they can turn things around."

"I'm talking too much. Master Mu must have your reason for doing this," Li Ke's face showed a teachable look, and he gently plucked a single string, as if unintentionally: "He had a secret conversation with you just now, what did he say?" ”

The middle-aged man in white walked to the tea table and sat down, poured himself a cup of fragrant tea, and took a sip, "It's just some transactions, it's good for Your Highness." ”

Li Ke's plucked string hand paused, trade? A poor boy who is two white is just a saint, what can he trade for?

The middle-aged man in white saw his doubts, and didn't explain much, leaned back on his soft back, closed his eyes and said, "Your Highness, can you play a song on the piano." ”

Li Ke suppressed his doubts, put the wine jug aside, straightened the body of the piano, and skillfully plucked it, and the gentle and low sound of the piano vaguely revealed the thoughts of the person who stroked the piano.

***

After Lu Zhi left the Magenta Mansion, he walked through two spacious streets and walked into a deep alley, less than twenty steps, when he heard a few short "sonorous" sounds behind him, and there was the sound of clothes rubbing. After walking thirty-five steps, he noticed a sound of footsteps coming after him.

There was a lantern hanging in front of a house in the alley, he stopped, turned his head to look at the young man in the blue clothes who had walked behind him, and asked:

"How many people?"

Lu Yao's sword was still on his waist, and there was no sign of unsheathed, "Three of you, after a few moves, didn't you say that you wouldn't let me hurt people, so I clicked on their acupoints, and it can be untied in half an hour." ”

"Well," Lu Zhi suddenly smiled at him, "It's really convenient to have you here, it's better for you to follow me in the future." ”

Lu Yao was cultivated by Lu Zhongzhi, and he only recently "borrowed" it for use, and now he has the idea of digging a corner.

Lu Yao's face did not change, and said, "Aren't I just following Young Master Zhi now?" ”

A person who looks honest does not mean that he is stupid, and he can hear the meaning of Lu Zhi's words. Regardless of whether he was joking or not, Lu Yao blocked it back with a simple sentence.

Lu Zhi shook his head, turned around and continued to walk forward, Lu Yao followed behind him not far away, the two of them turned seven or eight paths, only to walk to a long street, and then went east for seven or eight zhang, and saw a courtyard gate, which was where the backyard gate of Chengyuan Building was located.

The door of the courtyard was closed, Lu Yao stepped forward, knocked for a while, and the door was opened from the inside, and there was a small man who looked like a person in the door, borrowing the lantern in his hand, to see the two people standing outside the door in the night, and then opened half of the door, bowed down and invited them in.

After passing through the small courtyard of the entrance, Lu Yao disappeared, Lu Zhi followed the person to Lu Zhongzhi's room, and did not report it, so he walked in alone, and the person re-closed the door from the outside, stretched out his hand to recruit a guard, guarded the corridor outside the door, and walked back to the backyard to guard.

Lu Zhongzhi was holding a steaming porcelain bowl drinking medicine, and when he saw Lu Zhi coming in, he stretched out his hand and beckoned him to come and sit, and then swallowed the medicine in a few sips, and put the bowl aside.

Lu Zhi frowned lightly. Before he could get to him, he smelled the bitter smell of medicine.

"The last time I saw you, you weren't okay, why did you still drink the medicine?"

Lu Zhongzhi heard a trace of concern that was hard to find in his words, stroked his beard, and said, "It's okay, after all, when you are old, as soon as the weather turns cold, you are susceptible to wind and cold." ”

Cold? Lu Zhi heard that his voice was unharmed, glanced at the little bit of medicine residue left in the bowl again, and sat down on the chair beside him.

Old Man Lu put his hand on his knee and asked, "What is the progress of the matter?" ”

Since recognizing and negotiating with Lu Zhongzhi, the grandfather and grandson have been looking for clues about the remnants of thirteen years ago, Lu Zhi has not returned to Beijing for many years, and his connections are not as good as before, but there are many people who can be used in his hands, Lu Zhi has been thinking in Beijing for three years, plus where the saint is, naturally he also has his doorway, so every once in a while, they will meet and communicate with each other.

Because Lu Zhi said it first, he didn't find out what happened back then. As long as the names of the Lu family and their two brothers are still hung in the family tree of the Fang family for a day, the family of four will not recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors as Lu Zhongzhi intended, so the old man Lu is busy looking for evidence on the one hand, and trying to separate his daughter and grandchildren from the Fang family on the other.

But it's easier said than done, although Fang Qiao has not been very satisfactory in recent years, after all, he is a member of the third grade, a very popular minister, and has been valued by the emperor, and the name of the Lu family has always been hung in the main room of his family. Lu Zhi and Lu Jun are both in the genealogy, and Lu Zhongzhi has the title of National Honor, plus he is a special entry, which is slightly better than him on the surface, but in fact, it is on par, and where the holy will is, Lu Zhongzhi is really weaker.

Fang Qiao claimed to the public that the three members of the Lu family were taken captive, if they want to expose his nonsense, they must expose the identity of the four members of the Lu family, Lu Zhi "killed" the concubine back then, one corpse and two lives, although the concubine's life is not worth mentioning, and the male fetus in the womb cannot be compared with the son-in-law, even if the identity is exposed, Lu Zhi will not be convicted for this, but he will eventually end up with the notoriety of killing his brother.

Lu's "life and death are unknown", and he can't leave, Lu Zhongzhi twice came to the door to ask Fang Qiao for a resignation, but he explicitly refused, and in addition to being angry, he stumbled around him, just take the matter of the Yu Yu ridicule on the street, the next day he passed the imperial history to the emperor, but it was all gone, and Lu Zhongzhi also took this opportunity to see more clearly the emperor's protection of Fang Qiao.

Compared with Lu Zhongzhi's enthusiasm, in fact, Lu Zhi did not put his mind on verifying the past, what he valued more was that there is now and the future, in order to make Lu and Yiyu live a more comfortable life, they must be operated, not cleaned!

In Lu Zhi's heart, it doesn't matter whether he wants to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in the Lu family, even if he doesn't recognize him, he is still surnamed Lu, and he can still retaliate. Lu Zhi will not be short of two pounds because of this, on the contrary, he has a poor background. It can bring more convenience.

Of course, he wouldn't tell this idea to Old Man Lu, who was looking forward to them restoring their bodies.

Lu Zhi looked at Lu Zhongzhi, who was full of silver hair, and said:

"There is some progress, the woman Li Niang, together with the dead Yun Niang, turned out to be the palace maid next to the eldest grandson queen, before Fang Qiao took refuge in King An, the second daughter was given to him at a banquet, that Li Niang is said to be a general of the Sui Dynasty, Yun Niang is nothing special, I asked my mother before, this woman was born with extraordinary beauty."

"I'm very puzzled by one thing, after Yun Niang's death, Fang Qiao locked me up - grandfather, my mother doesn't understand, you should be able to think of it, if it wasn't for Fang Qiao's instructions, how could my mother escape with us from the heavily guarded Fang Mansion."

Lu Zhi had already guessed that when he was imprisoned, how could it be that the children of the Lu family brought by the Lu family went to the ancestral hall to guard the door, and how did they escape so smoothly, obviously at the behest of Fang Qiao, but this was the first time he explained it to Lu Zhongzhi.

Old Man Lu didn't have surprise on his face, obviously he had already guessed, but there was hesitation in his eyes, "Zhi'er, when did you think of this?" ”

"Very early, as early as when our family was still in a small mountain village, relying on a few acres of thin fields to survive." Lu Zhi told him expressionlessly.

Old Man Lu's expression changed, his brows furrowed, and his voice was worried, "Since you know that he had the heart to let you go back then, why-"

Lu Zhi suddenly chuckled, his eyes were slightly bent, but he didn't see any pleasure in his eyes, "Why do you still blame him, why do you still hate him?" Grandpa, do you think I still have to be grateful to him, grateful to him for making my mother depressed, grateful to his favorite concubine for killing my name, grateful to him for letting Xiaoyu be a fool for four years! ”

"I want to be grateful to him, if it weren't for his loyalty, let my mother die, and took us to escape from this Chang'an City, Lu Jun and I are afraid that we will be like those who don't know the suffering of the world, and have nothing to do, Xiaoyu is like the beloved daughter of the lord of that house, arrogant, and my mother will not live for herself as tastefully as she is now."

His tone was flat, and there was no fluctuation in his words, but Lu Zhongzhi heard it in his ears, at this age, after going through wind and frost, he was still inevitably sad, his throat was astringent, and he said with some difficulty:

"Zhi'er, are you, are you ......" Do you still resent him?

Lu Zhi's expression softened, he smiled, shook his head and said, "You are the father of your mother, and the grandfather of our three brothers and sisters. ”

Seeing that he looked serious, Lu Zhongzhi swallowed his depression, sighed secretly, and continued the topic just now: "You just said that you don't understand, don't you understand why he wants to lock you up?" ”

Lu Zhi frowned slightly, and said slowly: "There is one thing, my mother didn't let me tell me, so I didn't tell you, and now it seems that the matter is very suspicious." ”

"Huh?" As soon as Lu Zhongzhi heard that Lu was still hiding things from him, he knew that it was not a good thing, and his face tensed, and he returned to a serious appearance.

"At that time, after we fled Chang'an, we were intercepted in the western suburbs."

(One more, thank you for your tickets, I saw the new reward system today, it's very interesting, thank you for your support!) The fruit is very hilarious! ）