East Pavilion of the Liangyi Palace

Long Yan was furious. Fang Qiao spoke first and roughly talked about the things since he found the Lu family in Longquan Town:

"This matter starts after the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet...... The student surnamed Lu from the Guozijian became famous for a while, and many people mentioned it in the minister's ear, so the minister went to investigate a lot of things, and under suspicion, he went to Longquan Town in person......"

But they mistakenly thought that what the minister did back then was a merciless act, so they didn't want to recognize the minister. Please forgive your majesty, in order to save his wife and children, the minister will make it clear that he faked the matter of joining the king of An, it is really to protect them, so he pretended to be cold-eyed, but the words have been said, but he can't exchange the forgiveness of his wife and children who have suffered all these years, and the minister can't bear to force them, so he put the matter down for the time being, thinking about slowly alleviating it, but who knows that this short half a month has passed, when the minister's mother is sick, the father-in-law recognized them as the relatives of the Lu family. ”

"Your Majesty, this is the way it is. Though the courtier's mother had misbehaved that day. But after returning home, because of Sisun's illness, it was because of filial piety, and now they must be recognized. There are portraits of his wife in the minister's house, and there are letters and handwriting to prove that the four mothers and sons newly recognized by the Huaiguo Mansion are indeed the wives and children of the minister. Please make your judgment clear. ”

During this period, the two brothers and sisters came to visit the patient, and Lu Zhi released words about debt collection, but he did not mention anything.

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned his head, stared at Lu Zhongzhi who was kneeling on the ground, and asked directly:

"Lu Qing, what he said is true?"

Lu Zhongzhi supported the ground with his hands, slowly raised his head, and on his wrinkled old face, he couldn't see joy or anger, and replied seriously and clearly, word by word:

"Back to the emperor, the mother and son of the Lu family are from my Lu family."

Fang Qiao frowned, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed, and said, "What I asked you is, are they Fang Qiao's wife and children?" ”

"They are from my Lu family."

Fang Qiao saw that Li Shimin was about to get angry again, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Your Majesty is angry, the wife and children of the minister are indeed considered to be the family of Huaiguo Gong, this is correct, can you allow the minister to say a few words to Huaiguo Gong?" ”

"Exactly."

Fang Qiao knelt on the spot and turned to face Lu Zhongzhi, who didn't look at him. He said in a low voice: "Lord Yue, I have made a lot of mistakes in the past, if Lan Niang and they go back to the house with me, my son-in-law promises that he will no longer do anything that is negative to them, it is a matter of two bloodlines, how can it be a child's play, I hope that my father-in-law will think deeply." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lu Zhongzhi turn his head and stare at him, his eyes flashed between two breaths, and there was an indescribable complicated look, first annoyed, then a little happy, and finally fell on a look similar to sympathy.

Both of them knew that in fact, it would not be good for anyone to make a big fuss, and the emperor knew this, so he would bring them alone and want them to solve it privately. Otherwise, what should I do, the two families compete with each other for blood, and they don't give in to each other, should they be handed over to Dali Temple or the Criminal Department to be judged as a case? The two sons-in-law of Weng, who were pivotal and extremely popular in the dynasty. The drama of making a big fuss about competing for children and grandchildren, isn't this a shame for the entire court and a joke for everyone in the world!

"Your Majesty," Lu Zhongzhi turned around and knelt on the ground, and said with a firm attitude: "Lord Fang's words, the minister can't understand, the four mothers and sons have worshiped the ancestors of my Lu family, and they are now in my Lu family tree, and their surnames are the surnames of my Lu family, and they are also members of my Lu family." ”

He was determined to refuse, and even the ancestors of the Lu family were pulled up, and there was a big posture of "I just don't say or admit it, what can you do with me"!

Lu Zhongzhi's voice fell, Fang Qiao secretly said badly, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but he didn't want the emperor, whose face was already black, not only did not get angry, but nodded and said, "Okay, I can't take care of your family affairs." ”

After speaking, the two of them, who were no longer stunned at the same time, glanced at each other, and shouted outside the door:

"Come on, pass on Liu Dewei, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple!"

***

Half an hour later, the figures of Fang Qiao and Lu Zhongzhi appeared outside the Hanguang Gate in the north of the imperial city, and standing between them was a thin middle-aged man in his forties.

"Alas, Lord Fang, Lord Lu, why are you doing this?"

Fang Qiao said slightly apologetically: "It's embarrassing for Lord Liu, the matter has come to this point, you just need to deal with it impartially." ”

It turned out that this thin man was Liu Dewei, the Zhengqing in Dali Temple who was responsible for the judicial disputes of officials above the third grade. Li Shimin sent him into the palace, and in front of the three of them, he confessed the case of the two families fighting for relatives in Fanglu, and the emperor's original words were-

"The origin of the mother and son, you personally carefully checked it for me, and after three days, whoever should be sent to it! Whoever dares to obstruct it will be regarded as disrespectful to the will! ”

In this era, there is a saying of adoption and adoption, but there is no reason to recognize the son-in-law of other people's families under his own name, as long as it is found that Lu's mother and son are indeed the wife of the Fang family, because the Lu family was not divorced by Fang Qiao, and the second did not leave with him, as the wife of the Fang family, she led three children who were less than twenty years old home, that is a sure thing!

Seeing that the carriages of each family drove to him, Liu Dewei saluted the two of them separately and said, "Two adults, since the emperor personally ordered it to come down, I hope to forgive me if I have offended in the past few days." ”

The two disputes were tried as cases. Naturally, it is necessary to go through procedures such as collecting evidence before the case and going to court against Bo.

Lu Zhongzhi nodded with a calm face, and took the lead in getting into the carriage and leaving.

***

When Empress Changsun rushed from the main hall to the Liangyi Palace, Fang Qiao and the others had already left, took the food box in the hands of the palace people, and she entered the palace alone.

After putting the delicate side dishes in the food box on the table, he took a cup of hot porridge, walked to the edge of the soft couch and sat down, looked at the ochre figure lying on his back, and said softly:

"Your Majesty, it's useless to have lunch, and you're not hungry. Is it good to eat first? ”

Li Shimin turned to the side, his face was no longer the anger of a quarter of an hour ago, only a faint tiredness remained, "Who would have thought that these two families who have been friends for decades would end up being fake and real, and they turned into enemies, and even I couldn't persuade them." ”

Empress Changsun asked, "Then what did the emperor do in the end?" ”

"I've handed it over to Dali Temple."

"Huh?" Hearing this unexpected answer, she was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, she said with a look of disapproval: "In this way, wouldn't it be a big trouble, I heard that the DPRK and China have been talking about it for the past two days." ”

Li Shimin snorted, "Neither of them is afraid of being embarrassed, so what do I have to be afraid of." ”

Empress Eldest Sun put the cup and bowl on the small table on the side and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, the crux of this problem is not Lord Fang and Lord Lu, but the mother and son of the Lu family. ”

***

In the afternoon of the third day of the third day of Guozijian's work, the number of people dropped sharply to twenty-one, and the main ones who were brushed down were all students of Guozijian, but Yiyu, Lu Zhi, Cheng Xiaofeng, and Lu Shuqing were still there.

After returning to the Huaiguo Mansion after school, Lu Zhi and Yiyu were led by their subordinates to Lu Zhongzhi's study, and the Lu family was already waiting there.

told the mother and son what happened at noon without concealing it.

When I came, I expected that it would not be a good news relic jade, and I was still surprised to hear him say that the emperor handed over the matter to Dali Temple to deal with. According to Lu Zhi's previous arrangement, he recognized this family, just to wait for Fang Qiao to ask for someone, so that Lu Zhongzhi would come forward to carry it, and the emperor would not be embarrassed to see the merits of supporting the establishment back then, but who would have thought that the emperor would directly kick them to Dali Temple as a ball, how should this be good?

Lu Zhongzhi finally sighed: "I am only the emperor, and I will not let this matter make a big fuss." But in the end, the sacred heart is unpredictable, he actually left the face of the court and ordered Dali Temple to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”

Lu Shi couldn't help but interject, and after listening to him, he hurriedly said: "Dad, you shouldn't anger the emperor like this, if he is angry-"

Lu Zhongzhi waved his hand, "Don't be afraid, the emperor has a friendship with me, let's not talk about this." Tomorrow, Dali Temple will definitely come to mention people, Fang Qiao must have evidence in his hand that can prove your identity, let's discuss it, how to deal with it. ”

"Huh." Just when the three of them were worried, Lu Zhi, who was still contemplative just now, chuckled twice.

This is all in trouble, and I laughed out! Yi Yu glanced at him, but his heart was relieved, knowing that he must be hiding some tricks.

Sure enough, Lu Zhi stopped laughing at Lu's gaze and said, "It's actually a good thing to hand it over to Dali Temple for trial." ”

Lu Zhongzhi also knew that this grandson had a lot of ideas, so he hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Lu Zhi said unhurriedly: "You have been away from Beijing for many years, even if the emperor has friendship, it is more than Fang Qiao, who has been by his side for so many years, if this matter is to be dealt with by the emperor, it is inevitable that Fang Qiao will be biased, but it can be handed over to Dali Temple, and the emperor's words are there, and the case will definitely be tried fairly." ”

Lu Zhongzhi said, "Dali Temple trial, we can't take any advantage, Fang Qiao said to the emperor in front of me today, he left your mother's portrait and handwriting to testify, just take the portrait out and compare, and then let your mother write a few words." ”

Thirteen years have passed, Lu's appearance has not aged much, but his temperament has changed more, unfamiliar people can't recognize him after so many years, but familiar people can recognize people by their portraits.

When Lu Shi heard him talk about this, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Even if there is a portrait, there are three points of distortion, and there are more people in this world who look alike." As for the handwriting... Big deal, I can't write! ”

Hearing her say this, Yi Yu turned her head and covered her mouth, and laughed, it's a good saying that she can't write, but isn't this a clear scoundrel.

Unlike the brothers and sisters, who couldn't cry or laugh, Lu Zhongzhi stroked his beard and nodded: "It's okay to say that." ”

Seeing that the father and daughter were becoming more and more unreliable, Lu Zhi was about to speak, but was interrupted by a sudden sound of news from outside the door-

"Master, the eldest grandson came to the door angrily with a group of officers and soldiers, saying that he wanted to arrest the eldest young master, and the master asked the little one to hurry over!" (！ )