In the second year of Yining of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan usurped the Sui Dynasty and became emperor. The eldest son Li Shimin was named the crown prince, the second son Li Jiancheng was the king of An, the third son Li Yuanba was the king of Liao, and the fourth son Li Yuanji was the king of Qi. At that time, the three founding heroes were the most prestigious, one was Li Yuan's cousin Li Xiaogong, the king of Xi'an, the other was Xiao Yu, the brother of Emperor Xiao of the Sui Yang Emperor, and the prince of Song Dynasty, and the other was Lu Zhongzhi, a wealthy gentleman of Longxi, and he was named the Duke of Huaiguo.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Yuan sent his second son King An to build a campaign to conquer the Quartet, exterminate all kinds of chaotic parties and bandits, four years of martial arts, King An swelled his power because of his military exploits, and most of the party secretly threw himself into it. In the fifth year of Wude, Lu Zhongzhi, the Duke of Huaiguo, was quite suppressed by King An's faction, and Emperor Song was reprimanded and resigned angrily and left Beijing.

In the ninth year of Wude, Li Yuan was seriously ill, King An mastered the Imperial City Janissaries, forced the palace in September, and there were King Qi led troops to assist outside Chang'an City, when it was critical, the Praetorian Guards were on the verge of rebellion, and there were unknown soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress King Qi outside Chang'an City, King An's mutiny failed, and most of the officials in the party had been rebelled and defeated.

After Li Yuan abdicated, the crown prince Li Shimin ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Zhenguan. In the third year of Zhenguan, the king of Xi'an handed over his military power, Xiao Yu, the prince of the Song Kingdom, was demoted repeatedly, and Lu Zhongzhi, who moved out of the country, disappeared, and the three founding fathers of the former country faded out of the sight of the courtiers.

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Chang'an City in the south of the imperial city is known as the east of the rich and the west is rich, located in the east of the third street of Zhuque Street, Pingkangfang is a restaurant lined up singing and dancing place, whether it is the powerful and rich gentry or the literati and, many happy to come here for pastime.

There is a restaurant in the north of Pingkangfang, named Chengyuan Building, the environment is the most unique, there is neither Ji Building nor gambling hall around. It is one of the few quiet places in Pingkangfang.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the lanterns outside the building have also been hung, and the building is full of guests, but the backyard separated by a wall is very quiet.

A middle-aged man in his forties quietly withdrew from a room, closed the door, turned around and beckoned the side of the nursing home, and asked in a low voice, "Second aunt and grandmother are back?" ”

The nurse shook his head and replied, "I didn't see anyone." ”

The middle-aged man frowned, and was about to ask another question, when he saw a person coming in from behind the brick carving wall in the south, hanging his head and not looking at the road, and walking straight towards the house on the other side.

"Second sister." The man let out a low shout, and the person who came slowly raised his head, and six lanterns were lit in the courtyard, which could clearly make people see the embarrassment on his face, as well as the messy bun, this person was the middle-aged woman who found the school dormitory in the evening to entangle the jade.

The man walked up to her in a few steps and said reproachfully, "Did you run to them alone?" ”

"Second brother," the woman's eyes filled with tears, "they don't recognize me... What can I do..."

The man was slightly stunned, then frowned and said, "Dad finally rested, don't wake him up crying again." Let's talk about it when we go back to the house. ”

So saying, he turned around and led the woman into the side room, and when the two entered the house, a servant came up to bring tea, and did not forget to close the door when he left.

The man's face sank at this time, and his voice was two points more stern than just now, "We arrived in the capital yesterday, how did I explain to you, did I say that you should not be impulsive first, why did I go out with my front foot in the afternoon, and you ran out with your back foot!" ”

"Woo... Second brother, they... They don't recognize us—" The woman wept, not noticing the ugly look on the man's face.

With a "snap", the man slapped the table hard and reprimanded: "Cry, cry, cry, you know how to cry all day long, if you cry again, I will send you back to Yangzhou!" ”

The woman was taken aback by him, hurriedly held back her tears, bit her lip and looked at him, and it took a long time to relieve the soreness in her nose, "Second brother, don't bother me, Lu Zheng sent a letter after you left in the afternoon, I got the news of the children, how can I still sit still, I thought about going to see it first, who knew that people saw it, but they didn't recognize me at all..."

The middle-aged man heard the word "don't recognize" from her mouth for the third time, the anger between his eyebrows dissipated, and he changed to a little melancholy, and his tone softened, "I also read the news they checked." This time it's likely to be Lan Niang, their mother and son—"

"Not impossible! They are! Big brother, don't you see the appearance of Lan Niang's little daughter, it is exactly the same as the portrait of our mother when she was young, the nose, the mouth, and the hooked eyes, you don't need to prove it, it is definitely the blood and bones of our family! Also, there is also Lan Niang's embroidered purse, the material is ninety percent new, obviously it has only been embroidered for a short time, you say who else can they be! ”

The woman's expression suddenly became excited, and she quickly told the man what happened after she arrived at the school dormitory, and her tone was very positive when she talked about the appearance of the jade, but when she talked about the last few words that Lu Zhi said to her, her expression became sad again.

"At first, I thought Lan Niang was hiding it from them, but then I met the child who looked like Zhi'er, and I guessed that they didn't want to recognize us at all."

As she spoke, the middle-aged man's expression changed several times, from surprise at the beginning to surprise later, and then to worry at this time, "According to what you say, these children all know about us?" ”

"Big brother, what can I do. The two children didn't want to recognize us, it must be because Lan Niang hated us so much back then..."The woman's crying expression gradually became sharper, "It's all to blame on that brute!" If he hadn't done that hand behind our backs, how would Lan Niang, Lan Niang, and them have ended up so far..."

The man didn't answer her words, just clenched his fists and lowered his head.

The woman's eyes were a little dazed as she spoke, "You men, why did you want to impose those things on her back then, yes, you have great righteousness, and you gave them up for the sake of righteousness... Look at the moment when Daddy's body is broken. My mother has also become blind, and our three brothers and sisters still don't even have an heir... That beast now has only one daughter, and the emperor did not edict the world to wash his name when he succeeded to the throne, he has to be the renegade villain for the rest of his life! Haha, retribution, what retribution! ”

"Enough!" The middle-aged man roared with a pale face, holding his forehead with one hand, "You go out." ”

"Bang!" With a bang, the door was slammed open from the outside, and the two people in the room looked up together, only to see a tall but slightly rickety old man standing at the door, with pale hair scattered over his shoulders, and his wrinkled face was flushed with iron at this time, and he slowly withdrew the fist that slammed the door.

The faces of the brother and sister changed suddenly, and they hurriedly stood up, bowing their heads and calling, "Dad." ”

The old man ignored them, put his crutches into the threshold, and walked in with half a leg, and the middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward to help, but was opened by a limp.

The old man sat down on the main seat, his eyes slackening his eyelids swept over the two of them, and the fierceness contained in them made the two siblings tremble.

"Get on your knees!"

"Poof!" The woman and the man fell to their knees in obedience.

"One lied to me that the person hadn't been found yet, and the other secretly hid from me to find someone, did you two see that my old bones were about to lie in the coffin, you said! If I hadn't come with you this time, would my daughter and grandson be mistaken by you again! ”

After speaking, without waiting for the two to answer, the old man shouted: "Lu Yao! ”

Looking out from the open doorway, I saw a pale color falling into the courtyard, and a moment later there was a young man in a strong suit in the room, bowing down and standing in front of the old man.

"You go in person, no matter what means you use, find out to me about the old man's grandsons, and the old man will see Zhun Xin tomorrow afternoon!"

As soon as the words fell, the young man in pale clothes disappeared into the hall.

"Dad, my son has already found out, they-"

"Dong" The old man's crutches slammed on the ground, like a muffled thunder hitting the hearts of the two brothers and sisters. "I, Lu Zhongzhi, hate being deceived the most in my life, you two go back to the room for me!"

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After talking with Lu Zhi in the garden pavilion that night, Yi Yu didn't mention the matter again, and because Mu Xiu wanted to go to Shangshu Mansion to make an appointment, Yi Yu asked Lu Zhi to ask her a lot about the Errong Poetry Society in advance, in case they took the opportunity to make a stumbling block for themselves.

In the past few days, the attitude of the students in the class towards her is even more cordial, except for Du Ruojin's younger brother Du He, many people have been able to call her by name, and the eldest grandson Xian is much gentler than her lukewarm attitude towards her in the past, and she will always nod and salute each other when they meet, but the more she is like this, the more uncomfortable Yu Yu feels in her heart, and she always feels that she has other intentions for herself.

Mu Xiu's afternoon class was Danqing, and the teacher was Du Ruojin, after Yu heard from Lu Zhi that he was missing, this Mr. Du also helped to find something, and he always wanted to take the opportunity to thank him, just in time for this class.

Yiyu's painting skills are not very bad, after all, she has been practicing embroidery with the Lu family since she was a child, and she has to draw some patterns and the like, but to be honest, the objects she embroiders are much more exquisite and beautiful than the drawings drawn.

The teaching house was very quiet, every student was painting seriously in front of the desk, and Yu Yu was also very serious, otherwise she would not have noticed it until Du Ruojin stood behind her and watched for a quarter of an hour.

"Here, it should be lighter." Du Ruojin leaned over slightly, stretched out a white finger and pointed to a place on her painting, the two were not close, but the fresh fragrance on his body still penetrated her nose.

"Hmm." The jade answered, and when he put down the pen, he would pay attention to the light color of the ink.

"Are you well?" She was concentrating on painting, and suddenly heard a whispered inquiry from the side of her ear, and was slightly stunned, and then nodded her head lightly and whispered:

"It's good."

"What about the shoulder?"

Yi Yu blinked, his wrist shook slightly, and he made a mistake, and there was immediately a little more abruptness at a bamboo pole on the paper, and this little half an hour's work was obviously going to be in vain.

Du Ruojin reached out and took off the other pen on the pen stand, evened out the ink, moved two steps towards the side of the table, glanced sideways at the painting, and then put down the pen for a moment, and saw that the ink soon extended into a cluster of bamboo leaves.

Yi Yu secretly praised and whispered, "Thank you, sir." ”

After that, Du Ruojin didn't ask her about her shoulder injury, stood next to her case for a while, and turned around and went elsewhere. The movement of the two was extremely subtle, but it still attracted the attention of several people in the school house.

Du He, who was also sitting in the third row, only retracted his gaze after Du Ruojin moved, and Changsun Xian, who was sitting in the back, let out a slight cold snort. (！ )