Chapter Seventy-Six: Planning
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Bai Susu really hated this Wu Zhiyi, it was this bad thing that bullied the people outside under the banner of the Lu family, and finally caused the local people's resentment to boil, and some people even gave him the nickname Wu Peel, and he had to peel off a layer of skin everywhere he passed.
Wu peeled the skin, smiled, and made a big show to strengthen the people's daughters; Peeling Wu, smiling, and breaking into the house in the middle of the night. If you catch Zhou Papi, throw him into the oil pot.
Bai Susu can still recall these words in his ears, and even children of a few years old can sing them at that time, which shows how bad this person's reputation is.
"It's not worth it to be bad for that kind of popularity." Bai Susu picked up the official documents scattered on the ground and put them on the table.
Lu Zhiyuan has been holding back the fire in his heart for the past few days, and he is trying to find someone to talk to, although he knows that Aunt Bai doesn't understand this, but it is good to have someone to listen to, so he said, "Look at it, this stack is all evidence that Wu Zhiyi looted the people's fat and people's ointment during his tenure, such a heinous person, and he still wants me to open the net." ”
Bai Susu nodded, "Then it should be punished severely." ”
"But now my grandfather is forcing me to suppress this matter, if such a person can get away with it, then what face will I have to sit in the position of Dali Siqing in the future." The more Lu Zhiyuan spoke, the more angry he became, and he slapped the table again.
"Then you do what you want." Bai Susu said.
Lu Zhiyuan heard what she said as simple, but smiled, "How can you think as simple, Wu Zhiyi and the Lu family are inextricably linked, and if you move him, I'm afraid it will be difficult for our Lu family to be saved." ”
"Will you lose your life?" Bai Susu looked a little nervous.
"That's not going to happen, but it can only save my life, I'm afraid this rich day can't be saved." Lu Zhiyuan looked at her face, and his gentle and indifferent gaze had no other emotions.
"That's good, it's nothing if life is still there." Bai Susu breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, the Lu family's wealth has not been many years, sooner or later it will be the same, if you can save your life, the money will be gone.
"You can see it." Although Lu Zhiyuan said this, the smile between his eyebrows deepened a lot.
After a few days of precipitation, he already has a countermeasure, but he is just waiting for the final result.
He is not a person who regards money as dung, he has to weigh the pros and cons when he does things, the Lu family's affairs back then, in the final analysis, were also a palace turmoil, intrigue in the palace, and I don't know how many red faces and dry bones exist for that position all year round.
If it's really so true, don't live this day, the high position is just that, since you want to get it, you will become a king and lose a villain, and you can't complain about it.
But Wu Zhiyi is different, he is a magistrate, if this person is really covered, he has a bad conscience, I am sorry for those innocent dead people, this person must do it.
Bai Susu stayed in Lu Zhiyuan's study for an afternoon, and waited until it was almost dark before leaving.
Lu Zhiyuan sat in the study and waited until the moon was empty, and Zhu Ping hurried back from outside, with some fatigue on his face, presumably he hadn't slept well in the past few days, "What you expected is really right, then Wu Zhiyi did secretly send his son to Pinggu County." ”
"Good work." Lu Zhiyuan nodded, "Where are the people now?" ”
"Now they are in the other courtyard, and the minions have taken care of them, waiting for you to decide." Zhu Ping said.
Lu Zhiyuan nodded, since Wu Zhiyi threatened him with the things of the year, then he could also blackmail him back, according to Wu Zhiyi's crime, it was not an exaggeration to copy the whole house, and he himself knew that he sent away his only son in advance.
Wu Zhiyi is nearly fifty years old, only Wu Ping has a son, but he has not been in good health since he was a child, and he has bothered a lot of time for him over the years.
Lu Zhiyuan read Wu Zhiyi's information, until his hometown was in Pinggu County, so he asked Zhu Ping to look for it all the way along the road to Pinggu County. Wu Ping is weak, and he has to go to the pharmacy for explosives along the way, as long as he looks for the pharmacy along the road, there will definitely be clues.
Sure enough, he found it.
Lu Zhiyuan sat on the chair and turned his head to look at the night, presumably it was going to rain tonight.
The heavy rain poured down, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and occasionally a lightning bolt slipped by, shining on people's faces, lining Wu Zhiyi's face extremely pale.
"You...... What have you done to my son? ”
"It's not that good, it's just that I invited Young Master Wu to my courtyard for a cup of tea." The man sitting in the seat gently turned the jade wrench finger on the other hand with one hand, and his voice was calm and cold.
Wu Zhiyi looked at that face, and after struggling for a long time, he finally collapsed on the chair, "I have such a son in my life, please spare him a life." ”
"His life is not in my hands, but in your hands, Lord Wu. What have you done over the years, you should know that you can't save your life, but I can save your son's life. ”
Wu Zhiyi's face reflected the thunderstorm outside, showing a mixture of light and dark, as if he had made a decision after a while, "I understand, I know how to change." ”
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Bai Susu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, she hated rainy days the most, and stayed up until it was almost dawn before she was a little confused.
The next morning, after the rain, the sky was clear, and the sun was exceptionally warm.
Lu Zhiyuan went to Old Man Lu's house, and the two talked for a long time, not knowing what to say, in short, his grounding order was completely lifted.
In the next few days, Bai Susu heard a total of two news, one is that Wu Papi was arrested and is now detained in Dali Temple waiting for the final verdict, which is really happy. But the other one is less pleasing than that.
When Mingxiang hurriedly came in, Bai Susu was stuffing a piece of pea yellow into her mouth, she liked it very much, it was soft and glutinous and sweet, and it melted in her mouth.
"Auntie, it's not good."
"What's wrong?" Bai Susu asked.
"Outside, it is said that Lin'an Mansion has suffered from the plague, and it seems to have spread to the capital." Mingxiang looked nervous, which also startled Bai Susu.
The news can be heard by Ming Xiang, and the rest of the Lu Mansion has already heard the news.
Not only the Lu family, but the entire capital was panicked, Wu Zhiyi was arrested, and the affairs of Lin'an Mansion could not be hidden.
When the second lady Qiu received the news, she immediately gathered the ladies and wives of each house and courtyard together, and after a series of discussions, she finally formulated a plan to prevent the plague.
The third lady Qiao returned to the courtyard and summoned the masters of the three courtyards together, Bai Susu was also among them, focusing on the recent plague and preventive measures, and no one in the house was allowed to go out in the near future, so as not to be contaminated with the plague.
For a while, the house was busy, and Mingxiang had already rolled up her sleeves and commanded people to start boiling water and sprinkling vinegar to smoke mugwort, and for a while, the entire Lu Mansion was covered by the rich smell of vinegar and wormwood.
Lu Zhiyuan came back in a hurry in the evening, and after a simple tidying up, he went out, but Bai Susu didn't even see him.
This will bring out the plague from Wu Zhiyi, and the fact that he ordered hundreds of people to be burned to death was also exposed, and the emperor was furious, appointed Lu Zhiyuan as the minister of the Qincha, and immediately went to Lin'an Mansion to deal with the plague.
Now that the plague is so fierce, the people everywhere are watching the governance methods of the imperial court, and if one does not do it well, I am afraid that it will cause a civil uprising, and this matter will be troublesome. It's not a good job to be honest.
Bai Susu was a little worried, the plague is not a trivial matter, and the place where the epidemic is most severe, Lord Lu doesn't know what to do there.
As soon as Lu Zhiyuan left on his front foot, Luo smashed a set of blue and white porcelain tea sets in the house.
"Madame, spare your life!"
Qingzhu knelt on the ground, kowtowing constantly with red eyes, "The slave doesn't know ......"
"What don't you know?" Luo was so angry that he picked up a teacup and smashed it into the green bamboo on the ground.
More than half a month ago, Qingzhu suddenly came to beg her, saying that her sister Xia Qing, who was on an errand in Lin'an Mansion, had come to join her and wanted Luo to arrange an errand for her.
Qingzhu is one of the big girls around Luo, and after following her for so many years, this little thing Luo will naturally give face, so he let people stay, give a second-class maid a seat, and manage the cups and teas in the yard.
Xia Qing fell ill a few days after he arrived in the mansion, this illness was half a month, and this was not a big deal originally, but this Luo Shi listened to Qiao's words, and suddenly noticed something, and his face was not good.
The plague in Lin'an Mansion has been happening for several months, but the prefect has been suppressing the news, and it will finally spread out when it can't be concealed.
Xia Qing came out of Lin'an Mansion and fell ill again, as long as you think about it, it is not difficult to guess the reason.
"Sister slave doesn't have the plague, ma'am, she's just a little cold, and she'll get better soon." Qingzhu knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
"When she suffers, do you want our entire Lu Mansion to die with her?" Luo slammed the table hard, turned his head to Mama Tu and said, "Mama take someone to take a trip, whether it's real or fake, throw it out for me." ”
"No, ma'am, don't." Qingzhu knelt and crawled in front of Luo, and before she could get close, she blocked a hand in front of her.
"Qingzhu, you have been taking care of Xia Qing for the past few days, what if you get sick, you still don't go near Madame." It was Qinghua who spoke, and she looked at Qingzhu's gaze without any warmth.
As soon as the words fell, Luo's face changed greatly, he held a handkerchief to block his mouth and nose, and there was disgust in his eyes, "Pull her out quickly." ”
Qingzhu wanted to say something, but Mama Tu had already waved her hand and dragged her down.
Then Mama Tu went to Xia Qing's room, pushed the door open, frowned, covered her mouth and nose with a white cloth, and when she got closer, she heard the woman's faint breathing accompanied by the sound of coughing. She picked it up with a stick, and was immediately startled, the whole face of the woman in the quilt was abnormally red, and a rash could already be seen bubbling out on it.
Throwing the stick in her hand, Mama Tu hurried back to Luo's courtyard, pulled everyone back, and told her about it.
Roche was anxious and angry, "This little slut actually brought in people who were plagued by the plague without telling me. She continued, "Hurry up and let people deal with it quietly, don't let people know." ”
"Madame, don't be angry yet." Mama Tu leaned closer and whispered, "This Xia Qing must be disposed of, but you can use her." ”
Luo looked at her suspiciously, and Mama Tu whispered a few words next to her, and Luo's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Mama means ......" Roche was startled.