XVI. Another branch

"Everything is fine at home, but my mother is worried about you, and it is difficult to sleep and eat, so my son must take care of himself when he is outside."

"You have to eat, drink, and dress warmly, and don't be bullied."

When the family letter saw this, Lu Yizhi closed it, thinking about the children who were on the go, like all mothers, no matter how well they ate and how warm they were, it was better to be at home.

There was a soft sound on the table, accompanied by a fragrance.

Lu Yizhi raised his eyes and saw a servant girl replacing the incense burner with new incense.

"Childe." Sensing Lu Yizhi's gaze, the maidservant asked timidly, "But I bother you?" ”

Lu Yizhi shook his head: "I'm thinking about things." ”

The maidservant hurriedly put the incense burner away and quietly withdrew.

Look, even if it is a maid who has just been bought in the capital, it is not worse than what has been trained by the family for many years, in fact, it is better.

"Different, different."

There was a shout outside, and with the footsteps of Dong Dong, two fellow villagers hurried in, their faces flushed and a little excited.

Lu Yizhi hurriedly got up and asked, "What?" Exam date? ”

The two waved their hands.

"No, no." "Something's wrong." "Do you remember that Liu Xiucai in Jicheng a few days ago?"

After entering Beijing, although he prepared for the exam hard, there were still a lot of exchanges between scholars, and candidates from all over the world made friends with each other.

Lu Yizhi nodded: "Fu is very well written." ”

"Yes, that's him." A fellow villager said, slapping the table, "Today he-"

"He hanged." Another fellow villager grabbed the conversation and shouted.

hanged, Lu Yizhi was stunned.

"In Huixian Tower." The fellow who was robbed of the words hurriedly added.

Huixianlou, Lu Yizhi was stunned again.

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Huixianlou left a deep impression on Lu Yizhi, who entered Beijing.

After entering Beijing, I closed my door to study for a month, of course, during which I also had socials, and I went to several famous restaurants, but I never went to Huixian Lou again.

It's not that he can't afford to pay, it's not that he doesn't have a chance, it's just that Lu Yizhi deliberately avoided it.

It may be the secret stubbornness of the young man's heart, he wants to stay until the Golden Palace Face Saint is selected as Taixue, and then ascend to the Immortal Tower.

At this time, the Huixian Building seemed to have no immortal energy, and it was surrounded by people outside, bustling and noisy.

When Lu Yizhi and the others rushed over, they happened to see the corpse being carried into the car by the official.

The covered white cloth outlines the silhouette of a young man.

Lu Yizhi still has the impression that on the night of the full moon and the sun, in the wilderness outside the city, everyone drank on the bonfire, and Liu Xiucai wrote down the Yin Yue Fu in Jicheng, which attracted a round of applause, and spread throughout the city on the second day.

The future is immeasurable.

Why did you die?

"He said that he hanged himself, drank a lot of wine, and left a pair of sins." A reader in front of him whispered.

Sin? What is the meaning?

Some readers are crazy and only ask "Is the writing good?" ”

Is it a confession of sin? Lu Yizhi looked at the corpse being carried.

Liu Xiucai's servant was crying and grabbing the ground: "Our son will never kill himself." "Someone harmed my son-in-law." "It's murder"

Through the doorway, several officials could be seen standing in the hall, headed by those in their thirties, with knives at their waists, with gloomy faces, holding a piece of paper in their hands, and the handwriting was faintly visible.

Is this the sin?

"According to the guy who saw the shop, Liu Xiucai complained that he had a conflict with a tenant when he was in Jecheng because of his trip, Liu Xiucai angrily interrupted his literary thoughts, and asked the servants to beat the tenant to death, and the tenant's wife and daughter went to sue the official, but they were sent to prison."

These words caused a commotion all around.

"Impossible." "Liu Xiucai has a gentle temperament and smiles before speaking."

With a whisper, holding the guilt, no, the official holding the piece of paper also walked out, and he was followed by the steward of the Liu family, whose eyes were red and his expression was gray.

"Zhang joins the army, our son-in-law was killed, please be sure to arrest the murderer." The steward pleaded dumbly, "Our son's clan uncle is in-law with Lord Luo, who is a regular attendant of the loose horse......

Zhang Yuan, the judicial officer of Jingzhao Mansion, stretched his gloomy face longer: "Fu Yin is free to decide, don't say more." ”

The steward hurriedly followed the official who carried the corpse in front, pressed the white cloth blown by the wind, stroked through the white cloth, and wept silently: "Son, you have left your hometown, your ambition has not been paid, the old lady has gray hair, the young lady is pregnant, the parents are waiting for the children to take care of the elderly, and the children have not yet seen their father, how can they live." ”

Let's talk about it, look up and be sad.

"Thief, why are you so ruthless and causing the separation of parents, children, wives and children."

Many of the people who came around after hearing the news were people who had left their hometowns, and they couldn't help but feel sad when they heard the words.

The faces of several officials who were standing at the door and talking changed.

"This old man is treacherous." An official frowned, and saw through the old servant's mind at a glance, this is to incite the students who went to Beijing to take the exam to persecute the government.

Zhang Yuan was about to step forward with the knife on his waist, but at this time, a more miserable shout suddenly came from the silence.

"Who did it, who did it? Oh my father—"

The man's voice was extremely sad, and his voice was so sharp that the onlookers stood on end.

Crying daddy? A son was just hanged here, could it be that someone's father was also hanged? In confusion, the crowd was knocked away, and someone rushed in.

His movements were so fast that everyone saw only a flash of colorful clothes.

"My father, the family business you created single-handedly has suffered such misfortune—"

Zhang Yuan, who took a step forward, didn't grab the old servant of the Liu family again, his hand fell on the person who came, and shouted: "Gao Xiaoliu, what are you mourning!" Your dad isn't dead yet! ”

High Primary Six.

Lu Yizhi still remembers this name.

Although it is only mentioned in a few sentences from acquaintances and regular customers, it is impressive.

Rich, addicted to gambling.

I don't know how to be an extravagant and stubborn.

Lu Yizhi raised his eyes and looked at it, this is really, so extravagant!

Standing in front of Zhang Yuan was a young man about twenty years old, tall and thin, wearing a flowery robe, a golden belt, and a crown of gold, silver and pearl hair.

At this moment, only wailing can be heard.

"Uncle Zhang-" He hugged Zhang Yuan's arm and cried sharply, "The family business has failed, and my father won't live long-"

Zhang Yuan wanted to shake it off, but Gao Xiaoliu was like an octopus entangled.

"Gao Xiaoliu, your father didn't live long and was killed by you! Your family business has also been ruined by you! Zhang Yuan scolded, and finally with the help of the messenger who came back to his senses, he ripped the tall six apart.

Gao Xiaoliu flicked his sleeves: "What do I look like?" I'm just gambling, what does it have to do with my family's business! But hanging yourself in my shop to seek death is bad for my family business-" He rolled his eyes fiercely and looked at the white cloth corpse, "Don't leave—if you don't compensate me for my losses, you won't want to leave even if you're a dead man!" ”

The servants of the Liu family were stunned, but they didn't expect that the dead could still be grabbed and asked for losses-

And this Gao Xiaoliu is not just talking, people rushed over, stretched out their hands and lifted the white cloth, but they wanted to arrest the dead body.

The body of their son will be exposed in front of people!

The servants of the Liu family didn't care about crying and complaining about their grievances to the people around them.

"Childe!"

"Stop!"