Chapter 90, the past is dusty
His sick body seemed to fall as soon as the wind blew.
"Father doesn't have to blame himself, his granddaughter doesn't complain about you anymore." Lu Zhaoyi seemed to be a little choked, helped him to sit down, pinched his pulse with one hand, and calmly checked his pulse while comforting.
"A few days ago, when the weather cooled down, my body was getting worse day by day, and I always felt that some things were not explained clearly, and it was not until recently that I remembered some things." Lu Huaide leaned on her shoulder and spoke slowly, very slowly.
Every time he spat out a word, there would be a muffled sound in his chest, as if he was suppressing the pain, and as if he was struggling.
Lu Zhaoyi's fingers were on his pulse, listening to his voice, she didn't dare to let go.
"Do you remember what your father said to you before he went to Shangluo?"
"Yes." She hung her head and spoke softly.
"Your father said that he wants the Lu family to return to the peak of the Shi clan."
Speaking of this, Lu Huaide lowered his head and coughed violently a few times, looking even more weak.
"Since your father, the Lu family has faintly had a tendency to prosper, but your father died early, and in the three years before Chengye was sealed, no one could hold up the Lu family." Lu Huaide closed his eyes with a sad smile on his face.
"Are you tired? Lie down and sleep for a while."
Lu Huaide shook his head, sighed, and said slowly, "Don't be in a hurry to sleep, I still have a lot to tell you!"
As soon as he said this, Lu Zhaoyi was not reluctant, and sat in front of the bed obediently.
Lu Huaide opened his eyes and looked at her fixedly, "After you were kicked out of the Lu family, your father asked someone to send something back to give it to you. It's just that you have left Jizhou at that time, so I let people lock them in the warehouse."
When she said this, Lu Zhaoyi's eyes tightened, why didn't she know that Daddy had asked someone to come back and give her something.
"When?" She asked in a deep voice.
"Probably, after receiving that thing, a few days later, the news of your father's death came."
Hearing that, her heart was overturned, such an important thing, I didn't know it until three years later, I immediately couldn't sit still, let go of her hand holding the pulse, and whispered, a little complaining, "Father, you should have told me ......a long time ago."
The things that Lu Yong specially sent to the Lu family before his death may have a key clue as to why he encountered an accident, and such an important thing has been silent in the warehouse for three years.
"Father, you really ...... Confused!"
Lu Huaide didn't notice her reaction, but continued to tell slowly, "I only remembered this matter recently, and it should be this year, the Lu family moved to Beijing and brought it with me."
As he spoke, he was ready to get up again, and turned over from the couch tremblingly, but fortunately, Lu Zhaoyi supported him with one hand, so as to avoid the danger of him falling.
"You're not in good shape, don't move."
Touching the bridge of his nose, he sneered, "It's okay, it's okay, my father can't die yet."
"I'll help you through."
Lu Zhaoyi insisted on helping him, but he couldn't resist it, so he finally compromised, and with the support of his granddaughter, he walked towards the counter step by step.
There is a dark grid on the counter, and with an easy push, the dark grid can be popped out, and it is found that there is a mahogany box inside, Lu Huaide shook his hands, took out this object and handed it to Lu Zhaoyi.
"I've been keeping this thing in the storeroom, and I've never opened it, and I've thought about taking it out recently, but I haven't touched it, just waiting for you to open it!"
When she looked down, it was a very elegant and valuable box, and although it had been a long time, the mahogany was still as good as new.
Lu Zhaoyi took it suspiciously and opened it gently.
What catches your eye is a white jade plaque, which is carved with a pattern of the Lu clan's seal, combined with the white phoenix pattern, like a white phoenix with wings ready to fly, lifelike and vivid.
"This is the Lu Clan Seal!" She looked at it in shock.
This is the Lu family crest, the ancestor of the Lu family, only the heir of the head of the family can have this thing, and it has the effect of mobilizing the trilogy.
"This ......"
Lu Huaide saw this
The thing was also shocked and stunned.
"Unexpectedly, Erlang chose you in the end."
Dragging his old body, he staggered to the side cabinet and whispered.
"Erlang, over the years, my father has been guarding the family business for you, just hoping to continue your wishes, but in the end...... Everything is wrong......
As he spoke, he couldn't help crying bitterly, and he almost fell down if he didn't pay attention.
Fortunately, Lu Zhaoyi's eyes were quick, and he immediately rushed over to help.
"Why is this the Father? It's all gone."
But this old man, like a child, cried without scruples, and the hustle, depression and guilt in his heart seemed to be suddenly released at this moment.
Over the years, in order to barely maintain the prestige of the Hebei clan, Lu Huaide connived at the back house to expel Lu Zhaoyi; Then after Lu Yong's death, he resolutely supported Lu Chengye as the head of the family; Recruit tenants, listen to advice, and intend to collude with courtiers......
Every case and piece is completely contrary to Lu Yong's assumption, so that it will become more and more wrong in the future.
If it weren't for Lu Zhaoyi's return this time, the court urged the Cui family to be the center of the Hebei clan, and the Lu family would have gained some advantages, otherwise the Lu family would really have no possibility of turning over.
Seeing him crying so fiercely, Lu Zhaoyi lowered his eyes and calmed him for a long time before asking, "Father, did my father and him only leave this family seal?"
Now that the clan seal is in her hand, out of the Drifting Snow Building, half of the parts of the Lu family can be sent by her, which is equivalent to having the power of two Drifting Snow Towers.
Judging from the matter of the clan seal, before Lu Yong died, he had the opportunity to explain something to the Lu family, but in the end he did not explain any affairs, which made Lu Zhaoyi very puzzled.
Lu Huaide wiped his tears and nodded, "In addition to this box, there is also a box. No one has ever opened that box."
With his support, he slowly got up and walked to the cabinet in the other corner, and he didn't know what button he pressed, and the front wall collapsed inside, until a small space appeared, and there was a box inside.
Stretching out her hand, Lu Zhaoyi took the box in her hand, it was indeed a delicate and small wooden box, she pondered for a moment, and a voice in her heart told her,
This must be a very important clue, a clue that can keep her from finding out the truth.
Removing the seal on the periphery of the wooden box, it is found that the box has a mechanism, which can only be opened by a specific method, and if it is forcibly broken, the mechanism will be triggered, causing the box to burn, and the life of the person holding the object will also be lost.
But in Lu Zhaoyi's opinion, such a mechanism is not difficult, and the style of the mechanism on the box is what she played with Lu Yong when she was a child.
"Gong loses the machine technique, Luo Saiping rivers and lakes, the heavenly choice selects Kyushu, and casts it into Ming copper!"
She read these words lightly, frowning slightly, as if trying to recall what she remembered.
Shangluo's public loser has always been a very unnoticeable family, but their ancestors used to create the art of the mechanism, became the ancestor of the Luban faction, and then their ancestors were officials in Guanzhong for generations, and then with the passage of time, gradually decayed, and the public loser gradually retired from the rivers and lakes.
But no one dares to underestimate the losers, they once manufactured a batch of mechanical weapons, and they were very prosperous in the rivers and lakes.
It's just that......
Lu Zhaoyi looked at the pattern on the box and muttered to himself, "This mechanism should be easy to crack."
After about a moment, the whole box was in her hand, along the lines, constantly separating, and gradually unfolding, before the contents were put back to the day.
Inside was a silk book, a quaint booklet, and a black iron plate.
First took out the iron plate, and saw a black dragon carved on it, and on the back of the iron plate, there were four words engraved on it, "Order of the Dragon Tomb".
After a closer look, her pupils suddenly contracted, and this iron plate was exactly the same as the Xiling pattern of the former imperial master.
This, how is that possible!
Again, she recognized, and it was.
She remembered that when she was in Duke Wu's prime minister's mansion, Duke Wu had also given it to her
A similar iron plaque is just the engraved Xiling Order.
"What's going on? Zhao Yi ......" Lu Huaide looked at her face, a little gloomy, so he asked.
"Father, do you know the origin of this iron plate?"
"This ......," he shook his head, "I only know that your father held this iron medal in his hands before he took up the post of Shangluo, and he didn't mention what it was for."
Lu Zhaoyi nodded, she herself had such a feeling, she had seen this iron medal, but she didn't know who owned it.
After thinking about it, her face instantly became even paler.
"Father, my father's death is too strange."
Lu Zhaoyi's tone was very affirmative.
"I know."
Her eyes moved slightly, she glanced at the silk book in the box, took it out, and unfolded it, the font on it was familiar to her.
It's Lu Yong's word.
"Sili Prefecture governs Shangluo County, and Lu Yong sues ......"
When he saw these words, his heart skipped a beat, and Lu Zhaoyi hurriedly stabilized his mood and read through them all without pulling a bit.
It wasn't until now that she hit the heart of the whole thing......
"What the letter says is the entanglement of interests between my father and the Taishou of the counties in Guanzhong......" Turning around, she said to Lu Huaide in a deep voice, "Moreover, my father seems to be involved in a secret, and this secret may have been killed by someone just after he had a clue." Z.br>
There is also a booklet in the box, which should be the evidence of the contact between the Taishou counties in Guanzhong.
Lu Huaide's eyes widened, he was stunned for a long time, and he couldn't speak, and finally, he slowly walked over, held his granddaughter's hand, and said, "Zhaoyi, the stakes are very high, and the Lu family will ...... It's up to you."
His voice trembled a little, and he looked at his granddaughter's gaze, full of love and expectation.
"Father, please rest assured, Zhaoyi, I will definitely catch the murderer of my father."
"Good!"
Lu Huaide smiled with relief, then sighed, his face sad, "It's a pity that Erlang, he was honest, but he died tragically at the hands of a female cadre, I really feel worthless for him!"
Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help but be silent for a while.
"Father, please take care of your health, as for my father's affairs, I will do my best."
There was a determined light in her eyes, she was not the kind of little daughter, she had never relied on others and lived for herself along the way.
Only Lu Yong's death is a piece of her heart, and now that she has a clue again, she will inevitably hold on to it and not let go.