Heavy snowfall.

The wedding banquet guests were under the porch, in the hall, and in the house, pushing cups and changing lamps.

The Liu family can be said to be inconspicuous in Jinling City, but all the ministers in the court know the weight of this Guogong Mansion.

What's more, there is now the strong rise of the Marquis of Wuwei in Kyoto.

Lu Ze's visit to the door today attracted a lot of discussion.

Although there were greetings at the wedding banquet, no one dared to hook up with Lu Hou after eating and calling him a brother and friend.

This Marquis Lu has a bad reputation in the capital circle, and he is famous for liking to put people in the yamen.

The father and son of the Zhuo family in Tianquan Villa, backed by the relationship between the Marquis of Ningguo Mansion and the eldest princess of Liyang, have been locked up in prison until now, and I heard that the martial arts of Xiulai were abolished by Lu Hou himself.

For the Jianghu people, it is undoubtedly the destruction of everything.

The Maison continues its legacy.

What about these Jianghu sects?

I heard that the disciples of Tianquan Villa who lived in Juezuo had mutinied, and there were many people who wanted to draw their swords and go to Jinling to fight their anger.

If it weren't for the elders in Tianquan Villa who came out to control the scene, the situation would have been difficult to control.

The matter of Tianquan Villa has long caused a lot of uproar in the rivers and lakes.

On the rivers and lakes.

The indignant have.

There is a cold eye.

There are dark laughers, too.

Originally, the Tianquan Villa should have been stabilized by Mrs. Zhuo at this time, but Mrs. Zhuo was worried about the situation of her husband's eldest son in prison, and her daughter-in-law Xie Qi was pregnant with Liujia, so she could only be forced to be trapped in Kyoto.

The wedding banquet in Liufu was lively.

Lu Ze is surrounded by juniors from the Liu family.

said that he was a junior, but in fact, the age gap with him was not big, but Lu Ze's status was too high, and there seemed to be an invisible wall between him and these people, only Liu Nianci was familiar with Lu Ze to eat and drink together, and even inquired about the situation between him and Nihuang.

"You're not too young."

"I don't know if there is a man you like in Kyoto?"

Hearing the question, Liu Nianci blinked and fought with Lu Ze sloppily.

Seeing this, Lu Ze smiled dumbly.

"Pick a husband, at least there are elders in the family to help with the palm."

"But if you marry a wife, when you choose a daughter-in-law, you can have a longer eye."

Liu Nianci looked strange.

Why did this cousin inexplicably ask me to choose a daughter-in-law?

Lu Ze took the chopsticks and tasted it at the banquet, and then got up and prepared to leave after the newlyweds toasted session.

Go back to the backyard and say hello to Liu Cheng.

That grandfather, Liu Ji, was also there at this time.

Lu Ze bowed slightly and left directly, causing Liu Ji's face to be very ugly.

Liu Cheng came to the window, and watched Lu Ze's back gradually disappear through the heavy snow, he turned his head and smiled at his younger brother next to the stove: "Your grandson, you are such a temper, even in front of me, you are not bound by secular etiquette at all, you, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who has not yet taken office, do you care so much about secular etiquette?" ”

Liu Ji was silent, and his expression looked very dull.

Liu Cheng roasted the warm stove, curled up his slightly thin body completely on the soft couch, and only spoke after a while: "I know that you don't like to go to the Ministry of Rites, and it was not easy to gain a firm foothold in Dali Temple. ”

In fact, the status of the Ministry of Rites in the Great Liang bureaucracy is not low.

But relatively speaking, Liu Ji still prefers to do things in places like Dali Temple.

I only heard Liu Ji say in a muffled voice: "It's all because of that bastard boy." ”

Liu Cheng smiled and nodded, with a lot of emotion in his tone: "It can really make a fuss, it's only been a few months since I returned to Beijing, and there have been so many things, but this is exactly what I admire most about him." In the young generation of my Liu family, only Nianci's girl can barely see it, and as for the other children in the family, they all have their own shortcomings. ”

The emperor's will is unpredictable.

The relationship between Lu Ze and the Liu family is not very close, but the blood relationship between the two families cannot be changed.

Although the relationship between Liu Qiushuang and the Liu family was ugly now, the bloodline is the bloodline, it is the family, and this is an indelible relationship.

With His Majesty the Emperor reusing Lu Ze, the two brothers of the Liu family are in charge of the authority of the two major institutions of Zhongshu and Dali Temple, which is a little inappropriate.

In the eyes of everyone, the scenery of the Liuguo Mansion is still the same.

But in fact, the authority in the hands of the Liu family has been curtailed.

The court is actually a circle.

The courtiers are all looking for their own balance in the circle.

If you are not careful, you will fall out of your equilibrium state, or constantly roll in the circle to change positions, or fall out of the circle.

Liu Cheng muttered to himself: "Have you found your own balance with the Marquis of Wuwei?" ”

......

The wind was bitterly cold.

Lu Ze did not go home after leaving Liufu, but came to Luoshi Street.

The business of the land boat is very good, the eight boxes are all in a state of surplus at this time, and the main hall and the second floor also have diners, the guests are rolling up their cuffs, their mouths are non-stop, and their eyes are looking at the ingredients boiling in front of them expectantly.

People are undoubtedly more greedy for the wall behind them.

Treasure Wall.

I heard that after the number of purchases and the amount of money reach the designated red line, you will be able to participate in the lottery.

Lu Shangzhou's slogan is very direct: there are not many people in the lottery now, and the probability of winning is very high.

And hot pot is a thing that is not tired of eating, plus there are many hot prizes in front of you, and the land boat business during the New Year is very hot, until the Lantern Festival, it is full of subscribers.

If you have eaten and drunk enough, you can go straight to the red sleeve move.

"Master Hou."

"The guests are in Yuanxing Pavilion."

Lu Ze nodded at the steward and walked directly towards Yuanxing Pavilion.

There was no smoke in the room, the stove was not on, only the pot of tea was served on the table.

After Lu Ze entered the door, he saluted the person in front of him: "I have seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

The distinguished guest in the house is the emperor's sister and the eldest princess of the dynasty.

The eldest princess was dressed in plain clothes and whispered to the old lady beside her, "Mama Rong, you go out first." ”

Soon, only Lu Ze and the eldest princess were left in the Yuanxing Pavilion.

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Liyang met with Lu Ze privately this time, but she was not as impatient as she showed last time, she raised her eyes and looked at the young man sitting opposite, who was even younger than Jing Rui, but he was able to stir up trouble in Kyoto with one hand.

The eldest princess's thoughts quickly returned to normal.

She looked directly at Lu Ze and got straight to the point.

"Lu Hou."

"I came here this time for the Zhuo family."

Lu Ze nodded: "The eldest prince has already come to the mansion to look for me once yesterday because of this matter. ”

Princess Liyang still thought that Lu Ze didn't like some of the things that Jing Rui came to the door yesterday, and just wanted to apologize for her son, but heard Lu Ze say: "In fact, I have already made it clear to Ling Lang, the matter of the Zhuo family's father and son, I also feel strange, why did they come to the land boat to do something wrong on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, can Her Royal Highness the eldest princess solve my doubts?" ”

The eldest princess of Liyang fell silent in an instant.

"I know that the eldest princess came here to excuse the Zhuo family's father and son, but the key to the problem is not me."

"I don't want to pursue this case."

Lu Ze said very generously.

The eldest princess of Liyang sighed lightly, Lu Ze was far smarter than she imagined, and directly locked the key point of the topic on the matter of trade and land boats.

But trespassing isn't the point.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the Zhuo family father and son walked in black at night, holding a blade.

That's the crux of the matter.

Especially when there was a murder case of assassination of the inner prison next to the palace wall that night, the commander of Meng was reprimanded by His Majesty for this.

Jingzhao Mansion Yin Gaosheng, his head is big.

He wanted to quickly release the hot potato of the Zhuo family's father and son, but where did he dare to release people casually?

After the incident, all the prefectures in Kyoto sent people to check the situation, and the most frightening thing was the Hanging Mirror Division, where people would come to check almost every day, either the unsmiling Lord Xia Chun, or the Lord Xia Dong with a gloomy face.

Shi Riri, the head of the Hanging Mirror Division, came to the door in person, and officials at all levels of Jingzhao Mansion were silent.

However, the people from the Hanging Mirror Division just came to inquire, but they refused to take the person back to the prison of the Hanging Mirror Division.

I'm afraid that the parents of Jinling City will not have a good time throughout the New Year.

The eldest princess of Liyang played the emotional card, first explaining her relationship with Liu Qiushuang, and then mentioning the matter of the Nihuang county lord last time, the sorrow between her eyebrows was clearly visible: "The young daughter in the family is pregnant, she is worried these days, and I hope that the Hou Ye can be compassionate." ”

Lu Ze chuckled: "Oh? What the eldest princess said, it seems that Ben Hou is deliberately embarrassing Ning Guohou Mansion and Tianquan Villa. ”

"Why didn't Her Royal Highness the eldest princess go to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, ask Zhuo Dingfeng, ask Zhuo Qingyao, and ask their father and son if they had considered their wives, daughters-in-law, and unborn children in their wombs before they acted?"

Lu Ze directly killed.

Sympathy for others is of course also subject to circumstances.

For the Zhuo family, Lu Ze has no sympathy at all.

And if you want to investigate it from the root, the origin of the problem can be traced back to the year when the eldest princess and Mrs. Zhuo became pregnant and gave birth together.

The eldest princess of Liyang in front of her is the real initiator.

At the beginning, the eldest princess and Nanchu Proton secretly communicated with each other, and even became pregnant before marriage, the first queen mother noticed the scandal of the royal family, and finally chose the young Xie Yu as the concubine of the dynasty, and combined the two with love silk, which led to the later things.

Otherwise, Tianquan Villa is only a famous family on the rivers and lakes, and where would it be mixed with the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion, so that it will be stuck in the swamp and unable to extricate itself.

The eldest princess of Liyang left quickly.

In the face of her request, Lu Ze could only say that I would not pursue it.

I'm a victim, and I've chosen not to pursue it, so what else are you going me to do?

"Kyoto is so messy, it has nothing to do with me."

Liu Qiushuang didn't return to the house until night.

She seems to be in a good mood, and when she returns to the door after many years, many things that have accumulated in Liu Qiushuang's heart are vented, and having a son of Wuweihou is far more impressive than having a husband of Wuweihou.

"Today is my mother in the Liu family, it's really happy!"

"In the past, those aunts and sisters always looked at people with their nostrils, but after meeting today, they are all very polite."

Lu Ze intimately acted as a wingman, which greatly benefited Liu Qiushuang.

"Today's Liu family is not small."

"Later, when you marry Nihuang, the pomp will definitely be bigger than today, and the wedding banquet will be held in Yingfeng Tower, when the time comes..."

Liu Qiushuang was in a good mood and began to imagine a better life in the future.

......

After the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, lanterns began to be hung up one after another in various parts of the capital to prepare for the 15th Lantern Festival.

Of course, the palace is no exception, from the queen to the nobles, all the palaces and courtyards have their own strange ideas, vying to make new and ingenious lanterns, in case the emperor can win the favor and praise of His Majesty when the emperor enjoys the harem in the harem on the fifteenth day.

The tradition of Chinese New Year's Eve is to observe the New Year, and the tradition of the Lantern Festival is to call friends, go out to enjoy the lanterns, and guess the lantern riddles.

Although the bloody case only occurred on Chinese New Year's Eve, and all parts of Jinling have strengthened their vigilance, this year's Shangyuan Festival has not been affected in the slightest, and the Jinling provinces and the people have all believed that the murderer of the Chinese New Year's Eve bloody case has been found and is now being held in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion.

At this time, where does Gao Sheng dare to release people.

Everyone thinks that the father and son of the Zhuo family are murderers, and even I think that they are murderers.

It's just that the identities of these two people are really special, and they still need to look at the atmosphere and the will of the palace to slowly interrogate at the moment, otherwise they will directly press the confession and pick a time to ask in the vegetable market, where is there so much trouble now.

Luoshi Street is lit up everywhere, and the joyful atmosphere of Shangyuan Night is created.

Today is a day when everyone can visit the Qinglou openly.

Lu Ze didn't plan to visit the Qinglou.

He made an appointment with Nihuang, and on the fifteenth day, he went out together to enjoy the lanterns.

Liu Qiushuang taught Lu Ze experience at home: "Although the county lord is a martial artist, he is also a woman in the final analysis, you have to..."

Lu Ze's left ear goes in and his right ear goes out.

He looked helpless.

I get it.

As the night grew thicker, after the first shift was puffed up, Lu Ze quickly got up and walked out of the mansion.

He arrived at the agreed place with Nihuang and saw her at a glance in the endless crowd.

This is the day when the hierarchical status in the capital of Daliang is the most unclear, whether it is a noble official or a commoner, there is no particularly obvious difference in the crowd watching the lanterns.

But the moment Lu Ze saw Nihuang, a trace of amazement flashed in his eyes.

Today's Nihuang is obviously dressed up deliberately, although it is only lightly powdered, but the whole person is like two people compared to the first time they met.

She blinked quickly to hide her panic.

Nihuang looked even more nervous than he was when he first went on the battlefield to kill an enemy.

Seeing this, Lu Ze couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Nihuang coughed unnaturally: "It's okay, let's go." ”

As soon as you enter the bustling main road of the lamp street, you immediately feel the atmosphere of rubbing shoulders, watching the lanterns and enjoying the lanterns is to rely on the atmosphere to set off, with the rush of the crowd, the distance between the two people is naturally much closer.

"It feels like you're still nervous."

"Let's go to the stall over there and buy two masks to put on."

The strangely shaped mask shrouded his cheeks, and the Nihuang County Lord finally breathed a sigh of relief, and gradually was able to adapt to such a lively atmosphere.

Yunnan only has lofty mountains and battlefields, although the palace during the New Year is also lively, but it is completely different from the bustle and prosperity of Jinling City, and Nihuang at this moment seems to finally realize that she is also an ordinary person.

Go shopping and enjoy the lights.

Rabbit lanterns, goldfish lanterns, marquee lanterns, fairy lanterns, jack-o'-lanterns, butterfly lanterns... It's overwhelming.

Nihuang is smart, but charades are clearly not something she's good at.

On the contrary, it was Lu Ze, who won many lantern prizes along the way, so that before he finished half the street, the two of them carried two or three lanterns in their hands, and there were too many small and interesting objects in their arms.

Nihuang turned his head and looked at Lu Ze.

"You... You're amazing! ”