Chapter VIII Border Affairs

After seeing two uncles and grandmothers, Lu Binghui, who felt wronged and was implicated by his cousin and confined, lost a smile on his face. Lu Binghui didn't even look at Lu Qi and Lu Bingzhen much, but said coldly to her grandfather Lu Zhi with resentment, "The granddaughter will retire first." ”

Seeing this, Lu Qi frowned even more, and before he could speak, he heard his father Lu Zhi say, "Wait, it's time for you to know what happened back then." ”

Lu Binghui was puzzled, and saw Lu Chi, the chief of the guard who his grandfather relied on for a long time, clasped his fists and saluted, and said the events of the year without any waves. The tone was steady, as if he had rehearsed it thousands of times in his heart.

In the spring of the ninth year of Yonghui, the border Fuzhou Xuanhua City.

The Dangxiang people in the north, who live in pursuit of water and grass, have been forced into a desperate situation in this spring when they have not warmed up. They gathered thousands of men in one night to attack the unsuspecting villages outside Xuanhua City. This attack made the party people taste the sweetness of plunder, and they were ready to attack Xuanhua City, the big fat sheep in their eyes, again.

Dou Jiangning, the guard of Xuanhua City, is stationed at the border all the year round, and he is not a vegetarian, and after learning that the Dangxiang people attacked the surrounding villages, he quickly judged that the Dangxiang people were likely to attack Xuanhua City even more intensively.

When Dou Jiangning told this judgment to Lu Ai, the governor of Fuzhou who was in Xuanhua City at the time, Lu Ai, as the beloved youngest son of the family, first reacted to leave Xuanhua City, and he wanted to set off tomorrow to return to Ninghua City, the capital of Fuzhou Prefecture.

Therefore, Lu Ai did not give any orders about defending against the party, but only comforted Dou Jiangning with a pleasant face.

What neither of them expected was that the party members were so scheming that they came to attack Xuanhua City that night.

Because of the plundered villages, there is no more grain, grass and livestock than the party members, although they have solved the urgent need, they can't support it for a few days. Hu Ludang, the son of the party leader, even gave the order to take advantage of today's full meal to attack Xuanhua City directly.

The party members were menacing, and they came with the determination to break the cauldron at the moment of life and death, and they quickly broke through the southwest gate of the outer city of Xuanhua City that night.

Lu Ai and Dou Jiangning, who got the news, both sat up in shock, but their reactions were completely different.

Dou Jiangning got up in his clothes, copied the long sword at the head of the bed in one hand, and strode out of the house to gather his soldiers while arranging the tassels on his helmet. And Lu Ai also got up in his clothes, but he summoned the personal guards of the Lu family who followed him, waiting for the opportunity to leave Xuanhua City.

When Lu Ai stepped out of the city gate on horseback, he thought his idea was going to succeed. In fact, if it weren't for Lu Chi's personal guard Lu Chi who brought Lu Zhi's letter tokens, even if Dou Jiangning had a strong control over Xuanhua City, he would not dare to easily shoot this noble son who was born noble and had four generations of three dukes in his family.

The moment Lu Ai stepped out of the city gate, the dazzling light of the torches made him abandon the city and flee with nowhere to hide. Before he could shout the sentence "I am the son of the Lu family", Dou Jiangning raised his hand without hesitation and ordered his subordinates to shoot Lu Ai.

Just two hours later, when the sky was faint, Dou Jiangning saw another noble son of the Lu family. The person who came was Lu Qi, and after receiving the summons from his father, he traveled hundreds of miles day and night to help Xuanhua City.

Lu Qi was also worried that his younger brother would really abandon the city and flee, and wanted to rush to Xuanhua City as soon as possible to stop his younger brother's behavior. It's a pity that when Lu Qi arrived, he only saw his brother's body hanging high.

After that, everyone knows, Lu Qi led the Fangzhou sergeants to the aid of Xuanhua City, relieved the siege in time, and saved the sergeants and people of the city. But because of Yue Qi's intervention in the affairs of Xuanhua City, coupled with Lu Qi's repeated resignations, His Majesty did not lower the reward or reward, but only quietly revealed the matter.

As for Lu Ai's matter, it was quietly suppressed. Among them, there are not only Lu Qi's hints, but also Dou Jiangning's respect and awe for Fanyang and the Lu family under Lu Zhi's righteous annihilation.

In just a few hundred words, it is enough to glimpse the bloody sword fight that night.

When Lu Chi finished the truth concisely, Lu Zhi, Lu Qi, Li and Lu Bingzhen all had the same expressions, only Lu Binghui was pale and slumped in the chair and said, "This is impossible, this is impossible." ”

After that, Lu Binghui still wanted to rush out with the old trick to find his grandmother, who had always doted on him, but was stopped by Lu Chi's swift movements, and his grandfather's condensed voice came from behind him, "Stop, if you want to be sent away tomorrow to marry, just go to your grandmother." ”

Lu Binghui paused, and after the short-term impulse dissipated, she no longer had the courage to rush out.

Seeing that her granddaughter stopped, she felt that she could still be taught well, and Lu Zhi reluctantly suppressed the idea of sending her away at will, "From today on, you are not allowed to see your grandmother in private, and after the New Year, you can follow the two uncles and grandmothers to learn the rules." ”

In her grandfather's stern and undeniable gaze, Lu Binghui could only nod obediently, and then Lu Zhi assigned an old woman surnamed Xu to accompany Lu Binghui.

A storm dissipated quietly under the pressure of the old patriarch Lu Zhi.

After this turmoil, the only change was that there were two more Lu families from Fanyang, their hometown, in the house. These two heirs are not abundant, and the adult marriages are all left in Fanyang to take care of the hometown industry. Therefore, the only ones who came to the Lu family in Beijing with their double-digit grandmother were Lu Shiyilang, Lu Shishilang, Lu Shishilang, Lu Qilang, Lu Liuniang, and Lu Qiniang of this generation.

Lu Qi planned to arrange for his nephews to study at home after the Shangyuan Festival after the New Year, and asked several nieces to follow Wu Niang and Jiu Niang to study with Mr. Niu. This is also the practice of the Lu family, during the New Year's Festival, they are not strict with their children to study, and now the juniors in the family are still celebrating the New Year quite freshly.

Lu Qi is the eldest son in the family, and the couple have two sons and a daughter, namely Lu Shilang, Lu Qilang and Lu Jiuniang. Lu Qi's second brother, Lu Bei, has two children, Lu Wulang and Lu Liulang, and these two Xiaolangjun are twin sons. Lu Qi's third brother is a concubine, who is not proficient in learning and martial arts, and now leads his wife and children to become a rich man in his hometown. And the fourth brother is Lu Wuniang's father, and his sons all folded on the border with the battle of Xuanhua City.

Now there are only Lu Shilang, Lu Wulang, Lu Liulang, Lu Qilang, Lu Shilang, Lu Shishilang, Lu Shishilang, Lu Shishilang, Lu Qilang, Lu Wuniang, Lu Liuniang, Lu Jiuniang and other little ladies. After the completion of the sacrifice to the ancestors and immortals after Laba, Xiao Langjun and the little ladies gradually became acquainted.

Among the festivals, the most solemn is the New Year's vigil.

That night, the Lu family opened the middle hall of the main courtyard and laid out a large reunion table, where dozens of people, regardless of men, women and children, sat around the table. Only Mrs. Lu was not there, she had been ill since that day, and naturally she did not attend the family banquet tonight.

Xiao Langjun and the little ladies sat around the table in an orderly manner, Lu Bingzhen's left was Lu Qiniang, she was gentle and shy, and at the moment she was softly persuading her sister Lu Liuniang not to drink too much Tusu wine.

Lu Liuniang has a lively temperament, and her mouth is sharp, Lu Qiniang can't stop her at all. Lu Liuniang drank several cups in a row under the admonition of her sister.

Sure enough, when the New Year was keeping, Lu Liuniang couldn't help but doze off little by little. Seeing this, Li couldn't help but sneer, "Onyx, hold the bed blanket for the sixth lady, don't catch a cold." Lu Qiniang was quite embarrassed, but only thanked the Li family.

When the clock rang, the servants outside the house lit fireworks and opened the door to replace the peach charms with the neighbors to congratulate each other on the auspicious New Year.

Under the night sky, everyone in the Lu family stood in the courtyard and looked up at the brilliant fireworks overhead, listening to the hustle and bustle in their ears. The entire Lu family was immersed in a sea of joy at the moment. And in the Yuanshan Hall, where no one cared, Old Madam Lu was lying on the hospital bed in vain, muttering the name of her youngest son, Lu Ai.

After the end of the New Year's celebration, the little Langjun and the little ladies hurriedly went back to rest after saying goodbye to their elders.

Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are few relatives and old friends who come to visit. These little Langjun and little ladies have reached the age of getting married, so they can't miss this good opportunity to meet their elders and make friends.

On this day, everyone in the Lu family was too busy to put their feet on the ground. A group of little ladies followed the Li family to meet the elders of each family, and they couldn't recognize anyone. Xiao Langjun is also inevitable, and he is now following Lu Qi everywhere to give gifts.

Lu Bingzhen finally took a breath and hid in the corner to steal a leisure, but was discovered by Onyx who came to look for someone, "Jiu Niangzi, why are you sitting here, Madam asked me to invite you over." Hurry up and go with the slave and maid. Lu Bingzhen, who was just going to see a certain elder and relative, was stunned for a moment when he arrived at the place.

The agate led her to the warm pavilion in the main courtyard. The trees around the warm pavilion are sparse, and there are swaying shadows in the afternoon sun. In the pavilion, there are all kinds of toys on the multi-treasure shelf, and the white smoke of a wisp of ambergris in the Boshan furnace rises, and there are hundreds of volumes of classics on the shelf.

And all this is not the reason why Lu Bingzhen was surprised, what really surprised Lu Bingzhen was that in addition to his mother Li and his uncle Wang, there was also a pair of similar-looking people sitting in front of the desk. Looking at his age, Lu Bingzhen felt that the person who came should be a mother and son.

As soon as she saw Lu Bingzhen walk in, her aunt Wang greeted her with a smile, "Ah Rui, come here." This is my mother's fifth lady of the Taiyuan Wang family, and her son Wang Qilang Jun Wang Jian. ”

When Lu Bingzhen heard this, he hurriedly saluted, "Aunt An, Fifth Lady Wang, Qilang Junan." Wang Jian also got up and saluted back, "Nine ladies are more polite, under Wang Jian." ”

Hearing the name of this Lang Jun, Lu Bingzhen couldn't help but look at him carefully.

is worthy of Wang Qilang, who is known as Tingsheng Zhilan, his face is soft and light, and he knows that he is a gentleman with good conduct. The whole person is handsome and unparalleled, as beautiful as a crown of jade, with a jade crown combing up long ink-colored hair, and wearing a moon and white silver silk dark pattern group flower robe.

He has a gentle bearing all over his body, only when he sees Lu Bingzhen's appearance clearly, the beating light in his eyes at that moment reflects the liveliness of a young man, revealing the fact that he is only fifteen years old.

Just when Lu Bingzhen was amazed at the young man he saw in front of him, Wang Jian could not suppress the ecstasy welling up from his heart.

The girl who took him away from the dim hut back then was actually the Jiuniang of the Lu family, and at this moment, this little lady was also the wife that the family chose for herself. How many times can he get his wish in life, and God is so kind to him.

And time has passed, and the little girl who was a little childish back then is now an elegant and elegant girl. At this moment, under the lantern of the New Year's Festival, the girl's face is faintly red.