Chapter 80: The Past
The cell leader kowtowed to Liu Yu and left, and at this time, the doctor who came to check on Lu Zhizhong told Liu Yu: "My lord, the injured person has been detoxified.
However, the body is seriously damaged by toxins, and I am afraid that I will have to take long-term medication for the rest of my life to maintain my life. ”
"How is the injured person now?, have you woken up?" Liu Yu didn't care about his future situation, she just wanted to know if Lu Zhizhong was awake now.
"My lord, I haven't woken up yet. ”
Liu Yu nodded, thanked the doctor, and instructed the two officials to carry Lu Zhizhong out of the prison and send him to the guest room in the outer courtyard of the palace.
Lu Zhizhong was poisoned, his internal injuries were serious, and the prison environment was too poor to recuperate. Lu Zhizhong is the only person who knows about Shen Shi'an's murder, and there can be no more mistakes.
Besides, Liu Yu didn't want to go to the prison to see him every time.
After transferring Lu Zhizhong to the guest room, Liu Yu sent four guards to guard in turn, and also sent a team of fifteen people to guard it alone.
Lu Zhizhong woke up soon after being removed from the cell, and Liu Yu immediately rushed over from the study after receiving the guard's report, and asked, "Lord Lu, don't you want to talk about it yet?"
Lu Zhizhong had just woken up, his body was weak, he was supported by the guards and half lying on the bed, and when he heard Liu Yu's question, he said weakly: "Lord Qincha, the criminal minister has a rotten life, and he will die sooner or later anyway, there is no difference between saying it and not saying it." ”
Liu Yu didn't expect Lu Zhizhong to be so stubborn, and he was still biting like this.
What is it that keeps him reluctant to tell the people behind it? Or what benefits do the people behind it give him to keep secrets?
Liu Yu slowly walked to the table and sat down, tapping her fingers on the table again and again.
Suddenly, she thought of the news that the official had told her that the Lu family had been wiped out. I was going to go to the Lu family's mansion to check the situation, but I forgot about it because of Lu Zhizhong's poisoning.
Thinking that Lu Zhizhong didn't know about this, thinking of this, Liu Yu turned his head and said to Lu Zhizhong: "Ben Qincha received a message before you were poisoned, it was related to Lord Lu, do you want to hear it?"
Lu Zhizhong glanced at Liu Yu and didn't speak, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, but didn't speak.
Liu Yu didn't mind either, and continued: "In the morning, Ben Qincha received news from the officials that the Lu family had been slaughtered cleanly, and even the newborn children were not spared. ”
Liu Yu said as he carefully observed Lu Zhizhong's expression, only to see that his face was obviously stiff when he heard the words that the Lu family was slaughtered.
Although his eyes were closed, Liu Yu still noticed that his eyeballs were rolling in his eyes. Even the whole body tensed without realizing it.
Knowing that it touched his heart, Liu Yu continued: "Hundreds of people were killed overnight like this, and I heard that these people died tragically, and none of them had a complete corpse.
Ben Qincha was supposed to go to the scene to check, but he was mistaken because the adults were poisoned. I don't know who did it, how can it be so cruel. ”
Liu Yu shook her head as she spoke, and then walked out of the room.
Before Liu Yu could reach the door, Lu Zhizhong, who was lying there pretending to be asleep, finally stopped Liu Yu and said, "Lord Qincha, call the master in!
Hearing Lu Zhizhong's words, Liu Yu, who was facing away from him, smiled, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked the master to come in.
After everyone sat down, Lu Zhizhong slowly started from the year he entered Beijing to take the exam.
At that time, Emperor Taizu had just entered the customs, and the imperial court was in urgent need of talents.
How do you want to go halfway to sleep in the open because of the wind and food, and get the wind cold. When I hurried to the capital, there were only two days left before the entrance examination.
Due to the late arrival, the inn was already full, and there were no ordinary inferior rooms. The sinners had no choice but to go to the ruined temple outside the city to stay temporarily.
When he lived in the ruined temple, he met another student with the surname Zhang from another place, and he asked the guilty minister: "Do you want to pass the exam?"
The sinner replied, "Naturally, I want to go to high school." ”
The student surnamed Zhang continued: "If you want to pass the exam, you can't live here, the environment here is too poor, there is no one to communicate with, and the invigilators do not understand the habits, these will become the reasons why it is difficult to pass the exam."
Moreover, even if you overcome these disadvantageous reasons and go to high school, you have no relationship, you can only be assigned to a poor place to serve as a county commander.
In those places, it may be difficult to have political achievements and promotions, and it is possible that you will not move until you die. ”
Although the criminal was struck by him, he did not lose confidence and did not follow his words. Deliberately picked up the book to read, and made the appearance of refusing to speak.
The student surnamed Zhang felt that he couldn't make sense, so he went to lobby other students.
In the next two days, the criminal no longer cared about the affairs of the student surnamed Zhang, and read books in the broken temple with peace of mind. But because of the large number of people and noisy, the effect of reading books is very small.
Two days before the exam, probably because I didn't rest well in the broken temple, there were a few questions before I finished writing the time.
In the next few days, although the test questions were all written, I was not very satisfied with my answers, and in general, I was still influenced by the students surnamed Zhang.
When I looked at it on the day of the list, sure enough, there was no name of the guilty minister on the list, but the name of the student surnamed Zhang was at the top of the list.
Seeing that his face was full of spring breeze, but he pretended to be modest, he felt a little uncomfortable. But it is an indisputable fact that people pass the examination and embark on a career in office.
And the criminal is just a talent who didn't pass the exam, and no matter how much dissatisfaction he has in his heart, he can only swallow it.
The student surnamed Zhang left amid everyone's congratulations, and the criminal minister also returned to the ruined temple after he left, and saw that the man surnamed Zhang had already packed his belongings and was ready to leave.
Before leaving, he left a new address for the criminal, saying that he would go there to find him when he figured it out.
The criminal minister was unwilling to take the exam, so he did not plan to return to his hometown, and stayed in the capital to write letters for others to earn some copper plate to eat.
In my spare time, copying books from the bookstore in the rental room can not only earn some money, but also enhance my memory, after all, I want to retake the college examination after three years.
Coincidentally, one day half a year later, the criminal minister was setting up a stall to write a letter to a guest, and met a man surnamed Zhang, who was already in an official robe at this time, although it was only seven grades, but it also belonged to the official body.
The student surnamed Zhang was very surprised when he saw the criminal minister and said, "Brother Xian, why did you fall into such a field?" After speaking, he helped pack up his things and pulled the criminal minister, and went to his residence in the capital together.
Follow the student surnamed Zhang, oh! It should be Master Zhang. The criminal followed Zhang Da to a small courtyard in the capital, which was not large but very exquisite, and the furniture in it was all precious materials.
The criminal minister was puzzled, he had heard Master Zhang say before that his family was just an ordinary peasant family, and even the silver in Shangjing was made up by the clan.
It's only been half a year since Zhang Dacai became the county magistrate, how could he have so much money to buy these woods?
Thinking about it, the sinner asked the doubts in his heart. After hearing this, Master Zhang laughed, and only after laughing did he say: "Brother Xian, if you don't ask, Brother Fool will tell you."
The same students who went to Beijing to take the exam, look at the foolish brother, the original poor family can't open the pot.
Brother Xian looks at the foolish brother now, he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and he still has endless money, so he doesn't even have to worry about being promoted in the future. Want to know why?"