Chapter 21: The Past of the Lu Family (I)
This year, because it was a martial arts conference, there were gradually more people active on the rivers and lakes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The last nominal leader of the martial arts alliance was Lu Qian, and his election would not be because of how good Lu Qian's martial arts were. It's just that because of the special situation, three alliance leaders in front of Lu Qian died one after another, so he had the opportunity to skip the most rigorous competition.
Those alliance leaders can be regarded as heroes of the green forest, but unfortunately they all died at the hands of the Netherworld Swordsman not long after taking office. That will endanger everyone on the rivers and lakes, those who can fight and those who can't fight, and no one dares to touch the position of the leader of the alliance.
Lu Qian picked up a big bargain like that. It is strange to say that since Lu Qian took office, instead of suffering misfortunes, the rivers and lakes have gradually calmed down.
And today is peaceful, and it has been many years since there is a ghost swordsman's hand, and Lu Qian also knows that he can't keep this position.
Lu Qian himself is not a person who is greedy for fame, but his Gusu Lu family has always been highly respected in the rivers and lakes, and he has offended many people in the past, but now the door is cold, and the fact that there is no successor spreads, maybe one day he will be wiped out like those nameless little factions.
Therefore, when Lu Qian saw that Bai Qian had used the submerged swordsmanship, he didn't care about the ancestral rules of the swordsmanship that were not passed down at home to pursue the origin. He was like a man who fell into the water when he saw the last straw, holding on to Bai Qian, hoping that Bai Qian could support his face in the rivers and lakes for a few more years.
In the south of the Yangtze River in June, there was a sound of frogs and cicadas, and lotus flowers were blooming all over the city.
Lu Qian couldn't wait for Bai Qian to come back, so he had to set off worriedly.
When the Lu family arrived at Lu Qian's generation, they still had three sons, and the three brothers had very different personalities, and they didn't get along much at home. The eldest brother likes literature and history, and entered the court as an official in his early years; the second brother is strong in martial arts and is also well-known in the rivers and lakes; and as the youngest child, Lu Qian has been lazy in his youth.
His mother also doted on him very much, so that for a long time, although he was not proficient, he still thought that he was already very powerful, and there was no one in his eyes all year round.
That year, the second brother Lu Chen returned from a trip outside, because of a girl, she insisted on pushing away her father's fingertips for marriage, and was confined to her home by her father.
Lu Qian still remembers that the day his second brother came back, it was a cloudy day, and he felt that something was not right when he got up in the morning. Then he walked into the nave as usual. I bumped into such a scene that I will never forget.
The old man trembled with anger and broke his own room of porcelain.
Lu Chen knelt in front of him, bowed his head slightly, his expression was cold and hard, and his attitude was resolute.
Lu Chen is the best firstborn among the descendants of the Lu family, and the marriage with the Gu family was also decided by the two old men themselves. The two families have been friends for generations, they are both famous families, and in the eyes of outsiders, Lu Chen's marriage is a match made in heaven.
Lu Chen has seen the young lady of the Gu family, who was born like a hibiscus with a face like a willow and an eyebrow, and she felt very cute.
Lu Qian had even heard the second brother praise that young lady for her docile personality. So he always thought that the second brother had no objection to this family business.
The wedding date was set for the fifteenth day of August of that year.
Who knew that at the end of July, Lu Chen went out and came back, but he was unwilling.
Even Lu Qian, who had always been casual and casual, was shocked by the old man's aura, and he stood quietly to the side and didn't dare to come out.
Master Lu: "You are a rebel, you want to get out of the marriage?"
Lu Chen: "Yes, father." ā
Master Lu: "The wedding date is on the fifteenth of next month, you will withdraw from the marriage now, what should Miss Gu do?"
Lu Chen: "That's her business, the child wants to withdraw from the marriage." ā
Master Lu: "Our two families have been friends for generations, where do you put your father's old face when you get out of marriage?"
Lu Chen did not answer again this time.
Master Lu: "Okay, you can't withdraw this marriage, unless you die." ā
Master Lu is a fiery temper and always does what he says.
When Lu Qian heard this, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, if it was the old man, the second brother might not really be able to get out of this room alive.
Master Lu didn't know where to pull out a long whip, and before Lu Qian could react, he whipped it towards Lu Chen.
As soon as the sharp whip touched the flesh, it became vigorous, and within a few strokes, the clothes on Lu Chen's body were torn open countless holes, red blood spilled out, and the whole room began to diffuse a fishy sweet smell.
The second brother is a concubine, and his mother died very early. A large family was watching, but no one stopped them.
The whip was whipped on Lu Chen's young bones, and he still knelt straight.
Lu Qian couldn't stand it, so he rushed up and grabbed his father's raised hand.
As soon as the old man raised his hand, Lu Qian was thrown aside, and the back of his head hit the corner of the marble table behind him, and he fainted in pain.
That family conflict finally ended in Lu Qian's hanging colors, and he only remembered that in the end, it was the chaotic parents who went to the door, and the second brother who knelt in the hall like a half-old stump.
There are dozens of people up and down the family, and no one pleads for Lu Chen.
When Lu Qian woke up, Lu Chen was at home, neither dead nor running.
My father was so angry that he fell ill.
When Lu Qian went to see his father the next day, he saw his second brother Lu Chen kneeling in front of the bed and waiting for his father's medicine.
Lu Chen still didn't say much, and he didn't mention anything about the divorce anymore.
Master Lu saw that Lu Chen was full of wind and frost and exhaustion, and finally remembered that his son, who had just rushed back from the starry night of thousands of miles in the south, had not even drunk a sip of tea when he came home, and was beaten by himself, and he had not treated his wounds so far, so he had been kneeling in front of his bed.
Thinking that his punishment had worked, he let his guard down.
Lu Qian looked at the red, swollen and hideous wounds on the second brother's body and the resolute back, and suddenly felt that the second brother Lu Chen, who grew up with him, was extremely far away from him.
On August 12 of that year, Lu Chen obeyed the arrangement of his family and set off to Lin'an to welcome his family.
The dowry gift promised to be given to the Gu family was the Lu family's ancestral sword sinking sword.
Miss Gu is not good at martial arts, and this sword is just a pretense when she sends it over, and she will still be taken back to the Lu family.
Wearing a red wedding robe, he straddled the horse, and the injuries on Lu Chen's body were still scabbed.
Lu Qian also happily followed Lu Chen.
Lu Chen: "The second brother is going to pick up the bride, is Xiaoqian also happy for me?"
Lu Qian nodded stupidly and replied, "Happy." ā
Lu Chen's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Second brother is also happy." ā
That was the last time the second brother talked to him.
When the welcoming team walked outside Lin'an City, Lu Chen suddenly turned his horse's head.
Lu Qian suddenly became smarter, and immediately rode his horse to stop him.
Lu Qian has not learned or learned any skills in the past few years, and he is not Lu Chen's opponent at all, and he was kicked off the horse by Lu Chen after only two or three moves.
When he was about to get up, he collided head-on with the light of the sinking water sword.
The long sword was pressed against his throat, and Lu Chen sighed sincerely: "Xiao Qian, you should practice hard in the future." ā
Lu Qian thought that his brother would not do anything to him, so he struggled to get up, and then he only felt a cold on his left arm, and when he turned his head, he saw dripping blood.
Lu Qian had never been injured, and he was so shocked that he didn't dare to move anymore.
When the people in the family saw this formation, they naturally understood a little bit smartly.
The little master was in his hands, and they didn't move much.
Lu Chen took out a sealed letter from his arms, threw it to the housekeeper, and motioned for the housekeeper to send it to the Gu family.
Then he got on his horse, whipped away, and never saw himself again on the rivers and lakes.
When Lu Chen left, his hands were empty, and he didn't take anything from his father except for the Sinking Water Sword.