Denghuaxiao

Chapter 36 Burial

Lu Zhen put on the power fence and left the Zhuli Pavilion, and was greeted by Yin Zheng from outside.

She walked to Lu Zong's side and whispered: "Girl, all the banknotes have been handed over to Mr. Cao."

Lu Zhen nodded: "Okay."

Mr. Cao of Happy House was originally a scoundrel, but somehow he got his luck and became a noble man. He was able to open a gambling house on Qinghe Street in the south of the city.

Mr. Cao used to make his fortune by lending money in casinos, and he was very courageous. Now he has the support of noble people, and he doesn't take others seriously. That day when Lu Zhuo went to the gambling house, Master Cao noticed that Yin Zheng had set up a trap. However, when Lu Zhuo handed over the two thousand taels of silver notes Yin Zheng had won to Master Cao, Master Cao was happy to help Lu Zhuo. This is busy.

Mr. Cao only wants money and doesn't care about the underlying lawsuits. What's more, if you can open a gambling house in the south of the city, how can you not have a big tree behind it? Even if Wanquan moved out of the Ke family, Wanfu would still be just a servant of the Ke family.

 A little boy, Master Cao really doesn’t take him seriously.

I learned about Mr. Cao from Du Changqing when we were chatting in the medical clinic. He used to be a prodigal, and if there was a brothel or gambling house in Shengjing, he would be better off than anyone else. He mentioned Master Cao's words casually, but Lu Chen took it to heart. So I set up such an out, please be safe.

Now that Mr. Cao has received such a large sum of money, he helps Lu Zhuo with Wanquan, which also saves Lu Zhuo a lot of trouble.

Yinzheng saw that the carriage she had called for earlier had arrived, and hurriedly pulled Lu Zhu into the carriage.

The carriage circled the streets of Shengjing several times, and Lu Yan and Yin Zheng switched positions a few more times. Only when they were sure that no one was following them did they return to the hospital.

In the hospital, Du Changqing was lying in front of the medicine cabinet watching the rain. When he saw the two men coming back, he raised his eyes and complained: "Doctor Lu, you are still running out on a rainy day, and you are not afraid of getting your shoes wet."

Yin Zheng closed her umbrella while looking at him: "Anyway, there are not many people buying herbal tea in the medical clinic these days. Shopkeeper Du alone is enough. I went out with the girl to take a look at the rainy scene in Shengjing."

Du Changqing chuckled twice: "It's quite elegant. I just really want to enjoy the rain. Why not go to Yuxian Tower in the south of the city to enjoy it? There are willow trees on the upper floor next to the river. On rainy days, the mist and mist are misty, and the river is blue. If you look for It would be even better to sit on a boat in it. Ask the boat girl to play a few lines on the piano, drink some warm wine, and order a plate of goose fat rolls. That would be the joy of the world..."

He was talking so drunk that when he raised his eyes, he found that there was no one in front of him. Only Acheng pointed inside and winked at him: "They went in."

Du Changqing said angrily: "It's not polite, but you should just listen to what others have to say!"

At this moment, Lu Zhen was really not in the mood to listen to Du Changqing's show-off.

 After walking around the small courtyard and entering the house, Yin Zheng helped Lu Zhuo take off his clothes that were wet by the rain, changed into a gray and blue Su Luo thin shirt, and took the wet clothes under the eaves to wash.

 Lu Zong sat down at the table.

The old bamboo pen holder on the table has two wolf hairs stuck sideways in it, and pens and ink are placed in front of the window.

This is what Yin Zheng dug out from the grid of a yellow wooden cabinet in the house. It may be an old thing left by the previous owner who lived here. Yin Zheng sometimes writes in front of the window, reflecting the plum branches and the wind and the moon, which is quite interesting.

　　Lu Zhen rarely writes.

Most of the time, she was grinding medicine in the yard, but today she sat at the table, took out a pen and paper, dipped it in ink, and wrote the character "Ke".

 The handwriting is different from Yin Zheng's small regular script with hairpin flowers. Not only is it not elegant, but it is very sloppy and wild.

Lu Zong looked at the word "Ke" and was slightly absent-minded.

 Her father is a teacher, and all three children in the family are taught by his father himself. Lu Rou's writing is gentle, elegant, elegant and graceful. Lu Qian's calligraphy is rigorous, vigorous and solemn. Only Lu Zhuo could write and draw wildly, and he could be happy or angry as he pleased.

Her father was always so angry with the calligraphy she handed in that he would get more and more irritated with the calligraphy. So Lu Qian went behind his father's back and found a copybook, secretly stuffed it into her and said, "This is a copybook by the famous Master Cheng. His calligraphy is weird and novel, and it suits you better than other copybooks. Please write well." , stop scribbling, so as not to make you upset when dad scolds you all the time."

Lu Zhen looked through the copybook and found that it was really what she wanted, so he turned over the copybook and copied it over and over again, almost to the point where it was completely destroyed. Later I found out that the copybook was very expensive, costing a full taels of silver. In order to save money to buy this copybook, Lu Qian copied manuscripts for a wealthy classmate from his family for half a year.

Lu Zong looked at the black words on the white paper.

I don’t know where the copybook has been lost, but now that I’m writing, the handwriting is still the same as before.

 She looked at it silently for a while, then picked up the pen again, and added the names "Taishi Qi" and "Xingxingyuan" after the word "Ke".

Today she met Wanfu. Although Wanfu concealed something, it was obvious that the context of the whole matter was very clear.

In the thirty-seventh year of Yongchang, in March after the awakening of insects, Lu Rou was unfortunately insulted by the prince of Taishi Mansion in Fengle Tower.

The Ke family was afraid of the power of the Taishi Palace and suppressed the matter. In order to achieve prosperity, they even turned into a ghost and locked Lu Rou in their home, slandering her that she was suffering from madness.

But Lu Rou is not a submissive person. After suffering this misfortune, she insisted on seeking justice no matter what, and she did not want to be imprisoned in the Ke Mansion as a madman, so she sent a letter to Changwu County to ask Lu Qian for help. Ke Chengxing found out about Lu Rou's letter for some reason. At the same time, the Ke family discovered that Lu Rou was pregnant. In June of the same year, people from the Taishi Mansion put pressure on the Ke family, so the Ke family, or Ke Chengxing, killed Lu Rou to silence her. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why someone came to Taishi's Mansion one day, and Lu Rou threw herself into the pool the next day, and why the Ke family's porcelain kiln business became important to Taishi's Mansion shortly after Lu Rou's death.

 All these behaviors are more like coercion and inducement by the Taishi Mansion, exchanging Lu Rou's life for the Ke family's success.

Shortly after Lu Rou's death, Lu Qian went to Beijing and went to the Ke family to question Lu Rou's death. Shortly afterwards, Lu Qian was imprisoned, and the court judged Mr. Fan to punish Lu Qian.

Lu Zhen circled the words "Jianxingyuan" heavily.

Lu Qian must have discovered something, otherwise he would not have been charged with such a crime for no reason. It looked like Lu Qian's trip had caused an accident to both his father and mother.

 The clues Lu Qian discovered must be very important...

 Lu Zhuo tightened his grip on the pen.

People in Changwu County said that Lu Qian got the news of Lu Rou's death in March, but Lu Rou was clearly still alive at that time. Who bribed or misled the neighbors in Changwu County? Who could have such a big hand?

How can a mere Taishi Mansion cover the sky with one hand?

 A hint of coldness flashed across Lu Zhen's eyes.

Yin Zheng finished washing her clothes and hung them to dry. When she came in from the outside, she was slightly startled when she saw the words written by Lu Zhu on the paper. After hesitating for a while, Yinzheng said: "The girl met Mr. Ke's servant today. If he is willing to do things for the girl..."

“...Is the girl planning to find out the truth and rehabilitate the Lu family?”

 “Rehabilitate?” Lu Zhen looked out the window and whispered to himself.

It’s almost summer. It’s raining today. The sky is not as clear as before. Black clouds are rolling in ink, and there is light thunder.

She raised her head, her cold black eyes reflected the thick clouds, and there seemed to be a flash of anger.

 What to do to rehabilitate?

 What’s the use of the truth?

Lu Rou was tainted and refused to endure her anger. She desperately wanted justice, but ended up being drowned in a cold pond and became a piece of beautiful soul.

Lu Qian was heartbroken for his eldest sister and had a righteous heart. He went out to search for evidence personally regardless of the harsh conditions of the world. As a result, his reputation was ruined and he was unable to reveal the truth to the world until his death.

And her parents, who have been good people all their lives, ended up with such a tragic ending of being exterminated.

Can finding out the truth lead to vindication?

Even if they are rehabilitated, can those people be punished for their evil deeds?

Since Taishi Qi can bribe the Ke family, bribe the Court of Justice, and perhaps the Dali Temple in the future, or he is related to the emperor's relatives, even if the truth comes out, with the blessing of the emperor, he will not be sentenced to death and will be imprisoned for three to five years. Then he put it out again, picked it up heavily, and put it down gently.

 But the four members of her Lu family will not come back.

 Why?

Why should the life of a powerful official be noble and the life of a common man be low?

How can they kill a family of four and still pretend nothing happened?

Lu Zhen said: "No, I don't intend to vindicate him."

Yin Zheng looked at her in surprise.

The girl is thin and thin, with wet black hair hanging on her shoulders. In front of the cold wind and drizzle, she looks like a small cloud drenched by the rain, which is vast and easy to scatter.

She lowered her head and stared at the scrawled writing on the white paper. She slowly reached out and crumpled the paper, then placed it in front of the lamp to burn.

 The white paper turned into smoke in an instant and was blown away by the wind.

 “My sister is dead.”

Lu Zhen murmured: "I want him to be buried with him."

 (End of this chapter)