Ning Gu

Chapter 116 Lu Qi Asks Liang

Lu Qi obeyed his instructions, walked to his square seat, and sat down cross-legged.Liang Ce glanced at him and saw that he was sitting upright, he couldn't help smiling, most fledgling children are like this.

He sat up, wanted Lu Qi to relax, and handed a plate of candied fruit brought by the maidservant to Lu Qi, thinking about his appearance as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and probed again:

"Why does the young master think that the old man will know the inside story?"

"Since you asked that, you must know." Lu Qi imitated the tone of envy.

Liang Ce thoughtfully recalled Lu Qi's somewhat familiar words, and commented after a while: "It seems that Xie Wuling has taught the young master a lot."

Lu Qi's way of practicing Tai Chi was experienced by Liang Ce when Xie Wuling was in Fufeng in the early years.But Liang Ce never expected that Xie Wuling didn't teach Lu Qi anything to be close to Fufeng, or something that could be regarded as useful academically, but Xie Wuling had been by Xie Wuling's side for many years, and he had been influenced by his ears and eyes; It just happened to be by Xianzhi's side for more than ten years, and it has been subtle.

Lu Qi tried his best to straighten his waist and maintain a decent sitting posture. At least he had done enough in terms of aura. It could be regarded as shaking his prestige in front of Liang Ce, an old fox, and scaring him just so that he would not be so passive.

But in fact, when summer nights were hot in the old days, he would secretly drag Xianzhi to Lanchi, set up a banquet, and fight around for a while before falling asleep.The Lanchi area is surrounded by luxuriant trees, and it is close to the water, and it is very cool in summer nights. Except that there are more mosquitoes, everything is fine.So now sitting on this square seat, he wanted to lie down on his elbows, and with a tap on his legs, he seemed to be his little Marquis Lu again.But when he raised his eyes, he met Liang Ce's smiling fox eyes, which frightened him so much that he lost all the thoughts he had just had.

In this way, Lu Qi became more determined.He didn't have anything in his hands, except for the half-faced jade antler that Liang Ce had been staring at, everything else was worthless to Liang Ce.

And he was confused about his life experience, Lu Weiming wanted to talk to him, but he didn't know much, and often couldn't convince Lu Qi, not only that, but also aroused Lu Qi's curiosity, especially Liang Ce arranged for him to deliberately Listening to the conversation between Xianzhi and Guanzhi made him even more shaken.

In his heart, he wanted to vindicate Xianzhi and Xie Wuling, the more he thought about it, the more things he had to understand.And the only thing he can do is to use the half jade antlers in his hand to do something, to do something he needs to know, such as what the old fox Liang Ce wants him to do, such as Guanzhi said envious of their hands The pickles in it.

These are things that he has never heard of, said, or done, or in other words, they are envious of things that they have been keeping from him and not letting him touch.

"Then let the old man think about it, where to start talking to the young master."

"You don't need to think about it, Master Liang. Lu Qi has a ready-made sentence here to find a range for you." Lu Qi cast his eyes on Liang Ce, and suddenly became a little sharp. sentence.

"What about Lu Qi, he is not the one you care about. Xie Wuling personally forced his mother to death, and let his father die in Saibei, making his family unmarried. And you, you are the same, take Xie Wuling once used If you use other people's tricks to deal with me, it will also kill Lu Qi sooner or later."

He looked at Liang Ce, picked out the middle sentence and asked: "Xie Wuling personally forced my mother to death, and made my father die in Saibei, making my family unmarried." Lu Qi paused Added another word, "Do you still recognize the thief as your father?"

Liang Ce saw the sullenness in Lu Qi's eyes, and the cold snort following the word "recognize the thief as father" at the end, and the corner of his mouth hooked up instantly: "Ah, I understand. But it's about Xie Ning and Princess Qi. , the old man also heard it from hearsay, but the young master can't do it for real."

Lu Qi suppressed the uneasiness that was about to emerge in his heart, and nodded.He could guess what Liang Ce was planning. Since he dared to speak out, it must not be false. After all, there are very few opportunities in Fufeng to talk about Xie Wuling. There is no need to spend so long for this opportunity that may not exist. Time to prepare a lie.

Liang Ce said this because he was afraid that Lu Qi would drag him into the water afterwards.But Lu Qi would never let him watch the fire from the other side.

"That year, the princess was taken back from the Northland, and she went directly to the inner room of Chongque to be raised. I heard that the day she woke up, she went to the Changming Hall to plead guilty. Emperor Hui is a loving father and has always spoiled her. Seeing her again If she is weak, it is even more impossible to embarrass her. Qi Guo, who has lived in Chongque for more than ten years, was relieved when he saw Emperor Hui, and immediately asked for a favor for Lu Shencheng—he was too injured to travel long distances, and he wanted to be treated. Before the New Year's Eve, he was asked to return to Fufeng, he went to the court to plead guilty, and he said some good things about Lu Shencheng protecting her, this matter is considered to be a turning point on the surface of his father and daughter."

Hearing this, Lu Qi frowned, but still couldn't hold back his hand, reached for the plate of candied fruit, grabbed a small handful, and asked doubtfully, "Go back to Fufeng before the New Year's Eve?"

"This young master doesn't know anything. The soldiers of the Shanlu Camp became bandits, and Lu Shencheng's lack of strict governance can hardly be blamed. Princess Kuang let her go to Saibei because Emperor Hui couldn't hold her back. Thinking of taking a few thieves and coming back with injuries all over her body. The princess was probably afraid that Emperor Hui, the father, would get angry and directly kill Lu Shencheng. So she planned to wait until before the New Year's Eve."

Before the new year's festival, there is always a day of amnesty for the world. Lu Shencheng will return at that time. If Emperor Hui wants to punish him, the punishment may not be heavy. save it together.

Lu Qi nodded. He could understand Princess Qi's plan, and Xianzhi had also told him this truth. He made the mistake of playing tricks when he was young. For two days, or for a few days, Xie Wuling was always pampered rather than angry for a while, but after a few days, the fire that rushed up disappeared, and it was logical to say a few words "don't have a next time", just Let him go.

"The next day, the princess said that she was afraid that staying in the palace would make her mother and concubine feel sad, so she said she would go back to the princess' mansion. Emperor Hui saw that Qi's mother and concubine looked haggard, so he followed her wishes. Let her go back to the princess mansion, and specially appointed a few imperial doctors to consult on time. At that time, it was still good for the first month. Princess Qi entered the court every day, and she also went to Princess Changle at the same time. There were people walking around in the spiritual recommendation temple for blessings. But a month later," Liang Ce frowned, "Princess Qi Kingdom suddenly closed the door to thank guests."

Lu Qi put the last candied fruit in his mouth into his mouth, and asked, "Why do you thank the guests behind closed doors?"

"Probably because I found you."

"With me, do you still have to hide it?" Lu Qi has never experienced such a thing, but in his cognition, he always feels that having an heir should be a big event that can be announced to relatives and friends, and he can't figure it out for a while Why did his mother hide and cover her.

"The old man was also curious about why this matter should be hidden and covered. Maybe once this matter is reported, General Lu can come back from Saibei because of this blessing." Liang Cechang sighed and looked at it with embarrassment. Looking at Lu Qi, he said: "So I sent someone to look for the eunuchs who were on duty at the princess mansion at that time, and one of them told me..."

"Speaking of?"

"Speaking of the day before the princess closed the door to thank guests, she met Xie Ning." Liang Ce whispered.

Lu Qi paused when he reached for the candied fruit, thought for a while, and said, "Then what did my father... Xie Ning say to my mother?"

"I have to ask the Holy One about it. When the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty forced Xie Ning to be killed, Xie Ning only told the Holy One about it. That's why Xie Ning was given the death of Xie Ning as a temporary celebration of your birthday."

What Liang Ce said was calm and breezy, but these words seemed to weigh heavily on Lu Qi's heart.

"but……"

Lu Qi raised his head and suppressed the heaviness in his heart: "But what?"

Liang Ce pursed his lips, and said cheerfully, "The rest is all guesswork, but Young Master still wants to listen."

Lu Qi nodded solemnly, waiting for Liang Ce to continue.

"However, when Xie Ning went to see Qi State later, Qi State allowed it. But during that time, Fufeng City was not peaceful. People from Shitai sent them to Emperor Hui. Later, a civil servant wrote a letter saying that when Emperor Hui arranged for Princess Qi to walk in Yushitai, the Chen family seemed to have found a shelter. Dali Temple received drums one after another. In the case of grievances, the newly appointed No. [-] Scholar in Qiushi happened to be arranged in Dali Temple to be the Minister of Dali Temple. It is rare to have such an opportunity to perform."

"So these cases are also related to my... mother?"

"Most of them are related to the Chen family. I don't know whether it was prepared by Emperor Hui or Xie Ning for them. Dali Temple Minister reported these cases to Yushi Zhongcheng, and then Zhongcheng and Dali Temple After discussing it, Qing skipped the Minister of Punishment and reported directly to Emperor Hui."

As he said that, Liang Ce clicked his tongue again: "It's a pity that Yu Shi Zhongcheng's heart is not biased towards us. But he is not going to be clean. Since he has won the protection of the emperor, he must have joined Xie Ning's team long ago."

Lu Qi tilted his head slightly, and Liang Ce explained: "As a number one scholar without any relatives, if Di Zuo didn't protect him, it would be impossible for him to hold the position of Yushi Zhongcheng in both dynasties. But if Di Zuo protects him The previous reason is that he has recognized the Lord long ago, so the young duke understands?"

Lu Qi nodded thoughtfully.

"Later, Emperor Hui summoned Qiguo and Xie Ning to the same hall for questioning. When Qiguo came out again, he was confined in the mansion. Then Emperor Hui raised his knife to the Chen family and asked the people from Yushitai to present the collected evidence. After leaving the table, the master's family was imprisoned for corruption, and the elder cousins ​​of the master's family followed suit. After the case of the lawsuit was sorted out, the remaining dandies who didn't know how to restrain themselves all went down one after another. The big prison is also divided, scattered and scattered. There are still a few who follow Xie Ning's suggestion, stick to the words, and break the taboo with these words, and simply go to the big prison together. Even her mother and concubine were involved in this incident. , didn’t even leave it out, and put them into the cold palace together, to be dealt with later.”

"Then my mother and the Lu family..."

"Naturally, Emperor Hui wanted to protect the country of Qi, so he restrained her feet in order to get rid of her. Later, when the turmoil was over and the Chen clan settled the case, Emperor Hui specially asked Xie Ning to take over Qi country. Que."

"As a result, the country of Qi resisted the decree?" Lu Qi asked suddenly, he remembered that he had seen this passage in the daily life note where the decree was not important.

"Exactly. This move was read by someone with a heart. You should know that person," Liang Ce said, his expression unchanged. "His name is Han Chao. He used to live in the Duke of Qin's mansion and taught him to watch. Thank you later." Ning promised him a small official and asked him to be a copyist, but I didn't expect him to add this paragraph when he copied the notebook that was handed over to Emperor Hui's case."

When Lu Qi heard this, his eyes suddenly became cautious, and he turned his head and asked, "How did your lord know this?"

"At that time when Xie Ning was defeated, the young master was still young, and Di Zuo issued a password in Chongque. It is understandable not to know this. If the young master does not believe it, you can ask the minister in private, as long as you dare If you say it, you must dare to say this paragraph.”

Lu Qi looked at Liang Ce, but his eyes softened, and even his shoulders drooped a little.He didn't say a word for a long time, and the whole court was silent for a while.

What broke this silence was the hurried footsteps of a servant, and at the same time, a commotion rang out not far away.Since Liang Ce assumed the position of prime minister, he is in full swing in Fufeng City.Every day after the court meeting, the grand occasion of inviting him around was just like Juheng's back then.

Today, the court said that it was forbidden to talk about Guanzhi. He did not prevent Guanzhi from suddenly dying in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and naturally he has not waited for a good solution.Only if you are sick first.

As a result, there were many people outside Liang's mansion, and most of the officials who asked for it gave some precious medicinal materials to show their condolences.

"Looks like it's down." He got up and took the plate of candied fruit with residue left, walked two steps up the path, handed it to the servant who came in a hurry, and ordered that no other guests be entertained today. He was asked to find out what was said at the meeting today, and he took advantage of the opportunity to ask someone to bring some more candied fruit.

Lu Qi's gaze followed him, and he asked silently, "What about after that?"

"Afterwards, Princess Qi was impeached, Lu Yan was under pressure, begging for bones, and then winter turned to spring, and Xie Ning brought a pot of wine to Princess Qi's mansion for Emperor Hui. But the old man heard that Princess Qi Her newly born son left a letter and deposited it at Xie Ning's place, but after Xie Ning passed away, the Xie Mansion was also sealed up, so it is unknown who this letter went to. "

After Lu Qi heard this, Fang wanted to continue asking, but asked the boy who had brought the candied fruit to interrupt.The servant secretly glanced at Lu Qi, then at Liang Ce, and finally put the candied fruit back on the table, and leaned in front of Liang Ce again, wanting to report what Liang Ce asked to spy on.

Lu Qi frowned when he saw this, Liang Ce also saw Lu Qi's small change, coughed twice, and said seriously: "Why are you still avoiding the young master?"

Seeing this, Nuo Nuoran took two steps back and said, "It is said that today the pilgrimage sage wants to send the lady who sees the fish back to her hometown before General Guzang Ye. To show respect, the Lord of Xinling, please help me in court Go to Guzang with the spirit team."

"Oh? Then what is the attitude of the Holy One?"

"It is said that the Holy Majesty hesitated, did not answer, and did not refuse, but when he came to court, he summoned Yushi Zhongcheng and said that someone would call you. He should be on his way now. Do you want to go to the front hall first?"

"Then..." Liang Ce looked at Lu Qi, as if asking for his opinion.Lu Qi didn't know if it was on purpose, but he just lowered his head and picked up a few candied fruit that looked good, but Liang Ce didn't see him.Liang Ce pursed his lips, and there was a bit of slyness in his eyes, and he ordered: "Please invite the young master to sit in the study first, and we will talk about the old days with the young master when the old man returns."

"En." Lu Qi replied in a deep voice, then got up and let the boy lead him to the study.

The study room in Liang's mansion is about the same size as Juheng's. Lu Qi silently walked past the bookshelf, and caught a glimpse of a piece of rice paper pressed under the paperweight on the desk facing behind the bookshelf, causing the wind to blow it up.

The boy backed out and closed the door, Lu Qi quickly walked to the table, moved the paperweight, and saw the inscription under the paperweight - "Xianzhi".

Lu Qi's brows suddenly became clouded with sorrow, he moved the paperweight away, and read the words on the small piece of rice paper back and forth several times.After a while, the frown did not show any sign of relaxation.