NOVEL NEXT Chapter 158 She's Going Crazy
Chang'an City, Lu Family
On this day, Lu Desheng received two letters, which were delivered by the post station.
One of the letters was written by his youngest son, and he put the letter aside and was not in a hurry to open it. The other one, he saw, was actually written by Zhang Xian, the county magistrate of Tonghua County, Yanzhou?
Lu Desheng thought about it and remembered that Zhang Xian was Yan Hua's disciple, the one who was pitted by him. But why would the other party write to him?
Also, the youngest son was with the youngest daughter. The youngest son sent him a letter in Yanzhou, which means that the daughters have already arrived in Yanzhou? But why did they write to him at this time? Could it be that something unsolvable happened?
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Desheng hurriedly opened Zhang Xian's letter.
At the beginning of the letter, Zhang Xian talked about Lu Mingzhi's deeds, and praised him again and again, praising him for being a good father and having the style of his father at a young age, etc.
Lu Desheng held the letter and raised his eyebrows. Was the letter really talking about his youngest son? Why did it sound a bit different? It sounded a bit like his youngest daughter's wording.
He read on and saw that Zhang Xian mentioned tactfully at the end that he would trouble him with the next thing.
Lu Desheng: ? ? ?
What is it that needs to trouble him? Lu Mingzhi, this little bastard, won't bring any trouble to his father?
Wait until he opens the letter from his youngest son, and then the truth will be revealed. As for the promise his daughter made to Zhang Xian? No problem, he will do it!
There was just one thing he couldn't stand, so he picked up a pen and wrote a page of letter paper, scolding his youngest son.
What's wrong with this little bastard taking the blame for his second sister? Is he crying like this? He is so afraid of taking responsibility, so he can't be accepted.
Whether a man is studying or working, he must be mentally prepared to take the blame for his direct superiors, otherwise he will have no future. Who are you, a little Luo Luo, competing with the superiors for the innocent position? Back then, how many times did he take the blame for Emperor Kang Cheng?
The second half of the letter was in the tone of the little girl. He could understand that it was inconvenient for the little girl, and it was okay for the two siblings to share a piece of letter paper.
The little girl first asked about the health of the two elders, then briefly explained the matter, and finally mentioned that she had taken on a troublesome matter for him, and asked his father to help.
Of course, this was okay, as he was just bored at the moment.
Putting down the letter, Lu Desheng thought about it. Zhang Xian's matter was not difficult to handle. He eliminated Qinglongzhai and cleverly interrogated the thieves in front of the people of the whole county, which made a great reputation among the people.
His return can be said to be a great achievement.
Lu Desheng picked up his pen and gave him a suggestion, asking him to go to Yan Hua without seeing anyone after returning to Chang'an, and then visit the ministers who had been kind to him.
Now the four ministers of state have already vaguely formed a momentum of alliance, because they have realized that if they continue to fight alone, they will be easily defeated by the new emperor one by one, and it is also easy for the other three to take advantage of their misfortunes.
The court will form a three-party force, and this situation is expected to continue for a while.
And the new emperor is in need of people. Zhang Xian, an official who has been exiled for more than ten years, has no involvement with the four ministers of state in Chang'an City, and has no entanglement. In the eyes of the new emperor, he has a clean background and has shown high ability, so he is very likely to be recruited.
In addition, he directly worshipped Yan Hua after returning to Beijing, showing the attribute of a lone minister who will take revenge for any slight, which will increase the possibility of him being reused. The revenge for any slight means that he has a clear distinction between gratitude and resentment. The promotion and reuse of the new emperor is a favor to him. Which emperor does not like ministers who remember favors?
Next, what he had to do was to let the new emperor know about this person without leaving any trace. Oh, this is all work.
Later, Lv Desheng told his wife about the letters from his little girl and son, and said, "I have to be busy. These two children still need the help of a father like me." When he said this, he looked very pleased.
Jiang just waved his hand at him and told him to go away and not to interfere with her settlement.
Lv Desheng touched his nose and went away.
In fact, Lv Desheng was not as idle as he said.
Because of Lv Desheng, everyone knew how high the upper limit of a capable censor was, and now the Censorate has become a battleground for military strategists.
Everyone remembered how Lv Desheng came to power and how he became a close minister of the emperor. Anyway, as long as the person who showed up was not from his family, it was right to attack him.
There were even ministers in the court who secretly found him and asked him to give guidance in private, and the conditions were easy to negotiate. But he did not agree. As a result, many ministers treated him with disdain. But would Lu Desheng care?
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When Song Li and his party left Tonghua County, the Xie and Zhao families had just arrived in Xiangyang.
At this time, the number of people in their two families was very serious. There were almost no children under the age of five and the elderly over the age of 45. The atmosphere of the team was both depressed and somewhat tense.
The bailiffs and runners were divided into two factions. Four or five runners had died, and even one bailiff had died.
The current situation is the result of the game between the two sides.
At the beginning, these bailiffs and runners were too unfriendly to them. Only about half a month after they set out, many people from the Xie and Zhao families died.
At that time, Xie Zhan felt that this could not go on, so he used a beauty trap to divide the group of bailiffs and runners. Those who were particularly difficult and liked to torture people were all killed by him.
The beauty trap was used to throw out some of the girls from the Xie and Zhao families who were relatively ordinary in appearance. He kept and protected those who were outstanding in appearance, for future use.
Xie Zhan's strategy was undoubtedly successful, but he was actually in a bad mood. You know, these escorts and runners, who he would never even look at in the past, now he has to deal with them. If he doesn't want to pay attention to them, he will feel depressed and have no sense of accomplishment.
Xie Zhan has the belief of returning to the peak of power in his heart. Even though he was tortured in prison, he was in good condition because of the care of his clansmen. His aura was restrained, like a famous sword that had calmed down.
Zhao Yutan's condition was very bad, although she did not suffer any torture in Dali Prison.
She looked at Xie Zhan now, as if she was looking at a stranger.
Because on the way to exile, she had another prophetic dream, which almost drove her crazy.
She actually dreamed that the Qin family rebelled, Qin Sheng became a young general admired by everyone, Qin Heng led his troops westward, and finally arrived at Chang'an. She also dreamed that it was her current husband Xie Zhan, who was the first to open the city gate as a role model for all officials.
Her dream came to an abrupt end. She woke up, but she almost went crazy!
The Qin family seized the Song family's kingdom! Became the biggest winner! Instead of the emperor's amnesty as she thought, the Qin family was able to remove the charges and return to Chang'an with this grace!
The day she finished this dream, she couldn't eat anything. She didn't take care of Xie Zhan anymore, because she was going crazy because of her inner regret.
She knew too well what this dream meant! It meant that she gave up the gift of fate and the wealth and glory that was at her fingertips! In fact, she didn't have to do anything, just wait quietly for things to happen and end.
If this dream was true, then why did she toss all this? The key is that after so much trouble, she still couldn't escape the fate of being exiled! What she couldn't accept the most was that if she could eat these, it would be in vain!
Is God playing tricks on her? Why did he let her go through all this! It would be better not to let her have this predictive dream in the first place!
And along the way, there was no young man to protect her. At the beginning, because she was too tired from walking all the time and the road was too difficult to walk, she walked slower, and then was severely whipped by the officers. The two whips fell on her arms, which really hurt, but no one cared for her, and no one blocked the whip for her.
Her heart was really bitter.