In the south of Zhenzhou City, Lu Mansion is brightly lit.
A woman in gorgeous clothes with a mean face and lips as slender as a knife was sitting on a chair in the main hall of the Lu Mansion. She was holding a bowl of snow swallow, winter melon and bird's nest soup on a plate. She was using a ceramic spoon inlaid with gold. Under the service of the maid, she was drinking slowly.
Eating.
Tian, the second wife of the master of the Lu family, Lu Wenlin, and the current matron of the Lu family.
"Mom, can we go to bed? It's almost time to get ugly."
Tian's two teenage sons sat next to him, yawning profusely and feeling drowsy.
Mrs. Tian glanced at them and snorted coldly: "Why are you sleeping? Let's take care of that cheap maid Xi Hui first.
I thought that if I left her in the small courtyard in the east of the city, she would die there, but I didn't expect that bitch to find a way to hook up with your father and get pregnant.
Today, while your father is drunk, you must pin Xi Hui to death. If she really gives birth to a son, there might be some troubles in more than ten years..."
Tap tap tap.
A servant with cold sweat on his forehead ran into the main hall, his lips trembling slightly.
Tian asked without raising his head: "Where is Xi Hui? Bring her in."
"Madam, Xi Hui didn't bring her, but Dr. Li, who delivered her, did."
"Deliver the baby? Dr. Li?"
Tian was stunned for a moment, and the chatter he heard during the day flashed through his mind like lightning, "Is this the one who got the recommendation letter from the academy this year?"
"It's him."
Snap.
The porcelain plate hit the table covered with soft silk cloth. Tian suddenly stood up from the chair and cursed: "How did you do this?! Xi Hui didn't bring it, so you brought trouble home?!"
"This, this, we didn't know it was Dr. Li who delivered Xi Hui."
The servant said aggrievedly: "I have never heard of a male midwife entering the delivery room. How can there be such a thing..."
"Useless dead dog slave!"
Mrs. Tian was so angry that she slapped the table hard, "Take him away quickly, give him gifts, say good things, and in short, don't let him enter the Lu Mansion..."
"late."
Li Ang's voice sounded from far away, and he stepped forward, followed by the bleak-looking housekeeper and servant.
Stopping, Li Ang cupped his hands towards Mrs. Tian, "I've met Mrs. Tian."
"It's Dr. Li."
Mrs. Tian's expression changed instantly, and she warmly and gently instructed her son: "Chong'er, quickly bring a chair for Dr. Li."
"No need."
Li Ang waved his hand and said calmly: "Let's get straight to the point, Mrs. Tian, I want to know what happened when your housekeeper and servant, armed with ropes and torches, broke into houses at night and threatened to kidnap mothers who had just given birth.
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Seeing that the visitor was unkind, Tian's expression turned cold, and he said with a smile: "Enforce the family law."
Li Ang asked: "Which family law?"
"steal."
Tian said calmly: "That woman Xi Hui stole two hundred coins from the house's warehouse last month. According to the Lu family's law, she needs to use a cane and is responsible for twenty."
Make it up, just make it up.
Li Ang spread his hands and said, "Where is the evidence?"
"It's enough to have a witness. Several servants in the house can testify."
Tian said calmly: "Doctor Li, my Lu family's implementation of family law should have nothing to do with you, right?"
Li Ang shook his head and said: "If you want to kill someone in front of me, then it has nothing to do with me."
I don’t know if the two of them were talking too loudly, or if a servant had tipped them off.
The male owner of the Lu Mansion, Lu Wenlin, who still had a drunken flush on his face, walked out of the back room and came to the lobby. He smiled and said to Li Ang: "It turns out that Dr. Li is here to visit. He was not welcomed at a distance, but not welcomed at a distance.
My nephew is also a disciple of the Academy. We are all one family. If you have anything to do, sit down and talk slowly."
"I do think so."
Li Ang sighed and said: "It's just that the academy values the talents and talents of the disciples, and even more importantly the character and morality of the disciples.
If you see evil deeds that should be stopped and fail to stop them, you are not qualified to be a student of the Academy."
Getting the recommendation letter from the Academy was just the beginning. In the booklet Pu Liuxuan left for him, certain students and their parents were mentioned without hesitation. In order to squeeze out a few more competitors in the Academy entrance exam,
Will use all kinds of dirty tricks.
For example, in the name of making friends, a family companion (a servant who is always available to serve the rich) is sent to a competitor to teach him a wide variety of extravagant activities in Chang'an City, making him indulge in the gold-selling cave.
Or, dig up all the potential dirt on other competitors and anonymously report their misconduct and lack of ethics, thereby ruining the competitor's admission qualifications.
It can be said that it does everything possible.
Therefore, when the servants of the Lu Mansion wanted to kidnap someone in front of Li Ang, the matter was irreversible.
"Li Risheng!"
Tian said coldly: "You are not yet a disciple of the Academy, so you are not qualified to teach us the Lu family's character and morality!
What's more, Xi Hui is my concubine in the Lu Mansion. Even if I break the law, I, the head mistress of the house, am qualified to punish her.
Even if you beat him to death..."
"Who are you going to kill?"
A cold voice came from outside the door. Everyone turned around and saw Cheng Juxiu holding Lu Yi's hand and walking towards him.
Li Ang raised his eyebrows, "Senior brother?"
Lu Wenlin's back stiffened and he said calmly: "Juxiu..."
Tian's two sons trembled, "Cousin..."
Cheng Juxiu walked into the hall, bowed his hands to Lu Wenlin and called "uncle". He immediately ignored Tian and his two sons who were coming towards him, turned to Li Ang and smiled bitterly: "You will make me laugh, Junior Brother."
"Senior brother, you are from the Lu family..."
"nephew."
Cheng Juxiu said with a wry smile: "Both my parents died when I was seven years old. I and my old servant went to live with my uncle who was doing business in Chang'an. As a result, I accidentally got lost and ended up living on the street. Fortunately, I was adopted by a teacher who was still in Chang'an at the time and brought into the academy."
Li Ang nodded, "So that's it."
"cousin..."
Tian's two sons felt something was wrong and took a step forward. However, Cheng Juxiu didn't even look at them and turned to look at Lu Wenlin.
Lu Wenlin, who looked like a good old man, faced his nephew, but his hands trembled slightly and he didn't know how to place them. He said awkwardly: "Ju Xiu, why didn't you tell your uncle that you went back to your hometown?"
"My nephew has the responsibility of patrolling the academy and needs to hide his identity.
In addition, my nephew also wants to see if the Lu family used the name of the family members of the Academy to go around the countryside and bully the good people while I was away."
Cheng Juxiu glanced at Mr. Tian indifferently. Although he had never used the name of the academy to seek benefits, as long as the news spread, the Lu family, as his only relative, would always receive "flattery" and "convenience" from people from all walks of life.
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Without paying too much of a price, he went from a small cloth merchant with no foundation to a big business in Zhenzhou.
Unfortunately, being close to power can make some people mistakenly believe that they have power.
This chapter has been completed!