In Baiquan City, after Master Lu and his family moved into their new house, the Lu family occupied this street.
Lu Er and Lu San still live in the old house.
Although they are still close together, it is still more inconvenient than before and requires a long walk.
"This road needs to be repaired so that it can at least be driven by cars." Mrs. Lu San complained to the mother-in-law beside her, "It's really tiring to walk to my sister-in-law's place."
She walked back and forth four times in the morning and evening, and her waist was almost broken these days.
When she mentioned her waist, Madam Lu San frowned even more.
"Can't that dress be altered? Why can't I find someone who can embroider it?"
The mother-in-law said sarcastically: "Many people have tried to look at it, but no one dares to embroider it. No matter how you embroider, you can tell the difference at a glance."
Another mother-in-law couldn't help but mutter: "I don't know how Miss A Qi did it. No one else can learn from it..."
When the name Ah Qi was mentioned, she hurriedly stopped. Mrs. Lu San glared at her. What she wanted to say was that there was some chaos in front of the second door of the old house. Two women and a young boy hurried out.
Mrs. Lu's voice came from behind.
"...Don't worry about who is doing this, get Brother Twenty-Four out first...how can he suffer like that!"
Brother Twenty-Four? Mrs. Lu San looked over attentively.
"They are from Xu Chengning's family." The old lady quickly made up for her mistake and said, "The boy next to Mr. Ning Ersi used to come to our house with large and small bags on his back."
Mrs. Lu Ning liked to support her parents' family the most, and Madam Lu San naturally knew that. She glared at the old woman, but did not scold her. She only frowned slightly and looked at the running young man.
This time the boy had nothing in his hands.
Immediately afterwards, the second Mrs. Lu also came out, looking annoyed and worried. She was about to say something after the young man, but when she saw the third Mrs. Lu, she stopped talking.
"My brothers and sisters are back," she said. "Have you had dinner, sister-in-law?"
Mrs. Lu San stepped forward to answer the question, looked her over and asked with concern: "What happened?"
Although she didn't want to say it, what kind of secrets could there be between brothers living together without being separated from each other? Mrs. Lu's second wife turned her frown into a raised eyebrow and said in an angry tone: "You are not my second brother. If you offend someone, he
Not only have you worked hard and endured hardships, but you have also harmed your twenty-fourth brother. No, someone has found an excuse to frame you and put you in jail."
Mrs. Lu San said aloud.
Of course, she probably didn't believe what Mrs. Lu said. Although Mr. Ning was just an official, being an errand was not about hardship and hardship. It could be said that he was a local city god calling the wind and rain.
Someone actually dared to go against him? That was really a big deal. No wonder the Second Madam, who was always so arrogant to the First Madam, didn't care about the morning and dusk.
"How can that be done? How old is Brother Twenty-Four? How have you ever experienced this?" Mrs. Lu San hurriedly followed the words.
"Isn't that right? Brother Twenty-Four is an honest man. He was locked up at home by my sisters-in-law. What happened to him?" Mrs. Lu Er nodded, then exhaled and changed into a relaxed tone, "But it's nothing, Magistrate.
He is new here, and there are some evil-hearted thieves who are trying to deceive him and frame my second brother. Although the prefect is new, he is not a fool. If my second brother explains it clearly to him, everything will be fine."
Let’s change the topic here.
"Forget about Xucheng, the chrysanthemum banquet hosted by the wife of the magistrate of Yucheng is a lively event. In the past, we could only have one sister-in-law in our family. This year, thanks to the third brother, we can be considered a half-official family. We can also
Go, I've prepared all the chrysanthemums. Have you picked out your dress? Is it still too late to make a new one?"
No one wanted to mention unhappy things, and Mrs. Lu didn't make things difficult for her anymore. Mrs. Lu followed the conversation, and the two sisters talked and laughed, and went inward like normal people.
Mrs. Lu San actually thinks that this is not a big deal. The three generations of subordinates in the Ning family have never seen anything. How can local snakes and tigers be overthrown easily?
It was not that no one had thought about it before, but as a result, the Ning family was safe and sound, but two officials lost their fortune and ran away in despair.
Mrs. Lu San could already think that during the Chrysanthemum Banquet, the Second Madam would be able to talk about it and show off, but she did not expect that when she came to Mrs. Lu's place the next day, she heard the Second Madam crying before she even entered the door.
I cried so hard that my heart broke.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Lu San was startled.
The mother-in-law outside the door looked trembling, obviously frightened, and said, "The Ning family was ransacked, and the whole family was imprisoned."
Mrs. Lu San's face turned pale instantly. God, this is really unexpected.
how so?
"...At the beginning, it was just that Twenty-fourthro did some inappropriate things, and some victims came to complain. The second brother said that no matter whether it was true or not, we all admitted it, paid the money, and promised to discipline him well..."
"...Next, the affairs of other people in the family were also found out. They were just quarrels and fights, or debt collection and debt collection that killed several people. Sister-in-law, to be fair,
, what does this mean? Which person in the city with a little bit of wealth wouldn’t do this?”
"...Forget it, the second brother is an honest man and doesn't want to embarrass the prefect Zhou. He admitted all the crimes and did not cover up. He should be held accountable and compensated for the crimes he should have committed. But unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, he also arrested the second brother and said that he
, who embezzled money and food, kept accounts at a loss, and should be killed according to the law..."
At this point, Mrs. Lu Er couldn't say any more. She cried so much that she couldn't breathe and fell to the ground.
"Hurry up," Mrs. Lu said, "give me some water."
The women standing by the side rushed forward to support, fan, and give water. Mrs. Lu Er fell in the arms of the women, her face was pale and weak, and she was crying like rain.
"Is the situation really that bad?" Mrs. Lu asked.
This is no longer talking to Mrs. Lu, but to Mr. Lu who came after hearing the news.
Mr. Lu shook his head at Mrs. Lu with a serious expression and said nothing.
Hopeless.
Mrs. Lu understood. She was shocked, scared and in disbelief: "Then how dare Prefect Zhou? There are so many people in the government office, so you just let him do this? No one can persuade him?"
"Stop trying to persuade me." Mrs. Lu Er cried, "those black-hearted thieves are pushing back against the wall. Not only do they not help, they also add fuel to the fire and add fuel to the fire. They don't even think about it. Today is my family, and tomorrow it will be theirs."
, if you do something like this, you won’t be afraid of being struck by lightning.”
Mrs. Lu cried again, pushed away the ladies, and knelt down in front of Mr. Lu.
"Brother, please think of a way to save your life. My second brother is dying. Twenty-fourth Lang cannot be gone anymore. Our Ning family will be extinct."
"Oh God, this is all because we are not officials. If my second brother was an official, how could he be treated so badly and be beaten and killed at will."
"Brother, the third brother is already an official. He is in the capital again. Let him come forward and say something..."
Mrs. Lu, who had closed her eyes and turned the prayer beads, suddenly opened her eyes.
"Hurry up and help the second lady up!" she shouted.
The women hurriedly rushed forward again and pulled the second Mrs. Lu away. The clever woman called the doctor again, and a group of people carried the second Mrs. Lu down in a noisy manner.
The room returned to silence. Mrs. Lu wanted to breathe out, but her heart felt like a stone weighing on her and she couldn't.
"Why is it so sudden?" she said, "Such a big thing happened to the Ning family for no reason?"
Mr. Lu said: "Suddenly and not unexpectedly, the new emperor wanted to rectify the administration of officials. In addition to personally inspecting and appointing a group of officials, he also personally selected scholars. That's why the imperial examinations were held."
Only then did their third brother have a chance.
"This new magistrate of Xu Cheng was discovered by the emperor himself. In order to set an example in front of His Majesty and perform meritorious deeds, the Ning family was frightened by him."
Although I said this, it was still too sudden no matter how I thought about it.
"Why does it have to be the Ning family?"
Mrs. Lu felt that what Mrs. Lu said was right, because the Ning family was a clerk, not an official. What about the third generation of subordinates? In the government, they were just servants. They could not be punished as high-ranking officials, so the servants were naturally treated casually.
Fortunately, the Lu family is different.
The third brother was studying seriously, and walked up to the emperor in a serious manner, like a golden light protecting his body.
"Then the Ning family's matter won't affect us, right?" Mrs. Lu asked in a low voice.
Mr. Lu sneered: "What's wrong with us? Ning is a married woman. Besides, the hand of the prefect of Xu Cheng wants to reach out to Yucheng to eat? Can the prefect of Yucheng bite him first?"
Mrs. Lu breathed a sigh of relief.
"But Ning can't go out to see people like this. Let her rest more." Mr. Lu said, "I will go to the mansion to inquire."
Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "Go quickly, go quickly, Third Brother's exam is coming soon, be careful and ask more questions."
Mr. Lu quickly went out, and Mrs. Lu sat indoors before letting out a sigh of relief.
The Ning family is over like this? It’s unbelievable.
I originally wanted them to tease the little maidservant, but I didn't expect that the Ni Bodhisattva would not be able to save himself when he crossed the river.