Mu Yunhan thought carefully and said, "Since we are temporarily unable to change the overall situation, we have to protect ourselves first."
Gu Fenglin nodded: "That's right. I became ill due to overwork and have to rest. From now on, I will rely on my wife to take care of me."
He saluted Mu Yunhan in a serious manner, and Mu Yunhan saluted him back.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, with a sense of joy in the midst of suffering.
An hour later, Mu Li came back.
He described the situation of the Lu family in detail: "It was a mess, because it was so sudden, Mr. Lu was in his prime, and there were no coffins, graveyards or shrouds prepared.
Mrs. Lu was old and came from a remote village. She had little knowledge. She fell ill first after hearing the bad news.
He had a stroke, his mouth and eyes were crooked, he couldn't move, he couldn't speak, and he had to be cared for in his daily life.
Mrs. Lu was still young and had not experienced any major events, so she had no idea what to do. She was timid and only knew how to cry. She did not even dare to accept the funeral rites given by her.
Someone from Mrs. Lu's natal family did go there, but it was so confusing that someone actually mentioned the matter of remarriage at this moment.
From the servant's perspective, what his family needs most right now is someone to help the master handle the funeral properly.
I asked Mr. Lu's attendant and said that Mr. Lu had not done anything extraordinary.
His Majesty asked if the pensions for the soldiers who died in the war this year had been paid out. Mr. Lu replied that they had not yet.
Because people die in battle every day, it can only be distributed in batches on a monthly basis.
Due to restrictions on time, distance, and various procedures, so far only pensions for soldiers who died in battle before the summer have been cashed out.
His Majesty asked again: Are there still people dying in battle every day? Don’t the people of Qi want to negotiate for peace? The front line has not received any battle reports, how can Mr. Lu talk nonsense?
Mr. Lu said that the Qi people's peace talks were a lie. They harassed the front line every day, and Zhao people continued to die every day. It was just that the scale of the battle was not large.
Your Majesty asked Mr. Lu, the battle report was only given to you and not to me?
Mr. Lu said that he was just seeking truth from facts and did not deceive the emperor.
His Majesty was furious and scolded Mr. Lu, saying that he had no monarch and was making alarmist remarks for the sake of political achievements. He had people drag him down and give him a stick.
Although Mr. Lu was very angry and deeply humiliated, he did not show that he could not think about it. Instead, he was a little worried that he would be dismissed from office.
When he returned home, he once told Mrs. Lu that it was a small matter to be dismissed from office, but the big deal was to go home and farm.
But if the territory is ceded as compensation and their hometown is ceded to Qi, then they will have nowhere to go and they will be rootless people.
Mrs. Lu also comforted him by saying that her dowry included a hundred acres of land, and her savings over the years had also purchased several hundred acres of land in a village. With careful budgeting, it was enough for the family.
Mr. Lu said, that’s fine, it’s also a blessing to train two children to become talents.”
The whole process was like this. Generally speaking, Lu Weijin's remarks at the court meeting were regarded by the emperor as advocating a main war.
Then the emperor took the opportunity to catch him and set an example, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, warning and scaring the main war faction to talk and meddle, and wake up as soon as possible.
It's not necessarily that he wanted to kill Lu Weijin, but no one could have imagined the consequences.
One can imagine how angry the emperor would be at this moment.
As for Lu Weijin, there was no unimaginable meaning from beginning to end.
Mu Li continued: "My servant has carefully examined the scene and there is nothing suspicious about it. There is only a fingerprint on Mr. Lu's right ankle. Based on the spots on the body, it is inferred that it should have been inflicted before death."