After meeting her two great-aunts and uncles, Lu Binghui felt she had been wronged and was implicated by her cousin and imprisoned. The smile suddenly disappeared from her face. Lu Binghui didn't even look at Lu Qi, his wife, and Lu Bingzhen. She just said to her grandfather Lu Zhi coldly and resentfully, "My granddaughter will leave first."
Seeing this, Lu Qi frowned even more. Before he could speak, he heard his father Lu Zhi say, "Wait a minute, it's time for you to know what happened back then."
Lu Binghui was puzzled when she saw Lu Chi, the commander of the bodyguard whom her grandfather had always relied on, cupped his fists and saluted, and then spoke in a smooth tone about what happened back then. That tone was calm, as if it had been rehearsed thousands of times in my mind.
In the spring of the ninth year of Yonghui, in Xuanhua City, Fuzhou, on the border.
The Dangxiang people in the north, who live in pursuit of water and grass, are forced into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food in this spring, which is slow to get warmer. One night they gathered thousands of people and attacked an unsuspecting village outside Xuanhua City. This attack gave the party members a taste of the sweetness of plunder, and they were ready to attack Xuanhua City, which they regarded as the big fat sheep.
Dou Jiangning, the guard of Xuanhua City, is stationed at the border all year round. He is not a vegetarian. After learning that the party members attacked the surrounding villages, he quickly judged that the party members were likely to intensify their attack on Xuanhua City.
When Dou Jiangning told this judgment to Lu Ai, the governor of Fuzhou Prefecture who was in Xuanhua City at the time, Lu Ai, as the beloved youngest son in the family, his first reaction was to leave Xuanhua City. He wanted to return to Ninghua City, the capital of Fuzhou Prefecture, tomorrow. .
Therefore, Lu Ai did not issue any orders to defend against the party members, but only calmed Dou Jiangning in a friendly manner.
What neither of them expected was that the Dangxiang people were so scheming that they attacked Xuanhua City that night.
Because those villages that were plundered did not have much more food, grass and livestock than the party members. Although the urgent need was relieved, it could not last for a few days. Hu Lu, the son of the party leader, immediately gave the order and took advantage of today's feast to go directly to attack Xuanhua City.
The party members came with great ferocity, and they came with the determination of burning the boat at the critical moment of life and death. They actually quickly broke through the southwest gate of the outer city of Xuanhua City that night.
After receiving the news, Lu Ai and Dou Jiangning both sat up in shock, but their reactions were completely different.
Dou Jiangning stood up, put on his clothes, took the long sword on the bedside with one hand, and while arranging the tassels on his helmet, he strode out of his house to gather his soldiers. Lu Ai also put on his clothes and stood up, but he summoned the Lu family's personal guards who were following him to guard him, waiting for an opportunity to leave Xuanhua City.
When Lu Ai rode out of the city gate, he thought his idea was going to succeed. In fact, if Lu Chi, the personal guard of the Lu family, had not brought Lu Zhi's letters and tokens, even Dou Jiangning had strong control over Xuanhua City and would not have dared to shoot this noble son who was born into a noble family.
The moment Lu Ai stepped out of the city gate, the dazzling light of the torch made it impossible for him to abandon the city and flee. Before he could say "I am the son of the Lu family", Dou Jiangning raised his hand without hesitation and ordered his men to shoot Lu Ai.
Just two hours later, when the sky was dimming, Dou Jiangning met another noble son of the Lu family. The person who came was none other than Lu Qi. After receiving the message from his father, he ran hundreds of miles day and night to come to the aid of Xuanhua City.
Lu Qi was also worried that his brother would really abandon the city and flee, and wanted to rush to Xuanhua City as soon as possible to stop his brother's behavior. Unfortunately, when Lu Qi arrived, he only saw his brother's hanging body.
Everyone knows what happened after that. Lu Qi led the Fangzhou sergeants to rush to the aid of Xuanhua City, rescued the siege in time, and saved the sergeants and people in the city. However, due to Yue Zu's intervention in Xuanhua City and Lu Qi's repeated refusals, His Majesty did not offer any commendation or reward, but quietly revealed the matter.
As for Lu Ai's matter, it was suppressed quietly. There are hints from Lu Qi, as well as Dou Jiangning's respect and fear for such a large family as the Fan Yang Lu family under the righteousness of Lu Zhi.
Just a few hundred words are enough to give a glimpse of the bloody sword fight that night.
When Lu Chiyan finished telling the truth about that year in a concise and concise manner, Lu Zhi, Lu Qi, Li Shi and Lu Bingzhen all present had unchanged expressions. Only Lu Binghui, pale and slumped on the chair, trembled and said, "This is impossible, this is impossible. .”
After that, Lu Binghui wanted to repeat her old tricks and rush out to find her grandmother who had always doted on her, but she was stopped by Lu Chi's quick movements. Her grandfather's condensed voice came from behind, "Stop, if you want to be far away tomorrow, If you are sent away to get married, just go find your grandmother."
Lu Binghui paused, and after the brief impulse dissipated, she no longer had the courage to rush out.
Seeing his granddaughter stopped, Lu Zhi felt that she could still be taught. He reluctantly suppressed the thought of sending her away casually, "From today on, you are not allowed to see your grandmother in private. After the New Year, you will follow the two of you." Great uncle learns the rules.”
Under her grandfather's stern and unforgiving gaze, Lu Binghui could only nod in agreement. After that, Lu Zhi assigned an old nanny named Xu to accompany Lu Binghui.
A storm quietly dissipated under the pressure of the old patriarch Lu Zhi.
After this turmoil, the only change was that there were two more Lu family members from their hometown of Fan Yang in the house. These two families had few offspring, and those who got married stayed in Fan Yang to take care of their hometown's property. Therefore, the only ones who followed the two-digit grandmothers to the Lu family in Beijing were Lu Shiyilang, Lu Shishilang, Lu Qiniang, Lu Liuniang, and Lu Qiniang of this generation.
Lu Qi planned to arrange for his nephews to study at home after the Lantern Festival in the next year, and also asked several nieces to study with Wu Niang and Jiuniang to study and manage affairs with their female teachers. This is also the custom of the Lu family. During the New Year, children are not required to study. At present, the younger generations of the family are still celebrating the New Year quite freshly.
Lu Qi is the eldest son in the family. The couple has two sons and one daughter, namely Lu Silang, Lu Qilang and Lu Jiuniang. Lu Qi's second brother, Lu Ge, had two children, Lu Wulang and Lu Liulang. These two young men were twins. Lu Qi's third brother was born as a commoner and was not proficient in learning or martial arts. Now he leads his wife and children to become a wealthy man in his hometown. The fourth brother was Lu Wuniang's father, and his sons were all killed on the border during the Battle of Xuanhua City.
Nowadays, the Lu family in Beijing only has the young men Lu Silang, Lu Wulang, Lu Liulang, Lu Qilang, Lu Shiyilang, Lu Shishilang, and Lu Shiqilang, as well as Lu Wuniang, Lu Liuniang, Lu Qiniang, Lu Jiuniang and other young ladies. When the sacrifices to the ancestors and gods after Laba were completed, the young man and the young lady gradually became familiar with each other.
Among the New Year festivals, the most solemn one is the night of staying up late.
That night, the Lu family opened its main courtyard and laid out a large reunion table. Dozens of people, men, women, old and young, sat around the table. Only Mrs. Lu was not there. She had been ill since that day and naturally did not attend the family dinner tonight.
The young man and the young ladies were sitting around the table in order of age. On Lu Bingzhen’s left was Lu Qiniang. She was gentle and shy. At this moment, she was softly persuading her sister Lu Liuniang not to drink too much Tusu wine. .
Lu Qiniang had a lively personality and a sharp tongue, so Lu Qiniang couldn't stop her at all. Lu Liu Niang continued to drink several glasses of wine despite her sister's persuasion.
Sure enough, while staying up late on New Year's Eve, Lu Liu Niang couldn't hold on and dozed off little by little. Seeing this, Mrs. Li couldn't help but chuckle, "Agate, wrap Mrs. Six up with a blanket, don't catch a cold." Lu Qiniang felt quite embarrassed, so she only thanked Mrs. Li.
When the midnight clock rings, the servants outside the house light fireworks all over the house, open the door and replace it with peach charms, and wish each other auspicious New Year with the neighbors.
Under the night sky, everyone in the Lu family stood in the yard, looking up at the brilliant fireworks above their heads, and listening to the noisy voices in their ears. The entire Lu family was immersed in joy at this moment. And in Yuanshan Hall, where no one cared, Mrs. Lu was lying on the hospital bed in vain, murmuring the name of her youngest son, Lu Ai.
After the New Year's Eve, all the young men and young ladies said goodbye to their elders and hurried back to rest.
Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it’s rare to have family members and old friends come to visit me. These young men and young ladies have all reached the age of getting married, so naturally they cannot miss this good opportunity to meet their elders and make friends.
On this day, everyone in the Lu family was extremely busy. A group of young ladies followed Mrs. Li to visit the elders, but they couldn't even recognize them. The young gentlemen are also unavoidable, and they are following Lu Qi everywhere to pay tribute to others.
Lu Bingzhen finally took a breath and hid in a corner for a while, but was discovered by A Nao, who was looking for someone. "Ninth lady, why are you sitting here? Madam asked me to invite you over. Come on, follow me." Lu Bingzhen, who thought he was about to meet an elder's family member again, was stunned for a moment when he arrived at the place.
The agate led her to the Nuan Pavilion in the main courtyard. There are sparse trees around the Nuan Pavilion, and there are swaying tree shadows in the afternoon sun. In the pavilion, various toys are displayed on the shelves. A white smoke of ambergris rises from the Boshan stove. Hundreds of volumes of classics are placed on the shelves.
None of this surprised Lu Bingzhen. What really surprised Lu Bingzhen was that in addition to his mother Li and his aunt Wang, there was also a pair of similar-looking people sitting in front of the table. Looking at his age, Lu Bingzhen felt that the person coming was a mother and son.
As soon as Lu Bingzhen walked in, her aunt Wang greeted her with a smile, "A Rui, come here. This is Mrs. Wang Wu of my natal Wang family in Taiyuan, and her son Wang Qilang, Jun Wangjian."
When Lu Bingzhen heard this, he quickly gathered his clothes and saluted, "Good morning, my aunt, good morning, Mrs. Wu Wang, and good news, Mr. Qi Lang." Wang Jian also stood up and returned the salute, "Nine ladies are very polite, I am Wang Jian."
Hearing the husband's name, Lu Bingzhen couldn't help but look at him carefully.
Wang Qilang is worthy of being called Tingsheng Zhilan. His face is gentle and light, and you can tell that he is a gentle gentleman with good conduct. The whole person is unparalleled and handsome, as beautiful as a crown jade. His long black hair is combed with a jade crown, and he wears a moon-white silver silk robe with dark patterns and flowers.
He had a gentle demeanor all over his body, but when he saw Lu Bingzhen's appearance clearly, the dancing light in his eyes at that moment reflected the liveliness of a young man, revealing the fact that he was only fifteen years old.
Just when Lu Bingzhen was amazed at the young man he saw in front of him, Wang Jian could not help but feel ecstasy pouring out of his heart.
The girl who took him away from the dim hut back then turned out to be Jiuniang of the Lu family, and now this young lady was also the wife chosen by the family for him. How many times in life can he get his wish, God is so loving to him.
And as time goes by, the little girl who looked a little childish back then is now an elegant and beautiful girl. At this moment, under the festive lanterns, the girl's face was faintly red.
