In the dark and cramped secret room, Liu Xingyuan felt extremely embarrassed because without waiting for Lu Zuo's introduction, Huo Yan unexpectedly found a place to sit down. Lu Zuo and Huo Yan were not particularly good friends, and it was difficult to say how close they were. He just smiled and replied: "This is Lu's friend. With his upright nature, I hope the eldest son will respect his attitude."
Liu Xingyuan smiled slightly and looked at Huo Yan. He didn't seem to be listening to what they were saying, so he shook his head nonchalantly, "Mr. Lu, you're welcome, it's nothing important." After saying that, his eyes turned to Huo Yan again, acting extremely With a look of admiration, he deliberately raised his voice and said, "I think this brother must be a capable person, otherwise he would not be so favored by you, Mr. Lu."
Huo Yan still pretended not to hear and looked around to himself.
Lu Zuo quickly smoothed things over, "Yes, this is the talent Lu wants to introduce to you."
Liu Xingyuan's eyes lit up, "Oh! Dare I ask for your name?"
"His name is Huo Yan." Lu Zuo said, "He is the leader of Fengji Mountain. He also had a share of credit for the retreat of the enemy."
Liu Xingyuan was very surprised and quickly bowed to Huo Qian, "It turns out that he is a hero of the country, but I am rude."
At this moment, Huo Yan raised his eyes and looked at Liu Xingyuan. Seeing that his salute was very sincere, he returned the salute and said, "This young master is so polite."
Liu Xingyuan's words were sarcastic, but he was still so arrogant. He retracted his smile in embarrassment and continued to ask Lu Zuo, "It's so late, I wonder what Mr. Lu is looking for?"
Lu Zuo's face darkened deliberately, his eyes fixed on Liu Xingyuan, "Come to save you."
"Save me?" Liu Xingyuan looked at Lu Zuo in confusion, and then sneered, "What can I say to save you? Mr. Lu is afraid that he is being alarmist."
"Is the eldest son still kept in the dark?" Lu Zuo asked in surprise, "Liu Xingzhi is already preparing to attack you. I am here tonight just to ask you to come with me tomorrow."
Liu Xingyuan smiled calmly. It was no longer news that Liu Xingzhi had bad intentions. "You and I have known about Liu Xingzhi's bad intentions for a long time. It was not just a day or two before he wanted to harm me. Since Mr. Lu has promised me, he will make my father Wang Li I'm the heir, why don't you help me realize it now and just let it go, but instead persuade me to run away?"
"Do you think Liu Xingzhi will compete fairly with you?" Lu Zuo asked, "Compared with Liu Xingzhi, do you think you have more power than him? Do you have as many cronies as him? And the most important thing is that you are the prince's The legitimate son?"
After Liu Xingyuan heard this, he lowered his head silently and answered after a long time: "But even if I leave, where will I go?"
"Follow me back to Shanzhou." Lu Zuo had already thought of his words, "Now that Prince Ning and the Crown Prince are fighting in full swing, Liu Xingzhi can't spare any time to deal with you for the time being. We can leave the capital, a place of right and wrong, and wait and see what happens. Once there is any trouble, we can move forward and retreat freely."
Liu Xingyuan was doubtful and said: "Can we advance and retreat freely? If I really leave the capital, then Liu Xingzhi's family will be the only one. Is there any way Mr. Lu can capture him?"
Lu Zuo smiled coldly: "It's not that simple for Liu Xingzhi to dominate the family. If Prince Ning really succeeds in becoming the crown prince, I'm afraid that Prince Ning's favorite successor is not him! What the eldest son has to do now is to protect himself first. .”
"Okay!" Liu Xingyuan suddenly agreed readily, "I can go with you."
Tonight, I am destined to have no sleep.
There is already a breath of early spring in the courtyard of the Lu Mansion. Lu Zuo smelled the astonishing fragrance, but infinite sadness emerged in his heart. His mother passed away, his brother was separated from him, and the situation in front of him became more and more blurry. Thinking about these things, it really made people have a splitting headache.
"master……"
The housekeeper Lao Pan suddenly appeared in front of the stone steps, which really startled Lu Zuo, "It's so late, what's going on?"
Lao Pan bowed respectfully and said with a smile: "Second Master is here again, waiting in the hall!"
"Oh..." Lu Zuo was startled and couldn't help but muttered, "Why is Renxiang here again?"
Old Pan's ears were sharp. After hearing this, he hurriedly answered: "I said it was a meeting."
Lu Zuo felt uncomfortable, "Please invite the second master to come to the courtyard. I'll wait for him here."
"I understand, little one."
Lao Pan turned around and took two steps before he was stopped by Lu Zuo. Lu Zuo's face was gloomy and he told him: "I will go back to my hometown in the next two days, or maybe tomorrow. I won't be able to return to Beijing so soon. I will leave the affairs at home to you."
Lao Pan nodded, "I won't let you down, sir."
At this time, when I looked up at the sky on the roof, there was a missing moon in the sky. The moonlight reflected coldly on the stone pavement in the yard, and I gradually felt a chill under my feet. Under the lights in the courtyard, Yingying could see a few blood-red plum blossoms falling in the wind. Looking at the situation, Lu Zuo couldn't help but feel a little sad. Lu Zuo strolled to the foot of the tree, gently picked up the petals with his cold and pale right hand, and then carefully looked at the petals under the light. The petals still smelled of fragrance.
"Brother, you are so leisurely and elegant."
Lu Zuo smiled and turned to look at Renxiang. Seeing his younger brother's serious face, he asked, "Renxiang, what's the important thing at this late hour?"
Lu Renxiang stepped forward seriously, pursed his lips and lowered his head. He didn't know where to start. After swallowing a few times, he plucked up the courage and said, "I won't go back with you tomorrow."
"What?" Lu Zuo seemed to have not heard clearly and confirmed again.
"I won't go back tomorrow." Lu Renxiang's eyes were red, "Brother, you have full responsibility to take care of the loss of my mother."
Lu Zuo was surprised and puzzled and asked: "Why?"
"As you know, I have taken over the household department, and my predecessor left a lot of messes to clean up. In addition, I have returned to my hometown recently, and the department has a backlog of errands that have not yet been completed, so..." Lu Renxiang was a little embarrassed. Could it be, "I won't go back."
Lu Zuo's face gradually darkened, "Don't you want to send the old man on his last journey?"
Lu Renxiang saw that his brother's tone was a little unhappy, and he also became a little emotional, and he swallowed before he could speak.
Lu Zuo saw that his brother was silent, so he simply made the decision for him: "This is the most important matter for our family. If there is a reply from the Holy Father tomorrow, we will return home together. As for the matter of observing filial piety, as a brother, I will naturally fulfill the filial piety of a son of man."
Lu Renxiang said repressedly: "Now that we know how to keep filial piety, we know that this is a top priority? Then when my mother was dying, why didn't she go back to visit her without seeing you?"
"You..." Lu Zuo frowned and suppressed his anger, "You are not here for our Lu family."
"The Lu family, the Lu family!" Lu Renxiang said angrily, "The Lu family is gone a long time ago, there is no Lu family at all." After saying this, Lu Renxiang's eyes turned red, "Now that our mother is gone, gone, do we still have a family? ?Any more?"
