novelraw Chapter 271: Lu Yuan returns and the truth emerges
Chapter 271: Lu Yuan returns and the truth emerges
Chapter 271 Lu Yuan returns, the truth emerges
Today is a crisp autumn day, and Lu Yuan finally returned home after being away from Beijing for several days.
As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, he saw the Jinwu guards who were heavily guarding him.
Yu Zichuan sat on the roof of the car and said, "Has your home been robbed?"
Lu Yuan got off the carriage with a serious expression.
The Jin Wu guards all saluted him: "I have seen the Grand Governor!"
Lu Yuan glanced at everyone, hummed, and stepped into the house.
He first went to Meng Qianqian's yard.
Bai Yuwei is also there.
There was a strange flash in his eyes, and he glanced at Bai Yuwei up and down: "Why are you here?"
Bai Yuwei had just been tricked by Meng Qianqian, and she was feeling angry. She glared at Lu Yuan fiercely: "No way? I've been out for several days and didn't care about my home. You care about me!"
Lu Yuan was simply baffled.
He looked at Nanny Wan who was holding a broom and didn't dare to say a word.
Aunt Wan calmly moved to his side and whispered: "My cousin has been coming here every day recently."
Lu Yuan thought that Bai Yuwei had suffered more losses from Meng Qianqian's hands than she had eaten, so she couldn't help but ask her, "What's wrong with you?"
Bai Yuwei: "..."
Bai Yuwei left angrily.
Not long after leaving the yard, Aunt Wan caught up with her out of breath: "Miss Cousin, please stay, Miss Cousin, I have something to tell you!"
Bai Yuwei turned around, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Does she regret it?"
Aunt Wan smiled dryly: "Miss said, don't forget to make up for the homework you left in the past few days."
Bai Yuwei: "...!"
Baoshu and Tan'er went to play hide and seek in the small garden.
There were only Meng Qianqian and Pinellia ternata in the room.
Meng Qianqian is settling accounts.
"wrong."
She shook her head, moved the bad piece of paper to the side, and took out a new one.
Banxia thought about it and poured a cup of tea for Meng Qianqian. When she looked up, she saw Lu Yuan at the door.
Surprise flashed in her eyes, and when she was about to ask her uncle to salute, Lu Yuan winked, and she wisely withdrew.
"Panxia, peel an orange for me."
Meng Qianqian had been doing calculations all morning, and she was very angry.
Lu Yuan just came back from outside and washed his hands first.
Then his slender, jade-like hands peeled off the oranges on the table, removed the orange veins, and brought the clean orange petals to her lips.
She ate it happily.
"Is it sweet?"
"sweet…"
Meng Qianqian was startled, stood up quickly, and looked at the other party blankly, "Grand Governor."
Lu Yuan held the orange and said casually: "I haven't seen you for a few days. I am very good at summoning my governor."
Meng Qianqian whispered: "I thought it was Pinellia ternata."
She rolled her eyes and moved a stool for Lu Yuan: "Husband, sit down!"
Lu Yuan snorted coldly and was about to say, "Didn't you call me the Grand Governor just now?" When the words reached his lips, he thought of something and swallowed them silently.
The two sat down.
Lu Yuan continued to peel oranges for her.
Meng Qianqian asked: "Is the mission going well?"
While peeling the oranges, Lu Yuan replied: "Haizhu was caught, and he was just taken into custody and sent to the Criminal Department."
Meng Qianqian took a long breath: "It's good if I catch you."
Although it was known that Haizhu's disappearance was to deliberately lure Lu Yuan away, there was a one in ten thousand chance that the Prime Minister would kill Haizhu to silence him.
You didn’t come home empty-handed, it was worth the trip.
Lu Yuan handed her another orange with its veins cleanly removed: "What happened at home?"
Meng Qianqian took the orange: "Just after you left, grandpa received a letter from Prince Yu and took my mother and cousin to Prince Yu's fief."
"Yu'an City?"
"That's right. Then that night, people from the Prime Minister's Mansion disguised themselves as Wang family coachmen and captured Baoshu."
Meng Qianqian started with Mrs. Wang's wrestling and explained everything in detail, including the facts and her speculation about the incident itself.
"Grandpa and the others will be okay?"
She had saved the day, but she was also worried that the Prime Minister would attack King Miao.
Lu Yuan said: "The old man's ability is not that good."
The Miao king was very skilled in martial arts, and there were very few people who could defeat him. Unless he sent out an army to win with sheer numbers, this would inevitably alarm the government.
It was the limit of what they could do to deceive King Miao out of the capital.
Meng Qianqian looked at him with a smile, as if she had discovered something, and said, "You have great confidence in grandpa."
It was rare for Lu Yuan not to be harsh: "After all, he is King Miao."
Meng Qianqian said again: "You didn't encounter any danger on the way to catch Haizhu, right?"
Lu Yuan paused: "You mean... Ji Li?"
Meng Qianqian was stunned.
She wanted to ask Xiang Guo if he had done anything to him, and why was Ji Li involved?
Lu Yuan frowned bitterly: "You're right, I really shouldn't have given him the banknote... The inn was burned down."
The story begins with the disappearance of Haizhu.
Ji Libu calculated that another twelve guards would appear, so he and Si She searched everywhere, but each time they were a step too late, so they had no choice but to return to Feng Shui Alley. After seeing the letter Meng Qianqian left for them, they learned that Hai Zhu was a traitor.
Si She then immediately went to chase Hai Zhu.
Then, they met Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan wanted to bring Haizhu to justice, but Sishe insisted that Haizhu pay for the death of Marshal Chu, and the two almost came to blows.
It was Ji Li who persuaded Si She.
As a thank you, Lu Yuan gave Ji Li some travel expenses back to the capital.
Meng Qianqian: "How much did you give?"
Lu Yuan: "One thousand taels."
Meng Qianqian gasped, one of you dares to give and the other dares to ask for it!
"Back to business."
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Lu Yuan looked calm. He would never admit that he didn't listen to his wife. He was facing a loss. "Xun Qi told you that all the adopted sons of my adoptive father have returned to Beijing?"
Meng Qianqian recalled: "That's what he said, but the test of the bet that night was not the truth, but words that could not be verified. Therefore, he might also be lying, including what he said about the Prime Minister's possession of four twelve guards. ”
Lu Yuan thought for a while: "I will find a way to confirm the matter about the Twelve Guards. It is very likely that my brothers have really come to the capital, or at least are on their way here."
The matter was so big that even King Miao was involved. Meng Qianqian felt that if Xiangguo didn't use all his trump cards, he might not be able to fulfill his ambition.
Meng Qianqian asked curiously: "What kind of people are they?"
Lu Yuan said: "Lao Qi is the best at attacking people's hearts. He is my adoptive father's think tank."
Meng Qianqian said unexpectedly: "Shouldn't the think tank be you? You are smarter than Xun Qi."
Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Meng Xiaojiu, are you praising me?"
Meng Qianqian: Is your focus a bit off?
Lu Yuan said coldly: "My adoptive father and I are not of the same mind."
Meng Qianqian suddenly realized: "No wonder his name is Xun Qi, and your name is not Xun Si. The others are not named Xun Wu, Xun Liu, and Xun Yi, right?"
Lu Yuan: "Yeah."
Meng Qianqian's mouth twitched.
It's obvious that you are indeed a rebellious person.
The rest of the adopted sons accepted the names given by Xun Xiangguo. Only Lu Yuan insisted on keeping his own name, so that one day his family would recognize him when they heard the name.
Lu Yuan is unwilling to abandon his past, so Xiangguo cannot completely tame this wolf king.
But he clearly didn't trust him, yet he handed over the court to him.
The game between the two cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Only the parties involved know the balance and confrontation best.
Meng Qianqian listened quietly.
Lu Yuan continued: "Lao Liu is good at traps and hidden weapons. The trap Lao Qi used to deal with you should have been given to him by Lao Liu."
Meng Qianqian thoughtfully said: "It sounds like Qianji Pavilion's ability."
Lu Yuan nodded: "Lao Liu is indeed an outer disciple of Qianji Pavilion."
After a pause, he added, "I am from the same sect as Mrs. Chu, but we don't know each other."
Meng Qianqian blurted out: "Mrs. Chu is a direct descendant of Qianji Pavilion. He is an outer disciple and is not even qualified to meet. Naturally, we don't know each other."
Lu Yuan handed her a few more oranges with the veins removed: "He is not an ordinary outer disciple. In short, he has some identity and origin. If you are interested, I will ask someone to find out."
"OK."
Meng Qianqian agreed, and seeing Lu Yuan looking at her meaningfully, she cleared her throat and said without changing her expression, "Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle. I am not doing it for myself, I am doing it to better deal with the Prime Minister. "
"Where's Lao Wu?"
She quickly brought the topic back.
Lu Yan withdrew his gaze: "Lao Wu is a businessman. He traveled to various countries and made countless money for my adoptive father."
Meng Qianqian frowned: "Traveling to various countries, it should not only be about doing business and making money, but also inquiring about information and making connections. Where is the boss?"
Lu Yuan said: "My eldest brother has a strange whereabouts. I have never seen him and I don't know him well."
Meng Qianqian: "There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons beside Xiangguo."
Lu Yuan added: "It is worth mentioning that among these adopted sons, except Lao Qi, all of them possess unique skills and extraordinary martial arts. Lao Liu and Lao Qi have always been inseparable, so Lao Liu should have been hiding in the house that night. Among the masked men of Old Seven, once you enter the house, you are most likely to fall into the trap set by Old Six. "
Speaking of this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, it was her. If it were anyone else, she might not be able to see through Lao Qi's conspiracy at all.
"By the way, I have something for you to see."
Meng Qianqian opened the closet, took out a small golden box, and placed it on the table.
"What's this?"
Lu Yuan asked.
Meng Qianqian said: "Zhaozhao's little treasury."
Lu Yuan's expression paused. Is the kid so rich?
Meng Qianqian added: "The larger treasury is in Tinglan Courtyard."
Lu Yuan's body trembled. Does she have a big one? !
Meng Qianqian usually doesn't touch children's things, but this matter is not trivial, and she must let Lu Yuan know.
She first took out a thick stack of banknotes, then a key and a parchment diagram.
"I took it from Xun Yu's carriage."
Lu Yuan's mind flashed with the image of the little boy Kuku stuffing banknotes, and the corner of his mouth twitched fiercely.
Meng Qianqian's eyes shone: "Ten thousand taels."
Lu Yuan: "..."
"Let's not talk about the banknote for now. Take a look at this picture." Meng Qianqian handed him the parchment picture, "I asked Baoshu what it was, and Baoshu said it was 'thinking'."
"'think?'"
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then met Meng Qianqian's excited eyes, and instantly understood, "You are suspicious-"
Meng Qianqian nodded seriously: "Yes, I suspect Xun Yu is talking about military pay!"
Lu Yan took the parchment drawing and curled his lips: "This is really interesting. My adoptive father actually raised a private army behind the imperial court's back. And his stupid son revealed this big secret. "
A little fat seal of 3000 words, leaving a paw print