Chapter 46 Unintentionally Taking Lives

The next day, Lou Duo did not go to the court, and Yunshang did not pay attention to what happened yesterday. In the evening, Lu Jin and Lu Shen came to mourn. Yun Yu went to the backyard to change his clothes. Yunshang was the only one left in the mourning hall.

Maybe it was because Yunshang embarrassed Lou Duo in public yesterday, so Lou Duo has not been in contact with Yunshang alone since yesterday.

When Lu Jin and Lu Shen came, Lou Duo was resting. The two sons of the Lu family were quite considerate. They did not disturb the front yard and went to the spiritual hall in the front hall alone.

Yunshang is leaning on a soft stool and is resting.

Xiangxiang leaned on her lap and fell asleep.

Yamo, who brought them in, coughed awkwardly, "Miss Five, Miss Five, wake up." Yunshang snorted vaguely, opened her eyes slightly, and saw two more people in front of her. She was shocked, moved, and shook the fragrance on her legs. Xiangxiang said, but she didn't wake up. She turned over and fell asleep.

Yunshang stood up and wanted to say hello, but her legs were very numb. As soon as she stood up, she shivered, "Ouch." She also shouted, and was simply held by Lu Jin's hand. Then she didn't fall down. Yun Shang rubbed her eyes. "It turned out that the two brothers of the Lu family arrived. Did they give incense to the eldest brother?"

Lu Jin held her and didn't dare to let go. Seeing that she could move two steps, she pulled back her hand. "Yes, I should have come yesterday, but I was entangled by things in the court. I couldn't come to worship the first seven of Mr. Yunliang." When he said this, he paused for a moment and looked at Yunshang with complicated eyes. Yunshang was still a little confused and couldn't understand what his eyes meant.

Yun Yu changed his clothes and heard that the two were coming, and he also rushed to the mourning hall. He and Lu Jin have been good friends for many years. Seeing that he looked like he wanted to talk and stop, he guessed that the purpose of his coming today was not to worship Yunliang.

"Brother Lu, if you have anything, you might as well say it directly." After this matter, Yun Yu looked at Yunshang more with new eyes and was willing to discuss everything with her.

Lu Jin took a deep look at the confused Yunshang and said, "Today... Feng Pingzhang hanged himself in his home."

Yun Yu's eyebrows shrank and also glanced at Yunshang, "Are you really dead?"

Yunshang didn't wake up again. At this time, he also saw his eyebrows. He pointed to the tip of his nose in surprise and asked, "Why are you all looking at me?"

Lu Jin was more surprised than she looked and said in silence for a moment, "Don't you know Feng Pingzhang?"

Yunshang shook his head obediently, "What is he doing?"

"It's the adult who was scolded by you in the mourning hall yesterday." Yun Yu held the fan and his hands were a little cold. "Feng Pingzhang is Cao Ruyan's right-hand man. He died like this. I'm afraid... Cao Ruyan will not give up."

Lu Jin nodded and nodded, "I came to inform you of this news. Lord Lou did not go to court today, but someone has already submitted a report and asked the emperor to seize the murderer who forced Lord Feng to kill him. But everyone knows... Lord Feng Pingzhang went back to hang himself in the house after condolences to Brother Yunliang.

Yunshang said, "It's the talkative official yesterday, isn't it?"

Yun Yu patted her with a fan, "Feng Pingzhang is at least a court official, so he died..."

When Yun Yu said this, Yunshang stopped talking. He lowered his head and played with the corners of his clothes. He looked harmless to people and animals. There was no prestige in the Yin'an Hall that day, let alone the fierceness in yesterday's mourning hall.

Sanxiang was quickly burned out in the incense burner. Yunshang pulled her clothes and looked at the three silent people. "Well, fourth brother, go and persuade his father to leave the capital and return to Yangzhou after passing his eldest brother's Sanqi."

Yun Yu's eyes lit up, and it dimmed in an instant. He asked, "What you said is easy. Father returns to the field. For the time being, how do you and I deal with myself?"

"Fourth brother, your words are bad. For my father, the most important thing is to protect the festival, as long as he fulfills his loyalty. Therefore, the most urgent thing is to procrastinate first, as long as don't let others know that he has a daughter who forced the court minister to death. She locked her eyebrows and said that this seemed to be none of her business. Yun Yu couldn't listen and cut off and said, "Yunshang, you have been a part of the Lou family all the time. Don't forget it yourself."

Lu Shen stood behind Lu Jin and listened to her brother and sister discuss this matter. Seeing the imperceptible meaninglessness flashing on Yun Shang's face, there seemed to be something trembling in his heart, but it was fleeting.

Lu Jin, who hasn't spoken for a long time, said slowly, "Maybe it's not as bad as we think."

"How to say this?" Yun Yu suddenly came to his senses.

"Lu Shen has made great contributions at the border gate this time. This time he returned to Beijing to accept the emperor's reward. As soon as the happy event happens, naturally no one will care about those trivial things." Lu Jin pointed to Lu Shen beside him and said, Yun Yu knocked on the head with a fan, "That's true for you to say, but everything is ready, and you only owe the east wind. You and my family have always been friends. It's inconvenient for me to talk about this matter. We need an intermediary.

Yunshang lost his voice in surprise, "Gu University Scholar?"

"Gu University Scholar?"

The two voices overlapped at the same time. Yunshang and Lu Jin were stunned for a moment. Lu Jin's face blushed suspiciously. Yun Yu turned around hard and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to Gu University Scholar's house in person."

That's how the matter is settled.

Sure enough, three days later, the emperor ordered a banquet for the ministers, and personally gave Lu Shen the position of "Shaobei Marquis" to walk with a sword in front of the emperor. Such a happy event happened, which was related to the glory of Lu Can, the lintel of the Marquis of the North, and the line pulled from the middle by the scholar Gu University. Who has so much courage to set off the unhappy again. What's going on?

So, whether it is the death of Yunliang or the unlucky Lord Feng Pingzhang, it is so fanned by the gradually falling autumn wind.

After a month, Yunliang's mourning hall was withdrawn, and Lou Duo began to pack up his things and would go south and go home soon. Yunshang has been keeping a close distance from him during this period, but the night before Lou Duo was leaving, she was recruited to the study by Lou Duo.

In the study, there is no light, only a faint moonlight sweeps into the house, and you can slightly see the outline of things. Lou Duo stood in front of the wall with his hands behind his hands, which was the same as when Yunshang first saw him.

Yunshang came in without saying a word. She soon found that the wall this time was not empty, but a portrait of a woman hanging. The woman in the painting is fairy-bound. She is like a fairy who doesn't eat fireworks in the world. The coldness and arrogance was vividly outlined by the painter. The familiar facial features and eyebrows made Yunshang realize that this portrait was her mother.

Lou Duo looked at the woman with good eyes, and finally opened his voice in a low voice, "Yunshang, how peaceful is your mother when she walks?"

This is... the second time he asked himself this question.

Yunshang smiled gently, "My mother coughs blood all day long. She has been lingering in the sick bed for three years, and the oil has withered away. She probably won't be very peaceful."

Lou Duo's body seemed to shake. He meditated for a long time before he opened his mouth, but his voice was a little more hoarse than just now, "So is she with that man now?"

Yunshang looked up at him and saw the blue and white color on his clenched fists. She couldn't help sighing and said honestly, "When I left Yangzhou, I had buried her and the man together."

"That is to say, what you escorted back thousands of miles away is not your mother's body, but a few clothes?" His eyebrows have been raised.

Yunshang nodded, "Yes."

He was suddenly silent.

"She knows that if she can see that person, will she still hate me in her heart?" Lou Duo paused for a long time and actually said such a sentence.

Yun Shang thought for a moment, "I don't know. I think if a woman can give birth to two men and one woman to a man, then she doesn't necessarily hate him very much."

Lou Duo's increasingly rickety figure seemed to shake, which made Yunshang a little sad. Even if this man is strong, he has just experienced the pain of losing his son. In his remaining years, he was shocked to hear that his original wife had been buried with other men. No matter how he thought about it, he needed a strong psychological ability.

"I forcibly separated her and that man and robbed her as my wife. I have committed a beast's trip. Even if she killed me, I have no regrets. If, as you said, she can no longer hate me under the nine springs, I should be satisfied. She has lived in this house for more than ten years, and I haven't seen her happy for a day. The two have tortured each other for more than 20 years, and it is long time to fulfill her heart. Lou Duo carried his hands again, and his face returned to calm. He said to her faintly, "Yun Zheng's mind is injured. I will take him back to Yangzhou to nourish his health. You and Yun Yu... The capital is so big, the danger of the court. You can take care of yourself."

Yunshang looked at him in silence and suddenly felt that this cold-faced and cold-hearted man was actually not so ruthless. He was also a poor person. He could not stay with the woman he loved for life and tortured each other. In the end, heaven and man were forever separated, and they could not see each other.

"I promised my mother to take good care of my brother and sister. I will do my best for what I promised." Yunshang also said lightly. Lou Duo nodded, "Yun Ni is extreme, but she is your sister after all."

Yunshang didn't say anything. He walked out. When he walked to the door, he still stood still, but did not look back. "Go to Yangzhou, thousands of mountains and rivers. Father, please take care of yourself."

The Lou Duo behind him closed his eyes silently, and a tear overflowed from the corners of his eyes. At the moment the tears slipped, his little daughter had left. Naturally, I haven't seen her upright father have such a fragile moment.

Lou Duo was an official in the court all his life. When he was leaving, almost all the ministers came to see him off. Yunshang wandered in the crowd to see him off and tried not to let himself show off. And Yun Ni was also a rare silence. The second lady took her hand with tears in her eyes, "Yun Ni, don't you really go with your mother?"

Lou Yunni shook her head firmly and glanced at Yunshang's standing position intentionally or unintentionally. "Mother, I've grown up and won't be angry anymore. I..." She suddenly lowered her voice, "Dad said that the children of the Lou family can run horses on their arms and stand on their fists. I didn't understand what it meant before, but now I think I understand it.

Her eyes were slightly staggered, but she turned her face quickly and continued to say to the second lady, "I also want to become strong and have the ability to protect this family."