Luo nine needles

Chapter 24

In Baiquan City, after Master Lu's family moved into the new house, the Lu family occupied this street.

Lu Er and Lu San still live in the old house.

Although they are still next to each other, it is still inconvenient compared to the past, and it takes a long way to walk.

"We need to repair this road, at least we can walk by car." Mrs. Lu complained to the mother-in-law beside her, "Walking to sister-in-law's place is really tiring."

Morning and evening, walking back and forth four times, her waist is about to break these days.

When the waist was mentioned, Mrs. Lu San frowned even more.

"Can't that dress be changed? Why can't I find someone who can mend embroidery?"

The mother-in-law said embarrassingly: "Many people have tried it, but no one dares to make a needle. No matter how you embroider, you can see the difference at a glance."

The other woman couldn't help muttering: "I don't know how Miss Ah Qi did it, no one else can learn it..."

When the name Ah Qi was mentioned, she hurriedly shut up. Mrs. Lu gave her a look, and wanted to say something. There was some confusion in front of the second gate of the old house, and the two women hurried out with a servant.

The voice of Mrs. Lu came from behind.

"...Don't care who's behind the scenes, get Brother 24 out first...how can he suffer like that!"

24 brother?Mrs. Lu San looked over intently.

"It's from Xu Chengning's family." The woman hurriedly made up for her mistake, "The boy next to Ning 24lang used to come to our house with big bags on his back."

Lu Ning's family likes to subsidize her mother's family the most, and the third wife of Lu naturally knew that, she gave the old woman a look, but she didn't scold her, she just frowned slightly and looked at the young servant who was running fast.

This time the boy was empty-handed.

Immediately afterwards, the Second Madam Lu also came out, with annoyed and worried expression on her face, she wanted to chase after the young man to say something, but when she saw the Third Madam Lu, she stopped talking.

"Siblings are back." She said, "Did sister-in-law have dinner?"

Mrs. Lu San stepped forward to answer yes, looked her up, and asked with concern: "What happened?"

Although I don't want to say it, but the brothers don't separate their families and live together. What kind of secret can there be? Second Mrs. Lu turned her frown into a raised eyebrow, and said angrily: "It's not my second brother. If you offend someone, he Not to mention being conscientious, enduring hardships and being tired, and even hurting brother 24, no, someone found an excuse to frame him and put him in prison."

Third Mrs. Lu let out an ouch.

Of course, she doesn't believe most of what Second Madam Lu said. Although Second Master Ning is only an official, being a job doesn't mean he suffers from hardships.

How dare someone go against him?That was really a big deal, no wonder the second lady, who had always been on the saddle with the eldest lady, couldn't care less about morning and evening.

"How can I do that? Brother 24 is only so old, how did he experience this?" Third Mrs. Lu hurriedly said.

"Isn't that right? Brother 24 is honest. He was locked up at home by my sisters-in-law. What have you seen?" Mrs. Lu nodded, then breathed out again, and put on a relaxed tone, "But it's nothing, the magistrate is new. Come on, there are a few unscrupulous thieves trying to deceive him and frame my second brother, although the prefect is new, he is not a fool, so the second brother can explain to him clearly and everything will be fine."

Having said that, change the subject.

"Let's not mention Xu Cheng. The chrysanthemum banquet hosted by the magistrate of Yucheng is the most lively event. In the past, our family could only go to the elder sister-in-law alone. This year, thanks to the third brother, we can be regarded as half a family of officials. We can also Go, I have prepared all the chrysanthemums, have you picked out your dress? Is there still time for the new one?"

No one wanted to bring up unhappy things, and Mrs. Lu didn't make things difficult for Mrs. Lu any more. She followed the words, and the two sisters-in-law talked and laughed, and went inward like nothing had happened.

In fact, Mrs. Lu also thinks that this is not a big deal. The three generations of subordinates of the Ning family have never seen any wind and rain.

It's not that no one has thought about it before, but in the end, the Ning family was safe and sound, but two officials lost their fortunes and left in despair.

The Third Madam Lu could already think that the Second Madam would be able to laugh and show off this incident during the chrysanthemum feast, but she never expected to come to Madam Lu's place the next day and hear the Second Madam crying before entering the door.

I cried heartbreakingly.

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Lu was startled.

The mother-in-law outside the door looked trembling, obviously also very frightened, and said: "The Ning family has been ransacked, and the whole family has been sent to prison."

Mrs. Lu's face turned pale instantly, God, this is really unexpected.

How could this be?
"... At the beginning, I just said that 24 Lang did some inappropriate things. Some sufferers came to sue, but the second brother said that no matter the truth or not, we all confessed, lost money, and promised to discipline him well..."

"... Then the affairs of other people in the family were also revealed. It was nothing more than quarrels, fighting with each other, or a few people who died in debt collection. Sister-in-law, let's be fair. , What is this? Who in the city with a little bit of wealth doesn’t do this?”

"...Forget it, the second brother is honest and doesn't want to embarrass the prefect of Zhou. He admits it and doesn't cover it up. He should be accused of the crime and should pay for it. But I didn't expect that the second brother was also arrested in a blink of an eye. , embezzling money and food, making accounts at a deficit, and beheaded in law..."

At this point, Mrs. Lu couldn't speak any more, she couldn't breathe from crying, and fell to the ground.

"Hold on quickly." Mrs. Lu said, "Give me some water."

The women standing beside her rushed forward, supported, fanned the wind, and fed water. Mrs. Lu fell in the arms of the women, her face was pale, lifeless, and her tears were like rain.

"Is the situation so bad?" Mrs. Lu asked.

This is not talking to Mrs. Lu, but asking Mr. Lu who heard the news.

Master Lu shook his head at Mrs. Lu with a gloomy expression, but did not speak.

Hopeless.

Mrs. Lu understood, she was startled, frightened and unbelievable: "Then how dare the prefect of Zhou? There are so many people in the government, so let him do this? No one persuades him?"

"Don't talk about persuasion." Mrs. Lu cried, "Those unscrupulous thieves, who are pushed by everyone, not only do not help, but also add fuel to the flames to harm my family. They don't even think about it. Today is my family, and it will be them tomorrow." , if you do such a thing, you won’t be afraid of being struck by lightning.”

Second Madam Lu cried again, pushed away the women, and knelt down in front of Elder Lu.

"Brother, find a way to save lives, my second brother is dying, and 24 Lang can't die anymore, our Ning family will never be seen again."

"God, it's all because we are not officials. If my second brother was an official, how could he be abused like this, how could he beat and kill as he pleases."

"Brother, the third brother is already an official, and he is in the capital again, let him speak out..."

Mrs. Lu, who was turning the beads with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

"Hurry up and help the second lady up!" she shouted.

The women hurriedly rushed up again to pull the second wife away, and the smart woman called the doctor, and a group of people carried the second wife down in a mess.

The room was quiet again, Mrs. Lu wanted to exhale, but she couldn't exhale like a stone on her heart.

"Why so suddenly?" she said, "What happened to the Ning family for no reason?"

Master Lu said: "Suddenly and not suddenly, the new emperor wants to rectify the administration of officials. In addition to personally inspecting and selecting a group of officials, he must also personally select scholars. That's why there is an imperial examination."

Only then did they have the opportunity of their third brother.

"The new magistrate of Xucheng was detected by the emperor himself. In order to set an example and make meritorious deeds in front of His Majesty, the Ning family was used by him to make an example of them."

Even though I said that, it was still too sudden no matter how I thought about it.

"Why is it the Ning family?"

Mrs. Lu thinks what Mrs. Lu said is right, because the Ning family is an official but not an official. How about the three generations of subordinate officials?He is just a handyman in the government, and he can't be punished by a doctor, so the handyman naturally rubs it casually.

Fortunately, their Lu family is different.

The third elder brother read seriously, and walked in front of the emperor in a serious manner, like a golden light protecting his body.

"Then the matter of the Ning family won't implicate us?" Mrs. Lu asked in a low voice.

Elder Lu scoffed: "What's the matter with us? Ning is a married woman. Besides, he wants to reach out to Yucheng to eat with the hand of the magistrate of Xucheng? The magistrate of Yucheng can bite him first."

Mrs. Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

"But Ning Shi can't come out to meet people like this, let her rest more." Elder Lu said, "I'll go to the mansion to inquire again."

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "Hurry up, hurry up, the third brother's exam is coming soon, so be careful and ask more questions."

Master Lu went out quickly, and Mrs. Lu sat indoors before letting out a sigh of relief.

Is this the end of the Ning family?It's incredible.

Originally, I wanted them to grind that little maidservant, but I didn't expect that the mud bodhisattva would not be able to protect himself when he crossed the river.

By the way, what happened to the little maid?

(End of this chapter)