Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang, Lu Mengzheng, and Zhang Qixian exited the Changchun Palace and walked towards the gate of the palace together. Lu Mengzheng sighed suddenly. Defang was puzzled and asked, "Master Lu, why are you sighing?"

"My lord, the old minister saw that the brothers of the Xu family made such a fuss over the family property. Not only did they not gain the slightest benefit, but they also hurt the brotherhood. It is a pity that the parents are not here. Now the brothers have to fight against each other. It is really embarrassing." People sigh."

"Lord Lu, there's nothing to sigh about. Both Xu Jintang and Xu Jinzheng are greedy for money, so there's no need to talk about family affection." De Fang snorted, "People like this who are stingy with money and love are not worthy of pity at all."

Lu Mengzheng still sighed, "People say that parents are in the hall, brothers are safe, and having wives and children is a joyous thing in life, but in the eyes of Xu family brothers, they are all property and money that cannot be taken away. They are certainly hateful, but It's also very sad."

"Lord Lu," Defang said, "why do you lament so much about the brothers of the Xu family?"

"My lord doesn't know. The old minister left his father when he was young, and his mother worked hard for me to study alone. Before the old minister was the champion, he couldn't meet his father, but he couldn't recognize his younger brother. He didn't feel the family affection for several years, so look at it. Seeing that the two brothers turned against each other for money and refused to recognize each other, they sighed."

Defang stopped and looked at Lu Mengzheng, "Lord Lu, aren't your parents in the mansion? Your younger brother Lu Mengxiu was awarded a Jinshi last year, and even your nephew Lu Yijian was also a Jinshi. There are many talented people in the family. If you have a father, you can't see him, if you have a brother, you can't recognize him, and if you don't have a family relationship?"

"Hey." Lu Mengzheng sighed deeply again, "According to the calculation, this matter has been going on for 34 years."

"34 years?" Defang blinked, "What's so long?"

Lv Meng is looking up at the sky slightly, slowly telling his own experience. 34 years ago, his father Lu Guitu was the living man of the former dynasty. Lu Mengzheng's biological mother, Lu Guitu's first wife, Liu Shi, was not favored and often quarreled over family matters. For this reason, Lu Guitu hated Liu Shi very much, and also hated his son Lu Mengzheng, who was always cold-eyed. It seems that Lu Mengzheng did not get any love from his father, and he did not get married until he was 22 years old. In that year, his younger brother Lu Mengxiu was born, and his father Lu Guitu drove his wife Liu Shi and Lu Mengzheng out of the house together. People left Luoyang City and lived in a monastery more than a hundred miles south of the city. A monk saw that they were pitiful, so he dug a grotto on the side of the mountain near the monastery for them to live in. They were bitten by mosquitoes in summer and hungry and cold in winter. The life was very painful. Lu Mengzheng's mother vowed not to marry again, and devoted herself to working so that her son could study. Lu Meng was studying hard in the grotto for nine years, and finally won the first prize in the second year of Taiping Xingguo. That year, Lu Mengzheng was 31 years old. At the age of [-], Lu Mengzheng, who became a high-ranking official, did not hate his father because of this. Instead, he brought his elderly father to serve in the mansion with his mother. They all sit in the same room and live in different rooms, but Lu Mengzheng doesn't hold any grudges towards his father, he only thinks of the kindness of his life, and takes good care of his parents.

Lu Meng is looking at Defang and Zhang Qixian, "My lord, Mr. Zhang, there are all parents in the world. The old minister can still have his parents in the hall, and he has brothers, and his children and grandchildren are safe and healthy. This is already a joy in life. It was indeed a pain in the past. I can't do it." What, I don’t know what will happen in the future, but at least I won’t let this kind of thing happen to my descendants.”