Shen Liang was really frustrated and had to humbly invite Chen Qing back and asked the maid to serve tea again.
Shen Liang sighed and said: "General Chen, please tell me directly! How much do you want?"
Chen Qing laughed and said, "The officials just rewarded me with five thousand taels of silver and twenty thousand bolts of silk. Do you think I am short of money?"
It turned out that it was not for money. Shen Liang was even more confused, "Then what kind of deal does General Chen want to negotiate?"
"It's very simple. I want you to write a letter to Lu Yihao and reject the Lu family's marriage proposal."
Shen Liang opened his mouth, it turns out...it was because of this matter.
He suddenly realized, "Could it be that General Chen is also proposing marriage to the Lu family?"
"I also proposed marriage to the Lu family. Miss Lu was originally my fiancée. She and I were in love. Unexpectedly, my son coveted Miss Lu's beauty and wanted to steal her love. He brought out the entire Shen family to negotiate with Lu Yihao. As a result, Lu Yihao He actually regretted his marriage. He wanted to marry Miss Lu to the Jiangnan family, so I decided to come and make this deal."
Shen Liang finally understood that there were so many things involved in such a marriage. He quickly shook his head, "General Chen, I really don't know about it!"
Chen Qing said calmly: "It is precisely because Mr. Shen did not know about it that I gave you a chance to negotiate this deal with you. Otherwise, according to my temperament, your son should have been buried in the mountains a few days ago."
Shen Liang's face turned red and white, "General Chen, this is too much!"
"Excessive?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "That's because you don't understand me. The Puppet Qi State calls me a human devil. Why? I have fought against the Puppet Qi State for more than ten years. In every battle, I will kill all the Puppet Qi Army without leaving a single prisoner of war. There are already Hundreds of thousands of puppet Qi soldiers died in my hands, I don’t care if I have one more son.”
Shen Liang's hair stood on end after hearing this, and his legs trembled. After a while, he mustered up the courage to say, "This is Lin'an, not the northwest!"
Chen Qing burst into laughter, his face turned away, and he sighed: "Since Mr. Shen wants to give it a try, it's okay. Tonight, a group of thieves of unknown origin will bloodbath the Shen family in Wuxing. The whole house will be covered with blood, and no chickens or dogs will be left behind." , Mr. Shen, please forgive me!"
He stood up and walked away quickly. Shen Liang was so frightened that he chased him a few steps and shouted: "General Chen, I agree to this deal!"
Chen Qing said slowly at the foot of the steps: "Before tonight, you write a letter to Lu Yihao, clearly rejecting this marriage. This is the last chance for your Shen family. If you want to steal my woman, I, Chen Qing, will destroy his nine clans!" "
Walking outside the lobby, Chen Qing said again: "I might as well send you another piece of news. Lu Yihao will be dismissed as prime minister tomorrow!"
After saying that, Chen Qing walked away.
At this time, Shen Liang's wife, Mrs. Lu, walked out quickly and asked in a low voice: "Master, who is he?"
Shen Liang's frightened soul has not recovered yet. His teeth were trembling and he said: "This person is a demon, no! He is a human demon, a murderous human demon!"
.........
That morning, Shen Liang wrote a very polite letter to Lu Yihao. The letter was very polite, thanking Xianggong for favoring Quanzi. Unexpectedly, Quanzi had been engaged since he was a child, had received the betrothal gift, and was about to marry at the end of the year. He could only thank Lu Xianggong for his kindness. If Quanzi conceals everything, he will definitely come to apologize to you some other day.
Shen Liang immediately sent his housekeeper to deliver the letter to Lu Mansion. He and his wife immediately set off back to Wuxing to arrange another marriage for their son.
In the afternoon, Dali Temple made a verdict. Wang Bo, the owner of Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall, was exempted from punishment because he did not know about it. Liu Huan, the main criminal, was spared death because of Chen Qing's plea. He was sentenced to exile and was sent to the army for three thousand miles.
As for Shen Gai, he received a notice from the Ministry of Personnel that evening that the imperial court had decided to appoint him as the chief registrar of Yongchun County, Quanzhou. The entry procedures he completed during the day were invalidated and he was ordered to go through the procedures again. He left Beijing to report to Yongchun County three days later.
.........
Lu Xiu was packing her things in the room. She had received news from her brother that she might go to Bashu for a trip. This made Lu Xiu very excited and started to open the boxes and pack her clothes.
At this time, the maid Chuntao shouted outside: "Girl, the master is here!"
Lu Xiu walked out quickly and saw his father on the stairs giving instructions to the people below. Lu Jin smiled and said, "I'm here to inform them that they can go back. They are no longer needed here."
Lu Xiu was startled, "Why?"
Lu Jin smiled slightly, "Wouldn't it be nice if they weren't here? Then you can go downstairs for a walk instead of staying upstairs all the time."
Lu Xiu suddenly had a premonition, and she quickly asked, "Father, what happened?"
"The Shen family canceled the proposal. After Shen's father wrote a letter, your grandfather found out that Shen should have been engaged to the Yu family in Kuaiji a long time ago. Moreover, the woman's betrothal gift had been accepted and the marriage was going to be by the end of the year, but he didn't say anything. To be honest, I hid it from your grandfather, and your grandfather is very angry now!"
Lu Xiu covered her mouth with her hands and couldn't believe it. She cried with joy for a moment. She didn't expect this result.
But Lu Jin knew it well. His son had told him that Chen Qing would visit the Shen family. This should be the result of Chen Qing's visit, and the Shen family gave up.
Of course he would not tell his daughter or his father about this.
"Where is my grandfather? I want to see him."
"He has just entered the palace, and the officials sent someone to summon him to the palace."
"Father, would my grandfather agree to your suggestion that I travel to Bashu?"
"I'm not sure about this. What General Chen means is to let you go to Bashu with your brother and Amei. I think this suggestion is good."
Lu Xiu was overjoyed, "Daddy agrees?"
"I just don't object, but you also know that the key is your grandfather's opinion. Let's talk to him tonight! Maybe the Shen family's attitude will make him sober."
At this time, Lu Wei rushed over and shouted from downstairs: "Father, the second grandfather and the third grandfather are here. It seems that something big has happened. Father, please hurry over!"
"I'll go right away!"
Lu Jin gave his daughter a few more instructions before leaving in a hurry.
"Chuntao, let's go for a walk in the back garden. We haven't gone downstairs for a few days."
Lu Xiu also took the maid downstairs and walked slowly along the river to the back garden.
.........
Lu Datong and Lu Qingshan brought the shocking news that the head of the Lu family, Lu Yihao, had been dismissed. This news shocked everyone in the Lu family, and a cloud of sadness began to hang over the Lu family.
Lu Yihao was carried back to the house by his servants. He fainted in the carriage. He could not bear the accusations in the edict to dismiss the prime minister. He was not considerate of the people's sentiments and increased taxes, making the people's livelihood difficult and the people's resentment boiling.
This is what Lu Yihao is most worried about. The officials put the reputation of raising taxes on him, asking him to bear the responsibility for not caring about the people's sentiments, making people's livelihood difficult, and causing public resentment. Lu Yihao was so angry that he fainted on the way back.
Although the officials still did not completely demote him, appointing him to lead the Zhennan Army from afar, to open the Yitong Sansi Division, to promote Dongxiao Palace, to change Tejin, and to be a bachelor of Guanwen Palace, these gorgeous titles were all
A fictitious position, without any real duties, actually completely emptied him out.
That night, Lu Yihao fell ill. The imperial doctor diagnosed him as having a serious illness, which was not serious, but he needed to rest quietly for a few months to slowly recover his body.
A group of Lu Yihao's grandchildren stood in front of the ward door. Everyone's face was full of worry. Lu Yihao has five sons and three daughters. The youngest son is only ten years old and was born to his concubine. In addition, he has seven grandsons.
There are also four granddaughters. If you include the descendants of his two brothers, his descendants will be even more.
In the room, Lu Yihao stared blankly at the roof. His brother Lu Datong advised: "Brother can't always be the prime minister. There will be a day when he will no longer be the prime minister. It's just a matter of thinking about it. Why hurt yourself."
Lu Qingshan also advised: "Being the prime minister is too tiring. My eldest brother is already old and I can't bear it. Take this opportunity to step down and take good care of your health."
Lu Yihao sighed in a low voice, "It's not that I have a grudge against each other. It's really the officials who put the responsibility for the tax increase on me. I, Lu Yihao, are responsible for the public dissatisfaction. I can't accept it."
it is this."
"Brother, actually everyone knows that without increasing taxes, where would the hundreds of thousands of troops get the money and food? Without the army, the Song Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago. Everyone knows this truth, how can we blame it on eldest brother?"
"Everyone understands this truth, but what about a hundred years from now? What about a thousand years from now? Everyone can only see that the people are poor and the country is exhausted. How many people will think that the Song Dynasty will destroy the country if we don't increase taxes. I am not worried about the present, I am
I’m afraid of the judgment of future generations!”
The room was silent for a moment, and then a clear female voice came from the door, "Grandfather, the dirty will be dirty by themselves, and the pure will be clear by themselves, but please have a clear conscience. No matter what the historian writes, he can't cover up the truth!"
This sentence was so well said that Lu Yihao cheered up, "Is it Xiu Niang? Come in quickly!"
