nashuaworldcup Chapter 228 The General's Mansion Holds a Funeral
Chapter 228 The General's Mansion Holds a Funeral
Lu Ziqian nodded, I'm glad you're okay.
I'm really afraid that his father will get hurt.
But then again, the old woman is really cruel, otherwise she wouldn't have such an effect.
Now his father probably won't think about honoring Mrs. Zhu anymore, right?
Lu Ziqian rubbed his chest. It was really painful. Although the dagger had been tampered with and he was wearing protective clothing, he was still in pain from being stabbed with a blunt object.
"Master, how do we deal with the people from the second house?"
"Lock him up first, and send someone back to the village to look for my grandmother's remains."
"Yes."
As for how to deal with the second wife, let's wait until his father wakes up.
Also, we have to listen to what Aunt Queen has to say!
In short, he can't make this decision on his own!
"Find someone to clean up the courtyard. If anyone comes to ask, just say that the mansion was attacked by the Jin people last night. Don't say anything else."
"By the way, go to the backyard and light a fire to make some noise."
The butler nodded hurriedly. He was really scared just now. He thought everything was real.
He was also glad that he did not betray his master at the critical moment, otherwise he would have ended up as miserable as those people.
Butler Wang led people to clean up the yard and looked at the "dead" people. It turned out that they were just unconscious, and the wounds on their necks and arms were fake.
These people are really lucky. They don't have to accept the test of loyalty. When they wake up, the "battlefield" has been cleaned up.
"Qian'er!!"
"do not want!"
Lu Jingming woke up from a nightmare. The scene of Mrs. Zhu torturing and killing her son replayed in his mind over and over again.
"Dad, I'm here!"
Lu Ziqian hurried to the bedside and held his father's hand, which would make him feel more at ease.
"Qian'er, are you...are you okay?"
Lu Jingming looked a little dazed. Was he just dreaming?
Or am I not awake yet and am hallucinating now?
"Dad, I'm fine. I was just acting."
"I overheard the conversation between Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Wang, and learned that you and my aunt are not her biological children. They are also plotting how to seize the property, drive out the eldest wife, and even want to join forces with Concubine Jing to get rid of my aunt and the crown prince..."
"I'm afraid you won't believe me when I tell you this. Even if you know the truth, you'll still consider the relationship between mother and son."
"I teamed up with Jiaojiao to put on a show for you, so you can see the true face of Old Zhu."
Snapped!
When Lu Jingming heard that it was just an act, he was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped her.
Lu Ziqian was not angry, because he knew that his father was really scared.
Then, Lu Jingming hugged him again, and said with a choked voice: "Fortunately it was acting, fortunately it was acting..."
Lu Ziqian felt uncomfortable listening to his father's choking voice. Although it was awkward to be hugged, he still tried his best to comfort his father.
Lu Jingming had also experienced many ups and downs, so he quickly calmed down.
"Where are the people from the second house?"
"I've locked him up, waiting for you and Auntie to deal with him."
"This is the jade pendant found in Old Zhu's room."
"Out-of-region Cheng family?"
"Well, this jade pendant is definitely not an ordinary item. The Cheng family has a great background. I suspect they are from the mysterious family of the previous dynasty that was so wealthy that it could rival a country."
"Should we send someone to find out?"
"Maybe Grandpa is still alive, maybe they have been looking for you and Auntie."
"Also, I have sent people back to my hometown to look for my grandmother's remains."
As the father and son were talking, Butler Wang came to announce, "Master, the general, the queen and the prince are here."
"Please."
"Yes."
As soon as Lu Jingming finished speaking, the prince supported the queen and hurried into the bedroom.
"Brother, are you okay?"
"how could this be?"
Lu Jingming sighed: "Have you heard everything?"
"Well, I was worried, so I left the palace as soon as the palace gates opened."
"Qian'er, are you okay?"
"I heard that the vicious old woman stabbed you more than ten times. Were you wearing armor?" The queen gritted her teeth in anger and touched him as she spoke.
"It's okay. The dagger was tampered with in advance. It's retractable. I also put a blood bag on my body in advance. It's filled with chicken blood."
The queen still looked frightened and even a little bit unbelievable.
"Is this true or false?"
Lu Jingming showed her the jade pendant. Old Mrs. Zhu definitely wouldn't have such a good thing. Not even the royal family had a jade pendant of this quality.
It seems to be true, and not something that Mrs. Zhu made up to protect the second wife.
In fact, if the first and second wives were both her biological children, Mrs. Zhu would never favor the loser second wife.
Even though the elderly tend to favor the one who is not doing well, when it comes to the critical moment, who should be saved? Who should be sacrificed? They know it in their hearts!
By keeping capable people, not only can the family continue, but retirement will also be guaranteed.
If you protect a loser, he will either be despised or abandoned, and the ending will be miserable.
People are selfish. If it really comes to the extreme of having to choose between two options, parents will also choose the best one.
Lu Jingming suddenly said, "I will go back to my hometown tomorrow to look for my mother's remains."
"Ah."
"If that vicious woman, Mrs. Zhu, really killed my mother, then she deserves to die." A hint of cruelty flashed in the queen's eyes.
"How should the second room be handled?"
"Brother, leave them to me. I'll handle them."
"Tell the public that all the members of the second branch were killed by the Jin people, and we will set up the mourning hall soon."
When Lu Jingming heard what his younger sister said, he knew that she had no intention of leaving anyone alive.
If what happened last night had not happened, he would not be so heartless even if he knew that Mrs. Zhu was not his biological daughter.
But last night, when Old Zhu sneered at him with a dagger in her hand and killed Qian'er with one blow after another, he wished he could grind her into ashes with his own hands.
"Well, just do as you say."
As for how the queen wanted to deal with them, he didn't intend to ask any more questions.
Anyway, after tonight, the second wife will disappear from this world.
After the Queen and the Crown Prince left, white cloth was hung in front of the Lu family's gate, and everyone around knew that the General's Mansion was going to hold a funeral.
Many people heard the noise last night, but no one dared to come out because they were afraid.
As soon as the sun rose, every household sent people out to inquire about the news.
It turned out that the Jin people had attacked the general's mansion last night. It was said that they did it to avenge the crown prince of Jin.
It’s just that the eldest wife was lucky. Last night, except for the father and son of the Lu family, the other female members were not at home.
So the second branch was unlucky and all the members were killed. I heard that even their bodies were burned to ashes and no one was left alive.
"That's strange. Why aren't the women from the first house at home?"
"What a coincidence! On the day of Mr. Lu's birthday banquet, Mrs. Zhou didn't show up. I heard she was sick."
"That night, no one knows what happened. Zhou's head was broken and bleeding, and she was carried away. I heard that she was carried to the courtyard of the Anshun County Master."
"The Anshun County Master is a skilled doctor and the former daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. You all know this, right?"
"When something happened to Zhou, her daughters and daughters-in-law naturally all stayed by her bedside. They were not at the mansion last night, so they escaped the disaster."