328, never forgotten

328, never forgotten

“Da da da—”

The horse's hooves landed on the bluestone floor, making a crisp sound.

"Sir, we're here."

"Um……"

Hearing the noise outside, the people sleeping in the carriage opened their eyes.

After relaxing in the carriage for a while, Lu Mingfei bent down and got out of the carriage, taking the outstretched hand.

As soon as Guard Ma saw it, he knew that their master was exhausted.

"Brother Fei."

"Father."

As soon as Lu Mingfei got off the carriage, he saw his father walking towards him with a smile.

Yesterday, when he returned to the village, he only saw his mother and two younger brothers, but not his father. His father was now in charge of external affairs and was running around all day. If the father and son hadn't arranged a time in advance, they might not have met.

This was the first time the father and son met after several months.

When Lu Youtian saw his eldest son coming back, he looked at his face and said only one sentence: "You have lost weight."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but laugh, "When my mother saw me yesterday, the first thing she said was this."

"Haha, let's go inside and eat. Daddy cooked a few dishes himself. Come and try his cooking." Lu Youtian led his eldest son into the shop and said to him, "Your second uncle and fourth uncle are all in there."

At this time, their shop was closed and all the items in the store had been cleared out.

Since business has been bad in Kyoto City, their braised food shop is now only open half a day.

Originally they planned to close the store and not open it again, but they couldn't bear to leave it, so they continued to open the braised food store.

This year they opened a few more mobile stalls, selling all the goods from the store. Every day they arranged people to push carts and walk around the streets to sell things.

In this way, more items can be sold and more profits can be made in a month, which can support so many people in the store.

However, the shipment volume of their several workshops has increased year by year, and the caravans never default on their payments, so the workshops' annual profits are quite good.

If it weren't for those workshops, they wouldn't be able to support so many refugees.

At this time, Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao Si, who were in the backyard, heard the sound of someone coming in. They knew that it was their nephew who had returned, so they hurriedly brought their son to welcome their nephew.

After everyone greeted each other, they sat down around the table to eat.

Everyone chatted for a while at the dinner table.

***

After finishing the meal, Lu Mingfei brought up the business. He looked at his second uncle and fifth cousin and asked, "I called you here today because I wanted to talk to you about my eldest cousin."

"Do you still remember my eldest cousin?"

The eldest cousin that Lu Mingfei mentioned was the one who was sold by her family as a second wife and later died a violent death.

When Lu Laoer heard his nephew mention his deceased eldest daughter, his hand holding the teacup trembled, and he was even a little afraid to look at his nephew.

Lu Laosi also looked at his nephew in surprise, wondering why his nephew suddenly mentioned this person who had been dead for so many years.

Lu Liulang also remembered his dead cousin.

Only Lu Wulang clenched his fists and said indignantly: "Remember, she is my eldest sister, how could I not remember!"

"Mingfei, why are you suddenly asking about your eldest cousin?" Lu Youtian looked at his eldest son and asked.

He knew his son wouldn't bring up someone who had been dead for so many years for no reason. The fact that he was asking about his eldest cousin might indicate he was planning something.

"Yes, Mingfei, are you..." Lu Laosi looked at his nephew and stopped talking halfway.

"Father, second uncle, you all know that I am now working in the Ministry of Justice. I have the right to investigate the death of my eldest cousin." Lu Mingfei glanced at everyone present and took in everyone's reaction.

When his eldest cousin got into trouble, he remembered that he had just finished the provincial or academy examination and obtained the status of a scholar. At that time, he wanted to stand up for his eldest cousin who had died tragically, but was persuaded by his family.

Even though so many years have passed since this incident, Lu Mingfei still remembers his deceased cousin.

He will not be able to let go of this matter until the cause of his eldest cousin's death is found out, the murderer is brought to justice, and justice is done to his eldest cousin.

He took this opportunity and used the last bit of authority in his hand to find out the cause of his eldest cousin's death, so that the evildoers would receive the punishment they deserved and those who died with regrets could rest in peace in the underground.

"I wonder, second uncle and fifth brother, do you want to find out the cause of my eldest cousin's death and give her justice?" In the end, he gave this right to his eldest cousin's closest relatives, his second uncle and fifth cousin.

"I..." Lu Laoer's hands trembled several times. He put the teacup on the table, stood up from the stool, and his body softened and he was about to kneel down.

Seeing that something was wrong, Lu Youtian, who was standing by, grabbed his brother's hand and said unhappily, "Hey, second brother, what are you going to do?"

"If you have anything to say, just stand up and say it. Don't kneel down to your nephew all the time!"

In their language, if an elder kneels before a younger one, the younger one will shorten his lifespan. If Lu Youtian hadn't known that his brother hadn't done it unintentionally, he would have suspected that his brother had some malicious intent.

"I... Fei'er, Second Uncle, Second Uncle dreams about this..."

"Your eldest cousin was beaten to death by that evil man!" Lu Laoer collapsed to the ground and sat on the ground crying, saying that after his eldest daughter died, he secretly went to investigate the death of his eldest daughter.

After learning that his eldest daughter was beaten to death by the evil man she married, he wanted to pounce on the evil man and bite him to death.

But thinking of his wife, children and elderly mother at home, he didn't dare to offend those people.

Even though his eldest daughter had been dead for so many years, he still saw her in his dreams coming back to him, crying and asking him, her biological father, why he had married her to a wicked man who was worse than pigs and dogs for a few dozen taels of betrothal money.

In his dreams, he cried and begged his eldest daughter for forgiveness again and again, but his eldest daughter did not forgive him as her biological father. Every time she came to find him, she would fly away with tears and blood on her face.

"I am sorry to Dahua. If we hadn't agreed to marry her to that evil man, she wouldn't have died so miserably... Fei Ge'er, second uncle begs you, you must give your eldest cousin justice!" Lu Lao Er sat on the ground crying, full of regret.

If he could live again, he would never agree to let his parents marry their daughter to such a wicked man out of foolish filial piety, and kill his eldest daughter.

"Seventh brother, Fifth brother is begging you here, you must catch the evil man who killed my eldest sister! He was the one who killed my eldest sister!" Lu Wulang wiped his tears in hatred, his eyes full of hatred for the evil man who killed his eldest sister.

Lu Laosi felt a little guilty about his deceased eldest niece. After all, the fourth branch of the family also benefited from the betrothal money and the new house built with the eldest niece's marriage.

Later, after the eldest niece died, the fourth branch of the family was unable to help and could only watch her die tragically.

Lu Liulang, who has grown up, has seen and understood many things. He knows in his heart that all of them have let down their eldest cousin who sacrificed her life to buy them a house.

Lu Mingfei looked at his second uncle, fourth uncle, and two cousins ​​and asked, "Even if this means offending the wrong people and bringing trouble to everyone, do you still want me to investigate my eldest cousin's case?"

"I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid of death, so what else should I be afraid of?" Lu Laoer knew that this was their only chance to find out the cause of their eldest daughter's death and give her justice.

If even this nephew who is an official is unwilling to help them, then they really have no chance to give justice to this eldest daughter who died unjustly.

"I'm not afraid either. Even if I die, what does it matter? We will be heroes again in eighteen years!" said Lu Wulang.

After hearing what his brother and nephew said, Lu Lao Si thought for a moment and then said, "Yes, Ming Fei, go ahead and check it out and give your eldest cousin justice."

How could they not know that if their nephew investigated his cousin's case, he would offend people he shouldn't offend and put himself in danger?

Since his nephew is not afraid anymore, what else should they be afraid of?

Only Lu Youtian looked at his eldest son with a worried look on his face. In the end, he did not stop his eldest son from doing anything in front of his brothers.

Only after seeing off his two brothers and two nephews did he look at his eldest son with a worried look on his face and ask, "Are you really going to investigate your eldest cousin's death?"

"Well, we really need to check it out." When Lu Mingfei saw that the gate of the yard was closed, he called his father to come to the yard and whispered his plan in his father's ear.

Hearing this, Lu Youtian looked at his eldest son, not knowing what to say.

"Don't worry, Dad. I know what I'm doing. But I'm afraid it will bring trouble to my family." Lu Mingfei was not worried about offending Prime Minister Wan now.

As long as the emperor is here, he will definitely not want to see him killed by Prime Minister Wan.

However, he slapped Prime Minister Wan in the face, so in order to appease this minister, the emperor must show some performance.

This was exactly what he wanted from the emperor.

I just hope that the boss won’t let him down when the time comes!

"You don't have to worry about home. Just do whatever you want. No matter how bad our family's life is, it can't be as bad as when you were a child?" Lu Youtian waved his hand and said carelessly.

Lu Mingfei also recalled the life his family lived when he was a child.

Indeed, no matter how bad the days in the future were, they would never be worse than the life they had lived in the Lu family's old house.

"Father believes in you." Lu Youtian patted his eldest son's shoulder and said to him, "It's getting late. You should go back to the courtyard and rest."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded, got on the carriage waiting for him at the back door, and took the carriage back to his place.