After all, Yu Zizhen is just a child and currently has no ability to shake a behemoth like the Lu family.
Given the power and status of the Lu family and the Lu clan, even if she spent time and effort to find all the evidence, those who she had given the Lu clan a handle on for free would not be able to bring down the Lu family with such a small matter.
The system may have also conducted a situation analysis in private, so the task given to her was not to ask her to clear the grievances of Lu Huaiyi's family, but to ask her to protect Lu Huaiyi's family as much as possible.
The government's verdict on Lu Huaiyi's family was announced yesterday. Lu Huaiyi and his two adult sons will be escorted out of the capital early this morning.
After they left, the women and children of the Lu family would be sent to the human market by the officials to be sold.
This is also why she ran out with Yuheng and Yaoguang early in the morning.
Having the driver drive the carriage bearing the Zhenbei Palace emblem to the South City Gate, Yu Zizhen jumped off and personally handed a small purse filled with small change to the head yamen runner. "I'd like to speak to Uncle Lu and his son in private. I'd appreciate your assistance, big brother. I'll give you some small change to share with my brothers and buy them some wine."
The head of the yamen runners didn't dare to say a word. Not to mention that Yu Zizhen gave him benefits, even if he didn't, could he not see the bright emblem of the Zhenbei Palace on the carriage, the carriage model and the number of horses that only super-class princes could use, and the gorgeous clothes that Yu Zizhen specially wore to symbolize his status as a prince?
He has put all his gear on display, and it's obvious that he's trying to use his status to bully others. Who can afford to offend him?
The head of the yamen runners forced a smile and bowed to greet Yu Zizhen, "Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness and the Lu family..."
He had received instructions from the Lu family to kill the Lu family father and son on the way. Now that Yu Zizhen suddenly showed up, he felt uneasy if he didn't find out more.
Yu Zizhen pretended not to notice the bailiff's inquiry and guilty conscience. Without any psychological burden, she made up a story: "The ancestor of the Lu family once saved my great-uncle's life. I am young and cannot repay this favor on my uncle's behalf. I can only do what I can for the Lu family."
The head of the yamen runners didn't know much about the Lu family's history, but he knew that the Lu family was indeed a family of military commanders. He believed Yu Zizhen's words without hesitation.
He was in a dilemma, not knowing whether he should listen to the Lu family and attack the Lu father and son on the road. Then he heard Yu Zizhen say that she just wanted to "do what she can for the Lu family."
The chief yamen runner caught a glimpse of several backpacks taken down from the carriage by the servants of the palace, and immediately understood what Yu Zizhen meant by "something within his ability".
He thought to himself that children were just children after all. They didn't even know what the biggest danger on the road to exile was, yet they were just blindly preparing supplies for the exiles. It turned out that they were still too immature and lacked experience.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand tactfully, signaling the other yamen runners to move away with him, making room for Yu Zizhen and General Lu and his son to talk alone.
After hearing the conversation between Yu Zizhen and the head of the yamen runners, Lu Huaiyi and his son were both confused. It seemed that no one in their family had ever served in the army in the northern border.
Yu Zizhen was very familiar. She bowed to Lu Huaiyi and said, "General Lu, I have long admired you."
Lu Huaiyi was covered in wounds, even his head and face were bruised, red and swollen from being beaten, and his face was covered in blood.
He was wearing a wooden yoke and could not return the greeting, so he could only nod to Yu Zizhen.
Yu Zizhen introduced himself, "My name is Yu Zizhen, and I come from the Zhenbei Palace. Upon learning that the general's family had suffered a great injustice, I wanted to help, but I was too weak to prove the Lu family's innocence."
She waved to Yaoguang and Yuheng to take over the several backpacks they had brought. In the baskets were loose change, a small dagger, a small stove, a small iron pot, pottery jars, bowls and chopsticks, straw mats, straw raincoats, bamboo hats, ready-made clothes, shoes and boots, cloth bags filled with various foods, water bags filled with clear water, gold wound medicine and various commonly used pills, as well as detoxification pills, anti-inflammatory tablets, fever-reducing tablets, etc. that she had specially exchanged with the system and had transferred to small porcelain bottles.
"Take these odds and ends with you for the journey. These medicine bottles are filled with medicines that I begged for with great difficulty. Your injuries need to be healed as soon as possible."
She put the small note on the white porcelain bottle in front of Lu Huaiyi's two sons, indicating that they should use the medicine according to the efficacy and dosage indicated on the note.
"I will try my best to buy back all the relatives of the general who were sold, so please take good care of yourselves, General."
Hearing what Yu Zizhen said, a glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of General Lu, who had already lost all hope.
He was not afraid of the hardships of exile, nor was he afraid of being sent to the army and dying on the battlefield. However, he was worried about the elderly, weak, women and children of the Lu family who were still in the capital but were about to become government slaves.
He didn't know how they would be humiliated and bullied, and how many people would choose to die because they couldn't bear the humiliation.
What he didn't expect was that when his family was in dire straits, it was the legendary Prince of Zhenbei who gave them a glimmer of hope.
With trembling lips, he was about to kneel down to Yu Zizhen, but Yu Zizhen stopped him with a serious face.
"General, please don't do this. I'm younger than you. If you kneel to me, I'll shorten my life."
She said it seriously, and Lu Huaiyi's knees suddenly couldn't bend anymore.
Although it was true that he was very grateful to Yu Zizhen and he sincerely believed that Yu Zizhen deserved his kneeling, but since Yu Zizhen felt that his kneeling would shorten his life, he could not continue to make things difficult for the child who had helped his family so much.
He was just struggling with this when he heard Yu Zizhen lower his voice and say something without making any sense, "You must always carry the detoxification pills with you. The Duke of Wei's army is a good place to be."
General Lu and his son were confused. They were exiled to southern Xinjiang, so why did Yu Zizhen suggest that they go to the west?
After all, this is not something they can decide.
Facing their puzzled gazes, Yu Zizhen did not explain much. After all, she could not say that she knew the plot and knew that someone would poison them and then fake their death by drowning.
After all, she is still young and has to prioritize self-protection. She has done everything she can to achieve this. If the three of them, father and son, still cannot survive, Yu Zizhen will have no choice.
She glanced at Lu Ping and Lu An, two subordinates of the Lu family who refused to leave them even though Lu Huaiyi and his son were exiled to the border.
These two were originally Lu Huaiyi's personal guards. When the Lu family was in great trouble, although they were also released by Old Madam Lu, after settling their parents and families, they returned without hesitation to follow Lu Huaiyi and his son.
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