Chapter 440 This Road is Impossible
Lu Changfeng stayed beside his father's body all night without sleeping.
If Zhou Yunzhi and others had not persuaded others to die and be buried in peace, Lu Changfeng didn't know how long he would have persisted like this.
Lu Changfeng took care of all of Lu Zongping's funeral arrangements, and it was Lu Changfeng who brought his men to pull Lu Zongping's coffin back to Jiangzhong.
He Nian Zhang went back with Lu Changfeng. Zhou Yunzhi chatted with him before leaving.
One cannot have it all. If he really wants to be on good terms with the Zhou family, he has to give up something.
So He Nian Zhang left without waiting for He Zizhen to be completely out of danger.
On the day Lu Changfeng and He Nianzhan left, Zhou Yunjia went to the front yard to visit He Zizhen.
It was rare for him to see He Zizhen awake this time, but seeing He Zizhen's appearance, Zhou Yunjia felt that it would be better for him to be asleep.
At this moment, He Zizhen looked like a lifeless and fragile doll.
"Zizhen."
Zhou Yunjia looked at He Zizhen's left hand that had disappeared from the bedside and called him softly.
"teacher."
He Zizhen heard Zhou Yunjia's voice and turned to look at him.
His face was pale and bloodless, and very ugly.
"The kitchen has made some porridge. How about we have some?"
He Zizhen didn't say whether it was okay or not, but just asked: "Teacher, where is my father?"
Zhou Yunjia silently clenched the bowl of porridge in his hand.
“He…he…”
He Zizhen was sleeping when He Nianzhan left. He left without saying goodbye to He Zizhen.
"Are you gone?"
Zhou Yunjia felt a slight lump in his throat as he listened to He Zizhen's childish questioning voice.
"Um."
The room was silent for a few moments before He Zizhen spoke again, "Teacher."
"I am here."
Zhou Yunjia looked at He Zizhen lying on the bed, thinking about how to comfort him.
He was still so young and should have had a bright future, but because of what happened to him, he had almost no chance of a career in politics.
Especially looking at He Nianzhang's reaction, He Zizhen's status in the He family will definitely plummet. It is realistic and cruel.
"Daddy, do you still want me?"
The anxiety and fear in He Zizhen's eyes made Zhou Yunjia feel extremely sad.
He took a deep breath and said to He Zizhen, "Of course your father wants you."
In the words of his eldest brother, even if He Zizhen becomes like him, as long as the Zhou family recognizes He Zizhen, He Nianzhang will never give up on him.
After hearing Zhou Yunjia's affirmative words, a smile finally appeared on He Zizhen's pale little face.
He said to Zhou Yunjia: "My father likes me."
Although his father sent him away and although he saw him less and less often, He Zizhen clearly remembered how much his father cared about him and what he said to him in the carriage.
He is important.
"Teacher, I want to ask Grandpa Xue for help."
He Zizhen looked at his missing left hand and continued, "Please, Grandpa, help me connect my hand. I don't want to embarrass my father."
Zhou Yunjia's eyes turned red, "Nonsense!"
"No one will be ashamed of you."
"My dad too?"
Zhou Yunjia didn't know what He Nianzhang was thinking, but at the moment he didn't want to make He Zizhen sad, "Of course he is too."
While the two were talking, Yuan Li, Yuan Yi and Wu Ci walked in.
Wu Ci looked at He Zizhen's severed hand and said, "What's wrong with a broken hand? If anyone dares to say anything bad about you, I'll cut off their tongue!"
"not good."
Wu Ciyi came to He Zizhen's bedside and said to him, "It's nothing bad, they were the ones who talked about you first!"
"At worst, we can chop off their hands instead of cutting off their tongues, so they can also feel the pain of having their hands cut off."
He Zizhen felt that what Wu Ciyi said was wrong and did not align with the teachings he had received.
But inexplicably, after He Zizhen heard Wu Ciyi say these two sentences, he felt much more comfortable.
"With us here, no one will bully you!" Yuan Yi looked at He Zizhen and assured him.
Yuan Li nodded his head and said, "Brother Ci said that pirates at sea all attach weapons to their severed hands. We'll do that for you when the time comes!"
Wu Ci's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously, saying, "That's right. We'll make you a hook when the time comes. We'll arrange for gold, silver, jade, and even iron. When you practice martial arts, Changfeng might not be your opponent!"
Speaking of Changfeng, the atmosphere that had been adjusted with great difficulty inexplicably became depressed again.
Yuan Yi looked at Zhou Yunzhi who had come in at some point and asked, "Dad, is Changfeng coming back?"
Zhou Yunzhi nodded, "Come back."
This time, Lu Changfeng went back to bury Lu Zongping and to inform his family of the sad news. He would not stay in the river for too long.
Especially after Lu Changfeng knew the reason for Lu Zongping's death, he would definitely come back after He Nianzhang had dealt with the family affairs. He would not stay in Jiangzhong to compete with his own brother for the family property.
He Zizhen didn't know about Lu Zongping's death. He heard people around him say it and asked, "Is Changfeng gone too?"
"Well, Uncle Lu is dead."
When He Zizhen heard the news, he was stunned.
How could the person who appeared in front of me alive just two days ago suddenly die?
"Zizhen..."
Before Zhou Yunjia could finish his words, He Zizhen broke down and burst into tears.
He hadn't cried so hard when he found out his hand was gone, but now he was crying breathlessly.
"Wow, wow, it's all my fault, it's all my fault!"
Zhou Yunzhi frowned slightly as he looked at He Zizhen who broke down and cried.
…
Zhou Yunshu only learned about what happened in Dongchuan on the second day after arriving in Yuncheng.
It happened too suddenly and no one was prepared.
Wu Gui looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was holding the letter silently beside him, and asked, "Did something happen in Dongchuan?"
Zhou Yunshu didn't say anything, but handed the letter in her hand to Wu Gui.
After reading the letter, Wu Gui couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yuan Ruo who was being held in Kang Jingyu's arms at the door behind him.
The children in the family have a very good relationship with each other. If Yuan Ruo knew about this, he would definitely be very sad.
"Zizhen, this child will...sigh."
Wu Gui knew that no matter whether it was He Nianzhang or Zhou Yunjia, their arrangement for He Zizhen was to hope that he would pass the imperial examination and become an official in the future.
But since He Zizhen lost his hands, it can be said that this path was completely cut off.
“Things will work out in time. If one road doesn’t work, there’s always another one waiting for him.”
Wu Gui listened to Zhou Yunshu's words and nodded.
He Zizhen is a direct descendant of the Zhou family. In addition, he will go to Beijing to stay with Xixi in the future. It seems that a career in politics is not his only choice.
"Zhanchuan has brought people outside the city, let's go pick them up."
"good."
Yuncheng is now under martial law, and searches in and out of the city are very strict, not to mention that Zhanchuan directly brought three thousand elite troops.
When Zhou Yunshu and Wu Gui came out of the city and saw Zhanchuan's flag, they took Jing Gao and others and walked towards their camp.
When they arrived at Zhan Chuan's camp, someone who knew Zhou Yunshu said to her, "Master, the captain has captured a few ruffians and asked me to take you over to see them."
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