Chapter 368: I'm sorry for all these years
The sunlight shines through the loquat tree, leaving a patch of sparse debris on the ground.
Yu Lingye looked up at the man in gray.
I vaguely remembered that there was also a loquat tree in the Lu family's backyard.
That loquat tree is as tall and big as the tree in front of me.
When they were young, every time the loquats were ripe, the three of them would gather under the loquat trees to pick loquats.
Lu Jiuyuan doesn't know martial arts, but he is good at climbing trees.
The loquats on the top of the tree get the most sun and are the sweetest. Every time, Lu Jiuyuan would climb to the top of the tree, pick the loquats, and then let him and Shen Tingsi put down the loquat baskets.
Wait until all the loquats are picked.
They would sit on stone benches and eat loquats, and the leftover loquats would be made into loquat wine.
The so-called loquat wine is made by washing the loquats, draining the water and then soaking them in white wine.
The sweetness of loquat and the strength of wine collide to create a soft yet intense taste.
In winter, they would steal loquat wine and take it outside to drink secretly.
It felt like a dream.
In the dream, he is still a young man in fine clothes and riding a horse, full of chivalrous spirit.
Just like now.
Lu Jiuyuan was still the same as before, riding a white horse and full of vigor and vitality.
Nothing seems to have changed.
And it seems that everything has changed.
Yu Lingye came under the loquat tree and took the loquat basket handed to him by Lu Jiuyuan with ease.
"Bring another empty basket and put it on the stone table." Lu Jiuyuan said.
Yu Lingye picked up the basket.
The names of the three of them were engraved on the stone tabletop below the basket.
When he saw those three names, Yu Lingye suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and give it to me. My hands are sore." Lu Jiuyuan said, "Hurry up."
Yu Lingye handed the basket to Lu Jiuyuan.
Lu Jiuyuan soon picked enough fruits again.
He came down from the tree contentedly and sighed to Yu Lingye, "The loquat tree hasn't borne fruit in the past few years. I thought it would never bear fruit again. Who would have thought it would bear fruit this year? You're in for a treat."
He took one and handed it to Yu Lingye: "Try it and see how it tastes."
Yu Lingye: "No taste, no wash."
Lu Jiuyuan was speechless: "Still so poor and particular."
Lu Jiuyuan fetched a bucket of well water, washed the loquats, and even placed them on a beautiful plate: "Come, have a taste."
There are three stone benches under the loquat tree.
There is just one for each of the three of us.
Yu Lingye picked up the largest and roundest loquat, peeled off the skin, removed the core, and the membrane inside, then put it in his mouth.
Lu Jiuyuan's forehead twitched. "After so many years, you still have all these bad habits."
He stuffed a whole loquat into his mouth, chewed it, and spit out the loquat seed.
"This is how loquats should be eaten to satisfy your taste."
Yu Lingye: "The loquat tastes exactly like the one in the Lu family's backyard."
Lu Jiuyuan shook his head. "It's different. After all, the taste has changed slightly due to the change of climate and soil. I'm afraid the longer I'm away from my homeland, the more obvious the change in taste will be."
Yu Lingye looked at him.
Lu Jiuyuan laughed and said, "Why are you looking at me?"
Yu Lingye: "Where did the loquat tree and the stone bench and table come from?"
"I had someone bring them here from the Lu family," Lu Jiuyuan said. "I couldn't bear to throw those things away. They're at least a reminder of my past."
After saying that.
He laughed at himself and said, "The best I can do is take these things with me."
"Aye..."
"I'm sorry for all these years."
Yu Lingye: "You don't need to apologize to me."
"You haven't done me any wrong."
Lu Jiuyuan moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything.
He sighed deeply and said, "Let's get down to business."
Yu Lingye said, "We have already found out that the Seventh Prince died of charcoal poisoning."
"The Lu family is wronged."
Lu Jiuyuan laughed and mocked: "Those who wronged the Lu family know better than anyone else that the Lu family was wronged."
Yu Lingye: "It seems that you already know who is behind this."
Lu Jiuyuan nodded.
He said with a mocking look: "It is precisely because I know this that I know the Lu family cannot wash away the injustice, and I know that there are some grudges that I must personally avenge."
Yu Lingye looked into Lu Jiuyuan's eyes.
Lu Jiuyuan's eyes were red, and he was trying his best to suppress the emotions in his heart.
There was silence for a long time.
The only sound was the sound of Xie Yingmian eating loquats.
When it's quiet, certain sounds are amplified.
For example, the chewing sound of Xie Yingmian.
Xie Yingmian was a little embarrassed: "This loquat tastes good, I haven't eaten loquat before."
"Did I disturb you?"
"How about I eat somewhere else?"
She didn't lie at all.
It was the first time I ate loquat in my life, and I was conquered by its deliciousness.
"No need." Lu Jiuyuan chuckled, "Sister-in-law, please eat as much as you can. There's plenty."
Then Xie Yingmian will not be polite.
There is this little episode.
Lu Jiuyuan's mood calmed down a little.
Yu Lingye asked, "Xie Jingyun is in the Lu family's secret room, right?"
Lu Jiuyuan: "Yes."
"After the Dingyun Rebellion, my father brought back Xie Jingyun, who was only breathing his last breath. He placed Xie Jingyun in the Lu family's secret room and placed a black stone in the coffin."
"This is the Lu family's secret."
"Originally, no one in the Lu family knew about it except my father and me."
When Lu Jiuyuan said this, he looked at Yu Lingye and said, "Guess how the emperor knew this?"
Yu Lingye shook his head.
This is also what he has always been puzzled about.
He investigated for so long, and the conclusion he came to was that Xie Jingyun was dead.
If Lao Wu hadn't told him the Lu family's secret, he wouldn't have known that Xie Jingyun was still alive.
Hatred flashed in Lu Jiuyuan's eyes: "It's Liu Yunyi."
"She is the emperor's."
"She married into the Lu family, married me, not because she fell in love with me at first sight. Her purpose in marrying into the Lu family was to monitor the Lu family, monitor me, and monitor everything about the Lu family."
"That's ridiculous."
"My chance encounters with Liu Yunyi, her seeing my shyness, my heroic rescue, my heart fluttering, my first love, every encounter with her was calculated by her, planned by her."
"I trusted her so much and loved her so much."
"What about her?"
"After she discovered the Lu family's secret, she reported it to the emperor, which brought disaster upon the Lu family."
"Liu Yunyi once begged me with tears, begging me to hand over Xie Jingyun, saying that as long as the Lu family could hand over Xie Jingyun, the emperor would protect the Lu family and us."
"She doesn't understand at all. Even if I hand over Xie Jingyun, the emperor won't let the Lu family go. Only that idiot Liu Yunyi believes the emperor's promise."
"It's all my fault."
"If it weren't for me, if I hadn't insisted on marrying Liu Yunyi, if I hadn't accidentally exposed the location of the mechanism..."
"Perhaps, the Lu family would not have been destroyed."
Lu Jiuyuan was filled with sadness.
He clenched his fists tightly and his thin body trembled constantly.
Xie Yingmian was not surprised by this answer.
If the fake Liu Qian was the emperor's lackey, then it would be understandable that his family had been able to hide the truth for so many years.
Xie Yingmian said, "Liu Yunyi must have regretted it when he died."
Lu Jiuyuan sneered: "What's the point of her regretting it?"
"So many people in the Lu family died."
"Her regrets are of no use at all, they only add to the joke."
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