"It's one thing that the Emperor is wary of the Lu family and doesn't care about past relationships."
"Emperors are afraid that their ministers will have too much power. Once they have secured their throne, they want to keep all the power in their own hands. I can understand that, and I will take the initiative to avoid suspicion."
"But Father can't stand seeing his soldiers being bullied and mistreated!"
"Especially those wounded veterans, they lost their youth and lives on the battlefield, and what was the result?"
"They left the battlefield but lived worse than dogs. They did not receive the respect they deserved or the compensation they were entitled to. They dragged their wounded and sick bodies, lost their ability to work, and the court did not care about them. After returning, they could only wait to die."
"Take Jiaojiao's father for example. Before he was injured, he was a general of the fourth rank. If even he is in such a bad state, what about those soldiers without any rank?"
“They came to me for help, some asking for money for medicine, others for a bag of grain. They were all my brothers who had risked their lives for me. When I saw their miserable state, I couldn’t help but feel indignant.”
"Therefore, after drinking heavily to vent his feelings, he would write down his thoughts and feelings, and when he sobered up, he would have his servants take them and burn them."
As Lu Jingming spoke, he suddenly walked to the outer room and said in a stern voice, "Raise your head."
"Edamame...it's you!?"
This man was his personal servant, the son of Mao Dawu, a veteran under his command.
Mao Dawu was an old soldier who was injured and had no money for treatment. After he died, he entrusted his only child to him.
This child has been by his side for many years, and he has raised him like a nephew.
Why do this?
Maodou's eyes were red and swollen, and he cried with snot and tears streaming down his face: "Master, it's Maodou's fault for letting you down."
"Edamame will atone for his sins with his death."
Lu Ziqian immediately stepped forward, dislocated his jaw, and dug out the poison hidden in his teeth.
But it didn't stop Maodou from turning on the tinderbox.
With a loud bang, Maodou burst into flames, and the intense heat made Lu Ziqian instinctively let go and step back.
Several people tried to extinguish the fire by beating it with their clothes, but the fire seemed impossible to put out, and it would reignite as soon as it was extinguished.
By the time people came to fetch water, it was already too late.
Su Yujiao went forward to check and found that there were no vital signs.
Lu Jingming's eyes were red. Even though this child had betrayed him, he had never thought of letting him die.
And such a gruesome way to die!
Who on earth could be so cruel?!
Who exactly did the Lu family block in their way?
"Take him away and give him a proper burial."
Lu Ziqian comforted him, "Dad, now is not the time to be sad. Let's talk about serious matters first."
Lu Jingming nodded helplessly.
Lu Ziqian picked up a few of the letters and asked, "Did someone imitate your handwriting in these?"
"But it doesn't look like an imitation."
Su Yujiao said, "This is not an imitation; the words on this are all in my father's handwriting."
"This should be a revealing picture."
"When making Xuan paper, the sheets are stacked one by one."
"Because the paper coming out of the pulp still has a lot of moisture, the paper needs to be stacked up, and then separated one by one to dry when the moisture content is very low."
“A single sheet is called a single sheet of Xuan paper, while a double sheet is called a double sheet of Xuan paper.”
"Although dried Xuan paper consists of two layers, it is not easily separated. This type of paper is thicker and absorbs ink and color more saturatedly."
“The layers of painting and calligraphy are also richer than those of single-page paper, and they can withstand multiple layers of rendering and rubbing without any ‘holes’ appearing.”
“Some skilled mounters can split a painting into two, and some can even split it into three or four.”
As Su Yujiao spoke, she pointed to the letters on the table and said, "These letters must have been written by someone who peeled off Father's handwriting one by one from the original letters and then pieced them together into a new article."
"This way, we can achieve a truly realistic effect."
Lu Jingming slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Who on earth is it that has so meticulously plotted to frame the Lu family?"
"Jiaojiao, do you know something? Otherwise, why would you have stopped us in advance?"
"Your outburst today isn't aimed at the Southern Frontier Kingdom, but rather you're afraid the imperial robe will be brought into the mansion?"
Su Yujiao nodded, relieved that her efforts today had not been in vain.
Lu Ziqian looked at her in disbelief. If she hadn't desperately stopped him today, the entire Lu family would have been executed based on that dragon robe and those letters.
Lu Ziqian was still in a daze when Lu Jingming suddenly bowed to Su Yujiao, startling her so much that she quickly dodged away.
"Father, what are you doing? How can your daughter-in-law accept such a great gift from you?"
Lu Jingming remained bowed and refused to stand up: "Jiaojiao, you deserve this bow!"
"If it weren't for you today, the Lu family would be finished."
"Having you is a blessing for the Lu family!"
“Dad is the elder, and you are the junior. Dad cannot kneel before you. Let him kneel.”
After Lu Jingming finished speaking, he kicked Lu Ziqian hard in the back of the knee, and Lu Ziqian's knees buckled and he knelt down with a thud.
"Kneel down to Jiaojiao."
Lu Ziqian looked awkward. If the door were closed and it was just him and Jiaojiao, he could kneel however he wanted, and he would even bark like a dog.
But now that so many people are watching him kneel and kowtow to his wife, he feels very embarrassed.
Bang! Lu Jingming slapped him on the back of the head and roared, "Kowtowing!"
"Keep bowing!"
"This is what you owe Jiaojiao. You don't cherish such a good wife, and you're blind to go and mess with that stinky dog outside."
"You're such a bastard, you think you can get away with anything, even if the dog shit outside stinks? You haven't even tasted it, yet you want to try it?"
Lu Ziqian, unconvinced, retorted, "Who tasted it?"
"It's like dog poop that insists on sticking to me, and I can't shake it off."
Slap, slap, slap, several more slaps.
"You dare talk back?"
"If I tell you to kowtow, then you kowtow. From now on, treat Jiaojiao like an ancestor. If it weren't for her today, you wouldn't even have had the chance to kowtow."
"If you dare to act recklessly again, I'll break your legs."
After Lu Jingming forcefully made Lu Ziqian kowtow to Su Yujiao several times, he kicked him in the buttocks.
"Go and inform your mother to gather the entire household. I have something to say."
"Um."
Lu Ziqian was in a great mood, even though he was being beaten.
He doesn't have to marry Chen Yunniang anymore, so Jiaojiao shouldn't be angry anymore, right?
She's definitely not angry anymore, otherwise she wouldn't have risked her life to save the entire household.
"You two go out too," he instructed the Wei sisters.
"yes."
"Jiaojiao, you know there's a dragon robe in the box, why didn't you say so? That way, your father could make arrangements earlier, and you wouldn't have to risk stopping me."
"Today you've been risking your life and blowing up houses; it's far too dangerous."
"You must not do such dangerous things again."
Su Yujiao said helplessly, "Father, there are some things I can't say outright."
Why?
"I don't know how to explain it."
"Actually, I already told you what was in the box in the study, but you kept saying you couldn't hear me."
"Later I wrote it on paper, but it was just ink dots."
"This is probably what they mean by 'heavenly secrets cannot be revealed'."
Lu Jingming's eyes widened in disbelief. Could such a miraculous thing really exist?
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