Chapter 62 Your Big Brother is Stupid
Chapter 62
The next morning, Lu Songli sent someone to the Xu family in Baodingfang to tell her sister and her in-laws to be careful of strangers around them and to take good care of the children.
Although Lü Songli felt the Zhao family wouldn't go so far as to violate the limits of the Xie family's control, necessary precautions were still necessary. Dali, in fact, was quite reminiscent of the Wei and Jin dynasties, a common practice. While two factions might clash, they tried not to involve the elders and the young. After all, who doesn't have elders and children? If the struggle failed and the whole family was implicated, no one would be able to say anything. But targeting the elders and the young at the outset was wrong. And if you can intervene, why can't others?
The old lady of the Xu family trusted Lu Songli very much because she saved her grandson. When she heard that Lu Songli had sent someone to convey a message, she said that she and her family would be careful and vigilant.
Undercurrents are surging in the capital.
The well-informed families all knew about Zhao Bin's story. After all, he was brought back to the Zhao family by an old farmer in an oxcart, which was not a secret. After returning to the Zhao family, he was taken to his residence and consulted a doctor. All the steps in between could not be kept strictly confidential.
Everyone has parents, brothers, and relatives. Once one person knows about it, his family and relatives will basically know about it too. Then it will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, until it becomes a secret known to all the wealthy families in Chang'an City.
For a moment, the elders who knew about this matter all looked solemn and ordered the younger generations to behave themselves and not to offend the Lu family, especially Lu Songli.
Zhao Bin's plight resonated with the many arrogant and trouble-making dandies in Chang'an, who fell silent. Among them, Guo Yan and others who had a bad relationship with Lü Songli were even more severely admonished by their elders.
In addition, everyone was holding their breath waiting for the Zhao family to take action, and for a while, Chang'an City became a little calmer.
But when these young men and women gathered together, they couldn't help but discuss this matter secretly. Many of them had come into contact with Lu Songli before, and in their impression, Lu Songli was a quiet and gentle person who stayed with Zhao Yutan and had little presence. Unlike the other members of the Lu family, he was also gentle.
She became like this after suffering the blows of broken engagement and arranged marriage.
So, the young men and women, constrained by their elders, became angry. It was all the Xie family's fault for releasing a female demon, making them afraid to act as recklessly as before. No, it was the Zhao family's fault. If Zhao Yutan hadn't insisted on stealing someone else's fiancé, Lu Songli wouldn't have become so cruel.
Suddenly, they all beat their chests and stamped their feet, feeling extremely angry.
Also, Zhao Bin, that annoying guy, deserved it! There was no need to think about it. Zhao Bin must have caused trouble for Lu Songli, so she gave him a good beating.
This was obvious. First, Zhao Yutan and Lu Songli had a falling out, and then Zhao Yutan committed suicide. In Zhao Bin's eyes, wasn't it just his sister who was being bullied? With Zhao Bin's protective nature, he would always blame everyone else for everything. He was definitely going to go after Lu Songli.
He certainly looked miserable now, but what's the saying? There's always something hateful about a pitiful person! Zhao Bin always liked to defend his eldest sister indiscriminately, under the euphemism of protecting someone. Usually, when Zhao Yutan was upset, he would find trouble with others. Once Zhao Yutan found out, he would apologize or make some compensation. The brother and sister often did this, leaving others feeling frustrated and unable to swallow their anger.
Look at his current fate. Many people who have been offended by him are secretly happy. You were allowed to act tyrannically, but now you’ve hit a wall, right?
That day, someone knocked on the Lu family's door early in the morning.
"Who is it?" Uncle Zhang, the doorman, walked out of the small house with sleepy eyes and asked outside the door.
"It's me, your second young master!" the person outside the door replied.
Second Young Master?! Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhang hurriedly opened the door and saw a man standing in the cold wind of early winter, carrying a bundle on his back.
"Second Young Master?" Uncle Zhang squinted his eyes and looked at the man, a little hesitant to recognize him. This - this -
"It's me."
"It's really you, you're back?" Uncle Zhang wiped his eyes, unable to believe that the dusty face before him was actually their family's clean-loving Second Young Master. But the voice was indeed the Second Young Master's.
"Uncle Zhang, shut your mouth. I'll go in first." After saying that, Lu Mingzhi walked in like a whirlwind.
Zhang the Gatekeeper slapped his head. "Oh no! I was so excited that I forgot to report to the inner courtyard!" He hoped the Second Young Master would be more reliable and not scare the Master, the Wife, and the Second Young Miss.
Ever since Lu Songli got rid of Zhao Bin two days ago, Lu Desheng started to go out early and come back late again.
On this day, Lu Desheng and Lu Mingzhi, who had gone out early, met halfway from the main courtyard to the front door, and they met at the corner. Both of them were startled by each other!
Oh my! Lv Desheng was so frightened that he took two steps back and looked carefully. How could a wild man enter his house?
It was still dark. Lü Desheng's eyesight wasn't as sharp as it had been in his youth, due to his age and the amount of reading he'd done. In the dim light, he could only make out a vague outline. It was a strong wind, and Lü Mingzhi's face was covered in muddy sand. His messy hair half obscured his face, and he was clutching a cane, looking like a wild man.
It was Lu Mingzhi who recognized his father. He quickly used both hands to pull his messy hair aside, revealing half of his face, "Dad, it's me!"
Lu Desheng recognized his son's voice, "Second son? Mingzhi?"
"It's me."
Lu Desheng stepped forward, looked him up and down, and then said with disdain, "How did you get into such a mess?"
Lu Mingzhi rolled his eyes. What do you think of letting him not shave or change his clothes for a month?
Then he said in a muffled voice, "The master and I were in Jingzhou. After receiving the news from home and saying goodbye to the master, we rushed back as fast as we could. It took us nearly half a month to get there." Before that, they had an accident when they were traveling through a remote mountain village. A lot of their luggage was lost, and they hadn't had any change of clothes for half a month.
Lü Desheng knew his son was traveling with his teacher along with other classmates. He estimated their speed and sent him a letter via the post station, informing him of the family situation. He didn't expect him to receive it. Unexpectedly, he received it and rushed back.
Lu Desheng patted his younger son on the shoulder and told him he had worked hard. He did not go out and took his son back to the yard to have breakfast.
"Dad, why are you going out at this hour?" Lu Mingzhi glanced at the sky. It wasn't a court meeting today, so his father was usually still asleep at this time. As far as he could remember, his father hadn't been this hard-working in recent years. It must be something he'd been worrying about lately.
The concern in his youngest son's eyes made Lu Desheng swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth. Never mind, his youngest son was concerned about him. He just said, "I have something to do recently and I will be busy for a while."
As soon as Lü Desheng returned to the main courtyard, he had a servant bring hot water for his youngest son to wash up. He then went into the bedroom. Soon, Jiang came out with him. Seeing her travel-weary son, Jiang was thrilled. After a brief conversation, Lü Mingzhi's stomach rumbled. Jiang sent him to the living room to keep his father company while she went to the kitchen to see if there was anything delicious to eat. Seeing her son's condition, it was clear he must have suffered recently, and she needed to nourish him.
The hot food was served on the table. After asking his parents, Lu Mingzhi started eating without hesitation. To be honest, he had not eaten well in the past month.
While having breakfast, Lu Mingzhi listened to his father talking about what had happened at home and how his family had responded to the situation.
The more he listened, the more surprised he became. His second sister was truly a force to be reckoned with. He had thought that among the four siblings, he was the one most like his father. But now, it seemed that his second sister's behavior was more like his father's.
"Your second sister has finally come to her senses."
In his father's words, his second sister was a smart person who was delayed by her ex-fiancé! But no matter what, this was a good thing. You know, he was very worried about her on the way.
"You still have a conscience, but your eldest brother is a fool. Your second sister asked him to continue staying in the Yue family, so he continued to stay there." Lu Desheng didn't scold him for anything else, just called him stupid.
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