Yu Jiao glanced at Yu Qizhe and bit her lips unconsciously until she tasted blood on the tip of her tongue. Then she came to her senses and felt very upset. She really didn't understand why her elder brother used such extreme and cruel means to treat Yu Qizhe. Even if he didn't think highly of Yu Qizhe and didn't want them to be together, he shouldn't do this.
But Liu Ziqi is not in the capital now. Even if she wants to question him, she has to wait until he returns to the capital.
"Third Miss, didn't you notice that there was suddenly a servant in your junior brother's yard some time ago? But that person is gone today." Lu Jin really couldn't bear to see that the two of them clearly had each other in their hearts, but were secretly sad. If he had expressed his feelings to Wushuang earlier, things wouldn't be like this now.
Yu Jiao nodded. She didn't pay much attention to it the past few times. There was indeed a tall servant when she came to see off Sister Fuling last time. She thought that there were not enough people in the courtyard after Yu Qizhe won the top spot in the imperial examination, so he hired new servants. Now that Lu Jin mentioned it, she realized that there was actually a story behind it.
"That was your brother's man, sent to monitor my junior brother. After your brother left Beijing, my junior brother killed that man." Lu Jin complained to Liu Ziqi, "Young Master Liu is really unreasonable. Although my junior brother comes from a poor family, he is very talented. It takes many years for Taiyan to have such a top scholar. How could he look down on him like this?"
Yu Jiao didn’t know what to say. She suddenly knew all these things and for a moment she didn’t even know how to face Yu Qizhe.
"He could obviously tell me..." Yu Jiao murmured.
Lu Jin smiled, his smile was filled with helplessness, and he lowered his voice and said to Yu Jiao, "Third Miss, men all have self-esteem. Even if he told you, it would only create a rift between you and your brother, and you would be caught in the middle."
Yu Jiao felt a little uncomfortable. She had never expected her elder brother to treat Yu Qizhe like this.
Lu Jin practiced martial arts and had sharp ears and eyes. He also heard the conversation between the two people in the house just now. He said, "Third Miss, don't blame me for protecting my junior brother and speaking for him. If your brother hadn't left Beijing, he wouldn't have said this to you today."
Yu Jiao didn't know, but Lu Jin knew it very well. After Yu Qizhe entered the Hanlin Academy, he was more anxious than anyone else to climb up and wanted to gain real power. Only in this way could he get rid of the threat from Liu Ziqi, protect Yu Jiao, and marry her as soon as possible.
Some time ago, Liu Ziqi left Beijing, and his junior fellow student asked him to follow him secretly. He followed Liu Ziqi all the way to a trading company in Jiangnan, and later found that Liu Ziqi had changed his route from Jiangnan to escort the goods to Lingnan. Lu Jin followed him to Lingnan and saw with his own eyes that Liu Ziqi had contacts with the deputy lieutenant general of the Lingnan army, and that armor was smuggled in the goods sent to Lingnan. What shocked him the most was that Liu Ziqi had raised private soldiers in Lingnan, and the number was huge, enough to have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
The first person will be exiled for 2,000 miles, the third person will be hanged, and those who make the products privately will be punished with a heavier crime!
Raising private soldiers is a crime of treason! Your family will be confiscated and your entire clan will be exterminated!
Although he didn't know why Liu Ziqi kept private soldiers in Lingnan, with such a big handle in their hands, his junior brother had the capital to check and balance Liu Ziqi. Only then did he dare to tell Yu Jiao the truth.
Although Lu Jin was a simple man, he knew that he couldn't tell Yu Jiao about this.
It was no small matter for Liu Ziqi to keep private soldiers. Historically, only princes and military generals who intended to rebel would keep private soldiers. Who knew what the eldest son of Liu Ci Fu's family was planning.
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