Cheng Huaijin remained silent; his mother was not innocent.
He was already thirteen years old, no longer a child. His parents and older brother often discussed matters in the study. His mother could join them because his maternal grandfather held a high position, and his older brother could participate because he had always been the hope of his parents.
Therefore, his mother and his brother must have known what his father had done.
"Young Master Zhou, could you tell me why you gave us this opportunity because of my sister?" Cheng Huaijin asked again.
“It’s alright to tell you. Because there’s someone who doesn’t want your sister to suffer. Going to the capital would mean certain death for your family, and that person would be heartbroken if they found out later. If you escape, you and your sister have a glimmer of hope; maybe you’ll survive? And she won’t be heartbroken if she finds out,” Lu Zheng said.
Cheng Huaijin glanced at Lu Zheng in surprise, and immediately thought of Gu Xin.
Is it for Sister Xinxin's sake, Mr. Zhou?
"Thank you, Young Master Zhou, I understand! I have one last question." Cheng Huaijin exhaled and then said.
"Go ahead and ask." Lu Zheng was quite patient.
"You said it's a dead end, is it because something happened to my maternal grandfather's side too?" Cheng Huaijin didn't think Lu Zheng was lying to him, because Lu Zheng was not related to his family and had no reason to come to his rescue or lie to him.
"It's only a matter of time. If you want to live, then run. If you want to be buried with your family, then come to the capital together!" Lu Zheng said.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Young Master Zhou. Cheng Huaijin will remember your kindness today and will repay you if there is an opportunity in the future!" Cheng Huaijin solemnly thanked Lu Zheng. At this moment, he suddenly grew from a child into an adult and had to make the difficult choices that only adults make.
On one side is family, on the other is survival.
Finally, he took the money hidden under the floorboards in his room. It was money he had saved up. His family had fallen out with the Gu family, and he was afraid that his family would take action against the Gu family and suppress their goods. He planned to save money to buy Gu family's things. There was more than one hundred taels of silver, a fifty-tael silver note, and some loose silver.
He then took the dagger from his treasure box and tucked it into his trouser leg with a rope.
He was wearing prison clothes, and it wouldn't be good to take too much or too conspicuous, so he took only these things, bowed to Lu Zheng again to thank him, and then left.
Lu Zheng sighed: Hopefully, this kid can escape with his sister!
Gu Shouxin jumped down from the roof and shouted, "Let's go!"
Lu Zheng chased after him: "Second Uncle, this is too much trouble! Why don't we just cover our faces and break them out? The brother and sister aren't very useful, and the soldiers won't arrest them."
Gu Shouxin gave him a disdainful look: "You really don't understand this?"
Lu Zheng grinned, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Please enlighten me, Second Uncle!"
Gu Shouxin rolled his eyes at him; this guy's skin was getting thicker and thicker! But he still expressed his thoughts: "Breaking the prisoner is something the two of us can do, but what about afterward? Zhou Yuan is thirteen years old, not a little kid anymore. There are some paths he must walk, and some thorns he must cut himself. We can save him once, but we can't save him for life. He is the son of a disgraced official; he has to learn how to turn the tide against all odds along the way."
Gu Shouxin's last sentence was quite moving, and Lu Zheng noticed it, glancing at Gu Shouxin.
Could it be that my current second uncle was originally the son of a disgraced official?
Gu Shouxin slapped Lu Zheng on the back of the head, making him stumble, and laughed, "Let's go, one of us is a student and the other is a farmer, let's not think about those great things!"
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