150, assemble a crossbow
150, assemble a crossbow
That night, as the two of them assembled a crossbow in the small courtyard he had bought, Zhao Lang noticed that Lu Mingfei hadn't said much since he came to his place, and his usual smile was gone. His eyes couldn't help but fall on the young man's face. After a few more glances, he asked, "You look down. Did something happen to you?"
"Oh, don't mention it." When talking about this matter, Lu Mingfei was filled with anger and sadness.
Meeting Zhao Lang's concerned and inquiring eyes, he finally told Zhao Lang what he had learned about his eldest cousin's death. Speaking of what his fourth uncle had said tonight, he couldn't help but complain to Zhao Lang about his fourth uncle, "He still had the nerve to say that it was all my grandmother's decision. Doesn't that mean it has nothing to do with them?"
"The houses they live in now were all built with my eldest cousin's betrothal money! They are all ruthless people who eat people without leaving any bones, and they still have the nerve to criticize Li Si!"
"With such a large family, if everyone is a little hardworking, do they need to sell their children to make ends meet? Only now have my second and fourth uncles come to the city to do some business. Didn't they just run a mess at home before?"
"Look what's going on now. A good girl got married, and she died within a year!" When talking about the people and things in the Lu family's old house, Lu Mingfei had a thousand complaints in his heart.
However, he didn't want to talk about these trivial matters and pollute Zhao Lang's ears.
"Forget it, let's not talk about them. Tomorrow I'm going out of town to look for my father, and then I have to go back with him to see what's going on. I might be busy tomorrow, so don't send anyone to pick me up for the next two nights." Lu Mingfei picked up the assembled crossbow and took a look. After confirming that there was no problem, he handed it to Zhao Lang. "After these crossbows are assembled, you'd better distribute one to each of your guards."
"If you encounter a crisis, these crossbows can be of great use."
"Okay." Zhao Lang nodded, knowing what to do with the crossbows. Hearing Lu Mingfei say he was leaving the city the next day, he said, "I'll arrange for a carriage to take you out of the city tomorrow. If there's anything your family needs my help with, just let me know."
"You study hard in the Imperial College and don't worry about me. I can handle my own affairs well." Lu Mingfei didn't want to trouble Zhao Lang with the affairs of the old house. After all, he was aware of Zhao Lang's current situation, which was probably even more difficult than his.
That night he taught Zhao Lang how to assemble these bows and crossbows.
They brought back a lot of parts, and it took the two of them more than an hour to assemble eight crossbows.
What surprised Lu Mingfei was that these parts were made to exacting standards, with almost no mistakes. This showed that today's craftsmen were very keen on perfection.
There were still quite a few parts on the table that hadn't been assembled yet, but seeing that it was getting late and he had things to do tomorrow, Lu Mingfei prepared to go back first. "I'll take three with me, and you can handle the rest yourself."
"Okay." Zhao Lang nodded.
Seeing that Lu Mingfei was about to leave, he stood up and sent Zhao Lang back to the yard next door, and then came back to continue assembling the remaining parts.
***
Perhaps what you think about during the day you dream about at night.
That night, Lu Mingfei dreamed that the ghost of his eldest cousin came to him to say goodbye, saying that she was leaving and going to another world without pain. She also asked him to study hard, become a high-ranking official in the future, and seek justice for her.
"Eldest cousin!"
Waking up from the dream, Lu Mingfei felt his heart pounding.
He recalled the dream he had, and the image of his cousin covered in blood in the dream, made him feel uneasy. Now, he was even more certain that there must be something fishy going on behind his cousin's death!
After lying in bed for a while, he got up, put on his clothes, washed up, and went to the kitchen to eat.
Just as he was eating breakfast in the kitchen, there was a knock on the door outside the yard.
Lu Mingfei walked out with a meat bun in his mouth and asked the person outside through the door: "Who is it?"
"Mr. Lu, the master asked me to pick you up." said the guard Ma outside the door.
After hearing the familiar voice, Lu Mingfei knew who was outside the door and came over to open the door. He was not too surprised to see that Guard Ma had a different face today, because from the voice, he could tell that the person in front of him was the one who usually came to pick him up.
Perhaps because he was afraid of being recognized, Guard Ma came to pick him up today with a different appearance.
However, he was a little skeptical whether the face he had seen in the past was the real face of this guard Ma.
"Wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
"Okay, Mr. Lu, don't worry."
After asking the person who came to pick him up outside to wait for a moment, Lu Mingfei ran back to the room to get his backpack, and he also took the three crossbows to the car.
In addition, they also used a small basket to put a basket of meat buns. When they got on the car, they took two and gave them to Guard Ma to eat. "Brother Ma, have some. These are meat buns made by our family. They are delicious."
"Okay." Guard Ma was familiar with Lu Mingfei, so he took the bun without hesitation and turned to the people sitting inside, "Sit down."
"Have a seat." Lu Mingfei sat by the carriage door, lifted the curtain, and said to Guard Ma, "Go to our stall on South Street. I'll go over and say hello to my mother."
"Okay." The horse guard controlled the carriage with one hand holding the reins and ate two buns with the other hand.
"There's more here. Come ask me for it after you finish eating." Lu Mingfei wasn't full just now, and after getting in the car, he continued to eat a bun.
By the time they arrived at South Street, half of the basket of meat buns had been eaten by the two of them.
Lu Mingfei got off the carriage and found his mother busy at the stall. He said to her, "Mother, I'm going to take a friend's carriage out of town to look for my father. After I find him, I'll go back to the village with him."
"If my father and I can't make it back to the city at night, we'll probably spend the night in the village. Don't worry about us. Just close the door and take Mingrui and the others to sleep at home."
"Okay. Do you want to bring some food to eat on the way?" Liu Sanniang asked the child.
Thinking that he would be out of town for a whole day and would have to eat two or three meals outside, Lu Mingfei nodded and said, "Take some with you. I might have to go to the clan leader and the village chief's house later. Give me two jars of braised pork sauce. I'll go to the sesame cake shop and buy some sesame cakes to take with me on the way."
"Okay, go get the sesame cakes over there first, and I'll pack them for you." Liu Sanniang said.
Asking his mother to help him pack some food for the journey and things to give to people when he returns to the village, Lu Mingfei went to the pancake shop and bought a basket of pancakes. Then he carried them back to the stall. His mother had already packed several jars of braised meat and braised meat sauce for him.
"You all take the carriages up. I'll help you get the carriage up. Is this the carriage?"
"right."
Lu Mingfei carried the sesame cakes and came with his mother to put the things on the carriage.
Liu Sanniang looked at the driver standing beside the carriage and nodded, then asked him, "We Mingfei are sorry to have troubled you along the way."
"No, no, ma'am, you're too polite." Guard Ma waved his hands hurriedly.
After picking up the things from the stall and saying goodbye to his mother, Lu Mingfei got on the carriage and left the city.
After coming here for several days in a row, he became familiar with this road.
When the sun rose high, their carriage arrived outside the city, at their own land.
Remembering where his father had opened the door last time, Lu Mingfei came over to open it, but he found that the door was locked from the inside and could not be opened by pulling it directly. He then remembered that his father had given him a key a few days ago, so he took the key hanging around his neck and used it to open the door.
“Woof woof woof…”
The three puppies were the first to notice someone had come in. They barked and ran towards the people with their tails wagging.
Hearing the sound of a dog barking, Ji Kang, who was nearby, came in the direction of the barking. Seeing their young master there, he couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Young master? Why are you here?"
"Where are my father and godfather?" Lu Mingfei asked when he saw that it was Ji Kang who came.
"They're over there." Ji Kang said, pointing in a direction.
Lu Mingfei also knew that this was a big deal, so he asked Ji Kang to take him to find his father.
Lu Youtian, who was working in the fields, was surprised to see his eldest son coming. He stopped hoeing and asked his eldest son, "Mingfei, why are you here? Are you here alone?"
"Yes, my friend's driver brought me here."
"Oh, did something happen at home?"
"Something happened back home."
Then Lu Mingfei told his father about the death of his eldest cousin, and also told him what his fourth uncle said, as well as some of his speculations, "The death of my eldest cousin is probably not that simple. I suspect that my eldest cousin was murdered." And the murderer who killed his eldest cousin was undoubtedly his eldest cousin's husband or someone from her husband's family.
Hearing this, Lu Youtian's face fell silent.
Originally, they had already separated, and the daughter of the second wife married and died in her husband's family. Lu Youtian didn't want to get involved in such matters. There is an old saying that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water. Moreover, this married daughter is not his biological daughter. As an uncle, it is even more inappropriate for him to step in and interfere in the affairs of the second wife's daughter.
But when he thought about his niece, who they had watched grow up, and now she was gone, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. Besides, no matter how the relationship between adults was, they shouldn't take their anger out on the younger generation.
Besides, the eldest son had come all the way from the city to find him for this matter, and Lu Youtian didn't want to appear too indifferent, so he agreed, "Okay, I'll go tell your adoptive father, and we'll go back to the village."
"Yeah." Lu Mingfei didn't know what his father was thinking.
If he knew what his father was thinking, he would also persuade his father to go back and ask about this matter. Because no matter what, the dead are always their relatives, the girls of the Lu family. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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