Lu Minghan took a carriage to the villa and first announced himself before going in.
Lu Lanqing was talking to the old lady. When she saw Lu Minghan come in, a complicated look flashed in her eyes.
"Boss, are you here at this hour? Is there something wrong?"
"Greetings, father. I'm here on important business."
Lu Minghan fell silent after he finished speaking, which made Lu Lanqing feel a little confused, but more of a sense of unease, so she calmed herself down.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Lu Minghan raised his head and looked at Lu Lanqing.
"Early this morning, news came from the Dali Temple that my third brother was strangled to death last night. This matter has caused quite a stir. After all, my third brother is a fifth-rank official in the imperial court. The emperor has also ordered the Dali Temple to solve the case as soon as possible."
At this moment, Lu Lanqing stood there in a daze, her lips trembling, tears in her eyes, but she couldn't speak.
The old lady beside her hurried forward to support Lu Lanqing.
"Old man, you have to hold on! Did this third brother offend someone? Why would someone kill him?"
The old lady asked the following question to Lu Minghan.
"Mother, I don't know for now. The Dali Temple hasn't found any clues there."
Looking at his father like this, Lu Minghan felt both happy and a little sad.
The old man thought he was being very secretive. He knew that his father had been secretly helping Lu Minghong for many years. Even his current fifth-rank official position was obtained by his father from the emperor. He understood his father's actions. After all, he was still his son. But he never considered himself and his mother. The third son had been coveting his title for many years. Did his father really not know? He knew, but he was just pretending to be confused.
He also knew that it would be difficult for him to have children in this life. Although he told the emperor that he would not let the third son's family inherit the title, it was because he knew that he would not live longer than him. After his death, he would still ask the emperor to let the third son's son inherit the title.
Lu Minghan looked at his sad old father. He didn't say anything, just looked at him.
Old Madam Kang felt extremely guilty when she saw Lu Minghan. It was because of her uselessness in the past that the children suffered. The eldest son had not had any children for all these years, and the second son had been lost since childhood and had not been found until now.
A hundred years after he passes away, the Duke's Mansion will probably fall into the hands of the third branch.
How could Lu Minghan not see the guilt in his mother's eyes? He thought about it and said.
"Father, Mother, I have some good news to tell you. Although I'm 80% sure, things are still unclear for the time being, so I haven't told you yet."
"That is... I have news about my second brother. He is still alive, married and has children. He now has three sons and one daughter, and lives a happy life."
Lu Minghan's words immediately diluted Lu Lanqing's sadness and Kang's guilt.
Old Madam Kang's legs went limp and she sat down on the chair. This frightened Lu Minghan so much that he hurried forward to support the old lady.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Please take care of yourself. The second son and his family will be back soon, and then you will be able to see him, his wife and children."
Tears kept flowing from Kang's eyes. She looked sad, but the joy in her heart was indescribable.
"Boss! How did you find your second brother and the others?"
"Mother, it's a coincidence. It was when His Royal Highness Prince Jing was passing through Luzhou Prefecture on his way back from Southern Xinjiang that he met my eldest nephew. That boy is very skilled in martial arts and helped Prince Jing. After seeing him, Prince Jing saw that he looked about sixty to seventy times like me, so he became suspicious. As you know, my third sister has been very worried about my second brother over the years and even sent people to the south to look for him, so Prince Jing must have known about it."
After Lu Minghan's explanation, the old couple finally understood the whole story.
"Father, what I want to tell you now is that my second brother and his family experienced two assassination attempts in Luzhou Prefecture, both by people sent by Prince Qing. Moreover, I discovered some time ago that my third brother was in collusion with Prince Qing."
Lu Minghan's words were like a bomb exploding in Lu Lanqing's heart, and he froze in place.
He naturally knew that Prince Qing had been harboring rebellious intentions over the years, but now he heard that the third brother was in collusion with Prince Qing.
Lu Lanqing suddenly looked much older, and his already hunched back seemed even more bent.
The reason why Lu Minghan said this was to let his father see what kind of person his beloved son was. Also, he suspected that Lu Minghong's death might be related to Lu Zifeng. Now that he said this, he was afraid that his old father would have a gap with Lu Zifeng in the future.
Lu Lanqing quickly got over the incident and stared at Lu Minghan.
"Tell me the truth, do you know who killed the third brother?"
Lu Minghan was shocked, but fortunately he had been in the officialdom for so long, so he looked straight at Lu Lanqing and said.
"Father, do you suspect I sent someone to kill the third son? Haha, all these years, father has been secretly helping the third son behind my mother and me. Did I say anything? Did mother say anything? We all understand father. No matter what, he is your son. What can I do to him as a son? I can only give in to him in everything. He knows I have no children, so he makes things difficult for me everywhere and covets the title. What have I done?"
Lu Minghan's questioning made Lu Lanqing's face even paler. The old lady Kang beside her scolded Lu Minghan.
"What nonsense! How could your father possibly doubt you?"
Kang's words instantly cleared Lu Lanqing's dizzy head: Yes, the boss has been compromising all these years, to put it bluntly, isn't it for his father?
He knew that the eldest brother hated Aunt Shi and also hated the third brother, but for the sake of his father, he had been enduring everything that the third brother did. Now he even suspected the eldest brother.
Thinking of this, Lu Lanqing looked at Lu Minghan with some guilt.
"I have wronged you."
Lu Minghan did not show the sadness in his heart on his face. He was disappointed and hated his father, but he could not hate him.
"Father, there's no need to do this. The most important thing now is to bring the second son and his family to the capital after the New Year. I don't know if Prince Qing will send someone to kill the second son and his family again, but the emperor and I have already sent dozens of secret guards to Luzhou Prefecture, and I think they can protect their family."
"Also, Brother Feng is in the capital, currently serving under Lan Chenglin in the military camp west of the city. He is waiting for Prince Jing to return to the capital and will then present the captives. He was also the one who captured the Third Prince of Tatar this time."
After saying this, Lu Lanqing widened her eyes and looked at Lu Minghan with joy.
"Are you serious? My grandson is so capable? Hahahaha, my Lu family finally has a successor. My Lu family finally has someone to continue galloping on the battlefield."
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