After taking another look at Lu Mingjiang's body, Lu Zifeng finally left quickly. Lu Zifeng had never seen Lu Mingjiang before, and he had never asked about what he, his father, and his grandfather had experienced. However, since Lu Mingjiang was expelled from the clan, he must have done something he shouldn't have done. People like him should just be dead.
When he returned to Zhuangzi again, he could feel the figures of Feng Qing and others in his mental power before he even got close to Zhuangzi.
"Master, you are back?"
"Well, are the old man and the old lady awake?"
"They haven't woken up yet. The drugs they used were a bit strong. I just checked and they're fine. I guess the two old men will need to sleep a little longer."
Hearing that the two old people were fine, Lu Zifeng felt relieved for the time being and asked.
"Feng Qing, from today on, arrange for the guards you mentioned to be in place! It seems that the capital is not as good as Luzhou Prefecture. There are still many people here who dislike my Lu family. Today's incident is just the beginning."
"Of course, these are the guards in public, but we should also arrange for the secret guards!"
"Yes, Master."
"Well, go down first!"
Lu Zifeng stayed at the farm that night. What Lu Zifeng didn't know was that a big event happened in the capital. His Royal Highness Prince Rui suddenly went crazy, or in other words, became a fool.
Emperor Situ Yong was also quite surprised when he heard about this. He immediately sent an imperial physician to Prince Rui's mansion. After the imperial physician's diagnosis, it seemed that His Royal Highness Prince Rui had suffered a severe blow to the head, which led to his current appearance.
His Royal Highness Prince Rui has turned into a fool. Prince Rui's son Situ Wei is also confused. Normally, his father has been at home all day and has not gone out, but why did he suddenly hold his head and cry out in pain, and when he calmed down, he really turned into a fool?
Because this incident was so strange, the imperial physician and doctors from all over the capital were consulted, but they all gave the same answer, saying that His Royal Highness Prince Rui seemed to have suffered a heavy blow to the head. However, Prince Rui was in the palace, and there were a group of guards and secret guards around him, but they didn't find anything unusual. So how on earth His Royal Highness Prince Rui was injured became a mystery.
In a cramped courtyard in the northwest corner of the capital, a woman in her thirties was washing clothes. She looked up at her son who was reading a book and a smile appeared on her face.
"Xuan'er, don't look for now. Your father has been out for a while. Why hasn't he come back yet? Go out and take a look."
The young man named Xuan'er stood up and said, "I understand, mother. I'll go check it out right away."
The woman watched her son go out, then hung the washed clothes on the bamboo pole in the yard.
Not long after, the young man came back with a pale face.
The woman was also shocked to see her son in such a state. She hurriedly walked a few steps to her son and whispered.
"Xuan'er, what's wrong? Why are you so pale? Are you sick?"
The young man's face was pale, his lips were trembling, and he looked at the woman in panic. It took a while for his face to look better. He said.
"Mother, the servants from Prince Rui's Mansion just brought news. Father, father is dead!"
The woman's face was full of confusion. After hearing what her son said, her expression froze and her face turned pale.
After a while, the woman said tremblingly.
"Haha, I told you that retribution would come sooner or later. Look, isn't it coming now?"
The young man saw his mother fell into a state of madness and hurriedly supported the woman.
"Mom, are you okay?"
The woman was awakened by her son's cry, and then she looked at the young man and said.
"Xuan'er, let's pack our bags now and leave the capital. This is not a place for us to stay. We must leave immediately."
After hearing what his mother said, the boy was very confused, but in the end he did not ask, but nodded.
"Mom, I'm going to pack my luggage now, and we're leaving the capital. But mom, where are we going after we leave the capital?"
"I don't know, but it's better to leave the capital first. We can decide where to go after we leave the capital!"
Half an hour later, the mother and son carried their bags and walked out of the north gate of the capital, standing beside the official road not far from the city gate.
The mother and son looked at the tall city walls of the capital.
"By the way, Xuan'er, you haven't told me yet, who did you hear that your father was dead?" Shen just remembered this and was so sad and scared that she forgot who her son heard that his husband was dead.
The young man lowered his eyebrows and said.
"That man claimed to be from the Rui Wang Mansion. He said that my father was killed while helping the Rui Wang. Mother, he said that we don't need to go and collect my father's body. He said that my father has been taken away and buried, and he doesn't know where he is buried."
Shen sat down on the ground dejectedly. She knew that she should have stopped her husband from associating with those people from the very beginning. Otherwise, he would not have been expelled from the clan, and he would not have been wandering and homeless for all these years. Now that he finally came to the capital, he left his life here.
But it’s too late to think about these things now. My husband is dead and we don’t even know where his body is.
"Xuan'er, let's go back to Bingzhou Prefecture. That's our hometown. You didn't know that your original surname was Lu. Your name was Lu Zixuan, not Chen Zixuan."
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"Mom, I know. In fact, I knew it a long time ago. I overheard you talking to my father once. Even your son knew it."
Shen looked at her son in surprise, then smiled bitterly.
"Then do you know what your father has done over the years?"
Lu Zixuan shook his head. "Son, I don't know, but I guessed a little from the conversation between father and mother. I don't know how much I guessed."
Shen shook her head with a wry smile, glanced at her son in front of her, and said softly.
"Xuan'er, your father was expelled from the family, so your mother and father have been wandering around with you for these years, without a fixed place to live, just like a rootless duckweed."
"Back then, your father and your fourth uncle nearly killed your grandfather and grandmother in order to save their own lives. This is why your father and your fourth uncle were expelled from the clan."
"Xuan'er, whether we should return to Bingzhou Prefecture or not is up to you to decide! You've grown up now."
Lu Zixuan looked at the city gate not far away and said.
"Mom, last year I heard that Bingzhou Prefecture was captured by the Tatars. It took the imperial court a year to drive the Tatars out of Dayu Dynasty. I don't know if the people in Bingzhou Prefecture are still there. So, Mom, I think we should go to Jiangnan! My son is grown up, and we can always live a good life. It's better than going back to Bingzhou Prefecture. But I heard that there was a severe drought in the north a few years ago. Maybe all the people in the tribe have moved away!"
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