Lu Lanqing was extremely excited, while Lu Minghan stood aside and watched without saying anything. However, Kang walked over to Lu Minghan.
"Boss, is that kid really 60% similar to you?"
Facing his mother, Lu Minghan smiled and said, "If you want to see him, please go back to Beijing with your son today. The boy has actually accepted this identity, but he still wants to wait until after the New Year when his father comes to Beijing to confirm it before we can recognize each other."
Kang nodded. "It seems that this child is a clear-headed person. How old is he this year?"
"I'm sixteen this year, so after the Chinese New Year I'll be seventeen."
"Oh, by the way, Father and Mother, there's one more thing I haven't mentioned yet. That's which family my second brother belongs to, and which one of them is from the same clan as our Lu family. I've recently sent people to verify whether their branch is from the same clan as ours. I think there will be news soon."
Lu Lanqing's mood had calmed down at this time when she heard Lu Minghan say this.
"Oh, I never heard your grandfather mention this back then! But I do know that our Lu family is descended from the Huzhou Lu family. Back then, your grandfather was the eldest son, and his father didn't like him. So, he ran away from home in his teens to make his own way. Later, he met the founding emperor, and the two of them became sworn brothers. He followed the late emperor to expand the territory, and was eventually granted the title of Duke of Dingguo."
Lu Minghan thought for a moment and said, "Father, did my grandfather ever mention returning to our hometown, Huzhou?"
Lu Lanqing shook her head. "I think your grandfather must have been deeply heartbroken. Before he died, he told me to establish the Lu clan in the capital directly, without returning to Huzhou to recognize my relatives. He said those were jackals, and illegitimate children, not legitimate bloodlines, so there was no need to pay any attention to them."
"Alas, I don't know if the Lu family you just mentioned who adopted your second brother's family are the illegitimate ones. However, they adopted your second brother's family, which is a favor to us. When the time comes, we'll see if they are in trouble and help them if we can!"
After the matter was settled, Lu Minghan took Lu Lanqing and the old Kang couple directly back to the capital.
When Cui heard the servant come to report that the old Duke and the old lady had returned, she hurriedly got up and walked out towards the second gate.
As soon as I reached the second gate, I met the old Duke and the old lady entering the yard.
"Dad, Mom is back? How about Dad and Mom sit in the lobby for a while so I can go clean the yard for you. You came back so suddenly that I haven't had time to clean it yet!"
Kang also knew that he and the old man came back suddenly, so he said.
"Okay, go make the arrangements! Your father and I will sit down and rest for a while."
Lu Lanqing was in no mood to care about these things at the moment, but looked at Lu Minghan and said.
"Come on, Boss, let's go check on your third brother first."
Fortunately, Lu Lanqing was an old general who had fought in many battles. Although he was very sad about the death of his third son, he was able to conceal his emotions at this time.
Lu Minghan thought for a moment and said, "Father, how about we go tomorrow? It's a little late today!"
Lu Lanqing felt very sad when she heard Lu Minghan say this. His third son died, but as the eldest son of his eldest brother, he didn't feel any sadness at all. But in the end, it was all his fault.
"Forget it. If you don't want to go, I won't force you. The carriage hasn't been pulled into the yard yet, so I'll go take a look!"
Lu Lanqing said this and walked straight out the door towards the main gate. Lu Minghan looked at his father speechlessly. Are you trying to make the third son's son angry?
Lu Minghan didn't want to go with them at first, but after thinking about it, he decided to go. If those little brats made the old man angry, it would be too late.
After Lu Minghan helped send his mother into the second courtyard, he followed Lu Lanqing's carriage towards the southeast corner of the inner city.
Half an hour later, two carriages, one in front and one behind, stopped at the door of Lu Minghong's house. At this time, a white banner was hung on the gate and the lanterns were changed to white, indicating that someone in the family had died and a funeral was being held.
Although Lu Lanqing had been told that his third son was dead before, it was just hearsay after all. But now the white flag in front of him made him realize that his third son was really dead.
Seeing this, Lu Lanqing couldn't stop the tears from flowing down her eyes, and she sighed softly.
"Come on, let's go in. Have you ever seen how your third brother died?"
Lu Minghan shook his head. "I don't know. As soon as I got the news, I asked Cui to withdraw the money from the accounting office and asked the housekeeper Lu Fang to bring it here. At that time, I was thinking of delivering the letter to you."
Lu Lanqing listened to Lu Minghan's explanation without saying anything. When the two of them walked to the main hall in the front yard, they saw Lu Minghong's body lying on a bed in the main hall, his face covered with a white cloth.
Lu Lanqing ignored her third daughter-in-law Yan, who was sitting there burning paper, and her three grandsons, and walked directly to her third son. She gently lifted the white cloth and saw Lu Minghong's pale face. What was even more noticeable was the finger marks on his neck.
Lu Lanqing's eyes suddenly shrank, and he was extremely surprised. Who could break a person's neck with just two fingers? How much strength does that person have?
Thinking of this, Lu Lanqing lowered his head and pondered. It seemed that this person's martial arts skills were extremely high, and not an ordinary person could do this.
"It seems that the third brother was not killed by the eldest brother. His family does not have a secret guard with such high martial arts skills."
After thinking it through, Lu Lanqing finally believed that Lu Minghong was not killed by Lu Minghan.
When old man Lu Lanqing entered the Lu family, Yan and his three sons already knew about it. However, they did not go directly to the old man for the time being. Instead, they waited until the old man had seen his father's body before walking up to him, hugging Lu Lanqing's calf and crying.
Lu Minghan just watched, he did not intend to interfere in the affairs of his father and these brats. He wanted to see who his father would choose to inherit the title of Duke after hearing the news about Feng Ge'er.
Lu Lanqing looked at her three grandsons hugging her legs. The eldest, Lu Zihai, was thirteen today, the second, Lu Zijiang, was eleven, and the third, Lu Zihe, was only eight. Without a father, life would be tough, wouldn't it?
"Come on, get up!"
Lu Zihai cried, "Grandfather, we won't have a father anymore. What should we do?"
Lu Zihai's words immediately made Lu Lanqing very sad, and the grief and anger in his heart were even greater. The three major misfortunes in life are losing one's father in early life, losing one's wife in middle age, and losing one's son in old age. Now, like his three grandchildren, he has lost the most important relatives.
Lu Zihai hid the impatience in his eyes and raised his head and said, "Grandfather, can we go back to live in the Duke's Mansion? Without my father here, our family has lost its pillar. Now we can only rely on you and uncle."
Lu Minghan watched from the side and felt that this was not a simple move. He could even think of this trick to return to the Duke's Mansion. But don't you think about it, can I, your uncle, let you wolf cubs go back?
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