Chapter 81 No rush for a moment
"Wait!" Lu Chengjing gritted his teeth and endured the pain to stand up for a moment, but his legs went limp and he fell straight into the fire in front of him.
The flame was about to lick his cheek, and Lu Chengjing subconsciously closed his eyes.
He didn't fall into the fire, and his body suddenly felt lighter.
Shang Wan returned, his face dark as he held the large, fluttering moth he had just been playing with, and asked through gritted teeth, "Do you want me to build you a grill?"
Don't you know your leg isn't healed? Why are you jumping around like that?
Lu Chengjing didn't bother to explain, and held Shang Wan's arm tightly with his left hand, "You can't kill Lu Chengyuan now."
Shang Wan frowned: "Why?"
Lu Chengjing glanced at the curtain. Shitou was still bathing. He said, "Put me down first. I'll talk to you slowly."
"No." Shang Wan curled his lips, "You're not even as heavy as a piglet."
Lu Chengjing: "..."
Are you scolding him?
Shang Wan looked down at him, thinking of the great injustice he had suffered in the Lu Mansion. He was reluctant to bully him, so he put him back in his original position.
She threw two pieces of firewood into the fire and turned to look at Lu Chengjing. "Tell me, why can't we kill him?"
Lu Chengjing said slowly, "I know you're good at fighting, but two fists can't beat four hands. If anything happens to Lu Chengyuan, the Lu family will definitely get to the bottom of it."
"Let them investigate, why should I be afraid of him?" Shang Wan didn't care. She had moved so many things to the Lu Mansion, but the Lu family hadn't found out about her.
Lu Chengjing knew what Shang Wan was thinking and analyzed, "Lu Chengyuan is far more important to the Lu family than those dead things. If Lu Chengyuan is killed, not only the Lu family, but also the Wang family will investigate."
"Wang family?" Shang Wan was puzzled. "Which Wang family?"
Lu Chengjing glanced at her and said, "My maternal grandfather's surname is Wang."
Shang Wan suddenly realized that she hadn't noticed that Mrs. Lu's surname was Wang.
"Is this Wang family very powerful?"
Lu Chengjing nodded, "Last year, my uncle was promoted and transferred to the capital, serving as a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel's Examination and Reward Department."
The original owner's memory contained no such content. Shang Wan asked, "What makes this official so powerful?"
"The Examination and Merit Department is responsible for disciplining civil servants, deliberating on their promotions, and handling important matters such as imperial examinations," Lu Chengjing explained simply and directly. "If you want to eliminate dissidents in the court, having someone in the Examination and Merit Department will make things much easier."
It sounds like the Performance Evaluation Department is a bit like the Organization Department of the base, responsible for talent assessment, reward and punishment management, and system implementation.
However, Shang Wan was puzzled. "What does my uncle's promotion have to do with Lu Chengyuan?"
Lu Chengjing said, "Last year during the New Year, my father sent a generous gift to the Wang family, and after the New Year, I received a reply letter from my uncle."
"My uncle has secured a place for Lu Chengyuan at Baihong Academy. He wants Lu Chengyuan to go to Beijing before June and study at Baihong Academy. He can then return home to take the provincial examination in August of the following year."
"It's hard to get a place in Baihong Academy. My uncle didn't give it to the Wang family's nephews but gave it to Lu Chengyuan, indicating that he hopes to train Lu Chengyuan to be a useful person. If you kill Lu Chengyuan, not only will the Lu family do their best to track you down, but the Wang family will not let you go either."
Shang Wan felt that this reason could not convince her, "Isn't it okay if you don't leave any traces?"
Lu Chengjing shook his head. "Even if it can't be discovered for the time being, as long as you've done it, it will be exposed one day. Besides, your good skills are no secret in the village, and they won't be a secret in the future."
"My lady, when a superior wants to deal with someone, he doesn't need evidence, just suspicion is enough."
Sometimes there's no need to even doubt.
No matter how powerful Shang Wan is, there will always be a time when he runs out of energy.
Even if she couldn't win and could run away, what about the rest of the family? With Shang Wan's personality, he would definitely not abandon his family.
Even if the family managed to escape, they would definitely be wanted by the government, and their peaceful days would be gone forever.
Between his family's stable life and killing Lu Chengyuan, Lu Chengjing chose the former without hesitation.
I have endured it for more than ten years, there is no need to rush.
Shang Wan slammed his fist on the ground in frustration, then offered the next best option: "I won't kill him, but I can castrate him, right?"
Lu Chengjing shook his head. "How can a eunuch take part in the imperial examination? This is tantamount to killing him."
Shang Wan was annoyed. "Killing him won't work, and castrating him won't work either. Do we really want to let him live and disgust people?"
"Don't be angry, my lady." Lu Chengjing gently tugged at Shang Wan's sleeve, his voice deliberately softened.
"I'm so annoyed. You keep acting like a spoiled brat every day." Shang Wan looked at him with cold eyes. "Tell me the truth, was it that bastard who sent the anonymous letter to Tian Sheng?"
Lu Chengjing was slightly stunned, "Why do you think it's him?"
"To enter the imperial examination, one must have no blemish on their reputation," Shang Wan said. "If outsiders were to find out about molesting a child, especially his own brother, wouldn't that be a ready-made handle? At the very least, they could use this to threaten him, or at worst, they could destroy him outright, making him a scorned and hated person."
"It's indeed possible, but..." Lu Chengjing said helplessly, "How could I tell this to anyone else except you?"
He buried this matter in his heart for many years and never mentioned it to anyone.
Even Shitou didn't know about this and was wondering why Lu Chengjing disliked Lu Chengyuan so much and even found him disgusting when talking to him.
Shang Wan curled his lips, "Only the dead can keep secrets forever."
Lu Chengyuan was worried that Lu Chengjing would block his path to success, so he deliberately designed to implicate Lu Chengjing in the poisoning of the county magistrate, and took the opportunity to expel Lu Chengjing from the Lu family.
Once Lu Chengjing died, his biggest worry was solved.
Shang Wan felt that his guess was reasonable, but he had no evidence.
"Even if there is evidence, he cannot be convicted." Lu Chengjing said, "It was Tian Sheng who poisoned him. Lu Chengyuan did not violate the law by sending an anonymous letter to Tian Sheng. Furthermore, Tian Sheng committed suicide by taking poison, not Lu Chengyuan."
Shang Wan: “…”
Lu Chengjing said: "Lu Chengyuan is a cautious person. Even if he plots against others, he will first find a way to clear himself."
Shang Wan took a deep breath. "According to this logic, could it be that he was also responsible for the jade pendant and the rice shop incident?"
Lu Chengjing said: "I'm not sure about the former, but the latter is him."
Not angry, not angry, not angry, not angry... She is just angry!
Shang Wan felt that if she continued to get angry, she would get breast hyperplasia.
She said, "I can't kill him, I can't castrate him, but I can break his legs to make his journey to the capital more difficult, right?"
No matter what, she has to say this!
Lu Chengjing opened his lips slightly, Shang Wan glanced at him and warned him coldly: "Don't say no again!"
Lu Chengjing: "Whatever my lady wishes."
"Good boy." Shang Wan finally calmed down a bit. He stood up and rubbed Lu Chengjing's face. Finally, he said with a click of his tongue, "You're almost fat. Why don't you learn from Yuanyuan?"
Lu Chengjing: "..."
If he were as chubby as Yuanyuan, he was sure that the first person to make him lose weight would be the woman in front of him.
Shang Wan pinched the tip of Lu Chengjing's chin and shook it, "Eat more in the future. It's hard to hold a whole body of ribs."
Lu Chengjing pursed his lips and said, "If you think it's too uncomfortable, you don't have to hug me."
"That won't work." Shang Wan used the tip of her index finger to gently rub the soft flesh on Lu Chengjing's chin like she was teasing a cat. "I have a question. The Wang family is so powerful, why would they marry their daughter to the Lu family?"
In this world, people pay attention to matching social status. How could an official marry his daughter to a commoner?
(End of this chapter)
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