Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

The secret guard scratched his head, trying to figure out Mr. Yuan's mind, and said in a complicated way:

"Your Highness, since Mr. Yuan entered the Second Prince's residence, he has indeed proposed some plans to the Second Prince targeting Your Highness and Young Master. However, judging from the results of these plans, it can be regarded as indirectly helping Your Highness..."

To be honest, he was not surprised at all that the Second Prince would kick the person out. He was even surprised that the Second Prince had endured for so long before kicking Yuan Jiangze out.

After all, judging from a few things Yuan Jiangze has done, some people probably would believe that he is a spy planted by the prince to be beside the second prince.

If he had not been a secret guard who personally kept an eye on the person, and knew that Mr. Yuan hated their prince and young master for some unknown reason, and even hated them so much that he cursed them hundreds of times in the house every day, he would really suspect that Mr. Yuan was their highness's man.

"Mr. Yuan has been driven out of the palace and is recuperating at Lu Wuliang's home. I overheard that he was planning to take Lu Wuliang to seek refuge with another prince, so I came back to report."

He originally wanted to take the opportunity to knock Yuan Jiangze unconscious and bring him back, but then he changed his mind and thought that even if this man had defected to another prince, he might come up with some vicious scheme to deal with his master. Judging from his previous behavior, maybe it would be a good thing for His Highness?

After such a long struggle, Yuan Jiangze was taken home by Lu Wuliang.

The secret guard thought about it and decided to come back and ask the prince before taking any action. Anyway, Yuan Jiangze was half dead now and would not cause any trouble in a short time.

Xie Ze sneered when he heard this: "If he wants to go and seek refuge, then let him go. Does he really think he is some powerful person?"

He did all this just to separate him from Ashin, and when he was filled with regret, he would appear in front of him in a high-profile manner to show his presence.

If that was the case, why would he and Ashin just give him the eye contact and just make him angry to death?

"As for Lu Wuliang... let the people who should deal with him deal with him."

The secret guard understood what Xie Ze meant and immediately took the order and left.

Xie Ze didn't take those two people seriously at all. When he saw the secret guards leave, he excitedly pulled Jiang Xin out and said, "The Chinese New Year is coming in a month. This is the first Chinese New Year we will spend together in this life. Let's go buy New Year's goods."

Jiang Xin didn't care too much about the two people. He just looked at the high-spirited His Highness and couldn't help but remind him: "Your Highness, you are a prince. On New Year's Eve, you have to enter the palace and attend the palace banquet."

"We have to prepare for the New Year too!" Xie Ze's enthusiasm was not dampened at all, and he continued to pull Jiang Xin out, adding confidently: "The New Year is not just a day, it's very lively for half a month!

We can just show up at the palace banquet tonight, and then we can spend the night together, so we can’t be shabby.”

Jiang Xin felt the warmth wrapped around the back of his hand, and seeing his own prince's happy expression, he also curled his eyes and said, "Well, that's fine."

Come to think of it, he has lived for two lifetimes and has never had a lively New Year. He also wants to buy New Year's goods with Your Highness!

*

Just when every household began to buy New Year's goods and every street and alley was filled with joy, several alleys in Caoshi in the south of the city were still dilapidated and there seemed to be no New Year atmosphere at all.

This is the poorest place in the entire capital city. People living here are all scoundrels who have nothing to do all day long. Lu Wuliang now lives in such a place with his mother.

There was no way out. Ever since he had his legs broken and was kicked out of Baishan Academy, he had to sell the house his father left to him and his mother.

He had to sell the house, as everyone around him knew he was Lu Wuliang. They would look down on him and his mother with disdain and would curse at them from time to time. He couldn't stand this humiliation, so he moved away in a hurry with his mother after a few days.

At first, the place they moved to was not here. He thought highly of himself. Although his fame and honor were taken away by His Majesty, he still had a daydream of returning to the academy one day, and he had Jiang Xingyu's handle in his hand.

Therefore, even though his mother advised him to save money, he did not listen. He directly rented a large courtyard and bought the most expensive pens, ink, paper and inkstone, as if this would allow him to maintain his status as a respectable scholar. Soon, he had spent all his money.

But he was not worried at all. As long as Jiang Xingyu didn't want the fact that he framed his own brother to be exposed, he would never have to worry about money.

Who knew this idiot was so disappointing! In just a few months, the Jiang family fell, and Jiang Xingyu was expelled from the academy just like him. He couldn't even go home. He was worse than him!

Without this cash cow, he, who had always been accustomed to spending lavishly, soon found himself stretched to the limit. Moreover, he was later discovered by Jiang Xin and kicked out of the bookstore by the owner. He lost his only job and could only live on the embroidery work his mother did.

But his mother only made a few dollars from her embroidery work, and they soon couldn't afford to rent the house.

He and his mother had no choice but to move into this shabby alley.

That day, he was drinking in the inn to drown his sorrows. He was so angry that he spoke ill of Xie Ze and Jiang Xin. He originally expected everyone to agree with him, but who knew that he was chased out by everyone. It was also on that day that he met Yuan Jiangze.

No one knew what deep hatred this man had with Xie Ze. He just said that he would help him get revenge and took him to the Second Prince's mansion.

Although he didn't know whether he could really get revenge, he did spend a few days comfortably in the prince's mansion. He had servants and maids at his disposal, and he could also ask a doctor to heal his broken leg and old injury. Even the food and drink were several times better than before.

He was thinking about staying here for a while longer, but who knew that after just a few days, Yuan Jiangze was kicked out together with him.

Now, not only did he return to this corrupt little house that exuded a foul smell, he even brought back a half-dead patient. Food, medical treatment, everything cost money. How could his mother alone support them? !

Lu Wuliang walked around the room with his hands behind his back. After a long while, he stopped and looked at Yuan Jiangze suspiciously: "Are you sure you can still seek refuge with another prince? In your current state, which prince would want a disabled person like you?"

He had broken his leg before and was not unfamiliar with this injury. It looked like Yuan Jiangze's leg could not be saved.

"I'm sure." Yuan Jiang held on for a breath and didn't faint. He gritted his teeth and said while enduring the severe pain: "Go find a doctor to treat my injuries first. When I recover, I will take you to the Grand Prince's Palace. I have a way to make him accept us."

He came back from his previous life. As long as he didn't encounter anything related to Xie Zejiang's letter, his predictions would not be wrong. At worst, he would go to the eldest prince's mansion and perform a few tricks to predict the future and gain the eldest prince's trust first.

Lu Wuliang was a little skeptical, but he really didn't want to stay in this shabby house anymore, so he said coldly, "My grandfather was a doctor, and I learned a few tricks from him when I was young. You don't need to see a doctor for your injury, I'll just go get you some medicine."

There was no way he could recover anyway, so he just got two doses of hemostatic medicine to deal with it. It would be good as long as he wasn't dying. He didn't have much money, so he couldn't afford any better medicine.

Yuan Jiangze's eyes flashed with anger, but he also knew that words were useless at this moment. Lu Wuliang doubted that he had no other options, so he could only nod and say, "Then I'll leave it to you."

As he spoke, Yuan Jiang took out some change from his waist with difficulty and handed it to Lu Wuliang.

Originally, he had more than this amount of silver, but Lu Wuliang went to the prince's mansion and asked for a lot of money, so now he only has this much.

Lu Wuliang frowned and took the small amount of money with a stern face. The eldest brother walked out of the house reluctantly and prescribed some medicine for his mother to buy at the pharmacy.

Mrs. Lu looked at her son who had not returned for a long time and felt that the child seemed to be becoming more and more unfamiliar. After a long while, she pursed her lips and said, "I'm afraid this silver is not enough. I don't have much money on me. Wuliang, you..."

"Go buy it first. If it's not enough, just buy one set. You can boil the residue later." Lu Wuliang was unhappy again. He didn't know whether he thought his mother was nagging or was dissatisfied with his mother asking him for money. He just said unhappily:

"Why didn't you go to work during my absence? How did you run out of money?"

Lu's face turned pale, and finally she just lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go buy some medicine first." Then she left in a hurry.

Lu Wuliang looked at the dilapidated little house. There was a musty smell everywhere. He also wondered if there was someone living next door who was picking up horse manure. There was a smell of shit all day long.

Lu Wuliang covered his nose in disgust, but felt that he couldn't cover it no matter what, so he could only kick the wall in anger.

The pharmacy was not far away, but Lu had not returned yet.

Lu Wuliang gradually became impatient, until he finally heard footsteps coming from outside the house. He walked to the door with a cold face and opened it, complaining as he opened it: "Why did you take so long..."

Before he could finish his words, Lu Wuliang was stunned when he saw the person standing at the door.

The two yamen runners looked at him coldly and asked, "Are you Lu Wuliang?"

Ever since Lu Wuliang had his legs broken in court, he had a psychological trauma when he saw the police. He subconsciously shrank his neck and said stutteringly, "I am, gentlemen, what are you doing..."

However, the two of them seemed too lazy to talk to him and directly grabbed him and kidnapped him: "Your mother, Mrs. Lu, is suing you for being unfilial and abusing her. Come with us."

"What, what?!" Lu Wuliang was stunned. Before he could react, he was tied up and brought to the court.

This was his second time coming to this place. The first time, he had his legs broken by the wise king, lost his fame and reputation, and had nothing left.

The second time, he was sent to this place which was like a nightmare to him by his own mother.

"Mom, are you crazy?!" Lu Wuliang struggled and was thrown to the ground. Seeing that the person kneeling beside him was really his own mother, he was about to go crazy: "Why did you do this?! Why?!"

"Why?" Lu raised her head and looked at him with only sadness and pain in her eyes, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably:

"After your father passed away, I worked all day to support your studies. You said that Baishan Academy was good and would help your studies, so I worked day and night to support you, hoping that you would be successful and bring honor to your family one day. But what about you?

He did not study hard in college and instead went to frame the son of an important family, which ruined his reputation and ended his career path.

That's fine. Even if you have many faults, you are still my son. If you can go back to my hometown with me quietly, you can find a job easily since you can read. We, mother and son, will support each other and can always survive.

But you insisted on staying in the capital. You had clearly cut off your path to the imperial examination, but you still refused to give up. You only knew that I would support you. Do you know that my eyes are almost blind from embroidering all day long? "

Lu pointed at his lifeless eyes and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"If you don't want to work anymore, just tell me. Why are you bringing this to court? I'm your own son. Are you going to send me to jail with your own hands?!" Lu Wuliang didn't hear a word of his mother's suffering. He just looked at her hatefully.

Mrs. Lu shook her head and said with a wry smile, "Let me ask you, where did you go when you returned home a few days ago?"

Lu Wuliang: “…”

"You went to the prince's mansion and had no worries about food, clothing and other expenses. But have you ever thought about your mother for a moment?" Mrs. Lu's heart had already turned cold as she looked at this strange son.

What kind of place is the shabby alley in Caoshi? There are all kinds of people in it, most of whom are bachelors who are already old and still can't find a wife.

Lu is not yet forty years old. Although she has suffered a few years of hardships, she can still vaguely see the shadow of her youth.

Lu Wuliang just left her there alone and ignored her. If he had no choice, perhaps she could forgive him, but he was living a life of luxury in the prince's mansion and had long forgotten about her, his mother!

If that good man hadn't rescued her that day, she would have been raped by the drunkard who suddenly broke in!

Mrs. Lu was completely disappointed with her son. She had worked hard to raise him for so many years, but it was just like feeding him to a dog!

The hero said that as long as she agreed to sue her son, he would give her a sum of money and let her return to her hometown, where she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.

There is no hope for the child, but the money is real.

Thinking of this, Lu suppressed her inner pain and reluctance, and said to the county magistrate with a cold face: "Sir, I am suing my son for being unfilial. I have been doing three jobs every day for many years without interruption, and now I am half blind and can't even see things nearby.

But my son Lu Wuliang has never shown any sympathy for me. He left me alone in the alley for a month without paying any attention to me. Please take a closer look, sir!"

In the Dali Dynasty, being unfilial was a serious crime. Lu Wuliang, a grown man, did not sympathize with his widowed mother's hard work and take the initiative to earn money to support the family. Instead, he worked his widowed mother so hard that she even went blind. This could be considered a crime of being unfilial.

Lu Wuliang's face changed. Just as he was about to speak, the county magistrate knocked the gavel and said calmly, "Take Lu Wuliang away. When the truth is found, he will be sentenced to ten years in prison!"

In fact, there is no need to investigate. As early as when His Royal Highness the Wise King interrogated Lu Wuliang, he had already said that he was unfilial. Now that Lu has personally come to the court to accuse his son, how could this be false?

"Do not!!"

Lu Wuliang was dragged away with a roar, while Yuan Jiangze, who was far away in the alley, was still waiting for his medicine.