After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

The father and son went to the Governor's Mansion without stopping, but they found that Lu Yuan was not there either.

Lu Lingxiao frowned: "Father? Where is the Grand Commander?"

Lu Xingzhou shook his head: "I don't know either."

"Father, is he hiding from us on purpose?"

Lu Lingxiao had no good feelings towards this great commander-in-chief who was only a few years older than him but had great power in the court.

Lu Xingzhou didn't think that Lu Yuan would deliberately avoid them, but he was also quite surprised.

Lu Yuan was a bit overbearing, but he was still diligent. Where had he been? What could be more important than attending the morning court?

Buddhist temple.

Lu Yuan, dressed in purple, knelt on the cold mat, while Bao Shu, dressed as a tiger cub, crawled around behind him.

Opposite him was an elderly monk in a gray robe.

The monk sat upright, twirling Buddhist beads in his hands, his eyes empty.

Lu Yuan personally poured him a cup of tea and put the boiling hot teapot back on the table.

Baoshu reached out to grab it, but Lu Yuan took it away.

Baoshu went to grab the snacks on the table again. This time Lu Yuan ignored her. She stuffed them into her mouth when he was not paying attention. She spat out the snacks because they were so disgusting!

Lu Yuan asked: "I heard that you were ill, are you feeling better now?"

The monk said nothing.

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "There are five spies from Beiliang, and none of them survived."

The monk remained silent, and did not drink the tea that Lu Yuan poured for him. He just methodically twirled the Buddhist beads in his hand.

Lu Yuan poured himself a cup of tea. "Five years ago, Marshal Chu was killed by his wife, Yumen Pass was lost, and the 200,000-man army was almost destroyed. The only 10,000 black-armored guards loyal to Marshal Chu were also missing. Without the Chu family guarding the border, it is like a pile of eggs, vulnerable to a single blow."

At this point, he picked up the teacup and took a sip. "Fortunately, after five years of fighting, we finally won. What do you think of this battle?"

The monk was twisting the Buddhist beads one by one.

Baoshu was attracted by his Buddhist beads, and she crawled over and grabbed them.

The monk saw the little fellow's eyes glowing green, and he loosened his hand, his brows and eyes were gentle, "Little donor, you like it so much, it seems that you have a connection with Buddha, so I will give this Buddha bead to you."

Bao Shu's eyes widened: "Woooooooo!"

Lu Yuan: “You can’t eat it.”

Baoshu shook her head and immediately refused.

On the other hand, Meng Qianqian said that she was frightened in the shop and needed to stay in bed for a while, and she did not go to pay her respects to the old lady.

The old lady was furious.

Meng Qianqian didn't care whether she was angry or not, and just kept checking the accounts in the room.

She had been planning to close the shop that day, but she had never thought about the Beiliang spies. As the matter was of great importance, the people in Jingzhao Prefecture did not dare to take it lightly, and officials had been conducting overt and covert investigations over the past few days.

Meng Qianqian didn't want to reveal the fact that she was the new owner for the time being, so she decided to wait until the storm died down before closing the shop.

Madam Li asked, "Miss, have you already looked at this account book?"

Meng Qianqian picked up a pen and wrote down the accounts: "I just took a quick look before, but now I want to write down which ones we spent and which ones were subsidized."

Seeing that Madam Li was hesitant to speak, Meng Qianqian asked, "Madam, what's wrong?"

Nanny Li asked distressedly, "Miss, why didn't you explain to Master that it wasn't you who went to see Master that day, but Master asked someone to call you over?"

Meng Qianqian said calmly: "Even if I explain it, he won't believe it."

When she came back from the Governor's Mansion, Lu Xingzhou immediately called her to the study and asked her about the details of the kidnapping.

She told him everything.

Lu Xingzhou guessed that this incident would damage Lu Lingxiao's reputation, so he told her that he would let Lu Lingxiao move to Haitang Courtyard and no longer favor that woman.

Matron Li sighed, "Why can't the uncle see the good in the young lady?"

Meng Qianqian continued to keep accounts: "It doesn't matter whether he can see it or not."

"Miss!"

Banxia carried the lunch box inside, closed the door, walked forward with a smile, and took out the breakfast in the lunch box.

A bowl of barley porridge, a plate of side dishes, two bamboo shoot meat buns, and a plate of crystal bacon.

The food in the public school has been very poor recently, with only porridge and side dishes. The buns and bacon are cooked by Banxia herself in the small kitchen.

Nanny Li brought over hot water and a towel.

Meng Qianqian washed her hands and asked, "Has the charcoal been delivered to mother?"

Banxia smiled and said, "It was delivered. Young lady guessed it right. They asked where the charcoal came from. I did as Young lady asked and said it was given by the old lady!"

Ever since Meng Qianqian was "squeezed dry", the old lady has taken charge of the household.

She was so stingy that not only did the food become worse, but even the charcoal became less and less, and the silver charcoal turned into black charcoal, which was very smelly.

Meng Qianqian bought some charcoal herself and mixed it into the charcoal gift that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent to the old lady.

The old lady always treated Lu's mother and Meng Qianqian well, so no one suspected that she shared the charcoal between them.

Seeing her smile so brightly, Meng Qianqian asked, "You are smiling so happily, is there something good happening?"

Banxia smiled mysteriously and said, "Hehe, Miss, you didn't leave the yard today. I'm afraid you didn't know that there's a witch in our house?"

Meng Qianqian paused while drinking her porridge: "Hmm, is that true?"

Madam Li was puzzled and asked, "Why invite a witch? Who invited her?"

Banxia put her hands on her hips and said, "My husband! My old lady said that our house is not peaceful today. We must have attracted some evil spirits. So she asked someone to invite a fairy to perform a ritual. As soon as the fairy came, she pointed at our Haitang Courtyard and said that Haitang Courtyard was shrouded in black air. The evil spirits are here!"

Meng Qianqian smiled faintly: "She wanted to avenge her grandson who was beaten in Haitang Courtyard."

Nanny Li asked worriedly, "What happened next?"

Banxia described the incident vividly: "Later, the fairy brought a large basin of dog blood to our yard to exorcise the evil spirit. But before she took two steps, the old lady snatched the dog blood away and poured the entire basin on the old lady's head!"

"puff--"

Even someone as steady as Nanny Li couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Meng Qianqian felt very relieved after listening to this.

Banxia said: "It's so cold, I guess she will have to wash the dog blood for a whole day!"

Meng Qianqian nodded.

Just thinking about that scene makes me feel relaxed.

Since her brother-in-law brought a woman home, Nanny Li felt like a huge stone was blocking her heart.

In the past few days, the depression has really dissipated a lot.

Madam Li went to add some charcoal: "The New Year is coming. In previous years, the young lady was generous with her money. The senior stewards each received ten taels, and the junior stewards in each courtyard received five taels. Even the maids who did the cleaning received a hundred copper coins. Who wouldn't say that the young lady was a good head of the household? I wonder how the old lady will spend the New Year this year when she herself is in charge of the household?"

Banxia snorted, "I don't think she can make a penny!"

Meng Qianqian didn’t care how the Lu family spent the New Year. She only cared about when Lu Lingxiao would return the money to her.

However, the father and son of the Lu family waited in the Governor's Mansion for a whole day, their legs were numb from sitting, and finally Lu Yuan returned home.

Lu Xingzhou hurriedly bowed and stated his purpose truthfully.

Lu Yuan curled his lips and said, "Lord Lu, this is a crime of deceiving the emperor and you will be beheaded."

Lu Xingzhou's expression changed.

Lu Lingxiao took a step forward and said sternly, "This was done by me alone. It has nothing to do with my father!"

Lu Yuan smiled even more deeply: "General Lu is very courageous, I admire him very much. Come, arrest General Lu!"