ancient criminal minds

The Chinese New Year will soon be here, because too many things have happened this year, Yun's wants to make it lively and flush out the bad luck.

Lu Che's health improved, and he was helped by Mrs. Pei to the main hall.Lu Zheng was setting off fireworks in the yard with his two nephews and nieces. He was only sixteen after the new year, not much different from Lu Yan's age. He looked like two and a half children. Lu Zhiyuan was not hugged by the nanny, but Run after them.

Mrs. Pei wanted to talk about her daughter's unladylike behavior, but thinking about the Chinese New Year, she held back the words.

Lu Qing looked at the children and grandchildren in the yard, and said with emotion: "Although there are many things this year, the third child is quite sensible, and he is not too young. If we get married in the future, the family will only be more lively."

Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "That's right, that's right."

On the contrary, Mrs. Yun, who has always been concerned about these things, didn't pick up on it. Lu Che glanced at his mother, and changed the topic with a smile: "The third brother is quite talented in solving cases. I think that when he is older, it is better to let him go to the other place." Exercise, exercise."

Mrs. Lu immediately retorted: "I think it's pretty good in Yanjing, why go outside to suffer."

Lu Zheng walked in sweating profusely, and asked with a smile: "I heard from my grandmother that it is hard work, but who suffers?"

Lu Che glanced at him: "I'm praising you for being sensible this year."

It was rare for Lu Zheng to be praised by his elder brother, and he was immediately flattered.

Yun looked at the time: "Okay, don't be shy, Lian Xin, let someone call the young master and young lady back, and let the servants serve the food."

Although there are not many masters in the British government, the dishes are served like flowing water. Lu Qing is quite frugal on weekdays, but during the Chinese New Year, he still pays attention to a lively scene.

After the meal, several juniors gave New Year greetings to Mrs. Lu, and Mrs. Lu smiled and gave them red envelopes: "Well, well, well, they are all good children."

Several people ran to Lu Qing and his wife again, and they both smiled and gave red envelopes.

In the end, it was Lu Che and his wife. Lu Che looked at his younger brother helplessly: "You are so old, and you still want a red envelope from your elder brother?"

"I'm still young!" Lu Zheng said shamelessly, "Brother may have to send me red envelopes for a few years."

"You!" Lu Che shook his head helplessly, Mrs. Pei held back a smile and handed the red envelope to Lu Zheng, not only that, but also demolished Lu Che's platform, "Don't listen to your elder brother's nonsense, he has already prepared it for you gone."

The whole family was happy. In the middle of the night, the old man and the children couldn't bear it anymore and went to sleep. Only Lu Che and Lu Zheng were keeping watch.

After being poisoned, Lu Che's health deteriorated. Lu Zheng went to get a cloak to cover him. Lu Che said with emotion, "You really have grown up. How could you be so caring before?"

Lu Zheng scratched his head: "It's my younger brother who was ignorant before, and made my elder brother worry about it."

Lu Che smiled and said, "I'm complimenting you, but you're still humble."

The two started chatting, and while Lu Che was talking, he asked, "You've grown up now, do you have any plans for the future?"

Lu Zheng was a little puzzled: "What plan?"

"Yanjing is too complicated. I plan to find an opportunity for you to go there to exercise in a few years. What do you think?"

This is not a discussion with him, it is clearly telling him that Lu Zheng is a little speechless, but he also thinks so. After the two cases were solved, Lu Zheng clearly felt that the eyes of those who had dismissed him A change had taken place, but this change made him feel like a thorn in his back.

Seeing that his younger brother was silent, Lu Che couldn't help asking, "You don't want to?"

Lu Zheng shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to, I just think I have some ability to solve cases, but other things..." He knew that if Lu Che really wanted him to go, he would definitely be a county magistrate. Not to mention the county magistrate, the biggest official he has ever met is probably their principal.

Lu Che laughed: "Do you think I will let you take office alone?"

"Uh……"

"Okay, let's not talk about these things for now." Seeing his younger brother's confused face, Lu Che thought it was better to spread some official knowledge to him first, "Do you know how the current court situation is?"

During the meeting in Lu Zheng's dormitory, a few nerds were still pointing out Jiangshan, but once he came to ancient times, the original owner ignored everything, and he didn't understand the government for various reasons, so when Lu Che asked, he would be honest. shook his head.

Lu Che was not surprised, and said directly: "I have been on the throne for nearly 20 years. Wenzhiwugong can be called a sage, and the queen died young without a child. Now the princes are divided into the first prince, the fourth prince, and the mother of the eldest prince. His status is not high, but he has the reputation of being the elder, and there is a group of civil servants who support him, and the mother of the fourth prince is a noble concubine, and the family of the mother of the fourth prince is a famous family, His Majesty has an ambiguous attitude, so the two parties are considered to be evenly matched."

Lu Zheng noticed that Lu Che didn't mention generals, so he couldn't help asking: "What about generals? Who do they support?"

Lu Che nodded: "Among the generals, our British government is considered neutral, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of His Highness the King of Chu also have to guard the northern border, not counting them. The rest are the three guards of the capital and the soldiers of the various counties... "

After Lu Che's explanation, Lu Zheng understood that the faction of the first prince and the faction of the fourth prince are now incompatible, but Emperor Yongning's delay in not appointing a crown prince made both parties mistakenly think that they have a chance, so they fought endlessly.

The British government has a special status and it is not suitable to stand in line, but Lu Zheng vaguely felt that there was something in his brother's words. He remembered that Lu Che had seen Jian Yu when he was sick, and blurted out: "What about elder brother? Are you standing in line yourself?" ?”

Lu Che paused: "Why do you say that?"

"As you said, the fourth prince has the support of the family, and the family won the support of most of the county guards for him, so the eldest prince is at a disadvantage in terms of military power, but you say they are evenly matched now, so the three guards of the capital Among them, there must be a guard supporting the eldest prince." Lu Zheng analyzed, "Xuanjiawei is secretive and has always been used to personally protect the emperor, so let's not talk about it. The Jinjiawei has always been under the leadership of Cheng Guogong, and Cheng Guogong has never participated in these activities. matter, then only the Chijiawei will be left."

Lu Zheng lowered his voice and looked at Lu Che seriously: "Brother, did you secretly take refuge with the First Prince?"

Seeing his nervous appearance, Lu Che couldn't help laughing: "I was planning to tell you about the court situation, so that you wouldn't be taken advantage of because of your ignorance. Why did you come to blame me?"

Now Lu Zheng can be regarded as understanding his elder brother. He has always said one thing and another, and has never changed the subject so evasively. He did so, which can only show that Lu Zheng's guess is correct. Lu Zheng's heart can't help but At the end of the day, both history books and TV dramas tell him that in this situation where two tigers are fighting, those who jump out are cannon fodder, and there must be a fisherman who benefits from the fight between snipe and clam.

Lu Zheng didn't understand, how could such a shrewd person as his elder brother make such a mistake?

With such worries, the new year will soon be the Lantern Festival.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, there will be a lantern festival in Yanjing City. There are even craftsmen in the palace who made exquisite lanterns and hung them at the gate of the city for the common people to enjoy together, which is called having fun with the people.

This year is no exception. Lu Yan inquired about it early. Not only did the palace make a big lantern for Chang'e to fly to the moon this year, but the folks were not to be outdone. .

Emperor Yongning has always been magnanimous about these things, and after hearing such a statement, he even took out a luminous pearl and a hundred taels of gold from his private treasury as prizes for this year's Lantern King.

Therefore, this year's Lantern Festival is particularly lively.

Lu Che was still a little weak and couldn't go out. Lu Qing and the others were afraid of making noise because of their age. In the end, only Lu Zheng took Lu Yan and Lu Zhiyuan out to play.

Mrs. Pei was still a little worried, but she felt relieved when she saw the circle of guards closely following her, and told Lu Zhiyuan's nanny: "Take care of my sister, and never let her go to the ground."

Lu Zheng quickly patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm here!"

Pei said angrily: "You, you are still a child, just take care of yourself."

Lu Zheng chuckled and didn't refute.

Because the Lantern Festival is in the outer city, the carriage was only sent to the gate of the inner city, and because of the Lantern Festival, the curfew was canceled for the past two days, so when they got off the carriage, several people ran out of the city gate in a hurry, and were immediately caught by the people in front of them. The scenery was stunned.

All kinds of lanterns are hung on every tree by the roadside, and Chang'e flying to the moon, which is as tall as a man at the gate of the city, is even more lifelike, attracting many people to watch below.

Lu Zhiyuan stretched out his finger and pointed: "It looks good!"

Lu Zheng followed her fingers to look over, only to find that a skilled craftsman actually used lamps to make flowers of various colors, and when they were placed together, they looked like real ones.

The vision of the few people is not low, but they were really shocked by this year's Lantern Festival. At the beginning, Lu Zheng was careful not to let his nephew and niece leave his side, but slowly he was attracted by the lanterns around him. Gradually distanced.

At this moment, someone behind me suddenly heard shouting: "Quick! Let's go to Baiqiao!"

The flow of people rushed over immediately, Lu Zheng was startled, he was squeezed out by the flow of people before he could react, and rushed away with Lu Yan and the others.

Seeing Chang Shan Chang Shui struggling to squeeze out of the crowd, while trying to prevent himself from falling, Lu Zheng shouted: "Look at the child! See you at the city gate!"

Although I don't know if they heard it, when Lu Zheng came out of the crowd, he was already sweating profusely, his clothes were full of wrinkles, and the jade hairpin on his hair was taken away by someone who fished in troubled waters.

Lu Zheng took a big breath, and felt a rare joy, but he didn't walk around anymore, but walked slowly towards the city gate. He felt that if everything went well, when he arrived at the city gate, Chang Shan would often The water should have arrived as well.

Unexpectedly, when passing through an alley, suddenly a hand covered his mouth from behind and dragged him into the alley.