Heading towards the capital

"Murder? Of course, you can, but you have to look at the background of the other party. Is there anyone in the court who is an official, the size of the official position, but if you want to kill someone, Your Highness, it is not a matter of lip service." The person who talked to Zhao Cheng was Song Pingning, the second son of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, this person usually does not do business, and often fools around with his friends, either visiting flower houses or gambling, but he also knows some heretics. Ask him for help.

In the past, the father of the family didn't value this son. The Minister of Rites had four sons, three of whom were talented people. Only the second son was incompetent. The Minister of Rituals didn't even want to look at him, and he was often mad at him. .

But later, Song Pingning relied on the hobbies of those prodigal children to climb up to Zhao Cheng, a high-ranking son. The two had a similar taste and became good friends. They were almost inseparable. Since then, Song Pingning's status in the family has also improved.

So when Song Pingning heard Zhao Cheng tell him to kill someone, he naturally did his best to help.

"Background? What kind of background can he have?" Zhao Cheng held the wine glass and rubbed his finger on the edge of the quilt. The wine list in the wine glass is worth thousands of dollars. Now he goes to the casino to gamble without worrying about not having enough money. And he often wins, and the number of losses has decreased. No one dares to win his money. Winning money and losing his life are not worth the loss. Wherever he goes, everyone is respectful and respectful. The food and clothing are the best. He became a master, and all this was because he robbed Lu Ziqian of everything.

So he had to get rid of Lu Ziqian. Without Lu Ziqian in this world, he, Zhao Cheng, could live in Lu Ziqian's place for the rest of his life.

"He doesn't have any background. He is just a villager living with a widowed mother. Recently, the emperor saw that he was a good farmer, so he asked him to go to Beijing to go to the Imperial College. Is he worthy of such a person?" Zhao Cheng With a sneer.

Song Pingning was well informed, "You are talking about Lu Ziqian? Lu Ziqian who has researched the method of terraced fields? He does have a little ability, but no matter how capable he is, he is still an insignificant person. I heard that he is going to Beijing. If he is on the way to Beijing He was robbed by mountain bandits and died on the way, so the emperor will not investigate specifically."

"Okay, if this matter is done, it will benefit you." Zhao Cheng put down his glass after finishing speaking, "I can't drink any more, my father will call me into the palace tomorrow, it's always bad to get drunk."

After Zhao Cheng entered Beijing, the emperor thought of his adoptive parents' love for him, so he let his family live outside the palace, and specially allocated the palace for his family.

As long as the emperor is free, he will call Zhao Cheng into the palace.

Now it's not just Zhao Cheng, Zhao Cheng's family is walking sideways in Beijing, no one dares to provoke them.

Zhao Cheng also has three older brothers and two older sisters. The three older brothers all married their wives, but they all divorced their wives after entering Beijing. With the help of Zhao Cheng, they married the daughters of those officials who flattered their Zhao family. They were all married at first, and they were all peasants, honest and responsible.

But his two elder sisters felt that since his younger brother became a prince, how could they continue to be peasant women, and asked his mother to find a way to reconcile with her husband and bring them to live in the capital.

Zhao Cheng's mother was not very smart either, but the emperor responded to his son's request. Zhao Cheng's mother asked Zhao Cheng to tell the emperor that the two sisters were not doing well in her husband's house and were often beaten and scolded. When they came to Beijing, the emperor actually agreed, and even punished the ex-husbands of the two sisters, and ordered the local government to beat the ex-husbands thirty times.

Those two ex-husbands were honest peasants, and they had nowhere to speak out even if they were wronged. They were beaten thirty boards and had no money to treat their wounds. Went there in a few days.

But Zhao Cheng's two sisters went to the capital to live a good life, and there are very few people who are separated in this era.

Because after the reconciliation, the woman will be judged by others, let alone remarry, it would be good not to be drowned by the spitting stars.

But Zhao Cheng's two elder sisters had different statuses. Many young men came to ask for marriage.

Anyway, they are already 27 or [-] years old, and it will not be too late to pick a better one and remarry after waiting a few more years.

Zhao Cheng also made an engagement with the prime minister's prostitute and planned to get married next year.

The daughter of the prime minister's family is as beautiful as a fairy. Zhao Cheng has a fanatical love for beauties. Although he is not good at that, he likes to abuse beauties and get pleasure from it.

It's just that the daughter of the prime minister's family looks down on him now and doesn't want to marry him. I heard that there is trouble at home.

But the marriage has been settled, as long as he pleases the prime minister, it will be difficult for her not to marry. After getting married, she will become a member of his Zhao family, locked in the back house, and not at his mercy.

When Zhao Cheng thought that the bright future of himself and his family was about to be destroyed by Lu Ziqian, he became irritable, hated Lu Ziqian extremely, and wished he could strangle Lu Ziqian to death immediately.

……

Lu Ziqian's peppers were ripe. He carefully picked the peppers one by one. The task said to plant [-] peppers. He planted [-] peppers and successfully completed the task. The system rewarded him with five storage grids and fifty catties Dried chilli.

He is going to pick up the new mission when he arrives in the capital, otherwise he won't be able to do the next mission if he loses the corn halfway.

He looked at the hundred peppers, and told Lin Ziyi that he didn't need to help transport them. He would plant them again when he arrived in the capital. He divided the hundred peppers into two parts, and gave some to those who get along better on weekdays. Villagers, the rest are sold.

This time he didn't have time to cook and experiment for everyone. He just said that this is a good thing, so let's plant it. After a few months, the peppers will bear fruit, and there must be people scrambling to buy them.

The peppers were sold, and Lu Rulan sold the yard of the house and the family's fields, and all that was left was to pack up the things and start the journey.

Mr. Qin said he was worried about him and wanted to go to Beijing with him.

Lu Rulan has lived here for more than 20 years. Although there are many bad memories, she is still reluctant to leave. She wants to take everything with her, including pots, pans, bedding, and chickens and ducks. Even if it is a gift, I want to take it with me, even firewood.

Lu Ziqian told her several times that it's okay to buy these things after they arrive, the journey is far away, and it's cumbersome to carry these things.

But Lu Rulan didn't listen, and was reluctant to part with everything, so Lu Ziqian wanted to forget it and just go with Lu Rulan.

In the end, Lu Rulan found that she had too many things and needed to rent two more cars, and she had to take care of the driver. The sum of the money was much more expensive than the pots and pans she wanted to bring, so she gave up.

Nan Qiqi had a sad face every day, and only pretended to be okay when facing Lu Ziqian, but when she was pretending to be okay, no matter how she appeared to be okay on the surface, she would reveal something.

When he was packing his luggage that day, Lu Ziqian asked him: "Did you encounter any embarrassment? Tell me."

Nan Qiqi shook her head, "No, that's right, I just can't bear to be here."

Nan Qiqi pointed to the things in the house. Although he has only been in Lu's house for two years, there are many things that belong to him, "I'm thinking, how to take Fairy and Xiao Hei, and this bed tent, give me The table you made, the soft chair you made for me, these are so heavy, is there no way to bring them?"

"So you're worried about this," Lu Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Nan Qiqi was not feeling well, so he didn't dare to tell him that he was enduring it alone. It turned out that he was reluctant to leave here. In fact, it wasn't just Nan Qiqi, Lu Ziqian was right There is a certain emotion here too.

But they can't stay here for the rest of their lives. Even if they don't leave now, he will go to Beijing after he is admitted. The furniture I bought is also worn out, after I arrive in Beijing, I will ask someone to help make a new batch, and I will give you better ones, how about it?"

Nan Qiqi nodded, but what he was worried about in his heart was not these at all, what he was worried about was himself, wondering whether his fate would change if he married Lu Ziqian in this life, or would he still die as miserable as in the previous life.

Lu Ziqian went to deliver peppers to someone else's house, while Nan Qiqi continued packing at home alone, when he heard someone calling him outside the window, he looked up and found that it was his mother.

He didn't want to talk to his mother, but she kept calling him outside.

He was afraid of being seen by others, so he had to go out.

His mother specially found someone to come when Lu Ziqian was not at home, fearing that Lu Ziqian would beat someone if he saw her coming.

She took Nan Qiqi's hand and asked him, "I heard that you are going to the capital, or the emperor asked your husband to study in the capital, and will you live in a big house when you arrive in the capital? The three of you must be too busy , Why don't you take us with you, we will help you manage the house, take care of the house and so on, your father and I are the closest people to you, and with our help, you will not be bullied by the Lu family."

Nan Qiqi seemed to be scalded, and pulled back the hand that was held by her forcefully. Mother was too forceful, and several red marks appeared on Nan Qiqi's fair hand.

Nan Qiqi rubbed her hands, stepped back and said, "Don't come here again, the one who bullies me has never been the Lu family, but you."

"We, why did we bully you? You are such a white-eyed wolf. You grew up so big that you took a breath? Didn't we feed you by eating and drinking? Then what does the Lu family care about you? We raised you for 18 years, did the Lu family raise you for 18 years? It’s wrong to care about you, but it’s a good person to ignore you?” Mother still went forward to hold Nan Qiqi’s hand: “I know You blame us for treating your brother better than you, but your brother is a boy. Whose boy do you think washes and cooks? These are the things that your brothers should do. Before you get married, your mother did more than you , you’re living a good life, and you don’t work at the Lu family? Did your mother see that day, you carried baskets of potatoes back home for a whole day, and their family treated you nicely?”

Seeing Nan Qiqi's still evasive attitude, she didn't care about anything, she became angry again, "Whether I treat you well or not, I'm the one who gave birth to you, you have to take care of me and your father, and Your brother, can't your family go to Beijing to live a good life, let us continue to live a hard life, even if you don't take us to Beijing, you can leave us some money, before Lu Ziqian made hundreds of taels of potatoes, we also Don’t ask for more, just give us 100 taels, and we won’t pester you any more.”

Nan Qiqi was still a little shaken at first, he had heard his mother tell him that he was a brother since he was a child, and he was supposed to do the housework.

And the younger brother is a boy, precious, unable to work, and it should be better than him in food and clothing.

Mother always whispered in his ears, reminding him to remember to be grateful to his parents. Everything he had was given by his parents, and he would have to be a cow and a horse for the rest of his life to repay, otherwise he would be a white-eyed wolf or disobedient.

He has been brainwashed for more than ten years, no matter how wronged he is, when he hears his mother say these words, he will subconsciously reflect on himself, whether he has gone too far, and being filial to his parents is what he should do.

But when he heard the last few words his mother said, he suddenly came to his senses, "But, you have already sold me to the Lu family. This 100 taels, mother has no way to get it."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and ran back home. After running back, he cried for a long time at home.

I feel that this world is unfair to me, why he was born to suffer, and suffering for a lifetime in the previous life was not enough, in this life, he will go to Beijing again, maybe he will have to experience the suffering in the previous life again, why does he want to take care of himself? Is it so difficult to live?

Lu Ziqian was delivering chili seedlings to several families who bought chili peppers. On the way back, he heard that Nan Qiqi's mother had come to find him, and the two of them talked for a long time.

Lu Ziqian speeded up to go home. When he got home, Nan Qiqi was lying on the bed, his eyes were red from crying, and he was full of frustration.

Lu Ziqian walked over and squatted down by the bed, lying on the bed and looking into Nan Qiqi's eyes, Nan Qiqi's eyelashes were glued together with tears, wet, so pitiful.

He raised his hand and lightly poked Nan Qiqi's face, "We're leaving here soon, let them stop here whether it's annoying people or annoying memories, wait until the capital, change to a new city, and change to a new city. A new kind of life, completely cut off from the past self."

Nan Qiqi looked sideways at Lu Ziqian, he thought, can he really have a new life?

He was afraid that if he went to the capital, he would be separated from Lu Ziqian, and his life would become dark again.

Is there a way to keep Lu Ziqian by my side forever, even if Lu Ziqian takes a concubine in the future, he can't be divorced and let him go.

After entering the Lu family, the Lu family gave him too much that he didn't have and had been looking forward to. He felt that he had a home, and he didn't want to leave this home.

But what kind of method should I use to gain a firm foothold in this family, so that everyone in the family or outsiders see him as indispensable to this family.

Nan Qiqi had a flash of inspiration and gave birth to a baby. If he had Lu Ziqian's child, even if Lu Ziqian and the emperor recognized each other in the future, the emperor would not let him leave Lu Ziqian. Let Lu Ziqian separate from him.

Thinking of this, he boldly put his arms around Lu Ziqian's neck, leaned over and kissed Lu Ziqian's mouth proactively.

This was the first time Nan Qiqi was so proactive, Lu Ziqian was stunned.

He felt something was wrong, Nan Qiqi was so sad and mourned now, how could he take the initiative to kiss him.

It must be something Nan Qiqi's mother said that made Nan Qiqi act like this.

He pinched the back of Nan Qiqi's neck, and lifted him away like a cat, "What are you doing?"

Nan Qiqi felt that his time was running out, and he had to get pregnant sooner.

Although he wanted a baby born with love and blessings, but in this situation, there was no other choice.

He felt that he was sinking into the quagmire step by step for some things that should not belong to him, doing some wrong things that he didn't want to do.

But another pair of hands kept pushing him into the quagmire. If he didn't go forward, he would only encounter more terrible things when he turned around.

He said to Lu Ziqian jerky: "I am here, luring you, and want to have a baby with you."

When Lu Ziqian heard this, his mind exploded, "Did your mother tell you something?"

Nan Qiqi shook her head, "How do you know she came here just now? She didn't say anything?"

"You didn't say anything, why are you so abnormal?" Lu Ziqian picked him up, and said to him very seriously: "Did your mother tell you that when we go to Beijing, I won't ask for money when I get rich?" You are a brother, so now you must have a child with me to tie me up?"

Nan Qiqi was so startled that her pupils shrank suddenly. Although his mother hadn't told him so, he thought so himself.

"I knew it," Lu Ziqian felt that he had guessed right, "I don't allow you to be so humble. I said that no matter what the situation, I would never leave you. I am not worthy of you at all, you should leave without hesitation, instead of humbly using a child to keep me."

Lu Ziqian felt that Nan Qiqi's thoughts were largely due to the influence of the general environment. It was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines.

Even if the husband marries a concubine, the brother should not be jealous, but accept it generously, and some wives even offer to take concubines for their husbands in order to show their generosity.

Nan Qiqi grew up in such an environment, so she would naturally think that he would marry more and more concubines when he became rich, and would even divorce him before marrying someone else, so as long as he has children, The thought of a man who can bind himself.

That's why many great talents in the future will try their best to help girls in remote mountain villages get an education. Only after receiving an education will they not take the unfair treatment they have received for granted.

In the past, he only knew to be kind to Nan Qiqi, and he would take Nan Qiqi with him wherever he went, and teach Nan Qiqi to read and write, but he never thought about removing these dross thoughts from Nan Qiqi.

What he had to do was not just to pamper Nan Qiqi blindly, but to make Nan Qiqi stronger, and also to feel from the bottom of his heart that he was a very good person and shouldn't be afraid of others leaving him.

Nan Qiqi looked at Lu Ziqian, and when he looked into Lu Ziqian's eyes, his heart became calm little by little. Lu Ziqian was the first person to tell him not to be too humble. In the past, others wanted to step on him. Into the mud, let him recognize his own humbleness.

"Actually, it wasn't my mother who told me to have a baby with you, it was me who thought so," Nan Qiqi felt that such a self was worthy of Lu Ziqian.

Even though he worked hard to learn knowledge from Mr. Qin, he and Lu Ziqian were still not on the same level of thinking, "We are going to the capital, and your biological father may be in the capital. If he sees that you married me Such a brother from the countryside, what will I do if you divorce me?"

"Who is he, if he asks me to sleep, I will sleep?" Lu Ziqian did not expect that this was the reason for Nan Qiqi's decadence these days.

"But what if your biological father is the emperor? He ordered you to divorce me and marry someone else, what would you do?" Nan Qiqi didn't dare to talk about the things in her previous life, but this matter has always been his responsibility. The shadow in his heart, what he was most afraid of, he couldn't help but want to tell someone, and the only person who could listen to him was Lu Ziqian.

Lu Ziqian was the only person he trusted, the only person he wanted to confide in.

"Your Majesty, how is it possible..." Lu Ziqian paused for a moment, maybe there is a possibility, the person with such a high position and authority that even Mr. Qin is afraid of is really the Emperor.

"If the emperor, I have two choices. One is to settle you and your mother in a safe place first, and I will stay in the capital to try my best. One day I will kill him. The other is to take you and your mother out of the capital directly. There is a way to rebel and kill him." Lu Ziqian said two ways, and in the end he would kill the emperor, he will not give up revenge just because his biological father is the emperor, but the difficulty of revenge has increased by a level.

However, there are still few examples of princes killing the emperor in ancient times. If he chooses the first path, he must first obtain the status of prince before he can justifiably kill the emperor.

Nan Qiqi was taken aback when she heard that, shouldn't she follow the emperor in glory and wealth?Why did you kill the emperor when you found out that your father was the emperor?

After being stunned for a while, he quickly reached out and covered Lu Ziqian's mouth, "How can you say such nonsense, if the emperor finds out, he will be beheaded."

Lu Ziqian held his hand and kissed his palm, "Now that Qiqi knows my secret, I have no way to leave Qiqi. If I divorce you or take a concubine, you threaten to use this secret." Tell me, I won't dare, "

Nan Qiqi was so moved that she wanted to cry again, "Why are you telling me this, you are so stupid."

Lu Ziqian hugged someone and coaxed him, "Stop crying, if you cry again, your eyes will become swollen. After a while, you will feed the fish. Fairy and Xiao Hei will think you are also a goldfish, and you will show your original shape."

Nan Qiqi snorted, and turned her head, "I'm not a goldfish. If I were a goldfish, I'd be fine. I can swim around in the water all day, so I don't have to worry about so many things."

"But the goldfish is only a small place, and our Qi Qi will have a wider world in the future." Lu Ziqian took his hand and couldn't help playing with his soft fingers.

"I don't want a wider world, I just want to stay in the world with my husband." After Nan Qiqi was enlightened by Lu Ziqian, he felt that he was so stupid just now, and the thing hadn't happened yet. Think so much about what to do.

And he has to trust Xianggong, even if the emperor really wants to break them up, with Xianggong's ingenuity, he can easily resolve it.

Early the next morning, their family of three set off towards the capital.

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