Chapter 212 Funny Beast
If someone else accused him of this, the Prince of Runan wouldn't even blush.
But the person who accused him was his son-in-law, who was also a cultivator. This status and intimacy were completely different.
The words said have different meanings.
His face was full of embarrassment, and he moved his lips and said, "Alas, I also know that it is indeed a bit embarrassing to do this, but you also know that we in the Zhao family have no say now. We can only make money and live a rich life."
Lu Sen chuckled and said, "Then I'm going to go to the Yang family and ask them what they think."
"Go, go." The Prince of Runan was eager for Lu Sen to leave right now. He was really afraid that his son-in-law would vent his anger on him.
After coming out of the Prince of Runan's Mansion, Lu Sen first took Pang Mei'er to the gate of the Pang family and said, "You go home and spend some time with your elders first. I'll go to the Yang family to take a look."
"Yes," Pang Meir nodded, smiled, and walked into the Pang family's gate.
And Lu Sen rushed to Tianbo Yang's house.
The person in charge of guarding the gate was still Lao Qi. When he saw Lu Sen, his eyes widened at first, and then they lit up: "Son-in-law, you are here?"
Then he looked behind Lu Sen and asked, "Didn't the young lady follow us?"
"My mother-in-law didn't explain the matter clearly in her letter. We thought it wasn't an urgent matter for the Yang family, so she let me bring Mei'er back." Lu Sen sighed.
When the two men entered the gate, Lao Qi immediately closed the door and led Lu Sen to the back hall.
The Yang family was still as desolate as before, with only a few servants doing the work.
Lu Sen sat on the chair for a while, and then Old Lady She and Mu Guiying came together.
They were all family members, so the two elders sat down without saying any polite words. Mu Guiying said directly, "Sen'er, I saw that your aircraft went directly into the Ru'nan County Prince's Mansion before, and now you are rushing here again. You should know the general reason for the incident, right?"
Lu Sen nodded and asked, "How is Wen Guang's situation?"
Mu Guiying's face darkened and she said nothing.
Old Lady She said slowly: "His whereabouts are unknown, and Xingqing Prefecture has fallen. Most likely, he is in grave danger."
Lu Sen let out a long sigh.
Yang Wenguang is the only child of the Yang family. If he really dies, the Yang family will be extinct.
Even if the Yang family is accustomed to separation and death, they would probably feel extremely uncomfortable when encountering such a thing, especially when it comes to an ancestor and a mother, both of whom are women.
"Two Japanese witches have come to my house. They are good at divination. When I go back, please ask where Wen Guang is now."
When the two women heard this, a hint of joy appeared on their faces.
Although he still didn't know whether his only child was alive or dead, if he could use magic to calculate it, it would at least be better than searching around like a headless fly.
"Regarding the imperial court's decision to let the Yang family take up the seal and lead the Southwest Wing Army to meet the enemy, what do you two elders think?"
Old Lady She snorted, "What can I think? I just want to find Wen Guang now. I don't want to care about anything else."
"I have the same idea as Madam Taijun." Mu Guiying's pretty face was full of frost: "The court is forcing our Yang family to die, and they want to kill people and destroy their hearts."
"This idea is probably from Empress Dowager Cao." Lu Sen shook his head and said helplessly, "Mr. Bao has been demoted. Master Pang had a hand in the incident of Han Qi's downfall before, and he is probably affected now. So Empress Ci, who is ruling from behind the curtain, can act arbitrarily."
Bao Zheng was demoted, partly because of the huge impact of the land policy, and partly because of the counterattack of Han Qi's forces.
"The question is, when did our Yang family have any grudge against Queen Cao?" Mu Guiying was a little puzzled.
Lady She sneered and stabbed the flying dragon staff hard on the ground. The ground in the back hall seemed to shake. "Now in Bianjing, the only ones who can still fight are the Di family and our Yang family. At this time, the dog of the Di family can grow dragon horns. Who in the court dares to use him? Then only our Yang family is left. Even if all of our Yang family members die, so what? We can hold them off for a while. This is not only the idea of Queen Cao, but also the idea of all the ministers in the court."
Lu Sen thought it made sense.
At the critical moment of life and death...letting others deliver the baby first, isn't this a very normal selfish thought?
Mu Guiying sighed softly: "Wen Guang's whereabouts are unknown, and the court has shown no sympathy. Now they are sending my Yang family to die. It is really disheartening. If the emperor was still alive, it would never be like this."
Indeed...Although Zhao Zhen was not a reliable emperor, he was at least a humane emperor.
Apart from anything else, after the fall of Xingqing Prefecture , he would definitely come to comfort the Yang family and would also issue a letter to appease the Zhe family.
Moreover, they would never let the Yang family lead the Southwestern Wing Army, a group of peasants, to their deaths.
In any case, most of the remaining imperial guards will be taken away by the Yang family.
In contrast, Empress Cao wanted 100,000 imperial guards to protect the city of Bianjing.
The West Wing Army was said to have 500,000 men, but they were all farmers who stored land, or blacksmiths and workers who helped to forge weapons.
There are no serious soldiers at all.
They couldn't even form a battle formation, let alone fight a war. It was already a miracle that they were able to march quickly to Xi'an in 20 days.
So the imperial court was really sending all members of the Yang family to their deaths, which was why Lu Sen blamed his father-in-law so much.
"Let's not talk about the court's affairs for now." Lu Sen's eyes swept across the faces of Old Lady She and Mu Guiying, and asked, "What do the two elders think?"
Mu Guiying said coldly: "If Wen Guang died on the battlefield, it was his fate. But the court's behavior is chilling. I don't want to lead the army to fight on the battlefield again. I am just a weak woman."
Old Lady She nodded slightly: "I am also tired. All the blood that should be shed in our Yang family has been shed, and all the people who should die have died. This court is not something that two weak women like us can carry. Let them do whatever they want. Anyway, our Yang family has rejected Queen Cao's order twice."
Both Old Lady She and Mu Guiying are skilled in martial arts and are absolutely heroic women, but at this moment, it seems that they are really weak women under the "big situation".
"Empress Cao's decree?" Lu Sen snorted, "Isn't it from the Secretariat?"
"Master Pang has been claiming to be ill at home and has refused to attend court or issue an official edict, so Empress Cao has to issue the decree."
It seems that Master Pang still has some humanity.
Yes, after all, he is an old fox, and he knows very well how outsiders will view him if he forces the Yang family in this way, especially how Lu Sen will view him.
"That is to say, the two elders do not intend to have any involvement with the Zhao family anymore, right?" Lu Sen asked.
Old Lady She nodded: "That's what we think. It doesn't matter if we two women die, but in addition to us, there are other people in the Yang family. The servants and guards are all dead. Our Yang family owes them a lot. It's time to think about them."
Mu Guiying looked directly at Lu Sen: "If Sen'er blames us for not being loyal to the country, he can just sever ties with us. Even if it means killing our own relatives for the sake of justice, it's fine."
Lu Sen laughed when he heard this: "It was because of these things that I severed ties with the court more than two years ago. To be honest, I don't have a good impression of the entire court, let alone at this moment."
Mu Guiying breathed a sigh of relief.
Old Lady She smiled and said, "I said Sen'er would sympathize and understand us."
"It seems that the two elders sent me an urgent letter to come here because they are thinking about leaving the capital?"
Mu Guiying nodded: "Although we don't have many people in the Yang family, if we all move together, the target will be very obvious, so we thought of asking you to come and help. And we told the Prince of Runan and Master Pang that we wrote to you together to call for your help and find a way to resist the enemy. Otherwise, they may not be willing to help us put their fingerprints on the letter."
Lu Sen finally understood. No wonder no one came to see him after he came to Bianjing City.
If it were usual, a large number of people would have come to the door long ago.
It turned out that they were all waiting for the Yang family to persuade them so that they could follow them again and fight for them on the front line.
But they never expected that the two women of the Yang family actually wanted to... leave.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. There are not many women at this time who have a sense of the overall situation.
Even Lady She and Mu Guiying were mostly concerned about their husbands and their own children.
They went to the battlefield for their men and their families.
Now almost all the men in the Yang family are dead, the only son is missing, and what the court has done is so cruel and heartless that it makes people feel chilled. How can the two of them have the heart to consider life and death issues for these heartless people?
Lu Sen said: "I can't move the entire Yang family at once, but we can dig a tunnel."
"OK."
The Yang family knew how useful Lu Sen’s tools were.
Because the Yang family received a lot of "hoes" sent by Yang Jinhua from Hangzhou, the speed of digging the ground was extremely fast.
"Take these tools first." Lu Sen took out a large number of pickaxes and hoes from the system backpack: "Go to the backyard and ask Lao Qi and the others to find a tunnel to the outside of the city. I'll go to General Di's house to buy you some time and attract attention."
"Sorry to trouble you, Sen'er." Old Lady She said with a smile.
"After leaving the city, you will go along the Bianshui River towards Hangzhou." Lu Sen thought for a moment and said, "I will catch up with you soon and build you a boat so that you can go south easily."
"Okay." Old Lady She said, "We originally wanted to go to the southwest, but with Sen'er and Jinhua in Hangzhou, they will definitely be able to protect the Yang family. After we settle down, we will find a way to find Wen Guang."
Mu Guiying thought about it and felt it was feasible: "But it will trouble Sen'er."
"We are one family and we don't have different opinions."
Afterwards, the Yang family's guards went to the backyard, used the trees and grass in the yard as cover, and began to dig a deep tunnel.
Lu Sen went to Di Mansion in full view of everyone.
Although no one came to look for Lu Sen, there were actually people watching him on the streets and on the balconies of taverns.
The door of the Di Mansion was closed tightly. Lu Sen knocked on the wooden door three times.
After a while, an old voice came from inside: "The general is ill and cannot see guests. Please go back."
"Aishan Lu Sen pays his respects to the general. Please inform him on my behalf."
Who is the most famous person in Bianjing City?
It was not Bao Zheng, not the emperor, and certainly not Empress Cao, but Lu Sen.
Until now, all the people in the capital are still obsessed with the Xianjia shadow play, and they can't forget the circle of .
None of that is now gone.
But the impression will not change.
After a while, an old voice came out: "Master Lu, please wait a moment. I will go and inform you."
"Sorry for the trouble, old man."
The footsteps went away, but not long after, two footsteps came over, the door opened, and Di Qing's handsome face appeared in the door. He looked Lu Sen up and down, then clasped his fists and said, "It's really Master Lu. I thought someone was pretending to be him."
Lu Sen clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Please forgive me for the sudden visit."
"That's impossible. If Master Lu comes, my old house will be in chaos."
Lu Sen smiled and walked into Di’s house.
As the door closed, it blocked out many inquiring views from outside.
Entering the living room, Di Qing asked someone to serve tea and asked, " Master Lu, are you here for the Yang family's affairs?"
Lu Sen shook his head: "I came here for General Di's matter."
Di Qing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Indeed, the Yang family has the protection of Master Lu, so nothing will happen. But I, Di..."
In fact, in real history, once the rumor that the old dog of the Di family had given birth to a child came out, Di Qing was not far from death.
The cause of death was fear and depression.
Lu Sen thought he had changed a lot of things, but history seemed to still have some inertia.
The Di family is indeed having a hard time now. Di Qing has been sighing all day long. He is even thinking about whether he should move to the Buddhist temple to live for a while.
After all, there are many rumors out there, and one rumor that many people believe is that Di Qing is a killing star who has come to the world, and if he kills too many people, he will devour his master.
Go sit in the Buddhist temple and show outsiders that he can take the initiative to eliminate the so-called hostility and murderous aura.
Lu Sen slapped the table and said, "You are indeed the reincarnation of the killer star. Just kill me. There is nothing to be afraid of. Those people are just jealous of you, the general."
“But people’s words are scary.”
"That's easy. I'll take care of it."
"Thank you, Master Lu." Di Qing stood up, clasped his fists and bowed slightly.
At this time, Di Qing's hair was already half gray. In just over a month, he looked almost ten years older.
Lu Sen stood up and said, "General Di, follow me."
The two of them went out the main gate again.
At this time, many spies were waiting for Lu Sen to come out. When they saw the door open, they all perked up and stared at him intently.
Lu Sen looked around and said to Di Qing, "The feng shui of your house is actually pretty good, but these two stone lions lack spiritual energy and can't suppress your evil spirit and murderous aura."
He started talking nonsense, and no one could see through it, nor did anyone dare to question it.
"Does this also have something to do with me?" Di Qing was puzzled.
"Of course, how can ordinary things subdue a killer?"
Lu Sen used the system backpack to put the two stone lions into his own system backpack, and then used stone bricks to build a base for the sphinx.
Just when he was thinking about installing the head of the human-faced statue, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He asked the servants of the Di family to bring two stone balls, and then used the dagger produced by the system to carve two "funny" expressions on the stone balls.
The two expressions, one looking sideways to the left and the other looking to the right, are then placed on two lion bases.
You know what, once this button is pressed, the entire Di Mansion looks different.
When the stone lions were guarding the gate, they looked stern and oppressive, but when these two funny lions swung the gate left and right, there was a sudden sense of demonic mockery.
The entire entrance of the Di Mansion looked so exciting. Everyone who saw the two funny stone statues felt an endless joy from the bottom of their hearts.
Very hi.
"The lion statue looks down on the world." Lu Sen pointed at the two funny faces and explained, "The sacred beast of the ancient times has transformed into a half-human, half-beast, specializing in suppressing evil spirits. The evil spirit in you is not even qualified to fill their teeth."
