Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

As soon as Lu Shengcai finished scolding Lu Yuzhu, Mrs. Wu slammed the table: "We must separate our families. We cannot let them drag down our whole family."

Lu Shengcai frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about! Why did we reach the point of dividing the family? Master Tongpan just invited the Bo Cheng family to question him. Didn't he also release them after questioning? She didn't know Qing, what can happen?"

"It will be too late when something happens. Who will marry me then?" Lu Yuzhu interjected.

"Yes, yes, Yuzhu is right. That's Lord Tongpan. A senior official in the government is bigger than the magistrate of Pingchuan County..."

"So what?"

"How is it? Lu Shengcai, aren't you usually very smart? Now you can't turn your head around! He is older than the magistrate of Pingchuan. In half a month, Bozu will take the government examination. After passing the government examination, he will be a Tongsheng If the magistrate is worried about being blamed, it will be useless no matter how talented he is. "

"No, that's not the case. Our family has not committed any crime."

"Can you explain this clearly? Do you know what the crime is? Punishing the Nine Clans. If the Su family is on good terms with them, even if our family is not arrested, we will be stared at. The magistrate has not vented his anger. You My son still wants to come forward? "

"No, it can't be..."

Su Qingnao didn't know what happened in the backyard, so she hugged the baby and fed her, then waited for Su Qingliu in the house.

More than an hour later, Su Qingliu and Xiao Qingyang came back together.

"Qingyang, why did you finish school so early today?" Su Qingnao was a little surprised when she saw Qingyang.

Su Qingliu looked frightened and leaned close to Su Qingyu and whispered: "He and Qiyou were taken from the school by the soldiers to be questioned by Lord Tongpan."

"Ah? Qingyang..."

Seeing Su Qingyu's worried look, Xiao Qingyang hurriedly came over and grabbed her hand.

"It's okay, sister. I didn't see Master Tongpan. His master asked us some questions separately. They asked us what we did when we went to the Yangwei Martial Arts Hall, what we saw, and whether we found anything. They all responded truthfully, and then they let us back.”

"Then did they ask you for anything?"

"Sister, are you talking about the jade toad that Master Ma gave us? No, the adults didn't ask, so we didn't say anything. Sister, how about I give it to you for safekeeping?"

"No, just put it away yourself."

After speaking, he turned around and asked about Su Qingliu's arrival at Xie's house.

"Thank you, Mr. Xie, for saying that he knows. He knows what to do, so you can rest assured. No one knows. If you want to ask anything, just tell the truth."

Su Qingyu nodded after hearing this.

In the evening, two policemen delivered some jewelry. He also told Su Qingyu not to go out if she had nothing to do. The adults might even call her over for questioning, and told her to report truthfully if there was anything she forgot to mention, or if she discovered anything, or if Master Ma contacted her.

Su Qing agreed. He stuffed two more messengers with a few taels of silver and sent them away.

Within a few days, word spread around town.

Because there are often soldiers walking around on the street, there are many fewer people on the street. Residents living around the Yangwei Martial Arts Hall were called over one by one for questioning. When Su Qingliu came to Luzhai, she would also tell Su Qingyao that she often saw soldiers around the shop and near the homes of Master Ma's apprentices.

There are even places near Lu's house.

But Su Qingyu felt that Master Ma would never come back to this place again since Master Ma was gone. Touching the scene and feeling sad.

Moreover, for such a big case, it would be too late to hide, so he would not take the initiative to appear in the trap set by the county government.

From that day on, everyone in Fengting Town who Master Ma and his disciples had met was interrogated, including all the places they had visited. It made people in the town panic. Everyone stayed behind closed doors. Su Qingyu's shop was visibly deserted.

But no one came to the store, and the overall business was not affected much. After all, everyone still needs to eat and drink. If you don’t go out to buy it, you’ll have to pay extra to have it delivered to your door.

As a result, people in the store are running around every day. Even Grandma Zhou and her grandson pushed a small cart to deliver goods from house to house.

Just when Su Qingyu thought that things would just go away like this, a few days later, someone from the Sun family who was engaged to be married in Lu Bozu County came.

I spent a long time talking to Lu Shengcai and Wu in the room...

After sending the person away, Lu Shengcai locked himself in the house and refused to leave. He pretended not to hear Wu knocking on the door. Wu had no choice but to ask someone to call Lu Bozu back.

Lu Bozu rushed back from Pingchuan County after a long journey.

He asked Lu Shengcai: "Dad, am I not as important as my eldest brother? I will take the imperial examination soon. The teachers in the Sun family school all said that as long as I perform normally, I will definitely win the Tongsheng examination." Yes. When I pass the college exam in June, I will have the reputation of being a scholar. Dad, haven’t you always wanted to change your career? You have the heart to ruin my future!”

Wu also helped: "That's right, Bozu is also your biological son, why can't you think about him? My relatives have already said that Ma Mingwen robbed the county magistrate's private treasury and took away all his property. Now, do you think he can let Bozu stand out? If you don’t separate the family and express your attitude to the magistrate, do you think your son can stand out?”

"Dad, not only is my future gone, but the Sun family may also terminate the engagement. The county magistrate has been running Pingchuan County for one term. He was just re-elected this year and has four years left. As long as he is here, I can't think of getting ahead. . As long as we separate from the big house and let my father-in-law take action in front of the magistrate, I still have a bright future. "

Lu Shengcai was silent. He felt that what they said was reasonable, but...

Privately, he still felt that this matter had nothing to do with Su Qingyu.

She didn't know what Ma Mingwen did. Lord Tong San didn't look for her again, so the matter must have passed. And she also gave birth to her eldest grandchild. If Bo Cheng knew that he separated the two of them, he would definitely blame him.

When Bo Cheng left, he promised him that he would take good care of her.

If anything happens to Bo Cheng in the future, how will they live as orphans and widowers?

"Dad, you have to decide what to do. If you don't separate the family, I will go to the Sun family as a son-in-law."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Can your father be willing to let you be someone's son-in-law?" Mrs. Wu grabbed him anxiously and angrily, for fear that he would really make this decision.

Lu Shengcai looked up at Lu Bozu in shock and fear: "You, you really think so?"

Lu Bozu insisted: "Yes. If dad you don't want to separate the family and gamble with my future, I will go to the Sun family. The Sun family will definitely cultivate me well. Dad, don't you always hope that I can Do you want to get a meritorious service? As long as I have a meritorious service, my family will be exempted from military service. Then my grandparents in the countryside will be grateful to me."

Lu Shengcai was stunned after hearing this.

It took a long time before he uttered: "You, let dad think about it."

Lu Bozu saw that he had talked a lot, but his father kept insisting, and said anxiously: "Dad, you have to hurry up, the government examination will start in a few days, and I have to go to the Sun family to ask for advice."

Wu glanced at Lu Shengcai, who had his head buried in his hands, and pushed Lu Bozu: "You go to rest and freshen up first. Don't you know your father? He must be looking at you."

After Lu Bozu left, Mrs. Wu said to Lu Shengcai: "How long do you have to think about it? It's not like we don't care about her after the family separation, it's just that her household registration is not in the same place. She is usually in the town, I can still stop her Are you going to see your eldest grandson? If you don’t want to separate, you can stay alone with your eldest grandson in Fengting Town, and I will take Bozu and the others to Pingchuan County.”