Hiding her pregnancy and divorce, she stopped licking and the general panicked

Chapter 150 Feeling sorry for the veterans

"The emperor is afraid of the Lu family, so it's fine if he doesn't care about the old friendship."

"Emperors are afraid of their ministers gaining too much power. Once they secure the throne, they want to hold all the power in their own hands. I understand this, and I will take the initiative to avoid suspicion."

"But Dad can't bear to see his soldiers being bullied and mistreated!"

"Especially those disabled veterans who lost their youth and lives on the battlefield, and what was the result?"

"Leaving the battlefield, they lived worse than dogs. They received neither the respect nor the pensions they deserved. They dragged their injured and sick bodies, unable to work, and the court ignored them. After returning, they could only wait to die."

"Take Jiaojiao's father for example. Before he was injured, he was a general of the fourth rank. Even he is so miserable, let alone those soldiers without any official rank?"

"They came to me, some asking for money for medicine, some asking for a bag of food. They are all my brothers who have been through thick and thin together. Seeing their miserable plight, I can't help but feel resentful."

"So, after drinking, I would write down what was on my mind to vent a little. When I sobered up, I would have my servants burn it."

As Lu Jingming spoke, he suddenly walked out and said in a dignified voice, "Raise your head."

"Edamame... is that you!?"

This person was his personal servant and the son of Mao Dawu, a veteran soldier under his command.

Mao Dawu was an old soldier who was injured and had no money for treatment. After his death, he entrusted his only child to him.

This child has been with him for many years, and he raises him like his own son or nephew.

"Why do you do this?"

Maodou's eyes were red and swollen, and he was crying with tears and snot: "Master, it's Maodou who is sorry for you."

"Maodou will die as a token of his guilt."

Lu Ziqian immediately stepped forward, removed his jaw, and dug out the poison hidden in his teeth.

But it didn't prevent Maodou from opening the fire stick.

With a loud bang, a raging fire ignited all over Maodou's body. The scorching temperature made Lu Ziqian instinctively let go and step back.

Several people used clothes to beat out the fire, but it seemed that the fire could not be extinguished and it would burn again as soon as it was put out.

By the time people came to fetch water, it was already too late.

Su Yujiao went forward to check and found that there were no vital signs.

Lu Jingming's eyes were red. Even though this kid betrayed him, he never thought of letting him die.

And it was such a tragic death!

Who is so cruel?!

Whose way did the Lu family block?

"Carry it away and bury it properly."

Lu Ziqian comforted: "Dad, now is not the time to be sad, let's talk about business first."

Lu Jingming nodded helplessly.

Lu Ziqian picked up a few of the letters and asked, "Did someone imitate your handwriting?"

“But it doesn’t look like an imitation.”

Su Yujiao said: "This is not an imitation, the words on it are all my father's handwriting."

“This should be the unveiling.”

"When making rice paper, sheets are stacked one by one."

"Because the paper that comes out of the pulp still has a lot of moisture, we need to stack the paper and then separate it one by one to dry it when the moisture is low."

"One sheet at a time is called single xuan paper. If it is dried in two layers, it is called double xuan paper."

"Although the dried Xuan paper is made up of two layers of paper, it generally does not separate easily. This kind of paper is thicker, so it absorbs much more saturated ink and color."

"The layers of painting and calligraphy are richer than on Xuan paper, and they can withstand multiple layers of rendering and polishing without showing any 'holes'."

"Some mounting experts can peel off one painting to reveal two paintings, and some can even peel off three or four paintings."

Su Yujiao pointed at the letters on the table and said, "These letters must have been written by someone who peeled off Dad's handwriting one by one from the original letters and then pieced them together to form a new article."

"This way, you can achieve a realistic effect."

Lu Jingming slammed the table in anger, "Who on earth is so deliberate in framing the Lu family?"

"Jiaojiao, do you know something? Otherwise, why would you stop it in advance?"

"You're making such a fuss today, not because you're targeting the Southern Frontier Kingdom, but because you're afraid the dragon robe will be carried into the palace?"

Su Yujiao nodded, feeling that all her efforts today were not in vain.

Lu Ziqian looked at her in disbelief. If she hadn't tried her best to stop him today, the entire Lu family would have been executed just because of the dragon robe and these letters.

Lu Ziqian was still in a daze, but Lu Jingming suddenly bowed to Su Yujiao, scaring Su Yujiao so much that she quickly dodged away.

"Dad, what are you doing? How can your daughter-in-law accept such a generous gift from you?"

Lu Jingming still bent over and refused to stand up: "Jiaojiao, you can bear this bow!"

"If it weren't for you today, the Lu family would be finished."

"The Lu family is blessed to have you!"

"Dad is the elder, you are the younger, Dad can't kneel to you, let him kneel."

After Lu Jingming finished speaking, he kicked Lu Ziqian's knees hard. Lu Ziqian bent his knees and fell to his knees.

"Kowtow to Jiaojiao."

Lu Ziqian looked awkward. If the door was closed and it was just him and Jiaojiao, he would kneel however he wanted and would even be happy to bark like a dog.

But now that so many people were watching him kneeling and kowtowing to his wife, he felt very embarrassed.

Bang! Lu Jingming slapped him on the back of the head and roared, "Kowtow."

"Knock again!"

"You owe Jiaojiao this. You don't cherish such a good wife, but you are blind to mess with the stinky shit outside."

"You're such a bitch. No matter how stinky the shit is out there, you still want to try it if you haven't tasted it yet?"

Lu Ziqian refused to accept the offer and stiffened his neck, "Who tasted it?"

"Shit has to get on me, and I can't get rid of it."

Slap, slap, slap, a few more slaps.

"How dare you talk back?"

"If I ask you to kowtow, then do it. From now on, treat Jiaojiao as your ancestor. If she weren't here today, you wouldn't even have the chance to kowtow."

"If you dare to do something stupid again, I'll break your legs."

Lu Jingming roughly forced Lu Ziqian to kowtow to Su Yujiao several times, and then kicked him on the butt.

"Go inform your mother and gather the whole government together. I have something to say."

"Ah."

Lu Ziqian was in a good mood and was happy even if he was beaten.

He doesn't have to marry Chen Yunniang anymore, so Jiaojiao shouldn't be angry anymore, right?

She must not be angry anymore, otherwise she would not risk her life to save the lives of the whole mansion.

"You two get out too." He ordered the Wei sisters.

"Yes."

"Jiaojiao, you knew there was a dragon robe in the box, so why didn't you tell me? This way, Dad could make arrangements earlier, and you wouldn't have to take the risk of stopping him."

"Today you're gambling with your life and blowing up the house. It's really too dangerous."

"Don't do such dangerous things again."

Su Yujiao said helplessly: "Dad, there are some things I can't say clearly."

"Why?"

"I don't know how to explain it."

"Actually, I told you what was in the box in the study before, but you kept saying you couldn't hear clearly."

"Then I wrote it down on paper, but it was just ink spots."

"This is probably the secret that cannot be revealed."

Lu Jingming opened his eyes wide. How could such a magical thing happen?