marquis of jingan

Chapter 6 Dean Lu and Miss Lu

Lu Anshi used to be an official in his early years, and after working for a few years, he resigned and returned to his hometown Ganquan Academy to concentrate on his studies. Apart from lecturing or teaching privately, the students don't pay much attention to the chores of the academy.

Rather than saying that he is the dean, it is better to say that he is an honorary dean, and more like a lecturer.

Because of this, Lu Shanchang was not very clear about the murder that happened in the academy a few days ago. Seeing a young man kneeling in front of him, Lu Anshi frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand to help Shen Ling up in front of him. , while supporting him, he said: "Mr. Shen, Mr. Lu has no official or position, and he is not your teacher, so he shouldn't be so respectful. Get up and talk."

Shen Ling still knelt on the ground and refused to get up. He bowed his head deeply to Lu Anshi, and said in a sad voice: "Sir, my younger brother is a student of Ganquan Academy, your student, please save him!"

Lu Anshi shook his head slightly: "Mr. Shen, this old man has no official or job title. He is just a scholar. Since the government has already taken him away, this matter must be taken care of by the government. How can I intervene?"

"If the Jiangdu county government manages it, my brother will definitely die!"

Shen Ling looked up at Lu Anshi, and took out the note that Shen Yi wrote in the prison from his arms.

"Sir, this is written by my younger brother in prison. The words are written with blood and tears. My Shen family is weak and weak. At this moment, I can't even enter the county government. In the entire Jiangdu Prefecture, at this time, only sir can save him!"

Lu Anshi took a piece of withered straw paper from Shen Ling. Seeing that although the handwriting on the paper was crooked, but he could still see the basics of the brushwork, and seeing the content on the paper, the dean of Ganquan Academy lowered his eyebrows slightly. , glanced at Shen Ling, lowered his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Shen, it's late at night, and the door is inconvenient. Let's talk in the study."

Shen Ling was overjoyed when he heard the words, immediately stood up, and said to Lu Anshi with his hands down: "Thank you, sir..."

Lu Anshi didn't speak, turned around silently, Shen Ling followed behind him, and entered Ganquan Academy, soon, under the leadership of Dean Lu, Shen Ling entered Lu Anshi's study.

After entering the study, the Jiangzuo Confucian first sat down in his own study, then lowered his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Shen sits too."

Shen Ling took a deep breath, lowered his hands and said, "Sir, this junior just stands and listens."

Lu Anshi didn't force it either, but put the piece of paper written by Shen Yi on his desk, read it again by the candlelight on the desk, then looked up at Shen Yi, and said, "Mr. I’m afraid it’s not enough to believe.”

Before Shen Ling arrived, he had already thought up his speech, he bowed his head and said: "Sir, this murder happened in the academy, so it is impossible for such a big event to be just a few of them present, sir, looking for some witnesses in the academy Just ask, it will be clear, besides..."

Shen Ling gritted his teeth and said: "My brother has been thin and weak since he was a child. Some people called him "Skinny Chai" when he was a child. Although he has improved a little in the past two years, he is still worse than his peers. How can he beat him to death by himself? Chen Qing, a classmate who is one year older than him?"

Lu Anshi didn't speak, and continued to look at the straw paper in front of him. Finally, his eyes fell on the three words "Fan Dongcheng" written on the straw paper, so this Mr. Lu sighed slightly, and said: "Fan Dongcheng, Jiangdu Fan Family..."

He raised his head to look at Shen Ling, lowered his eyebrows and said, "The fifth son of the Fan family works as a servant in the capital."

The old fifth in Lu Anshi's mouth is Fan Dongcheng's fifth uncle. He went to high school more than ten years ago, and later made his way in the officialdom. Now he is the servant of the sixth department.

This official position sounds like nothing, but it is boundless and heavy when it falls on Jiangdu Mansion, Shen Family, or even Ganquan Academy.

It is precisely because of this Fan Shilang that the Jiangdu county government is so eager to suspend this case and place the charges on Shen Yi. This matter has been settled, and the county magistrate Feng who was originally an ordinary official , it is possible to hug Fan Shilang's thigh, and in a few years, maybe he can get a job as a magistrate.

Shen Ling's right hand trembled, he raised his head to look at Lu Anshi, and his voice also trembled: "Sir, are you... also afraid of the power of the Fan family?"

Lu Anshi shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm studying in Ganquan Academy. First, I don't violate the laws of the country. Second, I don't want to be an official. I won't be afraid of anyone. The key is your family."

"With such a servant here, even if what is written on this piece of paper is true..."

Speaking of this, Lu Anshi didn't continue talking, he lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the yellow paper in front of him, and said indifferently: "It's too late today, let's go, I will take a walk in the academy tomorrow, and ask about the day. What happened, if what you said is true, old man..."

"The old man will go to the Jiangdu county government to see if he can see the child, at least..."

Lu Shan let out a long sigh: "At least try to save this child's life."

Without further ado, Shen Ling knelt down in front of Lu Anshi with a "plop", kowtowed and said, "If sir can save my brother's life, he will be a great benefactor of the Shen family. Everyone in the Shen family will do their best to repay sir."

"But it's just doing some serious things, and you don't need to repay."

Mr. Lu shook his head slightly, got up to support Shen Ling, and sighed: "It's a pity that Mr. Lu is so soft-spoken. Whether he can help you is still unknown."

"It's past midnight now, I'll ask someone to arrange a place for Mr. Shen."

Hearing this, Shen Ling bowed his head again in thanks.

Soon, under Lu Anshi's arrangement, Shen Ling was taken to live in the guest room of Ganquan Academy. After making arrangements for Shen Ling, Lu Anshi did not go back to the bedroom to rest, but returned to his study, and relit the lights in the study. Candle.

He is over fifty years old this year, and it is difficult to fall asleep after being woken up. Besides, it is already ugly now, and it will be dawn in one or two hours, so he is not going to sleep today.

Two hours passed quickly, and the sky outside gradually brightened. Someone knocked on Lu Anshi's study room. The dean put down the half-turned volume of geographical maps in his hand, stood up, stretched himself, and pushed the room open. Door.

At the door of the room, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, with a beautiful appearance and wearing a long blue dress, held a basin of hot water in her hand, and softly snorted to Lu Anshi: "I heard that you didn't sleep last night, If you continue to suffer like this, your body will be broken."

Dean Lu put his hands behind his back, looked at the girl holding the hot water, smiled and said, "It's been more than ten years, and this is the first time I've seen Qingque you are so diligent. Why, what kind of clothes do you want to buy?" ? "

The girl called "Qingque" is exactly Lu Anshi's only daughter, Miss Lu who has been with her since she was a child.

Lu Anshi married a young man, but he had no heirs. When he was in his 30s, his wife gave him such a daughter. A few years after giving birth to his daughter, his wife fell ill and passed away. Only father and daughter were left to depend on each other.

A large part of the reason for the resignation of Lu Shanzhang was also because he had no heirs, so he extinguished the motivation to fight in the officialdom, and simply resigned and returned to his hometown to concentrate on doing things he was interested in.

Miss Lu took the hot water and put it on the table in the study, and said shyly, "It turns out that Lian'er did these things. If Dad likes it, my daughter will wash your face with water every day."

"Let's forget it, Qingque is exhausted, as a father, I have to feel sorry for him."

Lu Anshi laughed, walked to the basin, lowered his head and wiped his face with a hot towel, then put down the towel, looked up at his daughter, and said with a half-smile, "You're so courteous, can you ask me for something?"

Miss Lu bit her lip, and carefully glanced at her father.

"Father, there is a student surnamed Shen in our academy who was arrested by officials a few days ago."

Lu Anshi pretended not to know, glanced at his daughter, and said calmly, "And then..."

"My daughter heard that the county government is going to chop off his head..."

Miss Lu lowered her head and lowered her voice.

"Father, I heard from people in the academy that...he was wronged..."

(End of this chapter)