Denghuaxiao

Chapter 4
In the following time, Lu Tong and Yin Zheng asked around for some news about the Lu family.

The day always passed quickly, and as evening approached, the two found an inn to stay.

The journey was tiring and I didn’t eat much.Yin Zheng asked the shopkeeper to prepare food, while Lu Tong sat alone in the room.

There was also a poria cake that Yin Zheng bought from the woman on the table. It was opened hastily and blurred into a dark mass by the half-lit lamp.

Lu Tong's eyes were a little cold.

She had stayed in the mountains for seven years, and her luggage was surprisingly simple. The most precious thing was just this medical box.I returned home with great expectations, but what I was waiting for was bad news.

The father has always been strict in teaching his children. When one of them made a mistake when they were young, the three of them were punished together.When Lu Qian was young, he had a fight with his brothers and made rude remarks, so his father punished him with twenty lashes of cane and went to his home to plead guilty.The entire Changwu County knew that the Lu family had a strict family tradition, so how could they steal money and humiliate others?

Lu Rou died, and it was even more strange that his father encountered a flood on the road. There was only a section of waterway from Changwu County to the capital, and there had been no reports of shipwrecks in the past.Why did something happen to my father as soon as he entered Beijing?And mother... Lu Tong's eyes darkened.

A family of four has accidents happening frequently within a year. There is no such coincidence in the world.

Lu Tong slowly clenched his palms.

Now that my mother's body has not been left behind, the people in Changwu County can't tell clearly. There must be a case file in the capital government office about Lu Qian's case, and Lu Rou...

All answers may only be found in the capital.

There were footsteps outside the door, and Yin Zheng walked in with a porcelain bowl, whispering: "I haven't eaten since noon. Girl, I asked them to make some hot porridge... and take a sip to fill your stomach." .”

She placed the porcelain bowl on the table, then turned to Lu Tong and said, "The side dishes will be here soon."

Lu Tong's eyes fell on the porcelain bowl and did not move for a long time.

Yin Zheng looked at her expression, thought for a while, and couldn't help but persuade her: "Girl, please forgive me and accept the change..."

She knew that Lu Tong had been away from home for many years, and it would inevitably be upsetting to return to her hometown now that things and people had changed.However, after encountering this kind of situation, Yin Zheng racked her brains and couldn't think of any words of comfort, so she could only give him stiff words of comfort.

Lu Tong asked: "Yinzheng, how long have you been following me?"

Yin Zheng was stunned and subconsciously replied: "...about half a year."

"Most of the year..." Lu Tong looked at the lamp on the table.

Yin Zheng was a little worried. After a while, she heard Lu Tong's voice: "In this case, let's say goodbye here."

"Girl!" Yinzheng looked at her in disbelief.

Yin Zheng is a brothel girl who was sold into the entertainment industry by her father, a gambler, since she was a child.She was born smart and beautiful, but had an unfortunate fate. She contracted the disease when she was 16 years old.

The old madam refused to spend money on her medical treatment, and he thought she smelled bad and could no longer receive guests. So one night, she asked the servant in the building to roll up the silver zheng in a mat and throw it into a mass grave on Luomei Peak.

At that time, Yin Zheng was already dying and was just waiting to lose her breath. Unexpectedly, she met Lu Tong at Luanfen Mang.

Lu Tong carried her back to the mountain and treated her. Later, Yin Zheng's disease was cured.

Yin Zheng still doesn't know why Lu Tong appears in the graveyard late at night, and she never asks more questions.This cold-looking girl seems to have many secrets.However, since then, Yin Zheng has been following Lu Tong.Lu Tong once told her that she could leave on her own, but Yin Zheng was different from Lu Tong. She had no home or relatives, and she did not want to fall into the trap of pleasure again. After much thought, she decided to stay with Lu Tong.

But he didn't expect that Lu Tong would be driven away again today.

"Girl." Yin Zheng knelt down: "But what is wrong with the slave family?" She was a little panicked, "Why did you suddenly drive the slave family away?"

Lu Tong didn't answer her words and walked to the window.It was getting late, night was falling, and Changwu County at night was no longer bustling during the day, and was as deserted as before.

"You also heard today that everyone in my Lu family will die within a year." Lu Tong looked out the window at the long street. The lanterns swayed faintly under the eaves, reflecting the young girl's face particularly brightly.

"I don't believe there is such a coincidence in the world."

"Everything started due to the news of my sister's death. Now there is no one familiar with the Lu family in the entire Changwu County. If we want to find out the truth, the only way is to go to Beijing to confront the Ke family."

She said: "There is something fishy about this matter, I want to go to Beijing."

"Going to the capital?" Yin Zheng forgot about his gaffe and said, "The slave family can go to the capital with the girl, why should we drive the slave family away?"

Lu Tong said nothing, closed the window, walked back to the table and sat down.

Poria cake was placed on the table. After running around all day, the cake in my arms broke into pieces. The crumbs of the cake were blown by the wind and flew up so that the table seemed to be covered with a layer of white frost.

Her voice was cold and cold, as if through a heavy fog: "Didn't the woman selling cakes tell you that my second brother went to Beijing and became a villain who stole people's property and insulted women? My father complained, It just happened that the ship fell into the water and sank. Even if my mother didn't do anything, a fire would have broken out in the house and it would have been burned to the ground."

She looked at Yin Zheng, her dark eyes shining brightly under the light: "If I come to Beijing, how do you know I won't be next?"

Yin Zheng was puzzled at first, but when she understood the meaning of Lu Tong's words, a chill immediately ran down her spine.

The members of the Lu family died strangely. It seemed more like they had offended someone than something evil.It's just that the other party can easily wipe out a life. How can ordinary people do this?

Lu Tong looked at her and said calmly: "Going to the capital here is full of dangers. Since I want to find out the truth about the Lu family, I must confront the people behind it. You are not related to the Lu family, so why get involved. Why don't you just leave here? Go and live a good life in the future.”

"Then the slave family can't leave!" Yin Zheng raised his head and said seriously: "The girl is going to Beijing this time. Since she has to find something to do, she will definitely need help. Although the slave family is not very agile, she can do well in dealing with people. Xu Huan I can help the girl find out the news. It is better to go to Beijing with two people than alone."

Seeing that Lu Tong was still unmoved, Yin Zheng said sincerely: "Besides, the girl also knows that the slave family has no other place to go except following the girl. Although the girl has cured my disease now, I can't tell where. One day the disease relapsed..." At this point, a real sadness arose in my heart, "The only person in this world who doesn't dislike me is a girl."

She was a romantic woman with a heart disease. Ordinary people would have no time to hide when they heard about her, or they would look at her with strange eyes.Only Lu Tong treated her no differently than ordinary people.Only by Lu Tong's side did Yin Zheng feel at ease.

"The girl saves the slave family's life, and the slave family's life belongs to the girl. Even if the front is the dragon's pond and the tiger's den, up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, the slave family will accompany the girl to brave it."

Although the words were spoken boldly, the speaker lacked the confidence and could only look at the person opposite him anxiously, waiting for the other person's answer.

The room was very quiet. After a while, Lu Tong said, "Get up, I'll take you with me."

Yin Zheng was overjoyed, afraid that Lu Tong would regret it and jumped up, so she hurried out and turned to Lu Tong with a smile: "Then it's settled, girls can't lie... Xiaocai should be ready soon , the slave family urged them to deliver it as soon as possible. The girl had eaten early and had a rest. Since she has to go to Beijing, she has to rush again. She still needs to conserve her energy, so she must not waste her energy..."

She walked away again.In the room, Lu Tong stood up.

Half of the lamp on the table was almost burned out, with only a short wick burning orange.Lu Tong lifted the lantern in front of the case, and the weak flame on the table flickered and went out.

A little ember exploded from the dry lamp and scattered around the lamp. At first glance, it looked like a fine flower.

The popping of the wick is a good omen.

Lu Tong looked at the embers in front of her quietly.The pupils reflected the light of the lantern, burning like fire in the dark night.

Denghuaxiao...

With such a good omen, it seems that the trip to Beijing should go smoothly.

(End of this chapter)