annihilation

Chapter 15 Infernal Affairs

Lu Yang bowed politely and said, "Uncle Duan, I don't know if you remember that one night more than ten years ago, a young man and woman came here to stay overnight?"

Duan Zhengyuan really doesn't remember, after all, it's been too long, more than ten years have passed.Over the years, there are too many people who have come to his place to stay overnight, most of them are people of status, but a child like Lu Yang has never come here alone.However, the tone of the other party's speech is not like that of a child from an ordinary family.

For a while, Duan Zhengyuan became curious about Lu Yang's identity. He looked at Lu Yang for a while, and said, "Little guy, I'm afraid I can't remember what happened for so many years. Judging by your age, you should only be in your teens. More than ten years ago, your parents came to the humble house to stay overnight, and I should be able to recall your parents' names."

Lu Yang hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't say his father's name, and replied, "My mother is Su Rui. I don't know if my uncle has any impression?"

Not to mention, Duan Zhengyuan really thought of Su Rui, not because of how close Su Rui was to him, but because Su Rui's mother was so beautiful when she was young, and most men can't forget it after seeing it.On that night more than ten years ago, Duan Zhengyuan heard that a young man and woman had come. These two were Lu Yang's parents. At that time, Lu Zhentian was not the patriarch of the Lu family, and the Lu family was not as big as it is now.

Duan Zhengyuan wanted to take Su Rui's mother as his concubine after seeing Su Rui's mother, but he didn't expect that as soon as he expressed his intention, Lu Zhentian told him that Su Rui was his woman.Duan Zhengyuan naturally didn't believe it, and after secretly inquiring for a while, and later learned that there was no relationship between the two, he was very angry, and felt that Lu Zhentian had deceived him.

Later, Duan Zhengyuan wanted to go to the Lu family to propose a marriage, and an even more unexpected scene appeared. The old patriarch of the Lu family had made great contributions to the empire, and he was named a duke, transforming from a small family into a giant existence.Even if Duan Zhengyuan was unwilling, he didn't dare to contend with such a big family, so he finally gave up the idea.

The thought was dismissed, but Duan Zhengyuan couldn't forget Su Rui's appearance. Su Rui's young and beautiful appearance often appeared in his mind.Maybe many people don't believe in love at first sight, Duan Zhengyuan is like this for Su Rui, otherwise after so many years, Su Rui's appearance would not be heard immediately after hearing this name.

Duan Zhengyuan looked at Lu Yang more carefully. From this point of view, Lu Yang's appearance was indeed somewhat similar to Su Rui, and he couldn't help asking: "Are you really Su Rui's child?"

"Yes! I am." Lu Yang replied.

Regret flashed in Duan Zhengyuan's eyes, and he thought of something immediately, and asked, "Who is your father?"

"This..." Lu Yang thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Uncle, I don't want to mention my father. I want to live here for a while this time. Is it convenient?"

Hearing this, Duan Zhengyuan didn't even think about it, so he agreed: "If someone else comes to live for a while, I may not agree. Since you are Su Rui's daughter, of course you can." Then, he looked at Wu Zhongpu beside him. , said in a commanding tone: "Butler Wu, go and prepare a good wing for your nephew, and have dinner with me at night."

"Yes." Wu Zhongpu was very good at being a man, and said to Lu Yang respectfully, "Master Lu, please come with this old slave."

Wu Zhongpu brought Lu Yang to a large wing room, then left, and hurried to the study.

Before the door of the study was closed, Duan Zhengyuan came out as soon as footsteps sounded, and said, "Tell me! What did he show, and you brought him here?"

"Master, you are so smart, you must have guessed it." Wu Zhongpu said flatteringly.

Duan Zhengyuan did guess it, he even guessed that Wu Zhongpu came back, and said in a concentrated voice: "Just now you called him Young Master Lu, it seems that he is Lu Zhentian's son. I know all about Lu Zhentian's wives and concubines, and there is no Su Rui, even if he is Lu Zhentian's son is also a bastard, so you let him in after he announced Lu Zhentian's name?"

"Master, your analysis is absolutely correct. This guy is indeed not Lu Zhentian's son. You can tell from his clothes that he should be a concubine." Wu Zhongpu said, "I don't understand at all, since he is Bastard, why do you have the jade pendant of the Lu family, judging from the appearance of the jade pendant, it should belong to the head of the family."

Duan Zhengyuan was slightly taken aback, and said in disbelief: "What, you said he has Lu Zhentian's jade pendant?"

"That's right! If he hadn't shown such a jade pendant, the old servant wouldn't have brought him here on his own initiative." Wu Zhongpu kept observing Duan Zhengyuan's eyes when he was speaking, obviously worried that Duan Zhengyuan would get angry.

Duan Zhengyuan didn't blame him, he was silent for a while, and then said: "This matter is a bit complicated, how do you think we should handle it?"

Wu Zhongpu thought for a while, and said: "My lord, since he has Lu Zhentian's jade pendant, he must have a high status in the family. Now that he ran out wearing such a suit of clothes and stayed at the Duan's house, it is most likely that he came to escape from disaster. .There is only one reason why the eldest sons of big families take refuge, and that is to fight for the position of heir. We might as well let him live here. If he..."

Duan Zhengyuan obviously knew what he was going to say, snorted coldly, and interrupted: "Don't try to control the Lu family, even if this kid is capable in the future, he may not be able to become the heir of the Lu family in the future. So what if Lu Zhentian likes him? There are so many elders in the family! It is not easy to become the future patriarch of the Lu family, the bigger the family, the more difficult it is."

Wu Zhongpu nodded quickly, and said: "My master taught me that this old slave thinks too much."

Duan Zhengyuan waved his hand, and said seriously: "Okay, don't tell anyone his identity. I'll go to Lu's house overnight to see if Lu Zhentian knows about it. If he knows, that's the best way, and he can be returned to him." The Lu family, we can also avoid unnecessary troubles. If we don’t know, Lu Zhentian may be grateful to us, and it’s a good thing to secretly support our Duan family.”

In the evening of that day, Lu Yang was dining alone in the side room, and Wu Zhongpu told him that Duan Zhengyuan had to go out temporarily.

Lu Yang didn't take it to heart either. Duan Zhengyuan was the head of the Duan family, so he was naturally busy with affairs, and it was impossible for him to be around a half-old child.After dinner, Lu Yang went to bed. After all, he was just a child, and his mind was relatively simple.He never dreamed that the person introduced by his mother would also betray his master.

Duan Zhengyuan went to Tianlang City overnight, and went straight to Lu Mansion.

Tianlang City is the largest city in Tianyuan County, and it is also the place where the county government is located. All the big families in the county live here, and the residence of the Lu family is naturally also in the city.Compared with Hechong County, Tianlang City is many times bigger than it. The guards guarding the city wall are all strong in the early stage of the earth level. If they have not reached the earth level, they cannot become guards at all. It is said that the repair of the general guarding the city Because it has reached the strength of the sky.

When he came to Lu's house, after Duan Zhengyuan reported his identity, Ye Hong, the housekeeper of Lu's house, received him.

When Ye Hong heard that Duan Zhengyuan came late at night, he was very surprised. He came to greet him in person, and politely said, "Patriarch Duan, why did you come to Lu Mansion late at night?"

Duan Zhengyuan didn't talk nonsense. After following Ye Hong to the guest room, he went straight to the topic, "Is Patriarch Lu there? Duan has something important to inform."

"Important matter?" Ye Hong has followed Lu Zhentian for many years and has been Lu Zhentian's confidant since he was a child. He handles many matters that are not confidential, so he said, "I don't know how important this matter is, can you tell this old slave?"

Duan Zhengyuan thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "This matter is of great importance, I must see Patriarch Lu."

Ye Hong didn't say much, and said truthfully: "Patriarch Duan, to tell you the truth, the master has left Lu Mansion for a few days, and he won't be back soon. Patriarch Duan is waiting for the master to come back here, or?"

"Leaving?" Duan Zhengyuan rolled his eyes, seemed to understand what was going on, waved his hand and said, "Since I'm not here, then don't bother me, I'll go to the inn to rest for a night." After saying that, he turned around and left .

Ye Hong didn't dare to be negligent, after all, the other party was also a duke, so he hurriedly said, "Patriarch Duan, why don't you stay overnight in the Lu residence?"

"No, I have to see a few old friends later, so don't bother me." Duan Zhengyuan said, and had already walked out of the guest room.

Ye Hong naturally wanted to send Duan Zhengyuan out. As soon as the two arrived at the corridor, a young man appeared.The boy's face was a little pale, his brows were tightly wrinkled, obviously in a bad mood.Two servants followed behind the young man. The servants held the medicine bowls in both hands and followed behind him step by step.This young man is none other than Lu Tao, the young master of the Lu family and Lu Future's successor.

When Lu Tao saw Duan Zhengyuan, he was startled for a moment, and then he cupped his fists and said, "Uncle Duan, what brought you here?"

There are nine counties in the Western Chu Kingdom, and Tianyuan County ranks among the top three in terms of land area and wealth. The Lu family is the largest family in the county, and the rest of the small families are subordinate to it.That's why, whenever the Lu family has important events, people from other families will come. As the future heir of the family, Lu Tao knows the patriarchs and legitimate sons of other families.

Duan Zhengyuan didn't expect to see Lu Tao either. When he saw the servant holding the medicine bowl, he couldn't help asking: "Master Lu, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I've got some cold, I'll be fine in a few days." Lu Tao waved his hand and changed the subject, "Uncle Duan, my father is not in the mansion, how about my nephew come to receive you tonight?"

Duan Zhengyuan was silent for a while, with an imperceptible and weird smile on the corner of his mouth, he said: "Well, I also have something to say to Young Master Lu tonight."

Ye Hong has been a housekeeper for so many years, so he is naturally mature, so he hurriedly said: "Isn't that good! Why don't you wait for the master to come back, and then invite Patriarch Duan to come?"

Ye Hong could tell at a glance that Duan Zhengyuan wanted to tell Lu Tao the secret, so he wanted to interrupt.He has followed Lu Zhentian for so many years, and he knows Lu Zhentian's thoughts well. After all, Lu Tao is still young, and there are many things that cannot be known to him. If he understands the secrets of the family too early, he will have full wings in the future, and it is very likely that he will force Lu Zhentian to hand over the patriarch. s position.

Lu Tao's face darkened, he glared at Ye Hong, and said angrily, "Butler Ye, what do you mean? Father is not in the mansion, so can I entertain Uncle Duan on behalf of the Lu family?"