On the evening of the fifth day of October, in the big time Yongfang Lufu, a few cold plum trees in the backyard were budding, and the residual snow under the trees had not completely melted. Inside the house, Lu Bing was accompanying his mother Fan to dinner, and his father Lu Song was also there.

Lu Songyuan was the guard of honor guard of King Xing's mansion, and his wife Fan was selected as the nurse of Zhu Houxi, the son of King Xing, so Lu Bing, who was of the same age, also became the childhood playmate of Zhu Houxi, the son of Xing. Therefore, the relationship between the Lu family and the Xingwang Mansion is very close.

As the so-called one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, Zhu Houxi took the shit luck to become the emperor, and the Lu family naturally followed the Huang Tengda, not only the Fan family was named the lady of the first grade, Lu Song was also promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Weidu, and Lu Bing served as the envoy of the Jinyi Weibei Town.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard is the highest commander of the Jinyi Guard, but when it comes to real power, it is not as good as the Beizhen Fusi Zhenfu Envoy, because the Beizhen Fusi is in charge of the edict and is directly responsible to the emperor.

Of course, no matter who has more power than the father and son, anyway, the entire Jinyiwei system is now in the hands of the Lu family father and son.

If according to the normal establishment, the entire Jinyi Wei system should only have 5,600 people, but the number of Jinyi guards in the Ming Dynasty was very flexible, with 50,000 or 60,000 at most, and even only one or two thousand at less. For example, there were tens of thousands of Jinyi guards in the Zhengde Dynasty, and most of them were laid off when Zhu Houxi ascended the throne, so there are only about 6,000 Jinyi guards today, and Beizhen Fusi alone accounts for half of the manpower.

Fan is about thirty years old, with fair skin, plump figure, and a few appearances, but at this time he is worried and sighs from time to time.

Lu Song frowned and said, "What's the matter, but tonight's meal is not the right one?" ”

Although the status of women in ancient times was generally low, it also depends on the specific situation, if a woman has a strong background in her mother's family, or she is strong, then she may not be in a weak position in her husband's family, and may even suppress her husband. For example, Fan's family, although her mother's background is average, but as the emperor's nurse, a first-class lady, if the rank is higher than her husband Lu Song, it is as easy to enter and leave the palace to see the queen mother as it is to go to the market, so Fan's position in the family is relatively strong, and the head of the family, Lu Song, is in a weak position.

At this time, I saw Fan put down his chopsticks and said with a sigh: "I thought that our family would fly from the dragon to the sky, and from then on we could soar, at least like those noble families for more than a hundred years...... What should I do? ”

Lu Song suddenly said with some displeasure: "Nonsense, the inner city is as solid as a rock, how can the Tartars fight in, and in the future, don't say such frustrating words that shake the hearts of the army, if it reaches the ears of the emperor, it will be very bad!" ”

Fan has always been strong at home, and did not take her husband's reproach in her eyes, and said with a slight sarcasm: "Solid as a rock? How did the outer city be breached by the Tartars, and now even the Tartar Khan has come, and he has brought more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, can the inner city really be defended? Although the concubine is a woman, she is not a three-year-old child who doesn't know anything! ”

Lu Song's face was slightly gloomy, but he chose to remain silent very interestingly, because he knew very well that once he refuted, his wife Fan would definitely chatter with him.

Fan saw that her husband didn't speak, just lowered his head with a black face and picked up the rice, and couldn't help but be more angry in his heart, and said: "It's all because you're useless as a father, Bing'er is now eighteen years old and hasn't married, if you hurry up Zhang Luo, maybe Bing'er has already spread its branches, and now the Tartars are sharpening their knives outside the city, once they enter the city, Bing'er will have three more sheets and two shorts, then our Lu family will cut off the incense, and we will face the ancestors of the Lu family under Jiuquan in the future." ”

The more Fan Shi spoke, the more excited he became, and even his eyes turned red, as if the Tartars were about to come in and kill Lu Bing and make their Lu family cut off the incense.

Lu Song frowned and said in a deep voice: "You are making trouble, pure wicked people sue first, isn't Bing'er's marriage always decided by you?" I couldn't pick what I liked, and now I blame me, how can this really be true! ”

Fan said angrily: "Bing'er's marriage is decided by me, but if you are a father, you can't have dim sum, don't always count on me!" ”

Lu Bing couldn't help but roll his eyes, put the bowl down, wiped his mouth and stood up and said: "The child is full, if you have something to go back to the yamen, your father and mother will eat slowly!" ”

"Bing'er, come back, my mother still has nothing to say...... Come back! ”

Lu Bingda walked out of the house, ignoring Fan's call behind him.

"I'm so angry, the stinky boy has hard wings now, and he doesn't even listen to his mother's words, it's all because you don't teach your son well as a father." Fan saw his son Lu Bingtou leave without looking back, and immediately sprinkled all the fire on her husband.

Lu Bing walked out of the backyard quickly, until he couldn't hear his mother Fan's annoying noise before he breathed a sigh of relief, as a son, Lu Bing has always disagreed with his mediocre father, but admired his tolerance for his mother!

"Subordinates, see Lord Zhenfu!"

As soon as Lu Bing walked out of the house, a henchman came up to salute, it was that Zhang Huan. It is said that Lu Bing has a total of three thousand households, and this Zhang is one of them, and the other two are named Shi Fengqing and Hong Zhen.

"But there's movement over there in the Xu Mansion?" Lu Bing asked in a deep voice.

Because Zhang Huan has been specifically responsible for staring at the Xu Mansion recently, Lu Bing has this question.

Zhang Huan shook his head and replied, "The Xu Mansion is normal and not abnormal. ”

Lu Bing couldn't help frowning deeply when he heard this, in his opinion, if Han Dajie was really in the Xu Mansion, he would definitely have told Xie Xiaowan everything, plus the two people he sent to the Xu Mansion a few days ago had already missed, and they were either killed or captured alive, so Xie Xiaowan should have made a move.

However, now that there is no movement in the Xu Mansion, and Xie Xiaowan has not been seen entering the palace to complain to the emperor, there must be a demon when something goes wrong, so Lu Bing is even more nervous at this time.

Lu Bing's face was cloudy and contemplative, and after a while, he came to his senses, stared at Zhang Huan and said, "Since there is no movement in the Xu Mansion, why did you come here to find this town?" ”

Zhang Huan's eyes flashed, and he lowered his voice and said: "Lord Zhenfu, now that the Tartar army is eyeing outside the city, it seems that the emperor will definitely not accept the conditions of the Tartars, tomorrow is the three-day period, and the brothers have no bottom in their hearts, so they set up a table of wine, and please calm the Lord to appreciate it." ”

Lu Bing's face suddenly darkened when he heard this, although the husband and wife were originally birds in the same forest, and they flew separately when disaster came, but his henchmen were carrying themselves behind their backs to engage in tandem, Lu Bing was still quite unhappy in his heart, and said coldly: "Lead the way!" ”

Zhang Huan hurriedly laughed and said, "Lord Zhenfu, please follow your subordinates!" ”

The name Drunken Red Mansion sounds a bit dusty, but it is not a green building, but a restaurant in Dashi Yongfang, even if it is ranked first in the entire capital, the elite circle knows that the boss behind the drunken red mansion is the British government.

At this time, Zhang Huan took Lu Bing outside the drunken red mansion, and said with a smile: "Please calm the adult, Tianzi Yayuan." ”

"Zhang Huan, it seems that your kid has made a lot of money in the past few years!" Lu Bing said with a slight sarcasm.

It is said that there are four independent courtyards in the drunken red mansion, which are called heaven, earth, xuan, and yellow, which are not affordable for ordinary people, and the lowest consumption is more than 1,000 taels, even if people with huge family assets will feel pain when they eat here.

Zhang Huan's expression was a little unnatural, and he said with a smile: "Thanks to the blessing of Lord Zhenfu, his subordinates have indeed earned some silver in recent years, please come in Lord Zhenfu, Shi Fengqing and Hong Zhen are already waiting inside." ”

Lu Bing flicked his sleeves, strode inside, walked through the running hall to the back, and followed the stone-paved path to Tianzihao Yayuan.

The area of Tianzi Yayuan is not large, but it is very elegantly arranged, the plum blossoms compete with each other, the fragrance is fragrant, there is a spring pool mist rising, I don't know whether it is a hot spring or the hot water that is artificially added.

Zhang Huan led Lu Bing into the house, however, when the latter saw the three people sitting in the room, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then turned his head and stared at Zhang Huan viciously.

It turned out that sitting in the room at this time was not Lu Bing's henchmen Shi Fengqing and Hong Zhen, but the British Gong Zhang Lun, Lingbi Hou Tang Shaozong, and Guo Xun.

"Bing Shao, it's been a long time!" Guo Xun and the three of them stood up and greeted with a smile.

The British public Zhang Lun said in a good time: "Bingshao, don't blame Zhang Huan, he is a member of his own family, and his own public asked him to do things, but he didn't dare not listen." ”

Lu Bing's face was cloudy, he had always regarded Zhang Huan as his confidant, but he didn't expect this to be a British duke, Ma, these noble families are really not to be underestimated, and the power of hundreds of years of family power is estimated to have penetrated into all departments of the imperial court.

"I don't know what advice the British duke has for Lu Bing today?" Lu Bing asked in a deep voice.

The British Duke said with a smile: "Bing is young and safe, the weather is cold, it is better to sit down and drink a glass of hot wine to warm up and then chat!" ”

Lu Bing's eyes were hesitant, but he still sat down at the table, and Zhang Huan hurriedly stepped forward to pour him a glass of warm wine. Lu Bing couldn't help but snort coldly, and when he was brought by Zhang Huanyu, he was naturally very angry in his heart.

Zhang Lun took a sip of his wine glass, and said with a light smile: "The national public heard Zhang Huan say that Han Dajie is now hiding in the Xu Mansion, and Bing Shao is worried about this matter?" ”

Lu Bing's face couldn't help but change greatly, and his right hand subconsciously pressed the handle of the embroidered spring knife. Guo Xun hurriedly said: "Bing Shao, don't be impulsive, we have no malicious intent, we are looking for Bing Shao today, just to pull Bing Shao, you must know that the few people present are not dealing with Xu Jin!" ”

Lu Bing's face changed, but the hand holding the handle of the knife slowly loosened.

Zhang Lun took another sip of wine and said leisurely: "Bing Shao, my lord heard that Han Dajie had found out that Zhang Yin was suspected of having a problem, but in order to frame Xu Jin, you forced it down, and also coerced Han Dajie to give false testimony in front of the emperor, which led to Xu Jin being wronged. Hehe, if this matter reaches the ears of the emperor, I wonder what the emperor will do with you? Punishment? Cooking? Car crack? Or is it Ling Chi? ”

Lu Bing's face turned bloodless, and cold sweat broke out on his back......