Lujia Village, the mansion of the Lu family.

Lu Hanchen and Xu Hao sat face to face in the hall, very happy, the Ministry of Rites presented the request for the establishment of the memorial arch of the Wu Wang's chastity festival to the imperial review, and as expected, the saint approved it.

With such a big favor, Lu Hanchen couldn't help but reciprocate, so he happily agreed to Xu Hao's request and let more water flow downstream.

"Thank you, Duke Lu." Xu Hao looked at the antique decoration of the Song Dynasty in the house, and his thoughts had flown to the era of splendid culture and developed economy.

"It should be the old man who thanks Master Xu to the house, Lord Xu came to the house, and he was full of brilliance." Lu Hanchen smiled and picked up the tea cup and invited the guests to taste the good tea they treasured.

Just as the guests and hosts were talking happily, Lu Er, a long-term worker, ran in with a nervous expression and whispered to Lu Hanchen: "Old lady, there is something to report to you." ”

"What are you running in here for? Don't you see any guests here? I don't know how to count things. Lu Hanchen was very puzzled, "You are so good, you have nothing to say to others, let alone Lord Xu." ”

"It's hard to say if it's small." Lu Er pretended to be mysterious, and corrected his words again, "The little one doesn't dare to say it." ”

"Is there anything you can't say, you don't dare to say it? You say it out loud, and the old man calls the shots for you. Lu Hanchen didn't think so, thinking that it was another in the world.

"What did you say? That's true. ”

"Say it quickly."

"Alas. Then I said, don't care, old lady, it's Miss Yi's business. Lu Er lowered his head after speaking.

"What's wrong with her?" Lu Hanchen didn't know anything about his youngest daughter.

Lu Er smiled secretly in his heart, lowered his head and said, "She has violated the old lady's rules, and she hooked with Young Master Lu in the courtyard of the old house, hooked that one." ”

Xu Hao watched Lu Er hook his two fingers together with each other, and with a slight movement, he deliberately showed a look of surprise.

"What?" Lu Hanchen's face couldn't be hung up, he never expected Lu Er to come to report. It was actually about the ugly thing about the little daughter, and he pointed at him in shock and anger, "You are talking nonsense! ”

The whole person stood up excitedly, as if explaining to the guests, as if explaining to himself, and said angrily: "My Lu family has been a poetry family for hundreds of years, and the door is like a good style, when has there been such an ugly thing that is offensive to morals?" Hugh will hear that the wind is the rain, and ruin my daughter's honor. Warn you Lu Er. There must be evidence to speak, otherwise it is slander. ”

Lu Er's face was innocent, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How dare you be small?" But everyone has already been caught, and they are still tied together, and there is already a commotion outside. ”

"Where?" Lu Hanchen was taken aback, and now he couldn't help but believe it. And Xu Hao gently put down the teacup and said, "You said carefully, how can Miss Lu be with others?" It must have been a misunderstanding. ”

"Yes, you say it carefully." Old lady Lu blushed. The heart is up and down. I heard Lu Er say: "It's in Young Master Lu's house, I don't know what's going on." Anyway, everyone is yelling and scolding, saying that they must be strict and sink into the river. said that this is the old rule of our Lu family, the old rule that the old lady practiced not long ago.

Xu Hao's expression immediately became very intriguing, which made Lu Hanchen even more entangled, and he had killed Feng Er of Xiaojia Village not long ago. There is a lot of resentment over there, and fortunately, Uncle Xu is reasonable and doesn't care, but in this way?

He didn't know that Xu Haoxin at this moment said that this young man was very good at acting. How many people in the village can dare to shout to sink Lu Hanchen's daughter into the river? seems to honestly reflect the opinions of the villagers, but in fact, it must be a nonsense made up by himself.

"Is this worth it? You, you go first, and I'll come. ”

After listening to Lu Er's narration, Lu Hanchen, who was in a tangle, was simply blown up by the five thunders, and the whole person was dizzy, and said staggeringly: "Why is that little evil obstacle so shameless?" Doing such a humiliating thing behind my back, I, me. ”

"Lu Gong, you are angry." Xu Hao pretended to be concerned, and knew very well that Master Lu's most critical sentence was not said, you said that you were just stealing a man, why did you catch it?

Lu Er wasted no time in threatening: "Everyone said that they would wait for your old man to administer justice, and if you don't come, you won't leave." After saying that, he ran out.

"This?" Lu Hanchen looked over for help, and Xu Hao sighed helplessly: "I can't help in the lower commission, I didn't interfere that day, and it's not good to interfere this time, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the villagers."

"Alas!" Lu Hanchen was out of luck, Lord Xu didn't come forward to intercede for the dead ghost Feng Er that day, which undoubtedly gave him a lot of face, of course, it is also the supremacy of etiquette, but then again, he naturally can't help today, and he must not be sprayed to death by the mouth of Xiaojia Village.

Why bother in the first place when you know today? Lu Hanchen had no choice but to go and see what was going on, called two helpers to come in and help him, and said weakly: "Please ask Lord Xu to be a witness." ”

Xu Hao reluctantly said, "It's okay." ”

When the group came out, they saw that the people in the village had strange expressions, and Lu Hanchen especially felt that they were laughing at themselves, meaning that your family also has today?

Everyone had the same goal, and they all rushed to Lu Hao's old house, Lu Hanchen sank like water all the way, and he kept praying in his heart, praying that he recognized the wrong person.

Xu Hao followed him into the gate, it was an old courtyard with a history of at least 100 years, tall and spacious, the lines everywhere were very exquisite, because of the middle of the family road, it also looked very desolate and dilapidated, fortunately, there were still people living in the house, not like a ghost house that no one lived in for a long time.

"The old lady is here, the old lady is here."

There was a group of people around, all looking at a couple of cheating men and women, and the two people were wrapped in sheets on the ground, and they could vaguely distinguish the seductive lines unique to young women.

Lu Hanchen's head was dizzy again, he stopped, and motioned for the housekeeper to go over to take a look, while Xu Hao didn't say a word behind his back.

The housekeeper cautiously squeezed in, lifted the corner of the quilt, his eyes hung on the ground, and immediately turned around and said in a low voice: "Yes, it's the second young lady, and the young master Lu from this courtyard." Sir, Miss, she only wears a belly pocket. ”

Lu Hanchen's face completely changed, and he was so angry that he turned blue. A young man shouted defiantly: "Caught in pairs, old lady, what do you think?" ”

"Strictly, sink the river." Several young men shouted.

At this moment, the atmosphere was encouraged, and people gloated at Lu Hanchen, among whom Lu Yongfang's uncle was resentful, and said deeply: "Naturally, it is done according to the rules of Lujiacun and the old man, hehe!" ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone remembered a pair of young people who were sunk in the river, and they all said: "Yes, it should sink the river." ”

The form is so compelling. Lu Hanchen couldn't even breathe, that was his most beloved daughter. But there is no room for justification at this moment, because obviously her daughter's ugly thing is true, if she is not reluctant, she will be forcibly tied up, and she hears that the old lady is coming, how can she not shout?

Now this slut doesn't hum a word, he is ashamed and has nothing to say, and that Lu Hao, a child who has watched him grow up since he was a child, and his parents are dead or he still takes money for him to study. What two damn obscene blanks, two evil beasts that can't be sheltered.

If you don't handle it strictly, it goes without saying that you have completely lost your old face and the dignity of the Lu family in front of Xu Sanye, will you still be able to speak in the future? I am the great defense of the Lujia Village Rite Sect, and I must not open a gap from my daughter and collapse for thousands of miles! The rules of the ancestors and their own authority cannot collapse and become a puddle of mud that is not worth half a penny.

Lu Hanchen's thoughts quickly stirred in his head, and he quickly made a decision, and then he turned around people's faces with a somewhat desperate gaze. finally landed on the dazzling sheet in the middle, and instantly flashed a fierce light, and then the trembling voice could only be heard by himself, "Do it according to the old rules!" ”

"Follow the old rules. Do it according to the old rules! A chorus of joy rang out from all directions.

Lu Hanchen was helped, nodded at Xu Hao with a wry smile, and walked back slowly, almost unable to step steadily. crooked.

Xu Hao shook his head, and turned around and went back, no time to waste on this farce.

Ride back to Xiaojia Village. Seeing Wang Siliu and his wife muttering from a distance, he didn't slow down, beat his horse through the village, and went straight to Huanggu Temple.

Wang Siliu didn't see him, and said to his wife: "I heard that the grandmother of the second young master of Master Tong's family is sitting for a month, and she wants to buy a girl to serve and hold the doll for her." Ten taels of silver for selling money, three taels of silver a year, Brother Wang has not yet found a suitable candidate. ”

Although he had a gossipy tone, his wife guessed eight or nine points and asked, "Do you want to sell your son to be a girl?" ”

"That's just what I thought about for a moment." Wang Siliu acquiesced, "Sign a living deed, be a girl for two years, and redeem it." ”

The wife said worriedly: "Who doesn't know that the big yard Tong family treats people the most meanly?" Not to mention that the Xu family can't get in even if their heads are crowded, the Xiao family and the Xue family have always had a good reputation, Wang Laosan just runs around, but no one rarely goes to Tong's house. ”

"I know, I know." Wang Siliu lit the leaf cigarette, "I'm just going to talk about it, but it's a pity that those families haven't recruited people recently, and our family has never had a relationship." Then he sighed and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, a good big bull can't be brought back." ”

The wife said, "Can't you go and borrow ten taels of silver?" ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Wang Siliu refused, "Borrow ten taels, roll interest every month, repay the principal and interest in a year, and you can't get rid of it without thirty taels of silver." I lost all the money I earned for a year, and I'm afraid it's not enough. It is the child to be a girl for a year, the Tong family is definitely unwilling, thinking that for the sake of the old neighbors for many years, eighty percent does not give the silver to sell the body, but only gives a year's monthly money, at most one or two more rewards, and takes four taels of silver back, and there is still half of it. ”

The wife said, "Then you won't go to the third master to borrow it?" I see the two of you squatting here smoking all day long, and you have a good relationship. Who is the third master? Just ten taels will be given to you casually, and you don't have to pay it back. ”

"Mother-in-law with long hair and short knowledge, what do you know?" Wang Siliuyi glared, "That's the third master who can afford me, he can borrow me, but is it worth it for a mere ten taels of silver?" In case one day our family suffers a disaster, it is not good to open our mouths again if we have already opened our mouths, do you think this is the reason? ”

"Yes." The wife admits that her husband is right, human favor has to be used in key places, Xu Sanye is benevolent and righteous, but what is the identity of his family? Besides, you have to know what is good or bad to be a person, you can't ask for help again and again, the Xu family is not a good hall, I haven't heard of anyone who comes to the door to fight the autumn breeze at every turn, so you can't even enter the door.

"It's okay to go to Tong's house to be a girl for a year." The wife was relieved, "I just don't know if she will go or not." (To be continued......)