The second day after the provincial examination.

Lu Bozhou was reading a book with his glasses in one hand when Lu An's voice rang out from outside the door: "The lady is here."

Lu Bozhou put down his glasses, his lips full of joy: "I'll go pick her up."

"The lady had just gotten off the ox cart when she was stopped by a woman and asked to speak." Lu An walked in and helped Lu Bozhou to stand up.

"Woman? What woman?" Lu Bozhou was a little surprised.

Li Jinglan was blocked by a female Buddhist from Xiaotuo Temple.

No matter who tells Ning Xin about something, it will never be satisfactory.

Li Jinglan decided to come in person.

As the ox cart entered the Wang family's yard, someone called her outside the door.

"But is it the eldest lady of the Lu family in Li Nan County?"

When Lu Shengjia looked over, he found that it was actually a female Buddhist nun from Xiaotuo Temple.

The female lay Buddhist entered the courtyard with a fake look of joy on her face: "I saw this ox cart from a distance and it looked familiar, so I summoned up the courage to shout, what a coincidence."

Li Jinglan asked someone to close the door, then lifted the curtain of the oxcart and smiled, "What a coincidence, are you here to visit the capital?"

The female lay Buddhist reached out her hand to help Li Jinglan get off the ox cart: "This is really like meeting an old friend in a foreign land."

What's the point of meeting an old friend in a foreign land? Li Jinglan really doesn't believe in coincidences.

Then he pursed his lips and smiled: "When did you come to the capital?"

The call of "Auntie" made the female Buddhist feel comfortable all over.

She really likes Li Jinglan.

Li Jinglan's attitude towards her was very friendly and equal, unlike other mistresses who had a condescending expression.

"I have been here for a while. A new doctor came to the Ministry of Revenue, and I went to help tidy up the new house. It was just completed a few days ago." The female Buddhist couldn't help showing off, trying to show that she had a wide circle of friends.

Li Jinglan straightened her clothes and said, "No wonder I haven't seen Auntie in Nanli County these days. That's why."

"The Ministry of Revenue doctor entered the capital from the south gate." The female lay Buddhist raised her head and glanced at Li Jinglan. "I and a few people who are tidying up the house will meet you at the city gate."

"Guess who I saw?" The female lay Buddhist said this, covering her mouth and laughing, "I saw Mr. Zhang."

Mr. Zhang?

Li Jinglan looked towards Zhao Zhengyi's house and made a gesture that had been communicated in advance.

Zhao Zhengyi's family hurried forward and said, "I wonder if you have had breakfast? I asked the kitchen to prepare some cakes and tea. Let's eat something first and then chat."

The female Buddhist monk smiled and let Zhao Zhengyi's family take her away: "My mouth is tasteless now, I just want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it right away."

After watching Zhao Zhengyi's family take the female Buddhist away, Li Jinglan looked up and saw Lu Bozhou.

Lu Bozhou held up his glasses and kept looking at Li Jinglan.

Watching Li Jinglan talking to the female Buddhist.

See Li Jinglan turn around.

As Li Jinglan turned around.

It seemed as if everything in the world had become gentle.

Lu Bozhou curved his eyes and smiled: "I'm here. Is the road easy?"

Li Jinglan walked over and bowed: "My husband, I hope you are well and have a good journey."

Feeling that Li Jinglan was always very formal every time she met him, Lu Bozhou felt resentful for a moment: "But I'm not good."

"What's wrong?" Li Jinglan raised her eyebrows slightly.

I haven't seen Lu Bozhou for a few days.

Lu Bozhou seemed to have grown taller all of a sudden. Before, her head was right between Lu Bozhou's eyebrows.

Now it only reaches the nose.

Because you came too late, I was eager to see you! Lu Bozhou sighed in his heart, but said: "I know about Ningxin's matter."

"That's why I came here today." Li Jinglan held out Lu Bozhou's hand and walked towards the courtyard where Lu Bozhou lived.

After returning to the courtyard, Li Jinglan told the whole story of what happened the day before Ningxin escaped.

After listening to Li Jinglan's words, Lu Bozhou found it incredible. "Xia Jifang was framed, and your sister came to scold you? And she even said that you gave me the test questions? It's ridiculous!"

"When the questions for this year's provincial examination were opened, the incense in front of Confucius suddenly collapsed, and the master was horrified. King Zhao was invited into the examination room temporarily, and he made the questions on the spot. All the candidates present saw it."

"King Zhao thought about it for half an hour and decided on the exam topic after discussing it with several examiners. Who would know the topic before King Zhao gave it?"

After Lu Bozhou told about his experience in the examination room, he felt that Li Fengxian must have gone crazy.

"Maybe she thinks I framed Xia Jifang." Li Jinglan smiled slightly, "The hatred of a little girl is very inexplicable. She doesn't like me and may think that I did everything."

"Not only that, there's one more thing..." Li Jinglan told the story of Lu Cunren asking someone to throw a tinderbox into Lu Bozhou's basket.

Lu Bozhou was furious when he heard this: "I have been tolerant of his family again and again, but he has harmed me again and again?"

His eyes couldn't see clearly, and if he really carried the basket into the goal, Lu Cunren would really succeed.

Thinking of this, Lu Bozhou felt a chill down his spine.

At this time, Zhao Zhengyi's family came in.

"After asking, she found out that she saw Mr. Zhang near the South Gate. Mr. Zhang was drinking with a few friends at the time... Then, she saw Mr. Zhang's housekeeper grab a little girl in the crowd."

"She said that the little girl had wounds all over her face and had painted her face with black ash, which made her stand out in the crowd, so she remembered it very clearly."

Hearing this, Lu Bozhou stood up suddenly and asked, "Ningxin was taken away by Mr. Zhang?"

Zhao Zhengyi didn't respond to Lu Bozhou, but looked at Li Jinglan.

Li Jinglan thought for a while: "Besides this, what else did she say?"

"She said that Mr. Zhang had not even finished his meal and immediately returned to Wangju County." After Zhao Zhengyi's wife finished answering, she added, "She wants two taels of silver."

Li Jinglan frowned slightly, "Give her three taels and ask her to find out what happened at Mr. Zhang's house."

"Yes." Zhao Zhengyi bowed to Lu Bozhou and walked out.

boom!

Lu Bozhou pounded the table.

"This Ningxin!" Unfortunately, it fell into the hands of Mr. Zhang.

Seeing that he was angry, Li Jinglan advised him: "We should be relieved, because the target is clear and we know who to deal with."

If Ningxin was outside all the time, they would have to look for Ningxin while also being on guard against other people.

Lu Bozhou sighed, "I was young and naive, and I thought too highly of people. If Ningxin had come back, I would have hidden her away, and there wouldn't have been so many problems."

Li Jinglan thought for a moment and asked Lu Bozhou, "Husband, do you want to save Ningxin?"

Lu Bozhou's face darkened: "I won't let my family be in danger for Ningxin."

"If we can save him, then save him. If we can't, then forget it." Lu Bozhou answered straightforwardly.

Li Jinglan felt relieved.

This is the Lu Bozhou in her mind.

Cold-hearted and ungrateful! Clear-headed when encountering things.

"Then when I return, I will sue Lu Cunren for framing you..."

Li Jinglan took out a complaint and pushed it in front of Lu Bozhou.

"After you have read the results of the provincial examination, you must withdraw this petition immediately."

"What?" Lu Bozhou was stunned.

How could he withdraw the lawsuit?

He now wished he could kill Lu Cunren with one blow.

Li Jinglan took out "Zuo Zhuan" and turned to Volume 3.

"Have you read "Zheng Bo Defeats Duan in Yan"?"

The gist of the article is that Duke Zhuang of Zheng was born with difficulty, and his mother, Lady Wu Jiang, did not like him and liked her younger son Duan.

After Duke Zhuang of Zheng ascended the throne, Wu Jiang made several unreasonable demands on behalf of Duan.

For the sake of his mother, Duke Zhuang of Zheng gave Duan the best fiefdom again and again.

The ministers and royal relatives could no longer bear it and asked Duke Zhuang of Zheng to punish Duan.

Duke Zhuang of Zheng was still saying, "If you do too much evil, you will surely perish. Just wait and see."

Only after the evil deeds of Wu Jiang and Duan were seen by everyone did Duke Zhuang of Zheng attack Duan.

Duan fled to Yan, and Duke Zhuang attacked Yan again, eventually forcing Duan to flee to Gong.

After returning, Duke Zhuang of Zheng imprisoned his mother, Wu Jiang, in Ying.

However, his act of imprisoning his mother caused dissatisfaction among the ministers.

In the end, Duke Zhuang of Zheng had no choice but to dig a tunnel to pretend to be the underworld and release his mother.

Li Jinglan asked Lu Bozhou to watch this part, not to let him watch filial piety.

Instead, it allows him to see his own predicament through history books.

If Duke Zhuang of Zheng had not imprisoned Wu Jiang, his status in history books would have been much higher than it is now.

But he imprisoned his mother, which was completely contrary to Confucian ideals.

"My husband is now in a weak body, with no teachers to support him, and no relatives to care for him. He can only endure the humiliation and wait for the opportunity."

"The weaker you are, the more you should learn from Duke Zhuang of Zheng. Forgive Lu Cunren and use your pain and illness to gain sympathy from everyone."

“When everyone sympathizes with you, the arrows that are aimed at you will be stopped silently.”

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