After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Meng Qianqian withdrew her gaze, and walked away without looking back, taking Tan'er who was jumping up and down.

Lu Yuan raised his cold, slender fingertips, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and smiled playfully.

"Come out."

He said.

A masked man wearing a bamboo hat walked out of a dilapidated courtyard in the alley.

The man came up to Lu Yuan with a sword in hand and a murderous look on his face. He said coldly, "Lu Yuan, you have come to this day too!"

"Tsk." Lu Yuan sneered.

He sat on the dusty ground, his back against the cold wall, one leg bent, and his nonchalant look made the masked man grit his teeth.

"Traitor! Give me your life!"

He swung his sword straight at Lu Yuan's face, the sword energy was so sharp that it could split mountains and rivers!

However, just as he was about to stab, a sharp arrow came rushing towards him with a sound of breaking through the air and pierced his chest!

He looked at the tip of his sword almost touching Lu Yuan's forehead, and muttered unwillingly: "Just... one inch away..."

He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight towards Lu Yuan.

Another arrow shot and shot him ten feet away.

At the same time, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard also arrived with his men.

He glanced at the masked man who was shot dead, walked quickly to Lu Yuan's side, and knelt on one knee: "I am late! Please forgive me, sir!"

The young man in green on the rooftop used his Qinggong to jump down and said to Lu Yuan, "Why didn't she save you?"

The Jinyiwei commander asked the young man in confusion, "Who?"

"The eldest lady of the Lu family." The young man told about the appearance of Meng Qianqian and Tan'er.

He wanted to repeat Meng Qianqian's original words, but Lu Yuan said calmly, "Shut up."

The young man glanced at Lu Yuan and pulled his arrow back from the corpse.

The commander of the Jinyiwei said with a click of the tongue: "This young lady of the Lu family is so bold that she dared not save the Grand Commander. Aren't you afraid that if you don't die, you will sentence her to death? You know, you kill people without blinking an eye, and you never listen to reason... Hey, Zichuan! Have you pulled out all the arrows? I'll help you!"

I was so scared, so scared, the look in the commander-in-chief's eyes just now was so terrifying!

After Meng Qianqian returned to the Lu family, she went to see Lu's mother first.

In addition to buying storybooks for the old lady, she also bought a box of top-quality ginseng for Lu's mother.

"Madam, are you still going to use your recipe from last time to make soup?"

Yu Lian, Lu's mother's personal maid, asked.

Meng Qianqian nodded.

Yulian took the ginseng and went to the small kitchen.

Mother Lu sighed, "Don't buy these anymore. I have nothing to do."

Meng Qianqian said: "I bought it from an old farmer in the countryside. It's not expensive."

Mother Lu was born into a noble family, so how could she not recognize that each of those ginsengs was worth a hundred taels?

Meng Qianqian said to Lu's mother: "Mom, don't worry about these things. Take good care of yourself."

Ever since Meng Qianqian married into the Lu family, Lu's mother has not been in good health. Especially every time Lu Xingzhou stayed overnight at home, her condition would worsen.

Mother Lu was too depressed, which caused the five internal organs to be blocked and the qi and blood to be insufficient.

Meng Qianqian treated Lu's mother for half a year, but she could cure the disease but not the heart.

At night, someone from the old lady's courtyard delivered a message that they would go to the temple to burn incense tomorrow and set off at the hour of Mao.

Meng Qianqian picked up the tea bowl and said, "Didn't you just burn incense? Why are you burning incense again?"

Nanny Li said, "She said she was fulfilling a vow. When the son-in-law went to the war, the old lady went to the temple to burn incense and pray to the Bodhisattva to bless her grandson to return safely. Now he has returned victorious, right? Logically, she should go and fulfill her vow."

The whole family went there that year, so everyone had to go to fulfill the vow, except Lu Lingxiao, the person involved.

Nanny Li said, "Take Banxia with you. There are many people in the temple, and Tan'er may not be able to take care of them all by herself."

Meng Qianqian nodded: "Okay."

Before dawn the next day, Meng Qianqian took Banxia and Tan'er out of the yard.

The others had already arrived. The old lady was wearing a thick cloak, and standing beside her was Lu Linglong, who had not been seen for many days.

Lu Linglong took the old lady's arm and said sarcastically, "Sister-in-law is so generous that she let the whole family wait for you!"

"Are you blind? I'm not a human?"

The old lady stood under the moon gate not far away and scolded in a bad mood.

She just arrived too.

Lu Linglong pursed her lips in grievance: "Great-grandmother."

Everyone saluted the old lady.

The old lady didn't even look at her and took Meng Qianqian's hand to get into the carriage.

Lu Xingzhou was not there, but Lin Wan'er was there instead.

The old lady pulled open the carriage curtain, pointed at Lin Wan'er, and asked the old lady, "Why did you bring her here?"

The old lady said, "Wan'er is pregnant with the Lu family's child. May the Bodhisattva bless her to have a boy and continue the Lu family's bloodline."

The old lady looked at Lin Wan'er, then at Meng Qianqian's belly, and after a long moment of deep anguish, she sighed, "Forget it, let her give birth!"

Don’t bully Qianqian, you little brat!

Meng Qianqian watched Lin Wan'er get on the second wife's carriage, while Lu's mother got on the old lady's carriage.

Considering how much importance the old lady attached to the baby in Lin Wan'er's belly, she should let Lin Wan'er ride with her. The second lady and her daughter were used to making the old lady happy, so the old lady always rode in the same car with them. Mother Lu always rode in the same car with the old lady.

Meng Qianqian quickly came to two conclusions: the old lady did not want to bring Lin Wan'er with her, and the old lady had something to say to Lu's mother alone.

Moreover, this time the incense burning was too hasty, and it seemed more like a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Since the whole family was fulfilling a vow, where did Lu Xingzhou go?

An hour later, everyone arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The old lady said to Mother Lu, "Did you remember everything I told you? I did this for her own good, so that she would have someone to rely on in the Lu family for the rest of her life. Otherwise, based on her background and character, how could she be qualified to be the mistress of the Lu family?"

"Besides, I heard from Xingzhou yesterday that Mr. Meng is old, and the sons of the Meng family can't sit still anymore, so they are arguing about dividing the family. How much her family can get depends on how our Lu family supports her."

Mother Lu asked, "What then? Mother, do you want to empty the Meng family's assets?"

The old lady was filled with anger: "How can you say that! Her parents are gone, and her two brothers are useless, so Xiao Ge'er, her brother-in-law, has to take care of them!"

Mother Lu didn't say anything.

Mother Lu always knew that the old lady was greedy, but she still underestimated the extent of her greed. The old lady not only wanted Qianqian's dowry, but also wanted to eat Qianqian's family up.

The old lady scolded in a low voice: "I warn you, you have to do this whether you want to or not!"

Mother Lu lifted the curtain and got off the carriage.

When she looked up, she saw Meng Qianqian had just gotten off the carriage, and her expression paused.

Meng Qianqian smiled slightly: "Mother, let's go burn incense."

Hanshan Temple is located halfway up the mountain and requires climbing up the stairs. The carriage stopped at a nearby teahouse.

The wind in the mountains was icy cold, like a knife, scratching my face and causing pain.

The old lady walked halfway and didn't want to go any further: "Qianqian, I'm tired."

Tan Er said: "The forehead is against the back!"

The old lady looked at the little girl suspiciously: "You?"

Tan'er carried the old lady on her back and looked forward with a determined look: "Sit tight, that's it!"

The old lady laughed and said, "What are you trying to do, little girl... ah——"

“This is the top of the mountain—”

"Halfway up the mountain—you've walked past—"