Chapter 103: Future

As soon as Lu Shengcai finished scolding Lu Yuzhu, Mrs. Wu slammed the table: "We must separate our families. We cannot let them drag down our whole family."

Lu Shengcai frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about! Why did we reach the point of dividing the family? Master Tongpan just invited the Bo Cheng family to question him. Didn't he also release them after questioning? She didn't know Qing, what can happen?"

"It will be too late when something happens. Who will marry me then?" Lu Yuzhu interjected.

"Yes, yes, Yuzhu is right. That's Lord Tongpan. A senior official in the government is bigger than the magistrate of Pingchuan County..."

"So what?"

"How is it? Lu Shengcai, aren't you usually very smart? Now you can't turn your head around! He is older than the magistrate of Pingchuan. In half a month, Bozu will take the government examination. After passing the government examination, he will be a child student. If the magistrate is worried about being blamed, it will be useless no matter how talented he is."

"No, that's not the case. Our family has not committed any crime."

"Can you explain this clearly? Do you know what the crime is? Punishing the Nine Clans. If the Su family is on good terms with them, even if our family is not arrested, we will be stared at. The magistrate has not vented his anger. You My son still wants to come forward? "

"No, it can't be..."

Su Qingnao didn't know what happened in the backyard, so she hugged the baby and fed her, then waited for Su Qingliu in the house.

More than an hour later, Su Qingliu and Xiao Qingyang came back together.

"Qingyang, why did you finish school so early today?" Su Qingnao was a little surprised when she saw Qingyang.

Su Qingliu looked frightened, and leaned close to Su Qingyu and whispered: "He and Qiyou were taken from the school by the soldiers to be questioned by Lord Tongpan."

"Ah? Qingyang..."

Seeing Su Qingyu's worried look, Xiao Qingyang hurriedly came over and grabbed her hand.

"It's okay, sister. I didn't see Master Tongpan. His master asked us some questions separately. They asked us what we did at the Yangwei Martial Arts Hall, what we saw, and whether we found anything. They all responded truthfully, and then they let us back.”

"Then did they ask you for anything?"

"Sister, are you talking about the jade toad that Master Ma gave us? No, the adults didn't ask, so we didn't say anything. Sister, how about I give it to you for safekeeping?"

"No, just put it away yourself."

After speaking, he turned around and asked about Su Qingliu's arrival at Xie's house.

"Thank you, Mr. Xie, for saying that he knows. He knows what to do, so you can rest assured. No one knows. If you want to ask anything, just tell the truth."

Su Qingyu nodded after hearing this.

In the evening, two policemen delivered some jewelry. He also told Su Qingyu not to go out if she had nothing to do. The adults might even call her over for questioning, and told her to report truthfully if there was anything she forgot to mention, or if she discovered anything, or if Master Ma contacted her.

Su Qing agreed. He stuffed two more messengers with a few taels of silver and sent them away.

Within a few days, word spread around town.

Because there are often soldiers walking around on the street, there are many fewer people on the street. Residents living around the Yangwei Martial Arts Hall were called over one by one for questioning. When Su Qingliu came to Lu's house, she would also tell Su Qingyu that she often saw soldiers around the shop and near the homes of Master Ma's apprentices.

There are even places near Lu's house.

But Su Qingyu felt that Master Ma would never come back to this place again since Master Ma was gone. Touching the scene and feeling sad.

Moreover, for such a big case, it would be too late to hide, so he would not take the initiative to appear in the trap set by the county government.

From that day on, everyone in Fengting Town who Master Ma and his disciples had met was interrogated, including all the places they had visited. It made people in the town panic. Everyone stayed behind closed doors. Su Qingyu's shop was visibly deserted.

But no one came to the store, and the overall business was not affected much. After all, everyone still needs to eat and drink. If you don’t go out to buy it, you’ll have to pay extra to have it delivered to your door.

As a result, people in the store are running around every day. Even Grandma Zhou and her grandson pushed the cart to deliver goods from house to house.

Just when Su Qingyu thought that things would just go away like this, a few days later, someone from the Sun family who was engaged to be married in Lu Bozu County came.

I spent a long time talking to Lu Shengcai and Wu in the room...

After sending the person away, Lu Shengcai locked himself in the house and refused to leave. He pretended not to hear Wu knocking on the door. Wu had no choice but to ask someone to call Lu Bozu back.

Lu Bozu rushed back from Pingchuan County after a long journey.

He asked Lu Shengcai: "Dad, am I not as important as my eldest brother? I will take the imperial examination soon. The teachers in the Sun family school all said that as long as I perform normally, I will definitely win the Tongsheng examination." Yes. When I pass the college exam in June, I will have the reputation of being a scholar. Dad, haven’t you always wanted to change your career? You have the heart to ruin my future!”

Wu also helped: "That's right, Bozu is also your biological son, why can't you think about him? My relatives have already said that Ma Mingwen robbed the county magistrate's private treasury and took away all his wealth. Now, do you think he can let Bozu stand out? If you don’t separate the family and express your attitude to the magistrate, do you think your son can stand out?”

"Dad, not only is my future gone, but the Sun family may also terminate the engagement. The county magistrate has been running Pingchuan County for one term. He was just re-elected this year and has four years left. As long as he is here, I can't think of getting ahead. . As long as I cut myself off from my father-in-law and let my father-in-law work in front of the magistrate, I still have a bright future."

Lü Shengcai was silent. He felt that what they said made sense, but...

Privately, he still felt that this matter had nothing to do with Su Qingmei.

She was not aware of what Ma Mingwen had done. The judge had not looked for her again, so the matter should have been in the past. And she had given birth to the eldest grandson. If Bocheng knew that he had separated them, he would definitely blame him.

When Bocheng left, he promised him that he would take good care of her.

If something happened to Bocheng in the future, how would the two of them, an orphan and a widow, live?

"Dad, you can do it yourself. If you don't separate the family, I will go to the Sun family as a son-in-law."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Would your father be willing to let you be someone's son-in-law?" Wu held him anxiously and angrily, fearing that he would really make this decision.

Lv Shengcai looked up at Lv Bozu in shock and fear: "You, do you really think so?"

Lv Bozu insisted: "Yes. If you don't want to divide the family and gamble my future, I will go to the Sun family, and the Sun family will definitely cultivate me well. Dad, haven't you always hoped that I can pass the imperial examination? As long as I have an imperial examination, our family can be exempted from military service. At that time, the grandparents and uncles in the countryside will also be grateful to you."

Lv Shengcai was stunned after hearing this.

After a long time, he said, "You, let your father think about it."

Lü Bozu saw that his father was still hesitant after saying a lot, and said anxiously, "Dad, you have to hurry up. The provincial examination will start in a few days, and I have to go to the Sun family to ask for advice."

Mrs. Wu glanced at Lü Shengcai who buried his head in his hands, and pushed Lü Bozu: "Go and rest and wash up first. Don't you know that your father will definitely support you?"

After Lü Bozu left, Mrs. Wu said to Lü Shengcai, "How long will you think about it? We are not saying that we will ignore her after the separation, but the household registration is not in the same place. You are usually in the town, how can I stop you from visiting your eldest grandson? If you don't want to separate, you can stay in Fengting Town with your eldest grandson alone, and I will take Bozu and others to Pingchuan County."