Chapter 96 The biological uncle
Lu Jia arrived downstairs, stood at the door and looked back. Sure enough, two people from the Lu family came out.
She pretended to go to the latrine and hid in a corner of the house. The man who had collected her money was already waiting here.
She tore off all the man's clothes, threw a piece of silver to him, and went out through the back door.
Seeing the girl selling flowers at the door, she gave her some more money and borrowed her scarf to tie a knot on her head.
At this time, a carriage arrived. She climbed on it. People were coming and going on the street. When she saw the servants of the Lu family passing the carriage, she lowered the curtain.
Back at the inn, He Qu had just returned and was talking to Qing He.
As soon as he saw her, He Qu clapped his hands: "Oh, girl! I'm so lucky as a kid. As soon as I went out today, I ran into a three-in house rented out in Yanzi Alley in Nancheng! The ready-made belongings were taken care of by the owner's family. It’s clean, let’s just pack our bags and move in!”
Lu Jia stopped: "How much?"
"They only charge three taels of silver a month!"
"So cheap?" Lu Jia glanced at him, "There can't be any fraud, right? Has anyone died? Or is it haunted?"
He Qu was so choked by her that he almost couldn't continue the play.
He followed her inside and said, "I have inquired about it. No one has died or been haunted. The owner of the house has found a Taoist priest to calculate it and said that the house is only suitable for female tenants whose zodiac sign is Snake. The girl happens to be a Snake." , he is not short of money, he will help you cut the price!”
Lu Jia felt that it was cheap but not good, and there was probably something fishy about it.
But is she still allowed to choose at this moment?
Yang Bonong had previously sent the Lu family servants out to follow him. Although they were said to have been escaped by her, it was hard to say that with their skill, they would not follow the clues and continue to look for her.
It was confirmed that there was no problem with her biological father, but it was not the time for her to be exposed yet. Now that she had a place to go, it was naturally safer to move there first.
She then said: "In that case, let's check out the hotel immediately and move over. By the way, is Qin Zhou back?"
"Back!"
Just as he was talking, Shen Qingzhou's voice came from the stairs.
"Great!" Lu Jia picked up the baggage and said, "He Qu has found a place to live, we will move there now!"
Shen Qingzhou said: "So urgent?"
"It's too late to say more, let's go first!"
The baggage was all ready-made, and in the time it took to speak, Lu Jia had already packed everything with the help of Qing He Mingxiao.
Yanzi Hutong in Nancheng is actually a quiet place, far away from all religions and trends. The entrances in the alley are clean and tidy, and the land is really good.
He Qu directly pushed open the courtyard and saw that the inside of the door was also clean. There were even some chrysanthemums planted in the remaining flower beds against the wall, which were dazzlingly golden.
Naturally, Qin Zhou and the others were allowed to live in the front yard.
After entering the second door, there is also a small flower garden in the courtyard, with several rooms on the left and right, which can accommodate Lu Jia and Qing He Mingxiao.
Lu Jia was full of thoughts at this time. After putting down the burden, he sent Qing He to take out the money to pay the rent and sign the lease contract with He Qu.
He also asked Mingxiao to buy some pots and pans and boil some tea to drink.
He called Shen Qingzhou over and sat down in the hall. "My business is done. Where were you just now?"
Shen Qingzhou said: "I went around the backyard and saw your father entertaining guests there. There were so many people there that I didn't dare to go in. Then I saw you coming out, so I came back."
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Lu Jia nodded: "There is an official named Cheng Wenhui in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After Tang Yu comes back, you ask him to ask him if he has been reporting to the Ministry of Personnel recently? In addition, it is not convenient for me to show up today. Just help me find out about the Cheng family.”
When Shen Qingzhou heard "Cheng family", he glanced at her: "Do you know him?"
"Of course I know you." Lu Jia glanced at him, "He is my uncle. My biological uncle!"
Shen Qingzhou:......
On the way from Shawan to Beijing, Shen Qingzhou also heard Lu Jia talk about some of her relatives, but she never mentioned her mother's side.
As Shen Qingzhou, who had always regarded the Yan family as his main target, of course he never thought of paying attention to the natal family of Lu Jie's first wife, who had been dead for many years.
Lu Jia had such a miserable life in the Yan family in her previous life, and she was blatantly tortured by the Jiang family. No matter how you look at it, she is a lonely woman.
Since there is still mother's natal family, it stands to reason that besides his father, the person who should stand up to protect him the most is her uncle.
But from beginning to end, the Cheng family never left any trace in his experience!
At this time, it is suddenly mentioned that there is an uncle who is a censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Is it not surprising?
But what's even more surprising is that she actually knows everything about the capital, including Cheng Wenhui's work report...
"If I hadn't been ordered to be assassinated by the Chiang family, I wouldn't have thought of the Cheng family. After all, I had no other choice."
Lu Jia's eyes were sharp.
"My uncle and my father have been at loggerheads since childhood. My mother is my grandmother's niece, which means that my uncle and my father are actually distant cousins.
"It happened that they both studied with my grandfather since they were young. My father was probably better than my uncle, and his articles on classics and history were praised by others. Therefore, whenever my uncle couldn't recite a book since he was a child, he would be beaten by my grandfather.
"Later, the two of them passed the Jinshi examination in the same year. In the year when my father was appointed as the Minister of Rites, for some reason, we became enemies with my uncle. From that year on, my uncle never interacted with our Lu family again. .
"I was young at the time and didn't understand this. Besides, I had never been wronged by the Lu family. My grandmother and grandfather are no longer here. If my uncle doesn't come to me, I naturally won't think of looking for them."
Because of this, after she returned to the Lu family in her previous life, she lost the conditions to reestablish contact with the Cheng family.
After all, more than ten years apart, my biological father still had a grudge against my biological uncle. How difficult would it be to pick up this family relationship again?
"Except for them, I have no other reliable power to rely on. He is my biological uncle. In terms of blood relationship, he is the person closest to me besides my father.
“They are my mother’s family and they stand closely with my mother’s family, and that’s understandable.
"And I will definitely not be able to go back to the Lu family alone."
If she breaks into the Lu family alone like she did in her previous life and fights alone under the Jiang family again, then everything she has prepared will be meaningless.
After hearing this, Shen Qingzhou frowned and said: "But few people who are censors have soft ears. The Cheng family has been in officialdom for a long time, and they must be very thoughtful.
"The Cheng family may not be reliable either."
"It's nothing more than profit." Lu Jia glanced at him, "I asked you to inquire, just to make this unreliable become reliable."
(End of chapter)