Chapter 81 Don’t rush this moment
"Wait!" Lu Chengjing gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he stood up for a moment. His legs gave out and he threw himself straight towards the fire in front of him.
The flames were about to lick his cheeks, and Lu Chengjing subconsciously closed his eyes.
Before he fell into the fire, his body suddenly felt light.
Shang Wan turned around and came back, with a dark expression on his face, holding the big moth he had just played with in the flames, grinding his teeth and asked, "Do you want me to build a grill for you?"
Don't you know if your legs are okay? What are you fooling around about?
Lu Chengjing didn't bother to explain, and grabbed Shang Wan's arm with his left hand, "We can't kill Lu Chengyuan now."
Shang Wan frowned: "Why?"
Lu Chengjing glanced at the curtain. Shi Shi was still in the bath and had not come out. He said, "Put me down first, and I'll talk to you slowly."
"Don't let go." Shang Wan curled his lips, "You're not as heavy as a piglet."
Lu Chengjing: "..."
Are you scolding him?
Shang Wan looked down at him, thinking that he had been wronged greatly in the Lu Mansion, and he was a little reluctant to bully him, so he put him back in his place.
She threw two pieces of firewood into the fire and turned to look at Lu Chengjing, "Tell me, why can't I kill him?"
Lu Chengjing said slowly: "I know you are good at martial arts, but two fists cannot beat four hands. If something happens to Lu Chengyuan, the Lu family will definitely investigate it to the end."
"Just check, am I afraid of him?" Shang Wan didn't care. She went to the Lu Mansion to move so many things, but the Lu family didn't find out about her.
Lu Chengjing knew what Shang Wan was thinking and analyzed, "Lu Chengyuan is far more important to the Lu family than those dead things. If Lu Chengyuan is killed, not only the Lu family, but also the Wang family will investigate."
"The Wang family?" Shang Wan wondered, "Which Wang family?"
Lu Chengjing glanced at her and said, "My maternal surname is Wang."
Shang Wan suddenly realized that she didn't even notice that Mrs. Lu's surname was Wang.
"Is this Wang family very powerful?"
Lu Chengjing nodded, "Last year, my eldest uncle was promoted to Beijing and served as a doctor in the Gongzhong Examination Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
There was no such content in the memory of the original owner. Shang Wan asked, "What's so great about this official?"
"The Kao Gong Department is in charge of important matters such as the punishment of civil servants, deliberation, and handling of Beijing inspections." Lu Chengjing explained simply and straightforwardly, "If you want to eliminate dissidents in the court, having someone in the Kao Gong Department will get twice the result with half the effort."
It sounds like the merit examination department is a bit like the organization department of the base, responsible for talent assessment, reward and punishment management, and system implementation.
However, Shang Wan was puzzled, "What does my uncle's promotion have to do with Lu Chengyuan?"
Lu Chengjing said: "On New Year's Day last year, my father sent a generous gift to the Wang family. After the New Year, I received a reply from my uncle."
"My uncle found an admission spot for Lu Chengyuan at Baihong Academy, and asked him to enter Beijing before June and study at Baihong Academy, and then return to his hometown to take the provincial examination in August next year."
"It's hard to find a place in Baihong Academy. My eldest uncle gave it to Lu Chengyuan instead of the Wang family's nephew, which shows that he hopes to train Lu Chengyuan to help. If you kill Lu Chengyuan, not only the Lu family will do their best to trace it, but the Wang family will not give up either."
Shang Wan felt that this reason could not convince her, "Isn't it enough not to leave any traces?"
Lu Chengjing shook his head, "Even if it can't be discovered for the time being, as long as you have done it, it will be exposed one day. Besides, your good skills are not a secret in the village, and it will not be a secret in the future."
"Madam, if a superior wants to deal with someone, he or she does not need evidence, just suspicion is enough."
Sometimes you don’t even need to doubt.
No matter how powerful Shang Wan is, he will always run out of energy.
Even if she can't fight and run away, what will the rest of the family do? With Shang Wan's temperament, he would definitely not leave his family behind.
Ten thousand steps back, if a family manages to escape by chance, they will definitely be wanted by the government, and their peaceful days will be gone forever. Between his family's stable life and killing Lu Chengyuan, Lu Chengjing chose the former without hesitation.
I have endured it for more than ten years, and I am not in a hurry for this moment.
Shang Wan smashed his fist on the ground in frustration, then retreated and said, "If I don't kill him, why don't I castrate him?"
Lu Chengjing shook his head, "How can a eunuch participate in the imperial examination? This is the same as killing him."
Shang Wan was annoyed, "I can't kill him, nor can I castrate him. Is it possible that letting him continue to live is disgusting?"
"Madam, don't be upset." Lu Chengjing gently tugged on Shang Wan's sleeves, his voice deliberately soft.
"I'm annoyed. I'm acting like a spoiled child day by day." Shang Wan looked at him with cold eyes, "Tell me the truth, is the person who sent Tian Sheng the anonymous letter something worse than a beast?"
Lu Chengjing was slightly startled, "Why do you think it's him?"
"If you become an official through the imperial examination, your reputation must not be stained." Shang Wan said, "You molested a young child. This young child is still your biological brother. If outsiders know about it, wouldn't it be a ready-made handle? At least you can use this matter to threaten him, at worst, you can use it to threaten him. Destroy him directly and make him be despised and beaten."
"It is indeed possible, but..." Lu Chengjing was helpless, "Other than you, how could I tell anyone else about this?"
He kept the matter buried in his heart for many years and never mentioned it to anyone.
Even Shitou didn't know about this and was wondering why Lu Chengjing didn't want to see Lu Chengyuan so much that he found it disgusting to even say a word.
Shang Wan pouted, "Only the dead can keep secrets forever."
Lu Chengyuan was worried that Lu Chengjing would block his Qingyun Road, so he deliberately designed Lu Chengjing to be related to the poisoning of the county magistrate, and took the opportunity to expel Lu Chengjing from the Lu family.
When Lu Chengjing died, his serious worries were resolved.
Shang Wan felt that his guess was reasonable, but there was no evidence.
"Even if there is evidence, he cannot be convicted." Lu Chengjing said, "The poison was poisoned by Tian Sheng. Lu Chengyuan sent an anonymous letter to Tian Sheng, which did not violate the law. Furthermore, Tian Sheng committed suicide by taking poison, not Lu Chengyuan."
Shang Wan: "..."
Lu Chengjing said: "Lu Chengyuan is a cautious person. Even if he designs on others, he will find a way to remove himself first."
Shang Wan took a deep breath, "According to this logic, wouldn't he be the one responsible for the Yupei and Mipu incident?"
Lu Chengjing said: "I'm not sure about the former, but he is the latter."
Not angry, not angry, not angry, no... She is just angry!
Shang Wan felt that he would get breast hyperplasia if he continued to be angry.
She said: "You can't kill him, you can't castrate him. I'll break his legs and make his journey to Beijing more difficult, right?"
No matter what, she got this tone!
Lu Chengjing's lips parted slightly. Shang Wan glanced at him and warned coldly: "Don't say no again!"
Lu Chengjing: "As you please, my wife."
"Be good." Shang Wan finally calmed down a little. He stood up, held Lu Chengjing's face and rubbed it, and finally said, "It's so bad, why don't you learn from Yuanyuan?"
Lu Chengjing: "..."
If he was as chubby as Yuanyuan, he was sure that the first person who asked him to lose weight was the woman in front of him.
Shang Wan pinched the tip of Lu Chengjing's chin and shook it, "Eat more in the future, it will make you feel uncomfortable even if you hold it in your arms."
Lu Chengjing pursed his lips and said, "You don't have to hug me if you don't like it."
"That won't work." Shang Wan nudged the soft flesh on Lu Chengjing's chin with the pad of his index finger like a cat, "I have a question, why would the Wang family marry their daughter to the Lu family if they are so powerful?"
This world values well-matched families, so why would an official's family marry their daughter off to someone else?
(End of this chapter)