As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. In reality, feelings between people only lasted for a moment. Just like Feng Yu Heng and Xuan Tianming, they only recognized each other because of their brief encounter in the northwest mountains. Just like Ren Xitao and Lü Ping, they only met once because of Lu Song's deliberate arrangement at the Prime Minister's Mansion of Zuo.
Feng Yu Heng had once said that she did not believe in love over time. The person that she had taken an interest in would definitely be someone that she liked at first glance. If it had to be nurtured over time, it would not be love. It would just be feelings.
Ren Xitao and Lü Ping endured three days and three nights of hardship in the cave. On the morning of the fourth day, Ren Xifeng finally led people to the cave. When the group of elites arrived at the cave via the scaling ladder, Lü Ping had already fainted due to exhaustion. Ren Xitao was also in a semi-conscious state. However, at the last moment, he still recognized that the group of elites were the shadow guards of Pingnan General's Office. Immediately, he relaxed and fell unconscious.
Ren Xifeng also followed the group of elites down to the cave. When he saw his brother and Lü Ping unconscious in each other's embrace, he couldn't help but stomp his feet and say, "Forget it, let's rescue the two of them together! I'm afraid this marriage will be difficult to break apart. I just don't know what father will think when he hears this news. "
The shadow guards of the General's Office had arrived a day ago. Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence. They had received a letter from Ren Xifeng and Lü Ping Ping saying that they were returning to the capital. General Pingnan was worried and sent people to receive them. At this time, they just happened to see Ren Xifeng commanding a large group of people to search the mountain. With the participation of the shadow guards, the people of the Lü Mansion were soon out of the picture. After all, in terms of strength, the difference between the two sides was too great. How could the bodyguards of the Lu Family compare to the secret guards of the Pingnan General's Office? Not only were those people useless, they were also captured by the people from the General's Estate. After all, it was because of their pursuit that Ren Xitao fell off the cliff. These people, as well as the Lu Estate, had to give the General's Estate an explanation.
Soon, Ren Xifeng led the group back to the capital. As soon as they entered the capital, Ren Xifeng immediately ordered someone to send a message to the Lv Mansion, asking them to come to the General's Mansion to pick up the people.
When he received the news, Lu Song had just returned from court. He had just walked to the entrance of the residence when he heard the news that he was to go to the general's residence to pick up someone. Lu Song didn't understand at first. It wasn't until the person repeated it that he froze in place in shock.
Lü Ping is back? But he came back with the people from Pingnan General's Office? I even heard that the Lu Family's pursuers caused the eldest son of the Ren Family to fall off a cliff? How could this be? He broke out in a cold sweat. He never thought that this matter would be related to the Pingnan General's Office. At this moment, he only felt a headache. He was afraid that this was going to be bad.
But since they had already come to invite him, he couldn't refuse. After court, he didn't have time to change out of his official robes and turned to the Pingnan General's Office. As soon as he arrived at the residence, he saw that the Pingnan General's Office was also in a mess. Ren Xitao hadn't woken up yet, and everyone was busy looking for a doctor. General Pingnan was so angry that his beard blew and his eyes widened. He shouted, "Why are you looking for a doctor? Take this General's name card and go invite an imperial physician! "
On the other hand, Ren Xifeng stomped his feet. "Why are you looking for an imperial physician! Hurry! Take this lady's name card and go to the Royal Consort Yu to invite the Royal Consort Yu over! "
The General's wife also said, "Yes, yes, it's better to invite the Royal Consort Yu."
A servant hurriedly went to invite the imperial physician. On the other side, Ren Xifeng roughly explained the situation to General Pingnan. General Pingnan had a stomach full of anger and had nowhere to vent it. When he saw Lu Song arrive, he couldn't control his emotions. He actually picked up his sword and didn't even have time to unsheathe the scabbard. He directly smashed it towards Lu Song.
Lu Song wanted to dodge, but his movements weren't as fast as General Pingnan's. He couldn't dodge and the scabbard directly smashed into his left shoulder. The pain made him see stars. Because the force of the sword was too great, he took a few steps back. He couldn't stand still and fell to the ground with a "plop".
Lu Song calmed down for a while before he recovered. He raised his head and saw that General Pingnan's face was red with anger. It looked like he was about to flip out. Right now, his head was bigger than two. He looked at the old general with anger and fear. He wanted to reason with the other party. He wanted to say, "I'm chasing my daughter, what does it have to do with your son? Your son jumped off the cliff because of his infatuation. Why are you going crazy with me? " But he also felt that he was a piece of meat on the chopping board. He didn't have the ability to protect himself. Based on the old general's temper, if he dared to say this, wouldn't his head be chopped off? But if he didn't say anything, wouldn't he, the dignified Left Prime Minister, be sullen?
Lu Song sat on the ground for a long time. He finally opened his mouth and forced out a sentence: "Where's my daughter, Lü Ping?"
"Dead!" General Pingnan loudly said: "You're asking me about your daughter?"
"Didn't you call this prime minister here? If this prime minister's daughter wasn't here, why would this prime minister come? "Lu Song was also angry." Old general, I respect you for serving the country for your whole life, but you can't be unreasonable. You should be clear about the ins and outs of this matter. It was your family's eldest young master who acted on his own initiative. What does it have to do with my Lü Manor? Today, this prime minister came here. You didn't say anything and hit me. This prime minister admits it. But if you continue to argue, old general, you can't be reasonable. "
"Reasonable? This general is reasonable! " General Pingnan was a military man. He didn't have the eloquence to reason with a civil official like Lu Song. He loudly shouted: "Lu Song, you ignorant old man. If this general's son has an accident, this general will burn down your Prime Minister's Mansion of Zuo and burn everyone in your family! At worst, this old man will pay with his life, but I will drag you down to hell with me! You gave birth to a seductive daughter and didn't lock her up at home. Instead, you let her out everywhere. My family's eldest young master saved you out of kindness, but you deliberately let your daughter seduce him. Good, now my son jumped off a cliff for your daughter. Do you believe that this general can tie you up and throw you down the mountain? "
Lu Song against General Pingnan was like a scholar meeting a soldier. He couldn't explain himself. In addition, although he seemed to be reasonable on the surface, he really didn't dare to tell the truth if he was deeply involved. Why did Lü Ping run away? It was because he forced Lü Ping to marry the Sixth Prince. This matter was essentially a chess piece of the Lu Family. However, this chess piece was also a chess piece in their hearts and couldn't be revealed to outsiders.
At this time, Lu Song sat on the ground and looked up at the furious General Pingnan. He thought to himself: That eldest young master of the Ren Family had to be fine. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to get past this hurdle. Now that the Emperor Tianwu was awake, although he didn't care about court affairs, it was hard to guarantee that this old general would make things difficult for him. He didn't have any friendship with Emperor Tianwu, but General Pingnan was different. The two of them had entered and exited the battlefield together in their early years and had a good relationship! The old emperor would definitely make a decision for General Pingnan. This way, he would suffer again.
What's more, even if Emperor Tianwu didn't interfere, if this matter was known to the Sixth Prince, it would easily arouse his disgust. Not only would their Lu Family's scheme not succeed, but it would also have the opposite effect.
Thinking like this, Lu Song was a bit depressed. He sat on the ground and didn't even remember to get up.
Both sides were in a stalemate like this, General Ping Nan and Ren Xifeng would occasionally scold Lu Song to satisfy their cravings, and Ren Xifeng even said: "If anything happens to my brother, not only will my father throw you down from the top of the mountain, that daughter of yours will also be chopped into minced meat and buried with my brother!"
Lu Song felt bitter. Why did the general's family have such a temper? Even his daughter had such a temperament. Compared to the two of them, the eldest son of the Ren family was really an anomaly! He thought about his interactions with Ren Xitao and felt that he was a very good person. He had even once wholeheartedly wanted Lü Ping to marry into the Ren Family. However, when there was a better place to go, this matter was put aside.
Lu Song thought about these things and simply sat on the ground, ignoring the father and daughter. Only the cries of the general's wife that occasionally lingered in his ears made him irritated. Really, they had clearly gone to the inner courtyard, so how could he still hear the cries? Could it be that there was something wrong with the person? This was truly a worrisome matter.
Finally, a voice outside the door broke the deadlock. Someone loudly announced from the gatekeeper, "Royal Consort Yu has arrived!"
Everyone looked at the door and saw Feng Yu Heng rush in with two servant girls. She didn't have any special attire and was even dressed like a normal woman. She didn't show any of the nobility of a princess consort. However, she had a valiant aura around her. When she walked, she created a whistling sound. It made those on her side feel satisfied and those with a guilty conscience tremble in fear.
She was now a princess consort and people should greet her when they saw her. However, the Ren Family had a good relationship with Feng Yu Heng, so they naturally didn't need to do this. In addition, the old general was currently in a fit of anger, so he simply raised his hand and called out, "Lass Heng, you've come!" This could be considered a greeting.
Ren Xifeng also hurriedly went forward to greet her. He grabbed Feng Yu Heng's arm and said, "Heng Heng, you've come. This time, my older brother has suffered. Not only is his body covered in injuries, he has been unconscious and has been hungry for many days. However, no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get him any food. Hurry and think of a way! " As he spoke, he pointed at Lu Song on the ground and said, "It's all because of that witch of his family. Heng Heng, I really want to cut off that witch's head."
Lu Song heard this and became angry. He coldly snorted and said, "A life for a life. If you want my daughter's life, even if you are someone from Pingnan General's Office, this prime minister will risk my life and not go to the Imperial Court to report you."
"Oh!" Feng Yu Heng smiled, "Left Prime Minister daren has such a strong aura. You don't know that in this world, there is a cause and effect. If you didn't want to cling to power, how could your daughter walk the path of escape? Lu Song, the Left Prime Minister is already a first rank official. Below one person and above tens of thousands of people. Which official in the court doesn't give you some face? Why do you have to go one step further? Do you have to cling to the Imperial Family to be your ultimate goal? "
Lu Song was stunned. He immediately remembered that Lü Ping's servant girl, Jian 'er, had pledged allegiance to Feng Yu Heng. Since she had pledged allegiance, she naturally had to speak the truth. He was afraid that Feng Yu Heng had already seen through his intentions. Today's ridicule was inevitable. How should he deal with it?
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