Lingxi Lingluan heard the words "Qingqing" coming out of the commander's mouth, and her heart stopped for a moment. Wang Yanqing sat with her back to Lingxi Lingluan, and did not notice the difference between the two, otherwise, she would have realized that something was wrong with her "brother".
However, Wang Yanqing didn't see it, she was caught in Lu Heng's gentle smiling eyes, her vigilance melted away little by little: "I'm much better. Second brother, you've been in Zhenfusi for so long before you came back, you want to be hungry? I prepared a meal for you, but I don't remember what you liked, so I had to order a dish that I ate at night and thought it was pretty good."
What Lu Heng did was shameful, and he was too afraid that others would poison him, so even the Lu family's cook didn't know what he liked to eat. Wang Yanqing's inquiry failed, and he could only prepare dinner for Lu Heng according to his own preferences.
Lu Heng looked at the Eight Immortals table with mahogany pattern. There were several dishes on it, meat and vegetable soups and vegetables, and there was a thermal insulation layer under the food box. The maids changed the hot water from time to time. cold.
Lu Heng looked back and found that Wang Yanqing was looking at him carefully, as if afraid that he would be unhappy. Lu Heng laughed and wanted to touch Wang Yanqing's head, recalling the wound on her head and taking it back: "I said, what do you want to do in Lu Zhai, you don't have to look forward and backward, tremble. These are just what I like, But it's late at night and I don't have any appetite..."
Lingxi Lingluan in the rear hung his head, and there was no surprise in his eyes. Look, they said, the commander won't touch it.
However, Lingxi's thoughts declined, and he heard Lu Heng's tone turn a corner and said with a smile, "Unless you accompany me, Qingqing."
The corners of Lingxi's mouth twitched, and she almost lost her expression. Lingxi Lingluan is specially trained, and even if it is surprised, it will not look up. Lu Heng's eyes glittered like water waves, especially when he focused on people, he could almost drown them. Wang Yanqing blushed, but fortunately no one looked in this direction, she secretly relieved and nodded slightly: "Okay."
Wang Yanqing couldn't move vigorously, Lu Heng helped Wang Yanqing to stand up slowly, and walked towards the dining table leisurely. The maids stepped forward and removed the food box. Wang Yanqing opened the porcelain cup and poured the soup familiarly: "Second brother, you just came back, so drink some hot soup to warm up your body first."
Lu Heng smiled and took the fish soup she brought, but his eyes were quietly observing. She has no memory, but her life instinct is still there. Seeing her handing over the bowl of soup, she is obviously used to it before. It is self-evident who the person she cares about is, but Wang Yanqing's performance is slightly different from the records in the materials.
Lu Heng swept over the dishes on the table, the taste was sweet and bland, and the meat on the table was all white meat, which was completely different from the "hobby of salty and spicy, fond of mutton" written on the record.
Lu Heng took a sip of fish soup and asked: "Qingqing, you are injured, and the boss specially instructed you to pay attention to your diet. Lamb is the most nourishing. How about I ask them to bring a batch of yellow sheep tomorrow?"
Wang Yanqing frowned slightly and asked, "Second brother, do you want to eat?"
Lu Heng shook his head with a smile: "No. How much you send is yours."
"Then don't." Wang Yanqing lowered his head and scooped the spoon, "I don't like the smell of mutton."
Lu Heng was sure that the salty, spicy and mutton were not Wang Yanqing's tastes, but Fu Tingzhou's. In order to cater to Fu Tingzhou, Wang Yanqing said that he liked these.
Lu Heng clicked his tongue in disgust, and he began to doubt the authenticity of the investigation. It seems that memorizing the information does not mean that everything is going well, and more details still have to be observed by him.
Lu Heng watched Wang Yanqing bowing his head to stir the soup, he couldn't help laughing, patted her hand, and said, "If you don't like it, don't like it. It's the sheep's fault that it smells like mutton. What are you doing in your sullen mood?"
Wang Yanqing couldn't help laughing, and looked up at him helplessly: "You want to eat other people's meat, but you still blame them for the smell of mutton, how can you do that?"
"It's their fault that they upset Qingqing," Lu Heng said calmly about his robber logic, not feeling anything wrong. He thought that Fu Tingzhou was really disgusting, but "Qingqing" was called a lot, and it was quite smooth.
In the past, Lu Heng was always silent and alert when eating, because he was worried that every bite was poisonous. For him, eating was not a pleasure at all, it was just what his body needed. With Wang Yanqing accompanying him today, he actually ate a lot while talking and laughing.
The diet prepared by Wang Yanqing was light and easy to control. After eating a hot meal, the body warmed up from the inside, and the headache cases in his mind seemed to be nothing. Wang Yanqing had eaten dinner in the evening, but now she is only with Lu Heng. After Lu Heng put down the tableware, she also put down the chopsticks and picked up the handkerchief to wipe her mouth.
The maids stepped forward and gently removed the tableware. Wang Yanqing poured a cup of tea for Lu Heng, put it gently on Lu Heng's hand, and asked tentatively, "Second brother, have you encountered any trouble?"
Lu Heng regained his senses and found that he unconsciously remembered the case again. He opened the tea cup, slowly swiped the tea foam, the hot mist was in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see his true mood for a while.
Lu Heng looked at Wang Yanqing through the mist, and found that Wang Yanqing could recognize facial expressions very quickly, and he could even see what was on his mind. He originally thought that Wang Yanqing was relying on others to exercise the habit of observing words and feelings early, but now it seems that this is more like a natural and keen intuition.
Innate sensitivity, coupled with acquired exercise, created her almost evil "mind reading". Previous life experience told her to cover up her strangeness, so she deliberately restrained, it was not obvious that she was mixed in the back house, and outsiders thought she was quick to respond at most. Now that she has lost her memory, she acts as innocent and ignorant as a child, but she often speaks astonishingly, and this shocking talent is highlighted.
Lu Heng's eyes moved slightly and looked at Wang Yanqing more carefully. Wang Yanqing was stared at by such eyes and asked with a smile, "Second brother, why are you looking at me like this? Did I say something wrong?"
Although she smiled, her shoulders tensed unknowingly. Lu Heng smiled lightly, took Wang Yanqing's hand, and found that her fingertips were cold.
Lu Heng slowly kneaded Wang Yanqing's slender fingertips and said, "Qingqing, you don't have to cater to me. You can say whatever you want, you don't need to figure out what I want to hear."
She is naturally good at seeing people's "faces", and has a strong ability to perceive emotions, and can guess what the other party wants to hear based on subtle changes in expressions. This is indeed a survival skill, but Lu Heng does not want Wang Yanqing to use these skills on him.
He wanted to see the real Wang Yanqing even more.
Wang Yanqing was startled and tried to ask, "Isn't that what you guys are like?"
Lu Heng couldn't help laughing and laughed softly: "Of course not. If everyone in the world has your ability, the emperor doesn't have to be angry with those idiots every day. This is a gift from God, you can use it to protect yourself. , but speak to me as directly as you can without looking ahead.”
It was the first time Wang Yanqing learned that she was different from others, and she couldn't help but observe Lu Heng's expression: "Really?"
"Really." Lu Heng sat down and let her look. This is indeed his truth, not afraid of her seeing it. Lu Heng grabbed Wang Yanqing's fingers and said with a smile, "You and I are brothers and sisters who grew up together. We are closer than biological siblings. Brothers and sisters, if you don't speak frankly with me, who else will remind me?"
Wang Yanqing was relieved, his body could not help relaxing, and the smile on his face became real: "Okay."
Lu Heng felt the touch of jade in the palm of his hand, and silently examined her. Catching her was purely an accident. Lu Heng originally wanted to make an offer on Wang Yanqing, but when he found out that she lost her memory, Lu Heng immediately changed his mind. He planned to carve her into a secret weapon against Fu Tingzhou, but now Lu Heng discovered that Wang Yanqing was more useful than he thought.
Such a rare talent, such a strong emotional insight, it would be a waste to stay in the back house to intrigue. She should have a wider world.
Lu Heng looked at Wang Yanqing and smiled, suddenly sitting upright, holding Wang Yanqing's hand quite solemnly and asking, "Qingqing, would you like to do your second brother a favor?"
"Help?" Wang Yanqing's eyes widened in surprise, "Me?"
Although Wang Yanqing still knew a little about the world, she knew that Lu Heng was the commander of Jin Yiwei. Judging from everyone's attitude towards him, he had a lot of power in his hands. How could such a person need her help
Thinking like this, Wang Yanqing also said: "I don't know anything, and I don't know anyone, how can I help my second brother..."
Lu Heng squeezed her hand hard to stop her words: "Don't belittle yourself, Qingqing can help me a lot. A few days ago, I sent a book, and Liang Wei, a thousand householder of Jinyiwei in Baoding, died, and his wife Liang Wei died. Wen reported that the eldest daughter had committed adultery at this juncture. The Baoding government sentenced the woman to death and handed it over to the capital for review."
There is no local authority to impose the death penalty, and any murder case must be handed over to the capital for review. Only with the approval of the capital can the local government execute the execution. If the capital feels that there is a problem, the entire case will have to be retrial. This case involved Jinyiwei, so it did not go through the six parts, but was given internal instructions by Jinyiwei.
Wang Yanqing frowned, thinking for a moment and then asking, "Is Liang Wenshi the biological mother of Liang Wei's eldest daughter?"
Lu Heng had a smile in his eyes, very smart, and this caught the point. Lu Heng didn't answer, but instead asked, "Why do you ask that?"
"It doesn't make sense." Wang Yanqing replied, "How can my daughter have the heart to commit adultery with someone when her father dies? Even if she did such a thing during her father's filial piety, her mother should find a way to cover it up. Why should she take the initiative? Report to the court? There is only one possibility, Liang Wenshi is not her mother, but her stepmother."
Lu Heng nodded, confirming her guess: "Yes, Liang Wenshi is indeed Liang Wei's wife. What else?"
Wang Yanqing was helpless: "You don't tell me any information, how can I guess? But most of the stepmother's harm to the children of the original spouse is for profit. She dares to blatantly harm the daughter left by the original spouse, and most of them rely on her own. Does she have any children?"
"Yes." Lu Heng nodded and replied happily, "Liang Wei has two sons, the eldest son and the eldest daughter are from the original wife Liu, only the younger son is from the step-wife. And I can tell you a little more, A thousand households of Jinyiwei can be hereditary, and when Liang Wei died, his son should inherit the position of a thousand households. As for which son falls on, it depends on the situation."
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, when the father dies, all ancestral properties and shadows are inherited by the eldest son, and the eldest son will pass on to the eldest grandson. However, the Ming Dynasty has been passed down for a hundred years, and the laws established when the country was founded were already deformed when they were actually implemented. In the most recent example, Fu Yue, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, stepped over his son and passed the title of lord directly to his grandson; the commander Lu Song also bypassed the eldest son and passed the hereditary official position of Jinyiwei to the second son Lu Heng.
Fu Tingzhou and Lu Heng are considered to be outstanding in their personal abilities, and they have an exceptional inheritance, but there are more ordinary people in the world, and there is not much difference in intelligence. For example, in Liang Wei's family, according to the etiquette and law, the eldest son should inherit the position of the thousand households, but if the second son inherits the official position on the grounds that he is more talented, it can actually be done.
Wang Yanqing's face showed a stunned expression, she was angry, and said: "This makes sense. Liang Wei's bones are not cold, but Liang Wenshi forced the death of his original wife's eldest daughter at this time, even disregarding his own reputation, most of which are otherwise. Conspiracy. This case is definitely not adultery."
Wang Yanqing said, Lu Heng listened quietly. After Wang Yanqing finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Qingqing is really smart, much better than those officials outside."
When Wang Yanqing heard that this sentence was wrong, she had a bad premonition: "Could it be that this case has been sentenced?"
"That's right." Lu Heng's tone was tired, like a sigh rather than a sigh, which verified Wang Yanqing's guess, "The case has been settled, and the commander Chen Du has agreed with the result. I am afraid that it will not be long before that Miss Liang will be charged with adultery. executed."
Wang Yanqing tried to ask: "Is the commander of Chen Du..."
"Mr. Chen Yin, Chen." Lu Heng looked at Wang Yanqing, the light inside was deep, and there seemed to be an undercurrent, "The second-rank commander, in charge of Jinyiwei, is also my superior."
Wang Yanqing suddenly fell silent. The case decided by Chief Lu Heng, this...
This is the case in officialdom, especially when the Lu family joins the army, the army cares most about rank. The officer thought it was adultery and should be put to death. Even if the people below found something suspicious, they had to do the same.
Wang Yanqing lowered her eyes and thought about it for a while, but she still felt annoyed: "However, that is a living life. A woman who has not left the cabinet was executed for adultery. What if she was wronged?"
Lu Heng sighed and looked at Wang Yanqing deeply. Those amber eyes were sparkling, filled with disappointment, sigh, and request, like an old wine, almost pouring into Wang Yanqing's heart: "This is also what I can't bear. Disobeying Shangguan is a serious crime, Qingqing. , would you like to help me?"