"Hugh...... Want to ......"
Lu Chongyuan's expression was hideous, and the vague voice popped out of his throat, mixed with blood.
Tang Ning lowered his eyes: "So you chose to let everyone die with you?" ”
She chuckled: "Also, you still have a way out after all." ”
"In your heart, the Lu family is ruined and Lu Jiu'an, your nephews and grandchildren, the girls who marry outside the Lu family, and the lives of more than 1,000 people of the Lu family are not as good as Lu Jiu'an."
"It's a pity that the rebellion of King Pingshan was exposed, and the money used to hoard grain and buy horses has long been seized, and even the fiefdom has been watched now."
"Without the support of the Lu family's wealth and nobility, and without the private soldiers that your Lu family has hidden in the clan land for many years, let's take a gamble, and wait for the Lu family's rebellion to announce to the world, after King Pingshan knows that the Lu family will be wiped out, and the wealth of a hundred years will be returned to the treasury."
"Will he bear the charge of rebellious ministers and thieves and protect Lu Jiu'an, or will he hand over the people and put all the crimes of rebellion on the head of the Lu family, so as to quell the crusade of the court and the kings."
Lu Chongyuan's face was pale at Tang Ning's words, and the wheezing in his mouth became heavier, but Tang Ning stood up directly and didn't continue to persuade him to turn around and leave.
"Ahh
Lu Chongyuan made a faint sound in his throat, struggled desperately to get up, grabbed Tang Ning's cloak, and was unable to support it under the severe pain in his body, and fell down beside her with a "bang".
Tang Ning looked down at him: "What, Lu Gong still has something to say?" ”
"Then you have to hurry, what I feed you won't last long."
Lu Chongyuan felt that the poison in his body was being pressed down as if he was twisting his internal organs, and his throat was like a tattered bellows wheezing, and he looked at the girl standing in front of him condescendingly.
This used to be a child he had never put in his eyes, a girl who could even be manipulated by the people in his mansion at will, she didn't dare to speak when she saw him, she hid behind Lu Zhinian every time, and her eyes trembled when she looked at him.
But now she is no longer the slightest bit delicate, obviously she is still the same face, but the words she says are like sharp blades, sharp enough to slash people's hearts with one knife at a time.
Lu Chongyuan was afraid.
He was afraid that Lu Jiu'an would lose the Lu family and would not be able to hold the King of Pingshan, and he was afraid that after he died, everyone in the Lu family would bury him, and the Lu family's bloodline would never be heir.
Lu Chongyuan didn't dare to gamble, and he couldn't afford to gamble.
Tang Ning watched Lu Chongyuan's eyes struggle and become powerless, as if he had lost all his sharpness, and a faint voice came out of his throat, and he bowed his head towards her little by little.
She breathed a sigh of relief, and it was done.
……
The prison was dim, Lu Chongyuan was lying on the ground, holding a pen and writing something, the blood on the ground was dotted, and the paper was not smooth, but he didn't dare to stop at all.
He knew that he didn't have much time, and the toxins suppressed in his body were eroding his five senses, and he wrote tremblingly, but not slowly.
Since he was soft and asked Xiao Yan to let the Lu family live, he didn't think about doing tricks.
Tang Ning stood aside, looking at the things written by Lu Chongyuan, some of which she knew, and some of which she didn't know, all of them were secrets before Emperor An ascended the throne.
The more she looked at it, the more shocked she became, and she couldn't help but inhale secretly.
When Lu Chongyuan tried his best to finish writing the last word, the pen in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", staining half of the paper, he vomited blood in his mouth, and reached out to drop the palm print.
After Tang Ning saw him let go and collapsed, he carefully picked up the confession letter.
The hem of the cloak was grabbed hard, and Tang Ning lowered his head to see Lu Chongyuan, who had lost his medicinal power to suppress the poison again, and grabbed her robe and looked up at her.
He couldn't make a sound in pain, blood was dripping outwards from his mouth, and black blood was spilling from his nose and ears.
But Lu Chongyuan just looked up at her, as if he was waiting for her to promise with his last breath.
Tang Ning put away the self-incrimination book and put it in his sleeve, and then lowered his eyes and said seriously: "Although my brother and I are not good people, we are not as vicious as you and Emperor An. ”
"After what Brother wants to do is over, in addition to your three clans, the other Lu clan side tribes and distant relatives will be exiled to the wasteland as a guilty person, and they will not be prosecuted after three generations."
She paused, remembered something, and then said:
"Those Lu family daughters who married out might not be able to keep their place, but as long as the collateral bloodlines behave themselves, after a few generations, if the imperial examination system is revived and no longer relies on aristocratic family backgrounds for recommendation, they might be able to get the chance to enter the court again."
Lu Chongyuan was stunned when he heard Tang Ning's words, and he suddenly remembered what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said a long time ago when he stood on top of the court.
He said that the aristocratic families monopolized the official career, resulting in more and more incompetent people in the court, and the recommendation system had many drawbacks, making it difficult for truly talented people to display their talents.
The aristocratic families may seem glorious, but they are actually corrupt inside, and the court is in chaos. If the Wei Dynasty wants to be strong, it must first eliminate the corruption in the court and allow the children of poor families to have a way to rise. Only in this way can the Wei Dynasty be renewed and the children of the aristocratic families be forced to work hard to make progress and bring vitality to the court.
Lu Chongyuan was the best of the Lu family back then. He was extremely talented at a young age. He knew that what the prince said was right and that aristocratic families did have their drawbacks.
But he is a member of the family, and he is raised by the family, and he will never let anyone want to offend the interests of the clan and ruin the stability of their families for a hundred years.
Later, the prince died, and the He family, who agreed with what he said and betrayed the interests of the aristocratic families, were also exterminated. He thought that the Lu family could continue to prosper in his hands.
Lu Chongyuan never thought that the Lu family's century-old inheritance would be broken in his hands, and he never thought that what he was trying to oppose at the beginning would become a lifesaver for the Lu family's side branch bloodlines that were lucky to survive.
Maybe fifty years, maybe a hundred years.
When the court changes, no one remembers the mistakes of the Lu family, and they can still have a chance to turn over, and they can get the opportunity to enter the court with the imperial examination and re-prop up the lintel of the Lu family.
And this is what he once disdained.
Lu Chongyuan slowly raised his head and lay on the ground. He felt that Tang Ning's last word of "comfort" was the most heartbreaking. His face seemed to be crying and laughing. As tears fell, he loosened his grip on the cloak little by little, his eyes widened and he stopped breathing.
Tang Ning looked at Lu Chongyuan who died with his eyes open, bent down and dragged him back a little, making him return to the state he was in before dying from the poison. Then he picked up the things on the ground, put his hood back on his head with a calm face, and turned to leave the prison.
"Girl?"
"Get out."
Jinyun nodded when he heard this and left quietly with Tang Ning.
Everything in the prison remained the same, and no one knew that anyone else had been here.
After a while, someone came in from outside and carried Lu Chongyuan's body out, and then someone came to check.
Xiao Yan glanced at them and then looked away: "You guys take care of things here. Take care of Lu Chongyuan's body. Move the rest of the Lu family to the death row for now. The specific punishment will be determined by His Majesty."
"What happened tonight should be kept to oneself. Anyone who talks too much will be exterminated along with his entire clan."
Everyone around hurriedly bowed their heads: "Yes, Lord Governor."
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