Chapter 33 It is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs

Lu Zhanyuan leaned against the table leg and began to tell his past.

Lu Zhanyuan said with a melancholy look on his face: "When I met Mochou, I was already ill, but it was very mild at that time and I thought it could be cured. So after I made an engagement with her, I went to the Tianlong Temple in Dali to seek medical treatment. With the help of my ancestors, I received the careful care of the master of the Tianlong Temple."

"It seems that Tianlong Temple can't cure your disease." Wang Mingdao
Lu Zhanyuan sighed and said, "Yes, I stayed in Tianlong Temple for two months. Six masters took turns using the One Yang Finger to clear the meridians. It can be said that they tried their best, but unfortunately it was still ineffective. After learning that my disease could not be cured, I wanted to go and cancel the engagement with Mochou."

Wang Ming jokingly said, "Oh? Your way of breaking off the engagement is to marry someone else without any prior notice?"

Lu Zhanyuan said helplessly: "I originally planned to return to Lujiazhuang and tell her to cancel the engagement, so that she wouldn't be dragged down by me.

But she had no fixed place to live, and I couldn't find her. Until the day when Yuanjun and I got married, she showed up."

Lu Zhanyuan glanced at his wife beside him, his expression complicated as he said, "That day, I saw a different Mo Chou. She was no longer the gentle and kind Mo Chou. That day she was very hysterical and crazy."

Wang Mingdao: "Just because she is not what you imagined, you treat her like that. You watched her get defeated with your own eyes, and you still have an expression of indifference?"

Lu Zhanyuan shook his head and said, "No! It was at that moment that I realized how deeply she loved me. I knew that if I told her clearly, she would never leave me. When I die, she might follow me, which I don't want. Since she thinks I am a heartless man, so be it! This way, at least she can live well."

Wang Ming suddenly clapped his hands: "Hahahaha!!! What a great eloquence and story."

After laughing, his expression suddenly turned stern: "If I hadn't seen you two loving each other, I would have believed it. You are indeed Mr. Lu, who is famous for your wit. Do you think I am easy to fool?"

Then Wang Ming slapped him in the face again, and the remaining force carried Lu Zhanyuan flying out, and finally hit the wall and fainted.

Wang Ming showed mercy in this slap, otherwise his hands, which would have been broken by stones, would have been slapped like watermelons until juice flowed out.

He Yuanjun became even more anxious when she saw the tragedy of her husband, but due to the acupuncture points on her husband, only her two eyeballs could move.

Wang Ming worked hard and unblocked He Yuanjun's acupoints.

After unblocking the acupoints, He Yuanjun immediately got up and checked her husband's injuries. She found that he had only some minor injuries and was unconscious, so she temporarily felt relieved.

"Senior, my husband did not lie to you. We got married not because we loved each other, but because he wanted to help me." He Yuanjun knew that the danger was not over. As long as this mysterious man was not sent away, the matter would not be over.

"Oh? Then please start your story." Wang Ming said with interest.

"When we got married, there was not only Li Mochou who came as an uninvited guest, but also my adoptive father Wu San Tong who raised me since I was a child. The reason we were able to get married was because of my adoptive father Wu San Tong." He Yuanjun began to tell the story.

"Yuanjun lost both her parents when she was young, but fortunately she was adopted by Wu Santong and his wife. They loved me very much and took care of me in every possible way. That was the happiest time of my life. But later, as I grew up, I found that my adoptive father's feelings for me became more and more subtle, and gradually it was no longer a simple father-daughter relationship." A trace of bitterness appeared on He Yuanjun's face.

“If my adoptive father hadn’t taken me in, I might have starved to death or been sold to a brothel when I was a child. After I realized what he was thinking, I was tormented by fear and conflict. He gave me this life, and if he threatened me with a favor, it would be hard for me to refuse. But we are father and daughter in name after all, and this is treasonous, and I cannot let my adoptive mother, Wu Sanniang, down.” He Yuanjun had originally planned to keep this matter to herself, as she didn’t want to ruin Wu Santong’s reputation, but if she didn’t make it clear today, she was afraid that Lujiazhuang would never have to overcome this hurdle.

"I know Wu Santong, he's the disciple of the Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing. I didn't expect this thief is so good at playing! Train him!" Wang Ming sighed, and at the same time thought to himself, no wonder the two brothers of the Wu family are so bad, it turns out they have bad origins.

"Although my adoptive father loved me very much, it was my adoptive mother who really took care of me. Her kindness to me was greater than that of my adoptive father. I had no choice but to jump into the river and die. In the end, my husband rescued me. He stopped me from committing suicide several times. At the same time, he also understood my experience and finally came up with a plan for me to marry him."

"Then you can marry someone else, right? There's no need to be with him. He obviously has bad intentions and is taking advantage of others." Wang Ming said deliberately. "No, my husband took a big risk by marrying me. My adoptive father, Wu Santong, was one of the four closest ministers of the King of Dali at that time. He had great power. Ordinary people didn't dare to go against him. There was no need for capable people to offend him for me, so Lu Lang proposed that we get married."

He Yuanjun explained immediately.

"Because I failed to cure my husband's illness, they took the initiative to come and witness the marriage between me and my husband. I was also grateful for the arrival of the master. Not only did my adoptive father come that day, but Li Mochou also came. We all underestimated their martial arts skills. The guests present, even though they were numerous and powerful, could not do anything to them. In the end, it was the master who subdued them and made them swear not to cause trouble for ten years." When He Yuanjun said this, she looked at her husband affectionately again.

"My husband and I were fake husband and wife at first, but we fell in love and turned our fake into reality. This was originally a good decision for them, but they were both too obsessed. One went crazy and abandoned his family, and the other became a monk and killed countless people." He Yuanjun said helplessly.

"Miss Mochou became a murderous demon because my husband helped me. If you want to kill someone, kill me! I beg you to let the others go." After saying that, she knelt down and kowtowed continuously.

"Ahem! Madam, what are you talking about? This is my decision and it has nothing to do with you." Lu Zhanyuan woke up at this time.

"If it weren't for my husband, Yuanjun would have jumped into the river and committed suicide long ago. My current life is given by my husband. If my husband were gone, Yuanjun would never live in vain." He Yuanjun didn't argue anymore. In fact, she didn't care much about life and death, or she had accepted her fate. She knew Lu Zhanyuan's body better than anyone else.

Wang Ming was too lazy to listen and knocked the two of them out again.

Then he fell into deep thought in the attic.
Originally, Wang Ming had been in seclusion for a long time, so he came to Jiangnan to relax and have fun. This place can be said to be a coincidence.

Li Mochou was accepted as his apprentice but actually used as a tool by him, but he still had to be responsible no matter what.

At first, I thought that if Lu Zhanyuan was really a scumbag, I would capture him and hand him over to Li Mochou so that she could let go of her worries.

What does Lu Zhanyuan's life or death have to do with Wang Ming? This is his own romantic debt. If he is allowed to pay it back sooner, fewer people will die and his brother's family won't be implicated.

Wang Ming also thought that Lu Zhanyuan was a moron at first. It's not like he couldn't have two in this era, but he turned it into a Shura scene.

In the original novel, Li Mochou said to Lu Liding, "If your brother were still alive, as long as he begged me to divorce that little bitch He Yuanjun, I would have spared your family. Now, alas, you are unlucky. It's all your brother's fault that he died too young, not me."

From the beginning to the end, she just wanted him to marry her and make her his legal wife.

Finally, he saw the brocade handkerchief that Lu Zhanyuan left behind as a token of their love, and he spared Lu Wushuang's life and continued to teach her martial arts.

In the end, if she hadn't stolen the "Secret of the Five Poisons", he wouldn't have chased her.

Therefore, as long as Lu Zhanyuan surrenders himself and asks Li Mochou to spare He Yuanjun, there will be no problem.

Modern women find it intolerable for a man to have a second woman, but in ancient times it was normal to have three wives and four concubines.

"It's hard for an honest official to settle family affairs. Let Li Mochou do it herself!"

Finally, Wang Ming injected a stream of innate true qi into Lu Zhanyuan's body to help him prolong his life for a period of time. It is up to Li Mochou to decide his life or death!

(End of this chapter)