flstandardbreds Chapter 365: Wealth and People Dispersed, Decline
Chapter 365: Wealth and People Dispersed, Decline
At daybreak, Peng Lu walked out of the house carrying a small bag in his hands.
There were only a few sets of clothes in the bag.
Peng Lu came to the door of Lu Jie'en's room next door and stood still. Just as he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, he heard Lu Jie'en's voice from inside, "Be careful on your journey! Take care, and see you later!"
Peng Lu slowly put down his hand that was about to knock on the door, looked at the closed door, and said with a folded hand: "Brother Lu, I feel guilty and will leave first!
Goodbye now, see you later!
Hope Brother Lu takes care of himself!"
After saying that, Peng Lu bowed deeply, then turned around and walked away, heading towards the west corner gate of the marquis' mansion.
It was still early, and the situation in the Marquis' Mansion was different from before. The servants were not as careful and diligent as usual, and were still lazing around in their beds.
Peng Lu went forward to remove the bolt, pull out the door pin, open the door, stepped over the threshold, took a step forward, and was already standing outside the Qinxing Marquis Mansion.
Out!
left!
Peng Lu took a deep breath, stood for a moment, slowly raised his hand and closed the door behind him.
The streets were deserted and there was not a single person in sight. There were only red lanterns hanging in front of a few mansions near and far, swaying slightly in the cold autumn morning breeze.
Peng Lu walked to the front door of Qinxing Marquis's Mansion, raised his head, and looked at the plaque on the door...
The plaque with golden characters on a black background is majestic and solemn, silently indicating the glory that this mansion once had!
"Qinxing Marquis Mansion!
Alas! This plaque... I don't know how long it can hang here!"
Peng Lu muttered to himself.
I lowered my head and saw my own elongated shadow under the light...
Peng Lu sighed again, feeling sad in his heart.
Thinking about it again, he had already left the Qinxing Marquis Mansion, so as to how long this plaque could hang, it had nothing to do with him anymore.
gone!
Peng Lu took one last look at the two tightly closed vermilion doors and the high hanging plaque, turned around and strode away from the Marquis Qinxing Mansion where he had worked for many years, walked towards the South City Gate, and never looked back.
Lu Jie'en sat quietly in the room, listening to Peng Lu's footsteps fading away.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Jie'en stood up, supporting himself on the armrests of the chair.
He calmed himself and slowly walked out of the house.
At this time, the Marquis Qinxing's Mansion was as quiet as an abandoned house with no one living in it, and it was dead silent everywhere.
Lu Jie'en walked alone from the front yard through the empty main hall, then through the equally empty flower hall in the second hall, then went out from the moon-shaped door on the east side, and walked along the long corridor towards the ancestral hall at the back.
Lu Jie'en walked on the empty road with his head down, recalling the scene when the old marquis was still alive.
At that time, although there was an extremely restless marquis' wife in the mansion who only knew how to protect her helpless mother's family and make trouble all day long, the old marquis was still there after all, and the momentum of the Marquis Qinxing's mansion was still there.
There was always a mystery in Lu Jie'en's mind, and he never dared to ask the old marquis directly.
This mystery has remained in my heart.
That is, how could such a dignified and upright general, such a mighty and upright old marquis, marry such an unbearable wife?
It is said that one should marry a virtuous woman!
Marrying a virtuous wife brings prosperity to three generations!
What the ancients said is really true!
Such a tough and powerful old marquis, just because he married such a wife with such a bad character, after his death, the Marquis Qinxing Mansion will fall into decline so quickly!
She first emptied the Qinxing Marquis's Mansion and gave the money to her natal family, and then pushed her niece Xiao Yin, who was even more vicious and immoral than herself, to her son.
He even instigated his son to seduce the Duke's daughter, Fu Baozhen!
Since you have married such a good daughter-in-law, you should cherish her and treat her well!
That can be considered a blessing for the Marquis Qinxing’s Mansion!
It is also an opportunity for the Qinxing Marquis Mansion to revive!
But what did this foolish woman do?
Not only did he make the Marquis Qinxing's Mansion a mess, but he also filled it with sinister evil!
My late wife was murdered tragically!
Can the bloody scene of one corpse and two lives be erased so easily?
It is hard to say whether everything that has happened to the Marquis Qinxing’s Mansion is God’s will or retribution!
The wealth that was snatched by committing evil deeds was stolen overnight!
The wealth is gone!
And people...
Today, Peng Lu’s departure should be the beginning of people dispersing!
All the money is gone and everyone is gone!
The decline of the Marquis Qinxing’s Mansion is inevitable!
What a pity... The glorious Qinxing Marquisate, which was earned by the old marquis's lifetime of achievements, was ultimately destroyed by his unvirtuous wife and unkind and unjust son!
Lu Jien just walked like this, thinking...
Looking up, I found that I had arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
Lu Jie'en raised his hand, pushed open the door of the ancestral hall, and walked in.
Not daring to look up at the tablet above, Lu Jie'en just lowered his head, picked up three incense sticks from the incense table, lit them on the eternal lamp, and inserted them into the incense burner.
He knelt down on his knees in front of the incense table and kowtowed three times.
After that, he just lowered his head and knelt silently for a long time!
Lu Jien seemed to have a premonition in his heart—
I'm afraid that the Qinxing Marquis Mansion left by the old marquis will...