N-A-A Chapter 1848 Grave Scissors
Chapter 1848 Grave Scissors
Old Man Lu also had a dream.
In his dream, he walked into a dark place, with a faint light in the distance, but this light only allowed him to see the black mist around him, and he could not see anything else.
He felt terrified and wanted to turn back, but when he turned around, it was pitch black behind him, and there was no way out.
His hands were sweating, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep going.
I don't know how long I walked, but I saw a wasteland ahead, and there seemed to be a grave mound there.
A pair of scissors was stuck in the grave mound, which looked very eerie.
But when Old Man Lu saw this scene, his body trembled violently. Because, because!
He remembered; this was the grave he had seen when he was a child.
It was a grave they erected for his older brother who had disappeared when he was a child.
Old Man Lu had a twin brother. When he was very young, a strange Taoist priest came to the village. After the priest wandered around the village and left, Old Man Lu's brother also disappeared.
At the time, everyone in the village was saying that his brother had been kidnapped by that strange Taoist priest.
But the truth is...
That Taoist priest did find their family.
After arriving at their home, they said a bunch of strange things.
Old Lu was very young at that time and couldn't remember, but he always remembered that when the Taoist priest came in, he was backlit, and the light behind him formed a golden glow. He looked at the Taoist priest and was terrified for some reason, and burst into tears.
However, his twin brother was not afraid. Instead, he walked towards the Taoist priest with unsteady steps.
Then the Taoist priest squatted down in front of him and whispered something to him.
Old Lu didn't hear it.
Later, the Taoist priest left them a lot of silver and seemed to have talked a lot with his parents in the house.
After he came out, the Taoist priest took his twin brother away.
He was too young at the time to remember clearly. Later, the villagers said that his brother had been abducted by that Taoist priest. He thought about it and felt that it was true. His brother seemed to have indeed gone with that Taoist priest, so he gradually kept this story in mind.
No one in their family ever went out of their way to clarify things to outsiders.
Later, the villagers even said they dared not explain clearly because they were afraid that the Taoist priest had some abilities and would come back to take revenge.
So later, his family built another grave for his brother.
His parents really buried something inside. It was a dark and windy night, and they buried it mysteriously. They also made him go with them.
That night was just like Old Man Lu's dream now.
After the grave was buried, his father stuck a rusty pair of scissors on the grave mound.
When Old Man Lu asked why there were scissors in the scissors, his father replied, "Don't worry about it. Just know that this is good for our family, good for you and your future generations."
Old Lu seemed to understand at the time, but not quite.
But now, seeing this grave and the scissors on the grave mound, Old Man Lu felt inexplicably frightened, and cold sweat broke out on his brow.
"Where's the scissors? The grave's been dug up, haven't you checked on it? This grave can't be damaged, go back and check!"
A voice suddenly rang out.
Old Lu suddenly woke up and sat up abruptly.
Lu Ming, who was squeezed next to him, was pushed off the bed by his movement, which also woke him up with a thud.
Lu Ming is very thin now, all bones. Falling off the bed like this hurt him so much that he gasped for breath for a long time before he recovered.
He got up, looked at his father sitting on the bed like he was possessed, and asked weakly, "Dad, what are you doing?"
"Son, let's go back to the village! Let's go back now!" Old Lu suddenly came to his senses, his face pale, and immediately prepared to get out of bed, looking like he was in a real emergency.
Lu Ming glanced at the sky outside; the window paper was torn and visible.
It should be just getting light outside.
"Father, what kind of nightmare are you having now? Have you forgotten that the Emperor forbids us from leaving the capital?"
The Lu family is now forbidden from leaving the capital. If they leave the city, it will be considered disobeying the imperial decree, and the severe punishment of beheading, which they still remember, will be carried out.
Therefore, even if they were trapped and died in the capital, they could not go back.
"You figure something out! If they don't want to come back, they don't have to, but you have to come back with me!"
Old Lu was unusually determined and stubborn at this moment, as if he would drag him to his death if he didn't go back.
Lu Anrong overheard this from outside and pulled Old Man Lu aside to ask him a few questions.
Afterwards, he also said to Lu Ming, "Father, the master said he wants to go back, so let's go back. I heard yesterday that something might have happened in the palace. The emperor is unconscious now, and the palace might be in chaos for a while."
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment. "Really?"
“It should be right.” Lu Anrong nodded and said, “No one in the palace can control a small family like ours right now. The Crown Prince is probably also vying for that position. We can sneak out at this time and just come back later.”
"What about the Prince of Jin? And that rebellious daughter Lu Zhaoling..." Lu Ming paused. He remembered that Lu Zhaoling wasn't his biological daughter, and now he was calling her a rebellious daughter; that didn't seem right.
But he really wanted to curse like that.
“If they were here, they would be keeping an eye on our family.”
Lu Ming said through gritted teeth, "The Emperor and the others may not be able to control us little ants for the time being, but Lu Zhaoling, who holds grudges, will definitely be keeping an eye on us."
"This is another thing I found out. I wanted to go find An Fan, but these past few days An Fan has been busy with some junior officers in the army. I didn't see him go to the Prince of Jin's residence or Huaiyuan."
Lu Anrong said with a sullen face, "I feel something is wrong. If the Prince of Jin's mansion is fine, and if Lu Zhaoling is also free, Anfan wouldn't completely ignore them. So I inquired more carefully and found out that the Prince of Jin went to the palace and never returned."
Old Man Lu and Lu Ming exchanged a glance, both feeling that something was amiss.
"So I guess that something might have happened to the Prince of Jin in the palace, or he might have to stay in the palace to help the Crown Prince and wouldn't be able to take care of things outside."
Lu Anrong added, "Lu Zhaoling is the same. Since Prince Jin hasn't returned from the palace, she must have gone there too. Anyway, I waited at the entrance of the Prince's residence for a while yesterday, and I didn't see her appear."
Lu Mingxin's heart sank. "So, is the palace about to undergo a major upheaval?"
"Most likely."
"Then what are we waiting for? Nobody cares about us right now, let's hurry back to the village!" Old Man Lu shouted.
Lu Ming thought for a moment, but then had another idea in mind.
"Father, if that's the case, should we come back again? Or should we take this opportunity to go somewhere else and never return to the capital?"
Old Lu was taken aback.
"Father, think about it, if things really change in the palace, and the Crown Prince ascends the throne, and the Crown Prince is on Prince Jin's side, and the Crown Prince becomes the Emperor, Prince Jin will have even more power, and Lu Zhaoling will definitely be even more arrogant. Will she spare us then?"