The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 140 Tell the Truth

After seeing off He Yuzhu and his wife, Lu Zixuan and Chen Ping sat back down at the eight-immortals table.

"Son, is Xiaoman unreliable? Why do your words become so vague whenever she is around, as if you know the plan but don't know the specific content.

Is there anything I need to be careful about? Did you deliberately take out the treasure map to test her?"

Chen Ping waited until there were only two people left in the room before she raised her doubts.

Lu Zixuan no longer concealed his true thoughts.

“Mom, you don’t have to worry too much. I won’t tell you my real plan. It has nothing to do with trust. I’m just wavering in my heart.

Once you make a move, there is no chance of recovery. I thought Lao Tong would come to explain, but I may have overthought. "

Chen Ping held Lu Zixuan in her arms with some heartache.

"Don't move, let mom hug you tightly. I can't remember how many years it has been since I last hugged you. I have forgotten how it feels.

Son, are you tired? I really don't want to see you spinning like a top every day. I feel very uncomfortable. It's because I, as a mother, am so incompetent and have caused you so much trouble.

I don't know how to help you. The only thing I can do is to listen to your arrangements. When you feel tired and don't want to persist, just turn around. Mom is always behind you waiting for you to come home. "

Chen Ping held Lu Zixuan for a long time before letting him go and continued:

"I think Lao Tong is overthinking. If he hadn't done anything to me, you wouldn't have abandoned him, or he is just too dark. Son, do you have an ideal?"

Lu Zixuan said with some emotion:

“I didn’t have this feeling before, I feel this kind of stable and ordinary life is what I have always wanted to pursue.

Ever since I felt that Lao Tong was plotting against me, I understood a truth: if you don’t have the ability, even for the most basic family you will need to rely on the sympathy and charity of others.

Almost nothing we have now truly belongs to us.

Once Lao Tong speaks, you will lose your job and there will be no possibility of finding another one.

I don’t have a household registration in my hometown, and even going home to farm is a luxury. I can’t think of any other way out except to linger on.

So, now that I have a goal, I want to do something that people today haven’t realized yet. I want to use my advantage of knowing future trends to organize an information channel.”

Chen Ping will support and encourage any decision Lu Zixuan makes.

"Well, son, no matter what you want to do, I support you. I believe that with your intelligence and talent, you can accomplish anything. I forgot to ask, how did you know about the treasure map? I've never heard you talk about it."

Lu Zixuan thought for a while before replying:

"Do you still remember the incoherent instructions that He Daqing gave to Zhuzi before he left?

He said that after the deaf woman passed away, he would find a way to save her house.

Later, I accidentally told Lao Tong about it. He didn't say anything at the time. Half a year later, he told me that the identity of the deaf woman was in doubt and could not be touched for the time being.

I was too young at the time and didn't have the manpower, so I didn't go to investigate. After I took in the two brothers Xiao Jing, I started to follow the deaf woman.

We found that every once in a while she would walk to the backyard wall and look for a while. I thought she was thinking about her family or wanted to see her former home, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

It was Xiaojing who reminded me to pay attention to that wall, so I paid attention to it.

I actually found this thing wrapped in oil paper and a letter underground between the back wall and the separate courtyard.

If you didn't intentionally check, who would have known that there was such a big secret in a narrow alley that was only wide enough for a child to pass through.

The letter was left by the master to two maids named Biqing and Bihong, asking them to pass on several family letters to the cousin who came to live with them.

He did not give the name of the representative lady, only said that the visitor would bring a half jade pendant engraved with the pattern of the auspicious beast Qilin, and came to recognize her as a relative.

Judging from the degree of decay of the font and paper, it should have been left here 30 years ago.

I guess those letters from home should be those treasure maps.

This treasure map is indeed real, but it is missing the most important thing. There was originally another layer on the back of the map.

That layer of painting depicts a place in the mountains. I’m not sure what’s hidden there, and I don’t dare to covet it. If I discover some shocking secrets, my life will be in danger.

So I smashed the stone slab at the door and put the half treasure map and the letter under the stone slab.

I found the house repair team from the street office and accidentally discovered these when they were pretending to replace the stone slabs.

I originally wanted to let Lao Tong handle it, but then I thought, I can’t put all my eggs in one basket, I need to develop more connections.

I went to see Director Zhou and asked him to find a reliable senior official, saying that I had an important secret to tell him. You know Director Zhou never doubted me, and that's how I met Lao Xiao.

I don't know Lao Xiao's official position, I only know that he has three secretaries, a confidential secretary, a work secretary, and a personal secretary.

I guessed that he was not ordinary, so I gave him the letter and a small part of the treasure map and asked him to search for it himself.

We tested each other a few times and gave him the things. He did not disappoint me and gave me an unexpected reward.

I studied the map again, and took advantage of the opportunities when the deaf woman and Aunt Zhou were out to sneak in and find several hiding places in the room.

Most of the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and gold were transferred to other places little by little, and it was basically completed some time ago. In fact, there were not many things.

There are 20 jin of gold in total, and some copper and silver coins. The main thing is that the antiques and calligraphy and paintings are too troublesome. They cannot be knocked or bumped. They all need to be wrapped tightly with oil paper and then stored somewhere."

When Chen Ping heard that there were so many treasures, she instinctively began to tremble and said in a trembling voice:

"Son, we have a lot of money at home, why don't we hand these over as well? I'm a little afraid of getting into trouble.

I am not afraid of being poor, suffering, or tired, but I am afraid of getting into big trouble.

Son, can't we just live a quiet life? Why do we have to do something big? We can't feel at ease with this ill-gotten wealth.

It's not that I don't support you, I'm just really worried that something bad will happen to you, how can I live with you?"

Lu Zixuan calmly patted the back of Chen Ping's hand and said:

"Mom, what are you thinking? Those things will naturally be useful in the future, not now. Even if you lend me some courage, I dare not take them out to use."

Chen Ping kept complaining about Lu Zixuan.

"You shouldn't have told me such an important thing. What if someone else knew about it and threatened me with your safety? Should I tell you or not?

No, son, Zhuzi just took the picture and looked at it back and forth. Did you discover anything?

And Xiaoman is so smart, will she guess some important information? You can't trust everyone, what should you do? Otherwise..."

Lu Zixuan hurried to comfort her.

"Mom, calm down, don't scare yourself, it's okay, I let them know on purpose, I also wanted to see if they are trustworthy.

Zhuzi probably knows something, but probably not much. This is a test for him. Only by resisting the temptation of money can he guarantee the loyalty of his partners.

If I can say it out loud, I can be sure that it will calm down, you…"

The knock on the door interrupted the conversation between mother and son...