The other half of the heirloom?

Han Qingyun suddenly figured it out.

Ever since he knew Lin Yuwen's true identity, he has been wondering why those people didn't just kill his family directly.

If he had just killed himself, Lin Yuwen wouldn't have had to stay in the countryside for so many years.

It turned out that he wanted to find the other half of the Lu family heirloom from their home.

Lin Yuwen once asked him what Lu Yanyan's dowry included.

After hearing that most of them were books, Lin Yuwen's expression became a little strange.

Unfortunately, he didn't suspect anything at the time and just thought Lin Yuwen was asking casually.

"Why do they think that the Lu family heirloom would be in my dowry?" Lu Yanyan didn't understand.

When Lu Fugui thought of the past, his voice became heavy and sad again.

"Because only you and grandfather know where that half of the heirloom is."

"I?"

A picture suddenly flashed through Lu Yanyan's mind.

She was very young at that time, about two or three years old, and basically has no memory of it.

I only vaguely remember that Lu Defu often hugged her and occasionally used a golden object to tease her.

When she grew older, she never saw that object again.

"Golden, a bit like... like..."

Lu Yanyan tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember.

"It looks like a leaf with a gourd shape in the middle." Lu Fugui took over Lu Yanyan's words.

Everyone else also understood why it was called the other half of the heirloom.

It should be a complete set with the ancient jade that was stolen from the Lu family. The ancient jade can be embedded in golden leaves.

Li Jixin stood up suddenly, a look of disbelief on his face: "Are you from the Hexi Lu family?"

Lu Fugui nodded, but the others didn't understand.

Where is Hexi?

Even the knowledgeable Han Qingyun had never heard of it.

Lu Fugui looked at Lu Changping and Lu Yanyan.

"I originally planned to tell Changping about the Lu family's history when he turned fifteen..."

Hexi was the place name of the previous dynasty.

After the founding of the Dayu Kingdom, because the terrain was very different from that of the original Zhou Dynasty, all prefectures, counties, and districts were redivided, and the original place names were no longer used.

The Zhou Dynasty, the predecessor of Dayu Kingdom, was smaller than the present Dayu.

Today, Yucheng, Jiyangcheng, Beimingfu and Huizhoufu are not within the territory of the Zhou Dynasty.

The State of Nanlai was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty throughout the ages and was also a descendant of the Zhou Dynasty. Almost all the empresses of the Zhou emperors were from the State of Nanlai.

In the late Zhou Dynasty, class stratification was severe, and even the access to the imperial examinations was monopolized by aristocratic families.

Wealth is highly concentrated, the upper class lives in luxury, and the lower class people can't even get enough to eat.

When the top nobles could no longer suck blood from the lower classes, they reached out to the middle class.

The middle class is mostly composed of businessmen without real power and minor officials.

At that time, there were three major imperial merchants in the Zhou Dynasty, namely the Lu family in Hexi, the Wang family in Liuxia, and the Ji family in Cangzhou.

Seeing more and more business partners being eaten up, Lu Yi, the head of the Lu family of that generation, was heartbroken and could not help but feel grief for the others.

He found the head of the Wang family and the head of the Ji family to discuss countermeasures.

But the heads of the Wang and Ji families thought that Lu Yi was worrying too much.

They are imperial merchants and have official status. How can they be treated the same as those small merchants and peddlers?

Lu Yi couldn't persuade the two of them, so he didn't say anything else.

He quickly divided the Lu family into seven branches, each consisting of three sons and four nephews, with their respective families, and dispersed to various places.

The branch of Lu Fugui is the descendant of Lu Huashen, the youngest son of Lu Yi.

That year, Lu Huashen went to the State of Li.

The State of Li is now Jiyang City and Beiming Prefecture, and was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty.

A few years after the Lu family split up, Lu Yi and his eldest son were accused of a crime and the Lu family's property was divided up.

Afterwards, the Wang family and the Ji family were destroyed one after another.

In this world, except for those at the top, there is no absolute bottom or top for others.

Everyone is food for the people at the top.

The head of the Ji family only understood this truth after the Lu and Wang families were wiped out.

But it was too late to divide the family at that time, so he asked his eldest grandson to give his eldest grandson's wife Qin a letter of divorce.

Qin took the great-grandson of the Ji family to the State of Li to find Lu Huashen.

The great-grandson of the Ji family changed his surname to Qin, and he was Qin Gang's ancestor.

In the following years, the Zhou Dynasty was in turmoil.

The uprising forces in various places were encircled and suppressed, and then rose again, and this cycle lasted for more than 30 years.

In the end, Li Jin, the ruler of the State of Li, took advantage of the situation to destroy the Zhou Dynasty and changed its name to Dayu.

Nan Fengyun, the last queen of the Zhou Dynasty, fled to the State of Nanlai with the young grandson of the Zhou Dynasty.

Li Jin originally wanted to capture Nanlai and force it to surrender and pay tribute to Dayu, but he was powerless because of the sea between them.

Li Jin was so angry that after swallowing up the Zhou Dynasty, he went to attack the Jiang State.

The State of Jiang is now Yucheng and Huizhou Prefecture.

Li Jin died in the war with the State of Jiang.

Li Jin's youngest son, Li Yuanxin, became the first emperor of Dayu Kingdom - Emperor Yuanzong, and Li Jin was posthumously named Emperor Chengzu.

After years of chaos, the people suffered.

Except for what was taken away by Nan Fengyun, all the money from the Zhou Dynasty royal private treasury was used to restore people's livelihood.

At that time, Lu Huashen was already in his sixties. He presented all the Lu family's property to Emperor Yuanzong and asked Emperor Yuanzong to help find other branches of the Lu family.

Unfortunately, almost all other branches of the Lu family were killed by the Zhou Dynasty royal family and other nobles. Only one branch was left, and they were completely lost in the war.

After Lu Huashen donated his family property, wealthy merchants from all over the country donated money to help the new dynasty stabilize as soon as possible.

Emperor Yuanzong was grateful to Lu Huashen and wanted to grant him the title of imperial merchant, but Lu Huashen refused.

Emperor Yuanzong returned the Lu family's collection that had been stolen by the Zhou Dynasty royal family to Lu Huashen.

Lu Huashen transported all the remains of the Lu family members he could find back to his ancestral home, which is now Guanzhong Prefecture.

He built a Luling Mausoleum in Guanzhong Prefecture.

The remains of the Lu family and their collections were buried in the mausoleum.

Over the next four hundred years, the world changed dramatically, and many things that happened back then were lost in the long river of history.

But the stories about Lu Ling became more and more bizarre.

Many people believe that the property of the Lu and Ji families is in Lu Lingzhong.

Many people tried to rob the tomb, but all failed.

The Lu family's tomb can only be opened by the Lu family's heirloom.

When Lu Yanyan heard Lu Ling, his face looked strange.

Han Qingyun silently lit a candle for Han Beiwang in his heart.

In the original novel, Han Beiwang robbed many ancient tombs.

What interested him most was Lu Ling in Guanzhong Prefecture.

Han Beiwang tried many methods but failed to open it.

Although he failed, he did have his eyes on the tombs of the Lu family's ancestors.

Lu Yanyan took a deep breath and temporarily put Han Beiwang's matter behind her.

She couldn't help but ask, "What about the heirloom jade?"

Lu Fugui shook his head and said, "I don't know which generation of ancestors of the Lu family got the gourd jade.

This jade feels warm to the touch, and for those with weak constitutions, wearing it for a long time can help keep their blood flowing smoothly. Another point is that it can emit a faint glow at night, even brighter than a night pearl, which is very rare.

When Lu Yi's ancestor was in prison, he secretly gave the jade to the head of the Ji family who came to visit him, and it was later taken to the State of Li by Qin.

Luling is an underground tomb built under the rocks of Mount Qitian, with only one door to enter.

The door was made of the finest diamond rock. It was said that Lu Huashen's ancestor hired 108 skilled craftsmen and it took two years to complete it.

Lu Huashen's ancestors believed that the Lu family had suffered so much during their lives that they should not be disturbed after their burial. Therefore, Lu Mausoleum was built to be extremely solid. Without a key, no one could enter.

The key is the family heirloom gourd jade, but that jade alone won't let you enter. You must use the gold gourd leaf that matches the jade to open the tomb."

Lu Changping thought of the jade that Lu Changan had made. Lu Fugui and Yu both said that it was very similar to the family heirloom that was stolen.

"Dad, if someone imitated the golden gourd leaf and it looked exactly like it, would it be possible to open the tomb?"

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