Being a Lady of an Influential Family

Zhuo Lin's life can be said to be very legendary for women in this era. She was born in the Sheng family, a well-known southern family. Although Zhuo Lin was born, the Sheng family was already sunset, but as the saying goes, a lean camel is worse than a horse. What's more, the Sheng family is only in decline, and it is far from dying.

At that time, just the name Luochuan Sheng was enough to make people look up to them. The Sheng family has two daughters in Zhuo Lin's generation, the eldest daughter Sheng Zhuoyan and the second daughter Sheng Zhuolin. The two sisters are only four years apart, and they have had a very good relationship since they were young, but unlike the dignified and virtuous young lady, Zhuo Lin has been somewhat rebellious since she was a child.

This rebellion does not mean how naughty she is, but that her ideas are always incompatible with a century-old family like the Sheng family.

Sheng Zhuoyan studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. However, Zhuo Lin, who is four years younger than her, can only be regarded as acquainted with these talents, not because she is not as smart as her sister, but because she always tries to skip classes. Then secretly hid outside the classroom where the boys of the Sheng family were in class, eavesdropped, or hid in the study of the master of the Sheng family to read.

At that time, there were already public primary and secondary schools, but Zhuo Lin never went to primary school, and she only went to middle school for two years, but she was admitted to Anlan Women's University in Yongcheng at the age of 15 by her own ability. . At first, the Sheng family didn't object too much to her going to college, because it was a popular trend among wealthy and wealthy daughters to go to Anlan University at that time, which was not a bad thing, on the contrary, it could be regarded as a very handy resume.

Zhuo Lin entered school at the age of fifteen and graduated early at the age of seventeen. During her time at school, she not only excelled in her own subjects, but even fully mastered two foreign languages.

That is to say, in this year, the Sheng family was planning to get engaged to Zhuo Lin, and the person they chose was a good match for the Sheng family. But this matter was strongly opposed by Zhuo Lin. After unsuccessful communication with the family, Zhuo Lin escaped from the Sheng family, and then sent a letter to the Sheng family and the family who was about to get engaged to express her position.

Then she went north alone, and with the help of the Long family, she changed her name to Yi and entered Beijing University for further study.

Although Zhuo Lin went to university in Yongcheng, she and Governor Fu actually met in the capital. At that time, Governor Fu was already a well-known and powerful young talent. When he was working in the capital, he ran into Zhuo Lin and fell in love at first sight and pursued him wildly.

Zhuo Lin also became famous at that time, in order to avoid the Sheng family, Zhuo Lin was actually quite low-key in the previous two years. But the Dujun Fu at that time was not the middle-aged and fat Dujun Fu now, and the Dujun Fu who had not yet stood up was also tall and handsome, in fact, an extraordinary hero. What's more, his military strength was not weak at that time, and he had close friendship with Prince Long Yuemu, Deputy Minister Lu and even the emperor, so he naturally attracted people's attention.

It was only at this time that people discovered that there was such a beautiful and talented woman in the capital. Fortunately, the son who was going to be engaged to Zhuo Lin was already married at that time, so there was no need to avoid it too much.

Everyone has a love of beauty, and Dujun Fu is not the only one who pursues Zhuo Lin.

But in the end, I don't know why Zhuo Lin chose Dujun Fu, and the two got married after dating for half a year. However, the Sheng family did not approve of their marriage. From the Sheng family's point of view, although Governor Fu was a little powerful at that time, he was born in a precarious world and it was not safe at all. Not to mention that the Fu family itself is just a family of merchants with small assets, how can it be worthy of the Sheng family of generations of scholars and officials?

But Zhuo Lin has made up her mind to marry Governor Fu, and the old lady of the Sheng family expelled Zhuo Lin from the Sheng family in a rage, claiming that there will be no such person as Sheng Zhuolin in the Sheng family in the future.

After two years of peaceful life, Zhuo Lin stayed in the capital to teach at the Capital University, and Governor Fu often traveled between the capital and Yongcheng.

It wasn't until... because of Mrs. Fu's insertion, the two divorced suddenly that the marriage came to an end.

In the study, Leng Sa leaned in Fu Fengcheng's arms and looked at the document that Xu Shaoming had just sent, "The Sheng family originally intended to engage Ms. Zhuo with Zhang Xiang?!" Leng Sa said in surprise.

Fu Fengcheng shook his head and said, "No, Zhang Xiang and his late wife were engaged since childhood and married very early. It's the second master of the Zhang family, Zhang Zuo."

Leng Sa took a closer look, sure enough.

"I remember Huizhi said that the second master of the Zhang family is not in good health." Leng Sa frowned.

Fu Fengcheng nodded and said, "That's right. When Mr. Zhang was nine years old, he slipped into a pond in winter and hurt his body. A few years ago, he got a strange disease, and he hasn't come out for many years."

Leng Sa frowned a little puzzled, "The Sheng family betrothed their daughter to a person with poor health?" If it was someone like Zhang Bi, it would be a good match, but the Sheng family knew that Zhang Erye was in poor health, so if they really loved their daughter, why? Do you want to betroth your daughter to the Zhang family?

Fu Fengcheng said indifferently: "The Sheng family married the eldest daughter to the Wei family. If it were a hundred years ago, the Wei family would not even be eligible to marry the concubine daughter of the Sheng family, let alone the eldest daughter. This is why The Sheng family did not agree to Ms. Zhuo marrying the old man, and the Fu family was not qualified to marry the daughter of the Sheng family at that time."

The Wei family still has money, but the Fu family doesn't even have much money.

No, it should be said that Dujun Fu, who was still in his entrepreneurial period, was actually very poor.

Leng Sa couldn't help but clicked her tongue, "No wonder Ms. Zhuo wants to run away."

Moreover, Ms. Zhuo didn't run away after getting engaged or before getting married. She ran away before getting engaged, which can be said to be quite decisive.

Leng Sa pulled the file and continued to read.

Zhuo Lin and Du Jun Fu went abroad with the school's visiting team after their divorce, returned to the capital three months later, and lived in the Long family's mansion in the capital.

In the second month after the palace change, Zhuo Lin went back to Luochuan and officially broke with the Sheng family to study abroad again. Two years later, when she came back from abroad, she went directly to the four northern provinces, and Zhuo Lin stayed in the four northern provinces for most of the next twenty years.

In the past 20 years, Zhuo Lin has done many jobs. She has worked as a reporter and editor in a newspaper office, as an ordinary employee in a company, and as a translator for foreigners. Help with business. Later, he went to other places, starting from a small assistant to the county magistrate and working as the governor of Yunzhou.

Looking at the thick resume in front of him, Leng Sa couldn't help but feel admiration in his eyes.

Not to mention this era, even in her previous life, women who are as independent, strong and capable as Zhuo Lin are rare.

Especially after Zhuo Lin entered the officialdom, An Xia's officialdom was definitely not friendly to women, even if she had the Dragon Warden behind her, it was of no use.

If Zhuo Lin was only acting as Long Xiao's assistant, even if she had great power, no one would care. Because no matter how capable she is, in the eyes of those men, she is just a vase by Long Xiao's side, relying on Long Xiao's favor to act recklessly, such beauty disasters are not uncommon throughout the ages.

However, once Zhuo Lin wants to really enter the officialdom to compete with them, Zhuo Lin will become their enemy, the enemy of all of them.

No matter how hard she worked and how much she achieved, in the eyes of these men, Zhuo Lin would only think that Zhuo Lin came to the top because of her special relationship with Long Xiao. The higher Zhuo Lin's status was, the worse the rumors became. At the end, even Long Xiao couldn't lift Zhuo Lin up with everyone's pressure.

As a result, Yunzhou became a place for officials from the four northern provinces to brush up on their political achievements.

Anyway, even if a pig is the governor, as long as the deputy governor is Zhuo Lin, there is no need to worry about the pig's lack of political achievements. Zhuo Lin served as the vice-governor in Yunzhou for 12 years, sent away six governors successively, and also turned Yunzhou from the poorest place in the four northern provinces to the second-ranked state in the four northern provinces.

Until this year, everyone knew that no matter how much they suppress people's promotion, people in Anxia might laugh at their men from the four northern provinces. That's why Zhuo Lin was successfully promoted to governor.

"It's really amazing." Leng Sa couldn't help but sigh, "The warlord is really at a loss." Letting such a talented and beautiful wife be rejected, he ended up marrying such a brainless Mrs. Fu...

Leng Sa felt that compared to Zhuo Lin, he was a bit of a modern person.

Fu Fengcheng nodded and said, "It's really powerful." Young Master Fu also admired a little more, Fu Fengcheng rarely really admires a person, and Zhuo Lin can definitely be regarded as one.

Leng Sa held her chin and said, "But...it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the so-called black hand behind the scenes. In Ms. Zhuo's life... there is no suspicious person at all. Governor Long? Prince An? Zhang Xiang? Song Overseer? Deputy Chief Lu?"

Long Dujun is Zhuo Lin's cousin, even if there is no such relationship, if Long Dujun really has any ideas, it will be almost thirty years and he will not be indifferent. Prince An seems to be interested in Zhuo Lin, and the two of them have a good relationship, but at that time, Prince An himself couldn't protect himself, so how could he have the time to do things?

Zhang Bi? Governor Song? Deputy Chief Lu? Leng Sa shook her head, no matter how she thought about it, she felt something was wrong.

"Zhang Zuo." Fu Fengcheng pointed to a name on the document.

Leng Sa tilted her head and thought, "Huizhi said that he is in very bad health." Leng Sa remembered Zhang Huizhi's expression when he said that her second uncle's condition was serious. A person who is so ill...can really do things? and……

"Don't you think that Zhang Zuo hated Ms. Zhuo for not wanting to get engaged, so he took revenge and wanted to provoke Ms. Zhuo to divorce the warlord. Even because of hating the warlord, did so many things happen? Ms. Zhuo didn't get engaged to him, but he We'll be married soon."

Fu Fengcheng played with her slender fingers and shook his head, "Not everyone takes love seriously, and he probably hasn't seen Ms. Zhuo before."

"That's why." Leng Sa spread her hands, and that was even more impossible.

Fu Fengcheng sighed helplessly, "That's not what I meant."

Leng Sa was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, "You mean... sowing discord between Ms. Zhuo and Governor Fu is not his main purpose, maybe it's just a matter of convenience? Other things are the focus? But he seems I hate you very much, very much against you."

Fu Fengcheng said, "If I really hate a person, I will kill him before he has the strength to resist."

Leng Sa shook her finger and said, "It seems that Young Master Fu has never really hated anyone."

Fu Fengcheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "How to say?"

Leng Sa smiled and said, "If you really hate a person to the bone, how can you be willing to let him die immediately. When a person dies, it's all over. Who else can you hate when you have nothing?"

First Young Master Fu didn't take it seriously, "Of course I don't have to hate him when he's dead."

Leng Sa was a little surprised. She looked Fu Dashao up and down for a while before she couldn't help sighing, "I didn't expect Fu Shao to be... such an upright person." In vain, she always felt that Fu Dashao had mental problems. Seriously. What is wronged people. Young Master Fu couldn't be more upright and straightforward, and he is completely different from those psychopaths.

Young Master Fu looked at his wife speechlessly, "What do you mean?"

Leng Sa blinked her eyes and said, "Don't you think that to hate someone is to torture him in every possible way, destroy him, and tell him until he dies tragically that his whole life is just a sad joke .Is it more enjoyable that way?"

Fu Fengcheng shook his head, "I don't think so."

Leng Sa asked curiously, "Why?"

Fu Fengcheng said: "If I torture a person for a long time, will I be happy while torturing that person? Why don't I kill him directly, and then forget about it and find something else that really makes me happy?" People and things?"

"..." Seems like it makes sense?

Master Leng quickly abandoned this entangled question, and said, "Well, maybe someone will do this. But I don't think the mastermind behind the scenes may have the same idea as you."

"Make a bet?" Fu Fengcheng slightly raised his eyebrows, and Leng Sa looked at him with interest, "What is the bet?"

Fu Fengcheng said: "Just bet...whether this matter has anything to do with the mastermind behind the scenes, and...did he do it by chance or deliberately?"

Leng Sa thought for a moment, then stretched out her hand, "It's related, I've been thinking about it. It's a bet!"

"It's related, let's do it."

Two palms collided, and with a crisp sound, the bet was reached.

The special prison is located in an inconspicuous corner of the capital. Although the place is inconspicuous, it is close to the office building of the military headquarters.

In the morning, Fu Fengcheng and Leng Sa came outside the prison gate, and immediately the head of the prison who had been waiting there greeted them in person.

"I received Young Master Fu's application and a notice from the military department yesterday. Are you two going to interrogate Xing Wei and Gong Sihe? I've sent people to mention these two people." The person in charge walked in with the two of them. , while saying.

Fu Fengcheng said lightly, "I heard that Mrs. Xing was assassinated in prison a few days ago?"

The person in charge froze immediately, and said with a dry smile, "This... it is true that someone was bribed for money, and we have seriously investigated and dealt with it. Please rest assured, Young Master Fu, such a thing will never happen again."

Leng Sa smiled and said, "Please don't mind, he is not dissatisfied with you. It's just... Madam Xing is only temporarily detained here, and she has not been convicted yet. What if someone dies and it turns out that she is innocent , I'm afraid it's not easy for you to explain to the outside world. After all, Mrs. Xing is quite famous in the capital."

The person in charge said yes again and again, and graciously led him into a room, leaving someone to accompany him, and hurried away, as if some monster in the room wanted to eat him in one bite.

Leng Sa wandered around the room with only a table and a few chairs, and said thoughtfully, "There won't be any bugging devices in this room, right?"

The staff next to him quickly apologized and said, "Young Madam, you are too worried. The walls here are all thickened and sound-proof. As long as you don't shoot inside, you will never hear it from outside. As for eavesdropping... there is no such thing."

Leng Sa nodded, reached out and tapped on the wall without saying a word.

After a while, the door was opened from the outside, and Xing Wei and Gong Sihe were escorted in.

Counting it, it has been almost a month since they disappeared, but Xing Wei and Gong Sihe looked neatly dressed as if they hadn't suffered much.

But her complexion is paler than before, especially Xing Wei... After being imprisoned for so long, and being forced to have no makeup in prison, Xing Wei looks not only pale and haggard, but also finally has what an ordinary woman of her age should have. Even the faint wrinkles at the corners of the eyes are clearly visible.

What caught Leng Sa's attention the most was that the pair of teachers and students who were once close to each other seemed to be a little more distant.

They may not have noticed it themselves, but Leng Sa, who is an outsider, can tell the difference at a glance.

The person who sent the two people in and the person who was left to accompany them quickly retreated, and there were only four people left in the room.

Xing Wei now has a deep-rooted fear of Leng Sa, no matter who suffers setbacks and tortures one after another on the same person, they will have this kind of fear. So when Xing Wei saw Leng Sa, she couldn't help trembling slightly, and took a step back without any trace.

Fu Fengcheng and Leng Sa naturally saw her action, and Leng Sa waved to them with a smile and said with a smile, "Mrs. Xing, Miss Gong, long time no see, are you okay?"

Gritting her teeth, Gong Sihe said in a deep voice, "Not as good as Young Madam."

Leng Sa held Fu Fengcheng's arm in a good mood and said, "Of course not as good as me, Miss Gong thinks everyone can be as lucky as me?"

Gong Si and Wen Yan couldn't help turning their heads to look at her, Leng Sa seemed to be getting more and more proud.

Mingming's chin was raised slightly proudly, but the words that came out seemed to be sighed, "You see, I abandoned Fu Xiaosi, that little trash, and got a man like Fu Shao. An Xia and Shuangbi, the South Phoenix and the North Dragon. Look again Look at you, you obviously have someone in your heart, but you still have to work hard to pretend that you are a bad woman who loves vanity and likes to destroy other people's families, and ruin your own reputation. Now even the Gong family refuses to recognize you? If the person you like is as young as Fu Shao It’s okay to be outstandingly handsome, but why... you want to compete with this kind of old woman who can compare with you in every way. Tsk... so miserable!"

"Shut up! He's not a bad old man!" Originally, Gong Si and his expression were still in a daze, but when he heard Leng Sa's last words, his face changed, and he blurted out rebuttals.