Old Master Lu felt only a fleeting fear after hearing Mrs. Han's words, then came his determination.
He could not escape now; only he himself could save the Lu Family.
As he ate the food Mrs. Han brought, he said to her, "You go back and tell Meihua and Brother Zhen'er that I am innocent, I am not a runaway slave!"
The latter part of the message, Old Master Lu shouted it out loud, many in the county government prison heard it.
A Government Official banged the wooden bars of the cell with an iron rod, angrily saying, "What's all this shouting for? Whether you're wronged or not, we'll know once the Slave Registration Book from Jinling Prefecture arrives. What are you yelling for? Keep it up, and I'll beat you."
Old Master Lu said no more, and several of the Lu family's younger generation, seeing the ample meat and vegetables that Mrs. Han had brought, scrambled towards it to snatch some food.
