In the middle of the night, the barking of dogs not far from Zhuangzi was a bit noisy.
Lu Yunhong got up and waited in the concierge.
After a while, Song Muting came with Chang Qing and Geng Su beside him.
They traveled through wind and rain, holding their horses, covered in frost and snow.
Lu Yunhong asked Zhuangtou to feed their horses, and Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law Fang made a few bowls of noodles as a treat.
Song Muting, who was born into a wealthy family, rarely slept in the open like this. He couldn't help complaining: "Lu Yunhong, I'm just following you with my head in my belt, and you just entertained me with a few bowls of noodles?"
Hearing this, Lu Yunhong said directly: "Stop talking nonsense. If you like it or not, shut up if you don't. It will wake up my wife and I won't even give you any noodles."
Song Muting: "..."
After finishing the noodles in frustration, Song Muting said: "You called me to the capital, but you didn't prepare to show up. Isn't that not good?"
Lu Yunhong said: "Everyone has been found for you, Dali Temple Minister Huang Shaoyu, he will bite Prince An to the death. When the time comes, Prince An will just return all the banknotes to your Song family for the sake of his reputation, so you can
Stay in the capital and don’t go back."
"I asked my father-in-law to recommend you. As long as you are waiting for an official position to stay in Beijing, you will have to hold back if Prince An wants to move. And the time he holds back will be your chance for the Song family to stand up."
"So, what else do you want? You can't ask me to be an official for you and earn a future for you, right? What's the use of you then? Are you waiting to die? Do it or not, you still have something to gain.
select!"
Song Muting: "..."
Lu Yunhong said this, did he still have a choice?
"Where to go? Tobe?"
Lu Yunhong said: "Let's go to the Ministry of Industry. I'm familiar with the Ministry of Industry and I can occasionally help you clean up the mess."
Song Muting: "..."
"You have pushed us all into official careers, what about you?"
"Continue to float?"
Lu Yunhong said: "Am I floating? I am flying. Haven't you seen that I am idle at home, but I can still live a prosperous life relying on my wife?"
"Okay, stop being so nagging, and leave as soon as you finish eating."
As soon as Song Muting put down the bowl, he saw a little girl raising the curtain and looking at them timidly.
She didn't come in, but just poked her head in. She had thin eyebrows and apricot eyes, and her black hair was hanging down. Her palm-sized face was fair and delicate, and she looked like she had just woken up.
"Brother...are you eating?"
Lu Yunhong looked back and found that it was his second sister Lu Yunyuan.
She was wearing a cloak and stuck her little head out, but her hair was still down, so she had obviously just woken up.
Lu Yunhong stood in front of Song Muting, instantly blocking Song Muting's sight.
He asked Lu Yunyuan: "It's not yet dawn, what are you doing getting up?"
Lu Yunyuan said aggrievedly: "I woke up and smelled the aroma of noodle soup, so I couldn't sleep anymore."
"I thought you and your sister-in-law were getting up to eat, so I thought I'd have a bowl too."
"Pfft." Song Muting couldn't hold back and laughed.
It was only then that Lu Yunyuan realized something was wrong, and quickly put down the curtain and prepared to leave.
Lu Yunhong stepped forward, opened the curtain and said to his sister's back: "You go back to your room first, I will have my servants take it to you later."
Lu Yunyuan agreed happily and left quickly.
She saw Song Muting and knew he was her eldest brother's friend, but she didn't expect to meet her husband when she came out. She was so embarrassed that she walked faster and faster.
When Lu Yunhong returned, Song Muting joked: "It seems that you and your wife often get up in the middle of the night to eat, so your second sister is thinking about it and wants to get up and have a bowl."
Lu Yunhong ignored him at first, then said: "It's so dark in the concierge, how do you know it's my second sister and not my third sister?"
Song Muting said: "Your second sister should be more courageous and not afraid of strangers. And I have met her before when she was in a teahouse in Wuxi."
Lu Yunhong didn't bother to argue with him, he just said: "You can't even think about trying to take advantage of my second sister, you're not worthy."
Song Muting almost choked to death and said angrily: "How many people do you know who have ideas for me? I still want to say that they are not worthy? Besides, what is our relationship? What do I think about your second sister?"
Lu Yunhong hummed and said: "It would be better if I didn't. To be honest, I have already set an eye on Huang Shaoyu for my second sister. He is already a third-rank official at a young age, and he is more reliable than you."
Song Muting: "..."
He said that when he and Lu Yunhong were classmates, there was a reason why they couldn't go together. Even if they are close now, he still wants to part ways at any time.
Lu Yunhong is a person who can anger people to the point of death and not pay for it with his life!
"Is this the same Huang Shaoyu I'm looking for this time?"
Lu Yunhong nodded: "Yes, it's him. He was the one who exposed the last corruption case in Henan, and he lost his brother because of it. Now he only has his uncle to depend on."
Song Muting quickly got the impression and admired him: "That man is capable, but I heard that he is rigid and always follows the rules. Girls won't like him with that kind of temper."
Lu Yunhong thought for a moment and then said: "If it doesn't work out, don't force it. Anyway, it only counts if Yunyuan likes it. Her sister-in-law and I can only check things for her, but we can't make decisions for her."
After hearing this, Song Muting admired Lu Yunhong a little.
Compared with those officials' children who use their own sisters to make a career, Lu Yunhong is really a good brother, and his wife is also a sister-in-law who really cares about her.
This also explains why when Lu Yunyuan smelled the aroma in the kitchen, the first thing she thought of was eating with her brother and sister-in-law, because she knew very well that her brother and sister-in-law would share a bowl with her and not leave her hungry.
Unknowingly, Song Muting felt a surge of emotion in his heart. Running around outside every day, he also missed home.
But the family was too complicated. There were not many people who really cared about him, and few people missed him.
After much thought, he somehow came up with the idea of starting a family. He was thinking that in the future he would marry a virtuous and virtuous wife, care about each other, have a few more children, and have a lively family. How wonderful it would be.
With a heat in his heart, Song Muting did not want Lu Yunyuan to marry someone wrong, so he immediately said: "Don't worry, I will help you check on Huang Shaoyu when I go to the capital. If there is anything wrong, I will inform you immediately."
"When the time comes, you decide for yourself whether you want to choose him as your brother-in-law!"
Lu Yunhong raised his hand to thank him, and the two of them unknowingly settled their differences and soon talked about each other again.