For a time, all the teahouses and restaurants in the capital, even Fengyuechang, were talking about Meng Ying. In the end, people felt that General Pingxi was not worth it.
Everyone feels that General Pingxi’s wife will most likely be abandoned this time.
It is said that since Meng Ying received Tao Huansheng's reprimand, she has not returned to the general's mansion and has been living in Meng's house. It can be said that she can't go out through the first door and can't enter through the second door.
Speaking of which, on this day, the door knocker of Meng’s house was knocked again.
The concierge opened the door and was about to close it, but the man held the door open and said: "Our young master has something important to do with your wife, so he will leave after that."
Before the concierge could react, the two of them took advantage of the concierge's hesitation, pushed open a gap, and ducked in sideways.
Meng Ying was drinking tea in the pavilion when a visitor came in front of her. She was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a whisk cynically.
This person is none other than Wu Botang.
Without waiting for Meng Ying to invite him, he sat down on the stone bench and poured himself a cup of tea.
"I'm so thirsty!"
"What are you doing here again?" Meng Ying asked lightly.
"Your reputation has become so bad, why do you need me to come here?"
Meng Ying didn't want to waste any time talking to him, so she got up and wanted to leave.
"Sit down, I'm not a jackal, why did I scare you like that?"
Wu Botang was really puzzled. He had looked in the mirror and asked others: If he was ugly and scary, why did Meng Ying feel like she had seen a ghost when she saw him?
Meng Ying sat down again helplessly.
Wu Botang waved to Hongying and said: "Bring your girl a mat. It's already autumn, and you still sit on a rock. You don't know how to cherish yourself."
Hongying turned around and left.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Meng Ying really didn't know why she would send Hongying away if it was important.
"Have you offended someone again, and they want to kill you?"
Meng Ying shook her head, "I don't know either."
"You don't care about that bandit general, so you just let others ruin your reputation like this?" Wu Botang asked with raised eyebrows.
"I said, he is not a bandit general. He can't control this matter. If he does, it will only make it worse."
"Humph, incompetent!" Wu Botang sneered.
"But what others said is not necessarily a lie. When you, Mr. Wu, entered my residence and entered the room, it was as if you were entering a deserted place. The great defense between men and women is worthless to you. If a third person sees you there,
Do you think I can explain this clearly?"
"Nonsense, those who are pure will themselves be pure. If it is a pearl, it will not be!" Wu Botang said this as a matter of course.
Meng Ying almost laughed out of anger at him, "You don't expect everyone in the world to be like pearls, do you?"
"Yes, after all, there are many fools in this world. Just like your bandit general, he picked up a treasure without knowing it. If I were him, I would have found out the mastermind behind the scenes, hung them on the city wall in the sun for three days, and then skinned and cramped !"
Wu Botang said this bitterly, and Meng Ying knew that with his generous virtue, he might actually be able to do this.
"What does it have to do with the general? On the contrary, I was the one who caused him trouble. Now that his reputation has been damaged because of me, I feel very uneasy." After saying that, Meng Ying lowered her hands and remained silent.
If this rumor was only aimed at her, it would be fine, but he owed Tao Huansheng a favor. For a man to have a green prairie on his head, this would be a great shame and humiliation for anyone.
"Aren't you husband and wife? Husband and wife are one and the same. Isn't it natural for a man to suffer some grievances for you?"
Speaking of this, Wu Botang paused for a moment, leaned his head closer, and said with bright eyes: "Could it be that you are a fake couple?"
"Don't talk nonsense, we are a real couple, who dares to deceive you!" Meng Ying retorted resolutely.
Wu Botang suddenly seemed to be a different person, his wilted eggplant-like expression suddenly became brighter, "I don't care if you are a real or fake couple, but he ignores you, why are you still lingering?"
Meng Ying shook her head and looked out the window.
Wu Botang suddenly took Meng Ying's shoulder and said solemnly: "Come with me. It doesn't matter where you go. The Gobi Desert, the grasslands beyond the Great Wall, or the misty Jiangnan. As long as you open your mouth, I will take you away. I will respect you." I love you, I love you, I guarantee you are a hundred times stronger than that bandit general!"
Just as Meng Ying was about to speak, she suddenly heard the sound of gold and jade breaking, but if she listened carefully, there was no sound again.
Meng Ying removed his hands and said seriously: "It is Meng Ying's blessing to win the third master's favor. But Meng Ying is unlucky and is an unlucky person, not worthy of the third master's favor."
"It's enough for me to be lucky and lucky." He felt that this sentence was nonsense. If Meng Ying was an unlucky person, no one in the world should be alive.
Meng Ying knew that Wu Botang was a stubborn person, and if she didn't speak clearly, it would be difficult for him to change his mind.
"Third Master, I am different from you. I am just an ordinary woman with no ambition. I just want to live in the world and die in peace. We met by fate. But after all, we are not the same kind of people. You have the entire Marquis Mansion behind you. In the future, you will be asked to support the family, and you must not delay the future of the Marquis Mansion because of one person."
"I have two brothers in the Hou Mansion, so what do they have to do with me? As long as you are willing to come with me, what does the future of the Hou Mansion mean?" Wu Botang has been practicing Taoism for many years and is considered a half outsider. He is indifferent to the future of human relationships. .
"But what if it involves the life and death of the Daohou Mansion? What if the Crown Prince and the Second Master cannot take care of the family?"
"How do you know that there will be such a day in the Hou Mansion? How do you know that I have to take care of the Hou Mansion? What do you know?" Wu Botang stared at Meng Ying with keen eyes.
Meng Ying was forced to retreat step by step by Wu Botang's three consecutive questions, until she reached the railing. She stopped when she could no longer retreat.
"Third Master, I don't know anything. I'm just an embroiderer and a businesswoman. All I know is what Mrs. Wu said. Please don't force me to ask you questions, okay? Please!"
Meng Ying's tears fell down like broken pearls. What she knew was a huge secret that she could not reveal to anyone.
Wu Botang is most afraid of women crying, especially when he is the woman he loves with all his heart.
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Meng Ying's tears made him overwhelmed. He rubbed his hands anxiously and said, "I won't force you, so don't cry anymore."
Raising her hand to wipe away her tears, Meng Ying dodged.
Wu Botang closed his eyes helplessly, raised his head and said, "What exactly do you want me to do?"
"I beg you to forget me, don't come to me again, just pretend you have never known me." Meng Ying said with a tearful voice.
"I can leave, but I have to take you with me. I can't stand those sanctimonious villains messing with your reputation behind your back. I'm really afraid that one day I won't be able to bear it anymore and chop off the mouths of those bastards!" Wu Botang
After saying that, he kicked the stone table, causing the tea tray on it to shake back and forth.
Meng Ying lowered her head and said nothing. She knew Wu Botang was sincere, but she couldn't leave.
After a long while, Wu Botang said in an almost pleading tone: "Or you can go alone, I will send someone to protect you secretly, and you can go find Mingzhu, okay?"
"I will leave, but not now. If I leave now, those rumors will become true. How do you want General Tao to deal with himself? How will he gain a foothold in the court?"
"He is a man who was born with blood on the edge of a knife. What can a few rumors do to him?" Wu Botang really didn't know how the former little fox turned into a pedantic old scholar.
Meng Ying shook her head, "He saved me twice. The first time, I tricked him; this time, I can't repay kindness with enmity."
"Okay, okay, okay! If you don't leave, don't regret it. If I meddle in your business again, I will take your last name!"
After that, he walked out of the Moon Gate without looking back.
He, Wu Botang, is the third son of the Hou family and a well-known figure in the capital. How could he ever beg someone so humbly? Even a stone-hearted person should be moved, but this woman seems to have no heart.
Meng Ying faced his angrily leaving figure and whispered: "I'm sorry!"
*
Dongsheng followed Tao Huansheng's instructions to investigate the quarrel between Meng Ying and Maid Xie.
But recently, Tao Huansheng's whereabouts are uncertain. He left the camp gate early in the morning, and no one knows where he went or what he did.
He came to the big tent to report the news, but was told by the guards that the general had not returned to camp.
Dongsheng was about to turn around and leave, but saw Tao Huansheng coming back dusty.
The guard quickly came over to take the horse, and Dongsheng whispered: "We have some clues about what you asked us to investigate."
Tao Huansheng nodded and motioned to go in.
In front of the bookcase, Dongsheng said: "That day, Madam and Auntie Xie went to the pavilion to take shelter from the rain. Mr. Xie made some sarcastic comments to Madam, but Madam kept silent. Until the heavy rain stopped and everyone was about to leave, Mr. Xie suddenly said to General, you
The lady was so angry that she made rude remarks, so they started arguing with her."
"What did she say about me?" Tao Huansheng asked with eyes wide open.
"I dare not say it." Dongsheng said with evasive eyes.
Tao Huansheng said in a bad tone: "Speak!"
"She said...she said that you are a bandit general and your wife is a bandit woman. The lady then said, 'You are the general of Pingxi given by the emperor. To insult you is to insult the emperor.' But the Xie family still didn't know how to restrain herself.
She said that others were risking their lives, but you were taking advantage. My wife then said that she would not end well in the future by speaking evil words and creating bad consequences."
Dongsheng spoke softer and quieter, for fear that Tao Huansheng would strangle Xie Chunlian to death at this moment. You must know that he has experienced the dangers of the battlefield. Tao Huansheng's military achievements were all achieved by risking his life. If he was so insulted, I am afraid he would also
It’s hard to swallow this breath.
After hearing this, Tao Huansheng put his hand on his forehead and said: "So, it was because of me that Madam had a dispute with Mr. Xie."
"That's right, Madam not only has no fault, but also has merit. This is protecting her husband and a woman's virtue." Dongsheng said excitedly.
"Have you found those who spread rumors?" Tao Huansheng rubbed his forehead with his fingers, lowered his head and asked.
"Not yet, that man is very cautious and has never shown his true face."
Tao Huansheng gritted his back molars and said: "Look carefully, I will definitely find the person who I want to see alive, and the corpse who wants to see him dead!"
"Yes."
Dongsheng accepted the order and was about to turn around and leave the tent.
Tao Huansheng stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, you have been with her for a long time, do you know what she likes? It's best that she never gets what she wants."
"Which one?" Dongsheng deliberately pretended to be confused.
Tao Huansheng's eyes widened.
"I remembered that my wife used to like silver. She said that silver made her feel at ease."
Tao Huansheng felt that Dongsheng really deserved not to have a wife, and he was really stupid. Even if she was short of money, could he still move a box of money?
Tao Huansheng poked his eyes out, Dongsheng stirred, patted the Tianling Cap, and said, "I remembered that my wife wanted to learn to ride a horse when she was a child, but she failed."
Tao Huansheng was overjoyed and said, "It's so good. You should quickly find a docile white horse!"
"Yes, I will do it immediately."
Tao Huansheng coughed slightly and said, "I feel that I have wronged her. I want to give her some compensation. Don't think too much about it."
"Yes, yes, my subordinates will know that my wife will be happy." Dongsheng turned around and went out happily.
As the saying goes, a kind word can warm you for three winters, but a bad word can hurt someone for six months.
It's easy to hurt someone's heart, but it's hard to win one's heart. I hope you guys, if you meet someone you like, don't waste your good marriage by saying bad words.