Chapter 236: The reason for being single for many years
Sang Weixiang sat in the carriage and explained to Qiao Lan the reason why he and Duan Mingchen appeared together.
She is the daughter of the Yingsang family of Lantai Lingshi. During the Lantern Festival, she secretly changed into men's clothes and went out to play with her family behind her back.
By chance, we walked to the street near Mingyue Tower.
Sang Weixiang was dressed as a scholar, and the soldiers next to him were arresting the scholar.
Duan Mingchen just happened to walk into the circle of soldiers with a sign, saying who he belonged to and that he was looking for someone, and the soldiers naturally let him pass.
Sang Weixiang boldly avoided the soldiers and approached Duan Mingchen, begging him to save her once and take her out of the encirclement.
Sang Weixiang lowered his head and said shyly: "I have heard of the name of the queen a long time ago. I heard that the queen cares about the people and is patriotic, and is a good and honest man. The young master in the house must be upright, so I boldly stepped forward and begged this young master to save me once.
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Qiao Lan suddenly realized, she asked why Duan Mingchen took the initiative to take care of a girl. It turned out to be a little girl begging him!
"Girl, you should be more careful in the future and take more slaves with you when you go out. Don't go out alone." Qiao Lan warned.
Hearing that Sang Weixiang's cheeks were extremely dry, and since the fire in the car was not bright, it was not obvious. She bit her lip gently and nodded: "Thank you, Nujun, for caring, Xiang'er will never dare to do it again in the future."
Duan Mingchen saw what his mother meant and thought that her mother agreed to send Sang Weixiang back, so he interrupted, "Lantai Lingshi's house is two streets away from the house, so it's better to go around to the left.
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After saying that, Duan Mingchen raised his hands and bowed to Qiao Lan: "Mom, I'm going down first."
Duan Mingchen left a girl behind, patted his butt and left.
Qiao Lan looked at the two little girls in the carriage, one tall and one short, Feiyan and Sang Weixiang. Sang Weixiang was a head taller than Feiyan. They were both rescued by Duan Mingchen.
This shows that Duan Mingchen is quite popular with the opposite sex. At least he has an approachable face that makes people trust him.
It's just that the way to get along with the opposite sex is different by more than a little.
Qiao Lan estimated that Duan Mingchen was not wary when he found out that Sang Weixiang was a girl. He nodded and agreed to take her for a ride and brought her over. There was not a word of concern throughout the whole process.
well!
In the car, Sang Weixiang and Qiao Lan had a brief chat.
Along the way, we met many soldiers and generals who were guarding the intersection to check the way. After the servants from the Nujun Mansion showed their signs, they let them pass directly.
This was the first time Qiao Lan experienced the benefits of power in the capital.
The servant driving the carriage said that Sang Mansion had arrived.
Sang Weixiang spoke first: "Master Nujun, can you let me go back home by myself? I ran out secretly. If I am sent back with great fanfare, I'm afraid..."
Sang Weixiang's tone was full of embarrassment!
Qiao Lan can understand a little girl's fear of being punished by her parents. After such an experience, the little girl should have learned a lot from the experience.
He nodded and said: "Okay, then get off the carriage by yourself. Don't ever disguise yourself as a man and secretly go out to play!"
Sang Weixiang said goodbye to Qiao Lanfeiyan and got off the car.
After Sang Weixiang got out of the car, the Duan family carriage started to drive slowly and gradually moved away.
Sang Weixiang stood in the corner of her house and tried her best to identify them. Looking at the several carriages behind her, she really couldn't tell where Duan Mingchen, who had just saved her, was.
I could only regret walking around the wall for a while, but my body flew over the wall lightly.
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After Duan Mingchen brought Sang Weixiang back, he only took her to Qiao Lan's carriage. Only Qiao Lan, Fei Yan and others knew Sang Weixiang's identity as a woman. It was a matter of the girl's reputation, and Qiao Lan had no intention of taking it.
Things are said everywhere.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the second day that I heard from Wang that the wife of the Sang family came to her door with a gift to thank the Duan family for their kindness last night.
The process is the same as last year's Lantern Festival! Will this unexpected marriage come again?
Qiao Lan was curious.
But the news brought by Wang was not what Qiao Lan thought.
Mrs. Wang stood in front of Qiao Lan, holding the gift list of the Sang family in her hand: "... Mrs. Sang retired and said she was grateful to us for helping their daughter, and begged me not to spread the word about this matter, and to take more care of her.
The good reputation of my daughter’s family.”
Does that mean there’s no chance?
After saying this, Mrs. Wang was a little curious: "Mom, what happened yesterday?"
Mrs. Wang went to Ning's house to see Duan Sitong yesterday, but she didn't watch the lanterns with her in the evening.
Qiao Lan said something vaguely: "That girl from the Sang family was walking alone on the road and was taken for a ride by us. You also know what happened on the street yesterday."
Mrs. Wang nodded, knowing what she was doing.
Everyone heard the news early in the morning about what happened yesterday, and they didn't even have to go around to ask.
Yesterday, His Majesty went up to pray for blessings. A group of young scholars rushed downstairs and said that His Majesty should govern with virtue and care for the people. In short, he hoped that His Majesty would pay attention to what such scholars said together.
Your Majesty didn't seem to want to hear it very much, but the scholars had already surrounded the tower.
The scholars were all excited and unwilling to leave, so they kept shouting and shouting. Seeing that His Majesty could not stop, he was ready to say a few words.
A flying knife was immediately shot out from the crowd and flew straight towards His Majesty, stabbing His Majesty.
The scholars gathered downstairs bore the brunt of the assassination. People waiting outside directly surrounded the street, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.
Although His Majesty was only slightly injured, stabbing him is a serious crime.
The crowd just surrounded the street and searched, preparing to catch a group of troublemaking scholars.
But with such a lively lantern festival and the capital being a prosperous place, how could there be so few scholars on the streets? Just strictly investigate them one by one!
Now that Qiao Lan thought about it, Duan Mingchen was really brave, rushing directly into the crowd to find someone. However, the Sang girl was even bolder and dared to go out alone disguised as a man.
If the girl from the Sang family had not met Duan Mingchen, she would have been taken to a cell for interrogation. By then, even if she was not an assassin, her innocence and reputation would have been lost.
Wait a moment!
A woman disguised as a man to go to the Mingyue Tower in the center alone?
Is this Sang girl really an assassin?
Qiao Lan didn't delve into this issue. It didn't matter whether Sang Weixiang was there or not. Sang Weixiang had already left there, with the help of his son.
If it is really found out that Sang Weixiang is an assassin, I will not be able to escape the involvement.
Qiao Lan prayed that it would be best for her not to.
However, in view of Duan Mingchen's stuttering that night, Qiao Lan had some suspicions that Duan Mingchen was interested in Sang Weixiang.
I inquired directly and asked Duan Mingchen what he thought of the girl.
Duan Mingchen: "My son is not familiar with that girl Sang!"
"Then when you introduced her, why did you pause and didn't continue?" Qiao Lan asked doubtfully.
Duan Mingchen gave a decisive reply: "My son didn't remember that girl's name at the moment."
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Qiao Lan got the message from someone else.
Maybe this is the reason why Duan Mingchen has been single for many years!