Shen Xiu's heart skipped a beat when she heard Luo Gong's question. She pretended not to know and said, "What's going on?"
Luo Gong looked at Shen Xiu and said: "Why do I feel that there is something I don't know about here?"
Shen Xiudao: "You are overthinking. There is nothing between us."
"You really have nothing to hide from me?" Luo Gong glanced at Shen Xiu and asked again.
Shen Xiudao: "If you ask that, there is something I have indeed concealed."
"What's the matter?" Luo Gong's expression immediately changed. He narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you hiding from me?"
Shen Xiuwei took a deep breath invisibly and said slowly: "Do you still remember what County Magistrate Zhen said on the day we recognized each other?"
Luo Gong thought about it carefully. Magistrate Zhen seemed to have said a lot that day. He frowned slightly and asked, "Which one did you say?"
Shen Xiudao: "It's him who said he wanted to give me a generous gift."
Luo Gong couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the generous gift, "What expensive gift did he give later?"
He thought that what Shen Xiu hid from him was just accepting a valuable gift from Magistrate Zhen.
But Shen Xiu seemed to dislike Luo Gong's relaxed look, and slowly added, "He sent some supplements later, but the supplements are not important, what is important is what he said."
"What did Magistrate Zhen say to you?" Luo Gong asked.
Shen Xiu did not answer in a hurry, but asked: "Is it because Magistrate Zhen has not renewed his marriage because of his deceased first wife?"
Luo Gong didn't understand why she mentioned this matter at this time, but she still said: "That's true. He is indeed a rare infatuated person."
Shen Xiu smiled awkwardly and said: "What a coincidence, he said that I look very similar to his deceased wife."
"What?" Luo Gong was playing with the gold ingot on the table. When he heard this, the gold ingot in his hand fell to the table with a crisp sound.
Luo Gong didn't care about this, and looked shocked, "Are you telling the truth?"
"It's absolutely true." Shen Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "Why should I joke about such a thing."
She didn't tell Luo Gong at first because she was afraid that he would become suspicious. But now, she couldn't tell Luo Gong.
On the one hand, Luo Gong has become suspicious, on the other hand, she doesn't want to be threatened anymore.
It took Luo Gong a long time before he said, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Thinking about it, he heard that Magistrate Zhen had fallen in love with a young lady and had found someone for him. Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be Shen Xiu.
When he thought that the person Magistrate Zhen was interested in was Shen Xiu, and Shen Xiu was already married to Wei Yan, Luo Gong felt that this matter was very difficult.
"Then what are you going to do?" Luo Gong has seen Magistrate Zhen's attitude towards Shen Xiu. Now that he thinks about it, Magistrate Zhen is probably destined to win over Shen Xiu.
He couldn't help but think a little about Shen Xiu.
The main reason Shen Xiu is telling Luo Gong about this now is to remind Luo Gong not to do matchmaking in the future.
But now seeing that the other party was more worried about this matter than she was, Shen Xiu felt that Luo Gong, the sworn brother, was not in vain, at least he was willing to share my worries.
"You don't have to worry about me. I have already thought of a countermeasure." Shen Xiudao, "What matters now is that I don't want to see Magistrate Zhen again and leave him any thoughts. When you go back, just say that I am not feeling well and help me."
This job has been postponed."
"Okay, I will help you." Luo Gongdu already knew what Magistrate Zhen was thinking, so naturally he would not create another opportunity for him.
"It's just that he is the head of a county after all, and even I have to obey his orders. You must never have a head-on conflict with him." Luo Gong thought for a while and gave a few words of advice.
"After all, he is also an official of the imperial court, and he will not rape civilian girls. And he does not look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. With me here, he should not embarrass you too much."
Of course Shen Xiu knew this truth, but when these words came out of Luo Gong's mouth, she felt a little warmer in her heart.
"I know, I'll show you how to deal with it."
Luo Gong sighed again and said, "How could things happen to be like this?"
Shen Xiu has now looked away, "The matter has reached this point, and there is no point in thinking about it. And I have already thought of a way, and I will definitely make him give up on me."
Luo Gong was very curious about the way she said it, but Shen Xiu didn't reveal much, only saying that he would know when the time comes.
This made Luo Gong even more curious. But Shen Xiu was very tight-lipped, and he couldn't pry for a long time, so he had to give up.
After Luo Gong returned, he found an excuse to reject Magistrate Zhen.
"My sister-in-law has not been feeling well recently, so I'm afraid she won't be able to complete this double-sided embroidery." Luo Gong said, "Please don't take offense."
County Magistrate Zhen heard that Shen Xiu was not feeling well, so he couldn't help but ask: "Is her health serious?" After that, he added, "I remember that she was ill a few days ago. Could it be that the root cause has not been cured?"
Luo Gong didn't know anything about Shen Xiu's previous excuse for being ill. Of course he couldn't explain clearly when asked by Magistrate Zhen, so he vaguely said: "Probably not!"
Magistrate Zhen saw this and couldn't help but have doubts.
He couldn't help but glance at Luo Gong and guessed that Luo Gong's statement that Shen Xiu was unwell was just an excuse.
If he could ask Luo Gong to help him cover himself, could it be that the other party had already told Luo Gong the truth.
Magistrate Zhen thought of this and tried to say: "Someone gave me some good wild ginseng the day before yesterday. Since my sister is sick, let's take these wild ginsengs! Anyway, I can keep these wild ginsengs."
useless."
Luo Gong didn't want Shen Xiu to have anything to do with Magistrate Zhen at this time. When he heard this, he refused and said: "My sister-in-law is only slightly ill and has no need for precious supplements such as wild ginseng."
Magistrate Zhen's face darkened a bit, but Luo Gong refused without hesitation, obviously knowing what he was thinking.
No matter what Shen Xiu said, Luo Gong was able to ignore the previous suspicion and help him reject her. Obviously, he would never be able to use this matter to threaten Shen Xiu in the future.
Magistrate Zhen felt even more uncomfortable. He had rarely experienced frustration in his life.
But Shen Xiu, a young lady, was able to fight with him without losing any of her skills, and she could think of strategies to deal with him every time.
But doing so aroused Magistrate Zhen's desire to conquer even more.
He did not believe that with his current status and means, he would not be able to conquer even a little lady.
As long as Shen Xiu is willing to follow him, there will naturally be no problem with Luo Gong. Even the Luo family will not object too much.
Magistrate Zhen knew that the key to everything lay in Shen Xiu's attitude.
Although she is extremely resistant to herself now, Magistrate Zhen believes that she will definitely accept him one day.