The dinner was very sumptuous.
Luo Qingzhou returned to the table, lowered his head to eat, and did not participate in the conversation of the Qin family.
The kowtow and begging sounds from upstairs finally stopped.
Not long.
After everyone in Chengguo Mansion finished eating, they went downstairs.
The gloomy look on Luo Yannian's face had disappeared, and he bowed calmly and said, "Brother Wen Zheng, we have something else to do, so we'll leave first."
Qin Wen Zheng glanced at him but did not answer.
Wang suddenly couldn't help looking at the table and said, "Qingzhou, Xiaolou is getting married today, don't you want to go and see it?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Qin family looked gloomy.
Song Ruyue wanted to curse but held back, her face turning blue with anger.
Wang seemed to have let out a sigh of relief, and smiled faintly, "Now that you have become a scholar, have you forgotten your sister who used to be so kind to you? Well, I guess Xiaolou will be even more heartbroken when she sees you."
After saying that, he suddenly turned around and waved his hand, slapping Yang Ping'er in the face behind him, sneering: "Open your eyes and take a good look, some little bastards can't be tamed! What's the point of being nice to him? He's still a waste and can't help you with anything."
Yang Ping'er's hair was disheveled and covered in blood, and she looked dazed. Even after being slapped in the face, she was still dazed and stupid, as if only an empty shell was left.
"Let's go."
Luo Yannian turned around at the door and said.
"Yes, sir."
A refreshed smile appeared on Wang's face, and she led her people out.
After a moment.
Outside there was the sound of a carriage leaving.
Everyone in the Qin family was filled with righteous indignation and kept cursing.
"That bitch is nothing, and Luo Yannian is even less of a thing! Isn't that his woman, his daughter?"
"You are so vicious, you will go to hell sooner or later!"
"Humph, his father was heartless and cruel back then. When he got mad outside, he slapped his concubine to death when he got home. The Luo family is just..."
"Ahem! Eat, eat."
Several people started to curse and started to scold all the people in the Luo family. Then they suddenly came to their senses, looked at a young man at the table, changed the subject, and started talking about today's competition.
I ate for a while longer.
Qin Wenzheng got up to pay the bill, and came back and said, "Okay, let's call it a night. Chuan'er needs to go back early to have a good rest, and everyone needs to get up early tomorrow."
Everyone immediately stood up and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Chuan'er, go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow in the ring, you must teach that bastard Cheng Guofu a lesson."
After leaving the restaurant, the Qin family's carriage was already waiting outside.
The second and fourth masters of the Qin family and their female relatives all got on the carriage.
When Qin Wenzheng and his wife were about to go up, Luo Qingzhou suddenly said, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, you go back with my second brother first. I want to go for a walk on the street."
Qin Wen Zheng frowned.
Song Ruyue immediately said, "It's so late, why are you still shopping? Let's go shopping together tomorrow night."
Luo Qingzhou bowed and said, "Mother-in-law, I have Xia Chan with me, everything will be fine."
Hearing this, Song Ruyue looked at the figure standing at the back, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If you really want to go shopping, let Bailing and Qiu'er accompany you."
After a pause, she continued, "By the way, I want to chat with Xiaodie and ask her to go back with me."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at her and said, "Okay."
Bai Ling immediately pouted and said, "I won't go! I have to take care of the young lady."
Luo Qingzhou ignored her, bowed, and turned to leave.
Qiu'er hurriedly followed behind him.
When Xia Chan was standing there motionless, Bailing pushed her and whispered, "Go quickly, don't let the son-in-law run away."
Upon hearing this, Xia Chan immediately tightened the sword in her hand and followed.
"Little fool."
Looking at her hurried footsteps, Bailing couldn't help but mutter softly.
After the three people walked away, the carriage slowly drove away from the restaurant.
After driving a few streets, Qin Wenzheng suddenly said in the car: "Stop!"
The carriage braked immediately.
The carriages of Master Qin Er and Master Qin Si, who were following behind, also came to a halt.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Master Qin stuck his head out of the car and said.
Qin Wenzheng jumped out of the car and said solemnly: "Qingzhou must have gone to Chengguo Mansion! We can't let him go alone!"
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
"Let's go! What are you waiting for? Let's go together!"
"Walk!"
Everyone responded.
Qin Wen Zheng and everyone in the Qin family hurried towards Chengguo Mansion.
Song Ruyue stuck her head out of the carriage and said, "Master, that boy is not that stupid, is he? Even if he is a scholar, he can't interfere in other people's family affairs."
Qin Wenzheng said worriedly: "I just hope he won't be too impulsive. If Luo Yannian takes the opportunity to retaliate, then..."
When Song Ruyue heard this, she panicked and hurriedly urged, "Quick! Speed up! Run!"
Then he said angrily: "If they dare to harm my master, I will fight them to the death!"
Outside Chengguo Mansion.
Yang Ping'er knelt on the ground, crying miserably, but was held down by two strong maids, unable to move.
The funeral procession from the City Lord's Mansion, carrying the coffin, had stopped at the door.
Next to the coffin, several women were crying.
Meng Jinnan, the Lord of Mo City, sat in the carriage with a gloomy face and a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Suddenly, Yang Ping'er's crying became louder.
Meng Jinnan looked up and saw several maids and nannies, surrounding a pretty little girl in a bright red wedding gown, walking out of the mansion.
Luo Yannian and his son and Wang also followed out, hurried down the steps and came over to pay their respects.
Meng Jinnan got off his horse, bowed and sighed: "Brother Yannian, thank you for your help. In fact, this matter is really unnecessary. Your daughter..."
Wang, who was standing by, bowed her head and said, "Lord City Lord, my little girl has already been betrothed to you, and the two of them are engaged. No matter what, the marriage must be completed. We in Chengguo Mansion are not people who break our promises."
Luo Yannian stood aside and said nothing.
"Master! Master! That's your biological daughter! Please, please save her..."
Yang Ping'er cried.
Wang immediately turned her head and said coldly, "Shut her mouth!"
The two strong maids immediately found the cloth strips, stuffed them into her mouth, and then pressed her to the ground.
No matter how she struggled, she couldn't move.
The woman who was lying on the coffin and crying said loudly: "Master, Xing'er passed away at such a young age, and he liked beautiful girls. Since Chengguo Mansion has agreed to marry their daughter to Xing'er, let the girl go down to accompany my poor Xing'er, wuwu..."
Several other women also cried and echoed.
Meng Jinnan sighed and said nothing more. He bowed to Luo Yannian and went over to mount his horse.
The horns sounded and paper money flew everywhere.
The team is ready to set off.
Luo Xiaolou, dressed in a bright red wedding gown, was silently shedding tears. She was surrounded by the crowd and followed the coffin in a daze.
Yang Ping'er, who was pressed to the ground, opened her eyes wide, struggled desperately, and made a whimpering sound from her mouth.
Wang glanced at him calmly and said through gritted teeth, "It's a pity that the boy didn't see it with his own eyes. If it weren't for him..."
"who?"
At this moment, the guard at the front of the team suddenly stopped and shouted angrily,
Everyone's eyes immediately looked over there.
A figure slowly walked out of the darkness of the street ahead, and soon walked into the bright moonlight and the light of the team's lanterns.
The figure was tall and slender, wearing a loose Confucian robe, and looked young and weak. He did not look like a madman, but he stopped directly at the front of the team and blocked their way.
"Sir, it's a scholar!"
The guard in front reported.
Meng Jinnan was sitting on his horse, and before he could say anything, Wang suddenly walked over and sneered, "Luo Qingzhou, you are here after all. Are you here to see your sister off?"
Luo Xiaolou, who was in a daze, suddenly looked ahead and started crying: "Brother Qingzhou! Wuuwuwu... Don't worry about Xiaolou, just go away..."
Wang was venting her anger, and walked to the front of the team. She looked at the young man in front of her and sneered, "People have seen it, it's time to get out of the way."
Meng Jinnan suddenly realized: "Luo Qingzhou? The first place winner of the Mocheng imperial examination this time, Luo Jieyuan?"
Wang's eyebrows twitched and a ferocious look appeared on her face again.
Luo Qingzhou bowed and said, "Lord City Lord, everyone is very sad that the young master has passed away. But do you think it is appropriate for you to let a little girl be buried with the young master?"
Before Meng Jinnan could answer, the woman who was holding the coffin started to curse, "Who the hell are you? This is our family affair, when is it your turn to get involved? You bastard Luo Jieyuan, you delayed my son's burial, I want your life!"
The other women also started cursing.
Wang said coldly: "Luo Qingzhou, you are just an outsider now, you have no right to intervene in our family affairs. If you delay the burial of Master Meng, no one can save you! Go away!"
Luo Qingzhou still stood there, motionless, looking at Meng Jinnan on his horse and said, "Lord City Lord, I want to take Xiaolou away tonight, is that ok?"
After these words were spoken, the women's curses became even more harsh.
Meng Jinnan's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this: "You are just a scholar, and you dare to be so arrogant in front of me? Who gave you the courage?"
Then he sneered, "I almost forgot that you seemed to have climbed up the princess's high branch. But today is our family affair, even if the princess herself comes, she can't interfere. Get out of the way, I don't have time to waste with you."
Luo Qingzhou still stood there without moving.
Luo Yannian suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "You rebellious son, get out of here!"
Luo Qingzhou looked at him and said calmly, "Rebellious son? Luo Yannian, you are mean and ungrateful, cold-blooded and heartless, but you are so shameless. It seems that I have nothing to do with you anymore, right?"
"Luo Qingzhou!"
Luo Yu came up and said coldly, "How dare you talk to my father? Do you really think that just because you passed the imperial examination, you can be a traitor and do whatever the law requires?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at him and said, "Luo Yu, at least I am a juren, and you are nothing now!"
As soon as these words came out, Wang was so angry that she was fuming. She gnashed her teeth and said, "This is rebellion! This is rebellion! Wang Cheng! Wang Cheng! Capture him for me!"
Wang Cheng immediately rushed over with his robe fluttering.
Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and looked behind him with fear.
Two girls walked out of the darkness.
One of them was wearing a light green dress, holding a sword in her hand, and her face was as cold as ice. She was the girl who almost pierced his throat with a sword!
Wang was so angry that she was shaking all over.
Meng Jinnan's face suddenly darkened, and he shouted angrily: "Keep moving forward! Anyone who dares to stop my son's coffin will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, sir!"
The guards immediately drew their swords from their waists and rushed forward with murderous intent.
At this moment, the sound of a carriage came from the alley ahead.
Then, a delicate voice came from the darkness: "Who dares to touch my master!"
“Hualala!”
All the members of the Qin family suddenly rushed out from the darkness with great momentum!
Song Ruyue stood on the carriage, with her eyebrows raised and her eyes glaring, her hands on her hips, looking very majestic. Before the carriage stopped, she jumped down in a hurry. As a result, with a "bang", she fell to the ground, her limbs spread out, and her face hit the ground.
Qin Chuan and the maids and nannies hurried over to help her up.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
Song Ruyue blushed, glanced at the murderous guards, hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed her son-in-law's hand, and whispered: "Qingzhou, go quickly, this is someone else's family affair, we can't interfere, and we can't afford to offend."