In July, the heat in Tianshui had gradually dissipated and it was getting cooler. On the second day of July, it happened to be the big market in Tianshui City that was held every five days. Outside the East Gate, there were crowds of people queuing up to enter the city.
Outside the city gate, a young man who looked like a servant stood on tiptoe and looked for a long time, but he only saw a sea of heads. He was getting impatient waiting and complained, "Master, when can we enter the city? Look, it's almost noon now, and the sun is so hot... Why don't we go to the city gate and report our names, and we will definitely be able to enter earlier."
The boy was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a thin blue shirt and a bamboo hat with a fair face, curved eyebrows, and a pair of beautiful black eyes. He stood with his hands behind his back, smiling, "Oh, Dongyuan, you are famous? Well, you are my servant, but the question is, do people recognize me?"
Dong Yuan stomped his feet helplessly. Since the young master said so, it meant there was no hope. He lowered his head and stood still, following the queue of people and moving towards the city gate step by step with difficulty.
It was not until the sun climbed directly overhead that the two entered Tianshui City. They looked at the streets of Tianshui City, where buildings were lined up one after another and the city was bustling with people coming and going.
Dong Yuan muttered, "I thought Tianshui was in the northwest, full of wind and sand, and must be a barren land, with Tartars killing and robbing, but I didn't expect it to be no worse than our place."
The young master smiled and took Dong Yuan to a roadside tea stand to drink tea and rest. "This is an important town in the northwest. With the protection of the Longxi garrison, it will not be too bad. If you go further west and pass Longxi, you will see a different scene."
The tea stall owner brought a large teapot and refilled two cups of tea for the two. Hearing that the two people's accents did not sound like locals, he smiled and said, "You two must be from other places. This guy knows our Tianshui very well!"
The young man in blue smiled and said that he just heard it from others.
The tea stall owner sighed and said, "We are safe here, but the situation in Longxi is different. Everyone says how powerful the Chu army is, but we only hear about the Tartars invading, but we haven't heard of the soldiers going to kill the Tartars. Oh, the taxes are so heavy, we have to pay this and that, and those officials don't even understand the suffering of us ordinary people..." It was noon and there were few people at the tea stall, so the tea stall owner took the opportunity to complain.
Dong Yuan sighed in a dignified manner, "A harsh government is more ferocious than a tiger!" The young man in blue smiled, stretched out his hand and knocked on Dong Yuan's forehead rudely, "You are talking nonsense, aren't you afraid of causing trouble!"
At this time, there was a commotion at the intersection in front of the tea stall. People who were strolling on the street gathered around to watch. The young man in green was surprised to see a nobleman in a scarlet brocade robe, rolling up his sleeves, coming out of the restaurant aggressively, as if he was going to beat someone up. Several young men in fancy clothes and servants following him were shouting hello. The man in green, who had gone downstairs before him, turned around and saw him, and was scared like a mouse seeing a cat. He turned around and was about to run, but was stopped by someone.
The man in the scarlet brocade robe glared at Liu Tongzheng, "If I don't beat you up in three days, you'll go to the roof and tear down the tiles, right? You dare to make up stories about my father behind his back? Are you itching for trouble? If I don't beat you up today, I'll write my name backwards!"
The green-clothed man called Liu Tongzheng looked around and knew that he could not escape the disaster today. He made up his mind and shouted, "Even if I said it, it doesn't matter. I am not the only one who said it. Why are you picking on me? If you have the guts, beat up everyone in the world who said this!"
"Huh, you still dare to say that?!" The man in red robe stood up and launched a series of flying kicks and punches, and he aimed at Liu Tongzheng's face with great precision.
The servants who were watching cheered and were full of fawning attitude.
This dude is quite good at fighting and has a handsome appearance, but it's a pity that he doesn't follow the right path. With his great skills, he can only fight and cause trouble with these bad friends.
The tea stall owner saw the young man in green noticed that side, and smiled and said, "Young man, you just came to Tianshui, I guess you don't know. The young man in red robe is a tyrant in our Tianshui City, known as Tianbao. Ordinary people can't afford to offend him. If you see him, you'd better avoid him."
A dandy scoundrel! Qingyi only glanced at the arrogant Feiyi in the crowd, then turned away and lowered her head to slowly drink the tea in the cup.
However, Liu Tong, who was badly beaten, took the opportunity to run away from the crowd. Seeing that there were few people at the tea stall, he ran over here in a daze. Ba Tianbao hurriedly chased after him.
The tea stall owner laughed uglier than crying, "Hey, gentlemen, if you want to fight, can you please go to another place?"
The people in the tea stall dropped their tea money and ran away, leaving Qingyi sitting there steadily, with Dongyuan standing next to him. Liu Tong had nowhere to hide, so he could only hide behind Qingyi and shouted, "Ba Tianbao, just wait and see, if you dare to hit someone again, I will ask my father to go to your house and complain to your father!"
However, he lacked confidence and his voice was trembling.
Ba Tianbao laughed loudly, with a wicked smile on his handsome face, "You thought I was a baby who had not been weaned like you, and I would go to my dad to complain. Look at what you have done!"
"This one." Qingyi, who was sitting there steadily, finished his tea, stood up leisurely, looked at Ba Tianbao who was blocking the road, and said with a smile, "Can you please make way? I want to go out."
Master Bao put his hands on his waist and looked at Qing Yi. He felt as if he had seen him somewhere before. His eyebrows and eyes looked indescribably familiar. He frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
The servant beside him, Bai Hao, squinted his eyes and looked for a long time, then approached Master Bao and whispered, "Master, this man looks so familiar to me?"
"Do you know him?" asked Master Bao.
Baihao quickly shook his head and said, "I dare say I know someone you don't even know."
"I'm just a passerby who came to Tianshui to visit relatives." Qingyi smiled kindly and had a handsome face.
"Aren't you in the same group with Liu Tongzheng?" Seeing that it was a foreigner, Baihao immediately acted like a bully and shouted like Master Bao.
Qingyi ignored Baihao, flicked his sleeves and walked out with his hands behind his back, his posture elegant. Before leaving, he bowed and said, "You are wise and brave, and you have an extraordinary demeanor. It must be a great fortune for our Great Chu to have such a person. If the Tartars come to attack, I only need to stand on the city wall and roar, and they will immediately retreat a hundred miles and never dare to invade again."
After Qing Yi left gracefully, Bai Hao poked the arm of Master Bao who was still in a daze, "Master, that person seemed to be mocking you!"
Master Bao was furious, "Of course I heard it! Do I need you to tell me?" I was so angry that I had to find out who this person was. He looked familiar, but I just couldn't remember where he was.
Qingyi asked all the way and came to the door of Anxi Marquis's Mansion. She knocked on the door and politely said to the doorman who opened the door, "My dear father-in-law, I am Xu Mingye, the elder brother of your second young lady. I came from Jiangnan to visit you. Please let me know."
The concierge looked as if he had seen a ghost. He looked up and down at Qingyi and said, "Young man, wait a moment. I'll go get someone." He immediately closed the door and asked someone to go to the backyard to call Aunt Zou.
Madam Zou hurried to the door and saw the two people who looked exhausted. She immediately wiped away her tears and said, "Master, you are here!"
Soon, Sima Qing, who had just returned home from the government office, learned the news of the in-laws' visit. He ordered people to invite the eldest son of the Xu family into the main house and received the eldest son of the Xu family with Miao. He was deeply moved that a fifteen-year-old boy came from afar to visit his younger sister who married far away. The eldest son of the Xu family behaved politely, knew when to advance and retreat, and had a humble attitude. He also heard that Xu Mingye had passed the provincial examination this year and ranked among the top three, which made him admire and like him even more.
Mingyu was called soon. When she saw her elder brother Xu Mingye for the first time, her nose immediately felt sore. It was not her body's reaction to seeing her brother, but her reaction to seeing her relatives after being alone for too long. Just like in her memory, the fifteen-year-old boy was handsome and gentle, his eyes full of love.
Sima Qing and Miao exchanged a few polite words, and then let Mingyu take her brother back to Yiqing Courtyard. The siblings had not seen each other for many days, so they must have a lot to say. Xu Mingye was present, and Miao did not embarrass Mingyu as usual. She smiled generously and kindly, quite like the lady of a marquis's mansion.
Xu Mingye followed behind Mingyu, looking at the tiny girl who was only as tall as his shoulders, but had already married into a wealthy family and was thousands of miles away from home. She could no longer nestle in his arms and call him brother like she did when she was little. The little girl had always been delicate and cuddly, and would cry for a long time with red eyes if she was unhappy about something. Now, even if she was wronged, who would comfort her
Whenever he thought of it, Xu Mingye felt a pain in his heart as if it was being cut by a knife.
When they arrived at Yiqing Courtyard, Lixiang and Nanny Zou took Dongyuan out of the room, leaving Mingyu and Xu Mingye alone in the room. Looking at Xu Mingye, Mingyu finally couldn't help it and lay on her brother's lap and cried for a long time.
The handsome young man was filled with heartache. He patted Mingyu's shoulder and coaxed her softly, just like when Mingyu was still at home. Finally, when Mingyu stopped crying, he said, "Don't blame your father in your heart. He loves you the most and doesn't want to marry you so far away. Many people from our family came to persuade your father, saying that Lord Sima and his wife are kind people. Your father doesn't know anyone in the northwest. He also heard from the capital that the eldest son of the Sima family was a companion to the prince at a young age and wrote beautiful articles. He thought the second son should be a good person. Only then did your father agree to the Sima family's marriage. After you left, he sighed every day and regretted it. He didn't want to marry you so far away and they wouldn't be able to see each other in the future. He always said that if it happened again, he would not agree no matter how hard the family pressed him. Dad and mom are worried about you, otherwise they wouldn't agree to let me run so far to see you."
Mingyu cried and nodded, but she shouldn't have said that there is an exception to everything. Sima Xi is excellent and motivated, but her favorite younger brother is a useless piece of wood. It's so unfortunate. What can she say
She was far away in the northwest, and she no longer had the chance to enjoy the love of Xu Mingyu's parents. She was bullied by her mother-in-law, suppressed by her sister-in-law, and had a dandy husband in Sima Hou Mansion. She wanted to go home so much that she was going crazy, but she didn't even have anyone to talk to. Without the permission of the Sima family elders, she couldn't even leave the gate of the mansion. Now that she saw her relatives, she couldn't help but vent the suppressed emotions in her chest.
However, after crying, she felt a little confused. She was not the real Xu Mingyu. Seeing Xu Mingye comforting her like a little adult and showing his love for her, she felt a little unworthy. The real Xu Mingyu probably didn't have the courage to propose a divorce, and she didn't know what Xu Mingye could do for her.
"Brother, you must have suffered a lot along the way." Mingyu asked hesitantly. The handsome boy seemed to be a lot darker and thinner than she remembered.
"Not bad." The young man smiled and did not answer the question. He pinched Mingyu's cheek lovingly and turned to say, "You, are you not eating well again? I think you have lost weight again. You have been in Tianshui for so long, and you don't even write a letter home. Dad and mom always miss you and don't know if you are doing well. In the first few days after you left, when mom was eating, she couldn't help but say to call Mingyu to eat. She thought you were at home, and she didn't call you until after a while. She was sad for a long time again."
Mingyu lowered her head in embarrassment. It's not like she had never thought about writing a letter, but her handwriting was completely different from the real Xu Mingyu. If it was passed to her parents, it would only arouse suspicion. She thought about it for a long time, but still didn't dare to write the letter.
Xu Mingye laughed, rubbed Mingyu's head, and sighed, "It's still the same. You lower your head and keep silent when you feel guilty. You have grown up during these days away from home and are much more stable than before." After waiting for a while, Xu Mingye hesitated and asked, "Brother-in-law... Is he good to you?"
Mingyu also hesitated. Should she say yes or tell the truth that Master Bao is a playboy and a dandy, and he likes to tease her? After thinking for a long time, Mingyu said hesitantly... "Brother, just meet him."
Seeing this answer, Xu Mingye's heart sank, and he didn't think he would have much hope anymore.
At this time, Sima Hong had been called from the street by his family, who told him that Mingyu's brother, who was also his uncle, had come from Jiangnan to visit Mingyu, and asked him to go home quickly to receive the guests.
Arriving at the gate of Yiqing Courtyard, Sima Hong straightened his clothes again and made sure that he looked elegant and impeccable before stepping into Yiqing Courtyard. Bai Hao behind him rolled his eyes. In the past, he had only tried to please the second wife, but now he had to please his eldest uncle as well!
Sima Hong smiled gently and walked slowly into the room. Seeing a handsome man sitting in front of Mingyu with his back to him, he asked Mingyu politely, "Is this my eldest brother-in-law?" "I am very polite to my brother-in-law."
But the person in green clothes with his back to him looks so familiar...
The young man in blue stood up and looked back. When he saw Master Bao, his smile froze on his face and his face quickly darkened. The dandy scoundrel he saw turned out to be his brother-in-law! Xu Mingye couldn't help but clench his fists and narrowed his beautiful eyes. If he had known that this was the kind of person, he and his father would have given up their future and never married Mingyu!
Sima Hong laughed with a guilty conscience. He did not expect that the boy who mocked him in the street was actually his elder brother-in-law. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment and laughed dryly, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, all misunderstanding..."
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