Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 39 Thirty-nine Gold and Jade 5
The normal journey of a horse from Fuxiangshan to a residential house in the eastern suburbs takes half an hour.

Ling Huai carried a quiver on his back and a bow on his waist, and galloped down the mountain without stopping. It only took him two seconds to rush into the eastern suburbs. Ling Cen, who was following him closely, rounded his arms and couldn't catch up.

There was a riding and shooting event at Gongxue this afternoon. After Ling Dang and Ling Jing had an accident in the rare museum, the Ling family's servants rushed to Gongxue to report the news. It took a lot of effort to get the message to Ling Huai.

The galloping horses' hooves stepped onto the bluestone road, making a noisy sound, one sound more anxious than the previous one. Before the horse reached the gate, Ling Huai had already reined in the rope and was about to turn over and dismount. But when the horse slipped forward, he stood firmly on the ground. Before the gatekeeper could meet him, he rushed through the door like a gust of wind.

"Has the fifth young master just entered?" The two gatekeepers looked at each other.

Ling Dang wiped away the blood stains from the scratch on his cheek and applied medicine along the edge. The bruise was a large area, like a yin and yang face.

She looked at it in the mirror and said, "Acen's ointment needs to be improved. It doesn't look good on the face."

"As long as there are no scars." Ling Jing lay on her back on the couch with her eyes closed. She had been frowning since she got home.

Mrs. Chuuai was on the side applying hot compress to Ling Jing's face to reduce the swelling. Kui Qing came forward with the ointment and applied it on her face.

Ling Dang sighed. He was going out in a good mood, but he never wanted to go home with a hurt face and make Pei Zhanqing anxious.

Pei Zhanqing believed in gods and Buddhas and could not help much, so he ordered his mother-in-law to light a stick of incense in front of the Guanyin statue in the main hall. The smoke clouds went straight up, and the smell of incense circled the eaves and corridors, and floated into Lingdang's room, which was a bit pungent.

Ling Dang sneezed, went up and gently tugged on Ling Jing's sleeves, lowered his head, and whispered, "I'm sorry for causing trouble for the family."

"It's not your turn to say this," Ling Jing stretched out her hand to hold her chin and looked at her injuries carefully, "That person's surname is Zhu. Just don't be so reckless next time. Let us know before you act. We can discuss anything. Let's bear it together."

There was a clang on the door, startling the people in the room. The footsteps were hurried, and they saw Ling Huai, wearing a palace knight's riding uniform, rushing into the inner room with an arrow on his back.

Ling Jing half-stretched her body and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, A Dang is fine."

Ling Huai gasped for breath, and put his hand on Ling Dang's shoulder, holding her face, and using a slight force to tilt her head, he raised his fingertips and placed them on her injured cheek.

When Ling Jing saw this, she turned away silently and sighed. Ling Huai was now like the coward who was bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

"The skin injury is fine. It will be fine in a few days." Ling Dang took his hand and took a step back, his ears feeling hot.

Ling Jing turned around and looked him up and down and said, "Playing hooky?"

Before Ling Huai could answer, Ling Cen's voice came from outside the door, "I can't do it anymore. I'm exhausted. I'll take a rest."

His voice was uneven and he was panting.

Kwai Ching hurriedly raised the curtain to greet him. Ling Censa was sitting at the door with his legs stretched out, carrying a quiver on his back and wiping sweat randomly.

Ling Cen heard the footsteps and turned around and asked, "Are the sisters okay?"

"It's okay." Kui Qing covered her mouth and smiled, "The sixth young master also skipped school."

Ling Cen grinned happily, stood up and said, "Studying is not as important as my sister's business."

He entered, took a quick look, and immediately bared his teeth. Looking at Ling Dang's yin and yang face, he was overjoyed, "Now it's better, the fourth sister has no face to see others. You should learn a lesson for being a hero in the limelight."

Ling Dang said: "They bully the small ones because of their numbers. If they can't beat them, they launch a sneak attack. Could you please improve the ointment, so that when you apply it on your face, it will look like a ghost." After saying that, he made a face.

Ling Cen filled the teapot with water, wiped his mouth, acted like a veteran, and said like an elder, "Isn't it good? I don't want you to go out and cause trouble."

"What does it mean to cause trouble?" Ling Dang was dissatisfied, "You were not at the scene. You don't know that the Diao Master of the Zhu family led a group of evil servants to tear off a girl's clothes in front of so many people. Even if the girl is proven So what if she is innocent? If that girl is exposed by so many people, even if she is innocent, she is not innocent. It is too bullying."

Ling Huai, who was silent, suddenly said, "You never thought that you would get angry?"

Ling Dang said: "I know martial arts."

Ling Cen poured cold water on her, "Is it just your three-legged cat?"

Ling Dang flashed his fist at him, "Do you want to try? If you want to be beaten, tell me."

Ling Cen leaned into the recliner and said, "She has turned into a cat with a painted face. Who can I scare? Oh my, the tigress has turned into a paper tiger."

"If I don't show off my power, I'll be considered useless. Stop and don't run away!"

"You're right, you're too impatient. Hey, you can't hit me."

You chased me indoors for a while.

Ling Qiong and Ji came in front and back, Ling Qiong said with a smile: "They are all in the house."

Ling Dang immediately stopped and asked: "Sister, what happened to the madam?"

Ling Huai was suspicious, "Madam?"

He glanced at Ling Jing.

Ling Qiong also looked at Ling Jing, asking with her eyes whether she was talking about this or not.

Ling Cen was curious, "What madam?"

Ling Jing held her forehead and said, "Mrs. Puyu Siyun, my mother's biological mother, we should call her grandma."

Ling Huai glared coldly.

"What?" Ling Cen rubbed his ears, thinking he heard something wrong.

"Ah?" Ling Dang didn't understand the relationship for a while, "Is it that Si Yun from Puyu County who lives in Jinyumantang? But, that's wrong, your maiden name is Li, not Si Yun."

Ling Jing said: "My mother's surname is Si Yun, my given name is Li, and I have the nickname Ali. She is the only daughter of the eldest daughter of the Si Yun family. She was once known as the 'Peach and Plum Twins', so she changed her surname to Li."

Ling Cen was surprised: "Mother, she has such a powerful background?!"

Ling Dang understood. No wonder the lady hugged her so excitedly and never let go. It turned out that he saw her who looked like his own mother, Li Shi, and mistook her for his own daughter.

Wait, that's not right. If Mrs. Li was from the Si Yun family and had such a great background, why did she marry such an unreliable man as her biological father? Still no contact?

Has the relationship been severed long ago? The Si Yun family had a rift with their biological father for abducting their only daughter, so they unilaterally cut off all contact? Therefore, the protagonist group in the original text cannot make use of this relationship, and does not even mention it, let alone cling to it.

Ling Qiong sat down and asked Ling Jing: "What's going on between you and the Zhu family?"

All eyes turned to Ling Jing.

Ling Jing followed the fragrant mist and said calmly: "More than ten years ago, when Mrs. Zhu was diagnosed with pregnancy, a beautiful concubine in the house immediately became pregnant with twins, and she gave birth on the same day. Mrs. Zhu gave birth to a daughter, Concubine Ji gave birth to a son and a daughter. Mrs. Zhu secretly sent someone to take away the baby boy as her own, abandoned the baby girl, bribed everyone in the Zhu family, and accused Concubine Ji of false pregnancy to favor the unborn child. From then on, Concubine Ji was neglected and abandoned by Master Zhu. He ignored her and ignored her. Concubine Ji became depressed and found it difficult to make up her mind after this incident. Within three years, her body was broken and her bones fell into dust. "

She suddenly smiled, her eyes were furrowed, her red lips parted slightly, she should have been affectionate but she spoke without emotion. She said: "Mrs. Zhu gave birth to a daughter and named her Zhu Luoying. She adopted the twins born to my concubine and named her baby boy Zhu. Gu Zong, and the abandoned baby girl was picked up by kind people and named Ling and Jing. I am the abandoned baby."

After hearing what she said, Lingdang was shocked. How did she know? Also knows the ins and outs.

Ling Cen murmured: "The third sister is not my mother's biological child..."

Hearing this, Ling Jing glanced over with a cold look and said, "Why, don't you recognize me as your sister if you are not your biological child?"

"Don't dare." Ling Cen's head shook with a rattle.

Ling Jing sat up and said: "It just so happens that everyone is here today, so I will finish my words at once. Zhu Luoying does not want to marry King Wuxuan, Lin Yilong, not only because his legs are difficult to walk, but because she is in love with the third prince, who is today the emperor. Lin Yiheng's younger brother is Jinjiang King Lin Yikang. The Tian family granted him a marriage, but even the Zhu family was brave enough to dare not refuse the marriage outright."

"And my appearance is very likely to be taken advantage of by the Zhu family. Refusal to marry is a disobedience to the edict, and it is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family. The Zhu family took me as the 'daughter of the Zhu family' as mentioned in the imperial edict in marriage. In order to resist the decree, Zhu Luoying could marry Lin Yikang as he wished. Once this plan was completed, although the emperor was dissatisfied, it was not easy to cause such a small incident to happen on the spot. After all, the current queen mother was the daughter of the Zhu family. With the queen mother mediating, the emperor and Zhu The families are cousins, and the family does not speak the same language as the two families. They handle each other lightly, and the matter of substitute marriage is solved. "

Ling Qiong felt a headache and a fever, "What should we do now? Not only are the Zhu family uneasy and well-intentioned and ready to rob someone, but it seems that the Si Yun family will not give up just yet." Ling Jing said: "I will not go back to the Zhu family, let alone get married. Royal. Sister, I want to find someone to marry me quickly and keep the marriage simple."

She paused for a moment, then continued: "You can also find a nice and kind family to marry into, but there are conditions. Don't be a fool. It would be best if you become a widow as soon as you marry."

Ling Qiong's eyebrows were knotted, "How can a marriage be a piece of cake?! Just trying to find someone to work together to prevent a temporary disaster is a waste of life. No, this method will never work. I refuse."

Ling Cen hurriedly answered: "That's right, you can't risk your whole life just to escape from the Zhu family."

Ling Huai asked: "Where is Si Yun's family? What do you think?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and speechless.

Ling Cen broke the silence first: "I am my mother's biological child, right?"

There was a rare uneasiness on his face. He clasped his hands in front of him and sat upright.

The room was eerily quiet.

As smart as Ling Cen, he had the answer in his heart, but he still didn't give up even though he didn't hear a definite answer with his own ears. He looked forward to it, but his shoulders inadvertently dropped.

Ling Jing stared at him and said unhurriedly: "Is it because your family beats you and scolds you, or is it because you are short of food and clothing? You have to worry about blood relations. After all, we are a family. No matter what the reason is, we are abandoned. I'm sorry, but you must remember that nurturing kindness is better than giving birth to kindness. It was my mother who gave us a way to live, and it was my eldest sister who gave us wealth. When we enter the Ling family, we will be the Ling family in life and the soul of the Ling family in death."

When Ling Cen heard this, his eyes were bright and he didn't have time to be happy. He immediately cried and said, "Then in this family, except for the fourth sister who looks like my mother, who is definitely her biological child and has not run away, who else is born to my mother? "

He looked at Ling Qiong, who coughed lowly and turned her face to the side without responding.

It's all in it.

Ling Cen was stunned, "Big sister?!"

He almost cried. He stared straight at Ling Jing and asked, "What about second brother?"

Lingdang replied: "Yes."

Ling Cen glanced at them, suddenly became angry, stood up, and accused: "You all know about the cooperation, but I don't know?!"

"No way, Xiao Qi doesn't know either." Ling Dang added immediately.

It's okay if he doesn't say more, but if he talks too much, it makes Ling Cen even more angry, "How can it be the same?! He is only thinking about eating, even if I tell him, he can't remember!"

Ling Jing asked, "How did A Dang know?"

Lingdang: "..." I wish I could slap myself in the face. Let you speak quickly, let you talk too much, now it’s okay, let’s get suspicious.

Ling Huai also stared at her.

Ling Dang said nonsense: "Listen to what mother said."

Anyway, there is no proof of death.

While they were discussing, Pei Zhanqing raised the curtain and said, "Inspector Yang from Pingli Yi Lane in Shangfu City came to visit. I asked you to take a seat in the outer hall and let the person in charge entertain you first. See you?"

Ling Qiong stood up and walked out, "Who is it?"

Pei Zhanqing covered her lips and smiled, looked at Ling Jing and said, "The third girl recognizes her."

Ling Qiong realized, paused, turned back to Ling Jing, and said, "I'm looking for you."

The fragrance is overwhelming, and the maids in the outer hall are bringing in seasonal fruits, smiling sweetly, talking softly and sweetly, and inviting guests to taste them.

Yang Gan cleared his throat, straightened his clothes, trimmed his temples several times, turned to the tea soup, and looked in the mirror to see if his face looked dignified.

Not long after, Ling Jing and Pingting appeared from the curtain in the back hall.

Ling Jing sat down and looked Yang Gan back and forth. Her heart turned away several times, but her face showed no emotion. She said politely: "Why did Inspector Yang come to the capital? Has he been promoted?"

Yang Gan sat upright and said: "My father moved to Bianjing and became a Jingyin captain. I followed the rising tide and joined the Jingwei. My whole family followed my father and came to the capital to work and settle down. I happened to find out that your family lives in the eastern suburbs. By patrolling It’s convenient to stop by and catch up on old times.”

Ling Jing smiled and said, "Have you heard about what happened in the Museum of Curiosities today?"

Yang Gan smiled sarcastically, became a little restrained, and said, "I've heard a little bit about it."

Ling Jing lowered her eyes and stared at the tea cover, then lowered her tone and said, "Is Yang Jingwei engaged?"

"Ah," Yang Gan was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened, and the tea in his hand almost knocked over. He hurriedly replied to her, "No, no!"

Ling Jing turned slightly, holding the handkerchief and caressing the half of her face that had not completely subsided. Her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she said softly: "What do you think of me?"

Yang Gan stood up and said, "Why is your face swollen?! Who hit you?!"

There were sparkling lights in Ling Jing's eyes, and her daughter's tender posture was fully displayed at this moment. She smiled sincerely and said: "I have already called back."

Yang Gan took a step forward, then suddenly retracted his foot. He was stuck on the spot and was a little overwhelmed. He asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Ling Jing glanced at him, turned half sideways, and raised her neck, revealing a section of her white and thin neck that looked like jade. She pretended to be shy and said, "A little bit."

Yang Gan looked at her and swallowed his saliva.

Ling Jing glanced at him sideways, "Yang Jingwei hasn't answered my question yet."

Yang Gan only saw her fair neck, and couldn't turn his head around. He replied stupidly: "What, what?"

Ling Jing lowered her face and glanced up at him, her eyes as charming as silk, like a hook hooking the person in front of her. She lightly opened her red lips and said, "Mr. Yang, what do I look like?"

He was already crazy, nodding his head like garlic, and said hurriedly: "It looks good, it looks good, every one of them looks good."

She was amused by his silly look, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, and said, "Then marry me and show you every day, okay?"

"Okay! Okay, okay, okay, okay..." After a series of "ok", Yang Gan came back to his senses, as if in a dream, he bravely stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hug, then retracted his claws, thumped back, turned around and ran out. , shouted back at the top of his voice, "I'll go home right away and ask my parents to come to propose marriage! Just wait for me!"

He ran out of the door, turned back suddenly, and said with a pale face: "You can't lie to me! Marriage is not a trivial matter, you must keep your word!"

Without giving Ling Jing any room to speak, he rushed into the hall with a few quick steps, suddenly pulled off the red rope around his neck, stuffed it into Ling Jing's hand, and said, "I will keep this personal Jade Guanyin for me first! It's settled!" You are doomed! You will belong to me, Yang Gan, for the rest of your life! One woman is not allowed to have two families!"

Yang Gan reached out and pulled out a golden hairpin from Ling Jing's bun, "This is a token, wait for me!"

"Wait for me!" He rushed out of the door anxiously.

Ling Jing opened her palms and hooked the rope to show the Jade Guanyin. The corners of her mouth couldn't stop rising.

There was a crowd of people crowding behind the curtain to listen to the excitement. Ling Cen opened the curtain and ran out, shocked: "Third sister, are you serious?!"

Lingdang opened his mouth wide, "This is too hasty."

Ling Qiong also opened her eyes and gave a thumbs up, "I admire you."

Ling Huai and Ji already looked at each other and turned their faces away. Ling Huai sighed tiredly, while Ji already smiled knowingly.

Pei Zhanqing and Mrs. Chuuai advised in unison, "Think twice!"

(End of this chapter)