Good morning Mr. Zhongtang

Chapter 39

Mrs. Li asked the concierge to keep an eye on them early in the morning, saying that as soon as he saw their shadows, he would go to the side courtyard to pass them on.

When Fu Heng and Tong Wanrou walked into the mansion, they obviously felt that the concierge's attitude towards them was not as indifferent as before. Fu Lu ran out of the door. He was only a little taller at eight or nine years old, but he ran like the wind Quickly, he ran over and took the bridle and bundle from Fu Heng's hand, bent his legs and forced the horse to the stable.

Before arriving at the side courtyard, Tong Wanrou felt that there was definitely something wrong with the atmosphere in the mansion, so she pulled Fu Heng's arm and asked him in a low voice:

"Sanggong, do you think there is something strange in the mansion today?"

Seeing her frightened expression, Fu Heng couldn't help laughing. He held her in his arms with one hand, and whispered in her ear:

"These days, my mother is doing well in the mansion. These servants are just fools, so don't pay attention to them."

"..."

Tong Wanrou looked at him, it was really hard to imagine how her mother-in-law could do well in the mansion.

Fu Heng saw that she was puzzled, so he said again: "You don't know yet. The Guerjia family has been demoted from the original capital envoy to deputy capital commander. It takes at least three grades to be promoted to a higher level." Five years, but he lost two ranks in a row, and was demoted from a capital official to a foreign official, and the Guerjia clan was about to evacuate from the capital."

Tong Wanrou was stunned when she heard about this. In just a few days, such a big incident happened in the mansion. No wonder the servants in the mansion started to look at them differently and fawned over them. Because I feel that Guarjia's side is unreliable.

The two returned to the side yard, and saw Mrs. Li who was waiting for them to come back at the door.Tong Wanrou broke free from Fu Heng's arms, ran towards Li Shi, hurriedly made a blessing in front of Li Shi, then put her hand on the hand that Li Shi had already extended to her, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked in affectionately .

Fu Heng was just about to salute his mother on this side, but on the other side, the two of them held hands and left him inside. Only then did they helplessly follow them inside with their hands behind their backs.

Mrs. Li prepared a lot of refreshments for them and put them on the table, but the two of them had already had breakfast outside, but it was hard to refute Mrs. Li's intentions, so they sat down and drank tea obediently.

The three of them chatted for only a short while before Fu Heng was sent by Li Rongbao to pass on a message, asking him to go to the study in the main courtyard, saying that he had something to discuss with him. He nodded and said:
"Go, come back for lunch at noon."

Fu Heng nodded, then got up and followed the messenger to the main courtyard.

Li's gaze didn't come back until Fu Heng's back disappeared in the yard, and said to Tong Wanrou with a slight resentment:

"Oh, it's true that there is no one to plow the thin field, and there are people who fight for it. I never saw how much your father cared about Heng'er before."

After Tong Wanrou thought for a while, she opened her mouth to explain Li Shi's confusion:
"Maybe it's because Xianggong Qian'er was transferred to Yuqian. Dad should discuss something with him."

Mrs. Li beamed in surprise: "Really? Heng'er has been transferred to the imperial court so soon. The imperial court... only the sons and grandchildren are eligible to go."

"Well. So, Mr. Xiang is amazing, isn't he?"

Tong Wanrou's face was full of admiration for Fu Heng, and Li Shi was also happy when she heard it, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes. Who said no, ouch, that's great, I have to go to fulfill my wish, and I will make a wish this afternoon. Go, Wanrou also go together."

Seeing Li Shi's happy expression, Tong Wanrou felt a little tired, but she didn't want to spoil her interest, so she nodded and said, "Yes, my daughter-in-law should go."

When the two of them were discussing what to bring to fulfill their wish in the afternoon, someone from the concierge came to pass the message, saying that someone from the Tong family had come again, and wanted to let Tong Wanrou go out to meet again.

Tong Wanrou remembered what her mother-in-law said to her after going out last time, and she was very resistant in her heart. Seeing that Tong Wanrou's face was not right, Li knew that she must have been wronged last time, so she thoughtfully said to Tong Wanrou:

"If you don't want to go out to meet each other, I'll send you off for you."

Tong Wanrou looked at Li Shi's worried eyes, and she didn't want to bother her too much, but at this moment, she really didn't want to see that mother who only thought of herself in everything, so she sighed and said to Li Shi:

"In this case, I will trouble my mother."

Mrs. Li received Tong Wanrou's request without delay, so she changed into decent clothes and walked out the door.

After about a stick of incense, Mrs. Li came back with a trace of sullenness.Tong Wanrou immediately went up to meet her, and when Li Shi saw her, her complexion improved a little.

"Mother, you are troubled. It's all the fault of the daughter-in-law's family." Tong Wanrou knew that her mother must have not treated Li Shi well, and she might have said a lot of sarcasm to embarrass Li Shi. This is pleading on behalf of her mother's family, so as to prevent Li from harboring grudges.

Mrs. Li helped Tong Wanrou up and said:
"Silly boy, get up."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made eye contact and resolved their grievances. Only then did Li feel better: "Your mother always thinks that Heng'er is a bastard and has no future. In fact, I am not worried about this matter at all. Heng'er is capable. It's just that there are few opportunities, as long as the opportunity comes, the achievements in the future may not be less than those of the son-in-law, so I don't worry about it."

After hearing Li Shi's words, Tong Wanrou felt a little relieved, thinking that her mother-in-law hadn't mentioned in front of her mother-in-law that she wanted her to enter the palace to seduce the Holy Majesty, if she did, she would really lose her head in her in-law's house.

Mrs. Li asked someone to cook a lot of dishes at noon and put them on the table. Tong Wanrou set up the bowls and chopsticks. The mother and daughter waited for a long time before someone came to pass on the news that Master Jiu was left in the study by the master for lunch. The man came back and told his wife and young lady.

Li Shi and Tong Wanrou looked at each other, and then Li Shi sighed greatly: "Oh, if you don't come back, don't come back, let's eat."

Tong Wanrou smiled and nodded, asked someone to remove a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and then sat down with Li Shi.Gossip is commonplace, there are always endless topics to talk about, it's just a matter in the palace, Li Shi knows that Tong Wanrou can't talk too much, when I mentioned it, I just asked with interest, how is Minglan's life, Tong Wanrou follows the virtuous person's She told her to always report good things to Li Shi and not bad news, so that Li Shi would not worry unnecessarily, but would also be very pleased, and she would be happy to do things that kill two birds with one stone.

After the two had eaten, they asked the servants to arrange carriages and horses. Tong Wanrou was going out with Li Shi to fulfill her wish.

When Fu Heng came out of the study, he was about to meet them passing by the garden. When he saw the candles and fruits in the maid's hand, he asked curiously. Tong Wanrou told him that they were going to fulfill their vows, and Fu Heng wanted to go with them with great interest. go.

Mrs. Li spat at her: "What about the temple, what are you doing with your family, wouldn't it be great to go and hang out with some friends?"

But Fu Heng came to Tong Wanrou with straight eyes, and said:

"Friends don't get along day and night, but husbands and wives get along with each other every day."

Li Shi couldn't help laughing when he told his real purpose, and Tong Wanrou was also troubled by his bold words, feeling ashamed and ashamed, but sweet in her heart.

"In front of the Buddha, you can set the rules for me, and you must not blaspheme the gods and Buddhas, you know?"

In this way, Fu Heng rode a horse, Tong Wanrou and Li Shi sat in a sedan chair, and the three went to Baiyun Mountain outside the city to fulfill their wish.

Mrs. Li is a devout believer. She would come to Baima Temple to offer incense and petition on the first and fifteenth day of every month. The presiding master knew her. Mrs. Li, accompanied by her maid, sat in the main hall and listened to the presiding lectures. Tong Wanrou and Mr. Fu Heng He felt that it was boring, so he left the hall and ran to the mountain in the backyard to enjoy the scenery.

There are many red leaves around the White Horse Temple. Now it is late autumn. The red leaves all over the mountains and plains look gorgeous and bright, coupled with the cool breeze in late autumn, just leaning against the stone railings in the mountains is so poetic and picturesque.

Fu Heng couldn't help but took Tong Wanrou's hand and was about to put it to his lips, but Tong Wanrou withdrew his hand, glared at him a few times with anger and resentment, and said:

"This is the pure land of Buddhism, don't be fooled."

Fu Heng couldn't help but rubbed over: "I'm not messing around, you are the wife I'm marrying, so it's justifiable for my husband to do anything to you, isn't it?"

"..."

Tong Wanrou couldn't laugh or cry, she rolled his eyes at him, then walked away from the stone railing, walked to a stone step not far away, took two steps and turned around to look at Fu Heng, seeing that he was still following, she continued Forward.

After Tong Wanrou went down to the first section, it was the backyard of the White Horse Temple. There was a winding mountain road next to the yard, which was built for guests to go up the mountain to enjoy the red maples. At the red-lit scene, Fu Heng approached her from behind, ignoring her resistance, and imprisoned her between his arms and the stone railing.

Tong Wanrou originally refused to agree to such intimacy in the Buddhist land, but Fu Heng said a threatening word in her ear:
"If you move again, I won't be polite."

"..."

Tong Wanrou felt the masculine aura coming from behind her, she didn't dare to move any more, she obediently let him be in her arms, and the two admired the leaves together.

Not far away came a donkey, with a carrot hanging in front of the donkey, and a young man sitting on it, imitating Zhang Guolao, sitting upside down on the donkey's back, with a leisurely posture, holding a book in one hand and a donkey whip in the other, When the donkey was too slow, he tapped it, really like a wandering fairy.

Tong Wanrou turned her head to look at Fu Heng, moved a little in his arms, and said, "Someone is coming. Let go."

Fu Heng sighed, curled his lips in boredom, and turned his dissatisfied eyes on the person who disturbed his "good thing" to get close to his wife, and happened to see that person was also looking at them.

The man stopped drinking the donkey, turned over from the donkey's back, Tong Wanrou couldn't help taking a step back due to the sour smell all over her body, and saw that the young man was wearing a patched shirt, and he couldn't find any valuables on his body. After seeing the man cupping his fists respectfully to Fu Heng and Tong Wanrou, he asked politely:
"Under Ji Yun, he is a scholar rushing for the exam in Hejian. When he entered the capital, he took the wrong road, but now he doesn't know where he is. Dare to ask Mr. and Mrs., how to get to the Gongyuan?"

Fu Heng saw that he was shabby, but his speech was very polite, and he was not a powerful person, so he clasped his fists at him and replied:
"Brother, I'm afraid you've gone the wrong way. This is the White Horse Temple, at least five or six miles away from the city. You go down the mountain from here. After you get down, go straight south. When you see a Pofeng Pavilion, turn left. Walk two miles and you will arrive at the city gate."

The man suddenly realized, and he was grateful to Fu Heng: "Thank you, brother, for your guidance, so Ji Yun will leave."

After speaking, the man drove the donkey down the mountain again.

Fu Heng looked at his back and couldn't help laughing: "Although he is an idiot, his basket of books looks quite valuable."

Tong Wanrou replied with a smile: "Master, I think the cigarette stick on his waist is more valuable."

"..."

(End of this chapter)