marriage gentleman

Chapter 76

the capital.Zhou Fu.

After Qi Xuan ascended the throne, Zhou Muqing's father, Zhou Zheng, resigned from the position of Prime Minister on his own initiative, and returned home to take care of himself.After Zhou Zheng left the court, he felt relaxed, but at the same time, he also began to worry about his son's marriage.

So Zhou Zheng told Zhou Muqing about several marriages, but Zhou Muqing refused all of them. The reason was that the Zhou family was very powerful and there was no need to add more flowers. Otherwise, if His Majesty became suspicious, there would be future troubles.

Zhou Zheng thought about it, and asked the matchmaker to find a few girls from poor backgrounds, but Zhou Muqing still refused, because he didn't want to get married for the time being.

Zhou Zheng's head is getting bigger, his son is nearly thirty, and the grandsons of other families are almost ready to marry, but his own son doesn't have a single word.Zhou Muqing gently persuaded his father a few words, but Zhou Zheng couldn't compete with his son, so he had to give up.

Today is a holiday, it is rare for Zhou Muqing to stay in the mansion.

Ever since Zhou Ruyi got married, the Zhou mansion has become more deserted.Zhou Zheng and his wife, Mrs. Lin, would flash in front of Zhou Muqing every five or six days to remind their son to get married as soon as possible.

Zhou Muqing smiled, responded, and sent the two elders out of the room.

Zhou Zheng sighed and said, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought Ah Qing into the palace in the first place."

Lin said in a gentle voice: "Master, the matter is over, and self-blaming won't help. Why don't we find a girl who looks like... maybe Qing'er will change her mind."

How can you not know your child's heart when you have a child?
Ever since Emperor Guangyong passed away, his son was often absent-minded. He talked about so many marriages, but each time he refused for different reasons. He said he didn't want to get married, but in fact he just couldn't forget Emperor Guangyong.At noon, Zhou Muqing's confidant came over.

I only listened to the report from my confidant: "My lord, I have found out about this matter."

Zhou Muqing put down the book, raised his eyes, and asked casually: "What's the matter?" His confidant carefully presented a brocade box, about the size of two palms.

"Please take a look at it."

Zhou Muqing opened the brocade box to take a look, and was taken aback for a moment.

There are two gold hairpins in the brocade box, and a jade butterfly opera flower bud, they are all very common daughter's headgear, but for Zhou Muqing, he is very familiar with it.He served Qi Guang for five years, many mornings, he was the one who dressed Qi Guang.

The golden hairpin and Bu Yao in the brocade box were all used by Qi Guang.

"Where did you get it?" he asked.

The confidant said: "The humble job was found in the silver dollar pawnshop in Hedu. Later, I asked the owner of the pawnshop and said that it was pawned by a man surnamed Li. After repeated investigations, the humble job finally found the man surnamed Li. That man is called Li Mu, and he was originally a bandit in Jinshan Village outside Ronghua Town."

Zhou Muqing was slightly taken aback.

"How could it fall into the hands of bandits?"

"Responding to my lord's words, Li Mu said that half a year ago, that is, at the beginning of this year, Jinshanzhai did a big one, and a girl was caught inside, and these hairpins were taken from that girl. Later, the girl's companion After saving her, Jinshanzhai was also bloodbathed by the government."

Zhou Muqing asked: "Who is your companion?"

The confidant said: "I also asked about it, Li Mu said that the girl seems to have companions, three men and one woman, the other girl is called Song Mei, and there is a man who is only about fifteen or sixteen years old, called Yun Zhen. There are two other The man doesn't know."

Zhou Muqing's eyes darkened.

Last month, the new emperor went south and stayed in Xiangjun for a few days. Isn't the Song family's first daughter just called Song Mei?Zhou Muqing recalled Song Mei's evasive look that day, obviously he was afraid of something.

As for the other fifteen or sixteen-year-old Yun Zhen...

Zhou Muqing clenched his fists.

He said: "I want to go into the palace and call someone to prepare the car immediately."

The confidant was stunned, and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"

"Dungeon."

Half an hour later, Zhou Muqing appeared in the dungeon.He took out the token and went straight to the cell where Qi Guang was imprisoned.The jailers didn't know what happened, they were all at a loss.

And Zhou Muqing didn't move at all, just staring at the cell quietly.

After a long time, Zhou Muqing finally spoke.

"Move all the hay off the ground."

After a stick of incense, the white stone floor in the cell was exposed, with moss and mottled blood oozing in several places.Zhou Muqing's eyes instantly fixed on a crack.

He stepped forward and tapped the ground.

"Pry open here."

"Yes."

After a while, the stone slab was pried open, and a damp air rushed towards the face, gradually revealing the dark secret passage.Zhou Muqing fetched the torch and walked down in person.

The jailers looked at each other.

For a while, I didn't know whether to go in together or stay where I was and wait.

About half an hour later, Zhou Muqing, who had disappeared for a long time, finally crawled out from the secret passage. His expression was extremely strange, gloomy and with a strange smile. Sealed."

Zhou Muqing walked out of the dungeon.

The entourage beside him asked: "My lord, is Emperor Guangyong..."

Zhou Muqing waved his hands and said, "Emperor Guangyong has already been buried." He clenched his fists tightly, thinking he was doing her a favor, but he didn't expect that she would do him a favor in the end.

"Is the young master going out of the palace?"

Zhou Mu said calmly: "I want to see His Majesty." Xiangjun.

It has been half a month since Yun Zhen left Xiangjun. During this half month, Su Chengyu and Lu Li have secretly checked for a long time, only to find out that Yun Zhen did not leave alone, but followed other people.

The owner of the tea shop said that when he saw Yun Zhen on the last day, he was talking to a young man in blue.

The owner of the tea shop described the appearance of the young man in Qingshan.

Neither Su Chengyu nor Lu Li knew each other.

But what Lu Li can confirm is that this person is from Wei.

At the same time, both Lu Li and Qi Guang felt that Xiangjun should not stay for a long time, and it might be too late to go to sea again in the spring of next year, so they sent people to investigate the situation on the sea in advance, and invited many sailors and capable people familiar with sea life to prepare Leaving Xiang County within a month.

The things in the mansion were also quietly sent to the dock in batches.

One day, when Mingqing was counting the servants in the mansion, the doorman outside hurried in and said that the eldest daughter of the Song family had come.

Ming Qing's complexion couldn't help but change.

Lu Li confessed that the Su and Song families should not be allowed to know about this matter, and it could only be done secretly. If Song Mei came in, he would definitely be aware of it.He thought for a while and said to the boy: "Go and report to Madam."

After a while, Song Mei, who was standing outside the mansion, saw Qi Guang walking out with Wan Wan in his arms.

She was followed by a servant girl.

Qi Guang said: "You came just in time, I was just about to take Wanwan out for a walk. Just in time, you are here, why don't you accompany me to the tea shop for a drink of tea."

"……it is good."

After arriving at the tea shop, Qi Guang asked for a private room.

Seeing that Qi Guang was tired, Zitong brought Wan Wan.Qi Guangshi sat down, looked at Song Mei with a smile, and asked, "Are you looking for me today?"

Song Mei sighed: "I'm bored in the mansion, and I can't find half a friend to talk to, so I thought about looking for Sister Qi. Sister Qi, you don't know, all the younger sisters in my mansion have ulterior motives. I'd rather swallow my words by myself than say a word to them. Sister Qi is the best. But then again, Sister Qi doesn't go out recently, and your Lu residence is also weird, closing the door all day long. I don't know what I'm doing either."

Qi Guang said calmly: "I've always liked quietness, and Jing Heng knows it too."

Qi Guang and Lu Li's plan to go overseas, like last time in Hedu, was going to disappear without a trace overnight.At first, Qi Guang thought that Lu Li was afraid that Lu Li would not tell Su Chengyu and the others because he was worried about trouble. It was not until Qi Guang realized what Su Chengyu said to her that day that she knew that Su Chengyu knew that Lu Li was the real sixth prince.

So……

What kind of role Su Chengyu played in it during this period is really unpredictable.

Song Mei didn't notice anything, she sighed again: "Sister Qi, you don't know, my father and mother started talking about marriage to me again. Maybe it was because of Su Chengyu's incident last time, this time father and mother I don't dare to agree rashly, I have seen them secretly, although my family is well matched, but...but I feel that they are not as good as Su Chengyu! Sister Qi, what do you think should be done?"

Qi Guang said: "Choose slowly, there will always be one that catches your eye."

"But...but I just want to marry Su Chengyu." Song Mei said: "If I had known this, I would not have run away from home." If she hadn't run away from home, she would not have met Su Chengyu, and if she hadn't met Su Chengyu, she would have killed her. Fa decisively cut off this marriage, and happily married someone else.It's a pity that now that she has met Su Chengyu, she no longer wants to make do with it.

Qi Guang smiled, and was about to say "I didn't know this earlier", when someone knocked on the door.

A boy came in.

He walked up to Qi Guang and presented a jade pendant with both hands.

"Ma'am, an old friend has come to ask to see you."

Qi Guang lowered his eyes and saw that it was a high-quality mutton fat white jade, with a pattern of cranes spreading wings engraved on the front and a Chinese character "Qing" engraved on the back.

(End of this chapter)