Chapter 4: Temper
Wei Qingpi glanced at Lu An with a smile, nodded in response, "yes", and dragged Lu An's arm directly out.
Seeing this, Steward Qian frowned and snorted coldly, turned his head and looked at Lu Yu condescendingly: "Lord Lu is a smart person, so he naturally knows that our uncle can take a fancy to the girl of the Lu Mansion, which is the blessing of the Lu Mansion." The uncle spoke, and today he will go to the house to give a dowry and settle this family matter. Let Miss Lu marry before the beginning of spring next year, and ask Lord Lu to prepare for her life. ”
"The Lu Mansion is cold, but you can't climb the upper house." Lu Yu raised the corners of his mouth, looked at the impatient Qian manager, the smile on his face became more and more gentle, and he replied unhurriedly, "What's more, the little sister has a stubborn temperament, and she can't afford to be the love of the Wen family." Moreover, the father once had a last word, and the women of the Lu family were not allowed to be concubines. I also asked Uncle Wen to choose another good fate. ”
"Lord Lu, don't be ignorant!" Steward Qian followed Wen Qinggui, who had always been rampant in the jurisdiction of the Anxi Palace, and had not yet put a small magistrate in his eyes, seeing Lu Yu's refusal, he said angrily, "Our uncle said, this family matter must be decided, and it must be decided!" I persuaded Lord Lu to send someone back with a message as soon as possible, so that the people of the Lu Mansion would receive the dowry, prepare the Geng post of the second girl Lu, and happily settle the family affairs, don't toast and don't eat and drink! ”
"Steward Qian's words made Lu confused," Lu Yu didn't have any annoyance on his face, he only glanced at Steward Qian up and down, his eyes were full of stagnant coldness, and he scraped on Steward Qian's body like ice, "The Wen family is a family of poetry, books and etiquette, and it has a long reputation in the south. Whoever acts like this must be impersonating the name of the Wen family! Are you deceitful when you are an official? ”
When Lu Yu said this, his face suddenly turned pale, and without waiting for the money manager to react, he raised his voice and called the officials outside to come in: "Don't tie people up yet!" Take him down and interrogate him to see who instructed him to ruin the reputation of the Wen family! As soon as the words fell, Wei Ping rushed up with a few officials, and in the blink of an eye, he tied the hands and feet of the money manager. Wei Ping's eyes were quick, and without waiting for the money manager to shout, he easily tore off a sweat towel from the official next to him and blocked it in the money manager's mouth.
Steward Qian was so angry that his muscles swelled, his eyes were cracked, and he stared at Lu Yu with his neck crooked. Wei Ping couldn't let him stare at people, and he slapped him over, and he hit the money manager dizzy and had a nosebleed. Several officials hurriedly found ropes to tie people up, and dragged them out with cold drinks.
During this period, Lu Yu's eyelids were not raised, but there was a cold duck in his eyes, and when Wei Qing came in to reply, Lu Yu's face darkened little by little.
“…… Lu An didn't speak before, and he was all poured out by Xiao Yi. Wei Qing looked resentful, gritted his teeth, and grinded his teeth, "Wen Qinggui saw the eldest girl on the street before, so he decided to take the eldest girl as a concubine, and the day before yesterday, he also asked the money manager to go to the Lu Mansion to make a gift. The eldest girl and the second wife were not happy, and they didn't dare to refuse, so they pushed our girl out, and today under the pretext of showing the family affairs to the grandfather, the second wife asked Wen Qinggui to secretly meet our girl, and Wen Qinggui is still in Qingfeng Building at this time......"
"Go and ask the girl to come back." There was a layer of ice in Lu Yu's eyes, but his voice was still quiet.
Wei Qing got the order, hurriedly withdrew and went to Qingfeng Building, found the mother-in-law who was driving at the door of the building, and passed the word to the chrysanthemum garden. After a while, he saw Yinyue come out, glanced at Wei Qing, lowered his voice and asked, "The girl is talking to the third girl of the Li family, why does the good uncle let the girl go back?" The wives and girls of each family are still there,"
Wei Qing furrowed his brows and spat out angrily, opened his mouth, and looked at Yinyue with big eyes, sighed halfway, and only urged with a solemn face: "Don't worry about it, ask the girl to go back first." Uncle said, we don't get along with each other about this family! ”
As soon as Yinyue heard that this was wrong, her face changed, "What the hell is going on?" Seeing Wei Qing frowning and hesitating, Yin Yue stomped her feet angrily and glared at Wei Qingdao, "You don't know what kind of character the girl is?" If you don't make it clear at this time, will you still wait for the girl to ask in person? ”
"Hey, I know, I know, this ......" Wei Qing's face was full of helplessness, mixed with some annoyance, and he exhaled hatefully, so he had to tell Lu An about Lu An taking the money steward to the county government to find Lu Yu in a few words.
"This scourge ......" The more Yinyue listened, the more frightened she became, and her face became more and more gloomy, and by the time Wei Qing finished speaking, she was already trembling with anger, and she was about to walk back with her feet, but she just took two steps out and turned back suddenly, and said to Wei Qing with a dark face, "Look at that toad!" After speaking, he turned around and ran towards the chrysanthemum garden, and when he arrived at the courtyard, he stopped suddenly, took a deep breath, calmed down, and walked quickly to the Drunken Moon Pavilion to talk back to Lu Ran.
Lu Ran's hand holding the teacup paused in mid-air, his gaze swept over Second Mrs. Qin and Mama Zhao, his eyes lowered, covering the sarcasm and coldness in his eyes: "What about Wen Qinggui?" ”
"Said it was still in the building." Yinyue endured the skewered anger all over her body, bit her lower lip and replied, "Girl, don't worry, with Wei Qing staring, you can't let that scourge ......"
Looking at the irrepressible anger and fear in Yinyue's eyes, Lu Ran's heart warmed slightly, and he laughed softly: "It's okay, I'm not worried." It's not a big deal, it's hard to be like that a few years ago, aren't we still here? That Wen Qinggui ......" Lu Ran paused, and a sneer flashed in her eyes very quickly, it seems that she has been too gentle in the past two years, which makes people think that she is really out of temper. also blamed her for being too careless, even Second Mrs. Qin could calculate her. But, only this once! "We have a way to clean up these people! Let Hongrui immediately go to the old mansion, find the girl next to Lu Shuang, and ask how Wen Qinggui saw her? ”
Yinyue finally had a little bottom in her heart, breathed a sigh of relief, retreated to the outside of the pavilion quietly, and whispered Lu Ran's words to Hongrui. Hongrui's heart jumped when she heard this, her hands clenched into fists, she exhaled slowly, nodded at Yinyue with a cold face, lifted her skirt and ran out quickly, disappearing.
In the pavilion, Li Ting, the third girl of the Li family, picked out the flowers, took them from the little girl's hand, held them to Lu Ran, and smiled with Lu Ran with admiration and surprise: "Sister Lu, look, this flower has bloomed in three colors, and I don't know how it was planted!" I just saw a blue one, which is very good-looking, and the chrysanthemums in this Qingfeng Building are even better than those in Fengle Building in Beijing! ”
"It's good-looking," Lu Ran nodded with a smile, took the plate of pink, purple, yellow and green chrysanthemums from Li Ting's hand, took a closer look, then put it down, and then looked at the few girls who came over because of curiosity, and then raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I was dazzled when I first came back to Qingfeng Building." Pick and choose to look at the right, I also want to buy that, but the silver is not enough, so I have to pick a pot of purple hydrangea. Take it back to show my eldest brother, but it's an inferior breed. No wonder the yard is full of pots of flowers placed in the middle of the road, I think it's not worth a few silver, and I'm not afraid of being stepped on, but I don't even see it! ”
Lu Ran's voice was soft and soft, with a little girl's softness, and everyone laughed. Seeing that the ladies in the pavilion had all looked over, Lu Ran blinked, a little flush appeared on his face, and he was amused, and continued, "I originally wanted to buy that flower as a congratulatory gift for the elders in the family, and I specially asked the shopkeeper to help me see it, who knew that there was such a joke." I was young at the time, and I couldn't get angry for a while, so I asked the girl to hold flowers to find the shopkeeper's theory, who knows if I haven't gone out yet-"
At this point, Lu Ran paused, raised his eyes and swept over the second Mrs. Qin not far away, a layer of ridicule in his heart, but there was still a little bit of shyness of a little girl on his face, and he shook his head and snorted, as if he was a little angry, and a little funny, he spread his hands towards everyone, lowered his voice slightly and said helplessly to a few girls around him: "The flower was seen by our big sister, and she said okay, and asked the girl to move the flower back......"