Chapter 259: Returning to Beijing (Double Change in One)

ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your opinions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to "To Be Married" with more support! The news of Zhong Siye's safety was undoubtedly a reassuring pill, which relieved the managers of all the shops under He Ji's name.

Compared with following the young owner now, the stewards are still willing to follow the owner for a few more years, but they still feel that An Ruolan is too young.

Because it was a bottle caught by the army stationed in the sea, it was not blocked by the news, and the emperor also needed this news to appease the soldiers under Xiang Ye.

Soon, Quansheng Kyoto learned the news that Zhong Siye and General Xiang were safe and sound, and for a while, there were some people who were happy and some who were not willing.

Mrs. Zhong is naturally happy, but Second Master Zhong is happy and sad, he is happy that An Ruolan is not in charge of He Ji, and sad is that as soon as Zhong Siye comes back, it will be even more difficult for him to meddle in He Ji's business.

Not to mention what everyone thinks in their hearts, Zhong Siye can come back, and everyone is very happy.

In a flash, news came from Haicheng again that the searching army found a foreign ship on the sea, and Zhong Siye and General Xiang were on board.

If it was just a conjecture before, no one dares to doubt it now, everyone has to believe in this miracle, Zhong Siye and General Xiang really survived the shipwreck.

People always like to associate natural disasters with gods and ghosts, this time Zhong Siye and the two are safe and sound, many people think that it is the blessing of the gods in the sea, and there are rumors that General Xiang is a fairy descending to earth, everyone wants to see the rumored two people who will not die.

The two people who were talked about by the people were on their way back to Beijing at this time.

At the same time, the results of the martial arts came out. The emperor's list was posted, and Wei Xing was unsurprisingly the champion of martial arts this year.

The Weiguo Mansion was really lively, and Zhuang Mei saw that Wei Xing had achieved such results, and he read the words that asked him to be responsible for Qin Yiqing every day.

"Now Yiqing still has a scar on her shoulder, which has a great impact on the woman. Brother Xing, Yiqing was scarred in order to save you, you can't ignore it! Zhuang Mei pinched the silk handkerchief, cocked her orchid fingers, and cried at the guard.

It's not once or twice, Rao is a guardian punishment. I can't stand her nonsense.

With patience, Wei Xing promised again: "I will give Yiqing an explanation, but not now." ”

"When?!" Zhuang Mei's voice was raised, and her fingers painted with bright red Dankou pointed at Wei Xing, and she said sharply: "Brother Xing." To be a man is to talk about conscience, you are pushing back like this, do you want to shirk responsibility and be ungrateful? ! ”

Wei Xing frowned, disgusted by her aggressive posture, and was about to open his mouth to argue, when the voice of Duchess Wei Guo came from behind him.

"Who do you say is shirking responsibility and being ungrateful?"

Accompanied by this fluttering sentence. Duchess Wei Guo and Wei Guogong appeared in front of the two of them, and as soon as they saw Wei Guogong, their arrogance was instantly extinguished.

"Humph!" Snorted coldly. Duchess Wei Guo walked to Wei Xing's side, looked down at Zhuang Mei, who was more than half a head shorter than herself, brightly dressed and exposed, and said: "Since you want to talk to me about kindness, then you and Yiqing have lived in Weiguo Mansion for so many years, and everything you eat and drink is from Wei Guofu." How are you going to repay this kindness? ”

"This ......" Zhuang Mei's face turned red. Glancing at Wei Guogong out of the corner of his eyes, he looked aggrieved and wanted to cry.

Wei Guogong noticed her gaze. His eyes were very cold, and he said, "My young master of the Wei family, it is not the turn of an outsider to point fingers." ”

Hearing this, Zhuang Mei cried directly, trembling her shoulders and sobbing: "Brother-in-law, sister, I know that our mother and daughter owe a lot of kindness to the Weiguo Mansion, so I want Yiqing to make a promise to marry Brother Xing to be a cow and a horse to repay the favor, I don't mean anything else, brother-in-law, you have to believe me......"

Sobbing, he was about to squeeze Wei Guogong's body, and the twin peaks that were about to come out under the gauze skirt almost leaned straight on Wei Guogong's arm.

Wei Guogong's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he took a step away without moving.

Duchess Wei Guo couldn't hold back her anger, stepped forward to push Zhuang Mei away, and mocked: "Since I want to be a cow and a horse, then I promise to let Brother Xing take Yi Qing as a concubine, so that even if your mother and daughter repay the favor, what do you think?" ”

Zhuang Mei's face turned white, and she didn't dare to lean on Wei Guogong anymore, and said stiffly: "Sister is joking, Yiqing is your niece, how can she be a concubine." ”

"Otherwise, what do you want Yiqing to do? The Lady of the Guardian Mansion? The mockery in Duchess Weiguo's eyes became even worse.

"That's nature!" Zhuang Mei said loudly in her heart, but in reality, she could only have a dark face and not say a word.

Duchess Wei Guo couldn't bear to entangle with her, waved her hand and said: "It's not just a scar, there are many imperial doctors in the palace, and there are many who are good at removing scars. ”

These words made Zhuang Mei's face even more ugly, she just wanted to rely on this to force the guard to marry her daughter, if there was no scar, wouldn't she lose her bargaining chips, what else would she use to coerce the guard?

But she can't say no, otherwise Fang Cai's sentence "no other meaning" will become a fart?

Even if everyone knew that she was taking advantage of the fire, as long as she didn't pierce the layer of window paper, she could still pretend not to know, and she was not afraid of gossip behind her back.

After thinking about it, she has no other way than to compromise temporarily.

Secretly pinched her palm, Zhuang Mei squeezed out a smile, and said, "Then thank you sister for your kindness." ”

There was no longer any more humiliation left for himself, and Zhuang Mei left in a gloomy manner.

Wei Guogong never looked at her squarely.

As soon as the annoying person left, the sharp momentum of the Duchess of Weiguo instantly retracted, and she pouted: "Play scoundrel with me, it's still tender!" ”

Wei Guogong and Wei Xing glanced at each other, and both father and son felt helpless.

Wei Xing asked, "Is there something wrong with my father and mother looking for me?" ”

Referring to the purpose of coming here, Duchess Weiguo's expression became a little solemn, Wei Guogong patted her shoulder comfortingly, and said to Wei Xing: "General Xiang will return to Shengjing in a few days, he sent someone to send an urgent secret letter back in advance, and the letter mentioned that there is a rich island in the sea area southeast of Dayong. It is called Hengji Island, and most of the people on it are people who migrated from the coastal towns of Dayong decades ago, and now it is occupied by Haikou bandits, and the people are not living well. He hoped that the emperor would send troops to take back the island and save the people on the island. ”

"You want to attack the bandits on the island?" The guard's pupils shrank, and the dark eyes lit up with fire.

Seeing this, both Duke Wei and Duchess Wei Guo knew what he thought.

The husband and wife exchanged a look, and Wei Guo said fairly: "The emperor has approved General Xiang's invitation, and intends to let the top three in this year's martial arts follow to fight." As soon as General Xiang returned to Shengjing, he immediately sent troops to the coastal town closest to Hengji Island, from where he boarded a ship and rushed to Hengji Island to exterminate the Haikou invaders. ”

"Is it General Xiang who leads the troops?" Wei Xing asked excitedly.

Wei Guogong nodded, and Duchess Wei Guo interjected: "Boss." Although I don't approve of you going to the sea to suppress bandits, after all, you have lived in the mountains and forests since you were a child, and you don't know anything about naval warfare, but I know that I can't stop you, and I also know that you are in a dilemma during this time, and you are crying very much, so I won't persuade you, you just have to remember. Come back safely. ”

The words of tolerance and understanding moved Wei Xing, and he didn't feel that his eyes were sour. Guiltily: "Let my mother worry, I will deal with it." ”

"It should be handled well, only when there is no distraction, can we be invincible." Wei Guogong said solemnly.

"Yes, Dad." Wei Xing stood up solemnly.

Wei Guogong bowed his head in satisfaction and said, "Go ahead." In the past two days, everything that should be dealt with will be dealt with, before General Xiang returns. I will ask a sailor who is good at naval warfare to teach you how to use troops at sea. ”

"Yes!" The fire under the guard's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

It is refreshing as promised, but at the time of real handling. But the guard is very tricky.

Compared with An Ruolan's advance and retreat, Qin Yiqing's side is simply messing around, although Qin Yiqing herself did not do anything to persecute Wei Xing, but she allowed Zhuang Mei to harass Wei Xing again and again, which is already a disguised coercion, which makes Wei Xing very troubled.

For An Ruolan, Wei Xing wanted to see it, but for Qin Yiqing, he had to see it.

Looking at Qin Yiqing, who had a frosty face on the other side of the stone table, he wanted to speak several times and stopped, and the words on the tip of his tongue went around again and again, but he never knew how to speak.

In the face of Qin Yiqing, he is always extremely rational and calm, unlike in front of An Ruolan, what he thinks in his heart, he can always say it impulsively.

After pondering for a long time, it was not until Qin Yiqing's eyes were filled with doubts that he reluctantly organized a sentence: "I want to follow General Xiang to the islands in the southeast to suppress bandits." ”

He really couldn't find any euphemisms, or should he say that he didn't want to be alone with Qin Yiqing now, so he subconsciously made a long story short.

"What?!" Qin Yiqing stood up in surprise and looked at him in horror.

"I ......" Wei Xing thought that she hadn't heard clearly, and just wanted to repeat it, Qin Yiqing had already shouted: "I don't agree!" I will never say yes! ”

The hysterical shouts pierced people's brains.

Wei Xing frowned, both downset and sad for her incomprehension, but also unhappy with her arrogance, he was not asking for her opinion.

Qin Yiqing only had him going on the expedition in her mind, and in a hurry, she shouted in a panic: "Cousin, are you going to betray our feelings?!" You said you would be responsible for me! Are you going to run away?! ”

Wei Xing's brows furrowed even tighter, "I'll be back, ...... then"

"When the time? How long will it be then?! Qin Yiqing shook his head violently and shouted regardless of it: "You're doing this for her, aren't you?!" Because she forced you, right?! ”

"What are you talking about?" Wei Xing was finally impatient, Ling Ran said in a low voice: "It has nothing to do with her!" ”

Speaking of persecution, isn't the person who is really persecuting me your mother?

"It's because of her!" Qin Yiqing couldn't listen to him, his decision made her lose her mind, and he only knew how to shout: "She deliberately publicized the overboard, she is forcing you to be responsible for her reputation!" Cousin, how can you fall for her lightly! You're in love with me! ”

You obviously love me-this sentence made Wei Xing subconsciously want to refute, but Qin Yiqing didn't give him a chance.

"Cousin, I know you have affection for me, why do you want to hurt me for the sake of irrelevant people?"

Qin Yiqing looked at him pleadingly, and his usual arrogant and indifferent image collapsed in an instant.

"No, not irrelevant people." The guard retorted in a deep voice.

"What's that?" Qin Yiqing curled the corners of his lips sarcastically, "Do you want to say that she is your sweetheart?" Cousin. You've been so good to me all these years, have you forgotten yourself? Do you dare to say that you only have brother and sister affection for me? ”

In the face of her aggressiveness, Wei Xing was speechless, and only pursed the corners of his lips and was silent.

Looked at. Qin Yiqing softened his tone, automatically reached out to hold his hand, and said softly: "Cousin, I know that you like me, and I also have you in my heart, but I am just my pride." I can't show my feelings lightly. ”

Hearing this, Wei Xing's fingertips trembled slightly, aware of this, Qin Yiqing became more and more gentle, and said in an extremely seductive tone: "I have no objection to you going on the expedition." Cousin, shall we settle the family affairs first? We are engaged, I am your fiancΓ©e, no matter how long you go, I will wait for you to come back, okay cousin? ”

The hand in the palm of his hand was also white and delicate, but he didn't have the palpitations of that day, because wasn't it her?

"Me in your heart. Decide what I want you to be. ”

The words of Jinxiulou that day came to mind, and he suddenly withdrew the hand that was held by Qin Yiqing as if he had been pricked by a needle.

"Cousin?" Qin Yiqing looked at him with tears in his eyes. Eyes full of supplication.

However, what came to his mind was the person's sometimes indifferent, sometimes cunning, sometimes steady, sometimes stubborn eyes.

"I can't say yes." Closing his eyes heavily, he rejected Qin Yiqing's offer.

The smile on Qin Yiqing's face instantly stiffened. Hiss yelled: "Why?!" ”

"She said she would wait for me without any request." Wei Xing smiled with a nostalgic smile. Reply.

"She said?" Qin Yiqing sneered, "How long did she say she would wait for you?" How long can she wait for you? Cousin. Do you think Marquis Wen will promise to give his granddaughter to you? ”

Very dissatisfied with her reaction like this, Wei Xing frowned and said, "I don't want to mention these now." ”

Qin Yiqing saw the crazy self in his eyes, as well as the disgust that he couldn't help but perceive, her heart tingled, she quickly wiped the tears on her face, sorted out her appearance, restored her cold and arrogant posture, and said, "Okay, let's not mention those, let's talk about the rumors that An Ruolan fell into the water......"

"I don't believe it." The guard interrupted her categorically.

Qin Yiqing was even more uncomfortable in his heart, trying to maintain his arrogant image, and said, "Then please explain to my cousin, why the name of Meng Sanshao, who was also present that day, did not appear in the rumors?" ”

Wei Xing raised his eyes to look at her, with puzzlement in his eyes, "Even if the rumors didn't mention Meng Sanshao, why could you conclude that the matter was related to Ruolan?" She's not that kind of person. ”

"Ruolan? My cousin is really affectionate. Qin Yiqing bit the corner of her lip, trying her best not to go crazy, she hooked the corner of her mouth sarcastically, and said: "Cousin, there is naturally a basis for what I said, if you don't believe it, you can go and investigate." ”

She didn't believe that the goddess would deceive herself.

Wei Xing swept her lightly and said, "I won't investigate, I believe her." ”

The five fingers couldn't help clenching, the nails pierced the palms, and they didn't let go of the slightest bit, Qin Yiqing gritted his teeth and said: "What does my cousin think, do you plan to go to the Wenxin Marquis Mansion to propose marriage after you come back from the expedition?" ”

Propose...... These two words made Wei Xing's heartbeat skip a beat, but when he saw Qin Yiqing opposite, he still shook his head and said solemnly: "I need time to think about it, and when I come back from the sea, I will give you the answer." ”

Qin Yiqing was stunned, and muttered distractedly: "Cousin, you obviously like me, I can feel it, I am willing to wait for you to come back, but why don't you even give me a title that makes me justifiable and waiting for you?" If you choose An Ruolan in the future, and I have already lost my best years, what will you let me do? ”

Hearing this, Wei Xing's heart ached and asked, "Do you want fame, or my heart?" ”

Qin Yiqing's delicate body trembled, and finally chose to compromise, whether it was her name or the heart of the guard, she wanted both, but if she could only choose one, she would definitely choose the latter.

"An Ruolan can do it, I can do it too, cousin, I'll wait for you to come back." Qin Yiqing gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Wei Xing half-lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry." ”

Qin Yiqing covered his mouth and burst into tears.

These three words made her heart cut even more than rejecting her directly.

Not daring to stay even a moment longer, Qin Yiqing held back his tears and ran back to his room.

When Wei Shao, who was hiding behind the bushes on the side, thought that he would become a stone sculpture like this, he suddenly opened his mouth and said to the bush where Wei Shao was: "How long will you hide?" ”

Knowing that he had been discovered, Wei Shao hurriedly appeared from behind the bushes and said with a dry smile: "I still can't hide my brother's eyes." ”

The guard didn't answer, but looked up at the sky in the distance.

Wei Shao had a stomach and wanted to ask. held back for a long time, but only held back one sentence: "Brother, is the rumor really deliberately put by Ruolan?" ”

"Don't you believe her?" Wei Xing's eyes were empty and he asked rhetorically.

"Of course I believe Ruolan!" Wei Shao hurriedly explained, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm worried that you misunderstood." ”

Wei Xing shook his head silently. With a little bitterness, he said: "She will not use rumors to coerce me to marry her." ”

"Why?" Wei Shao subconsciously asked, and when she saw the smile on her brother's lips becoming more and more bitter, she realized that she had asked a question that she shouldn't have asked.

Because she didn't care about me at all, she didn't have the heart to marry me.

Wei Xing replied in his heart, he couldn't say this sentence.

Wei Shao understood his unconfidence and frustration, and comforted: "Brother." I think Ruolan likes you too. ”

But if there is no basis for this, how can it be possible to convince the guard.

"Okay, don't worry about it, wait for me to come back." Wei Xingqiang cheered up a little and wanted to reassure his sister.

Mention this. Wei Shao was interested, and said excitedly: "Brother, is it fun at sea?" Is it more fun than in the mountains? ”

Wei Xingke couldn't answer, so he could only say vaguely: "Probably, I haven't been there either, I heard that the sea is endless, blue as the sky, and very vast." I can't help but feel a little yearning and anticipation in my heart.

"I really want to go, too." Wei Shao said enviously. Finger crossing, "And the desert, the snow." Glaciers, there are so many places I want to visit. ”

Wei Xing's eyes were warm, patted the top of her head, and said with a smile: "There is always a chance." ”

Wei Shao smiled, "Brother, I believe you will come back safely." So you must remember to help me bring the unique products of the seaside, and I will give them to Ruolan! ”

"Stinky girl!" Wei Xing was amused by her heartless appearance. With a little sourness, he said: "Fourth Master Zhong goes to Haicheng every year to run errands, and every time he brings a lot of special products back for Miss An Liu. I'm afraid that your sisters don't want your gifts at all. ”

Wei Shao raised his eyebrows, deliberately shrugged his nose, and said, "Why does it smell sour?" ”

Seeing that her brother was amused and embarrassed, she laughed happily and said, "Zhong Siye gave it to Zhong Siye, and I gave it to me, Ruolan They won't look down on it!" ”

"That's right." Wei Xing nodded secretly, and had a plan in his heart.

The brother and sister talked and laughed, but they swept away the previous dullness.

After talking with Qin Yiqing, Wei Xing put aside the matter of feelings, and devoted himself to the strategy of using troops at sea, absorbing the experience of his ancestors in naval warfare, and preparing for the battle against the pirates.

Time flies, and when Wei Xing was obsessed with studying, Zhong Siye and General Xiang finally returned to Shengjing in the expectation of everyone.

On that day, the Zhong family went up and down, all the old and the young went out of the city to greet them, An Ruolan also led a group of stewards of He Ji to wait at the city gate, and when the carriage marking the badge of He Ji Firm slowly drove into everyone's sight, the crowd boiled.

Mrs. Zhong pushed away her daughter-in-law's supporting hand, staggered towards the carriage, as if she heard the movement, and the people in the carriage lifted the curtain and poked their heads out, revealing a familiar, but somewhat unfamiliar face.

"Si'er!" Seeing that face, Mrs. Zhong cried with joy on the spot, and even Mr. Zhong couldn't help but redden.

When the carriage stopped, the people of the Zhong family rushed up, and the juniors of the Zhong family surrounded Zhong Siye, scrambling to express their concern and miss.

An Ruolan stood outside the crowd, looking at this scene from afar with a smile, and warmth flowed from the bottom of her heart.

"Why don't you go over and talk to the fourth master? I thought you missed the fourth master very much. Mr. Yi stood behind her, his tone a little ridiculous.

"Sir, don't wronged me indiscriminately, if your father-in-law hears about it, he's going to laugh at me again," An Ruolan snorted and said in the tone of Zhong Siye: "I'm not a child again, I still think about adults all day long, do you want to be coquettish?" ”

Mr. Yi couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "It's very similar." ”

He raised his chin behind An Ruolan and said jokingly: "Does the fourth master think it looks like it?" ”

An Ruolan's eyes widened, and before he could turn back, his head had already been knocked out, and he only heard the familiar and hateful voice pretending to be fierce: "If you don't learn all the good things, learn the bad ones, look back and see how I teach you!" ”

The head that was knocked out didn't hurt at all, but An Ruolan's eyes were red, she refused to show weakness, and said unconvinced: "Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and I can't help it." ”

Zhong Siye glared, as if he wanted to discipline her, but the next moment he showed a gentle and loving smile, "Okay, don't be coquettish, I'm back, and you will be blessed in the future." ”

An Ruolan couldn't hold back her tears anymore, and cried out with her mouth flat.

Zhong Siye shouted in disgust: "The crying is ugly!" But he gently wiped the tears from her face. (The novel "To Be Married" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)

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