Chapter 107: A Different Path

The sound of carriages on the official road, it rained last night, and the people who were delayed were all on the road at this time, and the large or small or luxurious or dilapidated carriages left deep and shallow marks on the road.

In one of the carriages, which was spacious on the inside but looked very inconspicuous on the outside, Mengbao Hongjian and Zhao's mother were sitting quietly, and the white young man was driving outside.

It's their third day on the road, but the atmosphere in the car hasn't improved.

In addition to the previous terrifying assassination, it was also because Mengbao proposed to return the red note and Zhao's mother's deed of sale to them on the night of the accident, to free them from slavery, and to give each of them a thousand taels of silver, so that they would no longer have to serve by their side from now on.

Mother Zhao and Hongjian were shocked, and after being shocked, what she thought of was not that she wanted to give them freedom, but that she felt that they were not serving well, and she didn't want them anymore.

Although Mengbao's repeated explanations were not meant to be like this, they just hoped that they would have a better life in the future, but they did not approve of it, crying and begging for them to stay.

Meng Bao saw them crying sadly, and also felt that what she said was a little sudden, but she was now the target of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, and she took them with her for fear of affecting them and causing them to lose their lives, so she wanted to leave secretly.

Unexpectedly, the two of them kept an eye on her, and when they found out about her intentions, they immediately burst into tears, confirming that she just didn't want them.

[Mengbao can't, so he can only take them on the road together, carefully hiding his whereabouts all the way to avoid being discovered by the people of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.]

And although the teenager outside didn't know what happened to them, he also knew that they were in a predicament now. refused to leave, saying that he wanted to repay the kindness of the original snack and two taels of silver.

Mengbao was grateful and helpless to these people in his heart, and after making sure that they would not be separated for a while, he tried to liven up the atmosphere, talking and laughing as before.

But Zhao's mother and the red note obviously had a lot less words, although they also echoed her and smiled at her a few words as usual, but they were always on guard.

Not to guard her as a person, but to guard her from leaving them and sneaking away.

Mengbao couldn't cry and laughed and felt a little sad, these two people were really loyal to the real Su Mengbao, but the real Su Mengbao was already dead, I don't know what they would feel if they knew the truth one day......

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"I'm sorry. Master. I suddenly changed my mind and didn't stay in Bei'an, which caused you a lot of trouble, right? ”

Shen Nanzhu knelt in a room with very simple furnishings, and after a few years of age, he was an old man in his fifties with half-white hair.

The old man also knelt on a futon, his posture idle and lazy. I'm pouring tea into a teacup.

"What's the trouble. Originally, I wanted you to go to the capital. You don't want to go for a few more years, but now it's exactly what I want. The emperor urged me to send an apprentice over several times, and my ears were almost out of the cocoon. You went just right. He was fine, and he wrote to me twice in three days! ”

Shen Nanzhu naturally wouldn't accept this kind of disrespectful words, but he apologized for his temporary change of hexagram.

Fortunately, the official documents of the government have not yet come down, and there is still room for things to turn around, otherwise he would have to spend a lot of work if he wanted to be temporarily transferred to another place.

The old man took a slow sip of tea, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked very satisfied.

"Your little daughter-in-law, have you found it?"

Suddenly, he said

Shen Nanzhu's expression was waveless, but the hand holding the teacup was slightly sluggish: "I can't hide anything from the master." ”

The old man sneered: "If there are no special circumstances, you will suddenly open your mind and be willing to go to the capital?" That's weird! But then again, your little daughter-in-law is really timely, look back and find her and remember to thank her for me, if she doesn't run away suddenly, I still have to listen to the emperor's old man for a few more years! ”

Shen Nanzhu, who had never talked back to the old man, was slightly silent, but then defended herself: "She didn't run away by herself, she was ......"

I was driven away by myself, I was driven away by my mother's family, I had nowhere to go, and I realized that there might be danger behind me, so I couldn't turn back, I could only move forward......

The old man waved his hand: "I don't care how she runs, anyway, she runs well!" You have to get her back, such a good daughter-in-law will lose her moment! ”

“…… Yes, it's good to get it back. ”

"Okay, okay, go down, go down, with such a face in the dark every day, if I were your daughter-in-law, I would run!"

Shen Nanzhu's eyes lowered, he didn't say anything more, and got up to say goodbye.

"Lord Shizi, are you leaving?"

Mo An led the horse and walked over and asked.

Shen Nanzhu reached out to take the reins and stroked the mane on the horse's back: "How is Aman?" ”

"Still no news."

“…… Expand the scope of the search, especially on the official roads to the surrounding towns. ”

When a few of them went on the road alone, they would definitely not dare to take those shortcuts, and they thought that there were people behind them who were chasing and killing them, and those people did not dare to do anything in places such as official roads and post stations, so they would definitely choose such crowded places to travel and stay.

Mo An answered, and asked what to do with the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.

They've been busy looking for people these days, and they haven't taken the time to pay attention to them.

Shen Nanzhu turned over and pulled the reins: "Send a message to the Marquis of Zhenyuan, tell him, it is best for my wife to be safe and sound, if she has ...... something."

His hand holding the reins tightened, and before he could finish the rest of his sentence, he turned his horse's head and beat the horse away.

Mo Anxin was clear, and immediately sent a message to the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

In the room just now, the old man was still sitting behind a few feet, but there was already a chessboard in front of him, and the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard were densely scattered, fighting fiercely.

Xiao Tong withdrew the tea on the side, and asked him with some curiosity: "Sir, why did Shen Gongzi leave?" Isn't he still looking for his wife? ”

The old man smiled and fell: "It's because I want to find it, so I have to leave." ”

"Why is that?"

The child was puzzled.

"Because...... I told you that you don't understand! Go and go. Don't bother me playing chess! ”

The old man waved his hand and began to drive people away, and the little boy stuck out his tongue naughtily: "How do you know that I don't understand, if Mr. doesn't say it." ”

But he still didn't stay long, and obediently quit.

The old man smiled helplessly in the room, thinking that he had accepted Ah Zhu as an apprentice because he felt unpleasant to see his always unfazed appearance, and wanted to keep him by his side to adjust well. Teach. Move. Teach, see what he looks like when he breaks his skills.

I didn't expect it to be unsuccessful for so many years, but now it's a little girl who has done it.

It was not easy to make that elm pimple open, and it was precisely because it was not easy that the little girl who had never seen it must be very important to this child, so important that he not only had to find her. And to protect her reputation. Don't let her be instructed in the future.

It may be fine if a man walks alone for a few days, but it is not a good thing for a woman to disappear for a long time, and even if she is found in the future, it will definitely be true. Spurned.

Only he is now leaving Bei'an to take up his post. Under the pretext, he took his wife with him. to make people believe that they have been together all along.

And this appointment is naturally as far away as possible, so far that it is not easy to pass on information, and no one will visit. That's why he was in such a hurry to set off for the capital.

Ay...... This kid is really well-intentioned...... That little girl is really blessed, I don't think he's a master with such good treatment!

At the beginning, he fell off the cliff and injured his leg, trapped in the valley for more than ten days and couldn't come out, originally wanted to wait for his good apprentice to save him, but his apprentice thought that he liked the quiet life in the valley, and didn't plan to come out, and didn't even ask, what should he do outside! He didn't know he was injured until he appeared in front of him with a cane made from a pick-up twig, which he himself described as a wolf.

And even though he knew that he was injured, his expression never changed! I only ordered my subordinates to ask a doctor to give him medicine!

It's really angry to think about it, people are more popular than people, is his teaching to him for so many years still not worth a little girl who has just been married to him for less than two years?

No way! No, no, no, no!

"Get rich!"

He shouted.

Xiao Tong reluctantly walked in: "Sir, how many times have I told you not to call this name, Shen Gongzi named me Yun Zhao." ”

The old man got up and patted his head: "Are you his person or mine?" He said to change your name if you change it? ”

"You...... Your name...... It's terrible......"

Fortune Fortune ...... I don't know, I think he's running errands in the casino!

"What a bad sound! There are only a few big things in this life, eating to make money, marrying a daughter-in-law and having children! What's wrong with naming you Fa Cai? If you are not satisfied, I asked you to have a child, do you believe it or not? ”

"Believe in it!"

Xiao Tong hurriedly said: "It's good to get rich, you don't need to change it, you don't need to change it." ”

"That's pretty much it!"

The old man read a sentence in pieces.

"Go pack your things, let's go to Beijing too!" Strive to catch up with Azhu and them! ”

"Huh? Before the emperor wrote to invite you to enter Beijing, didn't you refuse it outright, saying that you would never go to the capital again in this life? ”

The old man slapped the child again: "I'm not him!" No need to joke! The capital is so big, I can go if I want to go, and I won't go if I don't want to go! He can still block the city gate and prevent me from entering! ”

"Cheng Chengcheng, I'll go pack my things, you wait."

Xiao Tong was afraid that his head would be slapped if he stayed any longer, so he hurriedly turned around and left.

"Hurry up and get rich!"

There was another breath behind him.

The boy stumbled under his feet and almost fell.

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Mrs. Shen of Dingnanhou Mansion received a message from Shen Nanzhu on the night of Mengbao's accident, saying that the person had been found and would return to the house together later.

But after that, she didn't wait for anyone, but waited for a handwritten letter from Shen Nanzhu.

In the letter, he said that on the way back, he met a person sent by Mr. Liu, saying that there was some urgent matter in the capital and that he needed to be transferred to deal with it, and the previously scheduled transfer location was changed.

Because he was temporarily stopped and taken away, Mengbao happened to be by his side at the time, and he also wanted to take her to meet his teacher. So he took her with him, and when he saw his teacher, he went to work together, and came back to see her when he was resting in the next day.

If this came out of someone else's mouth, she naturally didn't believe it, but when it came out of the mouth of her grandson Shen Nanzhu, and it involved the most dissolute Mr. Liu Bufan, then there was really nothing to believe.

Stopping people halfway, not saying a word, and taking this kind of thing away directly, Mr. Liu has done it once or twice, to say that he is normal and polite to personally come to the door and invite people away, then it is called abnormal, it is simply not his style.

So the old lady put her heart at ease and told Mother Xu to personally take someone to put the things commonly used by the two into a cage. handed it over to the people sent by Shen Nanzhu and brought it over.

Compared with the old lady Shen, who was nervous for a while, she put her mind at ease. Mrs. Su and Su Zhou and others from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion have not been so comfortable in the past few days.

Su Zhoushi waited in fear for a whole day, and later learned that something had gone wrong in the arrangement, the other party had killed the wrong person, and it was not Su Mengbao who died. It's a passerby they don't even know.

But her heart did not relax because of this. Always worried, the Hou Shizi of Dingnan came to the door to question them. How should I explain it to him then? And how many did he guess?

It wasn't until she heard that the Hou Shizi of Dingnan had left Bei'an to go to the capital to take up her post, that she was completely relieved, thinking that the difficulties in front of her were over for the time being......

Su Mengwan sat on the chair next to her. After a long time, he muttered to himself: "She...... Is it really not dead? ”

Su Zhou's face sank: "You should be glad that she is not dead now!" If she dies, our entire Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion will give her a funeral! ”

Su Mengwan lowered her head, and did not refute her as usual, nor did she blindly cry and ask her to help her kill her, but said in agreement: "Yes, fortunately she is not dead." ”

Su Zhou was slightly stunned, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had finally accepted the reality after this incident, and knew that for the Hou Shizi of Dingnan, Su Mengbao was the irreplaceable, not the one she could replace if she wanted to.

She sighed and said, "Wan'er, it's not too late for you to understand now, people depend on fate, and you can't be too forced in everything, otherwise you won't be happy even if you really get it." ”

Su Mengwan nodded, yes, it depends on fate between people.

Su Mengbao is not dead, which means that the matter between her and Chen Er did not have much impact in that person's heart, at least the impact was not so big that he was going to divorce her, and he didn't want to see her again from now on, and he didn't want to see a face similar to her.

That means that he will not be disgusted with himself, and there is still a fate between himself and him.

This is God knows that she is sincere, and has given her another chance to be able to get close to him and get him......

As for getting it, you're not happy? Joke! That's the person she has been thinking about for so many years, how can she be unhappy when she gets it!

Besides, how do you know if you don't get it yet?

I have to get it first...... If you get it, you will know how happy it will be to be with him......

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Compared with the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, the Zheng Mansion and the Chen Mansion have been worse in the past few days.

The Zheng Mansion died of the uncle, the Chen Mansion died of the son, and the atmosphere of the two mansions was heavy, and they hung up white silk one after another.

The old lady of the Chen Mansion beat her chest for a while, and finally this second son who was caught in the middle was a little useful, and fell on the big tree of Zheng Mansion, but it didn't come in handy, but she fell into the lotus pond and drowned!

This is ...... That's a ...... It's better that I didn't get on it in the first place!

They looked at Zheng Sumei, who was pale and her eyes were red and swollen, and it stands to reason that they said such a thing, and the white-haired people who are their parents should be the most sad to send the black-haired people, but now it seems that the saddest thing is this daughter-in-law.

Since she learned the news of Chen Er's drowning, Zheng Sumei didn't eat or drink, she only cared about being sad and sad, and she didn't listen to any persuasion.

The people of the Zheng Mansion came to see her, locked her in the house and talked for a while, and after she finished speaking, she didn't cry, but her expression became more and more trance-like, as if she had lost her soul.

"Sumei, you...... Don't be too sad, people can't be resurrected after death, we know that you feel uncomfortable, but this day has to go on after all, right? Don't worry, your father and mother treat you as a daughter, and they will definitely not force you to guard this child for a lifetime, if you want to remarry in the future, just say it, we will definitely not stop it. ”

Zheng Sumei slowly raised her head when she heard this. There was a wry smile on his lips, and his white face looked thinner and thinner at the moment.

"Thank you father and mother, Su Mei is a little tired and wants to go back to the room first."

"Okay, okay, you go back to your room and have a good rest, and come out when you have rested enough."

It's better to go back to your room and rest than to sit here and have to ask them to persuade you.

Zheng Sumei Shili turned around and retreated, her eyes sad and sad but with a little determination.

Leave? Remarry?

No!

She's not going anywhere until she's figured things out!

She wanted to know what was going on! What the hell is the truth!

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Mengbao looked at the cage that had fallen to the ground in front of him. Inside the cage is a half-man-tall coral tree. And the coral tree has now been torn apart, and it is no longer as beautiful as it once was.

The little guy in green clothes in front of him held a horsewhip in his hand and looked at them with fierce eyes: "This is a treasure that our young master has worked so hard to find!" I carefully transported it all the way to this place, and I was ruined by you! Do you know what you've done! ”

The red note was already scared silly. She had just been walking into the inn when she was accidentally hit by a man who was hurrying out. The ankle that was not good in the first place was twisted. As soon as he skewed, he bumped into a horse next to him.

The horse was well trained, and did not panic, but inevitably moved a little. drove the carriage pulled behind.

A few slaves from the house were dismantling the goods around the carriage, and it was the cage containing the coral trees that was being carried down from the cart.

As soon as the horse moved, it drove the carriage, and the box that was about to be unloaded suddenly crooked, fell from the carriage with a bang, and the coral trees inside naturally fell to pieces.

Such a valuable thing was destroyed, and the house slave naturally grabbed the red note and held on, and Mengbao and the others were all stopped.

"No...... No...... Somebody just bumped me, that's why I ......."

"What do I care about you for! If you break our young master's coral tree, you will have to pay for it! ”

"That's right! Repay! Lose the exact same coral tree! ”

A few house slaves on the side also chimed in.

Meng Bao looked at the coral trees on the ground, his brows furrowed.

The person who hit the red note has long since disappeared at this moment, and he can't catch it if he wants to.

Even if they are caught, the person who directly hit the horse guide zhì coral tree and shattered it is still a red note, and these people will not go to that person to ask for compensation.

But how could it be possible for them to accompany an identical coral tree?

Not to mention that they don't have coral trees at all, and even if they do, they can't be exactly the same as this one!

"I'm sorry, but we really can't pay for the coral tree, I don't know if it's okay to pay the money?"

"Silver?"

The little guy holding the horsewhip sneered: "Our young master lacks nothing and no silver!" He's missing a coral tree right now! ”

Mengbao's brows furrowed even tighter, and he clenched his fists, but he didn't know what to do.

"If so...... Can I restore this coral tree? Suddenly, a young man's voice sounded in his ears.

"Mulberry?"

Mengbao looked at the young man who had already set up the horses and drove back at some point, and asked in surprise, "Can you restore it?" ”

The young man who was called Mulberry looked a little hesitant: "I can't guarantee it completely, but ...... You can try. ”

"Great, that's ......"

"It's not the original coral tree of Young Master Ben that has been restored, do you think this will offset your mistakes?"

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy pushed away the little guy and walked over, with a rebellious expression, and a jade fan in his hand was turning back and forth.

"Young Master."

The house slaves hurried to give the salute.

The young man's chin was slightly raised, his eyes were habitually squinted, and he raised his eyebrows: "I've never seen you like this, if you break other people's things and put them back together, it's over?" Then wouldn't it matter if I stabbed you first and then stitched up the wound for you? ”

Mulberry's eyes sank, and he subconsciously took a step forward.

Meng Bao reached out and grabbed him, shook his head, and turned to the young man, "I'm sorry, we didn't mean that. It's just that we are away from home, and there is really not a single coral tree of the same kind that can be compensated to you. But your subordinates said that they don't want money, just an identical coral tree, and that's why we made this decision. If Childe thinks it's not appropriate, we'll repair the coral tree and then pay some more silver, I wonder if that's okay? ”

The young man smiled: "This coral is like jade, broken is broken, even if it is pieced together like the original, it has no original half value, and it is useless for me to spell it back, and I have to convert some compensation silver for you?" In that case, why don't I just let you pay me money! ”

"Then boy, you tell me a price, and I will convert the silver to you according to the original value of this coral tree."

Mengbao was actually a little weak when she said this, she only had more than 5,000 taels of silver on her body, and she had no idea how much this coral tree was worth, and she didn't know if the silver on her body was enough to compensate.

The young man sneered: "You can't afford to pay for it." ”

Then the conversation changed and looked at the red note beside her: "The young master is in a good mood today, so I don't care about you generally." If you hand over this girl to the master, it will be regarded as a debt, and it just so happens that the master didn't bring a maid this time, and there is a lack of a warm bed on the road. ”

"You!"

Zhao's mother was furious, and she almost scolded angrily.

The red note's already somewhat pale face was even more bloodless at the moment, biting his lip tightly, and his whole body was trembling.

Mengbao was also angry, but he tried his best to suppress it, took a deep breath and said: "This request is difficult to obey, Childe should directly tell me how much silver this coral tree is worth." ”

The young man obviously didn't expect that she would not agree to such a simple request, and he didn't react for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he frowned and looked at her, with anger on his face: "The disaster was originally caused by this girl, what happened to you giving her to me?" Isn't it natural for her own troubles to use herself to pay off her debts? Besides, I didn't plan to kill her, and she might be better off with me! ”

"And...... Maybe they'll be happy to come with me! ”

As he spoke, he looked at the red note to himself: "Little beauty, are you willing to go with your master?" Master will take you to ......"

"Miss......"

Red Note looked at Mengbao with red eyes, and wanted to cry.

She didn't want to leave Mengbao, but she didn't dare to plead, after all, it was indeed her who caused trouble, and Miss didn't say that she was changing hands at the moment, even if she took her life to compensate others.

The young man naturally saw that the red note was unwilling, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

He has lived so long but he has never been rejected by a woman, and it is not a famous lady who rejects him today, but a little girl next to a little woman!

He subconsciously stepped forward and wanted to say a few more words to the little girl, but the little girl was pulled back by her master and protected behind him.

Hey! It's new!

It has always been the subordinate who protects the master, when did the master protect the subordinate in turn?

"I will never give you this girl, so I'd better tell you a price."

The little lady in front of her, who was bright and moving, but combed an eye-catching woman's head, said, her tone was resolute, and she refused to back down at all.

The jade fan in the young man's hand snapped on the palm of his hand and said, "Okay!" Five thousand taels of silver, bring it now, and we will not owe each other two taels of silver! Otherwise, the master will have to ask for this girl behind you today! ”

He opened his mouth and shouted a price indiscriminately, waiting to see her helpless appearance of having to hand people over to himself.

He didn't believe that such a woman would carry so much silver with him when he went out, even if he really did, who would be stupid enough to exchange so much silver for a little maid, and how much money would be spent on a clever maid who couldn't buy it!

But who knew that the woman in front of her was obviously relieved, turned around and said to the older mother without hesitation: "Mom, give him silver." ”

The young man's brain was clouded, and the jade fan fell to the ground with a click.

Sky...... This little lady really carried 5,000 taels of silver with her! Do you really want to spend 5,000 taels of silver for a subordinate?! Crazy she?!!

ps: In order to celebrate the official entry into the second volume, I will add more ~ 7,000 words in a large chapter ~

I originally wanted to write a plot that I had in mind and stopped and uploaded it together, but I still didn't write it in a hurry~ Seeing that it was going to be twelve o'clock again~ Let's pass it first~ The next plot will be written tomorrow~

Because I was in a hurry to upload, I didn't have time to correct the typo~ Modify it later~ (to be continued......) R1292