The table of the Eight Immortals in the main hall was still full of dishes like noon, but the only people who ate were Yang Muyun and Zhou Mengnan and his wife. Without Mrs. Zhou by her side, Yang Muyun felt a lot less restrained.

"Lady, it's just a dinner, it's just simpler, it's too wasteful to cook so many dishes." Yang Muyun has never lived the life of such a large family, and he is a little unaccustomed to it.

"Xianggong said that my mother only went back in the afternoon, and she didn't know how to cook, so she still did more than noon." Zhou Mengnan explained.

"I heard that Xianggong likes to eat fish balls, this is a special Tibetan fish ball made in the kitchen, Xianggong, you can taste it." Zhou Mengnan pointed, and Ning Xin immediately came over and put the fish balls into his dish with chopsticks. Su Yue filled them with wine.

Yang Muyun looked at the two pretty girls and didn't speak. Zhou Mengnan understood what he meant, and said to them: "You sit down and eat together!" Madame is not here, there is no need to follow so many rules," looked at the two who were a little hesitant, "If you don't sit down, the master will not be able to eat." ”

Su Yue and Ning Xin said in unison: "Thank you, master, miss." He stepped forward slowly, and sat down under the two of them.

Zhou Mengnan smiled, as if he remembered something, and said to Yang Muyun: "By the way, Xianggong, someone sent you a gift box in the afternoon, and I have ordered someone to send it to the study." ”

Yang Muyun's heart moved, and he asked, "Has the box ever been opened?" ”

"No, it's your belongings, and I've ordered no one to touch the box."

Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart after hearing this: "A lot of things have happened in the past two days, if I want to tell her, even if I want to hide it, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it tomorrow." ”

After dinner in the courtyard bedroom.

"What's going on with Ning Xin? Why did my mother-in-law leave her here? Yang Muyun asked.

"You don't like her?" Zhou Mengnan glanced at him.

"The lady said it was funny, I just asked."

"Ning Xin is the maid with a high status in the original Zhou Mansion, and she can manage the subordinates here for me."

"Miss!"

Hearing that someone was coming, Zhou Mengnan got up and said, "Come in!" ”

Su Yue and Ning Xin each carried a tray and walked in gracefully.

On both trays were some men's shirts, which were shining, and at first glance they were cut from fine lake silk. Zhou Mengnan picked up an autumn-colored cardigan and handed it to Xiang Gong: "Come, Xiang Gong, you try this dress." Yang Muyun was confused, so he had to take it and put it on his body as he said, Zhou Mengnan's beautiful big eyes blinked a few times, and shook his head: "No, it's a little old-fashioned." He picked up a lotus-colored robe and asked Xiang Gong to change it into, and seeing that he couldn't make up his mind, he asked Su Yue and Ning Xin: "What do you think?" Su Yue tilted her head and looked: "The master is quite energetic when he wears it, but it looks a little feminine." Ning Xin also nodded: "This dress is very good to wear at home, but it will not look very solemn when you go out tomorrow." Zhou Mengnan snorted: "Change ...... again"

It wasn't until Yang Muyun changed into a blue-gray robe that Zhou Mengnan nodded with satisfaction, turned around and looked at the two pretty girls next to him, and the two of them also showed a satisfied look on their faces. Only then did he solemnly say: "Tomorrow the prime minister will wear this one!" Looking at the question on Yang Muyun's face, he smiled and said, "Xianggong, have you forgotten?" Tomorrow is the day I go home, and you must dress well so that you can talk to my father......"

"Tomorrow, back door? Such a coincidence? Yang Muyun was silent for a while, "Lady, I have something to do tomorrow, I'm afraid I can't go." When Zhou Mengnan heard this, the joyful look on his face suddenly dimmed: "Why, is it because there is something in the school?" ”

"It's not."

"Is it because something happened to Xianggong's family?"

"No, lady, don't guess anymore."

Yang Muyun's gaze swept over Su Yue and Ning Xin, and Zhou Mengnan said in a deep voice: "You guys go down!" ”

Yang Muyun slowly exhaled and said, "Where do I put my things?" I want to see ......"

In the study, Yang Muyun looked at the gift box and baggage on the painting case, Zhou Mengnan stood next to him, the two of them were quiet, and no one said a word. It was Yang Muyun who broke the silence in the room first, he turned around, looked at the complicated look in Zhou Mengnan's eyes, and said slowly:

"Last night, when I lifted your hijab, I was pleasantly surprised, and I am very grateful to God for giving me such a beautiful lady, she is not only beautiful, but also from the richest family in Huzhou, she has both beauty and money."

“......”

"So I just thought about the question, what is it that brings us together, you know that?"

Zhou Mengnan continued to be silent, she knew, but she didn't want to say it, her long eyelashes hung down unconsciously, covering a pool of autumn water in her eyes.

Yang Muyun saw this detail and continued quietly: "Although I have the fame of Xiucai, it is not enough for the richest man in Huzhou, Zhou Daguan, to be eager to marry her beautiful daughter to me. He pointed to the box: "You must be curious, what is inside, you can open it now." ”

Zhou Mengnan shook his head slightly: "That's Xianggong's thing, I don't want to open it, and I'm not curious about what is inside." ”

Yang Muyun sighed: "You don't want to open it, how do you know the reason why I can't go back with you tomorrow?" ”

Zhou Mengnan's delicate body was shocked, and the lotus step moved lightly, slowly walking in front of the box, and opened the ......

I only heard a coquettish voice: "How can you have a set of official uniforms in your box?" You, are you an official of the imperial court? Zhou Mengnan's delicate body trembled, Xianggong was just a showman! Xiucai can't be an official. Yang Muyun said lightly: "There is also a waist card inside, you can take a look." Zhou Mengnan picked up the brass waist card, which was engraved with the words "Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi". Zhou Mengnan's mood can't be described as shocked: "The Xianggong who has visited him is actually Jinyiwei, and he still has a certain grade from the official uniform, but if he is Jinyiwei, why do you still have to take the Xiucai test?" She looked at her husband with puzzled eyes, she knew Jinyiwei, this is a group of people who are usually invisible, but when they appear, it is often accompanied by blood and killing. Is Xianggong such a person?

Looking at her eyes full of horror, Yang Muyun behaved calmly: "In terms of rank, I am the military attache of the imperial court from the seventh rank, and I am also the small banner of the Jinyi Guard. ”

He finally admitted it, but Zhou Mengnan calmed down: "Isn't Jinyiwei by the emperor's side, how could he come to this small Huzhou?" ”

"The place where Jin Yiwei appeared, it means that there is a case there."

"Is there a case in Huzhou that can alarm Jinyiwei?"

"Yes, but that case has nothing to do with your Zhou family, but Jin Yiwei has investigated a case related to your Zhou family."

"What?" As soon as she heard this, Zhou Mengnan felt that the blood in her whole body instantly coagulated, and she could imagine all kinds of terrible consequences when she was involved in Jinyiwei's case.

"This case is why you married me." Yang Muyun took a look at her reaction and continued to talk.

"This year is the emperor's twentieth birthday celebration, the emperor sent a minister to Jiangnan to draft a girl, your father, that is, my father-in-law, secretly learned the news, did not cater to the holy will, but quickly married his daughter, this is against the emperor's order If it is investigated, you can do a crime of bullying the king in your Zhou family."

"Why do you want to marry me, if you already know?"

"The reason is very simple, because I wasn't a Jinyi guard when I visited the church with you, and I didn't know about your Zhou family."

Zhou Mengnan calmed down, and his eyes were full of doubts: "You mean, you joined the Jinyi Guard in one day and became the official of the seventh rank of the imperial court?" ”

"Incredible! Sometimes a lot can happen in a day, even more than in a year. ”

Zhou Mengnan was silent.

Yang Muyun didn't want to tell his secret, so he said: "But you can rest assured, the minister has selected a good girl in Yangzhou, and now she has set off to return to the north, and she will not come south again." ”

Yang Muyun continued: "And the affairs of your Zhou family will not be pursued again," after a pause, "So, my mission has also been completed, and the rest is that we dissolve the marriage and you return to the Zhou family." ”

Zhou Mengnan's snow-white face became even more bloodless: "You want to divorce me?" ”

"Our marriage was not my original intention, not to mention that although we got married, I never touched you, after the marriage is dissolved, even if you remarry, your future husband will not treat you badly."

"Why didn't you touch me then? Is it because you don't like me? She suddenly discovered that Xianggong was not an ignorant big boy.

"Just because I didn't touch you doesn't mean I don't understand this kind of thing, but because I don't like to be at the mercy of others. My father pretended to be sick and forced me to marry, and I couldn't be disobedient, but I could choose not to go into the cave with the bride. Yang Muyun smiled slyly, "You are very beautiful, I also want to work hard to like you, but I don't like what your Zhou family does, since you want to use marriage to avoid disaster, so what do you want to do with marriage?" Miss Zhou, you are still very young, you can choose the marriage you want again according to your own will, no matter whether you choose right or wrong, you will not leave any regrets, and others don't have to take the blame. ”

Yang Muyun carried the burden on his shoulder, the box was not big, and he could hold it with one arm. After he said these words, he felt much more relaxed. During this period of time, he felt very tired, he has been doing things that satisfy others, satisfy his parents, and satisfy the Zhou family, but he is not satisfied. Now he has finally done something that satisfies him. When he walked by Zhou Mengnan's side, he left a sentence: "Miss Zhou, the document for dissolving the marriage is still written by your Zhou family, it writes me as a big rebellion, you can do any evil, when will you write it to me, when will I sign it." ”

Looking at his departing back, Zhou Mengnan only felt that his nose was a little sour, and tears flowed down his eyes. Why is this happening? She couldn't remember the last time she cried, it was when she was very young, and she couldn't remember why. As a lady, she has been taught to behave gracefully and unobtrusively since she was a child. But now, why is it so unreserved?

When Yang Muyun walked out of the door, he smiled and said hello to the porter. The porter looked at his big suitcases and small bags, looking like he had been swept out of the house, and couldn't help but open his mouth wide. But I didn't take it seriously, who hasn't had a quarrel? Uncle came back to coax Miss, wouldn't the two of them be okay again?

Where to go? Yang Muyun was thinking, go home? The gates were closed. Go to my sister's house, no, then you have to go from beginning to end, and you have to let yourself go back. Go to my aunt's house, let alone gossip......

Let's go to the hotel, turn around and find that because I came out late, the inn is closed.

Fortunately, it was late April, and the weather was not cold, so he walked to a bridge, sat on the ground at the bridgehead, and in a few hours the sky was bright, and then he went to the post station outside the west gate of the city. It just so happens that I practice the exercises that Master taught me to meditate on luck.

A gust of wind blew, and he still felt a chill on his body, Yang Muyun opened his eyes, exhaled, and had a lot of thoughts in his heart, he didn't want to be a brocade guard, but he didn't have a choice, what did the master commit, only by finding him can he figure it out. He glanced at the dark night sky, not to mention the moon tonight, not even the stars.

Hey? What is it? A wet drop landed on his nose, and then another drop...... It turned out to be raining. Bad luck, where to go now? Yang Muyun raised his eyes and looked around, and the surroundings were as dark as the sky.

Yang Muyun came to a big tree, and his heart settled down for a while, but the rain became heavier and heavier, and the raindrops the size of beans fell through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and his heart was cold.

Just as he was at a loss, he suddenly saw a few bright lights floating on the road ahead, and the lights were getting closer and closer, and it turned out that someone was coming here with a lantern.

Yang Muyun was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't care about the heavy rain, stepped forward quickly, and bowed his hand and said: "This brother Tai, from outside the city, I don't want to ......" Before the words were finished, he only heard a woman's delicate voice cheering: "Miss, I have found the master......"

In the rain, Zhou Mengnan's beautiful eyes were full of joy, Su Yue held a butter paper umbrella for her in the back, and her jade lips lightly opened: "Xianggong, I can be regarded as finding you." ”

Yang Muyun was silent, and behind him, Ning Xin lightly stretched her jade arm and held an umbrella for him.

Seven or eight housekeepers, dressed in robes and lanterns, surrounded them.

Seeing that Yang Muyun didn't speak, Zhou Mengnan continued: "No matter what? I'll talk about it when I get home. ”

After the porter watched Miss Uncle and her party come back, he breathed a sigh of relief, his aunt's temper was big enough, he didn't agree with him, he said he would leave, and Miss had to coax him, it seemed that Miss liked Uncle more, which would spoil Uncle Uncle, but Miss had a headache.

In the bedroom, Zhou Mengnan personally untied Yang Muyun's rain-soaked clothes, like a little daughter-in-law who had done something wrong, begging her father-in-law for forgiveness.

Yang Muyun sighed: "Miss doesn't have to be like this, what I said is very clear." ”

"But we're still husband and wife, aren't we?" Zhou Mengnan flashed a pair of beautiful big eyes.

Yang Muyun was silent, he didn't know what to say.

"For my wife, I have never committed the seven rules, so what reason does the husband have to divorce me?"

“......”

"I've never liked someone since I was a kid, and I'm trying to like you right now, can you give me such a chance?"

looked at Zhou Mengnan, a pair of beautiful big eyes were staring at him for a moment. Yang Muyun couldn't be silent any longer,

"I really can't go back with you tomorrow, because tomorrow I have to escort my Shangfeng to Jinling, the southern capital."

Zhou Mengnan smiled, smiled very happily,

"It's okay, tomorrow I will tell my father that you have something urgent, but what do you think is a good reason for him?"

"My father-in-law is a shrewd man, and he won't believe it for ordinary reasons, so tell the truth! I'm Jinyiwei's business, I'm afraid I can't hide it from him for too long, how to say that you can handle it yourself, but don't let others know this secret. ”

"For my wife, understand, can you bring me something when you go to Jinling?"

"What's that?"

"Anything, as long as it's for a girl's family, I like everything you buy."