Chapter 19: Ling Yue and Su Yuanzhi
Yun Mo and Li Chu clasped their fingers tightly and raised the hands they were holding together, "My fiancΓ©e." β
The young lady's face turned pale, she glared at Li Chu, and walked away unwillingly.
Li Chu was silent, blame me?
Seeing Miss Li returning, Yun Mo and the girls beside her seemed to be a couple, and it was boring for no girl to get together again.
Many people have already inquired about their origins, as soon as they heard that they were Xiahou Yun's senior brothers and sisters, many people were less interested in them, but they heard that the fifth young master of the Xiahou family worshipped an unknown person on the rivers and lakes as a teacher, so in their opinion, Yun Mo and the others were just unknown juniors on the rivers and lakes.
Xiahou Yuan's birthday banquet, the Li family also came, the Li family and the Xiahou family are in Pingyang City, the two families are listed in the same four families, the strength is equal, and they are harmonious on the surface, but secretly they have been competing, which one is better.
This Li family is Li Chu's maternal grandfather's family. The head of the Li family has already passed the position of head of the family to his eldest son Li Ming, that is, Li Chu's maternal brother and Li Chu's maternal uncle. Tonight, Mrs. Li Mingtong took her son and daughter to attend the birthday banquet, and Li Chu only glanced at them from a distance, and he didn't feel anything in his heart.
Among the four major families, there are two other families that are the Murong family and the Song family.
The Murong family and the Xiahou family are in-laws, and the relationship between the two families is the best, after all, many interests are tied together, and one is prosperous and the other is lost.
As for the Song family, they are the most low-key, and they have no friendship with the Xiahou family, and they are far away in the south, extremely far away from Pingyang, so no one attended the birthday banquet.
Li Chu attended this kind of banquet for the first time, Li Chu couldn't appreciate those songs, dances and operas, and after a while, he felt bored, and it was not good to leave the table early, so he turned around and chatted with Yun Mo, asking about interesting things and gossip on the rivers and lakes.
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Finally ended this boring banquet, and it was saved to go back and forth, and Yun Mo and Li Chu stayed in Xia Ziheng's courtyard at night.
After the birthday banquet, many guests from afar stayed in Xiahou Mansion to attend Miss Jiu's wedding.
Li Chu just stepped into the yard, Xiaobai came out to greet her with joy, two hind legs upright, front legs pulled Li Chu's sleeves, as if begging for a hug, Li Chu couldn't help laughing, touched its head, and then walked in without looking back. Xiao Bai was stunned and maintained an upright posture until he couldn't support it anymore, and fell down in a huff, lying on the ground and screaming, woo, the little master doesn't play with me.
Yun Mo glanced at the stupid dog lightly.
Feeling the unkind gaze of the Great Demon King, Xiao Bai jumped up violently and ran into the house to find a corner to hide.
"Master, there's news." Meng Yi suddenly appeared, holding an envelope in his hand and handing it to Yun Mo.
Yun Mo took it, took out the letter paper inside, glanced at it, and said lightly, "Hmm." β
Meng Yi disappeared in an instant, if Meng Yi hadn't reappeared, Li Chu would have forgotten that there was such a person.
"What's the news?" Li Chu leaned over curiously.
Yun Mo handed the letter to Li Chu, who quickly browsed it. Xia Ziheng stretched his neck curiously on the side, trying to see the content clearly.
After reading the content on the paper, Li Chu couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "This world is really small, I really didn't expect Ling Yue to be Xiao Douding's father, alas, that Su Yuanzhi is too pitiful." β
"In that case, let's give him back the child." Xia Ziheng is very happy, since he has found Xiaodouding's father, hurry up and return the child to him.
Li Chu turned the teacup in his hand, thinking about other things, and said absentmindedly, "Then let's go meet him." β
Although Xiao Douding's father has been found, Ling Yue is about to marry Miss Jiu, and now I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse to let Xiao Douding go back, after all, the news shows that the killer of the Moon Cutting Tower was hired by Xiahou Mingyue to kill Su Yuanzhi, presumably she will not treat Su Yuanzhi's child well.
Let's see Ling Yue tomorrow.
The next day, Yun Mo and Li Chu went out with Wan Qianyu's brother and sister, and Wan Jining held Xiao Douding, who had been rolling his eyes and looking at Li Chu in his hand. As for Xia Ziheng, he had to stay in the mansion to help, as a member of Xiahou Mansion, he had no way to leave on this happy day.
Several people took the carriage and went straight to Ling Yue's mansion, although they were all in Pingyang City, but Xiahou Mansion was still a long distance away from Ling Yue's house, and it took almost an hour to arrive.
When they arrived at Ling's Mansion, they saw that the door of the mansion was wide open, the lights were bright, and the subordinates were busy sorting out the things for tomorrow's wedding banquet, and a person who looked like a steward was directing them to arrange it.
Seeing Yun Mo and a few people appearing, the person in charge came out to ask, and Wan Qiyu stepped forward to explain his intentions.
He shook his head and said politely, "A few people, please go back, the general is not a guest today." β
"Why? General Ling is not here? β
The steward only said, "The general will get married tomorrow, and this will be busy." The general said, "No one will be seen this day." β
"Please give this to General Ling." Li Chu stepped forward and took out Su Yuanzhi's jade pendant and handed it to him, "If General Ling still doesn't want to see us, we will leave." β
Steward Li recognized the jade pendant at a glance, it was given to Mrs. by the general, and he said excitedly at the moment, "This is Madame's ......" suddenly realized something, paused, didn't continue, and seemed to look around with some scruples.
Li Chu nodded slightly, "There is a report from the labor housekeeper." β
Steward Li hurriedly said, "A few please." "Just let them in.
Although the lady took the letter of resignation and left, in the heart of Steward Li, Su Yuanzhi was still the general's wife. Now that the lady is missing, the general is drinking at this time, and Steward Li can see that the general does not want to marry the girl of the Xiahou family, but the holy order is difficult to disobey, alas, the general and his wife are obviously a loving couple, but it's a pity. Now that there was finally news of the lady, the butler hurriedly invited them in.
Hearing the footsteps, Ling Yue threw his wine glass on the ground irritably, "Didn't you ask you not to bother me?" β
"......" What stimulated Ling Yue, so angry.
Little Douding was frightened and began to cry.
Hearing the baby's cry, Ling Yue was about to get angry, but the butler hurriedly trotted forward, handed him the jade pendant, leaned over and whispered a few words to him.
Staring at the jade pendant in his hand, Ling Yue stood up abruptly and said excitedly, "Zhi'er is back?" As he spoke, he walked out quickly, his steps hurried and even staggered.
Ling Yue went out and saw that he didn't see the person he wanted to see, he was slightly disappointed, looked at Yun Mo and a few people, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" His eyes stayed on the baby who was still sobbing, and an inexplicable feeling came over him.
"This is not the place to talk, General Ling won't invite us in to sit for a while?" Looking at the decadent Ling Yue, Li Chu felt that he was quite pitiful, and he didn't care about his bad attitude.
"A few please." Ling Yue saw that Yun Mo and Li Chu were extraordinary, not to mention that they had brought news of Zhi'er, so he politely invited them in at the moment.
Ling Yue absentmindedly asked the butler to serve tea to the guests.
Li Chu revealed his identity to him, and when he heard that she was from Limo Villa, Ling Yue didn't react.
"How did you get this jade pendant?" Ling Yue's hand holding the jade pendant trembled slightly, feeling uneasy in his heart.
"Su Yuanzhi, is she your wife?"
Ling Yue stared at her, "Where is she?" β
"When we met her, she was being hunted and killed, and she was dying." Li Chu didn't talk nonsense anymore, and told him bluntly, "She died, about half a month ago." β
Ling Yue stood up abruptly and strode in front of Li Chu, Wan Qiyu dodged in front of Li Chu.
"No way, you lied to me!!" Ling Yue seemed to be a little unsteady on his feet, took two steps back and propped his hands on the table, unwilling to believe her words, and kept muttering in his mouth, "Impossible...... No way...... It can never be ......"
"I don't know you, so why should I lie to you?"
Ling Yue suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Chu with burning eyes, "Who is it?" Who harmed her? β
Li Chu paused, "If I say that it is your wife who is about to pass through the door." β
Wan Qiyu handed over the evidence obtained from the investigation to him.
After reading it quickly, Ling Yue's eyes were split, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, "Xiahou Mingyue, it's very good!" β
"My wife, only Zhi'er. Xiahou Mingyue, she is not worthy! β
Seeing that Ling Yue looked like he had been hit hard, he was a person who valued love and righteousness, and it seemed that his relationship with Su Yuanzhi should be very deep.
Li Chu stood up and took the child from Wan Qianning's hands, Xiao Douding saw that Li Chu finally hugged him, grinned and giggled, Li Chu looked at the innocent Xiao Douding, and suddenly felt sad in his heart, poor child.
Walking in front of Ling Yue with the child in his arms, Li Chu spoke, "This is your child. β
"Kid." Ling Yue was still immersed in the grief of losing his wife, and when he heard this, he looked at the little baby biting his finger with a dull gaze.
"Hug him, Su Yuanzhi worked hard to keep him." Seeing Ling Yue's indifferent appearance, Li Chu spoke again.
Hearing his beloved wife's name, Ling Yue came to his senses and choked up, "Child, our child." Stretched out his hand and touched him gently, but he didn't hug him, but said slowly, "His eyes are very similar to Zhi'er." When Zhi'er left, she didn't know she was pregnant.
Ling Yue took the jade pendant and looked at it for a long time, Li Chu knew that he was uncomfortable, so he didn't bother him, handed the child to Wan Jining, sat down again and waited for him to digest it.
After a long time, Ling Yue spoke, "I am an orphan, without a father or a mother, Zhi'er is gone, and I have no worries." Ling had a reluctant request and begged the girl to help me take care of the child. β
He is, not going to have children? As for why he said this, Li Chu guessed a few points, but this was his own choice, and Li Chu had no intention of interfering, he just hoped that the final result would not be what he thought.
Do you know that I'm still a girl, with a child? However, Li Chu did not refuse.
"Then you can name him."
"Ling An, I just hope that he will be safe in the future." Ling Yue hung Su Yuanzhi's jade pendant around the child's neck, and looked at him for a long time, and Xiao Douding also looked at him.
Looking at this scene, Li Chu felt depressed in his heart, Yun Mo noticed her emotional changes, held her hand, and comforted her silently.
Li Chu smiled at him, "I'm fine." β
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In the end, Li Chu still took the child back.
Seeing that they came back with Xiao Douding, Xia Ziheng was surprised, "Didn't you return the child to Ling Yue?" It was still Ling Yue who refused to recognize him at all. β
No one answered him, and after realizing it, he felt that Li Chu's mood was low, Xia Ziheng didn't dare to ask again, and when the senior brother and sister entered the house, he quietly pulled Wan Qianyu, "Brother, what's going on?" β
Wan Qiyu simply told the cause and effect, and after Xia Ziheng listened to it, he didn't feel good in his heart, and he hated Xiahou Mingyue even more. Xiao Douding is so pitiful, don't dislike him in the future.
Li Chu was lying on the stone table in the backyard, and Yun Mo sat opposite her, silently accompanying her.
"Yun Mo, I want to eat cake." Li Chu held his chin and looked at Yun Mo with his eyes, missing the delicious cake shop at the school gate.
What is a "......" cake? Yun Mo was puzzled.
Li Chu stared at a white pigeon passing by in the sky, and changed his words, "Forget it, let's eat roast pigeon." "Because there's no cake here.
Following Li Chu's gaze, Yun Mo threw the teacup in his hand to the white spot, only to hear a scream, and a white dove fell.
Li Chu was dumbfounded, and swallowed his saliva unconsciously, this is okay, he just said it casually, poor little white pigeon.
Meng Yi suddenly appeared and grabbed the pigeon that had not yet landed, and then quickly set up a fire frame to make a fire, handle the pigeons, and the operation was dazzling, and soon handed the pigeon strung on the wooden stick to Li Chu, and said respectfully, "Master mother, okay." β
Li Chu took the pigeon and roasted it on the fire, still thinking that it was really not easy to be a qualified secret guard, not only did he need to be strong in martial arts and good at concealment, but he also had to do this kind of chores.
So Li Chu happily roasted pigeons in the yard, and Yun Mo saw that she was in a better mood, so he told Meng Yi to catch a few more pigeons and come back.
Meng Yi took the order and searched for the pigeon nearby.
Xia Ziheng and Wan Qiyu smelled a fragrance before they got close, and when they walked into the courtyard, they saw Li Chu happily eating roast pigeon. And Yun Mo was roasting the pigeons, and Meng Yi was still cleaning up the other pigeons on the side.
Not far away, Xiaobai Sahuan rummaged through a pile of pigeon feathers, making the white feathers fly all over the sky, but no one paid attention to it.
Looking at the pigeon feathers all over the ground, Xia Ziheng twitched the corners of his eyes, where did he find so many pigeons? Senior sister looks like she's in a bad mood. So I happily joined the team of roasting pigeons.
Over there, Xiaobai seemed to have found something interesting, and ran towards Li Chu in his mouth, circling around her feet, rubbing her from time to time, trying to attract her attention, but Li Chu was busy eating fragrant pigeons at this time, because it was not delicious when it was cold, and he didn't have time to take care of it.
After Li Chu finished solving a roast pigeon in his hand, he touched Xiaobai with his oily hand that had not been wiped clean, and touched the oil on Xiaobai's end, but Xiaobai did not realize this problem, rubbed her happily, and spit out the things in his mouth.
Over there, Xia Ziheng, Wan Jinyu, and Meng Yi were squatting on the ground roasting pigeons.
Yun Mo was still holding a freshly roasted pigeon in his hand, looking at the things in Li Chu's hand, "It should have fallen from the pigeon." β
Li Chu's eyes lit up, yes, "Then isn't what I eat is a carrier pigeon?" β
Yun Mo nodded, Li Chu moved, sin, the poor little pigeon couldn't help it, I didn't mean to. handed the small bamboo tube to Yun Mo, and then took the pigeon in his hand and took a bite, anyway, he ate it all, and it didn't matter if he ate one more.
Yun Mo chuckled, such Li Chu was so cute, took out the note in the bamboo tube, glanced at it, and then handed it to Wan Qianyu, Wan Jinyu looked at it, and the expression on his face became colder and colder.
Xia Ziheng leaned over and took a look, only to see the words "Kill Wan Qianning" written on it.
Xia Ziheng stood up angrily, and the pigeon was no longer roasted, so he stuffed it to Meng Yi next to him, "Someone actually wants to kill Ning Ning!" β
Li Chu was startled, chewing pigeon meat in his mouth, and said vaguely, "Who wants to kill Ning Ning?"
"I'll go investigate, don't worry, whoever dares to hurt Ning Ning, I will never let him go."
"......" Wan Qiyu looked at the angry Xia Ziheng, his own brother hasn't said it yet, why did this product jump out, who is Ning Ning's brother.
"Calm down, Ning Ning has only been in Pingyang City for a short time, since it is aimed at her, think about whether she has offended anyone during this time, or who is targeting Ning Ning."
After being reminded by Li Chuyi, Xia Ziheng calmed down, thought about it carefully, and recalled what had happened in the past few days.
"Since Ning Ning came to Xiahou Mansion, she rarely goes out, and spends most of her time taking care of Xiaodouding. If you want to say that it is aimed at Ning Ning, is it Murong Yu? But why did she kill Ning Ning. β
"......" Because of you, Li Chu looked at Xia Ziheng with an ignorant face, whether the rival in love understands it or not, it is estimated that this thing doesn't know that Murong Yu has taken a fancy to him.
"If it's her, you'll find out if you try it."
"How do you try?"
"The handwriting on the note, if you compare it, you can tell who wrote it."
Xia Ziheng patted his head, a good way, "Yes, it's still senior sister who is smart." He wanted to see who was so ignorant and dared to be unfavorable to Ning Ning.
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After sending Li Chu away, Ling Yue asked the housekeeper to call his own people in the mansion, there were not many people in the mansion, they were all people he trusted very much, and most of them were good brothers who were born and died with him. There were also a few maids who served Zhi'er, and after Zhi'er left, they were dismissed.
But recently, Xiahou Mingyue transferred a lot of people from Xiahou Mansion in the name of helping to take care of the marriage matters, and everyone understood that she was arranging her own people to come in.
Ling Yue looked at these people who had been following him loyally with a complicated expression, "You guys pack up your things after you go back, and go out of the city after the wedding tomorrow night, don't come back." Be careful not to let people find out. β
"Big brother, what do you mean by that?" Xiao Liu, who was usually following Ling Yue's side, spoke.
Madame left, they were very unhappy, and they all knew that the general was unwilling to marry the young lady of Xiahou Mansion, but what was the general going to do?