Chapter 16: Temptation
"San'er, San'er, hurry up and prepare the best food in your store for my young master. Then ask the shopkeeper of your family to invite your host to come over, and say that the young master of the Mu family is here. ”
As soon as he went up the stairs on the third floor, Mo Qing directly commanded the running hall guarding the staircase on the third floor, and he was not polite at all.
"Ouch, it turned out that you were here. Presumably this is the famous young master Mu who has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, please upstairs. The little one went to tell the kitchen to do everything he could to make some delicacies for Young Master Mu to taste. Please go to the private seat for a while, and I will go to ask the shopkeeper to invite the owner to come and visit Mu Gongzi. ”
After leading Mu Tong's master and servant to the private seat, the runner hurriedly retreated, obviously going to find the shopkeeper.
Mu Tong squinted his eyes and looked at the figure running away, as if he had an understanding.
"Young Master, what are you looking at?
"Oh, nothing. Mu Tong came back to his senses, and instead of reprimanding Mo Qing for planning his thoughts, he asked him with a smile.
"Xiao Qingzi, when you redeemed Master Li, do you remember her birthday written on the deed of sale?
Mo Qing glanced at his young master strangely, wasn't the young master not interested in Miss Li? Why did he suddenly care about Li Yuanhong's age. But as a subordinate, the master will answer whatever he asks.
"Young master, I remember that Miss Li is eighteen this year. She opened a pavilion at the age of sixteen to welcome customers, and for more than a year, she has attracted many self-proclaimed literati and rich sons with the gimmick of selling her art but not her body. Originally, Yi Cuilou decided to accept the first benefactor on her eighteenth birthday, and the auction was planned. Unexpectedly, she was invited into the house by the young master for half a year, and then she paid a lot of money to redeem her. ”
"Eighteen...... Li Shi is lonely, eighteen years of unmarried is not a thing, and a woman's family showing up all day long is even more criticized. In this way, Xiao Qingzi, you go downstairs and let Wei Shiyi go back to the house to invite Granny Gu to come, and say that young master, I have found a goddaughter for her, and let Master Li worship her as a godgrandmother, so that my Mufu can choose a son-in-law for her in the name of justice. With the ancient mother-in-law to check it, she will definitely be able to choose a wishful husband for her. ”
"Huh?"
Mo Qing originally saw that the young master took the initiative to ask about Li Yuanhong's age, thinking that he wanted to divorce the Wu family girl and take Li Yuanhong as a concubine, who knew that it was the idea, and the young master was really no one.
"Ahh ”
"Gott~~Order~"
Mo Qing pretended to be scared and sang the order, got up and went downstairs to find Wei Shiyi.
"Knock knock!"
A rush of footsteps came from the staircase, and a beautiful woman with red makeup walked upstairs with her skirt in her hands, and saw Mu Tong sitting next to the screen facing the staircase at a glance.
"Young Master Mu!" The woman happily trotted to Mu Tong's seat and stopped, got up after saying a blessing, looked at him with two watery phoenix eyes, and wanted to speak.
Mu Tong felt that this beautiful strange woman was a little familiar when the woman went upstairs, and it was not until the fragrant breeze was blowing on her face that the other party gave her a thousand blessings, and Mu Tong heard who she was from her voice.
The person who came turned out to be his piano teacher Li Yuanhong!
Mu Tong hurriedly struggled to get up and salute, but he tried unsuccessfully, and almost fell down.
"Hey, what are you doing? If you are injured, don't move, sit and sit, what do you have to do and tell the concubine. ”
Li Yuanhong hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up and pressed him back to his seat. Mu Tong gave up in frustration, put his intact right hand on his immobile left hand, and bent down to give a student salute to Li Yuanhong, who was standing.
"Student Mu Tong gave Master Li a salute. The student was injured and failed to pay the full courtesy, so I hope Master Li will not be surprised. Master Li, please take a seat, don't be polite with the students. ”
"Hey, hey. No politeness, no politeness. ”
Li Yuanhong sat down in the seat next to Mu Tong with a smile on his face, and deliberately leaned towards Mu Tong's side.
Smelling the body fragrance or rouge incense, Mu Tong moved his buttocks quietly, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Li Yuanhong's resentful eyes.
"Master Li, why do you look at me like this?"
"Do you dislike me?"
"Why did Master Li say this?"
"Then why don't you even want to sit near me?"
"This ...... Men and women are not kissed, there is no one on the third floor now, you and I are afraid of gossip at the table, and if you get closer, I am afraid that the reputation of the teacher is not good. ”
"I don't care! Really, if you don't have a reputation, I don't care if I hear you're badly injured and unconscious. If I hadn't come from humble beginnings, I would have come to see you. Now that I see that you are well, my heart can be relieved. A little gossip is nothing. If you wish, I can do without a name, as long as I can see you every day, I will be content. ”
"Bang dang. ”
Mu Tong sat on the ground in horror and looked at Li Yuanhong with stunned eyes. I couldn't believe that what she said just now came from.
"Oops! Be careful! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm not scared of you! I thought I could let go, but when I heard that you were dying, I realized that my heart was full of you, and if you really couldn't sleep, I decided to hang myself at home and go to Huangquan with you. ”
As he spoke, Li Yuanhong came over with tears in her eyes and wanted to reach out to help Mu Tong.
"Stop!"
Mu Tong supported the ground with one hand, kicked his legs backwards, and sat down with a disgusted face to withdraw from the distance, only then did he grab a chair and staggered to get up by the chair.
With a face full of shame, he reprimanded Li Yuanhong: "Miss Li, I admire you as a teacher, and I have never thought of anything wrong. To help you get out of the sea of suffering, there is no selfishness. It's all about the friendship between your teachers and students. Today, however, why is Master Li so absurd? You and I, teachers and students, An Ke violates the way of heaven and humanity and makes a private decision for life! There is no need to mention such remarks. Originally, I wanted my nurse to accept you as her godgranddaughter, choose a son-in-law for you one day, and solve your life's problems. But it seems that Master Li has other arrangements, so I Mutong will not be a villain and meddle in things. Call you Li Shi at the end of the day, after this day, you take your Yangguan Road, and I will take my single-plank bridge. Take care of Miss Li, take your leave!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Tong limped, walked to the staircase as if he wanted to escape from the plague, and walked downstairs with difficulty holding on to the stairs, not giving Li Yuanhong a chance to speak at all.
Li Yuanhong listened to Mu Tong's heartless words, like a lightning strike, standing on the third floor without a man, his eyes blank and teary.
The angry Mu Tong met Mo Qing who returned upstairs at the corner of the second floor, and without waiting for him to speak, he said coldly: "Help me go home!"
Then he continued to walk downstairs without looking back, and Mo Qing, who was stunned for a moment, caught up with his master in confusion and helped him to get into the sedan chair and go home.
It's just that Mo Qing and his entourage, who left, didn't notice that behind them, a group of customers sitting in the hall on the first floor were watching them leave while eating.
On the third floor, Li Yuanhong and a bearded man sat by the window, watching Mu Tong's sedan chair go away.
The strong man who withdrew his eyes looked at Li Yuanhong and asked, "How much do you think what he just said is true?"
Li Yuanhong is still a little sad now, facing the bronze mirror on the table, wiping the tears on his face with a handkerchief, and even taking out rouge gouache to make up for the crying makeup on his face.
Hearing the strong man's question, he paused his hand, and then continued to move on his hand, returning with disdain.
"It's definitely 10% true. I didn't show my feet. In Mufu for half a year, this little ghost is so polite and pedantic. I deliberately used my ecstasy piano skills to make him confused, and he was able to endure it and escape. If you want to be someone else, you will already pounce on this girl. ”
"I don't understand, just Mu Tong, a powerless scholar, just kill him directly. Why bother. ”
"Presumptuous! Fourteen! Are you a little floating, dare to slander the decision? There are decisions from above, and it's not your turn to dictate. Obediently run here, monitor the Mu family, and find an opportunity to buy some people around Mu Tong. Your assertion to scare Mu Tong away today has disrupted our plans, you better think about how to follow up and explain!"
"Can I be blamed for this? If it weren't for the fact that the Mu family kid went crazy and wanted to arrange a marriage for me, I would use this strategy? If I really got married, what would you do! Kill my newlywed? I don't mind, but don't blame me if people find out the clues!"
"You!"
The two glared angrily, and finally parted unhappily.
But he didn't notice that on a street behind the attic, a rickety figure stood up, showed a satisfied smile, and staggered away.