Chapter 29: The Matchmaker
"Why is Mi Zhen here? What is she here for? Do you want to see me by name? Why? Could it be that the last time we met, my personable male surname charm had already made her fall ill and couldn't help herself, and she couldn't bear the pain of missing, so she secretly came to confess to my tryst today?! Ah! Should I prepare a handful of roses? Prepare another box of Durex or Elshu? ”
Holding a belly full of dirty thoughts, Tao Ying rushed into his back garden, went straight to the side of the lake in the garden, and couldn't wait to look into the pavilion, but saw Mi Zhen's little sister leading two maids, and they were waiting in the pavilion. When it is July, the lotus flowers in the pond are in full bloom, Mi Zhen, who is idle and bored, stands beside the pavilion to enjoy the flowers, the flowers are red and the leaves are green, the delicate face is better than the flowers, the flowers are beautiful, the people are more beautiful, such as poetry, more picturesque.
Seeing this dreamlike picture, Tao Ying couldn't help but stop, standing by the pond and quietly admiring this rare beauty, but unfortunately, the maid brought by Mi Zhen quickly discovered Tao Ying's existence, and muttered two words in a low voice next to Mi Zhen's round and small ears, Mi Zhen immediately raised her head and smiled at Tao Ying.
Deputy Director Tao, who had already cultivated to be pampered and not frightened, rarely blushed, and his heart was like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old hairy guy, pounding and pounding, secretly laughing at himself The more he lived, the more he shrunk, Tao Ying tried to hold back the restlessness in his heart, pressed the hilt of the sword, walked up to the pavilion bridge in what he thought was the most chic posture, strode in front of Mi Zhen, and saluted Mi Zhen with a fist in the wind, and said: "Tao Ying has seen Mi Zhen's girl, let the girl wait for a long time." ”
"Childe." Mi Zhen also bowed to Tao Ying with a slightly red face, and said nervously and shyly: "Mi Zhen took the liberty to visit, and where it was rude, I also looked at Gongzi Haihan." ”
"Miss Mi's words, it's Tao Ying's disappointment." Tao Ying suddenly hated the red tape of this era -- if it were in the 21st century, Deputy Director Tao would have already moved his hands and feet, and his mouth was full of yellow words.
Mi Zhen smiled shyly, her little face was even redder, and her mood was far more nervous than Tao Ying, and she didn't know how to continue talking for a while, and Deputy Director Tao, who had not wrapped up her second wife in this era, didn't know how to hook up with a good woman in the Three Kingdoms era, for fear that she would say the wrong thing and waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so she didn't know how to continue, the two froze, and the atmosphere became awkward, but the two maids brought by Mi Zhen pursed their lips and snickered, looking at Tao Ying and Mi Zhen's expressions seemed to be very interesting.
I don't know how long it took to be so deadlocked, Mi Zhen finally mustered up the courage to speak, turned to the two maids she brought, and commanded with a red face: "Cherry, Lamei, you stay away for a while, I have something to say to Tao Gongzi alone." The two maids glanced at each other, deliberately refused to leave, and the smile on their faces was even worse, until Mi Zhen raised her small fist to threaten, and the two maids ran out of the pavilion with a smile, and Mi Zhu's tender face was also red to the base of her neck.
Finally waited until the two maids disappeared into the depths of the flowers, and finally only Tao Ying and Mi Zhen were left near the pond, Mi Zhen also felt a lot more relaxed, and mustered up the courage to ask: "Tao Gongzi, don't you invite the little girl to sit down?" ”
"Ahh Tao Ying finally came back to his senses, hurriedly waved his hand to the seat in the middle of the pavilion, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Miss Mi, please sit down, is the tea bright?" Should someone make a new pot of tea? ”
"Thank you, Childe." Mi Zhen blushed and nodded, shook her head again, and said, "There is no need for tea, the little girl is not thirsty." ”
Saying that, Mi Zhen lowered her head to avoid Tao Ying's gaze, walked to the table and sat down, Tao Ying also quickly sat opposite Mi Zhen, and sat opposite Mi Zhen, a pair of eyes that were confused refused to move away from Mi Zhen's face and chest, Mi Zhen was even more shy by Tao Ying, and quickly twisted her face away, while looking at the lotus flowers in the pool, avoiding Tao Ying's burning gaze, she said in a very polite and soft voice: "Childe, the little girl took the liberty to visit today, and she had a few words to tell Childe, which was rude, Please don't blame Childe. ”
"The girl doesn't have to be polite, if you have something to say, please speak directly, Tao Ying listens." Tao Ying stole a glance at Mi Zhen's bulging chest and replied.
"Then the little girl is presumptuous." Mi Zhen nodded, opened her mouth and was about to speak, but her tender face suddenly turned red to the base of her neck, and after hesitating for a long time, Mi Zhen asked shyly in a mosquito-like voice: "Dare to ask Gongzi, yesterday at noon, the little girl's brother Mi Zhu, did you come here to visit Tao Fujun?" ”
"It is true." Tao Ying nodded in acknowledgement.
"That ......, that ......." Mi Zhen's face turned even redder, and she swallowed for a long time before she asked a complete sentence, "That little girl's brother, what does the son think of the incident mentioned to Tao Fujun?" ”
"Don't tell your father about anything?" Tao Ying was full of fog.
Mi Zhen was very surprised, but she was even more shy, and she didn't dare to look back at Tao Ying's expression, but said softly: "Childe, Mi Zhen is a woman, the fact is inconvenient to speak, why should Childe pretend not to know and play with the little girl?" ”
"I'm so ......." Tao Ying wanted to say that I really don't know, but when the words came to his mouth, Tao Ying's heart suddenly moved, and after turning his triangular eyes, Tao Ying asked tentatively: "Miss Mi, do you want to ask about the marriage?" ”
Mi Zhen was completely ashamed of herself, and it took a long time to be shy before she mustered up the courage to nod slightly, and said in a low voice: "When I first heard about this, Mi Zhen couldn't believe it, and thought it was...... Joking. But last night, my brother also mentioned this matter to the little girl, and the little girl knew that ...... was not a lie. ”
"Your eldest brother rejected my father's proposal, and you still came here to talk about it, what do you mean? Do you want to laugh at me for wanting to eat swan meat? Tao Ying was even more confused, but Tao Ying could see that Mi Zhen was definitely not the kind of woman who didn't know the height of the sky, refused to talk about her marriage, and came to the door to slap her face. So after Tao Ying thought about it for a while, he asked tentatively: "Dare to ask the girl, how did Mi Beijia mention this matter to you?" ”
Mi Zhen really couldn't twist her neck, Suo turned her head, and while trying her best to bow her head, she hid her blushing and tender face in her arms, and said softly: "Brother didn't say it explicitly, only ...... I just said that I want to put the little girl, Xu ...... Xu to Xuzhou, a hero who stands up to the sky...... Hero....... Before she finished speaking, Mi Zhen was so ashamed that her little hands turned pink.
"Big-eared thief!" Tao Ying was shocked, knowing that what he least wanted to happen was finally going to happen! In addition to being angry, Tao Ying's heart suddenly moved again, "Mi Zhu Erwuzai, I plan to marry Sister Mi's beauty to the big-eared thief, why did Sister Mi come to tell me?" Could it be that Sister Mi has me in her heart, and there is no big-eared thief? ”
Thinking of this, Tao Yingbu asked again: "Miss Mi, what do you think?" Would you like to? ”
"Childe-!" Mi Zhen was so ashamed that she simply turned her body around, turned her back to Tao Yingjiao and said, "Tao Gongzi, you are a famous upright gentleman in Xuzhou, how can you ask the little girl such a thing?" Self...... Since ancient times, marriage has been the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the early death of the little girl's parents, all rely on the elder brother to raise Mi Zhen, brother ...... How does my brother ...... and decide, so I have to interject? ”
Tao Ying was completely confused, and said in his heart, how could this Mi sister talk without a head or brain? What exactly did she mean by that? I, the deputy director who has been in the officialdom for several years, why can't I understand it at all?
After waiting for a long time and not seeing Tao Ying answer, Mi Zhen also said that Tao Ying was also shy, so she asked in a low voice: "Son, the little girl ...... again, and then take the liberty to ask, Tao Fujun, is it ...... Did you agree to ......, my brother's proposal? Promise to let ......, let the son ...... you, and marry the little girl? ”
Although the last few words of Mi Zhen's words are so low that they are almost difficult to hear, when they hear Tao Ying's ears, they are far more amazing than a thunderbolt on a sunny day! Shocked, Tao Ying blurted out, "Where did you hear that?" ”
"Sister Ling'er told the little girl." Mi Zhen plucked up the courage to say: "Yesterday evening, Sister Ling'er came to visit me at home, told me about it, and said hello to me, at first the little girl thought that Sister Ling'er was joking, but when she saw Sister Ling'er's expression was wrong, and then the brother mentioned the little girl's family affairs, and the little girl ...... to know that Sister Ling'er was not joking. ”
"Ahh Tao Ying almost didn't shout, and finally basically figured out the ins and outs of the matter - it must be Cao Ling's Jurassic dinosaur telling Mi Zhen that Mi Zhu came to his house yesterday to propose marriage to his father Tao Qian, and wanted to marry Mi Zhen to himself, and then Mi Zhu paved the way for Mi Zhen to marry Liu Bei, and said to Mi Zhen that he wanted to marry Mi Zhen to a big hero in Xuzhou, and at the same time did not tell Mi Zhen the name of this hero, so by mistake, Mi Zhen thought that Mi Zhu wanted to marry her to herself.
"Is there such a coincidence?" Tao Ying wanted to laugh out loud, but Tao Ying still had two important questions that he hadn't figured out, one was how could Cao Ling's female dinosaur say that Mi Zhu was ready to marry Mi Zhen to himself? The second is why Mi Zhen took the initiative to visit herself after hearing the news? This is very inconsistent with the common sense of this era, right?
"Miss Mi, can I ask you a few questions?" Tao Ying couldn't guess, so he simply asked directly: "Miss Cao Ling, how did she learn about this?" ”
"Sister Ling'er said that she also heard about it." Mi Zhen continued to turn her back to Tao Ying, and said very shyly: "It seems to be a girl surnamed Lin, but this Lin girl, Mi Zhen has never seen it." ”
"Lin Qing?" Tao Ying immediately came to his senses, and at the same time almost laughed out loud, saying that this little girl Lin Qing has a really fast mouth, and a little joke with her in the afternoon was immediately spread to Cao Ling's Jurassic ear, and then to Sister Mi's ears in the evening, and she really has a talent for spreading rumors. Ha, but I should really thank her, at least she can help me figure out the mind of the beautiful woman.
"I see." Tao Ying nodded with a smile, and asked curiously: "Miss Mi, then dare to ask the girl again, why did the girl deign to come to the door today?" ”
Mi Zhen didn't answer immediately, but slowly turned around, the blush on her tender face faded a lot, and she said very seriously: "Master Tao, the little girl is coming to the door today, there is a question for you, I hope the son can answer truthfully." ”
"Girl, please ask, I will answer truthfully in the future." Tao Ying hurriedly nodded solemnly.
Being forced to look at by Tao Yingyi, Mi Zhen's little face was a little feverish, and she couldn't help lowering her head, looked at her legs and said, "The little girl took the liberty of asking Gongzi, in Gongzi's heart, is there a place for Cao Ling's sister?" ”
"Why do you ask this?" Tao Ying was confused again, and his heart said Aren't you talking nonsense? That Jurassic dinosaur, except for Lu Wenhou, who is not taboo in meat and vegetables, I'm afraid no one dares to ask for it.
"Childe, sister Cao Ling, I am interested in you falling flowers." Mi Zhen said softly: "Yesterday evening, when Sister Cao Ling told me about that incident, her eyes were red and swollen, and I could see that she cried for you and was heartbroken. ”
"Spare me!" Tao Ying wanted to cry out loud, and said that the dinosaur was interested in my falling flowers, didn't that kill me? Even if she looks a little more normal and looks ordinary, for the sake of her father being my father's number one lackey, I can also consider a political marriage with her, but she looks like that, how do you tell me to marry?!
"Actually, it wasn't just yesterday evening, I found out before." Mi Zhen didn't notice Tao Ying's strange expression, she just lowered her head and said softly: "I was with her before, every time she mentioned you, although she didn't have any good words, she was scolding you and laughing at you, but I know that she hates iron and steel, and has a deep love for you." Yesterday evening, her look worried me even more, I was afraid that ...... she would do something stupid. ”
"Kill me!" Tao Ying was even more bitter in his heart.
"Tao Gongzi." Mi Zhen said softly: "The little girl came to visit, just to ask the son, does the son have that kind of meaning to Sister Cao Ling in his heart?" If there is, the little girl is willing to quit, so that the two of you lovers will eventually become married. ”
"How is that possible?" Tao Ying couldn't bear it and said: "Miss Mi, you are worried in vain, I have only met her once, and I directly rejected her father's marriage, how can we be together?" ”
Mi Zhen finally raised her head, stared into Tao Ying's eyes, and asked softly, "Master Tao, do you really think so?" Cao Ling's sister is a hundred times better than a little girl, and she has a deep affection for you, so you really can't bear to be ruthless to her? ”
"Cao Ling is indeed a good girl." Tao Ying said a word against his will, and then reached out to hold Mi Zhen's white and tender little hand on the case, and said affectionately: "But the weak water is three thousand, and I will only take one scoop to drink." Miss Mi, I don't hide it, I have a deep love for you in the next place, except for you, I don't have any place for a woman in my heart. ”
Mi Zhen's tender face turned red again, but Mi Zhen didn't react as violently as Lin Qing, and immediately broke free from Tao Ying's clutches, but lowered her face shyly, and asked softly: "Childe, is what you said true?" ”
"It's true! Tao should have this heart, heaven and earth can be learned, and the moon is proof! Tao Ying held Mi Zhen's little hand and asked, "Miss Mi, I ask you one last question, what do you mean by your brother proposing marriage to me for you?" ”
Mi Zhen's heart almost jumped out of her throat, she was shy and twisted, and she didn't answer the question, "Mi Zhen is just worried, worried I'm sorry Sister Cao Ling, Mi Zhen understands very well, Sister Cao Ling, she ...... to you, Gongzi." ”
"Little baby, don't you always mention Cao Ling's bell tower weird in front of me, okay? It's unappetizing. Tao Ying lamented in his heart, and then held Mi Zhen's little hand and asked: "Mi girl, what are you thinking about, now you have understood, you just want to say a word for the girl, what are your plans to propose to your brother?" ”
Mi Zhen's voice was as low as a mosquito humming, and she said shyly: "The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the parents of the little girl unfortunately died early, and it was the two brothers who raised the little girl, and they were the same parents, since they are ......, the little girl is also ......, ......, and ......." ”
Several times, Mi Zhen never said a complete sentence, Tao Ying was so anxious that he scratched his heart, Mi Zhen plucked up his courage again, bowed his head very shyly and said, "Besides, the little girl has admired the heroic feat of sacrificing her life to save Xuzhou for a long time, and it is a blessing for the little girl to be able to ...... with the child." ”
"Sister Zhen!" Tao Ying was ecstatic, got up and sat next to Mi Zhen, without saying a word, hugged Mi Zhen's slender waist, opened his mouth and gnawed viciously on Mi Zhen's cherry lips, Mi Zhen wanted to refuse, but when he thought that his brother had already given himself to Tao Ying, he closed his beautiful eyes shyly, did not hide or avoid, and let Tao Ying hug and kiss wildly.
"Haha, Miss Cao Ling, it seems that I really have to thank you for being a big matchmaker, and I wish you to find a good family." Tao Ying laughed wildly in his heart, and couldn't help but think of the mysterious little girl Lin Qing, and said secretly in his heart: "Also, I also have to thank you by the way, the little girl Lin Qing who loves to be jealous and spread rumors!" If you don't mind, I'll be a little bit of a loser - I can reserve a place for you in a second room. ”