Chapter XI
As soon as the city gate was opened the next day, the funeral procession of the Mu family rushed into Hangzhou City at the moment when the sky broke through. The morning sun slowly rose, waking up the whole Hangzhou, and the pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and the cries of selling came and went, completely a lively scene in the market. Yunqiao put down the car curtain in his hand, turned to Mu Qingling and said: "Miss, I see that the mountains and fields on this morning market are fresh and fresh, it is better to let Zheng Bocai buy a little back, you have always been lazy in your diet recently, so I can change your mouth." ”
Mu Qingling only studied the piccolo in his hand that he got from Xiao Lanwei, and said without raising his head: "You can look at it, remember ......"
"Remember to buy it for Young Master Wenyuan, right? Most importantly, remember Xiao ...... Childe's side, right? Yun Qiao grabbed the words, Mu Qingling raised her eyes and saw Yun Qiao looking at her with a mocking look in her eyes, and immediately said in shame: "What a good girl, dare to joke about anything, see if I don't tear you up today." ”
After saying that, Mu Qingling stretched out her hand to pull Yunqiao, and Yunqiao said while hiding: "You have been holding a piccolo since the morning and not letting go, looking back and forth, and no one is allowed to say it." Mu Qingling saw that she couldn't get Yunqiao's face, so she moved on Yunqiao's waist instead, Yunqiao laughed while hiding, and begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, don't say it, don't say it, Miss spare your life...... Hahahaha...... Miss, spare me. ”
After playing crazy for a while, Mu Qingling was also a little out of breath, turned around and sat down, then picked up the piccolo that was put aside and said: "What do you know, although this object is small, it is indeed made by my father, and there is a poem engraved on the flute...... My father didn't leave me a word, and now that I see this, I don't have such regrets. ”
Yunqiao also didn't want Mu Qingling to continue to be depressed, so he deliberately quipped: "What the master made with his own hands is now sent to the young lady by the hand of the son...... Ah! Isn't this fate? Miss, this piccolo is good, the person who sent the piccolo, is it good? ”
Mu Qingling glared at Yunqiao and didn't say anything. Yunqiao leaned over and continued to ask, "Miss, you should talk about it, okay?" ”
"You know if it's okay, isn't it time for you to be so frightened that you dare to make fun of me?" Mu Qingling was entangled by the cloud bridge, put away the piccolo, turned her head and said. Yunqiao remembered that he was so frightened by others yesterday that he was so frightened that he straightened up and said embarrassedly: "Can you blame me?" So a strong man Leng Bangbang stood there, looking at me like a prisoner, can it not be scary? ”
Mu Qingling glanced at Yunqiao funny and said, "That's all you have to offer!" ”
Yunqiao was about to reply, and suddenly heard a cry outside the car, Mu Qingling and Yunqiao's faces suddenly changed, Yunqiao got up, lifted the curtain and looked forward, and saw a woman in brocade, pounced in front of the queue, not only blocked the road ahead, but also cried while pounding the ground: "Miss Mu, open grace!" I know that I am soft-spoken, although I am a member of the Mu family, but my husband is not obvious, and I don't have a good mother's family, I shouldn't worry about you losing your father at a young age, but my aunt is also a kind heart, and I have no other thoughts! If you don't want to, your aunt doesn't force it, you must not be careful, your aunt's family is ordinary people, and she really can't afford to offend you! ”
Yunqiao recognized that the person in front of him who was blocking the way was Grandma Qiu, who had been blasted out of the house by Mu Qingling before, and then looked at the passers-by who were gradually surrounding him, and his face suddenly collapsed.
Unexpectedly, the previous play was not over, Grandma Qiu knelt in front of the team and shouted louder than the other, I don't know how much she was wronged. Even the master and the servant were shouting, Miss Mu is gracious, they don't dare anymore, and beg Miss Mu to give her a way to live. Yunqiao was so angry that his face turned pale, there were not many people in the morning market, but these peddlers and pawns were the best at spreading the news, and now this trouble, I don't know what it will be like in the city of Hangzhou! These people are deliberately trying to ruin the reputation of her young lady!
"Cloud Bridge." Mu Qingling called in the car, Yunqiao gritted his teeth, ignored Grandma Qiu in front of him, and returned to the car with red eyes: "Miss, I knew that the shrew was such a person, it was better to drag it out directly to send the official in the first place!" ”
Mu Qingling lifted the curtain of the car on the side and looked out, and said coldly: "She's shameless, we can't follow together without dignity." Let's see how Wenyuan's cousin deals with it first. ”
Mu Qingling's frame was in the middle of the team, but Yu Wenyuan was riding a horse and walking in front of the team, so Grandma Qiu pounced on this good trouble in front of Yu Wenyuan's eyes. Yu Wenyuan was trying to let someone help Grandma Qiu up, what did she look like kneeling and buckling on the street, but before the people from Mufu stepped forward, a middle-aged man rushed out of the crowd, ran to Grandma Qiu, hugged someone and began to cry: "What are you doing!" This is the family of the first Hangzhou governor Mu Daren! You knelt here to prevent the nobles from returning to the city, what good is it for you! ”
Grandma Qiu grabbed the man's sleeve, cried more and more aggrieved, and shouted, "Husband! Although you have always said that you are related to other people's Muta, and the poor niece is young and fatherless, why don't you take a look, people need you to be pitiful! I only care about two sentences, both of which have caused such a big resentment, what does it have to do with me as a woman, I'm just afraid that you will affect our whole family! Husband, although you are Miss Mu's uncle, what are you? Why don't you come and beg Miss Mu and let her be merciful! ”
That man was Grandma Qiu's husband, Mu Qiuming, the two sang and harmonized, and beat Mu Qingling on the street into a villain who bullied people and coerced his relatives, and the onlookers pointed and pointed, and the discussion was endless. Yu Wenyuan knew that if he didn't make this matter clear on the street today, but at noon, the whole Hangzhou city would spread how Miss Mujia was a femme fatale and forced her aunt to kneel down on the street and shout grievances.
How important is reputation to a young lady in the pavilion, Mu Qiuming and his wife dared to make this move today, because they were sure that they would not be able to ignore it. Once they give in for Mu Qingling's reputation today, the Mu clan will beat snakes and sticks, and it will be difficult to get rid of them.
"This lady." Yu Wenyuan turned over and dismounted, walked to the two people who were hugging each other, and asked: "You keep saying that it is Miss Mufu's aunt, forgive me for being stupid, I am the nephew of Lord Mu, my uncle did not have any uncles and brothers during his lifetime, and he did not mention any cousins and cousins, may I ask your aunt...... Where did it come from? ”
Mu Zheng on the side also said: "My ancestor has been a single legend since the last three generations, I have been in the Mu family for decades, but I have never heard of any relatives!" ”
Mu Qiuming's face was sad, and Grandma Qiu looked up to the sky and cried: "Master! Check it out! You think about others in your heart, but people don't want to get your love! People are officials, where is it rare to have a farmer relative like you! We ordinary people, how can we climb high to Mufu! Fast! Hurry up and beg the officials, let them behave well, let you go! ”
Hearing this, Yu Wenyuan and Mu Zheng's faces fell, this woman is determined to harm the reputation of the Mu family, it seems that she can't be good today.
Yu Wenyuan's eyes flashed with cold light, and his face still looked like a gentle son, Mu Qiuming and his wife knelt on the ground and pulled, their bodies were dusty, and their sideburns were scattered, so pitiful.
"These two couples want to pour dirty water on our house with empty white teeth, and see that I don't tear her mouth apart!" Yunqiao heard the discussion outside, and suddenly became even more angry, got up and wanted to go forward, but was dragged back by Mu Qingling, Mu Qingling said calmly: "What are you going out for, they are just waiting for my people here to show up, and now they are going, and they are in their arms." ”
"Are you just going to let them talk nonsense?!" Yunqiao said unwillingly, Mu Qingling sat down, closed her eyes and said slowly: "With Cousin Wenyuan here, they can't make any big trouble." Do you think there are only Mu Qiuming and his wife in this play? Don't talk about me, as soon as you go out, stand in front of those people, and keep the Mu clan people in front of you for a while, and persuade me to come forward and explain things clearly, so as not to have a misunderstanding and ruin the reputation of Mu Fu and myself......"
Yunqiao lifted the curtain of the car, and when he saw that the front was surrounded by water, he put down the curtain hatefully and asked, "What does Miss mean...... There are still people behind those two people, just to force you to come forward? ”
Mu Qingling rubbed the piccolo in the palm of her hand with one hand, supported her forehead with the other, and said: "I kicked out that Grandma Qiu two days ago, and I didn't see anyone from the Mu family yesterday, I think someone can't sit still, and he is in a hurry, so he made such a move today, and wants to use the reputation of the Mu family to force me to come forward, forgive Mu Qiuming and his wife, and it is best to force me to recognize Mu Qiuming as an uncle." In the future, if the Mu clan wants to meddle in the affairs of my Mu Mansion again, it will be justified! ”
Mu Qingling gently rubbed the corners of her forehead, although she could still hold on, but when someone on the street was framed and calculated like this, how could she not be angry? Mu Qingling endured the anger surging in her heart, blocking Yunqiao and herself at the same time.
can't go out, once she goes out, the Mu family will be like flies that have seen blood, Mu Qiuming and his wife can roll on the street regardless of face, as Miss Mufu, there is still Jingyong Mansion behind her, how can she be like them? These two people are now stopped on the street, they can't beat or scold, and the slightest mistake and omission of their own and Mufu's reputation in Hangzhou will be stained.
Xiao Lanhuan originally followed the team in a carriage, but at this time, the team of Mufu blocked the elder on the main road into the city, and the merchants and farmers who got up early to enter and exit the city gate also looked forward with their feet on their feet. Chang Lin came back from the front, got into the carriage and told Mu Qiuming and his wife about the trouble they made on the street, Xiao Lanwei thought about it, shook his head and said: "This Mu family's relatives are not well-intentioned, and it is not a problem to block it like this." Yu Wenyuan is in front, I'm afraid I won't be able to spare my hands, so you can go and invite Zhou Qingnian here. ”
Chang Lin was puzzled: "What are you asking Lord Zhou to come over?" The couple used rural methods, lying sideways on the ground, fluttering all over the sky, Lord Zhou is also the prefect of a province, and it is not easy to meet these rural villains. ”
Xiao Lanwei waved his hand and said with a smile: "You just have to go, and you send a message to your junior sister, the knives are ready, who is the fish?" Chang Lin saw Xiao Lanhuan's confident face, nodded and exited the carriage.
The sun was gradually rising, and the area from the city gate to the morning market was blocked. The teahouses and inns on both sides were full of people, watching with great interest what was happening on the street.
Mu Qiwen took several masters of the Mu family to sit in the tea shed on the street, someone couldn't sit still, wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead and said to Mu Qiwen: "How can this Mu Qingling sit like this?" It's not out yet, how can this play be sung? ”
Mu Qiwen put down the tea bowl in his hand heavily, and reprimanded: "Steady the point!" That yellow-haired girl hasn't panicked yet, what are you panicking about! She can sit still for a while, and can she still ignore this thing forever? Her Lao Tzu's name is clear, but she holds it all in her hands! ”
"The swords are ready...... Mu Qingling in the carriage received Xiao Lanwei's message and whispered thoughtfully. After a while, there was a sudden sound of gongs on the main road to open the road, and the gray-clothed officials held the honor guard of "avoidance" and "silence" first, the gong sounded eleven, and the official sedan chair fell to the ground.
Zhou Qingnian, the prefect of Hangzhou, has arrived.