Chapter 12: Listening to Gossip
"You...... You got it?! Yu Nu was taken aback, looked at Zhang Wenyan with wide eyes and incredulous, and asked in a panic.
"Hmm!" Zhang Wenyan nodded heavily and admitted.
In contrast, Xiao Ziling was not surprised at all, you know, she herself felt that this woman dressed as a man was too unconvincing, unlike Thai people. The demon is general, enough to be shoddy and fake. It's just that she wears men's clothes, no fat powder and no jewelry, no matter how you look at it, she is still a woman! Those scenes where women dressed as men and roamed the rivers and lakes and no one could identify the "real body" were all played in TV series, she Xiao Ziling didn't believe it!
However, one side of the water and soil raises one side of the people, and the men in the south of the Yangtze River have more or less absorbed the gentle atmosphere of the water town, which is too weak compared to the big men in the north, so Xiao Ziling and Yu Nu are not so conspicuous when they mix men's clothes, and they can temporarily blind people's eyes! Xiao Ziling already knew that sooner or later she would be recognized, so when Zhang Wenyan said that she knew that they were daughters, she was not surprised at all.
"Oh? So, when did Brother Zhang know......" Xiao Ziling asked calmly.
"Yesterday...... I noticed a collision in a teahouse. Zhang Wenyan did not hide it, and generously admitted, "Only a woman's body will be so light, and if I hit me lightly, I will fall." ”
"No wonder he looked at me yesterday with such a meaningful look in his eyes!" Xiao Ziling reacted at this time, "It turns out that it was because I saw that I was a daughter, not because I recognized me as Meng Hongyu's concubine as I thought!" ”
Oh, yes! Zhang Wenyan just looked at her twice because he recognized her as a daughter, but at that time, Xiao Ziling had already recognized Zhang Wenyan and had a ghost in his heart, so he thought about the bad side, thinking that Zhang Wenyan also recognized her, and wanted to arrest her and go back to ask for merit and reward! Therefore, Xiao Ziling was so frightened that he hurriedly left Hangzhou.
"So, yesterday ** saw that I was a daughter, so I ...... Did you look at me twice? Xiao Ziling couldn't care about being reserved, and asked Zhang Wenyan bluntly.
"Yes." Zhang Wenyan showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, nodded and said.
"That's all?" Xiao Ziling was still worried about herself in her heart, tilted her head slightly, stared at Zhang Wenyan's face with suspicious eyes and asked further - she was really afraid that he would hide something!
Why did she ...... Suddenly asked? Did she think he was ...... to her
It seems that the good impression of her in her heart has been seen through by her, Zhang Wenyan, a man who is nearly thirty years old, can't help but blush slightly, and his heart is beating fast. I saw that he nodded heavily with a red face, and then said like a curse: "That's all!" I would never dare to think anything wrong about Miss Ye! ”
Seeing that he looked anxious to clarify, Yunu couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then playfully quipped him: "Why is Brother Zhang so flustered, little ...... My sister didn't mean anything else......"
Zhang Wenyan's face turned even redder when he said this, and Xiao Ziling also felt quite embarrassed, and hurriedly reproached Yu Nu and said, "You little ghost, don't hurry up and eat!" ”
The jade slave secretly stuck out his tongue at Zhang Wenyan, and then picked up the chopsticks to eat, Zhang Wenyan also quickly picked up the chopsticks, and said to Xiao Ziling embarrassedly: "Eat...... ...... eating"
The three of them were eating in a sullen voice, and a group of officials came to the inn. There were six people in the group, and they were talking and laughing loudly, and they didn't think that this was a public place, so they sat down on the table next to Xiao Ziling and them.
As soon as Fang sat down, the guys in the store hurriedly rushed over to pour tea and water for them, and asked diligently, "What do you officials eat?" ”
The leader shouted in a rough voice, "Bring anything delicious!" By the way, the best daughter Hong will come to Santan first, and we will have a good time today. As soon as the wine was mentioned, the official next to him became interested, and he responded repeatedly: "That's it...... It's been a long time since I've been drinking, and it's hard enough! ”
Before the food was served, the wine was served first, and the officials didn't care to fill their stomachs first, so they opened the wine jar and chatted while drinking.
In the people, there are all kinds of customers in this wine shop and teahouse, there are businessmen who go south and north, there are chivalrous people who wander the rivers and lakes, there are scholars who study and travel, and there are also roosters and dog thieves.
Zhang Wenyan is also a person who has seen the world, so he naturally understands this truth, so although he was eating silently, he pricked up his ears to pay attention to the content of the conversations of those officials. Gradually, he heard some valuable information - "By the way, our master is really good enough to adopt a daughter who looks like a fairy...... I heard that the young lady is very favored by the emperor, if she becomes the queen one day, then our lord will not be the lord of the country! ”
"By the way, is our young lady really the illegitimate daughter of a certain prince?" An official asked in a low voice.
"Who knows! But...... I've heard about ...... recently," another official also whispered, "Miss used to be a singer in a green house on the bank of the Qinhuai River, who was ransomed by a prince, brought to Changxing County, and handed over to the lord to cultivate......"
A prince? Hearing this, Zhang Wenyan suddenly stopped the chopsticks in his hand, and listened to those people continue to chat, for fear of missing any valuable information!
Zhang Wenyan's actions were in full view of Xiao Ziling, however, she pretended to be unaware of it, and continued to eat quietly, already sure in her heart that she must be sure and sure - this Zhang Wenyan was indeed the person who was sent out by Meng Hongyu to find Meng Hongye after Zhan Zhan!
No wonder, when Zhang Wenyan heard those officials mention "Wangye", he was unconsciously very vigilant, and he couldn't even take care of eating! Besides, Zhang Wenyan's pseudonym is Zhang Xunye, Xunye, Xunye, doesn't this imply that he is going to come to the Jiangnan area to find Meng Hongye? He gave himself this pseudonym, just to remind himself of the task of this trip, so that he did not dare to slack off in the slightest?
So, Zhang Wenyan and Xiao Ziling continued to listen with their own intentions......
"So...... The master had already planned to let the young lady into the palace from the beginning? The young official couldn't help but pat his thigh heavily, and said with a look of sudden realization, "No wonder the lord and lady have put so much effort into cultivating her!" ”
"I heard...... At the beginning, the old man entrusted a lot of people and spent a lot of silver taels to let the young lady enter the palace...... Otherwise, the emperor didn't tell the world that he wanted to choose a concubine, why did Miss Du enter the palace alone? The leader said. He seemed to be the most authoritative person in the book, so his words naturally became authoritative, and the other people couldn't help but nod their heads, obviously inclined to believe his words.
Hearing this, Zhang Wenyan and Xiao Ziling both knew the bottom of their hearts, the "Miss" in the mouths of those officials was Ouyang Ying! And who is that "prince"? Is there really a human being? Zhang Wenyan really couldn't wait to go directly to ask for an understanding! However, he naturally did not dare to act rashly.
Ouyang Ying is Ouyang Gu's adopted daughter? Is she the illegitimate daughter of some prince? Or is it the singer of the Qinglou on the bank of the Qinhuai River? Xiao Ziling suddenly became curious about Ouyang Ying's life experience, however, she knew what it meant to "three people become tigers" and "nothing came out of nowhere", and she also knew that the rumors could not be trusted, so she didn't dare to draw any conclusions, but just put a question mark in her heart and continued to listen to those people's nonsense quietly.
"Originally, everyone in the world thought that the queen's position must be the daughter of Prime Minister Xiao, but who would have expected that something happened to Concubine Xiao now...... It seems that our young lady is also very likely to become a queen......" An official said happily.
"I don't know! There are rumors in Hangzhou City that Xiao Guifei is not dead......" The official messenger led by him said mysteriously, and then, deliberately stopped, glanced at the other officials, and saw that they were waiting one by one, obviously his curiosity had been mobilized by him, and he nodded with satisfaction.
Hearing the official's words, Xiao Ziling was secretly shocked in his heart, and Yunu was also startled, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xiao Ziling, with a trace of worry in his eyes. Xiao Ziling was afraid that Zhang Wenyan would notice something, so he quickly picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in the Yunu bowl, and said to the Yunu: "You have to eat more, or there will be so much money left." ”
Seeing Xiao Ziling showing a comforting smile to her, the jade slave relaxed a little, and hurriedly buried his head in eating.
Faintly, I heard the leader of the official muttering in a gnat-like voice: "...... I was rescued...... Later, I went to Yangzhou ......"
Zhang Wenyan was obviously also attracted by the words of the official messenger in charge, only to see him lowering his head, chewing food slowly, and pricking up his ears to listen to their conversation, Xiao Ziling was only afraid that he had heard something, so he hurriedly intervened with him and said, "Has Brother Zhang heard about it too?" ”
"What did you hear?" Zhang Wenyan raised his head and looked at Xiao Ziling vigilantly.
Xiao Ziling smiled slightly, then pretended to be mysterious, and said in a low voice: "In Hangzhou City, I also heard that Xiao Guifei is not dead, some people say that she was seen wearing a white dress at night, wandering aimlessly on the edge of the West Lake......
Yunu hurriedly pretended to be frightened and said, "It can't be...... Hell yes? Could it be that Xiao Guifei's ghost is still lingering? ”
Zhang Wenyan didn't answer, coughed deliberately, and then said lightly: "Eat...... Dine. ”
Looking at the appearance of him burying his head in eating, Xiao Ziling said deliberately and quietly: "Hey...... In other words, the current emperor is really unkind, Xiao Guifei is still cold, so he took the Huansha girl back to Beijing lovingly. ”
Really! Hearing Xiao Ziling accuse Meng Hongyu like this, Zhang Wenyan raised his head and glared at Xiao Ziling coldly, with a warning in his eyes.
Xiao Ziling smiled faintly, and knew in his heart: You can't wait to defend Meng Hongyu so eagerly, do you still want to deceive people? I knew you were Zhang Wenyan!