Zhang's house.

Zhang Shangqi had just returned from Ouyang's mansion, and before he entered the mansion, he met Xiao Man, who happened to get out of the carriage.

He couldn't help but stop and waited at the door, and after Xiao Man caught up, Zhang Shangqi saluted Xiao Man and asked, "County Lord, are you coming to the house at this time, is there something wrong?" ”

Because he also heard that Xiaoman was holding a game outside the city today, Zhang Shangqi subconsciously thought about the game, and thought that the other party was looking for him to discuss the game and other things.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Man shook his head, "Lord Zhang, I came to visit Mrs. Zhang today. ”

"I see." Zhang Shangqi nodded, sighed, and made a gesture of please, "County Lord, please." ”

The two met side by side, and on the way to the flower hall, Xiaoman learned that Zhang Shangqi had just returned from Ouyang's mansion, and she wanted to ask the other party how this matter was handled, but as soon as she looked up, she saw the other party's heavy expression.

It seems that this matter is not so easy to solve, even if Zhang Shangqi had a good relationship with the Ouyang family before, and he was good to the son of the Ouyang family, but after Zhou Xiaoxiao and Mrs. Zhou made such a fuss, it was difficult for the other party to forgive easily.

Even if it was the mother and daughter of the Zhou family who spoke wildly, it was not the Zhang family and his wife.

Xiao Man hurriedly swallowed the words that came to his mouth and continued to be silent.

"County Lord," Zhang Shangqi stopped and pointed to the flower hall not far away, "Jingxue should be inside, since the county lord is looking for her to have something, then I will avoid it first." ”

"Okay."

The two parted at the fork in the road, and when Zhang Shangqi walked away, Jade couldn't help but follow, and whispered: "Madam, I saw Lord Zhang's face so bad just now, did you say that he was scolded at Ouyang's house?" Or—"

Without waiting for Jade to finish speaking, Xiao Man hurriedly turned around and covered the other party's mouth, and then looked left and right, making sure that no one around was looking this way, she let go of her hand and frowned: "Be quiet, if someone hears it, we should think that we are here to see the joke." ”

Jade nodded hurriedly, pursed her mouth, and swallowed all the unfinished words into her stomach.

Seeing this, Xiao Man lowered his voice and said, "Do you think, the Ouyang family was humiliated in public, can you forgive Master Zhang so quickly?" Although this matter has nothing to do with Master Zhang, and it was not he who asked Zhou Xiaoxiao to say it, after all, that person was brought over by him, and the Ouyang family will inevitably hold a grudge. ”

"Madame is right, but I still think Master Zhang is quite pitiful." Jade pursed her lips and said a little angrily: "Speaking of which, it's all to blame for that Zhou Xiaoxiao, who is not polite at all." ”

"Master Zhang didn't expect Zhou Xiaoxiao to be such a person." Xiaoman sighed and sighed: "It seems that Xiaoxiao pretended to be very good before this week, but I didn't expect to expose my true temperament at the dinner table of Ouyang's family." ”

While the master and servant were talking, they arrived at the door of the flower hall.

As Lord Zhang said, Mrs. Zhang was really sitting in the flower hall, but in this flower hall, in addition to Mrs. Zhang, there was a middle-aged woman, the two sat together and talked, and there was no one around to wait, and the maids were all sent out.

Looking at Xiaoman's position, he naturally couldn't hear what the two were saying, he frowned, and was struggling with whether to go in when Mrs. Zhang's maid Xiaocui found Xiaoman.

She walked quickly from the door and said with a smile: "Hello county lord, are you here to find Madame?" ”

"Yes, but your lady is now-" Xiao Man smiled a little embarrassedly, pointed to Mrs. Zhang, who was talking to others in the room, and said, "Mrs. Zhang seems to be busy, right?" I don't know if it's inconvenient for us to get in. ”

"It's convenient, county lord, please." Saying that, Xiao Cui welcomed Xiao Man in, and said as she walked: "It's Mrs. Ouyang sitting in the room, and I came to talk to Mrs. Ouyang." ”

It turned out to be Mrs. Ouyang in the house, Xiao Man couldn't help but pause, "But ...... a few days ago"

Hearing this, Xiao Cui naturally knew what Xiao Man wanted to say, she sighed and lowered her voice: "Actually, Mrs. can't be blamed for that incident, it's all Zhou... Forget it, Mrs. Ouyang is a sensible person, and she came today for fear that Mrs. would blame herself too much because of this, so she specially came to enlighten Mrs. ”

So that's the case, Xiao Man nodded, and thought: From this point of view, this Mrs. Ouyang is indeed a very good person.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the flower hall, the two people inside found Xiaoman.

Mrs. Zhang took the initiative to greet her, "County Lord, why are you here today?" I have not been far away in the house, and I have asked the lord of the county to atone for my sins. ”

"Mrs. Zhang doesn't have to be polite." Xiao Man smiled, and then his eyes fell on Mrs. Ouyang, who came forward later, although he knew it, he still asked: "This-"

"This is Mrs. Ouyang." Mrs. Zhang hurriedly introduced.

After some introduction by Mrs. Zhang, Xiaoman learned that this person is the same age as Mrs. Zhang, and has a son under his knees, that is, Ouyang You, who was humiliated by Zhou Xiaoxiao in public before, because Lord Ouyang and Lord Zhang are officials in the same court, many ideas and ideas are also the same, so the relationship between the Ouyang family and the Zhang family has always been good.

If it weren't for Zhou Xiaoxiao's sudden trouble, the relationship between the two families would not have stiffened to this point. But fortunately, Mrs. Ouyang was very sensible and took the initiative to come to Zhang's Mansion to reconcile, but Lord Ouyang was not as easy to let go as she was.

However, this matter is a private matter of the two families after all, even if Zhang Shangqi told Xiaoman, in front of the two, Xiaoman still had to pretend that he didn't know anything.

After greeting the two of them, Mrs. Ouyang got up with a smile and said, "Jingxue, it's not too early, then I'll go first, you and the county lord have a slow chat." ”

Mrs. Zhang didn't stay, and after finding someone to see Mrs. Ouyang away, she sat down again.

"Mrs. Zhang, in fact, I came to you today because I have a very important matter, I want to tell you, let you help me get an idea." Seeing that Mrs. Ouyang was gone, Xiao Man couldn't wonder anymore and said it in one breath.

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang nodded, "The county lord said that it doesn't matter." ”

Xiao Manchang sighed, and said the cause and effect of the matter with some embarrassment, and by the way, she also explained that she had promised to help Zhou Xiaoxiao find a husband, and after speaking, she frowned and looked at Mrs. Zhang, "I thought to myself, Mrs. Zhou is your sister after all, but when I entered the mansion just now, I met Master Zhang, looking at his face so ugly, I ......"

She originally wanted to be the mother and daughter of the Zhou family for a whole day, but in front of Mrs. Zhang, whose attitude was not clear, Xiaoman naturally had to hide this fact.

Thinking of this, Xiaoman couldn't help but regret it, he knew that he had pretended to be stupid and confused, otherwise he would not have faced such a dilemma now.

"County Lord, do you really want to help Zhou Xiaoxiao find a husband?" Mrs. Zhang didn't bother with anything else, but asked Xiaoman this question directly.

Xiao Man first nodded, then shook his head, and under all kinds of entanglement, he didn't speak for a long time.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "County Lord, I know that you are afraid of me being embarrassed, don't worry, this time, I really want to have anything to do with them anymore." Everything I had compromised because of soft-heartedness is ridiculous when I think about it now. ”

As early as when Xiaocui reminded herself, she should have woken up, otherwise she wouldn't have let things get to this point.

Now, the rumors outside are intensifying, all say that the Zhang family and the Ouyang family have an awkward quarrel, some people speculate that there was an accident in the court, and some people say that Ouyang You was bullied by the Zhang family, all kinds of speculation, messy, but no one knows that the real reason is Zhou Xiaoxiao.

"Mrs. Zhang, but Mrs. Zhou is your sister after all," Xiao Man stepped forward, frowned and said, "She said that you are her only relative in this world." ”

"What about the only loved one? In her eyes, I was just a tool to be used. With that, Mrs. Zhang also got up and walked in front of Xiao Man, took the other party's hand, and persuaded: "County Lord, if you still have some trust and sympathy for me, I advise you not to associate with their mother and daughter anymore." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhang's eyes were faintly filled with tears, but no tears fell, her eyes were firm, and she used some strength to hold Xiaoman's hand, although she was still a little trembling, but she could feel that the other party was determined to cut off the relationship with the mother and daughter of the Zhou family.

At this point, Xiao Man's heart was full and said: "Mrs. Zhang, I won't tell you, in fact, the reason why I promised them to find a better husband for Zhou Xiaoxiao was just to play tricks on her, I didn't really want to help her." ”

"What?" Mrs. Zhang was stunned.

Xiaoman bit his lip, laughed dryly, and said: "According to my interactions with Master Zhang these days, of course I believe him, so when the mother and daughter of the Zhou family came to my house and tried to reverse right and wrong, I agreed to them in anger, wanting to take the opportunity to play Zhou Xiaoxiao, so as to relieve my anger." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but laugh, "County Lord, why are you doing this?" ”

Mrs. Zhang has a weak temperament, and she has always been very indifferent on weekdays, even if she encounters something particularly annoying, she is only angry at the time, and would rather cut through the mess quickly and completely cut off the relationship, and will never continue to make people disgust herself in front of her for revenge.

So when she heard that Xiaoman readily agreed, just to play Zhou Xiaoxiao, she couldn't understand it very much.

"Mrs. Zhang, I can't see honest people like you being wronged." Speaking of this, Xiao Man said indignantly: "They are white-eyed wolves, you treated them so sincerely before, running up and down for Zhou Xiaoxiao's marriage, but in the end?" ”

"County Lord, the matter is over, don't mention it again." Mrs. Zhang persuaded.

But where is it so easy for Xiao Man to give up, she held the other party's hand and said firmly: "Mrs. Zhang, since you have made up your mind to cut off relations with them, then I can rest assured that I can continue to implement my plan." ”

This time it sounded excessive, but fortunately it did not cause substantial losses to Mrs. Zhang, otherwise Xiaoman would not have just played her as simple as playing her.