Chapter 50: Let Me Stay
Tang Xiaotang wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, while thinking about how to find an excuse to explain that he had escaped from marriage with Xiaocui, and pretended to sob, buying himself time to find an excuse.
"At that time, I was drugged by my sister-in-law and sent to the sedan chair, so I tied it up and stuffed it into the sedan chair." Tang Xiaotang sobbed while recounting his experience when he woke up
"I woke up before I got on the boat, but after I woke up, I realized that I was not only drugged, but also a drug that made me speechless.
Hearing that Tang Haitang was drugged and tied to the sedan chair, Ma Xiaotian frowned, squinted his deep eyes, and looked thoughtfully at Tang Xiaotang who was crying in front of him, without interrupting her, and listening to her continue.
"I am willing to marry you, and I didn't make trouble with my family, I don't know why my sister-in-law gave me this medicine, because I was afraid of being hurt again, so I would jump ship and run away with the maid."
After speaking, in order to convince him that what he said was true and that he was wronged, in Tang Xiaotang's eyes, large teardrops kept dripping down like the tide of the embankment. She wiped it while secretly observing Ma Xiaotian's reaction. Seeing that he was still in the same posture as before, sitting motionless on the bed, with a thoughtful look, he was not sure whether he could believe this reason.
"After our master and servant escaped, we were afraid that the people who wanted to harm me would be unfavorable to me, so we didn't dare to go back to our parents' house, nor did we dare to go into the capital to find you, and by chance, we met a noble man on the road, and took the two of us to practice medicine and save people along the way, so coincidentally we came to Youzhou, and entered your military camp so fatefully."
In the end, Tang Xiaotang couldn't make it up, she didn't want to sell Qian Yingying, the current matter of Qian Yingying looking for her father was a private matter, and it was not her turn to tell Ma Xiaotian here, so she planned to write it over so lightly, he didn't ask, and he didn't plan to elaborate.
Ma Xiaotian listened to Tang Xiaotang talk about his escape from marriage, and he had already begun to think in his mind, who wanted to harm Tang Xiaotang?
A weak woman who lives in the boudoir on weekdays, what enemy can blindly treat her and want to harm her?
"Why did your sister-in-law drug you and your family didn't care? What about your mother and your brother? Do they acquiesce in doing so? Ma Xiaotian was not a fool, he quickly heard the problem and exposed it bluntly.
He quietly raised his questions, looked at Tang Xiaotang, and waited for him to give himself a reasonable explanation.
"My brother is now in charge of family affairs in my family, and since my brother married this sister-in-law, he has been obedient and obedient to my sister-in-law. You gave my family a lot of dowry gifts this time, as well as the gift money that my brother asked you for, all of which were ideas given to him by my sister-in-law. ”
Tang Xiaotang told Ma Xiaotian everything he knew.
In her heart, she didn't want him to think that Tang Haitang was a woman who worshiped money.
Recently, Tang Xiaotang has carefully recalled and thought about some of the memories left by Tang Haitang in his body, and feels that the whole incident may be the ghost of the Wang family.
After all, Tang Haitang's brother and mother have no motive to harm her, because blood is thicker than water, these two are Tang Haitang's close relatives, and they can be ruthless to her, in the Tang family, the person who is most suspicious and most likely to do this is the sister-in-law of the Tang family, the Wang family.
"Why should she hurt you when she has already accepted my gift money? Isn't it more beneficial for her to marry into my Ma family? ”
Ma Xiaotian continued to ask his own questions.
"I don't know about this, anyway, she sent someone to watch me, and the antidote was also from her person, and after that person was stunned by us, a packet of medicinal powder was also found from her, and then the noble person we met knew medical skills and helped me see it, she said that this package of medicinal powder is poison, and eating it will kill people."
Tang Xiaotang once found a packet of medicinal powder from Wang's mother, but she didn't throw it away at that time, thinking that it might be useful in the future. Later, she took it out and asked Qian Yingying to check it, and she said that this bag was poison, and a little bit could kill people. At that time, Tang Xiaotang had thought about whether the sister-in-law of the Tang family had sent someone to kill Tang Haitang, but there was no exact testimony, and it was uncertain for a while.
Now that he tells Ma Xiaotian about his doubts, he also thinks that he may have the ability to answer these questions one by one.
"Then you're like this along the way, a woman disguised as a man and escaped the pursuit of others?" The explanation was almost over, Ma Xiaotian stared at the clothes on Tang Xiaotang's body, with a look of disdain.
"Yes, otherwise it would be inconvenient for two weak women to walk on the road." Tang Xiaotang deliberately pretended to be weak and pitiful, lowered his head and pretended to answer shyly.
Seeing the look of shame on her face, Ma Xiaotian also felt that it was not easy for two weak women to break all the way from south to north, all the way to eat and sleep, and the most important thing was to protect herself, and she couldn't help but be impressed by her courage and courage, but she didn't expect that the weak daughter, when she was in distress and down, she was also so witty and brave, and handled things in an orderly manner, which is indeed worthy of admiration.
"Now that you've found it, don't dress up in this outfit anymore, it's too ugly!"
Ma Xiaotian seemed to be disgusted and said:
"Tomorrow, I will send someone to send you to Youzhou City, where there is a private house of mine, where you live."
"Huh?" Tang Xiaotang was still pretending to be pitiful, and suddenly heard Ma Xiaotian's decision, and he didn't understand the situation for a while.
"Take your handmaid and go to my private house, this is a military camp, all men, I can't keep you here."
Ma Xiaotian had a cold face, not looking at her, the decision had already been made, there was no need to talk nonsense.
He has asked everything that should be asked, and what he should have said has been said, he now feels a little weak in his body, the strength of the drug has not completely passed, he just sat up hard, at this time, he slowly lay down his body, closed his eyes and did not look at Tang Xiaotang.
He needs to plan well and how to deal with Tang Haitang, he always thought that this fiancée would either run away or die after jumping into the river. I didn't expect that I would appear so vividly in front of me today, so do you have to think about your marriage with her?
"Can you let me stay?"
Hearing Ma Xiaotian's arrangement, Tang Xiaotang had a lot of opinions. She has only been here for a day, and she was recognized by him, she is really a little unwilling, she doesn't want to leave yet, follow Xu Qingfeng and Qian Yingying to stay here, she can still learn medical skills, if she leaves, she will not have such a good opportunity to learn.