I don't know when it started, a rumor quietly spread in the capital - Cheng Yan, the champion of the new department, suffers from a hidden disease and cannot be humane.

When I first heard about this rumor, many people scolded it as ridiculous, thinking that it was groundless, especially those who had been in contact with Cheng Yan, and felt that such remarks were groundless, and I was afraid that the rumor-mongers had a holiday with Cheng Yan and wanted to deliberately demean him.

Cheng Yan is young, he was born gentle and handsome, he has both talent and appearance, and he is a gentleman in every gesture, how can he suffer from that hidden disease?

But over time, suspicion grew.

Not to mention that Cheng Yan is clean and self-conscious on weekdays, he never lingers in Fireworks Willow Lane, his parents died early, and only elderly servants serve at home, not to mention beautiful concubines, not even a slightly younger maid, it seems that she is not close to women.

What's more, Cheng Yan was a young man and the first, and he completed the leap of class and identity overnight, which is the time for life to be proud. It stands to reason that getting married at this time is just a matter of joy and joy, and he just pushes back and blocks the suitor, claiming that he has no idea of marrying a wife for the time being.

At the foot of the Son of Heaven in the capital, on Fuguiying Street, lords are walking everywhere, what kind of good girl doesn't have it? Start a family, start a family, first start a family and then start a business, but when you are old, what man doesn't want to marry a beautiful wife?

Cheng Yan is so reluctant about marriage, I'm afraid there is really something unsightly wrong, right?

It's good not to think about it in that direction, this rumor came together, and the more everyone thought about it, the smoother it became, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that everything was traceable.

In order to verify the truth of this matter, the family who intended to marry before invited Cheng Yan to the banquet on the grounds of making friends, and drunk him half drunk during the banquet, and locked him in the room with a fireworks woman, wanting to see if he was really "no".

Cheng Yan didn't like strangers to get close, and in the face of the woman's teasing, he refused to give in despite his drunkenness. The night passed, and the next day everyone opened the door, Cheng Yan was completely dressed, and he didn't even take off his pants, let alone have fun with the fireworks woman.

In this way, others failed to test, but seemed to confirm the rumors. Everyone couldn't see the truth, so they added oil and vinegar according to their imagination, and from Cheng Yanzhong's inability to see the uselessness to the fact that he was born underdeveloped, no different from the eunuchs in the palace, he said that he had a nose and eyes, just like the real thing.

For a while, many people who were vying to marry Cheng Yan suddenly scattered, not to mention that they wanted to marry their daughters to him.

"It must be the ghost of Mao Guogong He's family! It's disgusting that they can't get you and pour dirty water on you! ”

Gu Yunji slapped the table suddenly, and his eyes were so angry that his eyes burst into flames: "The matter of marriage has always been your love and my willingness, if you can't get along, just give up, and don't pester anyone." The He family is so fearless, isn't it just bullying you and having no one to support you? Spread rumors behind your back, and make the next one! ”

The horror of rumors lies in this, they are inexplicable, and they cannot be explained to those people one by one. If you rush to get married in order to clarify the rumors, and don't say that this is a way to sacrifice the basics, the key is that you will fall into the trap of self-proof, no matter how much you do, others can easily turn your efforts into smoke by touching their mouths up and down.

And this is a secret matter, and it can't be clarified openly, even if it is normal for one person to believe in Cheng Yan, there are still thousands of people who don't believe it. Taking the initiative to enter and leave the Qinglou can be said to be deliberately done to show others, marrying a wife and taking a concubine can be said to be a cover-up, even if he has a child, he can be arranged to say that his wife is unfaithful to him and gives him a green hat.

I'm afraid that it will take many years later for Cheng Yan to give birth to children in the courtyard, and all of them are carved out of the same mold as him, so that the rumors can gradually be dispelled. But it takes a long time to imperceptibly, and in the short term, Cheng Yan is afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of the rumors that "inhumane".

No wonder Gu Yunji is so angry, although this has no impact on Cheng Yan's official career, but in the future, everyone will look at him with strange eyes, but he still has a hard time arguing. He is not married yet, which good family will marry his daughter to him in the future?

Compared with Gu Yunji, the person concerned is particularly calm and calm: "The mouth grows on others, they can say that they will go if they want to, anyway, I won't drop two pieces of meat." ”

"As for the He family, the dignified state and the public mansion, they can't even make stumbling blocks in the officialdom, and they have to use such a shady method to retaliate against people, doesn't it just show that their prestige is declining and there is nothing they can do? I don't even need to do anything deliberately, and when I get promoted in the future, they will naturally greet me with a smile on their tails when they see me. ”

One is the upstart of the imperial examination, who is in his prime; One is the old lord, the day is waning. Cheng Yan can't compete with the Maoguo Mansion now, but in another one or two decades, he will be an important member of the Sixth Ministry, and he has real power, and he has the opportunity to suppress the He family, but he is too lazy to care so much now.

Gu Yunji frowned, and sighed: "That's what I said, but you haven't married a wife yet." The rumors are boiling, and the fake has become true, and those who raise daughters avoid you, how will you talk about each other in the future? ”

"Afraid of what?" Cheng Yan was wandering and didn't care, "Anyway, I have no intention of marrying a wife for the time being, there are such rumors, just to help me block rotten peach blossoms like the He family, and it will be quiet and natural." ”

Gu Yunji said: "You have no intention of marrying a wife now, you will have to marry a wife in the future, right?" Now this rumor is spread everywhere, people don't believe it, you yourself say that you want to find a confidant, and now others think that you can't be humane, which confidant will marry you? ”

Cheng Yan raised his eyes and glanced at him, and asked seemingly unintentionally, "What about you, do you believe it?" ”

Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows and glared at him: "Of course I don't believe it!" How long have we known each other? When I was in Luxi Academy, sometimes I was busy with schoolwork, and in order to save time, the three of us even took a shower together, I haven't seen what you look like, how can I believe it? ”

Cheng Yan nodded and said calmly: "That's good, whatever others think, as long as you don't believe it, it's enough." ”

"What's the use of not believing me? You've got to make the girls believe it! Gu Yunji was angry, his mouth was dense and fast, and he couldn't speak with his brain, "What do you mean that I don't believe it?" I won't marry you! We've known each other for so many years, and I treat you like a friend, so you can't still have thoughts about me, right? ”

Cheng Yan couldn't cry or laugh: "What a mess, who has thoughts about you?" I'm asking you to believe me, not asking you to marry me, and I'm not going to be sentimental. ”

Gu Yunji also said it casually, so naturally he wouldn't take it seriously, and said sadly: "Outsiders don't know about you, they can really believe that you are in normal health, except for Su Qi is me, at most plus my family and teachers, just with our mouths, there is no way to clarify the rumors for you?" ”

Cheng Yan smiled meaningfully: "It's okay, it's enough to have you people." ”

Seeing that Gu Yunji was about to say more, Cheng Yan pushed him out and urged: "Okay, don't worry about my business." Isn't Mrs. Xu going to give birth in a few days? Go back and take care of it, don't waste it on me. ”

Gu Yunji was helpless, so he had to turn around and leave.