The Golden Bough and the Dog verse 13
Zhuang Lian was stunned.
Didn't you say that it was okay to pretend to be a distant cousin? Cousin, cousin, how close this is! How did you become a creditor and a thief in the blink of an eye?
What's the difference between this and before?
Zhuang Lian looked at Tang Xian in a daze, and saw that the surging annoyance in Tang Xian's eyes was no less than his surprise.
The wind in the garden blew their hearts to calm down.
Tang Xian clasped her hands tightly and said word by word: "Don't talk nonsense." There are many guards in this mansion, and I just have ill intentions and affection......"
I really couldn't say the word "lover", Tang Xian held her breath and said, "...... If you have accomplices, it is difficult to succeed smoothly. β
"Well, you don't have that ability." Cloud stop agrees.
Tang Xian swore that she heard the mockery in his tone again.
"You should have another accomplice in the house." Yun Zhu touched his chin, thought about it, and said uncertainly, "Who to arrange?" β
Tang Xian: "......"
This man treated her like a fool and lied to her by making up stories in front of her!
She couldn't bear it, and when she wanted to question it out loud, Zhuang Lian suddenly said: "There is no need for accomplices, the girl is the distant cousin of the son, and she lives here, and the guards in the house know the identity of the girl, so naturally they will not take precautions against Miss Cousin." β
The corner of Yun Zhu's eyes twitched, and his gaze turned to Zhuang Lian threateningly.
Zhuang Lian was confused and a little confused, but he still tried to pull the story back on the original track.
He pretended not to see Yun Zhu's eyesβyesterday Yun Zhu promised him that he could do thisβand punched his palms with his fists, affirming, "That's right, that's it!" Miss Biao has no heart for the city, and she is used by bad men, so she will help others steal treasures. β
In this way, the story of Yun Stop was established, and the relationship between the cousin and cousin was stabilized, the best of both worlds!
Zhuang Lian was very satisfied.
And Yun Zhu smiled coldly and said, "Not only that, she also has a good uncle who is the head of my house, which provides great convenience for her behavior of eating inside and out." β
Zhuang Lian, the head of the Southwest Palace, suddenly felt a chill on his back, realizing that something was wrong.
Recalling the conversation with Yun Zhu in the past two days, Zhuang Lian had a flash of inspiration in his mind and suddenly woke up.
Yesterday, Yun stopped saying "You can play with her", which may not be the fake relationship between her cousin and cousin, but the sentence "When the girl's heart moves, people will be stupid".
Right! That's why there is a lover!
Let's just say that he deserved it too easily yesterday......
Zhuang Lian turned his face and saw Yun Zhu's gloomy eyes.
This one is really cautious, which makes him unhappy, and even his own people are tossed.
But the story I made up myself, no matter what, I have to continue to act.
Zhuang Lian was ashamed to throw off his robe and plead guilty of lax discipline and conniving at his niece to join forces with outsiders to commit theft.
After a few words, Tang Xian's identity changed again and again.
She was already dumbfounded, and she couldn't make a sound for a long time, and silently pondered her new identity in her heart, and the more she pondered, the more ridiculous she felt.
She is both the cousin of this son and the niece of the housekeeper?
Tang Xian couldn't help but ask: "Then who is my father?" What about them? β
Zhuang Lian had already made a mistake, so he no longer spoke rashly, and quietly went to see Yun Zhu.
Yun stopped holding his forehead and thought for a while, and said, "Your father is ...... Forget it, it doesn't matter, they're by you anyway. β
Tang Xian gets a new sin: unfilial piety.
New "parents": Five days ago, I learned that she teamed up with Meng Lover to steal Yunzhu's treasure, and they didn't come up in one breath, and both died.
The new identity made Tang Xian's mind thunder, she was still hesitating whether to accept it, Yun Zhu spoke again: "Use your brain to recall your lover, and follow me to identify him in the afternoon, if you can't identify him, hang your uncle on a tree to dry." β
"Uncle" Zhuang Lian was implicated for no reason, and his face was as green as the green branches and leaves in the garden.
The disaster of innocence, that's probably it.
Tang Xian instantly accepted her new identity because of these words. Zhuang Lian was pushed to her side by Yun Zhu, not bad.
With tears in her eyes, Tang Xian shouted, "Uncle." β
Zhuang Lian's eyebrows were tangled together, and after struggling with all difficulties in his heart, he reluctantly spoke: "...... Ay. β
The matter of identity has been roughly unanimously recognized, and the identification is not in a hurry, anyway, it is not her Tang Xian who is guilty, and there is still one last thing that needs to be confirmed.
Tang Xian asked cautiously: "So what's my name?" β
Where did Zhuang Lian know what her name was, she stayed in the mansion for nearly ten days, and she didn't say a word about herself.
She didn't say it, no one told her, and neither of them knew each other's names.
Zhuang Lian was thinking about what to name her for, and Yun Zhu had already spoken: "Pretend to have amnesia." β
Tang Xian: "......"
Zhuang Lian: "......"
The faces of the two were the same dishes.
It's all played according to the story he made, and the stage is going to be demolished? I can't go on with this play!
"Poetic! Poetic poetry! Zhuang Lian tried his best to save and shouted loudly, "Uncle, my name is Zhuang Lian, and your name is Zhuang Shiyi." β
Tang Xian: "...... Hmmm......"
Chapter 12: Lover
After changing her name and identity, Tang Xian's status has not changed at all, she is still guarded, and she is still forced to identify Meng Gongzi.
The only good thing is probably to be able to ask what you want to know, such as the name and origin of the thief.
"You can see for yourself." Zhuang Lian replied.
Tang Xian was able to step out of the mansion gate for the first time, and when she looked back, she saw that the plaque on the mansion door was empty, without a word.
She said, "Empty." β
Zhuang Lian said: "That's it, the son doesn't want to be disturbed." β
The implication is that his son-in-law's identity is not ordinary, and once it is exposed, there will be an endless stream of people who come to visit, which will disturb the purity of the mansion.
This is indeed true, Tang Xian has lived for half a month, and she has not heard any noise in the house, most of the time, it is quiet everywhere, making Tang Xian mistakenly think that she can slip away quietly.
However, after taking action, I found that the palace was full of guards, and the strictness was no worse than that of the imperial tomb.
But there is another way to understand this.
Tang Xian asked: "Is he so unsightly?" β
Zhuang Lian: "......"
Zhuang Lian took out the tone of an elder and reprimanded: "How can you say this about your cousin? β
What he said was quite normal, but when it reached Tang Xian's ears, it made her shiver.
Tang Xian once had an uncle, who was a single male of the three generations of her grandfather's family, snatched Mrs. Tang's jewelry, scolded her for being a dead girl, and successfully dragged her grandfather's family down with her own strength when Tang Xian was seven years old, and now the whole family is far away.
In Tang Xian's mind, her uncle is equivalent to a waste, and she will never and is not qualified to teach her a lesson with the posture of an elder.
"If I hadn't found a good errand at the beginning, how could your mother have the opportunity to marry the cousin of Gongzi's cousin, this is a high marriage, otherwise how can you be qualified to call Gongzi a cousin?"
Zhuang Lian adapted to his new identity very quickly, and the story was written very smoothly, chattering, "Your cousin looks like he has a big temperament, but he actually has a good temperament." Besides, now we owe him, so you should bear with him more and be more respectful to him, okay? Can your uncle still harm you? β
Tang Xian heard that one head and two big, both sides knew the fake identity, what did they do with so many meaningless backgrounds?
She waited for Zhuang Lian to finish chattering, and carefully confirmed with him: "He...... My cousin...... Ahem, he's got a good temperament? β
Zhuang Lian, who was like a river, paused, then said a soft "um" and nodded against his will.
Tang Xian's eyes narrowed slightly, and she silently condemned Zhuang Lian with her eyes.
Zhuang Lian was as immobile as a mountain, and sent Tang Xian to Mingyue Xuan with the guards.
Mingyuexuan is located in the west of the city, the downtown of the southern dynasty, the north of the city river, the field of vision is broad, the elegance and vulgarity are appreciated, it is a study, there are often literati gather to know poetry or fighting art.
At this time, there are more than a dozen young men gathered here, dressed in brocade clothes and fragrant tea.
Tang Xian sat in the Accord diagonally opposite Mingyue Xuan, her eyes swept over everyone's faces inch by inch, trying to identify her "lover" from it.
"Don't look at the purple shirt, it's the straw bag of Lord Sun's family, not surnamed Meng. The one in the blue shirt looks good, right? It's just too weak, I don't look down on this kind of scholar who doesn't do anything. What about you? Do you like this? β
"The red-robed one is also good, quite energetic, I'll take a look...... Meng's grandchildren...... Good boy, three years younger than my son-in-law, he has become a father! β
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Tang Xian didn't say a word, Zhuang Lian had already commented on the person opposite, in general, the son of Gaomen surnamed Meng was married and a little promising, and there were only two people.
One is Meng Siqing, a student from a poor family, with a poor background, but extraordinary literary talent, the year before last, he was the top student in high school and married a good wife from a high school.
One is named Meng Lan, the son of Meng's politicians, who has only entered the court in the past few years and has been married for nearly four years.
Tang Xian wanted to inquire carefully about these two people, but she was afraid that Zhuang Lian would see it, so she didn't dare to speak.
"Why do you keep staring at those two?" Zhuang Lian found the clue.
Tang Xian was shocked in her heart, and hurriedly said: "They are good-looking, so I will take a few more looks." The round-necked robe is pretty handsome, isn't it? β
Zhuang Lian followed her gaze and said, "It's okay...... Isn't my son-in-law more handsome than him? β
The son who was invited here today had already been investigated clearly, Zhuang Lian pondered the identities of these people in his heart, and was sure that none of them should have anything to do with Tang Xian.
He wasn't sure if Tang Xian intended to guide him like this, so he turned the topic to Yun Zhu.
Tang Xian also wanted to divert her attention, recalled Xia Yunzhu's appearance, and said: "He always has a gloomy face, looking at everyone like a debt collector, where is he handsome?" If you are kind and smile with others, you can barely be called a handsome son. β
"Reluctantly?" Zhuang Lian questioned.
"Reluctantly." Tang Xian is sure.
Zhuang Lian thought for a while and hesitated: "You are a girl, then let me listen to you!" When I go back, I'll persuade my son to change it. His temperament is already unpleasant, and if he continues like this, he is afraid that he will not be able to start a family when he is established......"
As the two of them were talking, there was a "bang" and the door was opened.