[75] Zhao Yan falls into a dream

Mr. Gongsun saw Shen Die and told his reason for coming. Before Shen Die recovered from the shock, Lu Zhu beside him began to cry while pulling Mr. Gongsun's sleeve: "Mr. You are our lady's savior, and you also know our lady's feelings for Mrs. Zhan. Now that surname Ren is interfering with our lady by giving birth to two sons, and she doesn't want to think that our lady will quit There's nothing wrong with her. What's so great about giving birth to a son, if our young lady married Master Zhan back then, I'm afraid she would have several children by now."

Mr. Gongsun could only listen with embarrassment on his face, and comforted Shen Die from time to time so that master and servant should not be too obsessed.When several people were helpless, Mr. Gongsun was relieved by a crisp answer outside the door: "The girl also said that it was the past, but now the past has passed, and the past cannot be retraceed." Accompanied by the crisp voice, Mu Yu took Dou'er and Hua'er stepped into the door of Shen Die's room.

Mu Yu came here with blood, and preemptively struck when he entered the door.Let Dou'er and Hua'er hold down the green pearl that jumped up, and he sat directly opposite Shen Die.After Douer brought the fragrant tea, he said: "Miss Shen showed me what it means to be shameless and invincible. Now you come here because you think my brother-in-law was right to arrest your brother? I heard that you would rather The concubine is also unwilling to go back to my hometown. In this case, I will help you on behalf of my sister and brother-in-law. I can enter the door tonight, and I will go back to my hometown with my second brother and sister-in-law tomorrow morning to guard the grave for my parents. If you are willing, you don’t have to go through My brother-in-law, I will go to Zhang Luo now. I will give you the original 50 taels of fine, and I will give you another 50 taels of bride price. But our family will not accept you as an unruly girl. You are a concubine and you are not worthy of serving. Sell ​​her to a brothel for a few taels of silver to make you a wedding dress."

Saying that, Mu Yu waved Dou'er to ask the ugly girl outside to come in and drag the green bead out. The ugly girl was so strong that she dragged the green bead out of the door with one hand.All this happened so suddenly, let alone Shen Die and Mr. Gongsun were all stunned on the spot, and Lu Zhu's howling brought several people in the room back to their senses.Shen Die rushed to the door and grabbed Lu Zhu's hand on the door frame, turned around and said to Mu Yu: "Who are you? Why do you want to sell Lu Zhu? Mr. Gongsun, don't you care?"

Mr. Gongsun sighed: "Ms. Shen, this is Ms. Mu Yu, the sister-in-law of Zhan Huwei." After speaking, he said to Mu Yu: "Mu Yu, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to do this?"

"Mr. Gongsun, what's inappropriate, since she wants to marry into our family, she must abide by our family's rules. Our family came from a poor mountain valley. I was hungry and couldn't eat enough. My sister started from scratch, and now I have Some low births. Our family is not used to using servants from top to bottom. We don't have to marry a concubine whose house is bigger than the mistress's spectrum, and we use a girl. I think this girl has sharp teeth and mean mouth, and she must be thin She can eat, but she doesn't have to feed her. She's wasting food and can't do work. Besides, she's not too young, so she can't get married and can't get a few bride price. Besides, the master is made to be a concubine, and the girl probably even has a house You may not be able to get along, let alone marry someone as a regular wife. Even if you sell it in a brothel, you have to find someone you know to sell it. If you keep it for another two years, it will be a waste of food, and I am afraid that the money will not be sold by then Hand, that’s really a stock that fell into your hand.” Mu Yu said it seriously, completely ignoring Dou’er and Hua’er’s distorted faces from holding back their laughter and Lu Zhu’s slightly greenish complexion.

"This girl keeps talking more and more, and she also said that she is not used to using servants. When I met you, there were dozens of servants in your family, okay?" Gongsun Ce sneered secretly, and understood that Zhan Zhaoyi was talking about this sister-in-law. For the reason of shaking her head, this girl made Mu Yan's green eyes shine, her mouth is three points sharper than a knife, Shen Die Luzhu is definitely not an opponent.

Shen Die couldn't utter a single word when she was robbed by Mu Yu. She held back for a long time before trembling and saying: "You don't care if I stay or stay, let alone sell green beads. She has been with you since she was a child. I am my only relative, even if I marry Zhan Zhao as my concubine, I will definitely not sell her. I want to see Zhan Zhao."

"You should save yourself. See Zhan Zhao, you still have the nerve to say it, you have to be shameless. The one who loses is the lady of the official family. If you have nothing to lose, you don't even want face. Even a village girl like me knows how to treat someone's husband. You have to avoid it, even if you want to marry someone as a concubine, you have to see if they want you, even if you want you, you should call me a master. Could it be that your parents died long ago and no one raised them, so your brother is left to you This kind of temperament is embarrassing outside. If you call Zhan Zhao twice, your parents will crawl out of the ancestral grave to beat you. I advise you to be filial and don’t bother your parents or elder brother to come out of the grave. It's not good to educate you." Mu Yu's hurtful words were set in one set, completely ignoring Shen Die's already pale complexion and the appearance of fainting.

Gongsun Ce knows that Mu Yu is merciless, and I am afraid that if this goes on, Shen Die will be in trouble if he can't think about it, so he can only remind Mu Yu that enough is enough. Fortunately, Mu Yu saved his face, but he still wants to sell the green beads. The reason is that My family paid for a girl.After finishing speaking, he proudly threw a bank note in front of Shen Die. Mr. Gongsun looked at it with a face value of 20 taels, which is really generous.Shen Die naturally refused to sell, and Mu Yu didn't force to put away the banknotes and said: "Before you were my brother-in-law's ex-fiancée, now your relationship will be gone once the board is laid down. You should move out of the Confucian Academy. The place where my brother-in-law lives, you should move away as soon as possible so that I can be cleaned up, otherwise the vixen smell will not be able to live in people. I will give you three days to move out, and I will come back in three days. If you still don’t leave, don’t blame me It's hard to talk." After speaking, he signaled Chouya to throw the green pearl on the ground, and walked away with the girl.

Shen Die and Lu Zhu hugged each other and cried, Mu Yu was right, the plank shattered all of Shen Die's dreams, cut off all her options, and she didn't know who she should blame?Blame Zhan Zhao, Mu Yan, or Grand Master Pang, maybe she can only blame herself, her past resentment and persistence, and her inability to ignore everything at that time.

Seeing this situation, Mr. Gongsun could only try to comfort him: "Miss Shen, don't blame Mu Yu's disapproving words, that girl has that temper. What you did this time is really inappropriate. Back then, the guard Zhan acted according to orders. Are you going to let Mu Yu Did he disregard the emperor's order and let your brother go, but he died in disobedience? After your brother died, you resolutely left. For a long time, the Zhan guards were depressed. If you don't understand him, how can you walk hand in hand with him? The way forward. Your brother's death is a poisonous thorn in your heart, reminding you every moment that your brother died at the hands of Zhanwei. Now you are alone and think that Zhanwei is your reliance. In the days to come When you calm down, the poisonous thorn in your heart will start to flare up continuously. How will you get along with each other at that time. Besides, Zhanwei is already married, and you are also a concubine when you marry. When the time comes, Zhanwei will be generous and will not care about you Mu Yan, as the mistress of the house, will not allow you to embarrass Zhan Zhao. Really, what good will you get then?" Mr. Gongsun persuaded the master and servant earnestly.

Listening to Mr. Gongsun's words, Shen Die thought to herself: He's right, now that she has wronged herself as a concubine, how could her brother be happy if she knew him.I am really confused, how can I say that she used to be a lady of an official family, did my brother take care of her in every way and raise her so that I could make myself a slave and a handmaid?But now, I can't go back to my hometown, maybe I can only talk about the rest of my life with Qingdeng Ancient Buddha.

At this point in her thoughts, Shen Die smiled miserably at Mr. Gongsun: "Mr. is right. Shen Die was confused and brought so much trouble to Mr. Zhan and Brother Zhan. Shen Die will leave by herself. I hope Mr. Zhan will tell Brother Zhan my apology." .”

Mr. Gongsun returned to his home with Shen Die's apology, and mentioned to his wife what happened in the Confucius Institute today.Mrs. Gongsun shook her head and sighed after hearing this: "Obsession kills people, why don't you go and persuade that girl Mu Yan to find a place for Shen Die. You can't let her just go away, and we won't do anything if anything happens." Peace of mind." Mr. Gongsun nodded in agreement.

The next day, when Mr. Gongsun went to change Zhan Zhao's dressing, he mentioned Shen Die's thoughts to Mu Yan and told his wife's thoughts. What surprised him was that Mu Yan agreed to think about it carefully, and did not think about it as he imagined. ignored.

The voices of Mu Yan and Mr. Gongsun were not low, and Zhan Zhao in the room heard it clearly. At this moment, he felt very complicated towards Shen Die. He didn't hate Shen Die, but he no longer felt pity. Responsibility.Seeing that Zhan Zhao was awake, Mu Yan obviously heard her conversation with Mr. Gongsun and asked him what he meant.Zhan Zhao remained silent for a long time, the feeling made Mu Yan feel that he had an idea in his heart, but it was hard to tell because of face, so she took the initiative to ask him: "What are your thoughts?"

Zhan Zhao took a deep breath: "Yan'er, I wonder if we can let Shen Die go to Changzhou, it happens that the second elder brother and second sister-in-law are here, take her back, we will give her some extra money as money to buy Bai Longju, Let the second elder brother buy her some property in Changzhou, and take care of her so that she will not be bullied, how do you think it can be done?"

Mu Yan thought for a while, then asked Zhan Zhao with a smile, "Do you forget about her old relationship, so you are afraid that she will be wronged?" Zhan Zhao hurriedly got up to explain, and when he moved, he pulled the wound on his back and groaned.Mu Yan hurriedly helped him lie down and said angrily: "What's the rush, it's just a joke, so why not take it seriously?"

Zhan Zhao looked at her helplessly: "It's not that you don't know the reason, why do you still test me like this?"

Mu Yan giggled, and after laughing, she sighed again: "I have no objection, but you still have to say this. If I say it, she must think that I have ulterior motives." Zhan Zhao thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

The next day, Mu Yan asked Shuang'er to invite Shen Die to come, and told that it was Zhan Zhao who wanted to see her.

When Shen Die heard what Shuang'er said, she thought for a long time before getting up and following Shuang'er to the exhibition house.Since entering the door, the scenery inside the house has revealed a feeling of delicacy and warmth. Shuang'er introduced to her that the decoration of the house is according to the wife's wishes, and Shen Die couldn't help being stunned.She has always thought that Mu Yan was able to marry Zhan Zhao because she was old, and Zhan Zhao was begging for kindness. Zhan Zhao's generous and affectionate personality was the only way to live with Mu Yan. The village girl did not match at all, and she was a little confused for a while.

Zhan Zhao was still recuperating from his injuries, so it was inconvenient for him to get up to see guests, so the two met in the bedroom.Mu Yan was there when Shen Die entered, but when she saw Shen Die enter, she found an excuse to go out, leaving space for the two to talk.

Shen Die stood awkwardly in the room, and she sat down slowly when Zhan Zhao asked her to sit down.Carefully looking around the room, the large step-up bed occupies one-third of the room, with exquisite carvings and novel shapes, and the light-colored gauze curtains half-hanging on both sides of the bed make people feel charming.Standing by the window is a half-person-high dressing table with a large bronze mirror on it, standing in front of the mirror can almost illuminate the whole body.When entering the door, there is a study room on the right hand side. Behind the large desk stands a row of antique shelves. Besides all kinds of books, there are also exquisite ornaments.Although the whole house is furnished with exquisite materials and exquisite decorations, there is no feeling of extravagance, but it makes people feel warm and elegant.

After a long while, Shen Die turned her gaze to Zhan Zhao, obviously his wound hadn't healed much, his complexion was still pale, he was leaning against the bed in a neat homely blue robe, looking at her calmly, without a single ripple in his eyes.

"Miss Shen." Zhan Zhaofu startled Shen Die as soon as he spoke, his address was full of alienation.Maybe I will never hear him call himself Shen Die again.The two may be strangers in the future, and never meet again.

"Miss Shen, I heard from Mr. Gongsun that you are going to leave. I wonder what your plans are in the future?" Zhan Zhao's voice was deep and without any ups and downs.

"I, I don't know." Hearing Zhan Zhao's question, Shen Die was confused.Now she still hopes that Zhan Zhao can keep her and give her some warmth and support.She didn't know herself, she could only shake her head in a panic and bit her lip to say she didn't know.

Zhan Zhao sighed lowly and said: "Ri Muyu had a bad attitude that day, I apologize for her like you. She is still a child and has no sense of propriety in doing things. You should be magnanimous and don't bother with her. You can't go back to your hometown now. Now, it’s difficult for a girl to stand up, I discussed with my wife and I want to give you a suggestion, I wonder if the girl would like to hear it?” Seeing Shen Die’s flustered look, Zhan Zhao sighed again, his voice unconsciously soft some.

"Huh?" Shen Die looked at Zhan Zhao blankly, not knowing what he meant, would he be willing to marry her?

"I discussed it with Mu Yan. You don't feel at ease wherever you go as a woman. How about you and my second brother and second sister-in-law go back to my hometown in Changzhou, where I can buy some property for you, and my second brother and second sister-in-law will take care of you. You won't be bullied either. My second sister-in-law also promised to find you a good family in the future. The money I put in the property is the money we bought Bailong from you." Zhan Zhao's every word was like a nail It also smashed into Shen Die's heart, shattering Shen Die's last illusion, and made her start to bow her head and sob involuntarily.

After crying for a while, she slowly calmed down, and it took Shen Die a long time before she looked up at Zhan Zhao, but she opened her mouth but said nothing.Zhan Zhao couldn't wait for her answer, thinking that she didn't understand, so he was going to explain to her again, and just about to open his mouth to speak, Shen Die stood up from the stool: "Thank you, Zhan Zhao. I want to go back and think about it Is that okay? I'll give you an answer tomorrow." After speaking, Shen Die walked towards the door quickly.

Walking to the corner, Shen Die saw Mu Yan who was waiting for her here specially. She originally thought that Mu Yan was waiting for her here to humiliate her, but she didn't expect that Mu Yan's kind attitude made Shen Die at a loss.Mu Yan took her by the hand and took her to a remote courtyard, and told her about He Zhan Zhao's past, and finally said: "I understand your feelings very well, the pain of loss and the sense of loneliness without support make you Panic. Zhan Zhao is a life-saving straw in your heart, and you feel that if you can’t even grasp this, there will be no hope for your life anymore, don’t you?”

Seeing Shen Die nodding, Mu Yan said again: "But based on what I know about you, Zhan Zhao is not suitable for you. He is busy with work and often has no time to worry about things at home. I have taken care of myself and him all these years. And you are a daughter of a thousand gold, ten fingers do not touch the spring water, food, drink and clothes are served by maids, in the future you will have children and a lot of nurses and women, do you think you can handle it with your ability to manage the house? If you can't handle it and Zhan Zhao has no time to take care of it, do you know what will happen?" Shen Die turned pale when she thought of the story of the demon way that Mu Yan told her before.If she was Mu Yan, she must have panicked the moment she lost the child, how could she analyze clearly and find out the flaws.

Seeing Shen Die's pale complexion, Mu Yan covered her hand: "When Zhan Zhao's woman is very tired, she has to take on more responsibilities. He is going through all the thorns and thorns in the front, and you must do all the work in the back so that he can't let him go." Distracted, because he bears the blue sky of the people on his body. Do you still want to be his woman now?" Mu Yan asked Shen Die again, and at the same time put Shen Die's hand on her heart to let her feel it.Shen Die didn't know how she got back to the Confucius Institute, she locked herself in the room and ignored no one, thinking a lot.

Early the next morning, Shen Die stepped into the exhibition house again.The difference is that although she looks tired and seems to have not rested well, her eyes are different from yesterday's confusion, as if she has a direction.

Mu Yan received Shen Die in the main hall.Seeing Mu Yan again, Shen Die seemed a little shy, and after a long time, she agreed to Zhan Zhao's proposal yesterday.But she wrote the IOU for the silver, and Bailong still gave it to Zhan Zhao, but it was not a dowry but a souvenir.Mu Yan raised her eyebrows and looked at Shen Die, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Three days later, Shen Die and Lu Zhu set off for Changzhou with Zhan Yao and his wife.Three months later, Zhan Yao wrote in a letter saying that he had bought a small house for Shen Die, with more than ten acres of fertile land.The letter also said that Qin's cousin is interested in Shen Die and is currently courting her.

Zhan Zhao and Mu Yan, who received the letter, both sighed and couldn't laugh or cry after reading this.