Glory all the way

Chapter 203
"Xuan Lang, what's wrong?"

Stabilizing her figure, Bai Yingluo asked in a low voice, but her eyes involuntarily fell on the person who was three steps away who was standing still and did not dare to come over.

A young man in his twenties said he was a beggar, but he didn't look like a beggar at all. Although the clothes on his body were worn out and patched many times, they were also washed clean. His whole body looked like he could only use "down and out" "To describe it with two words, it has nothing to do with beggars.

But Bai Yingluo turned her head and glanced around, the alley was quiet, and there was no one else around, and the clearly heard "All right" just now was naturally spoken by the down-and-out young man in front of her.

Looking up at Du Xuan again, he also froze in place, but the shock in his eyes all showed that he knew that person.

But this shock was only for a moment.

In the blink of an eye, Du Xuan returned to normal, turned around and sympathetically supported Bai Yingluo, and helped her into the carriage.

"Luo Niang, wait for me for a moment."

After saying something softly, Du Xuan took out the broken silver left over from the payment just now, turned around and walked towards the down-and-out man.

Only low voices could be heard in the distance, Bai Yingluo put her ear to the window of the car, but she didn't hear anything, Du Xuan got into the carriage in a short while.

"In the past, I also had this kind of experience, so now that I have encountered it, I can help you..."

Explaining, Du Xuan smiled, took Bai Yingluo over, and let her lean into his arms.

In the midsummer weather, Du Xuan's hands were a little cold. Bai Yingluo raised her eyes and saw what he was thinking. Her eyes also swept towards the floating curtain of the car intentionally or unintentionally, but she couldn't see anything. He turned his head in a concealed manner.

It is conceivable how anxious he is at this moment.

It was noon when Bai Yingluo was sent back to Zhuangyuan Mansion. Du Xuan watched Bai Yingluo enter the gate, smiled, took the reins from Suiyuan, got on the horse, and headed towards the Imperial Academy.

After entering the house, without taking a nap, Bai Yingluo called Liu Ying and asked, "Do you remember how to get there for lunch?"

Seeing Liu Ying nodded, Bai Yingluo ordered: "Go back again, just say that I lost something, and see if the gentleman you met is still there. If he is, ask the people around to see him Where did you come from, what are you doing in the capital, do you know the young master, and you can find out the conversation."

Ever since I saw that down-and-out young man, Du Xuan's strangeness, not to mention Bai Yingluo, is obvious to everyone like Liusu. At this moment, when Bai Yingluo gave such an order, Chen Xiang disapproved and said: "Ma'am, since the young master is unwilling to say , It can be seen that there are some difficulties or embarrassments, if you send Liuying to inquire like this, if the young master finds out, wouldn't it be self-defeating? If the young master gets angry, it will be bad."

A man's self-esteem is extremely strong, if any man knows that he has no secrets in front of his wife, he will definitely become angry, not to mention the disparity in backgrounds of Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo.

Bai Yingluo pondered for a moment, then shook her head, "It is precisely because of this that he can't speak, but I can't just watch him have difficulties and remain indifferent. Besides, I just go to inquire about it. What should I do next is up to me. I will discuss it with the young master and will not act without authorization."

Feeling relieved, Liu Ying went into the house and took a few pieces of broken silver from the box, turned around and walked briskly towards the outside.

After more than an hour, Liu Ying came back, "Ma'am, people around said that the man had been wandering around for a long time, and all he knew was that he came from the south to find relatives, where did he come from, and what did the relatives do?" Yes, but the man refused to say, his mouth was as tight as a clam shell."

Seeing that she couldn't figure out anything, Bai Yingluo knew that she had to work hard on Du Xuan.

In the evening, Du Xuan came back, more than half an hour later than usual.

There was a fine amount of sweat on his forehead, and the boots on his feet were a little pale because of walking too much, but seeing him relieved, Bai Yingluo knew that he had already solved the problem, even if it was just temporary.

Seeing that he had returned to his usual gentleness and indifference, Bai Yingluo decided to put aside the topic she was about to talk about.

On the second day, Liuying went to the Sihexuan again, but did not find the down-and-out man.

As for Du Xuan, one day after his return, every time Bai Yingluo asked about it, he would always say that he was discussing things with his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, and he forgot the time.

Bai Yingluo was convinced by such a clumsy excuse, and while helping him to change his clothes and clean his face, she hurriedly ordered Liusu and the others to prepare meals, without any doubts.

Du Xuan watched and struggled in his heart.

In the evening, with a gentle breeze, the two sat under a tree to enjoy the cool, Bai Yingluo rolled up her sleeves and made tea, and after a while, there was a faint fragrance of green tea in the wind.

When Du Xuan was around, whether in the house or in the courtyard, Chen Xiang and others would avoid him, leaving him and Bai Yingluo alone.

Just like at this moment, there are only two of them in the huge Yixinyuan.

"Xuan Lang, there is something embarrassing. In the past few days, I always feel that you have something to hide from me."

After passing a bowl of tea to Du Xuan, Bai Yingluo asked with a smile.

Du Xuan was stunned, knowing that Bai Yingluo had noticed her abnormalities in the past few days, but she didn't say it out of empathy.

Du Xuan fell silent.

He didn't say anything, and Bai Yingluo didn't ask.

Sipping mellow tea, looking at the beautiful scenery of rolling clouds and soothing clouds in the sky, and occasionally tired birds returning to their nests overhead, the yard fell into a sudden silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Du Xuan's low voice sounded in Bai Yingluo's ear.

"As long as I can remember, I have lived in a place called Bengcheng in the south. Bengcheng is rich in pearls, so most of them are fishermen. They are self-sufficient, and their lives are comfortable. There are not so many disputes nearby."

"When I was very young, I lived with my fairy grandfather. Later, when I was eight years old, my fairy grandfather passed away, and I went to the beach with the neighbors every day. They fished, and I helped them. At the age of 15."

While muttering, Du Xuan's eyes drifted to the horizon.

Bai Yingluo suddenly remembered that when Du Xuan appeared in Baijiazhuang, that is to say, he had been wandering away from Bangcheng to Beijing for nearly three years.

When she came back to her senses, Bai Yingluo's eyes were filled with lingering distress.

Du Xuan continued: "That year, the officers and soldiers sent by the government wantonly snatched the pearls from the fishermen. You must know that the fish that the fishermen caught were sold in the adjacent market and then bought grain and coarse cloth to maintain the pearls. The pearls obtained by the family are the savings of the family, but those officers and soldiers are like bandits, going from house to house to rob, and there is little resistance, so..."

The words choked, Du Xuan's eyes were moist, and he drank a few sips of tea as a cover-up, Du Xuan took a few deep breaths, and said again: "I heard that there is a noble person who is going to celebrate his birthday, and the provincial capital where Bangcheng is located wants to offer nine One thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine pearls of excellent quality, so all adult fishermen were conscripted to salvage sea oysters to obtain pearls. Later, all children who could swim were also conscripted. The huge changes in Bengcheng, almost overnight, were full of desolate people. A few friends and I escaped from Bengcheng at night, and later, we got separated again..."

Perhaps there was something else that happened that Du Xuan didn't want to mention, holding the tea bowl nervously with both hands, trembling slightly, hesitating for a long time, Du Xuan didn't say anything.

Bai Yingluo got up and walked to his side, hugging his body tightly, Du Xuan's body instantly relaxed, and leaned against Bai Yingluo's arms.

At this moment, Du Xuan is as vulnerable as a child.

"The man you met outside the gate of Sihexuan that day was one of your friends, right? If that's the case, you should have told me earlier to invite him to live in the mansion. Wouldn't it be nice to neglect him like this? Chilled his heart?"

Pretending to be resentful, Bai Yingluo raised her voice and called Liuying, asking her to call Suiyuan in.

In a short time, I arrived with the distance.

"You follow the young master every day. You must know where the young master's old friend is placed. You invited him to live in the mansion, and said that it was the young master and me. Please don't refuse."

Bai Yingluo instructed directly.

Sui Yuan froze on the spot, obediently answering, but kept looking at Du Xuan.

Du Xuan nodded.

Seeing Sui Yuan flying away, Du Xuan turned around and held Bai Yingluo's hand, and said a little at a loss: "Luo Niang, I am sorry for you. You married me, and I not only brought a group of innocent Unrelated relatives in the country, and now, even my childhood playmates have come to look for me, I am the one who made you lose face and brought you so much trouble."

This is Du Xuan's hesitation and embarrassment these days, right?

He was worried that having brought so many poor relatives to him, people outside would ridicule Bai Yingluo and embarrass her, and let old master Bai and old lady Bai know that Bai Yingluo had been wronged.

Therefore, he would rather spend more time and energy to solve it himself than tell Bai Yingluo.

My heart was full of sourness, as if I was choking on smoke when I entered the kitchen for the first time, and tears welled up in my eyes.

Bai Yingluo sniffed, squatted down, looked up at him and said, "You always forget what I said, and you also forget the promise you made."

When Du Xuan's face froze, Bai Yingluo said solemnly: "I said that husband and wife are one body, and we should have the same blessings and share the same hardships. You also promised me that you will treat each other honestly, no matter what happens You kept it from me. But now, you have forgotten."

Looking back on the past, the encouragement and concern she received every time she met in the Jing'an Hou's mansion, and the recognition of relatives on the second day after marrying into the Zhuangyuan's mansion, Bai Yingluo used her actual actions to express her love for herself, and she, It was really as she said, completely immersed in her own small world, ignoring her feelings, and letting her speculate on her own thoughts and take into account her own feelings.

Du Xuan blamed himself and felt guilty again, for a moment, his heart couldn't be more moved.

(End of this chapter)