Red apricots make spring

Chapter 181

After a while, all kinds of dishes were brought up, and the table was full.

It was almost noon at this moment, Xu Xiucai got up early and went out. Apart from drinking a bowl of rough tea on the street, he still had a grain of rice on his teeth. After smelling the aroma of the food, he finally shifted his attention from Shen Mengyi to The dishes were on the table, but Shen Mengyi didn't move, and he didn't dare to move his chopsticks first, his eyes just darted to Shen Mengyi, and then to the dishes on the table, as if hesitating to speak.

"We don't know each other before, so I take the liberty to invite you here. I really have something to ask." Shen Mengyi lowered her eyes, looked at the teacup in her hand and said, "I just don't know how to address you, Your Excellency?"

"My...Xiaosheng's surname is Xu, and my name is Wenchang." Xu Xiucai asked respectfully, "I don't know what to call the girl?" After seeing Shen Mengyi's surprise for the first time, he finally calmed down a little, and began to get used to dressing up as usual. The stable appearance came out.

Niche?Old students are almost the same!Lu'e, who was standing behind Xu Xiucai, curled her lips in disdain.She could see clearly what Xu Xiucai was thinking, and secretly scolded him for not being self-aware, and not considering whether he was a toad before he wanted to eat swan meat.

"So it's Mr. Xu." Shen Mengyi nodded, but pretended not to hear his question, she just raised her hand and said: "Please serve the food, let's talk while eating."

She asked Xu Xiucai to eat the food, but she didn't even move her chopsticks. She just watched Xu Xiucai pretending to be gentle, but actually put the food in her mouth impatiently. After he took four or five mouthfuls, she slowly said: " Sir, are you an old acquaintance with the gentle girl?"

"Well, yes—" Xu Xiucai mumbled a reply while chewing the vegetables in his mouth, then after thinking about it, no, then he raised his eyes to Shen Mengyi and said, "Girl, do you also recognize Gentleness?"

They invited him to the restaurant because they heard that he recognized Wenrou, but his mind had gone somewhere at the time, so he didn't hear it at all. Now when Shen Mengyi mentioned Wenrou, he was surprised.

"Well, we know each other." Shen Mengyi took a sip of tea, thinking that he went to the restaurant to find Wen Rou today, obviously he didn't know that she had died of illness, so it was better for her not to tell the news for now, so she just asked: "I don't know if Mr. Xu recognizes her first." How long has she been? You two are close neighbors?"

Xu Xiucai picked up the teacup, flushed the food down his throat and said, "Xiaosheng has known her for more than a year, she is considered a close neighbor. To tell you the truth, her mother wanted to marry her to Xiaosheng back then!"

"Oh?" This sentence aroused Shen Mengyi's interest. She felt that she had lowered her status and was aggrieved to eat and talk with this kind of person, and it was a little rewarding. Therefore, for the first time, a smile appeared in her eyes. Asked: "Then why didn't Mr. marry her?"

"She..." Xu Xiucai remembered the situation when he went to Wen's family to propose marriage that day, his eyelids twitched twice, and he said angrily: "How can a talented scholar like Xiaosheng marry such an unclean, dishonest, and shameless woman?" Be a wife!"

After finishing speaking, he suddenly felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, because he still didn't know the relationship between Shen Mengyi and Wenrou!If they had some kind of friendship, wouldn't his words offend Shen Mengyi indirectly?So he raised his eyes to look at her a little uneasy, and happened to see a flash of surprise in her eyes, and hurriedly changed his words: "Actually, Xiaosheng didn't mean that..."

Who would have thought that Shen Mengyi was not interested in his explanation at all, so she interrupted him and asked: "Why is she not chaste, shameless?"

"She...she..." Xu Xiucai couldn't figure out whether Shen Mengyi was willing to hear bad things about him or good things about him, so he hesitated for a while.

"How about her?" Shen Mengyi frowned slightly, feeling that this person's procrastination was annoying.

Xu Xiucai decided to take a gamble, no matter how bad he was, he could get rid of his relationship with Wenrou, but it was really hard to say this in front of a young girl, so he stammered: "She...is not ...the perfect body..."

As soon as these words came out, both Shen Mengyi and Lue were shocked!

While being doubly surprised, Shen Mengyi's face also blushed. She quickly glanced at Lue, lowered her head and mocked, "How did you say that..." Could it be that the person who broke his gentle body was Lu Ce? ?
Lu Ce mentioned in front of the Holy Master that he had an affair with Wenrou. When she visited Wenrou's shop for the first time, Lue also heard Lu Ce say something that seemed to be familiar to Wenrou, but she had also seen Lu Ce and Wenrou. When they get along, the two seem to be very strange, it doesn't seem like there is any personal relationship, not to mention that if a person like Lu Ce likes gentleness, although he can't marry her as a regular wife, there is no difficulty in taking her as a concubine, so why bother to cover up people's eyes and ears secretly ?

After thinking about it, she felt jealous for a while, and extremely suspicious for a while, and then recalled Lu Ce's frequent silence and unhappiness recently, and she was even more unwilling to reconcile!She didn't understand that she was so good-looking, so talented, she always had the title of the most beautiful woman in the capital, and she had known Lu Ce since she was a child, and they were in the same family. How could he not look down on her, but fell in love with the one who could only cook second-hand dishes and was full of worldliness? A poor girl with fireworks?After she died of illness, she still couldn't forget it, and she often played with a white jade hairpin in her hand. She would rather meditate on the hairpin than take a second look at herself!
"Girl...Girl?" Seeing that Shen Mengyi kept her head down for a long time, Xu Xiucai was afraid that she would offend her, and would not be in the mood to eat the sumptuous food and drink on the table. After waiting and waiting, she finally couldn't help calling her Twice.

Shen Mengyi came back to her senses, glanced at Xu Xiucai, was silent for a while, and then asked bravely, "You...do you know...who broke her body?"

It is actually more painful than killing her for a lady like her to ask such a question in front of a wretched stranger like Xu Xiucai, but the suspicion and jealousy in her heart overwhelm her. I'm afraid she won't feel at ease about this matter in the future. Anyway, this scholar doesn't know her name, she hasn't even seen her face clearly, and she won't be able to see her again in the future, so she gritted her teeth, Don't be ashamed to ask.

"How could people from her family tell Xiaosheng about this kind of thing." Xu Xiucai shook his head while being slightly surprised, but after seeing the disappointed look in Shen Mengyi's eyes, he lowered his head and thought for a while: " By the way, Xiaosheng seems to have heard her mother say during the quarrel that she was broken in some Zhao residence... Well, yes, it is the Zhao residence!"

The scene of being humiliated that day is lingering in his mind, and he will often think of it, and he can't forget the disappointment, shock, humiliation and pain he felt when he heard that tenderness had lost his virginity. In repeated memories, it has become as clear as yesterday.

Zhao Mansion?The pronunciation of the two characters Zhao and Lu could not be confused no matter how vaguely they were pronounced, Shen Mengyi finally let out a sigh of relief, her tense nerves were slightly relaxed, but she still asked worriedly, "You remember correctly, right? Is it really the Zhao Mansion?"

"It can't be wrong!" Xu Xiucai nodded affirmatively, seeing that Shen Mengyi didn't seem to be angry, and there was a bit of joy in his eyes, so he let go of his heart, and wanted to lean over to pick up the chopsticks and dishes in front of Shen Mengyi, but the distance It was too far away, so he had no choice but to say: "Girl, why are you only talking and not eating?"

eat vegetables?Shen Mengyi glanced at the dishes on the table in disgust, wondering if she wanted to eat your saliva?She shook her head and said, "I'm not hungry, sir, you can eat by yourself, but what will happen after you know that... that?"

"Naturally, Xiaosheng would not marry such a shameless and immoral woman. He immediately broke the engagement, scolded her and left." Xu Xiucai started to lie again in order to protect his face. Of course, he was not On purpose, he really wanted to do this that day, but Gentle didn't give him a chance.

Shen Mengyi asked Xu Xiucai in detail about how she knew Wenrou, and she even knew about the fact that she used to set up a men's clothing stall, but while she was inquiring, she also felt quite remorseful, it was hard to believe that she would care about a dead person In the past, I put aside my identity and tried my best to inquire!But thinking of Lu Ce's lost appearance recently, she couldn't help but want to know more about gentleness. She didn't know if she wanted to find out why Lu Ce liked her, or to prove that she was indeed not as good as herself.

The two talked for a while, Lue was listening, always felt that Xu Xiucai's words were incomplete and untrue, and when he started to insult Wenrou again, taking the opportunity to flatter himself, the look of his mouth was really annoying. , so they exchanged glances with Shen Mengyi, and couldn't help interjecting: "Since Mr. doesn't like her so much, why are you looking for her again today?"

"This—" Hearing her question, Xu Xiucai's words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't get out, and his neck was stuck, so he put down his chopsticks and waved his hands in a panic: "You two girls, don't misunderstand, Xiaosheng is looking for her." It's not that I have any affection for her..."

Hearing what he said, Shen Mengyi and Lue were really speechless. What could they misunderstand?If this poor scholar really has any affection for Ruan, and has the courage to go to the Lu residence to make a fuss, Shen Mengyi would love to watch the scene from the sidelines!It's just that the tenderness is dead at this moment, so the play can't be finished. She was feeling quite disappointed when she heard Xu Xiucai continue——

"Xiaosheng is currently working as a clerk with Mr. Mo, the magistrate of Yunzhou. A few days ago, he saw her go to Mr. Mo to register with Mr. Mo with a handbook with a changed name. I guessed in my heart that she might have done something shameful. Mr. Mo was kept in the dark, so he thought of coming to the capital for an open investigation, and if he can find out some real evidence, he can tell Mr. Mo when he goes back, so that he will not be involved in adultery."

"What—" Shen Mengyi was shocked when she heard the words, she stood up abruptly, she didn't even realize that she had knocked over the teacup by accident, then turned her head to look at Lue, and saw that she was also very frightened, showing a pale and bewildered expression .
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