But Jiang Chun was arguing with Lu Qiuyue when he suddenly saw Ling Yun standing behind him. His heart sank suddenly and he raised his hand to grab the sword.
Ling Yun sneered and said: "No need to hold the sword. This friend may not know about it. This is the best. I will only tell Miss Lu."
As he said that, his handsome eyes flashed and he said to Lu Qiuyue: "Miss, please come back. Madam is waiting impatiently!"
Lu Qiuyue said: "Did this girl Caiming tell you that this damn girl is as timid as a mouse and betrayed me so quickly?"
Ling Yun said: "Miss, stop blaming others and come back with me."
Lu Qiuyue said shamelessly: "I won't go back, Ling Yun, let me see what you can do to me?"
Ling Yun said displeasedly: "Miss, don't be willful. You don't want to be forced by others."
"What, you said you dare to use force? Tell you, if you dare to touch my finger, I will let my father..."
Ling Yun said: "Miss, don't forget, it was the master and madam who sent me to invite you back. Miss, don't be willful and come back with me."
Lu Qiuyue was furious, turned around and left.
Ling Yun had no choice but to step forward, stretch his arms lightly, and grab Lu Qiuyue's shoulder like lightning.
Jiang Chun made a move with Yun Heng and Qin Leng, and blocked it with his hands. As soon as the two turned around, they were face to face.
Ling Yun said: "Friend, this is Lu Mansion's family matter, I hope you won't interfere."
Jiang Chun said: "Jiang just can't bear to see people bullying the weak and doing whatever they want!"
Ling Yun raised his sword eyebrows and said, "You want to find trouble, don't you?"
Not to be outdone, Jiang Chun said, "I just want to learn from Commander Ling's clever tactics."
After all, Ling Yun was young and energetic, and the anger in his chest had been aroused by him. He couldn't help but chuckle and said: "In that case, Ling is willing to accompany you!"
At this moment, the bow is on the string, and it is about to explode.
The two were about to take action when they heard someone sternly shout: "Stop!"
Looking back, I saw Lu Wenzheng, He Chengqi and Ding Jiying walking over.
Of course it was Lu Wenzheng who stopped.
He Chengqi and Ding Jiying looked around and saw that although Lu Qiuyue was disguised as a man, she still had bright eyes and white teeth. She was charming and graceful, and had a unique charm. They couldn't help but be moved. They hurriedly stepped forward, raised their hands to Lu Qiuyue, and said with a smile:
"Excuse me, you are Miss Lu. How can I be so polite?"
"Ding Jiying, please be polite!"
Lu Qiuyue turned her face and ignored him.
Ding Jiying kept looking at Lu Qiuyue and said, "Miss Lu, I see why you look so familiar. Have we met somewhere?"
Lu Qiuyue glanced at him and couldn't help but think of the reckless young man whose horse was frightened on the streets of the capital a few days ago and almost knocked over her sedan chair. She couldn't help but grimace and snorted coldly.
Ding Jiying couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She was about to say something else, but was interrupted by Lu Wenzheng's words, "Mr. Ding, my little girl is rude and makes you laugh."
Then, he turned around and said to his daughter majestically: "What are you doing here, this ignorant thing? - Zhichao, why don't you take her back!"
The Zhichao Mr. Lu is talking about is Ling Yun. Ling Yun's given name is Zhichao, which was given to him by his deceased father, Ling Yuxiu.
Lu Qiuyue was scolded by her father. She was ashamed and angry, so she turned around and left. Ling Yun had no choice but to follow behind.
Lu Wenzheng also sighed softly and walked away.
Only Ding Jiying and He Chengqi were left standing aside and praising: "She is truly a peerless beauty!"
Jiang Chun on the side felt quite unhappy.
When the golden crow falls in the west, the jade rabbit rises in the east, and the lanterns are first lit, the guests in He's house are already full and full of food and spirits, and the banquet is coming to an end.
Lu Wenzheng had no intention of sitting down anymore, so when he saw the opportunity, he excused himself and went back home on the pretext that he had something to do.
As soon as he returned to the mansion, he angrily found Lu Qiuyue and reprimanded her in front of Mrs. Lu: "You are a lady of a great family and a daughter of a dignified minister. You show your face regardless of your shame and openly go to such places. And you still You almost got into trouble and the news spread, so how can you let your father have face? Now tell me, are you going to let the beating go or accept the punishment?"
Lu Qiuyue felt furious in her heart, knowing that her father was angry and this punishment was inevitable. She whispered: "What if you let me get beaten? What if you accept the punishment?"
Lu Wenzheng said: "If you are beaten, you will be punished twenty times with the family's staff. If you accept the punishment, you will be punished by kneeling for one day."
If you were punished twenty times with a cane, why should you beat him to pieces and make your flesh drip with blood? I can't get up for half a month. When Lu Qiuyue heard the punishment from the cane, she felt her scalp frightened. She gritted her teeth and had no choice but to accept the punishment.
After all, Mrs. Lu loved her daughter very much, and she couldn't bear it when she saw this, so she quickly tried to persuade her.
Lu Wenzheng said angrily: "No, this girl is used to being indulgent. If we let her off this time, she will be even more indulgent next time. If she is not disciplined strictly, won't she be spoiled?"
Seeing that the master had made up his mind, Mrs. Lu did not dare to say anything more.
God finally didn't tease Lu Qiuyue too much. Because it was autumn, there was no scorching sun, and there was a cool breeze at the end of the day. However, it started to rain lightly in the evening, soaking her whole body.
At this time, Lu Qiuyue was tired, hungry, and filled with resentment.
How could a rich young lady like her have suffered such a crime since she was pampered since she was a child? Sad, tears wet her cheeks. With the autumn rain, it is rainwater or tears, which can no longer be distinguished.
When the girls Caiming and Xiu Ming helped her up from the ground, her legs were numb.
I felt dizzy for a while, almost fell down, and the two girls screamed in fright. Lu Qiuyue was speechless. She just wanted to cry.
Caiming and Xiu Ming supported Lu Qiuyue back to her embroidery building step by step.
Lu Qiuyue sat in front of the desk, thinking about what happened in the Marquis's Mansion yesterday. From this, she remembered all the past experiences with Ling Yun, and then thought about the injustice she had suffered today. She couldn't help but hate Ling Yun to the extreme, and suddenly stood up He stood up and walked out the door angrily.
Caiming and Xiu Ming saw it and hurriedly followed behind.
But it was said that Yuan Ping, the captain of the Lu Mansion, had just come out of Mr. Lu's study and was walking on the path in the backyard of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment. Suddenly he saw Lu Qiuyue and two girls. The girl was holding a spine stick in her hand, approaching menacingly. , almost bumping into him.
Yuan Ping hurriedly turned around to avoid bumping into Lu Qiuyue. He stopped, cupped his hands towards Lu Qiuyue and said, "Miss, be careful!"
Lu Qiuyue's face was covered with frost, she gave him a cold look, said nothing, and left with the two girls Caiming and Xiu Ming.
Yuan Ping looked at the direction in which Lu Qiuyue and the others were going, and suddenly realized something, and hurried towards Mr. Lu's study.
Lu Qiuyue took the two girls to Baiyunxuan, Lingyun's residence, with faces full of anger, and rushed in; Lingyun's two young men, Yuzhu and Yumo, could not stop him.
Entering the courtyard, Lu Qiuyue shouted into the room: "Ling Yun, come out! This lady wants to settle a score with you!"
Ling Yun and his mother, Mrs. Ruan, had dinner and were chatting in the living room. Suddenly, they heard Lu Qiuyue shouting for him to come out, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Mrs. Ruan's face darkened and she said, "Zhichao, what happened? Did you offend Miss Lu again?"
Ling Yun comforted his mother and said, "Mom, it's okay. I'll go out and take a look."
After saying that, he smiled softly at his mother, got up and went out to the yard.
When Lu Qiuyue saw Ling Yun coming out, she took two steps forward to greet him, staring at him with eyes full of hatred.
At this time, Ling Yun noticed that Lu Qiuyue's hair was fluffy and the clothes on her body were soaked. She already understood how embarrassed she was.
But he pretended not to see it and said as if nothing had happened: "Miss, what's the matter?"
Lu Qiuyue thought about all the unpleasant things that had happened in the past few days, and couldn't help but vent her anger on Ling Yun: "Ling Yun, you have caused this young lady such misery, and I will not let you have an easy life! "
Without further ado, he grabbed the cane from Caiming's hand and slapped Ling Yun on the head and face.
Ling Yun was so skillful. He turned around and dodged away, shouting: "Miss!"
Caiming and Xiu Ming also shouted from the side: "Miss! Miss!..."
Lu Qiuyue said bitterly: "Ling Yun, my father supported you yesterday, you were very majestic! But don't forget, I am the master and you are my father's subordinate. Now that you have offended me, am I the master? Shouldn't I teach you a lesson? How dare you dodge?"
Ling Yun said: "Ling Yun doesn't dare. But the lady should always be reasonable!"
Lu Qiuyue said angrily: "What, you dare to say that I am unreasonable? If I don't give you some clues this time, I won't be Miss Lu Mansion! - Caiming, Xiu Ming, please watch me, look. Does he dare to fight back, does he dare to hide again?"
Lu Qiuyue said, raising the spine staff high again.
The spine staff fell, but Ling Yun did not move this time. With a "pop!", the spine staff fell heavily on his left arm.
Ling Yun gasped, holding back the pain and gritting his teeth without making a sound.
Lu Qiuyue was startled for a moment, she was still a little confused. When she raised her cane for the second time, she heard someone yelling: "Stop!"
Lu Qiuyue trembled with fright and turned around, only to see Lu Wen rushing over accompanied by Xu Zhi and Yuan Ping.
How could Mr. Lu come so promptly?
It turned out that just now Yuan Ping met Lu Qiuyue on the road and saw her heading straight to Baiyunxuan in a fierce manner. Thinking of what happened in the past few days, he thought to himself: "It seems that this unruly and willful young lady is probably going to Baiyunxuan." You’re causing trouble for Brother Ling!”
He was afraid that Ling Yun would suffer a loss, so he hurried to deliver a letter to Lu Wenzheng.
After Lu Wenzheng heard the news, he hurried over with Xu Zhi.
When Lu Qiuyue saw her father coming, she thought something bad and immediately made a sudden change and said with a smile: "Dad! You didn't even say hello in advance when you came here, so you scared me and forgot about this move! - Oh, Ling Commander, how did you practice that move just now?" As she said that, she slowly put down the spine stick in her hand.
Lu Wenzheng was stunned, "What did you say?"
Lu Qiuyue said: "Nothing, just now I was asking Commander Ling for some martial arts advice! Isn't that right, Commander Ling?"
As she spoke, she winked at Ling Yun, with an expression begging for please.
Ling Yun was quite dissatisfied, but he couldn't expose Lu Qiuyue in front of Sir Lu and make her even more embarrassed. He could only say: "Yes! Sir, we were competing in martial arts just now."
Lu Wenzheng looked back at Yuan Ping.
Yuan Ping said with some embarrassment: "Sir, I..."
Xu Zhi said: "Sir, there may be some misunderstanding here."
Lu Wenzheng stopped talking, just snorted, then turned around and left.
Xu Zhi and Yuan Ping followed.
When Ling Yun saw everyone leaving, he turned around and left without saying a word.
Lu Qiuyue suddenly said: "Commander Ling——"
Ling Yun stopped and said, "Miss, is there anything else?"
Lu Qiuyue said humbly: "Did the beating just now hurt?"
Ling Yun said coldly: "No!"
Lu Qiuyue forced a flattering smile on her face, "You didn't embarrass me in front of my father just now, thank you!"
Ling Yun glanced at her and teased: "How can Ling Yun afford a word of thanks from the young lady? I just hope that the young lady will not make things difficult for us subordinates in the future. Ling Yun will be grateful!"
Lu Qiuyue said this with a face full of shame and a bit at a loss for a moment...
After Lu Qiuyue and the two girls left in disgrace, Ling Yunfang returned to his room.
When his mother, Mrs. Ruan, saw that her son was injured, she quickly asked her maid Qiu'er to call a doctor.
Seeing his mother's worry, Ling Yun smiled and said, "It's a small superficial injury, it's not a problem, there's no need to make a fuss."
As he spoke, he took off his shirt and exposed his left arm. The dark red unicorn birthmark was particularly dazzling in the dim candlelight.
The stick wound happened to be just above the Qilin birthmark, and it was already swollen.
The doctor came, wiped his wounds and bandaged them.
At this time, the door curtain was raised, and brothers Yuan Ping, Dong Wu, and Yang Zhen, known as the "Five Heroes of Lu Mansion", walked in.
The "Five Heroes of Lu Mansion" are Ling Yun, Xu Zhi, Yuan Ping, Yang Zhen, and Dong Wu.
These five people are Lu Wenzheng's right-hand men. They are highly regarded by Mr. Lu for their literary talent or military skills. They are considered to be the elites in the mansion. They are respected by everyone in the Lu family and even important figures in the entire capital.
Yang Zhendao: "Brother Ling, how is your injury?"
Ling Yun said: "It's okay, let the brothers worry about it."
Yuan Ping complained: "Brother Ling, why didn't you tell the truth just now? You made me suffer so much. You made people worry about you for a long time in vain, and you also made Master Lu feel embarrassed. Oh, you are so kind. What a reward!"
Ling Yun said: "I'm really sorry, and I apologize to you here."
Yang Zhen stared at the dark red birthmark on his left arm. He looked carefully and saw that the shape was like a flying unicorn. He couldn't help but said with some curiosity: "Hey, Brother Ling, this birthmark on your arm is so special." Ah, it really looks like a running unicorn, was it brought from the womb?"
Seeing Yang Zhen's somewhat indecent question, Dong Wu couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering.
Ling Yun glanced at Yang Zhen, then took his shirt and put it on without saying a word.
Yuan Ping saw that Yang Zhen was speaking without restraint, so he coughed and said, "Yang Zhen——"
Yang Zhen also realized that the question he just asked was a bit inappropriate, and couldn't help scratching his head.
Seeing everyone's embarrassment, Mrs. Ruan quickly broke the deadlock and said, "This birthmark is indeed the one he had from birth - my brothers talk about everything, but in fact it's nothing."
Yuan Ping said, "Oh, that's it."
Ling Yun felt that he was a little petty just now, so he said: "By the way, brothers haven't eaten yet, let's go, Zhengyang Tower, I'm treating you."
Everyone cheered, "Okay, okay, we haven't been together for half a month, it just so happens that everyone can have a drink again!"
Everyone said goodbye to Mrs. Ruan and walked out chatting, laughing and playing around.
Mrs. Ruan looked at their retreating, joyful figures and couldn't help but smile and shake her head, "Oh! These children still like to play."
The next day, Lu Wenzheng summoned Ling Yun. Ling Yun still wanted to be angry with him. In the past few days, he had never mentioned asking for leave, but he always looked at him. Normally, he would never step into the study without being summoned by Mr. Lu.
When he saw Lu Wenzheng at this time, he asked, "Sir, what do you have to say?"
"Why, can't I come to you if I have nothing to do?"
Ling Yun said nothing.
Lu Wenzheng said: "Is the injury on your arm okay?"
Ling Yun was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and it was no longer surprising. He thought that Mr. Lu could see everything clearly and he was such a discerning person. He could not fail to see what happened yesterday, so he said: "It's not in the way." But he deliberately did not thank him, but He said: "Sir, there's nothing else to do. If nothing happens, it's time for me to say goodbye." He turned to leave.
Just listen to Mr. Lu say: "Come back!" Ling Yun stood still. Lu Wenzheng said: "Why don't you go back and pack and prepare for the trip?"
Ling Yun was startled.
Lu Wenzheng said: "Why, don't you understand? I approved your request for leave."
Only then did Ling Yun react. He turned around and said happily: "Thank you, sir!" He bowed and bowed.
Lu Wenzheng smiled and shook his head: "Hey, you!"
Ling Yun was ecstatic at this time. As for Mr. Lu's instructions on how to "be careful along the way, go early and come back early," he didn't listen to a single word. He just wanted to go back immediately and tell his mother the good news.
