When the three of them entered the attic, they were greeted by several beautiful women dressed in colorful clothes. They sat down around them with smiles and murmurs.
The Madam called for a banquet and said with a smile: "Two gentlemen, you haven't been to this place for a long time. Have you forgotten us?"
Ding Jiying smiled and said: "Where is it?"
Slow singing, slow dancing, silk bamboo, and fairy music can be heard everywhere. Huanyu felt good at first, but she felt that the woman serving him was too affectionate.
But I felt even more uncomfortable with the flirting and affectionate scene between Ding Jiying and the woman next to him, and thought to myself: "How can men and women be so casual about accepting or disapproving of each other?"
He Chengqi is different from Ding Jiying. He held the beauty in one hand and raised a glass of wine with the other, but said nothing.
Seeing that something was wrong with him, Ding Jiying said, "Brother He, what's wrong with you? Are you drinking to drown your sorrows?"
He Chengqi didn't answer, but spoke incoherently: "The bells, drums, delicacies and jade are not expensive, but I wish I could never wake up after being drunk for a long time. The sages in ancient times are all lonely, but only the drinkers leave their names... I will exchange for fine wines with you, and they will be sold for eternity." Chou...come on, drink!"
As he said this, he drank another glass of wine.
Ding Jiying saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to hold down his wine glass and said: "Brother He, what's wrong with you? Do you want to tell me something? Why are you keeping it in your heart? Is it the eldest son He Chenglin..."
He Chengqi was touched on a painful spot and said loudly: "Stop talking!..."
Ding Jiying said: "Why bother? After all, you and he are biological flesh and blood, and we have a deep brotherhood!"
"Brotherhood?..." He Chengqi smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, he is the hand and I am the foot! He is so beautiful in front of my father and so red; and my aunt also protects him everywhere!...
"And what about me? Everyone looks at me with blank eyes. I am nothing at home! I hate my aunt. She is selfish and domineering. She stirs up trouble in front of my father all day long, stirs up troubles, promotes her own son, belittles and excludes me. , took away all the love my father had for me! Now I am just like a puppet, a walking corpse, and life is worse than death..."
Ding Jiying sighed after hearing this.
When Huan Yu heard that her little cousin belittled Aunt Chang Qing and slandered He Chenglin, she couldn't help but be suspicious and said: "No way, they are not such people!"
He Chengqi glanced at her and said: "You are not me, how can you understand the pain in my heart?..."
Naturally, He Chengqi would not know this cousin who had never been masked; and Ding Jiying would never have thought that the young man in white, Yu Huan, sitting in front of him drinking, would actually be the Huanyu County man who was engaged to him. host!
It's late at night and it's time to rest. Ding Jiying and He Chengqi were supported upstairs by two women.
Huanyu was also pulled into his room by a woman named Xiangyu.
Huanyu saw that the embroidered curtains in the room were gorgeous and expensive, and the scarlet-colored screen set off the brocade quilt and fragrant quilt, and the fragrance was overflowing. She felt very satisfied and nodded: "Well, very good! It's okay. You can go and have a rest first."
But Xiangyu said affectionately: "Then please take off your clothes, sir!" She took off her coat and walked towards her in a naughty way.
Even though Huan Yu was not familiar with worldly affairs, she also saw the clues at this moment and said in a flash: "You... what are you going to do?"
The woman said: "Let me sleep with you!"
Huan Yu said: "No, it's so hot. It's so suffocating to be crowded together. You can go out!"
Xiangyu said: "You are so weird! If you want to be alone, why are you here? Stop pretending."
As he spoke, he pounced on him charmingly.
Huanyu saw that the situation was not good and her true colors would be exposed if she stayed any longer. Thanks to her skills, she pushed the woman away and fled in a panic to find Ding Jiying and the others.
When I got to the door, I found that the door was closed from the inside. After knocking for a long time, there was no movement. When I looked out of the window, I saw Ding Jiying holding warm soft jade in his arms. I couldn't help but blushed with embarrassment and spat fiercely: "Bah, what?" People!" He left Zuihua Tower as if fleeing.
Huan Yu left the place where things were right and wrong and found a hiding place, the doorway of a wealthy family.
The trees were desolate, and the cold wind penetrated her clothes. She hugged her body with her hands and huddled into a ball, shivering from the cold.
At this time, Huanyu couldn't tell whether she was sad, lonely, aggrieved, or resentful. Her tears couldn't help but fall down, scattering in the wind.
She originally thought that Ding Jiying was a kind-hearted gentleman, but now it seems that he is not as black as the crows in the world. He is just like other dandy boys, sleeping in flowers and willows, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and they are all the same!
Just now she had thought about becoming a wife, but now she really regretted it.
It was already late at night, and she had nowhere to go, so she had no choice but to cry and sleep in the wind, shaking and trembling as she passed the time every minute. When she was tired, she unconsciously took a nap. When she suddenly woke up, the Milky Way was already approaching. It's fall, the rooster crows and it's time for dawn.
The long night finally passed, but she felt dizzy, weak and unwilling to move.
At this time, the courtyard door opened, and the housekeeper assigned a few people to come out to clean the courtyard. When they saw someone boarding here, they scolded: "Where are you beggars? Get out of here!"
"What, a beggar?" Huan Yu was annoyed. He wanted to say something in return, but he saw that several domestic slaves were like wolves and tigers, and they were so vicious. He thought that a good man would not suffer the loss in front of him, so he had to walk down the steps angrily.
She turned back again, glanced at the words "Shang Shu Ding's Mansion" on the door, and thought: It's Ding's Mansion again! It is true that like a master, like a servant, Ding Jiying, I will remember your good things!
She walked away without looking back.
While walking, she felt her head pounding and her ears ringing, and her whole body felt chilly. It turned out that she had suffered a cold last night.
She felt her vision blurred, stumbled, and almost fell into someone's arms.
That person was Ling Yun. Seeing this, he hurriedly supported her and said, "What's wrong with you? You haven't seen me all night. Why are you so haggard?"
Huanyu wanted to break away from him, but felt her body was so limp that she fell into his arms...
Huanyu fell ill, caught wind and cold, and felt hot and cold all over. He was bedridden for several days.
Thanks to the careful care of Mrs. Ruan and the girl Qiu'er; Ling Yun hurriedly invited Liu Liu, a famous doctor in the capital, to diagnose and treat him.
When Mr. Liu Liu told Mrs. Ruan and Ling Yun that Mr. Yuhuan was a daughter, they were stunned.
After Mr. Liu Liu left, Mrs. Ruan asked Ling Yun: "Zhichao, what on earth is going on?"
Ling Yun said awkwardly: "Mom, I don't know this either..."
Mrs. Ruan said: "Can you cover up everything if you don't know? Fortunately, you are still a man's husband, and you treat others like this. If something really happens, what should you do?"
Ling Yun had no choice but to lower his head and remain silent.
Mrs. Ruan apologized to Huan Yu again and again, "Girl, this kid Zhichao is ignorant and offended you. You must not blame him."
Huan Yu said: "Madam, look at what you said, as long as Commander Ling doesn't dislike me and doesn't chase me away, I will be extremely grateful. How dare I say blame!"
Ling Yun just pretended not to hear the other party's sarcastic remarks.
Mrs. Ruan changed the subject and said: "Girl, please forgive me for being too talkative. Why do you have to dress up as a man at such a young age? Where are your parents and relatives?"
Regarding this, Huan Yu had already thought of her words, and sighed softly after hearing the words: "It's a long story. The little girl is the daughter of a wealthy family in Luoyang City. As for who her parents are, I really don't want to mention it, because They are arbitrary and do not consider their daughter's lifelong happiness at all. They only consider themselves. They want to marry me to a playboy I don't like. I hate them so much...
"In order to escape from marriage, I ran to the capital to seek refuge with my relatives, but I didn't expect that they had already moved away."
"I will never go back to that disgusting home. But seeing that all my expenses were gone, I had no choice but to disguise myself as a man and go to the Jinling Palace to find a job. I first gave them five taels of silver on credit, thinking that I could do some work. Earn it back.
"Who knew that the work in the house was so heavy that I, a weak woman, could not bear it. When I retreated, those hateful guys intensified their efforts and asked me to repay them ten taels of silver with interest."
Saying that, Huanyu glanced at Ling Yun and said, "If Commander Ling hadn't given Yi Shi a helping hand..."
Ling Yun said: "It's not me, it's the second young master of the Ding family."
Huan Yu snorted and said, "Don't mention him, he's not a good person either!"
"What, did he offend you?"
"You're still talking about it!" Huan Yu then told the ridiculous story of going to Zuihua Tower with Ding Jiying and He Chengqi last night after their baggage was robbed, until Ling Yun couldn't even laugh or cry.
Huan Yu said: "You are still laughing, it's all your fault that I made such a fool of myself!"
Ling Yun said: "How could you blame me? If you hadn't been annoyed when I asked about your origins and told you straightforwardly..."
Huan Yu said: "Only a puppy will tell you!"
Ling Yun smiled and said: "It seems that you have to be a puppy for once."
Huan Yu thought of what she had just said and almost slapped herself in the mouth.
"I just don't understand now," Ling Yun said: "The twenty taels of silver I gave you, including the ten taels taken away by people from the Jinling Palace, why did you send them back? Where did you get those ten taels of silver? Coming?"
Huan Yu said: "I told you I wouldn't tell you!"
Ling Yun said: "Actually, I know even if you don't tell me. I have seen the girl's movement skills, her body is as light as a swallow, her hands are amazing and she is a thief..."
"You're the one who stole it! Let me tell you, I pawned this money with gold hairpin jewelry!..." As soon as Huan Yu said this, she realized that she had been fooled again.
When Ling Yun asked her real name again, Huan Yu refused to tell her in order to avoid becoming a "third time puppy".
Ling Yun said: "Then how should I call the girl in the future? Should I continue to call you Yuhuan, or should I disrespectfully call you 'puppy' again?"
Huan Yu was so angry that she waved her hand. Ling Yun ducked out of the way and was about to say something back to her. Yuan Ping walked in angrily and said, "Commander Ling, I'm looking for you."
Ling Yun's expression suddenly became solemn, he cupped his hands with Mrs. Ruan and Huan Yu, and hurried out with Yuan Ping.
After Ling Yun left, Mrs. Ruan said: "Girl, this kid Zhichao talks without meaning and loves to joke. Don't take what he said to heart!"
Huanyu was not really angry. Thinking back to the wonderful speech she gave just now in front of Ling Yun's mother and son about her origins, which blended truth and falsehood, she felt a little proud.
Thinking that such a shrewd Ling Yun was fooled by her vivid performance, she admired her own intelligence even more. She smiled and said, "Nothing."
Mrs. Ruan asked her again: "I just call you girl, but I don't know what to call you?"
Huan Yu thought to herself: Of course, the word "Yu Huan" cannot be used anymore, and it is inconvenient to reveal her real maiden name, so she made up a name casually and said: "Madam, my little girl's maiden name is 'Linglong'!"
Mrs. Ruan said: "Linglong? Well, that's a nice name!"
"Madam, I have a heartfelt request, I hope you can agree to it."
"What, just say it!"
Huan Yu said: "Since I left home and came here, I have no intention of going back; now, I am homeless. I hope Madam can take me in - I am willing to serve Madam with tea and water and serve you."
Mrs. Ruan sighed: "Girl, you should go back."
Huanyu prayed: "Madam, please, please don't let me go back! If I go back, I will marry that ignorant playboy. Then won't my life be ruined? If I are allowed to live like this If I live a life of darkness, I might as well die!"
Mrs. Ruan said: "Girl, how can you say that?"
Under Huan Yu's gentle entanglement, Mrs. Ruan's heart softened and she could only say: "Okay, let me discuss this with Zhi Chao."
Mrs. Ruan only said it was a discussion, but in fact, how could Ling Yun dare to go against his mother's will.
What's more, he didn't take this matter to heart.
When he came out of Lu Wenzheng's study, he felt very worried and stressed.
Because Mr. Lu and Xu Zhi have been tracing the real murderer of Ding Jiwu that day for the past few days.
Ling Yun obliged, working with Yang Zhen, Yuan Ping and others to investigate the case and get the news; but after running around for several days, they still found nothing.
Seeing the golden crow falling in the west, it was getting late, Ling Yun and others were exhausted when they returned to the capital, so they naturally forgot about "Yu Huan"'s escape from marriage.
He would never have thought that just because of his current laziness and neglect and failure to take this matter seriously, he would cause endless troubles in the future!
But when Ling Yun walked past the silk shop, he saw Yu Qingcheng coming out of it. As soon as he saw him, he greeted him with a smile on his face: "Commander Ling, it's been a long time! Are you free today? Can you please come and talk to me?"
