At this time, Mr. Kong stepped forward to help Zou Chongyu up and said to Tang Ren: "The matter is now over. It doesn't matter whether the truth is true or not. My family has decided to rebuild the old relationship with the Zou family. Qingqiu will soon marry into the Zou family. Mr. Tang , I, the Kong family, can't help you, I will pay you five thousand taels of gold as an apology, and when Qingqiu wakes up, I will ask her to return the treasure that she took from you."
Seeing this scene, the great scholar sighed deeply, said goodbye to Tang Ren immediately, waved his wide sleeves, and left.
Tang Ren knew that the situation was over, but he was still struggling: "Mr. Kong, how do you think about Qingqiu's feelings when you arrange this? Don't you know the reason why she is like this today?"
Mr. Kong: "She wouldn't risk the lives of her whole family for her own affair, and you wouldn't do this to us, right?"
Tang Ren was stunned. He couldn't answer this question.
He didn't know how to answer.
In the evening, Zou Chongyu returned home in despair. Master Zou read from his mind what happened in the Kong Mansion during the day. He was surprised: If Kong Qingqiu really returned the treasure to Tang Ren, how could he have planned for the past few days? Aren’t they all invalidated? Not only will he marry a wife who has no connection with him, but he will also offend a young man who may become Qianhu in the future?
This kind of thing must never happen.
So, he activated his newly developed secret child around Kong Qingqiu - her maid.
This maid was doing her own small business behind the master's back. Kong Qingqiu knew about it but hid it for her and didn't let Master Kong know.
After Zou Qianhu learned about this matter, he took control of the maid.
Zou Qianhu asked his maid to light special incense in Kong Qingqiu's house three days later, and then went to Tang Ren and told him that Kong Qingqiu had asked him to meet in the boudoir.
Tang Ren was really fooled and sneaked into Kong Qingqiu's room with the help of his maid.
After Kong Qingqiu and his parents and brothers finished dinner, they returned to the room and saw Tang Ren waiting for him.
Tang Ren felt the power of the book and knew that Qingqiu was back. He did not look back, but said slowly: "Since you have decided, I have nothing to say. This book can be regarded as my wedding gift to you. . I will leave early tomorrow morning, and it will be a long journey from now on. You take care of yourself."
Kong Qingqiu was in great pain. She stretched out her hand and wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything.
"I'm sorry," she said.
Tang Ren: "No need to say sorry to me. This whole thing was originally my wishful thinking. I started it in the first place and brought you into this prison. Now that I know you have the matchmaker's words in front of me, it is your responsibility to keep the promise." It’s your duty as a Shang family, so you have nothing to apologize to me for.”
After a pause, he turned around, looked deeply into Kong Qingqiu's eyes, and asked: "But, do you really want to marry that kind of person? You know what he is planning, but you still have to explain yourself Give it to him?"
Kong Qingqiu didn't look at him.
She lowered her head and shed a few tears on her embroidered robe, and the begonia-colored material immediately showed some bright red.
Tang Ren took a few steps forward and asked: "Or are you, like your parents, just seeking the power of his family? You don't care at all about the character of the person you marry? You don't care about whether he has the same mind as you. ?”
Kong Qingqiu suddenly raised his head and said decisively: "No, that's not the case!"
Just at this glance, Kong Qingqiu was overwhelmed by the grievance and depression in her heart. Her eyes blurred and her whole person softened.
Tang Ren quickly stepped forward and supported her.
"What's wrong with you!" Tang Ren gently helped her sit on the chair.
"How can I leave with peace of mind when you are like this... Come on, take a drink of water and take your time." After saying that, Tang Ren poured a glass of water from the teapot on the table and handed it to Jin Miaomiao.
Green smoke curled up from the copper incense burner on the table, exuding a refreshing aroma.
"I remember that the incense you used before didn't smell like this..." Before he could finish his words, Tang Ren put his forehead on his head and shook his head, as if he had entered some kind of dizzy state.
"What's going on..." Before he could finish speaking, Kong Qingqiu had already buried his face in the crook of his neck.
The embrace is warm, eager and passionate.
She was struggling with her next move in her heart, but her hands and feet didn't seem to obey her orders.
Kong Qingqiu and Tang Ren fell into the weft tent hugging each other, their emotions as ambiguous as the green smoke around them.
Suddenly, the door was kicked open by someone, and Zou Chongyu rushed in first.
"What are you doing!"
Since his marriage to Kong Qingqiu was confirmed, Zou Chongyu would come to Kong's house every afternoon and wait for Qingqiu to talk to him.
But Kong Qingqiu has always avoided seeing him.
On this day, Zou Chongyu's father, Zou Qianhu, asked him to try taking Qingqiu out for a walk after dinner. Maybe this would make Qingqiu happier.
The boy from the Zou family who followed Zou Chongyu in was also temporarily assigned by Zou Qianhu. He said he was "worried" that the young couple would be crowded when they went to the night market.
A group of people crowded into Kong Qingqiu's courtyard in a lively manner, only to see her personal maid standing in front of the closed door, pacing back and forth anxiously.
Zou Chongyu: "What's wrong with you? Where is your young lady?"
The maid panicked and said, "I...I...my young lady, young lady...she's not here!"
But there was clearly movement in the room.
Zou Chongyu was full of doubts, so he stepped forward, pushed the maid away, and kicked open the door.
The moment he opened the door, spring light suddenly appeared in the room. Zou Chongyu felt ashamed and annoyed, so he immediately stepped forward and pushed the two of them away.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of people rushed forward.
Kong Qingqiu was pulled, pushed, and slapped to the ground.
But her mind was in chaos, and she was unable to organize her limbs to effectively resist, and she couldn't even speak a word.
She watched helplessly as she was stuffed into a rough cage.
What followed was a deafening roar and a dizzying shaking.
She and Tang Ren were carried out of the yard.
As soon as they left the yard, Kong Qingqiu saw Mr. Kong and Mrs. Kong frantically trying to pull her down, but they were kicked and knocked to the ground by Zou Chongyu's servant.
Kong Dalang rushed forward to save Tang Ren, but Zou Chongyu knocked him away with a kick.
Kong Qingqiu and Tang Ren were carried out of Kong's mansion. Along the way, the Zou family's servants shouted loudly about how they were "carrying behind" their fiancés.
The excited passers-by threw countless stones and rotten vegetable leaves at the two.
Neither of them could say a word. They could only hear the sound of water hitting the dam getting closer and louder.
When we arrived at the shore, Zou Qianhu appeared.
He looked coldly at the two disheveled people in the cage and said loudly: "Our Zou family treats your Kong family wholeheartedly, regardless of the past grudges. In order to fulfill my father's last wish, it is also to fulfill the promise of our Zou and Kong families. Unexpectedly , you Kong Qingqiu, the daughter of a merchant family, actually did such a thing behind your own fiancé's back! How disgusting!"
"nausea!"
"Shameless!"
Passers-by echoed.
Zou Qianhu continued: "Today, I will exercise my responsibility as Qianhu and sentence you two to sink into the pond, so that the world will know what the price of betrayal is!"
As a result, Kong Qingqiu felt a lightness all over his body, followed by a heart-pounding pain and biting coldness.
She was thrown into the river.
The cold river water quickly flooded her chest, abdomen, mouth and nose.
