A traitor

After the worship, the two sent Jinniang back to her current residence.

There are five or six families living in the alley, which is not too big or small. Due to the remote location, it is very different from the scene in the city.

Bluestone paved roads, thatched houses, cocks crowing and dogs barking can be heard endlessly. A wooden bridge is built on the river bank not far away, with green willows weeping willows beside the bridge and a clump of reeds growing underneath.

"No one here knows who I am and what I have done. I do some sewing on weekdays, which is enough to make a living. This kind of life is a blessing for me."

Jin Niang stood outside the alley and said in a calm tone.

Su Qinglang followed her gaze, only to see a half-old house at the end of his sight.

So he waved his folding fan leisurely and said, "The green hills are like the east of Daiyuan Village, the green stream is like the willow catkin wind, you are very good at finding places."

Jinniang smiled slightly: "It's just a mountain and a village, it makes adults laugh."

Su Qinglang heard the words, and continued: "The willows are dark and the flowers are bright, the smoke is curling up, the happiest thing in the world is nothing more than this, others can't envy them even if they want to, so how can they laugh?"

Jinniang was a little embarrassed by his praise, lowered her head, and replied gently: "Your Excellency is busy with business and works hard all day, so it is inevitable that you will yearn for this kind of rural life, but it is a pity that not everyone has this idea, you see Those who work in the fields, adults envy them, maybe they also envy adults."

Su Qinglang nodded, looked at Jinniang's eyes with a little more appreciation, and said, "This is called "like a fish drinking water, knowing whether it's warm or not", each has its own difficulties. "

Jinniang paused for a moment, and then said: "If your lord is free, you might as well come here for a walk in the future. Although this place is not as good as the imperial city, there are still places for you to rest."

"Okay!" Su Qinglang closed the folding fan, replied briskly, and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble the girl a lot when the time comes."

Jinniang pursed her lips, and avoided his gaze with sideways eyes: "Your Excellency is kind to Jinniang, and has helped Yunxian, even if it wasn't so, Jinniang would like to make friends with you with the loyalty that I have treated Jinniang. Friend. It's just... Jinniang's background is humble, and she's afraid of humiliating adults."

In fact, Su Qinglang's impression of Jinniang is quite good, she doesn't have the temper of a court lady, nor does she have the vulgarity of a prostitute.

He is thoughtful and thoughtful when he speaks and does things. Although he is tactful, he is not so worldly, and he has his own insights, which makes people feel very comfortable.

But he was a bit too pessimistic, always worried about his background, and he didn't say anything, who thought her background was not good.

So, holding the folding fan, he persuaded: "What is humiliating and not humiliating? One's birth is determined by God, but fate is in one's own hands. No one can be born as a prince. There are beggars who turn themselves into emperors. What's the point?" Do you care? You think your background is not good, and I am afraid that my reputation will be too bad. If you associate with me, it will stain your reputation instead. "

Jin Niang turned to look at him, and quickly explained: "My lord, Jin Niang has never thought about it like this..."

Su Qinglang smiled, and said: "Since I have never thought about it before, I simply don't think about it, girl, you are fine, at least that's how I feel."

Standing by the side, Mei Liusheng saw Jinniang's look of joy, and then looked at Su Qinglang's nonchalant expression, he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

He also heard Jinniang tentatively say: "My lord is here for the first time, and Jinniang has nothing to entertain her. There is still some thin wine at home, all of which are brewed by me. If your lord doesn't mind, you might as well stay and have a meal before leaving." Bar."

Su Qinglang looked at the sky, it was gloomy, with thick clouds constantly rolling in the cold wind, probably it was going to rain.

Looking at Jinniang's neighbors again, several people looked at them with their heads poking around, as if the aunt on West Street was catching rape, with a trace of wretchedness in their eyes.

He withdrew his gaze, looked at Jinniang and said, "Forget it, the weather is not good today, and it's a bit late, we still have something to do when we go back, so we won't stay for long."

Jinniang felt a little regretful, but still said: "In this case, Jinniang won't force her anymore... I wanted to entertain my lord, and thank you for your kindness."

Looking at the dejected look on her face, she also saw various fruits and vegetables growing in the fence at her door, and green apricots growing on the branches extending from the top of the wall.

Su Qinglang thought for a while, took two steps forward, pointed at her door with a folding fan, and said: "The green apricots here grow very well, and it's the most suitable occasion for drinking. If you want to thank me, next time you come in You might as well bring some here, I have never drank homemade wine."

Hearing what he said, Jinniang looked up at the wall of her house, smiled, nodded and said, "Okay..."

The two bid farewell, and on the way back, the rice fields intertwined and the scenery was pleasant. Su Qinglang walked in front and only cared about enjoying the scenery, while Mei Liusheng followed behind him, speechless for a while.

After a long time, Mei Liusheng stopped in his tracks, and called softly, "Brother Su..."

Su Qinglang turned around, looked at him, and heard him say: "Today, that woman..."

Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Su Qinglang asked: "Are you talking about Yunxian, or Jinniang?"

Mei Liusheng thought for a while, and finally said, "It's both."

But seeing Su Qinglang said without hesitation: "I met Yunxian in Zuixianlou, and she is also Xu Jingfei's good friend. At first I approached her to find out about Xu Jingfei, but this girl is very nice, honest and forthright.

I like it very much, so we have been dating. As for Jinniang, my second mother asked me to marry Du Shiqi.

I don't like it, so I asked her to help the girl from the Du family to quit. Just... the day I met you, the girl from the Du family slapped me. I really don't know what to do. "

Mei Liusheng thought about it for a while, the intricate relationship involved, and thought to himself, if you don't know what is good and what is bad, you deserve it if you are beaten to death.

Then I heard Su Qinglang ask in a puzzled way: "Brother Mei asks this, because he wants to..."

Mei Liusheng lowered his head, and said: "It's nothing, I'm just curious, as Brother Su, how could I befriend them."

Su Qinglang snorted lightly, and waved his folding fan: "For me, making friends is all based on my heart. If I like it, I'll keep going. Will I still stand here and talk?"

This sentence is true, Mei Liusheng smiled helplessly, and then sighed: "Liusheng just wanted to remind Brother Su that beauty is like jade, and gentleness is like a knife. Sometimes, you treat them as friends, but they may not be like this." think."

Su Qinglang thought about it, the Yunxian girl who was in the Zuixian Tower, faced with his repeated overtures, but finally chose to follow Xu Jingyu and go away.

Replied: "Someone once told me that she liked me when she was young, but only after meeting another person did she understand the difference between liking and admiration. You see, the feelings in this world are so shallow. From childhood to adulthood, I don't know how many girls like me, and there are many people who would die if I didn't want to marry.

But in the end, they all married and had children one by one, and I didn't see how sad they were. I don't believe that they would really like me, but they were so blind that even I couldn't figure it out.

Mr. Su has been attracted to women since he was a child. With his excellent face, he has won the favor of many girls. In addition, he has a little bit of talent, which is also good for girls.

Therefore, before the betrayal of a classmate happened, the girls who liked to surround him could line up from Shangshu Mansion to Jinluan Hall.

Mei Liusheng had heard about this point in the past few days, but he didn't expect that there was such an awkward heart hidden under Mr. Su's popular appearance.

But it's no wonder that the person who pestered you the day before and said he liked you, but you didn't want to marry, got into the bridal sedan busily the next day, and anyone would feel a kind of deception.

Seeing this scene, Mei Liusheng could only say: "It's just that the fate has not yet come. Brother Su will definitely meet someone who really likes you in the future."

Su Qinglang also smiled, and replied casually: "Let's talk about it when we meet, but I don't believe that someone would be willing to jump into the pit of fire like me."

Mei Liusheng didn't say a word. The two arrived in the imperial city. Due to the bad weather, there were no people on the road. The once bustling streets became deserted.

He was walking behind, but saw Su Qinglang stop in his tracks, following his gaze, he saw a sedan chair walking over from the other side of the road.

Although he couldn't recognize who was in the sedan chair, he had already guessed in his heart when he saw the students following on both sides, and the young man who was confronting Su Qinglang at Xu's house today.

He stood behind Su Qinglang, watched him and pointed his fingers, and bowed respectfully to the sedan chair.

But I saw the young man beside the sedan chair came up to him and said a few words. I don't know what the people in the sedan chair ordered, but the sedan chair that was going towards them turned back very abruptly.

In ancient times, there was an ever-victorious general who killed the enemy on the battlefield, and he was invincible with a silver spear. Now there is Su Qinglang saluting to the sedan chair, and he was so frightened that he backed away.

Su Qinglang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Mei Liusheng who was beside him: "Brother Mei, if you want to go out in the future, you must take me with you. It's better to have me open the way than countless officials."

Although he said he didn't care, but combined with what happened today, Mei Liusheng only felt a secret pain in his heart.

He couldn't understand why Su Qinglang could still laugh under such circumstances...

After a moment of silence, he asked slowly, "Brother Su, don't you really feel sad?"

"Those who know me say I am worried, those who don't know me say what I want, what others think and do, and I can't interfere. If that's the case, just be yourself."

Holding the folding fan, Su Qinglang said frankly: "Old Mr. Song, no matter what you say, he is my mentor. It is my fault that he can't let him understand me. Besides, I know that what I have done is all wrong. That's right, as long as you keep going forward, that's enough, why bother to feel sorry for yourself and make yourself unhappy?"

Seeing that Su Qinglang was so open-minded, it seemed that he was a little narrow-minded, Mei Liusheng secretly laughed.

Explained to him: "I'm just worried that Brother Su will keep the pain in his heart, and he will hurt himself instead."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang walked back a few steps, and stood in front of Mei Liusheng, smiling coquettishly with a pair of fox eyes.

He tapped him on the shoulder with a folding fan, and said: "Don't worry, if I'm really sad, with our friendship, I will definitely tell you my bitterness when the time comes."