Master fake high cold

She generously bought an exquisite hairpin for Li Jubai. Although she had already paid back the money, the food, clothing, and housing along the way were all borne by her master. How could the debt owed be paid off with a few hundred taels of silver?

Fortunately, the days are still long, and she will be kind to his wife, very good to him.

Mu Lan looked at Li Jubai with scorching eyes. Without this person in front of her, she might not be able to get out of the predicament so quickly. She understands the truth that a drop of water should be repaid by a spring.

Li Jubai probably understands Mu Lan's intentions, whether it's gratitude or liking, for the sake of winning the same title as herself, she is willing to fulfill it.

In Zhuxian County, dozens of miles away, the officials who announced the good news quickly swung their whips, and the county magistrate came to congratulate him in person. Within half a day, the news of Li's family's double Jieyuan spread throughout the county.

Father Li smiled and greeted the people who came to congratulate him, planning in his mind that after his daughter and son-in-law came back, he must arrange the banquet for a few days.

Then he waited and waited, but in the end he didn't even get a figure, only a letter came.

In Huangzhou Mansion, when Li Jubai proposed to return to Zhu County, Mu Lan did not make a sound.

"You don't want to go back?"

"Master, I want to take part in next year's examination, so let's go directly to Beijing." Mu Lan hesitated for a moment to tell her plan, she couldn't wait, she wanted to see her parents as soon as possible, and wanted to avenge herself as soon as possible.

Li Jubai looked at her steadfastly, pondered for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said: "It's better to go to Beijing to prepare for the exam as soon as possible, I will write a letter to tell Dad, and then we can leave after the Lu Ming banquet."

She could see the impatience in Mu Lan's eyes, since she also planned to take part in the examination, then this person's wish should be fulfilled.

Three days later, the Luming Banquet.

At the Luming Banquet, there were not only those who won the exams, but also those who had achieved good results in the government examinations in recent years. Li Jubai, as Xie Yuan three years ago, was naturally eligible to enter.

After entering the arena, some people still remembered her as Jie Yuan from the previous session. A few people from the same session came over to exchange pleasantries, and then exchanged news about her coming to Beijing to participate in the exam.

Li Jubai listened absent-mindedly, her eyes fell on a figure a few steps away, she remembered Mu Lan's abnormal behavior since the morning, her eyes became more probing, what secret does this person have?

Not far away, Mu Lan drank a glass of wine and made a draft in her heart, then filled her glass, and walked towards Yu Shilang who was sitting in the main seat calmly.

"Master Yu, student Zhuxian Mulan hereby respects you."

"Okay, I didn't expect Mu Jieyuan to be such a young woman. She is really young and promising." Yu Shilang remembered Mu Lan's examination paper, and the last question and answer was especially to his liking.

When he looked at the woman in front of him, he always felt a little familiar, as if he looked a little like the daughter-in-law of Lord Shangshu's house.

Mu Lan drank it down calmly, feeling a little dazed in her heart. Although it was only half a year or so before she relived and saw someone she knew before, she still felt as if she had passed away.

She looked at Shilang Yu calmly, and chatted casually: "Student, take the liberty, Mr. Yu and one of my uncles look very similar. They look really kind. I would like to toast you again, student."

Mu Lan asked this intentionally, the original owner is [-]% similar to her original appearance, and today she deliberately made up the same as before, if it wasn't for the restriction of clothes, she might be more similar, but at least [-]% of the similarity is present.

Yu Shilang's expression paused, and he looked at it for a moment and said with a complicated expression: "It's really a coincidence, Mu Jieyuan and a niece of my official's life are also somewhat similar in appearance, I don't know if you are from Huangzhou Prefecture?"

After asking, his face darkened, Baiyue stipulated that candidates must take the imperial examination in their hometown, this woman named Mu Lan is naturally from the local, no matter how similar they look, they are not the same person after all.

"It's really a fate. I don't know who is the niece of Master Yu. The students must visit after they come to Beijing." Mu Lan raised her glass again, her tone became warmer, and her heart beat quietly accelerated.

Yu Shilang's eyes darkened, and the interest on his face faded a bit: "My niece in that life is weak and has been recuperating in the mansion. I'm afraid Mu Xieyuan may not have the chance to see her."

Thinking of his good friend's prostitute, Yu Shilang sighed in his heart. There was no news about that child for almost a year. The Shang Shufu said that his daughter was recuperating at home. Only trusted old friends like them knew that the child was not sick, but missing.

The disappearance of a woman is not a trivial matter. The Shangshu Mansion is looking forward to finding her daughter one day, and for the sake of her daughter's reputation, she claims to be recovering from her illness. Even the marriage contract has changed, and she does not know when she will be found.

Yu Shilang looked indifferent, obviously he didn't want to talk any more.

Mu Lan backed away wisely, and walked back absentmindedly, she sat on her seat, pondering over and over again what she had just heard.

Weak?Have been recuperating?

impossible!

She was obviously pushed into the moat by that man, and when she woke up, she became Mu Lan, a poor scholar in Zhu County, how could she stay at home to recuperate?

Mu Lan clenched the cup tightly, and for the first time carefully recalled what happened that day.

As the wedding was approaching, my younger sister brought a letter. The man who was engaged to her wanted to meet quietly, asking her if he had something important to discuss, and begged her to go quietly.

At that time, she was the most beautiful lady of the Shangshu Mansion in the capital, what a beauty and pride she was.

Although she had no emotional expectations for her fiancé, but with the envy of all the women, she was barely satisfied with that man.

That's why he left the house willfully, and he fell into the scheme carelessly.

I don't know what's going on with my personal maid, and I think it's hard to survive.

And the concubine sister who helped the man deliver the letter, did she know about it, and what role did she play in it?

The cup in Mu Lan's hand became tighter and tighter, and the scene in her mind was the moment before she died.

The icy river surrounded her, and the picture before she lost consciousness was the face she saw when she was pushed into the river.

Her fiancé, Lu Ping, the Saburo of the Lu family who was the most talented in the capital, lost the usual gentleness on that man's face, and his eyes, like poisonous snakes, were full of cruelty.

What a glorious Lu family Saburo, even if she is dissatisfied with the marriage contract, she will not kill others. As the eldest lady of Shangshufu, although she is usually domineering, she will not force others to make things difficult for her.

But that man pretended to be a snake, and usually never showed any dissatisfaction with the marriage contract, so what kind of deep hatred made him ruthlessly push his fiancée into the cold moat.

"Wooden blue."

Li Ju held Mu Lan's trembling hand with worried eyes, and took out the wine glass in her hand and put it on the table.

Mu Lan turned her head, her eyes were full of panic, as if someone had choked her throat and couldn't speak.

She always thought that she was full of fighting spirit and would not be afraid if she was eager for revenge.

But it turned out that I was also afraid, but I just didn't want to think about it in my heart, and I didn't want to admit it.

Li Jubai was startled, then he held her hand tightly and hugged her gently: "You're drunk, shall we go back now?"

Mu Lan didn't speak, she nodded unconsciously, and just like that, Li Jubai took her hand and left the Luming Banquet.

It was not until she got into the carriage that Mu Lan regained consciousness from the shadow before she died, fear made her have a strong desire to confide.

But when she wanted to open her mouth, she just felt pain in her heart and couldn't say a word. Those things were too shocking, how could Master believe it?

She closed her eyes sadly, turned her head and looked out of the carriage through the window, digesting the emotions in her heart alone.

"You...don't be afraid." Li Jubai hesitantly comforted her again and again, her complexion was calm, but the fingers in her sleeves were quietly squeezed and squeezed, and finally let go in vain, not knowing what she wanted to do.

Mu Lan turned her head and smiled: "I'm not afraid."

What are you not afraid of?And why did he lose his composure like that, did Li Jubai ask, but Mu Lan didn't say either.

The next day, an officer sent a token. This time the chief examiner, Yu Shilang, invited Mu Lan to the mansion after entering Beijing.

Mu Lan was a little surprised, yesterday at the Luming Banquet, Uncle Yu obviously didn't want to mention her, why did he come to invite her again today?

Yu Shilang didn't want to pay attention to it at first, as a fourth-rank Beijing official like him, he didn't know how many champions he had seen, and a first place in the government examination would not attract him.

What attracted him was Mu Lan's face, and when he went back, he remembered the conversation at the banquet. The faint temperament exuded from the other party, confident and proud, was very much like his niece, who was talented but not inferior to her appearance, who was missing. Miss Shangshufu for half a year.