The Eight Immortals table in the main hall was still full of dishes as at noon, but the only people eating were Yang Muyun and Zhou Mengnan. Without Mrs. Zhou around, Yang Muyun felt a lot less restrained.

"Madam, it's just for dinner. Just keep it simple. It's too wasteful to cook so many dishes." Yang Muyun has never lived in such a wealthy family and is a little unaccustomed to it.

"My husband is right. My mother didn't go back until the afternoon. The cook didn't know, so she still cooked more like she did at noon." Zhou Mengnan explained.

"I heard that my husband likes to eat fish balls. This is the special fish ball with a hidden heart made in the kitchen. Please try it, my husband." Zhou Mengnan pointed at it, and Ning Xin immediately came over and put the fish balls into his plate with chopsticks. Su Yue helped them Filled with wine.

Yang Muyun looked at the two pretty maids and said nothing. Zhou Mengnan understood what he meant and said to them: "You guys sit down and eat together! My wife is not here, so you don't have to follow so many rules." He looked at the two hesitant people. , "If you don't sit down, I won't be able to eat."

Su Yue and Ning Xin said together: "Thank you, sir, miss." They slowly stepped forward, bowed and sat down below them.

Zhou Mengnan smiled and said to Yang Muyun as if he had remembered something: "By the way, sir, someone sent you a gift box this afternoon. I have ordered it to be sent to the study."

Yang Muyun's heart moved and he asked, "Has the box been opened?"

"No, those are your things, sir. I have ordered no one to touch that box."

After hearing this, Yang Muyun said to himself: "A lot of things have happened in the past two days. Should I tell her? Even if I want to, I won't be able to hide it tomorrow."

The courtyard bedroom after dinner.

"What happened to Ning Xin? Why did my mother-in-law leave her here?" Yang Muyun asked.

"You don't like her?" Zhou Mengnan glanced at him.

"The lady is joking, I'm just asking."

"Ning Xin is a maid with a higher status in the Zhou family. She can manage the servants here for me."

"Miss!"

Hearing someone coming, Zhou Mengnan stood up and said, "Come in!"

Su Yue and Ning Xin each carried a tray and walked in gracefully.

There were some men's clothes on both trays. They were shiny and made of fine Hu silk. Zhou Mengnan picked up an autumn-colored double-breasted robe and handed it to her husband: "Come on, my husband, try it on." This dress." Yang Muyun was confused and had no choice but to take it and put it on. Zhou Mengnan blinked his beautiful big eyes a few times and shook his head: "No, it's a bit old-fashioned." He picked up a lotus-colored robe and let it go. When the husband put it on, he looked a little undecided, so he asked Su Yue and Ning Xin: "What do you think?" Su Yue turned her head and looked at it: "The master looks quite energetic in it, but he looks a bit feminine. ." Ning Xin also nodded: "This dress is good to wear at home, but it won't look too solemn if you go out tomorrow." Zhou Mengnan hummed: "Change again..."

It wasn't until Yang Muyun put on a blue-grey robe that Zhou Mengnan nodded with satisfaction, turned around and looked at the two pretty girls next to him, and both of them had a look of satisfaction on their faces. Then he solemnly said: "My husband, I will wear this tomorrow." One piece!" Seeing the doubt on Yang Muyun's face, he smiled and said: "Mr. sir, have you forgotten? Tomorrow is the day when I come back, you must dress well so that you can talk to my father. ....”

"Come back tomorrow? What a coincidence?" Yang Muyun was silent for a while, "Madam, I have something to do tomorrow, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go." After hearing this, Zhou Mengnan's joyful look on his face suddenly dimmed: "Why, it's because in the school

what's up?"

"no."

"Is it because something happened in the husband's family?"

"No, madam, please stop guessing."

Yang Muyun glanced at Su Yue and Ning Xin, and Zhou Mengnan said in a deep voice: "You guys go down!"

Yang Muyun slowly exhaled and said, "Where are my things? I want to take a look..."

In the study, Yang Muyun looked at the gift boxes and baggage on the painting table. Zhou Mengnan stood next to him. The two of them were silent, neither of them said a word. It was Yang Muyun who broke the silence in the room first. He turned around and looked.

Looking at the complicated expression in Zhou Mengnan's eyes, he slowly said:

"Last night, when I lifted your hijab, I was pleasantly surprised. I am very grateful to God for giving me such a beautiful woman. Not only is she beautiful, but she also comes from the richest family in Huzhou. She has beauty and money.

They’re all taken.”

"..."

"So I just want to ask a question, what is the reason that brings us together? Do you know this reason?"

Zhou Mengnan continued to be silent. She knew it, but she didn't want to say it. Her long eyelashes unknowingly drooped down, covering the pool of autumn water in her eyes.

Yang Muyun saw this detail and continued calmly: "Although I have the reputation of being a scholar, it is not enough for the richest man in Huzhou, Zhou Daguan, to marry her beautiful daughter to me." He pointed to the box: "

You must be curious about what is inside, you can open it now."

Zhou Mengnan shook his head slightly: "That's my husband's thing. I don't want to open it, and I'm not curious about what's inside."

Yang Muyun sighed: "If you don't want to open it, how do you know the reason why I can't come back with you tomorrow?"

Zhou Mengnan's delicate body trembled, her lotus steps moved lightly, she walked slowly to the box, and opened it...

I heard a sweet cry: "Why is there an official uniform in your box? You, you are an official of the imperial court?" Zhou Mengnan's delicate body was shaking. My husband is just a scholar! Scholars cannot be officials. Yang Muyun said lightly:

"There is also a waist tag inside, you can take a look." Zhou Mengnan picked up the brass waist tag, which was engraved with the words: "Jinyiwei Xiaoqi". Zhou Mengnan's mood could not be described as shocked: "With myself

The husband who attended the court turned out to be a Jinyiwei. Judging from the official uniform, he has a certain rank, but if he is a Jinyiwei, why should he take the scholar exam?" She looked at her husband with doubts. She knew about Jinyiwei.

This is a group that people usually cannot see, but when they appear, they are often accompanied by blood and killing. Is Xianggong such a person?

Looking at her frightened eyes, Yang Muyun acted very calmly: "In terms of rank, I am a military attache of the seventh rank of the imperial court, and I am also the flag of the Imperial Guard."

He finally admitted, and Zhou Mengnan calmed down: "Isn't the Jin Yiwei with the emperor? Why did he come to this little Huzhou?"

"Where Jin Yiwei appears, it means there is a case there."

"Is there any case in Huzhou that can alarm Jin Yiwei?"

"Yes, but that case has nothing to do with your Zhou family, but Jin Yiwei investigated a case related to your Zhou family."

"What?" Upon hearing this, Zhou Mengnan felt that the blood in her body instantly solidified. She could imagine all kinds of terrible consequences when she was involved in Jin Yiwei's case.

"This case is the reason why you married me." Yang Muyun looked at her reaction and continued talking.

"This year is the emperor's twentieth birthday celebration. The emperor sent an imperial envoy to the south of the Yangtze River to select girls. Your father, my father-in-law, secretly knew the news. Instead of complying with the holy will, he quickly married his daughter. This

If those actions that violate the emperor's orders are investigated, your Zhou family can be punished for bullying the emperor."

"Since you already know this, why do you want to marry me?"

"The reason is very simple, because I was not a Jinyiwei when you and I worshiped together, and I didn't know anything about your Zhou family."

Zhou Mengnan calmed down for a moment, his eyes full of doubts: "Are you saying that you joined the Imperial Guard in one day and became a seventh-grade official of the imperial court?"

"It's incredible! Sometimes a lot can happen in a day, even more than in a year."

Zhou Mengnan fell silent.

Yang Muyun didn't want to tell his secret, so he said: "But you can rest assured that the imperial envoy has selected the beautiful girl in Yangzhou and has now set off to return to the north and will not come south again."

Yang Muyun continued: "And your Zhou family's affairs will no longer be held accountable," he paused, "So, my mission has been completed. All that's left is that we dissolve the marriage and you return to the Zhou family."

Zhou Mengnan's snow-white face became even more bloodless: "You want to divorce me?"

"Our marriage was not our original intention. What's more, although we got married, I have never touched you. After the marriage is dissolved, even if you remarry, your future husband will not treat you badly."

"Why didn't you touch me then? Was it because you didn't like me?" She suddenly discovered that her husband was not an ignorant boy.

"Just because I haven't touched you doesn't mean I don't understand this kind of thing, but I don't like to be manipulated by others. My father pretended to be sick to force me to get married. I can't disobey you, but I can choose not to enter the bridal chamber with the bride." Yang Muyun said slyly.

Smile, "You are beautiful, and I want to work hard to like you, but I don't like what your Zhou family does. Since you want to use marriage to avoid disaster, then if the disaster is avoided, why do you still need marriage? Miss Zhou,

You are still very young, and you can re-choose the marriage you want according to your own will. No matter whether you choose right or wrong, you will not leave any regrets, and others will not have to take the blame."

Yang Muyun put the bag on his shoulder. The box was not big and could be held with one arm. After saying these words, he felt much more relaxed mentally. He felt very tired during this period. He had been doing things that satisfied others and made others happy.

His parents were satisfied and the Zhou family was satisfied, but he was not satisfied. Now he finally did something that satisfied him. When he walked past Zhou Mengnan, he left a message: "Ms. Zhou, the document for the dissolution of marriage is still by

You, the Zhou family, write it. It says that I am a treasonous person and can do any evil. When will you write it to me, I will sign and sign it."

Looking at his leaving figure, Zhou Mengnan felt her nose was a little sore, and tears flowed down unsatisfactorily. Why was this happening? She couldn't remember the last time she cried. It must have been when she was very young. Why?

I can’t remember the reason. As a lady, she has been taught to behave gracefully and gracefully since she was a child, and not to show her emotions. But now, why is she so unreserved?

When Yang Muyun walked out of the door, he smiled and said hello to the concierge. The concierge looked at his large boxes and small bags, as if he had been kicked out, and couldn't help but open his mouth. But he didn't take it seriously. Who's a couple who hasn't quarreled before?

If the uncle comes back and coaxes the young lady, won't the two of them be fine again?

Where to go? Yang Muyun was thinking, go home? The city gate is closed. It's not possible to go to my sister's house. Then I won't be interrogated from beginning to end, and I have to go back. It's even impossible to go to my aunt's house, because of that gossip...

..

Go and stay at the hotel, and as you walk around you find that the inns are closed because you came out late.

Fortunately, it was already late April and it was not too cold. He wandered to a bridge and sat on the ground at the head of the bridge. It would be dawn in a few hours and he would go to the station outside the west gate of the city. Just in time, he practiced what his master taught him.

Meditation techniques for luck.

A gust of wind blew, and he still felt a chill on his body. Yang Muyun opened his eyes and exhaled. He had a lot of thoughts in his heart. He didn't want to be a royal guard, but he had no choice. What on earth his master had committed could only be figured out if he found him.

. He glanced at the dark night sky. There were no stars tonight, let alone the moon.

Huh? What is this? A drop of wet stuff fell on his nose, and then another drop... It turned out to be raining. What bad luck, where are you going now? Yang Muyun looked around, the surroundings were like the sky

Pitch black.

Yang Muyun came under a big tree and felt calm for a while, but the rain became heavier and heavier, and the big raindrops fell through the gaps between the branches and leaves, making his heart freeze.

While I was hesitating, I suddenly saw some lights floating on the road ahead. The lights were getting closer and closer. It turned out that someone was coming here with a lantern.

Yang Muyun was overjoyed, and regardless of the heavy rain, he stepped forward quickly, bowed his hands and saluted: "This brother, I come from outside the city, don't want to..." Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a woman's tenderness.

The voice cheered: "Miss, I found the master..."

In the rain, Zhou Mengnan's beautiful eyes were filled with joy. Su Yue was holding a butter paper umbrella for her from behind, and she lightly opened her lips: "My husband, I finally found you."

Yang Muyun was silent. Behind him, Ning Xin gently stretched her arms and held an umbrella for him.

Seven or eight servants wearing raincoats and holding lanterns were surrounding them.
To be continued...