Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 162 Take Care

The next morning, Master Su was about to go to the county government office with a bruised face. Before he even left the house, he was searched by soldiers. Master Su shouted at the soldiers in disbelief: "Hey, what are you doing? I asked you to catch the fugitive, not to search my house. And you searched my house. Do you want to die?"

"Su Magistrate, you~ I've told you long ago not to go too far! Now you've offended your superiors. Come! Arrest Su Tian, ​​search the Su residence, and imprison the rest of the people involved in the case in the county jail to await their fate!"

When Master Su saw who was talking, he hurriedly greeted him with a playful smile and said, "Why did the county magistrate come here so early in the morning? It was a misunderstanding. Yesterday at my home..." He was about to argue, but the county magistrate raised his head and stepped back away from him. The two soldiers then put shackles on him...

In January, most of the remaining bandits were surrounded and suppressed in Houyang, and the few that remained could no longer cause any trouble. They were discovered and reported by the common people, and the county government took charge of the case.

That night Luo Xi told him about his own miserable life, but Zhao Jinmo seemed to have never heard it in the past few days. He was still as happy to accompany him as before.

In the pavilion, Xia Feng Luo Xi played the zither and asked with a smile: "Since the matter is over, why don't you leave?"

"We'll go to the outskirts of the city later, pick up my cousin, and then return to Beijing."

"Miss Shen?"

"Ah."

Zhao Jinmo said these days that the woman she saw that day was just a puppet, and that she could gain her freedom and a new household registration by disguising herself as Miss Shen. Now she has bought land with her childhood friend from the same hometown and gained her freedom.

Luo Xi put the zither on the stand and asked in confusion: "You said, they just got married for a month, Miss Shen returned to the capital with us, and Mr. Song had to go back to Lu'an for something. Although I left for April, I also saw that the two of them were cold on the road. Are you sure...they are not planning to separate?"

Zhao Jinmo put down the teacup in his hand. This was something he had not expected. Luo Xi added: "Mr. Song resigned from his post, and his family doesn't seem to be short of money. Why would he go to Lu'an to be busy? Would he be willing to separate from his wife who he had been married for a month? Aren't they in love now?"

"Well, let's go over there now and see what's going on!" Zhao Jinmo had originally thought of going over there later in the afternoon because it was too hot, but now he couldn't wait a moment and wanted to know why.

The two men drove a carriage to Huanyun Pavilion. The first person they saw was Awu. Then the servant and the maid went to two places to look for people respectively. Zhao Jinmo was confused.

Ah Wu asked with a smile: "Miss Luo, why didn't you tell us that you were in Qiannan? You don't know how shocked I was when I saw the wanted notice."

"Sorry to bother you now. Thank you, Wu, for your sharp eyes!"

"Oh~ Miss Luo, what are you talking about? We have been in the same Qiang country for half a year. If you were a man, we would be good brothers who have been through life and death together!" As he spoke, A Wu patted Luo Xi's arm like a brother.

Zhao Jinmo was happy to see the two of them getting along so well that he couldn't help but pull Luo Xi's sleeve and move away from Awu. However, Awu became more and more happy chatting and moved closer.

"Yes, yes, the grapes from Tongzhou are really sweet!"

"And pomegranates!" Luo Xi added.

Zhao Jinmo: “…”

After a while, a tall figure in white came in from the door. The hall suddenly became quiet and the hot air became several degrees colder. Tan Mou saw that everyone was restrained, and smiled warmly and stepped forward to greet: "Junior Song Xiaoyuan, meet cousin Zhao."

How could Zhao Jinmo withstand such a bow, and hurriedly raised his hand and said with a smile: "I... I'm not much older than you, Xiaoyuan... there's no need to be so polite." He respected Song Xiaoyuan very much. He was the second person he admired after his father. Now that he had become his junior, he was really embarrassed to call him cousin, so he could only awkwardly call him by his name.

Song Xiaoyuan gently gestured for everyone to sit down: "Miss Luo, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you doing well?"

Luo Xi bowed and replied: "Thank you for rescuing me, sir. I am sorry for disturbing you by keeping me here."

"It doesn't matter. There's no one there all year round, so adding some piano music would be good."

Zhao Jinmo continued: "It is peaceful and quiet, thank you... Xiao Yuan."

The few of them chatted politely. Shen Yining was far away and had gone to an open place at the foot of the mountain to fly a kite, so he was late.

Zhao Jingmo asked, "Where did my cousin go?"

I was asking Song Xiaoyuan, but it was Ah Wu who answered: "Young Madam has gone to the foot of the mountain to fly a kite. It will take a while for her to come over."

Seeing the young man in white opposite him being nonchalant about this, Luo Xi couldn't help but ask, "I wonder why Young Master Song doesn't play with kites with Madam?"

As they were talking, Shen Yining came running in, sweating profusely after playing. Everyone looked towards the door, but Song Xiaoyuan took a sip of tea, then put the cup down without looking at where the person came from.

"So hot!"

As soon as Shen Yining entered the room, she saw the pretty Luo Xi standing next to her. She happily put the kite on the table and walked over: "Sister Luo! Long time no see, why are you in Qiannan!"

Luo Xi smiled and replied: "Long time no see! This is a long story. I heard that Miss Shen is recovering here. Is she feeling better?"

Xingyue brought a cup of steaming warm water to her young lady. Shen Yining looked at the ice plum soup in front of Luo Xi and couldn't help feeling sad: "Well, it's much better, but I can't drink your ice plum soup..."

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"Well, just like Sister Luo, this is a long story!"

Suddenly Yun came up and the two of them laughed heartily. Shen Yining saw his cousin stealing glances at Song Xiaoyuan from behind, so he tilted his head and greeted him, "Cousin, long time no see! Is everything going well with the bandits?"

Zhao Jinmo sat upright, holding the ice plum soup in one hand on the table and smiled: "My cousin cares about me, it's going well!"

Ah Wu smiled and continued, "General, I'm afraid your return to the capital will not go smoothly, and you will inevitably suffer physical pain."

"what!"

A few people were chatting and laughing, while Song Xiaoyuan was sitting alone at the side, drinking tea with his eyes lowered. The coldness could not melt away the heat at all.

From that day on, the two had no other contact except for meals, and they did not talk during meals, so the two were like strangers hiding in this huge mountain, no one was close to each other.

In fact, Shen Yining was hiding from Song Xiaoyuan unilaterally, wanting to see if he would come looking for her. Very good! Not once!

Time passed quickly as they chatted, and when it was time for dinner, a maid came over and asked everyone to go to Muchun Pavilion for dinner.

Zhao Jinmo and Luo Xi looked at the two of them in the face. There was no interaction or dialogue between them at all, as if they didn't even notice each other at all.

After dinner, everyone looked at each other awkwardly. Zhao Jinmo coughed and asked, "Yining, have you packed your things? We are going to Ran'anju tonight and will leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning."

Shen Yining glanced at him in white, not reluctant to leave...

"Well, I've packed it up. Actually, there's nothing to pack up."

"How could a girl not have anything to collect? But it's okay. If you are missing something, we can buy it on the way." Luo Xi said with a smile.

"Well, let's go! It's getting late." He really didn't want to keep her. Shen Yining stood up and smiled awkwardly.

Zhao Jinmo also stood up and asked Song Xiaoyuan, who had remained silent, with a smile: "Xiaoyuan, why don't you come back to Beijing with us?"

Song Xiaoyuan turned his head to look at her who turned away from him, stood up and said gently: "No, since it's getting late, it's better to go back to the city early, it's safer."

Zhao Jinmo didn't know what to say anymore. The servant carried the things onto the carriage. Xingyue's eyes were red and tears were about to fall. She waved to Awu, not knowing when they would see each other again.

Shen Yining got into a carriage without looking back, and the young man in white stood alone under the moonlight to see her off.

Zhao Jinmo bowed: "Take care!"

Song Xiaoyuan bowed back: "Have a safe journey, and take good care of her for me!"