A car accident, our family of three crossed

In the carriage in front, Lu Shaocheng had already tidied his clothes and hat, patted his chest, and felt like he had survived a disaster.

When he looked up, he saw the three people opposite him looking at him meaningfully.

Hang Shuheng teased with a half-smile: "I haven't seen you for one night. Brother Lu is so lucky!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Shaocheng was startled and waved his hands repeatedly to deny, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Lu doesn't know that girl at all, and I don't know why she insisted on asking me to call her husband."

Hang Shuheng continued to tease him: "There are so many people on the street, why doesn't she bother others, but you?"

Lu Shaocheng was speechless. How could he know why the girl only wanted to pester him? He was inexplicably pestered and felt a little angry and aggrieved.

"Lu really didn't expect that girls in this capital city are all like this... like this..."

He was a scholar, a gentleman, and some unpleasant words were difficult to utter from his mouth. He went on like this for a long time, and finally turned it into a sigh.

"Oh! Forget it, forget it. I won't say any more."

"Shuheng, stop teasing him." Seeing his expression of enduring humiliation, Zhou Ting explained, "That girl is the daughter of the Zhu family, a wealthy merchant in Beijing. She is actually a pitiful person."

Zhou Ting told them what he knew, "Master Zhu has no sons, only a daughter named Zhu Miaomiao. Master Zhu was reluctant to marry her off, so he found a son-in-law for her. Two years ago, a poor student who went to Beijing to study fainted from hunger in front of the Zhu Mansion. He was rescued by Miss Zhu and taken home. Later, the two fell in love with each other..."

It was said that the student's parents had both passed away and he was alone, so he didn't care whether to marry into a woman's family or not.

Therefore, when Mr. Zhu proposed that he marry into the Zhu family, he agreed without much hesitation. However, he had one request, which was that he wanted to marry into the Zhu family after he became successful.

Mr. Zhu thought that if his son-in-law could pass the imperial examination and get a government position, it would be a good thing for the Zhu family.

After that, the Zhu family generously sponsored the student, gave him a house, provided him with endless gold and silver, and even helped him study in a famous academy in the capital.

That academy was the Bailu Academy where Zhou Ting was.

However, the student lived in the house given by the Zhu family, spent the money given by the Zhu family, and had a beautiful woman in that house.

Normally, he would not allow Miss Zhu to visit him at the other courtyard, citing the reason that her studies were more important, and he was afraid that the love between the two women would affect her studies.

At that time, Miss Zhu only had that man in her eyes and heart. She did whatever he said and was very humble.

However, there is no wall that is impenetrable. The man had not yet completed his studies and had to coax Miss Zhu. As long as he could coax Miss Zhu well, he could stabilize the Zhu family.

But no matter how much he planned, he could not have expected that the woman he kept in the house was restless and actually ran to Miss Zhu to provoke her, which aroused Miss Zhu's suspicion.

In the spring of the following year, when the imperial examination was approaching, Miss Zhu went to the villa without saying goodbye in order to buy the items that the man needed to take to the tribute office, and finally discovered the affair between the two.

When the two sides were arguing, Miss Zhu was pushed down the stairs and hit her head on the steps, causing a bloody head. If Miss Zhu had not been accompanied by her maid and guards at the time, the couple might have killed someone and hidden the body.

Besides, after Miss Zhu was sent back home, the doctor took great pains to save her. But who would have thought that after Miss Zhu woke up, her mind was no longer clear. She would call any man she caught "husband", especially when she saw a man dressed as a scholar, and she would not let go.

After hearing the story about Miss Zhu, the anger in Lu Shaocheng's heart disappeared completely. How could he still act like a fool?

"Where's that man?"

"After that, the student disappeared, and it is unknown what happened to him."

A wealthy merchant family was fooled by a poor student with no power, no background, and it was obvious that the man's final outcome would not be good.

Zhou Ting did not say these words out loud. Instead, he looked up and down at Lu Shaocheng's outfit meaningfully. Wasn't he a typical weak scholar?

"Back then, when that student fainted from hunger in front of the Zhu Mansion, his attire was very similar to what Master Lu is wearing today."

Lu Shaocheng shuddered again and secretly made up his mind that he would never dress like this again.

After telling Miss Zhu's story, several people asked why Lu Shaocheng was here.

Lu Shaocheng could only tell them that he wanted to find a cheap courtyard to rent. He would be staying in the capital for quite some time, so living in an inn all the time was not a good idea.

The prices in the capital were extremely high, and his family's financial resources were not yet sufficient to allow him to spend lavishly.

Zhou Ting smiled when he heard this and gave him some suggestions, "Mr. Lu, if you want to rent a cheaper courtyard, then you've come to the wrong place. The west of the city is mostly occupied by merchants, and most of the people living there are wealthy families. Even if there are courtyards to rent, they won't be cheap. You might as well go to the east of the city. The rent for houses there is much more reasonable."

"Ah? Isn't this the east side of the city?"

When Lu Shaocheng went out, he naturally asked others for directions, but his sense of direction has always been bad, and this time he went in the wrong direction.

When several people saw his reaction, they were speechless. It turned out that this guy was a person with poor direction. If that was the case, how did he have the courage to go out alone? Wasn't he afraid of getting lost?

They were good people to the end, and they sent Lu Shaocheng back to the inn where he was staying before returning.

This time, there were no people blocking the road on the street, and we arrived at our destination smoothly.

As soon as she got off the carriage, Zhou Ru looked at Zhou Ting suspiciously and asked, "Brother, just now a girl ran after our carriage and called her husband. Could she be chasing you? Did you do something to let her down and then..."

Before she could finish her words, she was slapped on the head by her brother.

"Shut up." Zhou Ting glared at her unhappily. This girl has a very rich imagination and dares to think of anything.

Zhou Ru rubbed her forehead in dissatisfaction and muttered, "If it's not, then it's not. Why did you hit me? It hurts."

"You deserve the pain, and I'll make you speak without thinking."

"You are the most suspicious among us."

"You still said."

Seeing that he was about to hit her again, Zhou Ru quickly covered her head and hid behind Song Ning, "Sister Song, save me."

Song Ning was silent and had to speak up to stop the fight between the siblings. "Okay, okay, stop it. Your brother is not that kind of person. You are the only one who likes to make wild guesses."