The passers-by are vicious

Sheng Hongyi had a cold and indifferent expression. He narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Xue Bi in front of him, and said in a cold tone: "Are you going to get married? Why are you saying it now?"

Seeing his young master pursing his pale lips and emitting a wanton coldness, Xue Bi could naturally tell that Sheng Hongyi was angry at the moment, and very angry.

Although I really want to retort that you didn't ask, I dare not.

After all, Sheng Hongyi was the master and he was the servant, so they had different statuses. Xue Bi could only stand aside respectfully, lowering his head and answering carefully: "I didn't expect that the young master would actually like Jiang."

Xue Bi sighed inwardly. He didn't expect that the first woman his seemingly gentle but actually cold young man fell in love with was a widow.

But now the widow is about to remarry, and Sheng Hongyi no longer has a chance.

Just at this moment, a strong and sturdy figure came towards him. The man was tall, with a straight back, and he walked with authority with every step.

When he saw the man's face clearly, Sheng Hongyi clenched his fingers tightly, and veins on the back of his hands bulged. Xue Bi didn't need to tell him, he knew that this burly man was the one they were talking about, the one who was about to marry again.

Sheng Hongyi's face was gloomy. He pursed his lips tightly and shot his eyes like cold arrows at the burly man.

He didn't understand why Jiang Wanwan would choose such a man as her second husband, and an indescribable anger and loss surged in his heart.

Zhang Dan stood under the ancient tree and looked at the wind chime hanging above for a long time. After making sure that it would not fall, he remembered to look for Jiang Wanwan who had walked away alone.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Sheng Hongyi with his attendants. He raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Minister Sheng, what a coincidence."

Zhang Dan was still very polite to the Minister of Personnel who had just returned from outside.

After all, Sheng Hongyi, although he was the nephew of the current emperor, took part in the imperial examination and finally went to Beijing to serve as an official. He was talented and not arrogant. Zhang Dan still admired him very much.

When Zhang Dan approached, Sheng Hongyi hid the dissatisfaction and gloom on his face, and returned to his cheerful and cheerful appearance. He nodded softly, "I didn't expect that General Dinghai would have the leisure to come here to relax."

Every time Xue Bi saw how quickly his master's expression changed and how he could control his emotions, he was filled with admiration.

But he didn't expect that his young master could be so calm when meeting a new rival in love. It seems that he still underestimated his young master's character.

Xue Bi shook his head and sighed in his heart with a mature look.

Sheng Hongyi still had a faint smile on his handsome face at this moment, but his eyes were on the lake in the distance and he didn't look at Zhang Dan at all.

Zhang Dan seemed to have noticed something, his brows sharpened on his rough face, and he spoke again: "Minister Sheng, are you here to relax in the backyard?"

Sheng Hongyi then turned to look at Zhang Dan, his lips slightly raised, but his expression was calm, "Of course I want to relax."

Zhang Dan nodded, but he suddenly felt a little nervous. Why did Sheng Hongyi come to the backyard? He didn't know if he met Wanwan.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, and he looked at Sheng Hongyi tentatively.

Sheng Hongyi seemed to have noticed Zhang Dan's gaze, and he turned his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why is General Dinghai staring at me? Is there something wrong with me?"

Zhang Dan suppressed his worries, raised his thick eyebrows and shook his head, "There's nothing wrong, I just think that Minister Sheng seems to be in a good mood today."

After the two exchanged a few more pleasantries, Zhang Dan left in a hurry.

After the figure disappeared, Sheng Hongyi lowered the curve of his mouth, and his handsome face, which was originally smiling, immediately sank. "He was also in the backyard... It seems that they went together."

He spoke in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the direction where Zhang Dan left, as if he was thinking about something.

It was not until Sheng Hongyi saw the unusually tall ancient tree, with the red cloth strips on it dancing and the bells rustling in the wind.

"Ah."

With his excellent eyesight, he could clearly see the names of Jiang Wanwan and Zhang Dan written on the red cloth.

Sheng Hongyi looked up at the red cloth at the tail of the bell hanging on the branch, stared closely at the name at the top, and murmured: "So her name is Wanwan, what a nice name."

It’s just that the name below is a bit too eye-catching.

Sheng Hongyi rolled up his sleeves and climbed up the tree roots in the face of Xue Bi's surprise. Although he also practiced martial arts, he lacked the sense of strength compared to Zhang Dan, who was born a military general, but he was more flexible.

It took Sheng Hongyi a whole stick of incense to climb up the branch. Without even taking a breath, he reached out and pulled down the red cloth hanging from the tail of the bell.

He tore off the red cloth with Zhang Danchu's name on it and held only the red cloth with Jiang Wanwan's name on it in his palm before climbing down the tree.

Xue Bi looked at his own master with a helpless look on his face as he watched him climb such a high tree, then he came down as usual, looked at the handwriting of Jiang Wanwan written on the red cloth, and smiled slightly.

The handwriting is so beautiful, just like her.

He took out the silver from the brocade bag worn around his waist and threw it to Xue Bi. Then Sheng Hongyi carefully put the red cloth with his name on it into the brocade bag and put it around his waist again.

Looking at the appearance of his own young master, Xue Bi took the silver and felt that Sheng Hongyi's current situation was a bit like those noble ladies who were obsessed with him before.

However, after putting away the red cloth with his sweetheart's name written on it, Sheng Hongyi began to feel lost again when he thought that Jiang Wanwan would be getting married in two days.

"If you were her, between me and Zhang Dan, who would you choose?"

Sheng Hongyi suddenly asked Xue Bi who was putting the silver away.

Xue Bi stopped stuffing the silver into his waist and sighed helplessly in his heart, wondering what his young master was doing crazy again.

But he showed a sincere look on his face, and said: "Of course it is you, sir."

"You are the nephew of the emperor, and you are also the Minister of Personnel. No matter your family background, appearance, or talent, you are not comparable to Zhang Dan."

"If I were Jiang, I would definitely choose you."

Xue Bi had a smile on his pretty face, but he was confused.

If you like Jiang, then go find her and express your feelings. What's the point of asking me, a follower, here? Can I answer you on behalf of Jiang?

"Jiang is in such a hurry to marry Zhang Dan, I think it's because her son will be exiled after he recovers from his illness."

In order to prevent Sheng Hongyi from asking him nonsense questions again, Xue Bi quickly told him everything he knew and even gave Sheng Hongyi some advice.

"But who in the capital can protect Jiang's son Zheng Ying better than you, sir? After all, you are the nephew of the emperor."

"You're right. No one can be a better choice than me." Sheng Hongyi regained his gentle and elegant appearance, and smiled slightly, "Besides, we haven't gotten married yet, so what does an engagement mean?"

Seeing that his son had finally regained his intelligence, Xue Bi breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the non-existent sweat off his face. "You know you're still here complaining to me?"

Jiang Wanwan had already walked out of the backyard for a long time and didn't see Zhang Dan chasing after her, so she didn't want to wait any longer and went straight to find Jiang's mother.

Master Jingkong said the same thing as last time: "Your daughter can only achieve her dream if she chooses according to her heart."

As for Jiang Wanwan and Zhang Dan's horoscopes, he said: They are compatible.

Only then was Jiang's mother satisfied and took Jiang Wanwan away with the help of her maid.

But when she stepped out of the meditation room, Jiang Wanwan couldn't help but look back at Master Jingkong, who was wearing a cassock and sitting quietly in the meditation room.

With his brows lowered and his eyes tightly closed, he clasped his hands together and seemed to be silently reciting Buddhist scriptures. He exuded a tranquil aura, as if he had faded away the troubles of this world.

It was not until Master Jingkong was the only one left in the Zen room that he slowly opened his eyes, looked at the two people's horoscopes written on the table, shook his head and sighed.

"Amitabha, we are destined to be together but not to be together. It's all bad karma to be entangled in it."

Jiang Wanwan helped her mother onto the carriage. She turned back and bit her lip, looking with resentment at Zhang Dan who was riding on the horse without any awareness.

The man naturally noticed the look in his sweetheart's eyes, and his rugged and handsome face looked a little confused, but he still pulled the rope, dismounted, and walked to the front of the carriage.

"Wanwan, what's wrong?"

Although Jiang Wanwan and Zhang Dan had only been together for a short time, she knew that he was sometimes smart and sometimes stupid, especially when he was always unable to react in front of her.

Thinking that the two of them were already engaged and there would be no changes, Jiang Wanwan expressed her dissatisfaction directly and with a hint of complaint in her tone.

"You idiot, why didn't you come after me just now? You made me look back and wait for you for a long time in vain."

Naturally, Jiang Wanwan would not tell anyone about the incident in which she bumped into the young man in white. In this world, a woman's reputation is extremely important. If Zhang Dan knew about it and he cared, wouldn't it just create estrangement?

When Zhang Dan heard that Jiang Wanwan was waiting for him, he immediately patted his face and said sincerely: "It's my fault. I wanted to take a look at the bell again, but I was afraid that it was not tied firmly and would be blown away by the wind, affecting our long-lasting love."

Jiang Wanwan felt relieved when she heard that Zhang Dan was after the bell. Then she was surprised, "I never thought you would believe this."

Zhang Dan suddenly became shrewd, staring at his beloved in front of him with deep eyes, and said in a hoarse voice:

"I naturally didn't believe these things before, but now that I hope that we can be together forever, I naturally have to start to believe them."

Jiang Wanwan seemed very satisfied with Zhang Dan's explanation. Her cheeks flushed and she said coquettishly: "I didn't expect you to be able to talk and coax people at this time."

After saying this, she seemed to feel shy and glared at Zhang Dan, "What do you mean by us? We haven't even gotten married yet, but you've already brought me along."

Seeing that Jiang Wanwan had calmed down, Zhang Dan raised his thick eyebrows and said with a smile: "You will be my wife in two days, right? If possible, I would like to change my mind now."

"Shameless." Jiang Wanwan's face turned red with anger and she was about to lift the curtain to get on the carriage. Zhang Dan immediately stepped forward and stretched out his strong arm so that she could hold his arm to get on the carriage.

The other generals' guards secretly laughed in their hearts when they saw their generals being so humble in front of Jiang Wanwan. Who could have thought that the cold-faced fierce man that everyone in the army feared would be so obedient in front of his soon-to-be wife.

The beauty with a radiant look in her eyes could still make people's hearts flutter even if she was angry, let alone with a coquettish look in her eyes. How could Zhang Dan resist? He followed her into the carriage with his burly body, but he did not get inside the carriage. Instead, he sat outside.

She also said: "Wanwan, I will drive the horses for you and mother-in-law."

The dignified General Dinghai, the frightening cold-faced and fierce Yan, would actually work as a groom. If the officials in the capital knew about this, they would definitely be shocked.

Jiang's mother, who was sitting in the carriage with her, felt that it was inappropriate. After all, men all care about their reputation. If what happened today were to be spread, it would damage Zhang Dan's reputation.

If it were just this, it would be fine. I am just afraid that Zhang Dan is dizzy now and will blame his daughter Wanwan when he wakes up after returning to the capital.

Then he spoke in a gentle voice and advised: "General, there is no need to do this. Just let the carriage drive the horses."

Unfortunately, Zhang Dan never cared about those reputations and didn't think much about it. He just thought that Jiang's mother was worried that he couldn't drive well, so he immediately said:

"Don't worry, mother-in-law. I will definitely drive more safely than the coachman. Moreover, if anything happens on the road, Zhang Dan will be able to protect mother-in-law and Wanwan in time."

Seeing Zhang Dan's firm tone, Jiang's mother stopped trying to persuade him even though she was worried, "Then the general will be wronged."

Zhang Dan smelled the unique crabapple fragrance of Jiang Wanwan wafting out of the carriage, and said with a serious smile: "Mother-in-law, you don't have to be polite, just call me by my name."

Zhang Dan drove the horse steadily all the way. At her mother's suggestion, Jiang Wanwan lifted the curtain and took a look at the man. She found that he had a handsome face with a smile and was in a good mood. He seemed to be enjoying it.

Jiang Wanwan lowered the curtain and nodded and smiled reassuringly at Jiang's mother.

Mother Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, put her hands on her chest and patted them gently, feeling relieved.

Although the two families are married, Zhang Dan is a general after all, and his official position is higher than her husband's. Naturally, she has to be careful and not cause trouble for her daughter.

While driving the carriage, Zhang Dan was still thinking about Jiang Wanwan's every move and smile. His Adam's apple moved slightly and he felt itchy in his heart.

The carriage was parked all the way to Jiang's father's door. Everyone in the capital knew that Zhang Dan was parking the carriage for his soon-to-be-married wife.

In their hearts, they were all laughing at how the dignified General Dinghai could be so infatuated with a second-married woman and do something so unbecoming of his status. He was truly blinded by lust.

Only Sheng Hongyi, who was also returning to Beijing from Hanshui Temple, sneered in his heart at the blindness of those people in Beijing. Zhang Dan was just driving the carriage for Wanwan, so what was that?

If he had the chance, he would.

While the noble ladies in the capital were still discussing Zhang Dan's gentleness, thoughtfulness and sincerity towards Jiang Wanwan, Sheng Hongyi, who heard these rumors, sneered sharply.

"Just setting up a carriage is gentle and considerate, and sincere. But sincerity is too easy and cheap."

Seeing his master being uncharacteristically mean, Xue Bi sighed silently.

Why does your young master have to like anyone else, but a widow who is about to remarry?

Although Jiang was indeed extremely beautiful, Sheng Hongyi might not have any impression of her.

It was my own young master who made himself a jealous husband first.

Sheng Hongyi also knew that he had no right to be jealous, and he was trying hard to restrain himself, but he couldn't help it.

The first time I liked someone, I fell in love at first sight.

When Sheng Hongyi thought about Jiang Wanwan marrying someone else, he became so upset that he wanted to kill someone.