My lady, I'm going to rebel.

When I saw Han Zi again, apart from the necessary greetings and the joy after a long meeting, there were only sighs.

The one who sighed was Han Zi.

The one who sighed was Li Lian.

"Didn't I ask you to go to Chang'an? Why didn't you go?" Mu Zheng was a little upset. He had hoped that Han Zi would pave a golden road for him in Chang'an, but he didn't expect that it would be a road of thorns.

"I went there, but was stopped by Brother Lian on the way," said Han Zi.

Mu Zheng glared at Li Lian, the stumbling block on the road to wealth.

Li Lian was glared at, bewildered. "Luckily, I found him first. If Lu Ziqi had gotten there first, who knows what would have happened."

Hearing Lu Ziqi's name, Mu Zheng's gossipy heart was instantly ignited. "By the way, what's going on between Lu Ziqi and you guys?"

He once suspected that there was a passionate homosexual love affair between these three men, but now it seems that is not the case.

"Him?" Han Zi's expression suddenly became awkward.

Mu Zheng frowned, but it was Li Lian next to him who gave the answer: "He is Lu Rou's brother."

Who is Lu Rou?

Li Lian patted Han Zi's shoulder and said, "Brother Mu is asking you a question. If you don't explain clearly, how can he let us go?"

Mu Zheng was stunned and looked at Li Lian. "Boy, you think too much. I promised your father to send Han Zi back, and I will definitely send him back."

Let you go?

impossible!

But Mu Zheng still stared at Han Zi with sincere eyes, as if saying, "Tell me quickly, I want to hear it."

Han Zi glared at Li Lian speechlessly: "Then Lu Rou is my cousin."

Han Zi said that the Lanling Han family and the Lu family had been friends for generations, and he and Lu Rou also had a good relationship. But all this changed last autumn.

Last year, the Han family planned to send a member of their family to study at the Imperial College in Chang'an, the capital. This was a rare opportunity. After all, admission to the Imperial College would allow them to come into contact with the dignitaries of Chang'an. If they were lucky enough to become a retainer of the aristocracy, it would not be difficult to shed their merchant status and achieve a social class transition.

The Han family chose Han Zi.

But just ten days before Han Zi was about to leave, something happened to him.

"I drank a lot that day, and when I woke up, Lu Rou was lying next to me. They said I raped her." Han Zi scratched his head: "But I remember clearly that I went back to my room."

In other words, someone was framing Han Zi.

Because of this, Han Zi lost the opportunity to go to the Imperial College, and because of this stain, Han Zi's family was also ostracized by the family.

"The person who wants to kill you?" Mu Zheng instinctively knew that it was not Lu Ziqi.

"Fengquan! He has always been coveting Lu Rou." Han Zi said that the Feng family was quite prestigious in Lanling and controlled many business channels. Neither the Han family nor the Lu family could afford to offend them, so they acquiesced to the other party's harassment.

"I'm about to kill you and you still call it making things difficult for me?" Mu Zheng was puzzled.

"He didn't say he wanted to kill me." Han Zi explained.

Okay, Mu Zheng understood, "What about the person who framed you?"

"It should be my second uncle and his family, because the only one who benefited from the whole thing was Han Yu, my second uncle's son."

Mu Zheng nodded, then looked at Li Lian, "Master Li, why did you send Han Zi home?"

"My father is a very upright person. He believes that there are only two colors in the world: black and white. Brother Han claimed to be innocent, so my father asked him to go back and prove his innocence. Otherwise, he wouldn't agree to let me associate with someone with a tainted reputation." Li Lian smacked his lips, looking unhappy. "But he never considered that if Brother Han could really prove his innocence, how could he end up like this? Wouldn't sending him back mean he would die?"

Mu Zheng frowned. This was something Li Zhong would do.

Historical books once commented on him like this: Li Zhong was known for his love of etiquette and good character.

"General Li is right. A man should be upright. A famous person once said, 'I'd rather die than leave my name in the world.' If Brother Han has any stain on his record, let alone a chance at officialdom, he'll have a hard time even making a name for himself in business."

Mu Zheng looked at Han Zi and said, "Are you willing to bear the charge of insulting a woman for the rest of your life? Your retreat will only make those who framed you laugh out loud."

Han Zi raised his head. He didn't care about being torn to pieces, he wanted to keep his innocence in the world. What a good word. Mu Zheng was right. A man should be upright. How could he live with a stigma and let his enemies be proud? "Brother Mu is right. I can't give up like this. I want to go back to the Han family!"

Li Lian was anxious: "But..."

"No buts!" Mu Zheng interrupted Li Lian: "I will protect him and help him find out the truth."

Han Zi was deeply moved and kept thanking Mu Zheng.

Mu Zheng waved his hand: "I also hope that after you have cleared your grievances, you can return to the Imperial College and become a clean and honest scholar."

……

The boat sailed on, and because they were traveling by sea, they arrived in Lanling County in less than ten days.

Mu Zheng left Yunniang in the Li Mansion in Donglai. After all, they were going to cause trouble, and it would be unsafe to take her with them.

Han Zi's sudden appearance nearly caused chaos in Lanling. Mu Zheng still remembered that when he followed Han Zi to appear in front of his parents, Han's mother almost fainted from tears.

In the following days, Li Liandu and Han Zi were out on business, and Mu Zheng didn't ask what they were doing. He had been drifting on the sea for so many days and now he was down to earth and just wanted to have a good sleep.

That day, as soon as he closed his eyes, Cao Pengfei came to him and said that Han Zi and Li Lian were waiting for him in a teahouse.

Mu Zheng walked straight ahead and pushed open the door of the teahouse. Unexpectedly, there was a stranger inside, a beautiful girl. Upon hearing the introduction, it turned out to be Lu Rou.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Mu Zheng quietly sized up the girl. She was very pretty, her every move reminiscent of an ancient beauty. However, he was curious because it was perfectly natural for a woman who had been insulted to sit at the same table with the man who had bullied her.

But Lu Rou came.

What does this mean?

This shows that she also has doubts about this matter.

"You seem to have aged a lot." Mu Zheng heard Lu Rou say to Han Zi.

Then, Han Zi smiled and said, "After so many months away, there will be some changes."

Mu Zheng picked up the water cup and glanced at Li Lian. The boy was also drinking water tactically. Well, the two of them tacitly chose not to disturb him.

Perhaps Lu Rou was choked by Han Zi's answer, and the two fell into silence again.

After a long pause, Han Zi finally spoke, "I don't know how to explain. Believe it or not, I was framed. I didn't drink much that day. I remember clearly that I went back to my room, but I don't know why I woke up in your bed. And the servant who said he saw me sneak into your room was also bribed."

Lu Rou didn't expect Han Zi to say this suddenly. She clenched her fists, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

But Mu Zheng pricked up his ears. It had been a long time since he had felt the charm of gossip.

Seeing Lu Rou lowering her head, Han Zi seemed to have something to say, but unexpectedly Lu Rou suddenly said: "I believe it!"

Ok?

The three men in the room were like tabby cats being controlled by a cat teaser.

Look up at the same time!