Bystander

The imperial examination is getting closer and closer, Jiang Jingtang has not had a good rest for many days, and the exam is about to come, Chu Yao dragged Jiang Jingtang out to relax and go to the temple to ask for a lottery.

Jiang Jingtang didn't want to join in the fun, so he waited for Chu Yao outside the temple gate, and Chu Yao waited in a long line for the old abbot in the temple to release the lottery.

"What did the benefactor ask?"

"Ask about the future." Chu Yao was full of expectations, hoping that Jiang Jingtang would get what he wanted, after all he had worked so hard for so long.

The host looked at the signature, frowned and said, "Donor, this is a signing, regardless of the future and marriage, it will backfire."

"No." Before the host finished speaking, Chu Yao couldn't help but refute him.

The host was not angry, and still said slowly, "Benefactor, you shouldn't be in this world, why bother? The benefactor is destined to be a bystander of everything in the world. You can watch how the water flows, but you can't be like Block it like a rock, you can watch how the tree grows, but you can't wrap it around like a vine, you don't belong to this world, if you forcefully participate in it, you are destined to have no good results."

Chu Yao glared at the host, wishing he could pounce on her and beat her up, but the host just looked at her calmly and advised her to leave as soon as possible.Chu Yao stood up suddenly, turned his head and left, like a child who has been scolded.

Jiang Jingtang, who was waiting outside the temple gate, saw Chuyao coming out, so he went up to meet him, but seeing Chuyao angrily asked, "What's the matter, who messed with you?"

Chu Yao took Jiang Jingtang's arm, "Hmph, they bully people, they don't know how to undo the lottery at all, they are all liars."

Jiang Jingtang burst out laughing.

"You're still laughing!" Chu Yao pinched his waist and stared at Jiang Jingtang.

Jiang Jingtang touched Chu Yao's small head and said, "It must be that they said that what you want is not what you want, and you are such a rascal, that they are a liar, tell me, what are you asking for, and what are they explaining?"

"It's all liars, what can I say."

Jiang Jingtang looked at the childlike Chu Yao, and couldn't help laughing.

The fight between the two caught the attention of others.

"Jingtang, it's really you!" Yang Ke stood behind Jiang Jingtang, "I didn't expect to meet you here, who is this?" Yang Ke looked at Chu Yao and asked Jiang Jingtang.

Jiang Jingtang turned around and saw Yang Ke standing behind him, and immediately put away his smile, looking at the thin Yang Ke, Jiang Jingtang looked distressed and concerned, "Ake, why are you here? Why are you haggard?"

Yang Ke sneered, "I accompanied my mother-in-law to offer incense."

Seeing that the two of them thought they were transparent, Chu Yao couldn't help feeling jealous, and immediately took Jiang Jingtang's arm and said, "Hi Miss Yang, I am Jingtang's wife, Chu Yao, and I often mention you to Jingtang. Outstanding beauty."

Yang Ke's eyes widened when he heard Chu Yao introduce himself to Jiang Jingtang's wife, and looked at Jiang Jingtang with doubts on his face.

Jiang Jingtang actually pulled his arm out of Chu Yao's hand, and responded to Yang Ke with an embarrassed smile.

After getting the answer, Yang Ke lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then immediately smiled at Chu Yao and said, "Mrs. Jiang, you are overwhelmed. Mrs. Jiang must be a very special person. It is Jingtang's blessing to marry you."

"Where, the small tea house is run by a young woman. Miss Yang comes to drink tea when she is free. Jingtang and I will definitely entertain and prepare the best red robe for the lady." Chu Yao said politely.

"Thank you Madam Jiang first." Yang Ke said politely

At this moment, Yang Ke's mother-in-law shouted at Yang Ke, "Okay, I said I couldn't find you for a long time, so I came here to meet my lover? By the way, you are not a resurgence of old love, Yang Ke, you are also in the pure world of Buddhism." Can get rid of such shameless things."

Jiang Jingtang was about to step forward, but was pulled back by Chu Yao.Yang Ke immediately trotted to her mother-in-law, holding up her skirt, like an angry little maid, while her mother-in-law beat and pinched Yang Ke, dragging Yang Ke away.

Jiang Jingtang looked at Yang Ke's receding back, worried and distressed.

On the way home, Chu Yao followed Jiang Jingtang all the time, looking like the one who did something wrong.Back home, Jiang Jingtang went straight into the study without saying a word, and didn't even eat dinner.

a few days later.

"Jingtang, please bring some clothes, don't cool down and catch a cold." Chu Yao said while packing Jiang Jingtang's clothes.

"Two are fine. It's just for the exam. Don't be too nervous." Jiang Jingtang sat aside and watched Chu Yao busy there. Zhong, is it not good to be like this now?The two love each other, Chu Yao is sometimes cute, sometimes gentle, very suitable to be a wife, and with Chu Yao should always be very happy, Jiang Jingtang sat next to Chu Yao, took Chu Yao's hand "Chu Yao, I will be good" Be with you, trust me, I will always be by your side." Whether these words are meant for Chu Yao or for himself, perhaps Jiang Jingtang himself is not sure.

Chu Yao took advantage of the situation and leaned into Jiang Jingtang's arms, "I will treat you well." Regarding Yang Ke's matter, Chu Yao was not angry, but Chu Yao always simply thought that Jiang Jingtang just couldn't let go of the previous relationship. Ke's recent situation is indeed not very good, even as a friend, Jiang Jingtang's concern is not too much, Chu Yao always comforts himself like this.

The two of them had just packed up their clothes when they heard the little Er'er yelling for dinner, Jiang Jingtang took Chu Yao's hand and walked out of the room together.

"Yo, this is our uncle going to take an exam tomorrow morning, and he is reluctant to part with our shopkeeper, so do we still have to hold hands when we have a meal?" The oiran joked, "Just go for two or three days, as for what? The shopkeeper~"

Chu Yao blushed, "It's just you who talk a lot, have a strange yin and yang, and eat."

Several people in the teahouse had just sat down, and before they moved their chopsticks, they heard a knock on the door, very hurriedly.

"We're closed." Xiao Er'er shouted outside, scratching his neck.

But the outer door didn't seem to be heard, instead the knock on the door became louder and more urgent.

"Little Er'er, go and see the door. It's so late, and there is such a rapid knock on the door. Could it be that someone needs help because of something happened." Chu Yao said.

"One more thing is worse than one less thing," the storyteller took a sip of his wine and continued, "Jingtang will go to take the exam tomorrow morning, if it's a fugitive or something, if we open the door, it may block Jingtang's future. "

"Yes, let me tell you, it must not be a good thing if we eat our food and hear the knock on the door so loudly." Huakui said beside him.

"Jingtang, please open the door, Jingtang, I am Ake, Jingtang, please open the door, save me, Jingtang." There seemed to be something about Yang Ke's voice coming from outside the door, and Jiang Jingtang couldn't sit still immediately , ran to open the door and saw that it was indeed Yang Ke. Yang Ke saw Jiang Jingtang and immediately threw himself into Jiang Jingtang's arms and cried, "Jingtang help me, I can't take it anymore, Jingtang."

At the dinner table, Chu Yao was dumbfounded, but the oiran immediately stood up and said, "Miss Yang, right? Come in and talk first, Xiaoer closes the door." Taking advantage of the situation, she pulled Yang Ke from Jiang Jingtang's arms, "What are you doing?" If you have any questions, just tell us, you are our uncle’s friend, then you are our shopkeeper’s friend, if you have any difficulties, sit down and say, we will help if we can.” The oiran deliberately bit the word “uncle” Very clear.

"Yeah, Ake, just tell me if you need anything, I will definitely help you! And what's wrong with you, why are you covered in injuries, and why are your clothes torn?" Jiang Jingtang squatted in front of Yang Ke , only the lovely and pitiful Yang Ke was in his eyes, how could he see Hua Kui staring at him fiercely.

Yang Ke grabbed Jiang Jingtang's clothes tightly, "Jingtang, I can't take it anymore. Ever since my husband passed away, my mother-in-law beat and scolded me. I'm not as good as a maid in the house. Not only my in-laws bully me, Even the servants don't take me seriously, and they always tease me," Yang Ke said more and more wronged, tears fell down like raindrops, and hit Jiang Jingtang's clothes.

"Today, I just forgot to serve my mother-in-law's supper after warming it up. She scalded her mouth and said that I intended to murder her, that I was a vicious woman, that I didn't obey women's ways, and that I always hooked up with my old lover. She punished me to kneel in the ancestral hall and whipped me with a rattan cane. I kept begging for mercy, but she just wanted to beat me to death. I sneaked out when she was tired and went back to sleep.” Yang Ke continued cried.

"Since your in-law's family treats you like this, why don't you leave your in-law's house? I am enlightened and allow women to remarry." Chu Yao asked.

"As soon as my husband left, I left my in-law's house and thought about remarrying. How does this make others think of me?" Yang Ke said.

"You can control what other people think of you, but you don't even know if you're doing well?" Hua Kui said angrily, "Why didn't you show your father and mother in the Yang Mansion today and let them have a look?" What a crime their precious daughter suffered."

"Sister, it's not that I don't want to go home, but that I can't go home. I've heard gossip and gossip in this town since the death of my husband. My father avoided me even more because of the magistrate's reason, which may affect him. business." Yang Ke replied even more aggrieved.

"There are such parents in the world." Chu Yao was filled with righteous indignation.

"It's okay, it's okay, I will protect you, you can stay here to rest and cultivate, and everything is up to me." Jiang Jingtang held Yang Ke's hand tightly, and kept comforting her.

The storyteller next to him coughed and said, "Oiran, take Miss Yang to rest, Master Jingtang has to get up early tomorrow morning, don't worry about Miss Yang's affairs, shopkeeper, take Master Yang back to the room to rest earlier. "

The oiran responded, but Yang Ke's hand was pulled out from Jiang Jingtang's hand, and he helped Yang Ke up and said, "Miss Yang, I will take you to the guest room." Regardless of what Jiang Jingtang had to say, he took three steps. Looking back at Jiang Jingtang, Yang Ke went to the guest room.

Jiang Jingtang said to Yang Ke, "Don't worry, the oiran will take good care of you." Then the oiran reminded, "Oiran, remember to rub some medicine on A Ke."

The oiran didn't turn her head back, and replied impatiently that she knew.