Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen Unspeakable Concealment

Meng Yuanchao said heartily: "Come, come!" Frowning, he said loudly: "Master Qin Xiang, but it's okay to say!" Qin Chong put down his teacup, and said slowly: "A young man is full of vigor and vigor, and he is a man of color. Marrying a beautiful wife and house may not be a blessing. The case of Yang Mu is an example. Brother Meng, I don't know what I mean. Right?" Meng Yuanchao laughed, and said, "I also have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?" Qin Chong said: "I like making outspoken friends the most. Brother Meng, please tell me!"

Meng Yuanchao said: "The leader of your clan is both talented and beautiful. Everyone in the world envies the happy marriage between Jin Daxia and her. It can be seen that the talk of beauty is false." This refutation made Qin Chong speechless, and thought to himself: "He pretends to be confused, should I open the skylight with him and speak frankly?" Meng Yuanchao, on the other hand, was somewhat puzzled in his annoyance, and thought in the same way: "He is clearly telling me that he suspects that I have something shameful with Ziluo. It's strange, how could he be like this?" Doubt? Shall I open the skylight with him and talk to him?"

When everyone was in a state of embarrassment, they suddenly heard the outside door open, and one voice after another shouted: "Seeing off guests—seeing off guests—" This is a very solemn ceremony of seeing off guests. Meng Yuanchao raised his eyes and saw Li Dun accompanied by a guest who happened to pass by the outer courtyard.This guest was about thirty years old, wearing a mink coat and a bearskin hat with the brim pressing down on his temples. He looked around, as if he was looking for someone. Qin Chong was about to speak, when he heard the voice of "seeing off guests", he stopped talking suddenly.Lifting the teapot, he lowered his head and poured tea slowly, hiding his embarrassment.Meng Yuanchao couldn't help being very puzzled again, "Why does he seem afraid of being seen by this guest?"

The guest had already walked out of the arched door of the outer courtyard, but he heard his voice say: "Where is that Qin Xiangzhu just now? I want to say goodbye to him." Li Dun said: "Qin Xiangzhu has something to go out just now, I will tell him when I come back." Meng Yuanchao felt even more strange, and thought to himself: "It turns out that Qin Chong had met him just now, why did he avoid him now?" How could he guess that it wasn't that Qin Chong avoided seeing this guest, but because he didn't want Meng Yuanchao to be seen by this guest. Li Dun saw off the guest and came back, relieved, heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "I'm sorry, brother Meng, for your long wait. Our chief is very happy to know that brother Meng has arrived, please go and meet him right now."

Li and Qin led Meng Yuanchao into the living room, and reported to the inner hall. Give people a heroic feeling! Meng Yuanchao praised secretly, and thought to himself: "This world-renowned heroine of the female school. She really has an extraordinary bearing!" After Shi Hongying came out, Li and Qin resigned immediately.According to common habits, Shi Hongying is a female gang leader, and when receiving male guests, she must be accompanied by the leader of the gang.Now that Li and Qin are both resigning, it goes without saying that they were ordered by Shi Hongying in the inner court.Unconsciously, Meng Yuanchao was more puzzled: "She met me alone, does she have something to tell me?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Shi Hongying said with a smile: "Meng Shaoxia, are you here alone? Where is that Miss Lin? I asked her to pick you up in Suzhou. You must have met before?" Meng Yuanchao said, "I happened to be not at home when she came, but I ran into her on the road later." Shi Hongying smiled and said: "Oh, there is such a coincidence, then where did she go, why didn't she come with you?" Meng Yuanchao said, "She has gone to Mount Tai." Shi Hongying was a little surprised, and said: "She went to Mount Tai? I thought she didn't want to go, but this was beyond my expectation. How did you meet on the road?"

Because Meng Yuanchao didn't know what was going on, he felt baffled and said, "It's really a coincidence. When I met Miss Lin, I also met the hero Yuchi from Kanto." Shi Hongying was surprised: "Is Yu Chijiong here too? How did he know you?" Meng Yuanchao laughed and said, "I had a fight with him!" He immediately told Shi Hongying everything about that day. Shi Hongying listened very attentively, and after listening, she smiled and said, "In other words, you guys can't get acquainted. Zhuliu and I met in the same way before." At first Meng Yuanchao thought that what she said, "If you don't know each other," was referring to him and Yu Chijiong, but later he realized that she was talking about Lin Wushuang, and he blushed.

Shi Hongying continued: "It turns out that you also met the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army. When did this happen?" Meng Yuanchao counted and said, "Four days ago." Shi Hongying was slightly surprised, and said, "Four days ago, this was a bit strange." Meng Yuanchao was puzzled, and said, "What's so strange?" Shi Hongying said: "There is a person who also met Shi Chaoji four days ago, but the place he said was different. Could it be that Shi Chaoji has the ability to clone himself?" Meng Yuanchao also felt strange, and said, "Who is that person?"

Shi Hongying glanced at Meng Yuanchao and said, "It's the guest who came just now, and he even talked about you!" Meng Yuanchao was very surprised, and he didn't care about any taboos. He blurted out and asked, "I don't know him. Why did he talk about me? Who is he?" Shi Hongying said slowly: "He is Yang Mu, a famous martial artist in Jizhou!" Meng Yuanchao was taken aback, and thought, "So it's Yang Mu!" At this moment, Fang Shi suddenly realized: "No wonder Qin Chong said that to me just now!" Shi Hongying said: "Do you know about Yang Mu's fake death?"

Meng Yuanchao said: "I just heard Qin Xiangzhu talk about it." Shi Hongying said: "He said that he had a feud with Shi Chaoji. Shi Chaoji knew that he was secretly plotting against the court and wanted to arrest him. He pretended to be dead to avoid revenge. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape. Four days ago, he was killed at the foot of Jinji Ridge Shi Chaoji slapped him and was injured. Fortunately, he escaped later." Jinji Ridge is in the west of Dongping County, and the place where Meng Yuanchao met Shi Chaoji four days ago is in the south of Dongping County. These two places must not go back and forth within a day.

It turned out that Yang Mu was afraid that Shi Hongying would see the flaw, because Meng Yuanchao lived in Suzhou. If he said that he met Shi Chaoji outside Suzhou city, it would inevitably arouse suspicion, so he made up a random place.When the place changes, the date also needs to be changed. The distance between Jinjiling and Dongping County is only four or five days away, so he casually said that it was four days ago.He never dreamed that there would be such a coincidence that Meng Yuanchao happened to meet Shi Chaoji that day. Meng Yuanchao said, "Yang Mu, he, what did he say about me?" Shi Hongying said: "Did you know his wife?" Meng Yuanchao said, "That's right, we've known each other since childhood." Shi Hongying looked at Meng Yuanchao, and said with a half-smile, "He said you abducted his wife!" Meng Yuanchao jumped up and shouted, "He, he actually spread rumors about me like this!" Shi Hongying said: "Don't worry, just speak up if you have something to say. In this way, you haven't seen his wife recently." Meng Yuanchao calmed down and thought to himself: "Ziluo did visit me in Suzhou, so it's no wonder his husband misunderstood me." Seeing his uncertain expression, Shi Hongying couldn't help feeling suspicious. Meng Yuanchao calmed down and said, "To be honest, I met his wife once. Although she covered her face and didn't talk to me that night, I knew it was her. She and I were childhood sweethearts. Hand in hand, but I haven't seen her since she got married, and I haven't done anything wrong to Yang Mu with her!" Shi Hongying is a smart woman, after hearing what he said, she thought to herself: "The situation between him and Mrs. Yang is just like Wushuang and her cousin? It's just that one is a man who married another woman, and the other is a woman who married another? " Meng Yuanchao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "When Madam Yang and I were teenagers, there was a period, a period... I never told anyone about this secret, and now I am willing to tell Madam." Shi Hongying waved her hand and said, "I trust you to be an upright man. I don't want to know about your private affairs. Needless to say!" She thought she guessed right, but she didn't know that the love and entanglement between Meng Yuanchao and Yun Ziluo was much more complicated than Lin and Mou! Meng Yuanchao said with a smile: "So, Yang Mu dared to come to seek justice for his wife?" Shi Hongying smiled and said: "That's right, Zhuliu is not at home, so I had to listen to his appeal. I didn't expect such a coincidence. He just said that you kidnapped his wife, and your letter of invitation was sent to me. Fortunately, I didn't show it to him, otherwise it would embarrass me, the master!" Meng Yuanchao was very embarrassed, his face turned red, and he thought to himself: "Although I haven't done anything wrong, but before Yang Mu found Ziluo, even if I had the opportunity to explain it to him, I'm afraid he wouldn't believe it. It's gone." Shi Hongying seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Does Meng Shaoxia feel that my measures are a bit inappropriate?" Meng Yuanchao was worried, so he had to say frankly: "I should have explained clearly to Yang Mu, but now is not the right time. Thank you, the leader, for saving my face and allowing me to avoid this embarrassing meeting. But I am worried The most important thing is: he can complain to you, or to other martial arts seniors, this, this..." Shi Hongying said: "I just want to be honest with my heart. Don't worry about public opinion. When things come to light, Meng Shaoxia doesn't have to worry about it. And I think Yang Mu probably doesn't want to publicize this matter. In front of martial arts seniors, I can also explain it to you." Shi Hongying is a shrewd and capable woman, but she was wrong about this matter. Although the saying goes, "Family ugliness should not be publicized", but because Yang Mu has already defected to the Qing court, Yang Mu is asked to publicize "family ugliness". This is exactly the idea of ​​Yang Mu's immediate superior, Shi Chaoji, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army.The purpose is to frame Meng Yuanchao and destroy his reputation in the martial arts world!Firstly, Yang Mu couldn't help himself, and secondly, because of his extreme jealousy of Meng Yuanchao, he was so jealous that he didn't hesitate to tear off his face and carry out Shi Chaoji's plan. "But I want to be ashamed of my heart, so don't worry about the mouth of the mouth."Hearing these two sentences, Meng Yuanchao couldn't help but secretly cried out in his heart: "Ashamed!" He thought to himself: "Although I didn't do anything to Ziluo to be sorry for her husband, my lovesickness for her is nothing to be ashamed of." Over the years, it has never decreased slightly!" Shi Hongying said: "In this case, I didn't mean to favor you, it's just because we already know about your character. Yang Mu is quite famous in Jizhou, but after all, I don't know him well." Meng Yuanchao was very moved, and said: "I am an underachiever, Jin Daxia and his wife think so highly of me, I really don't know how to repay my confidant." Shi Hongying smiled, and said again: "Actually, I knew his wife was not kidnapped by you!" Meng Yuanchao was taken aback for a moment, and quickly asked, "Why?" Shi Hongying said slowly: "Because someone saw Yang Mu's wife Yun Ziluo in Taihu Lake!" The mystery of Yun Ziluo's whereabouts was suddenly revealed from Shi Hongying's mouth. This was exactly the news that Meng Yuanchao wanted to know but could not find out!Meng Yuanchao couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and said in a low voice: "Someone saw her in Taihu Lake? Why did she go to Dahu Lake? Who is that person?" You must know that Yun Ziluo is from a family of martial arts, but she is not a woman from Jianghu.Her acquaintances are either relatives or old friends.Ordinary people in the arena would definitely not know her.So Meng Yuanchao couldn't help feeling a little strange. "It's a very reliable friend of Zhuliu and I," Shi Hongying said, "He has never met Yang Mu and his wife, but he knows the Yun family's 'Xiaoyun swordsmanship'." Meng Yuanchao asked in surprise, "He has seen Yun Ziluo wielding a sword?" Shi Hongying said: "That's right, he once saw a black-clothed woman fighting a sword with someone in Dongting Mountain in the west of Taihu Lake, and she used the Twisting Cloud sword technique. He didn't know who the opponent was, but this person's ability is also extremely good , the woman in black used the last move 'Heng Yun Duan Feng' before defeating him." "Two days ago, this friend came to our house and invited Zhuliu to watch the ceremony at Mount Tai. Somehow, he mentioned this matter. At that time, because they were in a hurry, I didn't ask him carefully." Meng Yuanchao really wanted to know more, but it was a pity that Shi Hongying could only tell him so much.She didn't say the name of that friend either.After all, Meng Yuanchao and her were only meeting for the first time. Since she refused to tell, it was inconvenient for Meng Yuanchao to ask again. Shi Hongying took a sip of tea, and then said: "Yang Mu's father-in-law is Yun Chongshan, Yun Chongshan is the heir of the Twisting Cloud Sword Art, and he has only one daughter. I already knew all of this. So when Yang Mu talked about him When I was looking for a wife, I was sure that the woman in black that my friend saw on the West Dongting Mountain must be Yang Mu's wife, Yun Ziluo." "Have you ever told Yang Mu this news?" Meng Yuanchao asked anxiously. "I think there must be something wrong with Yang Mu and his wife, and I'm not familiar with him, so I don't want to tell him yet. I can decide whether to let him know after the truth becomes clear." Shi Hongying replied. Meng Yuanchao let out a sigh of relief, and a stone fell from his heart.At this moment, he suddenly felt guilty, "Why don't I want Yang Mu to know?" Shi Hongying continued: "But now, it is not the most important thing to find out the reasons of Yang Mu and his wife. The most important thing is that I know whether Yang Mu said that he was arrested by the Qing court. Lie about injuring Shi Chaoji? Meng Shaoxia, are you right?" Meng Yuanchao was distracted, and said: "This, this, it's not convenient for me to interrupt. It is said that the person Yun Ziluo is willing to marry must not be a bad person." When Shi Hongying heard him defending Yang Mu, she smiled and said, "You have great confidence in Mrs. Yang. But the world is unpredictable, people's hearts are unpredictable, and often some things are beyond common sense. Let's be cautious it is good." Meng Yuanchao's face blushed, and he didn't dare to say any more, so he had to answer "yes". Shi Hongying smiled, looked at Meng Yuanchao, and said again: "But this matter is probably the most important to you, because you are involved in Yang Mu's husband and wife case." Meng Yuanchao didn't want to lie, and replied, "Yes, I want to find out the truth as soon as possible." "I heard that you are contacting heroes from all walks of life for Xiao Jinchuan's rebel army, is that right?" Meng Yuanchao looked at Qu Ran, and answered "yes" again respectfully. "So where are you going now? Mount Tai or Lake Tai?" "This, this, I—" Shi Hongying's question came out of nowhere, and Meng Yuanchao couldn't help hesitating for a moment. "You haven't thought about it for a while, so you don't need to answer me immediately. After careful consideration, it's not too late to make a decision." At this point, Shi Hongying paused thoughtfully, and exchanged a cup of hot tea for Meng Yuanchao , and then went on to say: "At the Taishan meeting, heroes from all walks of life will be there. It is a good opportunity for you to contact them on behalf of the rebels. But I can also imagine that this case has not been investigated clearly in a day. You can't be at peace for a day. So, if you want to go to Taihu Lake to find out the truth about Mrs. Yang, then, that's fine." What she said was "Ye Hao", it goes without saying that she hoped that Meng Yuanchao would go to the Mount Tai meeting first. Meng Yuanchao was confused for a while, and said for a while: "Thank you for your concern, Chief, for telling me so many things. It's getting late, and I want to say goodbye." Shi Hongying said: "That's right, whether you're going to Mount Tai or Lake Tai, you have to hurry. Well, then I won't keep you either." Meng Yuanchao walked out of Jin's house and walked alone in a daze, thinking about one question over and over in his heart: "Where should I go?" After eight years of love, I missed it in person. Now that I finally got the news of Yun Ziluo, can I miss it again? But if he missed the Taishan meeting, he would have to visit the heroes one by one in the future.It may not be obvious yet, which is a waste of time and trouble. Meng Yuanchao had always been very decisive, but now he was troubled by this problem, felt hesitant, and lost his mind! "Where should I go?" The question that troubled Meng Yuanchao also troubled Yun Ziluo! That morning, after she avoided meeting Meng Yuanchao, she walked on the soil of her hometown in a daze, just like Meng Yuanchao now, thinking about this question repeatedly, not daring to look back, but her heart was broken! The husband's family can't go back, the beloved son is taken away, the whereabouts of the mother is unknown, and the lover dare not see each other. "Even though the world is big, where is my shelter?" Yun Ziluo thought of the sadness, and she couldn't help but shed tears, her legs felt like lead weights had fallen, and she didn't know how to leave. Just as Yun Ziluo's heart was broken and she was walking forward in a daze, there was a young farmer who was rushing to the morning market, carrying two baskets of green vegetables, walking across, saw Yun Ziluo, and suddenly let out a "Huh", right at Yun Ziluo's door stopped in front of him. Yun Ziluo was awakened by his sound, looked up, and saw a dark-skinned healthy young man, vaguely familiar, but couldn't remember who he was for a while. After the boy was stunned for a while, he put down the vegetable basket and said, "Aren't you Aunt Yun, you're back? I'm a little cow, don't you remember me?" Yun Ziluo smiled and said: "So you are a little cow. I remember when I left home, you were still a slug. Now that you are so big, how is your mother?" It turned out that this little cow was the son of Aunt Wang, her neighbor. When their mother and daughter left home, Aunt Wang was entrusted to take care of the garden. At that time, the little cow was only seven or eight years old. Xiao Niu'er was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Aunt Yun, I heard that you married a well-known man in the north. I thought you had forgotten about us and didn't come back to see us for many years. Well, let me count Let’s do the math, that year was the year of Bingzi, and it has already been more than eight years!” Although Yun Ziluo was sad, she still felt unexpected joy when she saw the child next door, and said with a smile, "How could I forget you? Yes, I was looking for your mother, but I'm afraid she hasn't Get up, don't dare to wake her up so early, just met you, this little money is not a respect, please take it home, and thank her for me." The little cow blushed and said, "Thank you for what? For many years, our mother and son have been busy with work, but we haven't taken good care of your garden. I can't ask for this money!" Yun Ziluo said: "You must have it. I came here in a hurry and didn't bring a gift, so let's treat it as buying something for your mother." Xiao Niu'er couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it, and said, "Have you ever returned home? Why did you come out so early? Brother Meng has already returned, do you know?" Yun Ziluo was sad for a while, and said: "I know, I have already met him. I just came to see him this time. I have important things to do, so I can't stay at home longer." Little Niu'er was surprised: "How can there be any reason to leave so quickly?" Suddenly he remembered that his mother had told him that Brother Meng and that Brother Song in the city were both fond of "Aunt Yun" in the past.The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was just beginning to understand the relationship between men and women, so he thought smartly: "Ah, I understand, she is already married, so of course it is not convenient for her to live at home with Brother Meng. But why doesn't she Are you coming back with your husband?" Xiao Niu'er really wanted to ask this question, but he didn't know whether to ask, so he opened his eyes wide and looked at Yun Ziluo. Yun Ziluo suppressed her sadness and said, "Xiao Niuer, you don't understand, I have to go!" Xiao Niu'er pretended to be very sensible, and said: "I understand. The teacher of the village school said that a woman like you who is knowledgeable about books and etiquette should observe three obediences and four virtues. After marriage, she must obey her husband, right? You have a husband's house, so you can't live in your mother's house?" Yun Ziluo was confused by him, and said: "Xiao Niuer, you have to go to the morning market, and I have to go too. I will come back to see you next time. Remember to say hello to your mother for me!" Yun Ziluo was about to leave when Xiao Niu'er suddenly said, "Aunt Yun, stay a little longer, there is one thing I haven't told you yet!" Yun Ziluo said: "What is it?" Xiao Niu'er said: "It's a woman surnamed Xiao, about seventeen or eighteen years old, she came with a man surnamed Shao. But the man didn't speak, only she said." Yun Ziluo's heart moved, and she quickly asked, "A woman surnamed Xiao? What did she say?" Xiao Niu'er said: "She said that she is a relative of your family and came to see you specially. I told her that your mother and daughter have been gone for many years, and she was very disappointed." Yun Ziluo asked, "Did she tell you where she lives?" Xiao Niu'er scratched his scalp and said, "She said she lived on a certain mountain in Taihu Lake. This mountain has the word Xi. I remembered it very clearly at the time, but now I suddenly forgot it." Yun Ziluo smiled and said, "Is it West Dongting Mountain?" The little cow said, "Yes, it is West Dongting Mountain. Ha, I remembered again. She seemed to predict that I would forget the name of this mountain. She said that if you can't remember it for a while, you just need to tell her , I have already returned to Daddy's house, so she will know. I thought it was strange at the time, when the children come back, of course they will go back to Daddy's house, so it goes without saying?" Yun Ziluo smiled and said: "I see, little Niuer, thank you very much. Remember to greet your mother for me when you go back." This news brought unexpected joy to Yun Ziluo. After she broke up with Xiao Niuer, she faced the rising sun, and the haze in her heart seemed to disappear under the sun. There is an old saying: There is no way out when there is no way out, and there is another village. This woman surnamed Xiao must be my cousin who has never met. I am worried and have nowhere to go, but now I can go to my aunt for a while." It turned out that Yun Ziluo's mother had a cousin who was married to the Xiao family in Dongting Mountain, West Taihu Lake. Her husband, Xiao Jingxi, was also quite famous in the martial arts world. One of the two sisters was married in the south, and the other was married in the north, and because Yun Ziluo's father, Yun Zhongshan, had already secretly joined the rebel army, so the two sisters have not communicated with each other since they got married.Later, Yun Chongshan couldn’t stand in the north, and he brought his wife and daughter to Suzhou. Of course, it was because of his friend Song Shilun who lived in Suzhou. On the other hand, it was also because Taihu Lake was near Suzhou. After moving to Suzhou, the sisters who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, Then we can reunite. Unexpectedly, when they went to West Dongting Mountain to look for their relatives, they found out that the Xiao family had moved to another place and their whereabouts were unknown. Yun Ziluo was only eight years old when she came to Suzhou, and that time only her parents went to look for relatives, she did not go with them.She has no impression of this aunt in her mind, and her parents told her about the family search, but she didn't take it to heart.So after her father died, Meng Yuanchao came, and she didn't tell Meng Yuanchao. Before meeting Xiao Niu'er, Yun Ziluo didn't even know that she had this cousin, but since the woman who came to her was surnamed Xiao, claimed to be her relative, and lived in the West Dongting Mountain of Taihu Lake, of course she was her cousin. No doubt about it. "This is really a wonderful thing. Xiao Niu'er said that my cousin is only seventeen or eighteen years old, so she was not born when I came to Suzhou. Presumably when she came to me, she was very fond of someone she had never met. My cousin must also be curious. Now it's my turn to look for her. I wonder if she is married? My aunt is willing to let her come with that man named Shao, so he must be her fiancé, right? " Yun Ziluo thought to herself. Yun Ziluo was eager to meet her aunt and cousin, so she rushed to Suzhou at noon that day, hired a small boat, and put the boat into the lake under the Wannian Bridge.Taihu Lake is 36,000 hectares, and the lake straddles Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. When the boat leaves Xukou, you can see the vast expanse of expanse, the water and the sky are of the same color, and the seventy-two peaks in the lake meander towards us, like emerald screens, flying past pieces, ethereal and ethereal, misty and hazy, and the scenery is so beautiful that it is hard to describe!Looking at the mist, Yun Ziluo felt refreshed, Yixing lost her mind, and all the depression for many days disappeared.I thought to myself: "The sea is wide and the fish leap, and the sky allows the birds to fly. This is the realm that life should pursue! For many years, I have been locked at home, like a bird in a cage, and even my mind has almost become narrow. gone." Suddenly, the sound of the piano was cold and distant, and then a person sang according to the beat: "Fenghuang Mountain is raining and the sun is clear at the beginning, the water is clear, and the sunset is bright. A lotus flower is still blooming. Where is it?" Two egrets flying here? If you want, Mu Pingting. I suddenly heard that mourning kites are being played on the river. It’s bitter and affectionate. Who will you send to listen? Yan Minyun received it, and it’s Xiang Ling according to the agreement. I want to ask for it at the end of the song, but I can’t see it. green." Yun Ziluo looked into the distance and saw a flat boat going down the river, there were two people on board, one was a man in a yellow shirt, the other was a boy in a pure white fox fur.It was the boy who was playing the piano and chanting.