Guo Song watched a group of people walking away and then asked Xue Tao, "Who was the young man in white just now?"
Xue Tao's face darkened a little, and he whispered: "His name is Yuan Xiao, and he always wears a white jade sword. He is the Yujian Master, one of the four great princes in Chang'an. If I guessed correctly, the dude just now should be his brother Yuan Ju."
Son, Chang'an is known as the Yuan Demon King, bullying men and dominating women, and doing all kinds of evil."
At this time, Zhang Lei limped over and said: "I'm not interested today, let's go to Qujiang Restaurant!"
"Brother, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. He hit your sister-in-law on the shoulder with a stick. I'm worried about whether she injured her muscles or bones."
"Damn fat man, don't talk nonsense, am I that bad?" Li Wenyu said dissatisfied from the side.
"Is it okay, ship boss?" Guo Song asked again.
The boss of the ship had been carried aboard by two of his apprentices. One of the apprentices said: "Master, one of his legs was broken by them, and the bridge of his nose was also broken. They were too cruel."
Guo Song looked sharply at the chief steward of Qingqiu Island. The chief steward was frightened and said quickly: "Since he is injured on Bi Dao, Bi Dao will be responsible for all his medical expenses. Please don't worry, sir!"
"let's go!"
Guo Song took Xue Tao's hand and got on the boat. Zhang Lei quickly went to help his wife. Li Wenyu struggled twice but failed, so he had to let him show off.
"Damn fat man, for the sake of protecting your wife, I will not pursue the past matters, and you will not be allowed to come here again in the future."
"I promise, if you come again, you will break my legs!"
Guo Song rolled his eyes, someone was really mean.
The two apprentices of the boat boss rowed the boat slowly. Zhang Lei smiled and said, "You also saved me four hundred taels of silver."
Li Wenyu glared at him, "Do you know what to do?"
"Don't worry, madam! The boss of the ship had his legs broken because of us, and I will never treat him badly."
Guo Song saw that Xue Tao was a little depressed, so he held her hand and asked softly: "Did you have an encounter with Mr. Jade Sword just now?"
Xue Tao nodded lightly and quickly said to Guo Song: "Don't get me wrong, Guo Lang. I don't like him at all. On the contrary, I hate him very much."
"Then tell me, what's going on?"
Xue Tao sighed, "There is a poetry club in Chang'an called Chunjiang Huayue Society. There are young people in it, both men and women, who love poetry. They are mainly children of officials. I joined it two years ago. The poetry club opens every two weeks.
There was a gathering once a month, but I went relatively rarely, only three times in total. When I went to the poetry club for the third time last year, I met this Mr. Jade Sword. He stared at me like a fly, tried his best to be attentive, and even sent people to
I was watching the outside of my house. Once I went out, he would come and pester me, making me afraid to go out. Last fall, he came to my house and proposed to my father, but my father scolded him and kicked him out.
Then he never came again.”
"Why does asking for marriage still anger your father?" Guo Song asked curiously.
Xue Tao said coldly: "Because his family has a sick wife, he told my father that he would come and marry me when she dies of illness. My father was furious and said that he had never seen such a heartless and unjust man. My father pointed at
He scolded him angrily and drove him out with a stick."
"Are you worried that he will come to haunt you again?"
Xue Tao took Guo Song's arm and said, "I have a hunch that he won't give in. Guo Lang, what if you go back to Fengzhou and he comes to pester me again?"
"It's okay! I'll kill him tonight, and he won't bother you again."
Xue Tao sighed, "Guo Lang, please stop killing people. Although Demon King Yuan is indeed worthy of death today, you have offended the Yuan family and will have political enemies. The Yuan family is very protective of their shortcomings. I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your future career. I don't want you to
Fight against the Yuan family for me."
"Then you come with me to Fengzhou. If you are not in Chang'an, he will give up!"
Xue Tao held Guo Song's hand and summoned up the courage to whisper: "Guo Lang, ask my father to marry you! He likes you very much and will definitely agree. Then I can go with you."
Guo Song was overjoyed and nodded in agreement, "When I finish the court affairs, I will ask Guo Lainggong to propose marriage on my behalf. He and I are indeed somewhat related, and it is most suitable for him to be my elder."
Xue Tao was happy in her heart, as long as she had trust throughout her life, she would not be afraid of Yuan Xiao coming to pester her.
At this time, Guo Song remembered something and asked with a smile: "It seems that I am going to your house for dinner tonight, do you know?"
Xue Tao smiled sweetly and said, "Of course I know. My mother asked me to go back early and not to play around and neglect the distinguished guest. How could she know that I stayed with the distinguished guest for the whole day today."
"It seems like it's too early to go to your house now. Why don't we go to Dongshi for a walk? I want to buy something for your parents, so I can't go home empty-handed!"
Xue Tao nodded lightly, "Do you want to call senior brother and senior sister?"
Guo Song looked back, and Zhang Lei realized something in his heart, and immediately said: "I'm going back to give your senior sister some medicine. You can go and play by yourselves. We will go to Miss Xue's house in the evening."
This was of course an excuse, and Li Wenyu didn't bother to correct him.
Not long after, everyone got ashore. Kang Bao and his party were already waiting on the shore. Zhang Lei helped his wife get into the carriage and they left first.
Guo Song introduced Xue Tao to everyone, and everyone immediately realized that this charming young lady would probably be their mistress in the future, and everyone hurriedly saluted.
Xue Tao didn't know how to respond, so he pinched Guo Song lightly. Guo Song said with a smile: "You go back to the Taoist temple first and take my horse back with you. We will take a boat to visit the East Market, so you don't have to follow us."
"Follow the order!"
Everyone bowed, got on their horses and left. Guo Song took the money bag and then took Xue Tao onto the passenger boat of Jubao Pavilion. The boatman rowed towards the inland river.
At this time, on a small building not far away, Yuan Xiao stood in front of the window and watched Guo Song and Xue Tao go away. Strong jealousy emerged in his eyes. This damn Guo Song actually dared to fight with him.
Young men fighting over women?
The reason why Yuanxiao knew Guo Song was because at Zhao Guanshan's birthday banquet, he saw Guo Song try to beat Yuan Zai with his own eyes. At that time, Guo Song became famous in Chang'an.
Yuanxiao is the legitimate second grandson of the Yuan family. He is the Duke of Pingyuan County. He is currently serving as a soldier in Zuowei and participating in the military. Four years ago, he married the legitimate daughter of Hou Mo and the Chen family. It was considered a political marriage, but his wife
Her health was very bad, and she fell completely ill not long after she got married. She struggled on the bed for four years, and passed away in March this year, finally freeing Yuan Xiao.
Yuanxiao had a white jade sword given to him by the emperor, so he was nicknamed Mr. Yujian. He hated his sick wife at home and rarely went home. He often appeared at various high-level gatherings in Chang'an. In addition, he was very good at making superficial remarks, which made him in the
Chang'an is quite famous and is known as one of the four princes of Chang'an.
Last autumn, he met the beautiful Xue Tao at a poetry gathering. He was immediately astonished and pursued her desperately. Unfortunately, he was too impatient, offended Xue Xun, and hit a big nail.
But Yuan Xiao did not give up. He had been waiting for an opportunity. When his sick wife passed away, he arranged the funeral arrangements with "extreme grief" and prepared to ask someone to propose marriage. However, he did not expect that Guo Song would appear halfway and fight for her love.
, which simply made him furious.
When Yuan Xiao saw the two men's boats going away, he gritted his teeth in hatred and punched the window sill hard.
At this time, Yuan Ju'er came over and said with a smile: "The woman my second brother liked last year must be this woman named Xue! She is really good-looking, and even I am attracted to her."
Yuan Xiao turned around and glared at his brother, "You are not allowed to have any ideas about her!"
"If she becomes the second brother's continuation, of course I will not have any idea of her. If the second brother fails, then I can marry her as my concubine!"
"Stop talking nonsense. Her father is a fifth-rank official in the East Palace and will not let his daughter become someone else's concubine."
Yuan Ju'er sneered and said: "I don't know how clever my second brother is. You secretly bribed his landlord for a few months and forced his family to move out. Then you came out and pretended to be a good person. It's a pity that you didn't pretend to be a good person.
I found a house by myself.
Also, if you really know how to marry her as your wife, what will you do about Dou Qu'er? I guess you are also building plank roads openly and secretly spending time in Chencang. The so-called open matchmaker is actually marrying her as your concubine.
When rice is cooked, her family will only accept it."
Yuan Xiao snorted, "I don't care what you say, but I'm warning you, she is my woman, if you dare to have ideas about her, be careful I skin you!"
Yuan Ju'er actually fell in love with Xue Tao. His brother's threat made him grit his teeth. He snorted and said, "I'm afraid she's not the second brother's woman! She's Guo Song's woman. Even a fool like me can tell that."
, by the way, this guy surnamed Guo is still ruthless and kills people without blinking an eye, no wonder everyone calls him Butcher Guo behind his back."
There was a cold look in Yuan Xiao's eyes, "He killed the warriors of the Yuan family and thought it would be fine? Sooner or later I will let him taste the consequences of offending the Yuan family."