The only connection that the original owner has with the magistrate family is Li Yujiao, the magistrate’s young lady.
Jing Heguang thought along this line of thought.
Jing Heguang discovered that after arriving in Fucheng, the most likely place he would come into contact with Li Yujiao was the lantern festival just now.
There were indeed many people looking at him on the street just now. If he were to think about it carefully, he can find that there is a figure wearing a curtain hat who looks very much like Li Yujiao in the original owner’s memory!
Could it be that…because he is so good-looking, he doesn’t have to rely on his talent to coax people, so Li Yujiao was attracted to him?
But attracting Li Yujiao is not a big problem.
Li Yujiao is a young lady who was almost deceived into marriage by the original owner, and she is also innocent.
As long as Li Yujiao knows that he is married, the little girl who knows how to boundaries will definitely give up her inappropriate thoughts.
Jing Heguang calmed down and asked tentatively: “Did your young lady go to the Lantern Festival in the evening?”
How did he guess this?!
Li Tong was stunned for a moment and replied truthfully: “My young lady went to see the lantern festival.”
Jing Heguang said in his heart, sure enough. He frowned and said to Li Tong: “I’m already married.”
After hearing Jing Heguang’s words, among the several servants who came to ask questions, those standing at the back all had expressions of astonishment on their faces.
The young lady was actually rejected?
In other words…he didn’t take a fancy to their young lady!
Jing Heguang looked at their expressions, keeping a cold expression on his face, but he was also a little confused in his heart.
He thought to himself: Could it be that your young lady has fallen in love with me…
However, Jing Heguang not only knew the relationship between the characters, reasoning from back to front, but also the original owner’s memory comparison. Jing Heguang believes that this analysis is definitely reliable.
He guessed it wrong? What caught Li Wenxin’s attention then?
Jing Heguang felt something was wrong, but didn’t know where it was.
He frowned slightly and thought: At worst, he would just apologize and say that he had misunderstood, and then wait to see what the people in the magistrate’s manor would say first.
While other servants were still stunned, Li Tong, as a capable servant, felt that he had touched the truth.
Li Tong felt a little amused in his heart.
When the scholar was confronted by a senior official, he did not want to curry favor or make friends with him at the first moment. Instead, he analyzed what had just happened around him and made a timely response.
Moreover, after guessing that he bumped into the female family members from the magistrate mansion at the lantern festival, he was not afraid of offending his master, so he emphasized his married status.
It can be seen that this person is indeed what his master said, he is not a mediocre person! The most important thing is…this scholar is just like his master, he is a truly loving husband and a strict husband too! He always thinks about his husband when he does anything!
It is probably this special common ground that made his master look at this scholar in a new light.
Li Tong’s mind turned around quickly and he immediately explained: “Young master, please don’t misunderstand me! Our master knows that you are married.”
“When you were watching the fireworks at the fireworks display just now, you mentioned that it was a pity that you could not be with your husband to see. My master knew about this and felt that the young master was steady and dignified and a gentleman, so he sent me to inquire.”
After Jing Heguang’s mood was subtle after hearing this…let’s just regard it as an explanation.
No wonder he felt something was wrong. It turned out that it wasn’t Li Yujiao who was attracted to him, but Li Yujiao’s father!
What’s even more subtle is that Jing Heguang once speculated that it was so easy for someone to be imprisoned, which was definitely not something that the wealthy country squires of the Jing family could do.
It is very possible that Li Wenxin, whose daughter was almost deceived, also entered the scene and gave the original owner a fatal blow.
You know, Juren has one foot in the official career. If one wants to do anything, they need to have talented people in the officialdom. This is why Jing Heguang said before that if he wanted to deal with those in the Jing family, he must take the imperial examination and enter the officialdom.
But now this lord magistrate is very position about Jing Heguang!
To put it bluntly, he admired Jing Heguang’s behavior of thinking about his husband at home, and even sent someone to ask him his name.
On the other hand, the original owner seemed to have taken a shortcut to get revenge, but he went completely in the opposite direction!
If the original owner knew this, would he be so angry that he died and then continue to be angry…
After Jing Heguang understood what happened, he explained his last sentence along the same lines as before.
He said apologetically to Li Tong: “I’m sorry. There are really too many people watching me on the street, and most of them are young girls and gers. There were indeed many young ladies passing by just now, so I’m afraid there may be a misunderstanding, that’s why I said that sentence.”
“I already have a husband at home and we have a deep relationship. I really don’t want any trouble, for fear that my husband will be sad. I was abrupt just now, forgive me.”
Jing Heguang spoke with two small red clouds on his face, looking a little embarrassed.
Li Tong smiled and said: “Young master is overly concerned, but you truly miss your husband at home, and like our magistrate, you really cherish your family.”
“Young master, since you are like my master, can you leave your name! Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to report when I go back!” Li Tong looked at Jing Heguang sincerely.
Jing Heguang knew that Li Wenxin didn’t come to see him because of his daughter Li Yujiao, so he immediately relaxed.
He said cheerfully: “A name, I can tell you if you want to know, there’s nothing to hide. I am Jing Heguang, Jing from the character scenery, and Heguang of harmony and light.”
After Li Tong got the name, he asked Jing Heguang about his place of origin and temporary residence, and when he would leave Fucheng. After that, he happily went back to report.
After the servant left, Zhao Mingtang and others spoke.
Zhao Mingtang was dumbfounded and said: “I didn’t expect sir husband loving would have such a bizarre opportunity…”
Liu Dao was also a little stunned: “Lord magistrate preference is a bit special…”
Wang Sixing’s eyes were also widened: “I’ve heard of people who are good at calligraphy, painting, poetry, and even beauties were inquired by officials. But I’ve never heard of officials being attracted to someone who loves their husband!”
Jing Heguang said: “I am also surprised.”
Jing Heguang warned himself in his heart: He cannot use future plots to speculate on current developments. His intervention has already made the world different!
Li Wenxin’s sudden attention was a signal that Jing Heguang needed to change his thoughts.
***
The other side.
Li Tong happily described the process of dealing with Jing Heguang to Li Wenxin and his daughter in detail.
“The little one went to inquire. Young master Jing first asked if the young lady had gone to the festival. The younger one said yes. Young master Jing then bluntly said that he was already married!”
Hearing the words ‘already married’, Li Yujiao blushed and spat: “Who cares about that?!”
Li Yujiao will never admit that she was also attracted by his beauty for a brief moment.
Li Wenxin, on the other hand, stroked his beautiful beard and smiled: “I think he often suffers from such troubles. Now I am more interested in him.”
After hearing Jing Heguang’s explanation, both father and daughter were relieved and felt that Jing Heguang was quite smart.
Although there was a good talk about the talented man and the beautiful lady at the lantern festival, just one sentence reminded him that he might have met the young lady on the street, which was enough to tell that the other party was very smart.
He is not afraid of offending others if he guesses wrong, so he makes his attitude clear when he opens his mouth. It shows that not only is he smart, but he also has good moral character!
Li Wenxin couldn’t help but smile and said: “Does this mean he is not afraid of power? He’s quite special. I’ll go find him another day when I’m free.”
Li Yujiao said anxiously from the side: “Dad! You said you will accompany mom, did you forget what you just said?”
Li Wenxin quickly changed his words: “I will accompany your mother first. Daddy will keep his word.”
***
Eight days later.
Li Wenxin sat together with Tong Pan and Xue Zheng, the power officials in Fucheng, looking at the list of new candidates for this provincial examination.
As the boss of Fucheng, Li Wenxin was the first to take a look.
As a result, when he first glanced at it, his hands shook and he almost lost the thin small-print list.
“Sir, what’s wrong?!” Xue Zheng asked nervously.
The list was finalized by him as an academic administrator. If something went wrong, he would lose his head, so he couldn’t help but be nervous.
Li Wenxin raised his eyes and said: “It’s nothing, I just saw a name I know.”
Tong Pan praised him at the right time: “Oh, I guess he must be an outstanding person! You really have the ability to recognize people!”
Li Wenxin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “What an outstanding person, he made me sleep in the study for several days! I’m going to see what this kids look like at the Luming Banquet!”
When he returned to the residence, his daughter told his husband about it. Then, Li Wenxin, who was incomparable, was driven to sleep in the study room for many days
Xue Zheng held his copy of the list, looked at the first few names and began to make random guesses.
Is it Jing Heguang? Or that Ma Zhijie? Or the third one, Xu Wencai…
T/N: Jing Heguang have a talent to cause family dispute (＝⌒▽⌒＝)
