"Miss Lu looks somewhat familiar to me."
Wei Yunlan's eyes fell directly on Miss Lu's face, and he said meaningfully, "When I first came to Beiguan a few years ago, I saw several barbarian merchants wandering around the border in the streets of Nancheng. Miss Lu is tall and slender, and she has some of the grace and demeanor of the northern barbarian women I saw at that time."
Miss Lu's face suddenly turned dark.
The eyes of the others nearby fell on her at the same time. You wouldn't think so until Wei Yunlan mentioned it, but everyone actually felt that there were some similarities.
Although the two countries were not on good terms and had many wars, and did not trade with each other openly, they were so close that there were always some adventurous merchants who took advantage of loopholes and wandered between the borders of the two countries. Most of these people were not from the Northern Barbarians, but children born to women who had been violated by the barbarians in the north. In the final analysis, they were still people from Dayong, and what they sold were at most cowhide, sheepskin, beef, mutton and the like. The city guards turned a blind eye and allowed them to enter the city.
Most of the ladies present here have lived in Beiguan all year round, or have grown up here since childhood. Over the years, I have seen the appearance of a barbarian once or twice...
The most obvious difference in appearance between the barbarians and the people of Dayong is their body shape.
In addition, there is a high nose bridge and more prominent facial features.
After seeing the appearance of the people from the Northwestern countries, Wei Yunlan felt that apart from their taller stature, the barbarians' facial features were basically between the people from Dayong and the Northwestern countries.
At first glance, Miss Lu looked like any other person from Dayong. However, apart from her exceptionally tall stature, her eyes and nose looked very much like those of a northern barbarian woman...
Many things in this world are not cared about by anyone unless they are mentioned. However, once you are enlightened, you will find surprising discoveries.
The ladies in the hall felt more and more that what Wei Yunlan said made sense...
Seeing this, the daughters of the Northern Army officers who were originally on good terms with her all stepped back and put some distance between themselves and Miss Lu.
Seeing this, Miss Lu frowned and stared at Wei Yunlan fiercely and said, "Miss Wei, this is our first meeting and we have no grudges against each other. Why are you slandering me like this?"
"I have no intention of slandering Miss Lu, but when I saw Miss Lu's appearance, I suddenly felt emotional." Wei Yunlan answered calmly.
Suddenly, his gentle gaze suddenly became sharp, and before Miss Lu could question or refute again, he spoke first: "Miss Lu, as you just said, we have no grudges and have never met before. I don't know why you want to speak ill of me, slandering me for being unable to endure the cold and hardship in the north, disregarding the laws of the court, and fleeing from the North Gate privately?"
"I..." Miss Lu opened her mouth.
I wanted to say that I was not slandering you, but Wei Yunlan was standing right in front of everyone.
Naturally, her previous words were refuted without any attack, and no matter what she explained, it became a sophistry.
For a moment, everyone looked at Miss Lu with strange eyes.
Qiu Yuehua looked her up and down and said with a sneer, "Miss Lu just now, when she was slandering Miss Wei, she also did not forget to praise Miss Liang. Could it be that Miss Liang asked you to say these words?"
"That's not the case..." Miss Lu smiled awkwardly and explained, "I just heard Miss Wei's voice but never saw her, so I became curious and made unwarranted assumptions."
At this point, she stood up from her seat, bowed in the direction of Wei Yunlan, and said apologetically: "I was inappropriate in this matter. I would like to apologize to Miss Wei here."
"I hope Miss Wei will be magnanimous and not hold this unintentional mistake against me."
Wei Yunlan did not follow Miss Lu's words and accept her apology.
His voice was still cold, "Since Miss Lu is not sincere in visiting me, I will not keep Miss Lu here any longer."
This time, no one spoke up for Miss Lu or tried to smooth things over.
Miss Lu's face darkened. She was too embarrassed to stay any longer, so she turned around and left with a flick of her sleeves.
As soon as Miss Lu left, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became much more relaxed.
Miss Sun and Miss Zhou, who had traveled with Wei Yunlan for some time earlier in the forest farm, both breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially Miss Sun. Her father, Sun Shoubei, and Miss Lu's father were both garrisons of the Northern Army. However, the border patrol that Garrison Lu was responsible for was more important than that of Garrison Sun. It was said that the backers behind him were also formidable, so he was quite popular in the Northern Army. Miss Sun's father also specifically reminded her not to make enemies with Miss Lu.
Although Miss Sun is carefree, she is also thoughtful. She always feels that Miss Lu may seem gentle, considerate, and understanding, but in reality, she has many ulterior motives and is not suitable for close friendship...
Today's incident further deepened her impression.
When her father comes back from his vacation, she will definitely talk to him and ask him to stay away from Guard Lu's family!
"Ms. Wei, I'm really sorry for what I did today." Miss Sun said in a low voice with a blush on her face.
"It's okay. It's my honor that you can come and visit me. You don't have to take today's incident to heart. After the spring, I will invite you to go hunting in the forest farm again." Wei Yunlan looked calm and clear about gratitude and grudges. He did not confuse the other people in the hall with Miss Lu.
At this point, all the ladies in the hall understood that in today's incident, all of them were used as pawns by Miss Lu.
Fortunately, Miss Wei is open-minded and doesn't bother with them, otherwise they would be so ashamed that they would have no face to show!
Chat for a while.
As the sun was setting, the ladies present felt it was not appropriate to stay any longer and so they all said goodbye.
Huang Yuling and the other two walked at the end, and Wei Yunlan saw them off to the door.
"Thank you today." Regardless of whether it is useful or not, they can specially inform people to remind themselves at this moment. Wei Yunlan expresses this kindness to them.
Qiu Yuehua shrugged and said, "I didn't do anything. If you want to thank someone, thank Huang Yuling."
"No need to thank me." Huang Yuling shook her head slightly and whispered, "Back then at the Nanjiao Forest Farm, you risked your life to save my life. What I have done is really nothing."
Wei Yunlan's gaze fell on Huang Yuling's face and noticed that there was a dark circle under her eyes, and she obviously looked like she had not rested well.
She hadn't been in touch with Huang Yuling and the others for some time. She had just returned to Beiguan and didn't know what was happening in the city. "What happened recently?"
Could it be that the Liang family is still unwilling to give up and wants Deputy General Huang to marry Huang Yuling into their Liang family?
Huang Yuling shook her head, "Nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night."
This is obviously just an excuse.
Wei Yunlan saw that she was trying hard to hide the worry on her mind, so he suppressed his doubts and didn't ask any more questions.
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