Chapter 43: Saved by Cowardice
After lunch the next day, a figure sneaked over and lingered outside the gate of the yard where Jiang Lan lived, looking into the yard from time to time, but not daring to get too close.
After Zhang Hua backed out yesterday morning, Zhang secretly sent someone to tell him to come over in the afternoon.
Zhang did some ideological work on him, saying that there was only a layer of window paper between the two of them, and as long as he took the initiative to break that layer of window paper, the marriage would naturally be a success. She also fooled him by saying that Jiang Cheng also liked him as a son-in-law and would help him a lot in the future. She also said that Jiang Lan had been weak since childhood, and it was not a big deal for her to have a little temper. When she was brought home, she would be a follower of her husband and would naturally listen to him in everything.
He also gave him an idea, asking him to send some tokens of love over first, and then after lunch when everyone had rested, he could quietly go over and give the things to Jiang Lan.
Encouraged by Zhang, he bravely came over again today, holding a token of love in his arms, a hairpin that Zhang paid Tanxiang to buy from a jewelry store outside.
He wandered outside the door for a long time, his palms sweating with nervousness, but he still didn't dare to go in.
Jiang Lan did not take a nap as usual, but sat by the window teasing Yuanbao. Every time she tapped its little head with her finger, it would tilt its head and look at her innocently with its round little eyes, as if to say, "Is there something wrong with you?", which made her smile every time. She picked up a piece of cake and gave it to it. When she looked up and out the window inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of a figure passing by the gate of the yard.
Zhang Hua plucked up his courage and quietly walked to the door. Just as he stuck his head out to take a look at the yard, suddenly a green shadow flew over and landed on his head, scaring him so much that he screamed and quickly covered his mouth with his hands and ran away.
After scaring the man away, Yuanbao flew back. Jiang Lan rewarded it with another piece of cake and praised it for being so awesome.
After returning to Tingyuxuan, Zhang Hua was still a little scared. He didn't see clearly what the unknown creature that landed on his head was. Anyway, after being so scared, he never dared to go there again.
And what Tan Xiang saw clearly was a green-feathered parrot.
After seeing Zhang Hua sneak out of Tingyuxuan, the maidservant who was arranged by Zhang to keep an eye on him nearby immediately went back to report. Tanxiang came over and kept observing quietly from a distance.
Seeing Zhang Hua hesitating at the door and not daring to go in, Tan Xiang wanted to go up and push him. Later, a green-feathered parrot flew out from the yard and landed on his head, scaring him away.
After returning, Tan Xiang reported what had happened to Zhang, saying that cousin Zhang Hua was too timid. He lingered outside the yard for a long time and didn't dare to go in. A green-feathered parrot scared him away. He screamed in fear and was almost discovered.
Zhang didn't expect that the man was so useless. It was such a waste of the hairpin she bought with her own money.
It seems she has to do it herself.
In the afternoon, Zhang asked Tanxiang to bring Jiang Lan a bowl of chicken soup to nourish her body. When Tanxiang left, she secretly winked at Qing'er. After Tanxiang left, she waited outside the yard for a while, and then Qing'er came out.
Tan Xiang gave Qing'er a packet of sleeping pills and asked her to put it in Jiang Lan's tea after dinner tomorrow and leave the door open quietly at night. She didn't have to worry about anything else afterwards.
After breakfast the next day, Zhang asked an unfamiliar servant to secretly pass a note to Zhang Hua, asking him to meet her that night, and the note was signed by Jiang Lan.
After receiving the note, he was surprised, happy, scared and nervous. He really couldn't make up his mind, so he went to discuss it with his aunt Zhang. Zhang naturally encouraged him to be brave and proactive, and not miss this God-given marriage. She also asked Tan Xiang to keep watch for him at night.
In the evening, Jiang Lan went to bed early and the lights in the yard were turned off.
Two figures were hiding stealthily under the wall, talking to each other in whispers.
"I... better go back." Zhang Hua was about to back out and wanted to leave, but was pulled back by Tan Xiang.
"It was the Second Miss who asked you to come here. What are you afraid of? Go in quickly and don't keep the Second Miss waiting for too long." Tan Xiang pulled Zhang Hua towards the door. He became even more scared and panicked, and didn't dare to go in.
“Let’s go back…”
"There's no such store after this village, go in quickly!"
Tan Xiang's voice rose a little in anxiety.
Suddenly, a voice came from above their heads: "Rogue!"
It was like someone was floating in the air and talking.
Zhang Hua screamed in fright and ran away without looking back.
Tan Xiang was also frightened and her face turned pale. She heard a voice of "scoundrel" behind her, as if the person floating in the air floated behind her in the blink of an eye. She was so scared that her back felt cold, her legs went weak, and she stumbled away.
The lights in the yard came on again. Jiang Lan came out to take a look. Yuanbao landed on her shoulder and called him "rascal" again. She raised her hand, touched his little head and praised him for being so awesome.
A figure walked out of the shadows and saluted Jiang Lan, reporting that both of them had been scared away. His voice was concise and clear, and sounded well-trained.
This is a black-armored bodyguard arranged for her by Qi Wuhan.
When she went to Sangcheng, she brought four bodyguards with her. When she came back, the four became five. The extra person was this black-armored guard. His external identity was a distant relative of one of the bodyguards. After she came back, she told the housekeeper that the other party knew some martial arts. The housekeeper saw that the man looked upright and seemed to have some martial arts skills, so he arranged for him to be a guard.
If Zhang Hua had really dared to push the door open just now, the outcome would not have been just a simple fright.
Although he was extremely timid, it was this timidity that saved his life tonight.
He would probably be scared to death if he heard the way Jin'an Marquis interrogated prisoners just once.
However, Jiang Lan had only intended to teach him a lesson tonight. As long as he would learn his lesson and not harass her in the future, it would be fine. She knew that the other party was timid and was probably instigated by her stepmother. He was not a bad person by nature. It would be fine to teach him a lesson. If he really made a fuss, she would make enemies with the Zhang family again.
Although she is not afraid of trouble and will find ways to solve it when she encounters it, but with too many enemies, one day she will be unable to guard against them and may be stabbed in the back at any time.
When Tan Xiang ran back with a pale face, Zhang saw that she was so scared that she had lost her soul and knew that the plan had not been accomplished. She was so angry in her heart!
The next day, someone from Tingyuxuan came to say that Zhang Hua was sick. Zhang secretly cursed him for being useless, and quickly asked the housekeeper to invite Doctor Liu over, and then went over to visit him.
After checking Zhang Hua's pulse, Dr. Liu said that it was nothing serious. He must have had a nightmare at night and was a little frightened. He should take two doses of tranquilizers to recuperate and then have a good rest for two days.
When the news of Zhang Hua's illness came to Jiang Lan's ears from Gui'er, she was a little surprised. She didn't expect the other party to be so timid. Then she thought, it's a good opportunity for him to learn a lesson and not be easily instigated in the future.
After Zhang Hua recovered from his illness, Mrs. Du moved to her own house the next day. She seemed to think that there was something unclean in the house that had haunted her son and made him sick.
After moving there, Mrs. Du discovered that Master Zhang had acted on his own initiative and secretly brought two young and beautiful concubines over. The next day, she had them sent back, saying that it would not be too late to bring them over after he had established himself in the capital. Master Zhang had no choice but to give up.
This time when she came to Beijing, Mrs. Du left all her concubines and daughters in Xuzhou and did not bring any of them with her. She had already planned when to bring them over and which ones to bring.
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