Chapter 1762 Do you know about this?
Uncle Meng remained calm. He glanced at Zhang, who was standing outside the door, seemingly feeling guilty but forcing herself to glare at him, and suddenly let out a cold laugh.
He turned his gaze away and looked at Tao.
“Cui Niang, you and Tao Qin insisted on leaving the secret room to rescue Jiang Kuanyu, which almost put the escort agency in danger. I was also captured by Jiang Kuanyu because of this. However, you and Tao Qin have both paid the price, so let’s leave it at that for now. Anyway, this is not the only foolish thing you have ever done.”
Tao lowered her head; she truly regretted what she had done.
However, Uncle Meng then changed the subject, his voice becoming much lower, "What I'm talking to you about is something else, about your family, your father, and your brother."
Tao was stunned, looked up, and wanted to ask Tao Feili if he was really... dead.
But Uncle Meng didn't give her a chance to speak. "Twenty years ago, my father-in-law saved my life, and I was extremely grateful to him. While he was alive, I always treated him like my own father, taking care of him with filial piety. But I never imagined that his saving me was intentional. Cui Niang, do you know about this?"
Tao looked somewhat bewildered and subconsciously shook his head. "I don't know what 'intentional' means?"
“That’s right. You’re going to marry into my family, so your father-in-law naturally won’t tell you, lest you leak it to me.” Uncle Meng chuckled self-deprecatingly. “Back then, when I was escorting goods, I encountered bandits not long after leaving the city. In order to ensure the safe delivery of the goods, I let the other guards go first, while I stayed behind to cover the rear. As a result, I was seriously injured and barely managed to get back to the city to find a doctor. However, when I was almost at Taojia Village, I couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed on the ground, unable to get up.”
At that time, Meng Pei was trying to avoid Gong Qiu, so he took Song Xin to open branch offices in other places. Therefore, the Meng Family Escort Agency in Chenggu County was handed over to Meng Xiaoshu.
Young and ambitious, Uncle Meng was eager to prove himself to his elder brother, so he personally escorted the goods.
I never imagined that I would almost lose my life that time.
"I collapsed three miles outside Taojia Village, thinking that it was almost dawn and someone would soon come to see me. But I waited and waited, and no one came. Just when I was about to faint from blood loss, my father-in-law arrived. He saved me, found a doctor for me, gave me medicine, and even went to the trouble of delivering the letter back to the escort agency. Back then, I thought it was just bad luck that I only got to see my father-in-law after so long. Now I realize that it wasn't that I couldn't wait for anyone; it was that my father-in-law had been blocking people who wanted to pass by, deliberately waiting until I couldn't hold on any longer before appearing to save me, just so I could repay his kindness."
Everyone present was shocked after hearing this; they never imagined that Tao's father had done it on purpose back then.
Tao was incredulous. "How is this possible? There's no reason for it. Why would my father do this?"
"Because he coveted what I had. Back then, there was an old镖师 (bodyguard/escort) from the Meng Family Escort Agency who was on good terms with my father-in-law. One time, when he was drunk, he mentioned that the Meng family had a treasure. My father-in-law believed him and became greedy. Coincidentally, he saw that I was injured, so he wanted to use the life-saving grace to obtain the treasure I had. However, he never succeeded, so he married you to me."
Back then, the Tao family and the Meng family were not exactly a good match, but Uncle Meng didn't care about such things. He thought Tao's father was a good person and Tao was not bad either, so he agreed to the marriage.
(End of this chapter)
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