Chapter 150: Those who lie will be tortured by lies for the rest of their lives
Xie Guanlan had a blank expression on his face. “Always.”
His tone was calm, but his hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched so tightly that veins popped out.
The splashing of water on the rocks reminds me of the flood this summer and the conversation that night when I was trapped on the island.
——People who tell lies will be tortured by lies for their entire lives.
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When Wen Xingluo was riding in a carriage back to the palace, he happened to pass by the Xu family.
There were many people watching the fun in front of Xu's house, and it was very noisy.
Wen Xingluo heard Wen Rufeng's voice, stopped the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked over.
"Teacher! Teacher, please don't go!"
Wen Rufeng grabbed Master He's sleeve tightly and cried bitterly.
"Oh, please stay away! I'm so unlucky to have a student like you!" Teacher He impatiently broke away from him and waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm really not qualified to be your teacher. You should find someone else!"
"Teacher, what do you mean by that?!" Wen Rufeng was anxious. "I'm kindly giving you a set of four treasures of the study. They're so expensive, I bet you've never seen anything like them in your life! Why are you still saying that to me?!"
Master He pointed to his chest, his expression nearly broken. "You gave it to me?! Was that a gift from you?! The debt collectors have come to me, demanding I give them 12,000 taels of snowflake silver! If I hadn't risked my reputation and told them I didn't want it, and they hadn't said anything because of my past reputation, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to pay for it even if I sold everything I had! Anyway, I've done my best to be fair to you. Let's part ways amicably. Don't ever tell anyone you're my student when you go out! I can't afford to lose face!"
Xu Miaomiao angrily said, "You old man, have you forgotten your original promise?! I kowtowed three times and nine times to ask you to come out of seclusion and teach my husband knowledge, and you ran away halfway through the teaching? What do you mean?!"
Master He was so angry that he almost laughed, "Then I'll kowtow to you, can I kowtow to you?!"
He pretended to kneel down, but was stopped by the two elders of the Xu family who arrived in time.
After all, he was Wen Rufeng's teacher. It was a great act of treason for a teacher to kowtow to his students. Once the news got out, Wen Rufeng's official career would be over.
The two elders of the Xu family tried to persuade him with kind words for a long time, but seeing that Master He was determined not to teach Wen Rufeng anymore, they had no choice but to give him some money and let him go.
Wen Yueyin snorted, "He's just a country teacher. We kindly gave him writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, but he doesn't know how to be grateful. Instead, he keeps talking about money. I don't know what he's doing!"
"I originally thought he was a noble scholar, but I didn't expect him to be so talkative. It's just a mere ten thousand taels of silver, why did he make such a fuss?" Wen Ruyun shook his head. "It's so vulgar and unworthy of a refined audience."
Wen Yueyin sneered, "When big brother passes the exam next year, he'll regret it! If he can't be the mentor of the Jieyuan Lang, I really don't know what else he wants to be!"
Wen Rufeng's face was filled with loneliness, and there was an awkward blush at the corners of his eyes.
He hesitated and said, "Yue Yin, can I really pass the exam and become the top scholar?"
"Of course." Wen Yueyin said firmly, "When the time comes, we must hold a grand banquet and give Master He a good slap in the face!"
The three siblings discussed and returned to the Xu residence. Not long after, a servant suddenly rushed in anxiously, "Master, Master, Miss, there's news from the border!"
Wen Yueyin quickly sat up straight, "But is it related to my third brother?!"
The servant took a sip of tea and panted as he said, "I heard that Miss Wen's brother performed great deeds on the border. He led a group of good brothers to kill the bandits who attacked in the middle of the night and saved hundreds of thousands of dan of military rations from burning. Now he has been officially awarded the rank of Sixth Rank Pacification Guard!"
Wen Yueyin's eyes suddenly widened, "Really?!"
"I dare not lie!"
Wen Rufeng cried with joy, "Sixth rank Fuyi Guard! Sixth rank!"
"That's great!" Wen Ruyun was overjoyed. "Although my father is gone, he was only a lowly ninth-rank county magistrate after all. Now our family has a sixth-rank Fuyi Guard. Our good days are finally coming!"
The servant smiled and said, "Congratulations, young master and young lady!"
Wen Yueyin smiled brightly, "Reward!"
Fortunately, she was reborn and did not choose to enter the palace, but followed her father and brother.
Although there were many twists and turns in the middle, the third brother is now awarded the rank of the sixth-rank Fuyi Guard, just like in his previous life. It is obvious that the eldest and second brothers will follow the same path as in their previous lives!
She will definitely become the Crown Princess of the current dynasty, just like in her previous life!
She suggested, "We don't know when Third Brother will return, so we need to prepare a banquet to welcome him. Oh, and why don't we also prepare the wedding banquet for his promotion? We'll just work hard these past few days to get the invitations ready. Then, when Third Brother returns to the city, we can give him a surprise and have a lively banquet right away!"
"Yes, big brother," Wen Ruyun smiled and waved his folding fan, "Hurry up and tell the Xu family to get ready. Don't rush around and make everyone laugh at you, and embarrass my third brother."
Wen Rufeng couldn't stop laughing. He called Xu Miaomiao over and told her what had happened.
He said, "Miao Miao, Jinweizhai is the best. I'll make the decision. Let's order the banquet at Jinweizhai! Just book a hundred tables first!"
The other side.
As soon as Wen Xingluo returned to the palace, he heard that Xie Shian had made great achievements outside.
The old concubine was overjoyed. "Guards... Great, great! If you can earn a few more military merits next year and be promoted to a fourth-rank Lieutenant General, that would be even better!"
Wen Xingluo couldn't help but curl her almond eyes.
The gloom and sadness caused by Xie Guanlan in recent days were greatly alleviated by this good news, and she was sincerely happy for Xie Shian.
She said softly, "Fourth brother is so powerful. Not to mention the Fourth Rank General, even Fenglangjuxu is not impossible. Grandmother, please think carefully about what reward you will give Fourth brother when he comes back!"
The old concubine smiled and said, "It's time to reward some good people..."
Wen Xingluo had dinner with the old empress dowager and Wei Si respectively. Because he was happy, he drank two glasses of fruit wine during the meal.
Just as he was about to return to Xiejinyuan, he met Mu Dong in the corridor.
Mu Dong stared at her fiercely. "I see Miss Wen seems very happy. Why, you don't think that your love for Xie Guanlan can be suppressed like this?"
Wen Xingluo glanced around subconsciously.
Seeing that there was no one around, she asked, "What do you want to do?"
Mu Dong took a step closer to her.
The girl in front of him was very beautiful, even more beautiful than his elder sister.
But it was this woman who repeatedly ruined his sister's good deeds!
Want to destroy her...
Mu Dong curled his lips and smiled ambiguously, "I wonder if Miss Wen is free tonight? I want to talk to you in detail about you and Xie Guanlan."
Wen Xingluo lowered his brows.
here we go again……
Here comes another person who threatens her.
She hid the murderous intent in her eyes and said with a half-smile, "Master Mu, do you want to sit by the fire with me and listen to the snow? I happen to have nothing to do. See you tonight at the Xiejin Courtyard at midnight."
Mu Dong was stunned. He didn't expect her to agree so readily.
The moment Wen Xingluo passed him by, she suddenly turned back and said in a sweet and soft voice, "What happened tonight is a secret between you and me. Master Mu, please don't tell anyone else."
The girl has dark eyebrows and a face full of spring, and she is so beautiful in the snow.
While Mu Dong was stunned, she had already walked away.
He stared at her back and swallowed subconsciously.
That night.
Mu Dong, dressed in black, walked straight into Xiejinyuan.
He climbed up to Wen Xingluo's boudoir and was about to climb in through the flower window when he felt a cold light flash before his eyes.
He looked up in surprise.
The girl bent her bow and drew her arrow. The sharp arrow came towards him and pierced his heart while whistling in front of his terrified and disbelieving eyes!
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