novelaction Chapter 540: Encounter with Magistrate Lu
Chapter 540: Encounter with Magistrate Lu
When passing through the remote mountainous area of Qingzhou, Gu Qinghuai and his party checked into the inn before dark.
After a tiring journey, everyone went back to their rooms to wash up, change clothes, and then went to the lobby on the first floor to eat together.
The food at the inn was simple, but the good thing was that the quantity was plentiful. After Qi Yuanshuo ordered the food, he and Gu Qinghuai sat at the table, waiting for everyone to come down.
Zhao Wang held Xiao Lingxin's hand and came down from the second floor, talking and laughing. Xiao Yueshi followed them with a book in her hand.
After marrying Xiao Lingxin, Zhao Wang's personality became much more cheerful. Not only were the two of them extremely harmonious in sex, they also had endless things to talk about on a daily basis.
Xiao Lingxin also completely let go of her worries, and her whole body was radiant and she looked several years younger.
When the three of them reached the first floor, they were all stunned.
Because they all knew the person walking towards them.
"Xiao Lingxin? This is a post station, how did you get in?" County Magistrate Lu on the opposite side couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw Xiao Lingxin.
Zhao Wang held Xiao Lingxin's hand tightly and glared at County Magistrate Lu fiercely.
Xiao Lingxin was also a little surprised. She didn't expect to meet such a scumbag in such a remote inn.
Her expression was extremely cold, and she said unhappily, "What does it have to do with you?"
Magistrate Lu looked at the two people holding hands tightly in front of him with a surprised look. His face darkened and he pointed at Zhao Wang and asked sternly, "Who is he? It's been less than a year since you and I divorced, and you found a new partner so quickly? Tell me! Have you been together for a long time?"
He thought that Xiao Lingxin, this yellow-faced woman, would be alone for the rest of her life after leaving him, but he didn't expect that she would find a man so soon.
The man looked taller, stronger and more handsome than him, and he suddenly felt furious.
"Don't slander me! Do you think everyone is as shameless as you?" Xiao Ling was very angry and his tone became sharp.
Zhao Wang stared at Magistrate Lu and silently clenched his fists. If this man said another disrespectful word to Ling Xin, he would definitely punch him a few times and knock out his rotten teeth!
Xiao Yueshi stepped forward, protecting his parents behind him, and said sarcastically, "My mother and Uncle Zhao, who is now my father, got together only after my mother divorced you. Don't throw dirty water on them. You favored your concubine and neglected your wife, used your wife's money, and even broke her bowl. You married someone else less than a month after the divorce. What qualifications do you have to criticize my mother?"
"You...you are Shi'er? You..." When County Magistrate Lu looked at Xiao Yue, a look of shock flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, the young man standing in front of him had eyes as clear as water, a ruddy complexion, an upright and agile posture, and a healthy and energetic vitality all over his body. Where was the thinness and sickly appearance of the past?
Has his eldest son recovered from his illness?
County Magistrate Lu simply couldn't recognize him.
Aunt Ke said that Shi'er would not live more than a few months, and he thought Shi'er had already passed away.
Xiao Yueshi said coldly: "County Magistrate Lu is not mistaken. I am Xiao Yueshi. My illness is completely cured. Are you disappointed? Oh, by the way, this is my father."
"You changed your last name? And you call another man dad?" County Magistrate Lu's eyes were filled with anger.
His own son actually called someone else dad!
Xiao Yueshi raised his chin and said mercilessly: "Only a man who truly loves my mother is qualified to be my father. Obviously, County Magistrate Lu is not qualified."
Zhao Wang puffed out his chest proudly and looked at Magistrate Lu with eyes full of contempt.
Magistrate Lu's expression froze for a moment, then he said in a slow tone, "Shi'er, do you really have to quarrel with your father like this? No matter what, we are father and son, and even if our bones are broken, our tendons are still connected."
"From the moment you abandoned me and my mother for your favorite concubine and illegitimate son, you are no longer my father, so Magistrate Lu should not try to make friends with others casually," Xiao Yueshi's tone was as cold as ice.
Magistrate Lu opened his mouth but no words came out.
Xiao Lingxin didn't want to get entangled with this man who had been completely deleted by her a long time ago. She held Zhao Wang's hand and said, "Awang, Shi'er, let's go. Don't bother with him!"
The three of them walked towards Gu Qinghuai's dining table.
Magistrate Lu looked at Xiao Lingxin holding Zhao Wang's hand tightly, and an inexplicable feeling of anger suddenly rose in his heart, as if he didn't want something and didn't allow others to touch it.
So, Magistrate Lu couldn't help but sarcastically said to Xiao Lingxin from behind, "Xiao Lingxin, you are really unrefined. You want any man you want. It seems that if you leave me, you can only find such a lowly and crude man who is not presentable."
Zhao Wang's appearance and figure were definitely better than Magistrate Lu's, but he was not wearing fancy clothes, only ordinary warrior clothes. Perhaps because he often practiced martial arts under the sun, his skin was a little dark, so Magistrate Lu did not see any noble air in him.
Zhao Wang's fists were clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound. Xiao Lingxin patted his hands comfortingly and said, "Don't be angry. It's not worth it."
Xiao Lingxin turned around and looked at County Magistrate Lu with contempt. Before he could say anything, Gu Qinghuai and Qi Yuanshuo walked over.
"Oh, what a coincidence! Isn't this the Magistrate Lu who favors his concubine and neglects his wife, and spends his wife's dowry? You have divorced my aunt, but you still care about her so much. Are you regretting it?" Gu Qinghuai said sarcastically.
"Aunt?" Magistrate Lu glanced at Gu Qinghuai and Qi Yuanshuo, his eyes narrowed slightly, "Who are you? How dare you disrespect an official appointed by the court! This is a post station for officials to rest, and you lowly people dare to trespass without permission, why don't you get out now!"
"Get out?" Gu Qinghuai sneered, waved at the officer at the counter, pointed at Magistrate Lu, and said aggrievedly, "Brother officer, this person said that this county lady and the young general are not qualified to live in the post station, and told us to get out."
County Lord?!
Little General?!
Magistrate Lu's eyes widened in shock, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.
The emperor has newly appointed the Princess of Qinghe County and the brave young general. Could it be them? How...how could it be such a coincidence?
The officer smiled and bowed to Magistrate Lu, saying respectfully, "Magistrate Lu, this is the second-rank Princess of Qinghe County, and the fourth-rank brave young general Zhao Xiaoshi."
The second and fourth grades, uh...they are higher in rank than him.
In other words, the new man Xiao Lingxin found is the uncle of Qinghe County Lord?
Xiao Lingxin now has a niece who is a county lady, and a nephew-in-law who is a general?
I knew so...
Magistrate Lu felt as if his heart was being weighed down by a huge rock, feeling heavy and depressed.
After regaining his consciousness, County Magistrate Lu immediately turned to Gu Qinghuai and Qi Yuanshuo and said respectfully, "I hope that the county lady and the young general will forgive me. I was blind and did not recognize the great man. I am really sorry for offending you two!"
Gu Qinghuai snorted coldly, "I dare not. You have already said that my uncle is a lowly and crude man who is not presentable. How can I be worthy of your attention?"
Magistrate Lu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and bowed again, "I have failed to recognize a great man. I hope the lady of the county will be magnanimous and forgive me this time."