14 Chapter 14 Green Plum

Jing Shao's eyes lit up, and he moved closer to his wife: "What is the mark? What is the root?" He really had no idea about the rumor. He just wanted to collect all the evidence and keep a low profile recently, and the rumor would naturally fade away.

"The so-called mark is the rumor itself; the so-called root is the person who spread the rumor, or a group of people." Mu Hanzhang looked up at him, and seeing that he understood, he continued, "What we need to solve now is the rumor itself. As the saying goes, "mouth melts gold", if it is spread too much, it will become true. Maybe my father will laugh it off now, but it may not be the case in a few years."

"Jun Qing!" Jing Shao grabbed the hand holding the wine cup. At this moment, he almost thought that Jun Qing was also reborn, but he immediately denied this idea, otherwise how could he not see the difference between himself and his previous life. But if Jun Qing was not reborn, then his vision and wisdom really should not be underestimated!

"Prince?" Mu Hanzhang didn't understand what was going on, and didn't know why this person suddenly held his hand.

"I'm so happy that you're willing to help me." Realizing that his behavior was a bit abrupt, Jing Shao hurriedly explained, but did not let go of the other person's hand.

The person who was caught lowered his eyes uncomfortably and pulled his hand back: "I'm already married to you, who else can I help if I don't help you?"

"Jun Qing..." Jing Shao looked at the person in front of him. This person had the talent to save the world, but she married him. Not only did she not harm him, she was willing to help him with this. In the previous life, he was really stupid. He couldn't help but reach out and hugged Mu Hanzhang tightly in his arms, "In this life, if you don't give up, I Jing Shao will never let you down."

Mu Hanzhang leaned on his chest in a daze, not understanding why this person suddenly got so excited, thinking that maybe this was not the place to talk, so he interrupted him on purpose? Thinking that this was a restaurant with many people around, he couldn't easily say what he was going to say next, so he stopped talking: "Let's eat first."

"Yes, you must be hungry, come and eat first." Jing Shao then remembered that they hadn't eaten lunch yet. Li Yanqing ordered a table of delicious dishes, and he hurried to find Ren Feng without even touching a chopstick. If he didn't eat it, the dishes would get cold.

After the two of them had their meal, they were not in a hurry to go back home. Jing Shao took his princess to stroll leisurely on the street to digest the food. Both of them were handsome and extraordinary, one was cold and handsome, and the other was as gentle as jade. They were still holding hands on the street (although Jing Shao was forcibly holding them), attracting the attention of passers-by.

"Where are we going?" Mu Hanzhang helplessly let him pull her, and it was not easy to call him Prince outside, so he had to omit the title.

"Go to the south of the city." Jing Shao said as he turned into a shop, weighed two kilograms of roasted melon seeds, and then took him around the alleys and finally found a shop that looked quite old.

The shop had no name, only a wooden plaque hanging on the wall with two lines of words on it: "The man rides a bamboo horse and plays with green plums around the bed."

Crossing the threshold and entering the shop, everything in the shop was made of bamboo and was spotlessly clean. The floor of the shop was not paved with bricks, but all soil. There were living bamboos planted in the four corners of the house, which looked very elegant and peaceful.

"A good place." Mu Hanzhang couldn't help but praise.

"Hahaha, the young master doesn't dislike the simplicity of the small shop, he must be an elegant person." A rather hearty female voice came from the back door, and a woman in her thirties wearing a plum-red sect skirt walked in from the backyard holding a jar.

"Miss Mei, how are you?" Jing Shao seemed to be very familiar with this place, and greeted the proprietress with a smile.

Miss Mei? Mu Hanzhang looked at the person next to him in a strange way. The woman was clearly wearing a zong skirt that only women wore. Moreover, she was already old, so why did she still call her Miss Mei? She was really frivolous!

Jing Shao gave him an innocent look and pulled him to the wine cabinet.

"You kid, you are still so disrespectful." The proprietress put down the wine jar and walked behind the tall counter, "What do you want to order?"

"A small bottle of green plum wine and two wine cups. Jing Shao took out a piece of silver and put it on the bamboo counter.

"Here!" The proprietress took the money, put a bottle of wine and two wine cups into a small bamboo basket and threw it to him. She looked up at Mu Hanzhang again and smiled, "This young man looks a little unfamiliar, but he has an extraordinary demeanor and must be a scholar. Next time you come to buy, I will give you a discount."

Jing Shao was immediately unhappy and hugged the person next to him into his arms: "She is my newly married wife, don't even think about her! "

"Get out of here, I'll charge you twice as much next time!" The proprietress's expression suddenly changed, and she slapped the counter with a bamboo stick. Jing Shao smiled and left quickly with his princess.

"This store..." Mu Hanzhang frowned, feeling very strange.

Jing Shao smiled, stuffed the paper bag with melon seeds into his hand, and held the plum wine himself, freeing one hand to continue pulling him: "This is a very long story. "

The girl's surname was Mei, and she was an orphan. The boy next door was also an orphan. They had been dependent on each other since childhood. The girl had a family-inherited wine-making skill, so she made wine at home, and the boy took it out to sell to support the two of them. The boy joined the army at the age of sixteen, and promised to marry her after he had made achievements. When Jing Shao joined the army, the man had already become a pioneer, and he always foolishly saved all the silver coins issued to him, saying that he would go home to marry his childhood sweetheart. Unfortunately, in the second year of Jing Shao's military service, the man died on the battlefield, and Mei girl never married.

After telling this story, the two had already walked into a peach forest. March was the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom. When Mu Hanzhang came to his senses, he saw peach blossoms everywhere, and the endless bright pink color continued to the horizon.

"It's beautiful..." Mu Hanzhang said softly. The scenery was beautiful, and the story was beautiful, but it was a pity that the ending of the story was like the peach blossoms everywhere, and it could only be scattered with the wind in the end.

Seeing that he was a little depressed, Jing Shao hugged him from behind and put his chin on his shoulder: "Brother Wang is a good man. When I first entered the military camp, I couldn't eat the rough food in the military camp. I was hungry for several meals. He didn't know that I was a prince, but he still secretly caught a bird and roasted it for me." So, he has been secretly taking care of this Miss Mei.

"The prince is actually very kind." Mu Hanzhang raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Jing Shao smiled secretly. Kind? He didn't think this word had anything to do with him. He just had to repay a favor and avenge a grudge. But if this can change Jun Qing's impression of him, then let him think so.

Pulling his princess towards the depths of the peach blossoms, a delicate pavilion appeared in front of him soon.

"Such a good place, why don't you see anyone else coming?" Mu Hanzhang opened the paper package and poured a glass of green plum wine for each of them.

Jing Shao smiled. This garden was his brother Jingchen's private garden, so naturally no one dared to come in casually. Jun Qing listened to the story too seriously just now, and didn't notice that they entered a small moon gate, and there were guards on both sides of the moon gate.

Hearing this, Mu Hanzhang understood why he brought himself here. Outsiders were not allowed to enter here, and the surroundings were very empty, so he was naturally not afraid of people eavesdropping, so he continued the unfinished topic in Juxian Tower.

"If the prince really has no intention of taking the throne, then there is no need to rush to restore this reputation," Mu Hanzhang picked up the wine glass, which was made of bamboo tubes. It was not valuable, but very interesting. "But we can't let it spread. The best way is to fight rumors with rumors!"

"What do you mean?" Jing Shao heard of this method for the first time and couldn't help but move forward.

"People who spread rumors are nothing more than jealous of the prince's achievements. So they find an opponent that the prince hates and make up some bad things about him. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, as long as it sounds horrible, it's fine." Mu Hanzhang narrowed his beautiful eyes slightly, looking a little cunning, "The people don't care whether it's true or not. As long as it sounds shocking, they will spread it tirelessly. By then, the rumors about the prince will naturally be forgotten by people."

Jing Shao widened his eyes. It seems that Jun Qing guessed that the source of the rumor was one of his two brothers, or possibly the queen. Since they can make up stories, then he can do it too!

"Hahaha, it's really a wake-up call. Jun Qing, you are much worse than me!" Jing Shao laughed loudly, and at the same time he was also thankful that if it was not his stupid concubines who helped the queen, but the person in front of him, he would have died many years earlier in his previous life.

"I am just talking about the facts." Mu Hanzhang felt a little uncomfortable when Jing Shao said this, and subconsciously increased the force of rubbing the edge of the cup, but unexpectedly, the edge of the bamboo was not carefully polished, and a thin bamboo strip pierced into the fingertips. The sharp pain made him frown, and when he looked down, a round drop of blood had already emerged.

"Jun Qing!" Jing Shao immediately rushed over, grabbed the injured hand, and skillfully pulled out the thorn.

"Hiss..." Ten fingers connected to the heart, Mu Hanzhang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, more blood beads emerged from the wound, but Jing Shao's next action made him forget to even exclaim.

Jing Shao looked at the onion-like finger that was bleeding constantly, and took it into his mouth with heartache, licked the blood, and sucked it twice to prevent any thorns from remaining in the flesh. When he raised his head, Mu Hanzhang's face was already red enough to bleed, and when he saw him looking at him, he lowered his eyes in panic.

Jing Shao realized how ambiguous his behavior was. Taking advantage of the peach petals fluttering in the wind behind him, he felt that the shy person in front of him was as beautiful as a peach fairy. He couldn't help but hug his own princess who was about to smoke, and kissed her on the back of her head.

"Hmm..." The hot lips rolled and rubbed on his lips. Mu Hanzhang, who had been attacked by surprise, didn't resist much, but when a soft and slippery thing stretched into his mouth to try to pry open his teeth, he was really stunned, "Prince... Hmm..." Just as he was about to speak, the flexible guy took the opportunity to get in and gently swept across the tender upper jaw. His body trembled with excitement at this strange feeling, and Mu Hanzhang found strength from nowhere to push Jing Shao out.

Jing Shao was caught off guard and was pushed out of the pavilion. He subconsciously reached out to grab the peach tree, but unexpectedly, the branch was eaten by insects and broke with a snap. So, the handsome and majestic, well-known military exploits, kind-hearted, and teasing his wife, Cheng Wang Qiansui... fell on his back!