Chapter 59 - Call Me Brother (1/2)
Chapter 59: Call Me Brother
Ling Zhang was stopped by Yuwen Tong before he could get off the carriage. He glanced at the crowd and found they were looking at him and Yuwen Tong with strange eyes. So he withdrew his anger and stared at Yuwen Tong. “I can get off the carriage by myself.”
Yuwen Tong put his hand back and stood there looking at Ling Zhang.
Ling Zhang “…”
Just as he was ready to jumped off the carriage, an unknown thing hit his knee, which weakened his foot.
Then he was immediately caught before falling and carried down from the carriage!
Ling Zhang swore that he heard the gasps of the people around.
“You!” Although Ling Zhang didn’t know what hit him, his instincts told him it was Yuwen Tong’s trick!
But Yuwen Tong looked at him with a questioning look, “What’s wrong? I saw that you were falling, so I give you a hand. Why are you so angry?”
He was a master of disguise. Angry as he was, Ling Zhang couldn’t find any evidence to prove it to himself. He gnashed his teeth and said, “Let go of me!”
Yuwen Tong put him down readily.
“Zhang’er, don’t be rude to His Excellency,” Ling Xingzhong reproached.
“Never mind, he is joking, don’t take it seriously.” Yuwen Tong explained for Ling Zhang.
But Ling Zhang didn’t want to appreciate his kindness, and said to Ling Xingzhong, “Grandfather, I am fatigued with the journey. Let me to change my clothes first.”
“Hurry up!” Ling Zhaowen said first before Ling Xingzhong spoke.
Ling Zhang looked at his uncle with grateful eyes. Then he went back to his courtyard with Ling Maomao.
Ling Xingzhong was embarra.s.sed to apologize to Yuwen Tong. He said, “I am so sorry. Zhang’er has always been polite. He must be tired with his journey, so he acted so impolite just now.”
“I see. Forget it. How about we find a place for some chat first?” Yuwen Tong said.
Ling Xingzhong said in a hurry, “Right, right. This way please, my lord.”
Before Yuwen Tong left with Ling Xingzhong, there was a gleam of joy in his eyes when he looked at Ling Zhang’s back.
Ling Zhaowen didn’t follow them, but told the servant to prepare dinner. To be precise, he went to Ling Zhang’s yard.
“Zhang’er, what’s going on? Why did he go to the herb farm? You…” Ling Zhangwen couldn’t help but aske Ling Zhang after entering the room.
Ling Zhang answered quickly, “We are fine! Nothing happened between us!””
When he finished, he felt that he had overreacted. At first he was a little annoyed, but he calmed down as he spoke. “Something happened there, and Yuwen Tong happened to show up.”
Hence, he told his uncle that the patrols detained the farmers and Yuwen Tong helped them out of the trouble.
“That’s outrageous!” After hearing this, Ling Xingzhong burned with rage. He said, “Zhang Chong expected you to arrive the Farm and was trying to trick you into the encampment. In fact, he was trying to kill you. But luckily, you didn’t take the bait.”
“I was trying to stall the time and send someone back to Tanyang to inform you. I have even thought of a more extreme way to save the farmers. But I didn’t expect Yuwen Tong would suddenly appear and deterred the patrols.”
Ling Zhaowen said, “We really need to thank him. Just now he…”
“He was joking. Uncle, don’t worry about it,” Ling Zhang said.
Ling Zhaowen nodded, “It seems that he is not like the kind of ungrateful person who looks down on people.”
Ling Zhang’s eyes glinted, “Who knows? We can’t judge a book by its cover.”
Ling Zhaowen patted Ling Zhang on shoulder and said, “Anyway, he saved you. If he is really as bad as the rumors stated, I will cancel this engagement for you.”
‘But what if he is not a bad guy? Would uncle let him marry Yuwen Tong?’
“Uncle, no matter what kind of person he is, I think we can’t match their family. So it is better for us to…”
“Bulls.h.i.+t, you are so perfect. Why do you think you can’t match him? Don’t belittle yourself!” Ling Zhaowen said harshly.
Although Ling Zhang was very moved when he heard his uncle’s words, he really didn’t want to marry such a dignitary. At this moment, self-mockery was a wise approach to save himself.
“Uncle, Yuwen Tong…”
“Young master, Old Master told you to be quick.”
He had hardly finished when he was interrupted.
“I think your grandfather appreciates Yuwen Tong.” Ling Zhaowen’s words really shocked Ling Zhang.
“Didn’t he arrive only this morning? Why did Grandfather appreciate him so soon?” Ling Zhang asked with a puzzled look.
“It is difficult to break off the engagement, as you are now an adult. And your grandfather always wants to help you facilitate this engagement as soon as possible. Moreover, he is the best Marshal of Great Yue, a man of many merits that is hard not to be appreciate by your grandfather,” Ling Zhaowen said.
What he didn’t mention was that if he didn’t know in advance what happened in Ling Zhang’s dream, he would now be satisfied with Yuwen Tong, too.
As soon as Ling Zhang thought of how Yuwen Tong teased him many times today, he felt that Yuwen Tong was not a reliable person. What advantages did he have to make Grandfather like him so much?