Red Dust Daqian

Just like this, they arrived at the Tianshi Mansion one after another. Zhao Tiechui opened the door for Zhou Sen? He looked at Zhou Sen in surprise, as well as Shen Qianrou who followed behind him. Zhou Sen looked at Zhao Tiechui's eyes and knew that Zhao Tiechui must have overthinking it. He was about to explain to Zhao Tiechui. Zhao Tiechui interrupted Zhou Sen with a lewd smile and said, "Master Mu, you don't have to explain. I understand. I have followed you for so long, don't I understand this? I won't gossip." Then Zhao Tiechui hurriedly closed the door and returned to his room, without giving Zhou Sen a chance to explain. Zhou Sen secretly clenched his fists and cursed, Zhao Tiechui, you dead hammer, just wait for me, don't let me catch your pigtail, otherwise I will make you pay.

Xiangcao, who was practicing sword in the courtyard, saw Zhou Sen coming back. She wanted to greet him with a smile, but she found Shen Qianrou following behind her and pulling her sleeve. The sword in her hand was out of control and she chopped down angrily, breaking the water tank in the yard. Hearing the sound of the water tank breaking, Xiao Zhuyu and Madam Xiao came out to check what happened. Was Xiangcao injured because of her sword practice? When they came out, they saw Xiangcao glaring at Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen stood there with a guilty look on his face, followed by a girl. The atmosphere became extremely subtle, and the war was about to break out.

The three judges held a joint trial. Madam Xiao and Xiangcao sat at the upper seats in the hall, Xiao Zhuyu sat at the side, and Zhao Tiechui got some melon seeds from nowhere and stood by the door cracking them and laughing secretly. Zhou Sen stood awkwardly in the middle of the hall, and Shen Qianrou leaned close behind Zhou Sen.

Xiangcao angrily knocked the table with the sword. Everyone was shocked. Xiangcao cursed: "You silly Mumu, now you become smart, no one can control you, right? Your true nature is exposed. You bring back a girl every time you go out, and you bring back a girl every time you go out. It's outrageous." Madam Xiao was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Xiao Zhuyu was also very angry, and echoed from the side: "Master Mu, how can you do this? You should pay attention that you are a Taoist priest. And you, Shen Huli, I found out that you had bad intentions last time in the county government. I didn't expect you to have the nerve to follow me. You make me angry to death." Zhao Tiechui was just eating melon seeds and now he has changed to eating watermelon.

Zhou Sen was feeling annoyed as if everyone had misunderstood him. Zhou Sen always thought he was an upright person. But this time the situation was really hard to explain, and he was scratching his head and thinking about how to explain it. Xiangcao seemed to be about to get mad and ready to attack, Zhou Sen hurriedly said: "It's like this, I found Miss Shen fell into the river, and then I jumped into the water to save her, and Miss Shen came back with me."

Xiangcao, Madam Xiao, and Xiao Zhuyu were very dissatisfied with this perfunctory explanation. Xiangcao asked, "Miss Shen, fell into the river? You rescued her? Then why did you bring her back to our home?"

Zhou Sen continued to explain, "It's because Miss Shen was forced to marry by the county magistrate. He had nowhere to go, so..." Xiao Zhuyu angrily interrupted, "Master Mu, Miss Shen was forced to marry, what does it have to do with you as a Taoist priest? Could it be that you are interested in Miss Shen?" When Xiangcao heard that Zhou Sen was interested in Shen Qianrou, she got angry and slammed the table again. Everyone was shocked. It was really like a scholar meeting a soldier, and it was difficult to explain the reason. Zhou Sen felt very wronged, but he couldn't explain it clearly. He hurriedly asked Shen Qianrou, "Miss Shen, I can't explain it clearly. I don't know much about your situation, you should know it very well, please explain it to me."

Seeing everyone trying to accuse her, Shen Qianrou felt guilty and stood up from behind Zhou Sen. She explained sadly, "The county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou has taken a fancy to me and wants to take Qianrou as his concubine. You all know that the county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou is very old and already has five or six concubines. Besides, Qianrou already has someone she loves and doesn't like the county magistrate at all, so she is unwilling to obey. But Shangguan Wuhou used his power to pressure me and threatened that if the Shen family didn't marry me, he would stop the Shen family from doing business in Changnan County. The family was under pressure and couldn't let the entire family's business be ruined because of me. So they succumbed to Shangguan Wuhou's power and sacrificed Qianrou to marry the county magistrate as a concubine. So, Qianrou had no choice but to die. This way, she wouldn't have to marry the county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou."

Zhou Sen spread his hands innocently, saying, "Look, I am innocent, you have wronged me." Xiangcao scolded the unethical county magistrate, and everyone expressed sympathy for Shen Qianrou. Madam Xiao felt the same way, as she was also forced to marry someone she didn't like.

Shen Qianrou continued to narrate: "I had planned to jump into the river today. Unexpectedly, I was saved by Taoist Mu again. Taoist Mu also said that Qianrou's life now belongs to him. Also, when I woke up on the shore, I found Taoist Mu, he..." Zhou Sen's pupils dilated, his head shook violently, and he hurriedly stopped Shen Qianrou from continuing to speak, saying: "Miss Shen, don't talk nonsense, it will cost lives." Xiangcao glared at Zhou Sen, comforted Shen Qianrou, and said: "Don't pay attention to him, you continue to talk, I will make the decision for you, I don't think he dares to take your life!" Shen Qianrou cried and said: "When I woke up, I found that Taoist Mu had taken off all his clothes and was doing that kind of obscene thing to Qianrou..."

Zhou Sen was desperate, and Xiangcao was so angry that she wanted to kill someone. Zhou Sen's image in Madam Xiao's heart collapsed again. She despised Shen Qianrou, who had oppressed her last morning and was now molesting the unconscious Shen Qianrou. Xiao Zhuyu was extremely ashamed and angry. What kind of person was the Taoist Master Mu whom she was devoted to? Fortunately, Xiao Zhuyu did not completely believe what Shen Qianrou's family said. Zhao Tiechui was so frightened that the watermelon fell to the ground.

Zhou Sen, who had sensed the coming of the storm, hurriedly shouted: "It's not like that, listen to me..." Before he could finish his words, Xiangcao had already rushed up and punched and kicked him. Zhao Tiechui wanted to come to stop the fight but was scolded back by Xiangcao. Madam Xiao thought that Zhou Sen deserved it and should be taught a lesson. Although Xiao Zhuyu hesitated, considering that Zhou Sen had already brought Shen Qianrou home, he deserved to be beaten.

Zhou Sen, who was beaten, shouted that he was innocent. He said, "It's innocent. I took off my clothes because I wanted to save people. I couldn't swim with my clothes on. What you call obscene is that I was doing artificial respiration. No, I was giving Miss Shen life force. Miss Shen had already passed out at that time. If I didn't give her life force, she would not have survived. You have to believe me."

The crowd didn't understand what Zhou Sen said about artificial respiration or life-giving energy, and they didn't believe it. After a while, Xiangcao got tired of beating her, and Zhou Sen continued to say painfully: "That's really the way to save people. If you don't do that, Miss Shen can't be saved." Zhou Sen looked at Shen Qianrou pleadingly.

Zhou Sen was beaten like a bear. Shen Qianrou felt a little distressed, so she pouted and explained miserably: "Maybe Taoist Mu really saved me in that way. I thought I was dead after jumping into the river. I didn't expect to wake up in Taoist Mu's breath." Zhou Sen slapped his forehead in worry. Xiangcao kicked him again and cursed: "We are so poor now, we can't even afford to eat, and you still want that kind of thing."

Zhou Sen knew that he couldn't explain it clearly today, so he shouted: "Artificial respiration, you will understand slowly later, I really didn't molest Miss Shen." Then he ran back to the house. Now everyone is emotional, the more they explain, the deeper the misunderstanding will be. Running away is the best option now.

Although Xiangcao, Madam Xiao, and Xiao Zhuyu were all quite angry with Zhou Sen at this moment, they all sympathized with Shen Qianrou's experience. They talked in detail about being forced into marriage. Shen Qianrou asked them to agree that she could stay in the Tianshi Mansion for a while to avoid trouble. Xiangcao, Madam Xiao, and Xiao Zhuyu were all hard-mouthed but soft-hearted people. They had no good feelings towards Shangguan Wuhou, so they arranged a room for Shen Qianrou and let Shen Qianrou stay.

Zhou Sen locked himself in his bedroom tonight, and would never dare to go to Vanilla's room to force an explanation. He needed to wait for them to digest their emotions and slowly accept the situation before Zhou Sen might consider explaining again...