The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 253 Rejecting Marriage
It's evening.

Because of an appointment with Liu Xianglian, Jiao Shun left the Ministry of Industry half an hour earlier after finishing the official duties in the yamen.

As soon as he got into the carriage in front of the corner gate, he saw a dozen knights with high nose bridges and deep eye sockets, surrounded by a European-style four-wheeled carriage, swaggering through the city on Qianbulang Street, causing pedestrians to point and discuss.

Shuan Zhu sat sideways on the shaft of the car, turned his head like a sunflower, and watched the Cossack cavalry disappear at the corner of the street, and then he said in shock, "Where did this foreign devil from Wuxi country get such good horses?"

"That's not from the Uxi country, but from the Cossack cavalry from the Raksha country in the north."

Jiao Shun casually explained.

Since the two countries reached peace talks in June, the number of foreign envoys in the capital has not decreased but increased. In addition to the Western Yi in Europe, there are also many aborigines from Southeast Asia.

The former came to establish diplomatic relations with the general trend and do business, while the latter mostly wanted to hold their thighs, hoping to use the power of the Xia Dynasty to resist the invasion of Western Yi.

The Raksha Kingdom is undoubtedly the former, but in addition to establishing diplomatic relations and doing business, they also formally proposed to purchase a batch of Xia Kingdom's standard arms.

In this regard, the DPRK and China are quite controversial.

Most officials felt that such a military weapon should not be easily given to others—especially that this Raksha country was different from the European countries, but it was a neighboring country on the land of Great Xia.

However, there are also a small number of people who believe that during the Xiawu War, the firearms of our dynasty had already flowed into Wuxi, and they would inevitably be imitated on a large scale within three or two years.

So you might as well take advantage of this period to exchange for some benefits, and at the same time ask the Raksha people to only place these weapons in the territory of Europa, and use them to compete with the European countries, so as to bring disaster to the west.

Many of these minorities know that the Ministry of Industry is developing new guns.

However, because this matter cannot be leaked casually, the opposing opinions prevailed after all.

Of course, these matters have little to do with Jiao Shun at the moment, and only when the purchase is confirmed will he come forward to discuss specific matters on behalf of the Ministry of Industry.

Speechless all the way.

About two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped outside Qingxu Guanmen.

Jiao Shun and Liu Xianglian made an appointment not far from here to welcome the guests. Firstly, they were greedy for the refreshing side dishes in the shop, and secondly, they also went to the Qingxu temple as a routine to collect the golden unicorns from the original book, so as to keep them for future use. backhand.

Because I didn't think about it at the beginning, I was almost taken advantage of by the Taoist priests and bought many useless unicorns to go home.

Later, Jiao Shun learned how to be good, and asked Li Wan to draw the appearance of the golden unicorn quietly. He only said that he was looking for a token left by his ancestors, and marked a high price in the Qingxu Temple. He came once or twice a month to check the authenticity. .

Sadly, so far nothing has been gained.

And this time, it was still a waste of time.

Fortunately, Jiao Shun had already gotten used to it, so he wasn't too disappointed.

After leaving the view of emptiness and emptiness, I turned to welcoming guests.

Scanning the store, Liu Xianglian had arrived half a quarter of an hour ago, and is now waiting in the private room.

Jiao Shun immediately ordered some special dishes, and brought some good wine bought from Rongguo Mansion, and Shi Shiran found the private room.

They greeted each other and sat down, and Liu Xianglian was not a jerk, so she cut straight to the point and asked, "Brother is a new official, and he came to me in his busy schedule. Could it be that he has something to tell you? I usually take care of my brother, As long as I can help you, little brother, I have nothing to say!"

Jiao Shun should have asked him out earlier.

But on the one hand, he was really busy with official duties, and on the other hand, he was still undecided whether he should interfere with it and ruin his fateful marriage with Third Sister You.

Now as soon as he entered the door, he heard his confession and thought about his dirty thoughts, Jiao Shun couldn't help feeling ashamed, so he stopped struggling and said with a smile: "It's a good thing for me to come here with my virtuous brother."

As he spoke, he told the truth about Third Sister You's background, chance encounter, and intentions.

Finally, he specially emphasized: "Although Miss You is still young, she is a stunning beauty. It is expected that she will grow up in a year or two, but she fell in love with my virtuous brother at first sight. Isn't this just in line with what my virtuous brother has said in his life?" beg?"

After hearing this, Liu Xianglian frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "So, she is a relative of Ningguo Mansion? But I heard that the mansion's reputation..."

This is where Jiao Shun can get in the way.

But now that he has made up his mind, he will not deliberately praise Third Sister You's character.

He smiled immediately and said: "She is indeed a bit lively and outgoing, but she is fierce. If there is no one to guide her for a year or two, it will inevitably be delayed, but as long as she has a virtuous brother to help take care of her and train her, she will not be contaminated by those messy things in Ningguo Mansion." trick."

"This……"

Listening to what Jiao Shun said, Liu Xianglian was obviously a little tempted.

But after pondering for a moment, he still shook his head and said: "I am still wanted by the court, besides..."

"What's more?"

"Besides, I intend to go to Europa for a while. It will take at least three or four years to turn around. The mountains are high and the rivers are far away. Maybe the hundred catties will be ruined outside. How dare I delay the future of other girls?"

"Are you going to travel to Europa?"

Hearing this, Jiao Shun couldn't help but wondered: "Isn't it because you shot down the flag of Wuxi country that you were wanted by the court? Why..."

Liu Xianglian said a little embarrassedly: "I was in a panic in the Beijing Palace, so I asked the prince to search for Xiyi's translations to relieve my boredom, and only then did I know that those barbarians are quite crooked, no wonder they almost came to the capital at the beginning. "

"Later, I thought, the left and right are wanted by the imperial court, and they can't move freely in the country. Why don't you take this opportunity to visit Europa to know yourself and the enemy, and if there is another war in the future, you can also help the imperial court."

Saying that, he solemnly bowed to Jiao Shun: "Brother Jiao, please thank Miss You for her wrong love, but it's a pity that my younger brother has no deeds and virtues, and he really has no good fortune."

tsk~
It's rare to want to be a good person again, but I never thought that this would happen again.

Jiao Shun tried a few more words of persuasion, but seeing Liu Xianglian's determination was very firm, and her mind was full of the ambition to pledge herself to the country, so she had no choice but to give up.

After that, the two of them didn't mention the matter of Third Sister You any more, they just took advantage of the special dishes brought by the store, chatting about wild anecdotes freely, and they didn't end up drinking and feasting until nightfall.

…………

But Jiao Shun came home drunk, and when he saw the brightly lit hall, he was about to go there to say hello to his parents, but unexpectedly, he saw Qingwen coming out of it.

Qingwen smelled the alcohol smell all over his body, so she quickly covered her mouth and nose with the back of her hand, and said disgustedly: "There are guests at home, master, go back and change, be careful not to spoil him."

Earlier, Jiao Shun took advantage of Mingyan being imprisoned by Shuntian Mansion, and dragged her to the house to have a drink, half-pushed and half-heartedly spent another night, Qingwen also relieved some knots since then, although she was not as romantic as she was around Baoyu Dexterous, but when seeing Jiao Shun again, at any rate, he was a little more lively.

Jiao Shun took half a step back and asked curiously, "Which one is in the room?"

"Which one could it be? Naturally, Sister Ping is here again."

As Qingwen said, she raised the teapot in her hand at him: "My wife asked me to refill a pot of tea. I'm rushing back to the house to take care of it, so I won't talk to you anymore."

With that said, he bypassed Jiao Shun and went to the small kitchen.

But Jiao Shun stopped her sideways again, and said with a smile: "It's time to take care of you! Wu'er is useless, please take care of me in front of my wife. When our new house is overturned, I will be indispensable to you." benefit."

"Who cares so much!"

Qingwen gave Jiao Shun a sideways look, and then some disappointment flashed across her face, and she walked around Jiao Shun sullenly.

It seems that this knot has not been completely untied, and it will take a long time to get it done.

Jiao Shun let out a low laugh, turned around and went back to the east chamber, calling Xiang Ling and Yu Chuan to help him change and wash.

While Xiangling went out to fetch water, Yuchuan inquired sourly: "Master was outside just now, did you talk to Sister Qingwen?"

She originally looked at Qingwen as a passerby, so the previous relationship was quite harmonious.

But seeing Jiao Shun adopting Qingwen, he couldn't help but feel threatened.

Xiangling is indisputable, but Qingwen is notoriously fond of being a demon in the house, not to mention her figure and appearance are superior to hers...

How could Jiao Shun not know her thoughts?
Immediately, he picked it up horizontally and threw it on the bed.

"ah!"

Yu Chuan let out a soft cry, and said, "Sister Ping'er is still waiting in the main room."

But the body was spread out honestly, as if to invite you into the urn.

Without saying a word, Jiao Shun stepped forward to lift up the corner of her skirt, stripped off her high socks, and tied a chilly thing to her tender white ankle.

"what?"

Yu Chuan hurriedly got up to look, but saw that it was actually a thin gold chain with a red agate buckle, illuminated by the candlelight, it was warm and heart-warming like a rabbit's eyes.

She raised her head in surprise, and was about to ask about the origin, but Jiao Shun covered her mouth: "You are the only one who got this, don't say anything about it."

Yu Chuan nodded vigorously, feeling very pleased with herself, and temporarily put the jealousy behind her.

Standing up and covering his ankles, he served Jiao Shun more tenderly to change his coat, and washed him a bit.

Then Jiao Shun went to meet the guests in the main room.

Because Ping'er would come to urge her every now and then, and even Mrs. Xu already knew why she was here, so Jiao Shun didn't have to worry about it, and said directly to Ping'er, "Sister Lao, go back and tell Second Mistress that Second Master Lian is indeed planning to give a favor to someone recently. The Qing people redeemed themselves, but because they haven't found a place to resettle them yet, they haven't really redeemed them yet."

"If you stick to me, please don't worry, Second Mistress. Let's put a long line to catch big fish. We have to wait until things are settled before we start."

(End of this chapter)