The heavens begin from the golden years

Chapter 410 Gao Hui Dates Yuan Xudong Late at Night

The moonlight was like water, Yuan Xudong hugged Zhao Pan'er warmly for a while, and then left the brightly lit Sanyuan Inn. He heard Zhao Pan'er talk about Ouyang Xu and the whereabouts of her night banquet picture, so he rushed to Gao's house overnight, I want to visit Gao Hu before leaving Tokyo to see if I can get back the picture of the night banquet directly.

Came to the Gao Mansion, after Yuan Xudong revealed his identity, he was led into the main hall of the Gao Mansion after the servants of the Gao Mansion informed him. Tea, Yinggu Langshi glanced at the old man, Yuan Xudong saluted respectfully:

"Uncle Gao, the junior came to visit late at night and disturbed your old man's rest. Please forgive me, Uncle Gao!"

"Uncle Gao?"

Gao Hu looked down at Yuan Xudong condescendingly. He put down the teacup in his hand, couldn't help snorting coldly, and said with a sneer:
"Young Master Xiao, if I remember correctly, the relationship between our two families may not have reached this stage, right?"

"Uncle Gao was joking. The younger generation knows that you and your father have different political views and there are many conflicts. However, Uncle Gao has always been a generous and benevolent person who distinguishes between public and private affairs. He is also an elder. He will not take his anger on the younger generation, right?"

Yuan Xudong smiled respectfully. These words not only flattered Gao Hu, but also lowered his posture. Gao Hu glanced at him and said directly:
"Young Master Xiao, if you have anything to say, just say it. If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Hall. Why did you come to my high mansion late at night?"

"Uncle Gao, if this junior has something to say, just speak up!"

Yuan Xudong saluted Gao Hu respectfully, and said directly:

"The thing is like this, the younger generation has a friend, she has a picture of a night banquet made by Wang Ai and put it in Ouyang Xu's place, she went to ask Ouyang Xu for it, but Ouyang Xu said that the picture was mistakenly given to the Gao family as a gift. , that is, you, that painting is very important to this junior, I wonder if Uncle Gao can pass on this picture of the banquet to this junior?"

"The night banquet picture?"

After listening to Yuan Xudong, Gao Hu frowned slightly and said:

"The old man has never heard of the picture of the night banquet. Ouyang Xu is a disciple of the Caimen. The old man has not received any congratulatory gifts from him. Where did the picture of the night banquet come from?"

"what?"

Seeing that Gao Hu didn't seem to be evading, Yuan Xudong couldn't help frowning slightly and said:

"It's impossible. My friend asked Ouyang Xu twice to ask for it. He said that it was given to Gao's family by mistake. Oh, by the way, he also said that he would ask Mrs. Gao for help to go back there tonight." I will return the painting to my friend three days later, because I will go back to the old house to worship the ancestors tomorrow, and I need to leave Tokyo for a while, so I will visit overnight, I don’t know.”

Before Yuan Xudong could finish speaking, Gao Hu couldn't help saying angrily when he heard that Ouyang Xu would come to find his daughter this late at night:

"This bastard, who made him come to see Hui'er at night? Also, when did this old man accept his gift?"

With that said, Gao Hu shouted towards the outside:
"Come on, go and call the lady, and that Ouyang Xu, see if he is at the lady's place!"

"Yes, sir!"

Outside the door, two servants from the Gaofu went away in response. Yuan Xudong looked at the angry Gaohu and added fuel to the fire:

"Uncle Gao, there is a saying that juniors don't know whether to say it or not!"

Gao Hu was in a fit of anger. Hearing this, he glanced at Yuan Xudong and said impatiently:

"Say!"

"Okay, the junior will just say it straight!"

Looking at the angry old man, Yuan Xudong said solemnly:
"The thing is like this. As far as I know, although this Ouyang Xu has a good literary talent, his character is not good, and he will never be a good match for the lady of the Gao family. He is a villain, no, not a villain, it should be said that he is A hypocrite is right. When he was in Qiantang, he received three years of favors. Now that he is named on the gold list, he is ungrateful and has broken his promise. He wants to marry a noble girl from a high family as his wife just to cling to the powerful."

After briefly talking about the matter between Ouyang Xu and Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong looked at the dubious Gao Hu and said directly:

"Uncle Gao, Xiao Fan knows that the heart of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of guarding against others is indispensable. I have seen Mrs. Gao from afar. She is bright-eyed and white-toothed, lively and lovely. She is a very kind woman. I really can't bear to see her fall into Huo Pit, although what Xiao Fan said is concealed, but every sentence is true. I dare to guarantee my life and the reputation of the Xiao family. Even if it is a contract, if Uncle Gao still does not believe Xiao Fan, he can go and investigate. Just send people to Qiantang and Ouyang Xu's hometown to investigate, and you will know what kind of person Ouyang Xu is!"

Hearing that Yuan Xudong dared to guarantee his own life and the reputation of the Xiao family, and even made a contract, Gao Hu had already believed in him. The Xiao family where Xiao Qinyan lives, but he still looked at Yuan Xudong with some doubts and said:

"How do you know so many things about Ouyang Xu and come here to tell me?"

"I just"

Seeing Gao Hu's sharp eyes, Yuan Xudong took back the nonsense that he wanted to say casually. This old man is quite shrewd, and ordinary lies are really not easy to fool him. In a sudden change of mind, Yuan Xudong decided to act in his true colors and tell the truth , I saw him sigh slightly and say:
"Oh, to be honest, I was just unhappy. I saw that Ouyang Xu was not pleasing to the eye, so I made a special investigation, but I didn't expect him to be a hypocrite, and he would never be a good match for Mrs. Gao!"

"Why do you care so much about Hui'er's marriage?"

Looking at Yuan Xudong, Gao Hu was full of doubts, his daughter Gao Hui was beautiful, virtuous and virtuous. Could this brat surnamed Xiao have a bad idea to beat his own daughter?

Sure enough, Yuan Xudong said with embarrassment when he heard the words:
"This junior dare not hide the truth from Uncle Gao. In fact, this junior has met Mrs. Gao more than once. I have seen her gentle and kind, pure and pleasant, and so lively and natural. Sometimes she is even a bit coquettish and self-willed. But this junior just thinks in his heart. I like her, but people value themselves. I know that there is some unhappiness between Uncle Gao and my father, and I will definitely not agree to this marriage, so I buried this love in my heart until I heard that Mrs. Gao was going to marry Ouyang Xu After hearing the news, I was heartbroken, and worried that Mrs. Gao had entrusted me with a wrong person, so I went to investigate Ouyang Xu. Of course, there are some selfish intentions in it, so please forgive me, uncle!"

"Humph~~"

Hearing Yuan Xudong's admission, Gao Hu couldn't help but snorted coldly and said:

"Just give up on this idea. I will never marry Hui'er into your Xiao family. As for Ouyang Xu, I will send someone to investigate, and you don't need to worry about it!"

"Yes, the junior is being rude!"

Yuan Xudong replied respectfully, and glanced at Yuan Xudong, who was always polite and well-founded, and a hint of admiration and envy flashed in Gao Hu's eyes. He envied his Xiao family to have successors, and his Gao family only had such an only daughter who was ignorant of the world, and because of this, he wanted to make Ouyang Xu his family's son-in-law. If he was really a son of a famous family, he would be full of pride , who is willing to join his Gao family?

At this time, there was a little servant outside the door and said:
"Master, Miss and Officer Ouyang are here!"

"Hmph, let them in!"

"Yes, sir!"

Hearing that Ouyang Xu really came to find his daughter in the middle of the night, so unruly, Gao Hu was angry, but his face gradually calmed down. Outsiders knew that Ouyang Xu was the son-in-law of his Gao family. For a suitable reason, he can't blame him too much, or even regret the marriage. He just waits for someone to investigate Ouyang Xu's past. If it is as bad as Yuan Xudong said, he will never let Ouyang Xu go Pay the due price for your stupidity and deceit!

"Father, what do you want from me?"

"My son-in-law has seen his father-in-law!"

"Well, Huier, come here!"

Ouyang Xu and Gao Hui came in together, first greeted Gao Hu, and then glanced at the strange Yuan Xudong, Yuan Xudong also took the opportunity to look at Ouyang Xu and Gao Hui, just from the appearance, Ouyang Xu is quite A very gentle man, with a good skin, and a Jinke Tanhualang handpicked by the government, a first-class Jinshi, no wonder he was favored by the young lady of the Gao family, and wanted to recruit her as her son-in-law. At any time, he attracts women's likes, and he can eat soft food hard, Yuan Xudong disdains to be with her!
As for Gao Hui, a typical official lady, with skin like creamy white jade, looks like a delicate orchid, bright eyes and white teeth, long black hair, a white plain dress, a blue shawl between her arms, a little makeup on her face, The neck is white and delicate, the skirt is slightly open, and she is wearing a peach red tube top, which makes her white and tender chest even more beautiful. Yuan Xudong couldn't help but take a second look at such a lovely lady. To be honest, he just likes Gao Huina It's just a pink tube top, absolutely nothing else!
Gao Hui was called to Gao Hui, and he introduced Yuan Xudong to Gao Hui:
"Hui'er, this is Young Master Xiao, the young master of Xiao Shixiang's family!"

Seeing Yuan Xudong sizing her up secretly, Gao Hui blushed slightly, gave him a little blessing, and respectfully saluted:
"Hui'er met Young Master Xiao!"

"Excuse me, Mrs. Gao is being polite!"

Yuan Xudong responded politely, and glanced at Gao Hui again while speaking, it would be a pity if such a beautiful woman married such a bad Ouyang Xu, but seeing Yuan Xudong's burning eyes, Ouyang Xu dared not speak out, and Gao Hui was also a little bit Embarrassed, but Gao Hu had already prepared in his heart, he just coughed and reminded Yuan Xudong to restrain his eyes, and then continued to introduce Ouyang Xu:
"Master Xiao, this is Ouyang Xu, the future son-in-law of my Gao family!"

While talking, Yuan Xudong and Ouyang Xu greeted each other, with smiles on their faces, wishing to kill each other immediately, after all, rivals in love are extremely jealous when they meet each other, Yuan Xudong is better, Ouyang Xu is really angry and afraid, on the one hand, he hates Yuan Xudong After snatching Zhao Pan'er, he still has hot eyes on his current fiancée. On the one hand, he is afraid that Yuan Xudong may have said something to Gao Hu. Gao Hui can handle it easily, but Gao Hu is different. He couldn't rest easy for a day after cooking the cooked rice. If the crown prince hadn't fallen ill suddenly, or Gao Hui was always accompanied by the nanny Jiang Shi, he would have thought of a way to take Gao Hui's daughter for a long time. The Gao family can't even regret their marriage!
After a while, Gao Hu looked at Ouyang Xu and said directly:

"Ouyang son-in-law, Mr. Xiao said that his friend had a picture of a night banquet in your hand, but you gave it to me by mistake. What's going on?"

"Father-in-law, this is how it happened!"

Hearing the picture of the night banquet, Ouyang Xu changed his mind and said:
"I asked Uncle De to give Hui Niang some gifts, but he got it mixed up. I only found out later that he gave Ke Xianggong, who is my son-in-law's mentor, the picture of the night banquet that was originally intended for Hui Niang. I want to find my mentor to return the night banquet picture to Young Master Xiao’s friend, but my mentor was dismissed by the officials and released, I’m afraid I won’t be able to contact my mentor, or else.”

Having said that, Ouyang Xu looked at Yuan Xudong and said respectfully:
"Mr. Xiao, I think I bought the picture of the night banquet. I have a whole family worth more than [-] yuan. I don't know."

"Officer Ouyang, I'm quite curious about this!"

Looking at Ouyang Xu who wanted to buy paintings with all his net worth more than [-] yuan, Yuan Xudong couldn't help laughing and said:
"Before you passed the Jinshi exam, you didn't have a lot of money, don't you say that you don't have a lot of money? It's only been a while, and you have a net worth of more than [-] yuan. It seems that you haven't been granted an official status yet. Well, where did all this money come from?"

"I"

Ouyang Xu didn't expect Yuan Xudong to be so straightforward, he was at a loss for words and his face was full of embarrassment.

In fact, a very small part of the money was the money and living expenses specially given to him by Zhao Pan'er before he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and the rest was gold or jade pendants specially rewarded to him by the Gao family and the concubine in the palace (Gao Hui's aunt). He, Ouyang Xu, had never earned a consistent amount of money since he was a child.

When I was young, I depended on Yu Yin and Uncle De at home, until three years ago when I failed the exam, he committed suicide by jumping into the river, and was rescued by Zhao Paner, who supported him for another three full years. If his official career goes well, the court and the people of the world will continue to support him. This fate is really good, a proper protagonist template, until he meets a higher-level protagonist template, he will become a poor villain .

Seeing Yuan Xudong embarrass Ouyang Xu on purpose, Gao Hu didn't say anything, but Gao Hui couldn't help but help Ouyang Xu:

"Mr. Xiao, Xu Lang's money is all from my Gao family and my aunt gave him. If you think it is too little, you can tell me how much the painting is worth. My Gao family will just buy it for Xu Lang! "

As soon as the voice fell, Gao Hu reprimanded pretendingly:
"Hui'er, don't be rude to Young Master Xiao!"

"Okay!"

Glancing at the expressionless Ouyang Xu, Yuan Xudong looked at the arrogant Miss Gao and said with a smile:

"Ouyang Xu once promised my friend to return to painting in one day. If he failed, he changed it to three days. Seeing that he couldn't do it again, he changed to buying paintings. It's so capricious. Lady Gao, how much do you think a person's reputation is worth? How much is that picture of a friend's night banquet worth?"

"You, you are just quibbling!"

Gao Hui was in a hurry. If the picture of the banquet was equal to a person's reputation, then she would not be able to make a price. Intangible reputation is worthless to some people, but it is worth a thousand gold to others, even It is more important than life, so how can she ask for a price?
"Okay, it seems that I won't be able to get the night banquet picture tonight, so it will be three days later!"

Glancing at Gao Hui who was staring at him with beautiful eyes, Yuan Xudong looked at Ouyang Xu beside him and said with a smile:
"Officer Ouyang, a man must be responsible, and at least he must do what he says. Since you promised Pan'er to paint in three days, then I'll wait for you for three days. No, it's better for six days. Wait." When I return to Tokyo after worshiping my ancestors, I hope to see that picture of the banquet!"

"Okay, I will try my best!"

Ouyang Xu glanced at Yuan Xudong and said with a smile, seeing that he was so patient, Yuan Xudong couldn't help feeling contemptuous, a dog that can bite people doesn't bark, you look calm, don't you just want to bite people?

"Uncle Gao, don't bother me too much, I'll visit you another day!"

"it is good!"

"Miss Gao, there will be a date later!"

Hearing this, Gao Hui gave Yuan Xudong a pair of white eyes, and Yuan Xudong didn't mind. He took one last look at Ouyang Xu, and then left Gao's house.

After Yuan Xudong left, Gao Hu asked the servants in the mansion to take Gao Hui back to the room to rest. He looked at Ouyang Xu and said directly:

"What are you going to do with the picture of the banquet?"

Glancing at Gao Hu, Ouyang Xu hurriedly said respectfully:
"My son-in-law will buy a similar painting at a high price and give it to his mentor, and then explain the reason clearly to him, and then return the painting of the night banquet to Young Master Xiao's friend!"

"Okay, wouldn't you have had so much trouble if you had done this earlier?"

Glancing at Ouyang Xu, Gao Hu said lightly:
"Tomorrow night, I have an appointment with my colleagues to have dinner at the Yuezhou Building. When you go back, make good preparations and go to the banquet with me!"

"Okay, thank you father-in-law!"

Hearing that Gao Hu was still willing to take him to the Yuezhou Tower for a banquet, Ouyang Xu couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Gao Hu probably didn't know about the matter between him and Zhao Pan'er. At this time, Gao Hu glanced at Ouyang Xu and said:
"Okay, it's getting late, you go back and have a good rest!"

"Yes, my lord father-in-law, my son-in-law will retire first!"

"Well, let's go!"

Looking at the back of Ouyang Xu leaving, Gao Hu couldn't help but a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise. If a person doesn't even know his own situation, then such a person will definitely be defeated. Ouyang Xu felt the danger, so he chose to confess everything to himself, then he might not help him, but it's a pity, it's rare that Huier likes him so much!
On the other side, not long after Yuan Xudong walked out of the gate of Gao's house, a young man chased him over and shouted:

"Young Master Xiao, please stop!"

Seeing Yuan Xudong stop, the boy said respectfully:
"Master Xiao, my lady invites you to Taoyuan to meet me!"

Looking up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, Yuan Xudong couldn't help looking at the boy in surprise and said:
"now?"

"Yes!"

"Lead the way!"

"Young Master Xiao, this way please!"

Yuan Xudong followed the young man all the way to the backyard of the Gao Mansion. In this feudal era with strict etiquette, he invited a strange man to an appointment in the middle of the night. It seems that this young lady Gao is not an ordinary person. It is not difficult for Yuan Xudong to guess, she must It was because of Ouyang Xu's affairs that he made an appointment with himself. His courage is commendable, but he is a bit stupid. Speaking of which, this Ouyang Xu also played badly with a good hand. Two such good women liked him, but he just didn't know Cherishing the people in front of you will miss the gift of God one after another, which is sad and lamentable!

(End of this chapter)