my steam dam

Chapter 13 A Narrative Over the Mansion

In the morning of the next day, Peng Ke staggered to Taipingli on a steam locomotive.

Mu Mansion is located in Taiping Li of Yingtian Mansion.

Taipingli is a residential area next to the imperial city. Simply put, those who can live in this area are either rich or expensive.

In fact, according to the rules of etiquette, if it is about marriage, Peng Polu must come forward, and Peng Ke should not come to visit Mu Guoli.

Although there is no single family of Confucianism in this world, there is no saying that a woman who has no talent is a virtue, and a good girl is only a good girl if she does not go out of the door.

But the reserved feelings in Chinese people's nature are still there. When it comes to marriage, it is natural that the elders are still needed to come forward, and there is no reason for the younger generation to make a private decision for life.

The civilians don't have these worries, but there are many childhood sweethearts getting married, or begging their parents to fulfill their love after private engagement.

However, in the honorable class, this kind of situation is still very rare. Basically, it is the words of the matchmaker at the order of the parents, which is very traditional.

Even Peng Ke still wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of person this blind date was.

Originally, he could have asked Peng Polu to arrange an occasion for the two of them to meet. This was the case in the past few blind dates, or it was arranged at a certain honorable family banquet, or at a certain poetry meeting. A "chance encounter".

This is also the standard procedure for a blind date in Xungui's family.

After all, even a young man from Xungui's family couldn't accept that he went straight to the bridal chamber without even seeing her face to face.

If Peng Ke hadn't even met face-to-face during the previous blind dates, and just listened to Peng Polu's flickering, he would have already hugged his fat daughter-in-law and wanted to cry without tears.

However, this time the situation is different.

Peng Ke was about to go to the Suzhou government for business, how could he have the time to wait for events like the Xie Chun Banquet and Summer Poetry Fair before arranging a chance encounter.

So, he came to visit directly.

Peng Ke is not stupid, he didn't send the greeting card in the name of "blind date", but sent the greeting card in the name of "Jin Yi Wei Gong Shi".

In addition to being the son of the Marquis of Huaining, he is also the commander of Jinyiwei. He has a serious official position, which is different from the second generation ancestors of other noble families who can only rely on the mediation of their elders.

Peng Ke, who was about to go to Suzhou for business, asked a big Jiangnan businessman to learn about the local situation, which was very reasonable.

It's just that when the news of Peng Ke's appearance outside the Mu Mansion spread, all the dignitaries in Beijing thought that the emperor was going to attack the Mu Mansion, otherwise, why would the commander of Jin Yiwei come in person.

Peng Ke, who just sent Song Guogong on the road with a glass of poisoned wine, is now almost synonymous with Lord Yama!

Everyone was afraid of seeing him outside their mansion, it was scarier than impermanence.
Fortunately, Peng's residence had already received Peng Ke's call letter, and Peng Polu had also talked about in-laws with Mu Guoli, so Mu Guoli had a bit of a clue in his mind.

But Mu Guoli still performed enough etiquette. He took the housekeeper and his wife to greet him out the door, and opened the middle door wide, inviting Peng Ke to enter through the front door. This is already the highest standard of etiquette.

"Master Peng came to the humble house, and the fluffy plants are shining." Mu Guoli greeted him with a smile on his face, and made a gesture to invite him into the house.

This is Penke's probable father-in-law, how dare he accept it calmly, and quickly said with an apologetic smile: "My nephew is taking the liberty to visit, and uncle is bothering."

"This time I came to visit my uncle, I really have something to ask, and I ask my uncle to give me some advice."

Uncle Penke's words set the tone of this visit, and it was the younger generation who came to visit the elders.

This also made the smile on Mu Guoli's face even bigger, and he immediately changed his address: "My nephew is too polite, if you have anything to ask, just ask, as long as uncle knows, he will tell you everything!"

"Please!"

"Please."

Peng Ke deliberately lagged behind Mu Guoli by half a body, entered the mansion together with him, and walked to the front hall.

This also made Mu Guoli feel a little more comfortable.

Peng Ke, who might become his son-in-law, satisfied him very much.

The current Mu family really urgently needs to be tied to a powerful class and obtain political support in order to preserve the wealth of the Mu family. Great meal on the table.

Originally, when Mu Guoli wanted to marry Huaininghou, what he valued was that Huaininghou was able to retreat unscathed in the past few major cases that affected the entire elite class, showing his stability.

Huaininghou's ability to stay away from the center of political storms and preserve the inheritance of his family is exactly what the Mu family urgently needs.

And Peng Ke's power can help the Mu family develop.

The commander of Jin Yiwei, the caring person around Emperor Hongwu, whenever Emperor Hongwu wanted to attack the businessman, or if there was any disturbance, Peng Ke was definitely the first to know, and he was able to help the Mu family gain room for mediation.

Now that Mu Guoli has met Peng Ke in person, he is very satisfied to see that he is in a high position without arrogance or impetuosity, and that he is humble while keeping the etiquette!
Originally, he just wanted to try the idea of ​​marriage, but Mu Guoli immediately became firm in his heart.

This marriage can be made!It must be facilitated!
With such a thought in mind, after leading Peng Ke into the main hall to sit down, Mu Guoli asked with a smile, "What do you want to ask this time?"

Naturally, Peng Ke had already prepared the topic, so he chatted with Mu Guoli about the local conditions and customs of Suzhou Prefecture, local snake forces, and those Jianghu sects that took root in the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, he is very clear about these things. If Jin Yiwei doesn't check the information before doing things, is he still Jin Yiwei?

He just needs to have such a conversation with Mu Guoli.

In the front hall, Peng Ke and Mu Guoli were exchanging greetings.

In the backyard of the Mu Mansion, a small courtyard called Cuiyunju was already in chaos.

A few maids who slipped back from the front hall broke into Cuiyunju's study with panicked expressions, panting heavily and shouted: "Miss, it's too bad, that King Peng Yan who just killed Song Guogong is here! "

"I heard from Butler Liu that the master wants to marry you to that King Peng Yan!"

"I heard that King Peng Yan is ruthless, killing people without blinking an eye. His favorite thing to do in his life is to torture criminals in the prison. He kills a person every day for fun!"

"Such a terrible person, the master wants to marry you to him!"

"What can I do, miss!"

Wearing a Nezha head and a rather cute round face, Yuan'er, the lead maid, looked flustered, and passed on the "confidential information" she had inquired to her lady.

The eldest miss of the Mu family, who was holding a Langhao pen and practicing block letters at the desk, completely ignored Yuan'er's panic, and after finishing writing the handwriting very calmly, she said with a light smile:

"What are you talking about, you girl who didn't know the door?"

"The rumors in the outside world are mostly rumors. The Peng Peng family is the son of Marquis Huaining, and he is definitely not the person you said."

However, after defending Peng Ke, Miss Mu put down the Langhao pen in her hand, raised her beautiful neck, and looked at the lonely green bamboo growing outside the window.

"But, I still don't want to marry."

Yuan'er didn't hear her young lady's murmur clearly, so she took two steps closer in doubt, just in time to take a good look at the wet copybook on the desk.

"Parents to enrich people."

"Miss, your handwriting is getting better and better. It's just this letter. The pen and ink are a little too thick, which ruins the whole."

"Pity."

Miss Mu shook her head and said nothing.

　In fact, in the 26th year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu believed that Jinyiwei had abused his power and acted as a favor. After the Lanyu case ended, he abolished internal and external criminal prisons from the duties of Jinyiwei. authority.

　　But we are in a parallel time and space. My Steam Daming has its own national conditions here, and Jin Yiwei is still very fierce.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)