Jinyi champion

Chapter 584

Zhu Hao is getting married.

Although the set date of welcoming the bride will probably be in the spring of the next year, but before the end of this year, except for the "welcome in person" step in the three books and six ceremonies, it will basically be completed.

In a blink of an eye, it is the end of winter.

It snowed several times in succession in the capital, and everything was covered in silver.

During this period of time, the new candidate for the three governors appointed by the court is still Li Yue in history, but this has nothing to do with Zhu Hao. The family sent a dowry.

Sun Jiao's son, Sun Jing, has arrived in the capital.

Sun Jing is the second son of Sun Jiao, in his early twenties, he has just entered the Imperial Academy to study.

As for Sun Jing's eldest brother, Sun Yuan, he has been ordered to serve as the editor of the Imperial Academy, but he is still on his way to the capital.

Sun Jing came forward to receive Zhu Hao, the "brother-in-law".

"Student Sun Jing, please greet Zhu Hanlin." In terms of etiquette, Sun Jing is Zhu Hao's brother-in-law, but in terms of fame, Zhu Hao is much higher than Sun Jing.

Sun Jing has been in the Imperial College for a few days, and he knows that the official circles in the capital are very particular about seniority, not to mention that the first rank of the official rank is overwhelming, even if the rank is higher, the gap is like a gap.

Zhu Hao hastily replied, "Young Master Sun, you are being polite."

Sun Jing said with a smile: "You can call me respectfully."

The two entered the courtyard while talking and laughing, but they didn't see Sun Jiao, but Zhu Hao knew that Sun Jiao Xiumu was at home that day, so he chose this day to come and hire him.

Sun Jing greeted Zhu Hao to the living room, and after sitting down, Sun Jing expressed his respect for Zhu Hao's talent and learning.

"... I don't know when the student will be lucky enough to work for the court like Zhu Hanlin."

Sun Jing said full of longing.

Now he has not even obtained a student honor, which is in stark contrast to his elder brother. As far as Zhu Hao knows, Sun Jing is naturally tired and lazy, but he is strictly controlled by his father, suppressing his nature. Although he studies behind closed doors, the effect is not great , The county examination and the government examination have been passed long ago, but the hospital examination has not been able to pass, and now I have to go to the Imperial College to study, and strive to become an official as a supervisor.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "There is always a chance."

Just as he was talking, there was the sound of footsteps outside, but it was Sun Jiao who was strolling in the courtyard and walked over with his hands behind his back.

When Zhu Hao and Sun Jing arrived at the door, they saw that Sun Jiao was circling around several boxes hung with red silk under the eaves of the yard, and seemed very interested in the betrothal gift from Zhu Hao.

Although he had asked about the value of the betrothal gift before, old man Sun still wanted to know if there was anything special that Zhu Hao sent besides the goods.

"Mr. Sun's hall."

Zhu Hao stepped forward to salute Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao turned his head when he heard the words, glanced at Zhu Hao, and then waved to Sun Jing, meaning you should stay where you are cool.

Sun Jing bowed angrily and left.

Afterwards, Sun Jiao took Zhu Hao back to the living room. After the host and guest sat down, Sun Jiao greeted, "Come here, serve two braziers."

Seeing Sun Jiao like this, Zhu Hao knew that the old man was not used to the northern weather.

In the past, Sun Jiao was an official in the imperial court, but he has lived in his hometown for the past ten years. The winter in Anlu is definitely not as cold as in the capital. It's strange to be able to adapt to snowy days.

The temperature outside was ten degrees below zero.

Zhu Hao couldn't help feeling that the winter in Daming was really cold, especially in the past few days when it snowed, it was even more bone-chillingly cold.

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The brazier was brought out by the servant.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Old Sun, I have brought you some warm clothes, I hope you like them."

As he spoke, he pointed to a few boxes outside.

"An old man has no shortage of winter clothes."

Sun Jiao put on a dirty face.

It seems to be saying, don't be courteous to me, I won't take your tricks!
Even if I want to marry my daughter to you, it's because of the situation. It doesn't mean that I forgive you for being rude to me back then, and I don't intend to recognize you as a son-in-law.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, do you hold grudges like this?
It's just that I used a little unconventional means to persuade you to enter the court. Why did you make it look like you are at odds with each other?So we two are still Weng son-in-law?

Zhu Hao said: "It's not an ordinary cotton-padded jacket, but a down jacket... It's not easy to understand. In short, there are ready-made clothes and gowns. They can be worn inside when entering the court. They are light and warm."

Sun Jiao raised his head and narrowed his eyes to look at Zhu Hao, intending to re-examine.

Those sharp eyes seem to be saying, I said I don't lack clothes, you can't understand people's words, right?
What down jacket?

Do you think I'm a duck or a white goose?

You kid likes to study these messy things when you have nothing to do?
"Your heart, the old man understands."

Sun Jiao said something indifferently, and then it was as if he was giving an order to evict the guest, "Is there anything else?"

Zhu Hao didn't expect Sun Jiao to be so difficult to talk to.

The father-in-law looks at the son-in-law, and the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law with different eyes. Zhu Hao can understand this kind of situation where he wants to win people's love and be hated by others, so which daughter is not his father's little padded jacket?
This is especially true for an old woman like Sun Jiao.

Zhu Hao was too lazy to argue with Sun Jiao, and said calmly, "Before I leave, I would like to invite a portrait back."

Speaking of which, until now Zhu Hao still didn't know what the little daughter-in-law he was about to marry looked like.

Sun Jiaodao: "Oh!? You've come this far, why are you still looking at portraits? Wouldn't it be better to bring someone here so you can see clearly?"

The truth is so truthful, but it is not a good thing to say it out, Zhu Hao could hear that Sun Jiao meant to blame him for being rude.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, what kind of daughter is in your family that treasures her so deeply?
Are you reluctant to let me see you?
Then marry a fart!

Zhu Hao said: "I want my mother to see it earlier."

"It's not necessary."

Sun Jiaodao, "I'll see you on the wedding day, so why rush? Set the wedding date earlier, and just come to the government to let us know..."

Said that Sun Jiao got up and wanted to send Zhu Hao out.

In the six ceremonies, after accepting the levy, there is an invitation period, which is said to be "invitation". In fact, the wedding date is mainly determined by the man and informs the woman of the preparations. If something important happened in the imperial court, the general woman would not make a big fuss about the wedding.

That's why Sun Jiao said, you have set a date to come to the house to inform earlier, and it also means to save me from seeing you again.

It's boring for Zhu Hao to be the boss.

Going to the door by yourself, is this the treatment?
You deserve it, old man Sun, who is caught between the two factions and is not a human being!
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Zhu Hao was not allowed to see Sun, so he had no choice but to get out of the way.

Sun Jiao didn't say that he would go back to the inner courtyard without showing affection, but he was going to send Zhu Hao out in person.

It's just that Sun Jiao was afraid of the cold, so he started shivering as soon as he stepped over the threshold and came to the outside yard.

Sun Jing heard footsteps, ran out from the next room, and asked, "Zhu Hanlin, are you leaving now? The students are going to see you off."

"Cough cough!"

Sun Jiao cleared his throat, as if to remind his son, don't behave so submissively in front of your future brother-in-law, it's simply aggravating others' ambitions and destroying your own prestige.

"Old Sun, it's cold outside, it won't be so cold if you put on a down jacket."

Zhu Hao was speechless about Sun Jiao's stubbornness, but he still offered words of comfort.

Sun Jing's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he went straight to open one of the boxes. There were some clothes inside, which didn't look very gorgeous.

Sun Jing picked up the top one, spread it out in front of him for gestures, and said with a smile, "This dress is really novel and light...Father, why don't you try it on?"

Sun Jiaoben pretended to be deep in front of Zhu Hao, but was a little dumbfounded by his son's trouble.

What kind of evil is this?
Don't you know how to restrain yourself in front of "guests"?
Shame on the Sun family!

Make it look like you haven't worn new clothes since you were a kid.

Zhu Hao smiled and continued: "It's really light. I wear this kind of down jacket under my coat now."

"Oh? Zhu Hanlin also wears this, so you really should try it...Father..."

When Sun Jing was full of enthusiasm and wanted to dress his father in the clothes given by his future brother-in-law, he found that Sun Jiao was staring at him almost to the point of killing him alive.

No matter how ignorant he was, Sun Jing could only take two steps back at this moment, and sighed helplessly.

It means you can do whatever you want.

At first, Sun Jiao wanted to send Zhu Hao out of the door, so that he could see nothing, but after his son made a fuss, he couldn't hold back his face, and said, "Put it on for the father."

Sun Jing smiled brightly when he heard this, and stepped forward to put the clothes on Sun Jiao.

From this point of view, Sun Jiao still loves this son very much!
Being able to take into account the feelings of his son is also not being unreasonable. Knowing that it was a gift from his son-in-law, he wants to reconcile with his son-in-law but is a little bit embarrassed. It belongs to the kind of personality that is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

After Sun Jing helped Sun Jiao put on the down jacket, he took two steps back, looked at it carefully, and nodded repeatedly.

Sun Jiao's body was trembling non-stop, but for some reason, there seemed to be a real warmth rising from his chest and back, and it didn't feel so cold for a while, and he was suddenly surprised.

He was finally able to stand in the ice and snow and ask Zhu Hao the last question: "Zhu Hao, I ask you, what role did you play in the matter of your Majesty raising money and food earlier?"

Zhu Hao didn't expect Sun Jiaohui to ask this.

Tang Yin once told him the details of his visit to Sun Jiao, and learned that Sun Jiao was very interested in it at that time, probably Sun Jiao wanted to know, how is his ability inferior to Huang Zan?
Why can Huang Zan get money and food outside the court, but he doesn't have this ability.

Similarly, Sun Jiao also wanted to know what kind of role the people around the emperor played.

Why did Tang Yin, who seemed to him to be extremely capable, walk behind Zhu Hao as a gentleman when he came to visit the mansion together with Zhu Hao, showing enough courtesy to Zhu Hao.

These are all things he can't understand, and probably only from this future son-in-law can he find the answer.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Originally, this matter cannot be announced to the outside world, but since Elder Sun asked each other, it is difficult for me to hide it. This matter was made by me."

"Sure enough, there is you."

Sun Jiao's tone was not kind, "The so-called matchmaking...what happened?"

Zhu Haodao: "The brother-in-law of Huang Butang, Shangshu of the Nanhu Department, named Su Xigui, has been doing business in the capital. He is a famous salt merchant in the world. He has been to Anlu many times and has contacts with Xingwangfu. It contacts the merchants in the capital..."

"Wait." Sun Jiao interrupted Zhu Hao, "You mean, the money and food used this time are not transported from Jiangnan, but raised directly from the capital?"

Zhu Hao laughed and said, "How much grain does the capital have to transport to the northwest? The money and grain are collected from Jiangnan and other places, but the matter was negotiated in the capital."

"Oh."

Sun Jiao nodded.

The most basic truth, why didn't I even think about it?

Need a younger generation to clear up the doubts?

Hey this kid!
Talking is clearly choking people, the little ones educate the old ones?

How rude!

(End of this chapter)