Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 23 The Dust Settles
On the second day, Zhao Yanlin didn't take a car or ride a horse, but just walked slowly on the road, thinking about how to restore the Song family's reputation, but didn't want to run into the patriarch's son, who was his next-door cousin .

The fifth house of the Zhao family soared into the sky, so naturally some people were jealous.Especially when the mother and son fled in embarrassment back then, but now they come back to play the role of the grand master, it is inevitable that some clansmen will not be impressed and want to save Zhao Yanlin's face.

Especially for the patriarch's lineage, they don't think it's their own family who felt wronged by Wufang first, but only think that Zhao Yanze and Zhao Yanlin brothers are too bullying and disrespectful to the clan, and they always want to find a chance to teach them a lesson.

Now when this cousin meets Zhao Yanlin, and thinks of the recent rumors about the scandal of the Song family, he can't help but sneer:

"My cousin didn't want my father to interfere in your marriage, so he found such a family? Maybe my cousin was also forced to get married? If so, you have to tell the clan, we will never ignore you. "

Zhao Yanlin looked down on this cousin. If his father and grandfather were selfish and vicious, but still had some brains, this cousin, and even his brothers, were hopelessly stupid.

He only said one sentence:

"I don't know, anyone can slander scholars at will now? If you have any doubts, you might as well go to the county magistrate to seek justice, so as not to bark at me incompetently."

After finishing speaking, he smiled again, as if he just remembered, he suddenly realized and said:

"I forgot. My cousin and your older brothers have been studying for half their lives. I'm afraid they can't even touch the threshold of being a child. They don't have a chance to meet the county magistrate. It's the cousin. The children of other families have their own prospects. My own son raised the whole family's strength to support him, but he didn't look like a man. He might be ashamed to see others. It's a big deal for a son of man to live up to this point, but to offend others everywhere. Unfilial."

After all, he ignored Cousin Zhao's response and continued walking forward.

It seems that this incident has a greater impact on the Song family than imagined. Zhao Yanlin finally made up his mind not to let the Bai family exist anymore, otherwise it will affect his children sooner or later.

Zhao Yanlin and his wife have a deep relationship, which does not mean that they have feelings for the Bai family. It can even be said that the more he cares about his wife, the more he looks down on the Bai family.

It's just that the wife has gone, and the children are still young, so it's not a good thing for them to have a family who has been punished. Zhao Yanlin endured it until today.

Now it seems that it has to be removed.He wanted his children to get closer to the Song family, so as to offset the relationship between the Bai family and them in the eyes of the world, so the Song family must not hold any grudges.

Otherwise, let the Bai family ruin the Song family's reputation on the front foot, and let the Song family help the Bai family's grandson gain a good reputation on the back foot, wouldn't it be insulting the Song family?

Thinking like this, Zhao Yanlin also arrived in front of a teahouse, this is the place where he talked with Song Nian today,

He didn't want to disturb the female relatives, and it happened that Song Nian also had the same intention: the old lady of the Zhao family and the eldest sister-in-law of the Zhao family were still there, so if he went rashly, it would inevitably disturb them.

Of course, the fewer people who know about my sister's letter writing, the better, so I simply asked Zhao Yanlin to meet at the teahouse to resolve the matter thoroughly.

Song Nian and Zhao Yanlin have only met each other a few times, so they are not familiar with each other. Seeing you now, both parties are a little embarrassed:

Zhao Yanlin felt guilty for the actions of the Bai family. Involving innocent people in his housework seemed somewhat lax;
Song Nian was embarrassed by his sister's letter.

Liyang County is a small place with few details. It is human nature for betrothed men and women to pass a token or meet each other.

It's just that the etiquette in Fucheng has gradually become stricter in recent years. The Zhao family has settled in Fucheng for more than [-] years, and Zhao's parents-in-law is the daughter of a great Confucianist. It is hard to guarantee that there is no similar concept.

An awkward atmosphere circulated between the two, and Zhao Yanlin, who was at fault, expressed his position first:
"Brother Song, you must know that the recent rumors are caused by the Bai family. If I say that this matter has nothing to do with me, I may be shirking responsibility, but I really didn't expect the Bai family to jump over the wall in such a hurry. After the death of my wife, they also asked me to marry a daughter of the Bai family, but I have been reluctant, for the sake of the two children, and it is not easy to tear up the face, which has raised their minds. I have written a letter to the eldest brother , let him deal with the Bai family as soon as possible. After the Bai family is resolved, I will personally explain the whole story in the county. "

Song Nian thought about his sister's letter, and his attitude towards Zhao Yanlin was not too bad. Instead, he had a sense of "your family has done something wrong, so naturally you have no right to care about my sister's outrageous behavior", and even joked:
"The Bai family slandered my Song family so much, I naturally don't want them to continue to live well. I just don't know how brother Zhao should explain to your dead wife and beloved son?"

Zhao Yanlin had a slight embarrassment on his face, knowing that the Song family had indeed misunderstood, so he explained everything clearly:
"Brother Song, Brother Rong's mother is almost on the verge of severing ties with her natal family. She is the daughter of the first wife of the Patriarch of the Bai family. Since her mother left, she has been living with her maternal grandfather's family. When discussing marriage, it was also her maternal grandfather's family. Take full responsibility. The Bai family will recognize this daughter when I am admitted as a scholar. If it is not for the sake of reputation, we absolutely do not want to have anything to do with the Bai family. "

He added:
"Even the two children have never had contact with the Bai family."

Song Nian had his sister's letter in his hand, and he didn't want to embarrass Zhao Yanlin too much, anyway, the Zhao family couldn't be ruthless, Song Nian was ruthless, not to mention Wang Pu was around, so they wouldn't be able to retreat completely.

Putting the matter aside for the time being, Song Nian exchanged some polite words with Zhao Yanlin, concerned about the other's eldest son's studies, and then handed the letter to Zhao Yanlin, motioning him to open it.

The letter was stuffed in Zhao Yanlin's hand, thinking that Song Nian had something inconvenient to mention in person, so he solemnly put the letter in his arms, thinking about going back and reading it again.

Song Nian couldn't let him take the letter home, and wanted to get the letter back after he finished reading it and burn it, so he explained:

"When my younger sister heard about this, she felt panic and uneasy. She was afraid that this marriage would cause disharmony between you and Yue's family, Yanlin, so..."

Zhao Yanlin understood what Song Nian meant, nodded slightly, and opened the letter face to face.

However, the content of the letter seemed to be worse than what Song Nian said. The more Zhao Yanlin looked at it, the more surprised he looked up at Song Nian with an inexplicable expression.

"But what's wrong? My sister only knows a few words, and there are cases where the words don't convey the meaning."

Zhao Yanlin wanted to laugh a little, it seems that this future eldest brother-in-law doesn't know his sister that well either.

He didn't say much, but handed the letter back in a considerate manner, let Song Nian keep it, and said:

"I already understood what Lingmei meant. When I got home and wrote a letter, I sent someone to send it to my house."

Song Nian was full of question marks. For some reason, he felt that Zhao Yanlin was in a good mood. Could it be that his sister didn't mention the matter of his Yue family?
(End of this chapter)