The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 138 Xie Daoyun Refuses Marriage

In Jinling County, the prefect's manor outside the city, Yu Xi and his party were placed here. Tomorrow, the prefect of Jinling County will preside over the re-examination, and the talents from the eight counties of Jinling will arrive in the near future.

It was night, and the eunuch's manor was in full bloom, singing and dancing, and on the side of the silk and bamboo orchestra, officials from the county government came to the manor outside the city to entertain Yu Zhongzheng and his party as a landlord.

Yu Xi, in her early thirties, is full of morbid emaciation all over her body, her temples are full of hair growth, her face is yellow and sunken, and her vitality is not vigorous. This is a complication caused by long-term drug use. hollowed out.

Diao Taishou is the master and occupies a high position, Yu Xi occupies the left position, this is the seat for VIPs, but Yu Xi seems not very satisfied, after all, in terms of official position, he pretends to be Yangzhou Dazhongzheng, but in fact he is an internal history of Yangzhou, still above the county guard.

Diao Lun's high position as the head of a county is to look down on Yu Xi.

The declining aristocratic families seem to have such characteristics, they are extremely sensitive, and they are afraid of being looked down upon by others. The Hongnong Yang family is also like this. Yang Quanqi's eyes are too high. Xie was just mediocre in his mouth, and he always looked awesome everywhere, causing the Jiangzuo gentry to crowd out collectively.

Regardless of whether Diao Lun was intentional or unintentional, today's Jingkou Diao family is not comparable to the declining Yu family. Diao Yi's position as Minister of the Ministry of Officials alone, Jiayan Kuan's Minister of the Ministry of Officials, holds the hands of officials all over the world, and is promoted and transferred. Power is an absolute force that cannot be ignored.

The hidden Diao family has been running Jingkou for many years. At that time, Xi Jianping Wang Dun was a refugee. The Diao family did a great job behind the scenes. Diao Yi even killed Wang Dun to avenge his father Diao Xie. An army of refugees can be pulled up in Jingkou in minutes and sent to Jiankang.

The Diao family in Jingkou seems to be a big tiger hidden in the dark, and gradually began to show its influence in the military and political circles. How can it be compared with a declining Yu family with no power or influence.

Diao Lun didn't care about Yu Xi's dissatisfaction. Anyway, the prefecture's review is just a formality. The most important thing is the county's Zhongzheng. This is the unspoken rule of the gentry class. Anyone who violates this rule will be collectively targeted. .

Yu Xi dare?

He sure dare not!
Although Yu Xi didn't dare to break this rule, she could make some small moves to make things difficult.

Before coming to Jinling, Yu Xi secretly received a letter from her in-laws Langya Wang and Wang Xizhi's wife, Xi Xuan, asking him to kill a young man.

Xi Sui was born in the Xi family of Gaoping. She was a woman of distinguished family background. Her husband was the famous Wang Xizhi, her father was Xi Jian, her younger brother Xi Tan was the governor of Yangzhou, and her nephew Xi Chao was the number one counselor under Huan Wen’s account. The reputation of Xi guest.

In terms of status, the royal princess is not as good as her.

Xi Xuan gave birth to seven children, the eldest son Wang Xuanzhi died, and the remaining Wang Ningzhi and Wang Huizhi had reached the age of marriage. The aristocratic families were often married, and Wang and Xie had frequent exchanges. Therefore, Xi Xuan took a fancy to Xie Yi's eldest daughter Xie Daoyun, and he could choose between the two. Once married.

It happened that Xie Yi hadn't died yet, so Xi Xuan proposed to get engaged in advance to make Xie Yi happy. If Xie Yi couldn't be retained, Xie Daoyun's three-year filial piety had passed before the wedding.

Both Wang and Xie agreed, and in April, the two brothers Wang Huizhi and Wang Ningzhi set off from Kuaiji to Wuyi Lane, Jiankang, to meet with Xie Daoyun in order to determine who they would be engaged to.

Then, what the Wang brothers never expected was that there was a big embarrassment during this trip. Xie Daoyun avoided talking about the engagement, and proposed "talking about mystery" and "playing chess". Who.

Xie Daoyun is already known as a talented woman, so it seems reasonable to choose her husband and son-in-law based on talent.

If you fancy someone, just lose a game on purpose.

Unexpectedly, Xie Daoyun didn't want to marry these two brothers at all, he didn't spare any affection, he was able to speak eloquently, and his firepower was fully fired. Feeling timid, I thought to myself: "If this is married back home, how can I live in the future?"

"Playing chess" even killed Wang Huizhi without leaving any pieces. After only one game, Wang Huizhi took the initiative to abandon his son and admit defeat.

Xie Xuan was on the side at that time, stunned by the sudden change, but he already understood what was going on, and said angrily in his heart: "Good job, Xiao Qinzhi!"

"Thank you daughter for quitting Wang Lang", this matter hurt the reputation of the Wang family, so it was temporarily suppressed, and the tacit understanding between the two families was not spread. After Xie Yi's death, Xie Anshi recruited Xie Daoyun, and wanted to ask clearly why?

Xie Daoyun happily said without fear: "A talented woman deserves a talented man, I would rather not marry!"

Xie Anshi also knew Xie Daoyun's temperament, stubborn and arrogant, even with his elder brother Xie Yixin, he couldn't force it, it was quite a headache for a while, and he couldn't explain it to Wang!

When Xiao Qinzhi wrote poems for Yan Ruoyu, he was afraid of being misunderstood, so he thought of writing poems for Xie Daoyun to divert his attention. In this world, as long as there is a talented person who can beat me, he can marry."

At the beginning of May, an explosive incident spread in Jiankang. The talented woman Xie Daoyun tried to choose her husband.

It is also said that talents of all ages and aristocratic families can come to Wuyi Lane to participate in the election. For a while, Wuyi Lane was crowded with people, and there was an endless stream of talents who came to participate in the election. Taiyuan Wang, Gaoping Xi, and Langya Zhuge , Long Kanghuan's family, and Yingchuan Xun's family all faced difficulties one after another, and as expected, they all came back in defeat.

Therefore, it is normal for Xiao Qinzhi to be hated by Xi Sui. However, Xiao Qinzhi stayed behind closed doors and the news was stagnant. When he came to Jinling at the end of May, he knew that there was such a thing. For a while, his heart was surging , I can't wait to fly to Jiankang with my wings.

In the manor outside Jinling City, the banquet was halfway through, and the atmosphere was flat. It happened that the patriarch Xiao Qing was busy with the matter at hand, and rushed over. After being introduced by Diao Lun, Yu Xi remembered it, and asked: "Do you know that the Xiao family and Xiao Qin's For whom?"

The patriarch Xiao Qing said proudly: "Yu Zhongzheng is the nephew."

Yu Xi said: "I heard that he is a young talent with unparalleled charm and good at writing and playing music. It's better to send him here to play a piece of music and write an article to support the music."

This is using Xiao Qinzhi as a tool to please. After hearing this, the patriarch Xiao Qing frowned, not daring to get angry, and didn't answer for a while, awkwardly standing in the middle of the hall, looking at Diao Lun, asking for help.

Yu Xi's move also aroused dissatisfaction from other people in the county government. If Xiao Qinzhi were allowed to show off his literary talent, it would be understandable, but if he were to help out, wouldn't that be Chi Lulu's abuse?
The Xiao family would not offend the Yu family if he did not leave the Jinling Mausoleum, so why did Yu Xi do this?
Could it be that you are dissatisfied with tonight's arrangement?
For a moment, Diao Lun's mind was full of thoughts, and he couldn't help thinking that Yu Xi was venting his dissatisfaction by insulting a young man. It needs to be re-examined, even if Yu Zhongzheng prefers Qin's talent and name, if he invites him overnight, I am afraid it will cause criticism, so we should wait until tomorrow to give a correct answer."

Patriarch Xiao Qing hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you Yu Zhongzheng for your love."

Now that Diao Lun gave a step down, Yu Xi didn't insist, and said with a smile: "I forgot, it's so biased, I'll wait until tomorrow to see his talent."

After the banquet, the patriarch Xiao Qing hurried to the place where Xiao Qin was staying overnight.

(End of this chapter)