Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 514 The Bride
"Soldiers and horses do consume a lot of money, but the soldiers you lead are all masters of the imperial court, so you shouldn't have to worry about money, right?"

"Mr. Cui doesn't know something. I was in Baekje at the beginning, and the only way to communicate with the country is by sea, which is often cut off. If I can't find a way to raise my own food, how can I live until today!" Wang Wenzuo smiled wryly, and he put himself in Baiji again. During the Ji Dynasty, he talked about how to raise food and salaries, divide land for farming, rebuild ports, reward trade, etc. Cui Bian nodded again and again and said with a smile: "Wang Changshi really deserves to be a descendant of the Langya Wang family. Going out to guard a large county, or returning to the court as a minister, you can be competent!"

"Don't dare!" Wang Wenzuo could feel a subtle change in Cui Bian's attitude, becoming closer and more friendly.It turns out that for a high-ranking student like Cui Bian, the promotion route like Wang Wenzuo's military exploits is not Cui Bian's ideal type. There are two ideal ways out for him: one is to join the central government, participate in secrets, draft imperial edicts, and participate in high-level court officials. Politics; if the former is not available, then go out and take charge of a large county, especially a large county like Yangzhou, Xiangzhou, and Yizhou. At that time, the status of such county officials was very high. A large part of the tax revenue of the upper court is retained by the state and county, and even the honest and self-sufficient state officials can get rich returns.

Especially for noble clans like Cui and Lu in the north, since the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, almost all the countries in the north were established by ethnic minorities. To deal with cruel blows, it is better to be a county magistrate in his hometown. Firstly, it is easy to make money, secondly, he accumulates political capital, and thirdly, there is no risk, but it is more affordable.Through the conversation with Wang Wenzuo, he found that Wang Wenzuo is not the kind of warrior who can only lead troops to fight, but does not know how to manage politics. The way out is much wider, so he is naturally happy.

While the three of them were talking, a servant from outside came to report that the food and drink had been prepared.Cui Bian smiled and said: "Today, the distinguished guest is here, and I have prepared a few glasses of water and wine. Please don't think our room is shabby, and drink a few more glasses!" After speaking, he got up and invited.

"Don't dare!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly stood up and thanked him.

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The backyard of Cui's house, a small building.

The sun is already a little westward, and the sunlight shines through the gaps in the bamboo forest outside the window, casting mottled shadows on the plum blossom curtain.Whenever the green bamboo is shaken by the breeze, the broken shadows will flow back and forth like a stream.The floor is covered with thick carpets, which set off the brown carved window lattices and sandalwood tables and chairs, making the basic color of the room very harmonious; The warmth and tranquility of the boudoir; the frame of timeless cursive script on the pink wall hints at the taste and family background of the hostess; under the words, there is a simple and elegant guqin and two neatly packed thread-bound books ;A gilded copper incense burner with animal heads decorated with animal figures is spitting out the smoke of heavy sandalwood, and the faint, vague fragrance is floating in the room...

This small, tidy and comfortable boudoir, although it looks luxurious and rich with a large number of brocade embroidery and various utensils, it still maintains an elegant atmosphere.There is not a single redundant decoration here, and there is nothing that can be missing. Every decoration has been carefully selected, compared repeatedly, and placed in the most appropriate position.

Cui Yunying, who was lying on a canopy bed with tassel brocade curtains, leaned on the white satin and red flower soft pillow, read a book for a while, and gradually felt dizzy.She put the "Tao Te Ching" aside and dozed off.

Her maid Hongying put her feet on her feet and poked her head out from behind the screen cautiously. She found that the mistress was resting, showing a troubled look, hesitating whether to wake the master to report the news, or wait until the master wakes up.While hesitating, Cui Yunying turned over and muttered, "Hongying, bring me a glass of water!"

"Yes!" Hongying happily walked to a table of the Eight Immortals on the inner side of the door, carefully brewed a cup of tea soup in a grape-patterned teacup, and handed it to Cui Hongying. Wake up, do you know who is outside?"

Cui Yunying absently lifted the lid of the teacup, blew hot air gently on her lips, and asked, "Who's here?—Is Inspector Liu here?"

"It's not Governor Liu, it's Changshi Wang!" Hongying mischievously took a shawl and put it on for Cui Yunying: "Master is sitting with you outside!"

"Wang Changshi, which Wang Changshi?" Cui Yunying put down the tea cup, showing a confused expression: "Could it be someone from Taiyuan?"

"Hey!" Hongying took the tea cup and put it aside, showing a sly smile: "It's not Taiyuan, it's Wang Changshi from Liaodong. Miss, you forgot, a few days ago, your fellow clan who served in the army in Baekje came to the door Marriage proposal, this time the Lord is here!"

"Ah!" The girl's face showed a startled expression, which was immediately filled with crimson. She stood up and said with a stampede, "Why did this happen? Don't tell me at all!"

"How easy is it to talk about this kind of thing!" Hongying said with a smile: "Of course the master will check it out first, let the lady take a look when he thinks it is appropriate, and then talk about those things at the end. If I talk to you first, but a Pocky face, three-inch nails, bald head, etc., is that embarrassing?"

"You're only going to marry a pockmarked face, three-inch nails, and a bald head!" Cui Yunying said angrily.

"Miss Hongying and I are married to the same person. If I marry a man with a pockmarked face, three-inch nails and bald head, I'm afraid the lady will not bear it!" When Hongying said this, she stopped talking with a smile, her face narrowed.It turned out that according to the customs at that time, the maids of a rich family like her would marry the same person as the young lady.Cui Yunying also came to her senses when she heard the words: "Xiao Nizi, did you secretly read it? That's why you're so sure?"

Hongying laughed twice, but didn't speak, obviously acquiescing.Cui Yunying suddenly became interested, she pulled the maid over and hugged her together: "Then what is Wang Changshi's age?"

"Looks in his early thirties, tall, with high cheekbones, thick beard connected to his temples, looks very dignified!" Hongying said: "The master seems to be a little shorter in front of him." Speaking of this , she paused for a while: "I heard from Uncle Xu, the gatekeeper, that there were forty or fifty riders following that Wang Changshi, and the stones in front of the gate were not enough, and a dozen wooden stakes had to be improvised." OK!"

"Well, what are they doing now?"

"When I left, I heard that the master was going to host a banquet for him! It seems that the master is very satisfied with this marriage!"

Cui Yunying bit her lip, her face turned red and white, suddenly said: "Bring me the bronze mirror, do my makeup!"

"Yes, maybe the master will let the lady go out to meet him later!" Hongying replied, and placed the bronze mirror.

Cui Yunying tilted her head first, and looked at her own reflection in the mirror, especially the corners of her eyes and mouth.She didn't feel relieved until it was confirmed that these places were still smooth and smooth, without even a single wrinkle. She stretched out two slender fingers and gently rubbed the bright red mark on the small piece of pillow cover on her face. While turning his neck, his own face was reflected in the mirror with various angles and expressions.

At the end, she seemed to be amused by her delicate and charming charm, so she tilted her head and said to Hongying, "Well, let's comb your hair!"

Hong Yingqi hurriedly agreed, moved a dressing box inlaid with mother-of-pearl and agate on the table, and began to untangle the messy bun for the hostess, and carefully held the shiny long hair that was pouring down like a waterfall. In his arms, he picked up an ivory comb and combed it.She was afraid that she would hurt the hostess, so she combed it very lightly and slowly. While combing, she said with a smile: "Miss, this hair is really getting more and more beautiful, it is black, dense, and even. Comb it down , as if in the water, it goes smoothly without any effort. It is so bright that it can be used as a mirror!" While combing her hair, she looked at Cui Yunying's expression in the mirror, and saw The girl's face was both shy and proud, as well as a little eager, and she couldn't help laughing.

Hongying's movements were very quick, and within half a meal, she combed Cui Yunying's hair, picked out a hairpin, made a ponytail, applied makeup, and changed into a pale yellow shirt.As soon as I finished dressing up, I heard someone outside said: "Miss, there is a distinguished guest at the Bu Lao Xuan, the master invites you to meet!"

"Ask who is this distinguished guest!" Cui Yunying lowered her voice.

"What kind of distinguished guest?" Hongying asked loudly.

"It's Wang Changshi of Tongzong and Liaodong! The master is in a hurry, so hurry up and dress up, miss!"

Cui Yunying and Hongying looked at each other, and they both saw excitement in each other's eyes, and said in unison: "Wait outside, come out when you are dressed!"

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Bulaoxuan is a small hut, only three rooms wide and one deep. It is located in the west courtyard of Cui's house, separated from Cui Bian's residence by a wall, and he usually receives his closest guests here.

"Please, please!" Cui Bian stretched out his right hand: "The food and drink are crude, please forgive me, Wang Changshi!"

"Where!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Hongdu and I have been in the army for these years, so there is so much attention to food, which is already very good!"

"That's good!" Cui Bian pointed to the middle-aged woman beside him: "This is Zhuojing Lu!" He introduced to his wife: "This Wang Changshi has repeatedly made great achievements in Liaodong, destroying Goguryeo. He is the one who broke the city of Pyongyang, he is truly a genius of the world!"

"Don't dare!" Wang Wenzuo glanced at Lu Shi, only to see that he was in his early forties, with a medium build and an ordinary appearance. She heard her husband introduce Wang Wenzuo to her, but she smiled at Wang Wenzuo reservedly. It seemed that she was more handsome than Cui Bian. bigger.

"Her surname is Lu, and she is probably from Fan Yang's Lu family, but I don't know which branch she is from!" Wang Wenzuo thought to himself.

"My lord!" Lu raised his wine glass: "I am an ordinary woman, and I don't have that much knowledge. I have something to tell my lord first. My family's Bu Lao Xuan usually gathers with my own family, and outsiders don't come in." Yes. Since you are all here in the Bu Lao Xuan, then you don’t need to say polite words, is the prince coming here to propose marriage to the little girl?"

"That's right!" Wang Wenzuo was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately: "When I was in Baekje, I heard from Hongdu that the daughter of your mansion is dignified and Shuxian, and she is an IKEA and IKEA room! So this time the war subsided, so I took the liberty to come here and return Please agree!"

When Lu Shi heard this, he showed a smile: "It's so good, what is the age of the prince?"

"I'm wasting my time, I'm thirty-six!"

"Already thirty or six?" Lu's brows frowned slightly: "It doesn't look like it, at most you look in your early thirties. Then at your age, you should have been married long ago, right? Could it be that my daughter is going to be remarried?" ?” There was already some dissatisfaction in her tone.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry!" Cui Hongdu hurriedly said from the side: "My good friend has been fighting in Baekje all the time, so it was delayed, and it is true that we have never married. You and I are from our own family, so why would you let Seventh Sister marry a widower?" !"

"If that's the case, it's okay!" After hearing Cui Hongdu's explanation, Lu's complexion became a little better, and she smiled at Wang Wenzuo: "Don't blame me, my lord. Since I was a child, I have been brought up with one hand, and I look at them like my own children. This kind of important life event, I really need to ask it clearly before talking about it!"

"What did Madam say!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly smiled and said, "Although Wang is dull in dealing with things, he still understands this point. But just now, Hongdu made a mistake. Although I have never married a regular wife, I already have a son. It's not bad to be a widower!"

Cui Bian's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he was about to reprimand but was stopped by Mrs Lu, the woman glanced at Cui Hongdu, and said with a smile: "What do you mean, Mr. Wang?"

"Wang once had an affair with a Japanese girl when he was on a mission to the Japanese country, and they had children!"

"What's the problem?" Mrs. Lu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words: "It's normal for men and women. You have been in the army for many years, if you are spotless, if there is an accident, and you don't even have an heir, wouldn't it be a big disfilial ? Don't worry, my daughter also understands the etiquette, as long as she understands the difference between the concubine and the concubine, she will never treat her child poorly!"

Cui Hongdu heard it from the side and exclaimed inwardly: Lu Shi's words have several meanings: first, they admit that it is reasonable for Wang Wenzuo to have an illegitimate child outside, and express that they don't care about such things; second, they express their attitude and make demands , My daughter is married to be a regular wife. The children in front of you are all bastards, and you must not offend the interests of future sons-in-law. As long as you can do these things, the previous ones are not a problem.

"Ma'am, let me explain in detail!" Wang Wenzuo said: "First of all, you don't need to worry about the children I gave birth to earlier, except for one son, the rest were given surnames, and they have their own territories. They don't need to worry about the bride. Even the one who inherits my surname has someone to take care of him, and when he grows up, he will have his mother's property to inherit, so she doesn't need to worry about it!"

(End of this chapter)