A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 258
When the carriage arrived at the gate of Yongxingfang, Huaiyu invited Gao Huitong to go to Wu's house for a meeting, but she still refused.

"Maybe you sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, sit down and go."

"No," Gao Huitong sighed, "Erlang, I have another request. I have a younger sister in the palace. I want her to come out of the palace and come to your house. If you don't mind, you can just stay by your side and talk to Hui'an." I also have a companion, if you don't like her, then you can take her to live in your house for the elderly, or arrange her to go to Zhuangzi."

Huaiyu looked at her curiously, "Eldest Sister, just Tingyulou and Banu Building under your name, you are making a lot of money every day. It won't be a problem for you to buy a Zhuangzi in the suburbs directly for Second Sister, right?"

"Tingyu Tower and Banu Winery are only recorded in my name. They are the industry in my family, and I want her and my younger sister to take care of each other."

"Since the elder sister trusts her so much, I will definitely take good care of the second elder sister. Let her be a companion for Anniang first. As for whether she wants to marry someone in the future, or whether she wants to set up a Zhuangzi for the elderly, that's not a matter."

"Thanks."

Gao Huitong changed to his own carriage and left, Huaiyu watched him go away, returned home, handed the box to Gao Hui'an, and relayed what Gao Huitong had told her.

Gao Hui'an, who is getting plump now, couldn't help crying when she heard this, "My sister is clearly alive, but she has become a living dead with no status, and can only live with other identities. A Lang, can you let the second sister come to our house?"

"Of course, I have already promised the eldest sister, you can prepare the room and supplies for the second sister."

After comforting and enlightening her, Huaiyu went to take a bath first, soaked in a warm soup in the first month, and felt comfortable all over, and then changed into clean clothes, and the smell disappeared.

Only then did he dare to meet Fan Xuanfu.

Ever since she became pregnant, Fan Xuanfu's nose had almost turned into a dog's nose, and she could smell any unusual smell.

Still not allowed to step into her small courtyard, fortunately, before Huaiyu, someone had built a gatehouse at the entrance of the small courtyard. The room is not big, but there are all kinds of stoves and kangs inside. The kang is burned every day, and the house is always warm with.

There is a window in the gatehouse, and it communicates with the outer room at the entrance of the courtyard. The husband and wife talk through the window, just like entering a prison to visit.

Fortunately, although they are separated by a wall, there is no need to worry about catching a cold when sitting on the kang.

He just didn't understand, what's the difference between being in the same house as the follow-up courtyard?
But you can't reason with women, especially married women, and even pregnant women.

"Did you just take a bath?"

"Well, I just came back from outside and took a shower before I came to see you, lest the smell would affect you."

Fan Xuanfu Dan raised his phoenix eyes.

"It's not too early or too late to take a bath. There must be something wrong. Did you go to Pingkangfang brothel with your friends to socialize, or did you take someone to Xishi Husi to drink Hujiu and watch orchids dance?"

People say that one pregnancy is stupid for three years, but Fan Xuanfu seems to have a higher IQ.

"I went to have a look at the Hu Si that An Yuanshou gave me today,"

After finally getting away from Fan Xuanfu, Dazheng Yue almost broke out in shock.

Even though he actually told the truth, Fan Xuanfu might not say anything.

But pregnant women had better not have too much mood swings.

Early in the morning, senior brother Su Lie came to Huaiyu. This Su Sima was looking forward to leaving early every day, although he didn't know that Huaiyu had a secret mission and was still waiting for an announcement.

After the arrangements were made in Jingzhou, he could lead two battalions to set off, and everything had to be just right.

Su Lie didn't know about this, he just wanted to set off early, now two battalions are stationed on the north bank of the Weihe River, he runs both Weibei and Chang'an every day, and the distance of dozens of miles is not too tiring.

"Erlang, the soldiers, horses, food and grass are all ready, when will we go out?"

The soldiers are ready, the generals are here, the food and grass are all in place, and even the armor and weapons have been broken by the imperial decree. Now Su Dingfang is gearing up, and the big sword is already hungry and thirsty.

"Brother, haven't you taught Hou Junji a class on behalf of the teacher recently?"

Huaiyu asked with a smile.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Su Lie sighed.

"Then Hou Junji looks at people with his nostrils. He is very arrogant. He doesn't even pay attention to the teacher. How can he look down on me, a rebel rebel? He doesn't want to learn, and I don't bother to teach."

Li Jing taught Hou Junji the Art of War and asked him to recite the Art of War by Sun Tzu first. Hou Junji didn't take it seriously at all, but he couldn't recite a few words during the inspection, so Li Jing asked him to continue to recite the Art of War by Sun Tzu. Speaking of other things, the angry Hou Junji directly sued Li Shimin in front of Li Shimin, saying that Li Jing refused to teach the art of war and resisted the edict.

Li Shimin really asked people to ask Li Jing, so Li Jing had no choice but to give Hou Junji a class, but Li Jing only said a few words each time, and then asked Su Lie, a big disciple, to explain in detail for him, and Hou Junji looked down on Su Lie Anyway, the master and apprentice are extremely stubborn, and they will make trouble before the emperor every day.

"Erlang really doesn't want to visit the Weibei camp?"

Huaiyu smiled, "I'm in a hurry, I'll have some time to spend with each other when we leave."

Although he didn't enter the barracks, Su Lie, Niu Jianwu, Chen Sheng, Xu Jizu, Zhao Xin, etc. have all entered the camp to report, and now the two thousand generals have started daily training.

Huaiyu doesn't care much about the two thousand generals who went to Yanzhou now. These are the government soldiers selected by the Gyeonggi, as well as the officers of the Forbidden Army. They are all elite soldiers who can fight.

What he's worried about right now is Li Yi's rebellion. He wants to pass by just in time to suppress the rebellion, chop off Luo Yi's head with a knife, and how he, the member of the six-door criminal justice department, Bai Ze, will build a an intelligence network,
Not only to cover Yanzhou, but also Xiazhou, and even Yanzhou, Gyeongju, Lingzhou, Huizhou and other places, but also to infiltrate Fengzhou and Shengzhou in Hetao. In a word, the Guanzhong Great Wall is his responsibility for this area Land, but now there is no one under his command, so he doesn't know where to start.

"I heard that the Cui family offered to marry their senior brother? Do you want to marry their daughter to Da Lang?"

Su Lie's eldest son, Su Qingjie, is also sixteen, and now lives in his hometown in Hebei.

"Well, the Cui family has this intention,"

"Senior brother actually hesitated?"

Su Lie told him the truth about this matter. The Cui family of Qinghe is indeed worthy of the old family. They wanted to take the opportunity to annex the Su family's property. During the time, Su Lie was entertained several times, and even a horse was given as a gift.

Now it is even more proactive to propose marriage between the two families.

But facing the initiative marriage of the Cui family of the five surnames, Su Lie actually hesitated, because the married woman brought up by the Cui family was not a prostitute of the five surnames.

"Cui Shanfu's adopted daughter."

Not a concubine, but an adopted daughter.

Cui Shanfu is Cui Shanwei's cousin, and his grandfather Cui Yansheng is the younger brother of Dugu Queen's grandfather Cui Yanzhen.Cui Shanfu's father, Cui Zhiren, succeeded Jue Guangcheng County Duke and later changed his title to Baishui County Founder Duke.

In the second year of Wude, the Cui family, who was very powerful in the Sui Dynasty, had to switch to the family. The 16-year-old Cui Shanfu entered the Qin Palace as Ku Zhen (a bodyguard), and his cousin Shanwei voted for Li Yuan earlier.

It's just that Cui Shanfu's fate was not good. Although he came from a good background, he voted for Li Shimin's Prince Qin's mansion again, but Wu De died of illness in five years. He was only 19 years old, and he didn't even have children. be an heir.

His widow adopted another orphan from a distant branch of the Cui family as an adopted daughter.

Although this girl is also from the Cui family, she is a distant branch and the daughter of a servant girl, and was adopted by Cui Shanfu's widow.

The Cui family used her to marry Su Lie, and wanted to marry Su Lie's eldest son, Su Lie was naturally not very happy.

But the Cui family still thinks that I am taking the initiative to marry, and I am very low-profile, quite kind and sincere. If you disagree, then you will slap me in the face.

This made Su Lie very unhappy.

Accept it, feel awkward, don’t accept it, the Cui family is very unhappy, and it’s hard for the two families to ease the conflict, and he doesn’t want to have another incident.

Huaiyu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that, this is the arrogance of the powerful, just throwing some garbage, thinking that others should be grateful.

But on the other hand, the same is true of the world.

They all lick too many dogs with five surnames and seven families. It's like Cheng Yaojingui, who is an upstart duke, but still wants to lick the widow of the Cui family. The Cui family naturally feels that they are superior.

My adopted daughter of the Cui family is also the daughter of the Cui family.

Cui Shanfu belonged to the Zhengzhou family of the Qinghe Cui family. Even if he died young, he would still have a noble status, and his adopted daughter was not ordinary.

The Su Clan in Wuyi is just a local tyrant, and if the adopted daughter is married, it is all married to your family.

"Actually, I don't think there is any need to be so entangled in this matter. If the senior brother is unwilling, then he can find a reason to refuse directly, and the Cui family dare not do anything.

Of course, if senior brother doesn't want to offend the Cui family, and even wants to make friends with the Cui family, then this marriage should be agreed, the adopted daughter of the Cui family is also the daughter of the Cui family. "

Huaiyu's words were a bit insincere, and Su Lie felt his face burn when he heard it.

"Then I refuse them."

"With the great ability of the senior brother who knows the world, his achievements in the future will not be inferior to the teacher. In the future, not only will he be honored and added to Zhuguo, but he will also become a real duke. When the time comes, the court will be honored. Will he care about Cui so much?" Home?"

"Although the Cui family is a powerful and old family, I'm afraid they are not willing to easily offend a de facto duke, right?"

"Of course, if senior brother doesn't want to make trouble, you might as well tell the Cui family that Da Lang is already engaged and can no longer marry the daughter of the Cui family. But if the Cui family is willing, the second son of the Su family, the second son, the third son, the third son, and even Goro Hachiro, are so much better." Erlang, let them pick one to get married."

The Cui family doesn't want to offend Su Lie now, let alone Su Lie becoming the God of War and the Duke of the Kingdom. Huaiyu's words made Su Lie thoughtful. He was indeed too afraid of the Cui family.

If it was not for the eldest son to marry the adopted daughter of the Cui family, but for the second son or even the concubine to marry the adopted daughter of the Cui family, this would be a good strategy, which made Su Lie very happy.

In fact, the five surnames and seven families were under great pressure during the two dynasties of Li Yuan and Li Shimin. Li Tang also attracted their children to become officials, but their influence continued to be suppressed until the middle and late periods of Gaozong and beyond. , Five surnames and seven families really began to rise and prosper again. Those famous families not only had an advantage in the imperial examination, but also kept producing prime ministers.

For example, the six phases of the Cui family, the eight phases of the Xiao family, and so on.

But now, it's still early.

A hero like Li Shimin will not easily let these old people over his head.

Of course, Cheng Yaojin is so red and purple that he can lick the Qinghe Cui family regardless of his face. Wei Zheng would rather mortgage his house to mortgage his books and borrow money to pay for his family, just to be able to be with the down-and-out poet Wang Ji get married,

It also shows that the influence of the five surnames and the seven families is indeed very great. If Su Lie is more ruthless and bites his teeth to let the eldest son accept the Cui family's marriage proposal, this is actually what many people wish for.

"By the way, Cui Shanwei wants to betroth his niece to his elder brother Jia Dalang, do you want to accompany the family?"

"Yes, Cui Shanwei said that Erlang, you asked to marry the daughter of the Wang family for the third brother, and paid [-] yuan to pay for the family's wealth. He said that Wang Ji was just an offshoot of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he was not comparable to their Qinghe Cui family. Open your mouth and say that it will be twice as much as you gave to the Wang family."

Two thousand four hundred strings, which is about the price of a ten-acre mansion in the East City of Chang'an.

This amount of money is actually not much to Su Lie, a big local tycoon, but the compensation means that this relative is the Su family, Gao Fan and the Cui family.

To lick or not to lick, everyone has their own choice,

Huaiyu also doesn't think which choice is right and which is wrong. The world of adults is not black and white.

You can’t say that people like Cheng Yaojin, Zhang Liang, Wei Zhengfang, Xuanling, warrior Xun are wrong. If many people choose this way, it may just show that it is more in line with traditional values.

Su Lie asked Huaiyu, "If the Cui family married their adopted daughter to your family and asked you to pay [-] yuan to pay for the family, would you be willing?"

Huaiyu smiled, "I just paid [-] guan for my Sanlang's engagement to Taiyuan Wang's daughter."

Su Lie immediately understood that Junior Martial Brother Wu is a pragmatic man of action.

"Actually, seniors don't have to worry so much. It's about getting married. Everyone gets what they need, and it's just a combination of interests,"

"Hey, I'm still not suitable for thinking about these things. My brain is more suitable for thinking about fighting, marching, deploying troops, and leading troops to charge. Those things make me kind and comfortable."

"Then senior brother, why not move to the Weibei military camp tomorrow and don't come back to Chang'an City. It won't be too late to talk about those complicated matters after this battle is over. Maybe by then senior brother Shuofang will be famous for his military exploits, and Qinghe Cui will also have to fight." With admiration, maybe at that time they took the initiative to change the first daughter to marry."

"That's right. I might as well go to the military camp right now. I'll write them a letter, saying that Da Lang is already engaged, and the other sons of mine will be chosen by the Cui family. Whether or not the marriage will be married, it's up to them to choose." After finishing speaking, Su Lie really bid farewell to Huaiyu, and rode out of Chang'an City.

(End of this chapter)