Xianggui

Chapter 667: Recruitment (two chapters in one)

Xunfeng is saying "I said".

The red iron pliers were still reaching towards her chest.

A puff of white smoke came out, and Xunfeng fainted with a loud cry.

Even though Xun Xiang hated Xun Feng, she was so frightened that she sweated more and her chest was shaking.

Brother Hong, who has a bright smile, actually has this side.

A basin of water woke Xunfeng up. She opened her eyes and looked at Wang Lei in horror, as if she didn't even know how to scream in pain.

Wang Lei asked and she answered, but Xun Xiang couldn't tell what she said.

More than a quarter of an hour later, a sharp knife slashed Xunfeng's neck, and a stream of blood spurted out. Xunfeng's head softened, his eyes were still bulging, and his pale face was lifeless.

A big hand appeared on her face. The hand moved away, and her bulging eyes were closed.

Xun Xiang's eyesight went dark and he woke up automatically.

There was no more Xunfeng in this world, so she woke up before the time was up.

Xun Feng died like this?

Wang Lei did not obey Xun Qianli's order to kill Xun Feng immediately. Instead, he tried to kidnap Xun Feng and asked him what he wanted to know before killing him.

This should be after Qiu Wangzhi's order.

Xunxiang didn't blame Wang Lei either. His current identity is Jin Weiwu, and it is already good to be able to balance public and private matters.

Moreover, since Wang Lei was so ruthless, Xun Feng must have been involved in something serious and must be interrogated clearly.

If she dies, she will not bring trouble to the Xun family.

Xun Xiang didn't sympathize with Xun Feng, but she didn't feel any joy at all.

Xunfeng was only fifteen years old and had just entered high school in her previous life. She could have survived. She could have relied on Dongyang's pity and the Xun family's support to live a normal life in another world, get married and have children, and die a healthy life.

But because she was unwilling to do so, she always wanted to seize the wealth that did not belong to her, and made herself like this step by step, and finally died in pain...

Xunxiang leaned on the bedside in a daze, with that lifeless face in front of her eyes.

After a long time, Xun Xiang calmed down and looked at Feifei and Shuangshuang, who were still sleeping soundly next to her. She stood up, opened the small window, and took out the writhing little fairy.

The little pimple on the little fairy's body has grown a little longer, and is already about the size of a small mung bean. The color is fleshy red, which is different from the previous sea blue beads.

When the fragrance was almost gone, Xunxiang put the little fairy into the glass jar, threw a few incense tablets into the incense burner, and lay down again.

That lifeless face, white smoke, and spurting blood appeared alternately in front of Xun Xiang's eyes, lingering. Xunxiang felt extremely uncomfortable, couldn't sleep, and felt like vomiting.

I didn't go to Qijintang for dinner in the evening because I felt uncomfortable.

Dongyang, Xun Prince Consort, and Xun Yibo all came to Ziyuan to visit. I was relieved to see that nothing serious happened to her.

Dongyang scolded the servant again, "Xiangxiang is getting married soon. We can't let her get cold or be tired."

Aunt Wang and Aunt Wei looked at Xun Xiang more closely.

Xun Xiang was eagerly looking forward to Wang Lei and Jian Ru's return with the letter, and wanted to know what Xun Feng had done to deserve to be killed by Wang Lei.

Entering February, spring has returned to the earth, willow silk is turning green, and early spring jasmine has bloomed on the branches.

Only 5,000 copies of the second edition of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were printed at the end of January, and all were sold out within two days. Many foreign businessmen who did not buy it stayed in the capital and continued to wait.

Two printing factories have already started printing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but the quality is much worse than that of Sihai Printing Factory. It is said that the selling price is set at fifteen taels of silver. Xunxiang also adjusted the price of his own books to twenty taels of silver.

The punctuation marks were quickly popularized and were also called Xun's symbols. The public's acceptance far exceeded Xun Xiang's imagination.

The reformed illustration printing was also named "Beijing School", and many printing workshops began to try it.

Princess Xiangxiang’s reputation grew even stronger.

The most proud one is Ding Zhuang, who always talks to everyone he meets:

"When Xiangxiang was less than half a year old, I realized that she was unusual. She was going to be the top female scholar in the future, and she would be Feng Suzhen. Those people told me that Ding Hong Nose was bragging! I wasn't bragging, was I? Xiangxiang was even better than the female champion and Feng Suzhen, right? The most talented woman in the world, haha..."

The steady Ding Zhao couldn't help but praise himself, "I started telling Xiangxiang "Three Kingdoms" before she could even speak. She was smart and listened to it. She started watching "Three Kingdoms" when she was just six years old..."

After the emperor heard about it, he felt that it was indeed the Ding family who taught them well and rewarded the Ding family father and son. Later, I felt that if Xiangxiang was just wood, I couldn’t teach it well no matter how much I taught it.

Xiangxiang can be so smart because of her good inheritance and her own good.

In addition to praise and self-praise, the emperor also rewarded Princess Dongyang and Prince Consort Xun.

Dongyang laughed so hard that the flowers trembled, and asked people to take the book written by Xun Xiang and the Four Treasures of the Study and reward them to the sons and daughters of several princes and princesses.

When these things came to the ears of Mr. Sun, he was so happy that he had half a bowl of rice every day.

That night, he smiled at his son and grandson and said, "Haha, the emperor doesn't want to see you now. He doesn't even want to see me. He even glares at me. It's no wonder that the emperor is unhappy. It's true that our family will marry Princess Xiangxiang back." It’s our family that got a huge advantage.”

Sun Houye also smiled proudly, "In the past few days, if there is no emergency, I dare not approach the emperor to scold him." He added, "Today, the emperor summoned Lin Shangshu and I to the palace to prepare people to go to Central South Province. Summon King Nanlin and his son to the capital."

Mr. Sun Laohou said clearly, "It seems that the emperor is going to deal with them."

Sun Yumu said, "If nothing happens, the emperor will arrest them as he is setting up troops privately as soon as they enter the capital."

Mr. Sun Laohou shook his head and said, "Li Song can definitely guess the emperor's plan and will not go to Beijing."

Marquis Sun said, "They will be arrested if they enter the capital. If they don't enter the capital, it will be a clear sign of rebellion. No matter what, the emperor will have reasons to deal with them. This battle will be fought this year and next."

Sun Yumu said, "The emperor once asked me if I would go to the battlefield if there was a war. I said yes. It has always been my wish to protect my family and my country."

Lord Sun looked at his son. He was his only son.

Although Dali's national power is now strong and its weapons are advanced, the Dali army is invincible. But the wife must be reluctant to let him go.

At that time, he was missing and his wife had already lost half her life. If her son had another misfortune, she would not be able to bear it.

But if he doesn't go to the battlefield to gain experience, his son will have no future.

Mr. Sun Laohou looked at his son's struggle and said, "Our Zhenhai House started with military merit. If we don't earn military merit, we will have no great future. A man can't rely on women for everything."

Sun Yumu blushed, "Of course I can't rely on Xiangxiang for everything."

Many people said that he was promoted quickly and gained the emperor's attention because he was engaged to Princess Xiangxiang.

He didn't like hearing this very much and always wanted a chance to prove his abilities.

Mr. Sun Laohou continued, "Our firearms and swords are unparalleled. Not to mention Li Song, even the Northern Yuan Kingdom, the countries in the Western Regions, and those island countries are no match for us. If there is a war with Dali, I will ask Mu to go."

He also sighed, "Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao are both rare talents who can raise Commander Xiangxiang to be so good. The good iron and steel they produced raised the entire national power of the Li Dynasty by several levels." "

Sun Yumu nodded, he thought so too.

Lord Sun reminded, "Don't let your mother know about this first."

The third day of the Lunar New Year is the day when Zhenhaihou Mansion comes to Dongyang Princess Mansion to recruit people.

Early in the morning, Xun Xiang was dressed up beautifully by her servants and sat on the kang in the east side of the room. At the end of Chenshi, Mrs. Zhang, her mother and son Mi Hongmian, Ding Zhen and Mrs. Xie came to Ziyuan.

Xue Tian's grandfather had just died and it was not easy to attend such a happy event.

Mrs. Zhang hugged Xunxiang and said, "Your father, your father, two brothers, second uncle, and third grandfather are all here to watch the ceremony in the outer courtyard. Mrs. Tang still wants to come. Your father won't allow it... Your father has been waiting every day for the past few days. uneasy.

"Your father said, it's a good thing you came to the princess's house first, which gave him a buffer. Otherwise, at the wedding banquet, he would burst into tears and make people laugh... Oh, don't talk about your father, your father is like this too, saying he feels sorry for you. The daughter who has lived for so long will become someone else’s family.”

She didn't say she wasn't feeling well either.

Dong Youcheng's eyes were as wide as two tubes, and it was extremely unbelievable, "How can someone as big as Grandpa still cry?"

Everyone is happy.

Mi Hongmian smiled and said, "What do you know? Grandpa is a man of iron blood and soft heart."

Xunxiang leaned in Zhang's arms and didn't want to get up. The familiar smell reminded her of her childhood...

Xun Yibo, Xun Yiqing, Ding Lichun, and Ding Liren were waiting in front of the gate for the person who presented the betrothal gift. Dongyang, Xun Prince Consort, Xun Qianli brothers, Ding Zhuang, Ding Zhao and others were sitting in the hall of the outer courtyard waiting.

Not long after, Princess Ji, Gao Ping, Tao Jing, Qiu Yuhan, Mi Honglan and her daughter, Ren Zixuan and her daughter, Zhang Ziyan and others also came. Except for Mi Honglan and Ren Zixuan who were invited, everyone else came by themselves. Especially Gao Ping, he didn't go to school today.

At this time, there was the faint sound of gongs, drums and silk and bamboo.

Dong Youcheng shouted, "The betrothal gift has been sent, I want to see it."

Mi Hongmian asked a woman to carry him to the outer courtyard to watch the excitement.

More than a quarter of an hour later, Gao Ping came to Ziyuan and said with a smile, "Cousin Xiang, the grandson has come to invite you. He was wearing bright red clothes and kowtowed to the elders. He spoke very nicely. Everyone praised him for his unparalleled handsomeness. …The emperor’s grandfather and the empress also sent people to watch the ceremony.”

The woman who came to report said more carefully, "Oh, there are flowers and flowers all over the yard. There are two wild geese, three animal gift boxes with seafood, jade ornaments, betrothal money, a total of thirty-five thousand taels of silver..."

Everyone congratulated Xunxiang.

After lunch, Sun, Mu and others took their leave.

Xun Yibo asked the women to go to the outer courtyard to see the betrothal gifts.

Xunxiang couldn't go to this scene, and the other female relatives all went.

After the spectators left, the betrothal gifts were brought to Ziyuan.

The Ding family wanted to stay for dinner, so they came to Ziyuan with Dongyang, Xun Consort, and Xun Yibo.

Xun Xiang had already said that apart from the wild geese and food, all other betrothal gifts would be given to Xun Xiang.

Everyone sat down and talked about Xun Xiang's dowry again, and looked at the dowry list that had been sorted out.

The things Xunxiang brought from the Ding family, the shares of Baotie, Jiulu, and Wool Textile Factory were valued at nearly 60,000 taels of silver, and the dividends in recent years were more than 20,000 taels of silver. The fourth-grade study and decorations, calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry cost 20,000 taels of silver.

A total of one hundred thousand taels of silver.

In order to keep a low profile and not compete with the royal family, he did not write down the bonus money, but said that the Ding family was accompanying him and gave him 80,000 taels of silver.

The sales of books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Sun Wukong's Heavenly Palace", coupled with the sale of matcha and food, Xunxiang made a net profit of 120,000 taels in the past few years from the fourth-grade study. After excluding the expenses of her large hands and thighs, there were still ninety thousand taels left.

Xunxiang earned this by himself.

The treasure rewarded by the emperor and empress was worth forty-five thousand taels of silver, and an additional one thousand taels of gold was given as a box of silver. The Dongyang Princess Mansion purchased 35,500 taels of silver for the land, house, Sihai Printing Factory, ornaments, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, fabrics, etc., plus another 10,000 taels of silver in boxes, and the Xun Mansion gave another 10,000 taels of silver in boxes.

My family here gave me a dowry of more than 110,000 taels of silver.

Xunxiang didn't want so much dowry from the princess's house, but what she wanted was a printing workshop. Xun Xiang and others felt sorry for Xun Xiang, and they must accompany her so much.

Coupled with the betrothal gift from the Sun family, Xunxiang's dowry amounted to 310,000 taels of silver, which was more than the princess, creating the highest dowry in this dynasty. This does not include the treasure in Xun Xiang's hands, and the Mingzhou store shares and dividends given by Dong Yihe.

Xunxiang secretly said that her own net worth was richer than that of many aristocratic families.

Dongyang smiled and said, "Xiangxiang's dowry is more than what I had originally. No wonder my father said that the Sun family took a huge advantage. Not only did they marry the best girl, but they also brought so much dowry."

Seeing these dowries, Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao were very satisfied.

Ding Zhao smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness the Princess and the Prince Consort, thank you for your trouble."

Prince Consort Xun waved his hands and said, "This is what parents should do. We also want to thank our uncle and cousin Ding for raising Xiangxiang so well. Unfortunately, we only raised Xiangxiang for a few years, and before we had enough kisses, she became pregnant again. Going to get married."

The cold consort was so moved that his eyes were red.

Xunxiang pulled his sleeve again and said, "Dad, I will still be your daughter after I get married."

Everyone is used to Xun Xiang's thick skin.

Xun Yibo said, "I have thought about it for a long time. Brother Lichun should be the one to take care of my sister's marriage. Compared with the brothers of the Ding family, I am a lot worse than my biological brother."

Xunxiang also wanted Ding Lichun to carry her into the sedan, but she couldn't say it clearly.

She knew that Xun Yibo also wanted to carry her on his back.

Xun Yibo took the initiative to propose this, so Xun Xiang no longer had to worry about what to say.

She glanced at him gratefully and said sincerely, "Brother is as good as my brother from the Ding family."

When she returned to this home, it was her brother who gave her the most warmth, much more than her father-in-law and princess.

Ding Lichun also wanted to carry his sister, but he was always afraid that Xun Yibo would steal her from him. Hearing Xun Yibo's statement, he happily expressed his gratitude to him.

During dinner, the men's table ate in a dull manner. Ding Zhuang drank one glass after another, and the men did not dare to persuade him.

After Xunxiang heard about it, he turned around the screen and shouted, "Grandpa."

Ding Zhuang put down the wine cup and said, "Okay, okay, listen to my granddaughter, I won't drink anymore."

His nose was red, and his smile was uglier than his cry.

Looking at his appearance, Xunxiang was also sad, but couldn't show it. Otherwise, grandpa would really cry.

Everyone was talking and laughing until the beginning of Xu Shi, when they left.

Xunxiang sent them out of the courtyard and saw those figures disappearing into the night.

I can only live in this home for another half month.

Time flies so fast, I have just adapted to this family, and I have to leave again...

Xunxiang turned around and saw the red boxes placed in the corridor. Feifei, Shuangshuang, and Heiwa were shuttled among the boxes.

The three little ones also dressed up grandly today. Feifei and Heiwa wore red scarves, and both wore red headscarves.

Xunxiang smiled, they were also her dowry.

On the evening of the ninth day of February, the sky was filled with colorful clouds.

Xunxiang was preparing to go to Qijin Hall for dinner when Li Maigao's family came.

She bent her knees and said with a smile, "Princess, the third master and the third grandma have returned to Beijing from Hu County. They came to Ding Mansion first, and the old uncle said to keep them for one night and let them go home tomorrow. Please go directly to the princess tomorrow. Go to the second master’s house to witness the new daughter-in-law’s marriage.”

Ding Lilai has his cleverness. He also knew that his parents would be unhappy if he married a daughter-in-law outside, so he first went to find his grandfather, Ding Zhao, and Zhang to make the decision for him.