Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 264: Silent, dull and honest

Mrs. Wu's words really made Li Wan not know what to say.

Co-author The long list of things I just said are all in vain, right?

And what I said just now, I almost said clearly that your son is not a good person and is not worthy of marrying such a good girl as Xiangyun. Have you lived nearly forty years in vain? Why can't you even hear this level of human sophistication?

It's as if he didn't grow up in the city, but in some deep mountain forest.

Li Wan, who has been trained by the Li family since childhood on the road to becoming a lady, has so few curse words that he can't even curse them out.

They will not say any dirty words such as "a scoundrel with a mud-legged philistine", "a scoundrel with a bad tongue", "a dog's belly filled with yellow soup", "a dog with a long tail" and "a scoundrel who has settled down".

Li Wan and Jia Hui both had the same taciturn, dull and honest temperament. Jia Hui could still ignore his dignity, scolding people like a scoundrel in the market, and beating them if they couldn't be scolded. But Li Wan was different. Li Wan wanted to lose face and was concerned about the reputation of the county government, so he really couldn't say anything.

Li Wan couldn't say anything, but Shuilou didn't have so many scruples.

Her ancestor was a bandit from Liaodong, and her nickname was "Tiger Head Eagle". She was a powerful bandit in Liaodong, western Liaoning and northern Goryeo during the late Liang Dynasty and the early Qi Dynasty. She specialized in robbing government officials and wealthy businessmen who were unkind to get rich. She could stop children from crying at night!

That year, the Liaodong Shui clan was defeated miserably at the hands of Da Qi and was driven back to Shenyang like a dog.

Seeing that Shui Clan, who was chasing him away like a dog, was no match for Qi Jun, Old Man Lou thought, let alone himself?

In addition, when the Qi army detoured around Liaodong and raided Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan in the early years, my family also led the way, so we had a basis for cooperation and got along well. So Mr. Lou made a decisive decision and led more than 2,000 bandits from his six ancestral villages to join the Qi army and became the leader.

Relying on his familiarity with the terrain of Liaodong, and the fact that Mr. Lou himself was a brave man with excellent martial arts skills and a courage to fight, he led the Qi army to Shenyang in a short time.

The Shui family, who originally planned to build a line of defense and fight a protracted war with the Qi army, saw that the "Tiger Head Eagle" who was very familiar with the terrain of Liaodong and was a serious concern of the family actually defected to the Qi army. They immediately gave up their thoughts of stubborn resistance and marched to Shenyang. The city gate surrendered.

As a result, due to rewards based on merit and setting an example, the Lou family transformed from the "fourth generation of bandits" with dark roots and crooked roots to the founders of the Qi Dynasty with upright roots and became one of the five families in Liaodong Town. one.

The five families in Kaizhen, Liaodong Town, are the Marquis Lou family, the Marquis Zhao family, the Earl Fan family, the Earl Cui family and the Beijing Fan Shui family.

Strictly speaking, although they are both vassal kings, the Shui family did not form an independent vassal like the three kings of Dongping and Nan'an. Instead, they were tightly wrapped up in Liaodong Town and were checked and controlled by the other four families. Without the consent of the other four families, Beijing Fan is not allowed to mobilize a single soldier (except for the rated three hundred personal soldiers).

Who told the Shui family that "the enemy not only refused to surrender, but also dared to fight back at us"?

Although the Lou family has suddenly become a marquis, the family tradition that has been cultivated for four or five generations has completely turned into banditry. Even with the dedicated efforts of the ladies who married from Guan Nei in recent years, the Lou family's family tradition has still not seen any improvement.

Especially Shuilou, the second daughter of the Lou family, she is even more of a female bandit.

A few years ago, Shui Che went back to Liaodong to visit relatives, and happened to meet Miss Lou Er who was riding wildly in the wilderness. The second lady on the floor fell in love with Shui Che at first sight and confessed her love to Shui Che on the spot. Of course Shui Che rejected him outright. The courtship failed. Although the second lady on the floor looked ugly, she didn't say anything and turned around to leave.

Shui Che thought that the matter was over, so he entered Jinzhou City and prepared to rest for a night, but he was accidentally numbed by the sweat medicine while eating!

When I woke up again, I found that I was wearing the groom's official clothes and was tied up on the bed. There were sounds of shouting and drinking from outside the door. The second lady on the floor I had seen before was wearing a phoenix crown and Xia Pei, with a proud look on her face. undressing

Ten months later, Shui Che and Shui Lou's eldest son, the fat boy Shui Zhen, was born.

To be honest, if Shui Zhen hadn't become more and more like him as he got older, Shui Che would have thought that this was his son, Shui Che would have thought that Miss Lou Er specially picked him to be his son.

"What a bastard, you old lady, you have such a loud voice! What a waste of the care of the two princes! I don't know if I will be able to do it in the future!" Shui Loushi yelled, regardless of whether he would say something fatal or not. Mrs. Niu Zhao next to her had quick eyes and quick hands and covered her mouth at the critical moment!

Whether Shui Loushi wants to reveal the secret hidden by Xun Gui or talk nonsense like "can you live to adulthood?", Shui Loushi will always break the rules. The former is the rule of the old nobles, and the latter... Curse the prince?

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"All right!"

After stopping Shui Loushi, Li Wan took a deep breath, adjusted his mind, and put the formulaic gentleness and tolerance on his face again: "Xiangyun's marriage was decided by the historian and the old lady. I am the granddaughter-in-law. What can you say?"

This is already rejecting Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Wu obviously heard what Li Wan said. How could she not understand what Li Wan meant?

But it was about the future of the Wu family and her own eldest son's future. She really didn't want to give up.

In fact, Mrs. Wu didn't want to disturb Mrs. Taiwei. Everyone knew what kind of temper Taiwei had. If he knew that he had annoyed his wife, he would really dare to knock on her.

But she couldn't do it without seeing her. The Shi family wouldn't let her in at all. His wife didn't even go to the favor exchanges between nobles and ladies' gatherings. She also heard that the eldest daughter of the Shi family had moved into the Rongguo Mansion, so she wanted to go directly to the Rongguo Mansion to see each other. Who expected the Jia family to be even worse? The Rongguo Mansion didn't even accept the invitation from the Wu family!

There is no way, now is the only opportunity in the near future to contact the person in charge of the Jia family. If it still fails, then you can only ask your own emperor's son-in-law!

"." Li Wan was silent. Did this person not understand human speech or something?

At this moment, Li Wan suddenly regretted not doing what his master told him. Wouldn't it be nice to say clearly that you don't agree to get married? So much trouble

"Mrs. Wu, please tell me now. Xiangyun and Baoyu, the second wife of my family, are indeed planning to get married. After preparing Xiangyun and the hairpin, I will start preparing the six rites. I am really powerless to do anything about the affairs of the noble man of your house. "

Li Wan no longer wanted to continue talking to Mrs. Wu. Before Mrs. Wu could complain any more, he got up and left with a few familiar sisters.

. . . . . .

"I think you are still too timid, madam."

On the carriage, after listening to Li Wan's handling methods, Jia Hui rubbed his chin and gave his final comments.

As dusk approached, Shui Che's garden party also ended. Since Jia Hui and several others had official duties, they did not stay overnight in the peony garden, but left early.

However, of the three children he brought over, Li Wan only took his little sister back. Jia Ying, Jia Fern and Jia Jingyu, the three siblings, refused to leave at all. They hugged the pillar and refused to let go. There was no other way, so Jia Hui took the decision. Let the three of them stay for one night.

Anyway, Shui Che was not an outsider, so Jia Hui and Li Wan felt relieved. As Jia Hui thought, the father and mother of the Wu family did not fight with them.

But think about it, ignoring the bonuses brought by martial arts and identity, and bringing them to the same level as the two members of the Wu family, these two would not dare to conflict with them. After all, more than twenty people can fight one. , even a fool can figure out what will happen next.

What's more, if they pick anyone at random, the gap in martial arts between Wu Bing and Wu Bing is even greater than the gap between a man and a dog.

"Cowarded? Are you saying I'm a coward?" Li Wan stared straight at Jia Hui with wide eyes. If Jia Hui couldn't explain clearly, she would. She would rush him to the study to sleep, and he wouldn't bark in any yard these days. He goes in!

"That's right. If you ask me, you shouldn't have smiled too kindly at that time, which gave Mrs. Wu the illusion that she could talk." Jia Hui raised her first finger.

"You made a mistake in the first step. Although you put yourself on the active side of the conversation, it was of no use. Since you started talking to Mrs. Wu, you have lost."

"Ah?" Li Wan was a little confused.

"Why do you want to talk to her? You are already the wife of a lieutenant. Do you still have to look at other people's faces when you want to talk to someone?"

"But Mrs. Wu is also very polite with her smile. If she ignores her, wouldn't she become a concubine if she is rude?" Li Wan was very dissatisfied with this.

"That's right. Everyone present is a member of the family, and she is the only outsider. What kind of gossip can be spread if you ignore her? How can everyone not know who you are? Do you believe her or you?" Jia Hui said matter-of-factly.

To be honest, Wu Bing and his wife are actually fine. As the saying goes, "Every time a person is righteous, more dogs are slaughtered." Wu Bing, a butcher who welcomed and sent his daughter to build a family business, and finally sent his daughter to the palace, is not a fool at all. , even Jia Hui felt that he was a talkative person after some contact, but...

The reputation of the Wu family was completely ruined by Wu Bing's younger brothers and sons.

The old man Wu and the old lady left early. The eldest brother was like his father. As the eldest son, Wu Bing worked hard to pull his younger brothers to grow up. He was pampered and raised lawlessly.

They engaged in lawsuits, loan sharking, raped women, hurt people in the street, and took things by force.

Jia Hui made a rough estimate. If the crimes of Wu Bing's three brothers were really investigated and the crimes were divided equally among the three people, each of them would be beheaded more than ten times.

Therefore, no matter how hard Wu Bing and his wife try to squeeze into the circle of nobles, it will be useless. As long as they continue to let their three brothers and their son run wild, the nobles will definitely not associate with a family that can move their heads anytime and anywhere.

"This" Li Wan rubbed his forehead, it seemed to be true!

We are all members of the same family, and we have long been familiar with each other's temperaments through daily interactions, and everyone hates Mrs. Wu. So why should we pay attention to Mrs. Wu, an uninvited person?

"Second," Jia Hui stretched out another finger, "you didn't do what I said to 'make a decisive decision and speak clearly'."

They were still chatting about "how did they know each other" and chatting nonsense. Didn't that give Mrs. Wu the illusion that she was good at talking and embolden her?

"Moreover, the excuse you used was too vague. You just said that Xiangyun and Baoyu were engaged to get married after the Chinese New Year? What about 'having that intention', 'the two families have agreed', and what else?" After that, prepare the six rites. What is this called? This is called 'Dang Duan Continuous'!" Jia Hui raised her third finger.

"Don't leave any room for such a certain thing. What you said is telling her that the matter has not been settled yet and she can still fight for it. No, Mrs. Wu is trying to kidnap you by pretending to be poor and moral!"

"But what if Baoyu and Xiangyun's affairs go wrong again and they don't want to get married?" This is what Li Wan didn't dare to tell the truth about. There were still several months before Xiangyun and Xiangyun, and anything could happen. What if she They advertised everywhere that they were going to get married, but why did they give up? What about the reputation of these two people, especially Xiangyun?

"Tch, I'm mentally ill. Xiangyun is the legitimate daughter of the Shi family! As long as the Shi family doesn't fall, she will never have to worry about her marriage!" Jia Hui was amused by Li Wan's idea. This was a sign of his family's power. You have no idea, or do you still look down on historians?

With two marquises as backers, some people who want to stand out want to propose marriage. At most, just worry about the candidates.

Among the many endings of Shi Xiangyun in his previous life, although there was an ending like being reduced to a boat prostitute, it only happened when the four major families were completely ruined and had no means of livelihood.

In this life, due to their own rise, the four families of Jia Shi, Wang Lin and others are at the peak of their power, and because of Jia Hui’s reputation in the military, they are in an invincible position. Before Jia Hui’s fall, nothing will happen to the four families of Jia Shi, Wang and Lin. .

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore!" Li Wan, whose cheeks were flushed, interrupted Jia Hui forcefully. How could he behave if he allowed this guy to continue talking?

"Okay, okay, stop talking!" Seeing that the educational purpose was achieved, Jia Hui did not continue. If Li Wan was annoyed by continuing to talk, how many days would he have to stay in the study?

It's strange, other people's concubines and mistresses all have irreconcilable conflicts, but these few of my own have not even blushed, but they listened to Li Wan!

Of course, it may also be because their natal families are powerless.

The Yuanyang family was born into the Jia family. Her father and mother took care of the old house in Jinling. Her brother had been given up by Jia Hui and was driven back to Jinling.

Yue Liduo's family is Nusreti, the big shopkeeper of the Western Region Commercial Road in the county government, and they are most afraid of Li Wan's audit.

Yelena has two or three big cats and kittens, many of whom cannot even speak Chinese.

The Wu family is the only daughter of a prison officer. The father of the prison officer has died on the road to exile, and the only remaining relative is a blind old woman.

As for the three skinny horses, forget it, it's the same as nothing.

"So, the matter between the Wu family and the Shi family is fine?" Li Wan tilted his head and asked Jia Hui.

Jia Hui thought for a while and shook his head: "How is it possible? If you cut the knot quickly and make the Wu family feel that our Jia Shi family is not easy to mess with, then there is a high probability that everything will be fine. But you keep talking to her. , but it gave her courage. Maybe the Wu family will ask the emperor for a marriage."

(End of this chapter)