Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 107 Guessing (for Subscription)

After chatting for a while, the food and wine were served, and the three of them chatted while eating.

But Yuan Wenshao and Liu Lei were basically chatting, and Chang Wu rarely spoke.

"By the way, I heard that the official family is going to hold a winter hunt this year. Have you heard the news?" Liu Lei asked.

"Winter hunting?" Yuan Wenshao said in surprise: "The official family has not held a winter hunt for several years, and now the official family's health..."

"I heard this from the fifth son of the Hou family in Xixiang. The guy said that he overheard his father's conversation with someone." At this point, Liu Lei lowered his voice and said: "It seems that this winter hunting official's family did not I will go, but let King Yong and King Yan preside over it."

Yuan Wenshao frowned slightly. Winter hunting was an activity to demonstrate martial virtue and to enjoy cultural relics with officials.

Although this dynasty valued culture over military affairs, it did not abolish it.

However, the person who usually presides over the winter hunting is the emperor or the prince. Now that the position of the crown prince has not been determined, the official family asked King Yong and King Yan to preside over it together. The intention is really hard to understand.

Yuan Wenshao shook his head, too lazy to think about it, and said: "Whatever, if it really happens, we will just go and participate."

"I think so too." Liu Lei smiled and didn't say anything more.

After the meal, the three of them drank tea and chatted for a while before leaving Fan Tower.

"Erlang, I haven't played against you for a long time. I just have a good rest today. Let's go to your house and compete?" Liu Lei said with a smile.

"Haha, you are no match for me, but I haven't moved my muscles for a long time. Let's go." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"There are still people here who don't know how to save some face for me." Liu Lei scolded with a smile.

Yuan Wenshao's eyes flickered, he looked at Chang Wu and said, "Go back first, prepare well, and report tomorrow."

"Yes, eldest brother-in-law, Brother Liu San, I'll take my leave first." Chang Wu cupped his hands and said.

"Yeah." Liu Lei smiled and nodded.

……

"No more, no more."

Liu Lei put the weapon on the weapon rack, took the handkerchief from the maid's hand and wiped the sweat, and gasped: "You are such a freak, your hands are numb from vibration."

"You said you wanted to fight, but it's only a few dozen rounds, so it doesn't matter. I've only just warmed up."

Yuan Wenshao's face was not red and he was out of breath. He only used three-thirds of his strength just now and didn't feel anything at all.

"Anyway, I'm done with my activities." Liu Lei smiled and walked towards the garden.

Yuan Wenshao told his servants not to follow him, and quickly caught up with Liu Lei, walking side by side, and said with a smile: "Sun Hao is not here, and I have no energy to compete with you."

"Yeah, only Polu and I can make you take it seriously. I don't know how you can be so strong. But I'm afraid Polu won't return to Bianjing in a short time." Liu Lei said with a smile.

"What? Is Mrs. Dingguo's condition very serious?" Yuan Wenshao asked doubtfully.

Liu Lei looked around and whispered: "Whether he is seriously ill or not is not the key. It's just that Duke Dingguo doesn't want him to come back for the time being."

"You mean..."

Yuan Wenshao was startled. It seemed that more than a month after the prince's death, Sun Hao received the news that his mother was seriously ill.

Now that I think about it, it's indeed too much of a coincidence.

Mrs. Dingguo was also born in a general family, and she liked to practice martial arts since she was a child. I heard that her health has always been good, but she didn't get sick early or late, but she got sick when the prince died.

Could it be that Duke Ding noticed something and deliberately asked his wife to pretend to be ill so that Sun Hao could return to Dingzhou and leave the quagmire of Bianjing?

Liu Lei nodded and sighed: "Dong Guogong is really foresighted."

Yuan Wenshao smiled and said: "With our relationship, there is no need to beat around the bush, right? Just say what you want to say."

Liu Lei proposed to come to his house and hinted that he would send Chang Wu away, so he guessed that he had something to say to him.

"Erlang is the one who knows me." Liu Lei smiled bitterly and said, "King Yong has won over me."

"King Yong has no power in the army, so it is normal to win over generals. But is it too early?" Yuan Wenshao frowned slightly.

King Yong wanted to win over him, probably for the money he had.

But King Yong also wooed Liu Lei, and it was obvious that he had begun to woo military generals.

"Prince Yong didn't directly win over him, but one of my deputy commanders invited me to drink yesterday. That was hinted in his words." Liu Lei said.

"I see, then you just pretend not to understand." Yuan Wenshao said.

Liu Lei smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that simple. After all, King Yong is older and has a higher chance of becoming the emperor's heir. What if he ascends the throne in the future and has a grudge against my Liu family?"

"Even if King Yong ascends the throne, he is not a son of an official family after all, and he would not dare to attack the Lord easily." Yuan Wenshao said.

Even if King Yong is appointed as the crown prince, there will definitely be many people who are dissatisfied with the fact that there are so many clans in the world.

The first thing to do is to win over the Lord, especially the Lord who is prestigious in the military.

After all, the Liu family is a Hou family, and Liu Lei's father is quite prestigious in the military.

"You are right, but I am a little unfounded." Liu Lei shook his head and said, "By the way, Erlang, who do you think has a greater chance, King Yong or King Yan?"

"It's better to talk less about this kind of topic. Could it be that the Zhongjing Hou Mansion wants to take sides?" Yuan Wenshao said in surprise.

"Haha, how is that possible? The biggest taboo of military generals is to participate in the battle for the throne. How could my Liu family take sides so early? It's just the two of us here, just chatting." Liu Lei said with a smile.

"Both King Yong and King Yan have their own advantages. In the end, it depends on the official's wishes. Anyway, we only need to be loyal to the official. We don't need to think too much about other things." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Haha, I didn't expect Erlang to be a pure minister."

Liu Lei saw that Yuan Wenshao was unwilling to discuss this topic, so he did not continue. After chatting for a while, he said goodbye.

Yuan Wenshao sent him to the door of the house, watched him ride away, and sighed.

He didn't think much about it before, he just thought that Liu Lei was troubled by King Yong's solicitation, so he came to him to talk to him.

But the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong.

Liu Lei is just a commander of a five-city military division.

Although there are thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is just equivalent to the urban management in later generations.

On weekdays, he just patrols the streets and maintains law and order. He can't even compare with the combat effectiveness of the local army.

Is there anything worth winning over to King Yong?
Even if King Yong wanted to launch a mutiny, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division would not be of much value to win over.

When King Yong wooed Liu Lei, he actually wanted to woo the Zhongjing Hou Mansion behind him.

It is impossible for Liu Lei not to know this, and the attitude of the Liu family is not something Liu Lei can decide.

Faced with King Yong's attempts to win over him, the most important thing he should do is to tell his father and let his father make the decision.

But judging from what Liu Lei just said, he was only hinted at to win over yesterday. Even if he wrote a letter and sent it to the northwest, he would not be able to get a reply so quickly.

Before Marquis Zhongjing didn't reply, how could he tell an outsider about this kind of thing.

Yuan Wenshao didn't think the relationship between the two was so good that they could confide in each other.

After much deliberation, Yuan Wenshao felt that there were two possibilities.

The first is that Liu Lei has long been instructed by his father, and the Liu family will not participate in the dispute over establishing the heir apparent.

Because he was in the quagmire of Bianjing and knew that he would face the constant wooing of King Yong and King Yan later, he was a little irritated, so he told him this.Another possibility is that the Liu family has already taken sides in advance, and his purpose this time is to test his attitude.

Yuan Wenshao rubbed his brow with a headache and returned home.

The first possibility is fine, but if the second possibility is adopted, the Liu family will be in trouble in the future.

He doesn't have many friends, and he really doesn't want anything to happen to Liu Lei.

But this kind of thing cannot be persuaded. If King Yong hadn't done something stupid, he would have finally been able to sit on the throne. From this point of view, even if the Liu family took sides, their vision would not be wrong.

If the Liu family had already placed a bet, he wouldn't be able to persuade them.

……

"Dad, you don't know that today the fourth aunt showed Aunt Kong a poem she had written before, and she was scolded by her. She looked as ugly as possible. The fifth aunt was very happy." Sister Wen said. Er said with a smile.

Hua Lan glared at her and said, "That's your elder. How can you talk behind your back? There are no rules."

"Yes, yes, that's what your mother said. Sister Wen, tell daddy, what did you learn today?" Yuan Wenshao picked up his daughter and asked with a smile.

"Dad, Grandma Kong taught us how to order tea today and asked us to memorize the Tea Sutra. But I'm illiterate, so I don't need to memorize it." Sister Wen said with a smile.

"You are so proud of yourself even though you are illiterate. If your father hadn't doted on you, you should have become literate long ago." Hua Lan said angrily.

"Hey, what are you talking about? We, Sister Wen, have learned how to make tea. Come and make some tea for daddy to try." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"She has only studied for a day. What does she know? How can she drink the tea she makes? If the official wants to drink it, I will make one for you." Hua Lan said.

"No, I want to drink what my daughter made." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Hmph." Sister Wen was looked down upon by her mother and said unhappily: "Mom is looking down on others. Aunt Kong praised me and Aunt Six today. Daddy, I will make tea for you, not for mother to drink."

"The tea you make is not for human consumption. I won't drink it if you give it to me." Hua Lan tasted a little bit.

"Dad, look at mom." Sister Wen said unhappily.

"It's okay, let's ignore her and make tea. Your mother is jealous."

Yuan Wenshao ordered the maid to bring up the tea-making tools.

To order tea, crush the tea cake into a tea cup, pour boiling water into it, and stir it with a tea spoon.

Sister Wen is new to the profession and is very serious about her work.

"Daddy, okay, let's have a try." Sister Wen looked at her father expectantly.

Yuan Wenshao picked it up, took a sip, and praised: "It tastes really good. From now on, daddy and Sister Wen will make tea."

"Hehe." Sister Wen smiled happily and looked at her mother proudly.

When going to bed at night, Hualan said: "Guanren, I am very happy that you dote on Sister Wen. But you can't dote on me like this, right? The cup of tea she had today, not to mention biting the cup, even the soup flower None. You praise her so much and she still thinks she is doing so well. How can she study seriously in the future? "

"Madam, what you said is wrong. I don't know how to order tea, and I don't know whether Sister Wen's cooking is up to standard. But children always have a certain interest in everything they do. The more you praise her, the more interested she will be. And our family You are an honorable gentleman, so you only need to know a little bit about ordering tea and arranging flowers. There is no need to be good at it. Otherwise, what should I do with my servants?" Yuan Wenshao said.

Hualan: "..."

Every time she talked about this issue, Yuan Wenshao could always tell her something that was irrefutable.

"Forget it, I don't care. When your daughter gets married and is looked down upon by her husband's family, then let her blame you." Hua Lan said angrily.

"Who dares." Yuan Wenshao said: "If anyone dares to look down on my daughter, I will take people to his house and beat him."

Hua Lan was speechless and said, "You're not afraid of people laughing either."

"I live my own life, and I'm not afraid of any jokes." Yuan Wenshao thought for a while and said, "If my daughter gets married and is wronged, she may not tell me. How about we recruit a son-in-law in the future?"

Hua Lan smiled bitterly and said: "That's why a family without sons would recruit a son-in-law to inherit the family business. Our family is a lord, and a son-in-law cannot inherit the title."

"Who said you have to inherit the family business to recruit a son-in-law? Our family is so rich that we can't afford a son-in-law? Let's recruit a son-in-law and see who dares to look down on my daughter." The more Yuan Wenshao thought about it, the more he thought about this idea. good.

"Who among the capable men wants to be a son-in-law? You can't recruit a country man for your daughter, right?" Hua Lan said.

"That's a problem."

Although Yuan Wenshao has no family background, people from different classes have different ideas and it is difficult to have a common topic.

It is said that matching one's family is a feudal idea, but Yuan Wenshao thinks it is the wisdom of his ancestors.

Most of those who are not from the right family are blinded by love. How many are happy?
"Okay, Sister Wen is still young. It's too early to think about these things. Go to bed early." Hua Lan said.

"If you don't sleep, let's give Sister Wen a younger brother. Even if we are no longer here, someone will protect her and she will not be wronged." Yuan Wenshao started to act dishonest.

"Hmm~"

……

"Auntie, please come in quickly, the table is ready."

Minglan held Aunt Wei's arm with a happy smile on her face.

"The Sheng family has come to Bianjing, and it's difficult to come and go. I haven't seen you two siblings for several years. Have you not been wronged by the Sheng family?" Aunt Wei asked.

"No, grandma treats me and Changlin very well. Changlin has already entered school, and the teacher at the school praised him a few days ago." Minglan smiled.

"That's good." Aunt Wei felt relieved after hearing this.

Although Minglan lives in Shou'antang, Shou'antang is the largest courtyard of the Sheng family, not a single courtyard.

As she grew older, the old lady specially designated a small courtyard for her to live in.

While talking, the two entered the courtyard and came to the entrance of the hall.

Danjue, who was in the house, heard the commotion and led the maids to greet her. He saluted and said, "Hello, Madam. I am Danjue, your personal maid. If Madam has any instructions these days, just tell me. "

After speaking, he looked at Aunt Wei holding a bundle in her arms and said, "Let me help you get the bundle."

Aunt Wei hid sideways, held the bundle in her arms, and looked at Dan Ju with some caution.

"Let's go, Auntie."

Minglan could tell that Aunt Wei was wary of the servants of the Sheng family, so she didn't say much at the door, so she pulled her into the house.

"Xiao Tao, let's have a dinner."

Arriving in the hall, Minglan pulled Aunt Wei to sit down at the dining table, and the maids brought the food.

Danju knelt down at the corner of the table, picked up the wine bottle, and was about to pour wine for the two of them.

"and many more."

Aunt Wei quickly stopped her, took out a handkerchief from her bag, wiped the bowl carefully, and scalded it with hot water.

"Aunt, these are all washed," Minglan said.

"If it's just some dust, it doesn't matter if you eat it. I don't know about anything else." Aunt Wei pointed out.

Then he took out the silver needle and tested the poison one by one on the dishes on the table.

Minglan looked at Aunt Wei's movements and seemed to have thought of something, but there were servants around, so it was hard to ask.

Aunt Wei waited for a while, and when she saw that the silver needle had not changed color, she said, "Okay, let's eat."

(End of this chapter)