Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 499: Looking at Wu Lang like a monkey [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 45k more]

It was the beginning of winter.

The temperature has dropped.

The windows of horse-drawn carriages in the capital were mostly covered with a thicker cloth curtain behind the gauze to block out the wind and keep in warmth.

In the carriage,
Mrs. Chai sat in the middle seat, looking at her daughter who was looking out of the carriage curtain, and said, "Zhengzheng, it's just a few steps away, what's there to see?"

The residences of the Rong family and the Chai family are both located in the east of the palace, not far from each other.

Chai Zhengzheng turned around and smiled at Mrs. Chai, then continued looking at the street scene without saying anything.

Madam Chai turned her head to look outside the car, smiling, and said, "I am the best man today, and I may also have to help Rong's son deliver the wedding gift. It's not easy to meet him at this time."

"Look, we've entered South Lecture Hall Lane."

As he listened to his mother's words, a cool breeze blew in, blowing the curtains in Chai Zhengzheng's hands and ruffling the neat hair on his forehead.

I don't know what I saw.
Chai Zhengzheng followed the gaze and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth involuntarily. Then Chai Zhengzheng lowered the curtains and nodded, "Yes! Mother is right. Your daughter will not watch it anymore."

Madam Chai looked at Chai Zhengzheng with some surprise: "What happened today? Are you so obedient to me?"

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and leaned towards Madam Chai and said, "Mother, hasn't your daughter always been very well behaved?"

Mrs. Chai looked at her daughter who was leaning against her and smiled and shook her head.
Xianningfang

Not far from the inner city's Changhe Gate,
Located on the west side of the Imperial City.
Xu Zaijing and Liang Han sent the gift to urge the bride to get married, so they had to go from east to west and then walk north to bypass half of the palace city.

On the way,

Liang Han pointed to a door draped in red and decorated with colorful ribbons on the side of the road and said, "Brother Jing, look, this family is also having a wedding."

Xu Zaijing looked at the bustling place not far away and said, "I think today is a good day!"

As the two men talked, they continued to ride their horses and lead their men forward.

When they saw the entrance where the wedding was being held, someone smiled and bowed to them, and they quickly smiled and bowed in return.

When they were near Xianningfang, Liang Han said excitedly, "Another one!"

Xu Zaijing nodded.

Just after turning into the neighborhood, it was still some distance away from Anzhou Street where the Dou family lived.

Liang Han looked at a house with closed door on the roadside with a smile on his face.

Passing by this house, Liang Han still looked sideways.

Looking at Liang Han's expression, Xu Zaijing asked in confusion, "What happened to Liu Lang?"

Liang Han, who was standing by, smiled and said, "Brother Jing, do you know whose house that was closed just now belongs to?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "There's no plaque hanging at the gate, and I've never been to Xianningfang, so how can I know who lives there?"

Liang Han winked and smiled: "Hey, Jing'er, this is the house of the Yuan family, the former Earl of Zhongqin's mansion."

"Yuan Oh!"

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "It's near the Changhe Gate."

After returning from Yangzhou, Xu Zaijing rarely paid attention to the affairs of the Yuan family. The last time he paid attention to them was during the Lantern Festival, when he heard from Huang Qingyue that Yuan Wenshao had returned to Beijing.

The Yuan family first caused the brother to harm the younger brother, which made a big joke.

Because the wife harmed her husband and the daughter-in-law harmed her father-in-law, they were stripped of their titles.

It has only been a few years, and it was right to close the door. Otherwise, many people would point fingers at me and make fun of me.

Just like Liang Han
Xu Zaijing said:

"By the way, has Erlang of the Yuan family ever married?"

Liang Han shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of this! After the incident, the head of the Yuan family took Yuan Erlang to the north, following your family's path and serving under the Zhending Yi family."

"When your two dragon horses were delivered to us a few years ago, a batch of Northern Liao horses were also delivered to Maotuogang. My father told me that the Northern Liao horses were selected by Yuan's father and son."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

"Brother Jing, later on, the Yuan family father and son went to the northwest and served under Marquis Yongyi. Didn't you see them in the northwest?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "No. Does the concubine of the Yuan family have any children?"

Liang Han thought for a moment and said, "It seems that there is no child, but Yuan Erlang adopted a daughter from Yuan Dalang's family."

"adopt?"

"Yes, that year when the accident happened, Yuan Dalang's wife was pregnant, and she gave birth to a girl after returning to Beijing."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

The two of them were talking.
When we reached the intersection of Anzhou Street,
Three or four guys saw Xu Zaijing and the others, turned around and ran inside, shouting "Another gift-giving party".

On Anzhou Street,

There were cars coming and going, and the bustle was comparable to that at the Rong family's.

When they saw Xu Zaijing and others coming to give gifts, most of the carriages and horses on the roadside moved aside to let them pass first.

At the gate of the Dou family,
Under the huge plaque of "Fuguogong Mansion",
The master of the second branch of the Dou family came out with his sons and nephews, smiling. He looked at Xu Zaijing and Liang Han, bowed and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, two bridesmaids! Please come in and have some wine."

Xu Zaijing and Liang Han got off their horses and smiled and bowed, saying, "Uncle Dou, please hurry up and get dressed, Rong's brother can't wait to come and welcome the bride."

"Haha! No problem, no problem!"

"Seeing is believing. I've always heard that Jing'er has good horses, but I didn't expect he's so handsome."

"Uncle, thank you for the compliment."

Xu Zaijing said with a smile.

The second master of the Dou family nodded and held out his hand, saying, "Please come in."

The nephews and nieces following behind the second master of the Dou family also stretched out their hands: "Please."

The makeup gifts were naturally collected by the Dou family.
After Xu Zaijing and Liang Han nodded in greeting, they followed the Dou family members who were leading the way and walked towards the gate with a smile.

Inside the gate,
Gu Tingye, who was standing nearby, waved to Xu Zaijing and Liang Han with a smile, "You two are here."

"Come, let me introduce you. This is my cousin Yang Chenmin."

Xu Zaijing and Liang Han smiled and bowed: "Nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you, please."

The young man from the aristocratic Yang family smiled and stretched out his hand.

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing and Liang Han entered a hall and sat down.
in the hall,
A row of wide doors stood wide open.

After the Dou family members, Gu Tingye and Yang Chenmin sat down, they hurried to pour wine.

But as soon as the Dou family member took the wine pot, Xu Zaijing pressed it on the table and said with a smile: "I don't want to drink. I have to go to the wedding with Rong's brother later."

"Hey! It's okay to drink a little. This is the fine wine I brew at home."

The Dou family member laughed.

Gu Tingye echoed, "Brother Jing, have a drink, just one."

Xu Zaijing's eyes were full of 'Erlang, I know what you are planning' and he smiled and glanced at Gu Tingye.

"Come, Wulang, Liulang, take a sniff."

As he spoke, the Dou family member opened the lid of the wine jug, and the aroma of wine instantly gushed out.

"Brother Jing? How about a drink?" Liang Han pursed his lips.

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "What did Uncle Pei say this morning, Liu Lang, have you forgotten?"

After saying that, Xu Zaijing turned around and said with a smile: "I really can't drink! Let's drink tea instead of wine."

"Hey, if you don't even drink the wine, people will say that our Dou family is not hospitable. Brother Jing, come and have a drink."

When Xu Zaijing was about to speak,
The sound of girls playing outside the door made everyone in the house look outside.

“I really can’t drink it.”

Xu Zaijing declined again.

At this time,

Four little girls, about five or six years old, wearing lovely gold and jade jewelry and luxurious clothes, and obviously legitimate, appeared at the side of the door.

It looked like he was walking around with an older maid and happened to pass by this hall.

Seeing someone in the hall, the little girls looked over curiously.

When we got to the middle of the doors,
"Oh. Where are the beads on my hairpin?" said one of the little girls, touching her bun.

"Look for it quickly!"

In the voice of speaking,

The maids behind the four girls began to search hurriedly around.

The four girls just lowered their heads and looked straight at Xu Zaijing and others without looking for anything.

After the little girls looked at each other, they continued talking to each other.

'Which big brother is it?'

'Which one do you cousins ​​want us to see?'

"Is that the one next to Yang's cousin?" "I just saw him. He's Sister Tingyi's brother!"

"That big brother with the red flower in his hair is so handsome"

'It's him! It's him!'

in the hall,
At first I looked at the little girl at the door.

The Dou family member took a look and didn't care, and wanted to continue urging him to drink.

But looking at the four little girls, relying on their young age, staring at Xu Zaijing like a monkey,
The Dou family member smiled apologetically and said to the entrance of the hall: "Ahem!"

Then he waved his hand with a straight face.

The girls were not very old, but two of them were smart. After hearing the cough and seeing the gesture, they looked at Xu Zaijing who was eating, then smiled, held hands and quickly left the door.

Listening to the girls' laughter fading away,

The Dou family member bowed and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Wu Lang and Liu Lang."

Xu Zaijing smiled and shook his head: "I really can't drink alcohol."

"Haha, okay, let's have tea instead of wine."

On the corridor leading to the inner courtyard of the Dou family,
Looking at the group of young ladies walking quickly over,

The maid of the Dou family, who was carrying a tray of food, quickly raised the tray and shouted urgently, "Hey, girls, be careful!"

"whee."

The little girls, along with their servants, ran past the Dou family's maid with smiles on their faces.

Down the corridor,

After passing through a moon gate,

The group of little girls then entered the inner courtyard of the Dou family.

The inner court,

Inside and outside the house,

In the pavilion corridor,
It was filled with officials and noble ladies attending the wedding banquet.
The women and girls were either sitting or walking, watching the lively scene amidst laughter and joy.

After looking into the courtyard,
The little girls walked towards the most spacious main hall.

The short legs stepped over the threshold,
A girl walking in front shouted crisply: "Cousin, cousin, we saw it! That one."

Hearing the little girls' voices,
The ladies who were sitting and talking in the hall all looked over.

The girls standing behind their mothers kept waving their hands and making eye contact, hoping that their little cousins ​​would shut up quickly.

Gu Tingye's aunt, Gu, and her sister-in-law, Bai, sat in the hall with Pingmei and Gu Tingyi, looking at the girls who came in with curiosity.

Sitting next to the eldest lady of the Dou family,
Mrs. Tao, who was from the second branch of the Dou family and came from the Jinyang Marquis Mansion, smiled and said, "Hua Shang, what did you sisters go to see that made you so happy?"

The little girl walking in front looked at her cousins ​​in the hall and said excitedly, "Grandma, let's go see the bridesmaids from the Rong family."

"En!"

"Well, that big brother Xu Wu from the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, who our cousins ​​asked us to go see, is so handsome!" a friend at the side interrupted.

"He even has a red flower in his hair!"

A little girl said unwillingly.

Listening to the children's childish words,

The ladies in the hall all chuckled.

The older girls standing behind their mothers or grandmothers lowered their heads in embarrassment.

They just sent their little cousins ​​to take a look, and no one expected to be called into the hall to talk.

Bai smiled and turned back to look at Gu Tingyi.

Looking at the girls of marriageable age bowing their heads in the hall, the ladies knew it was probably instigated by these cousins.

"Sister Shang, can I find you a handsome man like this in the future?"

A relative of the Dou family asked with a smile.

Seeing the little girl nodding shyly,

Everyone in the hall started laughing.

"Hua Chang, Big Brother Xu Wu's biological sister is here!"

Someone pointed at Pingmei beside Bai and said with a smile.

The little girl looked at Pingmei, who was standing beside Bai and had a refined and noble temperament and was nodding at her with a smile. She felt a little embarrassed and ran to her mother's arms.

"Luo'er, you just said you wanted the second brother from the Gu family. If you were asked to choose, would you choose the second brother from the Gu family or the fifth brother from the Xu family?"

The little girl who was asked thought for a while and then said, "Second Brother Gu."

The childish talk made the ladies laugh again.

Pingmei looked at the little girl in the hall with a smile and said to her aunt, "Aunt, whose little girl is this?"

Aunt Gu Tingye smiled and said, "The granddaughter of the former Qingzhou Xuanfu Envoy Hua Xianggong's family."

Gu Tingyi in the back asked: "Aunt, this sister's name is Hua Luo?"

"This generation of the Hua family has the character Kai, so she should be called Hua Kailuo."

"oh oh!"

outer court,

"Wow, this Baigao scout is so cunning!"

The Dou family member spoke with emotion when talking about the northwest battlefield.

Yang Chenmin on the side said: "This is to catch you all in one fell swoop!"

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Yes! If our comrades had not risked their lives to warn us, or if we had gone a little later, the result might have been very different."

"The Earth Moved"

I had barely said half a sentence.

Then a servant from the Dou family came over and bowed, saying, "Qilang, our return gift is ready."

The Dou family member nodded.

Xu Zaijing stood up and said, "Then we will go back first."

"Okay, okay! I'll invite Wu Lang to have a drink when I'm free, and we'll talk then."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

After leaving Xianningfang,

Xu Zaijing and Liang Han did not take the original route.

Instead, it is Nanjiangtang Lane, which goes back in the direction of Xuande Gate on the south side of the palace.

I dismounted at the Rong family's gate,

The return gift from the Dou family was moved into the yard by the servants of the Rong family.

Xu Zaijing and Liang Han returned to the main hall in the front yard.

"Have a seat! Is everything going well?"

Pei Yuanchen said as he looked at Xu Zaijing and Liang Han who came in.

"Uncle, everything went well. It's a pity that I didn't get to taste the Dou family's good wine."

Xu Zaijing laughed.

"Haha~Okay! When we go to the Dou family to welcome the bride, the Duke and I will offer a few jars."

"Thank you, Uncle Shi."

Afterwards, Xu Zaijing and others ate candied fruits and drank tea in the hall.

Two quarters of an hour later,

Qingyun walked to the entrance of the main hall and said with a bow, "Sir, our horses are here."

Xu Zaijing stood up, bowed and said, "Uncle, I'll go out and take a look."

Pei Yuanchen smiled and stood up: "Let's go together."

Arriving at the second gate of the Rong family,
Rong Xian was standing beside the dragon horse, which was dressed up in gorgeous clothes with a jade bridle, a golden saddle and red flowers, with his mouth watering.

Rongxian's appearance made Alan, who was leading the dragon colt, comfort the horse from time to time.

At this time,

Xu Zaijing walked over with Pei Yuanchen, looked at Rong Xian and said, "Brother Xian, how is it?"

Rongxian turned his head to look at Xu Zaijing, and said with a touching face: "Jing'er, I, can I really do this!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded.

Rong Xian nodded heavily: "Good brother!"

(End of this chapter)