Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

After entering the cabin, Su Mu saw Wu Shiqi sitting there in a red official robe, reading a book.

Seeing Su Mu dressed as a yamen servant, Mr. Wu threw the book aside, frowned, and shouted: "Su Mu, what are you doing, why are you dressing up like this, it's insulting to gentleness, insulting to gentleness."

Su Mu didn't talk nonsense, and sat down on the chair beside him: "Old man, Su Mu doesn't have time to explain, show me the mansion newspapers of these issues."

Seeing his serious face, although Wu Tuiguan felt unhappy, he immediately asked the master to bring all these issues of the residence newspaper.

He said again: "Su Mu, how did the old man think about what he said to you when he left Beijing for Yangzhou? Wedding banquets are forbidden during the national mourning period, but this marriage must be arranged first."

"This will be discussed later." Su Mu quickly flipped through the mansion newspaper in his hand, and saw the Zhending flood in a moment, and the imperial court asked Changlu and Lianghuai Salt Division Jieyin to return to the capital to help the victims.

My heart suddenly lit up, and I patted my thigh: "So that's how it is!"

He shook his head again, and sighed: "It seems that I have stayed in Cangzhou for too long, so that the news is blocked. Why can't I figure out such a simple matter?"

It turned out that the so-called mansion newspaper is the so-called internal reference in later generations. It is published once a month, mainly publishing major events and new policies in the court.For example, so-and-so was dismissed, so-and-so was promoted, or something happened somewhere.In the year of the imperial examination, the list of Chinese Jinshi has to be published, and the top three articles have already been published.

Only officials with a rank of seven or above are entitled to read this kind of newspaper, and petty officials like Su Mu are not qualified enough.

While he was reading the newspaper, Wu Tuiguan's career came in: "My lord, the Zong brothers and sisters are waiting outside, do you want to see them?"

"Invite them in quickly." Old Mr. Wu yelled at his son again: "Little bastard, I never imagined that you would make an appointment for your father and others without telling the truth. You must know that marriage is the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker, if it is not accepted I haven't heard of this since I received your letter."

Wu's second child pouted: "This is a marriage that my brother-in-law arranged for me, just tell you. Anyway, you can't make any decisions. My sister has always had the final say on family affairs, and my sister only listens to my brother-in-law. The brother-in-law can be the master, and you old man can happily meet your future daughter-in-law!"

Wu Shiqi was at a loss for words for a while, and cursed again: "Little beast, you don't know what kind of virtue you are as a father, and you marry a wife and virtue. You didn't mention a word about whether the woman's family is clean or what she does. Maybe you are a wicked person. Seeing people's beauty, I don't care so much. Su Mu has always been generous to you, so naturally he will mess around with your temperament."

"Innocent, absolutely innocent, he is a great and good citizen." The second child said repeatedly: "As for the appearance, you will know later, old man. According to your temperament, you will definitely like it."

Thinking of the ugliness of his fiancée, the second child felt humiliated and looked at Su Mu angrily.

Su Mu's eyes still fell on the mansion newspaper, and he laughed in his heart: a good citizen, with a clean family background, a salt owl, but it's very important to be clean!

Officer Wu Tui was scolding vigorously, Zongzhen brothers and sisters entered the cabin under the guidance of the master.

The two hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but they didn't dare to look up.

"Your name is Zong Zhen, raise your head up." I have to say that Mr. Wu, an old-school Juren, still looks very dignified.

After drinking, Zong Zhen slowly raised his head, and saw that the man in front of him was so red that his eyes were dazzled.

Mr. Wu has a clear and handsome face, with three long strands of long beard that moves without wind, just like that fairy figure: "Xiao Min Zongzhen, I have met Mr. Wu."

Seeing that his attitude was respectful and awkward, Mr. Wu's perception of him improved a lot, and he felt that this man seemed quite honest, and he should be a son of a good family.

He was a little worried before that Wu's second child would make a marriage of his own, and he didn't know what kind of mess the woman was, but now that he has passed, he is much relieved.

There was a rare smile on his face: "Since my son is engaged to your sister, we will be a family from now on. After all, Zong Zhen, you are also my nephew and nephew. From now on, you should be called uncle Zhi. Stand up and watch."

Hearing his kind words, Zong Zhenxin was even more moved, his eyes were wet, but he couldn't get up, instead he knocked heavily on the deck, choked up and said: "My lord values ​​Xiaomin so much, Xiaomin will be impressed five times." Xiaomin feels ashamed, but dare not sit down."

"Shame, what are you ashamed of?" Old Mr. Wu felt strange.

Zong Zhen gritted his teeth and pointed at Su Mu fiercely: "My lord, Mei inspected him... He has become the son-in-law of the lord, but he has another wife in Zhending's hometown, and lied to the lord. Xiaomin is grateful to the lord." Ender, dare not say it."

"Inspector Mei, wife, what?" Old Mr. Wu's eyeballs were about to drop to the ground.

But the second child Wu laughed out loud, looking overjoyed.

"What are you laughing at?" Old Mr. Wu drank a few times before calming his son down.

Su Mu also opened his mouth wide: not righteous, this sect is really too dishonest!

Mr. Wu looked at Su Mu suspiciously: "What's going on?"

Su Mu pointed to the north, and then pointed to the square scarf on his head: "I'll talk about it after I finish reading the newspaper."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head again, and his eyes fell on the mansion newspaper.

Mr. Wu suddenly understood in his heart that he knew who his son-in-law-to-be was. He was able to get a Yangzhou promotion official from the Ministry of Officials for him, and he might have more means than some big shots in the capital.Thinking of his special relationship with the Jinyiwei Hu family, he felt that this matter had something to do with the imperial court.

"Okay, let's talk about it later, it doesn't matter." Mr. Wu nodded calmly.

This time, Zong Zhen was even more shocked.

Ordinary old father-in-laws would have been furious when they heard that their son-in-law had another wife in the countryside. How could Mr. Wu be so polite to Mei Fugui, as if he was a little afraid of him? Understood.

Old Mr. Wu: "Zong Zhen, you brothers and sisters, get up and sit down and talk!"

"Yes." Zong Zhen gave the girl a hand, and sat down on the chair in a mess.

Seeing Xiaomei Zong's appearance, Mr. Wu's eyes widened, and he took a breath, apparently overwhelmed by her earth-shattering ugliness.

Seeing the expression of the future old man, knowing that he thought she was ugly, Zong Xiaomei's eyes turned red, but she restrained herself.

Zong Zhen was also ashamed.

As for Wu's second son, he also felt ashamed to face his father.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Mr. Wu patted the young couple and called out: "Okay!"

"What's wrong?" Wu Er Er muttered angrily.

Old Mr. Wu stood up happily: "Second brother, you really surprised my father! I didn't expect that a prodigal son like you would know the truth of marrying a wife and marrying virtue. Knowing that an ugly wife is the greatest blessing for a man This principle."

As he was talking, the old gentleman extended it by citing scriptures, saying that if there is an ugly wife in the family, he will naturally not compete with other concubines, so that the house can be safe.Only by cultivating Qi Zhiping and self-cultivation can the family be harmonized, but after the family is harmonized, it will also affect people's mind and nature in turn.

Hearing the eloquent and grand speeches, the brothers and sisters of the Zong family feel as if they are in a fog, and they are both respectful and awed.

Although he couldn't understand it, it was obvious that Master Wu was very satisfied with this marriage.

A trace of unconcealable joy flashed in the eyes of the two brothers and sisters at the same time.

After finishing speaking, Mr. Wu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "When I come back to Yangzhou, the second child, I will ask your sister to come with you to make an appointment, and we will get married during the Spring Festival."

Just as he was talking happily, Su Mu suddenly raised his head and asked Wu Tuiguan: "Old Mr. Wu, how many soldiers do you have on hand now, can you use them?"

This sudden sentence made everyone quiet down.

Wu Tuiguan: "there are two hundred soldiers, they are the elite of the local townspeople."

"200 people, not bad, do you have armor?" Su Mu asked again.In ancient times, because cold weapons were used, the quality of the armor was directly related to the combat effectiveness of the troops. Armored soldiers could easily bring down a group of unarmored miscellaneous soldiers.

"Escorting cash to the capital this time is of great importance, and everyone is wearing armor."

"Very good." Su Mu threw the mansion newspaper on the table with a snap, and suddenly smiled: "Understood, I understand, this time I can be out of the sea of ​​suffering in Cangzhou. Misfortunes and blessings rely on the ancients' sincerity." Don't lie to me! Old Mr. Wu, borrow troops and discuss important matters."

Wu Tuiguan was shocked when he heard this.As soon as they met, Su Mu asked himself to ask for soldiers, if word spread, it would immediately be a major event that would shake the world.

The Ming court attached great importance to military power, and any transfer of troops must be ordered by the Ministry of War.Otherwise, if more than a hundred people go out of the defense area for hundreds of miles without orders, it will be regarded as a rebellion and should be wiped out on the spot.

With Su Mu's stability, he probably wouldn't do anything illegal.Thinking about coming to Cangzhou City, something must have happened.

He gave Zong Zhen a majestic look: "Go down first, I have something important to discuss with Su Mu."