Beautiful step by step

Chapter 55

"I have a way. Let Zhou's son replace Ah Yun. Anyway, they are within a few months of each other."

In the afternoon of Yanjia Village, after the patriarch admitted this, indicating that Yan Baihu had indeed reported Yan Yun's name, and planned to report to the Jiuquan government office before the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, Yan Heng and Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Before they came, they had already prepared for the worst, and even planned to trouble the layman Yishan in the capital to operate it.Unexpectedly, happiness came so suddenly, and the quota is still in the hands of the patriarch.

In the past, the patriarch could let Yan Heng take the place of his own family, but now it's just a swap, and the other party who makes up is even Yan Baihu's son, it couldn't be easier.

"This……"

Patriarch Yan's eyes flicked across Yan Heng's face, and finally fell on Wei Wei's face.

From the moment he entered the door until now, Yan Heng's bride has been something he can't see through.Although she looked dignified and beautiful from the outside, with a virtuous and virtuous lady-like appearance, he couldn't help saying that Yan Heng was very lucky.

But he didn't ignore it. When Yan Baihu's attitude towards the bride was mentioned just now, she was calm from beginning to end, even with a trace of contempt in her calm.Ordinary virtuous and virtuous people, not to mention apprehension and worry, should not have such a reaction.

Unless, the backing behind her is huge.

Patriarch Yan decided to test things out first: "You must have been on your way early in the morning, so you must not have had much rest. This is not urgent, let's go in and have some tea."

Yan Heng and Wei Wei walked into the main room, the decoration in the main room of the patriarch's house was almost the same as that of Yan Baihu's house next door.The tables, chairs, and benches are similar in style, but the furniture in the patriarch's house has probably been used for a long time, the paint on it is a little faded, and the corners are a little rounded.

The patriarch's wife served hot tea and sat in the seat closest to Wei Wei.

"Brother Heng is really lucky. This is the first time someone in Jiuquan County has married a wife from the capital."

Wei Wei smiled shyly: "Aheng is very nice."

"Well, brother Heng is really a good boy, that's..."

The patriarch's wife hesitated to speak, and then changed the topic: "I don't know what is going on at Brother Heng's daughter-in-law's house, who else is there?"

This question is too obvious, but from the proprietress I met at the shop in Liangzhou City on the first day, to the pillars and pillars at the roasted whole lamb banquet, the people in the Northwest seem to have always been so straight-tempered, with one intestine to the end.

Anyway, sooner or later the family background has to be said, Wei Wei embraced the family door like a friend: "My mother is the only one left in my family, who runs a rice shop."

Orphaned and widowed, a business owner with a separate family property, and brother Heng can be regarded as a good match, this is the first impression of the patriarch's wife.

However, Patriarch Yan, who had been paying attention to the movement here, was obviously much more complicated.Can orphans and widows keep their family property?Can orphans and widows raise such a juicy girl?Brother Heng's daughter-in-law definitely didn't tell the truth, at least she didn't tell the whole story.

In his heart, he compared Yan Baihu next door with Brother Heng and his wife, weighed it over and over again, and the patriarch decided to take a gamble.

"The Northwest Army didn't say they wanted Brother Yun, so it stands to reason that anyone can go. It's just Thirteen Lang..."

What Yan Heng was waiting for was the patriarch's words, otherwise he could have revealed his status as a pacifier from the beginning, and forcefully ordered the patriarch to change the list.But that way, he wouldn't be able to find out the patriarch's ability.

Now that Zhou Qianhu has been arrested, the decline of the Zhou family is inevitable.When the Zhou family falls, the other forces in Jiuquan that have been suppressed by him all the year round will definitely rise up, and fish and dragons will become a mess.

He brought down the Zhou family, not because he wanted to make wedding dresses for these people, he needed his own power to support him.Otherwise, a single position as a town governor would be easily taken over by the Wu family if he went to Liangzhou.And although the Yan family can't be said to be very good, they can't be considered too bad either.If you have interests as a guide, you don't have to worry about them having two hearts.

The key is that the Yan family must have someone who can support them.

Although patriarch Yan is a bit older, it is more appropriate to do this, and it will be no problem to last ten or eight years.

"Don't worry, patriarch, he won't have a chance to object." Yan Heng's voice was distant.

Patriarch Yan's heart tightened: "The day before yesterday, when I heard that you were coming back, Thirteen Lang and his wife went to the city. They planned to stay there until around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they will come back after the list is reported to the Liangzhou government office. Now Brother Heng is back. , but there is no sign of them, could it be that something happened to them?"

It turned out that this was the reason why Yan Baihu and the Zhou family entered the city. They wanted to involve their energy and had no time to take care of this matter.After they came back to their senses and discovered the truth, they were already powerless.

When Patriarch Yan said this, he already had the intention of making friends.Yan Heng accepted what he sold, and followed him:

"Well, unfortunately something happened, and I don't know if they can come back."

Patriarch Yan was misled by his specious words: "Abducted by the Wala people?"

Yan Heng sighed heavily, Wei Wei also lowered his head, and wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, but actually wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.She was still worried about how to explain the sudden disappearance of Yan Baihu and the Zhou family to Yanjiacun, and Ah Heng easily wiped it away with these two words.

The patriarch was shocked, and the patriarch's wife gasped: "My God, I said that day that it was too late and it would be unsafe to go on the road. I didn't expect them to be captured by the Wala people. Now their lives may be over. "

Wei Wei asked suspiciously, "For a lifetime?"

The patriarch's wife had lingering fears: "Although we have a mutual market in Jiuquan and do business with the Oirats, those businessmen are more refined than the Oirat robbers and soldiers. Only spies can be released if they are taken captive by the Oirats. Previously Our Yanjia Village once took in a person, who knew that it almost caused a catastrophe, and other villages have experienced this kind of thing. Later, the government directly issued a notice, but anyone who was arrested and released by the Wala people will be treated as a spy and strictly controlled. Keep him under surveillance, and send him to prison if necessary.”

Is that the case?
Ah Heng is really good at finding reasons, Wei Wei is still worried, is this really the way to shut Yan Baihu and the Zhou family for the rest of their lives?She doesn't lack a little leftovers from each servant, but their existence reveals some unbearable past.Even if I feel happy seeing them having a bad life, I feel a little bit cautious occasionally.

Now all the problems are easily solved, and when Ah Heng gets rid of the bad breath in his heart.Letting them out, without the big backer of the Zhou family, the two of them would never have a chance to recover.

Apparently Yan Heng also wanted to go with her, and his expression relaxed obviously.

"When I mention the people of Wala, I feel uncomfortable. Zhou Qianhu was there, and he could come forward to negotiate, and maybe he could redeem the two of them. However, he intends to rebel and has been imprisoned in Jiuquan Prison. Will the entire Zhou family You will be punished and retaliated."

The patriarch was shocked: "The Zhou family intends to rebel?"

Yan Heng said regretfully: "It's not that, in broad daylight, he assassinated the imperial court official appointed by the emperor's imperial decree. Fortunately, the loyal people in the Northwest Army are in the majority, otherwise the whole Jiuquan may be in chaos."

Although he was full of sighs in his tone, the patriarch couldn't hide his joy.

All these years, he has been scruples about Thirteenth Lang, and has been pretending to be his grandson, not because of the tyranny of the Zhou family.Now this alone is enough to make the Zhou family die without a place to bury them.Jiuquan Yiba will not even think about raising his head again in the future, and the Yan family can take advantage of the chaos to gain some benefits from it.

The patriarch's wife, husband and wife, said: "This is really good news, Brother Heng drinks tea. This tea was brought from the capital, and the patriarch would not be willing to take it out when ordinary people come. Brother Heng's daughter-in-law will also try it, and drink it with you in the capital Is it the same taste?"

Wei Wei picked up the teacup, she doesn't know how to drink tea.However, the tea from the patriarch's house is indeed better than the boiled water that the wife of Yan Baihu's family next door is reluctant to boil.

"It's delicious, thank you Madam Patriarch."

"The name of the patriarch's wife is common. Everyone in a village is related to the Yan family. You and Ah Heng follow the village's name, calling us Second Grandpa and Second Grandma."

Wei Wei had heard from Yan Heng that the eldest son of the patriarch died young, and although he was the second in line, he was the veritable eldest son.Although Yan Heng didn't tell her clearly, she understood some things without saying anything.Although patriarch Yan is not a good person, he is a scheming person.In the future, it is inevitable that they will work hand in hand with him and develop Jiuquan into their own base.With some relatives, the cooperation will be smoother in the future.

Just as he was about to change his words, the door was knocked open with a "bang", and the little meatball appeared at the door riding on Ah Ci's neck.Ah Ci's face was already filled with tears, and the hatred on the little meatball almost turned into substance.

Pointing at Yan Heng, he said arrogantly: "You are talking nonsense, father and mother were not taken captive by the Wala people, they must have been killed by you. Mother said that if something happened to them one day, it must be you who killed them. "

Ah Ci had obviously heard this saying before, with tears in her eyes, she looked at Wei Wei: "Sister-in-law, is it true that elder brother harmed parents?"

The Zhou family is quite self-aware. Although Wei Wei was surprised that she would say this to a child, she knew better that even if everyone knew it, she couldn't admit it.

"How could we kill people?"

They didn't kill people, they just made life worse than death.

Because he told the truth, Wei Wei's face was extraordinarily calm.Even an old fritter like Patriarch Yan didn't notice anything wrong.

"It's you, you return my parents and my uncle."

Little Rouqiu's legs were still aching, he was afraid of Yan Heng, and he took advantage of Ah Ci to get close to Wei Kui, so he stretched out his hand to grab Wei Kui's head.

Before he could catch him, Yan Heng threw him to the ground by his collar.After the meat ball rolled on the ground, it rolled to the patriarch's feet.He knows the patriarch. Although others are afraid of the patriarch, he is not.Every time he came to play, the patriarch was very polite to him.Even if he snatched the most favored toy from Brother Cong, the patriarch would give it to him with both hands.

"Patriarch, he is a bad guy, catch him."

Little Rouqiu is used to giving orders, but at his age, he is far from able to understand that others treat him purely because of his parents.Now that his backing has collapsed, if he is as obedient and obedient as Ah Yun, maybe he will be pitied and taken care of for a while.But being domineering will only make him die faster.

The patriarch moved his feet to let him catch the empty space, and then said to Yan Heng: "This child is indeed stronger than Brother Yun, and it is more suitable to send him to be a child. Yan Baihu is loyal to the country, and he must be able to do so if he is here." willing."

Everyone in the room was in favor, except Ah Ci.

This is the younger brother of her mother. Although Ah Yun is more obedient and obedient, her parents have been advising her for the past few years, and no one is more important than her younger brother.

A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth, not to mention that Ah Ci is such an uninitiated child who is easily brainwashed.

"Abao is still so young, how can he be a child."

Wei Wei finally knew the name of the little meat ball, A Bao.It's not a cute baby's "treasure". Looking at his body shape and his young age, he looks more like a gold ingot.

"Sister-in-law, please beg your elder brother for mercy."

Wei Wei dodged her grasping hand in disgust: "Ah Ci, you really let me down. Ah Bao is very small, so is Ah Yun big? Ah Bao is your own younger brother, so you help him. But you can't Double standards, Ah Yun is also the younger brother of Ah Heng's mother's compatriots, and I am also closer to Ah Yun, you can't expect us to abandon Ah Yun and help Ah Bao instead."

Ah Ci's eyes dimmed, she knew that her sister-in-law was right, but she still couldn't hide her anger.

Taking off the bracelet on her wrist, she threw it at Wei Wei: "A Bao is right, you are not good people. I don't want your junk, you go."

Wei Wei took the bracelet and looked at Ah Ci, who was thin and pale and was still being ridden on his neck by Ah Bao, but now she was protecting her younger brother without hesitation.It can be said that this is blood relationship, but through blood relationship, she sees more of a girl who doesn't know good or bad.

There was Lixia in the front, and Ah Ci in the back. She finally understood what Madam Liu meant when she said, "A girl's upbringing is the most important thing".Although it is said that a girl's family should be pampered, it is more important for her to understand the principles of life than rich clothes and good food.Otherwise, in the environment of Da Yue, the girl will basically be trapped in her husband's house for the rest of her life after she gets married, and people will say that she returns to her mother's house too many times.If she can't make her understand enough before she gets married, then she will have to suffer in the future.

Putting away the bracelet, Wei Wei put it in his purse.Money is a good thing, others discard it like a shoe, but she likes it very much.

As for the rest of the matter, she didn't need to take action. Patriarch Yan had already called his mother-in-law to "invite" the emotional brother and sister to another room to calm down first.

The patriarch's wife said with a smile: "Brother Heng's daughter-in-law don't mind, such a big child is not sensible."

Wei Wei said indifferently: "It's just two children, I won't care about them like them."

After a pause, her face was full of embarrassment: "It stands to reason that an elder brother is like a father, and when Yan Baihu had an accident, Ah Heng should take care of their siblings. But look at the patriarch's wife, now they treat us as enemies, this..."

Not only the patriarch's wife, but also the patriarch was in trouble.Everyone's family is not rich these days.It is one thing to take care of the children of Yan Baihu and the Zhou family when they go out for a few days, but another thing to take care of them for a long time.

Not biological, but also that kind of temperament, who is willing to work hard.

"And Ah Heng will go to Liangzhou to be an official soon."

"Liangzhou?"

Wei Wei gave Yan Heng a wink, telling him that this is almost the same, and if you take Joe down, it is inevitable that the patriarch will have other ideas.

Yan Heng motioned her to be calm, and then slowly said: "This time I came to Beijing, I have been entrusted with the grace of the sage, and I have been appointed as the governor of the fifth-rank Liangzhou Wei by the imperial decree. Ayun also has to be taken care of by his mother-in-law, and he is a Confucian Studying under my door. In the past few days, I will go back to Jiuquan to take Ah Mao to pay homage to my mother, and soon I will leave for Liangzhou to take up my post."

After going to the capital, Ah Heng has achieved a great fortune!

After the unbelievable first hearing, Patriarch Yan fell into ecstasy.He was right, he was able to send Ahyun to worship the Great Confucianism as his teacher, the daughter-in-law that Brother Heng married was by no means an ordinary person.Not only that, the bigger surprise was that Brother Heng himself became a high-ranking official.

He was just thinking about how to do his best to make the Yan family go further after the collapse of the Zhou family.Now when you doze off, someone will give you a pillow. Brother Heng is the governor, bigger than the biggest official in Jiuquan County.With him here in the future, why should the Yan family be unhappy?

"That's what Brother Heng said just now, you were the one who assassinated Zhou Baihu?"

Seeing that Yan Heng didn't deny anyone, the patriarch suddenly understood many things.I'm afraid that as A Bao said, Brother Heng cannot escape the responsibility for Yan Baihu's accident this time.But what does that matter, he has always been able to distinguish priorities.

The patriarch had a sense of honor, and he was filled with righteous indignation: "The Zhou family is deceiving my Yan family! Don't worry, Brother Heng, these trivial matters that you disdain in your capacity will all be taken care of by my Yan family in the future. If Abao wants to join the army, the family will take care of him." There is only one Ah Ci left, and the clan will definitely take care of it for you."

(End of this chapter)