Li Zi is a very attentive person and thoughtful. He carefully recalled his experience in the past few years and told everything he knew. But his friendship with the Huang family's steward is only mediocre, and what he can say is limited, I only know that that person is one of Huang Jincheng's former little stewards in charge of foreign affairs, and he drank with him in his early years, and I have roughly heard him talk about his relationship with Wu Shaoying, and I have heard that he was given by Wu Shaoying to his niece Qin Hanzhen, so although he is a servant of the Qin family, he also knows a lot about the situation of the Wu family.

Qin Ping was silent after hearing this. How strange this looks like. Huang Jincheng has been friends with Wu Shaoying for several years, and he must have heard about his situation a long time ago, so it is impossible to send someone to inquire about it now. Besides, most of the contents of the steward's inquiries are things that many outsiders know, even if they ask Wu Shaoying in person, they can get more than eighty percent of the answers, why did Huang Jincheng send people to contact the Qin family in private so sneakily?

He looked at his daughter Qin Hanzhen and said, "This doesn't seem like what Huang Jincheng will do." Maybe...... He didn't instruct it?"

Qin Hanzhen also felt that it was not like it. Didn't it mean that the wife in charge had served in front of the old lady and was now working beside Mrs. Huang? Maybe the ladies in the inner courtyard were inquiring? But why did they inquire about Wu Shaoying's situation?

Qin Hanzhen thought for a while and said, "If the Huang family intends to inquire about Cousin Wu's affairs, there must be no need to wait until Li Zi returns to Beijing before trying to get in touch." We can go and ask the subordinates brought by Cousin Wu, maybe they know something too?"

Qin Ping nodded. Li Zi hurriedly volunteered: "This matter is easy to do, just leave it to the little one." The little one has been in the Wu family for two years, and everyone is familiar, so he doesn't need to alarm Wu Ye, he can find someone to ask clearly. ”

Qin Hanzhen smiled: "You are clever, and now you are still on vacation, so you are busy taking errands for yourself." ”

Li Zi said with a smile: "Of course, the days off are idle, but sometimes they are too idle, and the family doesn't know what to do every day." After being busy in Lingnan for so long, I suddenly became idle, and the little ones were a little unaccustomed to it, and they didn't even know how to live their lives. ”

Qin Ping smiled: "You are good at it, and you are also clever, it is a pity to continue to be a slave." I remember mentioning that the three girls mentioned in the past that you were originally from a good family, and your ancestors were also officials, so it was a pity that it was abandoned. If you want, you can come to my side as a guard, and when you have the opportunity, you will make up for the military status, and you will have a day to get ahead in the future, so as not to insult your ancestors, how about it?"

Li Zi was stunned, then hesitated and lowered his head: "The kindness of the adults, the gratitude of the small ones in my heart." It's just that the little one has already sworn that he will do things for the girl for the rest of his life, how can he break his promise halfway? ”

Qin Ping was very surprised, and took a few serious glances at Li Zi. The road he introduced may take a few years of hard work, but for those who are slaves, it is definitely a broad road. Li Zi didn't understand what he meant, how could he refuse so easily?!

It was Qin Hanzhen, who knew what Li Zi was worried about, so he smiled and said to Qin Ping: "Father, don't worry, this matter is very easy to do." When I get married, let him make me a companion and go to the palace of Suning County together. When he enters the palace, it will be easy to make up for the military registration in the future, or whether it is good or good. In Suning, are you still afraid that you won't be able to find a good errand for him? People who come out of the palace will probably not be investigated by others. He just stands in front of people generously, who dares to look down on him?"

When Qin Ping heard this, he guessed that Li Zixing might be worried about his background, so Qin Hanzhen's method was not bad, that is, Li Zi's future development prospects might only be limited to the jurisdiction of the Suning County Palace. But so what? Plum himself can do it as he pleases. He laughed it off, and just joked about his daughter: "You are a girl's family, how can you talk about getting married and accompanying the room? It's just in front of your own family, if you let outsiders hear it, aren't you afraid of other people's jokes?"

Qin Hanzhen laughed and said: "You can't live a life just by being shy, you still have to do something." ”

Qin Ping thought about it, smiled, and said no more.

Li Zizi went to inquire about the news, and the efficiency was very high, and he reported it the next day, and someone did find Wu Shaoying's servants and entourage to inquire about him. However, Wu Shaoying's family looks relaxed, in fact, it is also very orderly, the servants are guarded, and they will not talk about the affairs of the family when they are idle, at most, they will mention those things that everyone knows, but it also depends on the person.

Wu Shaoying and Huang Jincheng have been friends for several years, and they have a good relationship, and his subordinates also have good friends with the servants of the Huang family. Originally, they had been safe and sound, and the people of the Huang family would not suddenly come to inquire about the Wu family. However, after they lived in the Yongjiahou Mansion, they did meet the old acquaintances of the Huang family in the past, and the other party would always be accompanied by one or two servants of the Huang family, some claimed to be on an errand with Huang Jincheng's parents, and some people made a room for Huang Jincheng's sister-in-law and married to the Min family. These subordinates are all born of the family, and they are in contact with each other, and those who are familiar with the Wu family bring relatives and friends to chat and eat with them, and they naturally want to treat each other with a smile.

The other party did inquire about some things about the Wu family, but they didn't reveal much, probably mentioning where the Wu family's ancestors were, what the identity of Wu Shaoying's parents and ancestors, and some acres of land and property in the family, and Wu Shaoying had never married a wife, nor had he made a marriage contract, and his aunt who adopted him in his early years Mrs. Guan mentioned that she wanted to look at him for him, but it didn't work out later. As for the relationship between Wu Shaoying and the Guan family, and who they met back then, and why they didn't work out - the servants of the Wu family never revealed a word, and all the news was vague.

There is no need to inquire about this kind of thing in detail, you only need to find someone from Wubao or Mizhi County, and you can inquire about it. When the Huang family heard this news, it was estimated that it would be of little use, and they also found that the Wu family's subordinates were tight-lipped. Maybe they were worried that it would arouse the vigilance of the Wu family, they didn't dare to ask more, but they just maintained a friendship with the Wu family, and after ten days and a half months, they always had to see each other, send some small things, and also receive some small gifts, and occasionally drink tea and wine together, but they took turns to be the east, and it was an attitude of equal friendship, so the Wu family and the Huang family have gotten along well since then.

One of the guards, who had taught Li Zi a few tricks in the past, quietly told him: "The Huang family came to inquire about it, in fact, we also found that something was wrong, and we reported it to the master in private." The old man said that he knew, so let's pretend that we didn't notice anything, and get along with the people of the Huang family as usual, as if we knew it in our hearts. ”

Li Zi raised his eyebrows, and reported the matter to Qin Hanzhen and Qin Ping, and said with a smile: "The uncles of the Wu family who were looking for something before were different from those who were looking for a young person, it seems that they were all sent by the female dependents, and the inquiry was about Wu Ye's marriage, could it be that he planned to be a matchmaker for Wu Ye?"

Qin Hanzhen's face was strange. Since it's a matchmaker, it's not a bad thing, so why make it so mysterious?

Qin Ping rewarded the plum, let him go down, and then turned back to his daughter and said, "Don't tell your cousin about this matter yet, I'll just go talk to him." ”

Qin Hanzhen blinked and asked him, "What does my father plan to talk to Uncle Wu?" If the Huang family intends to be a matchmaker, it is also a good thing. It just so happened that Cousin Wu was now relieved and willing to marry a wife. ”

Qin Ping said with a smile: "As a junior, and a girl who has not yet left the cabinet, how can you meddle in the marriage of your elders? Your father's brother and brother-in-law are the same as his brother. The eldest brother is the father, so I naturally have to worry more about him. ”

Qin Hanzhen wanted to say anything more, Qin Ping had already begun to wave his hand: "Go quickly, it's about to be the day of the banquet, your menu has been prepared? The ingredients have been procured? How are the drinks arranged? Have the girls and mother-in-law at home been trained? There are so many things to be busy, what are you doing worrying about the personal affairs of the elders?"

Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips, thinking that he had almost done everything, and when the day came, what would his father know?

But well...... Qin Hanzhen remembered the brain hole he had had, smiled slyly, and agreed obediently, and went back to the inner courtyard.

It was only when Qin Ping walked away that she returned to the second gate, asked Li Zi to come over, and whispered to him: "If the steward of the Huang family comes to you again to inquire about the news, you can find a way to reveal it to him without a trace, just say that Madame has successfully persuaded my father and cousin to say goodbye to them, just in these two or three months!"

Li Zi was stunned: "Girl, what do you mean......"

Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips and smiled without saying a word. If the Huang family is really interested in Wu Shaoying's marriage, whether it is to be a matchmaker or to recruit him as a son-in-law, when they hear this news, they must always take action, and it is impossible to always listen to the news in secret. Anyway, now that Wu Shaoying has relented, the initiative is in the hands of the Huang family, and it depends on what they plan to do.

has been waiting for Wu Shaoying to take the initiative himself, so when will he go?!

Wu Shaoying didn't know that his niece's daughter had just dug a pit for herself, and he had just welcomed his senior brother and cousin-in-law Qin Ping, and he was having a headache.

Qin Ping said to him straight to the point: "Li Zibao came up and said that someone in the Huang family asked him to inquire about you, and the inquiry was very detailed, all of which were the situation in your family, as well as the news of marriage. You made a good deal with Huang Jin, what do you think their family means? Isn't it planning to marry you?"

Wu Shaoying was dumbfounded, and stayed for a while before saying: "It's just that the subordinates love to chew their tongues, what does the brother-in-law do with them? Finally, they did not lose their proportions, violated the etiquette, and let them go. It's really done, I'll mention it privately to Lord Huang, so that he can be disciplined. ”

Qin Ping raised his eyebrows: "Do you think so? You and Huang Jincheng must be more familiar than me." In the past few years, because of my mother's instructions, you have been in contact with people in his family. You are also a talent, although you are older, but you are superior in appearance, character, knowledge and ability. If there is a female relative in his family who takes a fancy to you, it is also human nature. You and I have always been like brothers, so why do you want to see me outside and pretend to be nothing in front of me? You have already promised to marry a wife, if the Huang family has a good daughter, and can marry you, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"