Chapter 459: The Past of the Ming Dynasty and the Rich Family
Leisurely found the address left by Fengyan, this is an independent courtyard outside the outskirts of the imperial capital, larger than the courtyard built by the Wen family according to the former residence of Lan Xue, the style here is similar to the former residence of the palace that Leisurely bought, it looks like a magnificent appearance, from the building to the lotus pond seems to make Leisurely have a sense of déjà vu, but she doesn't care about enjoying the scenery now, more thinking about what Fengyan said yesterday, leisurely still holding the golden jade hairpin that Zhang Zixuan gave her yesterday, Fengyan will react so much after seeing this hairpin yesterday, so leisurely think that this hairpin must have some story in it, and it has something to do with Lan Xue.
"Fengyan I'm here, huh? Brother Zhang is also here, early. Youran deliberately showed his mentality to be relaxed, and greeted Fengyan as soon as he entered the door.
Youran just arrived at the gate, and before he knocked on the door, someone came out and greeted Youran as if he knew Youran, and took them directly into the inside, stopped in front of the flower hall and told Youran that the owner was inside, and then retreated, so as soon as Youran entered the door, he shouted at Fengyan.
Youran originally thought that he had arrived early, but he didn't expect there to be someone earlier. She also greeted Zhang Zixuan with kindness.
In the face of Zhang Zixuan, he was actually very conflicted in his heart. She wanted to find this person before, hoping to solve the mystery of her relationship with Lan Xue. And now that the person has found it, it is in front of her, and she is afraid of the truth of the matter of Zhi Lu Dao, she does not know what kind of truth she will face if she is really the reincarnation of Lan Xue, and whether these will be related to her rebirth, these are all things that Yu Ran is afraid of now. So I saw that Zhang Zixuan had already arrived early. For a moment, her mind flickered.
"Now that you're both here. I'm going to tell you what I know. But before that, I hope you can be mentally prepared, this is not a story, but the truth, although I don't know if the road is cruel to you, but I think it is necessary for you to know the truth. Although Feng Yan was talking about this to the two of them, in fact, he still mainly cared about leisurely, and this man, he really didn't want leisurely to see him again in this life.
Before entering the flower hall, you let Wang Xuan and Feng Yu stay on the farther side. Although you trust them very much. But today I may talk about the rebirth of Youran, this matter is very important, and Youran doesn't want others to know about it, if this matter spreads, it will be dangerous for them and herself.
leisurely understood the meaning of the rumors, but Zhang Zixuan was confused when he heard it.
After Feng Yan finished the previous sentence, he began to tell the story buried deep in his heart.
It was still the time of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty was prosperous and the economy was developed. Business is prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. It can be said that the life of the people at that time was no worse than that of the Tang Dynasty and Song Ancestors as propagated by later generations.
There is a family in the capital, surnamed Lan, the old man of the Lan family has a son and a daughter, the daughter has been in the boudoir since she was a child, and the son has been taken by his father to travel and go through business since he was very young.
The ancestors of the Lan family heard that they had also been a big official, and later it seemed that they were also killed by traitors and almost experienced the destruction of the family. Later, the Lan family did not allow the children of the future to re-enter the official career, and everyone understands this companion like a tiger, but not everyone can refuse the temptation of power to really reject it from the heart, and since ancient times, there has been the order of Shinong and industry.
Scholars are always in the first place, but that is in the eyes of ordinary people, and the descendants of the Lan family chose to be the opposite of the scholars at the very end of the business, which in ancient times made people spurn the copper smell, but they envied the road of Jinduo Luguang.
The people of the Lan family started from the business of the old man Lan from four or five generations, no matter whether it was not the Ming Dynasty at that time, it should be called the former dynasty. At the beginning of the previous dynasty, the Lan family began to accumulate their wealth little by little, and now when the old man of the Lan Mansion is here, although the money may not be the richest merchant in the Ming Dynasty, but the business of their house for a year is enough for ten years of tax income in a big city in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, so the Lan family has long been out of the small businessmen who are looked down upon.
On the contrary, this Lan family can be regarded as a wealthy businessman who is more powerful and popular in the capital. Most of the people who have been born since ancient times don't like to deal with businessmen, because they feel that businessmen are mercenary, they have always come for profit, and they have never paid attention to sincerity. At the critical moment, there may be a lot of precedents for you to be together, or to turn your face and not recognize people, so the reputation of this businessman has never been very good, even if it is for officials and businessmen, it is only for the sake of interests, or for money, or for others.
And this old man of the Lan family is different, although he is also a businessman, but his reputation has always been very good, he often helps those poor people, and really cares about their needs, not like some fake old men pretending to look good.
And the old man of the Lan family is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, if not to say that everyone must think that this is a talented and handsome talent, people in their forties look only less than twenty years old, which is completely inconsistent with the age and handsome appearance makes the old man of the Lan family have encountered a lot of calculations among laymen who think that the son of the powerful family is traveling.
These people are not calculating the money and property of the old man Lan, but the position of the wife and concubine of the old man Lan, and the three wives and four concubines of the ancient people are also common, such a son with both wealth and appearance, the young ladies who have not left the cabinet don't even bother to inquire and want to enter the door of the Lan family.
I don't even ask which family the son is, and it really makes people feel helpless and funny to come to the door to ask for marriage.
But seriously, just looking at the appearance of the old man Lan has already made many people tempted, plus he talks extraordinary, and the silk and satin on his body are all high-quality products, and people who know the goods can recognize that a robe on his body is worth ten taels of gold, such a handsome and noble son, even if he has a wife in the family, there are many people who want to be a concubine, it is not important to have a name, the important thing is to be favored, and give birth to a son to inherit the family business in the future, which is much better than being a named wife.
These women don't have brains, even if their father and brother follow the coaxing, they run to Old Man Lan to propose marriage to their daughter and sister-in-law, it's really nonsense.
Every time there is such a scene, Old Man Lan is helpless and angry, and Little Master Lan is watching the excitement from the sidelines, as if the object of kissing on the door does not seem to be his father, and what he wants to snatch is not his family property.
The first time Feng Yan met Lan Xiaogongzi and Old Man Lan was in such a situation. Feng Yan obviously heard the little boy calling the old man who didn't look very old 'Daddy' just before this messy person entered the door, and at that time, he also felt that the little boy's voice was really good, so he looked back and found that the man called Daddy looked really too young, as if he was only a few years older than himself, and he had such a big son?
Feng Yan was curious, and saw a group of people leading a few big girls who were fourteen or fifteen years old and had not yet left the cabinet to their table, and then to Feng Yan's surprise, the little boy with a good voice just now quickly withdrew to the table next to him.
This action made Feng Yan see his appearance clearly, he was really a beautiful little boy, about six points like the old man just now, but he was even more handsome and handsome than the young man, and a pair of eyes were born like they could hook people, which made people unable to take their eyes off it.
What makes Feng Yan even more amusing is that these people actually came to propose marriage to this old man, and from the conversation, it can be heard that they don't know if this old man Lan has a wife in his family, except for knowing that Lu Dao is a person from the capital, he doesn't know anything else, so he dares to come to propose marriage, aren't you afraid that this is a liar?
Oh, yes, these two don't look like liars, they don't look like they wear and the guards they wear behind them don't look like they came out of ordinary people's homes.
As soon as these girls entered the door, they stared at the old man of the family, and no one noticed that after this, a rumor that would be surrounded by the little daughter-in-law of the girl if there was no guard when he usually went out, and this situation was the first time he had encountered it.
Speaking of which, Fengyan's appearance is even the best among men, and it is precisely because of this that he has to bring a lot of people with him every time he comes out, so that he will not let those women get close, and don't underestimate the threat of women. Although the Ming Dynasty is not as open as the Tang Dynasty, it is definitely not as conservative as the Song Dynasty, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law usually walk on the street, and some unmarried people can also choose their own son-in-law and daughter to come to the door to propose, so in the case of not knowing the identity of the rumors, it is true that there are many women who chase him every time he goes out.
Today he walked into this inn and found that the situation seemed to be much better, and then he found that the eyes of those big girls and little daughters-in-law were all directed at this Lan master, which was indeed a good thing for Feng Yan, but at the same time, he also began to doubt that his charm was really inferior to this Lan master?
In fact, it's not the case, this Fengyan and Master Lan are different styles, the reason why everyone's eyes are running to Master Lan is because the guards around Fengyan look very powerful, everyone doesn't want to touch the nails, there is a gentle-talking, extraordinary, rich old man in front of him, who will go to talk to the big young man who is obviously unattainable.
This is the real reason, and the suspicion of the rumors is actually superfluous. (To be continued......)
PS: The second watch is coming, good night everyone