After the banquet came up, Yang Xianmao frequently persuaded him to drink, this * amount of wine was good, the wine was dry, a few glasses of wine were down, the conversation was very strong, and he couldn't help boasting about his family and his relationship with the Qian family.

It turned out that this * was the distant grandson of Mrs. Qian, his father was a rich man, and he earned some money to glorify his ancestors, so he donated a fame to him. is still vacant in the Ministry of Officials, waiting for somewhere there is an official vacancy to become an official. It's just that this donated official is not as good as the official of the imperial examination, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to raise military salaries, he took out some unimportant official positions and sold them.

It is also this fame that makes this * quite complacent. It is precisely because of this confidence that he came to ask for marriage. In fact, their Yang family, whether in terms of financial resources or power, is far inferior to the previous family. If it weren't for his fame, his father really wouldn't have the confidence to let his son come and ask for marriage. His father thought that if his son became famous, if he married the daughter of the rich family as his wife, and the two families married, they were close to each other, and they were powerful and powerful, then they would be able to be beautiful. Presumably, the Qian family will not refuse his son, who has a reputation and may become an official at any time, and with this confidence, this is why his son came all the way to ask for relatives with gift money.

* When he was very young, he saw the old lady who returned to his parents' house to save his relatives, but he hadn't seen him for many years, so his father personally repaired a book, so that the old lady would not doubt his identity.

Through the wine, Yang Xianmao quickly asked about the family background and even relatives and friends, and he knew it in his heart.

At this moment, * stopped the cup and stopped drinking, just squinted at Yang Xianmao with a pair of drunken eyes and said: "Brother Tai, what do you want to do when you ask my family over and over again? I'll tell you, that's in vain. What I want to get, I've always been unscrupulous since I was a child, you know?"

Yang Xianmao smiled and said, "Brother Dongliang is suspicious, I'm just drinking and chatting casually." ”

* said with a gloomy face: "Well, the gossip is almost all the rage, you tell me the truth, is your lady willing to sell it to me, how much does it cost? If you are willing, you immediately write down the deed of sale, we will pay off the money and goods on the spot, and I will go to your house to pick up someone." I will call her my maid, and when I go back, I will mention her as a concubine. I'm almost done drinking, it's time to get down to business, let's get down to business. ”

Yang Xianmao smiled faintly and said, "Since this is the case, then I will tell you the truth, I am not poor enough to sell my wife." Besides, even if I can't open the pot one day, I won't betray my wife. Therefore, don't fight this idea, Brother Dongliang, I just chatted with you, just to see how Brother Dongliang's family is, if it's really worth befriending, I can make you a friend, and if you have other ideas, you can dispel them as soon as possible. ”

* Stared at Yang Xianmao for a long time, suddenly laughed, ripped off the collar and said: "Grandma, it's really hot in this house, it's windy outside, it just can't blow in, or else, you don't want to refuse for the time being, let's go to the river for a walk, blow the river breeze, calm down, and then find a place, sit down and talk about it, what do you think?"

The corner of Yang Xianmao's mouth showed an imperceptible sneer and said: "I also have this intention, it's good for this wine to blow the wind, let's go." ”

* Turning his head to look at the old man who was sitting there in the corner of the house, he glanced at him and said, "Have you finished eating?" ”

The old man hurriedly agreed, stood up and followed the two downstairs with a pick. The brocade-robed young man took out a piece of silver and threw it on the stage and said, "No need to look for it." "To take a step is to go out.

The guy hurriedly came up to stop him and said, "Young master, you, you don't have enough money." ”

* Taken aback, he looked at him a little embarrassed and said, "Not enough? ”

"But you have eaten twelve taels and five dollars for this meal, and the pot of wine alone is five taels of silver, which is a fine flower carving, which is shipped from Jiangnan, and the freight is not low. In addition, this sauce elbow, steamed pheasant, green snake soup, thousand-year-old turtle meat, each dish is at least one or two silver, which is still a discount for you. ”

The brocade-robed young man glared and said, "You bully us foreigners, right? This table of wine banquet actually costs nearly thirteen taels of silver, why don't you go and rob it? In Yuzhou, three taels of silver for such a table of dishes is enough." ”

After all, the guy was from a high-end restaurant, but he was not angry, but he just smiled and said: "Two young masters, this is really not a random price, our store has been operating in Suizhou for many years, and the price has always been clearly marked, and the price cards are hung on this wall." ”

After that, he turned around and pointed to the signs hanging on the wall, and when he came in, he only cared about talking to Yang Xianmao, but he also saw the price cards hanging up, but he didn't look at them carefully. Now that he knew that the prices here were so expensive, he pointed to the fellow and said, "Go and call your shopkeeper, I don't believe that you can still bully the strangers." ”

The guy hurriedly smiled and said, "Then wait a minute, I'll call the shopkeeper." ”

Yang Xianmao waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll pick it up." ”

After that, Yang Xianmao took out a small gold leaf from his arms, threw it on the table casually and said, "Is it enough?"

When the guy saw it, he couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Enough, enough, far more than enough." ”

Seeing Yang Xianmao touch out the gold leaf, his eyes couldn't help but start to shine, and he glanced back at the old man carrying the burden, and the old man nodded slowly. Yang Xianmao didn't see them ghostly, and walked out of the house. After getting off the street, the three of them walked along the riverside path to the riverside in Suizhou.

Since it is the rainy season in the Suizhou River, the river is turbulent and turbidity is rolling. However, because the riverbed is relatively wide, there is still a distance from the restaurant by the river to the river, and by the time the three of them walked to the river, they could no longer hear the noise of the street restaurant. You can just see the sparkling lights winding along the river.

Yang Xianmao walked to the river, stretched his waist and said: "It's really comfortable, after drinking wine, blowing the river breeze, it's really refreshing." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Xianmao turned around, and suddenly a cold light flashed in front of him, and a shiny dagger was pressed against his chest. But it was the old man who was carrying the burden who was staring at him fiercely. Yang Xianmao suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said: "What's the matter? Brother Dongliang, you, don't make this kind of joke." ”

* smiled coldly, walked over and said, "I'm sorry, I said just now, I will do whatever I like to get my hands on it, and now I have a fancy for the gold leaves in your arms, and I take them all out." ”

Yang Xianmao looked very scared, and quickly reached into his arms and took out the money bag, and handed it to *. With the clear light of the bright moon in the sky and the lights in the distance, I could see the gold leaves in the money bag in my hand more clearly, flashing with an alluring light.

* Even his breathing stopped, this bag of gold leaves was worth a lot of money, and he said happily to the old man: "Look, so much gold, now I have sent it." I don't have to worry about having no money to go to work, hehehe, my old immortal father can also be blinded. With this gold, I will definitely be able to donate a better official, and there should be an official immediately, and if I become an official, I will have a fortune, hahaha. ”

Yang Xianmao said: "Your father is dead?"

"Of course it is, just this year, I was. I sold my family's land because I had a lot of gambling debts. However, my father did a good deed before he died, wrote me this letter, and asked me to come to Qian's house to ask for marriage. In fact, I was asked to come to the Qian family to be a son-in-law, and it was clearly written in the letter, my father was afraid that those who asked for debts would beat me to death and cut off the roots of the Yang family. I'm afraid that I will have an official vacancy in the future, but I won't be entangled when I go to work, with all this money, what am I afraid of? Hahaha. ”

Yang Xianmao nodded and said: "It seems that it is not false at all that the husband is not guilty, if I hadn't been in a hurry to pay the bill for you just now, and show this gold leaf, it would not have attracted your greed." ”

* Yao shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, your beautiful lady is enough to make me salivate, and I moved my mind, this golden leaf just made me make up my mind." I have just proposed to come to the river, and I have come to do this, and now you shall write the deed of sale at once, and then sell me your lady for two hundred taels. Of course, I won't give you these two hundred taels of silver, and it's good that I can leave your life to you. ”

Yang Xianmao sneered and said: "I'm afraid that if I write a deed of sale, you will kill me and throw me into the river in order to kill people." ”

* I thought to myself, this guy is not stupid, he actually sees his own idea, but how can this tell you? If you would rather die than write, then I will not be at a loss.

So* hurriedly said seriously: "Don't worry, as long as you sell your lady to me, and don't need money, and dedicate these gold leaves to me, God has the virtue of a good life, I will not kill you." But you have to stay away from Suizhou, and you are not allowed to come back. In this way, lest I see that you are upset and move to kill, but you brought it upon yourself, and I always count my words. ”

After that, he personally opened the box and took out the four treasures of the study from it, this guy wanted to be an official, so he still read some books by heart, but he found that he could get an official with money, so he didn't read this book very well, but the four treasures of the study still carried it with him. When it was laid on a flat stone, I could barely read the writing clearly by the moonlight.

Because the old man used a dagger against Yang Xianmao, he could only study the ink for Yang Xianmao in person. * While grinding ink, he said: "Your lady is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, really, I was fascinated by her at the first sight when I saw her." I immediately vowed to get my hands on her. You wrote a deed of sale, and I will take it to your house and take your wife away. Don't worry, I'll treat her well. She eats and drinks spicy food next to me, maybe one day I can go to the capital to be an official, and she can follow me to the capital to the scenery, hahaha. - Mo Yan is ready, come and write the deed of selling your wife. ”

* When he turned around, he was startled, only to see a cold dagger pointing at him, and the other end of the dagger was in Yang Xianmao's hand, and his old Li Tou, who had some kung fu, was being pinched by Yang Xianmao with his left hand and rolled his eyes, like a dead dog, unable to move in mid-air.