Chapter 288: Marriage (4) 4th Watch

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At the beginning of the day, Xiao'an Mansion on the streets of Tongzi Street in Huaizhou Mansion was overcrowded at the moment, and guests were coming and going.

The heads of the four rooms and more than a dozen side branches of the An family, as well as almost all the families and gentry families in Huaizhou, Qingzhou and Rongzhou, brought their relatives and prepared generous gifts to celebrate the great joy of An Sanshao.

Mr. An, Mr. An, Mr. Ji and others almost smiled stiffly and greeted the guests at the gate. Some guests with a slightly lower status and low official status gave gifts and showed their faces in front of Mr. Ji, and then left with interest.

Xiao'an Mansion is just a three-entry courtyard covering an area of more than 100 acres, and even the relatives in charge of the An family can occupy half of the yard. The remaining half must be the heads of the family with invitations who have been in the sixth rank or above or have operated in the southwest for dozens or hundreds of years, and are eligible to sit down. Or the dignitaries and dignitaries who received the invitation card of the Cen family and came to give gifts and their families were eligible to eat and drink at Anjia.

This time, An Sanshao married a wife, and those who came to congratulate him were not only the big names in the southwest, but also the in-laws and old relatives of the Cen family and the An family in Beijing, Hong'an Mansion, Zhanzhou and other places. In other places outside the southwest, most of the people who came to celebrate were the old relatives and friends of the Cen family.

Because the Cen family and the An family were far apart and the terrain was dangerous, they brought a carload of heavy gifts, and it was inconvenient to walk the mountain road to the past, so they all transported their things directly to Xiao'an Mansion in Huaizhou. Anyway, they are all wedding gifts for Cen Erniang, and they are sent directly to Xiao'an Mansion, so as not to transport them again to the Cen family, which is also more trouble-saving and time-saving.

Among them, the most valuable ones are the family members of the old Cen Moshan Mansion in the Jingcheng Pavilion, and the old ladies and ladies of the Cen family's main branch and Cen Erye's generation in the third room, the heads of the five rooms of the Lin family in Zhanzhou, and the high-ranking and powerful general Zhao Yue and his wife in the East China Sea.

There are other dignitaries and nobles who may not be well known to others. But Mr. An and Mr. Ji are very clear. Meihuawei, who has been in business for so many years, will never admit the face of the noble and official gentry. Although, most of them don't have a chance to see Zhengyan. I've only seen the portrait that the dark guard has sent back.

Today, An Sanshao got married, and he had old relatives and friends with the Cen family, and he occupied one-third of Xiao'an Mansion. The congratulatory gifts they brought were also very rare and valuable.

In particular, the generals in the East China Sea led by Zhao Yue sent truckloads of glittering precious gems, gold, silver, pearls and jade. There are also imported items such as colorful glass cups, music boxes, and ivory that have traveled across the ocean.

Many of them are high-end and rare products that the people of the southwest have never heard of or seen.

If it weren't for the clever little maids and maids, I would explain some rare and rare gifts on the side. None of the local guests in the southwest recognized what those gifts were. It's just that he feels that it shines like that, and he is about to blind the eyes of the old hat nobles in the southwest.

Among the congratulatory gifts sent by everyone, the only one that can be compared to the Hong'an Cen family is the one.

This time, the old patriarch of the Cen family ordered the second son and several cousins and nephews to hire an army to personally escort several ox carts of books, calligraphy and paintings. Those calligraphy and painting calligraphy are all worth at least 100 gold. Some are even more difficult to find.

The old patriarch Cen got the guidance of his son Cen Gelao, in order to please Cen Erniang and win over Cen Dalang, he tried his best to overcome public opinion and transported half of the Cen family's book collection.

Because Cen Moshan had just been contacted by Cen Sanlang and Cen Dalang's spy head who had left him in Beijing not long ago, he had a little understanding of Cen Dalang's secret forces and plans, and also knew his ambitions, and at the same time he was determined to stand on Cen Dalang's side and help Cen Dalang succeed.

Cen Dalang promised him through Cen Saburo's mouth. When he ascended the throne, he made Cen Moshan the first assistant of the cabinet. Cen Dalang knows Cen Moshan, he loves to be an official and will be an official, and the ultimate goal of fighting in officialdom is the first assistant of the cabinet. Hold real power and dominate hundreds of officials.

Cen Dalang has the ability to be talented and a little ambitious, and is willing to help him complete this dream as soon as possible, Cen Moshan appreciates his ability and open-mindedness, plus he doesn't look down on today's sons, so he naturally took refuge in Cen Dalang in secret.

Cen Mo Mountain is the weather vane of Hong'an Cen's family. He intends to take refuge in Cen Dalang, and also wants to take practical action to surrender to Cheng. The first is to transfer Zhou Dashao away, and Tu'an Sanshao to be the governor of the southwest, and the second is to make Hong'an Cen's family bring generous gifts to Huaizhou to celebrate the wedding of Cen Erniang and An Sanshao, and send some ancient books of calligraphy and painting that Cen Erniang likes as congratulatory gifts.

Tong guò curry favor with Cen Erniang and let Cen Dalang see their sincerity.

Cen Moshan has been an official for many years, with a deep mind and a shrewd personality, he has long seen that the most favored in Cen's second master's family and the one who has the greatest influence on Cen Dalang is Cen Erniang. It is more useful to please Cen Erniang than to please Cen Dalang directly! Besides, Cen Dalang doesn't eat hard and soft, and he is invulnerable, and he doesn't know how to please, but it is easier to please Cen Erniang.

When the Cen family's gift was delivered, Mr. Ji personally took someone to count it.

At that time, he was eager to put his eyes on those books, and in front of the public, while reading the list, he laughed and screamed and picked out a few unique books from the ox cart, and held them. I even wanted to hide them in my arms, leave the distinguished guests, and hide back in the room to study the taste.

If it weren't for Master An scolding him sharply, asking someone to stop him, and waking him up, Mr. Ji would have to be rude in public. Fortunately, as the first strategist by An Sanshao's side, he has a noble status and great talent, and others dare not make fun of him at will.

And the Cen family, who witnessed his "obsession", are all gentlemen who keep manners and love books, and they all understand Mr. Ji's gaffe.

As for others who have opinions, they only dare to laugh at Mr. Ji's delusion in their hearts. In front of him, who doesn't smile respectfully, sincerely, or cordially.

Not long after the congratulatory gifts of the Cen family and several generals in the East China Sea were carried into the treasury of Xiao'an Mansion and sealed, An Sanshao's welcoming team drove into the crowded Tongzi Street.

Because the queue was too long and there were too many carriages, it was impossible to cross from the streets. An Sanshao took everyone to another street and returned home from the end of Tongzi Street. When he parked his horse in the street of Xiao'anfu, he went out to see the lively young men, children, and servants of various families, and Ang Capital could see the end of the lower streets, and the three main streets adjacent to Tongzi Street, and the long piles of horse-drawn carriages.

Those were all wagons carrying dowry boxes and boxes, and Zhenzhen paved the road for nearly ten miles. Ten miles of red makeup, it's not fake.

Because of the long journey, I was afraid that things would be dropped on the way, or that the coachman would be ignored, and the Cen family's dowry was tightly wrapped in oilcloth, and I couldn't see what was inside. But it can be seen that the contents of each carriage are very heavy, because the carriage moves very slowly, and the muffled sound and deep marks made by the friction of the wheels of each carriage against the bluestone ground are all telling the people that the boxes on the carriage are not filled with cotton and cloth.

The sturdy horses were all humming and walking slowly. Even if he was whipped by the coachman, he walked like a turtle, and he couldn't get up fast at all. The main thing is that they are all tired and have no extra strength to pull the cart.

If it weren't for the urging powder prepared by Cen Erniang, the An family arranged a horse changing point between Huaizhou and Qingzhou, and changed all the horses transported. At this point, An Sanshao and they can't run back at all.

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