Zhao Xiu heard that Zhao Ze was coming at dinner, and his brother Zhao Wei also told him a lot of mention, and he was a little puzzled, so he asked Zhao Wei: "Then Wang Dongsheng doesn't know what to do, he is self-righteous, what does my brother care about him?" He let the ancestors of the Niu family drag him down. repeatedly reminded him that the Niu family was not a good person, and he still refused to believe it, even if the end was not good in the future, it was his own fault. ”

Zhang didn't know about it, but after listening to it, he asked what was wrong, and Zhao Wei told him about it. She recited the Buddha: "Amitabha." As a reminder, it's good to be original. Wang Dongsheng is not a bad person, he is just confused. Since he treated the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family well and lost all his original good positions, we don't have to fall into the ground. He came back from outside, and he didn't know many people in the capital, so he probably didn't know about it. If we know, let's mention him a few words, it's his business to listen or not, but it can't make people feel that our family knows the inside story and doesn't tell him. ”

Zhao Xiu was not convinced: "Why? He is also an official and has achieved the third grade, doesn't he know that the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family are the family members of the great rebels, and it is unlucky to be close to them? It's not that there is no one in the Northwest officialdom, and he hasn't hooked up with anyone over there, and he has never fought with anyone? If he is so old and still doesn't know the truth of being an official, and he is confused and makes taboos, it will really be laughing to death. At this level, those who can still be straight-minded and not good at fighting with others are either from high-ranking families, with family protection, helpers to help clean up the mess, or someone above to take care of them. Wang Dongsheng's background is far away from a wealthy family, and the only one who can say that he will take care of him is his grandfather. But my grandfather has passed away for so many years, and our family has not been cared for by a few nobles. What's more, it's him? Or is he particularly good at fighting, so the people above him are rare? But I haven't heard of any of his fame? ”

No one to rely on, no one to care for. People who rise up by their own ability and luck can't be so easily confused. Since it is not a mistake, it is deliberate. Knowing that it is a taboo thing, but still doing it, that is, looking for death by yourself. Since Wang Dongsheng insisted on dying, why should others worry about him?

Zhang smiled bitterly: "There are two families in the northwest who have a good relationship with your grandfather, and there are a few military generals. They were all acquainted with his father. With them to take care of, Wang Dongsheng doesn't have to worry much in the northwest. There is actually nothing bad about him, and he is affectionate. People are not shrewd, and they never have to bother to figure out what they want, and they didn't expect it. Actually, what is this? Whether he understands it or not, we do. Remind him. That's what we want. Not for anything else, but for the sake of his dead father. ”

Zhao Wei raised his head and said to his sister: "What my grandmother said is reasonable, I asked Zhao Ze to remind him, not for Wang Dongsheng, but just for others to see." Grandfather's old ministry is not just a Wang Dongsheng? Recently, there are several people who have been transferred back to Beijing, a few who are on errands in Beijing, and others who have corresponded with them from time to time and with our family. Not to mention. Although Wang Dongsheng was confused, he was disrespectful to his grandmother. But our family still remembers the old feelings, unlike the Niu family, who knew that it would harm him, but turned a blind eye. When others see it, they will naturally make a decision in their hearts. Even if these old ministers no longer follow the orders of the Jiannan Hou Mansion, they still have a love for our family. Our family is weak, although we have titles and saints, but we can't compare with other noble families. But if my grandfather's old subordinates can read our good, and outsiders want to bully our family, we must weigh it first. ”

Zhao Xiu suddenly realized: "I see! Smiled: "My brother is thoughtful, I just want to be happy myself, but I forget about others." ”

Zhang said with some disgust: "Our family was originally well-intentioned, how can you say that it is so utilitarian?" Don't let people listen to you, beware of people laughing at you. Zhao Wei smiled and bowed his head silently.

The young man attacked the lord, and the family was full of women and children, and it was not easy to support this family. In order not to be underestimated by outsiders, some can be used, of course, they must be used, even if they are utilitarian?

Zhao Ze didn't know anything about Zhao Wei's intentions. He spent the night in a panic, and went to Wang's house the next day as promised.

After entering the door, a little girl from the inner courtyard took him to see Wang Dongsheng and his wife. The little girl was a child with a double bun, a round face, and a very small voice, with innocence in her words and deeds. Zhao Ze saw her ignorant appearance, so he wanted to ask her if the Wang family really intended to kiss Zhao Xiang? Which one do you want to talk about?

He first asked the little girl, "What's your name?" ”

The little girl replied with a big smile on her face, "My name is Xianghuan." ”

"How old are you?"

The little girl stretched out her hands and counted her fingers, and it seemed that she had counted to the tenth, so she tilted her head: "Uncle Ze, what are you asking me to do here?" ”

Zhao Ze thought she was ten years old, thinking that she was still a child at this age, so it must be easy to talk to her, so he asked her: "My sister is not more than two years older than you, I wonder if she is doing well here?" Is my grandmother doing well? ”

Xianghuan said innocently: "It's very good, but Mrs. Zhao is sick, so she asked the doctor to take medicine, and it cost a lot of money, and I heard that it costs two taels of silver to take the medicine!" ”

Zhao Ze's face changed: "My grandmother is sick?" Why don't I see someone send me a letter? ”

"I don't know." Xianghuan looked at him ignorantly, "Didn't the second master sue you?" Mrs. Zhao was not seriously ill before, but now she is getting worse and worse, but Miss Zhao said that the doctor they originally found had good medical skills, and Mrs. Zhao only took his medicine to take effect, and she was not allowed to change the doctor. However, I heard from the people in the West Courtyard that Mrs. Zhao refused to take the medicine and secretly poured it out. ”

Zhao Ze's face changed again. He knew that Dr. Liu, who was the brother of Imperial Physician Liu, whom his grandmother was familiar with before, was far less skilled than his brother, but somehow, the Zhao family used silver to provide for him all the year round, but they found another doctor to see a doctor. He had long guessed that the Liu family might know his own handle. But if my grandmother was really sick, she would never insist on asking him to come to her, but she would not be too doctoral, let alone throw out the expensive medicine. This can only mean one thing - the grandmother cow is faking illness! Not to mention why she did this, two taels of silver for a piece of medicine. I actually said that if I poured it out, I poured it out. No matter how rich the Wang family is, it shouldn't be like this as a guest. It seems that his own family has affected the Wang family, not only in Uncle Wang's career.

Zhao Ze walked with a pale face. Xianghuan turned back to look at him secretly, and a woman came in front of her and beckoned to Xianghuan. Xianghuan squinted her eyes and asked a little inexplicably, "What's the matter with Mom?" ”

The woman secretly looked behind her, and Xianghuan noticed that there was a person standing behind the flowers not far away, who was the Bai Ling who was waiting in front of the Niu family. She groaned slightly. Knowing that this was sent by the Niu family to deliver a message to Zhao Ze, he paused and said to the mother-in-law: "The old lady is waiting to see Uncle Ze." ”

The woman hurriedly said, "Don't worry." Just two words. This is because Mrs. Zhao was worried that her grandson didn't know how to speak and offended our master, so she didn't feel at ease, so she specially sent someone to pass the word. ”

Bai Ling bowed his head and hurriedly walked over. Because of the incense ring urged. She only had time to whisper a few words to Zhao Ze: "The old lady said, if Mrs. Wang mentions family matters, you just have to ask your grandmother to reply, and then go to see her, don't say anything else." ”

Zhao Ze looked at her with an expressionless face.

Bailing left in a hurry, and she was also ordered to come, but the Wang family's house was still relatively strict. She came out to deliver the words, but it wasn't quite in line. It's just to buy the mother-in-law on the second door, and it's just convenient. But she didn't expect Niu to give her a good future, so she didn't want to take too many risks, as long as she completed her part, everything else would be forgotten.

Zhao Ze followed Xianghuan in a complicated mood and continued to walk inside.

Xianghuan looked around at no one around, pursed his lips and said to Zhao Ze with a smile: "Is Uncle Ze afraid to see our master?" Don't be afraid, our lord is very good, and today the old lady is going to propose, and she will definitely not be fierce to you. ”

Zhao Ze smiled reluctantly, and couldn't help asking, "Who do you old ladies want to propose?" ”

"I don't know." Xianghuan said innocently: "But when Miss Zhao came to greet our wife in the morning, she met the second young master, and she smiled at the second young master." Our wife praised Miss Zhao as a flower, liked her very much, and often said that it would be nice to have a daughter like her. ”

Zhao Ze's face turned green. Wang Dongsheng and his wife are so generous to their family! even plans to marry Zhao Xiang as his daughter-in-law! Although it seems to be the second son of the Wang family, it is also the main family. Wang Dongsheng and his wife didn't care about their own future for the friendship of his deceased father Zhao Jue, did they even care about their son's future?

He walked into the upper room of the main courtyard of the Wang family with a complicated mood, and the incense ring had long since stopped speaking, and led him to the master in a proper manner, and then bowed his head and retreated.

Zhao Ze saluted Wang Dongsheng and his wife, and said many words of greetings tremblingly. Mrs. Wang found that he was a little different from what she imagined, and her impression was better, so she asked him to sit down and asked someone to serve tea. Wang Dongsheng began to ask him about things in life, how he was doing, and so on. Zhao Ze answered one by one, hesitated slightly, and then said what he heard from Zhao Wei, "My nephew is panicking. The kindness of uncles and aunts to their grandmothers and younger brothers and sisters, and the nephews really can't repay them. It's just that my uncle's career is important, so please let me pick up my grandmother and younger siblings. ”

Mrs. Wang's face turned a little pale and looked at her husband helplessly. She's never heard of anything like this!

Jiang Dongsheng looked at Zhao Ze with an inquiring look: "Is this really what the little marquis asked you to tell?" He even said that your brother took my two sons out to hang out? He was a little suspicious, this was Zhao Ze deliberately suppressing his brother. It's not unusual for someone who was able to kill his cousin when he was a child to do such a thing. As for his position, he is also a person with military merits, a dignified military general from the third grade, and he can still be robbed of his seat because of such a trivial matter? He also recognized the military attache who was transferred to the forbidden army, with deeper qualifications than him, and he had been under the emperor's nose for so many years, it was not surprising that he could get the emperor's blue eyes. It's just a coincidence.

Zhao Ze saw that he was suspicious of himself, his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "What my nephew said is true, if my uncle doesn't believe it, just let people inquire." ”

Wang Dongsheng was silent, and only said after a while: "Your aunt called you here today because she wanted to ask you what you meant, let your aunt tell you." ”

Mrs. Wang was in a state of confusion at this time, and when she saw her husband speak, she could only clean up her mood and say what she meant. However, at this time, she no longer had the original feeling of joy and anticipation in her heart, but was worried that if her husband's career was really affected because he took in the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family, would her nephew marry Zhao Xiang really not hinder her future? He did it at a young age, and he may be able to rise to the position of magistrate and general judge in the future, if he ruined his future because of the family affairs he said, then her aunt would be too sorry for her nephew.

Her expression fell in Zhao Ze's eyes, and it became a proof that "the Wang family had no intention of getting married, but in order to help the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family, they specially mentioned this family business". Although the object of the proposal was not the second son of the Wang family, Zhao Ze breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing Mrs. Wang's expression, he felt that even if Mrs. Wang's nephew was not as good as her son's, this family affair was still Zhao Xiang's high-climbing. After getting married, the Wang family and the Zhao family will still become relatives, wouldn't that affect the Wang family even more? I have to piggyback on another innocent family.

If it weren't for the Niu family to send someone to deliver the message to him first, Zhao Ze might have immediately refused, but at this moment, he could only follow his grandmother's instructions and say to Wang Dongsheng and his wife: "It's a matter of my sister's life, my nephew doesn't dare to be specialized, and I have to ask my grandmother first." ”

Mrs. Wang had expected him to say this, so she ordered the little girl to take him to see Niu.

The incense ring appeared in front of Zhao Ze again.

Zhao Ze was in a mess at this time, and he didn't know how to tell his sister, when he saw Xianghuan, he remembered what Xianghuan said, Zhao Xiang smiled at Wang Tongsheng, and his mood was even worse.

He knew that his sister was a person, and guessed that she would never look down on Mrs. Wang's nephew, if she was willing to marry a head catcher, when Mrs. Huo proposed marriage to her son, she would have agreed a long time ago. Although Huo Zhiliang is also the son of a criminal official, Mrs. Huo's brother-in-law is an official, and he has promised to let Huo Zhiliang worship his staff as a teacher and learn to be a master. As long as the ability is sufficient, being a master is much more decent than being a head catcher. Zhao Xiang didn't even want to marry his future master, so how could he be willing to marry a little catcher?

Xianghuan is still an ignorant child, jumping and jumping, speaking innocently, telling him that Zhao Xiang can see Wang Tongsheng several times a day, and he doesn't know the taboo at all, he can only whisper to her, this must not be told to others, otherwise Mrs. Wang will beat her, bluffed Xianghuan, shook her hand with a white face and said that she didn't dare to mention it again. Looking at her appearance, Zhao Ze became more and more convinced that what this kid said must be the truth.

When he arrived at the west courtyard, Xianghuan led him to the front of the main house, and turned his head to look for the little girl waiting in the courtyard to play. Watching Zhao Ze enter the house from afar, she turned around and smiled at another familiar little girl: "You laughed at me yesterday for gaining weight, I specially wore old clothes from two years ago to show you today, in addition to growing taller, where did I gain weight?" ”

The little girl looked her up and down, and nodded convincingly: "Sure enough, you're not fat, how did you grow?" Grow tall, but not meaty? But if you comb your hair like this today, you look at least two years younger, haha. ”

Xianghuan smiled: "Let's go to the backyard to talk, shall we?" ”

The little girl shook her head: "No." She showed the broom in her hand to Xianghuan: "I still have to sweep the floor of the wing, so that my mother knows that I am lazy, and she should beat me with a heart." ”

Xianghuan naturally knew that the West Courtyard swept the floor at this time every day, and she deliberately said this: "Then I'll wait here for you to finish sweeping." Mrs. asked me to lead Uncle Zhao Jiaze, and I have to lead him out in a while, so I don't have to go for the time being. ”

The little girl happily agreed, and went to sweep the floor without mentioning it. Xianghuan sat down on the front porch of the window of the west room of the main house, and the autumn breeze was blowing, and the sound of conversation in the house reached her ears. (To be continued......)