Awkward one
After the farewell people left, the vicinity of the city gate became empty again, Liu Yuxin, eldest brother, and brother-in-law got into the carriage and went straight to the cloth village on Chengbei Street, and had already made an appointment with the small leader of the caravan who was responsible for delivering grain, grass and medicinal herbs this time, and discussed the specific route and departure time.
The ancients were very superstitious, or it can't be said to be superstitious, it is a kind of law that cannot be explained outside science, whether it is traveling, breaking ground, housewarming, big day, etc., they will ask a fortune teller to calculate the time, bad luck, etc., some shops have to offer the Buddha statue of the God of Wealth, and worship sincerely every day, even the furnishings in the store, the location of the shop, but also through the guidance of Mr. Feng Shui.
Liu Yuxin was skeptical about this, but many facts proved that it was always right to believe more. In the most prosperous area of the capital, there is a shop, the location is really an inch of gold, no matter what business is profitable, but there is a door to be a bird, opened a cloth village, a medical hall, and later changed to a shop that sells antique vases, are the same. Later, the owner also found out that something was wrong, and invited a master at a high price, saying that there was a big problem with the feng shui in the store, and the owner was ruthless after hearing it, and pushed down the shop and re-flipped it. Tong guò this matter, Liu Yuxin thought, this time the route of sending grain and grass, before departure, do you need to ask someone to calculate, as well as Zhao Mingxuan's bad luck, so make plans early, Liu Yuxin closed her eyes, thinking about this matter in her heart, and only then did she open her eyes when she heard Ma Ruixu say that she was worried.
In fact, the whole story of this matter, including this time, requires his eldest brother-in-law to help. What he did with his heart was superficial, and in order to be afraid that their opponents would be on guard, Liu Yuxin used this trick to secretly cross Chen Cang.
"Big brother-in-law, there will always be a solution to things." For this, Liu Yuxin is very optimistic, the sky is falling, and there is a big man on top. More than ten years ago, she and Guo Yu were taken captive from Fengyang to Kyoto, and they suffered so much along the way that they couldn't get enough to eat. It's not warm to wear. The carriage was an iron cage with many people crammed together. There is only straw under him, and it is cold in winter, so if you don't drink the water immediately. will turn into ice cubes. Eat cold and hard steamed buns. You also have to learn the rules of etiquette, and if you are not careful, you will be beaten. Fortunately, they made it to Kyoto.
Not everyone has this luck, the sisters who endured hardships together back then, Mulan is still an undercover maid by the side of the third prince Zhao Qianli, walking on thin ice every day, if there is a little loophole, then it will be a catastrophe. Xia He and Xia Yan, the two sisters, left Chen Guo, Yunyan has no news, proud as Feng Peony, fragrant and jade, and the rest of the sisters and sisters are all trained by Zhao Qianli's minions to do business to serve men, compared to them, they are really much better.
"Sister Yuxin, I'm just worried about you."? Ma Ruixu sighed slightly, if it weren't for the help of Liu Yuxin's family back then, he would still be a poor boy now, I'm afraid he is still digging in the ground, and now, he has earth-shaking changes, all thanks to Liu Yuxin's family, although he doesn't want to get involved in this fight, he just wants to be a peaceful official, but this doesn't prevent him from worrying in his heart that Liu Yu is involved in such a thrilling prince dispute, and the future is uncertain.
"Brother-in-law, you don't need to worry too much, as long as you live a good life, it's not a problem, have you ever thought about leaving this place of right and wrong?" Liu Yuxin turned his head to look at this Feng Ruixu, more than four years have passed, my brother-in-law is almost nineteen years old, and he is also at the age of giving birth to children, and the children of rich families in Kyoto get married a little late, but not more than twenty-two, otherwise they will not be able to marry any good daughters-in-law.
Sister and brother-in-law are in-laws, originally Liu Yuxin did not agree with this marriage, the children born of close relatives are likely to be deformed, this truth is understood by modern people, but in ancient times, this matter was not taken seriously, on the contrary, everyone also advocated the relationship of intimacy and kinship, for this Liu Yuxin also felt a headache, although he strongly advocated in his medical school, do not marry close relatives, but the drop in the bucket has little effect. But there was no room for her to speak in this family
Ma Ruixu leaned on the carriage, hung his head, stared at the fan in his hand, and did not say a word. Her eyes were clear, and there was an unapproachable coldness in her eyes.
It's not that he doesn't want a child, there are too many disputes as an official in this court, and he is afraid that the people in his family will be implicated because of him, not because he is cold, but because in the organization he established, he still has to give up some things temporarily.
For so many years, it has been his aunt's family who has helped him, and now that he has the ability to do his own thing, then he has to do his best to help his brother-in-law, even if he is not understood by them on the surface, he is willing in his heart.
In order for the relatives in his own family to live a happy life, then let him do this wicked man!
Anyway, he has already started to do it now, even his own cousin is now wary of her, it seems that he has done it very successfully, Ma Ruixu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
But he still has no regrets, the division of labor back then, he and his eldest brother discussed it, and they have persevered for so many years, and now this white face still needs him to sing, so let everyone think that he is the white-eyed wolf! It might be better for both of us.
This is just a wealthy family, and there are a few concubines in the family, and the official family does not need to mention, how many people are willing to start from the beginning, even if it is their own father, who loved his mother so much, he married his stepmother less than a year after his mother died of illness.
Liu Yuxin nodded, indeed, in the official family or the family, they have their own rules, a wife is a wife, a concubine is a concubine, a concubine is just a man's plaything, you can send or give it away casually, but the heart of men in this era is very arrogant and arrogant, and they generally don't give their concubines to cuckolds themselves.
However, this is the social reality now, and you can't take a concubine because of a man. Just don't marry for the rest of your life, the system of this era is like this, men take concubines is reasonable and legal, every man has a little fancy intestines, that is, the chauffeur, there is no silver, and he will also go to some of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion to have fun, if the wife does not let the concubine, then it is a jealous woman who is pointed out by a thousand husbands, and has committed seven out of the rules. Can be divorced by men.??
"Brother-in-law. Although it is said that in this capital, the personnel are complicated, and the backyards of each family are not peaceful, but as long as you don't take concubines, your backyard will only live peacefully. Liu Yuxin decided to give her eldest brother-in-law some positive energy. Though. She feels that the thinking of her eldest brother-in-law is more in line with modern women. She also appreciates it, but in this day and age, such thinking is unacceptable. Try to find it.
Take his eldest brother as an example, from an obscure mountain village man, he has been enlightened, and has become a four-grade bachelor of Hanlin Academy, it is not for himself, he will not have so many concubines, you made your own backyard a mess, and finally ended up being beaten by chickens and eggs, but the specific reason is clear to everyone.
Now although the eldest brother has returned to the capital with him, and under Zhao Mingxuan's maneuvering, he has returned to his job, but he is still a humble gentleman and has not been polluted by those scumbags.
It's just that the eldest brother-in-law has decided not to have children for the time being, because of the eldest brother, which is really unfair to your uncle, aunt and eldest sister.
Although Liu Yuxin said that he didn't treat his eldest sister too much, he didn't want to be in pain on the street after all, although the eldest sister's mother-in-law was his aunt, but some things would eventually deteriorate, she didn't want her eldest sister and aunt to become enemies in the end, or both sides were in pain.
"Third sister, you say that our world is not pure happiness? Is it a simple family? Do we have to pay so much for those people as a family? Ma Ruixu turned his head to the window of the carriage, looked out of the carriage through the curtains, his eyes were not focused, this question has always been his most confused, he is unwilling, if he becomes an official, can he live so wanton?...... There must be a lot of rules and regulations, originally to be a good official who asks for the people's life, but in the end they are involved in these struggles, and they do things that in their opinion, there is no service for the people, but they still have to get involved in it, to do this senseless fight.
Especially after the third sister got married, although he knew very well that what he did was right, but his heart became more and more confused, is there really no poor place in this world where people can live a peaceful life.
"Of course not, brother-in-law, we know that you have suffered a lot of grievances, and I understand your thoughts, but you have to think about it, if there is no enlightened one, our world will be different, and whether those people will tolerate us living a quiet life like this." In front of Liu Yuxin, Liu Ruixi's words were very vague, and the meaning was only him and Ma Ruixu!
Liu Yuxin is very confused now, no matter how the eldest brother speaks, he is like his Buddha, using the mystery of the times, can it be said that the eldest brother and the eldest brother-in-law have something to hide from themselves. Or is it hiding from their husband and wife = people, don't you really say that Liu Yuxin is really the truth.
In fact, it's not that Ma Ruixu doesn't want a child, it's because they have seen too much during this time, especially Jin Ruizhe a few days ago, the third son of the dignified prime minister's family, in the end, he was not assassinated so lightly, and now he is still lying on the bed with injuries waiting for Liu Yuxin to treat him.
Soon, the carriage arrived at the gate of the cloth village on North Street. Liu Yuxin and Ma Ruixu got out of the carriage, and Liu Ruixi went to the Yamen to handle official business.
Walking from the side door to the side hall of the back hall, a middle-aged man who looked to be about forty years old had been waiting for a long time, the man looked very strong, and when he saw the two of them entering the room, he quickly stood up and clenched his fists, "The two of you are the captain of this caravan, you can just call me Lao Lu." ”?“ Uncle Lu, please take a seat, you're welcome. This Uncle Lu has two brushes, once also on the battlefield, and then I don't know how to change my career to become a dart master, many years of going south and north, has rich experience in the terrain, terrain, and has also bet on grain and grass, the person is Ma Ruixu Tong guò road found, very reliable, and there are dozens of brothers under his command.
"Princess Gong, Young Master Ma, when is it time to go?" Uncle Lu was not polite when he heard this, he sat on the sofa, took out a sketch of the route from his arms, and modified the drawings drawn by Qingli and Shen Bingyu. One of the official roads has been turned into a mountain path.
"But Uncle Lu, it is rumored that there are mountain bandits on this road, although it is not life-threatening, but it will rob the goods, you also know, our goods this time are very important, this is ...... in case"? Ma Ruixu frowned slightly, she was very hesitant, if she could take this path, she could save at least two days, and she could even rush to Muyang City in the south before the fourth uncle, and she could also relieve the pressure as soon as possible, but if she made this bet, in case of a little accident, the loss was great, in order to be safe, she didn't dare to take risks.
"Princess, the reason why Lu chose this road is because the mountain bandits in that area were actually good brothers who had been on the battlefield together." Uncle Lu sighed and said, "You also know that he only robbed money and did not kill him, and he often helped the poor people. ”?
Uncle Lu told an old story more than ten years ago, when Chen Guo and Jin Guo had constant friction, they used to be General Feng's subordinates, and they had been fighting at the border, and the lady of the mountain bandit leader went to visit him in the army, and was favored by a more powerful military general at that time, so he used his authority to let their brothers go to Chen Guo to inquire about intelligence, and died for a lifetime. For the sake of the leader of the mountain bandits, the lady endured humiliation and burden, and later slaughtered the general. His wife felt ashamed of his unclean body and wiped his neck. Because he killed the general, he was pursued by the imperial court, and he was disheartened, so he brought some good brothers at the time, and went to occupy the mountain as the king, but never hurt the poor people.
"Uncle Lu, I understand what you mean." Liu Yuxin's eyes lit up, there are not many people with such blood, if she is free, it is best to be in her own camp, she is not short of silver, food and grass, and medicinal materials, she is short of people. (To be continued......)