Chapter 15, Section 43 Return to Beijing
Xue Baochai wrote this letter, originally to test Wang Ziteng, he didn't expect the other party to agree, and also explained the situation in the letter, including the fact that Wang Xiluan had married someone and was abandoned, and told Aunt Xue that if Aunt Xue didn't mind that Wang Xiluan was married for the second time, then he would personally marry his daughter.
Aunt Xue shook her head when she heard this.
How is he willing to let his son pay attention to a second-married woman? Even if this woman was his own niece and daughter, Aunt Xue was unwilling to wronged her son so much.
But after thinking about it carefully, Xue Baochai felt that there was nothing wrong with letting his brother marry this cousin. He said to Aunt Xue: "Mom, I know that you are reluctant to wronged your brother, why should I wronged my brother?" It's just that how many families outside can afford our family now? If you really have a good family style and a good girl, will you be willing to marry your brother? Uncle is also our own uncle, Sister Luan is different from Sister Feng, Sister Feng is aunt and aunt is not easy to manage, but Sister Luan is my aunt's biological daughter. Can't you still trust your aunt? ”
Aunt Xue's reaction was not so intense.
He hesitated for a while, and said, "But your aunt just introduced me to a girl, surnamed Xia, who is the only daughter of the Xia family of the imperial merchant, and there are no brothers in the family. If your brother marries him, our family can follow their signboard and rebuild the shop. Not to mention the Xia family's huge family business. ”
Hearing Aunt Xue say this, Xue Baochai was also very excited at the beginning. The Xia family is an only daughter, with money and signboards, if the daughter of the Xia family enters the door in the future, this business is not their Xue family? What's the difference between this and making a fortune?
For a moment. Xue Baochai was really moved.
But when I think about it, where is there such a good thing in this world? Mrs. Wang didn't deal with him, and she had already made trouble with him for money, I don't know how many times. He Xue Baochai didn't believe that Mrs. Wang would have such a good heart.
To know. Even about Wang Ziteng, Mrs. Wang was not willing to help, so she was only willing to wait to pick the peaches of their Xue family.
Xue Baochai sat down next to her mother and whispered in her mother's ear: "Mom, have you forgotten how much silver we have been taken away by our aunt in the past few years?" How much trouble did my aunt and I have behind our backs? If the daughter of the Xia family is really so good. Why didn't my aunt ask him for Baoyu? is the same as an imperial businessman, the same palace has a way, and he is young, beautiful and rich. Such a good family affair. Why didn't my aunt ask for Baoyu? But he wanted to give it to his brother. Mom, this is definitely not small, we can't just take my brother's life on the line. ”
Aunt Xue was suspicious, and Xue Baochai could only grit her teeth and say, "Mom." If you think your daughter's words are biased. So, let's ask someone to ask. Second sister. Second sister, you can always trust it, right? If he also said that this Xia family girl is good, I have nothing to say. ”
Aunt Xue could only nod her head when she looked at her daughter's tearful eyes.
Xue Baochai immediately wrote a letter, and before the city gate was closed, he sent it to the mansion of the Marquis of Rongguo in the capital. In the following days, Xue Baochai can almost be said to be living like a year. On one side, Wang Ziteng's messenger is waiting, and on the other hand, there is the scheming Mrs. Wang. How Xue Baochai is not nervous.
Fortunately, Jia Jiu didn't wait long, about five days later. sent someone to send the results of the investigation to the Xue family's shop, and then the shopkeeper on the Xue family's shop sent it to Xue Baochai, and Xue Baochai hurriedly grabbed it to see.
I saw a paragraph written on the thin piece of paper: "Xia's Jin Gui, born quite a little beautiful, also quite a few words, if you talk about the hills and valleys in your heart, quite follow in the footsteps of Xifeng." His father died early, and he had no siblings, and his widow kept this daughter alone, pampered and doted, which was nothing less than a treasure, and his mother was obedient to every move of his daughter, so he inevitably developed the temperament of stealing, loving himself and respecting him like a bodhisattva, and peeking at others as filthy as dung; It has the posture of flowers and willows on the outside, and the nature of wind and thunder on the inside. At home, I was angry with the girls, scolded and beaten lightly. Because his family has a lot of osmanthus flowers, and his nickname is called Jin Gui, he is not allowed to bring out the words "gold" and "cinnamon" in the mouths of the maids and servants at home. On weekdays, he calls osmanthus flowers as Chang'e flowers, and also compares himself to Chang'e. ”
Such a thin piece of paper, even if there is no signature and no marking, even the paper is the paper that has been sold in the shop of Daomen for many years, which is not unusual.
Aunt Xue will be skeptical.
Aunt Xue's range of activities is so large, a few days ago, Li Kun's widow took her two daughters to her brother, and there was one less person who could talk to Aunt Xue. Now Aunt Xue, in addition to staying at home every day, can only sit in the Grand View Garden, or go to talk to Mrs. Wang. It's just that Aunt Xue's ears are soft, but Mrs. Wang is extremely powerful. After being told by him a few times, it is not surprising that Aunt Xue will hesitate.
Don't say anything else, let's just say that between Jia Jiu and Xue Baochai, Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai don't know how many times they have quarreled over money, but the amount each time is not large. But Xue Baochai suddenly cheated Jia Jiu's tens of millions of taels of silver!
Aunt Xue didn't know what the total amount of money that Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai disputed in the end, but he firmly believed that this total would definitely not exceed 10 million taels of silver. Therefore, Aunt Xue didn't believe that Jia Jiu was willing to investigate Xia Jingui for Xue Baochai.
Xue Baochai couldn't convince his mother, so he could only say, "Mom, since you have doubts in your heart, it's better for us to wait for my brother to come back." If my brother likes the girl from the Xia family, then my daughter has nothing to say, but if my brother likes my cousin more, then Mom, we can only follow my brother's wishes. After all, my brother still has to live his own life. ”
Aunt Xue listened, although she was a little reluctant, but she still admitted that Xue Baochai's last sentence was reasonable.
Xue Baochai had to write another letter to Wang Ziteng.
This time, he wrote in detail about the cause. Of course, the order of events was slightly changed by him, and in the letter, it was first written that Mrs. Wang was a matchmaker for Xue Pan, and then introduced Xia Jingui in Mrs. Wang's mouth, and then wrote how he Xue Baochai was not at ease, and how he asked Jia Jiu to help investigate Xia Jingui. Finally, it was noted in the letter. Their mother and daughter didn't like Xia Jingui's kind of woman, but they couldn't refuse Mrs. Wang, the mother of the imperial concubine, so they wrote to Wang Ziteng. For Xue Pan to ask Wang Xiluan for marriage.
Xue Baochai also sandwiched the note that Jia Jiu got from the letter and asked the man to send it to Wang Ziteng quickly.
Wang Ziteng was a little hesitant to ask for his cronies before Xue Baochai, but these days, Xue Pan was in front of him, he looked at it every day, and found that although this nephew stayed a little, he had a good temperament. Very affectionate and righteous. Even though Xue Baochai's letter asking for relatives was written very abruptly, Wang Ziteng's heart was a little moved.
In his opinion, his nephew Wang Ren may not be reliable. In the future, the couple will have to rely on their daughter to provide for them. Although Xue Pan is not smart enough, he just has no elders to guide him. Even if you are old, you might as well point out your son-in-law.
got Xue Baochai's second letter again, and Wang Ziteng thought that he had found the reason.
Don't say anything else. Let's talk about his niece Wang Xifeng. How did he harm himself and his family, Wang Ziteng doesn't know? Since this Xia Jingui is Wang Xifeng's second, it is no wonder that the Xue family shook their heads.
After getting Xue Baochai's second letter, Wang Ziteng had an idea in his heart, and when he found an opportunity, he showed the two letters to Xue Pan.
When Xue Pan saw it, he almost jumped up: "My sister originally entered Beijing early to enter the palace." As a result, we begged Jia Junjun. finally sent my sister to the palace, but was thrown out by the eldest sister. It's not enough for my aunt to hurt our family. Now again! No matter how good this Xia Jingui is, I don't want it. ”
Wang Ziteng's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked Xue Pan many things.
Xue Pan said it upside down, but what kind of character Wang Ziteng is, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately knew the cause and effect.
Wang Ziteng said: "Now, does your sister still want to marry Jia Baoyu?" ”
Xue Pan saw that his uncle put down his face and didn't speak for a long time, he was already playing a drum in his heart, and he even spoke softly. Now when he saw his uncle asking, he hurriedly said, "But uncle, my sister is not young anymore." In addition to marrying Jia Baoyu, who else can he marry? ”
Since Wang Ziteng regards Xue Pan as his son-in-law, how can he not care about the affairs of the Xue family? Then he broke everything after the Xue family entered Beijing, talked to Xue Pan in detail, and then said: "Your family is holding your aunt, isn't it that signboard?" But so much money has been spent, and so much time has passed, and your eldest sister has also followed up with the cold palace from Wei Wei to the present, this imperial merchant signboard, have you got it? ”
Xue Pan shook his head and said, "No." He cautiously looked at Wang Ziteng's face and said, "Uncle, should you say it, and there will be no one in the future?" ”
Wang Ziteng nodded.
Xue Pan shouted: "How can it be done!" ”
Wang Ziteng glanced at him, and Xue Pan immediately stopped talking.
I only heard Wang Ziteng be silent for a while before he said: "What the letter says, this Xia Jingui, do you like it?" ”
Xue Pan immediately shook his head: "Uncle, everyone says that marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, this Xia Jingui turned out to be the second Sister Feng, I would never dare to ask him." ”
Wang Ziteng asked again: "Then do you like your sister Xiluan?" ”
When Xue Pan heard this, his face turned red, Wang Ziteng couldn't help but ask again, and Xue Pan said in a whisper: "Uncle's daughter is naturally good." However, I know what kind of person I am. I don't expect my cousin to look down on me. As long as my cousin can treat my mother well and help me take care of my sister, I will be good to my cousin. ”
Seeing more articulate young people, Wang Ziteng was even more satisfied with such a simple Xue Pan, and he also strengthened his mind to return to Jingshi. Since he has decided to marry his daughter to this nephew, Wang Ziteng will not ignore his son-in-law.
A little later, Wang Xiluan of the Shi family in the inner house also got the news.
It has been almost a year since Wang Xiluan was abandoned by his in-laws, whether it is the Shi family or Wang Xiluan himself, they all know very well that with the hat of suspicion of conspiracy, he Wang Xiluan will not be able to marry any good family. And the Xue family, although defeated, but rich, Xue Pan is affectionate and easy to handle. With such a husband candidate, what is there to dislike about the current Wang Xiluan?
Coincidentally, a few days later, Wang Ren came to the door again for the matter of money, Wang Ziteng originally wanted to sell all these family businesses, give some silver to Wang Ren, and bring the rest to prepare for Wang Xiluan as a dowry. But Xue Pan has always been a big spender.
Since Xue Pan regards Wang Xiluan as his fiancée, and Wang Ziteng is his uncle and father-in-law, how can Xue Pan want to see Wang Ziteng being tossed? Even if this person is his own cousin.
Xue Pan ordered someone to beat Wang Ren - of course, this time he learned the lesson of the last time, plus Wang Ziteng watched from the side, nothing happened in the end, and then called the people in the yamen to come and give Wang Ren all these houses, land, and bulky furniture that Wang Zi Teng had purchased, and as for the soft and soft things, of course, he brought them.
As for Wang Ziteng's family, they naturally followed Xue Pan to the north. Xue Pan also took out the silver for the purchase of goods, and bought a dowry for the king of the house Xiluan all the way.
What's more coincidental is that halfway through, Xue Pan still encountered a bandit. Although Wang Ziteng was born as a military general, he was old in the end, and he had a female dependent, even Xue Pan gave up his life to protect him, but he was outnumbered after all, and Wang Ziteng and Xue Pan, the quasi-Weng son-in-law, were also injured.
Thankfully, this time, they met Liu Xianglian again. This time, without the relationship of Rongguo Mansion and Jia Baoyu's connection, Xue Pan was really not familiar with Liu Xianglian, but Liu Xianglian recognized Wang Ziteng and still came over to help.
This made Wang Xiluan more satisfied with Xue Pan.
Although Xue Pan is so stupid that people can't bear to look at him directly, in Wang Xiluan's eyes, Xue Pan can guard the carriage to the death when he encounters danger, refusing to let go of the way, instead of leaving his fiancée early and fleeing for his life like some people. With such a fiancé, what else is Wang Xiluan dissatisfied with?
Wang Ziteng's arrival frightened Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue a lot, and even Xue Baochai was shocked. And after Wang Ziteng arrived at Xue's house, the first advice he gave to Xue Baochai was: Don't guard Jia Baoyu, find someone else to marry.
Xue Baochai was overjoyed at first when he learned that his uncle had entered Beijing to send his cousin and his brother to get married, but when he got his uncle's suggestion, he felt that his whole body was poured with ice water, and he was cold.
At the beginning, he thought that his uncle was saying this to himself for the Xue family's property and stewardship, but after thinking about it, he felt that his uncle would not be such a person.
Xue Baochai couldn't pay attention to it left and right, so he could only ask Jia Jiu for advice when Jia Jiu came to Daguan Garden again on this day. (To be continued......)