Nirvana Lane. Lord Zhou, the squire of the military department, came back from the next court, and the sedan chair had just arrived in front of the gate of the Zhou Mansion, and he met Zhou Boyan, who was rarely wearing a white robe, and was about to walk out of the door.

The steward who walked in front of the sedan chair hurriedly made a stop gesture, and the four sedan chair bearers stopped walking. The steward stepped forward two times to greet him, "The little one has seen the fifth young master." ”

Zhou Boyan said "um" indifferently, avoided to the side, and stood still with his eyes down.

The steward shouted "Enter the house", and the sedan chair drivers walked into the house with the sedan chair, and the sedan chair was followed by two columns of ten people.

The sedan chair was carried into the house from in front of Zhou Boyan, and Zhou Boyan didn't even look at it. Zhou Shilang in the sedan chair didn't react either. A few subordinates waiting at the gate of the mansion didn't dare to make a little noise, and did things silently. The atmosphere was weird.

The sedan chair entered the mansion, and Zhou Boyan walked out of the gate of the Zhou mansion, and the four guards outside came forward, one of whom was holding a high-headed horse with a red date.

Zhou Boyan stretched out his hand to take the reins, turned over on the horse, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and let the mount kick and tap the ground and walk slowly. Four of his guards followed. He was thinking about things in his heart, and he didn't have any special places to go, so he let the horse walk at will.

Unconsciously, his horse carried him from Fugui Lane to Jixian Lane, fifty or sixty meters in front of him seemed to have something happened, a few carriages and a few soft sedan chairs blocked the way, and there was a quarrel. The neighing of the horse brought him back to his senses, and he pulled the reins, and the red horse stopped as it walked leisurely.

He wanted to turn the horse's head, but his gaze was fixed on a certain point, and he was stunned, "Go and see." ”

One of the guards left the team, trotted forward to investigate the situation, and ran back to report in a moment, "Back to Gongzi, the carriage of the princess's mansion and the carriage of Zhong Taishi's mansion went directly opposite each other, and both sides were unwilling to avoid each other and give way to the main road, so there was a quarrel. Several adults from the next dynasty passed by and wanted to avoid it, but neither the princess's mansion nor the Taishi's mansion let them go, leaving them in place. During the stalemate, another carriage came, and when they saw that the road ahead was impassable, they were about to turn around, but the princess's mansion and the princess's mansion sent people to stop them, saying that they would leave these people to judge them, and no one was allowed to leave. ”

Zhou Boyan frowned, "Who is sitting in the carriage with the 'ancient' flag?" He naturally recognized the carriage of the ancient mansion, and also saw Gu Qiang who was waiting with the carriage, otherwise he would not have sent someone over eventfully.

The guard replied: "The maid in the car once called out to Miss, and it must be a lady in the car." ”

Zhou Boyan thought for a while, turned the horse's head, and said to the guards, "Go to the princess's mansion." Gently clamp the horse's belly, wave the whip, and let the horse run. The four guards who followed ran and followed closely behind.

The steward of the princess's mansion and the steward of the Taishi's mansion quarreled, and several officials who were forced to stay in place did not dare to say a word, silently wiping their sweat.

Qing Shu in the carriage listened to the innocuous quarrel outside, and was annoyed. It's been almost two quarters of an hour, she's been forcibly left here for almost a quarter of an hour, and her patience is about to wear out. Modern people especially like to say in a joking tone: "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes". At this moment, she wants to say: Where there are people, there are people who oppress people with power and bully people with power, and there are people who have nothing to do.

Walk, can't go; Retreat, retreat. How long will it take for these high-ranking and powerful people who don't worry about food and clothing and have nothing to do to know that the bastards who hang out and tease cats and dogs can win or lose? Let them go, the little people who run for life every day?

Gu Qiang was also anxious, but he was helpless. Not to mention Princess Jingyang's Mansion or Zhong Taishi's Mansion, even other ordinary officials, their ancient mansions did not dare to provoke or disobey. There is no other way but to admit bad luck.

With such a wide road, it was more than enough for two carriages to stagger with their eyes closed, and the three carriages could go hand in hand if the coachman was skilled. It's good for them, in order to show their identity, fight the background, fight the backstage, and no one will let anyone, rushing to drive through the middle of the road.

Qingshu's patience is really worn out, which is no different from modern showing off wealth and fighting father, they are all well-fed, idle, and vanity. She spoke coldly, "Xiaojuan, take the stool, Miss Ben is going to get out of the car." ”

Xiaojuan felt that it was inappropriate, "Miss, no." ”

Gu Qiang also heard it, "Miss, you must not get out of the car." ”

Qing Shu reprimanded: "Don't be wordy, I know it in my heart." ”

Xiaojuan didn't dare to persuade again, took out the stool and put it away, and Xiaoyu lifted the curtain.

At this time, Qingshu covered her face with a light veil, and Xiaojuan and Xiaoyu waited to get down from the carriage. She looked over indifferently, and the stewards of the Princess's Mansion and the Taishi's Mansion stopped arguing when they heard the movement. Like Miss Dafu, she stepped forward lightly in everyone's sight.

Xiaojuan and Xiaoyu naturally followed. Gu Qiang didn't dare to slack off, and followed with Wu Hammer.

In the eyes of everyone, who were either surprised or puzzled, Qing Shu stopped less than a dozen steps away from the carriage of the princess's mansion and the Taishi's mansion, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The little girl is not talented, seeing that there has been a dispute between the two mansions for a long time, and she will not distinguish between the superior and inferior in a short time, she has taken the liberty of coming up with a quick solution for the nobles, I wonder if the nobles are interested in listening to it?" ”

A few whispers from her sudden appearance quickly vanished as soon as they heard what she said, and there was an eerie silence around them. The two stewards who quarreled lost their voices. The masters of the two mansions, who hid in the carriage and never made a sound, let alone showed up, thought that they had heard it wrong, and they both lost their minds for a moment.

Seeing that no one answered, Qing Shu said to herself, "The little girl has two solutions, please listen carefully." First, the number of people in the two provinces present is equal, so why bother to talk so much and let the fists speak directly, which is neat and time-saving, and happy. ”

With a hiss, someone inhaled in disbelief. Isn't this encouraging the two governments to fight? This woman's words and deeds are too shocking.

Qing Shu ignored these, "Second, make an appointment and send a battle post, fully prepared, the two governments will have a life-and-death duel, heroic and chic." A man should be hot-blooded and heroic, and he will shoot when he should shoot, and it is not his daughter's family, if he has that bickering effort, it is better to see the truth on his fists and feet. ”

The eyes of the officials and their entourage who had been forced to stay there were straight as they listened. The stewards of the two prefectures were no better, and their mouths were open.

Qing Shu said expressionlessly: "The noble man thinks that the little woman's idea is good, so he chose one of the two and happily resolved the grievance." If you think that the little woman's idea is inappropriate, it means that the little woman has a short knowledge and cannot make a small contribution to the nobles. After that, he stepped forward, and reprimanded Gu Qiang as a matter of course, "If you don't let the carriage keep up, what's the use of raising you minions who don't have the ability to see?" ”

Gu Qiang, who had been tense all the time, lowered his head, took two steps back, and gestured to Li Dalang, the coachman who was watching.

Li Dalang was confused, but he immediately led the horse and followed with a tense body, so that the carriage was close to the side of the road, and quickly passed by the carriage of the two mansions that occupied the middle of the road, and several other entourages also followed closely. In this way, the group of people from the ancient mansion passed under the noses of the princess mansion and the princess mansion and the Taishi mansion openly.

There were a few guards who wanted to stop them, but the steward didn't speak, and the master in the car didn't speak, so naturally those people didn't move.

When the group of people from the ancient mansion walked out at a distance of about three or four hundred meters, someone behind them shouted and chased, "The one in front, wait a minute, which ancient mansion are you from?" ”

Where will Gu Qiang wait, quickly command everyone, let Xiaoyu and Xiaojuan help Qingshu into the carriage as quickly as possible, and then Li Dalang flicked the horsewhip to let the horse run, and Gu Qiang, together with the rest of his entourage, all ran up to protect the carriage.

The people behind couldn't catch up, and shouted louder and louder. Li Dalang's whip was thrown more vigorously, the horse ran faster, and Gu Qiang and the others also ran faster.

There were horse-drawn carriages galloping towards them, and occasionally passers-by dodged one after another. Between turning left and right, I ran out of a few streets, and finally got rid of the people who were chasing behind.

Gu Qiang wiped his sweat, and Li Dalang wiped his sweat.

Qing Shu, who was a little uncomfortable, sighed and regretted his actions. If she waits in place honestly and resignedly, like everyone else, she will not embarrass the people below. The quick result of the moment may offend the powerful, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Xiaoyu and Xiaojuan grabbed the wall of the car, protecting Qingshu left and right, and their hearts were beating hard.

The speed of the carriage slowed down a little, and Gu Qiang, who was chasing the car, asked, "Miss, are you still going to Sun's Mansion?" ”

Qing Shu rubbed his eyebrows, "No, go back to the house first." ”

Besides, Zhou Boyan entered Princess Jingyang's Mansion all the way unimpeded, found Princess Jingyang and Gu Yuma for the first time, and briefly told him what he saw on the road.

Princess Jingyang, who is in her thirties, looks like a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old woman because of her proper maintenance. She quickly called the steward, and when she asked, she realized that only the third son, Gu Enjin, had gone out of the house today. She scolded "this bastard boy", then blamed the horse for letting the little bastard demon king out, and hurriedly instructed the chief of the guard of the princess's mansion to bring people back quickly.

Gu Feng sighed, pulled Zhou Boyan along, and decided to bring his son back in person. Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Yuma arrived at the scene, the carriage of Taishi's Mansion turned around, and his third son also returned home without saying a word. He apologized to the officials who had been forcibly left behind, but several officials said they did not dare and dispersed. It's just that Gu Enjin, the nine-year-old son of his family, who is known as the Demon King of the Little Mixed World, shouted as soon as he returned to the house and hurriedly prepared a post, so he had to fight with Zhong Cheng of Zhong Taishi's Mansion to fight it out.

Gu Yuma had a headache and asked his son why he was like this, only to know that a strange woman had such remarks. His son thought that he had to find out the identity of the woman, and he would marry him and become a wife.

Hearing that her youngest son was going to marry her and come back, Princess Jingyang laughed, but Gu Yuma stretched out her hand but couldn't fight it, so she could only shake her head and sigh helplessly.

At that time, Zhou Boyan was listening and drinking tea, and when he heard what "there is a life-and-death duel between the two mansions, heroic and chic", and what "a man should be enthusiastic and heroic, he will shoot when he should shoot, and it is not his daughter's family, there is that bickering work, it is better to see the real chapter on his fists and feet", he was almost choked by tea. Later, when nine-year-old Gu Enjin said that he wanted to find the woman and marry her home as a lady, he was really choked on tea.

Qing Shu returned to the house dejectedly, and no matter how much Buyu Yan asked, she didn't speak. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was acting recklessly, the more discouraged and unmotivated she became. She instructed Gu Qiang to quickly send someone to pass the word to the matchmaker, and if the plan changed, let the matchmaker pass the word first, and by the way, find out the reaction of the Sun Mansion.

The matchmaker invited by the ancient mansion is surnamed Gu, known as Gu Siniang, in his early forties, plump and good-looking, and has a good reputation in the matchmaker industry.

Gu Siniang waited in her son's shop early in the morning, waiting left and right, waiting for someone from the ancient mansion to summon her, and she was in a hurry. It wasn't until two o'clock in the morning that he got the news, so he didn't ask much and rushed to Sun's mansion.

Gu Siniang's arrival made Sun Zhang's very happy, and it happened that Sun Renhuai was also at home, and the husband and wife thought that Gu Siniang was a matchmaker for their daughter Sun Rouyue, so they warmly received them.

Gu Siniang, who had a little grease powder on her face, quietly looked at Sun Zhang's from head to foot, and saw that Sun Zhang's face was coated with fat powder thicker than her matchmaker, and her head was full of gold and silver jewelry with flashing eyes. ”

Sun Renhuai and Sun Zhang glanced at each other, their eyes puzzled. Sun Renhuai said, "Please speak." ”

Gu Siniang said: "Yesterday, the Gu family who had a marriage contract with your mansion came to the door and sent Gu Siniang to bring a message to Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun. ”

Sun Zhang's face immediately changed, she thought that Gufu was here to urge marriage. She is 10,000 unwilling to marry Gu Qingshu into the door. Before there was no way to get rid of this family business, she made up her mind to delay the time of marrying again and again. She believes that if it drags on for another year and a half, she will definitely come up with a good way to quit her family.

Sun Renhuai was shocked and uneasy.

Gu Siniang saw the expressions on their faces clearly, "The Gu family is going to withdraw from the relationship with Ling Gongzi." ”

Sun Zhang's Huo Di fought and said with a happy face: "Really? That's great. My son can finally get rid of that rude, rude girl, Bodhisattva bless, God opens his eyes. She was so excited that she didn't open the door, and said what was in her heart in front of outsiders.

Sun Renhuai was shocked, but when he came back to his senses, he didn't have time to stop Sun Zhang's bastard words, so he could only glare at Sun Zhang's fiercely and asked: "The children and daughters of the Gu and Sun families were personally decided by General Gu Yunhu when he was alive, and he changed the Geng sticker. is good, why does the ancient mansion want to withdraw from the family? He thought it was strange that it had come suddenly.

Gu Siniang coughed and glanced at the few maids waiting in the hall.

Sun Renhuai immediately waved the maid away.

Gu Siniang glanced at Sun Zhang, who couldn't hide her joy, and sighed in her heart Sun Zhang's stupidity, the man was divorced by the woman, which is considered a very shameful thing, what is there to be happy about. But she didn't show it on her face, and replied solemnly, "Master Sun, the reason given by the Gu family is that the prince of your mansion has been in an unclear relationship with another woman for two years, which is a great insult to the woman. The ancient family thinks that the prince of your house is not a good match. Moreover, Miss Guifu pushed her future sister-in-law into the lotus pond in June, but she never regretted admitting her mistakes, and once bullied the door, which was extremely arrogant. The ancient family thinks that your house is really not a good home. ”

Sun Renhuai's expression froze.

Sun Zhang immediately jumped to his feet, "What kind of thing is his ancient family?" The family wealth is ruined, and there is only an empty shell left, not to mention, the rudeness and rudeness of the daughter's upbringing. You inquire about the whole Da'an, whose young lady dares to fight with a man in public. It's really a shame for my grandson. Who can marry such a woman in the world? is also the only one whose grandson has no eyes and no beads to engage him early, and he is ridiculed. This pro must be withdrawn, so I will find a matchmaker to withdraw from the pro. ”

Gu Siniang sneered, "Mrs. Sun, don't be too excited, it's not that your mansion is going to retire Miss Gu, but that the Gu family is going to retire your prince." People said in front of her that they wanted to find other matchmakers, and she was not happy to make a living.

Sun Renhuai had a gloomy face, "Thank you Gu Matchmaker for telling me about this, come and send off guests." ”

Mrs. Gu raised the matchmaker's signature smile, "The Gu family also sent a message to Master Sun, and tomorrow the Gu family will send someone to exchange Geng posts with your mansion." If your mansion does not agree, and something happens, the Gu family will ask Sun Fu to pay the price of a thousand taels of gold before retiring from his family. Master Sun, I'm just a matchmaker, I specialize in running errands for the nobles to get a little silver taels to make a living, if there is any offense, I hope Master Sun will not worry about Gu Siniang. "With that, get out of the chair and go outside.

The stingy and stingy Sun Zhang naturally wouldn't let people stuff silver taels to Gu Matchmaker as errand fees, which naturally made Gu Matchmaker unhappy. When the matchmaker comes to the door, whether it is to withdraw or propose, he has to pay some errands, which is the rule of the matchmaker's line.

Mrs. Gu went out of the door of the Sun Mansion, and saw that some people in the neighborhood of the Sun Mansion were curious from time to time, so she shook her handkerchief, smiled at the Sun Mansion and said loudly: "Master Sun, Mrs. Sun, tomorrow the Gu family will send me Gu Matchmaker to exchange for Geng Ti, don't go out." Although the eldest son was retired by the Gu family, there are many good girls in the capital, and I will find a good family for my matchmaker. After that, he smiled and greeted those he knew and didn't know all the way, saying that when the son and lady in the family reached the marriageable age, they must find her to be a matchmaker, and they will go further and further.

Since Gu Matchmaker left, Sun Zhang has been scolding non-stop.

Sun Renhuai yelled and shut up, and after his ears were cleaned, his face was gloomy, "Come on, let the eldest young master go to the study to see me." ”

The housekeeper Sun Laicai trotted over and replied, "Master, the eldest young master went out of the house early in the morning." ”

Sun Renhuai slapped the table, "Take a few people out and escort that unscrupulous son back, immediately, immediately." ”

Two quarters of an hour later, Sun Jingdong trotted all the way back to his house and went straight to Sun Renhuai's study.

Seeing that his son was already out of breath after running a few steps, Sun Renhuai had a gloomy face and slapped the table, "Say, did you go to Loei again?" ”

Sun Jingdong hurriedly denied it, "No, Dad, my son didn't go to Loei, but just went to the poetry meeting at the invitation of his classmates." ”

Sun Renhuai's face eased, "A few days ago, I asked you to think about it, why the ancient mansion that lost Gu Yunhu could survive safely in the capital, have you thought of the answer?" ”

"Dad, my son has thought about it carefully, in less than two years, the ancient mansion will have no place in the capital, and the theory of surviving safely is not credible."

"You idiot, if the ancient mansion didn't eat Gu Yunfu inside and out, it would be a different scene. Do you think Gu Yunfu has done so many things to bully his younger brother's orphans, will it end well? Those brothers of Gu Yunhu, those inconspicuous little people who have received the favor of Gu Yunhu, they are all staring at it with wide eyes! are all waiting to clean up Gu Yunhu! You superficial idiot. Sun Renhuai yelled angrily.

Sun Jingdong was yelled at a little blindly, "Dad, what are you talking about?" ”

Sun Renhuai stared at his son with eyes that hated iron and steel, and stabilized his feelings: "Look at the Gufu family, which is not a wounded soldier who has retired from the army." Look at the servant women taken in by the ancient mansion, not the wives of the soldiers who died on the battlefield, but also their relatives. The act of sheltering these wounded soldiers who have nowhere to live and who have no place to return or the relatives of soldiers who have died in the line of duty is admired by everyone in the army, but no one can do it. The ancient mansion is getting poorer and poorer now, but the reason for this status quo is not only that the Gu Ye clan, the head of the house, is weak and useless, but also that Gu Yunfu's robbery and the fact that the ancient mansion still follows the rules of Gu Yunhu when he was alive. ”

Sun Jingdong was shocked, "Rules? ”

"Every year, the ancient government will give a sum of money to fund or resettle the wounded soldiers who have retired from the battlefield. Year after year, it hasn't changed in five years. It is said that when a man dies like a lamp goes out, there will be nothing left. But Gu Yunhu is different, even if he dies, no matter how poor the ancient mansion is, his prestige is still there. Even if the Gu Ye clan is nothing, even if the current Gu Mansion does not have a master who can stand up to the scene, it seems that anyone can step on two feet. But look at it, in the past five years, except for Gu Yunfu who eats steak, except for your mother who stupidly stepped on her feet, who else dares to do this? ”

"But ......"

"Gu Yunfu stepped on it for the time being, because he was Gu Yunhu's own brother. Your mother stepped on it but it's fine, do you still need me to say the reason? ”

"Dad, what do you mean ......"

"Your mother is Gu Qingshu's future mother-in-law, even if there are many people who are dissatisfied with your mother's behavior, they endure this breath for the sake of Gu Qingshu. Jingdong, if this marriage is withdrawn, what do you think will happen to our Sun family? Don't underestimate those little people, let alone the loyalty of the remnants of the soldiers who have been sponsored by the ancient mansion. ”

The sun was shining brightly outside, but Sun Jingdong was covered in a cold sweat.

Seeing that his son was scared like that, Sun Renhuai sighed and said with a ruthless face: "Hurry up and break off the relationship with the Li family, you dare to meet Li Haitang again, for the sake of the entire Sun family, Dad would rather break your legs"