In the living room, Li Zhu ordered someone to set up a banquet to entertain Hu Jiang, Li Jie, the prospective son-in-law, of course had to sit with him, but although the food on the table was fragrant, it couldn't hide the smell of fox and sweat on Hu Jiang's body.

"Brother Li, the virtuous son-in-law's health is already very good, I think it is better to get married before the year is over!" Hu Jiang stuffed a large piece of mutton into his mouth, swallowed it without chewing, and his two big copper bell-like eyes were also looking at Li Jie, full of the eyes of the old man looking at his son-in-law.

Li Jie was smoked by the body odor of his old father-in-law, and he was even more opposed to the so-called marriage, after all, he was going to die, there was no need to pull another person into the water, if he didn't want to die, he had to find a way to marry a princess, let alone marry Hu Jiang's daughter.

Thinking of the above, Li Jie couldn't help but secretly worry, how could he withdraw this marriage?

"Brother Hu, the marriage is definitely going to be completed, but now there is only one month left before the New Year, is it too hasty to get married before the New Year, we don't have time to prepare!" Li Zhu also showed a look of embarrassment in the end.

Li Jie also admired his cheap father very much at this time, and in the face of his stinky quasi-father-in-law, he talked and laughed freely, and even ate and drank without changing his face.

"Although a month is not long, but it is not short, and the virtuous son-in-law is not in good health, now it is just taking advantage of the marriage to rush to rejoice, I have found someone to calculate, my daughters are all prosperous husbands, marrying will definitely make the virtuous son-in-law not sick, and the family will prosper!" Hu Jiang wiped his mouth and insisted.

Li Jie pouted secretly beside him, this Hu Jiang is too good to blow, is your daughter an elixir, what else makes people sick? Why don't you say that your daughter is a Tang monk, who can make people immortal?

Li Zhu saw that Hu Jiang insisted on wanting to get married a year ago, and his face showed a hesitant expression, Li Jie and Hu Jiang's daughter had already been engaged, if it wasn't for Li Jie's illness, maybe the marriage would have been completed, so this marriage is indeed not good to delay any longer.

"Jie'er, what do you think of getting married a year ago?" Li Zhu finally suddenly turned his head to look at Li Jie and asked.

In fact, even if Li Zhu didn't ask, Li Jie was going to speak, after all, it was impossible for him to drag another person into the water, so he didn't hesitate to say at this time: "Father, I think it's better to postpone the marriage until next year!" ”

Li Jie wanted to directly propose to withdraw from the marriage, but looking at the attitude of Hu Jiang and his father, if he dared to mention it now, maybe the angry Hu Jiang would slap him to death, and Li Zhu couldn't stop him, so he could only find a way to delay it first, and then find a way to do it later.

"Virtuous son-in-law, why do you say that, you don't want the yellow flower girl sent to the bedside?" Hu Jiang's eyes widened when he heard this, but these words came out of the mouth of a father, and he was really a bit of a bastard.

Although Li Zhu knew that Hu Jiang was a muddy person, he was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, and Li Jie was even more speechless, but he had already thought of a way to deal with it, so he patiently explained: "Uncle Hu, you also know that I have been ill since the beginning of the year and have not improved until the end of the year, so it can be said that I have been unlucky this year!" ”

Li Jie paused here and then continued: "It is precisely for this reason that two days ago, I went to the outside of the city to find a physiognomist to calculate a hexagram for me, but the other party said that I was destined to commit Tai Sui this year, and even if it is next year, this bad luck will not be easily dispersed, until the second half of the year, I can really avoid this catastrophe!" ”

Li Jie is also full of running trains, anyway, the ancients were superstitious, and he was indeed unlucky this year, it is not an exaggeration to say that he committed Tai Sui.

"How can the words of the charlatans be credulous?" Hu Jiang waved his hand indifferently, his position is special, and he usually deals with fortune tellers and people who run the rivers and lakes, so he doesn't believe much in the words of the so-called phase master.

"I didn't believe in these things before, but this year I almost survived, and sometimes it also makes me feel that creation makes people, so I would rather believe in some things than believe in them!"

Li Jie paused again when he said this: "In addition, if you get married before the year, it is indeed too hasty, so I think it is better to wait until the second half of next year, when there will be enough time to prepare, my bad luck has passed, and another grand wedding will be held, after all, we can't let others underestimate our two families!" ”

Sure enough, although Hu Jiang didn't believe in fate, he was a good-looking person, so when he heard Li Jie's last words, he also showed a hesitant look on his face.

Li Zhu next to him was even more worried and asked, "Jie'er, did that physiognomy really say that?" ”

"Of course, otherwise how could the child curse himself?" Li Jie also replied with a wry smile, but he was already thinking in his heart about unifying his voice with Liu Yi tomorrow, so as not to be ganged up in the future.

Seeing that Li Jie didn't seem to be lying, Li Zhu finally made a decision, so he turned his head to Hu Jiang and said: "Brother Hu, I think what Jie'er said makes sense, there are some things that we would rather believe than believe what they don't, so let's wait until the second half of next year to get married!" ”

Hu Jiang saw that Li Zhu's father and son both said this, and he couldn't insist anymore, so he finally had to slap the table and say: "That's it, then wait until next year, but during this time, you must also take care of your body, and there must be no more accidents!" ”

Of course, Li Jie agreed when he heard this, after all, as long as Hu Jiang didn't force him to get married now, as for the second half of next year, the ghost knows what the situation would be, if his plan succeeded, if it failed, he might have separated his body by then, I don't know if someone will collect his body after death?

After the business was over, Li Zhu and Li Jie's father and son also accompanied Hu Jiang to concentrate on drinking, Hu Jiang was a rough man, and he was a person who didn't want to die when he saw wine, plus Li Jie's father and son persuaded him, and finally drank crookedly, Li Zhu sent two servants to carry him to the carriage and send him away.

Li Zhu drank a few more cups, and after sending Hu Jiang away, he also asked Li Jie to sit down again and said: "Jie'er, don't look at Hu Jiang's stoutness, but your mother has already seen his daughter, she is indeed a virtuous and beautiful woman, and she is very compatible with you, you don't have to worry about this!" ”

Li Jie couldn't say if he was bitter, even if Hu Jiang's daughter was a fairy, he couldn't marry him, so he had to smile bitterly: "Everything is up to my father!" ”

Seeing Li Jie so obedient, Li Zhu also felt a little emotional, and immediately reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said again: "My father is not from a good background, and I don't have any ability, so I can't find you the daughter of a big family, but Hu Jiang is not bad, he is a thousand households of Jinyiwei, although Jinyiwei has been suppressed in recent years, but he is still famous, and he will have a relationship with the Hu family in the future, and he doesn't have to worry about you being bullied outside!" ”

"Uncle Hu is a brocade guard!" Li Jie also showed a shocked expression when he heard this, he thought that Hu Jiang was just an ordinary thousand households in the Beijing camp, but he didn't expect him to be the famous Jinyi Guard!

However, Li Jie quickly came to his senses from the shock, and immediately asked again: "Father, what do you mean when you say that Jinyiwei was suppressed?" ”

"This matter is a long story, and it involves the palace, so we can only discuss it privately between our father and son, and we must not spread it!" Li Zhu first told Li Jie a few words, and then talked about Jinyiwei.

The predecessor of Jinyiwei was called Gongwei Division, and later changed to the pro-army Governor's Mansion, which was only responsible for the security and other affairs around Zhu Yuanzhang at first, and later added functions such as collecting intelligence and arresting criminals.

However, what really brought Jinyiwei to the stage was the famous "Hu Weiyong case", when handling this case, Jinyiwei rode out everywhere and arrested the officials involved in the case, and finally a total of more than 30,000 people were killed.

In addition to the "Hu Weiyong case", the empty seal case and the Guo Huan case in the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty have also broken out, and Jinyiwei is also the main force in handling the case, but just two years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Jinyiwei's power was too great, and even a little uncontrollable, so he began to limit Jinyiwei's power, and stripped some judicial powers from Jinyi and handed them over to the legal department to deal with, so Jinyiwei has also begun to decline in recent years.

After listening to Li Zhu's words, Li Jie suddenly remembered that Jinyiwei was indeed suppressed at the beginning of its establishment, but just three years later, the Lanyu case broke out, and Jinyiwei was enabled by Zhu Yuanzhang again, thus raising the bloody embroidered spring knife, but that was also the last glory of Jinyiwei during the Hongwu period, just after the Lanyu case, Jinyiwei was hidden again, and it was not until Zhu Di seized power later that Jinyiwei was used again, making Jinyiwei throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty.

"Jie'er, I originally hoped that you could study and gain fame, but now I also want to open it, if you don't want to study in the future, let Brother Hu help you find an errand in Jinyiwei, with his care, it will also be a way out in the future." In the end, Li Zhu grabbed Li Jie's hand and said again with a solemn expression.

Li Zhu also wanted to want his son to become a dragon before, so he did everything possible to send Li Jie to Guozi to study, and even did not hesitate to ask Li Shanchang for this, but after Li Jie's illness, he suddenly figured out that as long as Li Jie is healthy and alive, it is better than anything else.

"Thank you, father, the child understands!" Li Jie secretly smiled bitterly and said, how can their old Li family have anything to do?

Although Li Zhu was not drunk, he also drank a few more glasses, so Li Jie helped him back to the inner house to rest, and Mrs. Li couldn't help complaining when she saw him: "Isn't that surnamed Hu a good thing, according to me, this family business should have been retired a long time ago, and you even drank with him, I really don't know what you think?" ”

"Withdrawn?" Li Jie also showed a curious look when he heard his mother's words and asked, "Mother, why do you want to retreat?" ”

"Hmph, that surnamed Hu is a snob, when you were sick before, not only did he not come to visit, but he even heard that he wanted to ruin the marriage, until recently I heard that your illness was cured, and he cheekily ran over to get married as soon as possible, and became an in-law with this kind of person, maybe something will happen in the future!" Mrs. Li was also very annoyed when she mentioned Hu Jiang.

When Li Jie heard his mother's words, he secretly said that it was a pity, if Hu Jiang really withdrew from the marriage before, there would be many fewer obstacles for him to marry the princess.

Thinking of marrying a princess, Li Jie thought of his own plan again, tomorrow's birthday banquet is the key, and whether it can succeed depends on his performance tomorrow!