Chapter 167: Political Marriage
Liu Yizhang's expression was calm, his mouth was like a river, but his heart was different, like boiling hot water on a coal stove.
Wei Ji, Wei Ji, Wei Ji, he silently recited Wei Ji's name in his heart, the woman who was entangled with him must be Wei Ji, she has been inseparable from her since she was a child, she dares to do anything, and she is more daring than boys.
This matter must not be known to Mu Yan, and a reason must be thought of to deal with the questions that Mu Yan may have, how to have a showdown with Wei Ji? Her love for herself has reached the realm of selflessness, and at this time she can't push her away forcefully, Wei Ji has a strong personality, and if she doesn't get it right, she will be pushed down the abyss where there is no hope.
Liu Yizhang suddenly remembered a Song poem "Hairpin Phoenix, Red Crisp Hand", from the Southern Song Dynasty lyricist Lu You, Lu You was also trapped in the emotional entanglement with his cousin Tang Wan, and wrote a sincere text, "Red crisp hands, yellow vine wine, willows on the spring palace wall of the city." The east wind is evil, the joy is thin, a cup of sadness, and a few years away. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Spring is as old as ever, people are empty and thin, and tears are red and silky. The peach blossoms fall, the idle pond pavilion, although the mountain league is there, the brocade book is difficult to support. Mo, Mo, Mo! β
Liu Yizhang decided to transcribe this poem to Wei Ji, Wei Ji has read poetry and books since she was a child, and she is smart and transparent, and after she sees this poem, she will naturally understand her good intentions. This not only avoids the embarrassment or mustard caused by the interview, but also reminds Wei Ji that this kind of personal relationship between men and women with himself will not be fruitful, and the marriage between Lu You and his cousin Tang Wan is a tragedy.
At this time, Mu Yan had already gotten up.
Liu Yizhang said distressedly, "Mu Yan, you are too tired from work, let's sleep for a while, it's still early in the morning." β
Mu Yan smiled and said, "Silly nephew, aren't you noisy and hungry?" I still have some rice here, I'll make you some stewed rice to eat. It's dawn, if this girl Wei Ji comes, you are reluctant to eat again. By the way, Wei Ji was handed over at seven o'clock last night, and your war horse was tied outside, and she didn't come in to drink with you? β
Liu Yizhang hurriedly told Mu Yan the reason he had thought of in advance.
"Mu Yan, yesterday after you hurriedly followed Nurse Shiqin into the operating room, I happened to meet Shoujiang at the gate of the hospital, and the brothers met each other, so they were naturally very affectionate. The two of us were in the col outside, and more than two hours passed unconsciously, I strongly invited him to your dormitory to drink, he excused himself, saying that he had to return to the front line tonight, and I didn't force him to stay, so I returned here alone, it should be more than eight o'clock, I drank a bottle of liquor and took off my clothes and fell asleep, just missing the time for Wei Ji to get off work. By the way, Mu Yan, Shoujiang told me that he didn't want to be a car soldier in the transport brigade anymore, and wanted me to help transfer him to the 535th Regiment, what do you think? β
"Yizhang, Wang Shoujiang, I have been in contact with him a few times. To be honest, I have a very bad impression of him, I know that he is the adopted son of Brother De, and he has received a lot of favors from the Liu family compound since he was a child. But I don't think he is a grateful person, I saw it through a small thing, the first time I saw him was before the Spring Festival last year, it was rare that he could recognize me, I was very excited after I knew his identity, so I invited him to my dormitory for a while, boiled a few eggs for him to eat, when he left, I also gave him two bottles of canned food, he said a lot of words of thanks at that time, a mouthful of aunt called very affectionate. The second time we met, I only gave him an egg and no canned food, and he immediately had a displeased look on his face. When we met for the third time, I didn't give anything at all, and he reluctantly called out to my aunt when he saw me crying and mourning. This is nothing, it only shows that he is mentally immature, and the point is that later, he complained to a chief who took his car to the rear hospital to recuperate, saying that I ignored him as a nephew, and there was no human touch at all. Until not long ago, when I returned to the hospital from Nanjing, he came to me and begged me to help transfer him to your army, because at that time you were already famous, of course I did not promise him, Wang Shoujiang is different from Liu Xingzhang and Liu Huizhang, he has inflated selfish desires, and will do anything for fame and fortune. Yizhang, you must stay away from this kind of person, the story of the farmer and the snake is about people like Wang Shoujiang. β
Liu Yizhang was also very angry when he heard it, these years the Liu family compound has not funded Wang Shouji, when he was a child, the New Year, his father and mother had to call him to the house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and also gave him the money for the New Year, he can treat Mu Yan like this, he can also treat the Liu family compound like this, the ancients Yun people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, it is not bad at all, he saw Xingzhang and the badge follow his promotion quickly and his eyes were red, so he rushed to his side, such a person is indeed not worth deep friendship.
"Silly nephew, get up and eat." Liu Yizhang took the clothes and hurriedly put them on, he was afraid that Mu Yan would see the fresh tooth marks on his chest, which were the traces left by Wei Ji's 'crime' last night, Liu Yizhang suddenly remembered that in the early hours of one morning, he also found that there were tooth marks on his chest and shoulders, and he thought it was Mu Yan's doing.
"Mu Yan, you can eat together, there are too many, I can't finish eating." Liu Yizhang said and gave Mu Yan a big bowl of rice, Mu Yan was really hungry, she had been worried about Liu Yizhang's safety these days, she had no appetite, and finally looked forward to Liu Yizhang's return, she worked until midnight last night, and now she is tired and hungry. But even so, she was reluctant to eat, she pushed the bowl and said with a smile, "Silly nephew, my living treatment is higher than Wu Xiangsen's, can you still lack a bowl of rice to eat, you have a lot of food, eat it all." I'm not hungry at all now, so I can just eat in the cafeteria after dawn. β
Liu Yizhang didn't believe in Mu Yan's nonsense at all, her treatment was really high, but she ate very little in her stomach, and the eggs and other nutrients that the Corps gave her were basically kept for herself, Liu Yizhang put some eggs into Mu Yan's bowl, and said, "Mu Yan, I have already set aside a bowl for Wei Ji, if you don't eat it, when Wei Ji comes, she will not be polite at all, and give you a fine meal." β
Mu Yan had no choice but to pick up the bowl and eat.
"Mu Yan, how are you going to talk to Wei Ji about your relationship?"
"Yizhang, I really didn't think about this. In fact, you have done a very good job, spend as little time alone with her as possible, and don't give her some ambiguous signals that are easy to misunderstand. Now the top priority is for you to hurry back to China, and you have to deal with two things, both of which are related to your lifelong events, one is to appease Wang Hui, cut through the mess quickly, and don't break the thread. The other is to visit your fiancΓ©e Wu Yutong in Nanjing, she is now pregnant with your flesh and blood, and you have to fulfill your responsibilities as a husband. If conditions permit, I can talk to Wu Xiangsen about your marriage with Wu Yutong on behalf of the Liu family compound, you and Wu Yutong had better get the marriage certificate first, and find an opportunity to make up for it after the wedding, this matter should be carried out in a low-key manner, and the fewer people who know, the better. Why are you and Wu Yutong's marriage on the agenda? I have carefully read the letter written to you by Wu Yutong several times these days, she is only more than two months pregnant, and she is in a hurry to write to you to tell you the truth about returning to China, on the surface, it seems that she is reporting good news to you, but in fact, she and Wu Xiangsen are using the child in her belly to urge you to marry. Although you are only a regiment leader now, everyone knows that if the current momentum continues, your future is limitless, and it is impossible to surpass Wu Xiangsen in the future. Wu Xiangsen and Wu Yutong are worried that you will empathize with you or be favored by officials higher than Wu Xiangsen, and they will not tell you that this situation has indeed happened, and in the past few days, people have been calling me from Nanjing, euphemistically asking you about your personal situation, and I have clearly refused, think about it, they are looking for me because I am your aunt, and they are also likely to find Wu Xiangsen to understand your personal affairs, will Wu Xiangsen not be in a hurry? But he was embarrassed to take the initiative to propose a marriage contract to us, so he could only remind and put pressure through Wu Yutong's letter, I wanted to ask Wu Xiangsen to come to my office in the morning to discuss your marriage with Wu Yutong, and take advantage of the opportunity when the army was resting to solve your personal affairs as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night. Yizhang, do you think this arrangement is okay? β
"Mu Yan, except for the war, I will listen to you in everything else. Wei Ji here, I just pondered it, it would be better for you to come forward and talk to her openly. As for me, I will cooperate with you to transcribe a poem of Lu You's words for her, and show my attitude side by side. Mu Yan, let me tell you, although Wei Ji and Wang Hui are both my cousins, Wei Ji is much more difficult to deal with, she knows me too well, and she is too much like me, we have been grinding our ears and temples since childhood, and our relationship is very close. You have planned well, I will return to China as soon as possible to marry Wu Yutong, so that everyone can rest assured. β
Liu Yizhang immediately recorded Lu You's "Hairpin Phoenix, Red Crisp Hand" on the letterhead, and prepared to give it to Wei Ji after dawn.
Mu Yan stood behind Liu Yizhang and was full of praise for his words, "Silly nephew, why do you have so many things in your head?" Now let me write ancient poems silently, except for Li Bai's "Silent Night Thoughts", I have forgotten everything else, I haven't read this poem by Lu You. β
"Mu Yan, this is normal, there is a specialization in the art industry! Isn't your attainment in medicine also a matter of excellence? In the Korean battlefield, it is definitely one of the few. Where did I learn these Chinese studies from my uncle, it stands to reason that you and Uncle Wenxuan are the children of your uncle, and you have been exposed to it since childhood, and your knowledge of Chinese culture should be the best, but what is the result? Uncle believes in the Confucian idea that women are not talented, and he has always been careless about your Chinese culture education, and Uncle Wenxuan doesn't like to read for some reason. I heard my father tell me that when Uncle Wenxuan was young, because he didn't care about reading, he was often slapped by his uncle with a ring ruler, so that later, my uncle gave all the books in your house to my father, and the books in my father's study are only a small part of the books in the Liu family's compound, and most of the books are locked in the cellar by my father, and Wei Ji and I often steal my father's key and go to the cellar to find some forbidden books to read. The cellar of the Liu family compound was designed by my grandfather, the cellar is kept dry all the year round, and there are stereotypes and ink printers, which are all things that my grandfather used when he ran a newspaper in Huang County. Mu Yan, do you have an impression of my grandfather? β
"Yizhang, I haven't met your grandfather either, when I was young, I just heard my father tell a lot of stories about your grandfather, your grandfather is three years older than my father. If he is alive, he should be sixty-eight years old this year, he ran away from home in the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, I was just born that year, and your grandfather was forced away by the dog meat general Zhang Zongchangsheng. Zhang Zongchang is a native of Jiaodong Ye County, but he has not done a good thing to his hometown, in Qingdao he suppressed the workers' movement, in Yantai he suppressed the cultural movement, and most of his subordinates are from Jiaodong's Huang County, Ye County, Jiaoxian area, these people follow Zhang Zongchang all the year round to fight for the tiger, in the end did not end well. Yizhang, coming out to do things, following the right person is the most important thing, recently I have done a very detailed background to Wu Xiangsen through various channels, this person is really good. He is old, upright, and upright, Dong Zheng is much more sleek than Wu Xiangsen. After careful consideration, I decided to finalize the marriage contract between you and Wu Yutong as soon as possible, so that Wu Xiangsen and Dong Zheng will fully support you, because they are both Wu Yutong's closest people, this is the intangible resources brought by political marriage, but I believe that you will always be able to maintain a righteous style and be a clean official who favors the people, not a scum like Zhang Zongchang. If one day, I find out that you have betrayed, I would rather take you away from officialdom, live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and live alone for the rest of your life. β
Liu Yizhang held Mu Yan's hand and said affectionately, "Mu Yan, I know that we can't be husband and wife in this life, but we will never lose each other!" I told you, I Liu Yizhang is both good for the world, poor for the poor, I know that Huan Hai is the vanity fair for fame and wealth, I have also read "The Appearance of Officialdom" and other novels that lash out at the darkness of officialdom, officialdom is also a special battlefield, is a big dye vat that covers all aspects of society. If you find that I have become a soft bone for fame and fortune, you don't have to take me away and fly high, because that kind of Liu Yizhang is not worthy of your love at all, you can ...... directly"