Chapter 63: The First Examination of Wuju People
Wei Qingshan arranged the carriage early in the morning, and Zhu Daxue also took the initiative to invite Wei Xun to accompany him, Zhu Zhu was inconvenient to come forward, so he only asked someone to send Wei Qingqing a lot of medicine and wine for bruises, and the group set off.
In the place where the first examination of the martial arts people was held, I saw that there were already many candidates waiting outside.
The venue of the competition is different from the place where the literati take the exam, but it is in the real school ground, but around the school grounds, a circle of two-story buildings has been built for the nobles to come to the competition.
The examiners sat in front of the school.
"This year's examiners, one is the King of Ruyang, the other is General Wei, and the other is the Emperor Fan Gonggong." In the private room with an excellent viewing position on the second floor, Fang Zijiao said diligently, and his eyes glanced at Wei Qingqing from time to time.
He knew that Wei Qingqing was good-looking, but now, he was especially good-looking.
Wei Qingqing pretended not to know his scrutiny and asked him: "In this way, this exam will definitely be very fair." ”
"Maybe." Fang Zijiao ordered it, only ordered someone to get snacks and tea, and sat down beside Wei Qingshan obediently.
Wei Qingshan was quite satisfied with him, Wei Xun came over after saying goodbye to Zhu University, and saw Fang Zijiao, who was sitting in a righteous position, politely called Brother Fang, and said a few words of greeting, and sat with him with a calm face to watch the competition. It seems that there is no dissatisfaction with Fang Zijiao.
Wei Qingqing glanced at Wei Xun, her heart sank a little unconsciously, and it didn't take long for the competition to become intense.
However, Wei Hu's competition was arranged in the last few sessions of the afternoon, so after watching the competition in the morning, everyone was ready to eat in the private room.
"The lower officer paid a visit to General Wei. I didn't know that General Wei was coming, and he never greeted him from afar, and asked the general for forgiveness. Wei Qingshan led everyone to salute Wei Rampant, who suddenly visited.
"Lord Wei doesn't have to be polite."
Wei Rampant glanced at everyone, his eyes locked on Wei Qingqing, and then said coldly.
Wei Qingshan noticed that the visitor was not good, but he didn't know why he was not good, so he could only wait carefully.
On the side, General Wei's wife Qu had a kind face, looked at Wei Qingqing and smiled: "This is Miss Wei, listen to Su Su, Miss Wei is beautiful and fragrant, and when I see it today, it is really so." It's really a rare beauty in the world. ”
Wei Qingqing looked at the face she was very familiar with in front of her, the blood wave in her heart had already surged, her hands were pinching her palms, her relatives, her parents who served with her heart, and in the end, they were the executioners who pushed her into the abyss with Rong Ruizhang.
Wei Xun was the first to keenly sense that Wei Qingqing's mood was wrong, and Qu Shi just finished asking. He stepped forward to block her gaze at Wei Qingqing, and arched his hand: "Thank you Madame for complimenting, my little sister is shy and rude by nature, please also ask Madame Haihan." ”
"Naturally, Miss Wei doesn't have her mother around to teach her, how can I worry about her?" Qu responded with a smile, but he was still a little dissatisfied with Wei Qingqing's rudeness.
"Miss Wei is also called Wei Qingqing?"
Wei Rampant asked.
Wei Qingshan saw that these two people were coming for their daughter, and he became more and more vigilant in his heart: "Yes, the little girl's name is Qingqing." ”
is a boudoir name, Wei Rampant is a foreign man, so it is naturally difficult to ask more.
Wei Yan also heard Wei Qingshan's intention to protect his daughter, and his already serious face became more and more stern.
Fang Zijiao saw that the atmosphere in this room was becoming more and more tense, and hurriedly laughed: "The general and his wife, please sit down, I will ask someone to bring good tea......
"No need."
Wei Yan glanced at Fang Zijiao: "The good tea you can buy, my general's mansion naturally has it." ”
When Fang Zijiao was swept over by him, he sensed his murderous aura. A general who was killed in the midst of thousands of troops, such a murderous aura overflowed, Rao is Fang Zijiao couldn't help but stand up his hairs, and then he suddenly understood, Wei Rant was only afraid that he hated the Wei family in Yuqian Lane, and he had already offended the general's mansion by helping the Wei family today.
Fang Zijiao was busy explaining the matter with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, but Wei Yan was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore, and looked at Wei Qingqing directly, but when he stared at Wei Qingqing's eyes, he felt a little uncomfortable, although Wei Qingqing's gaze quickly became normal.
"Today, General Ben heard that Miss Wei and General Ben's former beloved daughter have the same name and surname, and I feel that it is really fate, so I want to accept her as a righteous daughter, I don't know what Lord Wei thinks?" Wei Rampant squinted at Wei Qingshan, not taking him as a petty official from the sixth rank in his eyes at all.
Without waiting for Wei Qingshan to reply, Qu also followed: "The general's beloved daughter died suddenly, and the general is sad day and night. ”
Fang Zijiao listened to it and felt that this was simply a good thing for pie in the sky, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he persuaded Wei Qingshan and said: "My lord, the general has lost his beloved daughter, if Miss can serve the second elder, it is also a good thing, and in this way, Miss Wei can be regarded as having the general's wife as a stepmother, and when outsiders talk about it in the future, they will not say that Miss is a person without mother's teaching." ”
Wei Qingqing is full of irony, losing her beloved daughter? Heartache day and night?
They are afraid that they will be happy day and night, and now they want to recognize the so-called righteous daughters, most of them just want to borrow their own hands to build the bridge of the Guogong Mansion.
Wei Qingqing was afraid that Wei Qingshan would be moved, after all, in this way, whether it was Wei Hu's competition in the afternoon. In the future, Wei Xun will become very smooth, but before she could speak, she saw Wei Qingshan bowing respectfully towards Wei and saluting, and said: "The general's intentions are understandable, but the little girl's blessings are shallow, and I am afraid that I will not be able to accept the two of them." ”
Wei Xun also said: "The little sister's health has not been very good, my father has looked for the master to calculate, the little sister has no fate to be taught by her mother in this life, and my father is also worried about losing the blessings of the general's wife." ”
Qu secretly gritted his teeth in embarrassment, only then did he calm down, looked at Wei Qingqing, and smiled softly: "I don't believe these words, Miss Wei, your father and brother are worried about you, what do you think of yourself?" If you are willing to agree, your mother will definitely let you be the same as the prime and be the lady of my general's mansion. ”
Wei Xun looked back at Wei Qingqing with some worry, Wei Qingshan was also afraid that his daughter would be tempted when she was young, so she hurriedly spoke: "General's wife, the lower official ......"
"Why, Lord Wei doesn't look down on my General's Mansion so much?" Wei Yan coldly interrupted Wei Qingshan's words.
Of course, Wei Qingshan didn't dare to offend the General's Mansion, his old face was a little pale, and some cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Fang Zijiao was sure that Wei Qingqing would agree, she had slowly known that Ronghua was rich, how could she still be willing to stay in the poor nest?
But as soon as he finished thinking about it, he heard Wei Qingqing say, "Thank you two for your kindness." The courtiers are going to marry to the Guogong Mansion in the near future, and the father and brother dare not decide easily if they want to come to such a major event, so why not wait for the courtiers to return to the grandfather and the princess of the country, and then talk back to the two? "If you have the ability to embarrass a Wei Qingshan, if you have the ability, you can go to the Guogong Mansion to try this set?
Wei Yan's face suddenly became ugly, and the smile on Qu's face couldn't be maintained.
"Anyway, Miss Wei is unwilling, and we don't have a reason to be reluctant." Wei Rantian stared at Wei Qingqing sharply, but saw that she was not afraid to look at him, which made him even more displeased, so he only said coldly; "But you can also rest assured, this official is not a narrow-minded person, and this official will definitely be fair in the competition of the Wei family's son this afternoon."
Wei Qingshan hurriedly raised his head and wanted to pray, but Wei Yan only glanced at him in warning, shook his sleeves and left.
"Erhu, he ......" Wei Qingshan's throat was a little dry, and he looked at Wei Xun: "Once this competition starts, it can't be canceled." ”
"On the martial arts field, the point is up, and there are Ge Lao and ......" Wei Xun looked at a certain place and frowned: "Second Master Rong is also here, no matter how powerful the General's Mansion is, he won't take the life of the second brother if he thinks about it." ”
But if you are afraid, you are afraid, Wei Rampant arranged a person who was not afraid of death at all to fight Wei Hu, or arranged a person who Wei Hu couldn't do at all to fight.
Wei Qingqing was also a little worried. She was dedicated to guarding against Wei Qiongwei, but she never thought that Wei Yan and his wife would come to the door.
Wei Yan has been in the court for many years, shrewd and spicy, Wei Qingshan is not his opponent at all, Rong Che said before that he would push him to the emperor, which made him the target of the public.
"Lord Wei."
Everyone was nervous when there was a polite knock on the door.
Da Ming immediately stepped forward to open the door, and saw the big girl ring pothos beside the Duchess of Guo.
As if she didn't notice the gloomy atmosphere in this room, she smiled and put a small basket of lychees in her hand on the table, and said with a smile: "This is the queen mother in the palace. ”
Wei Xun instantly understood the meaning of the pothos's words, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him.
The green pothos squeezed her eyes at Wei Qingqing, and then retreated.
Wei Qingqing looked at this lychee, this is Rong Che's handiwork, but he seems to be really interested in the Wei family...... What exactly did he want from the Wei family?
Not for a while. Zhu Daxue also sent someone to send desserts, and the Wei family's mind finally settled down a little.
It was easy to stay up until Wei Hu appeared in the afternoon, Wei Hu didn't know what was going on in the private room, and when he came on the field, he waved to Wei Qingqing and them very happily.
Wei Yan, who was sitting in the position of the chief examiner, snorted lightly, but listened to the king of Ruyang happily peeling lychees on the side, and said with a smile: "This young man looks stupid, and other families are nervous, but he is good, as if he is here to play." ”
"It's stupid." Wei Yan sneered: "But I heard that he will face the person in a while, but he is a well-known master in the market, so it is better that he will not be beaten all over the ground to find his teeth at that time." ”
King Ruyang raised his eyebrows, his slightly chubby face still had a smile, and he asked Grandpa Fan next to him from time to time if he ate it.
After a while, Wei Hu's opponent came up.
But this opponent just came, not only Wei Qingqing upstairs, but Wei Yan was dumbfounded!
"Lord Wang, this is ......"
"Shh King Ruyang made a booing gesture with him: "The general also knows that I have such a precious daughter under my knees, and if she wants to come, I naturally have to arrange for the worst level to fight her." ”
Wei Rampant looked at Chi Yang, who came up dressed as a man with a whip, and then looked at Father-in-law Fan, but Father-in-law Fan closed his eyes and didn't speak.
Wei Rampant looked at the plate of lychees in front of King Ruyang, and suddenly reacted: "Lord, this lychee is ......"
"Oh, it's Archer's filial piety." King Ruyang peeled one off without much care. also asked Wei Rant: "The general wants to eat some, it's sweet, it's just right to relieve the heat." ”
Wei Yi stared at the idle prince and didn't say anything for a long time.
And on the field, Wei Hu also recognized Chi Yang: "Why are you?" ”
"Who I am!" Chi Yang was still holding back a belly of anger in her heart, although she couldn't say if Wei Qingqing hurt her last time, but at least because of Wei Qingqing, she was slighted by Rong Ruizhang, and this time she would never let Wei Hu go. It must be beaten until his skin is broken!
Wei Hu hurriedly turned his head to look at Ge Lao, Ge Lao only covered his face and couldn't bear to look at it, his apprentice was fighting with a woman, what was the point?
It didn't take long for Chi Yang to chase Wei Hu with a whip and fight all over the field.
Wei Hu didn't want to fight with the woman, but he was in pain from a few whips, and he couldn't help but start grabbing the whip in Chi Yang's hand. Naturally, neither of them passed the competition, Wei Hu was also whipped dozens of times, and when he returned home, he was angry for a long time, scolding the county lord of Chi Yang for being a man's wife, but he didn't bother to beat Chi Yang in the end.
When they came out of the test field, the Wei family happened to bump into King Ruyang, who was going back.
"Lord Wang." Wei Qingshan hurriedly saluted.
King Ruyang smiled and looked at Ge Lao appreciatively: "Ge Lao's apprentice is really extraordinary." ”
Ge Lao glanced at him and ignored him.
King Ruyang glanced at Wei Hu, whose face was full of injuries, and was still happy, exchanged a few words with Wei Qingshan, and then took Chi Yang away.
It's just that when Chi Yang left, he couldn't help but look at Wei Hu, and saw that there were two more whip marks on his slightly dark but clear face, so he couldn't help biting his lip and asked him: "This is all your own doing, if you don't provoke me next time, I will naturally not beat you." ”
"I ......" Wei Hu wanted to refute, but Wei Qingqing pulled his sleeves.
Wei Hu knew that he shouldn't provoke this county lord anymore, so he said: "Yes, the next time the grass people see you, they will definitely go around." ”
Chi Yang stomped her feet, she didn't mean that!
In the final analysis, Wei Qingqing is to blame, Su Su said that she was scheming, and it was true!
Before Wei Qingqing could react, she was glared at by Chi Yang, very innocent, until Chi Yang and King Ruyang got into the carriage and left, she pulled Wei Hu and asked him: "Second brother, what do you think of the county lord?" ”
"The man's wife is domineering, brutal, and fierce." Wei Hu replied truthfully.
"It's true that there is no woman's appearance."
Wei Xun also commented, but he remembered Mr. Yan in his mind.
"Lord Wei wants to go back to Yuqian Lane, just on the same road. Let's go together. ”
Rong Che's voice suddenly came from the side, Wei Qingqing looked back at him who came with his hand, and his gaze happened to look at her.
The four eyes were facing each other, but Wei Qingqing looked away first, his ears were basically capable, and he was a little hot.
Wei Qingqing thought, Miss Wei's body is really shy and timid.
Rong Che just smiled and looked away, and Ah Kun also led the carriage.
Fang Zijiao stepped forward and warmly set it off, Rong Che actually didn't put it aside coldly, Wei Qingshan looked at Wei Rampant and the others who were about to come out of the school yard, understood Rong Che's intentions, nodded in response, and got into the carriage.
From a distance, Wei Rampant looked at Rong Che, who was protecting the Wei family, and said to Fan Gong beside him in a deep voice: "It seems that Rong Che is really going to get involved in the officialdom." ”
"If Second Master Rong has such a heart, the emperor will have another fierce general." Father-in-law Fan gags and doesn't answer Wei Rampant's words. When I went out, I said goodbye and left.
Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and after a while, he returned to the General's Mansion with a broken face.
Today's day of running around made Wei Qingshan and the others tired, and when they returned home, they went back to the courtyard to prepare to rest.
Wei Qingqing also planned to find a time to go out to see Liu Quanfu, who promised to stay, but before he left the courtyard, he heard a pleasant sound of Ruan Qin.
The sound of the piano is ethereal, like the birdsong in the empty mountains and forests, and like the tranquility of the murmuring stream, which makes people relax when they hear it.
"Mr. Yan plays the piano so well."
Lan Zhi took off her makeup and changed her clothes for Wei Qingqing, and said with a smile.
Wei Qingqing thought of Rong Hai and the eldest princess, looked at Mr. Yan's courtyard, smiled lightly, and didn't say anything. But as soon as he got out of the hospital, he saw Wei Xun standing alone outside Mr. Yan's courtyard.
Wei Xun held a book in his hand, thinking that he wanted to ask for advice, but because of the sound of the piano, he stopped outside and did not take a step closer.
"Miss, it's the eldest prince, do you want to wait for a while?"
"Hmm." Wei Qingqing nodded, the eldest brother was keen and intelligent, she didn't want him to worry too much.
With that, he retreated to the room, but as soon as he arrived in the room, he saw Rong Che again.
Rong Che should have just bathed, wearing a silver-gray robe loosely, his long hair was only tied up with a hosta behind him, the tips of his hair were still dripping, and his whole body was full of the aroma of soap and pancreas just after bathing.
"Let's take a look at this list." Rong Che naturally opened his mouth to Wei Qingqing, as if he had been a husband and wife with her for many years.
"Stand down."
Wei Qingqing glanced at Lan Zhi, who was embarrassed, and said lightly, before she stepped forward and sat opposite Rong Che, looked at the list he gave, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "My dowry list?" ”
After speaking, Wei Qingqing reacted to what he had just said.
Rong Che looked at her with a smile, did not ask, but answered, and said, "The prince gave everything to Yinbaozhuang that night." ”
"The second master has all redeemed it?" Wei Qingqing asked him.
"Yinbaozhuang is the master's." Rong Che smiled, and when he saw Wei Qingqing's stunned appearance, the smile in the fox's eyes deepened a little: "I didn't expect to hit the master with my decision." ”
Wei Qingqing really didn't expect that she had checked this Yinbaozhuang for a long time, but she didn't find out who the master behind it was, but she didn't expect it to be Rong Che!
"It's okay, it's all a family, and the master's things are your things." After Rong Che finished speaking, he naturally leaned back in the chair and pointed to his hair: "Dry your hair for your master." ”
Wei Qingqing was dumbfounded, but for the sake of this dowry, she didn't mind.
Besides, if she wants to use Rong Che, she should always please him before she knows his true purpose for herself, right?
Wei Qingqing took a towel, took off his hairpin, and recalled how ordinary people twisted their hair for themselves, and began to twist Rong Che's hair.
In the dim candlelight, Rong Che thought that if he hadn't had thick hair, he would have become a bald man tomorrow.
This girl is really clumsy!