Liu Zhenglong said to Pan Feng helplessly: "I hope the Pan family's family banquet is not a Hongmen banquet, to be honest, I don't know any of your sisters, it's not good if you get married rashly!" ”

Pan Feng also said helplessly: "As long as you decide to marry the Pan family, then you can contact my five sisters as soon as possible, there will always be one who is in love with you." Whether it is the long room or the second room, as long as you like that sister, you are the son-in-law of our entire Pan family. ”

Pan Feng's meaning is very clear, it's just that the Pan family needs Liu Zhenglong's son-in-law, and it doesn't matter who marries him, to put it bluntly, let Liu Zhenglong choose it himself. He came today to find out what the other party's attitude is towards this marriage.

Liu Zhenglong knew that this level could not be opened, so he had to nod and say: "We are good friends, and marrying the Pan family is definitely close to each other." To tell you the truth, I have a concern, if the Pan family has no opinion, then I have no problem with marriage, I am willing to be the son-in-law of the Pan family, but if this problem cannot be solved, then it will not be a good thing for me or the Pan family in the future. ”

Pan Feng likes Liu Zhenglong's straightforward character, if there is a problem, talk about the front, to avoid unnecessary trouble in the back, he said with a smile: "Brother Liu, there is a problem, you just say it, we are good friends, what else can't be said." ”

"Actually, there is nothing, I don't have the concept of a wife and concubine in my mind, to put it bluntly, if there is a wife, there will be a flat wife, I will not let my beloved woman be a concubine, I don't know if you understand what I said."

The Great Song Dynasty had strict regulations on officials marrying wives and taking concubines, and the officials themselves could not change them at will, otherwise it would be quite troublesome. In addition to the main wife, the flat wife also came into being.

Pan Feng pondered for a moment and then said: "In my dynasty, unless you become a prince or a king, you will not have more than three wives, otherwise you will be complained by the imperial history." As for me personally, I don't take you too seriously about marrying three equal wives. Of course, whether this matter is said or not, it still needs the approval of the head of the family. Don't say so much, tomorrow night to Pan Mansion to attend a family dinner. ”

Liu Zhenglong didn't know much about the marriage system of the Great Song Dynasty, and of course he didn't want to know about it. For him, there is no difference between his own woman and concubine, and the same is true for children.

Pan Jing was very dissatisfied with Liu Zhenglong's attitude, this young man was too attentive, but this matter is not without room for maneuver, it depends on how much this guy will be cultivated in the future. At this stage, the Pan family has enough means to balance Liu Zhenglong, and one day in the future, this guy will soar, let alone marry a flat wife, even if he divorces his wife, how much can the Pan family interfere?

In the end, Pan Jing was relieved and accepted the conditions offered by the other party, allowing Liu Zhenglong to marry a flat wife, he had no extravagant hopes, he only hoped that this son-in-law of the Pan family would make a contribution to the rise of the Pan family.

Night banquet, this night banquet is extraordinary, basically all the relatives and friends of the Pan family are present, almost every family of meritorious families has a representative, it is obvious that this is not a simple family banquet, it is obvious that the Pan family is to convey a message to everyone, that is, Liu Zhenglong officially entered the scope of the Pan family, to put it bluntly, to avoid the intervention of other families.

This time, it was the Liu family that was really stimulated, although its political influence had long been reduced to the second rate, but as one of the three major chaebols of the Great Song Dynasty, the Liu family still hoped to usher in the opportunity to take off by recruiting sons-in-law. There is no doubt that the first to establish a relationship with Liu Zhenglong was the Liu family, especially Liu Mingjun, the third son of the Liu family, who is also a business partner with Liu Zhenglong, and Liu Rumei, a side branch of the Liu family, is still Liu Zhenglong's woman. However, the Liu family, who are far away from the core of power, still have a sense of smell that is not sensitive enough and misses the best opportunity.

Because of the invitation of the Pan family, Liu Mingjun was severely taught a lesson by Liu Futang, the old lady of the Liu family, and even the eldest young master Liu Mingwei and the second young master Liu Mingkai were also implicated, and these three brothers can be said to be unjustified.

Liu Mingjun's own sister, Liu Ruyan, the first beauty of the Liu family, was very angry about her brother's punishment, and she angrily found the old man Liu Futang, hoping that her grandfather would give a reasonable explanation.

Liu Futang, who has been at the helm of the Liu family consortium for nearly forty years, can be said to be a hero, but he is only afraid of this precious granddaughter, and his face is like smoke and he is angry to ask himself about the guilt, and the anger in the old man's heart is mostly gone, and he said softly: "My baby granddaughter, who made you angry, why are you pouting, say it quickly, grandpa, I will help you get angry." ”

"Grandpa, why do you want to punish my brother, the Pan family's night banquet, our Liu family can go or not, what is my brother, isn't it just a six-grade official, what's rare, the six-rank official in the capital has fallen into cow hair, that Liu Zhenglong, there is nothing remarkable." Liu Ruyan, who grew up with a golden key in his mouth, really doesn't think that Liu Zhenglong has anything great, he hasn't even mixed with the top three, and he is not the son of a family, even if he is young and young, he is the sixth grade, and there is still the possibility of sinking into the sand in the future.

Liu Futang finally showed a smile on his face, but it was just a very helpless smile, he motioned for Liu Ruyan to sit down and said: "Girl, you think too simply, the six-rank officials are really nothing, the six-rank officials who walked out of the Liu Family Academy are not a hundred, but also seventy or eighty, so what is it." However, there is only one protégé of the Son of Heaven in the whole world. A young man who has just set foot in officialdom can win the trust of the official family, can play the Imperial City Division in the palm of his hand, can destroy Zhu Mian, the king of the southeast, and can snatch Muzhou from 50,000 rebels with a thousand troops, do you think this is what ordinary people can do? In addition, his appointment was not in accordance with the procedure, and the government was able to approve it, you know what it means? ”

The ministers of the political hall have the right to refute the holy decree of the official family, which cannot be overturned by the official family, to put it bluntly, if the ministers of the political hall think that Liu Zhenglong's appointment is unreasonable, they can directly refuse to appoint him. But the whole world knew that the appointment should not exist, and it was unanimously approved in the political hall, and no one objected, which was obviously not because of the golden sign of the protégé of the Son of Heaven, but because Liu Zhenglong conquered the political hall, and the ministers recognized him.

Born in the Liu family, Liu Ruyan, who is smart in ice and snow, still has a super keen sense of smell, of course she knows what it means for the unanimous vote of the political affairs hall, you must know that the ministers of the political affairs hall are divided into two factions, one group supports the prince Zhao Huan, and the other supports the king of Yun, Zhao Kai, since Liu Zhenglong is a confidant of the king of Yun, how did the prince and the faction of the prince, the difficulty in the middle is almost to the point of insolvability, but how Liu Zhenglong untied this link, just for this point, among the young talents in the entire capital, the top three must have the position of this guy.

Liu Rumei said in surprise: "The treacherous and cunning Cai Jing should strongly oppose it, Zheng Juzhong is the old Taishan of the crown prince, how can he agree, will the official family play a role in this." ”

"No, absolutely not." Liu Futang highly respected Duan Wang on the issue of Zhao Ji, the king of Duan, and it can be said that he knew Zhao Ji of Song Huizong very well. He smiled bitterly and said: "If Liu Zhenglong didn't have the ability to convince the ministers of the political affairs hall, then the official family would not give him such an important position." Don't look at it as just a positive six products, in fact, if the power is used properly, then Liu Zhenglong is definitely the little Liu Xianggong, at this point, since the official family can delegate power, I believe that this protégé of the Son of Heaven has enough means to pass the vote of the political hall. ”

"Liu Zhenglong is a demon." This is Liu Ruyan's evaluation of Liu Zhenglong, and at the same time, she also has curiosity about this man, and wants to get to know and see what kind of demon this guy is.

Liu Futang sighed for a long time and said, "Originally, grandpa, I still wanted to marry you to Liu Zhenglong, but now that the invitations of the Pan family have been delivered, everything is too late." It seems that I am old enough to make such a big mistake on this issue. ”

"Late, I don't think so, without my Liu Ruyan's consent, no one wants to be the mistress of Liu's mansion." In her opinion, men are prey, and only by capturing the king of beasts can she show her ability and prove that she is the first lady in the capital.

"Silly girl, don't do anything stupid, you must know that the girl of the Pan family is your cousin, your mother was born in the Pan family, and the Pan family has already expressed its attitude, if our Liu family inserts a lever, it will be a joke."

Although Liu Futang is optimistic about Liu Zhenglong, it does not mean that he will compete with the Pan family for his granddaughter's marriage, which is the biggest taboo among wealthy families, once he tears his face, it will be difficult to communicate again in the future.

"Ouch, grandpa, where do you think of it, is your granddaughter the kind of woman who wants to rob men with others?" Liu Ruyan's almost perfect pretty face showed peacock-like arrogance, and she said very confidently: "I never chase a man, how could that Liu Zhenglong marry a woman from the Pan family before he chased me and was not abandoned by me?" Okay, grandpa, don't say it again, I know what I do, don't worry, I won't embarrass our Liu family. ”

Liu Futang knew that he couldn't convince his granddaughter, but he also knew that Liu Rumei was measured in doing things, and there would be no major problems, at least on the issue of men and women, there was no need for the elders to worry about it.

Liu Futang can not worry about it, but Liu Mingjun can't help but care, he and Pan Feng, Pan Yue and Liu Zhenglong are all good friends, if something happens to his sister, then how will he behave in the future.

When participating in the night banquet in Panfu, Liu Ruyan proposed to go together in disguised as a man, but was directly rejected by Liu Mingjun.

Liu Mingjun shook his head and said: "Sister, you're joking, go to your uncle's house, what's the use of you dressing up as a man, who doesn't know you!" Besides, when you go to Pan's house at this time, you just think with your toes, everyone knows your purpose, and they will be embarrassed by each other when the time comes, so you'd better not go. ”

"If you don't let me go, then don't regret it." Liu Ruyan didn't insist on going to the night banquet, but she had already secretly made up her mind that she must pester Liu Zhenglong to see what kind of demon this guy is.

Liu Zhenglong didn't know the existence of Liu Ruyan, and he didn't know that this big beauty gave her evaluation of being a demon, but one thing of the Liu family was inferred correctly, that is, the unanimous vote of the political affairs hall was passed, and it was indeed he who did his own homework, and it can be said that he visited the seven ministers one by one, of course, the privy envoy Tong Guan fought on the Western Front, and he didn't need to pay a visit, but Tong Fu must have visited him.

At the beginning of the assassination incident, Tong Guan's righteous son Tong Yansi never came out after entering the prison of the Imperial City Division, but Tong Guan's righteous son is not only Tong Yansi, after this guy collapsed and sank into the sand, Tong Yanwen walked to the front desk, obviously this young man is not as flamboyant as Tong Yansi, but he is wiser and knows how to make trade-offs.

Liu Zhenglong entered Tong's Mansion and talked deeply with Tong Yanwen for more than two hours, no one knows what the two talked about, but one thing can be confirmed, Tong Guan will not put obstacles in Liu Zhenglong's appointment, of course, the door is also open for this guy to enter the Western Army.

It is necessary to convince the ministers of the political hall that it has nothing to do with which faction the other party belongs to, after all, this appointment is unique since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, whether it is the prime minister of that faction, first of all, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and then the one who belongs to that faction. It will definitely not be because he belongs to the line of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and he will be open to Liu Zhenglong's appointment.

Zheng Juzhong didn't want to see Liu Zhenglong at all, but for the sake of this guy who saved his younger brother Zheng Zhong's daughter, he still met Liu Zhenglong in the tea room, but his attitude was very cold.

Liu Zhenglong was not surprised at all by Zheng Juzhong's attitude, and he saluted very dignified and said: "Lord Zheng, if you come to your mansion in person, you can be regarded as a guest no matter how you say it, so you can't even give you a cup of tea." ”

"If there's anything, just say it directly, there's no need to go around in circles here with this official."

Zheng Juzhong's attitude is obvious, that is, as long as there is no need to listen to what Liu Zhenglong says, he will send guests away at any time, and where will he give the other party tea.

"Presumably Lord Zheng is very happy that the imperial grandson was demoted." Liu Zhenglong mentioned Zhao Chen, the eldest son of the crown prince Zhao Huan, the imperial grandson from the inspection of the school Shaobao, the Changde army festival envoy, and the Chongguo Gong to the Gaozhou defense envoy, it can be said that which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, he just wants to stimulate Zheng Juzhong, the old fox, otherwise the content of the rest will not be able to be discussed.

Sure enough, after listening, Zheng Juzhong's face suddenly became ugly, and he waved his hand to invite Liu Zhenglong out, but when he saw that the other party's face was calm as usual, he didn't immediately drive him away, just to see what tricks this guy was playing.