In the inner hall of the palace, Wang Jun was pressed to the ground by several family members, and was constantly beaten and screamed, Wang Daoqi personally raised a stick to beat him, and he was angry and scolded: "Kill you stupid brute, you bastard, lose Lao Tzu's face, Lao Tzu will kill you!" ”

At this time, Wang Daoqi's wife rushed over when she heard the news, hugged her husband's arm and cried: "Master, spare Jun'er!" You're going to beat him to death. ”

"It's all your stupid mother-in-law who pampers him all day long, look at what he looks like, he will kill our family."

"Master, Jun'er just doesn't like to study, he goes to drink, you can't beat him like this!"

"Drinking?"

Wang Daoqi glared at his wife angrily and said: "He really went to spend all day drinking and pouring, but he actually sent someone to ambush Yushi, I don't know if he thought it was me who commanded it, do I still want this official position?" ”

Mrs. Wang was also stunned, although she was a woman, she was from a family, and she also knew what the consequences of ambushing Yushi were, at least she would lose her official position, and at worst she would go to prison, how could her son do such a stupid thing?

But when she saw her son being beaten, she couldn't help but feel very distressed, and hurriedly said: "The master has beaten and beaten, the key is to make him sensible, the master must educate him, and let him understand what he can't do, otherwise he will get into trouble." ”

Wang Daoqi found that the flesh on his son's thigh was broken, black purple and swollen, and bloodstained, which was shocking, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, so he waved his hand, "He carried it down to heal the injury!" ”

Several family members hurriedly carried Wang Jun, who was in a semi-comatose state, down, and Wang Daoqi sat weakly on the chair, really depressed in his heart.

"Master, what the hell is going on?" Mrs. Wang asked puzzled.

"I asked him, it was Li Yanqing and Cao Yun who were closer, and this bastard had a grudge, so he sent his family to ambush Li Yanqing."

"Ahh Mrs. Wang was shocked, she suddenly understood something, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that the Cao family prevaricated us, just because of this Li Yanqing?" ”

"It should be, this Li Yanqing is a member of the imperial examination, and he is the sixth rank of the imperial history, he has not married a wife at such a young age, which family will not be tempted, the Cao family must want to win him over."

"But even so, you can't bully my handsome family!"

"You're here again!"

Wang Daoqi glared at his wife dissatisfied, "Who bullied him?" It's because he himself has no ability, he is in his twenties, he can't pass the liberation test, and he hangs out with a bunch of gentlemen in Taixue all day long, who wants to marry his daughter to such a unproductive person, even I don't want to, who doesn't want to marry his daughter to Jinshi? Can anyone else be blamed for this? If you indulge him like this, you will really hurt him, and he will play for the rest of his life! ”

"Master, what should we do then?" Mrs. Wang asked tremblingly.

Wang Daoqi took a few steps and said: "This matter is a good thing for him, you go back and tell the Cao family, the previous marriage agreement is canceled, and then I will find a way to install him in the army, with my qualifications, there is no problem for him to be a junior officer in the army." ”

"Don't you want Jun'er to be admitted to the Jinshi?"

Wang Daoqi shook his head, "With his current casualness, don't say Jinshi, I'm afraid he won't even be able to pass the exam, instead of messing around with those fox friends and dog friends in Taixue all day long, it is better to let him join the army as soon as possible, and have mixed qualifications in the army, I have figured it out, and I will no longer force him to study." ”

Mrs. Wang sighed, maybe her husband was right, finding something to do for her son could make him mature early.

"Master, then we won't go to the Magpie Club the day after tomorrow!"

"Of course not, how can he go to the banquet again, if he is like that, there will be a suitable person to find him in the future!"

At this moment, the housekeeper reported in the hall: "Master, General Pan and his wife have come to visit from the Chenzhou regiment!" ”

Chen Zhou regimental training envoy Pan Changde is Pan Xu's second son, more than 20 years ago, Wang Daoqi and he were martial arts classmates, the relationship between the two is good, but Pan Changde has not visited for several years, today suddenly visited, so that Wang Daoqi was a little puzzled, why did they and his wife come?

Mrs. Wang reacted quickly, "Could it be that they are here for Qianyun?" ”

Mrs. Wang has participated in several magpie meetings, and she knows that the Pan couple are very anxious about their daughter Pan Qianyun, and they will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and Mrs. Wang's first reaction is that the Pan couple wants to climb their son.

Mrs. Wang also saw Pan Qianyun a few months ago, and thought she was not bad, but unfortunately she was a little older, already twenty years old, and her son was a bit of a loss to marry her.

"Master, or just shirk it because you are unwell!"

"How can this work, everyone is here."

Wang Daoqi hurriedly instructed the housekeeper, "Please wait for them in the guest hall." ”

He said to his wife again: "If it is really for Jun'er's business, we must not offend anyone, just say that we have no opinion, the key is that Jun'er himself must be willing, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"Master, I understand."

At this time, Wang Daoqi suddenly understood one thing, the Cao family also used this excuse at the beginning, as long as Cao Yun himself was willing...... It turns out that the Cao family is also shirking!

Wang Daoqi's face couldn't help but show a wry smile, why didn't he react until now.

.........

The Pan family's mansion is slightly smaller than the Cao family, but it is also a huge mansion covering an area of 300 acres, which is also their ancestor - Pan Mei, the founder of the Great Song Dynasty, earned a family business for his descendants, Pan Xu has four sons and seven daughters, and the four sons gave him ten grandsons and twelve granddaughters, if you add Pan Xu's two brothers Pan Jing and Pan Zi's dozens of descendants, the Pan family can be said to be the first family among the meritorious families.

Of course, the population is large, and the marriage matter is also a big trouble, and the Jinshi can't catch it, and they have to consider the right family, and the Pan family can only solve the marriage problem of their children and grandchildren from the meritorious family.

Since everyone decided a few months ago that the last magpie meeting of this year will be held in Pan's mansion, the Pan family has been preparing for this feast, including courtesans and wine and food are provided by famous restaurants, and the Pan family is full of energy, not only to surpass the last magpie meeting in Caofu, but also to use this opportunity to solve the marriage problem for more than a dozen grandchildren of the Pan family.

Today is not a holiday, Li Yanqing came directly to Pan's Mansion from the Military Prison Prison, Pan's Mansion is also located on the bank of the Jinshui River, less than a mile away from the Cao family, Li Yanqing rode on a horse, and saw a majestic high-rise building from a distance, he also saw this high-rise building in Cao's Mansion a few months ago, he knew that it was called Chenlou, which was about the same size as the colorful building of the Cao family, and it was the family gathering center of the Pan family.

Li Yanqing is in a good mood today, yesterday morning Wang Daoqi made a special trip to the military prison to apologize for his son, this is also the result that Li Yanqing is looking forward to, Wang Jun and his contradiction is just a trivial matter, he does not want to turn against Wang Daoqi, who holds the military power of the forbidden army, because of this trivial matter.

This is also because he saved enough face for Wang Daoqi the day before yesterday, and Wang Daoqi will take the initiative to apologize, otherwise he will be a little rude, even if Wang Daoqi teaches his son a hard lesson, he will hold a grudge against him Li Yanqing, making him an enemy in vain.

In front of the Pan Mansion, there was a lot of ox carts parked, which seriously affected the pedestrian traffic, and several young children of the Pan family were commanding the vehicles loudly.

As soon as Li Yanqing arrived at the black lacquered gate of Pan's house, he saw Cao Xing and Pan Chengyu running up with a smile, Li Yanqing couldn't help but smile bitterly, what was the difference between this and the last banquet in Cao's house.

"Are you two in charge of evacuating the ox cart today?" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

"We have a low status in the family, so we can only do this kind of rough work." Pan Chengyu said with a smile.

"This has nothing to do with status, it should be said that the seniority is low!"

"That's right! Right! Yanqing is right, it should be a low seniority, but in fact, seniority also determines status. The two of them burst out laughing.

Pan Chengyu led the horse away for Li Yanqing, Cao Xing saw that there was no one left and right, and whispered to Li Yanqing: "Wang Jun was beaten very badly by his father, I went to see it yesterday, and I can't get out of bed for at least a month, I heard that it has something to do with you?" ”

"Who did you listen to that has something to do with me?" Li Yanqing asked quietly.

"He said it himself, Yanqing, is that really the case?"

Li Yanqing scolded secretly in his heart, he was really a gentleman, this kind of thing would leak his mouth, this meal was in vain, Li Yanqing shook his head. said lightly: "He may be dissatisfied with me in his heart, but if he is scolded because of me, it is nonsense." ”

Cao Xuan looked at Li Yanqing for a long time, and suddenly said: "Yesterday, Wang Jun's mother came to our Cao family to cancel the blind date, and I heard that she was very unhappy, saying that her son had suffered a lot of grievances for this family affair, and he couldn't climb our Cao family." ”

Li Yanqing sneered, "What kind of mother there is, what kind of son there is, I said that Wang Jun's arrogance and stupidity were learned from whom, it turned out to be from his mother." ”

"It seems that Wang Jun's matter is indeed related to Yanqing!"

Li Yanqing was a little unhappy, and said coldly: "What if it has something to do with me, what if it has nothing to do with me?" Do you want to break off your friendship with me because of this, or do you want the Wang and Cao families to be hostile from now on? ”

Cao Xuan was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, "I didn't mean that!" ”

"Then why are you asking about this matter, lest the world be chaotic?"

Cao Xuan was stunned, and he patted his head halfway, "It's me who is wrong, I don't ask, please come into the house!" ”

Li Yanqing also felt that his tone was a little harsh, and said to him again: "This matter should be handled by the Cao family carefully, and it is recommended that your grandfather should go and talk to Wang Daoqi to eliminate the misunderstanding, otherwise the seeds of discord between the Cao and Wang families will be planted." ”

Cao Xuan sighed, "My grandfather already knows, but it's not up to me, a junior, to interject what he does." ”