Chapter 115: Five Years of Exile
However, Liu Ru still has some concerns about returning to Suzhou, she was kicked out of Suzhou five years ago after all.
The Zhou family has an extraordinary influence in Suzhou, and Zhou Daodeng's wives and concubines are all from great backgrounds, and they all have extraordinary forces behind them.
If Liu Ru returned to Suzhou, they would learn that they would have to suffer several more humiliations, and even be driven out of Suzhou again. Those women are already jealous, and they have only been around for five years, and they will never forget their old grievances.
Liu Ru didn't want to go back to Suzhou, she made friends with talented people from all walks of life, and she didn't have the idea of revenge by leaning on the big tree to enjoy the shade and taking advantage of the situation to fight back.
But now that she is back in Suzhou, Liu Ru obviously has no power to protect herself, so the question is, does Hua Xue, who was called a wizard by Chen Zilong, have the ability and willingness to keep her?
Liu Ru thought about it again and again, but still couldn't make up her mind, so she had to ask in detail: "Can the poor master tell me more about this little Mr. Hua?" As he spoke, he motioned to Yahuan to hand over the hard-earned money.
Liu Ru is a talented person who makes friends on weekdays, she is a high-roller in front of beautiful women, there is naturally no shortage of gold and silver, and she herself has always been generous and generous.
When the officials heard this, they realized that it was not the prefect who moved his heart, but the young and merry Hua Xue, who smashed down a big treasure, just to redeem a girl.
At this time, he got a reward that exceeded his psychological expectations, and at the moment, in addition to the secret of the treasure, he naturally knew everything and said everything. And because of the great benefits of Hua Xue, he naturally said good things: "Mr. Hua Xiao is thirteen years old, but he is affectionate." He is the descendant of Tang Bohu, the first genius in Jiangnan a hundred years ago, and sits on the entire Peach Blossom Temple. He also got Mr. Yangming's mental learning, both civil and military. Since three years ago, Mr. Hua Xiao has no elders in his family, a 10-year-old child, who keeps the family business alone. There are many people who want to take over the Peach Blossom Nunnery, but none of them succeed. Mr. Hua Xiao has liked a girl in the pear orchard next door since he was a child and wants to redeem her. But the background behind Liyuan is not small, and the class owner has always disagreed. At the beginning of the month, seeing that the girl was going to comb the cage, Mr. Hua Xiao went to the government to give advice to the prefect, and his remarks even alarmed the imperial court, and Lord Chen was sent by the imperial court to interrogate. Before, the prefect asked Mr. Hua Xiao what reward he wanted, and he could ask the court for it on his behalf. Mr. Hua Xiao didn't want gold and silver, he didn't want a title, he had only one request, he wanted the prefect to help him redeem the girl. The prefect felt his deep affection and agreed on the spot. ”
After hesitating for a moment, the official said: "Mr. Hua Xiao obviously wants to marry that girl, and the prefect ordered us not to talk nonsense, otherwise Mrs. Hua's life experience will be spread out, and Mr. Hua Xiao's reputation will not be good." But Miss Liu, since you are invited to Suzhou because it is related to Mr. Hua Xiao, there must be no need to hide this matter from you. ”
Liu Ru was quite shocked after hearing it, and her heart was full of mixed feelings. Isn't this kind of person who doesn't care about her lover's background exactly what she's been looking for? It's just that why is it in Suzhou, and it's not her who met this person?
The owner of the pear orchard, Liu Ru, who does this business, has also heard of it, backed by the big tree of the Suzhou Wang family, and he doesn't dare to say anything in Suzhou, but there are not many people who dare to provoke. This Mr. Hua Xiao is only ten years old, and he has been fighting with him for three years, and there is no big problem, and he can still invite the prefect and the court to move, and the power behind him is not small.
The former head of the Suzhou royal family, Songtan Taoist Wang Xudeng, studied under Wen Zhengming, a monk from Hengshan, and after Wen Zhengming's death, the leader of the Wu sect was more than 30 years. Although he is not a scholar, he has countless old and old students, and there are countless junior students who have been instructed, which can be said to be deeply rooted in Suzhou. Twenty-five years since Wang Xudeng's death, the influence of the Wang family in Suzhou has hardly decreased, and those who received Wang Xudeng's favor and guidance back then are still there.
On the contrary, although Zhou Daodeng was once a very popular minister and entered the cabinet as a slaughterer, he was wooden and had a shallow foundation. Although the Zhou family has power in Suzhou, Zhou Daodeng's old minister Yu Wei is still there, but compared with the Wang family, it is the difference between the outdated nouveau riche and the wealthy family.
Liu Ru thinks that since Hua Xue can withstand the pressure of the Wang family, she should be able to keep her.
Her thoughts are also crooked.
To say that Hua Xue in the past could withstand the power of the Wang family, it is completely impossible. It's basically that the owner of the Wang class didn't really do anything to the predecessor, otherwise it would basically be an ending where Hua Xue was wanted for various reasons. As for the personal life or death of the Wang class leader, in fact, it has no impact on the power of the Wang family. From this point of view, she actually thinks highly of Hua Xue.
But at this time, Hua Xue had just come out of the Youlan Pavilion and had already been sent under the knees of the Wang class master, and she was basically a family with the Wang class master. The head of the Wang class can even stop those who covet Chen Yuan's beauty, not to mention the few surviving people in the Zhou Mansion? What's more, today's Huaxue, how can it be compared with its predecessor? In this way, Liu Ruye's conclusion is correct.
Even Chen Zilong couldn't imagine that at this time, Liu Ru was not just curious about Hua Xue in his heart, but had already decided to find a way to marry Hua Xue: since Hua Xue had the courage to marry his sweetheart who was originally a member, he must not care about marrying one more of himself, anyway, he didn't want to be a wife, he just wanted a name.
Now that he has made up his mind, Liu Ru is a resolute person, and immediately asked Yahuan to make up another hard-earned money for the official to show his gratitude, and then said: "Thank you for your guidance this time." After noon tomorrow, I will come here to pick up people. All the way to Suzhou, I have to bother to take care of the master. ”
After that, he motioned to Yahuan to send the official out of the door.
The official didn't dare to say anything, so he went back to Chen Zilong to get his life.
Chen Zilong heard that the official said that Liu Ru agreed happily, and he was a little worried in his heart, but he couldn't care about it at this time. He had already written a letter asking Hua Xue for help, hoping that she could come to treat his mother, but he didn't know if it was a rush to the doctor.
handed the letter to the official and instructed that it was for Hua Xue, and that it was urgent. He is not stingy, and there is no shortage of assets at home, and the service members are naturally in place along the way, and the officials are also willing to send letters to him.
I asked about the time set by the official and Liu Ru, and the manuscript had not been sorted out, and told me not to forget to pick up the manuscript before leaving tomorrow, this is the official business of this trip, and then let the official go to rest.
This night, Chen Zilong took the scholars at home to stay up all night, and finally sorted out a copy of the manuscript materials of the water conservancy part before noon, no more, no less, and packed three boxes.
He also recruited six Zhuang Ding, who had been arranged yesterday, to move boxes, drive cars, and guard, and did not have a clear division of labor, but only instructed them to be moisture-proof and waterproof, and let them follow the officials.