Xu Longzhi has been back to the rented home for a while, at first there were servants who came here every day to check, and then saw that he was honest, and gradually came less, but there were often one or two idlers at the door, Xu Longzhi knew in his heart that this was a flower of the people watching, he pretended not to know, every day writing, reading books and chess, it seemed that he had forgotten all the previous things, so that after a month, a branch of flowers no longer cared about them, because the house and the property have been done.

But there was someone who still came to the door and wanted to harm them, this person was Mo You, he saw that the Xu family was broken and his wife was separated at the moment, and he felt that it was not enough to relieve his anger, and he found Xu Longzhi to kill him. I think that people like Mo You really have people in this world, the revenge is too heavy and the resentment is too deep, and Xu Fu has been bankrupt, and now he is not dead set on seducing Xu Longzhi again.

On this day, he took the old housekeeper out and pretended to visit Xu Fu, Xu Longzhi politely told him: "Brother went out to earn money, not at home." Mo You pretended to be surprised and asked, "Where did Brother Xu get rich, why didn't he tell me?" Xu Longzhi already knew in his heart that his family's affairs would definitely be inseparable from the person in front of him, but because there was no evidence, he pretended to say: "I went south, I heard that in the Xuzhou area, the specific place is not very clear." ”

Mo You sighed, then got up and asked Xu Longzhi to go out to eat. If you want to make friends with him, you can talk about such a brazen person, who always holds back his bad intentions to make friends with others, and then stabs him in the back, such a person is simply angry. Xu Longzhi also readily agreed, and the two came to a suburban wine shop to eat, since it was Mo You's treat, Xu Longzhi didn't bring money to go out at all, he just wanted to see what bad water this Mo You was.

After the two of them ate and drank enough in the wine shop, Mo You offered to take him to a friend's garden to play, Xu Long thought to himself, you took my brother to gamble and bankrupt my family, and now you have no money, and you want to trick me into visiting some garden, or not, the master will go with you horizontally and vertically, and see your face and sinister intentions. So I happily agreed.

There is a big official of Fan Ziwen near here, he was a big official in the court before, and then Er Zhurong came, in order to take refuge in Fan Daguan, he told the old man to return to his hometown to buy land and build a house in the southern suburbs and made a landlord of one party. Once, a tourist accidentally broke into the back garden of his house and was almost beaten to death by Fan Daguan as an outlaw, so everyone in this area knew that the Fan family did not dare to enter.

Mo You is scheming and vicious, he happens to know the little guy who cares for the gate in the Fan family's garden, so he wants to trick Xu Longzhi into the garden and let Fan Daguan beat him to death. Xu Longzhi didn't know the trick in Mo You's heart, but he was always on guard against him. The little maid opened the side door of the back garden for the two of them and retreated, Mo You led him inside, and saw a gallery with a red railing, not far away should be Fan Daguan's inner study, so Mo You pretended to have a stomachache and said: "Brother, you go here first, I'll come right away when I go for convenience." Then he turned around and came out.

Xu Longzhi didn't know where this place was, so he looked left and right, this place is indeed beautiful and pleasant, he unconsciously came to a stream, walked more than ten steps along the path on the side of the creek and heard a woman's voice not far away, it sounded like there were many people. At this time, Xu Longzhi knew that this might be a certain family's inner garden, and he was anxious to return to the original way, and suddenly ran head-on with a maid serving tea, the maid turned around and ran away without saying a word, Xu Longzhi was even more embarrassed, and hurriedly wanted to find a way to escape, but he forgot the way he came in a panic, and was worried, at this time Fan Daguan took the family with a leather whip and scolded loudly: "Where is the thief?" ”

Xu Longzhi was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away, followed by the chasing family, he panicked and was finally blocked on the edge of a wall, seeing that the fierce and vicious family members were about to beat him, he jumped into the pool on the side in a hurry, who knew that Fan Daguan was not angry when he saw this, but laughed, and asked the family to pull him up.

Fan Daguan saw that he was dressed plainly but his demeanor was extraordinary, and he looked like a weak scholar, but he had a heroic spirit in his bones. So he pulled him into the pavilion and asked people to change his clothes, and then asked kindly: "I don't know where the son is, and what is the surname?" Xu Longzhi stood up and replied respectfully: "Student Xu Longzhi, who lives in the southern suburbs of the city, it was a misunderstanding to accidentally enter the backyard of your mansion today, please forgive the officials." ”

Fan Daguan said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, since you're here, you're a guest." So let people prepare wine and food, and he went into the study, and after a while, the wine and food were put on the table, Fan Daguan came out of the study, Xu Longzhi quickly got up and bowed his hand and said: "Today, I accidentally broke into your mansion, thanks to the kindness of the big officials, the students are very grateful, and they dare not bother anymore, and ask for resignation." Fan Daguan didn't allow him to leave, took his hand and said, "Don't take this matter to heart, since I keep you, I must have something to ask you." ”

Xu Longzhi replied respectfully: "Please ask the big officials, and the students will know everything." Fan Daguan then asked him if he wanted to marry a wife, Xu Longzhi implicitly told him that he had not married a wife yet, Fan Daguan laughed when he heard this, and held his hand even more and did not let go, but Xu Longzhi was afraid in his heart, and did not want to cause any trouble, and said that he had already eaten enough and wanted to go home. Seeing that he was so resolute, Fan Daguan smiled and said, "Okay, if you can match my verses, I'll let you go back." ”

When Xu Longzhi heard this, he begged the big officials to come out, and Fan looked at him and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence." He thought about it, was this saying that he would be married today? He is not his elder brother Xu Fu, he is easy to be confused, and he always feels that this Fan Daguan may be in the same group as Mo You, and there are some conspiracies. Then he blurted out: "Helplessly, the flowers fall." Fan Daguan was even more happy after hearing this, and said to him with a smile: "It seems that this man who fell into the water is really here." Xu Longzhi was said inexplicably.

It turned out that this Fan Daguan had a daughter named Hui Niang in the boudoir, Fan Daguan chose a husband for her every day, but she couldn't look down on any of them, Hui Niang had a dream that night, and someone in the dream said to her: Your husband will come to you tomorrow. Hui Niang hurriedly asked: Where is he? The man replied, "Whoever fell into the water." Early the next morning, Hui Niang told the second elder about the things in the dream, and Fan Daguan didn't believe it at first, until he saw Xu Longzhi fall into the water, he suddenly remembered this matter, and felt that there was still an arrangement in the heavens.

Fan Daguan invited Xu Longzhi to sit in the inner room, and privately let his wife and daughter watch secretly in the inner room, everyone unanimously felt that this Xu Longzhi was both talented and beautiful and very suitable to be Hui Niang's husband, so Fan Daguan came out and said to him straightforwardly: "My sentence was originally based on your consideration, in fact, you have a foresign here today, isn't this the fate that God gave you?" I have a daughter who is twenty-eight years old, just like you, although I dare not say that I am rich here, but it is also second to none, and the family has a house and real estate, if you are willing, you can join my family. ”

Xu Longzhi hurriedly got up and excused himself: "Marriage is not a child's play, I need to go back to discuss it with my brother, and besides, my father's filial piety period has not expired, how dare I mention anything about it, the students are afraid of the good intentions of the big officials, but this matter is to be discussed." Seeing that he didn't seem to be moved, Fan Daguan admired his personality even more, so he was relieved: "What you said also makes sense, so I'll send someone to send you back, and you can discuss it with Brother Ling." So he sent someone to bring the horses, put on the clothes he had changed before, and sent someone to send Xu Longzhi back to the rented place.

Xu Longzhi had never seen Hui Niang herself, and he was not interested in this girl he had never met, and he had no intention of marrying because of his family feud, so he was perfunctory at that time, but he knew that this Hui Niang had secretly promised him since the day he saw him, and looked forward to him every day to come to the door to propose. But Xu Longzhi himself had already ignored this matter.

After waiting for a few days, seeing that Xu Longzhi still hadn't come, Hui Niang took the maid in disguise and asked the little girl who sent Xu Longzhi home that day to lead the way, and walked all the way to the house rented by the Xu family.

This day happened Xu Longzhi to write a complaint at home, this time he wanted to go to the Dali Temple in Yecheng to complain, he didn't believe that there was no place in the world to make sense, the government could not go to the state, the state could not sue the state, and the state could not sue the royal court, someone would always take care of him. , Yang Yang sprinkled nearly 10,000 words, he read it with relish, thinking that he would go to Yecheng with the old housekeeper after two days when he was unprepared, and came to sue the royal complaint, and came to find the whereabouts of his brother Xu Fu.

Just as he could see the gods, the old housekeeper outside the door came into the house to report: "A young lady outside the door is looking for him by name." Xu Longzhi was very puzzled, thinking to himself which young lady would find him? got up and went out to inspect, Hui Niang waited at the door to see her sweetheart come out, and suddenly her heart was overjoyed, and she was very shy and lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him. Xu Longzhi hadn't seen these two women, but he looked a little familiar with this little guy, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them for a while.

The little guy stepped forward and said, "I'm the little guy of Fan Daguan's family, and this is my young lady." With such an introduction, Xu Longzhi suddenly realized, and then he secretly glanced at Hui Niang twice, and found that she was indeed beautiful and graceful, and his heart was a little tempted, so he hurriedly let people into the house. The two of them were divided into the host and guest, and after the old housekeeper finished serving tea, Xu Longzhi asked, "I don't know what Miss has to do when she comes to the Humble House today?" ”

Hui Niang's face turned red all of a sudden, she didn't know how to say what she thought, she couldn't just say: "Childe I like you, you can marry me." "Isn't this a nymphomaniac? The maid who was twisting the side looked anxious, so she said for her: "My young lady came to ask Hou Gongzi today on the order of the master, by the way, my master discussed the matter with the son last time, I don't know what the son is thinking?" ”

Xu Longzhi immediately blushed when he heard this, and then stammered: "Don't hide it, my family has suffered an accident, and now my brother's whereabouts are unknown, and my sister-in-law has also returned to her parents' house. It didn't matter what he said, but Hui Niang, who was sitting opposite, cried urgently, and said incoherently: "Am I so unwelcome?" forsake me as nothing. Where did I offend you? You don't look down on me like that? After that, he cried quietly, and at first it was intermittent, and then it became a piece.

Xu Longzhi is also in a dilemma, he also likes this beautiful girl, but now that his brother's family is ruined, he can't even put together a complete family let alone the bride price, where can he still have the heart to marry a wife and start a family. Looking at the aggrieved cry of the poor Hui Niang in front of him, he didn't know how to comfort him. After a while, he made up his mind and said: "Since the girl can afford to be under the command and does not dislike me, a poor and down-and-out child, I can make an agreement with the girl today that I will marry you when I come back from the capital to sue the emperor, so okay?" ”

Hui Niang raised her head and looked at him suspiciously without speaking, Xu Longzhi immediately took out her jade pendant and handed it to her: "If the girl doesn't believe it, this jade pendant can be used as my token." Only then did Hui Niang turn her sadness into joy and accept his jade pendant. Then he pulled out the golden hairpin on his head and handed it over. Although she didn't say a word, Xu Longzhi could still feel her true feelings. (To be continued.) )