Chapter 80: The Rules Before Marrying
Three days have passed since Ye Guan and Zhu Qinglin were rescued. In the past few days, the people of Jinyi Wei and the governor of Baoding have turned the entire Baoding Mansion upside down, and they have not found the masked man described by Ye Guan. They estimated that this man may have fled Baoding Mansion a long time ago.
Although Ye Guan described the height and general appearance and voice of the masked man, Ye Guan did not say the news that he guessed that the man was related to someone in the imperial court. This matter is not trivial, there is no evidence, even if he tells it, it is useless. Second, the enemy is in the dark, and he is in the light, and he does not dare to tell the matter, so as not to startle the snake.
After a few days of raising, the physical condition of both of them is getting better and better. The two are also often tired of being together, staying from morning to afternoon. If it weren't for the fact that they hadn't gotten married, maybe both of them would have slept together.
Ye Guan also felt that this day was very comfortable. In addition to eating and sleeping every day, or being with your beloved, what could be more comfortable than this.
But good days always pass very quickly.
Two days later, an envoy from the imperial court came to the capital, and this envoy brought the emperor's personal will.
This envoy also has the most important identity - his name is Zhu Feng, and he is Zhu Qinglin's elder brother, that is, Ye Guan's future brother-in-law.
No, knowing that the envoy was his future eldest brother, and he was staying at the local post house, Ye Guan hurried over early in the morning.
I sat in the inner hall of the post house for a long time, and I didn't know what the uncle envoy was doing in the room. Or maybe he was upset that he had abducted his sister and was upset, Ye Guan waited for an hour, sat on the cold chair hot, and his ass was about to sit out of hemorrhoids, but still no one came out to see him, so he just sat like this. The people who came and went in the post house all looked at Ye Guan, who drank Longjing to the taste of boiled water, and thought to themselves what he was doing sitting here.
Ye Guan was really embarrassed to sit, but for the sake of the future, he could only continue to sit as if no one was around, he didn't believe that this eldest brother really dared to hide in the room and not come out. The emperor's decree is time-sensitive, and it is impossible for him to stay in the post house and not go out to announce the decree.
Sure enough, it is thicker than the face, and the uncle who has never met is really not as good as Ye Guan. Ye Guan is an idler these days, and he can sit in the lobby of the post house and not leave for a day. But he, Zhu Feng, was a special envoy sent by the emperor and was responsible for announcing the decree. It's okay for him to stay in the post house for half a day, but if he stays for a day and doesn't go out, if someone with a heart gets it, he will have to sue him for the crime of delaying the holy decree and bullying the king.
"Hmph." Zhu Feng saw that Ye Guan had been lying at the door and didn't leave, so he had to snort and walked out of the room.
"Xiaguan Yeguan has seen an angel, Little Master Zhu." As soon as Ye Guan saw someone coming out of the room, although he had not seen Zhu Feng, he knew from his bearing and the expression that he had eaten as if he had eaten, and that this person must be the future prince of the Chengguo Mansion - Zhu Feng. So as soon as Zhu Feng came out, Ye Guan hurriedly saluted Zhu Feng.
Zhu Feng glanced at him with his eyes, and saw that Ye Guan was very respectful, and the dissatisfaction in his heart with him abducting his sister was also reduced a little, plus Ye Guan's appearance was not bad, and he was a four-grade brocade guard at a young age, which could be regarded as having a great future. However, for the other country's mansion, Ye Guan's current identity is really not worthy of Zhu Qinglin's identity, thinking of this, Zhu Feng snorted heavily, raised his hand, shouted to excuse himself, and sat down on the main seat in front of the hall, took a sip of tea slowly, and then said slowly: "Lord Ye, kneel down and listen to the order." ”
"Minister-Ye Guan takes the order." As soon as he heard Zhu Feng say this, Ye Guan hurriedly knelt down to accept the order.
Zhu Feng cleared his throat, and then sang in a key voice: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and says: ......" As soon as Ye Guan heard Zhu Feng start like this, his heart sank.
The decrees of the Ming emperors have three beginnings.
One said: Edict. It is used when swearing to the world. Second, it is said: system. It was used by the emperor to express the emperor's favor and declare the hundred officials. Three: Edict. It was used by the emperor to admonish his courtiers. Emperor Hongzhi used the edict at the beginning, so needless to say, he must have come to warn him.
Just when Ye Guan was thinking a lot in his heart, Zhu Feng read out the holy decree in one breath: Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: I only rule the world with literature, and fight chaos with force. And the cabinet ministers are the pillars of the imperial court and the dry city of the country. It is able to be both civil and military, and to make efforts to repay the service, but it can be praised for its achievements and not praised for its favor. Er Jinyi Wei affairs, Beizhili patrol according to the imperial history of Ye Guan, burning salary, breaking the book, investigating the case of grain relief corruption in Baoding Mansion first, exterminating the White Lotus Sect demon in Baoding Mansion later, and granting the Jinyi Guard command and the official position of the same governor. However, Ye Guan was bold in patrolling, wandering, and did not think of danger in peace, so that he fell into the hands of thieves and lost the prestige of our dynasty. ”
Zhu Feng finished singing the holy decree and looked at Ye Guan with slanted eyes, although the holy decree said that he would let himself apply for him, but Emperor Hongzhi still promoted his official position, so this holy decree, whether it is a reward or a punishment, is actually clear at a glance, but Zhu Feng is still unhappy in his heart, this kid is not a small thing to provoke in Baoding Mansion, although Ye Guan doesn't know who he provoked, but Zhu Feng, as the prince of Chengguo, probably knows a little rumor, although Zhu Feng is not afraid of that person, but he doesn't want to mess with him. Because that person's power is already not small, if there is no vital interest, there is no need to provoke him.
"Lord Ye, you are so majestic, you are in the limelight in Baoding Mansion, you Ye Guan's name is known inside and outside the court, but Lord Ye, I am not here to congratulate Lord Ye on his promotion, my sister has been out to play for so long, thanks to Lord Ye's protection along the way, she will not encounter danger. My father missed Qing'er, so he specially asked me to ask for this errand and take my sister back. Thank you Lord Ye for sending you all the way these days. Zhu Feng said with a smile crooked at the corner of his mouth.
"What, you're going to take Qing'er back? Absolutely not! As soon as Ye Guan heard Zhu Feng say this, he immediately stood up from the ground, he was ready to go to the Chengguo Mansion to propose, but he didn't expect the people from the Chengguo Mansion to come so quickly, and he was going to bring Zhu Qinglin back today. Moreover, this Chengguo Mansion is full of people who are escorting Zhu Qinglin, that is, they don't want to recognize the relationship between Ye Guan and Zhu Qinglin. You must know that Zhu Qinglin secretly ran away from home, and the Chengguo Mansion actually knew what was going on with the two of them as soon as they investigated, but today Zhu Feng still said this, which means that the Chengguo Mansion does not agree that Qing'er is with him.
"Oh? Lord Ye thinks no, could it be that Lord Ye thinks that it is not possible for Ben Hou to take back his sister? When Zhu Feng heard Ye Guan say this, instead of getting angry, he continued to say with a smile.
"Well, Little Grandpa Zhu, actually, well, it's not impossible, it's just, um, the ancients said: My Fair Lady, a gentleman. Ling Mei is a thief and a country, virtuous and virtuous, Dunhui Minjia, virtuous and virtuous, Xia Guan and Cheeky and Ling Mei tie the knot together, achieving the sum of heaven and man. As soon as he heard Zhu Feng's words, Ye Guan didn't care about anything else, first said all the good things, and then said his meaning bluntly.
Originally, he wanted to wait until he went back to the capital to go to the Chengguo Mansion to ask for relatives, but Zhu Qinglin's elder brothers had come to his door, and he couldn't continue to pretend to be confused, so he had to use all the good words he could think of quickly.
"Heh, could it be that Lord Ye thinks that my Chengguo Mansion is an ordinary small family? There is no matchmaker, there are no three books and six ceremonies, Lord Ye dares to mention to me about marrying my sister, are you going to marry my sister as a concubine? Could it be that the daughter of my Chengguo Mansion is not as good as a common people's family in Lord Ye's eyes? Zhu Feng's face changed suddenly, staring at this Ye Guan and said.
"Brother, don't embarrass him!" Zhu Qinglin was waiting outside the lobby, but now when she saw her brother embarrassed Ye Guan, she couldn't help but jump out to speak for Ye Guan, originally Ye Guan came to see her brother today, logically speaking, she shouldn't come out, but she was really worried that her brother was too strict, so she hid outside the lobby.
"You! How to turn your elbows outward. What did my brother say wrong? Brother isn't it for your good? Don't you know "Wei Feng. Hooligans", the banquet of the total horn, smiling and smiling, swearing, not thinking about it, but not thinking, it is already gone! Those who grew up together can't believe too much, let alone meet halfway! Zhu Feng saw his sister pleading, so he had to say to Zhu Qinglin with a wry smile.
"I don't care, anyway, I just believe him, I just want to marry him!" Zhu Qinglin took Zhu Feng's hand and coquettishly made Zhu Feng helpless.
Seeing that his sister had to follow Ye Guan, Zhu Feng let out a long sigh, and then turned his head to Ye Guan and said in a deep voice: "Lord Ye, although my sister is a little stubborn, you can also see her affection for you, not to mention that my family is a first-class family. Even if you marry a sister, you will definitely not choose someone who is not in the right household. ”
Speaking of this, Zhu Feng glanced at Zhu Qinglin dotingly, and then continued: "I have such a daughter in the Chengguo Mansion, and my father is also quite doting on her, so we don't want Qing'er to marry a person who has no future, and she will be humiliated in the future, and she has to rely on my people from the Chengguo Mansion to come out." Although I haven't seen you many times, regardless of Benhou's eyes, you will definitely have an unusual career in the future, if you are a small official, my sister will inevitably be bullied with you, and even demote your official position, exile to the border, and let my sister suffer with you, which is what I don't want to see as an elder brother. Can you do it without my sister suffering? Besides, my sister has already been married, and the person she will marry in the future is still the second son of the British government, how can you make the people of the British government give up this marriage? Did you do it? When Zhu Feng said this, he looked at Ye Guan who was bowing his head with blazing eyes and asked.
"I can!" When Ye Guan heard this, he also understood what Zhu Feng was worried about. He didn't resent Zhu Feng for embarrassing him too much, because this was an elder brother who should worry about his sister.
"Okay, since you have this courage, well, my sister is sixteen years old this year, I will give you a year, if you can't face the power of the British Mansion before the people from the British Mansion come to marry Zhu Qinglin next year, then you don't need to say anything else. Even if Ben Hou doesn't let my sister get married, he won't marry you. Because you can't even compare with the people of the British government, and when you marry my sister in the future, you will only let my sister suffer for nothing. Zhu Feng glanced at Ye Guan appreciatively, no matter what, at least Ye Guan's attitude made him feel good.
"Okay, as soon as the gentleman comes out, the horse is difficult to chase. Now that you've said it. Then I won't say anything else. Qing'er, come back with me, my father and grandfather are in a hurry. Zhu Feng said to Zhu Qinglin with a smile.