Chapter 116: The Final Battle

Su Xun hurriedly gave his son Su Hanchang, who was sitting on the side, a look, Su Hanchang understood, and he took the first step to greet the king of Lanling County.

Su Xun apologized to Guan Xiao again: "The old prince is visiting, I can't be rude, my lord forgive me." ”

After a pause, he said, "Why don't you sit here for a while?" ”

Su Xun's attitude towards the king of Lanling County made Guan Lian's heart a little sour, the king of Lanling County is a guest, isn't he a guest? It is said that Su Xun is strict and upright, and he doesn't understand people, it seems that this is not right, how Su Xun doesn't understand people, he is more shrewd than anyone else.

However, people are from the royal family of the county king, and how can they be compared to a small servant of the Ministry of Rites, Guan Lian also quickly got up and laughed dryly, "Since Lord Su has a guest, I won't bother." ”

Guan Xianju also stood up and bowed to the ground, "The student can meet Su Ge Lao, Sansheng is lucky, please accept my salute again." ”

This is his last performance, Su Xun nodded, he had a good impression of Guan Xianju, he smiled and encouraged him: "You are not only a jinshi, but also about to serve the imperial court, I hope you can have ambitions and work hard to do a great career." ”

"The teachings of the elder should be remembered by the students."

Guan Xianju gave another salute, and then followed his father to leave the guest hall, he was a little nervous, he knew that the king of Lanling County also came to propose, Su Xun did not agree to his father, so would he agree to the king of Lanling County? Although he also knew that his surname might not be big, he was still nervous and his heart was pounding.

Walking to the vestibule, he happened to meet Su Hanchang accompanying the family of the king of Lanling County, Guan Lian hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "The old prince is well!" ”

"It turned out to be Lord Guan."

Huangfu Jiang knows Guan Lian. He smiled and said, "I heard that Ling Lang is a high school jinshi today, congratulations to Master Guan!" ”

He glanced at Guan Xianju again and smiled slightly, "This is Ling Lang!" Sure enough, it's a talent. ”

Guan Xianju also hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The younger generation sees the old prince, I wish the old prince a long and healthy life." ”

As he spoke, his eyes caught a glimpse of Wujin next to him, and Huangfu Jiang saw that he was insincere, so he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, so he introduced Wujin to Guan Lian, "This is my grandson Wujin, who has also been in Weiyang County for many years, I don't know if Lord Guan has ever seen him?" ”

Guan Lin smiled: "I'm ashamed, I've been away from my hometown for more than ten years, and I have basically never seen many junjies in the younger generations. ”

Wu Jin stepped forward to give Guan Lin a deep salute, "My nephew has heard of Uncle Shi's name for a long time, and I have admired it for a long time, and it is my nephew's luck to see him today." ”

"The virtuous nephew is too humble, I heard that the nephew will go to Chuzhou to take up a post, and I hope to take care of the Guan family, Guan is grateful."

"Definitely! Certain! ”

After a few words of greeting, the father and son of the Guan family said goodbye and left, and they did not mention the marriage proposal from beginning to end, this kind of thing would make the two families embarrassed, Guan Xianju did not say a word to Wu Jin, he was full of hostility to Wu Jin in his heart, and his eyes showed hatred, but Wu Jin passed by him as if he didn't know him.

At this time, Su Xun greeted him, and Lao Yuan smiled and said: "The prince came to the cold house in person, making the Su Mansion shine, Su Xun failed to go out to greet him, I hope to forgive my sins!" ”

Although he is not as noble as the emperor, prince or prince, he is the real imperial uncle, and the head of the Liang Dynasty.

In recent years, the king of Lanling County has rarely shown his face, and this time he personally came to Su Mansion to propose marriage to Wujin, which is his extremely rare social interaction in recent years, giving the Su family enough face, which is what the Guan family father and son are extremely worried about.

The king of Lanling County also returned the salute and smiled: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't come to disturb Lord Su's rest today, there is no agreement in advance, I am reckless, please forgive me!" ”

"The old prince is too polite."

Su Xun saw Wu Jin at a glance, Wu Jin was wearing a military uniform, but it was not Mei Blossom Wei's red background and white plum suit, but the military uniform that he was about to serve as the deputy governor of the Chuzhou Water Army, which made him even more energetic.

Su Xun couldn't help but make a comparison between Wujin and Guan Xianju, both of them are very tall and good-looking, while Guan Xianju gives people the impression of being personable, elegant and chic, and this Huangfu Wujin is calm and calm, giving people a dignified feeling like a mountain.

Su Xun always felt that something was not quite right with Guan Xianju, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, when he saw Wujin, Su Xun suddenly discovered Guan Xianju's problem, flashy, Guan Xianju was a little pretentious.

Su Xun immediately understood that Guan Xianju's elegance and chic were floating on the surface, and Guan Xianju deliberately dressed it up, and it was an impression pieced together with his Confucian robe, tiara, folding fan in his hand and a deliberate smile on his face, and he couldn't see that kind of inner peace as clear as water in his eyes.

But this Huangfu Wujin is different, his stability is a kind of power condensed from his body, his eyes are very bright, he has a kind of stability unique to a soldier between his gestures, this kind of calmness and strength on his body is not seen in the Su family, he and the Su family's elegance and weakness are completely different.

Su Xun didn't know if he liked this kid or not, he couldn't tell, after all, he rarely had contact with soldiers in his life, but no matter what, Wujin was at least a mirror, and his appearance made Su Xun's good impression of Guan Xianju disappear a lot.

"Lord Wang, please come in!"

The minimum politeness is a must, Su Xun invited the prince and his wife and Wu Jin to the guest hall, and at this time, Su Xun's wife, Mrs. Lu, also came out to invite the princess into the inner house to talk.

Although Su Xun has spent decades in the education department and is the Taishan Beidou of the academic community of the Daning Dynasty, it does not mean that he does not understand the world, he can firmly sit in the position of the prince of the country for ten years, which shows that he is not a pedantic person.

He understands everything in his heart, but he doesn't like to fight for power and profit, and if he has that kind of time to ponder power and interests, it is better to calm down and study knowledge.

Su Xun is very aware of the status and power of the King of Lanling County in the imperial court, although there is no interest between him and the King of Lanling County, on the contrary, the Guozijian has more dealings with the Ministry of Rites.

But Su Xun still greeted the visit of the king of Lanling County with the highest courtesy, not only did he personally come out to welcome him, but also opened the noble guest hall that the Su family rarely opened.

In fact, the furnishings of the Su family's noble guest hall are no different from the big guest hall in front, they are all the same simple and light, the only difference is that the wall is full of calligraphy and paintings of the ancestors of the Su family, but it is a bit like a calligraphy and painting exhibition hall, for the Su family, the pen and ink of the ancestors are more precious than the precious furniture, and hanging them here is the greatest respect for the guests.

The two sides sat down separately, Su Xun and Huangfu Jiang were of the same generation, sitting at the top, Su Hanchang was sitting at the bottom of his father, and Wujin was the junior, and his seat was even lower.

The two maids of the Su family served tea to the guests and hosts, and Huangfu Jiang picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "First of all, I want to congratulate Master Su on the successful completion of this year's Jinshi Imperial Examination, and the selection of a group of young talents for the imperial court." ”

"Thank you for your kind words, but I want to thank the prince for sending hairy crabs to the Su family, so that I can have a good time at noon today."

Su Xun's humor made a burst of laughter in the guest hall, and the atmosphere immediately became lighter, and Su Xun asked with a smile: "The prince has rarely shown up, I don't know what the prince has been studying at home in the past few years?" ”

"What can I research? Plant a few flowers, make a few bonsai, or read a book, and just come over, no, I'm seventy years old, and I have to worry about the younger generations. ”

Huangfu Jiang pointed at Wujin and said with a smile: "My eldest son is gone, and my grandfather is going to do his father's duty, so I don't know that my grandson, Lord Su can see it?" ”

Huangfu Jiang proposed to Su Xun very implicitly, in fact, Guan Lin also proposed to Su Xun just now, but it happened that Huang Fujiang came, Su Xun did not answer, and now Su Xun has no excuse to shirk.

He had the bottom in his heart, so he smiled and said: "My eldest granddaughter is my most beloved grandchild, even more than the eldest grandson, choosing a satisfactory husband for her is not only related to her lifelong happiness, but also will be the eldest grandson-in-law of the Su family, which is of great significance to the Su family, in fact, since two years ago, there have been famous families who have proposed marriage wishes to the Su family, and I have always treated it with silence, but it is not that I don't think about this matter, but this matter is of great significance to the Su family, I have to be cautious, of course, Han'er was still young at that time, There is no need to rush to think about it, now that she has grown up, I will not think about it for another two years and delay her life's events. ”

Su Xun did not directly express his impression of Wujin, but told Huangfu Jiang very implicitly that this matter was related to the vital interests of the Su family, and he had to consider it carefully.

Huangfu Jiang nodded secretly, worthy of being the head of the Su family, he spoke very sophisticated, and he should not talk to the suitor, but to explain his position, and he neither agreed nor opposed, and people had nothing to say.

"I understand what Lord Su means, and I will respect the choice of the Su family, of course, as the grandfather of the child, I also have to put forward our wishes, and I hope Lord Su understands."

Su Xun smiled, "Of course, if there is no suitor, how will my granddaughter marry in the future, please rest assured, I know very well in my heart that as the prince, I will personally come to the door to propose marriage, this is the greatest sincerity of the prince, I will definitely seriously consider the prince's proposal." ”

He glanced at Wujin again, and said with a slight smile: "Although the Su family is a scholarly family, and has always attached great importance to talent, and has never had a soldier as a son-in-law in a hundred years, there is one thing I want to make clear, the most important thing for the Su family is not talent, but morality, character first, talent is only a secondary consideration, Ling Sun is a very stable and down-to-earth person, I can see this, as long as Ling Sun can be reasonable, motivated, and upright, then he is in my heart, and there is no difference between him and the champion, this point, please don't have any worries." ”

Wu Jin bowed slightly, expressing his gratitude to Su Xun for his praise, but he also secretly admired that this old man could speak, how could he be no different from the champion, if he was just an ordinary soldier, just a good character, and the champion had a good character, would they be no different?

The key is his own status, his Duke of Liangguo, from the position of the governor of the Sanpin Water Army, even the champion is beyond reach, it is his status and the family background of the royal family that make up for the weakness of talent and learning, so he is no different from the champion in Su Xun's heart, but the old man doesn't say this, everyone understands, and it will be vulgar if he says it thoroughly.

This old man is very reserved, he doesn't like to talk thoroughly, so he doesn't know how Guan Lin asks for marriage, is he stupid enough to boast about his family background and wealth?

(To be continued)