Cai Yong was shocked when he saw Wang Dai's expression.

A bad premonition arose.

Cai Yong wanted to move his head to Wang Dai's head at this time, and then look at what was written on the note that made his heart beat.

Wang Dai put away the note, then took a sip of tea to hide his expression, regained his smile, and said apologetically: "Brother Yongzhi, I'm really sorry, my father suddenly felt a little unwell during his morning exercise this morning, and I'm afraid this exchange of marriage books will be postponed." ”

Cai Yong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "How can this be made?!" I mean, how is the old Shangshu noble body? ”

Wang Dai frowned and said, "I don't know, this news came from my niece." She can come and go in and out of Huaiyuan at will, so this news is by no means fake. Can the brother and nephew wait a day? Have I asked my father what he was planning? ”

Cai Yong's heart calmed down for a while, and said: "In this case, then I will come back tomorrow." ”

Wang Dai got up and said: "Today's matter is really the fault of my Wang family, and I am here to apologize to my brother." However, for the son of man, he had to fulfill his filial piety, and he hoped that the brother would forgive him. ”

Cai Yong saw that Wang Dai was so anxious to visit Wang Lao Shangshu, so he knew that it was not good to stay any longer, and arched his hand and said: "I have retired like this, and I hope that Brother Zifeng will greet Lao Shangshu on my behalf." ”

So what was supposed to be the day when the two families exchanged marriage books with harmony was made into this bleak picture by a note.

According to the general custom, when to propose, when to exchange marriage letters, when to get married, there are strict requirements for time, and it is never as it is today, Wang Dai rejected the Cai family's reasonable and legitimate request with just a note.

According to customs, this kind of occasion that concerns the lifelong affairs of children is not allowed to have any excuse to postpone, otherwise once postponed, it will be detrimental to good luck, and the union of the children of both parties will bring a lifetime of bad luck.

Cai Yong was treated like this, which can be regarded as an insult to him by the Wang family, and he can completely oppose it with righteous words and ask to continue the rituals. If Cai Yong dares to desperately ask the Wang family to exchange marriage letters, it will be difficult for the Wang family to refuse.

But Cai Yong didn't dare to do this.

So the Cai family father and son came with confidence, and they returned in panic.

This is something that neither Wang Dai nor Cai Yong expected.

It's not that Cai Yong didn't think about the theory, but this idea was dispelled by himself as soon as it appeared.

He didn't dare.

Even if the Wang family may not be able to withstand the pressure of the world and finally agree to exchange marriage papers.

But that kind of combination is bound to leave a thorn in the heart of the Wang family. And this is what Cai Yong is even more unwilling to see.

After returning to the Cai family's courtyard in Chuzhou City (the Cai family is a big merchant in Huaiyang Road, and there must be real estate in Chuzhou City), Cai Yong refused all visitors' visits, retired his subordinates, and came to the study with Cai Kang.

The father and son entered the study with gloomy faces.

Cai Kang closed the door, turned around and said hatefully: "The Wang family is too deceitful!" It's too much of a deception! ”

Cai Yong waved his hand and slapped Cai Kang in the face, pointed at Cai Kang's nose and scolded: "Brute! Don't you know when I do! The Wang family is simply giving money by doing this, and he can't afford to look down on my Cai family at all! They didn't treat you and me as human beings at all, they drove us out of the gate like a dog! They are slapping in the face, a complete insult! ”

Cai Yong scolded Cai Kang like crazy.

Cai Kang was scolded and stunned, and he covered his face for a while and forgot about the pain.

Cai Yong was tired of scolding, and panted violently on the chair.

Cai Kang gritted his teeth and said: "That little slut of the Wang family, after marrying her home, I want to make her life worse than death!" I'm going to torture her to death! ”

Cai Yong looked at his son's eyes breathing fire, and suddenly felt a burst of regret, his son was really not as good as himself back then. He suddenly felt old.

Cai Kang was still covering his face and cursing hatefully, which made Cai Yong, who had finally calmed down a little, feel annoyed.

Slapped the armrest, Cai Yong yelled: "Shut up! You bastard! If you hadn't been angry, would I have lost so much dignity? If it weren't for your cowardice, would I be so dangerous? If it weren't for you, a waste, who couldn't even fight that Gu Shunning all these years, would I have ended up like today? ”

Cai Kang was scolded by Cai Yong like this, and his heart was naturally extremely hot, but in the face of his father, even if he was a three-corpse god, he categorically did not dare to show half a point. Just lowered his head, his teeth clenched, and he almost bit blood.

The heavy breathing of the father and son continued for a long time before subsided.

Still keeping his head down, Cai Kang said, "Father, this matter is strange. ”

After a while, Cai Yong replied, "What's weird?" ”

Cai Kang said: "The time when that note appeared was strange, why didn't it appear early or late, just when we opened our mouths to ask for an exchange of marriage letters?" And looking at Wang Dai's expression, it seemed that he didn't expect this situation to occur before. So the child thinks that there is something strange at this time. ”

Cai Yong was still not in a hurry to answer, and said after a while: "You mean, someone in the Wang family is unwilling to see the marriage of the two families?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Who do you think it is?"

Cai Kang thought for a while, looked up and said, "It must be Wang Ding!" ”

Cai Yong looked at Cai Kang's eyes and asked, "Why do you think it's Wang Ding?" ”

"Who else but him? Because his father-in-law is Xie Dao and Xie Taifu, his wife is Xie Yun, and his future son-in-law is Xie Shence, so it will be him! ”

"What reason does he have for doing this? How dare he do this? Your marriage with the third lady of the Wang family was personally promised by Wang Laoshangshu! ”

"Why did he do this? Just because the Xie family once slaughtered my Cai family, the sect is full of families! How dare he do this? Just because the Xie family is bigger than my Cai family! What about the marriage promised by Wang Laoshangshu himself? Father, don't forget that the marriage between the Wang family and the Xie family was also personally promised by him. Didn't my father listen to Wang Dai? The messenger was Wang Ding's daughter, Xie Shence's fiancée! Doesn't my father understand? ”

Cai Yong was silent for a long time, and then said: "This matter is not so simple. If Wang Ding had objected, he would have done it a long time ago, and he would never let us catch the handle, this matter would not be like this. ”

Cai Kang was stunned: "What would that look like?" ”

Cai Yong got up and did not answer his son's question, but walked back and forth and said: "No, I always feel uneasy in my heart, I must figure out this matter, Kang'er, bring the ginseng that is ready to be offered into the palace, and we will go to the Wang family again in the afternoon." ”

Cai Kang said: "The Wang family has already asked us to go again tomorrow, if we go again today, is it too groveling?" ”

"Do you think we still have dignity today?"

Cai Yong glanced at his son and said: "This matter should not be delayed, I am afraid that it will change, even if I tear my face this afternoon, I will change the marriage book!" ”

On the afternoon of August 21, the Cai family father and son came to the Wang family again.

Wang Dai met with the Cai family father and son very unnaturally.

Cai Yong asked Wang Laoshangshu about his physical condition very enthusiastically, and then asked Cai Kang to offer a five-hundred-year-old ginseng.

Wang Dai expressed his heartfelt thanks after accepting it.

In short, it's a very stylized meeting.

Then when the atmosphere was about to be cold, Cai Yong once again proposed to exchange marriage letters.

Wang Dai frowned and said, "I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate, my father can't attend, and it's not in line with the ceremony." Brother and nephew should wait. ”

Cai Yong said with a smile: "Where is Brother Zifeng, since ancient times, the words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders, as long as the parents are present, where do you need to work Lao Shangshu?" Besides, Lao Shangshu is slightly uncomfortable at this time, this engagement is a great joy, just for Lao Shangshu to be happy, isn't it the best of both worlds? ”

Wang Dai still shook his head.

"This marriage was personally appointed by my father and his eldest father, so how could we be hastily engaged without his presence? Without him, he would not be able to reflect the sincerity of my Wang family, and it would not be good for him to face the Cai family. ”

Cai Kang snorted coldly in his heart, and secretly said Is it sincere for your Wang family to behave like this? The Wang family humiliated my Cai family so much, should we feel honored?

However, thinking like this in his heart, Cai Kang didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect on his face, and said with a smile: "Uncle Shi's words are wrong, it cannot be changed since the ancient auspicious time, today's auspicious time has passed, but today is still an auspicious time for me and the third lady's birthday this month, so even if the wedding date is set at this time, it is reasonable." Naturally, if you miss today, you really miss the auspicious time. If you miss the auspicious time, it will be extremely inauspicious in the future. I also hope that Uncle Shi will think twice. ”

Wang Dai was slightly displeased when he heard this. He was already a little unhappy when he heard that his father was ill in the morning, ignoring etiquette and interrupting the engagement ceremony very impolitely. However, after sending away the Cai family's father and son, he wanted to go to the Huaiyuan Garden to greet Lao Shangshu, but was blocked, and Lao Shangshu did not let anyone visit, which made him have a lot of doubts in his heart.

Wang Dai was a natural businessman and inherited Lao Shangshu's consistent businessman's nature, so he instinctively sensed that things were abnormal. He didn't know why his father would rudely ask for an interruption of the engagement at such an important time, but he only gave a very far-fetched reason that he was unwell.

Can you joke about your granddaughter's lifelong events if you are ill?

Wang Dai was very unhappy.

However, even if he was unhappy, Wang Dai still didn't dare to attack before he figured out what his father meant.

Therefore, even though Wang Dai knew that it was a very unreasonable act to refuse the Cai family to continue the engagement and exchange of marriage letters, he still insisted on implementing Lao Shangshu's decision.

So he successively rejected the proposal of the Cai family's father and son to comply with the etiquette law. This made him feel very uncomfortable, and his face was very unsightly.

Wang Dai's face is not good-looking, and the faces of the Cai family's father and son are not very good-looking.

Cai Yong finally decided to have a seizure, he stood up, waved his sleeves and said: "Brother Zifeng, with all due respect to Cai, is Brother Zifeng having regretted delaying the engagement auspiciously?" This kind of behavior is not in line with the Wang family's consistent flaunt of benevolence, righteousness, and faithfulness, right? Brother Zifeng, please make your words clear today. Although my Cai family is not as good as the Wang family, this marriage is really my Cai family, but my Cai family also gave a dowry in accordance with the rules. One should be etiquette, and even more so, I think there is nothing to be faulted with. Brother Zifeng just shirked it, which is not in line with reason, and even more inconsistent with etiquette! Even if my Cai family is weak, I will never accept it! Please also ask Brother Zifeng to give me a reply! Please also ask the Wang family to give an explanation! ”

These words are sonorous and powerful, and they are loud and powerful.

Wang Dai put the Buddha as if he was being drunk, and sat up suddenly.

(PS: Last update of 2014!) Happy New Year to everyone! I love you~. ~

See you next year!! ）