Chapter 247: Before Marriage

On the day of July 29, another batch of dowries came to Jindu one after another.

Wang Yushi is an upright person, although he is a shameless old stubborn in the court, but he is also a good face in his personal life, but this time, he was "humiliated" by his own family.

In the end, Wang Yushi quickly let his son rent a house, and then let go of a lot of dowry. Watching a cart of items being transported to the house, Wang Yushi was very depressed: How many things did the family move over? I think that when the third daughter-in-law married to Huaiyang Dao, in addition to books and swords, where was there such a big pomp?

Of course, in addition to Wang Yushi, there are not a few people who are surprised and strange in Jindu.

The scale of the dowry on this day is much larger than the day before, looking at the big box covered with vermilion lacquer brocade, looking at the handsome and beautiful rouge horse, and looking at the envious eyes of the more than 100 pairs of girls and girls who are carved in pink and jade.

It's too much of a bully! Yesterday it was the Admiral's fiancΓ©e who entered the city, and who is it today? It's even bigger than the pomp of the Wang family? There are actually people in Dajin who are richer than the Wang family? Is there still a heavenly principle?

The boiling of Jindu people goes all the way from Mingde Gate to Dexian Gate, from the morning convoy into the city to the afternoon work. It wasn't until someone saw that the convoy had followed Wang Yushi's son into a house that there was definite news.

"It's still the Wang family!"

"It's the Wang family again? The Wang family married two daughters? ”

"No, I've only heard of one who married Lord Admiral, who else?"

"You two idiots, the one who came to the city today is the same as the one who entered the city yesterday!"

"What?"

"All for the Admiral?"

"Yes! Two poor ghosts, who don't know the pomp and circumstance of big families, say what jokes about marrying two daughters, it's really embarrassing! ”

"Oh, we don't know."

"Isn't it thanks to the eldest brother that we only knew, this bowl of wine is invited!"

"You please? Oh haha, since that's the case, then you can't be so ignorant next time. ”

"Definitely, definitely!"

"I heard that I accompanied eighty-eight corals! Each one is two feet tall! ”

"It's nothing, I heard that the pearls the size of a thumb alone are three big boxes! My cousin made a record at the Imperial History Mansion, and he saw it with his own eyes! ”

"Hey! It's not the best! I heard that the silver ticket, a thousand taels of one, filled five large chests! Guess how much it costs! ”

"Whew! Will the Wang family marry directly with the silver ticket? Don't be afraid of losing your value! You're a turtle, you're all nonsense."

This kind of dialogue is circulating everywhere in the Jindu, so within a day, how many cherished things the Huaiyang Dao Wang's family married their daughter became the only thing that the people of Jindu cared about.

After Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua got married, someone in Jindu put forward the idea that the marriage should be simplified, which was immediately supported, and then swept the entire Jin Dynasty. This has undoubtedly given many families a step up -- after all, in these days, there are more daughters than sons, and the number of marriages is really a headache for every family. So some people began to sing the praises of the initiator, and then many people began to talk about it. However, this approach has also been opposed by some people, and the reason for their opposition is very direct - you just don't have the money to accompany the Wang family, so you pretend to be high. After that, the two parties actually divided into two factions and launched a long-term "struggle".

Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

These words of the people of Jindu are naturally known to Xie Shence by the Tiqi Division, and the Tiqi Division listens to the world, and the Jindu is naturally the top priority, and public opinion is one of the important aspects. However, Xie Shence didn't have time to pay attention to how the discussion of the residents of Jindu would affect him, and he helped report to Emperor Jin for the past two days.

On the 31st day of July, Xie Shence came to the imperial study as usual and met with Emperor Jin.

After talking about some things about Wutang, Emperor Jin shifted the topic to Xie Shence.

"You're about to get married, and you're still busy with these things, in short, I'm ashamed, Fengzhi, I've worked hard for you."

Xie Shence hurriedly said: "Where does Your Majesty say, it is the duty of a courtier to share your Majesty's worries, what is the hard work or not." ”

Emperor Jin smiled, and then said: "The third day of the eighth month is a good day. By the way, your uncle hasn't come back yet, has he? ”

"Uncle is still in Yuncheng, according to the report of Tiqi, the movements of the Qin people have been more frequent recently, and there are a lot of small frictions with our western army. But overall it was able to cope. ”

After a little light talk to break away the atmosphere, the conversation after that didn't seem very dignified.

"The food from Huaiyang Road has arrived in Shangcai, and the materials allocated by the imperial court have also arrived in Yuncheng, and the supplies, including ordnance, are not a problem. The combat power of the Luoyang Prefecture soldiers is not very prominent on the western front and in the northwest, but fortunately, the war in the northwest is about to end, and a part of the northwest army can be transferred south to support at that time. ”

Xie Shence smiled: "This is naturally Your Majesty's blessings." The disturbance of the Xianbei Helou Department is just a routine, and it can't have a substantial impact on my Great Jin, it's just an opportunity to loot. Except for the royal court behind the He Lou Department that needs to be guarded against, nothing else can attract the real attention of the Northwest Army. However, this time, the Tuoba Department did not take advantage of the fire to rob, which was somewhat unexpected by the ministers. ”

"That's where I wonder about it. However, no matter what the reason, the Tuoba Department did not intervene, and it was always a good thing for me to be in Dajin. ”

Xie Shence nodded yes.

Of course, the Tuoba Department will not go south, and they don't know the situation, how dare they send troops casually, Xie Shence responded to Emperor Jin's words, and thought so in his heart.

It's just that the He Lou Department went south to knock on the pass, and no other Xianbei tribes participated, so it was naturally a tacit understanding between Xie Shence and He Lou Ministry.

Although the situation seems to be serious, and the battle report from the Northwest Army shows that the Northwest Army has suffered heavy losses, Xie Shence naturally knows that the two sides have only killed more than 20 people in the "battle" so far.

Yes, with the exquisite cooperation of Jiang Qi and He Lou, the two sides fought fiercely for more than a month, and only more than 20 people died. And these more than 20 people died of illness because the weather was too hot.

As for the confrontation between the Western Front of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Qin people, at this time, both Xie Shence and Emperor Jin were basically confident. The main battlefield must be in the area between Tongguan and Yuncheng, which is already the unanimous opinion of the court.

At the beginning, it was not that no one proposed to do some actions from Hubei Province to reduce the pressure on Shanxi Province, but in the end it was vetoed by Emperor Jin. The reason is that entering Qin from Hubei Province is not conducive to the march in terms of terrain, not only because of the obstruction of Qinling, Funiu Mountain, and Daba Mountain, but also because the military strength of Hubei Province is limited, which cannot play a substantial oppressive role on the Qin people, but only increases the cost of money and grain.

In the end, the topic of the two returned to the martial arts hall.

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, even if this lecture on martial arts can be passed on the surface, there will definitely be more trivial problems when it is implemented. At that time, it will be the time to really test my Great Jin clan. ”

"What Feng Zhi said is good. The implementation of the lecture hall is the trend of the times, and both I and the people of Li have great expectations for it, which is unstoppable. Zheng Keming is just a self-righteous bird, and some of the real hidden families are still waiting. I won't take it lightly, I've said so much today, you go back and have a good rest, the big wedding is coming, I allow you to ignore the affairs of the Tiqi Division for half a month, and get married with peace of mind. ”

Xie Shence was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

reported some things to Emperor Jin, and the matter of Wutang came to an end for the time being. On Yangquan's side, Uncle Zhang will naturally arrange it, and the three jumpers and Tiqi will inevitably arrange all the affairs and needs to be properly passed back after Xie Shence, so Xie Shence doesn't have to worry about this. As for Shandong Dao, with the help of Shandong horse bandits, Emperor Jin on Wei Liao's side has already passed down his will, Li Tu is the protΓ©gΓ© of the old lady, and he will do his best, presumably the good news of Shandong Dao will also come soon. There is also a place for Longyi, the Guanlong group headed by Chen Hua fell to Emperor Jin at the last moment, which is undoubtedly a great news, and the King of Qi will be able to handle everything well in Guanlong.

In addition, the Huaiyang Road forced the Southern Song Dynasty to cancel the itinerary on cutting the New Year's coin, and the Southern Song Dynasty envoys have been grinding in Hebei Province for a month and have not yet arrived in Nanyang. The wind and snow of Dajin some time ago finally survived temporarily.

When he walked out of the palace gate, Xie Shence was in a good mood, walked in stride, got into the car, and Xie Shence returned to Weihou Mansion.

At the side gate of Weihou Mansion, Xie Shence saw a small carriage, next to the carriage there was a coachman and a little girl in a green skirt, looking like a maidservant.

When he got closer, Xie Shence found out that this little maid was Wang Jiehua's personal maidservant, that is, the little girl Xie Shence woke up when he peeked at Wang Jiehua that day.

The little maid saw a black carriage coming from a distance, escorted by a few black-armored cavalry, and knew that her uncle was back, so she pinched the corners of her clothes and stood on tiptoe and raised her chin to look this way.

Xie Shence noticed the nervousness of the little maid, so he opened the window of the carriage when he was approaching, and was the first to speak: "This is not what the little girl is called?" I forgot to ask your name that day. You've only been with your young lady for a short time, haven't you? The original Xiaocao'er and Xiaoping'er, it seems that they should be married, right? Oh, what are you here for? ”

Xiao Yu'er blushed, my uncle was so easy to talk, not at all like the horror of the "little butcher" in their mouths, but like their own brother.

Although the tension in her heart has faded a lot, Xiao Yu'er still has a trace of nervousness when she speaks. After all, she is getting closer and closer to Jindu, and even her little maid knows that her aunt is "terrible" in Jindu.

"I, the little maid, is called Xiao Yu'er, uncle, just call me Xiao Yu'er. Sister Cao'er and Sister Ping'er got married last year, and Xiao Wan and Xiao Ye'er only married Miss this year. The little maid is here, yes, to deliver a letter from the young lady to her uncle. ”

As she spoke, Xiao Yu'er handed over a thin letter with both hands.

"Why don't you go in and sit? The sun is scorching outside. Let's go in with my carriage, shall we? ”

Xie Shence took the letter and didn't open it in a hurry, just glanced at the handwriting on it, and said with a smile to Xiao Yu'er.

Xiao Yu'er blushed, mistakenly thinking that Xie Shence invited her to the carriage of the Ti Cavalry Division, how can this be done if men and women are different from each other in an orderly manner? So he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, uncle, I and the little maid still have something to do, and the little maid will go back." ”

As he spoke, he quickly ran away.

Xie Shence watched the carriage leave, shook his head with a smile, closed the window and opened the envelope.

Wang Jiehua's letter didn't say anything big, just said some trivial things about her little daughter's family, which was nothing more than expressing some of her own nervousness, worries, and sadness that Xie Shence could feel although it was not reflected in the text.

Xie Shence quickly replied to a letter, said a lot of comforting words, and asked her to recall the situation of the eldest sister and the second sister getting married to relax, and then Xie Laosan personally sent it to the Yushi Mansion to discuss the details of the wedding.

Towards the end of the evening, Xie Laosan brought back a letter, and Wang Jiehua wrote another reply to Xie Shence.

This time, Wang Jiehua didn't say anything troubled or anything like that, but directly turned the topic to a few sisters.

Of course, the eldest sister and the second sister are all mentioned casually, and the focus is on the third sister - Wang Qingyan.

Xie Shence's head exploded with a bang after seeing the words of the little vixen. If this matter is not handled well, in the hands of Wang Jiehua, there will be no better life in the future. So Xie Shence spent a long time, and after thinking about it word by word, he finally wrote a relatively satisfactory explanation letter.

Looking left and right, Xie Shence finally felt unsatisfied, looking at the stars outside the door, Xie Shence suddenly got up and changed into a dark blue tights.

"Young Master, where are you going?"

When Xie Shence was about to go out, he was discovered by Caiyi.

Xie Shence was a little embarrassed, so he said, "Go out for a walk." ”

Caiyi naturally didn't believe it, so she said with some vigilance: "Young Master, your wedding is imminent, but you are not allowed to go to those fireworks alleys, although I heard that some children of the clan will go in and out of some such places before they get married, but Young Master, you can't go." ”

When Xie Shence heard this, he was immediately a little unhappy. What do you mean young master I can't go? I can't go if they go to the young master? What's more, young master, when I go to that kind of place, do I still have to change my clothes? Besides, I'm not going to that kind of near place, is the Imperial History Mansion a Goolan courtyard?

"Young master, I am a person who has something big to do, you don't care where I go. Is it necessary for the official duties of the Ti Cavalry to report to you? When someone came to look for him, they said that Young Master Ben was asleep, and no one was there!"

After speaking, ignoring the colorful clothes, Xie Shence slammed the door and went out.

Caiyi watched Xie Shence slam the door in a chic manner, and his eyes were full of suspicion.

Could it be that she went to find Miss Lin? Could it be that the letter of Miss Lin that he intercepted privately was discovered?

Thinking of this, Caiyi hurriedly ran back to her room and found the letter pressed at the bottom of the box.

Well, fortunately, the young master didn't find out. Miss Lin, a little slut, actually openly seduced the young master before the young master's marriage, saying that she invited the young master to meet in the suburbs of the West City tomorrow to celebrate the young master, what kind of celebration, it is clear that she is secretly seducing the young master and wants to destroy the young master's wedding!

As Xie Shence's personal little maid, Caiyi nestled on the small bamboo bed on the night of July 31, hugged the pillow, pinched a letter, and thought wildly.

At this time, Xie Shence had secretly sneaked to Wang Yushi's house, carefully avoided the dog raised by Wang Yushi's house, and climbed over the four walls, gently avoiding several of the Wang family's night patrols, and then according to Xie Laosan's dictation, Xie Shence came to the small building where Wang Jiehua temporarily lived.

It's been nearly two watches, and the people in the Imperial History Mansion are basically asleep, and this small building is even darker, and Xie Shence doesn't know which one Wang Jiehua lives in.

Although he didn't know the specific location of Wang Jiehua, Xie Shence was still excited: exciting, really exciting, there was a kind of stealing. The feeling of love.

Bah, Xie Shence slapped his mouth lightly, and scolded in his heart: What kind of cheating, it's just to see his wife before marriage. Although it is unruly for the husband and wife to meet before marriage, it will be unlucky, but for the sake of a happy life in the future, Xie Shence doesn't care so much.

Carefully picking up the door bolt, Xie Shence dodged into the small building, and then closed the door, relying on his familiarity with Wang Jiehua's smell, Xie Shence checked one by one, and locked Wang Jiehua's room.

Wang Jiehua was particularly favored by Xie Shence because he heard Xie Shence say that jasmine symbolizes love, and the bathing is jasmine. Pancreas made of lily flowers. At this time, it is Mo. When the flowers are in bloom, there is no jasmine around this small building. Lihua, so Xie Shence found it very easily.

Gently pierced the window paper open the window, thanked Shence deftly flipped in, and then blew a fire fold, touched the side of the bed, and saw the sleeping Wang Jiehua.

Xie Shence stepped forward, and then prepared to wake up Wang Jiehua.

"Don't move, or I'll kill you."

Wang Jiehua made a cold voice in the slightly Chao Li.

Xie Shence found out that a small crossbow stretched out from the thin quilt at some point, facing Xie Shence, and the arrows of the small crossbow were shining blue in the faint light of the fire fold.

Hiss, poisonous Xie Shence was scared into a cold sweat.

"Flowey, it's me."

Wang Jiehua's body was shocked, and then when he opened his eyes, he saw Xie Shence who was still stretching out his hand and smiling bitterly.

After collecting the crossbow, Wang Jiehua held Xie Shence's hand and said, "Why did the second brother come over?" It is unlucky to meet before marriage. ”

Xie Shence listened to Wang Jiehua's slightly complaining tone, and quickly put on a smiling face, and then put away the fire fold and said, "Isn't this afraid that you can't think of anything?"

"What can I not think of? Or do you really have something to explain to me? ”

"Absolutely not!" Xie Shence immediately raised three fingers and said, "I just came to see if you slept soundly and your mood was stable." Absolutely nothing else. ”

Immediately, Xie Shence added another sentence of "I swear", because Wang Jiehua couldn't see the appearance of raising three fingers in the dark.

"So, in order to calm my emotions, you have to say something? In this case, the matter between you and Wang Qingyan, you say, I listen. ”

"Things are not what you think"

"I didn't think you had anything, not what I thought, is there really something?"

"Well, it's really nothing."

Then the two fell silent.

After a long time, Wang Jiehua spoke: "Second brother, my grandfather is him"

Xie Shence frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" What happened to him? ”

"It's fine." Wang Jiehua said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just miss him very much." ”

"In that case, then we can go back to Huaiyang Road to visit relatives after we get married."

"Well, you said, we'll go back together when the time comes."

"Let's go back together."

(PS: Finally getting married.) By the way, I'm a playman, the very iron kind. It's just a chapter tonight. Jasmine, Lihua is actually stained with the light of harmony of the majestic Celestial Empire, I don't understand)