Night has not yet fallen, the sky is gray, the fine and dense spring rain has been falling all day, gradually, the rain has become heavier, dripping, forming a rain curtain, knocking on the ground, the earth pit on the ground has been full of rainwater, the street is very deserted, occasionally I can see a pedestrian with an umbrella hurrying through the rain and fog, a carriage is speeding on the street, the carriage passes, stirring up a large splash.

The carriage was very quiet, there were three people, one old and two young, they were the three ancestors and grandsons of Huangfu, in addition to Huangfu Bailing, there was also the eldest brother Huangfu Weiming of Wujin, they all changed into new robes and went to the assassin Shi's house as guests.

In the middle of the carriage is a small table, Huangfu Bailing sits alone on one side, and on the other side sits their brothers, Huangfu Bailing looked at the two brothers who looked very similar, and his mind remembered the advice of the eldest son ten years ago before his death, 'I will go to Huangquan and the ancestors Linghui, only the second son is difficult to let go, I hope that my father will take care of my son sooner or later, not to be an official, not to enter the court'.....

Huangfu Bailing sighed secretly in his heart, I don't know if his approach today is wise, although he faithfully executed the will of his eldest son, and has not allowed Weiming to participate in the imperial examination, but he suffered a stroke three years ago and was bedridden, and lost control of Weiming.

In order to prevent Wei Ming from entering Beijing, the best way is to fix him in a county in the East China Sea, doesn't he himself want to be the head of the household?

Huangfu Bailing secretly made up his mind, no matter what, he would give Wei Ming the position of head of Hucao, and not give him the opportunity to go to Beijing to take the exam.

At this time, Wu Jin put a jade plaque on the table, and pushed it to his grandfather Huangfu Bailing with a smile, "This is five thousand taels of silver, return it to grandfather!" ”

Huangfu Bailing looked at this jade plate, he didn't react, he was still immersed in contemplation, but Huangfu Weiming next to him asked him in a deep voice: "Wujin, who instigated you to do gambling, is it Su Tingshi or the fifth uncle?" ”

Wu Jin shook his head, "Master Su is just in the same boat with me on the way to office, and he is just a friend of Pingshui, he is a dignified assassin, how could he let me do gambling?" It's not the fifth uncle, it should be said that I instigated the fifth uncle to do gambling. ”

"Since it wasn't instigated by others, why don't you discuss with me when you do gambling, so many serious things can be done, why do you want to do gambling?"

Huangfu Weiming's tone is very harsh, he hates gambling the most in his life, how many people have been ruined by the Huang family's gambling hall, three months ago, he had a student, the whole family of five committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, that is, he was forced by gambling debts, which made him sad.

He never gambled, he didn't allow students to gamble, and he didn't allow his brother to gamble, but Wujin not only gambled, but also made a huge noise, almost involving half of Weiyang County, and his brother didn't tell him at all, which made Huangfu Weiming very annoyed in his heart.

After all, his brother was only seventeen years old, and he was ignorant about many things, and he was very worried that Wujin would go astray.

Fortunately, Huangfu Weiming didn't know that Wujin had pretended to be him to go to the Miaoshou Casino to drink flower wine, otherwise he would really be mad.

Huangfu Bailing suddenly sobered up from his thoughts, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "The fifth child has already told me about this matter, in fact, it is nothing, this cannot be compared with the Huang family's opening of a gambling hall to harm people, besides, Wujin is not only for gambling, but also for us to take the line of thorn history, he is bold and careful, very smart, but Ming, you don't blame him." ”

Wei Ming sighed, "Grandfather, my parents repeatedly asked me before they died, asking me to take good care of my younger brother, I didn't mean that he was going to harm others, I was afraid that he would get into bad habits and ruin himself, how would I explain to my parents in the future?" ”

Wu Jin was the early death of his parents in his previous life, and he had never seen his parents in this life, and no one had ever disciplined him like his brother, although the eldest brother's worry was a bit redundant, but Wu Jin still felt the sincere care of the eldest brother, a kind of family affection between brothers, he couldn't help but be a little moved in his heart, so he nodded, "Big brother, don't worry!" I will only do this time for gambling, I have already talked to the fifth uncle, we will open a pawnshop in partnership in the future, and do serious business. ”

"Are you serious?"

Wei Ming stared into his eyes, "Never gamble again!" ”

"I won't lie to my eldest brother, since I said it, I will definitely do it."

Huangfu Weiming's heart was put down, his brother was still young, and it was not terrible to make mistakes, so he was afraid that he would not change his mistakes, he finally showed a smile on his face, reached out and put his arm around his brother's shoulder and patted it, "That's fine, as long as it changes, it's still my good brother." ”

Huangfu Bailing felt relieved to see that their brothers were affectionate, so he picked up the jade plate and handed it to Wu Jin and said with a smile: "These five thousand taels of silver are used as capital for you and the fifth child, and it costs a lot of money to open a pawnshop." ”

Wu Jin didn't want to, he shook his head, "Thank you grandfather, this gambling, the fifth uncle and I made a net profit of 11,000 taels of silver, it should be barely enough to open a pawnshop, and the fifth uncle doesn't want to have anything to do with the second uncle." ”

Huangfu Bailing and Wei Ming were stunned at the same time, three days of gambling, and actually earned 11,000 taels of silver, Wei Ming couldn't speak for a long time, he didn't know what to say, Huangfu Bailing knocked on Wu Jin's head with a cane, and laughed loudly: "Good boy, okay!" It's your great-grandfather's legacy, I like it, then I won't give you this jade plate, so you won't have to be verbose. ”

At this time, the carriage stopped, and only the voice of the coachman was heard, "Master, it's here!" ”

Su Hanzhen's home is the back house of the county office, not from the county office, but to open another door, today is the eighth day of Su Hanzhen's appointment in Donghai County, and it is also the first banquet after he took office, it was not a formal banquet, just let Wu Jin come to his house for a light meal, by the way, ask Wu Jin if he is willing to do things for him, but since he invited Wu Jin's grandfather, this makes Su Hanzhen not so casual.

At this time, Su Hanzhen already knew that the Donghai Huangfu clan was not what Wujin said, just a small family, but one of the six major families in Donghai County, Wujin's grandfather Huangfu Bailing was still a captain of the cavalry, and he was very famous in Weiyang County.

In the afternoon, Huangfu Bailing sent a formal post, and in the evening, he will visit the new assassin.

It was done very solemnly, and in this way, Su Hanzhen had to order the kitchen to prepare more wine and food, arrange the table, and change from a light meal to a formal banquet.

In fact, Su Hanzhen also has a new idea, he came to Donghai County for eight days, and he was restrained everywhere, to a large extent, he took office alone, without the help of the head snake, if he can have the big clan of Donghai County to help him, it is also very beneficial for him to open up the situation in Donghai County, although he has such an idea, but there is no suitable opportunity, he does not want to implement it rashly.

It just so happened that there was no Jin to do gambling as a bridge, since he had helped Wu Jin a lot this time, as a grandfather, Huangfu Bailing of course had to come to thank him, so they began to contact naturally, and Su Hanzhen also had the idea of winning over the Huangfu family in his heart.

Su Hanzhen was arranging the seat in person, when a family member came to report: "Master, they are here." ”

"How many people came?"

"Three people, an old man with two young people."

Su Hanzhen nodded, it was Huangfu Bailing and Wujin, and the other young man should be Wujin's brother Weiming, and it was also written in the prayer post, it is said that this Huangfu Weiming is still a tribute scholar, which made Su Hanzhen very surprised, and he himself had been admitted to the tribute scholar of Qizhou.

Su Hanzhen instructed her family, "Go and tell Madame that she doesn't have to come out to accompany the guests." ”

If Huangfu Bailing is bringing his wife to the banquet, then Su Hanzhen's wife must also come out to accompany him, if Huangfu Bailing also brings his daughter or granddaughter, Su Hanzhen's daughter will also come out to accompany him, and now since they did not bring their families, then Su Hanzhen's family members will not be used as accompaniment.

Su Hanzhen greeted him with a smile, just as the three of them got out of the carriage, Wu Jin quietly told his grandfather that this middle-aged man was Su Thorn Shi, and Thorn Shi personally greeted him, which made Huangfu Bailing feel honored, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to give a salute, "Xiaomin Huangfu Bailing see Lord Thorn Shi." ”

Huangfu Bailing has a captain of the cavalry, you can see the official without worshipping, Huangfu is only a tribute, not to mention worship, the only thing that needs to be bowed is Wujin, but this does not understand the rules of the Daning Dynasty, and wants him to kneel down, which is more uncomfortable than beating him, in fact, Zhang Rong, the county commander in the morning, did not notice this, otherwise he could cure Wujin's crime of 'disrespect'.

Su Hanzhen is a very easy-going person, he smiled back, "Now it's in my private house, let's not talk about officialdom, I'm the host, you are the guests, it's as simple as that." ”

"Then it's better to be respectful, Lord Su, let me introduce you."

Huangfu Bailing pulled Wei Ming over and introduced him with a smile: "This is Wujin's brother, my second grandson, who has just been admitted to the Gongju Scholar this year. ”

Huangfu Weiming hurriedly bowed to the end, "Student Weiming sees seniors." ”

He is a scholar of etiquette, not Su Hanzhen as a thorn history, but as a Confucian senior, Wei Ming heard his father-in-law mention Su Hanzhen, the champion of the Jinshi Department for 14 years, Wei Ming is full of reverence for him.

Su Hanzhen saw that Wei Ming looked a little similar to Wu Jin, with big ears, bright eyes, elegant temperament, and a sense of indescribable atmosphere in his gestures, perhaps there was a common language, Su Hanzhen immediately liked this junior.

Very good, three grandparents and grandchildren, one is modest and courteous, and has outstanding reputation; A suave and splendid-minded; There are also those who dare to act and be wise and brave, Su Hanzhen has a good impression of them, and hurriedly smiled and made a gesture of inviting in, "Talking at the door is not hospitality, I have prepared a few glasses of water and wine, everyone drink, please!" Wujin, you can do whatever you want, I won't greet you. ”

Greetings all the way, the three grandparents and grandsons entered the guest hall with Su Hanzhen, Wu Jin walked at the end, about a dozen steps away from them, his task of matchmaking has been completed, and the next is the grandfather and the eldest brother to sing the leading role, he has to keep a low profile.

"Brother Saburo!"

Suddenly there was a cat-like sound beside him, he searched left and right, only to see a petite figure flashed out behind a pot of peony flowers, it was the little Lori Yimeier, wearing a yellow dress, Wu Jin smiled and asked, "Why are you hiding here?" ”

"Mother doesn't allow me to come over to see you, give it to you!"

Su Yi shoved something into his hand, and like a little yellow cat, he ran through the side door into the inner house in a panic.

With a little light, Wu Jin found that she had stuffed a small folded note, which was quietly unfolded, and saw a sentence written on the note, 'See you outside the back door of my house at noon tomorrow, if you don't come, it's a big laipi.' ’

Wu Jin has a feeling of crying and laughing, a ten-year-old little Lori actually wrote a paper treaty to meet herself, what is this called? He forgot that he himself was only seventeen years old.