Chapter 18 Misfortune does not come alone
"This is the residence that the younger brother prepared for the eldest brother, what does the eldest brother think?"
Back at his mansion, Xie An led Chen Bei to visit the room he had prepared for him.
It was a composite chamber, more than 20 zhang from east to west, more than 10 zhang from north to south, composed of two chambers, and now, with the middle wall being knocked down, these two chambers constitute an extremely spacious room.
In the house, shelves, wardrobes, beds, and screens are all available, and there are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, plus some exquisite wooden carvings, which make this room quite bookish.
It's no wonder, after all, the furnishings in the house were all designed by the eldest grandson Xiangyu.
When the eldest grandson Xiangyu lived in Xie An's mansion, because Xie An had to go to the Great Prison Temple every day on an errand, she was idle and bored, so she called the people in the mansion to reset the furnishings inside and outside the entire mansion, and people who didn't know thought she was the mistress of Xie An's mansion.
"Hmm......" Standing in the center of the house, Chen Bei glanced around, and suddenly said to the people in the house who were next to him, "Remove these furniture and screens...... Put on a candlestick! β
"......" The few subordinates in the room looked at Chen Bei in astonishment, and looked at Xie An with a hesitant expression.
Seeing this, Xie An clapped his palms and said, "What are you still doing in a daze?" This is the distant cousin of the official, and what he said is what the official said! ββDon't you want to take a snapshot of the arrangement that my cousin said? β
"Yes, sir!" The subordinates nodded hurriedly, and a group of people hurriedly moved out the furniture in the house one by one, after all, according to Chen Bei's meaning, except for the rest of the Mei Palm Fermentation Trance Wei Wei Yi fold?
Of course, candlesticks are essential, and it is best to fill the room so that it is as bright as it is during the day, even at night.
Since Xie An, the owner of this mansion, had already put down his words, the subordinates did not dare to disobey, and they almost moved the candlesticks in the wings of the mansion here. Roughly counting, there are at least more than twenty planes, but even so, looking at Chen Bei's expression, he doesn't seem to be very satisfied.
"Is that all?" Chen Bei frowned and asked.
Everyone in the mansion looked at each other, and during this time, one of them whispered, "Back to the old man." Except for the inside and outside of the room of the lord and the eldest grandson, the candlesticks on the rest of the house have all been moved here......"
"Oh......" Chen Bei sighed in disappointment.
Seeing this, Xie An hurriedly said, "Big ...... No, cousin, today you will just do it, and tomorrow, ask the people from the house to go to the market to buy a few more cars......"
"Okay!" Chen Bei nodded and watched as the people lit up all the candles on the more than 20 candlesticks. Then, the face that was originally full of concerns. showed a somewhat sickly smile, and didn't know that Xie An and Liao Li, who were not far away, were playing Mengwei's skirt and fighting against Pan?
Xie An, in particular, was counting something with his fingers.
One candlestick has five candles, more than 20 candlesticks, and more than 100 candles......
A candle burns for most of the hour. There are about five hours in a night, in other words, about nine or ten candles. At least 100 pieces at a time......
During this period, the candle flame must not be broken, otherwise, I don't know what this eldest brother will do......
That is, a thousand candles a night......
A candle is ten cents, and a thousand is ten thousand cents, which is almost ten taels of silver......
Ten taels a day, three hundred taels a month......
Whew, it's okay......
Xie An secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, fortunately, he had received a huge reward of 500,000 taels of silver, which did not include the 5,000 taels of gold personally rewarded by the Great Zhou Tianzi, otherwise, with his monthly salary of 800 taels from Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, he would really be a little unbearable.
Clapping his hands, Xie An said with a smile, "Cousin, then you rest first, the younger brother has to go to the Donggong Mansion!" ββWhat do you want to eat for dinner later, my cousin told everyone in the house. β
Chen Bei nodded, he knew that Xie An was going to the Donggong Mansion for a family banquet, as an apology for not attending the Liangqiu Gong Feng's family banquet yesterday.
In all fairness, Chen Bei very much wanted to follow Xie An and have a family banquet with the only two remaining relatives of the Liang Qiu family, but he also knew that if he appeared in the Donggong Mansion, in front of Liang Qiu Gong and Liang Qiu Wu, not to mention his grandfather Liang Qiu Gong's attitude, his cousin Liang Qiu Wu would never let him go again.
Because of this, he was forced to give up this beautiful long-cherished wish in his heart.
"Brother, you stay for a while!"
"Huh?" At this time, Xie An, Ma Dan, and Liao Li were about to leave, when they heard this, they turned their heads and asked suspiciously, "What else is there to do with my cousin?" β
Chen Bei waved his hand and retreated, and even Liao Eryu was invited out of the house by him?
"There's something that my brother has been hiding in my heart for an afternoon, and it's uncomfortable!"
Xie An was stunned, and saw that there were no outsiders in the house, so he said with a smile, "Uncle brother, it's okay to say it!" β
I saw Chen Bei's face straight, frowning and looking at Xie An, and said in a deep voice, "This afternoon, in the carriage, my brother said that he wanted to marry that woman named Jin Ling'er?" - But really? β
"......" Xie An nodded hesitantly.
Seeing this, Chen Bei was silent, and after half a sound, he looked at Xie An and said sincerely, "Brother, being a brother is not a hypocritical person, there are some things that should be said!" - Although you and I are not siblings, why do I treat you as if you were my own brother? β
Xie An hesitated for a moment and said, "Because...... Dance? β
"Not bad!" Chen Bei made no secret of it, and said in a deep voice, "Wu is my cousin, and you are her husband, therefore, you are my brother-in-law, no matter when and where, but in everything you and your husband and wife, you will do your best for your brother, and you will never dare to resign...... But because blood is thicker than water, yes, there are some things to say for my brother! - Don't let her down! If your brother does something that makes her sad, even if the Emperor of the Great Zhou protects you, your brother will let you kowtow to her and admit your mistakes! β
Looking at Chen Bei's serious expression, Xie An was moved, nodded, and said with a chuckle, "In this matter, although the eldest brother can rest assured, the younger brother will never fail her!" β
"Good, good!" Chen Bei nodded with satisfaction, and then said apologetically, "Brother, don't blame your brother, it's just ...... brother."
Looking at the apologetic look in his eyes, Xie An smiled and said, "The eldest brother's thoughts, the younger brother understands, and finally has relatives." How can you watch them suffer and be sad, right? - However, the younger brother thinks that the eldest brother is worried about the sky, if the younger brother does such a thing, how can it be the turn of the eldest brother to teach the younger brother a lesson? The one in the younger brother's family, that's the famous [Yan Lai!] β
Chen Bei was stunned, and then shook his head with a smile. echoed and said, "Yes, yes, I forgot about my brother!" - I almost treated her like an ordinary daughter......"
"Hehe, that little brother left first?"
"Brother be careful on the road, if there is anything, call someone to pass on the word......"
"Hmm!"
After exchanging a few words with Chen Bei, Xie An said goodbye and left, and rode a carriage with Ma Dan and Liao Li towards the Donggong Mansion.
On the way, Xie An couldn't help but repeatedly recall Chen Bei's words......
He felt incredible.
Obviously, Chen Bei has only seen Liangqiu dance once. Even, the latter wanted to kill him at that time. But he protected Liang Qiu Wu like this, just because he was her cousin......
Is this family affection?
"It's an incredible bond......
"Huh?" Liao Li, who was driving the carriage, seemed to hear Xie An's emotional words in the car, and asked curiously, "My lord, what's the matter?" β
"No, it's nothing......" Xie An shook his head, suddenly. He lifted the curtain and asked curiously, "Liao Li." Ma Dan, do you have any brothers and sisters in your family? β
Liao Li was stunned when he heard this, and said with a smile, "There are no brothers, but there are two sisters, and now they have already been married, the eldest sister is married to Yiyang, and the second sister is in Bohai County, Qingzhou, ......."
"Is there a connection?" Xie An asked curiously.
Liao Li shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I'm not afraid of adult jokes, after the death of my father, the last general was desperate, and he went to the second sister, the second sister and the second brother-in-law made a lot of silver, so that the last general became a 300-person general in the Nanyang area, I wanted to get ahead and then go to visit the second sister and the second brother-in-law, but I didn't want Nanyang to riot, and the last general had to be a thief with General Zhang Dong and others, so what face did he have to see my sister?" It's been four or five years......"
"And now? ββThe imperial court has pardoned you and other crimes, why don't you go to Bohai County to meet your second sister? β
Liao Li scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "When I left, the last general swore to the second sister and the second brother-in-law that one day the last general would become a general, and then visit him and his wife to repay him for their kindness!" β
"I see, ......" Xie An suddenly realized, and patted Liao Xian's dam collapse and panicked?
"Then it's up to you!" Liao Li said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm under a lot of pressure when you say that!"
"The adult is the upstart in the court, and the future is unlimited, and the end will follow the adult, and there will naturally be a day when he will get ahead!"
Xie An felt good when he heard this
laughed, and couldn't help but tease, "Hey! ββWhen I first met, I saw that you were grumpy, and I couldn't imagine that you still had such scheming? β
Liao Li was stunned when he heard this, and said embarrassedly, "Do you remember?" β
Xie An raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "Why don't you remember?" - When you were in Luoyang, you kid couldn't wait to break the official into thousands of pieces! β
"Hey! -- It's not a time or a moment! Liao Li's face turned red and said embarrassedly.
Looking at his embarrassed expression, Xie An secretly laughed, turned his head and asked Ma Dan, "Ma Dan, what about you?" β
Ma Dan smiled slightly when he heard this, then sighed, and said bitterly, "The last general originally had an elder brother, but he passed away very early......
"Oh!" Xie An patted Ma Dan on the shoulder as a comfort.
"Where's your lord?" Ma Dan asked.
"Me," Xie An sighed with a wry smile, and was about to speak, when he saw that the carriage had driven to the front of the Donggong Mansion, he chuckled and said, "Na, isn't this it!" β
Liao Eryu looked at each other and smiled?
After getting out of the carriage, Xie An led Liao Lijiao towards the mansion, as for the carriage, the guards of the Eastern Army in front of the Donggong Mansion would take care of it?
Walking all the way to the main hall of the front yard, Xie An saw Liang Qiuwu standing in front of the hall from a distance, looking at the people in the house putting the plates of wine and food on the table, it can be seen that she attaches great importance to today's family banquet, otherwise, how can she personally supervise it.
"Dance!" Xie An shouted from afar.
Hearing this, Liang Qiu Wu turned his head, walked out of the hall door, looked up at the sunset that had set in the west, nodded, and said, "Today is still punctual!" β
"That's it!" Xie An smiled, and behind him, Liao Eryu stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "The last general has seen Madame?"
Since the two of them are Xie An's generals, therefore. They don't call Liangqiu Dance a dance general like everyone else.
"The two generals have worked hard," Liang Qiuwu smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "The concubine has ordered someone to prepare wine and food in the side hall......"
"Thank you, ma'am!"
Liang Qiuwu nodded, and instructed his subordinates, "Come on, take the two generals to the side hall for dinner!" β
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Glancing at the back of Liao Er's departing man, Liang Qiuwu turned his head, frowned and asked, "What about her??"
The woman in Liang Qiuwu's mouth refers to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but because [she] is homophonic with [him], Xie An will be wrong. thought that Liang Qiuwu knew about Chen Bei, and he was shocked. He said with a strange expression, "What...... What he? β
Liang Qiuwu frowned slightly, and said suspiciously, "Didn't she go to look for you?" β
"What...... What the? No......"
"No?" Liang Qiuwu was stunned, frowned and said, "It's strange...... Isn't Xiangyu with you today? β
"Hunan ...... Xiangyu? Xie An's eyes widened.
Liang Qiuwu frowned slightly and asked suspiciously. "Who else is it?"
"No, no, no," Xie Anyan shook his head with a smile, suddenly. His face changed slightly, he raised his head suddenly, and said in astonishment, "Wu, you said, Xiangyu came to me today?" β
"Yes! -- You were called away by Lord Xun early this morning, and after the woman got up, she was bored in the house, and after eating at noon, she went to the Great Prison Temple to find you, saying that you didn't keep your word yesterday and wanted to give you a good look! ββDidn't come across? β
Xie An's face changed slightly, he shook his head slowly, and said in shock, "Half an hour ago, I just came out of the Great Prison Temple......
When Liang Qiu Wu heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he muttered, "Oh no, something happened!" β
"Something?"
"Hmm!" Liang Qiuwu nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Early this morning, that woman pestered me and insisted on having a family banquet with me, and I really had no choice but to agree to her ......"
Xie Anxin was taken aback, he knew what Liang Qiu Wu wanted to express.
The eldest grandson Xiangyu, a woman, has always liked to calculate and play tricks on others, so when she saw that Liang Qiu Wu was preparing to hold a family banquet for Liang Qiu Gong to pick up the wind and wash the dust, she pestered Liang Qiu Wu to death, and insisted on mixing it, in order to see Liang Qiu Wu and Xie An's embarrassed expressions during the family banquet, and to see how they explained her to Liang Qiu Gong.
But right now, this woman has not been heard from, which is not like her style......
"When is she going to look for me?"
"According to Yiyi, it's probably around the time!" As she said this, Liang Qiuwu took the sword called the Wolf Slash from the closet in the main hall.
The two hurriedly walked to the gate of the mansion, ready to find the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and at this moment, two people from the mansion came to them, looking very panicked.
"Miss, uncle, no, Miss Eldest Sun was taken away!"
Glancing at Liang Qiuwu, who was shocked, Xie Anxin was surprised and suspicious.
You must know that the eldest grandson Xiangyu is the granddaughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, the daughter of the chief Sun Jing, the head of the military department, in Jijing, she can be said to be one of the few people who can call the wind and rain, such a big man will be hijacked?
"Who is so bold?" Liang Qiuwu asked sharply.
The two family members glanced at each other and whispered, "Eldest grandson squire......"
"......" Liang Qiuwu was stunned, his momentum stagnated, and he looked at Xie An.
"You said it's Lord Sun Jing, the chief of the military department?"
"Yes, Miss!"
"......" Liang Qiuwu glanced at Xie An, who was also stunned, and after thinking for a while, he asked in a deep voice, "What the hell is going on?" β
"That's right," a family member shrank his head and whispered, "Two hours ago, Miss Changsun was going out of the house to find her uncle, and asked the younger two to drive a carriage to send her, but on the way to the Great Prison Temple, they bumped into the carriage of the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson ordered Miss Changsun to return to the house immediately, but Miss Changsun said that she had nothing to do with the eldest grandson's family, and the eldest grandson was furious when he heard this, and asked his entourage to forcibly bring Miss Changsun and the younger two to the Changsun Mansion...... Just now, they let the younger two come back......"
Xie An and Liang Qiuwu glanced at each other and were silent.
If someone else kidnapped the eldest grandson Xiangyu, it would be easy to do, with the strength and status of Liangqiu Dance, he would come directly to the door to beg for help, and even, Xie An could ask Chen Bei to help, looking at the size of the world, how many people are the opponents of this pair of cousins?
But as soon as it involves the head of the military department, Changsun Jing, this matter will be troublesome, after all, Changsun Jing is the biological father of Changsun Xiangyu, even though Changsun Xiangyu keeps saying that she has nothing to do with the eldest grandson's family, but in the Great Zhou where the word [loyalty and filial piety] is the first, the behavior of Changsun Xiangyu will only be regarded as disobedience to his father, which is a great unfilial piety, and few people will consider all kinds of things behind it.
"Ann, let's go back to the house......" Gently nudging Xie An, Liang Qiuwu said softly.
"Back to ...... Back to the house? Xie An looked at Liang Qiuwu in astonishment.
As if seeing something, Liang Qiuwu sighed slightly and said in a low voice, "After all, this is the family affairs of the eldest grandson's family, and you and I are not qualified to interfere ......"
"But ......"
"Let's go back to the house...... Think long-term! Although Liang Qiuwu's voice was still so gentle, there was a bit of irrefutable meaning in his tone.
"......" gritted his teeth, and Xie An turned around and walked towards the hall.
For the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An was very disgusted at first, arrogant, ruthless, and scheming, but as he got along day after day, Xie An gradually realized that she was not what he imagined.
It can only be blamed that God was born with her too perfect, whether it is her appearance or intelligence, which makes her have an innate sense of superiority, as if she is as high as a god, and what's worse, she has a rather bad childhood that is extremely incompatible with her appearance and intelligence......
A cynical person is not terrible, but a cynical but extremely intelligent person who is not bound by secular etiquette is the most terrible, and she is such a woman......
When she has a strong interest in something, she is at best a playful woman, but when she is in a bad mood and is not interested in anything, she is a most dangerous woman......
And such a woman has an inseparable relationship with Xie An......
Without her, Xie An would never have been able to marry Liangqiu Wu, who had a huge gap in status; If it weren't for her, Xie An would probably have been just a scholar in Li Shou's mansion so far, worrying about Li Shou all day long, beware of the revenge of the crown prince Li Wei; Without her, Xie An and Li Shou would not have been able to quell the rebels in Chang'an......
All in all, without the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An would not have his current status at all, and even the crown prince Li Wei would have a status that he would be afraid of.
That night, Xie An, who returned to his house to rest, tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.
Because, there is one more thing that makes him feel a headache.......