Chapter 562: Unexpected Opportunity
readx; Cui Yu gave birth to a total of five sons, the second son died early, three of the remaining four sons were officials in other places, only the youngest son Cui Yu followed him, Cui Yu is only eighteen years old this year, studying in Taixue, preparing to participate in next year's imperial examination, and all the children of famous families, Cui Yu is diligent and studious, among the best in Taixue, plus he is modest and disciplined, honest and kind, can be described as excellent in character and learning, and won the love of his father, Cui Yu often said to people, among his four sons, only the youngest son is the most similar to him when he was young. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
is such an outstanding young man with a bright future, but he did a ridiculous stupid thing, he fell in love with the sister of his classmate and friend, and eloped with her.
The girl's surname is Yu, and she is the daughter of a small family in Chang'an, named Yu Youniang, who is only 14 years old this year, although she is young. But she was married to her cousin since she was a child, it can be said that Luo Fu has a husband, the little lady is pretty and delicate, often goes to Taixue to visit her brother, and she is familiar with her brother's classmate and friend Cui Yu, the two fell in love almost at the same time, and they are in love with each other, but Yu Youniang has been married to her cousin since she was a child, and it is impossible to regret marriage, and her cousin has come to propose, Yu Youniang was frightened, so she came to ask her lover Cui Yu for help, the young man's love was like fire, and she overcame reason, Cui Yu was in a hurry, and she eloped with Yu Youniang.
As soon as the two young people ran away, it brought endless troubles to their families, Yu Youniang's parents brought dozens of family members and relatives to the door to beg for people, for famous families, reputation is the first important, although Cui Lian is high and powerful, but his power can not cross a 'reason' word, he had to apologize, and repeatedly promised to send the girl back intact.
But Cui Lian is really worried in his heart, since the two eloped, can the little lady still keep her innocence? He arranged for his family to look around, and for two days, there was no trace of the two, and Cui Lian fell into deep anxiety.
Jaw County, Tongzhou, here is a relatively remote county in the northeast of Guanzhong, this is a small county, the population is not much, the county seat is not big, belongs to the kind of small county that can go around the city with a little incense, there is a small inn in the northwest of the county, called Shunfeng Inn, taken care of by an old couple, usually there are not many guests, it seems very deserted, these two days, the inn lived in a young couple, the man made a generous shot, and gave fifteen silver dollars at once, the small inn could not earn so much in a month, so that the couple who opened the inn were overjoyed, Although the young couple behaved a little suspiciously, like a man and a woman who had eloped from a large family, for the sake of the silver dollar, they remained silent.
The two originally discussed escaping to the Jiangnan area, but Cui Yu was worried that Tongguan would have pictures and texts to arrest them, so he decided to stay in a remote county for a year and a half, and then quietly leave Guanzhong after the limelight passed.
The two of them were burned by the fire of love, one is the son-in-law of the world's first family, knowing that his father will not agree to him marrying a woman from a small family, and this woman still has a marriage contract, the other is a small family jasper, she knows that she can't climb the Cui family's famous family, but she loves her lover very much, and she doesn't want to marry her cousin with the short-tempered surname, for love, she would rather pay the price of her life and go to the ends of the earth with her lover.
The two of them didn't go out, they locked themselves in the inn room all day long, and they had already performed the rites of husband and wife, like glue and paint, and their love was abnormal.
Although the whereabouts of the two were hidden, they still could not escape the eyes and ears of the Anxi Army Internal Affairs Office, known as the net of heaven and earth, and on the third day they hid in Jawyang, they were discovered by the spies of the Jawyang Station, and immediately passed their whereabouts to Chang'an and to Li Qingan's hands.
For Li Qing'an, Cui Lian's young son's elopement can be said to be very timely, although this kind of trivial matter is not enough to bring down Cui Lian, but it can harmonize the relationship between Cui Lian and Cui Ping, this is the condition that Li Qingan wants to create for Cui Ping.
Just an hour after Li Qingan received the secret report from Jawyang, Cui Ping rushed to Jawyang with more than a dozen entourage.
On the fourth day of living in the inn, Cui Yu finally felt a little stuffy and panicked, and at the same time he also wanted to inquire about the situation in Chang'an, the best place to inquire about the situation was a wine shop and a teahouse, not far from the inn where he lived, there was a wine shop, and Cui Yu came here alone.
Called a pot of wine, ordered a few dishes, when a glass of wine down, homesickness surged in his heart, elopement has been six or seven days, his initial fanaticism has gradually calmed down, as he began to return to reason little by little, Cui Yu finally realized his absurdity, he regretted a little, if he followed the original trajectory, then he would be admitted to the Jinshi, out of office, promoted, under his father's arrangement, he will rise step by step, maybe in the end he can become the Tang Dynasty's Xiangguo, this is very likely, and now, His future was ruined by his irrationality.
Cui Yu was depressed in his heart, and drank several glasses of stuffy wine in a row, and when he was about to pour the fifth glass of wine, his hand was held down, "Don't drink anymore, drinking won't help." ”
As soon as Cui Yu turned around, he saw that it was his clan brother Cui Ping standing behind him, he stood up in shock, and he suddenly realized that his whereabouts were exposed, "You, why are you here?" ”
Cui Ping smiled, pulled him to sit down, and said, "Don't worry!" I'm not here to get you. ”
Cui Yu was shocked for a moment, sat down slowly, and still asked in surprise, "How do you know that I am here?" ”
"I used to be the Sima of the Hexi Marching Army, and I have a good relationship with the Chang'an Internal Affairs Office, it was they who discovered your traces, Hu Peiyun informed me, and I naturally knew."
Cui Ping didn't hide it from him, he also knew that he couldn't hide it from Cui Lian, so the surname Suo said bluntly, Cui Yu didn't care about this, what would he do if he cared about himself in the future? He sighed and said in great frustration: "To tell you the truth, I really regret it a little, I only have a total of fifty silver dollars on me, and now there are thirty, how can I make a living after I go to Jiangnan?" I can't pick my shoulders, I can't lift my hands, I can't farm, I can't afford to lose that face as a businessman, the young lady said that she could go singing, I heard her say this, I was going crazy, the daughter-in-law of the dignified Cui family actually went to sing, and my father had to vomit blood when he heard it. ”
"What are you going to do? Do you want to go back and apologize to your father and start over, or do I give you a sum of money to help you escape to Jiangnan? ”
"I-I...."
Cui Yu lowered his head and whispered: "I want to go back, but I'm afraid that my father won't be able to forgive me, and I'm afraid that he won't be able to accept the young lady." ”
"Yu Youniang is also from a pure white family, and it is not impossible for you to marry her, I think since your raw rice has been cooked maturely, your father can only accept it."
"But, but the young lady has a marriage contract, how can the father agree!"
This is what Cui Yu is most worried about, Yu Youniang has promised her cousin since she was a child, according to her, the other party is very tough, and will not dissolve the marriage contract, and their family still owes each other a sum of money, and her father is unwilling to dissolve the marriage contract, Cui Yu is very worried in his heart, he knows that his father will never negotiate with the other party for this kind of thing.
Cui Ping patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry about going back!" I have dissolved Yu Youniang's marriage contract for you, as long as you want to insist on marrying her, I think your father should finally agree to you. ”
"You...."
Cui Yu raised his head and looked blankly at this brother who had always had a bad relationship with his family, at this critical moment, it was he who helped him, Cui Yu was extremely moved in his heart, and he had a feeling of wanting to cry.
"Let's go! Take your young lady with you and come back with me! On your father's side, I'll make it clear to him. ”
Cui Ping picked up this down-and-out brother, took him into the carriage, and then went to the inn, picked up another poor and helpless young lady in the carriage, and let them be alone in the car, while he himself rode alongside, and the group quickly went to Chang'an.
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Cui Lian's mood has been extremely low in the past few days, on the one hand, his son eloped with someone, which has caused a bad impact in the family, on the other hand, Pei Zunqing was aggressive, and ordered Yu Shitai to impeach another cadre of the Cui family, Qizhou Taishou Cui Ning, on the charge of fornicating with the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the political affairs hall has been filed and formed a third division for trial, and Cui Ning was also recalled to Beijing and suspended pending trial.
Pei Zunqing's aggressive momentum made it difficult for Cui Jian to resist, and more importantly, he felt that Li Qingan seemed to be conniving at this matter, and it seemed that Li Qingan was deliberately beating the Cui family, which made Cui Jian feel huge pressure.
There are two days left for the Cui family's family sacrifice, this year's sacrifice is run by Cui Yu, in the list drawn up by Cui Yu, Cui Ping ranks fourth, second only to him, Cui Yu, Cui Yuan, if in the past, Cui Jian will be very angry, I am afraid that Cui Ping does not even have the qualifications for the family sacrifice, let alone ranked fourth, but this time Cui Jian did not cross out a stroke, his mentality has also changed a little, now the foreign enemy is strong, the Pei family is in serious danger The position of the Cui family, if the Cui family has internal strife again, then the Cui family will face the most dangerous situation in a hundred years.
At this moment, Cui Lian's personal feud has faded, since Cui Ping is an official and a servant of his subordinates, and he is Li Qingan's confidant, this is the Cui family's powerful means of dealing with foreign enemies, and they should unite with the outside world, which is the guarantee of the prosperity of the family.
Cui Jian officially decided to allow Cui Ping to participate in the clan sacrifice this year, and also to improve his family's status.
At this time, someone from outside the house suddenly came to report: Cui Ping asks to see!
Cui Lian was stunned, just thinking of him, he came, to see or not to see? Cui Jian pondered for a moment, and finally said to the porter: "Bring him to the guest hall, just say I'll come later!" ”
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Cui Jian changed his clothes and came to the living room unhurriedly, only to see Cui Ping looking at the paintings on the wall with his hands behind his back, he coughed, Cui Ping turned around, and immediately stepped forward to give a deep salute, "Nephew, see uncle!" ”
Cui Jian and Cui Ping have been cold to each other for many years, Cui Ping has never saluted him, today he showed the etiquette of the juniors, which made Cui Lian's heart a little more comfortable, Cui Lian nodded and said: "You're welcome, please sit down!" ”
The two sat down, Cui Ping took out an envelope from his body, put it on the table, pushed it to Cui Lian, and said with a smile: "This is the deed of dissolution of the marriage contract between Yu Youniang and her cousin, please take a look at it." ”
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(To be continued)