Chapter 158: A Twisted State of Affairs
Li You really encountered a strange thing. When he was approving the case file, he saw Zhang San walk up to him and take a letter of worship and submit it. Unfolded to look at it, the handwriting is good, but the content is that someone claims to be the old man of Li's father and came to visit.
Immediately Li Tuiguan couldn't cry or laugh, a few days ago he was still sympathizing with Chen Xundao who was repeatedly beaten in the autumn wind, glad that he was not a scholar, and he did not have an intricate relationship network, but he also encountered such an encounter today. Where did his father, an old catcher, come from to be so cultured?
As the saying goes, no one cares about the poor in the downtown area, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.
Li You was not interested in dealing with such a person, so he just wanted to ask Menzi to send him away at will, but he found that there was another letter attached to the worship post. When I looked at it again, I recognized that the letter paper was really written by my father, introducing Li You to meet the letter holder.
Since he had a father, Li You sent Zhang San to bring people in. But seeing that the man was less than forty years old, neatly dressed, with long eyebrows and fine eyes, and a romantic appearance, he went to Li You and said deeply: "After the end of school, I entered Zhou Jiexi, and I saw my fellow villager Master Li. ”
The last school is backward, and the dare is also a person who has read books. For the sake of this, Li You arched his hand at will, counted it as a return gift, and did not speak, waiting for the other party to explain his intention first.
Zhou Jiexi ignored Li Tuiguan's indifference, and said to himself: "There is a great happy event in the future, and I want to talk about it with Master Li." ”
Wedding? It's still big? Li You thinks about his current situation, it is impossible to be promoted, he is looking for a fortune, he already has a wife, how can there be any other happy events.
Opening his mouth to bluff people with false words, it is really a lobbyist routine that has not changed for thousands of years, don't you know that I am also familiar with this way, Li You thought. If it weren't for the face of his father's letters, he would have been beaten out of the mess.
"Come down and be a matchmaker and tell Master Li a good family matter." Zhou Jiexi finally confided in his intentions.
Hearing this, Li You immediately shouted: "Why do you dare to talk nonsense and tease this official, and fork me out left and right to fight!" ”
Zhou Jiexi hurriedly shouted: "Don't you want to hear whose family it is!" Bao Zhun is satisfied! ”
I don't want to listen to it, it's a trouble to listen... Somehow, Li You's face of Zhao Daguan popped up in his mind, and he remembered the jokes he had when he talked about his daughter a few days ago. It's just that Zhao Liangli, who has never been in shape, will have this kind of mental action, who else can there be besides him?
The wolf-like official outside the door heard Li Tuiguan's order, came in and grabbed Zhou Jiexi from left to right, and dragged him out of the house roughly.
When he dragged it to the door, he saw Zhou Xianggong holding the door frame with both hands, and shouted out seven words with all his might: "The woman is the imperial merchant Qian family!" ”
A word came out of thin air, which made Li Tuiguan immediately dizzy and messy in the wind....
It is said that in the city of Suzhou in this dynasty, when it comes to the imperial merchant Qian family, it is really famous. The head of the Qian family has a single name, and he is of the same clan as the biological mother of today's son, the Empress Dowager Qian, although the blood relationship is not very close, but in detail, he can be regarded as the brother of the Empress Dowager Qian.
This person knows how to drill and understands joints. More than ten years ago, he received the grace of Ouchi and took over the work of supervising the construction of gold bricks in Suzhou Mansion, and he became an imperial businessman. Now Mr. Qian's family business is getting bigger and bigger, and he is already a well-known wealthy businessman in Jiangnan. Counting only the business business, there are 14 pawnshops in the five prefectures of Su, Song, Chang, Jia and Hu, and more than 30 other stores, with a capital of no less than 200,000 yuan.
Looking at his house again, it can be said that there are groups of beautiful concubines, children and grandchildren, vast mansions with clouds, flowers like brocade, gold and jade like sand, and Qiluo as papyrus, so that he can enjoy the wealth of the red dust in the world.
Of course, no matter how rich and noble Master Qian is, Li You doesn't think it has anything to do with him. He ruined the beautiful thing of the marriage between the Qian family and the Zhao family, which belongs to God knows, you know and I know, and no outsiders should know.
So why did the Qian family suddenly come out today to say goodbye? What is the reason for this? It's one of the weirdest things I've ever encountered since I crossed over. Even if Qian Huangshang came to him to seek revenge, it was much more normal than this.
Li You, who already has a family and a room, is puzzled, but it is certain that something must have happened in the middle that he doesn't know... Li You only relied on his intuition to guess that today's matter must have something to do with Zhao Liangli's senior officials, otherwise there would be no one else to connect with the Qian family. He waved his hand, asked his subordinates to go out, and asked Zhou Jiexi, "What do you have to do with the Qian Mansion?" ”
Zhou Jiexi replied: "I am employed by the Qian Mansion as a Xixi. ”
It turned out to be a Qing guest who was sent to a wealthy family, and Li You asked again: "Then have you ever known whether the Zhao Mansion has been in contact with the Qian family recently?" I heard that the two families are going to get married. ”
Zhou Jiexi said secretly, Li Tuiguan, what are you pretending to be confused? "Don't hide it from your lordship, the third master of the Zhao Mansion once sent a message to others, saying that he wanted to give his daughter to Lord Li, so there is no need for Qian and Zhao to continue to discuss marriage."
Promise me that little seven lady? Sure enough, it was Zhao Daguan who made trouble! Li You couldn't be calm, and he hammered the case again and again, and deeply reviewed whether it was wise to continue to associate with Zhao Daguan.
Zhou Jiexi is indeed a Mr. Xixi in the Qian Mansion, teaching juniors to read while helping the master have fun. On the day when Zhao Liangli sent someone to pass the word, Qian Cheng, the emperor and the merchant Qian, were playing chess with Mr. Zhou.
Knowing that the Zhao family refused to get married, Mr. Qian, who had been smooth sailing for more than ten years, was greatly disappointed. Lost the opportunity to marry a well-dressed family, can you not be disappointed? married the daughter of the Zhao family, and his son will have the opportunity to become a scholar in the future.
Who is Li Tuiguan? Sounds familiar. Mr. Qian thought hard for a while and finally remembered that there was this person engraved on the salary and silver tablets of public craftsmen from all walks of life in the city recently, and he was invited to watch several monument erection ceremonies.
"I will not let this person go!" Master Qian hated to throw the jade chess pieces on the ground, and it was estimated that it was this official who was a bad thing.
Zhou Jiexi persuaded: "Dong Weng is angry, but he has some inconsiderate thoughts below. He is a native of Xujiang, and he is a fellow villager with Li Tuiguan, and I heard that he had already married a wife and started a family when he was a small official. ”
Master Qian was surprised: "Have a family? That's weird, but Zhao San said that he wanted to give his daughter to Li Tuiguan. ”
"In the next conclusion, the third master of the Zhao family dares to say this, presumably Li Tuiguan has the idea of changing his wife and remarrying, otherwise a slap will not sound." Zhou Jiexi made bold assumptions and carefully argued.
Master Qian nodded and said, "It's reasonable, but I didn't expect Zhao San to fall in love with someone who was born as a minor official and had a wife." ”
"This person is not simple, he has no family background and no background, and he became a seven-grade official in less than twenty, how can ordinary people do it? Moreover, although he has no fame, his poetry is famous all over the south of the Yangtze River, and he has a nickname called Li Tanhua, and no one dares to say that he is talentless. ”
"Speaking of these allusions, I also remember, I heard it at the beginning." Master Qian's voice changed, and he said unhappily: "Mr. Zhou has no mouth to praise him, what is the reason?" ”
Zhou Jiexi got up and bowed: "Since Li Tuiguan has the idea of marrying another, he has the courage to propose that Dong Weng choose a daughter to marry Li Tuiguan." ”
"Ridiculous!" Master Qian reprimanded. But as he spoke, he began to ponder. Mr. Zhou's idea is by no means untargeted. It sounds ridiculous at first, but when you think about it, there are so many wonders that it is difficult to describe in a word, it is very cost-effective, and there is no profit or loss.
In this dynasty, although the second-married man who is rich and easy to marry is extremely despised, the Zhao family, the door of the poetry and rite heirloom, can marry a woman with a cheeky face, and he, the nouveau riche Qian family, has no scruples.
God is pitiful, Zhao Liangli just casually used Li Tuiguan as a shield, making the Qian family die, how could it mean anything else. No one could have predicted that the course of events would be distorted to such an extent.
(To be continued)