Chapter 50: Marriage Events

Marriage. 【Reading.com】

Life events.

Men marry for women, and women marry for men.

According to later sociologists, the essence of marriage is nothing more than an expression of a social phenomenon in which men and women live together, and its essence has nothing to do with praise words such as "love", "happiness", and "continuation of life", but is just a kind of social contract.

Although this explanation is too cold, it is heartwarming compared to the essence of marriage in ancient times.

In this era that Xiao Mo is living in now, the essence and purpose of the so-called marriage are just to continue the offspring, and the so-called "acquaintance", "love", "happiness", and "happiness" have never been valued by the world - that is a story element that is rarely described in novels.

And this is just the marriage of ordinary people, and when it comes to a status class like Xiao Mo, the meaning of marriage is more complicated and cold.

That's political marriage.

Marriage is no longer a matter between two people or two families, but has become a bargain of interests or a guarantee of political alliance.

Regardless of personal factors, driven by profit alone, even the continuation of future generations has become a secondary purpose.

Combine because of the political alliance or the same interests of the two factions, even if the man and the woman are natural enemies and hate each other; And then because of the breakdown of the alliance between the two factions or the difference of interests, even if the man and woman have been in love with each other for a long time.

The higher the status, the more involuntary it is.

It's cruel, but that's the rules of the game, and since you're in the game, unless you have the ability and courage to break the rules, you have to follow them.

Xiao Mo didn't have the ability or courage to do so, so he chose to abide by the rules of the game.

A long time ago, Xiao Mo had such an awareness.

A marriage that will be incomprehensible and hostile to the world, even if both men and women know each other and fall in love, I am afraid that they will not be happy, but will cause both parties to lose what they once had.

But this does not prevent Xiao Mo from disliking the so-called "political marriage".

Today's Xiao Mo, although after countless changes, has become more and more like a qualified politician, with trade-offs, pros and cons, current affairs, all calculations, sacrifices, and abandonments, but deep in his heart, he may still be the little clerk Xiao Mo who pursued an ordinary life in his previous life.

Sometimes, during the sleepless night, Xiao Mo also fantasized that in the near future, by an accident of fate, he would meet a beautiful person of the opposite sex, but found that in fact, before meeting her, somewhere in his heart, he had already outlined her figure and face, but he didn't realize it until he met; After a conversation, they know each other, share their feelings, a little gaze, half a look, both sides can understand it, know it deeply, and have a little understanding; Then I married her, and since then we have been in love with each other, destined for three lives, fairy couples, and envy of the world; It's all natural, yet it's perfect.

It's a pity, fantasy is fantasy, Xiao Mo doesn't think that there will be such a perfect thing in the world, nor does he think that such a perfect thing will come to him.

Even, Xiao Mo is very suspicious that in today's world, although there are countless celebrities, I am afraid that none of them can have a common language with themselves from later generations.

Therefore, for the political marriage that is about to be faced, Xiao Mo chose to comply, and he was very conscious.

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"Young Master? Master? ”

Seeing Xiao Mo standing in place stunned, looking into the distance, but his eyes were distracted, and he didn't know what to think, Deng Shangquan couldn't understand Xiao Mo's thoughts at the moment, and just called softly to remind.

When Xiao Mo came back to his senses, he laughed at himself and said to Deng Shangquan: "Since grandmother and they have so many guests visiting, and they are all here for marriage, it is really inconvenient for me to show up at this time, just let grandmother and them take care of the first pass for me, and when the guests disperse, I will go to see them again." ”

With his current status, even the Liu family, who is the head of the family, can only provide personal advice on his marriage and has no right to interfere. This may be the only place where Xiao Mo can comfort himself.

After a pause, Xiao Mo asked again, "However, is it only grandmother who has guests?" Although I said that I only have a day off and no guests, I am afraid that there are quite a few guests at this time, right? ”

Deng Shangquan bowed his head and said: "The young master is smart, he can't hide anything from you, there are indeed a few guests who came to visit you, and they came early, but the little one sees that you are really tired these days, and it is rare to rest, so I didn't dare to wake you up, but I just told them the truth, and they didn't complain, most of them left their names and bows and left, but there were still a few scholars waiting." ”

Xiao Mo nodded, he didn't blame Deng Shangquan for his assertions, in fact, Deng Shangquan's approach was deeply in line with his heart. Just asked, "Who are the guests who stayed?" ”

Deng Shangquan replied: "Back to the young master's words, there are Lord Ren Xing, the governor of Kunzhou, Lord Zhao Shun Zhao of Jincheng, Lord Zheng Tong Zheng of Liangzhou City, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan, the two young masters, came early, and now they are also waiting together in the study. In addition, that Fan Xiang also came, but I think young master, you probably don't want him to be seen by too many people, so you led him to another small study to wait. ”

Xiao Mo nodded, knowing that Deng Shangquan understood that those who were left behind were his own people, and he was also prudent in handling them.

Needless to say, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan were the only two friends of Xiao Mo when he was in Yunzhou, they hadn't seen each other for many months, and they had their own experiences.

And Ren Xing, the governor of Nakunzhou, Zhao Shun of Jincheng, and Zheng Tong of Liangzhou City, were the three high-ranking officials rescued by Xiao Mo from the grassland coalition army.

As for that Fan Xiang, the secret camp under his control was created by Xiao Mo himself, and it is one of Xiao Mo's secret strengths.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo nodded, sighed, and said leisurely: "I thought that I could steal half a day of leisure, but I didn't expect that I was a hard worker, and I didn't have such leisure and blessings." Ay...... Let's go, take me to the study to meet them. Especially Xiao Huan and Fan Guan, I also miss them a lot, if this is delayed for too long, let them wait in a hurry, they will sarcastically mock me after meeting, I can't afford to provoke Fan Guan's poisonous mouth. ”

As he spoke, he seemed to think that Xiao Huan and Fan Guan had been bickering with each other since they met, Xiao Mo couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and his mood couldn't help but relax.

After Deng Shangquan answered, he took Xiao Mo and walked towards the study.

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When Xiao Mo went to meet the guests, the main hall of the Xiao Mansion, the elders of the Xiao family, grandmother Liu, grandfather Xiao Shenxing, fourth grandfather Xiao Shenyan, and Xiao Mo's parents Xiao Jiaju and Yang, would also meet their guests.

But I saw that outside the main hall, all kinds of worship and bride price were densely packed, filling half of the courtyard, and they were all the best choices, indicating that the wealth and power of the family who came to seek relatives were great.

And the main hall is full of people, all of them are famous Confucians, Zhishi Pavilion old, although most of them are old, but they are full of energy, and there is an indescribable dignity and majesty between the temperament and expression. Each of them represents a force in the capital.

These people, the capital of the capital is highly respected, but at this time, in the face of the Xiao family, they all restrained their arrogance on weekdays, and their expressions and tones were quite kind.

After all, the Liu family, Xiao Shenxing, and Xiao Shenyan are Xiao Mo's elders, and the Xiao family, now because of Xiao Mo, is just like the sun, even they dare not offend easily.

If Xiao is indifferent to this, he will definitely be surprised at this moment.

It turned out that at this moment, it was not the powerful and shrewd Liu family of the Xiao family who was talking to the guests, nor Xiao Shenyan, who was learned and had officialdom experience in the Xiao family, but Xiao Shenxing, the nominal head of the Xiao family and Xiao Mo's grandfather, who had no opinions on weekdays.

Although the Liu family is extremely strong within the family on weekdays, it is not the same thing, and it is also shrewd in handling things, but after all, it is just an old lady who has never seen much of the world, and suddenly seeing so many big people who have only heard of it before, she is surprisingly a little nervous, and some can't speak; Although Xiao Shenyan is not as nervous as the Liu family, he can't speak on behalf of the Xiao family in this kind of scene, after all, his relationship with Xiao Mo is separated by a layer, and he can only occasionally interject a sentence or two to express his opinion.

On the contrary, Xiao Shenxing, the nominal head of the family who obeyed and obeyed Liu and Xiao Shenyan on weekdays, looked natural after seeing these big people, and his response was quite decent, so that the elders of Zhishi Pavilion and the great Confucian in the capital who came to visit couldn't help but take a look.

At this moment, Xiao Shenxing was holding a thick stack of posts recording the woman's birth date and origin, and nodded with a smile while flipping through it, and said, "Okay, good, they are all good characters of Wangfu and Wangzi, and they match Mo'er's eight characters." ”

On the other side, although Liu was a little nervous, he also squinted at the content of Xiao Shenxing's posts, and saw that the women on these posts were either the granddaughters of a certain pavilion family, or the daughters of a certain prince's family, each of them was a noble status, and she couldn't help but be secretly happy, only feeling like a dream, and secretly sighing that her grandson was really out of luck, so many doors that she didn't dare to climb before were now lined up to let her family choose, which was something she had never thought of before.

Thinking of Xiao Molian's return to his hometown after two yuan, he couldn't wait for him to complete his marriage in Yunzhou and marry the daughter of a big family in Yunzhou casually, thanks to being dissuaded by Xiao Shenxing at that time, otherwise wouldn't he suffer a big loss?

Sitting in the first place in the main hall is the old Yang family of Zhishi Pavilion, the identity of the guests is noble, even if Zhang Qian Wang Han is here, when he sees him, he must be called "old-timer", although he has been Zhishi, but he is still summoned by Emperor Chu Ling from time to time, and the holy family is not reduced.

Seeing that Xiao Shenxing just kept praising him, but he just didn't give a word, he finally couldn't help but say: "Old friend Xiao, although most of these eight characters are good, but I'm afraid there is no more suitable than the eight characters of the daughter of the Su family, I have seen Zirou's eight characters, more gold and less earth, more fire and less wood, and this daughter of the Su family, the eight characters are based on civil engineering, native gold, wood is long fire, if the two match, it is auspicious." But I don't believe that there is anyone whose eight characters are better matched than this. ”

Obviously, this Yang family came to ask for marriage on behalf of the Su family, a wealthy family in Beijing.

And these remarks naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the spokespersons of many other forces.

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