Lu Lanzhen said: "Daddy, although my daughter is a talented man who likes to be full of wealth, she attaches more importance to affection. If I choose a husband, I only want to marry a man who values love and righteousness, and can cherish my daughter, then it is the creation of my daughter. But what's the use of talking about it now? Yan Hong already has a wife after all, and he has a deep affection for her, and he does not hesitate to sacrifice his life and forget death. The daughter can't be a concubine, and she loses her father's face. Seeing each other like this today is a big violation of etiquette, and it is rumored that it will go away, and it will be inconvenient for Yu Dad. For the sake of her daughter's unrealistic thoughts, even the reputation of her father has been hindered, which is already a great unfilial piety, how dare you expect anything else? The daughter's family is going to marry after all, and the marriage is at the behest of the father. Whoever I marry, I have to marry. is to let me marry that Yan Hu, as long as I can keep the situation of the alliance between Lu Yan and Yan, my daughter will have nothing to say. ”

Miss Lu is worthy of being a talented and beautiful woman who has read a lot of books, and she has a monologue in this boudoir, and she has already made a clear statement to her father. Lu Bing saw that his daughter was so good at incense, and she really fell in love with Yan Hong, and she couldn't cry or laugh. But he admired Yan Hongben, and he was not unhappy about this matter.

In Lu Bing's view, although Yan Hong's style has always been obscene, from the fact that he dared to ask for the lives of the rebellious people in the Yongpingzhuang case, and dared to play with the so-called justice in the Andingmen murder case, it may not be appropriate to say that he values love and righteousness, but he is really a responsible man. And the relationship between Yan Hong and his wife Hu Wanniang, although it is not as beautiful as his daughter imagined, but the little king of Yama loved Hu Wanniang so much that he dared to fight with Yan Shifan, which is also true. And according to the investigation, his inner house is now much more harmonious. Coupled with his family background, appearance and ability to do things, such a person can be regarded as a small choice for Lu Bing's son-in-law.

In contrast, it was Lu Lanzhen's gentle and peaceful attitude that made Lu Bing feel even more distressed. He immediately said, "Zhen'er, as long as you are happy, nothing else matters. What does fame mean? Daddy is just a military minister, not a civil official, and he doesn't pay much attention to this reputation, whoever dares to chew his tongue indiscriminately, I will send him to prison and let him know that he is powerful. I didn't let you get married at the beginning, just because you didn't fancy any of them, otherwise you would be a poor boy, and I would rather pay the dowry upside down. As long as you marry well, Daddy doesn't care about your identity at all. If you can't meet the right one, your father will support you for a lifetime, but you can't afford to raise you? Rest assured, you will never be allowed to marry a wicked family and suffer. Your business, Dad remembers it, and sooner or later takes advantage of your wishes. ”

He was confused, and Lu Lanzhen was embarrassed to ask, but Lu Bing had his own calculations: Today's matter, after all, Lan Zhen and Yan Hong are only one side, and they have limited time together. The tempting of the daughter's family is not serious, so you might as well take it slowly and think about it in the long run.

If he finds out that Yan Hong really agrees with his own heart, and secretly agrees with Lan Zhen's heart, then as long as he uses small means, he can ruin his marriage with the Hu family and let him be his own son-in-law. The dignified Jinyi Guard commanded the envoy, if you want to get rid of a Hu Wanniang who is in the middle of the road, isn't it as easy as overturning an oil bottle? As for the joys and sorrows of the Hu family's master and servant, for the sake of his daughter, he can't care about so much.

Besides, Yan Hong beat the horse back to the house, but saw Yan Xia waiting outside the back door. Seeing him come back, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Da Shao, what a coincidence that you came back, I am waiting for you." Xuanda Yang Duxian came to give gifts, and the old lady instructed that if you come back, go to the front study. ”

This Spring Festival is also the time when officials of the Yan family should give gifts to the Yan family. Regardless of the Beijing officials, those foreign officials, in addition to offering local treasures and specialties to the royal family, the other is to pay filial piety to the Yan family, which is absolutely indispensable.

Yan Hong is no stranger to this Yang Daduxian, when he fell from his horse, it was this guy who gave the sea dog kidney, and Yan Hong complained about it for a long time. This guy is giving a gift now, could it still be a fur seal kidney? While thinking about it, I walked to the front study, and went to the door to see my grandfather and father, and I saw a man in his thirties kneeling in the room, dressed as a scholar, with a handsome appearance and two eyes, but I don't know who it is.

Yan Song smiled: "Hong'er, sit down." This is your Yang Shibo's close confidant master, named Yan Ru. This time, you Yang Shibo prepared a few gifts, sent him to send them, and you will pick something lovely and bring it to your room later. ”

Yan Ru looked at Yan Hong, and immediately said respectfully: "This must be the eldest young master, and he is indeed a young hero." I heard that even Zheng Dadutang was dismissed by Da Shaodou, and he is really a rare talent in the country. ”

If you want to say that Zheng Xiao has been defeated, the happiest person is Mrs. Ouyang. Because Zheng Xiao fell, Ouyang Bijin was made the right capital of the imperial history, and finally got the brother of the old lady Ouyang back to Beijing from Nanjing, for this matter, the Ouyang family praised Yan Hong for his ability to do things, and Yan Song looked at Yan Hong more pleasing to the eye. These backbones of the Yan Party all know that this matter is the itch of Yan Gelao. Praising Young Master Sun in front of Elder Yan Ge is the most flattering. Sure enough, hearing Yan Ru say this, Yan Song smiled and said nothing, but the wrinkles on his face had already become a ball.

Yan Hong hurriedly said: "Mr. Yan does not want to praise falsely, Zheng Xiao He doesn't know the general trend, and if he dares to go against my grandfather, he will naturally not be able to get better." If it weren't for my grandfather and father's efforts, how would I be his opponent? I'm afraid that he has already been knocked off the horse by those imperial historians under him. ”

A few people exchanged a few words, and Yan Shifan said: "Mr. Yan came from a long way, and the saddle horse is tired, so let's go down early to rest." Yan Da, lead Mr. Yan to the tent to receive three hundred taels of silver, have a good time in Beijing, and don't have to rush back to Datong. ”

Yan Ru hurriedly thanked him and came out with Yan Nian. Yan Song handed a gift list to Yan Hong and said, "Look at it, this is a gift from Yang Shun, just take whatever you like." ”

I saw that in addition to ordinary gold and silver jewelry, cistanche, deer antler, epimedium and other precious medicinal materials, there were also 20 collars of high-grade white fox fur, which was very rare.

Yan Donglai has recovered eighty percent of Yan Hong's physical memory, although he doesn't know what to do, but he also knows that the white fox Qiu is extraordinary. In fact, the Book of Songs. Qin Feng wrote: The gentleman stops, and the fox is fur in brocade. Fox skins have been a precious gift since ancient times. The white fox fur is also precious. It is followed by yellow fox fur and green fox fur.

The high-grade white fox fur written on the gift list pays attention to the fact that the whole skin is intact, there is no variegated color, and there are no knives, guns, arrow wounds, and even the animal's own acne. The size of the fur is as long as three inches, indicating that it is an adult fox, the fox is cunning, it is difficult to capture, and it is necessary to arrest an adult white fox unharmed, and the difficulty is unknown. And its price, therefore, is very expensive, even a collar of fox fur, but also worth nearly a thousand taels of silver, or priceless. This Yang Shun is now twenty shots, and he really makes a big deal.

After reading this gift list, Yan Hong was speechless. Yan Song asked, "Hong'er, what do you think?" ”

Yan Hong thought to himself that if his grandfather wanted to ask him for his opinion, he must not just want to hear him praise the preciousness and rarity of this gift. Fortunately, the training received before the crossing, from the speech and demeanor, and even the family layout, try to find relevant clues, which is also one. Yan Hong pondered for a moment and said:

"Grandfather, Uncle Yang is the governor of Xuanda, but this white fox Qiu and the fur seal kidney that he gave to his grandson last time are all produced in Liaodong, and his grandson is a little confused." Yan Hong has experienced these days, and his knowledge has increased greatly. From this gift list, you can already smell something unusual.

Yan Song nodded and smiled: "Good Hong'er, it's not simple, it's good." ”

Yan Shifan sneered: "Yang Shun is so cautious, even Hong'er can't hide it, and he still wants to play tricks in front of his father and children, it's too ignorant." ”

Yan Song was still afraid that Yan Hong didn't understand very well, so he patiently helped him analyze it: "Hong'er, you see, this Uncle Yang Shun Yang is most likely causing some trouble in the appointment of the governor of Xuanda, thinking about withdrawing away, but he is reluctant to take this official position. But he didn't dare to tell his grandfather openly and let the old man find a way for him, but instead he bent around his neck to hint at the old man. This sea dog kidney and white fox fur are all things in Liaodong, he is clearly hinting at the old man, now Wang Shu is sitting as the governor of Jiliao, but there is no Yan family in his heart, how can he Yang Shun be obedient and want me to transfer him to Jiliao. ”

Yan Shifan said: "On the side of Xuanda, outside the gate is Altan Khan, there are no less than 200,000 people under him who control the strings, and he has been frequently entering the prison recently, and it is not surprising that Yang Shun is a little unable to resist. Last autumn, I was taken by him to another pass, and he took 60,000 or 70,000 people captive, and lost a lot of money and food, and His Majesty was furious, and in order to cover up this matter for him, both his father and your grandfather were busy with anxiety, and now they are only barely suppressed. Long live that I don't know when the road will be, and I still have to ask. And looking at the recent momentum of the answer, it is getting more and more fierce. Tossing a few more times like this, no matter how clever Yang Shun is, he can't cover this lid. At that time, he will not be a problem of unstable official position, and most of his head will be dangerous. ”

Yan Hong didn't know that the situation in Lu Dao Xuanda was so bad, and said in his heart: This Yang Shun is not only not good at giving gifts, it seems that even leading soldiers is a waste. was beaten by my answer, and only thought about moving elsewhere, but didn't want to take revenge, and most of them were incompetent. It may not be a good thing to transfer him to Jiliao. I also understand why my father and grandfather were so sad some time ago.

Relying on his new achievements to bring down Zheng Xiao, he boldly asked: "Father, then put him in Jiliao, wouldn't it be good?" ”

Yan Shifan said: "He has a good calculation. On Jiliao's side, it was Kuten Khan who was directly confronted. This Kuten Khan is the nephew of Altan Khan, and he is not as brave as his uncle, and he has fewer soldiers and horses, so he is always much easier to deal with than Altan Khan. It is said that among the nine sides of the country, Xuanda and Jiliao are the two places, and the east and west arch defend the city of Beijing, and the authority is the heaviest. Yang Shun still couldn't let go of his authority after all, he was afraid of taking on things, and he didn't want to let go of power, so he had to think of a way to get right and left, and transfer to a relatively better place. ”