Lu Bing smiled: "After all, the age is not forgiving, and the old man's energy has not been as good as before in recent days." It is a common thing that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. But you kid remember, Jinyi Wei is all in the hands of the old man, if you dare to let my daughter suffer the slightest grievance, I will tell you to know the way! ”

Yan Hong said urgently: "Shibo, Sister Xian's affection for me, Yan is broken, and it is difficult to repay it." I swear here that I would rather be a sword and a sea of fire, and never let down the kindness of the virtuous sister. ”

Lu Bing sighed and patted Yan Hong on the shoulder: "Boy, with your words, it's not in vain for me to work hard." At this time, Lu Bing's heart was a stone to be put down, and the alliance between Yan and Lu was further consolidated from this time.

When he was full of wine and food, Yan Hong said goodbye, and he was quite excited along the way, no one thought that he would be expected to take charge of the highest intelligence agency of the Ming Dynasty one day, and his mood would not be peaceful as usual. Only on the other hand, it's not without a price either. The reason why Lu Bing cares about himself so much is that he is indeed a little crooked, and secondly, he also regards himself as a quasi-son-in-law. If he doesn't marry Lu Lanzhen as his wife, if he talks about Jinyiwei slowly, he may lose his current errand, and with just a word from Lu Bing, he can accompany Liu Shouyou to clean up the internal affairs of the government office.

After two evaluations like this, and then insisting on the feelings of the genuine dead ghost for Hu Wanniang, the gains outweigh the losses. I should also think about how to place the Hu family's master and servant.

Of course, since Yan Hong had already agreed to Lu Lanzhen, he was not in a hurry for these ten days and half a month. When he returned to Yan's mansion, he first arranged for Liang Rufei and Liu Ye to become married, the male family was married by Yan Er, and the female family was married by Sun Lie's old man, which can be regarded as a good match. Yan Hong certainly paid for the wedding out of his own pocket. Yan Song and Yan Shifan also sent congratulatory gifts of 100 taels and 50 taels of silver respectively.

Originally, Yan Hong's plan was planned. When he returned to Beijing, he had to hold a shocking wedding for Ye Zhengfei and his three beauties. Who knows that after the siege of Jinan City was lifted. Ye Zhengfei quarreled with his three beauties. According to him, as soon as these three people retreated, they became jealous, jealous, and kept framing each other behind their backs, and the spearhead was aimed at Ye someone, this one scolded him for being biased, and the other asked him to drive the other two goblins out of the city. Ye Zhengfei is bold by nature. I could stand this there, and in the end, I simply dismissed all the three beauties, and all the gold, silver and jewelry obtained from Yan Hong were also distributed to the three of them, so that they could find a way out in Jinan, and their own red stripes came and went without worry, and followed Yan Hong back to Beijing. Yan Hong heard this, although he sighed, he also admired Brother Ye for acting chic and not being tired.

followed by the biggest thing, which was to marry Sun Yuerong. It is said that this official eunuch family. Taking a concubine is not a big deal at all. But the concubine is full of style, not inferior to marrying a wife. But it's rare. On this day, Yan's Mansion is full of lanterns, brocade flowers, cooking oil in the fire, gongs and drums are noisy, and red colors are all over the ground. Not to mention the nobles in the capital who are resting with the country. actually went out collectively to support the scene for the concubine's maiden family, lent his own official title card to Lu, and discharged the plaques of Dingguo Gong, Chengguo Gong, British Gong and so on, which was enough to occupy an alley and turn around.

You must know that although these nobles are no longer in power, after all, they are still worth it, and they are all super lords, with light power and high positions. They came out to support an ordinary person's scene, and this kind of thing is simply unprecedented. I heard people talk about the concubine's background is ordinary, it seems that she is still a thief who recruits An, how she can get this honor, no one knows. Of course, the dowry of this little concubine's family is also very rich, and the cage team is several zhang long, and it is worthy of the concubine of the eldest grandson of this pavilion.

The courtyard was full of joy, but there were also unhappy people. In the Yan Mansion, the second young master Yan Hu had a handsome face, distorted and almost deformed, his two eyes were bloodshot, and his two rows of neat white teeth were eager to chew his lips and scold him in the room.

This can't be blamed on him, he is generally the grandson of the Yan family, and the treatment is a little worse. Yan Hong is now not only in the palace, but also has to attend the family discussions, no matter how big or small. Yan Hu himself can't directly participate in confidential matters, and he has been coldly treated by his grandfather and father recently. In the court, although Yan Hong was fined for one year, he was immediately rewarded by the Son of Heaven with a reward of 100 taels of platinum. The so-called platinum in the Ming Dynasty refers to silver, and a hundred taels of silver is naturally nothing to the Yan family, but it is a reward from the Son of Heaven, and its significance is far greater than its own economic value. In addition, he was also rewarded with a bullfighting costume and a white jade belt, and promoted him to the commander of the fourth grade, the general of Guangwei, and the captain of the cavalry.

Yan Hong was originally a fifth-grade thousand-household, but this time he was directly promoted to the second-order special promotion and was promoted to the fourth-rank service. Don't look at the difference between the word from the fourth to the fifth, thousands of brocade clothes have spent their lives, endured countless hardships, rolling ice and snow, and bleeding for their lives, but they may not be able to mix from the fifth to the fourth. From this moment on, Yan Hong is already an official official of Jinyitang, and he can participate in the discussion of official affairs in Jinyiwei, and he has his own government office and his own team.

For Yan Hu, what is even worse is that he is a thousand households, Yan Hong is a servant, and the two are a system. If Yan Hong can't get along with himself and meet his brothers in the future, then he will kowtow to him according to the rules!

And it doesn't stop there. Originally, the scattered official corresponding to the fourth product was General Mingwei, and after three years of assessment, the outstanding person was reawarded General Xuanwei, and those who had great merit were awarded General Guangwei. Now that Yan Hong has been given in one step, and the rank and rank have been given, then he doesn't need to make meritorious contributions, and his performance is mediocre within three years, and he can be promoted to a commander from the third grade, and his career will soar effortlessly. What about Yan Hu himself? According to this trend, in another ten years, most of them will still be a thousand households!

People are more angry than people, thinking of the gap between the future of the two, it is no wonder that the second young master is angry. In terms of private life, the two are also like each other. Today, Yan Hong's concubine incident added fuel to the fire and stimulated Yan Hu's anger.

Originally, after Yan Shifan knew that Lu Lanzhen and Yan Hu's marriage was hopeless, he began to handle it for his second son. It doesn't take much effort for the Yan family to marry a daughter-in-law, and there is a daughter in the Dingguo family, who is the same age as Yan Hu, and the door is right, so it is a matter of course. The appearance of the daughter of the Dingguo family is naturally not ugly, and the family is rich and noble, which can be regarded as a very good Yue family. Now I've just changed the Geng sticker. Wait for the dowry. I got married after a year. Compared with. Yan Hong's father-in-law is just a descendant of his predecessor, but the second young master is smug about this.

However, I never imagined that Yan Hong's bastard concubine's pomp was too big! Not only did they take concubines according to the situation of marrying wives, but there were also so many nobles who came to congratulate them! What the is this! When it comes to the day of his marriage, I am afraid that this pomp and circumstance will not be as big as Yan Hong's concubine!

Okay, it was originally said that the eldest young master's father-in-law's family was far inferior to the second young master, but now. The eldest young master's concubines are bigger than the second young master's wife! People fight for a breath, this kind of thing of losing people and losing battles, how can Yan Ergongzi endure it? Not to mention, for Yan Hong's concubine, he also officially passed several profitable transactions to his name, which was regarded as a congratulatory gift. Why don't you marry a wife and count a few granges as your own?

The more Yan Hu thought about it, the more angry he felt, and he really wanted to beat Yan Hong out of anger, but in the current situation, he was not qualified to compete with this big brother at all. It was Yan Shifan, who had always pampered himself, who had beaten himself several times, to make himself cautious in his words and deeds. must not clash with Yan Hongqi, otherwise he will not be able to protect himself. And about the grain trafficking. It's already been posted, and you can't do it again in the future.

Listening to the deafening sound of firecrackers outside and the noisy gongs and drums, Yan Hu lowered his voice, scolded dryly, and said hatefully: "Yan Hong, you wait for me!" Sooner or later, one day, the master will get all this Bendaili back! ”

Yan Hu is not the only one who is sad. In the courtyard of the inner house, Hu Wanniang lay on the bed, buried her head in the pillow, and couldn't cry. Shen'er had to keep comforting on the side: "Miss, don't cry, cry carefully." It's my uncle who accepted a concubine, and you are also in the main room, and that concubine dares to bully you. ”

The late lady sobbed, "What do you know? Look at his pomp, does he look like a concubine? If you don't step into the brazier, don't go off the rails, don't wear plain clothes, is there a little difference between etiquette and marrying a wife? This clearly deceived me directly. She also asked me to drink her tea. When the tea reaches the mouth, it is worse than poison. I can't see that I am half as good as others, and it is better to make me cry than to suffer in front of the story in vain. What if I cry and break my body, now that I'm dying here, I'm afraid no one cares. Shen'er, I'm only one caring person left with you now. ”

Shen'er nodded hurriedly, and said with a firm expression: "Miss don't worry, Shen'er and you are of the same heart, our master and servant are of the same heart, and we will definitely fight the foreign fox spirit." It's just that you can't cry anymore, hurry up and change your clothes and wash your face, old lady, if the old lady sees you like this, it's not easy to lose your temper. ”

Wanniang also knew that what Shen'er said was right, but she was ruthless in her heart: This man is all inherent, and when Xianggong gets tired of her, I will find someone to sell her, so as to save me from worrying in front of my eyes. Pity her, the young lady who came out of the scholarly family, and think that the most ruthless thing is to sell it, if you really want her to operate, I'm afraid she won't be able to do it.

In the sedan chair, Sun Yuerong, the rouge tiger who has always been used to riding a horse and slashing and killing, is wearing auspicious clothes and sitting restrained, feeling apprehensive. Originally, she thought that she was just a concubine, but she just found a small sedan chair to sit on and carried herself through the door. I didn't want Yan Hong to really keep her word, so she put on the big red wedding dress, the phoenix crown and the xiaxia veil, everything was available, she was full of joy and deep anxiety. Occasionally, from the gap in the sedan curtain, I caught a glimpse of the cage carrying the bar in the team, and remembered the dowry that my father prepared for me, and felt that for my own happiness, I felt a little sorry for my father.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the trend of extravagance gradually rose, and the folk married more women to compete for rich dowries. According to historical records, when Yan Hong's teacher Zhang Juzheng married his daughter, the dowry was full of streets. It's just a pity that Liu Yiru, the in-law, didn't buy it, and ordered the dowry to be locked up and not allowed to use it, and left an allusion to lock the street.

And ordinary officials, of course, are not as majestic as Zhang Jiangling. After all, gold and silver cloth is not about how much you want. However, the extravagance demanded by the social atmosphere spurred them on, forcing them to compete with pomp, so that their marriage became a heavy burden. In fact, if in that era, if someone had more daughters, the dowry might even lead to the bankruptcy of the family, which is quite similar to today's Tianzhu State.

Faced with this dilemma, everyone can only grit their teeth and solve it in other ways. At that time, because of the lack of oil and water, some of the two families had a good relationship, so I married my daughter to your family, and at the same time you married your daughter to my family, and the dowry of the two families reached directly, and they were both pennies for each other. Does this have a familiar feel? That's right, it's the policy of exchanging relatives in some underdeveloped regions in modern times. Who would have thought that just for a dowry, the young lady of the official eunuch family would also have to be replaced. (To be continued......)