A thin old man, his face was wrinkled like dry firewood, the crown on his head was very upright, and he was dressed in a Confucian robe like an old pedant. Before Liu Yu approached, this person bowed from afar.

Lan He took his eldest son Lan Fu and second son Lan Jing to apologize in person, and the old face was gone, and he repeatedly confessed when they met, which made Liu Yu feel embarrassed. Speaking of which, Lan He never offended him, he just put on a show when Sui Yi came to the door.

Originally, Liu Yu still retained a respect for this stubborn old minister, but now even this only respect has been eliminated, and he just entertains the guests with an extremely coping attitude.

Lan He spoke with respect and humility, and the two sides only "negotiated amicably" about the marriage between Sui Yi and the little daughter of the Lan family, and Lan He also expressed his willingness to marry his granddaughter to Sui Yi.

The mouth is not right.

This is Liu Yu's intuitive impression of Lan He, maybe he has been immersed in officialdom for a long time, Lan He speaks and does things with a very false mask, and the contrast between his attitudes before and after also makes Liu Yu feel disgusted. However, Liu Yue thought about it carefully, if Lan He maintained his previous cold face, then it was not anyone else who would suffer, but the entire Lan family, without the injection of fresh blood in the officialdom, no matter how big the family was, it would collapse. Lan He was forced to do so.

"Then the old man will wait for Sui Mansion Yin to pass through the door and propose." After the marriage was negotiated, the two parties did not mention anything about the new left minister, and Lan He got up to say goodbye.

Liu Yu personally sent the father and son out of the house, and after coming back, Xu Xuanzhu walked into the front hall with a puzzled face and asked, "Husband, who were the three just now?" ”

"Political allies." Liu Yu thought for a while and added, "Maybe it's not a political ally, it's just a little bit of a mutual use." They are the people of the Lan family that Sui Yi said that day. ”

Mention of the "Blue Family". Xu Xuanzhu immediately understood. After all, the Lan family is also a wealthy family in Chang'an City. Xu Xuan was born in a famous family in Chang'an, so he naturally heard of it.

I haven't asked Miss Lan's opinion from beginning to end in this marriage, and the current marriage events are basically like this, the more wealthy families pay more attention to their faces regardless of the wishes of both parties, it is rare for Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu to fall in love before marriage.

After lunch, Liu Yu went to Jingzhao Mansion to inform Sui Yi of the news, and when he arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, he was encountering a trial. Sui Yi is in a state of broken love and is depressed at work. I didn't eat lunch and was still trying the case. The new official took office with three fires, this fire has been burning for several months and has not stopped, originally Jingzhao Mansion tried a case once in ten days and half a month is a rare thing, since Sui Yi took office as Shaoyin of Jingfu, the case is tried every day, and all of them are public trials, and the people like to come to join in the fun.

At this time, a case of reconciliation and divorce was being tried, and it was said that it was "reconciliation", that is, the husband and wife reached an agreement to divorce. The young couple have been married for five or six years and have not had children, and the husband thinks that his daughter-in-law cannot inherit the incense and wants to take a concubine. The wife disliked her husband for not having the ability. Such trivial cases could have been concluded in the Sicheng Yamen, but the couple relied on their family background to make more and more trouble. The wife injured her mother-in-law, and the husband smashed her mother-in-law's house. The good end has changed from a divorce case that ended amiably to a personal injury and property damage case.

The couple knew at a glance that the road was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and they quarreled in the court, Sui Yi sat on it with a black face, holding a startling wood in his hand but did not speak, as if he was annoyed that the couple did not cherish their married life.

Such cases are usually the most popular among the people, and there are many onlookers, and some people even applaud in celebration. When Sui Yi saw Liu Yu, he waved his hand, and continued to take the case, and said directly: "Both of you and your husband are at fault, so bring them closer to the cell first, and try them again tomorrow." ”

When the husband and wife heard this, they were anxious, they thought that they could administer justice to their own side by suing the official in court, but they didn't expect that the official didn't even bother to try it, so he was directly sent to prison first, shouting that he was wronged, but the yacha ignored it and dragged him directly to the cell.

After entering the back hall, Sui Yi took a sip of tea to catch his breath. Hu Xuan on the side yawned tiredly, since he came to Jingzhao Mansion to help Sui Yi, he had not been idle.

Liu Yu informed Sui Yi of Lan He's promise to get married, and Sui Yi's eyes widened when he heard it, with an incredible expression on his face.

"How did he ...... Just agreed? Sui Yi had a wry smile on his face, "Today I also asked the matchmaker to choose a few ladies for me, and I am going to get married first." ”

Liu Yu glanced at him and said: "You can't break the jar, go and propose as soon as possible, as for the marriage, it may be a few days late, and the national mourning period has not yet expired." ”

During the state funeral, although the marriage cannot be held, it is still possible to propose, but it is not a big deal.

Liu Yu said again: "It's just this matchmaker, I don't know who will do a good job." ”

As a big media, Liu Yue didn't have this mind, he felt that this was what women did. Just as he was worried, Liu Yu saw a big face swaying into the inner hall, and when he saw Liu Yu, a hole was cracked on his big face and he greeted him.

It was Chai Jin, who had just had lunch when he came home.

"Hulu, come here." Liu Yu beckoned, Chai Jin nodded and came over with a smile, it was a boring errand in Jingzhao Mansion, and it was rare to have friends to visit.

"Do you want to be a matchmaker?" Liu Yu asked with a wicked smile on his face.

"What is a matchmaker?" Chai Jin asked with a puzzled expression.

Liu Yu explained, Chai Jin was guilty: "I'm afraid, you have to ask my family to do it." ”

"Why do you want to ask the fourth princess, you must know that the beauty of adults is a virtue." Liu Yu said with a smile.

A voice came from not far away: "Commander Liu, you are really an adult beauty, why do you want to bully our family...... Bridegroom? ”

Maybe Liu Yu gave Chai Jin a nickname that was too smooth, and Su Bi often half-jokingly called Chai Jin "gourd" at home, and almost blurted out when he went out of the door, and he was embarrassed in front of others.

Liu Yu didn't expect Su Bi to go with Chai Jin, at this time she looked angry, and at a glance, she knew that Lu Dao was angry that Liu Yu was ridiculing his husband in public. But after thinking about it, Liu Yue asked Chai Jin to be a matchmaker, and there are a lot of things about matchmaking between officials on weekdays, but she doesn't like Liu Yu's attitude when she speaks.

After all, Su Bi is a member of the royal family, and Liu Yu and the others still have to salute. After the ceremony, Su Bi called Liu Yu aside, as if he intended to ask Liu Yu about letting Sui Yi marry the Lan family.

"The meaning below is to let Lan He be the left phase and balance the phase power." Liu Yue was blunt.

Su Bi said angrily: "It's not enough to toss with a right phase, and now I have to get a left phase out." In the future, won't there be one more enemy? ”

Liu Yu understood what Su Bi meant, the previous pattern was a three-legged stand, as long as the two of them joined forces, there was nothing to be done about the right minister. If we want to set up a left minister now, it is equivalent to having the power of the four sides, and the overall situation will not be controlled.

However, Liu Yue felt from the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Trade that even if he and Su Bi combined their strength, they could not control the overall situation in some matters, and after all, the right prime minister and the party were concerned with the interests of the entire civil minister, and Liu Yue must come to neutralize the power of the minister to balance the division of power among civil officials.

"His Royal Highness Xinzhujun should think like this, now Yuan Xiang's side is using a lot of energy to deal with you and me, no matter what we do, they will try their best to obstruct it. However, if the Left Prime Minister is set up, they will have to devote most of their spirit to restrain the power of the Left Minister, and if the Left Prime Minister is weak, they will inevitably rely on you and me, so that our power in the court will no longer be two to one, but three to one or even more. (To be continued......)