Chapter 123: Countermeasures
didn't wait for Sima Ji to start, the commander of the Nanyang Navy Division on the side of the post house came to the door.
The commander is not stupid, he doesn't dare if the Javanese princess looks down on the Su family.
Although the Su family has been silent in the past few decades, the heritage is still there, and the other families that have been in contact with the Su family are unknown.
The commander was a tall man with two mustaches, wearing armor similar to the standard of the Central Plains generals, and without weapons, he led two personal soldiers to ask for a meeting.
Sima Ji gave face and saw him.
As soon as you enter the door, you see the Javanese princess who is tied up, without any disguise, what does it mean?
The commander's heart sank, and he hurriedly gave Sima Ji a salute, and also took the initiative to salute Su Qi.
Su Qi is not the head of the Su family, but he is the heir of the next generation of the head of the family, and his status in the Su family is not low. The old family owner stays overseas all the year round, and it is Su Qi and one of his brothers who are in charge of Zhangzhou. That person's force value is super high, and his brain is not as good as Su Qi's, so these things are basically Su Qi's words.
Wei Jin didn't care what they were going to do, anyway, in the end, he heard Lan Xiang say that the commander took the Javanese princess and promised that she would not come to the Su family and the Wei family to make trouble again.
"This Javanese princess is a madman, let's leave early." Lan Xiang inquired about the situation and urged Wei Jin to leave quickly when she came back.
Wei Jin glanced at her a little helplessly, put down the pen, and dried the ink: "No matter what, you have to wait for the Wei family master to come." Doesn't it mean that there is progress in the discovery here? Wei Chong's sister-in-law did not die, but he did not leave any descendants, and now it is the descendants of Wei Chong's other concubine who keep the nameplate of the Wei family. ”
This is really a big show, but the concubine forbears revenge, but God didn't let him succeed completely.
"Although it was the disagreement of the ancestors back then, from the perspective of the main family, it is impossible for them to return to the sect in the second room. But it will not be completely abandoned, it can only be said that Wei Chong's bloodline will not be cut off. ”
Wei Jin didn't have much thought about the bloodline descendants pursued by the ancients.
After the commander of the Nanyang Navy Division left, Sima Ji sent someone to invite Wei Jin to meet in the front yard.
"You're leaving?" As soon as they met, he basically confirmed Wei Jin's plan, "It's okay, you go first, I'll go to Ganzhou to find you later." ”
"You came to Ganzhou? Do? Wei Jin was really surprised, and glared at him, "Don't mess around, how many people are waiting for your life outside, you don't have any points?" ”
"I've thought about it, as you said, it's better not to hold real power in the position of Zhennan Gong. I have discussed with the head of the Su family, and I have also communicated with several other people, planning to go to the court and ask a prince to come over to supervise. ”
In the end, the Duke of Zhennan is not the blood of the royal family, His Majesty must have some suspicions, and the old Duke of Zhennan treated Sima Ji's mother and him harshly, but it was not the acquiescence of the imperial court. It's just that the methods of the old man and his stepwife are too stinky, not only did they not kill Sima Ji, but they also handed the handle to the Su family, so that the court couldn't protect people if they wanted to.
"The poisonous woman's family has been sentenced to be decided, the close relatives and people of the same clan are exiled, and the female relatives can be taken back if they are willing to be taken back, and those who are unwilling are not included in the music register."
The older ladies still gave them the last dignity, whether the mother's family wanted it or not, the court privately sent someone to inform them to take them back for support, as for where to raise them, the court couldn't control it.
But the stepwife's mother-in-law and sister-in-law were not so good, and after the death of the stepwife, the two of them were forcibly enslaved, and they were not sent to the church, but sent to the palace to be the lowest palace maids.
As for the few nobles in the palace that the step-wife's mother's family relied on, they still had time to take care of themselves, so where was they in the mood to help intercede.
For a while, the entire family tree fell apart, and it became inferior to even third-rate from a first-class family.
"That's why we don't have a background." Su Qi snorted, "Her family relies on the in-law relationship with the royal family, in fact, she has no ability, once the emperor's favor is gone, it is nothing." ”
Wei Jin didn't get involved in their discussion, and only turned his head to ask Sima Ji what he planned to do in the future.
"The title of Duke of Zhennan must not be given up, but I will hand over some of the real power." Sima Ji also said frankly that in fact, Zhangzhou has long been controlled by the big families, and in the small land of Zhangzhou City, whoever likes it wants it, they control the coastal waters, even the imperial court does not dare to offend a few families easily.
"The Duan family only set their sights on the South Vietnamese side in the early years, and now they want to meddle in the shipping and have nothing to do, so they want to use their daughter to control the power of the Zhennan Mansion. I handed it over directly this time, and I see what their family plans to do. ”
"Isn't there a prince? They can marry their daughters directly to the prince or the prince. ”
Sima Ji laughed: "How can it be so easy. No matter how bold the prince is, he doesn't dare to accept the daughter of the Duan family as a concubine. ”
Even Sima Ji knows how to avoid suspicion, how could the prince mess with the Duan family's hornet's nest? The front foot heel of the Duan family became an in-law family, and the back foot could be "sick" by His Majesty.
Wei Jin is too lazy to care about these, and Hengzhu has nothing to do with her. She came this time, made a few good friends, opened up the channel to go to sea, and found her grandfather, and the harvest was not too big.
"The old gentleman refuses to go with you, and I will let someone take good care of him. If he insists on following Ah Ta back to the Lingnan tribe, I will also let someone accompany him. The Su family still has a few juniors who are good at medicine, so they are unceremoniously using the old man's body to practice. ”
Su Qi was very modest, Wei Jin knew that if he sent someone to follow his grandfather, he would definitely not send an apprentice as he said, at least he would be a doctor who could sit in the hall and ask for a consultation.
The fifth uncle came to the family, and the relationship with the fourth uncle was good. People are short and fat, quite kind.
After arriving, he didn't rush to let the Wei Jin sisters go, but asked Wei Jin to change back into men's clothes and accompany him to the academy for three days.
The story of the Javanese princess making trouble with the Su family has long been spread, and now the few people who studied in Nanyang are very honest, and the most thorny Ryukyu prince was forcibly sent away with the Javanese princess, and the rest of the people who did not take the lead were so well-behaved.
The fifth uncle's knowledge is only stronger than Wei Zhan, but his personality is relatively old and naughty, and he can't talk to the brothers in the family who are studying, and he travels and lectures all year round. It is precisely because of this that this time the main family will temporarily call him to come to the rescue.
The academy talked with people for three days, and if he hadn't had to escort his two little nieces back to Zhangzhou, he would have wanted to stay. Although the cultural heritage of this Zhangzhou Academy is not as good as that of the Academy in the Central Plains, the people here are more open-minded, encompassing the strengths of all families, and have their own unique advantages, which is too much in line with the appetite of Fifth Uncle Wei.
The little grandfather was worried about Wei Jin's departure, he had no way to contact her more except to chase Ganzhou, and the appearance of the fifth uncle gave him an idea.
"Be my student?" Fifth Uncle Wei looked at Sima Ji in surprise.
He didn't care about the identity of the other party, he was just curious about how the little grandfather of the Zhennan Mansion would ask for his own hardships and take the imperial examination.
After listening to Sima Ji's undisguised plan, the already fun Fifth Uncle Wei immediately decided to help him realize this wish.
Doesn't your court want to cut power? When people take the initiative to hand over power, don't you allow others to seek advancement? In the past, there were no meritorious children, and it was because none of them were motivated, or they were not ambitious.
But the little grandfather is different, people are hollowed out by you, and they don't want to waste what they have learned, isn't it good to contribute to the court?
Anyway, under the arrangement of Fifth Uncle Wei and Sima Ji, they held an apprenticeship ceremony in Zhennan Mansion quite decently. The heads of the major families in the city came who could come, and those who didn't also gave generous gifts.
After the apprenticeship ceremony, Uncle Wei said that he would escort the Wei sisters back to Ganzhou, and by the way, he would go to Yangzhou to bring his wife and children to Zhangzhou, and planned to live here for two years.
The day of departure was a specially chosen good day with a smooth wind and sunshine, and it was still a borrowed ship from the He family, which went to Taizhou first, and then to Ganzhou.
There was no stop on the way, because they were worried that the Nanyang Naval Division would embarrass them, and the Su family also sent a special boat to escort them until they left the waters of Zhangzhou.
Before leaving, Miss Huang sent someone to bring gifts, but no one showed up.
After the boat was stable, Wei Jin took his two sisters to open the box, and it was a blood-red coral, not big, with a gold-inlaid jade basin as the bottom, and the whole coral ornament was exquisite and luxurious, gorgeous and dazzling.
In addition, there are many gold and silver jewellery and fabrics from overseas.
Another box contained purses filled with seeds she had specially collected.
Because the Huang family is good friends with Su La, and they specialize in Nanyang business, it is inconvenient for her to come forward, and Wei Jin understands. It's just that she didn't expect the gift from the other party to be so valuable, and she kind of wanted people to return it at that time. It was the fifth uncle who stopped her.
"It's okay for her to give it to you, it's an apology to you." The fifth uncle played with the pot of coral ornaments and gave her an idea, "In four months it will be the birthday of the ancestor, if you don't want to keep this thing in your hands, it's a big deal to give it away as a birthday gift." Changing hands openly, others can't say anything. Turn your head and the old ancestor will also repay the favor of the Huang family for you. ”
Wei Jin was still a little hesitant, she felt that this was a bit of a persecution of the old ancestor.
"Little girl, don't worry, for your ancestor's sake, the ancestor won't rest assured about this."
"Fifth Uncle knows my grandfather?"
"Haha, I know, why don't I know. However, I really don't know how to tell you about it. When you're older, let the fourth tell you. ”
Wei Jin rolled her eyes, she didn't want to say it, she didn't say it, it was too perfunctory to make such an excuse.
But she really doesn't have any curiosity about the old man's origin, which may have something to do with the fact that she is not the original owner.
Fifth Uncle Wei originally thought that she would die begging for nothing, but he didn't know that people turned around and went to do their own things, and this thing was stored directly in him, and said that when he got off the boat, he would ask Fifth Uncle Wei to help send the things back to the master's house.
"This little girl really doesn't think of herself as an outsider!" Fifth Uncle Wei puffed out his eyes and looked at the old servant who had followed him for more than 20 years.
The old servant didn't bother to accompany him to get angry, so he put away his things with his hands and feet, and said casually: "Yes, yes, the third lady is not an outsider, she is your niece." ”
Fifth Uncle Wei opened his mouth for a long time and laughed: "Okay, you guy, it's only been a few days, and you have been bought by the third lady of your family." ”
"That's not it, the third lady knew that my hands and feet were in pain, so she not only gave me a dressing, but also specially asked someone to make me medicinal wine, and also gave me the prescription, saying that if it is effective to drink, let me prepare it myself, and if I can't find all the medicinal materials, I will get it from her."
Regardless of whether it works or not, there are so many young ladies in the family, and only the third young lady will pay for these servants for them.
He also knew that the daughter-in-law of the cook's mother's family, who helped the cook on the boat, gave birth to a child without milk, and it was the third lady who asked her to find a female doctor to help her treat her. The cook is now heart-wrenching to the third miss, but if the third miss wants to eat, even if she doesn't sleep or rest, she has to get it out for the third miss first.
Fifth Uncle Wei also knew these things, including the knee pads he was wearing on his legs now, which were made by Wei Jin with Wei Jue.
People's hearts are warm, Wei Jin is good to them, and they will naturally protect her.
After arriving in Taizhou, they didn't plan to stay longer, so they found an inn to rest for one night, and they could continue on the road after the He brothers and sisters returned home.
Someone came to the door in the evening.
"What do you say? Did the Duan family really do it? ”
When Wei Jin got the news, her whole face changed dramatically, if it wasn't for Lan Xiang's quick eyes to hold her, maybe she could really jump on the boat and go back to Zhangzhou to find the Duan family desperately.
"The third miss is angry, although the Duan family sent someone to Zhangzhou to marry the fourth miss first, they may not be able to succeed."
Lan Xiang and Hua Yan were busy stroking her back, and they had to take care of Wei Jue, who was silent and shed tears.
"The fourth lady will definitely not agree easily, no matter how much it will be delayed until you go back. The reason why the Duan family went directly to Ganzhou without revealing any news was not because they knew that if they told the third lady, it would definitely not be successful. ”
Lan Xiang analyzed her and came up with an idea: "Now I'm worried about the eldest lady, although she is a married girl, but your father and mother are not there, the eldest sister is the mother, and she has the right to see the marriage for your sisters." ”
"She didn't dare." Wei Jin's reason also came back after she was angry, "Although she is the eldest sister, she knows that she can't handle me." Besides, there is still a big treasure at home, and he will not easily let the four flowers out. ”
She sighed and straightened her sideburns.
"Let's go, go to He's house and ask to see my aunt."
"Third Miss wants to ask Mrs. He to stop this?"
"No, Mrs. He is not related to my sister, and she can't stand up for Sihua'er."
"Then, what does the third lady want to do when she goes to He's house?"
"Courtship for Dabao."
"Huh?!" Wei Jue and Lan Xiang Huayan raised questioning voices in unison.
"In addition to the third lady in the He family, there is also a fifth lady from the concubine. The fifth lady's mother died early, she was raised in front of Mrs. He, although she did not stay in Mrs. He's name, but Mrs. He's food, clothing, and upbringing were all in charge of Mrs. He. Although my family is not very wealthy, Dabao has a bright future. Besides, if the fifth lady marries, there is no Aunt Weng above, and there is no concubine below, she is the master of the family, as long as the young couple are harmonious, this day will not be sad. ”
Speaking of which, Dabao is really suitable.