In the garden of Nianci, the door was closed, and an old servant stood outside the door.

Inside the house, Old Man Zhan sat at the table and ate pastries with great energy. Look at his big bite, and you can see that he has a good appetite, and he doesn't look like a sick person at all.

Steward Yang stood aside, bent slightly, and attached to Old Man Zhan's ear and said in a volume that just the two of them could hear: "Just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is like this and this, and Miss Du is like and ...... that."

Old Man Zhan smiled with satisfaction as he listened. After Steward Yang finished speaking, he swallowed the pastry in his mouth and said, "Old Yang, you go and inform the Second Young Master, the Third Young Master and the young lady, and let them come here tonight." ”

Steward Yang owed a debt and replied, "Yes, sir." ”

At this time, the old servant outside the door shouted loudly: "The slave has seen the lady!" ”

Hearing this, Old Man Zhan hurriedly put down the pastries in his hand and stood up, turned around and walked to the bed, lay back on the bed and pulled the quilt to cover it, and in a blink of an eye, he turned back into a sick and dying old man. And Steward Yang, the moment he heard the old servant shouting outside, immediately grabbed the plate containing the pastries and stuffed it into the open rattan box on the table with a few books inside, covered the lid, and spread the books up.

As soon as Du Xiaomeng pushed the door in, he smelled a smell other than the smell of medicine. Her nose had always been very smart, and although the smell mixed with the medicine was very weak, she still smelled it. She frowned slightly in confusion, and was trying to carefully distinguish what it smelled like, when she heard Old Man Zhan humming on the bed: "Little cute girl, you are here." I somehow feel sick today. ”

Hearing Old Man Zhan say this, Du Xiaomeng hurriedly walked over to check the situation.

Steward Yang also took the opportunity to say: "The master's medicine should also be fried, madam, the old slave will go and bring the medicine." With that, he closed the rattan box, picked it up, and withdrew.

Intuition told Du Xiaomeng that the smell she smelled as soon as she entered the door was strange, but it was important to take care of Old Man Zhan, so she didn't care about thinking about other places. Moreover, Steward Yang brought back the steaming medicine after a while, and immediately washed away the other smells in the house, and the whole room only smelled a strong smell of bitter medicine, and no matter how smart her nose was, she couldn't smell anything else.

Du Xiaomeng didn't know that in the thick smell of bitter medicine, the old man with a sick face on the bed had already thought of a plan to pit her.

In the evening, Zhan Qi, who had been busy all day, returned to the General's Mansion. As usual, as soon as he came back, he rushed to Nianciyuan to visit his father who was sick in bed, and then, as usual, he saw Du Xiaomeng, who was still there guarding Old Man Zhan.

According to the usual practice, after Zhan Qi came back, Du Xiaomeng's care work for the day would be completed, and she could leave Nianciyuan and go back to rest.

When she saw Zhan Qi coming in, she nodded to him as a greeting, and then prepared to leave.

Old Man Zhan opened his mouth and said, "Xiaomeng, don't leave yet, I have something to tell you." ”

Du Xiaomeng stopped, glanced at Zhan Qi, who didn't know why, and then at Old Man Zhan before asking, "What does my father-in-law have to say?" ”

Old man Zhan asked Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng to walk to the bed, and then said: "There are still ten days to be my birthday, and every year on my birthday, I will go to Hongyuan Temple to pray for blessings and vows, and this year I also want to go there to live there for a few days as in previous years." ”

Zhan Qi immediately objected: "No! Dad, your illness has not been cured, it is not advisable to run around and be tired, I will accompany you when you are cured! ”

Old Man Zhan said with an anxious face: "No! I made a vow in front of the Buddha and Ambassador Guanyin last year, and I will definitely have to go back at this time this year to make my vow. If you don't go back and make a vow, the Buddha and the Guanyin ambassador will also blame. ”

Zhan Qi had never believed in such ghosts and gods, but he still comforted him and said, "Dad, didn't you say that Ambassador Guanyin is to help the suffering?" I won't blame you for this little thing. ”

"I must go!" Old Man Zhan was even more anxious, and he insisted on sitting up, "If you don't go to Hongyuan Temple, your father's heart won't be able to live in peace!" He was so agitated that he barely managed to get up a little and fell back into bed, coughing violently.

Zhan Qi hurriedly helped him up and patted him on the back, and said nervously: "Dad, don't get excited!" ”

Old Man Zhan coughed for a while before he eased up. He grabbed Zhan Qi's hand, gasped and said, "Qi'er, you can arrange it for me, Dad must go and repay the vow." ”

"Dad, how can you go out when you're so sick? It's the same when you're cured. Zhan Qi persuaded with kind words.

But Old Man Zhan insisted without giving in at all: "No! I'm going! As he spoke, he tried to get up again.

Just when the two fathers and sons of the Zhan family were arguing, Du Xiaomeng, who had been silent, made a suggestion: "Father-in-law, your health is not good, why don't you let me repay your vows on your behalf." I will go and explain to the Buddha and the Guanyin ambassador for you, and they will understand your plight and will not blame you. ”

Old Man Zhan thought for a while, and said with some hesitation: "This may not work." Although Xiaomeng, you are the daughter-in-law of the Zhan family, but after all, you are not my closest relative, you go to repay the vows on my behalf, I am afraid that the gods will think that our sincerity is insufficient. Forget it, let me go! ”

As he spoke, he struggled to sit up again, but fell back again.

"Dad, just let Xiaomeng go on your behalf, you can recuperate at home with peace of mind!" Zhan Qi had to hold him down and try to dissuade him.

Old Man Zhan gasped for breath with difficulty, but he still insisted on going in person to show his sincerity.

His physical condition seems to be unable to even get out of the door, and if he continues to insist like this, it will only make his condition worse. In the face of such a stubborn old man, for the sake of his body, Du Xiaomeng had to make another suggestion. She pointed at Zhan Qi and said, "Father-in-law, husband, he is your biological son, why don't you let him go and repay your vows on your behalf?" ”

Old Man Zhan quieted down, although his face was unwilling, he still retreated: "That's fine." However, he has never revered the gods and Buddhas, and I am afraid that he will offend the gods by letting him go alone. Xiaomeng, you go with him, help me watch him, don't let him do anything that offends the gods. ”

Afraid that he would continue to be excited, Du Xiaomeng and Zhan Qi nodded in unison and said, "Just do what you want." ”

Old Man Zhan's sick and dying face finally showed a happy face, and said, "Okay, Qi'er, you can arrange it." ”

The problem was solved satisfactorily, and after Master Zhan let go of his heart, he rushed Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng back to rest, saying that he was afraid that they would be tired.

Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng left Nianciyuan one after another, and not long after, the other brothers and sisters of the Zhan family came to the old man Zhan's room one after another after receiving the notice from Steward Yang.

Inside the house, Steward Yang had already lit a room of lights there, and Old Man Zhan was lying on the bed waiting for everyone to arrive.

When all the people arrived, Old Man Zhan glanced at Steward Yang, and Steward Yang walked out knowingly, guarded the door, and closed the door.

Old man Zhan asked several children to sit on the edge of the bed and looked at them with a serious face.

was made furious by his father's serious appearance, and the second son Zhan Ren couldn't help but ask first: "Dad, what is the matter with you coming to us?" ”

Old Man Zhan swept his serious gaze around everyone's faces again before he slowly spoke: "In a few days, your eldest brother and sister-in-law will go to Hongyuan Temple on my behalf to make a vow, and I want you to go with me." ”

The brothers and sisters glanced at each other, and they all felt in their hearts that if Daddy wanted them to go with them, it would definitely not be as simple as asking them to worship God. If you just go to worship God, do you need to ask Steward Yang to call them all over? After the three made eye contact, the third son, Zhan Yi, asked directly: "Does Dad want us to go with us to repay the vow, or do you have other things for us to do?" ”

Among these children, Zhan Yi is the most similar to Mr. Zhan, not in appearance, but in terms of personality, handling things, and business acumen. The third son inherited his father's business and became a businessman covered in copper stench.

Old Man Zhan glanced at his third son with satisfaction, and did not go around in circles with a few children, and said his purpose very happily: "Although you are all hiding from me, I can still see that your eldest brother and sister-in-law have had some problems recently, which has affected the relationship between the two. If the two of them continue like this, sooner or later they will have to separate, and when the time comes, your eldest brother will be without a wife again. He raised his eyes and fell on Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi's faces, "The family rule in our family is that the eldest brother is not married, and the younger brother is not allowed to marry first." If your eldest brother loses his marriage, you will have to wait for your eldest brother to marry another wife before you can get married. ”

Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi's faces pulled down as expected.

Old Man Zhan ignored the expressions on the faces of his two sons, and continued slowly: "If you can't wait, you can take a concubine first." ”

Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi's faces are not so good-looking now. Both of them have a favorite girl, and they both love their sweethearts very much, they will not wronged their sweethearts to be concubines, and they will not take other women as concubines before marrying the person they like.

How could Old Man Zhan not know the thoughts in the hearts of his two sons? He looked at them quietly, and said, "If you want to marry your sweetheart as soon as possible, you have to find a way to stabilize the relationship between your eldest brother and your sister-in-law." As long as they don't separate, you can marry as much as you want. ”

Zhan Di smiled and took his father's hand and said, "It turns out that Daddy wants us to help my eldest brother and sister-in-law?" Don't worry, Dad, Li'er will definitely help! "She and Qiusha don't have a common language, and they can't play together. She likes Du Xiaomeng who can play with herself from the bottom of her heart, she is still young, there is no priority, just because she simply likes it, she really wants Du Xiaomeng to become her real sister-in-law.

Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi glanced at each other. They all know that the eldest brother loves Qiusha, and they also know that the eldest brother has been working hard to make his father recognize Qiusha and make Qiusha the general's wife. They have always been on the side of the eldest brother and helped the eldest brother speak.

Daddy has already spoken, and they know what kind of person Daddy is, and they have to reconsider which side to stand on.

For brothers, they can stick knives in both sides, and they will no longer talk about going to the soup and fire, saying that they are brothers who have no afterlife in this life.

However, now it is related to the major events of his life in the future......

Soon, the two brothers Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi made a decision. For the sake of their beloved, they decided to stab their brothers twice for the woman. Brother has no afterlife in this life, but the beloved girl, if she misses this life, she may not be able to meet again in the next life! Besides, they are just pulling the red line for the eldest brother now, which is a good thing, how can it be regarded as inserting two knives in the brothers!

Although Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi have a little guilt in their hearts for betraying their brothers, the matter of betraying their brothers can not only make their father happy, but also make them feel relieved, which can be regarded as a win-win decision that kills two birds with one stone and is happy for everyone. Thinking of this, the little guilt in the hearts of the two of them was suddenly thrown out of the clouds.

After reaching an agreement, Mr. Zhan and his children began to plot a big plan......