Tang Dagongzi

After Xintian finished his business in Luoyang, he hurried back to Xianyang. He went to Tangzhuang first, but his grandmother was still in the temple and had not returned, and Meilian and Xinyue both came to the city, and only his mother was there to prepare for his grandmother's birthday banquet, which made him pounce, and he immediately rushed back to the old house in the city.

Grandma's birthday is approaching, and he hasn't bought a gift for grandma yet. And after grandma's birthday, Xintian wants to go with Xinyuan to participate in the autumn hunt convened by the emperor. He originally thought that his grandmother would let him go with Xinjie, but the result of the discussion between grandma and his father was to let Xinyuan go with him. Xinyuan can't say that it's bad, and the cavalry archery is also the best among their brothers, but the Tang family sent people to hunt with the emperor, whether they can hunt anything, it is not so important, the important thing is not to let the enemy hunt anything, that is, there must not be any place that endangers the safety of the royal family, the imperial power and the queen mother. So although it is to test the skills of the school, for the children of the Tang family, it is better to strengthen the defense. Among all the brothers, Xinjie has the highest martial arts and the most experience in the rivers and lakes, and has been following the prince recently, and is also familiar with all walks of life in the capital. He originally thought that there was a new Jie, who could share part of it for himself, but if it was Xinyuan, then he would have to make a lot more preparations in advance.

Before Xinjie set off from the capital, he wrote to him to explain his itinerary. He wanted to wait for him to come back and discuss the situation first, and plan it together. Grandma went to the temple to fast, and Xiao Jiu accompanied her, and Meilian, who usually followed her, followed Xinyue into the city to buy things for grandma. He hadn't seen this girl in a long time. There are a lot of miscellaneous things in these months, and he rarely has time to go back to Tangzhuang, and even if Meilian goes to the city to do errands, he will go back and forth on the same day or the day before or the next day.

Three years ago, Xiao Jiu was ordered by her grandmother to save her in the capital, and he was ordered to pick her up on Gyeonggi Road, but he saw her in a hurry while he was in transit on the road. At that time, because she was seriously injured, very haggard and disguised as a man, she did not attract his attention too much. Xiao Jiu escorted her all the way back, but he went to Beijing to do other things. More than four months later, when he returned to Xianyang Waitangzhuang to see her again, he could barely recognize that it was the person he had helped Xiao Jiu transport at that time.

That day he returned to the village after lunch, and wanted to go back to his room to rest before going to see his grandmother, and when he passed by his aunt's yard, there was a strange smell coming from it, like the smell of rotten eggs mixed with the smell of medicine. He didn't know that Melian lived in his aunt's yard, and he even forgot that his grandmother had let the girl be an uncle and niece. My aunt had been a monk for a long time, and of course the strange smell in the yard alerted him, and he had to go in to find out. When I went in, I found this busy girl in the small kitchen of the yard, and it was said that she was developing a salve for rheumatic pain according to a book. The smoky miasma and stench of the room, combined with the girl's beauty and her unusual concentration, made a very strange impression on him.

Since then, he has often seen her by her grandmother's side, and she will also ask her to give advice whenever there is a big problem or problem. Her knowledge and shrewdness often surprised him. In the past, many times he thought that a woman was a woman, whether she was beautiful or not, but there were several very typical ones, one was like his grandmother or the queen mother, or even his aunt, who was extremely intelligent and intelligent, but had a strong personality, or like his mother, who was typical of ordinary intelligence, but had a strong sense of vanity, or a gentle wife and mother, but this kind of person was often very weak.

Although this girl is very insightful in trouble, she is not domineering in her speech, she has always been very gentle, and she is not stubborn, and even the people up and down the Tang family rarely find fault with her. In a big family like the Tang Sect, many people are very difficult to entangle, and it would be good to be able to settle these people and let them not say bad things about you.

In addition to discussing business, occasionally meeting Meilian in her spare time, her conversation is reasonable, and it also leaves an excellent image on him. Because Xiao Jiu escorted her all the way back to Tangzhuang, and Xiao Jiu was by her grandmother's side all the year round, and there were many opportunities to contact her, so she was very familiar with Xiao Jiu, and it was obvious that she fixed this relationship in a close sister-brother relationship. When Xiao Jiu is around, he will find that the conversation between the two of them is often funny. Xiao Jiu is also an easy-going person, but because of his father's seriousness and his mother's boredom in his growing environment, he didn't have such humor before, obviously after Mei Lian came, his personality and conversation changed a lot, and he blamed these on Mei Lian's influence. As time went on, he found himself admiring the so-called cousin more and more. In some ways, she may not be as pretty as some of the ladies of the family that his mother brought him with in the capital, but she is more vivid and wise, and far more insightful than the average person in helping him with household affairs, the hundred grass halls, and the trading houses.

Xintian originally wanted to follow his mother's wishes, and he would marry one of those celebrities in the capital to help run the family. But for so many years, he has not been able to pick the one he is most satisfied with, either this is wrong or that is wrong, so there is no result of this casual so far. It is because of his pick-and-choose that he and Xinjie are famous in the capital and Xianyang. He is different from Xinjie, Xinjie is a veritable playboy, and the dancing girls in Beijing and Xianyang are all admired by him, and he really stays in the flower room. Because of Lan Xin's matter, his father and grandmother felt sorry for him, so it was inconvenient to discipline him in this matter. And he himself is different. He was spoiled by his mother since he was a child, and at the age of sixteen, he got along with his mother's girl Hongyu, and at the age of seventeen, he had Qixia. His mother always instilled in him the view that in the capital, it is normal for all sons, especially the eldest sons, to have three wives and four concubines, and they usually have one or two concubines before marriage. His mother instilled in him this way when he was young, although his father was strongly opposed, and his grandmother did not want him to evolve into the habits of a son-in-law in the capital, and tried her best to teach him the principles of life that the future head of an important family in the rivers and lakes of the Tang Sect should have, but the impulse of adolescence made him still prefer the convenience provided by his mother's doting during that period.

At that time, the impulsiveness of human nature was the main part, and the naïve element was the majority. As he grew older and more experienced, as well as his grandmother's years of subtle teachings, he gradually matured. He originally wanted to be responsible for these two maids, so he simply chose one of the two of them and gave him an official name, but his grandmother and father agreed, thinking that this was after all a sign of his own sense of responsibility as an adult. But his mother was resolutely opposed, and the matter dragged on for two or three years, and then Hongyu became pregnant with his child, and died of accidental miscarriage and hemorrhage, and he was also sad for a while, but after all, the feelings were not deep, and it passed quickly. He originally wanted to learn the lesson of Hongyu and give Qi Xia a name, but his mother insisted that this maid was with him for this family business, and resolutely disagreed. It wasn't until later, when his mother showed him her peculiar way, that he was convinced that the wisdom he had learned from the eunuchs in the capital would be useful in identifying these powerful people. After that, he began to accept his mother's arrangement, and decided to choose one of these celebrities. But there is always no most satisfying one. So although the second uncle's son, the second brother Xinyu, is only three months younger than him, the children are four or five years old, and he is still undecided. Since Qi Xia was kicked out by his mother, he sometimes followed Xinjie and his friends to indulge occasionally. Xinjie is only a year younger than him, and he is famous among the flowers. Although he himself has also studied rhythm and poetry, but it is too far behind Xinjie, and the only thing that can compete with him is martial arts. But this kind of thing is useless in the flower building. Xinjie is humorous, broad-minded, never careful, and righteous, although everywhere they go, those women often circle around Xinjie, but he is not jealous, but admires his half-brother. Everyone thinks that Xinjie is a prodigal and too romantic, but in fact, he understands his younger brother very well, and he is sometimes very helpless. The more they come from a brother's background, the more they want to have a partner who can be affectionate. In the world, it is really not easy to find a person who is in love.

He often compares Meilian with those celebrities in the capital, except for her family background, Meilian is more suitable for his preferences than anyone else he knows. But many factors made him hesitate, he knew that his mother wanted to have a wife with a very good background to increase his lintel, and until Yixiang's affairs were completely resolved, Mei Lian could not follow him into the social affairs of the capital, although she could stay at home in Xianyang for many years, but just in case, he had to think more. It's good now, Yixiang's affairs have passed, and there will be no worries about this. Judging from what his grandmother and Xiao Jiu told him, the current Queen Mother still likes this girl very much, and this alone is enough to counter his mother's so-called idea of being a good match. And her grandmother likes her very much, and she is allowed to refer to it in case of major events, so it can be seen that grandma will not object. The only obstacle was Melian herself, who had always stayed away from her since she first met her in Xianyang. No matter how close he approached her, she never said anything special, always gentle, but always faint, and made him feel like he couldn't do anything. Whatever he gave her, it was a small gift or something that everyone in the family had, and returned the valuable, unless there was a special reason. Xiao Jiu understood his mind very well, but the brothers didn't say it clearly, in fact, he knew that Xiao Jiu might also like her, talking and laughing with her, and it seemed much more intimate than with Xintian, but Xiao Jiu was also fixed by her at a certain distance, and couldn't go further.

Ten days ago, he went to see his grandmother in the village, and happened to meet Mei Lian with Xinyue, she was telling Xinyue a guqin tune, and later demonstrated it to Xinyue, her demeanor and voice were very focused and enthusiastic. He has been lingering for more than ten days.