Chapter 68 (II) The Feast (IV)

At the same time that Lord Fan was declining from the peak in the capital, the Du family in Guanzhong went further by cooperating with the Tang family, and owned the largest tea shop and spice business in Guanzhong. And Du Chong's business in the military camp has improved even more. Before leaving Beijing, Lord Fan tactfully wrote to Du Yuan, hoping to save the marriage of his children and daughters, so as to get the help of the Du family, but Du Yuan did not say whether he had the heart to help Lord Fan at this time, he finally began to help his brother carry down many family businesses in the south, and he was not in Guanzhong all the year round, but traveled all over the south. The person sent by the Fan family to deliver the letter in Guanzhong waited for three months and did not wait for Du Yuan to come back, and the servants had to go back to report to Lord Fan, and the two families had no contact since then.

It wasn't until the year before last that the local personnel were replaced, and the emperor reinstated a group of officials, and Lord Fan asked Miss Fan to send a letter to the county lord, and then took the road that is said to be a certain prince in Beijing to get the position of Xianyang prefect. After the family moved to Xianyang, it took a while to find that the little general Du Chong was here. And now that Du Chong's official rank is higher than him, Master Fan is quite frustrated, and once wanted to ask a middleman to match, but he always couldn't open his mouth. Now that her daughter is in love with Young Master Tang San again, she will put this matter aside for the time being.

When Miss Fan first arrived in Xianyang, she also secretly went to see this former fiancé from afar, and she had secretly promised it, but since she saw Sanshao, her mood has already undergone earth-shaking changes. Master Fan saw that Miss Fan extinguished her heart with Du Chong, and saw that the future of the third young master was really developed, so he didn't mention it again, and the family was also thinking about sending her to the Tang Gate.

Miss Fan didn't expect to see Du Chong in Tangzhuang today, and she suddenly felt embarrassed and speechless for a while.

And Du Chong, since he took the initiative to ask his father to quit his family, he has been inspired to have a career in the military camp, and he does not take these children's affairs seriously. The resentment against Miss Fan has long since dissipated. Today, the third young master specially invited him to come for other affairs, he thought that the third young master didn't know his relationship with the Fan family, and he didn't want to mention it himself. Just trying to deal with it all plainly.

Since the last time Wu You sent people to attack Tang Zhuang, he had seen the Tang family's cousin and the Bai family's girl when he was helping, and he knew what kind of woman he was looking for. Of course he wouldn't fight the idea of the white girl, after all, it was the fiancée of the third young master he respected, but it didn't affect him to take her as a standard, dignified and generous, calm and decisive, not afraid of danger, and still calmly presided over the protection of Tang Zhuang when the enemies were around. And when he was drinking with Sanshao, he understood Miss Biao's indifference to power, which made him feel that this kind of woman was rare. He hoped that there would be a chance that he would be able to find a girl like Miss Bai.

When he saw Miss Fan at this time, there was no difference in mood between him and seeing other ladies, but he didn't know other ladies, and he didn't know how to say hello. And Miss Fan was quite embarrassed when she saw him at this time: "General Du," Miss Fan didn't know what to say. Du Chong was very calm, the purpose of his visit today was not to be a woman, but he couldn't look too lustful here, so he easily picked an apple and handed it to Miss Fan: "The apples in Tangzhuang are the varieties that Mrs. Tang brought to the court in the early years, they taste excellent, and they are very sweet after frost, Miss Fan can try them." This apple is not like other precious things, other fruits are afraid that they will be frozen in this weather, but this apple is sweeter the more it freezes. ”

"General Du is very familiar with the Tang family?" Although she was uncomfortable, Miss Fan still took the apple, but took it and didn't eat it.

"Yes, General Tang is half of Du's mentor." He didn't say the other half, and he didn't want to show it off, that is, he and the third young master were sworn brothers. He also heard some rumors in Xianyang City in the military camp, including the women of the family who fell in love with the life-saving third young master, Miss Fan was also among them, and the prefect was also interested in getting married to the Tang family. Although he withdrew from the Fan family's marriage that year, he didn't want to embarrass Miss Fan. Everyone has their own aspirations. Although he thought so, Miss Fan didn't think so, and wondered if there was any other meaning behind Du Chong's words.

At this time, there were more and more people in the orchard, and the familiar ladies in Xianyang City greeted each other, and a few people who were familiar with Miss Fan passed by, Du Chong's heroic temperament was also very attractive, so some people stopped to talk to Miss Fan, and met Du Chong by the way. I don't know if it's after the Wu Mansion incident, everyone still has lingering palpitations, and they feel more secure about the heroic man. Although most people came to the Tang family, but after all, there were only two Tang sons, and smart people wanted to retreat to the second, not to mention that Du Chong was a young man, and he was from the fifth rank at a young age, which was higher than the official rank of the Xianyang prefect, and after people knew his identity, many people began to pay attention to him.

And he doesn't like those pretentious and delicate women from the bottom of his heart. It's just that today I can't help myself, so I calmly talk to everyone, and at the same time observe the movements around me. Today, all the Tangzhuang guards are wearing gray shorts, and the maids are of different grades, all of them are brown or purple shoulders, and they have the same silver hairpin on their heads. And among these people, there are a few cuffs with black patches sewn on, and you can't really see it if you don't pay attention. Each of these people is quite heavy on their hands and feet. Although the guards and servants of Tangzhuang have kung fu, but because they come from the rivers and lakes and take refuge in Tangzhuang for various reasons, their kung fu is uneven, but these people with special marks on the cuffs look comparable in kung fu.

Du Chong took a look, there were really a lot of these people, there were fifteen of them within his sight, and there were some who didn't know where to go. With so many people mixed in, it was obvious that the other party was either very mature and had internal responses, or the other party was too stupid, and felt that Sanshao was really a playboy, so he sent someone to practice for him.

Today, there are also a lot of guests in Tangzhuang. As a thank you, it was natural that after the Wu Mansion incident, the Yang family led various gatherings at the beginning sent invitations to the Tang family, regardless of whether the sons of the Tang family participated in it or not. The Yang family has always boasted of being the head of the clear stream in Kansai, and most of them are insightful literati, so there are many famous people in the Qing stream in Kansai among the guests, such as Wang Ming, Wang Kai, Wang Dong and their sisters Wang Yuan, Wang Jie, Wang Yan, Xianyang Mansion School Superintendent Lu Chaoyun and his sister Lu Zhaoxia, Wei Jianping, the son of the Wei family, who is known as the best in calligraphy and painting, Wei Jianping, Wei Jianzhong, and Wei Shuping, the eldest daughter of the Wei family. There are also wealthy merchant families in Xianyang, such as the Li brothers and sisters in Tianhe Silver Building. Although many Qingliu people look down on businessmen, but the Li family's silver buildings from Xianyang to Shuzhong, every town, such a huge empire, even if those so-called Qingliu despise in their hearts, the superficial respect still has to be done. And those who are good friends with the Tang brothers, whether they are rich businessmen or ordinary people, have all received an invitation, and it is not in vain that they have been friends with the Tang brothers for many years.

Tang Zhuang has been in Wabao Village for many years, and the surrounding gentry get along well, Tang's family study is getting bigger and more perfect, many squire hermits within 100 miles will also send their children to the Tang family's family to learn literature and martial arts, there are also some Tang family in the army robes to run to the children, the Tang family took in the orphans after the war to live here, and even the descendants of the Tang family in the rivers and lakes who passed away friends have no way to take refuge, and today several adult students who are enrolled in the home school are also invited. These children have been cultivated in home school for many years, both civil and military, some have entered the official career through scientific examinations, and some have no intention of becoming officials, and they can choose to enter the Tang family's Baicaotang, Ping'an Inn, inn and other businesses, which are higher than ordinary people's opportunities and origins in the eyes of the locals. And these children have undergone years of rigorous training, and their mannerisms and temperament are also quite outstanding. Over the years, it has gradually become the object of many big families around this area to choose a son-in-law.

Among the guests who came, Lu Chaoyun came from Jiangnan five years ago and became the superintendent of Xianyang Mansion. Speaking of Lu Chaoyun, he has a lot of prestige in Qingliu, as a famous disciple of Jiangnan Sect, after arriving in Xianyang, whether it is writing, the rectification of Fuxue and his academic opinions, it is refreshing to the local literati, and he does not feel that he is the head of a twenty-two-year-old young student. Lu's parents died at an early age, Lu Chaoyun took his sister to grow up with his grandfather by relying on the family's Zhuangzi Tian, and his grandfather passed away soon after he entered the office, and his life has always been that his sister Lu Zhaoxia is helping him take care of it, and now Chaoxia is also fifteen years old, as a brother, he began to give her Zhang Luo's family affairs. For fear that his sister would be wronged, he insisted that his sister would not marry a wife before she got married.

Lu Chaoyun has been in contact with Xintian over the years, although he is a weak scholar, but he appreciates the mighty spirit of the Tang brothers, and has always wanted to be able to marry his sister to one of the Tang brothers, and he also knows that the Tang family gives concubines to his children from time to time, so that his sister can have a good life when he marries. Therefore, today, he is quite concerned about the dynamics of the Tang brothers, and in the process of talking to people, he constantly carefully observes everyone present. He didn't know that his elegant and steady image had also quietly captured some hearts, such as Miss Shuping of the Wei family and Wang Yuan of the Wang family, since he appeared, this eye has been constantly following him, always looking for opportunities to appear more excited among the crowd to attract his attention.