Xue Ji fell into deep thought, as if he had never had a grandfather in his impression, he had seen his grandmother when he returned to the old house with his father and mother as a child, but he didn't remember his grandfather......

"My grandfather was born in the Jiang family, and the Jiang family produced four great generals, all of whom had outstanding military achievements, and they were prominent in the court at that time...... Emperor Ming once rewarded two Danshu iron coupons! ”

"It's just...... After the death of Emperor Ming, Emperor Xian spoiled Li Guifei at that time, disagreed with the queen, and was bent on abolishing the prince and replacing the son of Li Guifei, and also disputed with the old ministers in the court several times. The Jiang clan tried to protect the prince, and they were already more and more unwilling......"

"The queen knew that after the abolition of the crown prince, she would be abolished, so she took out the tiger talisman of the first emperor and Emperor Ming, and ordered Jiang and several other generals...... Qing Jun side, protect the prince. ”

Speaking of this, Xue Qi stopped. Probably because he was too tired in the past few days, his eyes were a little dizzy, he poured a sip of strong tea, closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead for a long time before he eased up.

"Big brother?" Xue Ji felt strange and wanted to help him go back to the couch to rest for a while.

Xue Qi shook his head, obviously unwilling. "No, it's easiest for me to finish it all at once."

"You can't keep the crown prince, you always know this, the prince was abolished, the queen was also abolished, and the generals involved were all assigned to the frontier, and some went on the road...... My grandfather was one of them. ”

Xue Ji pondered for a long time, and seemed to understand something, but he didn't understand it completely.

Xue Qi continued: "My grandmother was born in the Xue family, and she is also a famous family for decades, and she returned to Jiangling with her children, and her father inherited some inheritance, and worked hard to make the façade bigger, and gradually supported the entire Xue family. ”

"Our family is after the heroes and after the criminals. If you want to enter the office, this road is hundreds of times more dangerous than others. ”

There was silence for a moment, and the room fell silent.

Xue Jichu's eldest brother has never been afraid of anything, even if he knows the secrets of the family, he is still inexplicably open, he is not afraid of the dangers on the road, how can it not be dangerous to stand on the peak of power, he is only afraid that the elders in the family will not allow him to move forward.

After Xue Qi finished speaking, he began to concentrate on breakfast, and soon remembered something: "By the way, in a few days, Chen Yu will come back with the envoy, and there will probably be a banquet again." ”

"Brother Chen Yu is coming?" Xue Ji's heart jumped, and he already had a thought. "I ......"

"Don't worry, you know that you have been lifted, Chen Yu has taken care of it, and you have to go together."

That's a good feeling! Xue Ji was happy in his heart, Chen Yu ate well in front of King An, and what he said in the court was already somewhat related, and it was always good to see each other.

Xue Qi saw that there was a smile between his eyebrows, why he didn't understand, his face turned a little colder, and he seemed to warn: "I advise you to rest your mind, the hearts of those who are officials are black, and the Chen family knows that their family backgrounds are small, and they are driven by interests...... It's not necessarily true that you don't have to be emotional. ”

Xue Ji knew this truth, but if it was Chen Yu, he didn't believe it.

Who is Chen Yu, he is famous for his integrity, but he is not an old-fashioned person, he just values right and wrong, and talks about righteousness with friends, if not, how can he have old acquaintances in the DPRK and all over the country? How could King An trust a businessman at will.

"What day is Brother Chen Yu holding a banquet?" Xue Ji suddenly remembered that Shui Ying'er came yesterday, and carefully calculated that the days were close, would Uncle Chen invite Chen Yu back......

"On the sixteenth of this month, Uncle Chen will set up a banquet one day after that." Xue Qi replied, glanced at his younger brother's expression, and guessed a few points. "Uncle Chen also invited Chen Yu to a banquet, but he ...... He has always looked down on Chen Shao. ”

"Poof." Xue Jile said: "No wonder the face of the actor last night was so ugly." ”

Xue Qi was rarely unreasonable. To be honest, he has seen a lot of the market, and there are so many women around him, how many times have he regarded this identity as an elder? It's a pity that Chen Shao is still a child, and he has been affected by this little childish mother into this appearance, and he is not less abused on weekdays, but he doesn't dare to bully his mother because of his mother's favor.

The two brothers said this without a match, and it was almost noon when they left breakfast. Chang took care of the guests who came to congratulate him, and did not have time to deal with them. Xue Qi didn't speak, no one came to summon him, Xue Ji was restless, and he didn't know whether to leave or not.

"Last month, the woman said that she was young and in no hurry to get married, but today she went to our house to say that the matchmaker came, which is not ridiculous......"

"Our little master made a marriage with the Shen family many years ago, and no one in Jiangling knows it! I don't look at their girls' appearance, so they want to stuff them here. ”

There was a sound at the door, and the subordinates' mouths were broken, and the matter in the front yard was reported to the back house.

Xue Ji's face was hot, and he looked up at his eldest brother, a little at a loss.

Xue Qi was looking at the account books, he actually didn't want to stop Xue Ji more, he always had his own ideas when he grew up, and he couldn't tie people up in the mansion and not let them out. Now that Xue Ji is seventeen, he can't control a lot, and if he can ask a few words, he can only ask a few words

"What about your decision?"

"I want to go."

Xue Jiyi gritted his teeth, got up and hung his hands until he was standing, with a serious expression, this is a decision, and he will not change it.

"Big brother, I have you in the family, I have never been in contact with business, how can I be a loser if I stay, I want to go my own way, I want to have my own way."

"Aren't you afraid of stepping into the footsteps of your ancestors and falling into pieces?"

"Even if it is broken, it will be famous in history."

Xue Qi didn't expect that he was not afraid of heaven and earth, not even afraid of death, the bloody past was in front of him, and he could make a decision so lightly. sighed, but didn't know how to persuade him.

"Father has set a wedding date for you, the seventeenth day of the first month, what are you going to do to your wife?"

People always start a family before starting a business, but when they become a family, they have an extra responsibility, a trace of ties, he is not afraid, what about his wife? Xue Ji was silent again.

I don't know if it's because the charcoal fire is too warm, or because I wear too many clothes in the morning, or because the blood in my heart is difficult to reveal, I sweat like rain on my back, and my heart is impatient and bored.

"When it's hot, go out and calm down, and think clearly."

After noon, the snow became heavier and heavier, and when I looked up, I could not see the sun, but the snow fell between my eyebrows and froze my teeth. The snow on the ground was so thick that you could step on it up to your ankles, and you were two fingers wide from the cuff of your boot.

Xue Ji picked up a handful of ice and snow from the ground, rubbed it vigorously in his hands, and rubbed it until it turned into water, and then rubbed his sleeves to wipe the cold in his palms. Xue Ji looked down, his hands were red from the cold, and he sighed a few times, and gradually felt a lot calmer.

The boredom has subsided, the impatience has disappeared, but the heat in my heart is still boiling.

How can something that has been decided be changed?

Xue Ji made up his mind again and returned to the house.

He said: "If the Shen family is willing, they will enter Beijing together." If you don't want to, wait for me to gain fame...... Come back to pick her up. ”

Xue Qi didn't answer that day, after starting a family, Xue Ji was an adult, and there were some things he really didn't have to ask anymore.

If Xue Jizhen wants to bring his wife into Beijing, the Shen family will not have too many doubts, after all, the higher Xue Jideng, the more face the Shen family's daughter will have. If it is said to support the elders, the Shen family is not a poor family, the family has a solid foundation, and there are subordinates to serve them, where do you need to work hard for your daughter and son-in-law. Moreover, Xue Qi married a woman from the Shen family, and the big deal was that Xue Qi and his wife fulfilled their responsibilities as children for their younger siblings.

The eldest brother didn't stop him, and Xue Ji was also relieved, even if the old man gave a death order and didn't allow him to go, he could go over the wall and drill holes by himself. In this case, only reading is high, and Xue Ji has lived a life of hard study day and night.

It is said that it is the end of the year at this time, and His Majesty Qin Heng has just gotten better after a serious illness, and he said that he wanted to rush to Chongxi at the end of the year, and gave the most favored young son King Ning a marriage, and the granddaughter of Xu Yun, an old minister of the Three Dynasties, was given. Not only that, His Majesty Yile also gave the only princess Wanyu a marriage, which is interesting, Princess Wanyu's concubine was hand-picked by His Majesty, and the official department was still in the book - Chen Yu.

I heard that there were two happy events in a row, and the gongs and drums were hung on the streets of the capital for more than half a month. His Majesty even decided that it was the new daughter-in-law and son-in-law who were festive, and from time to time they would enjoy the rare treasures, and many powerful people in the court were red-eyed.

It's an old thing, but it has only reached Xue Ji's ears in recent days, so I'm not surprised.

"Brother Chen Yu is twenty-five years old, and he hasn't married a wife yet?"

"It also makes sense to start a business first and then start a family, and there are fewer entanglements. You see, he is now famous, and he is still a princess, and his life is complete. ”

Saying this, Xue Ji paused again.

The two brothers sat in the pavilion and chatted again, and Uncle Lin handed over a letter and said in a low voice: "It was sent from Beijing, and it was from Lord Chen." ”

Xue Ji looked at the letter, became interested, leaned forward with his support on the table, and asked, "Then Brother Chen Yu should come back with the princess this time, right?" ”

"Clever." Xue Qi opened the envelope in his hand, glanced at it and smiled, and handed it to him. "Really."

Xue Ji looked at it word by word, I don't know when it started, Chen Yu can be regarded as the direction he is chasing, his impression of the official is only Chen Yu, what kind of official he wants to be, it is also like Chen Yu. It is often said that seeing words is like faces, Chen Yu became famous when he was young, and this hand is not bad, if it weren't for the eldest brother by his side, Xue Ji would definitely sigh and praise a few words.

He was looking forward to it, if Chen Yuzhen came with the princess, he would definitely enter the Chen family to worship his ancestors, and if he was not sure, he would have to meet the scene in Chen's house, if this bumped in, it would be a good show.

"There are few things that you don't have, and those who have achieved great things, which one is a woman like you?"

As soon as Xue Qi turned his head and saw his expression again, Xue Qi had always known that his heart was twisted and turned, but he couldn't condone him to continue like this.

"My heart is full of selfish things, how can I get to the top? Even if you want to leave your name in history, you don't want to keep the word traitor, right? ”

Xue Qi's words were ruthless at all, extremely ruthless, and extremely ugly. Xue Ji was aggrieved in his heart, but he was just thinking carefully, where could he climb to the traitor? He listened to the reasoning, but where did the truth come from?

Although he was wronged, he didn't dare to say it, Xue Ji restrained his expression, lowered his head and continued to read hard.

Maybe more than ten years later, decades later, right and wrong are like a passing cloud, stepping on the blood of the enemy's blood friends, he will eventually sigh in a corner, brother Xiao Shengren also.