Chapter 42 The Burning Ceremony
"It's been a long wait. Qin Huaisu entered the house and saw Lin Xiao sitting there upright, a little surprised, in the past, when Lin Xiao was waiting, he was picking his own comfortable posture, but today it is a rare rule, he half covered his red lips and smiled, and teased: "What's wrong with you today, sitting so upright." Sitting down beside him, resting his head on Lin Xiao's shoulder, the peculiar aura of his body rushed into her nose.
"The remarks of those two gentlemen just now are somewhat interesting. Lin Xiao relaxed his body, in order to hear the conversation outside the door, he unconsciously sat up straighter, and now he was a little relaxed, but he felt that his back was a little sore. One hand grabbed Huaisu's shoulders and half-hugged her into his arms.
She also heard a little bit of the words of those two when she came, but she didn't expect that the Meng family was so anxious that they lost a Meng Xiu, so they had to marry the Fu family. Qin Huaisu found a comfortable posture in Lin Xiao's arms, and shook his fingers with Lin Xiao's ten fingers: "The case of Liuxiangfang has just been settled, Meng Xiu was sentenced to death, although he is not right, but it is always a thread of the Meng family, originally expected to be able to help him to a high position, one is to help the eldest prince, and the other is also for the power of the Meng family, now this line is broken, the eldest prince wants to recruit Yang Ming for his own power, Meng Qiushuang, as the first head of the family, how can he sit still." Analyzing the current situation softly, Qin Huaisu saw it very clearly.
Lin Xiao listened carefully to Qin Huaisu's words, and nodded approvingly: "Indeed, Fu Qingqing is full of poetry and books, and she is extremely talented, and she can see the current situation thoroughly, plus she has a wide range of friends, and she is also well-known among the poor families, if it weren't for her daughter's body, I am afraid that she would have been able to hold an important position in the imperial court long ago." "One Fu Qingqing can be worth ten Meng Xiu, marrying her, the Meng family is equivalent to one more military advisor, not only that, but also the Fu family, this abacus is really good enough.
"That's right, Miss Fu's woman's body really makes her passive, which is really a pity. "In this world, even if women are talented, they can't really get the same initiative as men, Qin Huaisu admires Fu Qingqing in his heart, but now, he is also very sympathetic to Fu Qingqing.
I don't know if Zhuo Yucheng's kid knows about this matter, he has to ask someone to give him a message. After all, Fu Qingqing is now a person on their side, and if there is any trouble, they must prepare in advance. Thinking like this, Lin Xiao silently decided that when he went back later, he would ask Ah Wu to go to Hua Wujian for a run.
"By the way, you haven't said yet, what are you here for this time?" It was dinner time in the evening, Lin Xiao came at this time, there must be something important, Qin Huaisu straightened up from his arms, looked at him, but found that his face was a little bruised? In the past, Lin Xiao also had a lot of bruises on his body, which were often left when he practiced martial arts, but over the years, with the improvement of his martial arts, there have been no such scars on his body for a long time.
Seeing Qin Huaisu's worried face, Lin Xiao held her hand, rubbed his thumb on the back of her hand, and comforted with a smile: "It's not in the way, but today Zhuo Yucheng's stinky boy came to my mansion, I saw that his skills seemed to have recovered a little, and he was itchy for a while, and wanted to learn from him, but the two of us forgot to learn, no, I lost my strength." However, the skin trauma will be healed in a few days, so you don't have to worry. Although Lin Xiao's heart was a little happy, it was especially unbearable to see Huaisu's sad face.
After listening to Lin Xiao's explanation, Qin Huaisu exhaled lightly, I see, it's not a dangerous thing. He put his head into Lin Xiao's arms again, wrapped his hands around Lin Xiao's neck, and said softly: "It's okay, you guys, you have to pay attention to the competition in martial arts, this skin injury makes me feel shocked." ”
The beauty was in her arms, Lin Xiao tightened her arms around Qin Huaisuliu's waist, and exhaled close to her ear: "Don't worry, as long as I think of you, I will definitely not let anything happen to me." ”
With itchy ears, Qin Huaisu dodged with a smile, and said coquettishly: "Just you can speak." ”
After grinding his ears and temples for a while, the two separated, and then Fang Cai's main topic continued: "You haven't talked about it yet, what are you doing here this time?"
Lin Xiao only then made Zhuo Yu's transaction a matter of generation, and explained it clearly to Qin Huaisu in 1510. After understanding the matter thoroughly, Qin Huaisu had an arrangement in his heart, and nodded lightly at Lin Xiao and said, "The arrangement of Qinyun Pavilion is handed over to me." Then Yang Ming and Lord Yang like to come to Qinyun Pavilion in the afternoon to listen to music and chat with the literati about poetry, Shenwu Jun may wish to choose this time to come, it is the most appropriate. "Since it is a chance encounter, of course, it must be arranged naturally and decently, so that it can be seamless.
Lin Xiao said with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely tell Brother Zhuo, and I will do what we Huaisu said." The daughter-in-law he recognized was reliable.
"Okay, don't be poor. Qin Huaisu saw him smiling happily, and she was also happy in her heart, and then she vacated the most elegant wing room in the west, and she personally received Zhuo Yucheng tomorrow.
Here, in the courtyard of the Fu family, Fu Ziwen walked around the study alone, looking uneasy. Today, the matchmaker of the Meng Mansion stepped into the door of his house with a rich dowry, and those attendants, all of whom were from the Meng Mansion, put down the dowry and stayed in the Fu family, so they had to ask Fu Ziwen to give an answer on the spot. Now Fu Qingqing is still taking care of the study, and has not yet returned home, he hurriedly found someone and went to the study to tell Fu Qingqing that he should not go back to Fu's house for the time being, but according to Qingqing's intelligence and temperament, how can he not be suspicious, and how can he follow what he said.
Knock knock, a few regular knocks sounded, and outside the door, the voice of a strange woman came in: "Master Fu, we have waited from noon to now, have you chosen an auspicious day for marriage? The woman's tone of voice was tough, and when she said something, Fu Ziwen couldn't refute it at all.
"Yes, master, you hurry up, Master Meng is still waiting, and the blame will be imposed at that time, and the little ones really can't bear it." The little servants of the Fu family also urged Fu Ziwen to set a date quickly.
Fu Ziwen suddenly stopped his anxious footsteps at this moment, and looked helplessly at the closed study door. This Fu family, now except for Qingqing and him, is all Meng Qiushuang's people, this group of little guys doesn't put him in their eyes at all, although they call him master on the surface and serve him, but once Meng Qiushuang speaks, who of them will help him for half a point!
On this day, if he decides, he will admit his marriage with the Meng family in public, think about the dirty things that the Meng family has done to his wife, think about how the Meng family dealt with their Fu family in order to cover up their ugliness, and then think about the years of enduring and being at the mercy of others, but now he still can't escape the fate of being a mermaid. Fu Ziwen sighed deeply, and the sourness in his heart surged up. In this life, he has already lived so hard, he can't bury his biological daughter's lifelong happiness!
Having made up his mind, Fu Ziwen didn't hesitate anymore, he raised his head, and a resolute look appeared on his face. This was the first time in decades that he had made such a decisive decision, reaching out to open the door of the study, looking at the small people outside, with a serious face.
The first time I saw this Fu family master have such a look, the people were stunned, and then they came to their senses, and they were sarcastic in their hearts, but they were just mermaids, dying and struggling, this pro, it must be done, and if it is not successful, it must be done! The eldest master of the Meng family has already issued a death order, if he Fu Ziwen does not give a day today, then the eldest master of the Meng family will personally handle it!
"Master Fu, are you decided?" The matchmaker is also a person who observes words and feelings, seeing that Fu Ziwen's face is a little wrong, he softened his attitude, bowed slightly and stepped forward to ask softly, his face seemed to be polite and polite, but he couldn't stop saying in his heart, hurry up, hurry up and go back to pay the errand, it has been a small half a day here, if it weren't for the death order of the eldest master of the Meng family, she would not have wasted this time in front of this poor and sour literati.
"Certainly, definitely?" Fu Ziwen snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and said: "Bring these dowries back! The Fu family has no plans to marry their daughter!" When everyone heard this, they were dumbfounded, and even the matchmaker looked at Fu Ziwen incredulously, isn't this Fu family old man obsessed? His temperament was not like this before, as long as Master Meng said a word, he didn't promise to accept it once, I thought it would be the same this time, but I didn't expect it to be like this!
The matchmaker's face turned pale at that time, and he raised his head and said to Fu Ziwen: "Master Fu! Master Meng said, this pro is witnessed by the eldest prince and personally agreed! Let me hire you today, I want you to hurry up and set a date! You still don't have to embarrass the little ones, make a quick decision, let the small ones go back to pay the errand, otherwise Master Meng will personally choose the day and manage it." Between the words, there was suddenly no respect for Fang Cai.
Fu Ziwen's face sank, and he threw his sleeves and said angrily: "It's against you!" stretched out his hand and pointed at the matchmaker, and then pointed to the various small guys, seeing these subordinates looking straight at him, there was no usual respectful look in their eyes, and some of them were even mocking, as if watching a play. He trembled with rage, and his raised arms trembled. Looking at this group of people, he only felt anger burning in his heart, his lips trembled slightly, and he couldn't even spit out half a word.
"Bold!" A clear voice came from the gate, Fu Ziwen looked at the door, the matchmaker and many small servants also turned back, only to see that Fu Qingqing returned to the Fu family with peace and auspiciousness, her face was calm, and she couldn't see the slightest emotion. But the two of them were angry and angry.
"Oh, Miss Fu is back. After all, she is the daughter-in-law designated by Meng Qiushuang, and the matchmaker knows in her heart that this Fu Ziwen has offended and Master Meng has the backing, but this Miss Fu family is something she can't afford to offend. hurriedly changed his smiling face to greet him: "Ouch, Miss Fu, hurry up and persuade Master Fu, we are just subordinates who do things, today..."
Before she finished speaking, Fu Qingqing raised her hand to interrupt her words, this woman was really noisy, this voice made her headache, her fingers pressed lightly at her temples, closed her eyes and said: "I remember, before we get married, we should have to test the birth date." The rules passed down by the ancestors, haven't you forgotten it?"
"This..." blocked the matchmaker with one sentence, she didn't expect that Fu Qingqing would actually act as a star to tell the destiny of heaven.
"Tut-tut, grandma, the people of our family, even if they are not royal relatives and nobles, but their status is not low, they have not yet calculated the destiny of heaven and verified the eight characters of the birthday, so they are in a hurry to give a dowry and a letter of appointment, and urge us to set a date, isn't it a little messed up with the rules and regulations?" This Fu Qingqing is really powerful, sharp teeth, the matchmaker knows that he is not an opponent, so he no longer urges, but changes his face and says: "This is not a small urging, but the eldest prince and Master Meng, the small, the small one has to be explained." ”
Fu Qingqing smiled slightly, and said, "Explain, Okay, I'll let you give an explanation!"
"Huh?! Miss Fu!" The matchmaker and the little servants were extremely surprised, and they were anxious! This is a dowry! It's just burned, Master Meng, how is it good! Hurry up and let people get water to put out the fire!
Fu Qingqing didn't care about them, let them go blindly, brought peace and auspiciousness to Fu Ziwen's side, and the four of them quietly watched the good show in front of them.