The Dragon Boat Festival is in the middle of summer, and the Qing people are growing up.

At this time of year, a dragon boat race is held on the Weishui River in Kyoto. However, the embankment of the Weishui River is low and narrow, and there are many people watching the dragon boat race, and there are always people who fall into the water and die every year.

For this reason, this year's Dragon Boat Festival was brought forward by the government, and the venue was changed to the Luojiang River outside the city, and a fence and grandstand were built on the bank of the Luojiang River, which were guarded by Yulin Wei and the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the race had not yet begun, and the stands on the banks of the Luojiang River were already crowded. The Changxing Royal Mansion and the Jiang family both built pergolas on the stands on the banks of the Luojiang River, and coincidentally, the pergola of the Tanglin Royal Mansion was in the middle of the two families.

The princess of Tanglin stayed in the palace due to physical discomfort, and the king of Tanglin brought several children and the white concubine to watch the game.

When Mrs. Jiang knew that Concubine Bai was also here, she was very disdainful. is just a concubine, and only the king of Dongling, who is faint, treats it as a treasure.

There are many Jiang families, and the pergola is a little crowded. Princess Changxing invited Mrs. Jiang's family to watch the race in their pergola. Mrs. Qi didn't like the people in the Changxing Palace, so she didn't follow her under the pretext that she wanted to be with the Li family.

Qi Tanying wanted to stay, but was pulled by Jiang Yi and Jiang Mei.

There are eight dragon boats floating side by side on the surface of the Luojiang River, the most striking of which is the dragon boat with a black gold dragon head in the middle, the dragon boat is more than ten zhang long, seven or eight feet high, the dragon hair goes to the water two feet, there are seven people sitting on it, all of them are tied with red scarves.

There was a man on the dragon's head, who took the drum stick, and as soon as the gong and drum of the competition sounded, that man began to beat the drum with a heavy hammer. The black gold dragon boat is like an arrow off the string, leaving the rest of the dragon boats behind.

Mrs. Jiang's eyes fell on the dragon boat, and she knew at a glance that it was none other than her eldest son, Jiang Liangyu, who was beating the drum.

Mrs. Jiang excitedly pulled the handkerchief, and Jiang Yi on the side shouted: "I saw the eldest brother." ”

"Wow, big brother is amazing!"

At this time, Jiang Liangyu was very different from his usual polite appearance, looking like a general commanding a battle.

The county lord of Qingyang was stunned, and his eyes were full of admiration and admiration. Suddenly, Jiang Yi's crisp and loud voice came from his ears, "Sister Tan, will Wuzhou also hold a dragon boat race?" ”

The county lord of Qingyang followed the sound and saw that she was talking to the girl on the side with a smile.

She heard the maiden reply, "Yes, but not so grand." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to watch the game with great interest, and the eyes of the county lord of Qingyang stayed on her, and he did not retract it for a long time.

Qi Tanying vaguely sensed that someone was looking at her, and as soon as she turned her head, she met the eyes of the county lord of Qingyang.

Qi Tanying remembered that when she first met the county lord of Qingyang, she also looked at herself like this. The inquiry, suspicion, and other uncertain meanings of the eyes made her feel very uncomfortable.

Qi Tanying planned to go back to the pergola of the Jiang family, and was about to talk to Mrs. Jiang, but she heard that Princess Changxing wanted to help her find her mother-in-law's house.

Mrs. Jiang politely excused herself, only saying that she didn't dare to trouble the princess.

Princess Changxing seems to have made up her mind to help with this, "After Qingyang and Brother Liang get married, Miss Qi will have to call her a cousin-in-law." It's all a family, so what's not troublesome. ”

She deliberately raised her voice so that Qi Tanying could hear it clearly.

Mrs. Jiang turned her back to Qi Tanying, not knowing that she was standing behind her.

Qi Tanying didn't say anything, Princess Changxing looked at her and said: "My mother's family has a nephew, twenty years old this year, the youngest son in the family, loved by his parents since he was a child, and he is also smart, I think he is quite a match for Miss Qi." ”

Princess Changxing came out of the Pingning Marquis's mansion, and the current Pingning Marquis is her eldest brother, and she has only one son under her knees, who is now twenty-eight years old. The nephew in her mouth is naturally not Wu Han, the son of the Marquis of Pingning, but Wu Jihai, the youngest son of her brother-in-law.

Mrs. Jiang waved her hand anxiously, "Niangniang, I can't help it." My sister said that the Qi family is just an ordinary family, and you don't need to go to a wealthy family to find a husband for your daughter, as long as the son-in-law is a hurtful person. ”

That Wu Jihai bears the name of the son of the Marquis of Pingning, and often fools around outside, and his wife accepts a room of concubines before he marries, which is really not a good candidate.

Mrs. Jiang felt that if she really promised Qi Tanying to such a person, her sister was afraid that she would try her best.

Princess Changxing stared at her, "In that case, I'm afraid my nephew won't have this blessing." Mrs. Jiang could only smile helplessly, thinking that she had to quickly finalize her niece's marriage.

At this time, an angry shout suddenly came from the pergola of the Tanglin King's Mansion next door, which sounded like the voice of the Tanglin King, and then heard the woman's cry.

Princess Changxing glanced at the maid on the side, and the maid quietly withdrew. After a while, the maid came back in a hurry, whispered a few words in Princess Changxing's ear, Princess Changxing's face changed greatly, and she immediately ordered to return to the house immediately.

The rest of the people didn't know what was happening, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

It wasn't until he returned to Jiang's house that Dr. Jiang told everyone what had happened.

It turned out that the eldest girl of the Tanglin Mansion had a dispute with the white concubine, and was reprimanded by the Tanglin King for a few words, and the eldest girl was angry and took the maid back to the house.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a gangster in the middle of the road, and the accompanying maids, guards, and coachmen were all killed, and the eldest girl was nowhere to be found.

Such a horrific thing not only frightened several girls, but even elders such as Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Qi who had experienced the storm were also uneasy.

Mrs. Jiang told them not to go out in the near future and stay at home.

A few days later, the gangsters who kidnapped the eldest girl of the Tanglin Mansion were arrested, but the eldest girl had already died. I heard that the death was very pitiful, and when she was found, she was soaked in the water for a few days, and her identity was identified by the red mole behind her earlobe.

The king and the princess of Tanglin lost their beloved daughter, and the princess couldn't afford to fall ill. The king of Tanglin angrily complained to the current saint that the corpse of Jingzhao Yamen, the Yulin guard and the patrol battalion were negligent, so that the eldest girl died innocently and tragically, and asked the saint to administer justice for him.

The saint was furious and ordered the gang of gangsters who kidnapped the eldest girl of the Tanglin Palace, Ling Chi, to be executed, and all the relevant responsible personnel were fined for one year, and the eldest girl was posthumously crowned as the lord of Yong'an County.

The case is finally understood.

Half a month after the case was closed, peace was restored in Kyoto, and the ladies of each family gradually began to go out to socialize.

Qi Tanying also began to plan for her marriage.

She gave Tinglan's brother Guanchao some silver money and asked him to inquire about Wu Jihai's appearance and character.

Watching the tide and doing things quickly, I quickly inquired clearly.

"He's not a good thing, he eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and everything, and the most disgraceful thing is that he also beats women. Whether it was the sister in the flower building or the woman in her own room, they were all punched by him. ”

Qi Tanying's face sank when she heard this, she was a princess of Changxing, she had no grievances with her, and she wanted to push her into the fire pit.

In the past, the Wuzhou Qi family was eyeing each other, and then there was Princess Changxing pressing forward step by step, where would she go to find a suitable candidate for her relatives in a short period of time?