At the banquet, the topic naturally expanded on the matter of "recruiting sons-in-law".

Not only the Liu Shen family, but the Xijing family has no shortage of daughters of appropriate age.

Old Man Bai mentioned that Kou Yong went north to Hezhou and confronted the giant spirit.

The head of the Liang family talked about Gu Yixin's stationing in Huaiyang and opening his eyes for the common people.

Then, Jiang Qihu turned the conversation and casually asked how much dowry Ao Fuwei had received.

It was Ao Zhixian himself who replied.

"Two boxes of ayaluo, two horses, a pair of jade, and ten slaves."

She said softly - by the standards of the Dahua family, it is quite shabby.

"On the day of the wedding, the dowry should be doubled."

Ao Zhixian added another sentence.

Su Peifeng lowered his head slightly and raised his glass to hide his face.

Jiang Qihu laughed when he saw this.

"In ancient times, the princes and princes accepted the levy, and the regulations were no more than horses and jade, which shows that the sincerity is full."

He raised his glass to Su Peifeng as he spoke.

Ao Zhixian's smile suddenly froze.

If the wine has passed several times, the people gradually stop drinking.

The atmosphere is slightly colder.

It's time to get down to business.

Ao Fuwei immediately glanced at his daughter.

Ao Zhixian knew what his father meant.

"Everyone, use it slowly, and know the strings to retire first."

She stood in front of the table and saluted, and said respectfully.

"Well, go ahead."

Avwe replied briefly.

A slender hand pressed Su Peifeng's shoulder.

He hesitated slightly, but finally got up.

"The younger generation will send Zhixian back."

Su Peifeng said.

He was about to turn around when he heard Liu Xiu speak.

"I've always heard that you two are inseparable."

"But once the gift is accepted, the love between the two is not in the morning and twilight."

"I'm going to talk about something serious later, you can stay and listen."

Liu Xiu is the person with the highest status here, and since he speaks, there is no room for the younger generation to refuse.

Su Peifeng said yes, returned to his seat, and glanced back, only to see Ao Zhixian's back turning the screen in the hallway.

The room was closed, and the topic became serious.

"Today, Heng Wei was invited to my office for questioning, and he is no longer as arrogant as before."

The first to speak was the Liangzhou Buzheng.

"Fuboxing's petition and materials for the nuisance operation of the Boat Department have also been prepared."

And then there's Avwe.

"My ancestor plans to make an appointment for a drink in the Year of the Turtle before the year, and he also sent a post to the two of Tianpeng Mountain......

The voice is getting lower, the semantics are getting deeper, and there is nothing that Su Peifeng can catch upon.

He sat down silently, listening to the decisions of all the things in Liangzhou during the banquet, and he seemed to see the wind and smoke of the Yao River and the sunset in Xijing.

After half an hour, the atmosphere returned to relaxation.

They called the maids and served new wine.

At this time, Jiang Qihu suddenly spoke.

"My family recently got a new business, with a principal of 40,000 yuan and 100 shares."

"I ate forty shares, but it was a little difficult, and I was willing to let half of it out."

He said and looked down.

"If Su Xian's nephew has a balance in his family, do you want to play together?"

Su Peifeng was stunned for a moment.

Su's family affairs, he has never been able to manage the house; And personal affairs, from daily clothing to social interactions, have all been decided by Ao Zhixian in recent years.

Detaching from the latter to make a decision feels so far away that it's strange.

But when the banquet was quiet, when he caught the gaze of the "shocked hundred-mile" Jiang Qihu, a sudden surge of power in his body made him realize the meaning of the other party's move and react.

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Su Peifeng replied and got up to toast.

Jiang Qihu smiled and took it.

After a while, the crowd dispersed.

Accompanied by Ao Fuwei and the two juniors, the gentlemen of each family left one after another.

The last thing to stop downstairs was the wagon of the Fubo Gang.

"I just asked the steward, and I said that Xiao Yu'er had already left, and he was really ignorant."

Ao Zhiji complained to his brother-in-law.

"You don't have to wait for her, just go for yourself."

He left the sentence, stepped down from the stone platform, and boarded the car with his father to leave.

On the white jade steps, Su Peifeng was left alone.

The moonlight is shining, and the goose feathers are falling all over the sky.

Where the eyes fall, the world is like jade, frozen from time.

The white night is very quiet, and the wind stops.

Where should I go? 】

Su Peifeng had a thought, and then his heart was empty for a long time.

Standing stunned for a moment, he walked into Wangjiang Lane and turned west at the entrance of the alley - there, Ao Zhixian had a private courtyard.

Two more streets.

When the moonlit snow tiles in the small courtyard came into view, Su Peifeng finally stopped.

The Su family's mansion is in the south of Xijing City.

Walking slowly in the snow, the foot is about half an hour.

The porter was awakened in the middle of the night, and he was dissatisfied, but when he saw the appearance of the person who came on a snowy night, how could he dare to be tired.

The room was simply furnished but spotlessly clean.

Su Peifeng sat on the edge of the bed, took off his shirt, and exuded a strong smell of wine.

The maid held a hot towel and wiped his body.

"Yanran, when I'm not there, this room is also cleaned every day?"

Su Peifeng asked.

"I also changed my mattress."

He pressed the bed.

"The young master spent the night at home last time, and the autumn tiger has not yet passed, how can he use the same set of mattresses as Layue?"

The maid sneered.

"Sweeping every day is the duty of a slave, and it is not worth mentioning the young master."

"It's just that if you don't use it often, it will get old and ...... fast"

Su Peifeng didn't know how to answer, just nodded.

Since the late spring of last year, he has rarely returned home, either staying with Ao Zhixian in the Fubo Gang mansion or staying overnight in the courtyard in the west of the city.

So much so that this beautiful maid given by the clan after getting the "Giant Spirit Appearance" is not familiar with him.

Yanran soaked the cold towel back into the basin and washed it.

Between the collars, a golden light was revealed, reflecting the candle flame.

It is a tiny gold necklace.

"Where did it come from?"

Su Peifeng reached over and rubbed the chain on his fingertips.

"It was given by the eldest lady."

Yanran replied.

"It's after the young master is on the Tianjiao list."

"The eldest lady said, wearing this chain, the slave and maid will have a fate, and they are the young master's people......"

She said with a slight flush in her cheeks.

Su Peifeng did not reply.

He withdrew his hand and pressed the golden chains around his neck.

Twenty months ago, the spring of the twenty-seventh year of Zhenghe had not yet fallen.

He had just entered the realm of chaos, and openly killed the young gang leader of the Red Hand Gang, and officially had the "nickname" of the red-faced god.

That night, with seven knife wounds, he entered Ao Zhixian's boudoir for the first time.

The copper basin was filled with water, soaked in white silk, and wiped away the blood stains on the hair strands.

Shirtless, kneeling in front of the bed.

Then, Ao Zhixian leaned down and put on the chains forged in gold for him.

The light is brilliant, and the laughter dances lightly.

He smelled the acquiescence that smelled of blood, and was ecstatic, trembling and climbing onto the embroidery bed.

The girl is like a poppy.

He already knew her danger.

That night, he also tasted her beauty.

ps：

"The world is like jade" is transformed into the "Song of the Cave Immortals" made up by Chao.

The original sentence is "Look at the jade as the world, and the plain swing is clear".

Many of the metaphors and simulacrums in my book are from Chinese and foreign poems that I have read—there have been countless Chinese and foreign talents for thousands of years, and I don't think I will be the original creator of any metaphor.

Some of these rhetoric I remember the source, and some of which I "think" are original.

I specifically mentioned this stubble because I recently read Xibei's modern poem "Passerby", published in 2015, which has a sentence "Although the wind is strong, it bypasses my soul", which is particularly good.

Then I remembered that I had written in the first volume, "The mountain wind blew strongly, but they all bypassed his tears", and I thought it was good.

Obviously, my sentence came from Xibei.

But I can't remember when or where I first read Passerby.

The first time I realized this was happening in the last book.

The character I wrote about was killed in battle, and his last words were "I have been fighting like this in my life, and I have no regrets".

I was smug at the time.

Later, a reader left a message saying that it was like the last words of Rao, a character in the Fist of the Big Dipper, "I have no regrets in my career".

I haven't read this manga, but I've only heard the name and the main character, Kenjiro.

But looking back at the slice, I'm pretty sure the inspiration came from Rao – maybe I heard about it, maybe I watched it on VOD as a kid, but I don't remember it anymore.

If there is a similar situation, you are welcome to mark it for me. (PS is added later)

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