Chapter Seventy-One: Family Affairs Are Deceitful
On the third day when Cheng Zhen was seized in Dali Temple, Weifu received the news that he committed suicide in fear of crime. The strange thing is that there are no corpses, no relics, as if the world has evaporated.
Aunt You was seriously ill, so she sent someone to inquire with the silver, but there was no news three or four times in a row. The people of Dali Temple are unanimous, only saying that they committed suicide in fear of sin, but when asked about the corpse, they all closed their mouths, as if they were facing a great enemy.
Wei Dongshu was busy with business, and at the same time, he had to take care of You's condition, and after half a month, half a head of gray hair was born. Although he didn't say anything, he didn't have a gloomy look on his lips every day.
The old lady complained all day long, and Wei Dongshu could only listen, but she couldn't listen anymore, so she carried a palm-sized blue flower shower to water the pomegranate flower potted plants. There are already a few budding buds blooming on the flower branches, it is the green season, thinking of his son who is not angry, why is he not in such an age of first blooming flowers?
The clan elder walked into the flower hall tremblingly, Wei Dongshu put down the shower and stepped forward to help him. The clan elder sat down steadily, twisting his beard: "Recently, the family has not been going well, I have looked for the gods yesterday, and our family urgently needs a family affair to rush to Chongxi." ”
The words of the clan elder were like throwing stones into the sea, and he didn't even hear a sound, Wei Dongshu looked at his mother, and the old lady put down the Buddha beads, and also looked at the clan elder inexplicably.
The clan elder sighed first: "I know that you can't let go of Zhen'er's death, but you still have to live this day, don't you?" The girls in our family are not young, and it is time to get married." ”
Married? Wei Dongshu then remembered that his daughters had reached the age of marriage, and it was a good age to say goodbye.
The clan elder smiled: "There is no main lady in the family, but the girls' lifelong events have been delayed." ”
As soon as he mentioned the main room, Wei Dongshu thought of Yuan Xi's mother-in-law, and couldn't help but sigh.
The clan elder said: "Your child is good at everything, but she doesn't care about the family, I think the You family is good, in the past few years, she has been in charge of the family, and she has been in good order for big and small affairs, and she has helped you give birth to a pair of children, you might as well straighten her up, and the children's lifelong affairs are also managed." ”
Wei Dongshu shook his head: "Let's talk about this later." ”
Seeing that the matter of the You clan was not settled, the clan elder smiled indifferently: "You are also the year of knowing your fate, such a thing should be considered by yourself, if you are not in a hurry, I will not be able to say it again." It's just that these girls in our family can't be delayed, if they miss the good age of getting married, won't they become old girls?"
That being said, but who the girls want to marry is not a good choice after all. The old lady frowned: "What does the eldest brother mean, is it the offspring of which family he has already fallen into?"
The clan elder smiled: "It's really what you said!" He took out a red cloth bag from his arms, inside were two palm-sized notes, and inside were two birthdays: "One is the son of the three girls of our family, and the other is the son of the rich businessman Zhao family, I have already looked for the immortals, the son of the Zhao family and our three girls are a match made in heaven, and they have a good marriage in the previous life." In addition, Zhao Gongzi looks good and is honest, I think this is a good family business, what do you say?"
The old lady took the two birthday eight characters suspiciously, and calculated it herself, as if the clan elder was right.
"The Zhao family, but Wan Yongxing's Boss Zhao? When Xi Yintang opened, he also sent Dongzhu to Xi'er?" Wei Dongshu racked his brains and only remembered this Boss Zhao.
"Isn't it, the second boy of his family just won the fame of Xiucai the year before last, and I heard that he will take the tribute exam in a few years!" The clan elder took an octagonal pear blossom wooden box, opened the lid of the box, and there was a purified violet jade concubine bracelet quietly nested inside, and the clan elder smiled and said: "Look, people heard that it is our family's three girls who recruit virtuous sons-in-law, and even the gifts are ready." As the saying goes, red and green emerald purple are precious, and people are emperor purple. You see how much Boss Zhao values our three girls! The three girls will not be wronged if they marry in the past. ”
That bracelet is really rare and high-quality, and Boss Zhao is willing to send such a bracelet as a gift, which shows that he really wants to marry the Wei family. Wei Dongshu has also seen this Boss Zhao, and Wei Dongshu also knows a little about his family background, he is an innocent person, presumably the second son will not be too bad.
This matter made Wei Dongshu scratch his head a little, although Yuan Xi is now the county lord of the imperial court, but in the end he is the daughter of an imperial businessman, the royal family and county lords are as many as cattle hair, if there are not hundreds or dozens, how can the emperor remember Yuan Xi? In case there is a war in the future, and the royal family members are asked to go to make peace, the royal family is reluctant to have their own daughter, maybe they will think of Yuan Xi, at that time, it will be too late to regret it, the vast desert, the language is not understood, those foreign tribes are grassland tribes that drink blood, it is really better to marry an ordinary person.
Wei Dongshu is a little tempting, Boss Zhao is also popular in the antique shop, and it is not bad for Yuan Xi to marry such a person.
"Marriage matters are about the right family, although the three girls are married, but as long as the life is good, there is no need to stick to these small sections. Seeing that Wei Dongshu was moved, the clan elder spoke more energetically.
"But......" The old lady hesitated for a while: "The third girl has never seen this Zhao family son, in case the temperament is not harmonious, or there are any quirks, wouldn't it be that the third girl will not be happy for the rest of her life?"
"The son of the Zhao family has a very good temperament, what quirks can a scholar have?" The clan elder smiled: "I think that our two adults will meet first in this matter, and set the date, bride price and so on." ”
"It's not good," the old lady still shook her head: "Let the two of them meet each other, in case they don't like each other, choose another good match, don't delay Zhao Gongzi." ”
"It's done, it's decided, I'll go and talk to the matchmaker. The patriarch walked out of the flower hall with a smile.
After a few turns on the verandah, I saw You Shi, who was pale. Although You Shi was sick, his eyes were still fierce: "Clan Elder, I heard Jia'er say that you told Wei Yuanxi's calamity star that you are a good family?"
"Yes, the second boy of the Zhao family. As soon as the clan elder's eyes drooped, You Shi wiped the stone pier on the corridor with a knowing face, and the clan elder stared at You Shi and sat down slowly: "What, your eyes are red?"
You Shi hesitated and said: "Clan elder, such a good family affair, why do you just think about her, Jia'er is also not small, how can there be a reason that my sister has not yet married, and my sister has become a family first? Besides, the conditions of the Zhao family are so good, why are you cheap her!"
The clan elder smiled: "It's shallow, isn't it?"
You Shi was stunned for a moment, and the clan elder said quietly: "Can't you see Wei Yuanxi's career getting bigger and bigger? If she really becomes the climate, everything about the Wei family has nothing to do with you." ”
"What do you mean?"
"The only way to stop her from becoming a climate right now is to let her marry. Although your man will give her a lot of dowry, but those gold, silver and jewelry are all dead, and only the industry is alive, and it is endless, and it makes money with money, understand?" The clan elder said in a deep voice: "What we have to do now is to let her get out of the Wei family with these shiny dead things as soon as possible." ”
You Shi is not stupid, his eyes are in the frame, and he figured it out: "It's really yours!"
"Are you still jealous of the Zhao family's relatives?" The clan elder pinched the hand of the You family: "As soon as Wei Yuanxi gets out, I will persuade your husband to straighten you out, so that Jia'er will inherit the Wei family's inheritance, and at that time, what kind of virtuous son-in-law can't be found?"
"No, not at all," You smiled coquettishly: "Clan Elder, you are clever, I really can't match it." ”
"Come on, don't be a sycophant, you also go back and persuade Jia'er and tell her not to come out to stir up the situation. The patriarch patted his ass and stood up: "I know that Cheng Zhen's death was all caused by the three girls, if she hadn't said bad things in front of the two princes, Cheng Zhen might not have been arrested in Dali Temple." But now is not the time for revenge, we must first stand firm, take everything we deserve, and then slowly torture her. ”
Seeing You Shi's thoughtful appearance, the clan elder smiled again: "Are you thinking, the three girls have all married into the Zhao family, how can you torture her? Let me tell you, I have already thought about it, the eldest of the Zhao family married a fierce woman, and the second son of the Zhao family is a scholar who does not carry things." When the three girls pass the door, can the easily spare her? If we don't do anything, someone will help us treat her. ”
......
"Is the third lady of the Wei family here?"
A well-mannered scholar walked into Xiyin Hall, he was born thin and a girl. As soon as he entered, he snapped open the folding fan. Yuan Xi heard someone call him, and when he turned around, he saw a stranger, so he got up and smiled: "This son, but he came to pawn?"
Yuan Xi looked him up and down, wearing an ink and bamboo shadow Wensheng Gongzi, and holding a folding fan in early spring. This fan is a good thing, pineapple flowers, jade pendants, and satin paintings are painted by later generations to imitate the autumn suburbs drinking horses.
"Childe is going to be this fan?"
The little boy was stunned for a moment, and bowed down: "The student is not here to pawn, the student is here to see the third lady of the Wei Mansion." The student's surname is Zhao Mingyi, the word Yunsheng, and Boss Zhao of Wan Yongxing is my father. ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Boss Zhao's son-in-law, disrespectful and disrespectful. Yuan Xiyi stretched out his hand and let Zhao Gongzi to the upper seat: "Ling'er, show Zhao Gongzi tea." ”
Zhao Gongzi took the tea and said, "The student was a talent in the examination the year before last, and he can go to the examination in two years." ”
Yuan Xi wondered, this Zhao Gongzi, who had never met before, was just here to introduce himself and drink a cup of tea?
"Is Ling Zun okay lately?" Won-hee asked first.
"My father is doing well, and Miss Lao San is worried. Zhao Gongzi replied with the same words, and then looked at Yuan Xi secretly. He didn't dare to look at it generously, so sneaky made Yuan Xi a little embarrassed.
"Zhao Gongzi came this time, why did he come here?"
Zhao Gongzi put down the tea bowl and looked at Yuan Xi in confusion: "What does Miss mean by this?
"Matchmaker?" Ling'er's eyes widened: "What matchmaker?"
"The matchmaker who said goodbye to the two of us!" Zhao Gongzi said.
"Say pro?!" Yuan Xi stood up suddenly.