Zhou Ruhai took so many people to propose to the Pei family while the Pei family was holding a celebration banquet, which was obviously premeditated.

Pei Chunqiu naturally knew that the purpose of the prefect was to get the ancestral jade in the Pei family ancestral hall. When he proposed in the morning, he expected that Zhou Ruhai would have a follow-up, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Spring Breeze Night Rain Building is not like Shaolin Wudang, nor is it the Four Great Families, they are just newly established Jianghu sects, they have just gained a foothold in the rivers and lakes, and they have no ability to wrestle with the government at all.

What's more, since ancient times, the people have not fought with the officials, and ordinary Jianghu sects either obey the orders of the government or stay away, but they will never turn their faces with the government. Ordinary battles in the rivers and lakes, killing a handful of people, is not a big deal, the people in the rivers and lakes, living is a life of begging for a living, but if you kill someone in the government, even if it is an ordinary catch, it is against the state machine, and it will inevitably be ruthlessly suppressed by the imperial court. Therefore, after Zhou Ruhai came to the hall, Pei Chunqiu's face became very pale.

"I didn't know if the adults arrived, the grass people were far away, and I ask the adults to forgive me!" Pei Chunqiu squeezed out a smile, came to Zhou Ruhai, and bowed down.

"Eh......" Zhou Ruhai stretched out his hand to hug each other, "We will all be a family in the future, why do you pay attention to these politeness." Come on, salute. ”

At the sound of an order, more than a dozen messengers carried eight boxes to the lobby, and the boxes were opened one by one and presented in front of everyone.

Suddenly, the room was full of jewels. The first box is neatly stacked with a row of gold ingots, the second box is a box of silver, three or four boxes are filled with pearl agate, gold and silver jewelry, and the back four boxes are silk and satin.

Among the squires who came to the banquet, most of them were squires in the city, some people were envious, and some people were suspicious, but at this stall, they all congratulated Pei Chunqiu.

"Pei Daxia, the prefect has such a big hand, I really want to congratulate you!"

What Zhou Ruhai wants is this effect, their Zhou family marries a daughter-in-law, then they have to do it according to the highest specifications, and said: "These are some pocket flowers for Ruyi, you can rest assured, as long as Ruyi marries into our Zhou family, our family will be treated as a biological daughter, and we will never treat her badly." ”

Having said that, Zhou Ruhai has already given enough face, if Pei Chunqiu is still not interested, then he will have to use other means.

Pei Chunqiu didn't collect it, nor did he collect it, and hesitated, "This ...... I'm afraid that the gift is too expensive, and I don't dare to accept it when I wait for a grass people. ”

Zhou Ruhai's face tightened when he heard this, "At noon today, this matter is decided, could it be that Brother Pei wants to go back on his word?"

Pei Chunqiu said that this is obviously your idea, I didn't agree, but at this time, on this occasion, he can't say this kind of thing.

Zhou Datong was wearing a red robe and also walked out from behind Zhou Ruhai, "The son-in-law kowtowed to Lord Yue." As he spoke, he fell to his knees and kowtowed three times in a row.

The person next to him also persuaded, "Brother Pei, just accept it." ”

Pei Chunqiu is extremely conflicted in his heart, one is the daughter raised by himself, and the other is the foundation of the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, who is Datong this week, he knows very well, if he agrees to this marriage, it will be to jump his daughter into the fire pit, if he does not agree, it will inevitably attract the revenge of the prefect.

Zhou Ruhai's surface sank like water, "What, do you think our family is not worthy of you?"

Pei Chunqiu waved his hand and said, "No, no." This one...... This matter was a bit sudden, and I didn't have time to discuss it with Ruyi yet. ”

"Haha, since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents, and the words of the matchmaker, where is the turn of the children to be the masters? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Zhou Ruhai said sharply, "Then take it!"

The crowd fell silent for a while.

At this time, Pei Ruyi stood up and shouted, "Dad, I won't marry! That Zhou Da concentric technique is not right, and he has done a lot of evil, I don't know how many girls I have had, and I would rather die if I want to marry something that is not as good as a pig and a dog." ”

This sentence shocked everyone's hearts, Pei Ruyi's courage is too big, if it is discussed behind his back, forget it, talking about his son in front of the prefect, it is really not knowing whether he is alive or dead, and he can't help but pinch his breath for the Pei family in his heart.

Sure enough, Zhou Ruhai's face became very gloomy, he paced in the lobby, and where he passed, everyone bowed their heads one after another.

"I, Zhou Ruhai, have been an official for four years, honest and honest, and I also discipline my son strictly, I didn't expect that in your mouth it became something inferior to a pig and a dog, Pei Chunqiu, you can raise this daughter, and you are too bold. ”

Pei Chunqiu shouted, "Ruyi, don't apologize to Lord Zhou yet!"

Pei Ruyi looked stubborn, tears swirling in his eyes, "I don't!"

Zhou Ruhai said coldly, "Pei Chunqiu, Spring Breeze Night Rain Building has had a good business in the past few years, I heard that I have made a lot of money by smuggling imperial grain." ”

Pei Chunqiu broke into a cold sweat, "Lord Zhou, what we do in Yeyulou is a serious business, and the food trafficked is all paid truthfully. ”

Zhou Ruhai obviously came prepared, he took out an account book from his arms, snapped, and threw it on the ground, "Pei Chunqiu, last autumn, the two granaries of Wuling Cang and Tongle Cang replaced a total of 300,000 quintals of rice and grain, these two granaries are for the purpose of adjusting grain prices and preparing for famine relief.

Pei Chunqiu showed an angry look in his eyes, these two things were done by him, but it was Zhou Ruhai's master who was the matchmaker, and it was instructed by the prefect.

After sitting down in the two transactions, the Pei family earned nearly 200,000 taels of silver, half of which was sent to the prefect's yamen. At this time, Zhou Ruhai shook this matter out, and now he knows that this is clearly a trap set by Zhou Ruhai in order to deal with the Pei family. It can be seen that Zhou Ruhai is also a scheming person.

However, he can't deny this kind of thing, let alone say that it was Zhou Ruhai who instructed him, because there is no evidence, and Zhou Ruhai did not come forward, even if he sued it, Zhou Ruhai could completely push this matter to the master.

Everyone is talking about it, the situation is very clear today, if Pei Chunqiu does not agree, I am afraid that this spring breeze and night rain building will be erased from Fuling City, and a person next to him said, "This is the sin of bullying the monarch and copying the family!"

Zhou Ruhai said, "You think about it, either marry your daughter to Datong, or go to the government to explain these two things clearly, or ......" Zhou Ruhai paused, "I heard that your family has a piece of fine ancient jade, and it will be the emperor's birthday soon, if you donate this jade, today's incident will be regarded as if it has not happened." ”

Xiao Jinyanxin said that this Zhou Ruhai is really cunning, before Zhou Ruhai asked them to destroy the jade, it was just a temptation, in fact, his real purpose was to get the jade, in the name of paying tribute to the emperor, to take advantage of it, and there was really a set.

Pei Chunqiu's mood was extremely bad, he was originally a hero, but he was forced to this by Zhou Ruhai, and couldn't help laughing, "Zhou Ruhai, do your Spring and Autumn dreams, this fast jade is the ancestral heirloom of my Pei family, our Zhou family children once swore in front of their ancestors, jade is at home, jade is dead, if you are so aggressive, even if our Pei family is bankrupt, we will fight to the end!"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, you make it difficult for me?" Zhou Ruhai smiled, "I don't have to ask you for this piece of jade, this matter is very easy to solve, as long as Ruyi is married to our Zhou family, our Zhou Pei family will be relatives from now on, and naturally I won't want your ancestral heirlooms." If not......"

Hearing a commotion outside the door, countless officers and soldiers rushed in, surrounding the Pei family, "This official must have to investigate the Pei family's crimes over the years." ”

Zhou Ruhai forced him step by step, so that Pei Chunqiu had no way to retreat, could it be that the Pei family was really going to die? Thinking of this, he was already in tears.

At this moment, Pei Ruyi, who had been silent, suddenly shouted, "Slow!"

Everyone cast their eyes on her, Pei Ruyi came to Pei Chunqiu with tears in her eyes, kowtowed to him, and then said to Zhou Ruhai, "I'll marry!"

Zhou Ruhai retreated slightly, and smiled slightly, "That's right." It was supposed to be so simple, but it had to be so complicated. Brother Pei, I'll put down this gift first. ”

Pei Chunqiu burst into tears, held Pei Ruyi's hand and said, "Ruyi, it's Daddy who is sorry for you!"

Although Pei Ruyi has a pungent personality, he didn't know the scene of the Zhou family at this time, and couldn't help but burst into tears, "I was willing." ”

Zhou Ruhai said, "In that case, come here and kowtow to your future father-in-law." ”

Liao Dongdan on the side couldn't look past it, and asked Zhao Lanjiang, "Aren't you young heroes, don't you care when you encounter this kind of thing?"

Zhao Lanjiang pointed at Xiao Jinyan and Li Chengcheng, "They can take care of this kind of thing, I am only responsible for fighting." ”

Liao Dongdan said to Xiao Jinyan, "As long as you can stop her, I ...... I'll marry you. ”

Xiao Jinyan shook his head again and again, "I can't eat your worm." ”

Liao Dongdan looked dissatisfied.

Xiao Jinyan said again, "However, I can try." ”

Pei Ruyi wiped away her tears, walked in front of Zhou Ruhai, bowed down, "Ruyi to ......"

"Wait......"

When everyone heard the sound, in the corner of the lobby, a young man stood up, with a smile on his face, clapping his hands and saying, "What a touch!"

The person who spoke was Xiao Jinyan.

He came to the middle of the lobby, looked around, and said loudly, "Where is this proposed, this is obviously forced marriage!"

Zhou Ruhai's attention was on the Pei family before, and he didn't see Xiao Jinyan also in the field, so he was a little unhappy in his heart, and asked with a cold face, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Jinyan ignored him and asked Li Chengcheng, "Brother Li, I heard that there is a relative in your family who is the prefect of Hangzhou, how much is it for a month?"

Li Chengcheng was used to cooperating with him, so he didn't know what he thought, and said, "The prefect of Hangzhou, the monthly salary is only thirty taels of silver, plus the incorruptible silver, as well as Bing Jing, Tan Jing, Bei Jing, three festivals and two longevity, etc., only five hundred taels a year." ”

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "Yes, Hangzhou is a rich place in the world, a prefect of Hangzhou, and he receives a fortune from the imperial court a year, but only a few hundred taels." He pointed to the boxes all over the ground again, "The bride price of this marriage proposal is both gold and silver, not to mention a hundred thousand taels, I also know that Lord Zhou is as clear as water and famous as a mirror, even if he starts to be a prefect from his mother's womb, he can't earn this money." ”

As soon as these words came out, some people couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Being an official has his own way of being an official, this kind of thing, everyone knows it, and no one can say anything, but Xiao Jinyan said it in public, that is another matter, after all, think about it with your heels, these silvers can't be Zhou Ruhai's money.

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "Lord Zhou, I'm afraid that some of this money is from unknown sources." Could it be your family's ancestral?"

Zhou Ruhai was born in poverty, and his ancestors were all farmers for eight generations, so naturally he would not have any family property. Zhou Ruhai also considered this kind of thing, but as a parent official, even if he leaked money, others would not dare to talk nonsense, who would have expected to meet a guy like Xiao Jinyan.

Zhou Ruhai had a headache.

He also knew that Xiao Jinyan was Dean Li's junior brother, and he had a deep background in the family, so he couldn't afford to provoke him, but today was a matter of ambition, how could he be destroyed by the appearance of this kid, thinking of this, he said coldly, "How did you come, it doesn't seem to be your turn to worry, right?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Lord Zhou's words are wrong, as an official of the imperial court, you should love the people like a son, you can't abuse your power, you can't ask for power rent-seeking, and you have to put your power in a cage......"

Zhou Ruhai shouted, "Enough! Xiao Jinyan, it is for Dean Li's sake that I have repeatedly tolerated you, if you continue to talk nonsense here, believe it or not, I will put you in a cage?"

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "If the cage is made of pure gold, I can't think about it." ”

Bang!

Zhou Ruhai's heart was full of anger, slapped the table, stood up suddenly, took off his regular clothes, revealing a short shirt, and said: "Before Zhou became an official, he was also a person in the rivers and lakes, since you are unreasonable, then we will use the methods on the rivers and lakes to solve this matter." ”

Xiao Jinyan is waiting for this result, Zhou Ruhai's official status, he really has nothing to do with him, but since he proposed to use the rules of the rivers and lakes to solve it in public, it must be a fight.

Zhou Ruhai is a master of the Great Knowledge Realm, and his martial arts should be above Xiao Jinyan, but Xiao Jinyan is not without opportunities.

"That's a good time to ask. ”

The two of them stood still and were about to make a move, when they suddenly heard someone laughing outside the door, "How can you bother the prefect to do it yourself and be willing to serve in such a trivial matter." ”

As soon as the words fell, two people walked in outside the door, it was Sun Qiangu of the Imperial Sword Villa and Tang Disrespectful of the Bashan Sword Sect. After the three of them escaped today, Sun Qiangu was furious and asked Tang Bujing to look around for someone to inquire, and then heard that someone saw the three of them going to the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, and even rushed over, just happened to encounter this scene.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan and the three of them secretly complained in their hearts, this guy is really haunted.

Sun Qiangu passed by everyone, came to Zhou Ruhai, and arched his hand, "Sun Qiangu of the Imperial Sword Villa, I have seen the prefect. ”

Zhou Ruhai has never seen Sun Qiangu, but Fuling is not far from Wanzhou, and he is half a Jianghu person, so naturally he has also heard that Xiao Jinyan and the three of them made trouble in the Imperial Sword Villa. After all, he is a man in the officialdom, and it is a little inconvenient to deal with Xiao Jinyan, but Sun Qiangu made a move to avenge his son, and his name was justified, so he also arched his hand and said: "Mr. Sun, what happened to Ling Zhuang, the official deeply regrets it, and these three boys are handed over to you." ”

Sun Qiangu said coldly, "I came here for this son. ”

Seeing Sun Qiangu coming, Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang have come to Xiao Jinyan's side, standing side by side with him, tonight will inevitably be another bloody battle, if you are not careful, I am afraid that your life will be lost here.

Everyone present did not expect that there would be so many variables in a celebration banquet, and seeing that there was a vicious battle between the four of them, they all let go.

Sun Qiangu had let the three of them escape many times before, knowing that they were scheming, this time he didn't give them a chance at all, and went straight forward, shook the mountain sword out of the sheath, and attacked the three of them with a purple qi move.

He didn't crush them with the realm, he not only wanted to kill them, but also slowly tortured them, so that their life was worse than death, and he felt Sun Shaoming's pain before he died.

The three of them hurriedly blocked, only to feel that a huge true qi enveloped them, and they had no power to fight back.

Bang bang bang!

The three of them were hit by the sword qi and retreated three or four feet away, their whole body breath disordered, and they gasped for breath.

Sun Qiangu attacked again.

"Wait!" Xiao Jinyan shouted.

Sun Qiangu looked at them coldly.

Xiao Jinyan asked tentatively, "Why don't you talk for a while?"

Sun Qiangu felt bored, he didn't pay attention to him at all, and the mountain-shaking sword was in his hand, and a sword gang was born from the long sword, and a purple qi was emanated.

Jian Gang!

The crowd exclaimed.

Although it is said that if you enter the Great Knowledge Mystery Realm, you can raise the sword gang with sword qi, but the sword gang of the Sun Qiangu Datong Elephant Realm is another realm, and against an ordinary Elephant master, you can even split the opponent's law space with a sword.

Whoosh.

Sun Qiangu swung out three swords, and the three sword qi attacked the place where the three people landed, hitting the throats of the three people, extremely fierce.

Xiao Jinyan shouted and dispersed.

In the afternoon, when practicing in the mountain stream, the three of them had discussed, if they really faced Sun Qiangu and blindly dodged, there would definitely be no chance, but it was better to take the initiative to attack by surprise, maybe there was an opportunity.

Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng separated to the left and right, and after dodging Jian Gang's attack, they swung their blades and stabbed at Sun Qiangu.

Looking at Xiao Jinyan again, he rolled forward on the spot, dodged Jian Gang, and the unequaled divine fist was used, from the bottom up, attacking Sun Qiangu's lower abdomen.

Sun Qiangu sneered, "I don't know what to do." ”

At this moment, he had a killing intention in his heart, and decided to kill one person first, and then seriously injure the other two, and torture him a little, regardless of Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng's attacks, and swung out a punch and hit Xiao Jinyan's fist.

Rumble!

Xiao Jinyan's whole body meridians were like pouring into the surging river, swimming in his body, in the middle of the sea, with a bang, the two meridians of Yang and Yin couldn't withstand the infusion of true qi, and broke violently.

Xiao Jinyan flew backwards like a broken kite, his face was like a blank piece of paper, and his whole body trembled.

At this moment, Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang's swords had already arrived, and Sun Qiangu borrowed the power of his fist to move three or four steps backwards, and the sword missed.

Sun Qiangu sneered in his heart, knowing that the relationship between these three people was very good, as long as Xiao Jinyan was kept, Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang would not abandon him. At this time, he was not in a hurry, and he was one against two, like a leisurely stroll.

The two attacked dozens of moves, knowing that he was doing this on purpose, and wanted to withdraw to save Xiao Jinyan, but they couldn't get out.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Li Tingcheng grabbed a handful of peanuts and threw them away, popping and extinguishing all the dozen or so lanterns in the lobby.

The originally brightly lit lobby was instantly dark. Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng even disappeared into the crowd.

The crowd was in an uproar.

If there were lights, they could still see the excitement, but at the moment, it was dark all around, and they fled out one after another for fear of being affected, and the whole hall was in chaos.

This is exactly what Li Qingcheng wants.

He shouted at Zhao Lanjiang, "Save people!"

The two ran in the direction of Xiao Jinyan, one left and one right, picked up Xiao Jinyan, performed light skills, ran outside the house, and disappeared into the night.

Sun Qiangu was caught by the crowd, and it was inconvenient to exert his strength, and when he came to the door, where were there three figures, his face was pale, he didn't even say hello, and chased out.

Waiting for the lanterns in the building to be lit again in the spring breeze and night rain, the entire lobby was in a mess, Zhou Ruhai looked at Pei Chunqiu, his expression was cold, "Pei Daxia, the troublemaker has left, what else do you have to say?"

Pei Chunqiu's heart was like ashes, looking at Pei Ruyi.

Pei Ruyi didn't know what was going on with his father, now Xiao Jinyan was seriously injured, his life and death are unknown, and Zhao and Li are not here, today's incident may be a foregone conclusion. She held Pei Chunqiu's hand with both hands and said, "Father, my daughter is willing to marry into the Pei family." ”

Everyone has dispersed, and Zhou Ruhai no longer shy away from some words, he looked at Pei Chunqiu coldly and said, "Your daughter wants to join the Pei family, and the piece of jade in your ancestral hall will also be brought into the Zhou family as a dowry, do you have any opinions?"

Pei Chunqiu's face was colorless, like a walking corpse, and he nodded with a dejected expression, "Okay, good." ”

Zhou Ruhai held Pei Chunqiu with both hands, "This is my good in-law." It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and it is better to hit the day than today, and today you and I are here to worship and get married. ”

Pei Renfeng said, "Where in the world is there a reason to marry in the woman's family?"

Zhou Ruhai said coldly, "I'm not informal, why are you talking too much?"

The matchmaker put the dowry that had been prepared on Pei Ruyi. When the Zhou family came, gongs and drums had been prepared, and at this time, the gongs and drums outside rang out in unison.

Pei Ruyi's eyes were full of tears.

Pei Renfeng sighed on the side, he regretted a little, as the eldest son in the family, when the family was facing annihilation, he had nothing to do. Over the years, it was said that he was practicing martial arts, but he had never really worked it, every time Pei Chunqiu reprimanded, he came to the martial arts training ground just to pretend, and now facing a crisis, he could only stare from the sidelines.

When he was ready and was about to get married, Pei Chunqiu said, "I want to go to the ancestral ancestral hall first to explain this matter!"

Zhou Ruhai was overjoyed in his heart, and when he went to the ancestral ancestral hall, he naturally had the opportunity to get the piece of jade, even if the Pei family didn't give it, he would grab it. This piece of jade, the legacy of Nerzhu Zhenren's ascension, is a treasure of the immortal family, if it can really be obtained, it will be a chance.

Thinking of this, he said, "That's very good." ”

Everyone came to the ancestral hall, Pei Chunqiu came to the door with a depressed face, knelt on the ground with a fluttering face, and read in his mouth: "The ancestors are above, the unfilial son Pei Chunqiu failed to fulfill the ancestral teachings of the family, and he was unable to protect his children, but he was a sinner of the Pei family, and he specially asked the ancestors for his guilt!"

After that, Pei Chunqiu crashed headlong into the stone lion at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

Zhou Ruhai took so many people to propose to the Pei family while the Pei family was holding a celebration banquet, which was obviously premeditated.

Pei Chunqiu naturally knew that the purpose of the prefect was to get the ancestral jade in the Pei family ancestral hall. When he proposed in the morning, he expected that Zhou Ruhai would have a follow-up, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Spring Breeze Night Rain Building is not like Shaolin Wudang, nor is it the Four Great Families, they are just newly established Jianghu sects, they have just gained a foothold in the rivers and lakes, and they have no ability to wrestle with the government at all.

What's more, since ancient times, the people have not fought with the officials, and ordinary Jianghu sects either obey the orders of the government or stay away, but they will never turn their faces with the government. Ordinary battles in the rivers and lakes, killing a handful of people, is not a big deal, the people in the rivers and lakes, living is a life of begging for a living, but if you kill someone in the government, even if it is an ordinary catch, it is against the state machine, and it will inevitably be ruthlessly suppressed by the imperial court. Therefore, after Zhou Ruhai came to the hall, Pei Chunqiu's face became very pale.

"I didn't know if the adults arrived, the grass people were far away, and I ask the adults to forgive me!" Pei Chunqiu squeezed out a smile, came to Zhou Ruhai, and bowed down.

"Eh......" Zhou Ruhai stretched out his hand to hug each other, "We will all be a family in the future, why do you pay attention to these politeness." Come on, salute. ”

At the sound of an order, more than a dozen messengers carried eight boxes to the lobby, and the boxes were opened one by one and presented in front of everyone.

Suddenly, the room was full of jewels. The first box is neatly stacked with a row of gold ingots, the second box is a box of silver, three or four boxes are filled with pearl agate, gold and silver jewelry, and the back four boxes are silk and satin.

Among the squires who came to the banquet, most of them were squires in the city, some people were envious, and some people were suspicious, but at this stall, they all congratulated Pei Chunqiu.

"Pei Daxia, the prefect has such a big hand, I really want to congratulate you!"

What Zhou Ruhai wants is this effect, their Zhou family marries a daughter-in-law, then they have to do it according to the highest specifications, and said: "These are some pocket flowers for Ruyi, you can rest assured, as long as Ruyi marries into our Zhou family, our family will be treated as a biological daughter, and we will never treat her badly." ”

Having said that, Zhou Ruhai has already given enough face, if Pei Chunqiu is still not interested, then he will have to use other means.

Pei Chunqiu didn't collect it, nor did he collect it, and hesitated, "This ...... I'm afraid that the gift is too expensive, and I don't dare to accept it when I wait for a grass people. ”

Zhou Ruhai's face tightened when he heard this, "At noon today, this matter is decided, could it be that Brother Pei wants to go back on his word?"

Pei Chunqiu said that this is obviously your idea, I didn't agree, but at this time, on this occasion, he can't say this kind of thing.

Zhou Datong was wearing a red robe and also walked out from behind Zhou Ruhai, "The son-in-law kowtowed to Lord Yue." As he spoke, he fell to his knees and kowtowed three times in a row.

The person next to him also persuaded, "Brother Pei, just accept it." ”

Pei Chunqiu is extremely conflicted in his heart, one is the daughter raised by himself, and the other is the foundation of the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, who is Datong this week, he knows very well, if he agrees to this marriage, it will be to jump his daughter into the fire pit, if he does not agree, it will inevitably attract the revenge of the prefect.

Zhou Ruhai's surface sank like water, "What, do you think our family is not worthy of you?"

Pei Chunqiu waved his hand and said, "No, no." This one...... This matter was a bit sudden, and I didn't have time to discuss it with Ruyi yet. ”

"Haha, since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents, and the words of the matchmaker, where is the turn of the children to be the masters? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Zhou Ruhai said sharply, "Then take it!"

The crowd fell silent for a while.

At this time, Pei Ruyi stood up and shouted, "Dad, I won't marry! That Zhou Da concentric technique is not right, and he has done a lot of evil, I don't know how many girls I have had, and I would rather die if I want to marry something that is not as good as a pig and a dog." ”

This sentence shocked everyone's hearts, Pei Ruyi's courage is too big, if it is discussed behind his back, forget it, talking about his son in front of the prefect, it is really not knowing whether he is alive or dead, and he can't help but pinch his breath for the Pei family in his heart.

Sure enough, Zhou Ruhai's face became very gloomy, he paced in the lobby, and where he passed, everyone bowed their heads one after another.

"I, Zhou Ruhai, have been an official for four years, honest and honest, and I also discipline my son strictly, I didn't expect that in your mouth it became something inferior to a pig and a dog, Pei Chunqiu, you can raise this daughter, and you are too bold. ”

Pei Chunqiu shouted, "Ruyi, don't apologize to Lord Zhou yet!"

Pei Ruyi looked stubborn, tears swirling in his eyes, "I don't!"

Zhou Ruhai said coldly, "Pei Chunqiu, Spring Breeze Night Rain Building has had a good business in the past few years, I heard that I have made a lot of money by smuggling imperial grain." ”

Pei Chunqiu broke into a cold sweat, "Lord Zhou, what we do in Yeyulou is a serious business, and the food trafficked is all paid truthfully. ”

Zhou Ruhai obviously came prepared, he took out an account book from his arms, snapped, and threw it on the ground, "Pei Chunqiu, last autumn, the two granaries of Wuling Cang and Tongle Cang replaced a total of 300,000 quintals of rice and grain, these two granaries are for the purpose of adjusting grain prices and preparing for famine relief.

Pei Chunqiu showed an angry look in his eyes, these two things were done by him, but it was Zhou Ruhai's master who was the matchmaker, and it was instructed by the prefect.

After sitting down in the two transactions, the Pei family earned nearly 200,000 taels of silver, half of which was sent to the prefect's yamen. At this time, Zhou Ruhai shook this matter out, and now he knows that this is clearly a trap set by Zhou Ruhai in order to deal with the Pei family. It can be seen that Zhou Ruhai is also a scheming person.

However, he can't deny this kind of thing, let alone say that it was Zhou Ruhai who instructed him, because there is no evidence, and Zhou Ruhai did not come forward, even if he sued it, Zhou Ruhai could completely push this matter to the master.

Everyone is talking about it, the situation is very clear today, if Pei Chunqiu does not agree, I am afraid that this spring breeze and night rain building will be erased from Fuling City, and a person next to him said, "This is the sin of bullying the monarch and copying the family!"

Zhou Ruhai said, "You think about it, either marry your daughter to Datong, or go to the government to explain these two things clearly, or ......" Zhou Ruhai paused, "I heard that your family has a piece of fine ancient jade, and it will be the emperor's birthday soon, if you donate this jade, today's incident will be regarded as if it has not happened." ”

Xiao Jinyanxin said that this Zhou Ruhai is really cunning, before Zhou Ruhai asked them to destroy the jade, it was just a temptation, in fact, his real purpose was to get the jade, in the name of paying tribute to the emperor, to take advantage of it, and there was really a set.

Pei Chunqiu's mood was extremely bad, he was originally a hero, but he was forced to this by Zhou Ruhai, and couldn't help laughing, "Zhou Ruhai, do your Spring and Autumn dreams, this fast jade is the ancestral heirloom of my Pei family, our Zhou family children once swore in front of their ancestors, jade is at home, jade is dead, if you are so aggressive, even if our Pei family is bankrupt, we will fight to the end!"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, you make it difficult for me?" Zhou Ruhai smiled, "I don't have to ask you for this piece of jade, this matter is very easy to solve, as long as Ruyi is married to our Zhou family, our Zhou Pei family will be relatives from now on, and naturally I won't want your ancestral heirlooms." If not......"

Hearing a commotion outside the door, countless officers and soldiers rushed in, surrounding the Pei family, "This official must have to investigate the Pei family's crimes over the years." ”

Zhou Ruhai forced him step by step, so that Pei Chunqiu had no way to retreat, could it be that the Pei family was really going to die? Thinking of this, he was already in tears.

At this moment, Pei Ruyi, who had been silent, suddenly shouted, "Slow!"

Everyone cast their eyes on her, Pei Ruyi came to Pei Chunqiu with tears in her eyes, kowtowed to him, and then said to Zhou Ruhai, "I'll marry!"

Zhou Ruhai retreated slightly, and smiled slightly, "That's right." It was supposed to be so simple, but it had to be so complicated. Brother Pei, I'll put down this gift first. ”

Pei Chunqiu burst into tears, held Pei Ruyi's hand and said, "Ruyi, it's Daddy who is sorry for you!"

Although Pei Ruyi has a pungent personality, he didn't know the scene of the Zhou family at this time, and couldn't help but burst into tears, "I was willing." ”

Zhou Ruhai said, "In that case, come here and kowtow to your future father-in-law." ”

Liao Dongdan on the side couldn't look past it, and asked Zhao Lanjiang, "Aren't you young heroes, don't you care when you encounter this kind of thing?"

Zhao Lanjiang pointed at Xiao Jinyan and Li Chengcheng, "They can take care of this kind of thing, I am only responsible for fighting." ”

Liao Dongdan said to Xiao Jinyan, "As long as you can stop her, I ...... I'll marry you. ”

Xiao Jinyan shook his head again and again, "I can't eat your worm." ”

Liao Dongdan looked dissatisfied.

Xiao Jinyan said again, "However, I can try." ”

Pei Ruyi wiped away her tears, walked in front of Zhou Ruhai, bowed down, "Ruyi to ......"

"Wait......"

When everyone heard the sound, in the corner of the lobby, a young man stood up, with a smile on his face, clapping his hands and saying, "What a touch!"

The person who spoke was Xiao Jinyan.

He came to the middle of the lobby, looked around, and said loudly, "Where is this proposed, this is obviously forced marriage!"

Zhou Ruhai's attention was on the Pei family before, and he didn't see Xiao Jinyan also in the field, so he was a little unhappy in his heart, and asked with a cold face, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Jinyan ignored him and asked Li Chengcheng, "Brother Li, I heard that there is a relative in your family who is the prefect of Hangzhou, how much is it for a month?"

Li Chengcheng was used to cooperating with him, so he didn't know what he thought, and said, "The prefect of Hangzhou, the monthly salary is only thirty taels of silver, plus the incorruptible silver, as well as Bing Jing, Tan Jing, Bei Jing, three festivals and two longevity, etc., only five hundred taels a year." ”

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "Yes, Hangzhou is a rich place in the world, a prefect of Hangzhou, and he receives a fortune from the imperial court a year, but only a few hundred taels." He pointed to the boxes all over the ground again, "The bride price of this marriage proposal is both gold and silver, not to mention a hundred thousand taels, I also know that Lord Zhou is as clear as water and famous as a mirror, even if he starts to be a prefect from his mother's womb, he can't earn this money." ”

As soon as these words came out, some people couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Being an official has his own way of being an official, this kind of thing, everyone knows it, and no one can say anything, but Xiao Jinyan said it in public, that is another matter, after all, think about it with your heels, these silvers can't be Zhou Ruhai's money.

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "Lord Zhou, I'm afraid that some of this money is from unknown sources." Could it be your family's ancestral?"

Zhou Ruhai was born in poverty, and his ancestors were all farmers for eight generations, so naturally he would not have any family property. Zhou Ruhai also considered this kind of thing, but as a parent official, even if he leaked money, others would not dare to talk nonsense, who would have expected to meet a guy like Xiao Jinyan.

Zhou Ruhai had a headache.

He also knew that Xiao Jinyan was Dean Li's junior brother, and he had a deep background in the family, so he couldn't afford to provoke him, but today was a matter of ambition, how could he be destroyed by the appearance of this kid, thinking of this, he said coldly, "How did you come, it doesn't seem to be your turn to worry, right?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Lord Zhou's words are wrong, as an official of the imperial court, you should love the people like a son, you can't abuse your power, you can't ask for power rent-seeking, and you have to put your power in a cage......"

Zhou Ruhai shouted, "Enough! Xiao Jinyan, it is for Dean Li's sake that I have repeatedly tolerated you, if you continue to talk nonsense here, believe it or not, I will put you in a cage?"

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "If the cage is made of pure gold, I can't think about it." ”

Bang!

Zhou Ruhai's heart was full of anger, slapped the table, stood up suddenly, took off his regular clothes, revealing a short shirt, and said: "Before Zhou became an official, he was also a person in the rivers and lakes, since you are unreasonable, then we will use the methods on the rivers and lakes to solve this matter." ”

Xiao Jinyan is waiting for this result, Zhou Ruhai's official status, he really has nothing to do with him, but since he proposed to use the rules of the rivers and lakes to solve it in public, it must be a fight.

Zhou Ruhai is a master of the Great Knowledge Realm, and his martial arts should be above Xiao Jinyan, but Xiao Jinyan is not without opportunities.

"That's a good time to ask. ”

The two of them stood still and were about to make a move, when they suddenly heard someone laughing outside the door, "How can you bother the prefect to do it yourself and be willing to serve in such a trivial matter." ”

As soon as the words fell, two people walked in outside the door, it was Sun Qiangu of the Imperial Sword Villa and Tang Disrespectful of the Bashan Sword Sect. After the three of them escaped today, Sun Qiangu was furious and asked Tang Bujing to look around for someone to inquire, and then heard that someone saw the three of them going to the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, and even rushed over, just happened to encounter this scene.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan and the three of them secretly complained in their hearts, this guy is really haunted.

Sun Qiangu passed by everyone, came to Zhou Ruhai, and arched his hand, "Sun Qiangu of the Imperial Sword Villa, I have seen the prefect. ”

Zhou Ruhai has never seen Sun Qiangu, but Fuling is not far from Wanzhou, and he is half a Jianghu person, so naturally he has also heard that Xiao Jinyan and the three of them made trouble in the Imperial Sword Villa. After all, he is a man in the officialdom, and it is a little inconvenient to deal with Xiao Jinyan, but Sun Qiangu made a move to avenge his son, and his name was justified, so he also arched his hand and said: "Mr. Sun, what happened to Ling Zhuang, the official deeply regrets it, and these three boys are handed over to you." ”

Sun Qiangu said coldly, "I came here for this son. ”

Seeing Sun Qiangu coming, Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang have come to Xiao Jinyan's side, standing side by side with him, tonight will inevitably be another bloody battle, if you are not careful, I am afraid that your life will be lost here.

Everyone present did not expect that there would be so many variables in a celebration banquet, and seeing that there was a vicious battle between the four of them, they all let go.

Sun Qiangu had let the three of them escape many times before, knowing that they were scheming, this time he didn't give them a chance at all, and went straight forward, shook the mountain sword out of the sheath, and attacked the three of them with a purple qi move.

He didn't crush them with the realm, he not only wanted to kill them, but also slowly tortured them, so that their life was worse than death, and he felt Sun Shaoming's pain before he died.

The three of them hurriedly blocked, only to feel that a huge true qi enveloped them, and they had no power to fight back.

Bang bang bang!

The three of them were hit by the sword qi and retreated three or four feet away, their whole body breath disordered, and they gasped for breath.

Sun Qiangu attacked again.

"Wait!" Xiao Jinyan shouted.

Sun Qiangu looked at them coldly.

Xiao Jinyan asked tentatively, "Why don't you talk for a while?"

Sun Qiangu felt bored, he didn't pay attention to him at all, and the mountain-shaking sword was in his hand, and a sword gang was born from the long sword, and a purple qi was emanated.

Jian Gang!

The crowd exclaimed.

Although it is said that if you enter the Great Knowledge Mystery Realm, you can raise the sword gang with sword qi, but the sword gang of the Sun Qiangu Datong Elephant Realm is another realm, and against an ordinary Elephant master, you can even split the opponent's law space with a sword.

Whoosh.

Sun Qiangu swung out three swords, and the three sword qi attacked the place where the three people landed, hitting the throats of the three people, extremely fierce.

Xiao Jinyan shouted and dispersed.

In the afternoon, when practicing in the mountain stream, the three of them had discussed, if they really faced Sun Qiangu and blindly dodged, there would definitely be no chance, but it was better to take the initiative to attack by surprise, maybe there was an opportunity.

Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng separated to the left and right, and after dodging Jian Gang's attack, they swung their blades and stabbed at Sun Qiangu.

Looking at Xiao Jinyan again, he rolled forward on the spot, dodged Jian Gang, and the unequaled divine fist was used, from the bottom up, attacking Sun Qiangu's lower abdomen.

Sun Qiangu sneered, "I don't know what to do." ”

At this moment, he had a killing intention in his heart, and decided to kill one person first, and then seriously injure the other two, and torture him a little, regardless of Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng's attacks, and swung out a punch and hit Xiao Jinyan's fist.

Rumble!

Xiao Jinyan's whole body meridians were like pouring into the surging river, swimming in his body, in the middle of the sea, with a bang, the two meridians of Yang and Yin couldn't withstand the infusion of true qi, and broke violently.

Xiao Jinyan flew backwards like a broken kite, his face was like a blank piece of paper, and his whole body trembled.

At this moment, Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang's swords had already arrived, and Sun Qiangu borrowed the power of his fist to move three or four steps backwards, and the sword missed.

Sun Qiangu sneered in his heart, knowing that the relationship between these three people was very good, as long as Xiao Jinyan was kept, Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang would not abandon him. At this time, he was not in a hurry, and he was one against two, like a leisurely stroll.

The two attacked dozens of moves, knowing that he was doing this on purpose, and wanted to withdraw to save Xiao Jinyan, but they couldn't get out.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Li Tingcheng grabbed a handful of peanuts and threw them away, popping and extinguishing all the dozen or so lanterns in the lobby.

The originally brightly lit lobby was instantly dark. Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng even disappeared into the crowd.

The crowd was in an uproar.

If there were lights, they could still see the excitement, but at the moment, it was dark all around, and they fled out one after another for fear of being affected, and the whole hall was in chaos.

This is exactly what Li Qingcheng wants.

He shouted at Zhao Lanjiang, "Save people!"

The two ran in the direction of Xiao Jinyan, one left and one right, picked up Xiao Jinyan, performed light skills, ran outside the house, and disappeared into the night.

Sun Qiangu was caught by the crowd, and it was inconvenient to exert his strength, and when he came to the door, where were there three figures, his face was pale, he didn't even say hello, and chased out.

Waiting for the lanterns in the building to be lit again in the spring breeze and night rain, the entire lobby was in a mess, Zhou Ruhai looked at Pei Chunqiu, his expression was cold, "Pei Daxia, the troublemaker has left, what else do you have to say?"

Pei Chunqiu's heart was like ashes, looking at Pei Ruyi.

Pei Ruyi didn't know what was going on with his father, now Xiao Jinyan was seriously injured, his life and death are unknown, and Zhao and Li are not here, today's incident may be a foregone conclusion. She held Pei Chunqiu's hand with both hands and said, "Father, my daughter is willing to marry into the Pei family." ”

Everyone has dispersed, and Zhou Ruhai no longer shy away from some words, he looked at Pei Chunqiu coldly and said, "Your daughter wants to join the Pei family, and the piece of jade in your ancestral hall will also be brought into the Zhou family as a dowry, do you have any opinions?"

Pei Chunqiu's face was colorless, like a walking corpse, and he nodded with a dejected expression, "Okay, good." ”

Zhou Ruhai held Pei Chunqiu with both hands, "This is my good in-law." It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and it is better to hit the day than today, and today you and I are here to worship and get married. ”

Pei Renfeng said, "Where in the world is there a reason to marry in the woman's family?"

Zhou Ruhai said coldly, "I'm not informal, why are you talking too much?"

The matchmaker put the dowry that had been prepared on Pei Ruyi. When the Zhou family came, gongs and drums had been prepared, and at this time, the gongs and drums outside rang out in unison.

Pei Ruyi's eyes were full of tears.

Pei Renfeng sighed on the side, he regretted a little, as the eldest son in the family, when the family was facing annihilation, he had nothing to do. Over the years, it was said that he was practicing martial arts, but he had never really worked it, every time Pei Chunqiu reprimanded, he came to the martial arts training ground just to pretend, and now facing a crisis, he could only stare from the sidelines.

When he was ready and was about to get married, Pei Chunqiu said, "I want to go to the ancestral ancestral hall first to explain this matter!"

Zhou Ruhai was overjoyed in his heart, and when he went to the ancestral ancestral hall, he naturally had the opportunity to get the piece of jade, even if the Pei family didn't give it, he would grab it. This piece of jade, the legacy of Nerzhu Zhenren's ascension, is a treasure of the immortal family, if it can really be obtained, it will be a chance.

Thinking of this, he said, "That's very good." ”

Everyone came to the ancestral hall, Pei Chunqiu came to the door with a depressed face, knelt on the ground with a fluttering face, and read in his mouth: "The ancestors are above, the unfilial son Pei Chunqiu failed to fulfill the ancestral teachings of the family, and he was unable to protect his children, but he was a sinner of the Pei family, and he specially asked the ancestors for his guilt!"

After that, Pei Chunqiu crashed headlong into the stone lion at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

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