Seeing Yinzhen go out, Chen Yuanlong frowned, he knew that Chen Zhixiang liked to be uninhibited, she would not agree to marry Yinxiang, his eldest daughter was very stubborn, but Prince Yong had put his words here, how dare he not agree, Chen Yuanlong sighed at a loss, and thought in his heart: "I can't hide from what happened, let's talk to Zhixiang." ”

Chen Yuanlong found Chen Zhixiang, Chen Zhixiang asked: "Dad, do you have something to do with me?" Chen Yuanlong said: "The fourth prince of Brother Yong came to me before, saying that he wanted the thirteenth elder brother to marry you as a concubine, and this dowry was paid. Chen Zhixiang stood up and said, "Dad, I don't agree." ”

Chen Yuanlong said: "If you don't agree, what can you do, you are the prince and the prince, when the time comes, he and the thirteenth elder brother will tell the emperor together, as long as the emperor agrees, it will be a holy decree." Chen Zhixiang said: "The thirteenth elder brother hasn't said anything yet, but he Prince Yong has come to propose a kiss to the thirteenth elder brother, I don't think it's that the thirteenth elder brother wants to marry me at all, but that Prince Yong wants to take this opportunity to envelop our Chen family." ”

Chen Yuanlong said: "Dad can't see this, Dad knows better than you, but what can be done." People have given down the dowry, and the words have been said, how can you let me refuse. Chen Zhixiang turned his head and said, "Anyway, except for Ren Buru, I won't marry anyone else." ”

Chen Yuanlong looked at Chen Zhixiang and said: "That Ren is a person from the green forest, to put it bluntly, he is a thief who confronts the imperial court, and you will not only harm yourself, but also affect the entire Chen family." The thirteen elder brothers are talented, and Wen Taowu is also outstanding. In short, this matter is not up to you, you have to marry if you marry, and you have to marry if you don't marry. ”

Chen Zhixiang asked: "Dad, do you really want to force your daughter?" Chen Yuanlong said: "It's not that your father wants to force you, but Prince Yong is forcing your father, if you insist on not marrying, the entire Chen family will offend them because of this." It's nothing to offend the thirteenth elder brother, but Prince Nayong will definitely not let us go, he originally exchanged children with Shiqi, he was afraid that others would know about this, and he couldn't wait to let everyone who knew about it die now, if you are disobeying Prince Yong's will now, how he will deal with us, how to deal with the Chen family, you have a number. ”

Chen Yuanlong looked at Chen Zhixiang and said, "Whether you marry or not, the life of the entire Chen family is in your hands." With that, Chen Yuanlong went out.

Chen Zhixiang lowered his head and touched his dog, Ah Huang, and said to Ah Huang: "Ah Huang, why do I have to marry someone I don't like, why can't I be with the person I love, and the political means between them adults are to sacrifice the happiness of their children?"

Chen Zhixiang hugged Ah Huang and thought in his heart: "Yes, what my father said is right, if I refuse to marry Yinxiang, Prince Yong just found a better reason and motive to be unfavorable to the Chen family, if it is because of my willfulness, the entire Chen family is afraid that it will be poisoned by Prince Yong, is it because of my willfulness to harm the entire Chen family." ”

Let's say that Ren Bujian was drinking with Duan Feng over there, and at this time a little Taoist priest from Baiyun Temple came over, and the little Taoist priest said to Ren Buji: "Ren Gongzi, here is your letter." "Then hand over the letter to Ren Buru.

Ren Bujian opened the letter and said, "It's a letter from Brother Tianrui." Duan Feng asked, "What did the Tianrui brothers say?" Ren Bujian said: "In the first half of the year, there was a civil uprising in Fujian, and he and Brother Wang were busy with the affairs of the Fujian civil uprising. ”

Duan Feng asked, "Fujian people's uprising?" Ren Bujian nodded and said: "Just in March and April this year, there was a famine in Fujian, and many farmers were short of food. However, in order to make huge profits, the local wealthy families took the opportunity to accumulate rice and grain, and did not care about the lives of the people. As a result, the common people in the border areas of Yongchun and Dehua counties in Quanzhou could not bear it anymore and launched an uprising against the rich households to store grain, and Brother Wang and Tianrui went to Fujian to respond to the uprising. Duan Feng nodded and said, "So that's the case." ”

Ren Bujian said: "Brother Tianrui said in the letter that after dealing with the affairs of Hunan and Fujian next year, they will come to the capital, in order to find out the news of the capital, so that Brother Wang and the Xuanwei brothers can revolt in the south." Duan Feng smiled and said: "It's rare that they are still so enthusiastic, how can they be like us, they don't think about anything, and when Hui Ran's injuries are healed, a few of us will no longer ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and live a happy life by ourselves." ”

Ren Bujian smiled: "Okay, in fact, I also have the intention of retiring from the rivers and lakes, Zhixiang and I have finally been together, I don't want to lose her anymore, I owe her too much, and I should compensate her well, whether it is in the capital or in Haining, as long as she is willing, she can do it anywhere." Duan Feng sighed: "Yes, whether it is Miss Zhixiang or Hui Ran, we have suffered too much and suffered too many sins for us, we should compensate them well." Now that Hui Ran has left the Emei faction for me and is no longer subject to the rules of the gate, I want to take her to where she wants to go. Ren Bujian smiled and said, "Come, drink." "Drink. ”

At this moment, there were two Confucian scholars at the opposite table who were drunk and talked loudly, and one of the Confucian scholars said: "After the Manchu Qing Tartars broke through Yangzhou, they slaughtered the city for ten days in a row, and the prosperous Yangzhou City at that time was piled up with corpses and stored, hands and feet pillowed, blood into the water and blue ochre, turned into five colors, the pond was flat, before and after, burned everywhere, and the corpses in the city were like mess. Dude, what do you say is the difference between this Manchu Tartar and a beast? ”

The Confucian scholar next to him said: "Mr. Dai, are you talking about the battle of Yangzhou between General Shi Kefa and Duoduo back then?" The old Mr. Dai who spoke just now nodded and said: "Yes, poor General Shi Kefa resisted desperately and was generous." After Naduoduo took Yangzhou City, for ten days in a row, he killed unarmed ordinary people. ”

The Confucian man next to him said: "Mr. Dai, you can't say this casually, beware of losing your head." This old Mr. Dai said: "Dai is not afraid of shadows, this Manchu Tartar burns, kills and loots are all evil, Dai hates this group of dignitaries and dignitaries and those shameless literati who deceive the world and steal fame, I just want to needle the disadvantages of the times and expose the behavior of these well-dressed beasts." ”

Ren Bujian looked at this old Mr. Dai, this old Mr. Dai looked less than sixty years old, Ren Bujian felt that this old Mr. Dai said amazingly, fearlessly, like no one else, and his words were definitely not what ordinary people could say. Ren Bujian smiled and said to Duan Feng: "I see that this old man talks extraordinarily and speaks amazingly, I'll go over and talk about it." Duan Feng smiled and said, "You just like to join in the fun, so let's go." ”

Ren Buru raised his glass and said: "This old gentleman, the younger generation sees that you talk extraordinary, and every sentence is amazing, the younger generation admires the old gentleman's courage and arrogant and uninhibited character, and the younger generation hereby toasts you." The old Mr. Dai looked up at Ren Buru, raised his glass and said, "It's rare that someone can praise me like this, it's really rare." Okay, little brother, let's have one. With that, the two clinked glasses and drank.

Ren Bujian asked: "Dare to ask the old gentleman how to call him?" Mr. Dai said: "The old man Dai Mingshi, now in the capital as an editor of the Hanlin Academy, what do you call the little brother?" Ren Bujian said: "Back to Mr. Dai, the younger generation Ren Buru, I saw the old gentleman for the first time today, and I think that your temperament is the same as that of the younger generation, free and easy, arrogant and uninhibited." Dai Mingshi smiled when he heard this: "Yes, look at your name, you are willful and uninhibited, and my temperament is really made in heaven." ”

Ren Bujian said with a smile: "The younger generation has always walked the rivers and lakes, and they are not used to those corrupt officials and dignitaries, and they often work against the government. Dai Mingshi listened to it and exclaimed: "It's really young and frivolous, dare to do it, I like it." Ren Bujian asked: "The younger generation is originally a leaf in the rivers and lakes, and it doesn't hurt to speak and do things casually, but Mr. is an official of the DPRK and China, so he is not afraid of attracting right and wrong for himself?" Dai Mingshi said: "The body is not afraid of the shadow, Dai has always done his own thing, those dignitaries are not used to me, why should I go against my own heart in order to become inflammatory." ”

Ren Buru listened and said: "Mr. is really a strange person, the younger generation thinks that he has always acted frivolously, but today I saw the madness of Mr., the younger generation is really a small thing." In this way, the younger generation will give Mr. another cup. Dai Mingshi said with a smile: "Okay, I can't imagine that I will have a New Year's friendship with my little brother today, I'm really happy, let's drink." The two of them toasted again.

Dai Mingshi patted Ren Buji's shoulder and said, "Little brother, even if those high-ranking officials respect me, I don't bother to drink with them, and I don't want to be with them at all." I salute you for this glass of wine today, you are different from them, I appreciate you. Ren Bujian said: "I am really honored to be favored by Mr. Dai, today I will accompany Mr. Dai to drink, we will get drunk and rest." Dai Mingshi smiled and said, "Come, little brother, let's drink." ”

At this time, Chen Zhixiang came over, and Ren Buru asked, "Why are you here?" Chen Zhixiang looked around and said, "Take a step to speak." ”

Ren Bujian followed Chen Zhixiang out of the tavern, and Chen Zhixiang said to Ren Buji: "In a few days, I will get married." Ren Bujian was shocked when he heard this: "What are you talking about?" Chen Zhixiang said: "Prince Yong gave a dowry before and asked me to marry the thirteenth elder brother. Ren Bujian felt a "bang" in his head when he heard it, he was stunned for a long time, he couldn't believe what Chen Zhixiang said.

Ren Bujian said: "No, you can't, the two of us have gone through too many hardships and finally have today, you can't leave me, you can't marry someone else." Chen Zhixiang said: "What can I do, if I don't agree, our entire Chen family will be calculated by Yinzhen." ”

Ren Bujian shook his head and said, "No, the two of us have not come to this day with great difficulty, you can't marry someone else." Chen Zhixiang said with tears in his eyes: "But this time it is the prince who wants me, what can you do, no matter how high your martial arts are, what is the use, if I don't marry Yinxiang, they will not let go of the entire Chen family." ”

Ren Bujian said: "We have dealt with Yinxiang, and he is not that kind of person. Chen Zhixiang said: "It is Yinzhen's attention to let me marry Yinxiang, if I don't obey, Yinzhen will not let go of the Chen family." Ren Bujian pressed Chen Zhixiang's shoulder and said, "I don't care who it is, I don't allow anyone to take you away." Chen Zhixiang asked rhetorically: "But what can you do, this world is the world of the Manchurians, the world of the Aixin Jueluo family, no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't fight with them." ”

Ren Bujian looked at Chen Zhixiang, he knew that he had no way at all now, Ren Bujian said: "I'll assassinate Yinzhen, as long as Yinzhen is dead, I can save you from their hands." "Then he turned around and left.

Chen Zhixiang grabbed Ren Bujian and said, "You can't do stupid things. Ren Bujian said: "I don't care, my assassination of Yinzhen is my own business, it has nothing to do with the Chen family, and it will never affect the Chen family, it's a big deal that I die in his hands." Chen Zhixiang said: "I don't allow you to go, what's the point of me living if you die." Ren Bujian paused, at this moment, he had nothing to do but watch Chen Zhixiang marry Yinxiang.

Ren Bujian said: "You don't care about me, I must not let them take you away." "Anyway, I still have to go, Chen Zhixiang can't hold it back.

Chen Zhixiang looked at Ren Buru, she only let Ren Buru die to herself, so that Ren Buru would not do stupid things, and she could protect Ren Buru, otherwise Ren Buru would be killed sooner or later because of herself.