Qin Zheng heard that she was willing to mention Lu Ye'er to herself, and thought that this was a good sign, so she said: "Last year, outside the Qingniu Valley, the junior met Miss Jin Yi by chance, and I didn't know that she was the daughter of the Lu Mansion at that time. But Miss Jin Yi's grace has made the younger generations extremely heartbroken. Visiting Lu's Mansion today, although I have a good relationship with Mr. Lu, I don't know if I am fortunate enough to meet Miss Jin Yi. ”

In the face of his euphemistic request, the old lady smiled and said: "Although my Lu clan of Wu County is located in the remote area of the south of the Yangtze River, it is not as strict as the family rules of the famous family in the Central Plains, but the sage etiquette law does not dare to disobey it. If you are a lady at home, you should not look down on male guests, so as not to have a sound of falling into the family, and please forgive me. ”

Qin Zheng listened to her refusal, but her tone was kind, and he thought: "I have heard that the people of their gate valve are all behaving in a proper manner, and when I see it today, it is really worthy of its reputation, no wonder the ugly monster dare not respond to me." Then he got up and said, "It's the younger generation who is abrupt, please ask the old lady to confess." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "You young people, don't be too restrained. ”

She saw that Qin Zheng had a clear appearance, polite response, and was obviously a well-educated child, although he was wearing old cloth clothes, but the scholar class of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, some of the original people were advocating willful debauchery, and it didn't matter if they were even unkempt and sloppy, for example, before Wang Meng was a scholar, he was wearing a brown dress when he went to see Huan Wen, with fleas on his body and lice in his hair. More than 1,000 years later, on the plateau of northern Shaanxi, ****** also received overseas reporters while picking lice.

Therefore, Mrs. Lu looked down on Qin Zheng because he didn't wear cloth clothes, and thought: "I think that Wang Meng is also very sloppy, maybe they are close to the famous family and have this fashion." He greeted Qin Zheng and said, "The old body's eyes are not good, Qin Gongzi, you sit closer and let the old body look at you again." ”

These words are already quite intimate words, it is really like the elders instructing the juniors in the clan, Qin Zheng can't hear it, his heart is happy, Yan Sanqiu frowned, Qin Zheng has already moved a chair and sat closer, the old lady looked at Qin Zheng carefully, and said in her heart: "This child has good appearance, bearing, and speech, and is worthy of my Ye'er." I don't know what his family background is. ”

said to Qin Zheng: "Speaking of famous families in the world, the Central Plains have been far better than Jiangdong since ancient times. If I were the Eastern Wu Zhu, Zhang, Gu, and Lu clans, I would not dare to compare with Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao in the north. It's just that since the chaos of China, the Central Plains is broken, and the famous people in the north don't know how many. But after all, the Central Plains is the root of China, even if it is broken, there is still a shadow of forgiveness. ”

These few words of hers are talking about the rise and fall of the northern and southern scholars, Qin Zheng has limited knowledge in this area, where can he interject? Tao Yuanming is limited to age, it is not easy to know some of the stories of the southern scholars, and he has no understanding of the northern scholars after the ****, so naturally he can't help.

Seeing that Qin Zheng had no interface, the old lady was a little more excited and asked, "Qin Gongzi is a person from Guanzhong, right?" ”

This sentence hit the sore spot in Qin Zheng's heart, although he has come out of the haze of losing his home, but the scars are knotted, and the residual pain is still there, if he can naturally admit that his surname is Xuan generously in the past, the source is from Xuzhou Peng's, but at this time he is unwilling to admit that he is attached to the Xuan family, thinking that his new life is starting from Qingniu Valley, which is called Qin Zheng, just as Guanzhong is the place of birth, he should say: "Yes." ”

The old lady said: "The Guan Sergeant clan is the most prosperous in the six clans of Yuan, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, and Du. The Gongzi clan can be related to these six clans?"

These two sentences are very subtle questions. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the nine-grade Zhongzheng system was implemented, and the famous families in each state and county in China knew each other well, and there was no first-rate family with the surname Qin in Guanzhong, so the old lady asked Qin Zheng if he was related to the six major clans, and if he was related, he was also attached.

In Yan Sanqiu's ears, he already knew that the old lady's question was already considered condescending, and she must have liked Qin Zheng quite much, and intended to recruit him, but even if the Lu family wants to recruit a son-in-law, those from middle and lower grades are not allowed to enter, even if it is not a first-rate family, at least it must be implicated with the surname of the top grade to climb a little, and in the future, the relatives of the clan will ask, and say "His maternal ancestor is the Yuan family of Guanzhong" Yunyun, it can be regarded as an explanation.

Speaking of which, Lu Ye'er is the eldest daughter born to his wife, and her mother is the daughter of the Langya Wang family, and she is the door of the Wang family in its heyday, and her background is extremely noble.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the intermarriage between the gate valves was very strict, if the lower grade of the door and the upper grade of the family married, the prestige of the family is expected to be raised, on the contrary, if the upper grade of the door and the lower grade of the family intermarriage, the family reputation and status of the family may be damaged, once the status is damaged, the political privileges enjoyed by the family will also be weakened. Therefore, it is not a matter of face but also the overall interests of the entire family.

Qin Zheng still had to say: "No." ”

The old lady sighed, slightly disappointed, and said, "Gan Long is one." Dunhuang Zhang's family, looking at the northwest, although in isolation, still respected the imperial court for decades. Is there any in-law in the Gongzi clan with the Zhang family?"

Qin Zheng said: "I don't know anyone from the Zhang family. ”

The old lady's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said: "Qin and Jin are often in-laws, such as Sima Hedong, who are the emperors of this dynasty, the Wei clan of Xia County, and they are also considered famous families, can the Qin Gongzi clan have dealings with them?"

Qin Zheng said: "No." ”

Tao Yuanming knew quite a lot about the marriage customs of the gate valve "Zhumen to Zhumen, Zhumen to Zhumen", hearing this, secretly screaming that it was not good, and Mrs. Lu's disappointment was even more obvious, she hesitated for a long time, and asked: "In the land of the Central Plains, there are many marriages for thousands of miles, and I think that Gaoping Xi's family, Taishan Goat's family, Lu Guokong's family, and Jiyin Bian's family, I heard that there are still remaining roots." Have the Qin Gongzi clan ever intermarried with them?"

Qin Zheng said: "No, old lady, you don't have to ask so much, I don't have a family background, in fact, I am an orphan, alone, no relatives, even my parents don't know who it is, my adoptive father who originally adopted me was surnamed Xuan, and changed his surname to Qin because he wandered the rivers and lakes to escape from the enemy's pursuit, and later ...... My dad doesn't want me anymore...... So I don't know what my original surname was, but the word Qin Zheng is called smoothly, so let's call it Qin Zheng. ”

Before the old lady could finish hearing these words, her face changed color unconsciously, and she let out a faint sigh and said, "I see." ”

Qin Zheng said again: "Although the younger generation is not from a famous family, I am sincere to Ye'er, and this heart can be expressed every day! The younger generation has nothing else to ask for in this life, but I want to be married to Ye'er......" When he said this, he found that the old lady had frowned deeply, but he still stubbornly finished speaking: "The younger generation knows that these words are abrupt, I only hope that the old lady will see the sincerity of the younger generation, if the old lady agrees, I will treat Ye'er well in the future, and I will not let her suffer a little grievance." ”

He was about to kowtow as he spoke, the old lady waved her hand, Lu Youqian had already stopped Qin Zheng, and the old lady didn't care about Qin Zheng's embarrassment, and said: "We have nothing to do with each other, we can't stand such a big gift!" The old man is tired, forgive me." "There is a shortage of fate: "Lead Gongzi Qin down to rest." ”

Lu Youque said: "Young Master Qin, please." ”

Qin Zheng can't advance, he can't retreat, he gallops across the rivers and lakes, how happy, but at this time, he is helpless in the face of Lu Ye'er's family.

Tao Yuanming's great-grandfather was certainly a great time, and his grandfather and father were also too guarded, but he lost his father at the age of nine, and he witnessed the decline of his family step by step, and he was also used to seeing all kinds of cold eyes from others. Let's go. ”

Qin Zheng let out a long sigh and reluctantly retreated with Tao Yuanming.

As soon as the two left, the old lady raised her eyebrows angrily and asked Yan Sanqiu: "What is the origin of this Qin Zheng!"

Yan Sanqiu said: "His origin is very confusing, I originally thought he was the son of Xuanli Spring. ”

"Xuanli Spring? Zongjimen chased and killed the Xuan family for hundreds of years?"

Yan Sanqiu said: "Yes." ”

Mrs. Lu said: "The Xuan family originally came from the Peng family, and the Cao Wei generation was hidden as the emperor's teacher, and Chen Qun's "Nine Grades Zhongzheng" listed it as the first product!

The people in the Xuanmen pay attention to the good and evil saints and demons, but the political family doesn't care about these, as long as the family is noble, they will add blue eyes, and the door will be turbid, then it will be regarded as, urine and feces.

Yan Sanqiu said: "But recently, my daughter-in-law learned that he was just an orphan brought by Xuan Liquan out of nowhere, in order to pretend to be his son, so that the Xuan family's biological flesh and blood could escape the pursuit of Zongjimen." ”

The old lady said, "So, he is really a homeless roadside wild seed?"

Yan Sanqiu said: "Yes, no one knows where Xuanliquan took him in, let alone his family background, and he doesn't even know whether he is a Hu person or a Han person." ”

The old lady was so angry that her eyebrows rose up, and she shouted, "There is a gap!"

"In!"

The old lady shouted: "Quickly sweep all the land that this person has walked on, and throw all the furniture he has used out to me." The room where this person lived should be smoked with incense. ”