Han Du opened the land deed and checked it over. The land deed stated in detail that the real land was only 800 acres, and the remaining 200 acres were offset by barren hills and river beaches. It had the consent and seal of Ying Tianfu. Confirmed, Han Du
Then he collected the land deed.
He took out several rolls of treasure banknotes, including four hundred coins, and secretly stuffed them into Hu Da's hands. Han Du said, "It's hard work for you to make a trip. You go and have tea."
Hu Dayong noticed Han Du's actions, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly tried his best to evade, "Well, you don't need it, Lord Marquis, you really don't need it."
He, Hu Dayong, did this not because he was counting on Han Du's money. He paid such a high price, so naturally he had a bigger purpose. He wanted to take this opportunity to gain access to the Zhenhai Hou Mansion. As long as Han Du
If the government accepts this great gift from him, then he will have the opportunity to find the Han family. After two visits, he will naturally turn this opportunity into a relationship with the Han family.
But there is someone outside, and every mountain is higher than the other. He, Hu Dayong, wants to use this to gain access to the Han family, but Han Du himself is not willing. He directly gives him money and forcibly inserts the relationship between him and himself.
One piece of money goes in.
The advantage of this is that Han Du can advance, attack, retreat or defend Hu Dayong in the future. If Hu Dayong's request is reasonable, Han Du can help him out of today's affection.
But if Hu Dayong is too ambitious, then Han Du can also use these treasure notes to make excuses.
Perhaps the money Han Du gave was not enough to buy so much land. But no matter how much it was, as long as Hu Dayong took over, the nature of the matter would change from friendship to transaction.
It is equivalent to Han Du taking this opportunity to take the initiative in this matter.
Hu Dayong naturally understood that he could not accept the money, but as a fourth-grade official, how could he refuse Han Du? Under Han Du's repeated insistence, Hu Dayong could only reluctantly accept the treasure note.
Suddenly there were more than two thousand acres of land, and the Han family happily returned home in a carriage. Mrs. Liu was especially happy. They were thinking about what to plant in such a large amount of land, and what kind of land they should plant.
How many should be planted?
Hu Dayong was left alone, standing messy in the wind with four hundred banknotes, wanting to cry but without tears.
The excitement in Liang Guogong's mansion finally subsided slowly.
At this time, Han Du came to the door with a gift list. He originally thought that he had been to the Yongchang Marquis Mansion many times and there should be no problem. Who knew that he was stopped just as he walked to the door.
"Stop! What are you doing? Don't you know this is Liang Guogong's mansion? How can you let you break in?" A guard saw that Han Du didn't even say hello, so he walked into the mansion and suddenly stood up.
Come, hold the knife handle with your hand, and stop Han Du aggressively.
Han Du looked himself up and down and made sure that he was wearing marquis clothes today, not regular clothes. He pulled his robe to indicate what he was wearing, raised his eyes and said to the guard: "Look clearly, we are marquis clothes."
Master, can't I still go in?"
Unexpectedly, after listening to Han Du's words, the guard not only did not move away, but said with an even more contemptuous expression: "This is the Duke of Liang's Mansion, what does the Marquis mean? There are eighty or not hundreds of Marquises in the mansion these days."
Han Du immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at the guard in front of him speechlessly. Han Du didn't know how many marquises there were in the Ming Dynasty, but there were definitely not eighty, and not even fifty were still alive.
Just when Han Du's face darkened and he was about to get angry, the former butler of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, who was now also the butler of the Liang Guogong Mansion, saw Han Du being stopped at the door and hurriedly walked out.
"Master Marquis is here? Oops, Marquis Zhenhai, you are here." The butler smiled with a smile on his face, holding up a corner of his gown, and hurried out the door, hunched over in front of Han Du with a smile on his face.
When the guard saw the steward treating the man in front of him so grovelingly, he was stunned and stunned.
When the housekeeper saw that the guard was still blocking Han Du, he immediately cursed: "I've blinded you. This is the Marquis of Zhenhai, my sworn brother. Get out of here."
"Oh, oh" when the guard heard Han Du's identity, he was so frightened that he quickly stepped aside. He lowered his head and never dared to face Han Du again. He was even afraid that Han Du would remember his face and seek to settle accounts with him.
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After scolding the guards, the butler walked away with a smile and said to Han Du: "My father-in-law has been talking about the Marquis these days. The Marquis has come at the right time. Please come in quickly."
In front of the housekeeper, an old acquaintance, Han Du couldn't get angry, so he had to follow him through the door. After passing the door, Han Du took out the gift list and handed it to the housekeeper, "Brother, I am very happy to be crowned a prince. This is a little bit of our thoughts."
The butler took the gift list with a smile and said politely: "What is the relationship between the Marquis and the Duke? I will be happy enough to be able to come and talk to the Duke. Please come!"
Han Du followed the housekeeper to the inner hall, where Lan Yu was sitting with all the food and wine on the table.
When Han Du saw Lan Yu, he immediately smiled and walked in with his hands in hand, congratulating: "My brother's wish for many years has come true. Congratulations."
A smile appeared on Lan Yu's face, but she said with a bit of complaint: "We thought that if you don't take notice of me, Duke Liang, you won't come."
Han Du smiled and shook his head, walked to sit next to Lan Yu, reached out and poured himself a glass of wine, saluted Lan Yu, and said: "Isn't it because I know that my brother has been very busy the past few days and has no free time. No,
As soon as I heard that my brother was quiet here, wouldn't we come?
If the elder brother still has complaints, how about the younger brother punishing himself with a cup of wine as an apology to his elder brother?"
As he said that, he was about to drink the wine in the glass, but was held down by Lan Yu's sharp eyes and quick hands.
Han Du didn't understand what Lan Yu meant and looked into his eyes doubtfully.
Lan Yu said with a smile: "It's not your duty to apologize to us, it's our duty to apologize to you, my dear brother."
"Brother, this" Han Du wanted to speak, and even more wanted to break free from Lan Yu's hand. But how could he, a scholar, be the opponent of Lan Yu, a fierce warrior on the battlefield?
It felt like my hand was being clamped by iron pliers, and it wouldn't budge no matter how hard I tried.
With her other hand, Lan Yu picked up the wine glass and toasted Handu, "Tsk, tsk, this drink is for you to plead for us. To be honest, it felt uncomfortable to be locked up in prison. At that time, we didn't know what else we could do.
You can't come out. You are such a righteous brother that you can kneel outside the Fengtian Palace for three days and three nights holding the imperial seal to plead for our mercy."
After finishing speaking, Lan Yu let go of Han Du's hand.
Han Du then smiled and said: "Brother, when I was in prison, wasn't it my brother who took action to save the lives of the Han family? This is what I should do."
Mu heard that Han Du was coming and came over quickly, just in time to hear the conversation between Lan Yu and Han Du. Remembering that Lan Yu was imprisoned after returning to Beijing, the entire Yongchang Houfu was panicked, but was helpless and even begged the Crown Prince for mercy.
There was no result, and Mu, the head of the family, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. In the end, it was because Han Du begged for three days and three nights that the emperor released Lan Yu and sealed it.
For Liang Guogong, all the dark clouds in the sky cleared the moment he received the imperial decree.
Mu, who knew the inside story, was beyond words to express her gratitude to Han Du. It was precisely because she wanted to thank Han Du that Mu hurried over after learning that Han Du was coming.
Now hearing the words of the two people, Mu recalled the critical situation, her eyes turned red involuntarily, and she silently stepped forward to fill Lan Yu's glass of wine.
"Han Du has met Mrs. Sister-in-law." Seeing Mrs. Mu step forward, Han Du
He quickly stood up and saluted.
"We are all a family from now on, so there is no need to be so polite." Mu's eyes were filled with tears, feeling grateful to have gained a new life after going through hardships and obstacles.
Lan Yu quickly pulled Han Du to sit down and said with a smile, "Yes, we will all be a family from now on."
Han Du picked up the wine glass again and congratulated Lan Yu: "Congratulations to my brother for being granted the title of Duke of Liang."
I was interrupted by Lan Yu just now, and now I have finally fulfilled my etiquette.
Lan Yu also smiled and responded to Han Du.
But when it came to being named Liang Guogong, Lan Yu seemed a little unhappy. Even in front of Han Du, her face couldn't help but darken.
"What? Your brother has been granted the title of Duke of Liang, aren't you happy?" Han Du smiled and said jokingly.
To Han Du's surprise, Lan Yu sighed heavily after hearing this, turned back to Han Du and said seriously: "Of course we are happy in front of other people. If we are not happy, we have to pretend to be happy."
"What's wrong?" Hearing what Lan Yu said, Han Du suddenly felt that the matter was serious. He couldn't help but put down the wine glass in his hand.
Lan Yu sighed heavily again, held the wine glass and pondered for a while, then said in a calm tone: "The emperor granted us the title of Duke of Liang, but took away our military power."
Han Du was stunned when he heard this, what? Lan Yu's military power has also been taken away?
Lan Yu looked seriously into Han Du's eyes and said: "Brother, tell me, I am a military general, and I will do nothing but march and fight in my life. This sudden withdrawal of our military power, to be honest, this is worse than
It will be even more uncomfortable if you kill us."
Han Du didn't know that Lan Yu valued military power so seriously, so he raised his eyes to look at Mu on the side in confusion.
When Mu saw Han Du looking at him, she nodded towards him, with pleading eyes, hoping that Han Du could persuade Lan Yu. Since Lan Yu was taken away from the military power, even the joy of being named Liang Guogong was gone quickly.
Dilute it. I drink wine all day long in the house, and complain from time to time.
In this case, what would happen if the emperor knew about it?
Therefore, when Han Du came today, Mu wanted to ask Han Du to help persuade Lan Yu.
"To be honest, if we knew that the emperor would take away our military power, we might as well not be the Duke of Liang and just be the Marquis of Yongchang." Lan Yu complained while pouring drinks into her mouth.
Seeing this, Han Du quickly waved his hand to stop Lan Yu. He smiled and said, "Brother, even if you are greedy, you can't drink like this."