When the carriage arrived at the gate of Yongxingfang, Huaiyu invited Gao Huitong to have a meeting at Wu's house, but she still refused.
"Maybe you sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, so sit down and leave."
"No," Gao Huitong sighed, "Erlang, I have one more request. I still have a sister in the palace, and I want her to come out of the palace and live in your house. If you don't mind, you can just stay with me and talk to Hui'an.
She also has a companion, if she doesn’t like her, then you can take her in and take care of her in your house, or arrange for her to go to Zhuangzi.”
Huaiyu looked at her curiously, "Sister, you just have Tingyu Tower and Banu Tower in your name, which can be regarded as making a lot of money every day. It's not a problem for you to just buy a village in the suburbs for the second sister, right?"
"Tingyulou and Banu Restaurant are just in my name. They are our property, and I want her and my little sister to take care of each other."
"Since the eldest sister trusts me so much, I will definitely take good care of the second sister and let her be a companion for An Niang first. As for whether she wants to get married in the future or want to build a village to live in her old age, it doesn't matter."
"Thanks."
Gao Huitong changed to his carriage and left. Huaiyu watched him go away, returned home, handed the box to Gao Hui'an, and relayed what Gao Huitong had told her.
Gao Hui'an, who is now becoming more and more plump, couldn't help crying after hearing this, "My sister is obviously alive, but she has become a living dead without an identity. She can only live with other identities. Alang, can you let the second sister come to our house?"
"Of course, I have promised the eldest sister, you can prepare the room, supplies, etc. for the second sister."
After comforting and enlightening her, Huaiyu went to take a bath first, taking a warm bath in the first month, which made her whole body feel comfortable. Then she changed into clean clothes, and there was no smell at all.
Only then did he dare to see Fan Xuanfu.
Since becoming pregnant, Fan Xuanfu's nose has almost turned into a dog's nose, and she can smell any unusual smell.
She was still not allowed to step into her small courtyard. Fortunately, Huaiyu had already built a gatehouse at the entrance of the small courtyard before. The room was not big, but it was fully equipped with a stove and a kang. The kang was burned every day, so the house was always warm.
With.
The porter opened a window and was connected to the outer room at the entrance of the courtyard. The couple talked through the window, just like visiting a prisoner.
Fortunately, even though they are separated by a wall, they don't have to worry about catching a cold when they sit on the fire bed.
He just doesn't understand. What's the difference between being in the same room as a hospital?
But you can't reason with women. There is even less reason to reason with a married woman, and even less reason with a pregnant woman.
"Have you just taken a bath?"
"Well, I just came back from outside. I took a shower before coming to see you. I was afraid that the smell would affect you."
Fan Xuanfu raised his Danfeng eyes.
"I'm taking a bath either early or late. Something must have happened. Did you go to Pingkangfang brothel with your friends to socialize, or did you take someone to the West Market Hu Si to drink wine and watch Hu Ji dance?"
People say that one pregnancy makes one stupid for three years, but Fan Xuanfu seems to have a higher IQ.
"I went over to take a look at the Hu Si that An Yuanshou gave me today."
After finally escaping from Fan Xuanfu's place, I almost broke out in a sweat from the shock.
Although in fact, even if he told the truth, Fan Xuanfu might not say anything.
However, it is best for pregnant women not to have too many mood swings.
In the early morning, senior brother Su Lie came to see Huaiyu. Su Sima was looking forward to setting off early every day, although he did not know that Huaiyu had a secret mission and was still waiting for notification.
After the arrangements were made in Jingzhou, he could lead the two battalions and set off, and everything had to be just right.
Su Lie didn't know this and just wanted to set off early. Now two battalions of troops were stationed on the north bank of the Weihe River. He traveled between Weibei and Chang'an every day, even if he traveled dozens of miles without feeling tired.
"Erlang, the troops, horses and food have been prepared. When will we set out?"
The soldiers have gathered, the generals have arrived, the food and grass are in place, and even the armor and weapons have been ordered by the imperial decree. Now Su Dingfang is gearing up, and his sword is already hungry and thirsty.
"Senior brother, haven't you been tutoring Hou Junji recently?"
Huaiyu asked with a smile.
When he mentioned this, Su Lie sighed.
"Then Hou Junji looks at people with his nose. He is so arrogant that he doesn't even pay attention to his teacher. How can he look down on me, a remnant of rebels? He doesn't want to learn, and I'm too lazy to teach."
Li Jing taught Hou Junji the art of war and asked him to memorize Sun Tzu's art of war first. Hou Junji didn't take it seriously at all. When he was tested, he couldn't recite a few sentences, so Li Jing asked him to continue to recite Sun Tzu's art of war. When he was familiar with it, he would come back.
Speaking of other things, an angry Hou Junji directly complained to Li Shimin, saying that Li Jing refused to teach the art of war and resist the imperial decree.
Li Shimin actually asked someone to ask Li Jing, so Li Jing had to teach Hou Junji, but Li Jing only taught a few sentences each time, and then asked Su Lie, his disciple, to explain it in detail for him. Hou Junji looked down on Su Lie.
, anyway, the master and apprentice were extremely stubborn and would make trouble in front of the emperor every now and then.
"Erlang really doesn't want to go to the Weibei camp and have a look?"
Huaiyu smiled and said, "I'm very anxious. We'll have plenty of time to spend time together when we leave."
Although he did not enter the military camp, Su Lie, Niu Jianwu, Chen Sheng, Xu Jizu, Zhao Xin, etc. have all reported to the camp. Now the two thousand soldiers and generals have begun daily training and running-in.
Huaiyu doesn't care much about the two thousand soldiers who went to Yanzhou now. These are all government soldiers selected by Gyeonggi Province, as well as officers of the Forbidden Army. They are all elite men who can fight and dare to fight.
What he is currently worried about is actually Li Yi's rebellion. He has to pass by just in time to quell the rebellion and cut off Luo Yi's head with a knife, and how he, Bai Ze, a member of the Six-door Criminal Division, can build a stronghold in Shuofang.
an intelligence network,
It not only needs to cover Yanzhou, but also Xiazhou, and even Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Lingzhou, Huizhou and other places, but also penetrate into Fengzhou and Shengzhou in the Hetao. In a word, the Guanzhong Great Wall and this area are his responsibility.
The land, but now that there is no one under my command, I don’t know where to start.
"I heard that the Cui family offered to marry their senior brother? Do they want to marry their daughter to the elder man?"
Su Lie's eldest son, Su Qingjie, is also sixteen and now lives in his hometown in Hebei.
"Well, the Cui family has this intention,"
"Senior brother actually hesitated?"
Su Lie told him the truth about this matter. The Cui family of Qinghe was indeed worthy of the old family. They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to annex the Su family's property. Now they saw that something was wrong, but they were able to bend and rise. Not only did Cui Shanwei hold a banquet to entertain guests, this paragraph
Later, he entertained Su Lie several times and even gave him horses and money.
Now he even took the initiative to propose a marriage between the two families.
But when faced with the Cui family's initiative to marry, Su Lie hesitated. The reason was that the woman proposed by the Cui family for marriage was not the legitimate daughter of the fifth surname.
"Cui Shanfu's adopted daughter."
Not a concubine, but an adopted daughter.
Cui Shanfu is Cui Shanwei's cousin, and his grandfather Cui Yansheng is the younger brother of Empress Dugu's grandfather Cui Yanzhen. Cui Shanfu's father Cui Zhiren inherited the title of Duke of Guangcheng County and later changed the title of Founding Duke of Baishui County.
In the second year of Wude, the Cui family, who was very powerful in the Sui Dynasty, had no choice but to switch to the family. Cui Shanfu, who was sixteen years old, entered the Qin Palace and became a Kuchen (guard), while his cousin Shanwei had joined Li Yuan earlier.
It's just that Cui Shanfu's fate was not good. Although he was from a good family and was attracted by Li Shimin, Prince Qin's palace, Wude died of illness five years ago. He was only nineteen years old and didn't even have any children. Brother Shanwei from the Cong clan adopted a nephew, Xuanji.
To be an heir.
His widow adopted an orphan from a distant branch of the Cui family as her adopted daughter.
Although this girl is also from the Cui family, she is a distant branch of the family. She was the daughter of a maid and was adopted by Cui Shanfu's widow.
The Cui family used her to marry Su Lie, and also wanted to marry Su Lie's eldest son. Su Lie was naturally not very happy.
But the Cui family still feels that I am taking the initiative to get married. I am very low-profile, quite well-intentioned and sincere. If you don't agree, you will slap me in the face.
This made Su Lie very unhappy.
Accept it, feel uncomfortable, don't accept it, the Cui family is very unhappy, it is not easy for the two families to resolve the conflict, and he does not want to cause trouble again.
Huaiyu couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this. This is the arrogance of a wealthy family. They just throw away some rubbish and think that others will be grateful.
But on the other hand, this is also the case in the world.
There are too many licking dogs who lick the five surnames and seven families. It is like Cheng Yaojin Gui becoming the new noble prince, but he still wants to lick the Cui family's widow. The Cui family naturally feels that they are superior.
I am the adopted daughter of the Cui family, she is also the daughter of the Cui family.
Cui Shanfu belonged to the Zhengzhou house of the authentic Qinghe Cui family. Even if he died young, he still had a noble status, and his adopted daughter was not ordinary.
The Su family in Wuyi is just a local tycoon. If their adopted daughter gets married, she will marry into your family.
"Actually, I don't think this matter needs to be so entangled. If senior brother is not willing, then just find a reason to refuse. The Cui family doesn't dare to do anything.
Of course, if senior brother doesn’t want to offend the Cui family, and even wants to make friends with the Cui family, then he should agree to this marriage, and the Cui family’s adopted daughter should also be the Cui family’s daughter.”
Huaiyu's words were somewhat untrue, and Su Lie felt his face burning after hearing it.
"Then I reject them."
"With my senior brother's great ability in the world, his achievements in the future will definitely be as good as those of my teacher. Not only will he be crowned a pillar of the country one day, but he will definitely become a real duke. When the time comes, he will have a noble status in the court. How can he still care about Cui so much?"
Home?"
"Although the Cui family is a well-established clan, I'm afraid they are not willing to offend a real feudal prince easily, right?"
"Of course, if senior brother doesn't want to cause an ugly scene, then you might as well tell the Cui family that the eldest son has already been engaged and is no longer able to marry the daughter of the Cui family. But if the Cui family is willing, the Su family's second, third, fourth, and even fifth langs, there are so many good things.
Erlang, let them choose one of them to get married."
The Cui family doesn't want to offend Su Lie now, let alone Su Lie becoming the god of war and the Duke of the country. Huaiyu's words made Su Lie thoughtful. He was indeed too afraid of the Cui family.
If instead of letting the eldest son marry the adopted daughter of the Cui family, letting the second son or even the bastard marry the adopted daughter of the Cui family, this would be a good strategy, which made Su Lie very happy.
In fact, the five surnames and seven families were under great suppression during the two dynasties of Li Yuan and Li Shimin. Li Tang also attracted their children to become officials, but their influence continued to be suppressed until the middle and late periods of Emperor Gaozong and beyond.
, the Five Surnames and Seven Families really began to rise and prosper again. Those famous families not only had an advantage in the imperial examinations, but also continued to produce prime ministers.
For example, the Cui family's six aspects, the Xiao family's eight aspects, etc.
But now, it's still early.
A hero like Li Shimin will not easily let these old bosses put pressure on him.
Of course, Cheng Yaojin was so red and purple that he even licked the Cui family of Qinghe without caring about his face. Wei Zheng would rather mortgage his house to collect books, take out loans and lose his fortune, just to be able to compete with the down-and-out poet Wang Ji.
get married,
It also shows that the influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Families is indeed very great. If Su Lie had been cruel and gritted his teeth and allowed his eldest son to accept the Cui family's proposal of marriage, this would actually be what many people wanted.
"By the way, Cui Shanwei is going to marry his niece to his senior brother's family, do you want to accompany him?"
"Yes, Cui Shanwei said to Erlang that you asked for the wife of the Wang family for your third brother, and paid 1,200 yuan to compensate for the family's wealth. He said that Wang Ji was just a side branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, not as good as the direct descendants of the Qinghe Cui family and the Zhengzhou Fang family. They
Just say that it will be twice as much as you gave to the Wang family,"
Two thousand four hundred guan is about the price of a ten-acre house in the east city of Chang'an.
This amount of money is actually not much for a rich man like Su Lie, but to compensate the family wealth means that this family member is from the Su family, Gao Fan, and Cui family.
To lick or not to lick, everyone has their own choice.
Huaiyu doesn't think which choice is right or wrong. The adult world is not black and white.
You can't say that people like Cheng Yaojin, Zhang Liang, Wei Zhengfang, Xuanling, Warriors and Yun are wrong. If many people make this choice, it may just mean that it is more in line with traditional values.
Su Lie asked Huaiyu, "If the Cui family married their adopted daughter into your family and asked you to pay 2,400 yuan to compensate for the family wealth, would you be willing?"
Huaiyu smiled and said, "I just spent 1,200 guan to betrothal the daughter of the Wang family of Taiyuan to my San Lang."
Su Lie immediately understood that Junior Brother Wu was a pragmatic man of action.
"Actually, senior brother, you don't have to worry so much. It's a marriage. Everyone gets what they need and it's just a combination of interests."
"Hey, I'm still not suitable to think about these things. My mind is better suited to thinking about fighting, marching and setting up formations, deploying troops, and leading troops to charge. Those are the things that make me warm and comfortable."
"Then why don't senior brother move to the Weibei military camp tomorrow and don't come back to Chang'an City again? It won't be too late to wait until this battle is over to talk about those complicated matters. Maybe by then senior brother Shuofang will be famous for his military exploits, and Qinghe Cui will also be able to do it.
I'm surprised, maybe they took the initiative to exchange their legitimate daughters for marriage at that time."
"That's right. I might as well go to the military camp now and write them a letter saying that Da Lang has been engaged for a long time. The Cui family can choose my remaining sons. It's up to them to choose whether to get married or not." After that,
Su Lie actually said goodbye to Huaiyu and rode out of Chang'an City.
