In the side hall of the Zhou family, Zhou Jun and Luo Sanniang were sitting at the top of the table, while others were standing on either side.
Luo Sanniang was old and not very agile. In addition, she saw her son whom she had not seen for a long time, so her words became a little out of order: "Aniang knows that Erlang is very capable... Erlang was out at night at that time.
He never returned home and came back early in the morning every time. Alang was so angry that he didn't know how many bamboo sticks he had broken..."
Hearing this, Zhou Jun recalled the years when he first came to Datang and sighed in his heart.
Fan Jinian looked at the ceiling and pretended not to hear anything.
Zhou Ze was so frightened by his mother's nonsense that he trembled all over and didn't even know how to position his hands and feet.
The white-haired Luo Sanniang looked at Zhou Jun, as if she were looking at her young son, and said softly: "Erlang, I heard my mother say that money or official positions are all in vain in the end.
Health and happiness are real. If you are tired, come back and rest. Don’t wander outside all the time. In the end, you won’t even have a place to stay..."
Before Luo Sanniang could finish speaking, Zhou Ze quickly stood up and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my mother is old and has been feeling haggard these past few days..."
Zhou Jun waved his hand to stop Zhou Ze's next words.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Jun stood up, came to Luo Sanniang's side, carefully helped the latter up, and said softly: "Aniang, go and have a rest."
With the support of Yu Junniang, Luo Sanniang went to the backyard to rest.
Zhou Jun was sitting in the side hall, looking at the white flags dancing in the wind outside the door. He fell into silence. Others in the hall didn't even dare to breathe.
After a while, Zhou Jun came back to his senses and said to Zhou Ze: "I have read your memorial, please feel free to observe your filial piety."
Zhou Ze bowed to thank him.
Zhou Jun then said to Zhou Ze: "As for Shang'er, as the young Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, he has heavy affairs, so it is best to stick to his duties."
Zhou Ze quickly said yes.
Zhou Jun turned to look at Zhou Shang and suddenly remembered something: "I heard someone said that you plan to get a wife?"
Zhou Shang: "Reporting to your Majesty, this is indeed the case. It's just that our ancestor has left, so everything must stop first."
Zhou Jun nodded and said, "That's natural. Which family's girl is this?"
Zhou Shang: "Ning Qiniang from Pinggao in Yuanzhou."
Pinggao City is the capital of Yuanzhou, and Yuanzhou is located in the hinterland of Shuofang, which later became Guyuan City in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Zhou Jun: "Yuanzhou Pinggao... Ning family...?"
Zhou Jun thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of any prominent family in Pinggao, Yuanzhou, who had Ning as their surname.
Zhou Jun hesitated for a moment, then asked Zhou Jun, "Is this Ning family the prominent family in the area?"
Zhou Ze's expression was a little strange, he shook his head and said: "No."
Zhou Jun: "Is that a large family from Yuanzhou who migrated abroad?"
Zhou Ze: "No."
Zhou Jun: "What about the Ning family...?"
There was a moment of embarrassment on Zhou Ze's face: "Your Majesty, it's a long story."
When Zhou Jun heard this, he immediately became interested: "I have nothing to do today, please tell me."
Zhou Ze sighed first, and then said: "When Shang'er was still young, I used to serve in Shuofang. At that time, Hebei was in war, and I was responsible for transporting grain and grass to the front line. The first two times I transported grain and grass, everything went smoothly.
.The third time, the front line was pressed hard, and I felt lucky, so I decided to take a shortcut to transport food."
The eldest brother has been an official in Shuofang for more than ten years. Zhou Jun has never heard him mention this matter, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that the food and grass were robbed?"
Zhou Ze nodded and said: "At that time, everywhere was in chaos. Once the bandits got anxious, they would take risks and do anything. I remember that there were thousands of people surrounding the grain truck at that time, and they would grab the grain at the first sight.
Later, a boss named Ning came over on horseback, drove away the bandits, and escorted the grain truck out of the land."
Hearing this, Zhou Jun was stunned and said: "My boss? Is it possible that the Ning family is a bandit? Are you married to such a person?"
Zhou Ze: "Your Majesty, let me finish my words first. During the Tianbao period, the Ning family was engaged in the business of transporting goods to Changxing. After that, during the war in Hebei, the Ning family had no business and could only sell their martial arts skills to collect money.
Helping people eliminate disasters, but the Ning family and Shuofang Jun are familiar with each other, which is why the Ning family came to help at that time."
Zhou Jun never thought that Zhou Ze would actually encounter these things when he was serving in Shuofang.
But think about it, the food escort was almost robbed, so naturally such a thing would not be publicized, let alone reported afterwards.
So Zhou Jun asked: "What about Shang'er and Qiniang of the Ning family?"
Zhou Ze's face turned red: "The head of the Ning family saved my life and offered to host a banquet. I owed the favor and couldn't refuse the hospitality, so I went to the banquet... At the banquet, I drank a few more glasses, and my mood
He was happy and talked a lot more. He accidentally mentioned that there was a young man named Zhou Shang in the family. When the head of the Ning family heard this, he wanted to get married as a child while he was drunk..."
Zhou Jun couldn't help but smile: "Did you agree at that time?"
Zhou Ze: "I... drank too much at the time and didn't think much about it. I thought it was just a joke."
Zhou Jun looked at Zhou Shang again: "You also know about the baby marriage that your father decided back then?"
Zhou Shang: "I didn't know about it at first, but later the seventh mother of the Ning family came over and wanted to break off the engagement. Only then did I know the cause and effect."
Hearing Zhou Shang's words, Zhou Jun was confused: "What did you just say? The seventh mother of the Ning family came over and took the initiative to terminate the engagement. What happened?"
Zhou Shang glanced at Zhou Ze and saw that his father was ashamed, so he could only take the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, let me tell you next... My father served as an official for several times, and then became the governor of Jizhou. One day, an unknown person
The little girl in red rode a horse to find my father and said that she was the seventh mother of the Ning family and that she had a marriage contract with me."
Zhou Jun: "Well, what next?"
Zhou Shang: "Ning Qiniang told my father that the business of the Ning family was getting worse year by year, and many of the original businesses in the family were closed. In recent days, the head of the Ning family heard that his father had become the governor of Jizhou, and he felt that
My family is humble and not worthy of marrying the Zhou family, so I asked Ning Qiniang to bring the marriage certificate from that year and come to dissolve the marriage."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhou Jun turned his head and looked at Zhou Ze. Seeing the latter lowering his head with shame on his face, he couldn't help but ask: "You agree?"
Zhou Ze sighed: "At that time, I felt that I only had one son, and Shang'er would definitely be successful in the future... Let Shang'er marry Ning Qiniang, which is really a bit..."
Zhou Shang frowned and said: "Since my father made an agreement with someone in the early years, how could he break the engagement without authorization because he dislikes poverty and loves wealth? This is against morality and goes against his original intention... Besides, Ning Qiniang is a daughter of a good family.
, regardless of his character or words and deeds, he is well-known in Pinggao City. The Zhou family broke off the engagement for no reason, how will the Ning family deal with themselves in the future? "
In front of the emperor, his son robbed him of his innocence. Zhou Ze's face was hot, and he couldn't help but said with a straight face: "It was the Ning family who took the initiative to terminate the engagement, and my father didn't say anything from the beginning to the end. On the contrary, it was you who
Ning Qiniang had never met her before, so after learning about this incident, she rushed to Ning's house to apologize, which in the end made me a villain."
Listening to the two people arguing there, the sadness in Zhou Jun's heart caused by Zhou Dinghai's death was immediately diluted a lot.
In addition to feeling emotional, Zhou Jun felt vaguely jealous when looking at the father and son Zhou Ze and Zhou Shang. As for the reason for this emotion, he himself could not explain clearly.
Zhou Jun raised his hand, first stopped the argument between Zhou Ze and Zhou Shang, and then said: "Back then, in front of the gate of Zhou's house, I don't know who was kneeling in the street just to marry a happy woman.
trick?"
Upon hearing the emperor's words, Zhou Ze was stunned on the spot.
Back then, Zhou Ze was scolded by Zhou Dinghai and even threatened to be driven out of the Zhou family in order to marry Yu Junniang.
Now that I think about it, the two scenes of the past and the present actually overlap, which makes people feel sad about the reincarnation of the world.
Zhou Ze sighed, cupped his hands to Zhou Jun and said, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."