Chapter 937 Why did the demon clan start a family?
"Master, Master!"
Wang Xu is seventeen years old this year, and Liu Quan, who was once only in his forties, has become an old man with frost-stained temples.
Sitting on the carriage and looking at Liu Quan trotting over, Wang Xu sighed for a while. Time always slipped away unknowingly. In the blink of an eye, Liu Quan was almost sixty years old.
"Uncle Liu, why are you here?"
Wang Xu had always kept in touch with his family through letters, usually by carrier pigeons and clippers. He really couldn't think of anything that would cause his family to send Liu Quan out.
Liu Quan is not an ordinary person, but an old man who has served the Wang family for decades and witnessed the rise of the Wang family.
Now that the Wang family has become the upstart of Jinshan Mansion, there are fewer and fewer matters that require the steward's personal intervention. Liu Quan has also reached the age of Gu Yangtian.
"Master, I have to come. Madam and Master will not worry if I don't come."
As Liu Quan spoke, he looked Wang Xu up and down and said happily: "Young master has really grown up and is an adult."
Liu Quan watched Wang Xu grow up. Looking at it now, Wang Xu looked at Liu Quan and thought the housekeeper was old, but Liu Quan looked at Wang Xu and thought the young master was old.
Wang Xu responded with a smile and asked about the situation at home.
Everything is fine at home. Since realizing Wang Xu's potential, Wanjia has stopped making any moves, and business is as prosperous as ever.
After saying a few words, Liu Quan changed his tone and added: "The young master is now old. The master and his wife have discussed that it is time to find a marriage for the young master."
"Marriage?" Wang Xulu was stunned for a moment, his bad feeling getting stronger and stronger.
Liu Quan seemed unaware and said to himself: "A few days ago, Mr. Luo, the general judge of Jinshan Mansion, came to the house as a guest. He asked about the young master's marriage and planned to act as a matchmaker for the young master."
"Be a matchmaker for me!"
Wang Xu had no intention of getting married. When he heard that someone was trying to match him, he quickly asked, "What did mother say?"
Liu Quan replied: "Madam was hesitant at first, but Luo Tongsuan said that the family he wanted to connect with was a family of officials who managed poetry and books. The girl's father was a fourth-rank official who was in charge of Jiangnan, and he was the current leader.
The Holy Emperor's confidant will inevitably return to the capital to serve as an official in the future, and he can also become the young master's assistant in the future."
At this point, Liu Quan paused slightly and then said: "My wife was a little moved after hearing this, so Tuoluotong was appointed as the matchmaker and contacted the family. The two families exchanged letters for a while, and the master and his wife also felt that they were a good match.
Yes. It’s just that the young master has to rush for the exam and doesn’t want to be distracted. I won’t tell you about this for the time being. I’ll ask the old slave to come over after the young master finishes the exam.”
"The fourth-grade official who governs Jiangnan is the confidant of the current Holy Emperor!"
Wang Xu didn't care at first, because there were many fourth-grade officials in Jiangnan. For example, the prefects of places like Hangzhou and Suzhou, which are paradises on earth, were highly qualified fourth-grade officials.
But when it comes to the emperor's confidants, there are relatively few of them. In the entire Jiangnan area, strictly speaking, the one who can be called the emperor's confidants is generally recognized as Zhang Minghuai, the superintendent of water transportation.
Although Luo Tongpan of Jinshan Mansion is only a sixth-grade general and not a high-ranking official, he does not speak nonsense.
Could it be that the family he wants to matchmake with is the Zhang family, the superintendent of water transportation?
Thinking of this possibility, Wang Xu swallowed his saliva and asked: "The family that Luo Tongpan wants to make connections with, is it the Zhang family who oversees water transportation?"
"Hey, how did the young master know?"
Liu Quan looked surprised and said in surprise: "Only the master, his wife, Luo Tongpan, and the Zhang family know about this matter. Where did the young master hear about it?"
"As expected!"
Hearing this, how could Wang Xu not know that the so-called Luo Tongpan came to visit by chance, and it was probably arranged by the Zhang family.
Zhang Xiaomei ran away from home and went to Hangzhou Mansion to look for him, which caused a huge uproar and made the Zhang family feel like they were stuck in their throats.
Later, although Wang Xu brought Zhang Xiaomei back and helped clarify Zhang Xiaomei with poems, it still had some influence after all.
A powerful family like the Zhang family values face more than life. The best way to eliminate the impact of this incident is for the two families to form a Qin-Jin alliance.
No wonder Zhang Xu, instead of saying anything bad when he saw him, treated him as one of his own.
I'm afraid Zhang Xu already knew the family arrangements at that time and regarded Wang Xu as his future brother-in-law.
Apart from this explanation, no other explanation makes sense at all.
At that time, Wang Xu was still wondering, if his sister ran away with the wild man, regardless of whether it was justified or not, he would break the wild man's legs first.
Therefore, Wang Xu was surprised that Zhang Xu was happy to see him succeed and was not angry but happy.
"I am confused. I have a beautiful girl. Should I be happy or sad?"
Zhang Xiaomei is both talented and beautiful. Except for her flat breasts, she has all the qualities to make her a good choice. In modern times, she would definitely be the fairest and most beautiful woman in the family of a provincial-level official.
Wang Xu was not happy, however. The Zhang family did not handle this matter honestly. Fortunately, in order to reduce the stain on Zhang Xiaomei, he wrote a poem to prove it.
As a result, he wanted to be friends with the Zhang family, but the Zhang family wanted him to be their son-in-law, which was very rude.
"How far have we come?"
Wang Xu woke up and asked hurriedly.
This is an ancient dynasty where the orders of parents and the matchmaker's words have nothing to do with the parties concerned.
Marriage contracts in this era rarely started with love. Once the parents of the man and woman got in touch and thought it was okay, they exchanged birth dates and horoscopes, and the matter could be settled without the consent of the parties involved.
When Liu Quan saw Wang Xu's appearance, he guessed that maybe the young master didn't like it so much, so he replied: "We haven't gone too far, we just exchanged opinions, and we didn't even change our birthdays. No, the madam and the master will
I sent you here to inquire about the young master’s attitude so that we can take the next step.”
“That’s good”
Wang Xu breathed a sigh of relief. The conversation between the Wang family and the Zhang family was still verbal, which gave him room for maneuver.
Seriously speaking, it is impossible to marry Zhang Xiaomei. He has no love for Zhang Xiaomei, so he can't just marry her out of nowhere.
Besides, the Zhang family didn't handle this matter in an honest way. How could anyone do it directly behind his back and want to drain the fire?
"Master, what do you mean?"
Liu Quan came to check Wang Xu's reputation and looked at him hesitantly.
Wang Xu jumped down from the carriage and said in a deep voice: "In the past, the champion swore an oath. How could he have a family until the demon clan was destroyed? Then, he led his army out of Liangjie Mountain and made seven waves. He defeated the demon clan for thirty thousand years.
I dare to go south. Although I am not talented, I am also ambitious. How can I be trapped by my children's personal affairs? I also asked my mother to write a letter and send it to the Zhang family to express my ambition!"
Liu Quan, who was listening in front, was still happy about Wang Xu's ambition, but his expression changed when he heard later.
How can one start a family before the monster race is exterminated? This is what Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, said.
There is also Huo Qubing in this world. He is a genius with unparalleled talent, a military strategist, and a warrior.
Huo Qubing's talent was unparalleled in history. When he was seventeen years old, he went out for the first time. He fought with a fourth-level cultivation level and killed the fifth-level demon king.
At the age of twenty-one, with a fifth-level cultivation, he led his iron cavalry into the demon clan's hinterland and fought for hundreds of thousands of miles, killing thirty-six fifth-level demon kings and three sixth-level demon gods. The battle shocked the world.
At that time, Dong Zhongshu's movement to depose hundreds of schools of thought and advocate Confucianism had just begun. The emergence of Huo Qubing made the military strategists unprecedentedly powerful and once threatened the status of Confucianism.
But the good times did not last long. When the military strategists and the Confucianists were in tit-for-tat, Huo Qubing, who was only 23 years old at the time and comparable to a sixth-level powerhouse and known as the military strategist's Dinghai Shenzhen, died of a mysterious illness.
The military strategists were hit hard and unable to recover, and the Confucianism-only movement was implemented.
The most obvious change is that after the failure of military strategists, Confucianism began to promote Confucian generals and take over military power, and the voice of warriors was once again reduced.
To this day, those who lead the troops in wars are civilians, and it has become a national policy to use civilians to supervise the army. Warriors can only serve as low-level generals in the army, and have even been reduced to looking after the homes and courtyards of wealthy families.
There have been rumors in both the government and the public that Huo Qubing's death was shrouded in mystery.
Huo Qubing was a quasi-sixth-level master and had killed three sixth-level demon gods. How could he die of illness so easily?
Similarly, the military strategists with Huo Qubing in charge would not be defeated by Confucianism, and Dong Zhongshu's plan of exclusive Confucianism could not be implemented at all.
History books are also tight-lipped about what exactly happened when Huo Qubing died.
However, what can be confirmed is that Huo Qubing was only 23 years old when he died and had not yet married.
Wang Xu follows Huo Qubing as an example, does he not plan to get married?
How could the demon clan be wiped out? Even when Huo Qubing was at his peak, the demon clan's vitality was only slightly weakened, and it could not be said that it was damaged.
Liu Quan became anxious when he heard this. The Wang family was waiting for Wang Xu to carry on the family line. What could they do if they didn't start a family?