Chapter 381 Calculate

Originally, I thought that Xuezheng was a matchmaker, and this matter was a certainty. Shi Yan had already prepared a gift with Da Liu, and he had prepared a lot of thoughtful things in private, just waiting for Mr. Zhou to get married.

After all, the next year’s autumn season is just around the corner, and there is still one year left. It is best for Mr. Zhou to go to Beijing as soon as possible to prepare.

For Mr. Xuezheng, marrying a concubine niece now is an early investment, which is a kind of gift to Mr. Zhou, but when Mr. Zhou is in Beijing High School, it will be impossible to say that he will marry a concubine niece again. At that time, it will be his own concubine and also May not let Mr. Zhou be willing.

Therefore, the best choice is to let the two get married now, and then Mr. Zhou and his wife will go to Beijing to take the exam together, and the two will also take care of them on the way.

But who would have guessed that this evening, Yan Zheng was talking to Mr. Mei about a newly learned delicacy, and when it came to his enthusiasm, when he saw Mr. Zhou’s angry home, he smelled a strong smell of wine when he walked in, watching his expression and face. The last two blushing flushed, but his eyes were particularly clear from the shock of anger, and he staggered when he walked.

Shi Yan knew at a glance that something great had happened that made people unable to do anything about it, otherwise Mr. Zhou should not be like this.

He simply put people into the room and placed them on the couch, and then instructed Yang Hegao: “Let Aunt Liu cook sober soup.”

Then he looked at Mr. Zhou with his eyes.

Mr. Zhou’s wine was very good. He didn’t cry or make trouble. He only showed a wry smile and surrendered to Mr. Mei before telling Shi Yan the truth.

“I don’t have many friends. I regard the two as confidants. I can only talk to the two about this.”

It turns out that Mr. Zhou has already started to invite people to come to propose marriage matters under the advice of Lord Xuezheng. Recently, as long as he has time, he is busy with this matter. Although there are people from the clan to help, it is not as simple as three media and six hiring. It is very cumbersome to need him to personally intervene.

Unexpectedly, when he went out this morning, he met a maid at the door who claimed to be Miss Feng’s family. After inquiring, he realized that the maid happened to be the personal maid of the concubine niece of Lord Xuezheng, who was engaged to him.

The maid said that her young lady had something to say to Mr. Zhou in person.

Mr. Zhou thought about the relationship between the two of them about to get married. At this time, the woman wanted to take a look at what he looked like. It was okay as long as the two were sitting upright. He followed the maid to a private room in a teahouse.

Unexpectedly, when the Miss Feng family opened her mouth, she was stunned to tell Mr. Zhou that a sip of tea could not be swallowed or spit in his throat, and he was very depressed.

“Mr. has a precious character and is a rare talent. This is a little girl who climbs high. This should not be said by a little girl. But the little girl has no choice but to make this unkind request.”

Saying that, Miss Feng was about to kneel before Mr. Zhou with tears in her eyes.

Mr. Zhou couldn’t tell her to act like this, although he had a bad premonition in his heart, he could only bite the bullet and tell her to finish the sentence: “Let’s not talk about it, on the face of Lord Xuezheng, I met a passerby today. It’s difficult, someone Zhou who can help will definitely help.”

But there is no big deal, and the speech is left alive.

I don’t know if Miss Feng understood his hints, she said to herself, “This is because the little girl is sorry for the husband, to be honest, the little girl already has a crush. Sooner or later, he will realize his ambition. For the little girl, he is the best son in the world.”

Miss Feng gritted her teeth and said with difficulty, “Can I ask you to go to your uncle and cancel this marriage?”

When he said this, Shi Yan understood what Mr. Zhou was talking about using alcohol to drown his sorrows. It was impossible to be heartbroken for a woman who had only met once under such circumstances, but he was sold and he had to help others. Counting money, knocking down teeth and swallowing blood, trying to pretend to be happy, even a **** person can’t stand it.

Mr. Zhou sat opposite Shi Yan, poured down a large bowl of thick hangover soup, and wiped his face: “Don’t look at people’s words that are soft and hard.

I’m going to take the initiative to quit my relatives from Master Xuezheng. It can’t be said that it’s someone else’s problem. I have to find faults in myself! When things got to this point, I wanted to be a person inside and out. ”

Now the difficulty is here. Miss Feng family is obviously unwilling to marry, and she is unwilling to tell her family that she has personal interests. She is waiting for her sweetheart to high school, and then she will be able to achieve good things logically.

So I pushed two, five, six, and pushed all the problems to Mr. Zhou.

If Mr. Zhou took the initiative to go to Lord Xuezheng to find out about this matter, the marriage would not have happened, but the reputation of the Feng family girl would also be gone. Could the Feng family not hate him? Lord Xuezheng also has a daughter, can you not hold grudges against him?

If Mr. Zhou endured this matter and assumed that nothing happened, he wouldn’t be able to do it himself, not to mention that the daring Miss Feng could do something stupid.

Then there is only one way left. According to Miss Feng’s wishes, Mr. Zhou took the blame and broke the engagement. At the same time, Mr. Xuezheng was displeased.

Shi Yan and Mr. Mei looked at each other. After all, it was an old man who had experienced strong winds and waves. His face was not turbulent, and the black and white in his hands were not chaotic at all, and he looked like he was watching.

Shi Yan tapped the table with his fingers to remind Mr. Zhou.

“Actually, there is a key person in this matter that has not appeared.”

Mr. Zhou is not stupid, but he was stimulated by the sudden news. Now he wakes up and slaps the table: “Yes, as long as I find the man that Miss Feng mentioned first and make him show his actions, then I can do it. Take me out of it.”

At that point, he becomes a victim, and the right to choose is back in his hands.

Shi Yan tapped his index finger lightly on the table to make a regular sound, “According to Brother Zhou’s description, that man should have a bad background, and he is planning to pursue an official career, but the road to the imperial examination is not smooth, at least not as good as you, age and yours. It’s almost the same, and it’s at most a scholar.”

Mr. Zhou leaned on the soft pillow and added: “It stands to reason that a man who is responsible should take the initiative to stand up for this kind of thing, but hides behind a woman, either that person is very scheming or has no responsibility, Miss Feng is wrong. I prefer the former.”

Shi Yan agreed with this. After all, Miss Feng was not an ordinary woman who could come up with such a sinister idea.

Shi Yan: “So, to narrow down the scope, I will let He Gao’s friends inquire privately, and there will be results within two days.”

As everyone knows, the man who was identified by the two as a man with a deep sense of shrewdness, his hands are shaking with anger at this moment.

“Feng Lian! I advise you to stop in moderation. The shady affair between you and your cousin is the matter of the two of you. I discovered it by accident, and I’m not despicable enough to take your **** out of it. Article! Why do you have to be aggressive and use me as your shield!?

I am asking for the Lord Xuezheng, but I am not asking for anything from you! If you want me to be that living bastard, don’t even think about it! I promise someone not to owe you! ”

The woman known as Feng Lian was very calm, took a sip of tea slowly, and said softly: “So what? I can find a way to push you in front of my uncle, that’s enough, isn’t it?

When Zhou Sihong took the initiative to withdraw from the relatives, the family would definitely feel that they owed me. At that time, I said in front of my uncle that you had saved my life. Fame, uncle will naturally try to help you.

Don’t worry, your uncle has a good face. In order not to be told that he treated his niece harshly, your future will definitely not be worse than Zhou Sihong. ”

Xu Xun’s face was very strange when he heard the words: “Is it a fake show? How will your cousin be treated?”

Feng Lian snorted coldly, put down the teacup, and wanted to say, “This is not your concern!” She was afraid that the idiot in front of her had ruined her plan.

So he confided part of his plan: “In the two years that you have been motivated, your cousin will naturally be motivated.”

Cousin was just delayed for three years for his father’s filial piety. If you are filial at the end of the year, you will be able to participate in the township examination next year. At that time, you were still a little boy. With the mud that can’t support the wall, the family will naturally understand Cousin. How excellent!

“At that time, I will have my own way to make the family give up the marriage between you and me.”

After speaking, Feng Lian laughed: “You have performed better and won the trust of your uncle. It will not be difficult to ask your uncle to secure a suitable marriage for you, won’t you kill two birds with one stone?”

What Feng Lian didn’t say is that when her uncle was young, it was her mother who actually looked at her, but by accident, her mother became her father’s aunt, and her aunt married her uncle. In order to make up for her regret, her uncle ordered a baby for her and her cousin. Dear. Later, my uncle died and my cousin kept filial piety for three years, and their family gradually showed a tendency to decline.

The parents did not want to marry into the aunt’s house, and the aunt did not want her to be a daughter-in-law because of her early years. But no matter what, she has already secretly obtained the token of the engagement between the two parties. As long as she and her cousin are in the same mind and stand in the same place, no one can object!

Xu’s eyes narrowed for a meter, and the folding fan was put away, revealing his appearance that was enough to fascinate the ignorant girl, Feng Lian didn’t see his expression, only heard him grit his teeth: “I know, you ask me to do it again. Think.”

Feng Lian was very calm, she was sure that this person would agree.

Little did he know that this man came out of the restaurant, got rid of the people who were following him, took off the hood generously, revealed the face of Xu Laosi, hired a carriage, and drove directly to the Miao family.

In the Miao family at this time, Shi Yanzheng and Mr. Zhou took the information from the investigation and compared them from beginning to end, trying to find the man who was hiding behind Feng Lian, when the old man Xu suddenly broke in. Four crackling instilled a whole lot.

Xu Laosi didn’t hide it at all. He explained how he took the prescription to contact the elder brother of Xuezheng, and then through this person, he contacted his nephews, and through these nephews, he came into contact with the children of Xuezheng’s elder brother, Feng Lian. is one of them. Afterwards, how did she find out that Feng Lian had an affair with her cousin, how she was used by Feng Lian, and how Feng Lian’s plans were not hidden at all.

What he said was a dry mouth, so he held the teapot and drank half of the tea in one breath, then heaved a long sigh, and then said to Shi Yan: “That girl consciously held everyone in her hands, from the I don’t take me seriously, so I can’t think of you as my brother, and I can’t think of Zhou Juren’s friendship with you, so arrogant!”

Shi Yan and Mr. Zhou looked at each other, although they didn’t expect that the person they were looking for was actually Xu Laosi, but after thinking about it carefully, according to Xu Laosi’s tossing energy, it is not impossible to do these things.

When this person came, things became much simpler.

Shi Yan raised his eyes and asked Xu Lao Si, “What do you mean?”

Xu Laosi hiccupped, and lay on the chair as if he had no muscles and bones, half-squinting and rubbing his stomach, inexplicably made Mr. Zhou feel that he was somewhat similar to Shi Yan.

“Then I’ll make a fake show!”

Xu Laosi explained: “Compared with that bitch, we are a family, and it’s not cheap for outsiders. I’m here to talk to you guys, don’t stand up to bad brothers and good things.”

Shi Yan said in his heart, “I don’t care, it’s only your ability to do bad things, so let people keep an eye on that side and take care of the aftermath at any time, so as not to involve unnecessary people and things.

He nodded with ease on his face: “This is natural, how can I do good deeds for outsiders to bad brothers?”

Not long after Xu Laosi left, far away in Feng’s house, the little maid next to Feng Lian was smuggling her personal belongings to the outside, but she was bumped right on the way by Lord Xuezheng. Lord Xuezheng was furious and ordered the maid to be closed. , let Feng Lian reflect on himself in the ancestral hall.

At the same time, it was ordered to seal up, not to let anyone, especially Zhou Sihong, know about it.

He and his elder brother lost a lot of temper, and blamed the elder brother for not being able to discipline his children, and even the servants in the family couldn’t control it, which was really annoying.

After all this was done, it was almost dusk. Lord Xuezheng hurriedly drank two bowls of good porridge to barely satisfy his stomach, so he ordered the daring maid to come out for interrogation.

Instead, he wanted to ask who was scheming and daring, and what was his intention when he knew that the Feng family and the Zhou family were dating each other? Did you take him seriously?

As a result, after a while, the servant hurried to report that it was the maid who hanged herself in the woodshed.

Master Xuezheng secretly said, “It’s broken!”

Immediately, people noticed the movement outside, and Feng Lian was quickly brought to trial.

But now that she doesn’t recognize it, she can’t do it anymore. Rumors soon spread out that she was having an affair with her cousin and implicated her personal servant girl, which led to the death of the servant girl. Now the servant girl’s parents have come to the door to seek justice.

Feng Lian was annoyed, guessing that a sister in the family knew about her and her cousin’s affairs, so she bought the maid and wanted to ruin her reputation. In addition, the rumors from outside made her panic. Under such circumstances, she would never implicate her cousin, and immediately cried to her uncle:

“Actually, those things were given to Xu Gongzi by A Lian. Xu Gongzi had saved A Lian’s life that day, and A Lian has never forgotten him. Later, his uncle promised A Lian a family, and A Lian felt very sad. Also know how to be a woman.

Then he indulged himself in sending those things to Xu Gongzi, so that Xu Gongzi stepped forward to repay his life-saving grace. Uncle, you have also seen that, except for A Lian’s personal jade pendant, the rest are scattered silver, really. There is no other. ”

Feng Lian knelt down in front of her uncle with tears in her eyes: “It’s A Lian who is confused, but A Lian is also very kind, and has no other wrong thoughts. I never imagined that things would turn out like this!”

In an instant, she portrayed herself as a kind-hearted, pure and kind woman, and she gave eye drops to those who do evil in the dark. Things can be so coincidental and fermented so quickly, and they all understand that there is someone behind it.

Feng Lian may not be innocent, but the person who broke the matter right now is even more hateful!

Lord Xuezheng took a deep look at the niece. He didn’t say anything. He threw his sleeves away, and let people follow the clues all night to investigate. The person behind him must be investigated thoroughly, and Feng Feng was the first to be found. Lian is grateful to the fourth son of Xu Laojie, Xu Gongzi.

The result is really strange, all the coincidences are seamless, the maid’s family moved away three days ago, the rumors in the city first spread from some beggars, and all the clues were broken. It was found that Feng Lian did have a vaguely private man, but based on Feng Lian’s accounts, it could be seen that the man could not be Xu Lao Si, Xu Gongzi.

The Feng family was frightened, and Master Xuezheng was completely annoyed, and immediately made the decision to let Feng Lian die.

Then he brought home the adopted daughter of the Feng family who had been raised on Zhuangzi outside the city overnight to comfort the Feng family’s husband and wife who had suddenly lost their beloved daughter.

Simply adopting a female is submissive, filial and courteous. The key is that she is similar in appearance to Feng Lian, who died of illness, which makes the Feng family feel much better. She named her daughter “Feng Lian”, who died early and could not leave her name on the family tree.

The Feng family quickly engaged their adopted daughter Feng Lian and Xu Laosi to marry. After marriage, Xu Laosi was directly brought by his side as an aide, and he personally taught him to make compensation.

Of course, they thought that Xu Laosi didn’t understand the reason for all this, and Xu Laosi shouldn’t understand either. Therefore, he showed great gratitude to the Feng family who had the kindness of knowing and meeting. He was diligent in learning and asking questions by his uncle’s side. In addition, he was a little smart, and he quickly won his uncle’s appreciation.

As for the other Mr. Zhou, who is about to propose marriage with Feng Lian, it is a pity. There is no fiancee candidate. Fortunately, the matchmaker has not officially come to propose marriage, otherwise, he will have to bear the name of a wife.

After this incident, Master Feng stopped thinking about being a matchmaker for Mr. Zhou and his own family, but said: “You are good, it’s a pity that my niece has a bad life, but there are still several daughters in this official’s family, Yun Ying, who are not married. , they are all of the same age, if you are interested, just tell this official, and this official will make the decision for you. Wanwang Jinxiu should not ruin your studies because of this!”

This is polite, but the meaning expressed is not simple. Mr. Zhou is a commoner, can he really choose at will against the daughter of a scholar and a big family? What a face! This is to let Mr. Zhou take the initiative to retreat!

Mr. Zhou immediately said respectfully: “The student is ashamed and has let down the wishes of the adults. After this incident, a few months have been spent, and next month, I plan to go to Beijing to prepare for the test, and the good wishes of the adults can only come later Report again!”

On both sides, they said goodbye politely. When Mr. Zhou went out, he met Xu Laosi, who was running errands for Xuezheng.

Who would have thought that at dusk, with the sunset glow in the sky, the two would gather warmly in the kitchen yard of Shi Yan’s house, eating a mutton pot around a copper pot.

Xu Lao raised his glass in the fourth dynasty: “I would like to thank the fifth one for your final touch. In terms of prudence, I am far inferior to you!”

Without Shi Yan’s careful finishing, he was struggling with the Feng family at the moment, how could he have a comfortable life today?

For example, the choice of the maid, he was a personal maid he bought at will, but the fifth one temporarily changed to a seriously ill person who had no cure, and gave her family enough silver taels to arrange the funeral before she went. So decisive.

For example, for the things the maid sent out, he arranged some Feng Lian’s underwear, handkerchiefs, etc., and wanted to completely confirm the relationship between the two, and the rest could only wait and see.

But the fifth one temporarily replaced Feng Lian’s personal jade pendant and scattered silver. Sure enough, Feng Lian saw that things were turning around. Before the fish died and the net was broken, in order to protect her cousin, she took care of the matter by herself and completely took him away. Take it out.

Afterwards, the more Xu Laosi thought about it, the more he felt that his fifth brother was very thoughtful. This was to calculate Feng Lian’s thoughts step by step, and let her go down according to his wishes.

Terrible, really terrible!

Mr. Zhou also raised his glass: “I will go to Beijing next month, and I will say goodbye to you in advance!”

The relationship with Xu Laosi is really indescribable, and the two inexplicably developed into a relationship of eating at a table.

Of course, there is another reason why he wants to go to Beijing early. In the eyes of outsiders, a marriage that is a thousand and one hundred thousand years old is a slap in the face. These days, people gloat at misfortune and watch jokes, pretend to comfort them, and it is a real pity. Performing with a mask in front of him, he looked troubled.

As a friend, Shi Yan naturally understands what he means, but who is to rely on misfortune and fortune? He reminded Mr. Zhou: “If you have time in the past few days, go to Mr. Mei’s place to take a look, maybe there will be a surprise.”