Chapter 23 Entering the Houmen is as deep as the sea
"The Zhenyuan Hou's lineage now lives in Beijing, but every generation will send a direct descendant to guard the ancestral home of Jinling. The Zhenyuan Hou Mansion in Jinling is now the third uncle of Zhenyuan Hou. Gu Sanye's eldest daughter married the great uncle and is a relative of the uncle's family."
Hua Yunfei soon asked the neighbors about the Gu family's situation and came back. Ye Xiaotian nodded and said, "So that's it!"
Hua Yunfei said: "Brother, I think that uncle Li seems to have bad intentions towards Miss Xia."
Ye Xiaotian snorted coldly and said, "You think I can't see it? Yingying told me all the things she met with him. This kid has always been attentive to Yingying. Later, he learned about my relationship with Yingying, so he gave up. However, now he has met Yingying's father, so it's hard to say."
Mao asked Zhi: "Yes! This uncle Li is more valuable than you, has a higher status than you, is more handsome than you, and is not bound by twenty years of worldly relationships. I thought about it carefully. If I had a daughter, I would rather let her marry uncle."
Ye Xiaotian and Hua Yunfei looked at Mao Wenzhi together. Mao Wenzhi stared with big eyes and said, "Brother, I'm just telling the truth."
Ye Xiaotian said angrily: "So it's very unpleasant."
Mao Wenzhi rubbed the garlic nose and said nothing.
Ye Xiaotian turned to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion and slowly locked his brows.
Hua Yunfei said: "Brother, do we look at whether we should be polite first and then soldiers, or..."
Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said, "If you were Li Guojiu, would you be wary of us coming?"
Hua Yunfei said: "Of course, I will. I will definitely notify the students and will not inform you."
Mao Wenzhi couldn't help but interrupt and said, "If someone comes, he will beat him out with sticks."
Ye Xiaotian said: "So, we can only come to the door and be alerted. Not only can we not see Yingying, but we are afraid that they will also be more careful."
Hua Yunfei said: "What should I do? Once Mr. Li wins Mr. Xia, it will be a big deal to you."
Ye Xiaotian thought for a while and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the side and see if we can sneak in!"
Under the high wall on the right side of Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion, Hua Yunfei looked around and saw that there were no pedestrians on the road, immediately gestured to Mao Wenzhi. Mao Wenzhi rode a horse and squatted his crotch, overlapped his hands and shouted in a low voice: "Come!"
Hua Yunfei was as light as a spirit ape, jumped up, stepped on Mao Wenzhi's hand with one foot. Mao Wenzhi raised his body with a "hey" sound, and held up his hands with force. Hua Yunfei took advantage of the momentum to jump up more than one meter high, putting his hand on the wall and pulling it up, but he immediately slid off his palm and landed on the ground.
Ye Xiaotian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I haven't grasped it firmly? Are you okay?"
Hua Yunfei shook his head and said, "It's not that I didn't catch it firmly. I just quickly swept it. There were more than a dozen ferocious evil dogs in the yard. Fortunately, I was dodging fast, otherwise they would have barked wildly."
Mao Wenzhijing said: "The Gu family has so many dogs? What should I do?"
Ye Xiaotian frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Let's go, let's find another way!"
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In a small tavern, Ye Xiaotian and Mao Wenzhi waited for a long time, and finally saw Hua Yunfei coming in. Hua Yunfei entered the tavern and scanned it around. Seeing Ye Xiaotian and Mao Wenzhi, he came over and sat down beside them.
Ye Xiaotian asked: "I bought it?"
Hua Yunfei shook his head and said, "No, the government strictly controls arsenic. There is no prescription prescription prescribed by the doctor in the medicine shop, so it is not sold at all. The doctor prescribes prescriptions that require first to diagnose the disease and take the pulse. He will never prescribe it until he uses arsenic. If he really uses this prescription, the dosage prescribed is very small, and he must be included in the book with real name."
Mao Wenzhi interrupted, "Why are they allowed to give a generous gift? Isn't it okay for us to spend more money?"
Hua Yunfei glanced at him and said, "If you kill arsenic, you will be a death sentence. Do you think the doctor, shopkeeper, and guys of the medicine shop, how much does it cost to agree?"
Mao Wenzhi was speechless.
Ye Xiaotian suddenly slapped his forehead and said to himself: "I'm so confused. Why do you have to buy arsenic? Elder Dong and Sister Sun might have a way. Let's go back."
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In the Gu Mansion, at this time, Mr. Gu, Mr. Li Guojiu, Mr. Xia, and her six brothers were playing the side stove. Ten people were divided into two tables. The red charcoal fire made the house steam hot, and the boiling water in the hot pot rolled, and the fragrance was everywhere.
Li Guojiu picked up a pair of public chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish that was as thin as paper and as white as jade, rinsed in boiling water, put it into the small plate in front of Mr. Xia, and smiled and said, "Old man, try it. Compared with mutton, it has a different taste."
As he said that, he pushed another plate of dipping sauce in front of Mr. Xia dipped it in dipping sauce, tasted it carefully, and nodded gently. Li Guojiu turned to Xia Yingying, who had always pouted, and his smile became gentle: "Miss Yingying, you can try it too."
Li Guojiu was moved by a woman for the first time in his life, but after knowing that the girl already had something to do, he could only close his feelings. Although he disdained Ye Xiaotian and felt that he was not worthy of the fairy-like girl Yingying, but what could he do if they were in love with each other?
Unexpectedly, God follows the will of others, and the old man of the Xia family actually arrived in Jinling. Only then did he realize that the relationship between Miss Yingying and Ye Xiaotian was firmly opposed by the Xia family. Li Guojiu was really overjoyed. In his concept, the marriage that his parents firmly opposed was 100% unlikely to succeed. In this way, his fire of hope burned again, and it was even more intense than before.
Mr. Gu saw this scene in his eyes, smiled slightly, leaned against Mr. Xia's ear, and whispered: "Mr. Xia, our uncle has a first-class appearance and good character, not to mention his family background. He is the most beloved young brother of the Queen Mother. I think he and Ling Yuan are like golden boys, and they are very compatible."
Mr. Xia is a chieftain in Guizhou and was appointed as the commander of the court, so Mr. Gu San called him Lord Xia. Mr. Xia looked at Li Guojiu, then looked at his daughter, stroked his beard and nodded slightly, and moved a little.
Speaking of which, his baby daughter is indeed at the age of marriage. Unfortunately, because of her spoiled and excessive pampered since childhood, most of the young men and men on the ground in Guizhou avoid it. Although Yingying is of great beauty, even though other beautiful girls are worse than her, they are not much worse.
When the chieftains think of getting married with this girl Yingying, and occasionally having a dispute, dozens or hundreds of brother-in-law rushed to the door to fight, they had a headache. They would rather marry a girl who was slightly inferior to Yingying than be bound by so many constraints.
Up to now, only the silly man Guojigelong pursued his beloved daughter without fear of danger. The Guoji family's life experience is also extraordinary, so Mr. Xia is naturally happy to see it. Unexpectedly, his precious daughter likes Ye Xiaotian. It would be fine if Ye Xiaotian's family background is a little different, but the Xia family does not point to other forces in the daughter alliance.
But Ye Xiaotian is Venerable Shengmiao. He has only had twenty years of worldly relationship, which is not something he can tolerate. Who doesn’t want his children to be happy and happy in their lives? Twenty years later, his precious daughter is only in her thirties, and his grandchildren have to stay alone in the empty room before they even become adults?
Now seeing Li Guojiu is a handsome man, with a first-class family background and impeccable. As a relative of the country, he will hardly be affected by the change of official forces and can enjoy wealth and honor with the country forever. Now that the emperor has taken power, he will have to give his uncle a title, at least a marquis. If he marrys him, his precious daughter will be the marquis' wife. What's wrong with it?
Thinking of this, Mr. Xia nodded with a smile and secretly developed the intention to promote the two of them.
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Tang Xianzu did not follow Ye Xiaotian to Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion, and at this time he had returned to the inn.
At the entrance of the inn, two postmen were pressing the door gods to the door, and a few postmen were hanging strings of red lanterns on the lantern poles. At the entrance, there were hawkers carrying baskets and selling melon seeds, peanuts and magnolia slices. There were several colorful sheds across the street. Under the shed, some people were selling glass trumpets, rattles and bamboo horses, and some people set up stalls to sell firecrackers and fireworks. The atmosphere of the New Year has become increasingly strong.
Tang Xianzu stopped at the entrance of the inn, watched quietly for a while, and stepped into the inn, feeling a little depressed. The transportation was too inconvenient at this time, so he was studying abroad and it was very difficult to go home. This year he had to spend alone in a foreign land.
Because the New Year is approaching, there are fewer people living in the inn, which seems a little deserted. Tang Xianzu walked in the garden and suddenly saw a girl standing quietly under a weeping willow tree, watching the gurgling water. Tang Xianzu looked at her thin back and suddenly felt like she was in a foreign land and walked slowly over.
"Miss Zhan..."
"Ah! Brother Tang!"
Zhan Ning'er hurriedly curled his sad expression and forced a smile on his face.
Tang Xianzu smiled and said, "Miss Zhan, do you have any worries?"
Zhan Ning'er said: "There is nothing wrong, it's just... I just accompanied Yingying to the Central Plains. Seeing that the year is approaching, I can't return home, and I feel a little sad."
Tang Xianzu smiled and said, "Is that right? Is it because I can't go home during the Chinese New Year, and it's because of Brother Ye?"
Zhan Ning'er said in a panic: "How is it possible? Why am I...I'm so sad because of him?"
Tang Xianzu had a good impression of Zhan Ning'er. He liked Zhan Ning'er's cheerfulness and generosity, especially among the two girls Zhan Ning'er and Xia Yingying. Zhan Ning'er spent a longer time with him and naturally had a deeper relationship. Seeing that she was suffering from love, she couldn't help but say: "Miss Zhan, I know you and Miss Xia are like sisters. However, choosing a husband is a lifelong thing, and this kind of thing cannot be given up."
Zhan Ning'er's face turned red when she heard him say it bluntly, but she had a straightforward personality, was not good at pretending and embarrassed, so she simply admitted it calmly, lowered her head sadly, and said quietly: "What are you talking about if you want to give in? Ye Xiaotian... I like her."
Tang Xianzu said: "But I didn't see that he didn't like you."
Zhan Ning'er was shocked and raised her head suddenly.
Tang Xianzu said: "Love scene is like a battlefield. If you give in, you will lose everything. Thinking back then, my wife also liked her cousin more. She saw that they were all the dishes on the plate, but I was still eaten by me in one bite? Over the years, my wife has been nourishing and I have long forgotten who his childhood sweetheart is."
Zhan Ninger stuttered: "Is this okay? I'm afraid... I think... if it were Yingying... I..."
Tang Xianzu smiled and said, "Are you afraid Yingying is unhappy? Haha, it depends on whether you are willing to give up Miss Xia or Ye Xiaotian. Even if you confess your affection and choose, it will be Ye Xiandi who will decide in the end. Even if you let her down, that's not you, right?"
"Not me...not me..."
Zhan Ning'er's eyes suddenly lit up.
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