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Chapter 51 2.41 Formal Separation and Meeting Keqing for the First Time
Chapter 2

2.41 Formal separation and first meeting

One month later, the time has entered the late July of the ninth year of Yongzheng, Uncle Zhongyong's mansion, Mrs. Wei's courtyard.

"Xu'er, you are the second son in the family, and now you are engaged, although I am reluctant, but a good man is going to make a living after all.

It just so happens that your eldest brother is also taking up the vacancy now, and he officially took up the post in Langfang a few days ago, and now there is no major matter at home, why don't we arrange it together. "Madam Wei didn't go around in circles this time, and directly stated her purpose.

That's right, after such a long time, the marriage between Wei Xu and Qin Keqing has basically been settled. It can be said to be a very cumbersome procedure. In ancient times, blind dates and marriages were very complicated, which can basically be summed up as "three matchmakers and six engagements".

Among them, the three matchmakers include a matchmaker for both men and women, plus a middleman. The matchmaker is easy to say. The middleman should have been Jia Amnesty, but because of some reasons, Jia Zheng was finally arranged.

When the Jia family met Qin Ye just mentioned, it was Jia Zheng who accompanied him.

It's a pity, Wei Xu could tell that Qin Ye actually didn't like him. No wonder, he was also a serious second-ranked Jinshi back then, and he was a loyal prince, otherwise he wouldn't have been ordered to educate Qin Keqing.

But there is no way, Qin Keqing's identity is doomed, it is never possible for her to marry anyone because of love, but because of interests, now marrying Wei Xu can guarantee the best interests, so that's it.

The six appointments are a complete set of procedures from blind date to marriage, that is, accepting the lottery, asking for the name, Najib, accepting the recruitment, asking for a date, welcoming in person, and the last one is actually picking up the bride.

Because the time is not long, the six-hiring process has only reached the "Naji" stage. In theory, Wei Xu finally knows the name of his future wife, and it is very suitable after fortune-telling.

What's interesting is that in the first five steps, apart from asking for names, every step requires wild geese as gifts. Wei Xu can solve all these by himself, which is quite a face-saving matter.

On the contrary, it is "Nazheng", which needs to send a dowry gift to the woman's family. The time is set for an auspicious day in August next year, which means it has not yet arrived.

Now the Wei family and the Qin family are not big families, so the agreed upon dowry is really not that big. The problem is that Mrs. Wei wants to separate the family now before it can be delivered.

So, what about this dowry?
Fortunately, Wei Xu didn't worry about this shit at all. In this case, he left the Zhongyong uncle's mansion early, so that it would be easier to deal with the problem in the future.

"Since the mother has made the decision, the child has no objection." You have made the decision, then you have the final say, and Wei Xu is too lazy to discuss it.

"Now the mansion is in decline, but there is still some family property." Mrs. Wei was a little displeased with Wei Xu's answer, but continued, "This is 300 taels of silver, you take it first.

In addition, there is another small courtyard in the mansion, just on the edge of the inner city, which can be used as your future residence, don't dislike it. "

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Wei handed over three bank notes, each worth a hundred taels, and handed over a house deed, which was regarded as the property of Wei Xu's division.

As for the appearance of the land property, she didn't even mention it.

"Thank you, mother!" Wei Xu took it respectfully, then knelt down and saluted helplessly according to etiquette.

Why are you so honest?

The separation of families in ancient times is not something you say, but a very serious ceremony, skipping other less important links. In addition to Mrs. Wei, there are many witnesses at the scene.

Theoretically, it should be the elders and members of the Wei family, but unfortunately now that the Wei family has fallen, those few members of the family have already dispersed to find other ways to make a living.

So those sitting around were witnesses sent by the Eighth Duke's mansion, there were no big names, and the highest status was Jia Zheng, the second room of the Rongguo mansion.

No matter how strong Wei Xu's opinion is, he can only endure it at this time, because this is the feudal rule, you can only take as much as your parents give, otherwise it is unfilial!
If it really bears the name of "unfilial piety", it is basically equivalent to "social death", let alone the imperial examination planned by Wei Xu, it may be difficult to deal with in the days to come.

After completing a whole set of procedures, Wei Xu officially separated his family and set up a household. In addition to worshiping the ancestors, Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion has little to do with him, because it is Wei Ruolan's territory.

Considering that this cheap elder brother even sent only a long-term follower to represent the branch family under the excuse of "he was busy with his work just now", Wei Xu knew that the relationship between the two would be "cold" at most in the future.

This also made the witnesses at the scene quite dissatisfied. As the saying goes, "Kids hide from each other", this is a family rule in feudal society, but Wei Ruolan is not even willing to do anything to save face for his younger brother, which is enough.Fortunately, Wei Xu didn't care about these three melons and two dates at all. Let alone 300 taels, even 3000 taels was just pocket money for him - the current Wei family might not even be able to come up with "this little" cash.

That is to say, those present were only marginal figures in the Hachiko family, and they didn't know the real situation of Wei Xu at all, otherwise the scene would be drowned in laughter.

After finishing the family separation ceremony, Wei Xu took four pieces of paper and left, and he didn't go to the so-called "small courtyard", he didn't even bother to look for it.

Go straight back to the front yard, hand over the house deed to Cao Yunqi, and ask him to arrange for someone to sell it, since it's useless for him to keep it anyway.

As for Zhou Yunyang, he now sits at the "Tongfu Inn" at the foot of Niutou Mountain [-]/[-]. This is Wei Xu's name, so it's a kind of nostalgia.

Comparatively speaking, Zhou Yunyang's martial arts aptitude is much worse than Cao Yunqi's, but he is obviously more suitable for handling various affairs, so Wei Xu made the best use of him and arranged for him to be in charge of the inn business.

As for Cao Yunqi, Wei Xu put him in his own yard, and gave him the status of guest minister. He managed more than 30 servants in total, and also worked as a nurse at the hospital. In fact, he was considered as a follower.

In the next few days, Wei Xu was going to get up and spend his energy on martial arts and imperial examinations, but before that, there was one more thing to do, that was to finally meet the "No. [-] beauty in the Red Chamber"—Qin Keqing.

Because he got accurate information from the servants of the Qin family who he bought, at the end of every month, Qin Keqing would go to Shuiyue Temple in the south of the city to pray for his family.

Although they are all "south of the city", Shuiyuean is actually not in the same direction as Tongfu Inn and Niutoushan, and it can even be said to be far away.

From the south gate of the capital, go directly south to the Tongfu Inn, but the direction of Shuiyue Temple is different. You need to go south for less than five miles, then go east from the intersection, and then walk nearly twenty miles to get there.

Therefore, Qin Keqing usually leaves early in the morning and arrives at noon, then stays there for one night, and returns in the afternoon the next day.

Another point is that Shuiyue Nunnery is very close to Tiekan Temple, the family temple of Jia's family. Qin Keqing went to Shuiyue Nunnery to pray for blessings on a regular basis.

"The benefactor is slow to use, and the poor nun will leave." That is, before eleven o'clock in the morning, Wei Xu had already settled in the guest room of Shuiyue Temple. Not only that, he also asked the nuns to arrange a table of wine and food.

It's really wine and food, although the dishes are all vegetarian, but the wine is the best wine, and it was personally arranged by the nunnery master Jingxu, so there is no embarrassment at all.

Because Wei Xu directly gave the sesame oil money of twelve taels of gold, which was enough no matter what.

Even Qin Keqing's daily living habits when he came here on weekdays, Wei Xu learned clearly from a nun named Zhishan at the price of five taels of silver.

For example, the guest room he lives in now is actually a small courtyard, with three main rooms and two ancillary rooms, which is not too big. There are six such small courtyards in Shuiyue Temple, which are covered by four walls and are exclusively for noble guests to live in.

And every time Qin Keqing came over, she lived in a completely fixed place, just next door to the east, and it was only for her use. If she didn't come, it would be vacant. Except for the daily cleaning by the little nun, no one would come in.

This confirmed Wei Xu's suspicion, because Jingxu is not a good thing, in the original book she would do anything for money, but now she is so honest, it is obvious that someone arranged for her.

After eating and drinking enough, Wei Xu had nothing to do, because the yard was not big and not suitable for practicing martial arts on weekdays, so he had to throw himself on the bed and sleep!

When he was awakened by the noise outside again, he immediately realized that it was Qin Keqing who had arrived.

He didn't care about washing up, and immediately jumped out of the back window, and then jumped onto the reverse slope of the roof, and then quietly looked out from the gap in the tall grass growing on the roof.

It's not that he's hypocritical, but that the feudal society rules are like this. The female family members of big families are strictly packaged when they go out. They usually wear hooded cloaks and travel the whole way by car. When they arrive at the place, they have to clear the road first to prevent outside men from disturbing them.

Although Qin Keqing was named Qin Ye, Wei Xu didn't believe that she would be off guard!
Sure enough, Wei Xu could easily see that at the entrance of the courtyard next door, a nun was leading a carriage, and a woman in a pink cloak was helping a maid in green to get off the carriage.

But the most important thing is that outside the wall of the VIP courtyard near the carriage, a dozen or so people dressed as pilgrims are faintly distributed, obviously they are arranged guards.

Fortunately, Wei Xu jumped out of the rear window earlier, otherwise he might have been held back!
After entering the yard, the maid closed the door, and the girl in the pink cloak finally took off her cloak with the help of the maid, and raised her head to reveal a bright and bright face that was suitable for anger and joy.

"Boom—" Wei Xu felt as if his mind was exploding, and he finally experienced the feeling of "seeing her, I even named the child"!
(End of this chapter)