Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 471 6.42 Princess Yongchang: Going too far towards the Mei family
Volume VI

6.42 Princess Yongchang: You did too much to the Mei family
That night, Zijin Street, Princess Yongchang's private residence, study room.

"Pfft - cough cough cough cough!" His Highness was almost choked by someone's violent approach. "I did say that you should go too far, but I don't want you to do it so completely." The bottom line, right? Even though the person named Mei is not a big shot, he is still a sixth-rank official of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How can he be so insulting as you - no, this is no longer an insult, it is more vicious than killing someone!"

"If killing people can't hurt their hearts, it will be too easy for them!" Zhou Yang snorted disdainfully, "Since he has the courage to cause trouble for me, he must be prepared to be killed - besides, I don't have it either. Isn't it enough to kill him without even harming him, and to leave money to compensate for the damage to his home?

It has been more than ten years since he won the second rank of Jinshi and joined the Hanlin Academy. No one knows what he is like. Although the fact that Uncle Xue became the prince is not a big secret, it is not something that people like him can understand. , but he received the news, and he still had the guts to dig out the so-called 'engagement contract' back then. Who would believe it if no one was behind it?Now that he has entered the game, he must be prepared to be killed and maimed! "

"So, compared to what you did this time, the affairs at the home of Jia Yucun, the former prefect of Jinling, were also arranged by you, right?" Dongfang Bing on the side had a strange expression, "I'm just saying that things are so coincidental. Here you and He had a conflict, and his wife ran away with a young government servant. He was obviously famous for being shameless, but he committed suicide in shame and anger at the end of last year."

"You are really curious." Princess Yongchang looked at someone who was still thick-skinned speechlessly, "I just remembered that your yard already has one, and there will be three women in the future. Er Ning Rong The grandmas of the younger generation of the mansion have all entered your place, it seems that Ben Gong himself was also killed by someone, so he was taken over by someone."

"When you are talking, do you have the guts to touch your own conscience? When I attacked the man named Huang, I did it according to your wishes!" Zhou Yang quickly defended, "Besides, I am not what you said, you It’s purely insulting!”

"Why don't I remember--" Her Royal Highness the Princess is not thin-skinned.

"Ziyang, what do you want to arrange this time? How did things become like this?" Dongfang Bing quickly interrupted the shameless couple's play, "Although Mei Hanlin is not on the stage, after all You are also an official, did you go too far this time? If things break out, you will be in big trouble."

"Tch—" Zhou Yang curled his lips again.

Things go back to this afternoon, in the Mei family courtyard.

"Sir, please take a look!" After some fussing, the entire Mei family's few "valuable properties" were turned upside down. Less than a stick of incense later, a soldier was holding a rather delicate brocade. He handed the box to Zhou Yang, "The villain dug this out from under the bed in his bedroom. It should be what the adults need."

"It looks like that." Zhou Yang nodded and took the brocade box, only to see that the box was about one foot long, half a foot wide and half a foot wide, and the main body was made of golden nanmu, with all twelve edges. It is wrapped with gold sheets for reinforcement, and the handle on the lid is also made of gold. There is even a circle of sapphires inlaid on the front edge. The carving is very fine and beautiful. "The Mei family is so poor, the box can only be imported."

"You - you beast." Mei Hanlin, who had been suppressed by the soldiers, finally stopped being polite, "You have to die a good death -"

"Let him sleep for a while." Zhou Yang curled his lips indifferently. Li Xiong immediately walked around behind Mei Hanlin and hit him on the back of the neck with a palm knife, causing him to collapse to the ground silently.

Zhou Yangcai didn't bother to answer. He looked at the delicate copper lock on the brocade box. He pulled out the August [-]st Army thorn from his waist and pried it off and threw it aside. Then he opened the lid of the box and saw a lot of letters or books piled inside. Most of the papers were correspondence between him and his contemporaries and fellow villagers, and a small part were letters with the second roommate of the Xue family. At the bottom was a gilded red paper, which looked very delicate.

"It turns out it's just a wedding invitation, not a marriage certificate." Zhou Yang flipped through it and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although both wedding invitations and marriage certificates are used for engagement between two families, they are essentially different. The latter is equivalent to the current marriage certificate, and is even more valid. Once it is set, there is basically no possibility of revoking it, unless it is very special. situation; the former is just a "letter of intent", which means that if one family has the idea of ​​getting engaged, they send it to the other family to ask, which is essentially the same as a "letter of interest".

This wedding invitation was sent by Xue Xun to Mei Hanlin many years ago. The latter was not engaged to the second wife of the Xue family before taking the imperial examination in Beijing. The two parties only made a verbal agreement. After he succeeded in the imperial examination, Xue Xun officially sent the wedding invitation to express inquiries, but it was obvious that there was no got a response, because if the Mei family really had the intention to get engaged, the Xue family would have finalized the marriage contract long ago.

"Sir, can we withdraw the team?" Xiaoqi, a private soldier, stepped forward and asked. "Let's close the team - well, what's going on with those two?" After Zhou Yang put away the wedding invitation and put it in his pocket, he stuffed other letters and other letters into the brocade box again, closed the lid and threw it next to Mei Hanlin, who was still unconscious. , turned around and was about to leave, only to find that in the living room of the main room, two women with buns were hugging each other and slumped on the ground. Their silk clothes were obviously shabby, and they were even shaking a little.

"Sir, the woman stopped me when I was searching, and then drove them into the living room. According to the older woman, they are the wife and concubines of this person on the ground; but they are still You were smart, but you didn't say anything when you saw that you were in a humble position and was about to take action." The private soldier, the flag officer, immediately replied.

"Oh?" Zhou Yang then remembered that he did hear a woman screaming during the search just now, but he didn't pay attention to it, and there was no sound after that. "The wife of the wife and the concubine, right? This one can be , I have become so poor that I have not forgotten to take a concubine; unfortunately, it is of no use, and I still only have an only son."

After all, he walked over curiously, but only after entering the living room did he realize that these two women were quite beautiful. Although the wife of the wife could not match the Twelve Golden Hairpins, she still reached the level of Xi Ren and She Yue. At a second-tier level like this, the concubine is even better, and neither of them looks old, never over thirty.

In fact, it's not surprising when you think about it. Xue Baoqin was born in the 38th year of Longwu. The only son of the Mei family is two years older and is only sixteen years old now. According to the common practice of early marriage in ancient times, the first wife, as the biological mother, is only in her early thirties at most. With proper maintenance, it’s not surprising that you look several years younger.

"I have met the general!" Seeing Zhou Yang enter the door, the woman dressed in the main room struggled to stand up, and bowed timidly with a blessing ceremony, "Even if our master has any offense, he is still an official of the imperial court. The general is about to conduct an inspection of this courtyard, and I think he has already vented his anger. I wonder what else I need to do for you?"

"Oh?" Zhou Yang's heart moved. This woman was quite smart. She first pointed out that Mei Hanlin was an official of the imperial court, which meant that he should stop when it was enough. She also explained that the yard was almost destroyed and could not go too far. Finally, she showed her humble attitude. , obviously preparing to finish, "I don't have much to do; however, there are so many brothers under my command, so I have to give them some benefits - the personal soldiers will gather up the team with a small flag and go home to escort a carriage."

"Yes, sir!" The flag officer of the personal soldier immediately bowed and led the team to go out.

"Daxiong, Dahu, you two come here. Take these two women to the rooms on both sides for use. When the carriage comes, take them home. They will be your wives." Just when everyone thought that the matter was over. At that time, Zhou Yang said such a sentence, so that the whole team of soldiers Xiaoqi in the courtyard all stopped, and they were as dumbfounded as Li Xiong and Li Hu who lacked IQ.

"General, have mercy!" Both women were frightened.

"Aren't you going to get lost?" Zhou Yang yelled at the soldier Xiao Qi first, and then smiled and said to the two women after seeing them hurriedly going out, "That trash lying in the yard is just a sixth-grade Hanlin, and he will probably live in this life for a long time. There will be no more hope; although the two of them are just following me, they are also officials of six ranks and one hundred households.

I've also seen the situation in your yard. More than ten people searched for a long time, but they couldn't find a few taels of silver. You can't live comfortably even if you are so poor. I know you have a son, and he is a scholar. ,so what?Giving him enough face is just another poor scholar for the rest of his life, not to mention that I have also inquired, and he probably has no chance of even being elected.

To tell you the truth, these two of my men seem to be honest, but with me taking care of them, an official with a fifth rank and a thousand households will definitely be indispensable in the future. Judging from the bookish look on your face, you should also come from a family of poetry and calligraphy. One is your girl from back then, right?I can't say how good your future will be if you follow them. It's okay to be popular, drink hot food, and wear gold and silver. "

Although the Li brothers have not had a real son since they first joined him, they still have official status. They are not young, and are now thirty years younger. However, their IQs are worrying. He even arranged for women to be married. Although there are willing families and suitable girls in Shilipu, west of the city, he always feels that arranging two village girls has wronged them - now it is solved, at least their descendants will not continue to start as illiterate villagers.

"General, have mercy!" The main wife refused without hesitation, but the concubine obviously hesitated.

"I'm not discussing with you - why don't you take action yet?" Zhou Yang chuckled and waved his hands to the Li brothers. The two of them didn't think about it again. Each of them picked up one and went to the wings on both sides of Mei's house. What's interesting is that Yes, even though the main wife refused very simply just now, after the incident, there was no sound of yelling, begging, beating, or resistance. Instead, all kinds of pleasant things came out quickly.

"Have you done too much to the Mei family? Then I will give you a piece of prairie, so that you can ride with peace of mind for the rest of your life!" Zhou Yang looked at Mei Hanlin who was still unconscious and smiled dismissively, and took out a stack of thousands of A hundred or two bills of money were stuffed into the brocade box next to his head, and then he went out and got on his horse and left directly.

(End of this chapter)