Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 54 2.31 Take Zhao Qiying home as a concubine
Volume Two

2.31 Take Zhao Qiying home as a concubine
"Hey, my young master, although this heavy sword is good, it is not easy to carry. The one that is easy to carry has gone to nowhere and will never come back." On this day, Zhou Yang broke his horse. After repeatedly practicing with the sword as a weapon, I lay on the recliner and rested while holding the heavy sword and thinking. Unexpectedly, Qingwen caught the conversation and started to speak in a strange way.

Time flew by quickly, and less than half a month passed in the blink of an eye. The two heroines did not appear again. Qingwen, who had always had a problem with someone's philandering, would make sarcastic remarks from time to time, even if she was spanked many times because of it. So much so that Zhou Yang had almost gotten used to this girl's directness, and this time she habitually pulled her over and gave her a few blows.

"Damn girl, I'm not doing it for your own good." After rubbing his face and tickling Qingwen for a while, Zhou Yang said angrily, "Miss Qiying comes from a family of bodyguards, and her skills are far superior to most men. You have also seen that even among aristocratic families, she is a good girl who can be admired by everyone. Is it possible that you will be wronged if I ask you to call me sister in the future?"

"But -" Qingwen hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but say, "The young master has stayed in the Xue family for so long, and Master Xue has given so many benefits. I'm afraid it's not just because he is optimistic about the young master's future, right? What if he has other reasons? Arrangements, such as introducing an engagement, etc.”

"You think a lot." Zhou Yang looked down at the maid in his arms in surprise. He had always known that Qingwen was smart, but he didn't expect that she was not bad in this regard. "Yes, Mr. Xue did hint that if I If he can pass next month's Wuju Qiuwei, he is willing to recruit me as his son-in-law."

"Master, I wonder if that Miss Xue family?" Qingwen's attention was obviously brought to one side, "Is she a tolerant person? When she gets admitted in the future."

"I will definitely catch some bratty girl with a tough temper and drag her out overnight to sell, so as not to cause any trouble in the future!" Zhou Yang immediately started to threaten, and he wasn't completely lying. If he was really willful Operated by Xue Baochai, think of the "Enlightenment Teacher" Jia Baoyu who was arranged to "take a few more steps" in the original work.

"Wow -" Unfortunately, Zhou Yang's "joke" was obviously too intense, "I know that I will be an eyesore in the future, just like the people around Mr. Lian in the Rongguo Mansion, they will die." Being thrown into a mass grave, this slave—oh—this slave had better leave earlier to avoid ending up in the future.”

"Hi, hi!" Now it was Zhou Yang's turn to panic. He took it as a joke, but forgot that this era was really so cruel. "I'm scaring you. Baochai likes to follow rules and observe etiquette." Yes, as long as I don't speak, how can I throw you out? Well, be good, why are you crying, isn't the young master here?"

"Then - what about Miss Zhao?" Qingwen thought for a moment and still chose to believe her young master, but she still hadn't forgotten the conversation they had had at the beginning.

"Isn't it common sense for a man to have three wives and four concubines?" Zhou Yang said shamelessly, but found that Qingwen nodded in a matter-of-fact manner, and the guilt in his heart gradually disappeared with the nod of his maid, " When I just started to regain my strength, I also took you to practice together, but what about you? How did you become? In the future, there will be so many people in the backyard of my house. If there is no one with extraordinary skills to watch, how can I rest assured? ?”

"At home -" Qingwen looked at her young master blankly, her focus was obviously different, "Will there be many people? I heard that the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion has twenty or thirty people in the room alone. , some may not serve once throughout the year, young master."

"Ahem, don't worry about these details." Zhou Yang quickly interrupted his upright maid, "The point is that you need someone to protect you at home. If I can't help with something, you can feel more at ease, right?"

"Oh!" Qingwen nodded, her expression still blank, "But in the current situation, can the young master make Miss Zhao - well, and Mr. Zhao, the bodyguard, agree?"

"If I want to get into Qiying now, I have to marry the matchmaker after three matches and six appointments." Zhou Yang himself admitted this, but he had already made the decision with no shame, "But after Qiuwei, Even if I really formally apply to the Zhongyuan Escort Bureau for employment, Mr. Zhao, the escort chief, will not have the guts to accept it!"

This is really not a joke. In the feudal era, the idea of ​​​​"superior and inferior" that was as deep-rooted as an iron wall cannot be explained clearly in a few words, let alone solved. With the status of the Central Plains Escort Bureau, if the daughter marries Being a martial arts scholar will definitely give you more face, because the scholar has just entered the "ruling class", so there is no problem.

But if it were a martial arts judge who was only eighteen years old, that would be a different topic, because the military judge was already a "reserve official" and had entered the highest circle of the entire feudal society. He was not a poor escort agency who could travel around the world. As for the high-ranking people, Zhou Yang would just take Zhao Qiying home as his concubine, let alone become his wife. Unless Zhao Tianhao drew his sword and stood up, even if he wanted to file a complaint, he couldn't hope to find a yamen willing to accept the petition!
As for whether it is possible to pass Qiu Wei, whether it is Zhou Yang or Qing Wen, the master and servant have subconsciously ignored it-isn't that a matter of course?

"Then -" Qingwen thought for a while, with a smile on her face, "Master, when I'm fine, can I go see Sister Zhao? Anyway, I have to rely on others to protect me in the future, so I should go there as soon as possible." You look familiar, it will be easy to talk to you in the future, right?" "Damn girl, do you have any other ideas?" Zhou Yang knew the little maid in his arms very well. To say that Qingwen doesn't bother with things, I'm afraid she knows a little about "Red Mansions" Everyone didn't believe it, "If you dare to play any tricks, be careful I will spread your ass!"

"Master—" Qingwen immediately blushed and jumped up from Zhou Yang's arms, holding her PP in her hands. She remembered the last time she made such nonsense about someone who went to Rongguo Mansion to steal sex, and she could only sleep on her stomach at night after being beaten. "Slave, don't you want to see sister Qiying? Anyway, we will all be sisters in the future!"

"We're all sisters?" Zhou Yang realized it now. He was preparing to "form cliques" in advance. "You damn girl, how old are you to think about all this?"

"Hee hee, I'll go right now and help the young master have a good talk." Qingwen didn't care about Zhou Yang's annoyance. She blushed and turned around to go out, "Maybe I can learn a few tricks from Sister Qiying. In the future It can be used too.”

"Come back!" Zhou Yang stood up angrily and grabbed her, hugged her in his arms and slapped her again, "Go back in two days, I have asked the carpenters in Shilipu to order two new carriages, and now I still have The goods haven’t arrived. You can go there when it’s ready and I’ll ask Li Hu to send you there.”

"Oh!" Qingwen thought about her reed-mat carriage and nodded in agreement without hesitation, "I know this, and I will go to the village to urge it as soon as possible - hmm? Master, why are there two? "

"Damn girl, you have ridden in the palace judge's carriage so many times, and you still don't know the disadvantages of that carriage? Why not just stop repairing it and give her a new one." Zhou Yang gave his maid a few more slaps angrily. When you have a girl and money, isn’t it a matter of course to give you a car and a house—well, let’s wait for the latter one?

"Then—" Qingwen rolled her eyes a few times, obviously thinking otherwise, "Master, why don't you spend some more money to renovate the Li family's old house? I don't know how long no one cares about it. When I moved in, I found that some places started to seep and leak.”

"You're right." Zhou Yang nodded. Since he can't give away the house for the time being, it's only right to give away the decoration. "Wait a minute, tell Yang Xin and ask him to arrange the manpower. The money needed will be reported directly. That’s good.”

"My slave understands!" Qingwen nodded, "Let's go now -"

"Master, someone posted a message!" I don't know if it meant "Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived." The two of them were discussing when Yang Xin's greeting came from the other side of the store, "The person who came did not mention his identity. He just said that Master has seen it. Know."

"Post? Bring it over and let me take a look!" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment. His current social circle is actually very narrow. There are only a few people who don't have to post anything. He simply calls Yang Xin to the yard and picks him up. After passing the red post that looked quite expensive, he was sent out, "Don't tell me, I really know who it is."

"Dong——Fang——?" Qingwen squeezed to Zhou Yang's side and watched together. The maid, who had been forced to study these days and knew a few characters at least, read out the signature of the post with some difficulty, "Is it Sister Dongfang? This slave has not heard from her for a few days."

"I am a high-ranking fifth-grade second-class bodyguard and a member of the Royal Guards. How can I have time to take care of a little maid like you?" After all, Zhou Yang actually didn't have any opinions on this person. He said, "We broke up. "We can be friends." The two of them were just talking about it in a simple way. They couldn't even talk about getting together or breaking up, and they wouldn't be inseparable from each other forever, right?

"Hehe!" Looking at her young master's somewhat emotional expression, Qingwen wisely chose to change the topic, "Master, what did Sister Dongfang say?"

"This post was sent in her name, but it didn't say anything specific. It just said it was an invitation to taste tea." Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, completely puzzled by this, "But no matter what, I have to go and see it this time. —the morning after tomorrow.”

(End of this chapter)