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Chapter 27 2.17 Jia Lian was invited to negotiate a peace
Chapter 2

2.17 Invited by Jia Lian, surprised to discuss peace

The actual progress of the matter was much smoother than Wei Xu's plan.

Only seven days later at night, in Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion Martial Arts Academy, which was his small courtyard, Cao Yunqi climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard to report to him that the courtyard in front of Wei's Mansion had been bought.

Since this is the inner city of the capital, it is naturally impossible that there are only these noble family mansions, and there are also other official residences.

The Wei family's "Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion" actually belonged to the outskirts of the inner city. The ones close to the palace must be the mansions of civil and military officials.

"The courtyard that the servant bought was left by a small Beijing official who was let out," Cao Yunqi reported earnestly.

"Okay, let's talk about the situation in the yard." Wei Xu didn't bother to ask who it was, anyway, he can't go out for the time being, as long as he has someone to live in in the future.

"I'm talking too much, my servant—this courtyard is diagonally across from the gate of the Weifu. There is a small gate in the alley to the east of the courtyard, and the alley is connected to the main street in front of the Weifu." Cao Yunqi hurriedly changed, "My lord If you need something, you can go there anytime."

"That is to say, it's fine if you don't need half a cup of tea for walking." Wei Xu nodded, "Go ahead."

"The yard is not too small, and there are two entrances and two exits with a garden, so I bought some servants to take care of the yard." After finishing speaking, Cao Yunqi showed nervousness, "It's just that it cost a lot of money, and the other party asked for 8000 taels for this yard. "

This means to apply for funds again, and the housing prices in the capital are not cheap at any time.

"Understood, you take Zhuifeng back and take good care of it." Wei Xu casually dropped another 1000 taels of gold, talking about the imperial horse whose name was given by Shi Xiangyun.

After arranging some trivial matters, he sent Cao Yunqi away, climbed over the wall to the outside of the courtyard, and released Zhuifeng for him to take away.

It just so happens that this alley is connected to the alley on the east side of the courtyard we bought. If there is an emergency, Wei Xu just needs to climb over the wall and get to the small gate in less than 2 minutes. Jia Lian made Wei Xu wait a little longer. But it was less than half a month.

"Xu'er, this is a post specially sent to you by the Rongguo Mansion, inviting you to go hunting in Iron Net Mountain together tomorrow." Madam Wei handed a bronzing and red post to Wei Xu in front of her with a look of reluctance.

"So it's the second brother Lian." After Wei Xu took the post, the first address made Mrs. Wei's expression twitch even more, "I don't dare to say anything else, I'm still a bit sure about hunting."

"Well, it's good that you know, be careful when you go out, don't lose face to Uncle Zhongyong's house." No matter how unwilling she was, Madam Wei dared not reject Jia's post.

"My son understands, but this time hunting, weapons are easy to talk about, my son has plenty, but the only thing missing is a good horse.

Hai'er knows that the family is in trouble, and I happen to know a few friends, so I will just ask someone to borrow a horse. "Wei Xu's words almost caused Mrs. Wei to yell.

The Wei family is now in serious decline and cannot afford a large number of horses. In fact, they only have two carriages and four horses.

The carriage is okay, one is a lady's fourth-rank gorgeous carriage, which belongs to Mrs. Wei herself, and she still has a fourth-rank order on her body; the other is a man's carriage, which naturally belongs to Wei Ruolan.

Of the four horses, two are rough horses for pulling carts, which are naturally used for carriages, and the other two are fast horses for riding, all of which are owned by Wei Ruolan.

Wei Xu didn't have any horses to allocate. Last time Jia's mansion went to a banquet to make do with riding once. He really looked down on those two so-called "fast horses" that couldn't even meet the standards of war horses. Anyway, Chasing Wind was ahead. Just "borrow" the yard.

"It's good if you understand." Mrs. Wei suppressed her anger, but she couldn't scold her, because the mansion was indeed incompetent, so she could only drive people away, "Okay, you go."

Just as Wei Xu went out, he heard a "snap" from behind, thinking that some piece of porcelain had suffered another disaster and was smashed to pieces.

"Ma'am, the second master has grown up now, and it seems that martial arts is also a bit of a passion. If there is some future in the future, it will be beneficial to the uncle." She couldn't help it, Qiangwei still tried to persuade her.

"Slap—that's enough!" Mrs. Wei slapped Qiangwei to the ground, "I will never keep that bitch's bastard!"

After finishing speaking, Madam Wei went back to the inner room angrily, leaving Qiangwei with red and swollen cheeks, crying helplessly.

Iron Net Mountain was originally a royal hunting ground, and it has been like this since Emperor Gaozong returned to the capital. From the location point of view, it is roughly in the northeast of the capital, a distance of twenty or thirty miles.

According to the customary rules, except for a small number of garrisons, the people actually come in and out at will, and there is not much management, except for the annual "spring hunting", which will be closed at that time.

The so-called spring hunting is actually an "image project" in a sense that Emperor Gaozong imitated the riding and archery tradition of the Manchus outside the pass.

It's a pity that except when Emperor Gaozong was alive, this place became a purely "image project". Although there are "spring hunting" every year, there are basically no winners on the stage.

But the situation is different now, because when Prince Yizhong "remonstrated", this was where his army gathered. The current Emperor Yongzheng was very displeased and even withdrew the normal garrison.

Therefore, even the ancestral rules of Spring Hunting have actually been abolished here. For example, last year's Spring Hunting, he arranged for a marginal royal family to come and preside over it.

But it must be admitted that this place is really suitable for hunting, and it is also a place where Wu Xun's children gallop on weekdays. Unfortunately, most of them have difficulty even "galloping", let alone riding and shooting.

The so-called "hunting" this time, Wei Xu thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what they wanted to do. Anyway, whether it was the original novel or the reality, Jia Lian was definitely not suitable for hunting.

But after thinking about it, he still has something to ask for, and he must go, not to mention that Jia Lian still went through the official procedure and sent the invitation directly.

Putting on a special hunting outfit, he casually found a saber hanging around his waist, and a pair of bows and arrows. Wei Xu didn't bother to go through the gate, so he climbed over the wall and went out.

As for the long halberd or the short halberd, Wei Xu hesitated for a while and gave up. He just rode a horse and took a bow and arrow in the inner city. He was completely uncomfortable with a two-foot long halberd.

All the way to Jia's Mansion, they gathered at the former school grounds of Rongguo Mansion. The number of people was somewhat beyond Wei Xu's expectation, as many as 30 people, and judging from their expressions, they were obviously depressed.

"Second brother Lian is polite." Although he didn't understand the situation clearly, he still had to go through the procedures that should be followed. After greeting Jia Lian and greeting others, Wei Xu still asked, "What's the matter?
It's all about hunting, the harvest is nothing more than the happiness of the big guys, so you shouldn't be so nervous, right?Could it be that the big brothers started a bet, and the bet was too big? "

It's a pity that these few words of his to ease the atmosphere have no effect at all, and even with so many people present, few even pay attention to him.

This is also normal, the people present are all the new generation of the honorable class, most of them are even the sons of the world, at least they are descendants, no one really likes him.

This is also what Wei Xu was curious about. If he really went hunting, taking him would be equivalent to bringing a bodyguard. After all, he has demonstrated his sword skills, so he must be able to attract attention.

But the situation is obviously not right now, so naturally no one thinks about these things.

"Brother Wei, just a few days ago, the Jiannu Tartars outside the pass sent people over. These people proposed to discuss with me. The time is set to be one month later. The emperor has officially ordered us to prepare people.

However, the children of each family are here, and they are good brothers who play together on weekdays. Of course, my family knows their own affairs.

If it's just for fun, then of course there's nothing to say; but if it's about getting on the horse and raising the gun and shooting the bow, then we really can't do it. In the end, Jia Lian, the landlord, kindly explained.

But Wei Xu's expression changed. It's just that he can't hunt. Now he's thinking about another problem.

"Second Brother Lian, I'm here to say something offensive, can you let all the brothers go out first except for the eighth son?" After hesitating for a while, Wei Xu decided to say it.

Even if these words offended people very much, Wei Xu had no choice but to express his apology to everyone who kept clasping his fists and saluting.

Unfortunately, the effect was not good, and almost everyone looked at him angrily.

"Brother Wei, you'd better think clearly about what you want to say." In the end, it was Jia Lian who chose to believe in Wei Xu and became a villain. Even so, he still had a serious expression when he spoke.

"The imperial court has already decided to negotiate a peace?" As a result, Wei Xu's words directly fooled everyone present.

(End of this chapter)