Records of the King of Xin'an County

"It is indeed an excellent marriage." Wang Zixian raised the corners of his mouth, and a smile floated on his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes, "The first-class daughter of the first-class family has a dowry of at least 96 liters. It is also sweet and touching. His father is the Minister of Rites, his mother is the daughter of Jingzhao Wei, his brother is the first-ranked leader, his cousin is His Royal Highness Xianfei, and there is also a nephew who can be named a prince. With such a lady, why worry that the Yue family won't pave a way for me to go straight to Qingyun?"

If it is an ordinary person, just considering the various benefits brought by Yang Ba Niang, he must already be impatient to marry this little lady back home.What's more, Yang Ba Niang was born beautiful, and she is quite famous among the noble girls in Beijing?What is there to be dissatisfied with being able to marry such a beautiful woman?

"Since you think so clearly, you might as well tell Yang Shangshu that it is true. As long as you invite the official media to come to propose marriage, he will definitely not listen to Brother Yang's advice, and will definitely accept you as a good son-in-law." Du Chongfeng is like As if he didn't see the sarcasm in his eyes, he said to himself, "Maybe I can pass on a message for you, so that the old man can feel at ease."

Wang Zixian raised the corners of his mouth: "I don't need you to worry about my marriage. Besides, I am a little curious, since this marriage is so rare, why don't you fight for it? My cousin's preference for you means that he trusts you and is How much you value you. You have always admired him, how can you bear to go against his good intentions?"

The eyes of the two met, both with a gloomy meaning.Obviously, no matter how attractive the marriage was, they still had no interest in it.What about the Yang family?So what about Yang Ba Niang?What about Concubine Yang Xian?What about King Qi?There are always people in this world who don't want to get involved in the muddy water of the Yang family, and there are always people who sneer at what they want.

"You really don't want to marry?" After a long time, Du Chongfeng sighed, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Don't miss out on a great marriage just because of your whim." Wang Zixian continued to persuade "sincerely", "Uncle promised to give me the little lady of the Pei family. You can't marry Hongnong Yang's daughter, marry The daughter of the Pei family from Hedong is also good. The sage also mentioned that he would be a matchmaker with me, and if he can marry the head of the clan and county, it will be my blessing." Of course, the only one he wants to marry is the king of Xin'an County.

Seeing his hypocrisy, Du Chongfeng got a little tired of hearing it: "With your temperament, if you want to marry a girl from some family, do you still need your elders to match you? You must have spent the time before and after the month before and after, building plank roads openly, and darkening old warehouses in secret." Forget it. Forget it. Don’t marry if you don’t want to marry. After all, you and I need to figure out a way together so that the father and son can choose another husband. Don’t just think about the two of us. Otherwise, even if you don’t want to marry at that time, Forced to have to marry."

"My temperament?" Wang Zixian smiled, "How much do you know about my temperament? At such a young age, it's better not to speculate on others." Actually, he was a little surprised.This Du Shishilang has indeed hit some of his true temperament - he has never been a scion of a well-behaved family.

"I'm not interested in you, and maybe I really don't know you. However, I know a lot about the temperament of the prince and Zimu. Just by inferring from their words and deeds, I can also know what you are like." character." Du Chongfeng said, ignoring Wang Zixian's raised eyebrows and looking at him, "Don't mention these, what are your plans?"

"Just wait for the sage to be my matchmaker." Wang Zixian has no intention of cooperating with him.Even if it was a temporary idea just now, after hearing him take it for granted that he "understands the temperament of the county king", it was completely wiped out.Moreover, who knows if this is another scheme of the Yang family?

Du Chongfeng thought that he was offended by what he said at the beginning, so he had to bow his head and apologize to him: "I was in a hurry before, if I said something wrong, I hope Wang Langjun will forgive him. But, this matter It is related to your future marriage and our future, so we must not ignore it. Even for the sake of the prince and Zimu, we should put aside our previous grievances and work together."

He is not yet 15 years old, he can bend and stretch, he speaks clearly and logically, and he is calm and demeanor in every gesture, which is worthy of the reputation of Jingzhao Du's Yulangjun.Li Hui and Princess Changning, who have been suffering from not having enough people around them to help, both had the idea of ​​wooing him.But if you think about it carefully, even if you win him over, you probably won't be able to trust him, let alone entrust important matters to him, so why bother?

Now, an opportunity is at hand that might make this person work for them.Both public and private, Wang Zixian also took the test.He thought about it silently in his heart, and then smiled lightly: "If Shishi Lang had just said that, we wouldn't have wasted so much time in vain."

Du Chongfeng was speechless for a while.As a guest, he was indeed a bit rude; but as a host, Wang Zhuantou was not very tolerant.However, who taught him that he came to ask for it on his own initiative?In any case, you have to make a gesture of asking for others in order to truly cooperate, right?

After the two had a secret conversation for an hour, Du Chongfeng left a post about Wenhui in a few days, and left gracefully.When Wang Zixian sent him to the gate of the Vineyard, he suddenly looked at him carefully, and sighed: "I finally understand why Senior Brother Yang has always been vaguely disliked by you."

Wang Zixian smiled slightly: "It's really childish. My cousin and I are as close as brothers, why do you say you don't like it?"

Du Chongfeng ignored his confuse remarks, and said to himself: "For a person like you, those who love you will love you very much, and those who hate you will only hate you very much. However, my cousin's dislike It's really inexplicable. In the final analysis, he and your temperament are very similar, so we should cherish each other."

"Maybe it's because they are too similar, so I hate it." Wang Zixian no longer pretended to be hypocritical, and continued, "Not only that, he will not feel happy seeing anyone who can shake his position. If you don't take the Jinshi exam and take away his reputation, you will always be a good junior whom he values."

"..." Du Chongfeng acted as if he had never heard his last words of sowing discord, his expression remained unchanged, "This post was sent to you by my master. Senior brother has already selected a Jinshi of the same discipline as you." Cheng Wei, you are nothing but harm to him now, and he can't even care about maintaining his affection."

"Please thank Mr. Zhou for me." Wang Zixian raised the corners of his lips, "Cousin knows me very well, maybe he knows that I have been busy preparing for Princess Changning's dowry recently, so he didn't call me. Moreover, in the future, when those school clerks get together to recite poems and compose Fu, what does it have to do with me, a mediocre county lieutenant?"

Hearing this, Du Chongfeng took a deep look at him before leaving gracefully.

When the sun was setting, Li Hui came to the rattan garden again.Wang Zixian was talking to him about Du Chongfeng, and he heard Mr. Song laughing and returning home from a distance: "Is Zi Xian here? Zi Xian! Hurry up, I have something very happy to tell you!!" He The smile was extraordinarily carefree and comfortable, and there was a faint feeling of showing off.

Hearing this, Wang Zixian and Li Hui looked at each other.After the two of them stepped out of the study room, they saw him striding forward, turned around and brought out He Cheng who was following him: "Here, Zixian, this is your second junior brother."

"..." The new senior brother was speechless for a moment.

"..." The newly promoted Second Junior Brother was a little nervous, but also remained silent.

Li Hui smiled knowingly—as expected, Mr. Song thought of this yesterday.At that time Wang Zixian was thinking about other things, so he didn't notice it.

Mr. Song didn't seem to notice that the two disciples were staring at each other silently, and he said to Li Hui vividly: "The king of the county doesn't know something. Although He Cheng's chess skills are average and his reading is not very thorough, his regular script is really extraordinary. According to him, Ever since I was able to write with a pen, I have been practicing calligraphy for almost three or four hours a day. In terms of pen strength and perseverance, it is extremely rare!"

Li Hui looked at He Cheng and nodded slightly: "Why don't you write a few words for us to see?" People who are good at calligraphy also have a natural affection.Moreover, today's sages also like calligraphy - if they can write a good hand, if they can read one or two more scriptures, their future prospects will definitely not be short.

He Cheng nodded, and finally bowed his hands shyly and said: "I also ask the master, senior brother and the king to give advice." After finishing speaking, he went to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Mr. Song stroked his beard and continued with a smile: "Hmph, today those old guys knew that I didn't bring a gift, so they brought in a few new disciples to annoy me. Who knows, He Cheng just wrote a few words, and their new disciples They were all defeated one after another, which really gave the old man a face!"

Hearing his loud laughter, Wang Zixian and Li Hui couldn't help slandering in their hearts: This is the most important reason why Mr. accepts new disciples!

"Mister's move is a little sudden, but I can understand it." Wang Zixian said again, "In the future, I will have my second junior brother Mr. Cheng Huan under my lap, so I can rest assured to be busy with official duties. However, the second junior brother's foundation is not stable after all, sir don't want it." It's too demanding. According to what my disciples think, he is smart enough, and within three to five years, he may be able to become an official."

"My own disciple, don't you know how to teach?" Mr. Song scolded with a smile, "Do you think the old man doesn't know what plans you have in your heart? When you talk about it carefully, he can save you a lot of worry. It's the future, I don't need to worry about it, but you—"

Mr. Song laughed twice, looked at the two standing shoulder to shoulder, and kept silent.

Faced with the ridicule of the elders for the first time, Li Hui felt a little uncomfortable.But Wang Zixian raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his lips, pretending that he didn't understand: "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best to handle the matter of the second junior brother, and I won't teach you to worry." How soon is it time to get married.However, even if she and He Cheng are interested in each other and want to maintain this relationship, the difference in family status is still isolated between them like a natural moat.

If the patriarch of the Wang clan learned that he married his younger sister to an unknown and ordinary scribe, his reaction would be very violent, and the elders in the clan would never agree.After all, in the troubled times in the past, even if swords were facing each other, the disciples of Langya Wang's family could not bow down.Now how can you easily let your own children intermarry with a poor family?Unexpectedly, those supervisory censors would jump out and accuse him of "selling" his sister to a poor family, which would damage his reputation.

However, if they were brothers, it would be another fate.Once He Cheng becomes an official, he will be worth a hundred times more.For those who are under the list in Chang'an to catch their sons-in-law, why have they ever cared about their family status?As a side branch of a declining family, it is extremely rare to be able to marry such a good son-in-law.