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"It was your sister who seduced the man first, and the Kang family made an unintentional mistake later! Even if the case was reported to Kaifeng Prefecture and the Kang family was convicted, it would be in the Dali Temple."

Although the Liu family steward did not say the following words, the meaning was already very clear.

As he spoke, the Liu family steward picked up the teacup and drank the hot tea.

While drinking tea with his eyebrows lowered, the steward was secretly cursing in his heart. He didn't know that the Kang family's eldest lady lent money at interest!

Such an important juncture, if his master knew about it, he would definitely tell him to come forward to mediate and let him know.

'Who is hiding this from my master? '

Thinking of this, the Liu family steward calmly drank a sip of hot tea, put down the teacup and looked at the two women who were whispering.

After the two ladies finished speaking, the woman wearing dark clothes who accompanied Feng Ziyi, the daughter of the Feng family, to marry into the Fu family said: "Steward, to be honest, with the money given by the Kang family, we two sisters can earn it in four or five years!"

"Moreover, when Madam Qi of the Kang family went to the pawnshop to find a maid, she knew that our younger sister was going to be a concubine! Now she has ended up like this."

The steward of the Liu family pointed his finger on the table, knowing that the price was to be negotiated, and said:

"My two ladies, I believe you can earn it! But after deducting the expenses of the whole family, How much will be left after the money? The money given by the Kang family does not need to deduct those expenses! "

"The Kang family knows what this girl is thinking, she just wants to find a career! But as I said just now, it was the Kang family who was careless!"

"I believe that both of you are close to the nobles!"

"But, will your masters really be willing to be punished by the Wang family, who are in the imperial temple, and the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, which is in the limelight, because of a woman? "

"Don't waste the relationship between master and servant in vain!"

Hearing the words of the Liu family steward, the two women had some concerns on their faces.

It was still the woman in dark clothes who said: "I heard that Lord Kang is seeking to be reinstated now!"

After speaking, she glanced at the Liu family steward.

This is the key. The steward of the Liu family looked at the entrance of the hall. There would be a trusted steward of the Kang family standing there. He nodded repeatedly: "The Feng family is well-informed. Since this lady said so, the Kang family will pay another 300 strings of cash to make up 1,000 strings of cash! How about we stop here?"

Looking at the look in the eyes of the two women, the steward of the Liu family said: "This is the kindness of the Kang family. You should know that the brother-in-law of the master of the Kang family is Mr. Sheng who works in the Ministry of Personnel, and Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel is a relative of the Wang family. He is in charge of the performance evaluation of all officials! It is not difficult for the master of the Kang family to be reinstated!"

"I think it is better for the two ladies to stop at the right time! Don't make both people and money go bankrupt. It will not look good for both families and it will easily ruin the reputation of the young lady behind your family!"

When the steward of the Liu family said the last two sentences, the handkerchiefs in the hands of the two women tightened once.

After a while, the housekeeper of the Fu family nodded and said, "Okay! The situation is stronger than the people. We accept this matter. How do you pay the silver notes?"

The housekeeper of the Liu family smiled and bowed, saying, "Madam, you are very decisive! Come on!"

After signing the document and pressing the handprint to promise not to pursue the matter, the two women took the silver notes worth thousands of strings and went straight out of the Kang family and got on the carriage.

In the carriage,

The two women looked at the silver notes in their hands and sighed sadly. The housekeeper of the Fu family said, "I didn't expect the Sheng family to be so helpful to the Kang family. Even with the news from the Feng family, they are powerless and can't get an explanation for my little sister!"

The housekeeper of the Guo family said, "Sister, what can you say? It's good enough to give these silver notes!"

"Before we couldn't see my little sister, we knew something was wrong! If it wasn't for the critical moment when the master of the Kang family was reinstated, we were afraid that we wouldn't even be able to enter the Kang family with the Kang family's reckless attitude before."

The woman called sister nodded and hesitated: "Sanlang wrote that he will return to Beijing around February. How should we tell him then?"

The housekeeper of the Guo family said, "What the housekeeper of the Liu family said is right. Shuye joined the army and sacrificed his life to make such a contribution. My little sister has already left. Let's tell him according to what the Kang family said."

"The second lady of the Xu family and the eldest lady of the Kang family are real relatives. Our family wants to keep things peaceful and not let Shuye suffer in the army!"

The second day of the first lunar month, the beginning of the Weishi period (around 1 pm)

Jiying Lane,

Sheng Family,

A banquet was set up in Weirui Pavilion. Zai Zhang, who came to the Yue family to pay New Year's greetings, was sitting on the table. Next to Zai Zhang was Hua Lan, who was wearing light-colored clothes.

Next to Hua Lan was Ru Lan.

After putting the dishes that Rulan liked into Rulan's bowl and helping Zai Zhang who was toasting with Sheng Hong, Hualan looked at Wang Ruofu who looked tired and said, "Mother, did you not sleep well last night?"

Wang Ruofu glanced at Zai Zhang, yawned with her sleeves and nodded, "Yes."

After that, Wang Ruofu said to Sheng Hong, "Sir, you two should drink less and eat more!"

"Hmm!" Sheng Hong nodded and filled the wine glasses again.

Seeing that her parents didn't notice her, Rulan leaned over to Hualan's ear and whispered a few words.

Listening to Rulan's words, Hualan looked at her parents and her eyes widened slightly.

Half an hour later,

Zai Zhang, who was already a little unstable, was helped by the servants to the side room to rest.

Sheng Hong sat steadily in the hall of Wei Rui Xuan with a flushed face to ease the effect of the wine.

In Wang Ruofu's bedroom,

Hualan's son was fast asleep on the bed.

Hualan pulled Wang Ruofu's sleeve and said, "Mom, what happened to my aunt's family? You didn't do anything in the name of the Hou Mansion, did you?"

Wang Ruofu glanced at Hua Lan with a strange look that Hualan rarely saw, then continued to look at his eldest grandson, and said indifferently: "It's just a matter of a little female envoy, how can I get the name of the Marquis Mansion?"

Hua Lan glanced at Wang Ruofu uncertainly.

Wang Ruofu looked at Hua Lan and said, "It's okay! If I want to use the name of the Hou Mansion, I would have gone to the Xu family to ask for help!"

Hua Lan nodded.

At this time,

Dongrong went to the hall, lowered his body and whispered a few words in Sheng Hong's ear.

Dongrong stood up straight, and Sheng Hong on the chair took a deep breath of alcohol and nodded.

afternoon,

Zai Zhang, Hua Lan and their son, who had been wrapped into rice dumplings by Wang Ruofu with thick clothes, returned to the Hou Mansion on Quyuan Street together.

Shouantang,

The golden sunset illuminated the hall very brightly,

The old lady was sitting cross-legged on an Arhat chair, preparing to make incense.

A little female envoy announced at the door: "The Lord is here."

Sheng Hong walked in smelling of alcohol, bowed and said, "Mother, are you looking for me?"

The old lady nodded and said, "Have Zai Zhang and Hua Lan been sent off?"

Before leaving just now, Zai Zhang, Hua Lan and their children said goodbye to the old lady.

Sheng Hong bowed and said yes.

The old lady nodded and glanced at Fang's mother.

soon,

The female envoy in the hall was taken out by Fang's mother.

Mother Cui was waiting on the side.

"I heard that you have handled the Kang family's affairs properly?" the old lady asked as she started making incense.

"Go back to mother, it's done. The child asked the Liu family to help him in the same year and borrowed the names of the Xu family and the Li family. Those families retreated and settled the matter."

After Sheng Hong finished speaking, he glanced at the old lady.

The old lady nodded: "If a human life is lost like this, the Kang Wang family is really ruthless! This matter is so difficult to resolve, Hong'er, do you know why?"

Sheng Hong bowed his head and said yes and then said: "Mother, I think it's probably someone from the Feng family of Duke Cheng who contributed. After all these years, the Feng family still hasn't swallowed the tone."

The old lady looked at Sheng Hong with admiration: "Sit down."

"Yes, mother."

The old lady did not continue making incense, looked at Sheng Hong and said:

"Hong'er, please tell the eldest lady. In two days, relatives from the Kang family will come and say that the old lady is not in good health. They don't need to come to see me anymore, lest the illness passes."

"Mother! You have always been in good health, how can you say that!" Sheng Hong stood up and said anxiously.

"It's okay! It's better to lose face! Hong'er, since you used the names of two families, you also have to say it to the same person!"

Sheng Hong hurriedly responded.

When Sheng Hong was in Shou'an Hall,

Outside the courtyard of Linqi Pavilion,

Zhou Xueniang put a banknote in Dong Rong's hand, and said with some envy in her eyes: "Brother Dong Rong, this is what my wife thanks you for."

Dong Rong looked at the amount on the banknote and pushed the banknote back with a bit of surprise: "This, this is too much money."

Zhou Xueniang pushed the banknotes back into Dong Rong's hand with force and said with a smile, "Compared with the news from Brother Dongrong, these banknotes are really nothing! Take them!"

Dong Rong hesitated for a while and then took the banknotes into his arms: "I thank my little lady and thank you Madam Zhou."

After finishing speaking, Dongrong went out from the side door of Linqi Pavilion leading to the outside of the courtyard, and then re-entered the courtyard through the main door of the Sheng family.

In Linqi Pavilion,

Zhou Xueniang helped pass the plum blossom branches to Lin Sushuang and said: "My dear, for one piece of news, you have given too much."

Lin Sushuang cut the plum branch twice with scissors and said: "What do you know! This is like playing leaf cards. The more cards you have in your hand, the better you can play."

"That's what I said!"

"By the way, tell the female envoys in the third brother's courtyard that if anyone dares to delay my brother Feng from taking the provincial examination, I will definitely sell her into a brothel!"

"Yes, little girl!"

The turmoil in the Kang family seemed to have passed just like that.

After the first day of the new year, Xu Zaijing went to his aunt's house differently from previous years.

Xu Zaijing's mother was born in the Sun family, and her aunt was older than the Sun family. She married into a scholar from Bianjing, whose surname was Fang.

Previously, Xu Zaijing's uncle and his family had been working as officials outside Beijing and rarely returned to Beijing.

I just returned to Bianjing this year. It’s hard to say whether Shanda, a relative of the Xu family, was involved.

The aunt of Xu Zaijing and others is also the aunt or grand-aunt of everyone in the Sun family.

Although most of the relatives of the Xu and Sun families were men and children, the Fang family's yard was still a bit tight.

Fortunately, the Fang family had the foresight to prepare a lot of things, and all the cooking was done by the kitchen staff of Jingzhong Restaurant. Otherwise, the Fang family would not be able to cook for so many people if their hands were broken.

There are three cousins ​​in the Fang family, all of whom are married. Only one cousin who is older than Xu Zaijing has not yet discussed marriage.

The reason is similar to that of Xu Zaijing. We will wait until after the imperial examination.

It has been more than half a year since the Fang family returned to Beijing.

Most of the neighbors around the Fang family’s ancestral home are already familiar with them.

After Xu Zaijing and other relatives and juniors had had their fill of wine and food, accompanied by the Fang family's uncle and cousins, they paid New Year's greetings to the neighbors.

The Sun family and Xu family's hula-la gang knew they were going to pay New Year greetings, but those who didn't know thought it was Bianjing thugs gathering to cause trouble.

Very close to the Fang family’s ancestral home,

At the gate of Shoushan Bohuang's house,

The concierge of the Huang family looked at the group of people cheering in the streets and quickly sent the Huang family's servants to inquire about the situation.

After a while,

The clever boy told the whole story clearly.

The concierge of the Huang family hurriedly ran towards the courtyard.

Uncle Shoushan is an only son.

Mrs. Shoushan Bo only has one younger brother, Yuan Bingkai, the former Zhongqin Bo.

In the main hall of the Huang family,

So the Huang brothers and sisters did not visit relatives today.

As Shoushan Bo and his wife listened to the second-door wife conveying the New Year greetings, they looked at each other and hurriedly stood up and said: "Brother Yue, hurry up and take a look at the door! It would be best if you could invite me in for a sip of tea!"

"Yes, father!"

Huang Qingyue stood up and walked quickly towards the door.

"Meng'er, come back! We are all foreigners, what are you doing!"

Mrs. Shoushanbo shouted sharply.

Near the Huang family gate,

Xu Zaijing's uncle led Zai Duan and several older people in the front. In fact, Zai Duan was the leader. As he walked, he said: "In front is Uncle Shoushan's house. My grandfather and Uncle Shoushan were classmates, so we have some friendship."

When Xu Zaijing heard this, he looked at Zai Zhang with a smile and said, "Uncle, this is Uncle Shoushan's house?"

"right!"

Uncle Fang also knew some of the connections between the Yuan family, the Sheng family, and the Xu family through his eldest wife, but that was a relative matter after all, so there was no need to avoid suspicion or anything like that.

Talking

A group of people came to the gate of Huang's house chattering.

"Are you Brother Yue?" Uncle Fang said uncertainly, glancing at the concierge of the Huang family as he spoke.

The concierge smiled and nodded.

Huang Qingyue bowed his hands and said, "Yes! Huang Jiaqingyue has met Uncle Fang, General Xu, and Wu Lang."

Zai Duan, who was beside Uncle Fang, waved his hand and said, "You don't have to call me General today, just call me Brother. I've heard of you more than once!"

Huang Qingyue smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Fang, Brother Shi, and Wu Lang, let's go home and have some tea together!"

Zai Duan looked back at the Sun family and the Xu family, and said with a smile, "Forget it. Once we go in, I'm afraid the children will disturb the uncle and his wife."

"No, no, it was my father and mother who specifically told me to come to the door to greet them."

Huang Qingyue said with a smile.

Uncle Fang smiled and said: "It's your first time here, go in! I've really caused trouble and I'll find time to make amends!"

Zai Duan glanced at Huang Qingyue, then looked back at his two younger brothers who nodded in agreement and looked like they were watching the excitement and said, "Okay! Then I'll stop bothering you!"

Then, a group of people, big and small, filed in.

Xu Zaijing was walking close to Huang Qingyue,

Seeing Xu Zaijing, Huang Qingyue specially raised his hands and said: "Brother Jing, long time no see."

Xu Zaijing stopped, cupped his hands and smiled: "Brother Yue, I didn't hurt you that time at Zhu's house, right?"

Huang Qingyue quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no! Brother Jing, please come inside."

Xu Zaijing raised his feet and stepped across the threshold of the Huang family's door.

Zai Zhang on the side scanned the Huang family's yard. After all, they had never been to the Huang family once.

"Brother Yue, have you ever seen Gu Tingye these days?"

Zai Zhang said as he withdrew his gaze.

Huang Qingyue smiled slightly: "I have seen it before, Erlang's martial arts is really good."

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing and his brother looked at each other. Xu Zaijing said, "Have you ever competed?"

"Tried it a few times."

Looking at the scar on Huang Qingyue's cheek, the two Xu brothers looked at each other and smiled. They had a lot to say to Gu Tingye after school started.

The inner courtyard of the Huang family,

Sister Huang Jiameng looked out through the screen and saw a large group of people headed by Uncle Fang and Zai Duan. She was surprised and said to herself: "There are so many people!"