Previously, because of his hasty trip to the west, Wei Changying did not have enough people, so he selected a group of people from the Shen family's children to supplement them. Originally, Wei Changying was born in the Wei family in Fengzhou and had countless people to marry her to. If she were in the imperial capital, she would be spoiled for choice just by the children of her own family. Moreover, the sons of several of the Shen family's really proud families are all following the sect in the imperial capital. Logically speaking, the honorable job of serving her closely is something that even the sons of the family in the ancestral hall would not be able to get.
So it was finally a chance, and the sons of the family in the ancestral hall had to fight hard to decide the winner. Although Yanyu is just a little maid, she was chosen because of her intelligence, cuteness, and the shrewdness of her parents, siblings, and aunt.
Due to her age, she was not able to join the ambassador's class, but she was worried that if Chief Wei returned to the imperial capital in a few years, she would have a wider range of choices and Mianyu might be left out, so she kept showing her energy.
Today, the guard chief Ying sent her to lead the way for Lai Dayong and his party. Yanyu took the people to the cross courtyard, so she obediently waited outside - it was agreed that she would lead the people to the cross courtyard, and she would also let them go when they wanted to leave. Delivered to the corner gate.
As a result, the voice inside was a little louder, and Yanyu listened to a few words intermittently outside, and she was immediately furious. She didn't care who came out to lead the way, and ran directly over to inform the Chief of Guard Ying!
Wei Changying heard her description filled with righteous indignation, "That person from Qizi said that he came to Xiliang like this, and he felt uneasy, unless the young master accepts some second master from their place." Xiyu, I'm afraid that the young master won't let you go, you're so shameless." Yun Yun frowned at first, and then asked: "You just left like this and didn't ask anyone to take your place?"
Yan Yu was stunned for a moment, then said sarcastically: "My maid is thinking that this is going too far. I'm afraid that the young lady will suffer a loss if she finds out too late..."
"What loss can I suffer?" Wei Changying asked her calmly, "At best, they just want to seduce me and my husband. Not to mention that my husband has not agreed yet, even if he agreed. It's hard for me to be afraid of a mere concubine. Can’t do it?”
The maid serving in the inner room was originally going to join Yan Yu in scolding Lai Dayong and his party for what they did, but she quickly fell silent after hearing this.
Yanyu smiled apologetically and said, "I know my fault, but those people..."
"What did those people say? What does it have to do with you?" Wei Changying lowered his face, "I asked you to lead the way, not to eavesdrop! It's not like you were eavesdropping and then tipping me off! If your husband Why don't you tell me if you want to take a concubine? Why don't you come here in such a hurry to do your own thing
Yanyu wanted to please her, but instead she was scolded. She hung her head and didn't dare to say a word. Seeing this situation, Wei Changying sneered and asked someone to take her to find the He family to be punished, and sent Feiyu to cross the courtyard to lead the way - but the news that Yan Yu was rushing to report the news was already known to the Huang family and the He family. , He hurriedly handed over the matter of punishing Yanyu to the mothers-in-law, and ran in tandem with Huang.
When Wei Changying saw this formation, he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "What are you aunts doing in such a hurry? It's not a big deal."
"Is it a big deal? It's just that Yan Yu's little hooves are so outrageous. I haven't taught a maid in many years who dared to leave her post without permission." He hurriedly found an excuse and said, "No, I'll be here soon. Please punish the young lady? I will definitely teach them a lesson in the future so that they will not be confused like this again."
Mrs. Huang said: "My servant just came over to take a look."
Wei Changying pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay, I have nothing here, the aunts can go and do their own business."
Even though she said this, Mr. Huang and Mr. He still refused to leave. What they said was that they wanted to find out what happened.
"From what Yan Yu said, it seems that Lai Dayong wanted to join her husband, but was worried about it, so she wanted to give the second-in-command in their gang to her husband as a concubine." Wei Zhangying said, "I thought it was very strange when I first heard it. Surprised - this Mengshan gang is both a bandit and a private salt dealer. Even if there are female relatives among them, they are not the family members they secretly took up the mountain, but they are probably innocent women they kidnapped. There is actually a woman in the second boss... Listen to Yanyu. It seems that the second master is doing well."
Huang and He asked together: "Did the young master agree?"
"Yianyu came to retaliate before I heard anything. How did I know?" Wei Changying said with a smile, "It's really not a big deal... The aunts can just go about whatever they need to do."
Seeing that she looked calm and relaxed, not like she was trying to stay calm, Mrs. Huang and Mr. He breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other and said, "In that case, let me leave first."
With that said, after leaving the house, Mr. Huang and Mr. He had to discuss it with each other again: "I thought it was a good thing that Gang Leader Mengshan came to surrender. I don't want them to be so shameless and start a good fight in the young master's backyard. Here comes the idea!”
"Young Madam has been working hard for a long time. I'm worried that Young Madam won't be able to bear the news..."
"I'm also afraid that the young lady will be unhappy. This idiot, Yanyu, didn't even think about it. Why didn't she hear the other words but heard these few words? Those people must have deliberately raised their voices to let her know so that they could rush ahead. Come and report. If this can cause the young lady to cause trouble, maybe the young master doesn’t like the person they recommend, but the young lady makes him unable to step down, so he agrees? "
"If that's the case, Lai Dayong and the others may have colluded with the people in Mingpeitang a long time ago, or they may have spies. Otherwise, how would they know that Yanyu would fall into the trap?"
"That's not necessarily the case. When Mianyu and the others were chosen before, didn't others lose their chance? Maybe these people were the ones causing trouble. They wanted Mianyu to be driven back because of this, and their daughter came up instead."
Huang frowned and said, "Since the young lady asked us not to care about the concubinage, we will obey the young lady and leave it alone. After all, the young lady is no longer the young lady who was raised in a boudoir and was ignorant of the world. Now the young lady is She already has her own ideas, and it’s not like we’re taking care of everything. Besides, she’s just a concubine, and she’s from a rude background. To put it bluntly, given her status as our master, she will definitely look down on her. Even if she does, it’s just a show-off. … Anyway, it’s easy to clean up. Let’s check first. After Lai Dayong came to Jiyuan to meet Mr. Ji two days ago, has anyone mentioned anything about them?”
"Uncle Ji..." Mr. He hesitated to speak.
Huang understood and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Sister He. Although I have learned this medical skill under the guidance of Divine Doctor Ji. However, it is because Divine Doctor Ji gave the old lady face. After all, I am the one who was trained by the old lady. Since the old lady has If you give me to the Young Madam, I will naturally do everything for the Young Madam. After all, Mr. Ji is just Divine Doctor Ji’s uncle. Even if Divine Doctor Ji conflicts with the Young Madam, I will definitely be on the Young Madam’s side. .”
He was really worried that if Ji Gu used his knowledge of Mingpeitang these days to instigate Lai Dayong to do this, or that the idea of letting Shen Zangfeng take a concubine was originally Ji Gu's idea - Huang and Ji Qubing They have a close relationship, and I'm afraid that she will be embarrassed by it. Now that I got Huang's approval, I was relieved.
The two of them discussed it for a while and then went to investigate.
Except for the interruption of his nap, Guard Chief Ying was dealing with everything as usual this day as if nothing had happened. In the evening, Lai Dayong and his party left, and Shen Zangfeng went back to the back hall to change clothes.
After changing into casual clothes, Shen Zangfeng asked: "It was Yanyu who led Lai Dayong and others before, but why was it replaced by Feiyu later?"
"The little maid didn't train her well, so she just listened to the corner. She came to me to complain in the middle of the story, and she didn't even know how to find someone to replace her! I have already handed her over to Aunt He for discipline." Wei Zhangying He didn’t mince his words and said, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Zangfeng muttered, "It's true that there are no rules, and you should be punished." Then he said, "It's nothing. When I saw the guest out, I saw someone had changed. I thought something had happened to you, so I called her away, so I changed her to someone else." The rain has passed."
Guard Chief Ying said: "I have already sent Yanyu to take care of you. Even if there is a shortage of people, even if I call two people from the front yard to replace you, I will definitely not disturb you there!"
"My husband thinks so too." Shen Zangfeng touched his chin and smiled, "Yinger has always been the most virtuous... By the way, why did the little maid come to you to complain? Could it be?"
Wei Changying said with a smile: "What kind of complaint do you think she can make?" He glanced at her husband sideways, "Speaking of which, it's wrong for her to leave her post without permission and come to complain, but you should have made it clear to me now, right? If we want to add someone else, I have to clean up the house for her, so as not to delay her coming in... right?"
As soon as Shen Zangfeng heard this, he showed a half-smile, looked her up and down, and looked at the red-gold hairpin on her temple again and again, and said, "Is Yinger stupid to be a husband?" ?”
"What do you think this hairpin is for? Am I one of those people who likes to indulge in sourness and vinegar?" Guard Chief Ying pulled out the hairpin and showed it to him solemnly. The tail of the red gold hairpin was polished and rounded, with no intention of sharpening it. She put it back on her temples, tapped her husband's cheek and asked, "I'm asking you seriously! Where did you think you were? Just now you said I was virtuous, but what you said was not true at all, and you were deliberately trying to trick me?"
Hearing this, Shen Zangfeng said seriously: "It's nothing! What I said to my husband is all true! How could I deceive Ying'er?"
"Then you can tell me, what new person has been hired, and how to arrange it?" Guard Chief Ying Jiao asked angrily.
Shen Zangfeng coughed dryly and said, "I didn't agree, so what's the arrangement?"
"You didn't agree?" Wei Changying just said this, and was interrupted by Shen Zangfeng, who was laughing and laughing: "You said it as if I was only thinking about taking a concubine..."
The two bickered for a while before Wei Changying stopped laughing and said, "What's going on?"
"Then Yan Yu didn't listen?" Shen Zangfeng said lazily, "Then Lai Dayong said that he took the initiative to join me for a reason. It was all because he had a sister, who was the second-in-command of the Mengshan Gang. It is said that he survived That's right. What can I say... He has admired me for a long time, so he tried his best to convince everyone in the He Gang to defect to me! He also knew that I was married, and his sister could not be the wife of a nobleman, so he asked me to agree to accept her. Concubine... do you think it's ridiculous?"
Wei Changying said with a smile: "I don't see what's ridiculous about this request. As a woman, since I dare to recommend myself as a pillow. Think about it, Chen Yuluoyan, aside from Chen Yuluoyan, must be somewhat delicate and beautiful. Besides, even if you are not born well, you will always have someone. Mengshan is helping to make the dowry! Normally, concubines have to spend their own money to buy it, so how can it be so cost-effective to have a concubine delivered to your door like this?"
"Are you going to sell your husband and son-in-law just for a Mengshan Gang? Is your husband worth a Mengshan Gang?" Shen Zangfeng stretched out his fingers and pinched the tip of her nose, and said angrily and funny, "Thanks to the business. I have everything to take care of. If I ask you to take care of it yourself, are you afraid that the family fortune will be ruined in a few days? "
"Although it is said that a dignified Mengshan gang would actually listen to a woman's advice, it is wrong to follow the so-called second leader on issues involving the gang's future and even life and death. But I think this rhetoric is just a step up. "Wei Changying teased her husband and continued to talk about business, "The most important thing they want is for you to accept the second master... Are you really not interested?" (To be continued)