"Really, I have never seen so many good things!" The woman who came to serve the county magistrate's wife stood at the door and whispered.
"I heard that the Ling family is a rich family, these things are probably worth a hundred thousand taels of silver." said the servant girl who followed the county magistrate's wife.
Alan glanced at the two of them, then walked towards the front yard with his hands behind his back.
Compared with the backyard, the front yard is even more lively. A set of dowry boxes are placed in the main hall for guests to watch.
Alan looked around and saw Yang Zhao, Han Bian and others receiving guests in the main hall, while He Li, Meng Su and others were chattering in the side hall, rolled their eyes and wandered in.
"Just the eight of us." Li Yan said with a smile.
"What eight?" Alan asked with his head in.
"Tomorrow will lift the flower bridge." He Li said with a smile.
"Then you have to choose a good person. That girl's pain sense has recovered, and a bump can kill her half to death. So, it's better not to carry the sedan chair eight times. Four people are better." Alan said with a smile.
"Besides," Alan rubbed his nose and said with a smirk, "I'm actually quite curious, how did the two of them pay homage?"
Seeing that the faces of several people were darkened, Alan walked out with a smile. After making a round of inspection, he went to the side courtyard where Ling Qingyu was.
"Didn't Alan have painkillers? Just speed up, I can hold on." Ling Qingyu said with a black line on his face. It's not at this time that you just remembered that you have to kneel down and kowtow to worship the hall, right? I hurt my calf, my knee is fine, as long as my posture is good, it will not be affected.
"It's already at this time. Are you kidding me when you say that you are going to change the time for welcoming relatives? If you say this, I don't know what will come out tomorrow." Ling Qingyu looked around the crowd again, and said.
"But the genius doctor said that you are in the most severe pain these days." He Li glanced at Alan, who was eating snacks happily, and said.
"Don't pay any attention to her, it must be because I feel unbalanced after seeing my dowry, and I'm looking for it." Ling Qingyu looked at Alan with contempt, and said.
Knowing that Ling Qingyu would not cancel or postpone it, Yang Zhao got up and said, "Let's go out and talk."
After the person left, Ling Qingyu said to Alan angrily: "Why are you talking about such things at this time? It doesn't have to affect people's mood."
Alan snorted, and said, "I'm doing it for your own good, but you still say I'm wrong, so ignore you, a white-eyed wolf."
"It's not that serious, it's just that you can fix the bracket when the time comes." Ling Qingyu smiled.
"General, let me carry the sedan chair with them, and Yin Ting'an will accompany you to welcome the bride." He Li said.
"Okay." After thinking for a while, Yang Zhao nodded. He Li and the eight of them have been together for a long time, and the cooperation is the tacit understanding. If it were the eight of them, they would not be afraid.
"Protect the guards on both sides of the road. Don't allow people to bump into the sedan chair. All other trivial etiquettes will be removed." Yang Zhao said as he walked, then went to the main hall to take a closer look, and began to order people to change the layout.
"Master," Han Bian knocked on the door, stood at the door and said, "Can I have a few words with you alone?"
Alan glanced at Ling Qingyu, got up and walked out. Seeing Ling Qingyu nodding, Ying Jiu also stepped out and closed the door behind her.
Han Bian sat down on the chair, put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice, and said: "There are a few things, I think, I still need to talk to the head of the house."
"So cautious?" Ling Qingyu smiled unconsciously, and said, "Tell me."
"Last autumn, the Liao Kingdom tore up the agreement and invaded the East Road. Yeluye, the king of the Southern Academy, invaded Heishui Pass with 100,000 men. Outside Heishui Pass, he fought with General Yang and the others for nearly a month. General He Li led his troops around the mountain to attack behind them, the two sides attacked, not only defeated the enemy, but also took back the two cities outside Heishui Pass." Han Bian said slowly.
"Why didn't anyone tell me?" Ling Qingyu opened his eyes wide and asked a little angrily. It's been a long time since she came back, but no one has told her about it.
Han Bian looked at her with a smile, and said: "This battle has restored the hostile relationship between Da Zhou and Liao Kingdom. The discussion field has been closed. The goods we walked over are actually smuggled goods, which were privately traded with Xiao Sui. .”
"Nonsense! If this is discovered, he will be accused of treason." Ling Qingyu anxiously wanted to get up, but his legs were weak and he sat back down.
"Master," Han Bian hurriedly supported her, and said, "Don't worry, I didn't tell you about this because I was afraid that you would be anxious. We have also stopped trading with Xiao Sui now. At first, it was because of here There are still some stocks, and General Yang is afraid that since the war has resumed, it will be a loss in his hands, so he traded with him."
"Why didn't you tell me such a big thing?" Ling Qingyu twitched twice, holding back the pain, and asked.
"Don't you understand General Yang's heart? Since the agreement between the two parties has been torn up, there may be a big war at any time. He doesn't want to affect your decision." Han Bian sighed and said, "How carefree your life is in Fanwai, compared to Dazhou. How uncomfortable it is, if you know that there is a war here, you will definitely come back."
Ling Qingyu was taken aback, and Han Bian continued: "Of course, you may not come back. General Yang doesn't want you to give up your free life in Fanwai and come back because of this, but he is also afraid that you won't come back."
"I'm not coming back?" Ling Qingyu repeated in surprise.
"Yes, if you choose to leave this chaotic week and travel around the world, he will be happy because you can stay away from these dangers." Looking at Ling Qingyu's surprised face, Han Bian said.
Ling Qingyu fell silent for a while, and lowered his eyes. Speaking of which, he did have such thoughts occasionally. It's not like he didn't think about it on a bright starry night.
"But if you are the head of the family, you really won't come back." Han Bian smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice, "General Yang may not be able to survive."
Ling Qingyu was startled, and looked up at Han Bian.
"One more thing," Han Bian avoided the topic, and said: "At the end of the year, the emperor called General Yang back to inquire about the military situation again. In Bianjing, Princess Huayang met General Yang. The princess is Empress Dong. The child is the emperor's first child and has always been favored. He just passed away at the end of last year, and it was love at first sight when he saw General Yang who had just returned from court."
"Ah?" Ling Qingyu opened his mouth slightly unconsciously, knowing that Yang Zhao's appearance was very attractive.
"Empress Dong sent someone to find General Yang, and wanted General Yang to be Princess Huayang's second son-in-law. She also said that the princess would follow General Yang to this place to be Yang's wife." Han Bian smiled lightly. Continued: "After falling out with Wang's and Zhao's last year, Prime Minister Dong's contact with General Yang no longer refused as before. This time, the request for marriage is not a daughter of Dong's concubine or a daughter of a side branch, but the eldest princess. It's a second marriage. After all, General Yang is so old. The person who came to pass the message also said that as long as he marries Princess Huayang, General Yang's family will be full of wealth, and the princess will not prevent General Yang from marrying the savior. It will not prevent him from marrying another concubine."
"It's really generous." Ling Qingyu sighed, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.
"General Yang answered only one sentence at the time, Yang already has a wife." Han Bian said with a smile: "No matter what the man said, whether it was threats or lures, General Yang would only answer this sentence. Later, Princess Huayang asked Come to the door, tsk tsk, don't blame me for talking too much, to be honest, the eldest princess is indeed beautiful, much more beautiful than you who are in charge. Don't be angry, don't be angry, General Yang said in front of the eldest princess that he has someone he loves , I will only be with that person in this life. The eldest princess was very annoyed at the time, and said, since you and her are in love, why have you never married? You must have lied to her. If General Yang has not yet married his beloved, then he will ask the imperial decree to bring a dowry and come directly to Heishuiguan. If General Yang still refuses at that time, then the heads of all the generals in Heishuiguan will be beheaded. .”
"She can cut off the head of a major border guard?" Ling Qingyu asked in surprise. Such a great ability for a princess? Even the emperor can't do it? At a time when this kind of warfare requires people to fight for their lives
"Of course she can't, but if she really brings the dowry with the imperial decree, then she is not comparable to a lady from the Dong family and the Wang family. In those two families, General Yang can be fooled by refusing to get married and hit with a military stick, but if she refuses to come in person It’s not something that can be offset by dozens of military sticks.” Seeing the change of expression on Ling Qingyu’s face, Han Bian said, “It’s half a year, and it’s only two days away.”
"General Yang even asked me not to tell you about these things." Han Bian paused and said, "He will never use these things to influence your decision, even if your decision directly affects his life and death, he will I don’t want to let you be affected. I came here to tell you this today, but I hope you don’t misunderstand him. He regards you more than his own life in his heart. How could he not think that he will kneel down when he worships? Do you know what he mentioned when we were discussing the ceremony at the beginning? He said that since it is a marriage, there is no need to do this kind of three kneeling and nine prostrations. Later, Shi Fang said that the pain in your legs has not recovered. I didn't feel any pain at all, and then I reminded him that if you don't go the whole way, I'm afraid the eldest princess will have something to say, which is not good for you. So you see, knowing that your leg has recovered, he would rather postpone or cancel it, I don't want you to suffer this crime either."
"I don't blame him," Ling Qingyu pondered for a moment, and said, "You said that there was a battle last autumn, so now the imperial court still has to rely on Zhao to guard Heishuiguan, so it's just that Heishuiguan was fought, or is it the heroic battle?" The state and the state have all been beaten."
Han Bian smiled slightly, and said: "Xiongzhou also sent troops, but Xiao Sui was in command there, so there was no major battle. Moreover, because of this battle, the generals in the Zhao family army began to mobilize. Heishuiguan side After the defeat of the Liao army, I heard that Xiao Sui recently replaced Yelu and became the king of the Southern Academy."
"That's why Zhaocai is in a hurry, one is for the war, the other is to force the marriage, but the most important thing is that the court must rely heavily on him at this time, so he married me with peace of mind and made the relationship between our two families so blatantly public. "Ling Qingyu thought for a while and said.
"General Yang brought two thousand cavalry thousands of miles to Xiangyang this time. The court must have started to guard against him. If he didn't take advantage of the fire and marry him, I don't know what will happen later." Han Bian nodded.
"Han Bian," Ling Qingyu looked at him and said with a smile, "Why are you so righteous today to explain these things for him? Don't you usually turn a blind eye?"
"Because I don't want you to regret it in the future. I regret that tomorrow you agreed to this marriage that you had been thinking about before because you wanted power. I hope you can cherish it sincerely." Han Bian smiled lightly: "You, the head of the family, paint too much. Beautiful, Han Bian is willing to fight for this for the rest of his life, so if you fall down in the middle, what about those of us who follow you?"
Ling Qingyu was completely stunned, and murmured: "The world I described? Have I described it?" I just sighed occasionally! Do you want to give me such a big burden!
Han Bian didn't say any more, got up and said, "The head of the family, Yan San is dead, but there are more people around you relying on you, Yang Zhao deserves your sincerity to marry him."
The door was closed with a soft sound, Ling Qingyu came back to his senses, took the mirror on the low table, patted his face at himself inside, and said, "Am I not sincere? Is it so obvious?" Unknowingly put my head on the low table, of course I am sincere, I naturally know how good Yang Zhao is, and I also know how much sacrifice he has made for me, I know it all, I also really like him, you Dead Han Bian, nonsense!
Standing in the yard, Han Bian let out a long breath, then smiled at Ying Jiu who was staring at him desperately: "Xiao Jiu, why don't you clean up?"
"You're talking too much." Ying Jiu whispered, with disapproving coldness in his eyes.
"Don't talk about the main point, that idiot can't get out of his own heart." Han Bian waved his hand and said, "Alan is right, you all spoil her too much." From the moment Yang Zhao led the troops to Xiangyang, Yang Zhao didn't leave a way out for himself, and since Ling Qingyu agreed to get married, the Ling family has no way out. At this moment, if Ling Qingyu's head is not clear, the consequences will be very serious.
"Really, I have never seen so many good things!" The woman who came to serve the county magistrate's wife stood at the door and whispered.
"I heard that the Ling family is a rich family, these things are probably worth a hundred thousand taels of silver." said the servant girl who followed the county magistrate's wife.
Alan glanced at the two of them, then walked towards the front yard with his hands behind his back.
Compared with the backyard, the front yard is even more lively. A set of dowry boxes are placed in the main hall for guests to watch.
Alan looked around and saw Yang Zhao, Han Bian and others receiving guests in the main hall, while He Li, Meng Su and others were chattering in the side hall, rolled their eyes and wandered in.
"Just the eight of us." Li Yan said with a smile.
"What eight?" Alan asked with his head in.
"Tomorrow will lift the flower bridge." He Li said with a smile.
"Then you have to choose a good person. That girl's pain sense has recovered, and a bump can kill her half to death. So, it's better not to carry the sedan chair eight times. Four people are better." Alan said with a smile.
"Besides," Alan rubbed his nose and said with a smirk, "I'm actually quite curious, how did the two of them pay homage?"
Seeing that the faces of several people were darkened, Alan walked out with a smile. After making a round of inspection, he went to the side courtyard where Ling Qingyu was.
"Didn't Alan have painkillers? Just speed up, I can hold on." Ling Qingyu said with a black line on his face. It's not at this time that you just remembered that you have to kneel down and kowtow to worship the hall, right? I hurt my calf, my knee is fine, as long as my posture is good, it will not be affected.
"It's already at this time. Are you kidding me when you say that you are going to change the time for welcoming relatives? If you say this, I don't know what will come out tomorrow." Ling Qingyu looked around the crowd again, and said.
"But the genius doctor said that you are in the most severe pain these days." He Li glanced at Alan, who was eating snacks happily, and said.
"Don't pay any attention to her, it must be because I feel unbalanced after seeing my dowry, and I'm looking for it." Ling Qingyu looked at Alan with contempt, and said.
Knowing that Ling Qingyu would not cancel or postpone it, Yang Zhao got up and said, "Let's go out and talk."
After the person left, Ling Qingyu said to Alan angrily: "Why are you talking about such things at this time? It doesn't have to affect people's mood."
Alan snorted, and said, "I'm doing it for your own good, but you still say I'm wrong, so ignore you, a white-eyed wolf."
"It's not that serious, it's just that you can fix the bracket when the time comes." Ling Qingyu smiled.
"General, let me carry the sedan chair with them, and Yin Ting'an will accompany you to welcome the bride." He Li said.
"Okay." After thinking for a while, Yang Zhao nodded. He Li and the eight of them have been together for a long time, and the cooperation is the tacit understanding. If it were the eight of them, they would not be afraid.
"Protect the guards on both sides of the road. Don't allow people to bump into the sedan chair. All other trivial etiquettes will be removed." Yang Zhao said as he walked, then went to the main hall to take a closer look, and began to order people to change the layout.
"Master," Han Bian knocked on the door, stood at the door and said, "Can I have a few words with you alone?"
Alan glanced at Ling Qingyu, got up and walked out. Seeing Ling Qingyu nodding, Ying Jiu also stepped out and closed the door behind her.
Han Bian sat down on the chair, put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice, and said: "There are a few things, I think, I still need to talk to the head of the house."
"So cautious?" Ling Qingyu smiled unconsciously, and said, "Tell me."
"Last autumn, the Liao Kingdom tore up the agreement and invaded the East Road. Yeluye, the king of the Southern Academy, invaded Heishui Pass with 100,000 men. Outside Heishui Pass, he fought with General Yang and the others for nearly a month. General He Li led his troops around the mountain to attack behind them, the two sides attacked, not only defeated the enemy, but also took back the two cities outside Heishui Pass." Han Bian said slowly.
"Why didn't anyone tell me?" Ling Qingyu opened his eyes wide and asked a little angrily. It's been a long time since she came back, but no one has told her about it.
Han Bian looked at her with a smile, and said: "This battle has restored the hostile relationship between Da Zhou and Liao Kingdom. The discussion field has been closed. The goods we walked over are actually smuggled goods, which were privately traded with Xiao Sui. .”
"Nonsense! If this is discovered, he will be accused of treason." Ling Qingyu anxiously wanted to get up, but his legs were weak and he sat back down.
"Master," Han Bian hurriedly supported her, and said, "Don't worry, I didn't tell you about this because I was afraid that you would be anxious. We have also stopped trading with Xiao Sui now. At first, it was because of here There are still some stocks, and General Yang is afraid that since the war has resumed, it will be a loss in his hands, so he traded with him."
"Why didn't you tell me such a big thing?" Ling Qingyu twitched twice, holding back the pain, and asked.
"Don't you understand General Yang's heart? Since the agreement between the two parties has been torn up, there may be a big war at any time. He doesn't want to affect your decision." Han Bian sighed and said, "How carefree your life is in Fanwai, compared to Dazhou. How uncomfortable it is, if you know that there is a war here, you will definitely come back."
Ling Qingyu was taken aback, and Han Bian continued: "Of course, you may not come back. General Yang doesn't want you to give up your free life in Fanwai and come back because of this, but he is also afraid that you won't come back."
"I'm not coming back?" Ling Qingyu repeated in surprise.
"Yes, if you choose to leave this chaotic week and travel around the world, he will be happy because you can stay away from these dangers." Looking at Ling Qingyu's surprised face, Han Bian said.
Ling Qingyu fell silent for a while, and lowered his eyes. Speaking of which, he did have such thoughts occasionally. It's not like he didn't think about it on a bright starry night.
"But if you are the head of the family, you really won't come back." Han Bian smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice, "General Yang may not be able to survive."
Ling Qingyu was startled, and looked up at Han Bian.
"One more thing," Han Bian avoided the topic, and said: "At the end of the year, the emperor called General Yang back to inquire about the military situation again. In Bianjing, Princess Huayang met General Yang. The princess is Empress Dong. The child is the emperor's first child and has always been favored. He just passed away at the end of last year, and it was love at first sight when he saw General Yang who had just returned from court."
"Ah?" Ling Qingyu opened his mouth slightly unconsciously, knowing that Yang Zhao's appearance was very attractive.
"Empress Dong sent someone to find General Yang, and wanted General Yang to be Princess Huayang's second son-in-law. She also said that the princess would follow General Yang to this place to be Yang's wife." Han Bian smiled lightly. Continued: "After falling out with Wang's and Zhao's last year, Prime Minister Dong's contact with General Yang no longer refused as before. This time, the request for marriage is not a daughter of Dong's concubine or a daughter of a side branch, but the eldest princess. It's a second marriage. After all, General Yang is so old. The person who came to pass the message also said that as long as he marries Princess Huayang, General Yang's family will be full of wealth, and the princess will not prevent General Yang from marrying the savior. It will not prevent him from marrying another concubine."
"It's really generous." Ling Qingyu sighed, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.
"General Yang answered only one sentence at the time, Yang already has a wife." Han Bian said with a smile: "No matter what the man said, whether it was threats or lures, General Yang would only answer this sentence. Later, Princess Huayang asked Come to the door, tsk tsk, don't blame me for talking too much, to be honest, the eldest princess is indeed beautiful, much more beautiful than you who are in charge. Don't be angry, don't be angry, General Yang said in front of the eldest princess that he has someone he loves , I will only be with that person in this life. The eldest princess was very annoyed at the time, and said, since you and her are in love, why have you never married? You must have lied to her. If General Yang has not yet married his beloved, then he will ask the imperial decree to bring a dowry and come directly to Heishuiguan. If General Yang still refuses at that time, then the heads of all the generals in Heishuiguan will be beheaded. .”
"She can cut off the head of a major border guard?" Ling Qingyu asked in surprise. Such a great ability for a princess? Even the emperor can't do it? At a time when this kind of warfare requires people to fight for their lives
"Of course she can't, but if she really brings the dowry with the imperial decree, then she is not comparable to a lady from the Dong family and the Wang family. In those two families, General Yang can be fooled by refusing to get married and hit with a military stick, but if she refuses to come in person It’s not something that can be offset by dozens of military sticks.” Seeing the change of expression on Ling Qingyu’s face, Han Bian said, “It’s half a year, and it’s only two days away.”
"General Yang even asked me not to tell you about these things." Han Bian paused and said, "He will never use these things to influence your decision, even if your decision directly affects his life and death, he will I don’t want to let you be affected. I came here to tell you this today, but I hope you don’t misunderstand him. He regards you more than his own life in his heart. How could he not think that he will kneel down when he worships? Do you know what he mentioned when we were discussing the ceremony at the beginning? He said that since it is a marriage, there is no need to do this kind of three kneeling and nine prostrations. Later, Shi Fang said that the pain in your legs has not recovered. I didn't feel any pain at all, and then I reminded him that if you don't go the whole way, I'm afraid the eldest princess will have something to say, which is not good for you. So you see, knowing that your leg has recovered, he would rather postpone or cancel it, I don't want you to suffer this crime either."
"I don't blame him," Ling Qingyu pondered for a moment, and said, "You said that there was a battle last autumn, so now the imperial court still has to rely on Zhao to guard Heishuiguan, so it's just that Heishuiguan was fought, or is it the heroic battle?" The state and the state have all been beaten."
Han Bian smiled slightly, and said: "Xiongzhou also sent troops, but Xiao Sui was in command there, so there was no major battle. Moreover, because of this battle, the generals in the Zhao family army began to mobilize. Heishuiguan side After the defeat of the Liao Army, I heard that Xiao Sui recently replaced Yelu as the king of the Southern Academy."
"That's why Zhaocai is in a hurry, one is for the war, the other is to force the marriage, but the most important thing is that the court must rely heavily on him at this time, so he married me with peace of mind and made the relationship between our two families so blatantly public. "Ling Qingyu thought for a while and said.
"General Yang brought two thousand cavalry thousands of miles to Xiangyang this time. The court must have started to guard against him. If he didn't take advantage of the fire and marry him, I don't know what will happen later." Han Bian nodded.
"Han Bian," Ling Qingyu looked at him and said with a smile, "Why are you so righteous today to explain these things for him? Don't you usually turn a blind eye?"
"Because I don't want you to regret it in the future. I regret that tomorrow you agreed to this marriage that you had been thinking about before because you wanted power. I hope you can cherish it sincerely." Han Bian smiled lightly: "You, the head of the family, paint too much. Beautiful, Han Bian is willing to fight for this for the rest of his life, so if you fall down in the middle, what about those of us who follow you?"
Ling Qingyu was completely stunned, and murmured: "The world I described? Have I described it?" I just sighed occasionally! Do you want to give me such a big burden!
Han Bian didn't say any more, got up and said, "The head of the family, Yan San is dead, but there are more people around you relying on you, Yang Zhao deserves your sincerity to marry him."
The door was closed with a soft sound, Ling Qingyu came back to his senses, took the mirror on the low table, patted his face at himself inside, and said, "Am I not sincere? Is it so obvious?" Unknowingly put my head on the low table, of course I am sincere, I naturally know how good Yang Zhao is, and I also know how much sacrifice he has made for me, I know it all, I also really like him, you Dead Han Bian, nonsense!
Standing in the yard, Han Bian let out a long breath, then smiled at Ying Jiu who was staring at him desperately: "Xiao Jiu, why don't you clean up?"
"You're talking too much." Ying Jiu whispered, with disapproving coldness in his eyes.
"Don't talk about the main point, that idiot can't get out of his own heart." Han Bian waved his hand and said, "Alan is right, you all spoil her too much." From the moment Yang Zhao led the troops to Xiangyang, Yang Zhao didn't leave a way out for himself, and since Ling Qingyu agreed to get married, the Ling family has no way out. At this moment, if Ling Qingyu's head is not clear, the consequences will be very serious.