With Zheng Xiang's words and Wei Hanzhou's firm attitude, no one would say anything.
The matter of catching Wei Hanzhou as his son-in-law just came to an end.
However, Wei Hanzhou became famous in the capital because of this incident.
Although the courtiers praised him differently, the literati circles admired him for his style, and the women liked him very much.
It was passed on and passed on to the people.
In the process of transmitting the message, it is inevitable that there will be some errors.
Although Wei Hanzhou personally explained the identity of his wife, some people selectively listened to their preferred version. A few days later, there was even a storyteller in the restaurant and teahouse who started to tell the earth-shattering story of the champion of the new division and the brothel woman.
As Wei Hanzhou left the capital, the people of the capital also began to secretly expect what the lady of the first prize would look like, and waited for the day after the first month of January, when the man of the first scholar returned to Beijing to bring the lady back.
Before Liu Tangxi came to the capital, her name had already spread in the homes of high-ranking officials and ordinary people in the capital.
Wei Hanzhou was still on his way back to Weijia Village, but at this moment, Weijia Village was more lively than ever.
As early as the day when Wei Hanzhou was selected by the emperor as the new champion in the palace exam, the news of who this champion was was passed on. As the birthplace of Zhuang Yuanlang, he received the news right away.
Wei Hanzhou was delayed in the capital for a few days, so he was still on his way back to Beijing, but the news had already flown to the prefecture, county, town, and Weijia Village.
Third Wei and Mrs. Li had just returned from the town, and they were quite frightened when they looked at the people gathered at the door on the third and third floors.
"What's wrong, why are there so many people?" Mrs. Li asked anxiously, grabbing a woman in the outer circle.
The woman was obviously not from Weijia Village, she was here to join in the fun, and she didn't know the Li family. Hearing Li's question, she immediately smiled and said, "Come and see the champion!"
"What? Zhuangyuan Lang?" Li was very puzzled.
However, I felt a little more relaxed, thinking to myself, it would be better if something went wrong at home.
Saying that, Mrs. Li and Mr. Wei looked at each other, and both of them showed blankness in their eyes.
At this time, an old man who was about the same age as the third Wei said, "Look at you, you have heard the news and came to watch the fun, right? I tell you, this Weijia Village is incredible, and this family is even more incredible. A champion!"
Hearing the old man's words, and seeing that the old man was pointing in the direction of his own house, Third Wei was startled, swallowed, and asked, "Zhou… champion?"
"Yeah, Wei Jieyuan passed the exam."
Wei Jieyuan... He didn't know how many times he had heard this name recently. When he came back today, someone greeted him on the road and called him Jie Yuan's father.
Third Wei couldn't believe what he heard, and his hands gradually trembled with excitement.
"After so many years, our mansion finally has a champion, and it is in the same county and town as us, so close. I really want to see what the champion looks like, and I don't know if he is at home or not. ' said someone on the side.
"No, no, Wei Zhuangyuan hasn't come back yet." A voice suddenly came from behind.
Like the third third Wei, Mrs. Li was also very excited. Gradually, she came back to her senses, tugged on the third third Wei's sleeve, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, they said that the third third passed the exam?"
Third Wei's mouth, which had just been slightly opened nervously, finally closed, his lips trembling, and he said, "Yes... Yes... It should be."
Li's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and excitedly grabbed the sleeve of Wei's third child, not knowing what to say.
"How do you know he didn't come back?" someone in the crowd asked.
"He is from our village. I saw his father this morning, but I didn't hear that he came back."
"Ah, you are actually from Weijia Village. You must have seen Zhuangyuan Lang, but I don't know what Zhuangyuan Lang looks like..."
The man had a smug look on the front. Suddenly, his expression changed and he said, "Hey, isn't this the third uncle and three aunts? Why are you two still standing here, the good news is waiting at your house."
When the people around heard this, they immediately looked over.
Soon, the front of Third Wei and Mrs. Li gradually became empty, and everyone made a way out of their own accord, looking at them with envy in their eyes.
At this moment, Liu Tangxi is entertaining guests with Zhang's Zhou at home. Wei Laosan and his wife came back and helped them out of the siege.
The last time Wei Hanzhou passed the exam, the third Wei family was already lively. However, that time Wei Hanzhou also participated in the Spring Festival, and everyone was more reserved. This time is different. Wei Hanzhou has already completed the exam, and he also won the champion.
There will be only one champion in three years of the entire Dali dynasty.
And they haven't seen one in their palace for decades.
Not only was the Wei Lao Sanjia lively, but Weijia Village was also lively. Everyone in the town, county, and prefecture was talking about it.
I learned from the people who announced the good news that according to the usual practice, the champion will return to his hometown after attending the palace banquet in the palace, and now he is on the road, Wei Laosan and his wife did not go to sell candied haws anymore, and Wei Daniel and Wei Erhu did not. Go work in town.
It's not that they don't want to go, but the fact that there are too many guests at home, Liu Tangxi's sister-in-law can't handle it at all.
Moreover, even if they go out now, they will be surrounded by people and ask questions, and they will not be able to do the work. It's better to hide at home for a while and wait for this to pass.
After a few days, Wei Hanzhou finally came back to everyone's expectations.
After returning, he was surrounded by guests waiting at home.
Wei Hanzhou greeted them one by one.
Liu Tangxi was originally talking to the female family members in the east wing, but when the female family members heard that Wei Hanzhou had returned, they were even more excited than Liu Tangxi, and they all walked out eagerly.
Instead, Liu Tangxi fell behind.
There were many people in the yard, Liu Tangxi was standing at the entrance of the east wing, behind the crowd, watching Wei Hanzhou from a distance.
Wei Hanzhou turned his gaze to Liu Tangxi, who was outside the crowd, as if he had a consonance in his heart.
Liu Tangxi smiled at him.
Wei Hanzhou's gaze stayed on her for a moment, then turned to look at the person beside him.
For the next day, Liu Tangxi failed to say a word to Wei Hanzhou.
It wasn't until Hai Shi, everyone dispersed, Wei Lao San's family returned to calm, and Wei Hanzhou returned to the house.
At this time, Liu Tangxi was already lying on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.
She hadn't seen Wei Hanzhou for several months, and had been worried at home, for fear that something happened to him and he wouldn't be able to come back. Now that she has returned safely, her floating heart has finally come to fruition, and the whole person is not so held, and she relaxes.
She wanted to wait for Wei Hanzhou to come back and have a good talk with him and ask him what happened in the capital, but she fell asleep while waiting.
Wei Hanzhou glanced at the two quilts on the bed. The outer bed was folded and placed in the cabinet. Afterwards, he went to bed lightly, and opened the bed that covered Liu Tangxi's body.
The moment the quilt was lifted, Liu Tangxi slowly opened his eyes. Looking at Wei Hanzhou in front of her, she muttered, "You're back."
"Well, I'm back."
Liu Tangxi closed his eyes again, and unconsciously drilled into his arms, his breathing became long again.
Seeing Liu Tangxi's small movements, Wei Hanzhou raised his hand and gently touched her hair, a slight smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.
Then, he lowered his head and sniffed the scent on her hair. I closed my eyes and fell asleep slowly in the reassuring smell.
In the next few days, Wei Hanzhou has been very busy, busy opening the ancestral hall with the people of the clan, offering sacrifices to the ancestors, and so on.
However, his vacation is limited, and he is not a person who likes to show off, so after three days, everything here will be settled.
In this way, Wei Hanzhou has to pack up and go to Beijing.
From the first day she entered the book, Liu Tangxi knew that she was going back to the capital, and she had looked forward to it.
After all, the moment she opened her eyes, she saw the big villain in Wei Hanzhou's book, and the villain looked at her as if he wanted to kill her. In the days that followed, she lived cautiously and tremblingly, for fear of offending him.
She didn't want to stay here, but out of fear of Wei Hanzhou, she didn't dare to run away.
But as she got along day after day, she gradually changed her view of him, and she no longer had the fear and dislike of him at the beginning.
Now that the day to return to Beijing is really coming, she finds that she does not have much happy emotions, but a lot of reluctance and melancholy.
She had no idea what was going on in the capital, and there were both male and female protagonists in the book.
The original owner bullied the female protagonist, entangled the male protagonist, and the female protagonist sold the original owner.
I don't know what will happen when she goes to the capital and returns to the Hou Mansion.
She is not a very smart person, and she is soft-hearted, neither like the original owner, nor like the heroine. When I really got to the back house, wouldn't I be gnawed to the bone
She really just wants to eat, drink, and spend her life comfortably.
Hey, how can such a simple requirement be so difficult to achieve
Thinking of this, Liu Tangxi's head grew bigger.
That night, the third child Wei asked about Wei Hanzhou's return to Beijing.
"The third child, when are you going to the capital?" Wei third child asked.
"Two days later." Wei Hanzhou replied.
"So fast." Li said anxiously.
"Well, my son's official position has already come down, and he has also set a date for taking office. If he goes back late, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch up." Wei Hanzhou explained.
Although he had a lot of reluctance to part with his son in his heart, Third Wei still smiled and said, "Well, then leave in two days, don't delay your errand."
His son is now an official of the imperial court. He seems to be a bit bigger than their county magistrate. He saw it that day, and the county magistrate saluted his son.
Thinking that his son is now an official, the third Wei is very proud.
Li is also proud of her son, but at the moment she is more reluctant to part with her son.
Thinking of his son going to the capital and not knowing when he will come back, Mrs. Li's eyes warmed, she lowered her head, and quietly wiped her tears.
When he raised his head again, Mrs. Li looked at Liu Tangxi and said, "Second daughter-in-law, please clean up these days. Then you will go to the capital with the third one."
Liu Tangxi was slightly startled, glanced at Wei Hanzhou, lowered his eyes, and nodded.
Wei Hanzhou glanced sideways at her.
Because Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi were about to leave, the family cherished the reunion time and talked a lot.
It was almost time for Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi to return to the house.
Since Wei Hanzhou came back that day, there was only a quilt left on the bed. At this moment, Liu Tangxi was not tangled, and quickly laid the quilt. After taking a shower, Liu Tangxi got into the bed.
Soon, Wei Hanzhou also lay down.
The two have not spoken since entering the house.
After lying on the bed for a long time, Liu Tangxi let out a sigh, and Wei Hanzhou finally spoke.
"Does the lady have something on her mind?"
Liu Tangxi paused, pursed her lips, and said, "It's nothing."
"But... don't want to go to the capital with your husband?"
Liu Tangxi was stunned. She did feel a little complicated about going to the capital, but she didn't mean to go with Wei Hanzhou.
How could Wei Hanzhou have such an idea
The previous words can't be explained, and I don't know how to explain it to Wei Hanzhou. The latter words are easy to say.
"No, I just thought that I would be leaving in two days, and I was reluctant to let them go." She was telling the truth.
When she was talking in the main room just now, as she talked, she hid in the corner and quietly wiped her tears several times.
It's one thing to be irritable about returning to Beijing, but now, thinking about leaving these familiar people, her reluctance is getting heavier.
Wei Hanzhou replied softly, "Yeah."
"I don't know how long it will take to come back." Liu Tangxi sighed.
Wei Hanzhou thought, Weijia Village is far away from the capital, and he can't come back during the usual holidays. Therefore, in this lifetime, apart from resigning and returning home, I will not be able to return several times.
He didn't want to lie to Liu Tangxi, so he changed his method, "If you miss them, write to them."
Liu Tangxi sighed.
After spending two years with Li and the others, she really fell in love with them, and she was a little reluctant to bear them. She also thought that the whole family would go to Beijing together. Anyway, she has golden fingers, she will definitely not starve to death, and maybe even make a fortune, the family will be happy together, and will soon be able to make a fortune.
But what is the situation in the capital now, whether she can save her life is unknown.
When looking at it, from the perspective of the heroine, the court is not stable, the crown prince is not a good stubble, the third prince is not a weak person, and the emperor is even more stupid and listens to the words of Wei Hanzhou, a traitor.
The capital is like a dragon pool and a tiger's den.
The reason why this can attract her to watch is because the heroine is smart, and the heroine can resolve them one by one regardless of the great changes in the court.
But she is not the heroine, even if she has golden fingers, if she is really beheaded, there is nothing she can do.
Therefore, she should go to the capital to explore the way first. If all the time is quiet, she will take Li and the others over.
Thinking like this, Liu Tangxi responded indifferently, "Yeah."
Wei Hanzhou heard that Liu Tangxi was in a low mood, so he reached out and hugged her, stroked her hair, and said, "Go to sleep."
Xu Wei Hanzhou's voice had magic power, and soon, Liu Tangxi forgot his troubles and gradually fell asleep.
For the next two days, Liu Tangxi was not in a good mood, and was a little absent-minded when playing with Fuyao and the others.
Soon, two days passed.
The time to leave has come.
Early in the morning, Liu Tangxi woke up early, and after cleaning up, he went to the stove.
At this time, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhang were cooking on the stove. Seeing her coming over, Mrs. Li smiled and said, "the third wife, you are up. You don't need your help here, you go and see if you and the third are sorted. Okay, go and pack up again, don't leave things behind. It's far from the capital, and it's not easy to come and go. "
Listening to Li's words, Liu Tangxi's eyes suddenly became wet.
Afraid that Mrs. Li would see the clues and cause grief, Liu Tangxi lowered her eyes, sniffed, and said, "Thank you mother for your trouble, everything has been cleaned up."
After speaking, he eased his emotions and said, "I'll cook this meal. My husband and I are leaving today. I don't know when we come back next time, so let me honor you again."
Although officials usually have holidays, Weijia Village is far from the capital, and it takes about ten days to come and go. How can there be such a long vacation.
Therefore, even during the Chinese New Year, Wei Hanzhou may not be able to come back.
"Hey." Li sighed, turned around, wiped the corners of his eyes lightly with his sleeve, and said, "Well, you can do it, I'll go see the third child."
After Mrs. Li went out, Liu Tangxi wiped her tears with the handkerchief in her sleeve.
Zhang Shi was also very uncomfortable looking at the scene in front of him. Although they have only been with Liu Tangxi for about two years, Liu Tangxi is good-natured and diligent. The two have never quarreled and have a good relationship.
But she was stupid and didn't know what to say.
After struggling for a long time, Zhang said, "It's a happy event for the third brother to go to the capital. Don't be sad for the third brother and sister."
Liu Tangxi swallowed and said, "Well, sister-in-law, let's cook."
"it is good."
Liu Tangxi made a very hearty meal, with six dishes, a soup, and dumplings.
Although it was rich, everyone didn't eat too much. Third Wei drank a few glasses of wine. He looked very happy, and the wrinkles on his face were more than a few layers.
"In a blink of an eye, you're going to go to Beijing to become an official. Thinking about the situation in our family ten years ago, and looking at it now, it's like a dream. Now that you're promising, it's not in vain for me and your mother. And your brother and sister-in-law have provided you for so many years. Dad is incompetent, and he does not know a single big character. Except for farming and planting fruit trees, he can't do anything. Dad knows that you read a lot and you are a literate person, but, There are a few things Dad needs to tell you."
Hearing this, Wei Hanzhou hurriedly stood up, bent down and stood in front of Third Wei.
"Since you have been appointed an official by the imperial court, you must really do more for the common people. If you become an official, the imperial court will give you a salary. You will never be hungry, but don't give birth. You shouldn't have any thoughts. You have suffered hardships when you were a child, and you know how hard it is to not have enough to eat. Then you can't be like the previous county magistrate, collecting money from the people and levying taxes randomly. I heard that the magistrate of Nahu You also became a high official? Hey, it can be seen that the top is not clean. Dad doesn't expect you to clean up that county magistrate. You are alone, and you have no such ability. But you can at least not learn from him. Official, I trust you. You must be worthy of the court and the people. Be a good official with integrity. Dad doesn’t want to be stabbed in the spine in the future.
Liu Tangxi lowered his head to cook rice, but couldn't stop thinking about it. If according to what is written in the book, if it is a real world, then the ancestral grave of Wei Hanzhou's family may not know how many times it has been dug up, and how many times the corpse has been whipped.
Thinking of this, in late spring, she felt a cold wind blowing on her back. Suddenly, he didn't dare to think about it, and quickly shook his head.
Next, Third Younger Wei babbled a lot. If Mr. Li didn't see him drunk and held him back, he would have to continue talking.
"Haha, I am very happy to think that the third child is going to be an official. When I go out now, everyone calls me the father of the champion, the father of the champion, and everyone respects me." The third Wei said with a smile.
Seeing that his face was flushed from drinking, Li spit, "You are too embarrassed to say, you are proud of yourself, you only know how to teach your son, why don't you know how to talk about yourself, don't get carried away and cause trouble for your son."
Third Wei was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "Yes, your mother is right, I almost made a mistake."
"Thank you for your teaching." Wei Hanzhou said solemnly.
"Okay, third child, let's eat quickly, it will be cold in a while, don't listen to your father's nonsense, he will grow a land if he understands, and he will not understand anything." Li continued to make up for the knife.
"Although what Dad said is simple, it is a big truth, and my son is taught." Wei Hanzhou corrected the name of the third Wei, and after finishing speaking, he said to Mrs Li, "My mother's nurturing kindness, my son will never forget it. will be kept in mind.”
With Wei Hanzhou's remarks, Mrs. Li didn't say anything about Wei's third child, and hurriedly asked her son to eat more vegetables.
When the meal is always finished, time will not slow down because of anyone's reluctance.
After about a quarter of an hour after eating, the uncle from the next village who went to the county town to deliver food every day came with his scooter.
They had to go to the town on a scooter first, and then take a boat from the town's pier directly to Fucheng, and rent a horse-drawn carriage from Fucheng to go to the capital.
Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi took out the things and moved them to the scooter one by one.
After the move, Liu Tangxi asked Wei Hanzhou to go out first, and she stayed in the east wing for a while.
This is where she has lived for two years, and she has been living here since she came. Thinking that he was about to leave here, and it was very likely that he would never come back, Liu Tangxi couldn't hold back the tears and flowed out.
However, she didn't dare to cry, she noticed the tears flowing, sobbed a few times, quickly took out the handkerchief and wiped it, and looked at the burden in her hand.
Afterwards, after putting the burden on the bed and looking at the east wing again, Liu Tangxi went out.
As a result, as soon as she went out, she saw Wei Hanzhou waiting for her at the door.
Then didn't he hear her cry
Wei Hanzhou pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "If the lady is reluctant, I will take time to bring you back for a look later."
Liu Tangxi also knew that this matter was unlikely, lowered her eyes, and replied softly, "Yeah."
"Let's go, Uncle is waiting outside."
"Um."
Liu Tangxi followed Wei Hanzhou out.
At the door, Wei Laosan's family was waiting at the door.
Wei Hanzhou didn't tell the villagers that Wei Hanzhou was leaving today, and his family lived at the end of the village, so no one knew about it, and there weren't many people watching.
"Let's go, or else the boat on the dock will leave, and you will have to wait another day." Li urged.
"Yeah." Wei Hanzhou responded.
However, when Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi were about to go up, Mrs. Li was reluctant, "Have you finished the inspection, have you forgotten anything?"
"No, I brought it all."
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Li murmured.
Although the mouth is reassuring, there seems to be some regret on the face.
Liu Tangxi eased his emotions, raised his head, and looked at Mrs. Li.
"Mother, take care of yourself, daughter-in-law can no longer be filial in front of you."
Originally, the mood had eased, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the tears remained indisciplined.
For her, Mrs. Li was different from others. She was very lucky to meet Mrs. Li as a savior and a mother-in-law like Mrs. Li who protects her everywhere.
Seeing Liu Tangxi crying, Mrs. Li couldn't hold it any longer. Tears flowed out and she choked up, "What are you talking about, you and the third child will just have to give me a big fat grandson as soon as possible. But, I don't know when the time comes. Can I show you my grandson?"
"Why not, my mother will definitely be able to show the third siblings grandson, we are all waiting." Seeing that the atmosphere was too heavy, Mrs Zhou spoke from the side.
Liu Tangxi wiped her tears, smiled, and said, "sister-in-law and second-sister-in-law take care."
"Hey, you are fine too." Mrs Zhang said.
Fuyao has always followed Liu Tangxi. In the past two years, she was used to Liu Tangxi being by her side. Seeing that Liu Tangxi was leaving, she couldn't help hugging her waist.
"Third aunt, I don't want you to go. Can you leave the third uncle alone? You stay with me."
Talking and talking, wow wow burst into tears.
Shu Lan also didn't give up on Liu Tangxi. She was hiding quietly behind Mrs. Zhang, but when she saw Fuyao crying, she also ran over and hugged Liu Tangxi and cried.
Seeing this scene, Wei Hanzhou said from the side, "Fuyao, you are not too young, you have studied again, and you will take good care of your younger siblings at home in the future, do you understand?"
"Yeah." Fuyao responded sobbing.
"Okay, it's time for your third uncle and third aunt to go. Stop pestering your third aunt." Mrs. Zhou pulled her daughter back.
Liu Tangxi had been crying for a while just now, but now, looking at Fuyao's tearful eyes, he said, "If you want the third aunt, go to the capital to find the third aunt, okay?"
After Fuyao listened, he nodded heavily and said, "Okay."
"You're with your sister, okay?" Liu Tangxi stroked Shulan's hair.
Shu Lan nodded with tears in her eyes.
"Let's go, lady?" Wei Hanzhou said.
Liu Tangxi glanced at him, turned to look at Mrs. Li, and said, "Mother, I have a burden on my bed. It's clothes made for your sister-in-law, sister-in-law, and a few children. You can share it with everyone later."
She has been doing it since Wei Hanzhou went to the capital. It is a kind of reward to make a suit for everyone.
Li wanted to refuse, but Liu Tangxi shook his head.
When parting, it is always lingering, and if I go on, I am afraid that it will not be finished until it is dark.
Third Wei stopped them in time.
"Okay, don't delay the time, you two, let's go."
"Yes, Dad."
Before leaving, Wei Hanzhou and Liu Tangxi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the third Wei and Mrs. Li, got on the scooter, and left Weijia Village staggeringly.
Seeing Li Shi and others standing at the door, Liu Tangxi's eyes turned red again, but she tried her best to hold back.
When he left Weijia Village and could no longer see Li Shi and others, Liu Tangxi finally couldn't help crying. ,,,