The Lu Mansion closed its doors in broad daylight for no reason, and the maid nicknamed Er Qiao hurried back to the courtyard to tell the young lady this sensitive news. This vixen widow, the most popular vixen widow on Jiangnan Road, was lying on the couch reading a novel about gifted men and beautiful women. Compared with "Snow on the Head", it is really unsightly.
After hearing Er Qiao's report, she was absent-minded. She thought that her younger brother would not arrive in Yangchun City in two or three days at the earliest, and she didn't care about Lu's small tricks. How could the gentry get into the eyes of the imperial palace? The Huting Lu family has complicated marriages with the other three major families. It is not true that one is both prosperous and all is prosperous, but it is true that every one is damaged. Without Lu Xuanlang's acquiescence, how could he move out of the palace? Lu Xuanlang, the father-in-law in name, might even be the mastermind behind the scenes, but she is too lazy to care about it. Regardless of how Lu Qinquan died, she must bear the scapegoat for killing her husband, no matter what. No matter how mean and cold-eyed the parents-in-law are, she still does a good job of the etiquette that a daughter-in-law should have on weekdays. As for often going to famous mountain temples to listen to the debates of famous scholars and being criticized, she doesn't care, she just likes it Seeing those self-proclaimed romantic celebrities, Toshihiko was as excited and hot as he was slapped with chicken blood after entering the table, so when she was slapped by his wife surnamed Liu at Baoguo Temple, she just laughed, God knows who felt sorry for whom.
Marrying far away in the south of the Yangtze River, these years can be regarded as seeing through all these powerful scholars. Most of them have their eyes above the top, relying on the ancestral shadow and not thinking about making progress, and relying on their merits. Yanguan, for example, is completely different from the northern admonition officer. He likes to struggle with the emperor's majesty over trivial matters every three days. It is because he is afraid that the emperor will not be angry or annoyed, and he abides by the orthodoxy, is loyal to the etiquette and is almost paranoid. No wonder many scholars say that officials from Jiangnan Road are the most like courtiers.
But Jiangnan Road has indeed produced a small group of quite powerful characters, who are proficient in contingencies, sophisticated in means, and able to manage the world and help the people. He didn't want to come back anymore, and he wasn't keen on talking about Qing Tanxuan, but no one denied that it was these few important ministers who really supported the prosperity of Jiangnan Road. If you want her to say, Lu Daolin, head of the Lu family who controls half of the Imperial Academy, can be counted as one, and Yu Lian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and General Xu Gong, Long Xiang, can also be counted as one. With a lot of perspectives, these old guys will only stare at the rise and fall of the family rank. When they rise, they are ecstatic, and they fall, like mourning. In their eyes, the warriors who made great contributions to the dynasty during the Spring and Autumn War are just It's just a rough general. When the general is mentioned, he is far more demoted than praised. On the Jiangnan Road side, it is especially unpleasant.
If she was just an ordinary general's child, the moral gentlemen would have had their spines broken long ago. Fortunately, who is she? She is the eldest daughter of Ren Tu Xu Xiao!
The maid who loves and loves the master in front of her the most expectantly asked softly: "Miss, when will His Royal Highness come to our Yangchun City?"
The widow Xu Zhihu scraped the little girl's beautiful face with her fingers, and said jokingly, "You do the math yourself. How many times have you asked these two days? Ten times?"
The little girl blushed and said: "This servant is hoping that His Highness can vent his anger on Miss. Liu Liting and that shrew are really too hateful."
Xu Zhihu threw away the book, stretched his waist, and said with a smile, "It will be the day after tomorrow at the latest. The last time my brother sent a letter, he was already going to Xiongbao County."
The maid Er Qiao, who was bought by the widow for ten taels of silver from the side of the road, laughed, Qiu Shui's eyes were bent into a pair of crescent moons, and she said cutely: "Compared to the second princess, Your Highness still likes the young lady better."
Xu Zhihu hugged the girl's slender body, put his chin on her forehead, and said with a smile: "You are the only one who can talk."
Outside the Lu Mansion, the second housekeeper who had just learned from Lu Xuanlang gave a look when he heard the harsh sound of horseshoes, and a concierge whose status in Huting County was comparable to that of a sixth-rank official hurriedly opened the side door, allowing only one person to enter and exit. , the second steward's surname was not Lu, and the Lu family gave him the surname Lu because of his loyalty. Don't underestimate this change of surname. Now it is called Lu Dongyang, and for more than ten generations, the big housekeeper who served the Lu family went to the capital with the head of the family. Lu Dongyang's family in Huting County is in control of the power, and he has infected the Lu family's Puzheng family style, and he is most happy in the heavy snow. Stepping on wooden clogs, crane cloak and big sleeves, claiming that this life is the best in cold clothes, cold food, cold food, and cold sleep, Huting County gave a Mr. Sihan the elegant title. He walked out of the side door alone, and saw a group of forty-five elite light cavalry. Slightly stunned, but standing as steady as Mount Tai, he pointed to the "Mian" sign hanging on the side, and said in a cold tone: "Today, Lu's mansion does not welcome guests. You can give it to me as a famous assassin. I will visit again when I have time."
Lieutenant Yuan Meng's face was gloomy, but he couldn't get angry for a while, His Royal Highness was not present, and after all, there still lived here the Princess Chang, who is closest to His Royal Highness, so it's not good to act recklessly. As for how detached the Lu family is on the Jiangnan Road, how intertwined the forces are, will he take care of these smoky things
Probably seeing through the embarrassing situation of these barbarians from Northern Liang, the second housekeeper Lu Dongyang, relying on Linlang Lu's deep background, suddenly woke up from the shock of hearing the bloody actions of these people for the first time, without any fear, in his heart He sneered, Fifty Qingqi dared to make a bold move in Huting County, he really didn't know how to live or die, the so-called scholars in the restaurant who unfortunately splashed blood on the spot, what kind of scholars are they, they are nothing more than low-class people in Huting County, If you are a descendant of the official family or the official family, you are a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the rank of a scholar. If you kill a few low-level people, do you really think that you can run rampant in Huting County? You have to bow your head and beg the Lu Mansion to take care of it! How can this gang of reckless generals deserve to enter Lu's mansion!
On the carriage, Princess Jing'an Pei Nanwei kept raising the curtain to play and watch from the sidelines, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, watching with gusto.
After hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn Ten Great Powers were overthrown by Xu Xiao and Gu Jiantang and several other feudal lords, the Liyang Dynasty vaguely formed three major clan groups, and Jiangnan Dao was one of them. The Dynasty wiped out the Eight Kingdoms, Apart from the decree that some of the noble families from the Eight Kingdoms moved to the capital and joined forces with the local powerful in-laws to form another one, there were also some noble families who migrated to the north on their own initiative in the past twenty years, most frequently during the Hongjia period, with a population of no less than 300,000 , so it is called the northward movement of Hongjia, and most of them chose the rich and far away from the capital Jiangnan Road, which undoubtedly strengthened the strength of the four clans in Yangzhou. As for the Yu family, the Lu family naturally has its arrogance. If the guy who dared to stab the general of Qingzhou with a gun in front of Zhao Heng in the battle was there, this undercurrent surge would be nothing to watch, no doubt he brought these brave white horses to directly crush him , but since he went to Jiangxin County, it's interesting. In case the Huting County government has a powerful general who is not afraid of the Beiliang Army, it will be more lively and interesting.
Thinking of this, Princess Pei finally showed a long-lost smile.
Jiang Ni, who was sitting in the same carriage, was in a daze. This sister is really beautiful.
The old sword god Li Chungang dozed lazily against the car door, making up his mind not to get involved in such family affairs.
At some point, Yu Youwei got out of the carriage, hugged the white cat Wu Meiniang, stood at the bottom of the steps, looked at the second housekeeper who was on top of Feng Ziying, and said flatly, "Open the middle door."
Lu Dongyang sneered and pointed to the sign.
Yu Youwei turned to Yuan Meng who was sitting on the horse, and said calmly: "Lieutenant Yuan, Huting Lu family treated us with courtesy, of course we have to return the courtesy."
Yuan Meng was puzzled. First of all, he didn't know the relationship between His Highness and this beautiful woman who was born in an oiran. Since he was qualified to accompany His Highness to go out of Beiliang, it must be no worse. Treat her like a common courtesan. Secondly, she was very particular about how she returned the gift, so he looked at this oiran who had always given the impression of being weak, and waited for the next step. If she just told Feng Ziying to turn around and leave, he would definitely underestimate her. Unexpectedly, Yu Youwei sneered and said, "I stabbed this short-sighted servant to death. Earlier, His Highness said that after killing a person, the body should be thrown at the door of the house. It seems that there is no need to waste energy. Then we demolished the middle door. We just For those who come to see Princess Chang, if Princess Chang says that it is inappropriate to lose the gate, then let the Lu Mansion install it. If Princess Chang doesn’t nod, whoever dares to do it will just kill again.”
Yuan Meng laughed loudly, and immediately saluted with fists, with a little more respect in his eyes, then turned his head and said in a deep voice, "Return the salute with a knife!"
Yu Youwei turned around and walked back to the carriage with the naive white cat in her arms. The red-faced second housekeeper was left speechless with anger, and when he saw Beiliang Qingqi slamming his sword, the fear that had finally faded enveloped his body again, especially when he found that the fierce captain jumped on his horse. He was so frightened that he immediately turned around and tried to run into the side door for help, but he couldn’t run a horse after all, let alone a Beiliang war horse. When the second housekeeper Lu Dongyang stepped on the threshold, Yuan Meng fell with a knife and fell into a pool of blood. Crawling forward with difficulty, seeing this scene, some servants in the mansion screamed in alarm. Yuan Meng dismounted, stabbed Mr. Sihan heavily, then grabbed a leg, and threw him out of the mansion through the side door, His Royal Highness Before leaving, I told you that the body should be left at the door of the house.
Yuan Meng ignored the servants of Lu's mansion who appeared to be scattered, and stood at the door and ordered gloomyly: "Tear down the middle door!"
Concubine Pei was stunned, and then looked at the young fish Wei who had always spoken and acted softly like water, she was a little dazed.
Liu Mansion in Jiangxin County.
The Liu family can be regarded as a family with Zhengmiaohong roots in Yangzhou, but the gentry clans are also divided into three, six, and nine ranks. Compared with the behemoth four great families, it is very different.
Liu Liting, nicknamed Mr. Chengzhai, was comforting his wife with kind words at this time. He was famous for his fine cuisine in Jiangnan Road. He changed his mind to try to please him. Liu Liting is tall and slender, and he stands out from the crowd in Jiangnan Road. He has an elegant appearance, and he comes from a noble family. Naturally, this kind of man is quite romantic. When he saw the widow for the first time when he participated in the talk at the White Horse Temple a few years ago, his heart was moved, so what about the widow? She is the eldest daughter of the butcher, and she looks so charming and delicious, as if you can squeeze out water with a light pinch, but although she has a very bad reputation, it seems that everyone climbs into her bed. Liu Liting, who is a veteran, knows that this natural beauty is very cold-tempered, which just aroused Mr. Chengzhai's infinite determination to win and lose. When admiring peonies at Baoguo Temple, she half-truth-hypothesized that if she dared to divorce her wife, she would consider it.
Liu Liting thought about it at this moment, she was covered in cold sweat, how could she be fascinated by ghosts, she couldn't see her cold temper, this widow was clearly waiting to watch a play! So after making a huge mess, his wife somehow got involved with a favored lady in the palace. He didn't care about the scholar's demeanor, so he wrote a poem about breaking up friendship and threw it outside the Lu's house. The widow is already notorious, who will stand by her side? Otherwise, the Lu family would not have kept silent and let themselves pour the dirty water. Ha, when Liu Liting thought of this, he was really happy to himself. It was a blessing in disguise. If it wasn't for this widow who should be soaked in a pig cage, how would he know? The wife's family has incense in the imperial palace in the capital, which can reach heaven and hear it!
Liu Liting rubbed his wife's shoulders, and carefully asked with a smile: "Lady, why hasn't there been any movement in the palace recently? Why hasn't that empress ordered to come to Jiangnan Road?"
Mrs. Liu put on a gesture of indifference, but in fact she could only play tricks like this. Not to mention her, at first even her natal family didn't know how to make the empress who wrote "The Female Ring" angry. My father lit the lamp and read through the genealogy at night, only to find some faint relatives. As for why Lei Sheng The heavy rain was light, and suddenly there was no sound. How could she know the truth about her family background? As for the husband next to her, she doesn't know the smell of shame, but marrying her husband and obeying her husband, she can only vent all her anger on the head of the prodigal widow, and in her opinion, that slap, slap There's no reason at all, this kind of immoral widow who thinks about hooking up with other men all day long, it's better to parade in the street to show the public! It’s okay for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but don’t you, a widow, still want three thousand faces? !
She was afraid that the husband would continue to be entangled in the matter of the concubine in the palace, so she could only say coldly: "It's late at night, go to sleep."
Liu Liting glanced at his wife's appearance, and sighed quietly in his stomach, she was really incomparable with the beautiful woman Xu that day.
In the moonlight, outside Liu's mansion, fifty brave Qingqi ignored the night ban, entered the city forcefully, and came straight.
The first young master in white robe and white horse didn't stop the horse, he drove the horse up, pulled the rein, and the horse's hoof smashed on the middle door of Liu's mansion, and stomped on it!
After the horse stepped into the middle gate, he rode the horse and drove into Liu's mansion.