On the second day, Long Er was discussing matters with the shopkeepers in the hall of the Long Mansion, and a clerk from the home wine shop urgently wanted to see him.
Long Er went to meet him outside the hall, and the man gasped and said loudly: "Second Lord, it's not good, something serious happened. That...that... a matchmaker came to hire him with a dowry, and my father thought it was the second It was from my grandfather’s family, so I accepted it without further questioning, but when I saw the letter of appointment later, it was from someone else’s family... "
Long Er frowned and shouted: "What did you say?"
The guy swallowed, and said loudly: "Father received the wrong dowry!"
Received the wrong dowry
Long Er's face twitched, can this thing be received by mistake
You know, when a man and a woman are engaged, if the woman accepts the man's dowry letter, it is considered to have agreed to the marriage, and the woman's family will hand over the man's letter and return gift that remembers the woman's year, and the marriage is a certainty.
Now that Father Ju has accepted the dowry gift and the letter of engagement, he has promised to marry Mu'er to another family, and everything he Long Er and Ju Muer have agreed on will not be counted.
Things sound bad, but Long Er is extremely calm in his heart. The more difficult things he encountered, the calmer he became.
Long Er called Chief Tie out of the hall, saying that he was in a hurry to go out, and asked Chief Tie to greet all shopkeepers first. Then he sent another servant to look for Madam Yu, and another servant to prepare the carriage.
After everything was explained, he called Li Ke, and asked the clerk, "Is he still at the wine shop? Dad Ju is waiting for me, right?" If not, Dad won't come by himself, but Call a guy who doesn't know him well to report.
"Yes, yes. Pop's blocking them there."
Long Eryi waved his hand and said to Li Ke: "Take people on horseback first to see what's going on, and put them all there, waiting for me to arrive. If the other party is violent, don't be polite to them."
Li Ke agreed, led the people and set off quickly.
Long Er took the man to the side door to wait for the carriage, and said to him: "Explain the matter clearly."
The guy was relieved at this time, and seeing that Long Er's scheduling arrangements were very secure, he immediately had a backbone, and he was more eloquent: "This morning, two matchmakers brought people with large and small boxes and gift bags. I'm here. Because Mammy Yu said that the arrangement was ready in the past two days, she sent someone to come to hire first. When the old man saw the matchmaker coming, he thought it was someone sent by the second master's house, so he went in without asking. Then The two matchmakers didn't say much, they just kept congratulating their father. The father poured tea for them, invited them to a seat, and hurriedly called us over to say hello. and pay back."
When he said this, Madam Yu rushed over, and the carriage was ready at this time, and several people got into the carriage and drove to the home wine shop. The guy had met Yu Nanny, briefly talked about the previous incidents, and then continued: "I don't think I can blame my father for this matter, I stayed with those two wives and talked to them, But they didn't show anything wrong. Later, when the father came out, he gave them the invitation and the return gift, and asked them why they came so soon. Yuma Yu only said that today and the day after tomorrow are the best time to give the gift. day, but he thought it was the day after tomorrow."
Nanny Yu nodded: "That's true. Today and the day after tomorrow will be good days, but I told Father Ju that I will go to confirm the date with him in person before the ceremony. And the ceremony is important, I will Go with my mother-in-law. Maybe today is because there is a piece of satin. I think my mother-in-law can’t pick it well. I want to go to the shop again. And according to the horoscope of the second master, the next day will be better. I thought today I ordered the things again and went to talk to Father Ju about the ceremony the next day."
The clerk at the wine shop hurriedly said to Long Er: "Second Lord, I really can't blame the old man for this. He told the two wives like this, and the two wives didn't say that they came on behalf of other families, but only said that today How good, the etiquette is complete, and then it's time for the wedding. They took the things from the father, didn't drink tea, didn't talk much, and they were leaving. Only then did the father open the bag Read the letter of appointment carefully, but after reading it, you will be dumbfounded."
"Which one is it?" Long Er asked coldly, although he had doubts in his heart, he still needed to make sure.
"I heard my father chasing him out and yelling. He said it was wrong. Why is it the Yun family?"
Long Er narrowed his eyes slightly, his angry and mighty look made the wine shop assistant shrink back in fright, and the car fell silent for a while.
After a while, the waiter said again: "My father saw that the name on the letter of appointment was wrong, so he hurriedly chased him out, saying that he had received the wrong one, and he wanted to return the gift and return the gift. But the two wives But he played a rogue, saying that it was a betrothal gift that anyone could withdraw if he wanted to, and that there was no reason to turn back when Geng Tie returned the gift and went out. He said that the marriage was settled, and he just asked Dad to wait for the bridal sedan chair to arrive. Dad After arguing with them for a long time, we also went up to help stop them, but the two women came with a few young servants, and they were not afraid of us. He wanted to leave. The father was in a hurry, so he took a stick to stop them. The girl was also disturbed by the disturbance. When the girl found out about this, she reasoned with them. Father, us and those boys also pushed and shoved away, and then there was a lot of trouble, so father called me to invite Second Master."
Long Er didn't speak, the guy looked at Yu Yumao. Aunt Yu sighed, not knowing what to say. She has lived to such an advanced age, and she has never heard of such an oolong incident of receiving the wrong dowry.
A few people were speechless, and quickly rushed to the home wine shop.
At this time, there was no one making noise outside the shop, only two guards from the Dragon House guarded the gate. When they saw Long Er arrived, they saluted and called "Second Lord".
Long Er held his hands behind his back and walked into the shop first.
There were quite a few people in the wine shop hall, all standing. Two women in red clothes and five boys in blue clothes stood in the corner, holding a return gift wrapped in red cloth and red paper in their hands. Ju Daddy blushed, and another wine shop clerk stared at those people with a stick in his hand. Li Ke and two guards stood on both sides, forcing the old woman and the others into a corner. And Ju Mu'er was standing beside Ju Daddy, holding her bamboo stick, her expression was also very bad.
As soon as Long Er entered the room, Li Ke and several guards called out in unison: "Second Master."
Father Ju seemed to see the savior, almost bursting into tears: "Second Master, I made a mistake, but I didn't let them go, I stopped them."
Long Er nodded, but looked at Ju Muer.
The scarf wrapped around her head was gone, and her hair was loose. Obviously, she didn't get up when these women came, and the noise woke her up. She came out in a hurry, without even combing her hair. Long Er walked over and brushed her messy hair with his fingers affectionately: "Why do you come out like this?"
"Second Master." Ju Muer called him softly, anxiously and pleadingly.
Long Er didn't respond to her, but said to Madam Yu: "Mama Yu, please take her down and come out after packing up. I'll wait here."
Nanny Yu agreed, and quickly came over and took Ju Muer's arm to comb her hair.
Long Er turned around, pulled out a chair, slapped it heavily in front of the two matchmakers, then sat on it calmly, staring at them coldly.
All the people in the room were standing, only Long Er was sitting. He was a bit shorter, but he was the most imposing. The two women were a little stiff under his stare, they glanced at each other, and dared not say a word.
Long Er didn't speak, and the others didn't dare to speak, the room was very quiet. Father Ju was actually a little tired, he was wondering if the Second Master Long had arrived, should he put down his stick, but seeing that no one else was moving, he didn't dare to move.
After a while, Nanny Yu came out with Ju Muer. She combed her hair and added a cotton jacket, looking better. Long Er watched her approach and said, "Sit."
Nanny Yu quickly moved a chair for her, but Ju Muer shook her head and refused to sit. She walked behind Long Er and touched his shoulder. Long Er stretched out his hand to hold her, but felt that her fingers were cold, and couldn't help frowning.
Long Er turned his head and glanced at Father Ju. Father Ju knew he was in trouble, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty when his future son-in-law saw him.
Long Er said: "Father, sit down."
Father Ju glanced at his daughter, she was standing, so he was standing too. He shook his head and refused to sit down, Long Er stopped talking to him.
Long Er turned his eyes back to the two women, stared at them, and said three words: "Hand it over."
These three words were spoken lightly, but the cold made the two women tremble. They looked at each other and hesitated for a long time. One of them tremblingly put a red paper envelope on the table beside him. The other waved his hand and asked the boys to put the woman's gift in return on the table.
Father Ju rushed over with two strides, snatched the paper seal back, opened it and read it carefully, and shouted: "This is it, this is the geng post I prepared." He looked at Long Er in surprise, he couldn't even chase it back with a stick Things, the word "Second Master" can be done properly. Sure enough, people are still different.
Long Er didn't look back at him, he stared at the two wives, but stretched out his hand to Father Ju: "Where's theirs?"
"Ah?" Father Ju, who was still in ecstasy, didn't react.
"Letter of appointment and gift letter."
"Oh." Father Ju quickly took it out, and rushed over to hand it over to the two women in a few strides.
But Long Er said: "Give it to me."
Father Ju was taken aback for a moment, but he turned around obediently and gave the letter of engagement to Long Er.
Long Er opened it and read it carefully, word by word. When he saw the name "Yun Qingxian", he sneered. When he smiled like this, the women became even more stiff.
Long Er looked up at them, and asked softly, "Do you know who I am?"
The two women nodded sharply.
"Very good." Long Er said slowly, "This way you can have an explanation when you go back." After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and tore up the letter of engagement, and threw it in front of the two wives.
The women's faces turned pale with shock.
A woman bit her head and said: "Mrs. Yun said that the marriage is a marriage that Miss Ju personally agreed to. We also use people's money to do things, and the gifts and appointments are all in good order." They were also afraid of getting into trouble. Afterwards, quickly put aside the relationship.
"I didn't." Ju Muer said, the hand hanging by her side clenched into a fist, "I didn't allow her."
"Didn't Mrs. Yun come to say goodbye to Mrs. Yun in person, and did the girl agree? If not, Mrs. Yun and Mrs. Yun wouldn't be so eager to talk about it." The old woman said, and glanced carefully at Long. two.
Ju Muer gritted her teeth, and said again: "She has been here, but I didn't allow it."
Father Ju also said: "Master Yun came here a few days ago, but Mu'er was injured and recuperated, I didn't let him see him, and he didn't say anything at the time. Why did such a thing come out now?"
The mother-in-law was still about to speak, but Long Er glanced sideways and forcefully forced her back. Long Er said: "It doesn't matter who comes, and it doesn't matter whether Mu'er agreed or not at that time, why don't you ask, did I agree?"
The two women immediately bowed their heads, and did not dare to say anything.
"Isn't it Mr. Yun Qingxianyun, the minister of punishment? Who is his father-in-law? Oh, it's Ding Shangshu, Mr. Ding. Who else is there in that stack of relatives, officials, and faction siblings? Ding Shangshu's father-in-law, former Chief Assistant Yang My lord? It seems that there are Liu Yushi, Zuo Shaoqing, and Sima Tongzheng." Long Er said more and more coldly, "I can still read about twenty names, but I think you can't understand them well."
The two women shrank back so much that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
"It's just..." Long Er continued, "Don't say that these officials and officials, even if they are in front of the emperor, I have to ask carefully. The elders talked about the marriage in detail, how could the Yun family do such shameless things like cheating and snatching marriages?"
The crime was serious, and the woman wanted to argue again, but she opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to say a word.
Long Er patted the back of Ju Mu'er's hand, and said: "Mu'er, the mothers-in-law said that you agreed to Mrs. Yun and wanted to marry her husband-in-law as a concubine. As for me, some people said that I personally I have made a deal with you, you will marry me to my Long family to be my first wife. Since we disagree, why don't you make it clear in front of everyone, who do you want to marry?"
The women quickly raised their heads and glanced at Ju Muer. The second master Long insisted on what he said, but in fact they had no words at all. Who would dare to speak now? He also said it so harshly, one is a concubine and the other is the wife of the wife, which is obviously a sarcastic curse. How Ju Muer will respond, the mothers-in-law naturally know.
Sure enough, Ju Muer responded, "I want to marry the second master."
Long Er said: "The voice is so low, women's ears are not very good, I'm afraid they can't hear clearly, can you speak louder?"
Ju Muer bit her lip, couldn't help leaning against Long Er, and said again in a raised voice: "I want to marry the second master."
Long Er nodded in satisfaction, and asked the two women: "Can you hear me clearly?"
"I hear you clearly, I hear you clearly." The women nodded and bowed in response.
"Then, there will be no more misunderstandings, saying that my Mu'er agreed to the Yun family's marriage?"
"No, no more."
"Very good." Long Er nodded. He turned his head to look at the pile of red cloth bags and large and small boxes on the table, and asked Father Ju, "Is this what they brought?"
Ju Daddy should "yes".
Long Er asked again: "Is it all here?"
Ju Daddy answered "yes" again.
Long Er waved his hand: "Throw them all out, smash them."
Father Ju was taken aback, did he tell him to smash it? Before he could react, the guards of the Dragon Mansion stepped forward, took those things and went out, smashing them with a crackling sound.
Father Ju scratched his head, his first reaction was that it was a waste, and his second reaction was that they would clean up even if they smashed it? The front of the store also needs to be kept neat and clean.
Long Er didn't know that Father Ju wanted to go to the other side, and he felt quite happy when he heard the sound of smashing things.
He smiled, looked at the two women coldly, and glanced at the servants, then straightened his sleeves, and said slowly: "That's all for now, you can go back and talk to that Yunfu." .”
The women's faces were pale, and they only dared to nod.
Long Er said again: "However, I still have something to say, and I would like to ask you to bring it for me." He looked around and saw that those people were listening carefully, so he smiled, "Please help me and the whole city. The matchmakers all said that this girl from the wine shop in the south of the city is my daughter-in-law appointed by Long Er, and my second wife in the Long Mansion. I, Long Er, will make him unable to eat. If you don’t want to stay in this city, just come and try.”
As soon as he said this, the two women fell to their knees with a plop, begging for mercy repeatedly. They said that Mrs. Yun's family had called them earlier and asked them to prepare three letters and six ceremonies. They said that Miss Ju had agreed to the marriage, and Master Yun knew about it, and gave them a reward. It was originally negotiated to prepare it before the year and give the gift later, but recently there are rumors that the Dragon Mansion is going to give the gift and send the appointment. Mrs. Yun said that they had to settle the marriage no matter what. They had received the money long ago, and they didn't dare to offend the Yun family, so they thought that it would be better to go down the engagement first. If they accepted a gift from someone else, they would be married to someone else. Don't dare anymore.
They begged for mercy, but Long Er was not in the mood to listen, he waved his hand and shouted: "Get lost."
The mothers-in-law immediately fell silent, glanced at each other, and then quickly ran away with the boys.
Father Ju finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, he smiled, and wanted to say thank you to Long Er, but just moved up, but saw Long Er turned to Ju Muer and said, "Come with me."
Ju Mu'er didn't dare to say no, and obediently let Long Er take her hand and walked to the backyard where she lived.
There are mixed feelings in her heart at this moment, she is happy that Long Er has settled this oolong matter, but also worried that her marriage with Long Er will change because of this. Now that things have happened, thinking about her intention to propose to Long Er, Long Er already knows it in his heart.
If she were him, she would be extremely angry at this time. After all, she was using him in the whole thing. She was forced to marry. She needed a strong backing, a husband's family who could compete with Yunfu. In order to achieve her goal, she even used the grievance of shopkeeper Lu to threaten him.
Ju Muer felt that her behavior was indeed despicable and shameless. If he reprimanded her now, told her that he would not marry her, and announced that the marriage was cancelled, she would definitely not say anything. She felt that she would have no face to ask him for anything.
Long Er dragged her all the way to her room. He sat down without speaking. Ju Muer stood beside her, not daring to make a sound. After a while, Long Er asked Ju Muer to pour him a cup of tea.
This time, Ju Muer didn't think this or that again, nor did she tease her, she just poured Long Er a cup of tea silently and quickly.
Long Er picked up the cup, drank it slowly, looked at Ju Muer who was standing aside with a nervous face, and ordered another cup. Ju Muer touched the cup and refilled it for him.
Long Er didn't drink this time, he just asked, "Why don't you ask me if I like it?"
"Second Master, is the tea good?"
"not bad."
Ju Muer blinked, feeling a little hot in her eye sockets.
"Second Master, how about I give you a shoulder rub?"
"Okay." Long Er responded quickly, took her hand and put it on his shoulder.
Ju Muer beat him seriously, beat him for a while, and pinched him again. His shoulders are strong, and it takes a lot of effort to pinch them. Ju Muer squeezed them, feeling unspeakable sadness in her heart. While she spurned herself, she still longed to marry him, and she longed to be protected by him.
At the beginning, she mustered up the courage to ask for marriage because she happened to meet such an opportunity, and she thought it was God's arrangement, otherwise, how could such a thing happen at that time, and she was given a reason and a bargaining chip, and he became like this Did she choose her husband-in-law? His temper is a bit bad, he likes to punish people too much, but she just trusts him for no reason.
She knew that he would not hurt her, not only would he not hurt her, but after getting along for a while, she also knew that he could protect her, and he was willing to protect her.
Maybe there will be no chance again, but she really wants to marry him now.
Ju Muer endured the sourness in her eyes, maybe it was the last time to pinch his shoulders for him, and she squeezed it very seriously.
Long Er suddenly grabbed her hand with his backhand. Ju Muer really wanted to call him, but she found that her throat was choked and she couldn't call him out.
At this time, she heard Long Er ask: "How did she force you?"
Ju Muer closed her eyes, cleared her throat, and was finally able to speak: "She asked my father to take care of his health." As expected, he knew, and Ju Muer felt that despair seeped into her heart little by little.