Facts have proved that Bai Changshan is a typical activist. After returning to the mansion, he drew up a list of guests in the afternoon and sent his servants to deliver invitations.
The ancestral hall of the Bai family is not here. Bai Chou's original name was Bai Tan, which was already on the Bai family tree, so this time the recognition ceremony was kept simple, mainly to announce the father-son relationship between the two. Relevant matters have already been booked in the afternoon, and we only have to wait for the guests to come to the door the next day.
Not many people got the post, but the news was too sensational, and it was spread to ten or ten, and by night, most of the rich and powerful families in the capital had heard about it.
Originally, many wives and ladies of high-ranking officials and dignitaries used Bai Chou's background to ridicule Mu Peilan's mother and daughter in private. So what about the brother-in-law of the Great General Zhenbei, the cousin of Duke Zhong? A daughter of a lowly merchant, even though the emperor made an exception to appoint the county head, it was still difficult to conceal her humble background.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, that lowly merchant in their mouths turned out to be the most powerful official in the dynasty and the eldest son of Bai Changshan, the second minister of the cabinet. Xia Ge was too old and ill to take matters into his own hands, and Bai Changshan, the second assistant, was about to formally receive the order to become the first assistant of the cabinet and the number one civil servant after the Lantern Festival passed.
Mu Peilan is now the eldest grandmother of the Bai family, and Bai Fuling has become the only granddaughter of Bai Changshan. No one dares to say that Bai Chou's identity has humiliated Mu Peilan's mother and daughter.
The next day, the three members of the Bai family arrived at the Bai mansion, first the second housekeeper, Bai Quer, and the son of the chief housekeeper, Bai Suye, brought all the slaves and servants and the steward to visit.
The population of the Bai Mansion is simple. The two widowed young mistresses were arranged by Mrs. Bai many years ago to return home, and bought a mansion for them so that they could remarry. After Mrs. Bai passed away, Bai Changshan was the only master left in the entire White Mansion. Most of the domestic slaves were released, but the servants in charge of human relations, business management, etc. in the outer court accounted for the majority.
Bai Fanger is getting old, and he has not been in charge of things for a long time. He has the name of a housekeeper, but in fact he only stays with Bai Changshan most of the time. The big housekeeper also plans to return to his hometown to take care of himself after the end of the year. All the affairs are left to his son Bai Suye. in charge.
Ever since Bai Changshan met Bai Fuling in the other courtyard of Yunque Mountain, he ordered Bai Suye to prepare the embroidery building in the courtyard where the three of them lived. I can't wait for them to stay and live here from today onwards.
The Bai family was moved, but thinking that Haifushi, Yue Laosi and others will meet tomorrow, after all, there will be too many people in the Baifu, and it will be very inconvenient, so they have to talk about it and agree to move in two days later.
At night, the White Mansion is brightly lit, and it is divided into inner and outer courtyards to receive visiting guests and their families. Mu Peilan was born in the Duke’s Mansion, so it is easy and simple to deal with such a social and entertainment venue. Anyway, Bai Fuling is an unmarried daughter, who is next to her mother It's enough to pretend to be shy around her. She often does this in the capital, and she is also very familiar with it.
Because Princess Antai had a good relationship with Mu Peilan, it was inconvenient for her to come here, so she also sent the princesses Linglong and Yingluo. The two girls covered their mouths and sniggered at Bai Fuling's pretentious "delicate and introverted" appearance. Fu Ling secretly returned two big eyes while everyone was not paying attention.
The guests and hosts enjoyed this small banquet until the end of the Xu Dynasty, when the guests dispersed one after another.
Bai Changshan repeatedly urged them to move from the Duke's Mansion as soon as possible, and sent Bai Suye to personally send them back to the Duke's Mansion.
Lin Pingzi knew that they were going to leave soon, and he was very resentful, but he also knew that this was an unchangeable fact. Bai Fuling couldn't bear his look of dying, so she pulled his face and said, "It's a good way to make yourself like this Like a resentful woman, even if I am your biological sister, I will not be with you for the rest of my life. If you are so afraid of being lonely, go get a wife right away and come back. You just need to spread some rumors and make sure that all the big and young girls in the capital flock to this place. The three floors inside and outside the Duke's Mansion are completely impenetrable!"
This is not an exaggeration. Lin Pingzi is definitely the most valuable golden tortoise in the capital now. He is already the Duke of the State at the age of 20, and also serves as the servant of the household department. He is the most popular candidate for the crown prince. He has a good relationship with Lu Ying, the general of Zhenbei, and he is the most senior bachelor besides the princes in the capital. Although he looks a bit too handsome and coquettish, the amazing thing is that he has never heard of concubines or maidservants in his family, and he has not seen him lingering in the place of fireworks. A good son-in-law candidate with bad habits.
If Princess Antai was not entrusted by Mu Peilan to contribute secretly, I am afraid that he would have been recruited by the emperor as his son-in-law long ago, and it would not be the turn of other boudoir daughters to think about it day by day.
Lin Pingzi finally rescued his precious face under the claws of the devil, glared at Bai Fuling, and muttered angrily: "You heartless..."
Bai Fuling didn't hear clearly, she tilted her head and asked, "What did you say?"
Lin Pingzi shook his head and said, "It's nothing, don't you want to discuss with your uncle and aunt about seeing Haifushi tomorrow?"
When Bai Fuling was mentioned by him, he also woke up to this important matter, turned his head and left Lin Pingzi and ran away.
In the early morning of the second day, Haifushi, Yue Laosi and Zicao visited as scheduled, and Bai Chou came out to greet Yue Laosi in person, which flattered Yue Laosi. Why did Shibie's attitude change so much in the past three days
With a modest attitude, Bai Chou invited them to a flower hall, where the host and guest took their seats.
Haifushi is still following the simple route today. He is dressed in blue cloth, iron-gray turban, and black cloth boots. He is surprisingly simple, but he is extremely handsome.
Lin Pingzi has heard about Haifushi for a long time, but today is the first time he met him, and he looked him up and down several times unceremoniously, his eyes were as warm as X-rays, but he looked more and more at his brows Wrinkle tighter.
Haifushi looked puzzled, and finally couldn't help asking: "I don't know what advice Brother Lin has?"
Lin Pingzi snorted twice, and said casually: "It's nothing, Master Hai and Nephew Ling really look alike! This is the first time I've seen two different people with exactly the same face."
The secret of Haifushi's identity is only known to the three members of the Bai family, and even Lin Pingzi has never heard of it. He is confused and worried—why is this guy also full of evil spirit? Wouldn't it be a big disaster if the lady was with him
No, no, you have to tell the lady clearly about what you say! Lin Pingzi made an apology, and slipped to find Bai Fuling on the pretext that he had something to do.
When he got to the hall door, he saw Bai Guo and Bai Fuling coming this way, he ran up to stop her and said, "Cousin, there is something wrong with that sea pumice, you must stay away from him." !"
Bai Fuling rolled her eyes in her heart, and said to herself: What an afterthought! It's too late for you to tell me now! I want to stay away from him, but he won't go far away.
In fact, when Haifushi was still Xiaoyou, Lin Pingzi had warned her once, but at that time, she happened to have a sudden "Virgin's disease", and he insisted on keeping Xiaoyou as a scourge.
Thinking about it now, if on the way to Beijing, Lin Pingzi hadn't gone ahead to take care of board and lodging, but had stayed with her all the time, then when she saw Haifushi for the first time, he could remind her to stay away from the evil star for safety. Maybe there won't be so many troubles later.
Could it be that this is the God's will of the legendary bullshit? !
Bai Fuling blamed herself and didn't say a word, but Bai Guo was not convinced, and interjected: "You don't want to see someone's parents are more handsome than you and say that there is something wrong with them. It's meaningless to be jealous."
Lin Pingzi glared at her, and said angrily: "How can he look more handsome than me? He looks like wood and has very poor taste in clothes. How can he compare to my suave and elegant temperament and taste?! Uh, this is not The point, cousin, listen to me, this sea pumice is the same as his nephew, Xiao You, who is full of evil spirits, if you make friends with him, even if you are not harmed by him, you will be tired by him!"
Bai Guo said disdainfully: "The more you talk, the more ridiculous..."
Bai Fuling didn't want these two guys who were naturally at odds to start a fight again, so she made a stop gesture and said, "Okay, okay, stop arguing, I have my own measure."
Lin Pingzi and Bai Guo stared at each other, reluctantly truce.
Bai Fuling walked into the flower hall with the two of them, just in time to hear Yue Laosi say to Bai Chou: "I heard that Mr. Bai and Mr. Bai Changshan's father and son recognize each other. I'm really happy to congratulate you."
Bai Chou raised his eyes and saw Bai Fuling coming in. The father and daughter exchanged glances indiscriminately. Bai Chou sighed and pretended to be sad and said, "At this moment, I know my father. I don't know whether I should or not..."
Yue Lao Si was really surprised and said: "After being separated for many years, it's rare for father and son to meet again. We should know each other and get together as a family. What's wrong?"
Haifushi raised his eyes and met Bai Fuling's gaze. He looked away with joy or embarrassment. No one noticed the coldness flashing in his eyes—Bai Fuling and Lin Pingzi entered the door together. They were very close and behaved very intimately. As far as he knew, this man and woman were not cousins at all. Even if they were, as his wife, she should keep a distance from other men!
Bai Fuling had been paying attention to Hai Pumice's reaction, so she had to give a thumbs up, it really is a powerful and acting school! Looking at this performance, seeing this temperament and appearance, she wondered if the scary man she saw a few nights ago just happened to look a lot like Sea Pumice, but he was actually two completely different people.
Over there, Bai Chou didn't answer Yue Lao Si's question, but with a worried look on his face that he couldn't talk about, he turned around and said, "Ling'er, come quickly to see the Fourth Elder, Hai Mengzhu, and Miss Zicao. "
Bai Fuling stepped forward, greeted the three of them faintly, then stood up straight, turned her head to look at Bai Guo, who quickly took out a paper deed from her sleeve and handed it to her.
Bai Fuling shook off the paper deed, and showed it one by one in front of Yue Laosi and the other three, saying: "This is the IOU signed by the leader of Haimen that day. Thousands of taels of silver, so much that the leader of the Hai alliance sent the ghost-faced Gu mother as promised, and now the IOU is returned, and there will be no more arrears between you and me, please Elder Yue and Miss Zicao to be witnesses."
The implication is to distance itself from Haifushi. Haifushi remained silent with astonishment and sadness on his face, Yue Laosi couldn't see it anymore and asked, "Miss Bai, what do you mean by this?"
Bai Fuling said coldly: "I've made it very clear. You take this IOU back. From then on, neither of our two families owe each other."
While talking, he suddenly looked at Hai Pumice with reddened eye circles and said, "Just pretend we're not destined!"
"You! You! You..." Elder Yue was so angry that he pointed at her and wanted to curse, but was stopped by Haifushi, who said in a harsh voice, "Miss Bai is not wrong, Elder Yue doesn't need to say more." Did this little girl think that by throwing back this IOU, he would be able to settle the matter? She is not such an innocent woman, Hai Pumice felt a little vigilant.
"But...but..." Yue Lao Si couldn't figure it out, how could Bai Fuling, who had happily invited them over that day, suddenly changed into such an attitude? On the contrary, it was her father, Bai Chou, who was originally repulsed by people thousands of miles away, but today he suddenly became very kind. What is this family doing
Bai Fuling threw the IOU in front of Haifushi, gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, turned her head and left.
Fourth Yue Yue came here to make fun of him, and got up to say goodbye embarrassingly, but Bai Chou held them back and apologized repeatedly, even saying that he had no way to teach a daughter. When encountering such a thing, you should be angry and sad. How can you, a father, blame her so much in front of others? If it wasn't for our husband and wife, how could she... how could she have offended a big monster like Kansui?"
Now everyone can hear the problem, especially when Mu Peilan mentioned the name of Gan Sui, the famous boss of the Demon Cult, Yue Laosi immediately stared and asked: "What's going on?! Mrs. Bai You speak clearly!"
"Ma'am! Don't talk too much!" Bai Chou tried to stop him, the more he was like this, the more strange Yue Laosi felt, and he kept asking questions.
Bai Chou and his wife come and go, one wants to speak and the other does not, and Yue Lao Si and Zicao are persuading them frequently, and it is very difficult for a while. It's the little girl's game.
Originally, he was sure that the three members of the Bai family would never dare to tell his secret (no one would believe it), so he wanted to come a few more times to get acquainted, and at the same time persuade the Bai family to force them to agree Regarding the marriage, while releasing some rumors that he and Bai Fuling have had a private affair for a long time, and that he entered the devil's sect to find the ghost mask to be kind to the Bai family, then it will be a matter of course for him to come to propose marriage.
It was spread that the hero saved the beauty, and it was a beautiful story that the beauty promised with her body in gratitude.
Yue Laosi came back three days ago and said that Bai Fuling invited them to go with him. Haifushi only thought that she was afraid that he would forcefully threaten her family, so he used Yue Laosi as a shield. It would be good to create the impression that he has an affair with Bai Fuling. Unexpectedly, Bai Fuling had other plans, and she clearly wanted to get him along.
Haifushi sneered in his heart, not only didn't feel angry, but was very excited, such a bold and cunning woman was what he wanted, and he wanted to see what tricks she had.
Since she wants to fight him, then come on! He must make her marry him obediently.
Under the insistence of Yue Lao Si, Bai Chou finally "reluctantly" told the truth: "A few days ago, we received the ghost-faced Gu mother sent by the leader of Haimeng, and the Gu poison was removed in one fell swoop. I am very grateful for the kindness of Haimengzhu. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night a few days ago, someone came to the door and said that we stole the ghost-faced Gu mother from his sect and wanted to kill our couple. His appearance is somewhat similar to that of the leader of Haimeng, and he claims to be Gan Sui, the leader of the Demon Cult. When he saw Ling'er, he became lustful and changed his mind and forced our husband and wife to betroth Ling'er to him as his wife. Ling'er was forced to put the ghost mask poison on my husband and wife and had no choice but to agree to it for the time being."
Yue Lao Si was furious when he heard it: "That Gan Sui is so daring and shameless! Why didn't you explain this to us?"
Bai Chou smiled wryly and said: "The leader of the Demon Cult comes and goes without a trace, so it's not easy to deal with him? After all, our husband and wife have caused trouble to our daughter, and the previous incident of the ghost face venom has almost killed the leader of the Demon Cult. How can we trouble others again? I originally didn't want to recognize my father at this time, so as not to hurt his old man, but his old man only has Ling'er as a granddaughter, and I don't know if we can see each other again..." Said A disheartened look.
His attitude clearly implied that Hai Pumice and Yue Laosi couldn't deal with Kansui, the leader of the Demon Cult, so the family had resigned themselves to their fate and waited for Kansui to come and take Bai Fuling away.
Fourth Yue immediately "thought" he understood the reason for the weird attitudes of the Bai family father and daughter. While they didn't want to hurt others, they also vaguely blamed Hai Pumice for "dirty hands and feet", which made the demon Kansui come to the door and let Their family was devastated.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt ashamed, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he felt. Before Haifushi could say anything, he pulled him up and said, "It's unreasonable! That big devil, Kansui, is really deceiving people too much! Brother Hai, this is the same thing." We started because of us, and no matter what we say, we can’t make the villain succeed! Go, go, we will regroup when we turn around, lead people to the main altar of the Demon Cult, and take his lair away. Let’s see how he can still be fierce! Humph! Even you My sweetheart dares to make up his mind, how can people swallow this breath?!"
As soon as Bai Chou started, Hai Pumice already understood what they wanted to do. It was nothing more than forcing him to fight with him again, so as to wear down his power and leave him with no time to care about others.
The most important thing is that Bai Chou has disclosed what he has done with another identity, and it will be inconvenient for him to do anything to Bai Fuling. For example, if he wanted to take Bai Fuling away forcibly in the capacity of Gansui, then the Bai family would definitely find Haifushi to ask for help. If Bai Fuling was not rescued safely, he would become a laughing stock in the martial arts world—my sweetheart Being kidnapped by the leader of the demon sect, and being given a big green hat for no reason, but there is nothing he can do about it, so why should he be the leader of the martial arts? He can't even keep his sweetheart.
Another example is that if he wants to attack the Bai family, even Bai Changshan, and other Bai family members, the matter will still fall on him after a roundabout way, and any problems with them will be due to his incompetence.
Hai Pumice naturally didn't want to be passive everywhere, so he had a thought, showing a troubled expression and said: "Of course the Devil's Cult will deal with it, but the Devil's Cult has the most ghostly tricks, in case they take advantage of us to attack, Sending someone secretly to deal with the Bai family is impossible to guard against... If you send a master to protect, you are afraid, and afraid of the difference between men and women, it will be very inconvenient... Let the evil cultists have a chance to take advantage of it."
Laosi Yue slapped his thigh and said: "Look at my confusion, since you and Miss Bai are interested in each other, it happens to be a good thing, if there is any inconvenience between husband and wife, if you are by Miss Bai's side, then Gan Sui will be cruel again." It's so vicious, it won't hurt a single hair of Miss Bai."
Haifushi's face was flushed red, and he said: "Fourth Elder...you..." He just wanted to lead Yue Laosi to think in this direction.
The three members of the Bai family set up this situation, and had already calculated all the possible reactions of Haifushi. Bai Chou immediately said happily: "We are very willing to have a son-in-law like Haimengzhu, but..."
Fourth Yue stared and said, "But what? Could it be that the leader of Haimen is not worthy of your daughter?"
Mu Peilan sighed and continued: "Ling'er, she said that she wanted to marry someone, and she was asking for your love and my willingness. It will come when it will happen, and I don't want to have the slightest bit of reluctance. At this time, marrying the leader of Haimen in a hurry is to insult the leader of Haimen. His sincere affection for her made him a life-saving tool. In the future, it will be spread that the leader of Haimen is deeply affectionate, but those who don’t know may say that he took advantage of others’ danger. How could she want him to do it for her? Bearing this notoriety? She has already spoken harshly to our couple... "
"If you want to get married, you have to wait until you get rid of the big devil, Gan Sui, and then happily marry. Otherwise, it will be considered that she has no blessings. If Gan Sui comes to force her to death, then in the next life, I will continue my relationship with the leader of Haimen in this life!" Bai Bai Chou then said, the two couples sang and sang together, speaking righteously and resolutely, and immediately blocked Haifushi's intention of proposing marriage by taking the opportunity.
And in this way, unless Haifushi gave up his identity as Kansui and let Gansui "die", he would never want to marry Bai Fuling. And if he is no longer Kansui, he must be a gentleman and be restrained in everything. If he wants to marry Bai Fuling at that time, the Bai couple can send him away as long as they make a few high-sounding reasons.
Of course, he can also choose to give up the identity of Haifushi, but the price is too high. To become the leader of the righteous way, he needs not only strength, but also many factors such as connections. The leader of the Demon Cult is much bigger.
Hearing this declaration, Yue Laosi's blood surged, he clapped his hands vigorously, and praised loudly: "Good! What a strong woman!" Turning his head, he patted Hai Pumice on the shoulder vigorously and said: "Master Hai, you still have good eyesight! "
Good for your size!
Haifushi hated this stupid old man who failed to accomplish anything but failed, but he couldn't get angry. He showed a sincere touch on his face, and sincerely said word by word: "I, Haifushi, will not dare to be as deep as Miss Bai." , love, thick, meaning."