The army of the Western Expedition returned triumphantly, and some people were happy and some were sad.

In Jinshafang, Nancheng, at the east end of Hulu Street, there were several middle-aged women standing in front of a house. Not far away were some rogue-looking men. Although they looked a little anxious, no one dared to come forward and make noise.

A woman was heard saying loudly: "Sister-in-law, merchant, would you please open the door first? I have a good thing coming here today. Whether it succeeds or not, you should listen to it first."

A gentle but determined female voice came from inside: "Thank you Aunt Qi for your kindness, but my daughter is still young and will not talk about marriage for the time being."

The woman smiled through the door and said: "Oh, these days are so fast. A few years have passed in a flash. Merchant sister-in-law, that Mr. Lin is a talented person with a fortune of tens of millions, but it is difficult to find good people even with a lantern.

Matching. Although your girl is still young, there is no harm in settling the marriage first. The Lin family has prepared a thousand taels of snowflake silver just for the gift, and specially asked me to tell my sister-in-law."

Another woman immediately became unhappy and said sharply: "Sister-in-law, a merchant, the Hu family of Jianchang Bank in Xicheng asked me to be a matchmaker. The young master of his family is sixteen years old and has a good character. He never hangs out outside and only reads books from sages.

He is a well-known reading seed. Mr. Hu asked me to tell you that if this happy event can come true, the betrothal gift will be three prosperous storefronts in the West City plus a thousand acres of fertile land outside the city!"

The real owner inside did not speak, but the matchmakers outside the door started to quarrel, each one louder than the other, attracting the attention of many idlers.

When someone familiar with this family pretended to be a storyteller, he told the story in detail. It turned out that this businessman had a son named Shang Yu, who joined the army in the south camp of the Beijing Army in his early years, and later followed the Marquis of Zhongshan to Lingzhou.

He was said to be highly regarded during the war. After the victory of the Western Expedition, the family waited for his return with hope and hope, but what they finally received was bad news.

The Shang family was naturally devastated, but for some reason suddenly some matchmakers came to their door, one young master on the left and one young master on the right, who just wanted to make a marriage contract with Shang Yu's sister. The merchant was originally a small family, how had he ever experienced this kind of thing?

The scene was such that we had to close the door tightly and not see outsiders.

Some smart people among the onlookers sighed: "I heard that the Marquis of Zhongshan values ​​​​love and righteousness. Since Shang Yu is his favorite general and died heroically on the battlefield, I think Marquis Pei will not treat the merchants badly. Those people have noses like dogs.

Still alive, I'm so eager to propose marriage, I'm afraid my butt is dirty, so I want to find a supporter in advance."

The companion next to him hurriedly tugged on his sleeves and nuzzled at the green-skinned scoundrels in the distance, indicating that these people must be the watchdogs of the masters behind the matchmakers, so that he should be careful about misfortune coming from his mouth.

The smart man looked disgusted and did not dare to continue the discussion.

Ta da, da da, da da...

A sound of horse hoofbeats sounded from the other side of Calabash Street, as dozens of horses walked slowly.

The matchmakers were all smart people with eyes and ears. They soon noticed that those prominent knights, although they had never seen Pei Yue, had roughly guessed the identity of the young man leading them, and immediately shut up and retreated.

On the side, only Aunt Qi, who spoke first, seemed to be interested and continued to persuade the door.

Those green-skinned scoundrels wanted to run away the moment they saw the cavalry, but seven or eight cavalrymen suddenly accelerated and came to them, staring at them with cold eyes, making their legs weak and unable to move at all.

Pei Yue looked unhappy because he remembered the scene he encountered when he went to meet Duan Kai's family in Xingyang City.

Wei Rui looked serious. He and Shang Yu were not only close friends on the battlefield. Before they came to Pei Yue's command, they were close colleagues in Nanying. When Shang Yu died in the Rift Valley, he

The grief in his heart was no weaker than anyone else's, which was why he, always rational, firmly supported Pei Yue in killing Ning Zhong.

Deng Zai and Wang Yong have been preparing for the construction of the manor these days, so today it is Qi Min who is following Pei Yue. Looking at the chaos in front of the merchant, a cold sweat breaks out on his back.

At this moment, Pei Yue turned back and gave him a cold look.

Qi Min swallowed his saliva nervously, and hurriedly leaned forward and whispered: "Master, I specially asked two brothers to look after this place. They said that everything in the business is fine, but recently there have been a few matchmakers who want to come to propose marriage. It is not that someone is bullying them.

Merchant. I think this is a trivial matter. The young master has been too busy recently, so he did not report it."

Pei Yue was noncommittal and said to Wei Rui next to him: "Go and ask."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Wei Rui led several cavalrymen forward. The matchmakers were so frightened that their teeth chattered, and their usual sharp-tongued manner disappeared. They finally answered clearly. Wei Rui was cautious by nature, so he called the green-skinned scoundrels and asked them again to make sure they were

He reported it to Pei Yue only after telling no lies.

Pei Yue nodded, did not blame Qi Min anymore, rode his horse forward for a while, came to the trembling matchmakers and green-skinned scoundrels, and said indifferently: "Go back and tell the gentleman behind you, if you dare to do anything in the future,

If you come here to disturb this family, you'd better prepare a coffin for yourself in advance and get out!"

A group of people didn't dare to say a single word and ran away in a hurry.

Although the people of Kyoto liked to watch the fun, this group of people had too much murderous intent, so they did not dare to stay any longer, and they all dispersed quickly.

The closed door of the merchant suddenly opened from the inside.

After Pei Yue dismounted, he took a jar from his hands, walked slowly closer, looked at a middle-aged couple who appeared in front of him, lowered his head slightly and said, "Uncle and aunt, I am Pei Yue."

Everyone from Wei Rui on down was shocked when they heard this sentence.

As Pei Yue's personal followers, they know their prince's temperament very well. No matter who he faces, Pei Yue will remain polite on his face, but that's all, except for a limited number of people such as Gu Liang and Luo Ting.

In addition, he never deliberately lowers his attitude, because he is essentially an extremely proud person.

The middle-aged couple in front of them are really ordinary. Shang's father is the most common middle-aged man in the city who is struggling to make a living. Shang's mother must have been delicate when she was young, but she has also been tainted by the years. However, between these two ordinary people,

In front of others, Pei Yue meticulously adheres to the junior etiquette, and the reason is self-evident.

Father Shang's face was full of fear, he didn't know where to put his hands, and his lips moved only in a muffled manner.

Shang's mother was originally very nervous, but when her eyes fell and she saw the jar held by Pei Yue in both hands, tears fell and she said sadly: "My son..."

Pei Yue's eyes were solemn as he handed the jar containing Shang Yu's bones to Shang's mother.

Father Shang wiped away his tears and said sideways, "If you don't mind the humbleness of the house, please come in and sit for a while."

Pei Yue nodded slightly and walked in with Wei Rui, while the others naturally stayed outside.

Shang's mother tried her best to suppress her cries and hugged the jar tightly, as if she could feel her son's presence in this way.
Chapter completed!