Chapter 4: Taking a Concubine

Wang Wu is in a good mood these days, but he also has some worries.

It turned out that he was just a warder, and some of them had a reputation in the world. Now walking in the third street and nine cities of Beijing, the flag-man, who would not respectfully call him the fifth master when he saw him walking? Some scholars even came to visit from time to time, saying that they would like to share with this hero who was loyal and learned martial arts from him. However, none of these scholars could compare with his brother Xu and brother Tan.

He sent Erya over to travel to Nanyang, but he felt that he could not help with what his brother did or what he said. The weather was not unacceptable, and it was so hot that people were worried about it. He also accepted his fate. He was a rude man and could not help his brother in national affairs. But when he was beheaded, he could see that Wang Wu's benefits were coming! Brother Xu did a big thing, and now he could only pick up the leftovers and make up for the shortcomings. He could not have thought that he could do his best again.

Brother Xu is so nostalgic. Now he is such a big official, an imperial envoy, and North Korea trains troops! He has not fought in Beijing. He is still living in the old courtyard of his escort agency while waiting for the customs defense these days. He has never finished social engagements all day, but he thought that it is wrong. Brother is so busy and there is no one to take care of! The lady Ersengzi, Nanyang, is not easy to talk to, but Erya and Du Juan, the brothers are now keeping them in Tianjin and are here alone. He owe others a title! Erya was grown up, and Du Juan is born and die with his brother. Even if he takes a concubine, he will have to do something, right?

The old man of the Chen family is talking about this in his ears all day long.

Fortunately, he mentioned it to his brother with a turn, and Brother Xu thought for a while with a strange expression, and finally nodded: "If you want to do it, let's do it. Then I will take them from Tianjin? I don't understand this matter of Yizhu. How worried are you, Brother Wu?"

Wang Wu patted his chest at that time: "I'll pick you up! You live with my fellow friends, and you're busy with your big affairs. What kind of matchmakers have decided to pick up and send off your brides, and the fifth brother has taken care of everything!"

So he is now in a dusty way and is rushing to Tianjin.

He led a few friends and drove a hundred or dozens of miles away in three hours!

Seeing that the people were exhausted and gasping, Wang Wu was still sitting straight on the horse's back. Sihu suddenly whistled: "Fifth Master, let's take a break! We will definitely be in the guard for a while. If we don't hit the nail on the head now, the bride will not receive it, and the person who will receive the bride will have to do fun first!"

Several guys laughed loudly, and even Wang Wu was amused, and he stopped the horse and scolded: "You guy! You are so stupid. You were a pair with Er Dezi back then. Now look at Er Dezi, you have become much more steady in speaking and doing things. Why don't you change it? Okay, let's take a break!"

Several guys jumped off the horse, picked water hyacinths and took dry food bags, and then took Ma Songsong's belly belt. Sihu's mouth was still idle: "Er Dezi, he treats himself as his brother-in-law, the imperial envoy, and he is still learning to read. Fifth Master, please look at it. Lord Xu trains in North Korea, and Er Dezi will definitely be effective! Even Mr. Chen Hu's favorite thing now is to go around and go, saying that his daughter is tall all day long, which is a noble face, and most people don't understand..."

Wang Wu remembered the proud look of Mr. Chen Hu, smiled in his heart and asked, "Don't you plan to join the army? I won't stop him."

Sihu shrugged: "Who is the fuck willing to go to the Imperial Guards who trained for the bannermen? If Lord Xu had trained his own troops, we would have been running over. For more than two hundred years, the bannermen's grandfather was not fed up?"

Wang Wu scolded and asked Sihu to stop his mouth. He rolled up the reins in his hand and put his thoughts on it. When his brothers spoke and did things in Nanyang, he always said that he wanted to protect the country and the descendants of the Chinese people and the descendants of Yan and Huang. There is another new term called nationalism. What is going on when training soldiers for the bannermen?

This brother, I couldn't understand it since he picked him from the Mongolian grassland...

"There is no strong soldier in the world, Youyan Mountain and Shaanxi. It is hardworking and simple, strong and daring to fight. We want to recruit soldiers. There is not much time, so let's just recruit them in this Youyan land. Within one month, I want eight thousand soldiers. Who can take this task?"

Xu Yifan knocked on the table and assigned tasks to his subordinates.

This time, the Qing Dynasty court was extremely efficient. His reward mission had already been widely known as the general rank, and he was given the title of governor, and he was given a brief title. He would be given a supplement when he was missing. He would be rewarded with the third-class viscount. He was brave and wise, and he would like to give him a third-class viscount. He would like to admire the purple reins, flints, dragon jackets, purses, dragon bags, and Hada's clothing and other icing on the cake. The most important thing is the mission. He now has the title of two imperial envoys! One is the imperial envoy, and the other is the imperial guards to help train soldiers. In the eyes of the world, he is simply purple and dazzling, so dazzling that people dare not look at him. Who would have thought that he was a white scholar just half a year ago? Since the Qing Dynasty, he has been so strange that he has been ranked in the top three.

The recommendations of the following subordinates were also approved. Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli both jumped from the rank of Thousand General of the Beiyang Military Preparation Academy to become deputy generals and actually taught guerrillas. Other academic soldiers were at least the guards of the Dusi. The Qing Dynasty military generals were the deputy generals, and they were legitimately led the camp.

Tang Shaoyi had already skipped the prefect and was promoted to Taoist rank, and Zhan Tianyou was also the prefect. Others were also rewarded. Following Xu Yifan, in the eyes of the people in the capital, it turned out to be a shortcut to Zhongnan for promotion!

He had already taken the guards down, and for some reason, he had not yet asked him to leave the capital. But Xu Yifan did everything first. Since he had guards down, he could start recruiting soldiers and start setting up his own base for Westernization! Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou sent him out immediately, and returned to Tianjin and Shanghai to recruit people and machines to buy arms. The imperial court's silver has not been released for the time being, and Xu Yifan had no hope anyway. Chu Wanli and Li Yunzong were just taking on such a recruitment task.

Xu Yifan first mentioned 20,000 soldiers. Considering the resources in his hands, it is better to take the first batch of 10,000. Half a year later, he will recruit another 10,000 to the camp. At this time, officer training and soldier training are not as strict and complicated as in later generations. Before the Sino-Japanese War, as long as everything goes well, he can have 20,000 direct troops!

The first batch of eight thousand, plus the Qing army, he probably could have selected one thousand people. He really had no confidence in the Qing army at that time. Nine thousand people happened to be the complete force of a division at that time, and then recruited another two to three thousand people. In addition to a new division, the others were logistics, supplements, service and other personnel. At that time, this was already a considerable force.

Hearing Xu Yifan's mission was assigned, Chu Wanli smiled and took a step back: "Yun Zong should go to this matter. I am not very patient and cannot do the trick. It's better to go to North Korea with the adults. I have two more tricks to do with others."

Li Yunzong nodded: "Sir, give me ten people. Within one month, I will give you eight thousand dollars!"

Xu Yifan smiled and nodded. It was the most appropriate thing to do with Li Yunzong's serious attitude.

While discussing, he heard the sound of knocking on the door outside, and then his butler Zhang Yu came in with the book and a lot of gift lists. His face was as gloomy and calm as ever. The butler had made great efforts in Nanyang, but he would never sway in front of Xu Yifan. Once he greeted him, he would appear in front of him in a blink of an eye. It was very useful, so low-key that sometimes Xu Yifan even forgot his guesses and doubts about his identity.

At this moment, I saw him saying respectfully: "Sir, the gift-giver is here again. They are all congratulations on the appointment of Xiaoxing in the capital... Do you want to take a look?"

Xu Yifan rolled his eyes. God knew how these people in the capital were looking for a hole. He knew that he was going to stay in the capital and gave Luo Shi and Du Juan a name!

At that time, Wang Wu said that he felt a little strange. He took a concubine before marrying his wife. In the Qing Dynasty, it didn’t sound very nice. Zeng Guofan married his daughter and married a concubine before marrying a wife before marrying him. It was really a rush of the world. But when he thought about Luo Shi and Du Juan following him all the way, he became soft-hearted. He was also a little arrogant, and he went his own way and said others would go!

Who knew that in this world, the world's style had long been corrupt, and it was natural to make a fuss. He was as popular as a purple-headed radish. Not only did there be no sarcastic words in the capital, but he was also busy. Every day, there were a lot of gift-giving people coming! In addition to gift lists, they often included a resume book, asking him to include it as a escort and go to North Korea to train troops!

Those poor alternate officials in Beijing also lost money to borrow money to get gifts.

Xu Yifan waved his hand: "No! I'm not going to marry a wife, but they are not going to marry a wife. Why are you doing so hard? I'll give gifts in the future and rush back!"

Zhang Yu responded lightly, turned straight and retreated. The three people in the room touched their chins and looked at his back. After a while, Li Yunzong said lightly: "Sir, Zhang Guan is not simple."

Xu Yifan smiled and sat up crossing his legs and said, "I understand."

Chu Wanli next to him laughed, and Xu Yifan looked at him sideways. Then he heard Chu Wanli laughing, "Tomorrow, the two concubines, Junxian, will arrive in the capital, and the media will make a decision. They will be all set up in one yard, hire a house, and have a colorful shed, and find Siquan to send his wife to the wedding for a day. Congratulations. The day after tomorrow, I will accept Xiaoxing's joy. I don't have to be like Nanyang anymore. I don't know which room to enter at night... But I don't know if Miss Li will come with me this time?"

Xu Yifan couldn't hold his face immediately. When he was in Nanyang, he lived in the small building of the consulate. He knew all his secrets! Just as he was about to make a sound, he heard Chu Wanli smile coldly again.

"The present gifts and congratulations are all insignificant people, so the adults can ignore them. But when the adults are overjoyed, I am afraid that all parties in the capital who are secretly clamoring will express their opinions to the adults. How should adults arrange and deal with it? Now, every move of adults is noticed. If you are not careful, you may be misunderstood as where you are going... We are now ready to go. At this stage of the initial stage, we are most afraid of which party to restrain and interfere and pull the hind legs and hit the slap... You must think carefully, sir!"

Xu Yifan was so stuffy that he rubbed his forehead in distress. The water in the capital was so fucking deep! There is no need to say that Cixi could not offend her, but the imperial party was not without power. When introducing her, she could talk about it in general, but she could not be careless when she came to her house!

Why can I finally say goodbye to a virgin's great life, and I still have to worry about these things?

On April 24, 19th year of the Guangxu period, it is advisable to marry and move. The God of Blessing is in the east and the God of Happy is in the south.

The crackling sound of firecrackers, the escort agency approached the community, and people were rushing. Everyone was huddling inside, looking happily at the gate, marching a new wife. Moreover, marrying a wife was also the imperial envoy of the court! This is a place where poor residents of Beijing live together. When can you see such a scene?

The children were hiking around in the firecrackers and making noises. The mates and men who made friends and the young men who made friends all changed into new clothes, and they were also happily maintaining order there.

Although Xu Yifanna Xiaoxing was a little rushed this time, the scene was not necessarily small at all. The colorful shed was erected on the open space of the martial arts training ground, with baskets of candy for red dates and peanuts on all sides, and new red carpet strips were laid on the ground. The musicians whimpered, praising the ritual officials and wearing neatly and packing them in their waists. These characters were originally from big doors to serve high-ranking officials, but they never played for the poor people in their lives, but now they are all working very hard here.

The stage was also set up. Now the children in the same class of the Fuyu class who were in the science opera were singing the beds. The famous boss in Beijing had not yet appeared on the stage and was still enjoying himself lying on the smoke bed. Even so, it attracted a group of bride-taking wives to squeeze in the audience and open their mouths.

These bride-taking wives are selected from the escort agency. They only need all the parents, children, and husband and family to be responsible for the four characters, just like sending wives to the bride. But speaking of this, the bride-taking wives are all the same as the bride-taking wives. But when it comes to it, the bride-taking-taking wives are handled by the bride-taking wives.

Du Juan and Luo Shi returned to Beijing and were not allowed to meet Xu Yifan according to the rules. After the procedures decided by the media, when they got married today, the two sedan chairs in the store carried them away and returned to the scene at the time. Needless to say, the two little girls were so excited that they all felt like they were joking around. They were so ashamed that they almost couldn't even wear their veils.

Chen Hu stood at the door, wearing a big red hat and wearing a brand new dress, and smiled and nodded. However, Chen De wanted to accompany the girl to see her off. Du Juan had no relatives here, so her elders were taken care of by the Chen family.

Everything is the most normal wedding ceremony in Beijing, except for a beautiful girl with chestnut hair, wearing a long dress and a bunch of servant maids with a dark skin, and wiggling with a wooden box with a tripod. After a while, the things in her hand flashed and a stream of white smoke came out. Anyone with knowledge knows that the foreigners in Dongjiaomin Lane are also using this thing, which is said to be a shadow-printing machine. The beautiful girl is naturally Li Xuan. She followed her to Beijing and saw such a lively scene, but she still didn't take enough photos?

The people in the venue pointed and most of them were aimed at her. Regarding her clothes, her chestnut hair, and her appearance as a mixed-race child, some people in the escort agency knew the details and knew that this girl was the daughter of a wealthy family in Nanyang. This time, Xu Yifan raised more than one million yuan in silver, most of them took it out. This time, with Xu Yifan returning to the country, it is very likely that she wanted to be Mrs. Xian. She felt unfair. Could this half-foreign Nanyang girl be riding on the Erya who was our escort out--No, Luo Shi?

At this time, Xu Yifan was staying in his yard. Taking a concubine was not like marrying a wife, and he didn't have to ceremonies with girls, and then brought in. The master just wanted to keep guarding him, waiting for the concubine to come in to give the master a greeting. His yard was also slightly painted and red everywhere. He just waited with his legs crossed. His subordinates were surprised when they came in and reported things. Why could Lord Xu laugh so lewdly alone?

Little did he know that Xu Yifan only had a voice in his heart at this time: "3p!3p!"

I've been holding it in for half a year...

The sound of blowing outside was as tight as the bride had not arrived yet. When she was a little impatient, she saw Zhang Yu running in: "Sir, someone was going to give her a congratulation!"

Xu Yifan looked at Zhang Yu and was a little impatient. He had erected a sign at the door of the club in the past two days. "I am a minister who is a minister who is a member of the imperial decree is in the capital, and I am a little star. I know that I love me. I should not hurt my ministers' reputation with this retribution. If you ask me for help, I am a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who is a minister who knows that I understand me, it is all in this place."

As soon as the sign was released, the people who were scheming began to think of other ways. Why would anyone come to worship at this time? Why did Zhang Yu, so unknown, come to report it?

He glared at his eyes, and before he could speak, Zhang Yu had already put on his hands and added: "It's the father-in-law who works in the palace."

Xu Yifan was shocked and jumped up from the chair. He reached out and took the greeting from Zhang Yu. The greeting was red, with only three big characters on it, Li Lianying!

He hurriedly lifted his robe and rushed out. Li Lianying arrived? He didn't have that much face yet, right? He was a eunuch, who was so interested in others getting married, wasn't he afraid of being hurt by the scene?

When they rushed out of the yard and left the color painting shed, they saw the musicians stopping the trumpet and suona, and the crowd moved away from the circle. They hid timidly, and four guards in yellow jackets surrounded a eunuch wearing seventh-grade uniforms. They looked like they were not Li Lianying. But they didn't dare to neglect at the moment. At least Li Lianying's post has arrived, which has already given people great face for Li Lianying!

He stepped forward to greet: "What do you call this father-in-law? I really don't dare to be accused of posting. I wonder what orders Mr. Li has given?"

The eunuch smiled, pulled out the duck's voice, and bowed before he could speak: "We are called Kou Delu, who is from the imperial kitchen. I will come to congratulate the Lord on order of General Manager Li. The Lord has a gift list. I hope the Lord will definitely reward him. The Lord is too busy and cannot accommodate him today and cannot be kissed. I want us to tell you apologize to the Lord."

Fortunately, there are some people around. If the Beijing officials were left by their side, they wouldn't have to gasp? When did you see Li Lianying being so polite to others?

Xu Yifan hurriedly thanked him and took the gift list again. There were many gifts written on it. The gift list was just a name for the nobleman. At the end, there was always a line of small characters, including tea (or wine). It was a tael of silver. With the post, you could go to the other party's account room to withdraw at any time. Li Lianying's gift list also had about 500 taels of silver. For Li Lianying, it was already a twelve-minute discount.

Xu Yifan greeted Zhang Yu loudly: "Give me two thousand taels of thanks to Eunuch Kou and several guard brothers! It's just a little bit, no respect..."

Today, these guards and Eunuch Kou were very polite, just smiled and nodded. Just when they were in a state of harmony, they heard someone from outside: "Minister of Leading Military Affairs, Minister of Revenue Weng Zhongtang is here to pay homage!"

Weng Tonghe's Taoist scholar came to congratulate him on marrying a concubine? Xu Yifan smiled bitterly in his heart, and he really told Chu Wanli! Zhang Yu was better than him. While calling his servants to get the money, he went out to block the enemy and said that he could not stand the word "bow". Xu Yifan stood there, and felt Kou Delu's eyes turn around on his body. However, he had to grit his teeth and smile to the door.

Mr. Chen Hu, who was guarding the door, had already scared the names of these wealthy people and slipped to the bottom of the wall.

In the corridor where the crowds were separated, I saw Weng Tonghe's half-new sedan chair coming and stopped in front of him. The old man smiled and got out of the sedan chair, and was in the same manner as Xu Yifan. When he was raising himself, he heard a sound of a blouse and white smoke rose up. It scared the old man and staggered and almost fell down. The butler next to him hurriedly supported him. Xu Yifan looked back and saw Li Xuan's little face looking excited, holding a magnesium-hot flash. Seeing Xu Yifan frowning at her, he only stretched out his tongue and made a cute grimace.

"This is to give up my cousin, let me give up my cousin! After ten years of traveling in Europe, my brother returned to China first. She learned the habit of a foreign devil and returned to China. My brothers will definitely teach me well in the future. Weng Zhongtang, aren't you scared?"

Weng Tonghe frowned and glanced at Li Xuan hard. Li Xuan almost hummed in his nose. Weng Tonghe calmed down, squeezed out his smile and replied with the salute, and came in side by side with Xu Yifan.

"It is also a happy event for adults to accept Xiaoxing. I heard that he is the daughter of a friend. At least he is born in a innocent family and does not forget his old friends. Only when his family is at peace can he do his best to do his national affairs! The old man has a small gift, and even the emperor knows that he will receive Xiaoxing. When the emperor resigns, there must be a reward. The old man comes here, isn't he considered a bad guest, right?"

When the two came in, Weng Tonghe's eyes met with Eunuch Kou's eyes. Both of them looked a little ugly. Xu Yifan was stuck in the middle and let go and didn't think about it. All the exchanges were empty. At that time, they still had to speak according to their strength. Anyway, they had no intention of the capital now, and they wanted to use their concubines to fight secretly, so they would love whoever they wanted.

He smiled and watched the two of them confront each other, but the voices from outside were heard one after another. The Queen Party of the Emperor, all the important officials came in person or sent confidants to post congratulations. Some were to win over, and some were the royal princes of the bannermen who contacted Xu Yifan in the list of the imperial guards to train troops, so as to make a good place for their children. In a short while, the people at the door of the membership were driven clean. The road was filled with cars and sedan chairs, and servants were waiting everywhere. In the yard of the membership, the feathers were brilliant and the crowns were neatly arranged. It was as if the court had arrived here! Everyone was present, and there were lively greetings and lively scenes. Xu Yifan took concubines and seemed to have been changed to a court meeting!

He couldn't stop socializing, but he just sighed in his heart. I just wanted to get a wife!

But even he himself understood that he was no longer the insignificant guy who had just arrived in the capital. Now he was vaguely engaging in the changes in the trend.

If it is said that the turbulent changes in the dynasty since the end of the 18th year of the Guangxu period, it is entirely because of him, which is not an exaggeration at all!

While it was lively, another voice came from outside: "Prince Gong's Mansion, Prince Chunxian's Mansion is here to pay homage!"

The people who were buzzing and talking suddenly became quiet and looked out the door. Prince Gong and Prince Chunxian were both royal palaces with extremely noble royal families. Needless to say, the royal prince was the first. Prince Chunxian had only been dead for a year, and at that time he was the prince whom Cixi trusted the most. Now he is still grateful. You must know that Emperor Guangxu is also the son of Prince Chunxian!

Now the two royal palaces are coming to worship together?

Xu Yifan naturally knew that he was nervous and hurriedly came out of the door. He saw a small carriage, with clear green windows and bamboo curtains, led by two pure white horses, floating in the carriage under the control of an old man. The horses and red carriages on the road were surrounded by wealthy slaves, and the atmosphere of wealth and honor were all compared to the carriage for a while.

When the carriage reached the door, when the bamboo curtain was lifted in front of the car, I saw a pair of little girls like pearls and jade, who looked exactly the same, and crawled out with their lips. When they walked to Xu Yifan with their mouths wide open, the two little girls smiled and revealed the dimples on their cheeks. The natural charm and the shyness and innocence of the girl were soft, and the yard was filled with breathing sounds.

The two little girls looked at each other and bowed to Yingying, who was like a candle, "I will submit a post on my behalf to Lord Xu for accepting the Xiaoxing scripture. I wish Lord Xu a bright future and smooth sailing!"

With a sound of Peng, Li Xuan pressed the camera again. She was still praising: "What a beautiful pair of porcelain dolls!"

Since Xu Yifan made that joke at Prince Gong's Mansion, who doesn't know about these twins? Now seeing each other in person, many old men are so sad. Xu Yifan's joke is not unfair! But who dares to make an idea about them? Their master is the first talented daughter of the royal family, Prince Chunxian's legitimate daughter, and Guangxu's sister. Cixi's favorite clan junior recognized Prince Gong as his grandfather. No wonder he was able to join forces on behalf of Prince Chunxian's mansion and Prince Gong's mansion to worship.

But these two royal palaces have always been low-key and never disturbed the imperial party and the Hou party. What are the ideas for Prince Xiuning to come to worship?
To be continued...