Chapter 150, the Xi family is tough
Liang Ren obviously did not know enough about the extent to which the Xi family valued marriage. At this time when he lamented why the marriage was not done with a breath, Xi second master Xi Chongjin and Xi third master Xi Chongchen rode a horse into the gate of Beijing.
General Xi’s reputation is jealous, but no one dares to stop the horse changer at the post station every thirty miles away. Xi Chongjin and Xi Chongchen shouted far away at the soldiers at the post station: “Easy to change horses, Huangzhou Xi family.”
The station that didn't know them was busy, and they came immediately, with dry food and water that were necessary immediately. The two Master Xi rolled over the saddle and fell down their tired horses, and took the official documents for a test, and took the horse away in sweat, winning cheers behind their backs.
"The people of the Xi family are well-known, and this spirit is unambiguous."
There are procedures for changing horses. In the hurried display, the officials and soldiers who knew the words saw a long row of posts stamped today. Mr. Xi didn’t have time to ask them to look forward, which was enough to arouse admiration.
With such a horse speed and a flat official road, they travel day and night. Liang Ren thought that they were also outside the capital's territory as soon as possible, but they were not far away. The two Master Xi had already met with the people greeted on the official road, and nearly a hundred people surrounded them into the capital.
The Xi family in Huangzhou is a great cause. There are civil and military children who are officials in the capital, and there are several houses. Outside the nearest house, the female family members are here to greet them. Xi Chongjin and Xi Chongchen jumped off their horses, threw away their reins, and did not enter the main hall. They stood in the small living room inside the door.
"Catch the clothes."
"Hot water!"
The two brothers gave orders almost at the same time, and the women left before they could enter the living room to arrange a plan. The elderly, middle-aged and young men, including about twenty, surrounded them happily.
The old man who couldn't help but caress the beard asked, "But I've been looking forward to you, is it true to say that marriage?"
Xi Chonggui and Xi Chonggu were cousins in the same house. There were several generations of children in this house, which were earlier than other house heads, and each generation was several years earlier. Other house heads were married for several years without children. So, Xi Chonggu was around forty years old, Xi Chongjin and Xi Chongchen were younger brothers all over 30 years old, and Xi Chong made nearly sixty years old.
From the perspective of gray and white hair, the civil servants were far inferior to those of the same clan who were practicing martial arts. They were discussing revenge with Xi Chonggu and returning to Huangzhou to spend their old age. When they received a good thing that Xi Shiwu Niang wanted to get engaged, they were so happy that they were so happy when they were happy. Xi Chonggui left the city to welcome him and returned all the way, and he became more and more energetic.
There are either brothers or nephews here, and there are several cousins. The Xi brothers did not need to be polite and took off their coats and belts in front of them. They were in a state of bathing at any time. They smiled and said, "It's true."
Xi Chongjin took out the sealed memorial tied in her arms and handed it to Xi Chonggui: "Brother, please be careful, let's wash it."
It happened that the girl came to invite her. The two brothers opened their arms to untie the leggings for the convenience of riding horses, and went out with the corners of their pants. Bathing was also the speed of the army. In just one cup of tea, they cleaned the face and cleaned the people and even cleared their heads.
With the smell of fragrance all over his body, the two brothers laughed in silence: "What are you doing?"
Xi Chonggui sat upright, holding up the memorial sealed by King Liang Ren of Jin with both hands, and watching with his eyes wrong.
He was really "guarding", his posture was exactly the same as before Xi Chongjin and Xi Chongchen took a bath. The children who went out of the city to greet him also stared at the memorials exactly, "guarding."
Xi Chongjin laughed so hard that he almost fell down. He took the memorial back, and Xi Chonggui exhaled heavily: "Okay, you'll take it, I'll hold it, it's a huge pound of weight."
"Yes, yes." The children also laughed: "It's better for the second master to keep it."
Two people who followed Xi Chongjin and Xi Chongchen into Beijing came in. The sweat and sour tasted like the old pickled cabbage that had been pickled. The Xi brothers thought that they felt the same way not long ago, and couldn't help laughing: "Let's go, wash and change quickly. We don't have time to rest, we're going out now."
The two of them also smiled, and each put down a bag tied to their chests, about one foot long and one foot wide, and the blue Wuhua looked very inconspicuous.
This is the confidant of the Xi family. They carry... two rare treasures with bags. When they open it, they can rush to the roof with dazzling light. It seems as bright as a star outside the corridor.
Xi Chongjin said: "Brother, let's bring these noble people."
Xi Chonggui nodded and waved out: "Send it."
Two large boxes, half a strong man tall, one strong man long, six strong men moved in, one box was cash silver, one box was red gold, and a thick stack of silver notes. Xi Chonggui said: "I will prepare after receiving Chonggu's letter. Today I will prepare for about 200,000 taels. Nearby shops and farms are still gathering, and another batch will be delivered in three or five days."
Xi Chongjin looked around and felt relieved that all the greetings on the official road were welcomed, and he didn't have to avoid talking.
He said in a deep voice: "Your Highness of Jin, let us see Hong Taizai first. Who should I use jewelry in the palace to handle? Hong Taizai is in charge of the family. I don't think it takes too much money to show my loyalty."
This is a time when the young and old are not in line. When this year started several years ago, Prince Liang Chao wanted to open up and relax his demands on his brothers to ask for money and goods, and not to let go of a soldier and even a small power.
What the prince wants can only be the support of officials from other provinces.
When Xi Chonggui heard his eyebrows rise, he gently raised his hand to signal Xi Chongjin to pause his speech. His eyes, which were filled with vicissitudes and experience, looked full of wisdom, and his shaking face seemed like a think tank.
"Don't you handle some things at the Prince's Mansion?"
Xi Chonggui said calmly: "I think not only do we need to deal with others, but we also manage all the others and finally manage them." He expressed his views he had seen in the capital for a long time: "The first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to weaken the power of the fiefs of the kings. His Highness King Jin married our family. Nanxing is now rich and our reputation has never diminished. His Highness will not sit idly by. I have figured out that the prince's favorite concubine and concubine in the inner house, and bribed five mothers in the inner house and thirteen family members in the outer house. In the prince's mansion, we should start from the inner house first, and then dispute this marriage in front of the prince's palace."
The Xi family and Liang Ren had a deep discussion on how to overturn the marriage as soon as possible after entering Beijing. Xi Chonggu's study set up at least six negotiating tables, which not only talked about the rights and interests that both parties deserved after marriage, but also promoted the marriage.
Because he was about to go out, Xi Chongjin used a slow tone and quick knife to cut the mess, and told Xi Chonggui the results of the discussion, and Xi Chongchen increased the importance of these views.
"King Qing married Guan Jiu's daughter."
"I know this." Xi Chonggui said.
"Can Your Highness the Crown Prince not be furious?"
"That's true, but he will vent his vent on the marriage of the King of Jin." Xi Chonggui repeatedly pondered this.
Xi Chongjin smiled: "Maybe, among the palace maids who have been to Nanxing for many years, there is the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Xi Chonggui opened his mouth wide, revealing two rows of fallen teeth, which did not leak air normally. At the critical moment, the airflow from his throat blew everywhere, making his amazement turn into a strange inhalation sound.
"Sister...Sister...No way,"
Xi Chongjin smiled brightly: "Why not? If the Crown Prince does not become suspicious of King Qing and King Zhou, let us think so. If the Crown Prince does not become suspicious of King Lu's ambitions spread over the years, let us think so. Old King Hong fell down, and King Jin could not fall. In terms of identity, no matter how strong our Xi family is, the superiority is greater than that of King Lu. With the status of King Jin, the Xi family can be the iron gate of Zhongcheng Province."
Xi Chongchen added: "If the Crown Prince cannot think of this, we will think of him as such."
The unsavory but full of excitement made Xi Chonggui's cautious mind excited. A heat bending straight from his legs to his head. Xi Chonggui slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted: "Okay!"
Then he laughed happily and asked, "What's next?" He urgently needed to listen to the whole set.
Liang Ren arrived in Zhongcheng Province again. Xi Chonggu knew that the marriage was about to come, so he wrote to Xi Chonggui that night, asking him to make all preparations. The money and manpower and the memorial of engagement would be in the middle of the capital at any time. Xi Chonggui was not clear about how to discuss the Xi family and Liang Ren were talking in detail.
He could wait, but he should wait, but now he aroused his interest. Xi Chonggu leaned forward and quietly waited for Xi Chongjin and Xi Chongchen to solve his doubts.
The two people who were escorting jewelry all the way appeared quietly outside the door, and they were owed to their bodies. They also bathed in their heads, changed into new clothes, and smelled of fragrance. The next thing they were going to was either the mansion of the nobles or the high-ranking house, and everything was wrong.
Xi Chongjin Xi Chongchen stood up, but he did not abandon Xi Chonggui's doubts. The two brothers browed and looked serious with serious eyes. Xi Chongjin sneered: "Is King Qing?"
Xi Chonggui nodded, and Xi Chonggui believed that the views on King Qing should be a show of goodwill. With His Highness Qing and the military generals of other provinces in front, the vision brought by His Highness King Jin and the Xi family in marriage was relatively weak, which means that His Highness Qing charges forward and blocks the impeachment of the censors that "internal and external collusion and strong alliances are a hidden danger."
Gifts to Empress Hui Concubine and His Highness Qing in the palace should be more valuable.
Before he could say it, Xi Chongjin said again: "Haha," Xi Chongchen couldn't wait to stole the words: "If you can do the right thing, just do the right thing. If you don't do the right thing, just talk about him!"
The nanny of the 15th Miss Xi encouraged the masters and servants in the room to inquire about the marriage. The effect was so strong that Jiang drove away the two girls of the 15th Miss. The nanny and the nanny did not know that the Xi brothers were much more anxious than their masters and servants.
His Highness, the King of Jin, is poor without foundation, lacks people and money, but he has talent, and Nanxing's good things day by day are evidence.
Seeing that the capital is given marriages every year, the hateful King Qing is not sure of his relatives. Xi Chonggu abandoned the scolding of Liang Ren, and the three brothers also scolded King Qing behind his back, what kind of inner house do you want to be satisfied with.
Chapter completed!