Chapter 0037 The agreement of the Confucius Temple (2)
When Li Weiguo accompanied Chen Ziyan to come out of Dacheng Hall, there were already crowds of people outside.
It turns out that today is the annual temple fair day. Countless students who want to gain fame and fortune have come to worship Confucius, hoping to achieve good results and good futures in the scientific examination in the future.
At the same time, the Jiangnan Gongyuan behind Confucius Temple will also open the door, so that those students who admire Gongyuan but cannot enter the Gongyuan have the opportunity to go in and experience the atmosphere of higher education institutions.
Just next to Confucius Temple, the Jiangnan Administration Office, separated by a wall from Confucius Temple, will also organize a large-scale poetry and book club to select the four talents of Jiangnan this year.
Those students who failed the exam often complained about the darkness of the imperial examinations in the court and were unfair about their failure to pass the exam. On this day, they would make a name for themselves and use their talents to select the four talents in Jiangnan to prove that they were not capable of their own strength but that the court was too stupid and corrupt officials were in power.
On the other side of Confucius Temple is the test site for the annual imperial examination, which has more than 20,000 examination sheds. It is usually used as an examination venue and will open on this day of Confucius Temple Fair, becoming a venue for tens of thousands of talents to compete for the titles of the four great talents in Jiangnan.
With tens of thousands of talented men present, there are naturally many beautiful women to accompany them.
In this feudal era, men could have three wives and four concubines. The more women they have, the more they mean that the person is capable, status and ability. Similarly, these students who came to participate in the battle for the four talents in Jiangnan also had to compete. They either brought their wives and concubines out to show off, or paid money to hire top prostitutes from the fireworks place to help, and then they usually show off their own literary style and hang out in Qing* Building, bringing a group of wives to support the scene.
Of course, in addition to tens of thousands of students and their women's gang, there are tens of thousands of ordinary people who come to watch the fun.
Since ancient times, Chinese people have always liked the bustling atmosphere. The more crowded the place, the better the place is. In the era of Li Weiguo, holiday trips were not to see the scenery but to see the crowds.
Li Weiguo has never been interested in this, so he doesn't like to join in the fun. He has always been a person who has fewer people to go there.
Now facing the crowds in front of her, the maid Xiaohe almost jumped and wanted to squeeze in. However, Chen Ziyan was quite fond of Li Weiguo's appetite, and she didn't like crowded places.
Li Weiguo wanted to talk to Chen Ziyan about Liru Bank several times, but Xiaohe deliberately interrupted him and asked Li Weiguo to do it in a hurry.
Li Weiguo knew that Xiaohe was the dog-headed military advisor and bodyguard beside Chen Ziyan, so he had to send her away, otherwise he would not be able to get close contact with Chen Ziyan and get what he wanted.
Seeing the large flow of people nearby, Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly rolled and called Zhang Xiaoliu to give him a few words.
Zhang Xiaoliu knew it and immediately called more than a dozen guards to cause trouble in the crowd, and deliberately guided the crowd to come towards Li Weiguo and Shen Ziyan.
"Protect Miss Chen!"
Li Weiguo shouted loudly, immediately grabbed Chen Ziyan's hand and took her towards the direction of the carriage.
Xiaohe was about to squeeze in, trying to see the talented man and beautiful woman inside, but unexpectedly she was suddenly dispersed by the crowd.
She saw Li Weiguo leaving with Chen Ziyan from afar, and she was anxious and shouting loudly.
But the sound of the crowd overshadowed her screams, and Chen Ziyan was held by Li Weiguo at this moment, her heart was bumped into a deer, and her mind was blank. She didn't want to get her maid.
"Where has Xiaohe gone?"
After Chen Ziyan and Li Weiguo got on the carriage, she realized that her maid was missing.
Li Weiguo immediately said: "Miss Chen, don't worry, I have sent Xiao Liuzi to take someone to find her, there will be no problem."
"That's good, Mr. Li has to worry." Chen Ziyan had no doubts, but her hand was still held by Li Weiguo, and she was a little at a loss. She didn't know what to say, and she immediately lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Weiguo was very happy when he saw this, and he became more sure about Chen Ziyan's thoughts about him. He just held the other person's hand and said without blushing and gasping: "Don't always be Mr. Li, Mr. Li, it seems too distant. Call me Weiguo."
"Really?" Chen Ziyan asked in disbelief. Seeing Li Weiguo nodding, he immediately said happily: "Then don't call me Miss Chen, can you call me Ziyan?"
"Zi Yan." Li Weiguo shouted lightly and nodded in agreement. He knew very well that in this era of strict feudal ethics, the names of men and women were very strict. Men and women who were not relatives or not called each other's nicknames were not ordinary.
Of course, what Li Weiguo wants now is this effect. He must open the gap from Chen Ziyan and find a way to stop the establishment of Liru Bank.
When Chen Ziyan heard Li Weiguo call his nickname Ziyan, he cried with joy and said sadly: "Weiguo, do you know? You haven't called me like this for five years and thirteen days."
"Add..."
Li Weiguo was about to strike while the iron was hot and asked Chen Ziyan about Liru's bank, but he was stunned when he heard Chen Ziyan's words.
Is this a situation?
"We were together five years ago?" Li Weiguo asked tentatively, but he thought about what happened to him and Chen Ziyan five years ago?
However, after Li Weiguo was reborn, he had two twelve-year-old boys in his mind, and they had a time overlap effect, which was very confusing and made it difficult for him to remember.
"You don't remember?" Chen Ziyan asked in surprise, her delicate body trembled violently. If she took off the veil, Li Weiguo would definitely see that tears were already covered with her eyes.
"This..." Although Li Weiguo could not see Chen Ziyan's facial expression, he could roughly feel the excitement and loss of the other party from her trembling voice, so he explained: "Zi Yan, you must know that I almost died of measles some time ago. I was in a coma for several days, which caused me to remember many things before the age of twelve."
"That's the case, then don't you remember what happened when we were together?" Chen Ziyan was not so excited when she heard Li Weiguo's explanation, but she was still very disappointed in her words.
Li Weiguo continued: "When I woke up, I couldn't even recognize my mother!"
"Then why do you still remember Fu Shanxiang?" Chen Ziyan shouted in a bad tone.
Li Weiguo immediately smiled bitterly and continued to explain: "Of course I don't remember Sister Shanxiang anymore. It was just that my mother mentioned her to me later that I gradually recalled it. If no one told me, I would never remember it. Just like the matter between me and you, no one told me at all. If it weren't for the words you and I said at the beginning, I wouldn't have remembered it."
"So that's the case, then you can't blame you." Chen Ziyan's unhappiness disappeared a lot. After Li Weiguo's kind words comforted and coaxed him, he told him what happened between the two.
It turned out that Chen Ziyan was very lonely when she was a child. Since her mother passed away, her father was busy doing business and didn't care about her at all. Therefore, Chen Ziyan often came to Confucius Temple to play alone when she was a child. Once, she met several little boys bullied her. Among them, Li Weiguo was the leader of the playboy, Xiao Zhengtai, who was only seven or eight years old at that time, was the leader of a group of little boys. He used Confucius Temple as a "stronghold" to "activity" everywhere. At that time, Li Weiguo saw that Chen Ziyan was beautiful and forced her down (not tall enough) and kissed her. Then the two held a wedding ceremony and forced Chen Ziyan to be his "maid of village".
Although Chen Ziyan was so angry that day that Li Weiguo cried and hated him even more, they were all children. Even if they had a fight the next day, they forgot about it. They should still play together. Chen Ziyan also took the initiative to be the wife of Li Weiguo from the beginning, and soon got used to the life of such children.
However, Chen Ziyan was three years older than Li Weiguo. When Chen Ziyan was twelve years old, she had already fallen in love. She had the intention of a girl and was even more "engrossed" when playing house with Li Weiguo. Even when Chen Ziyan asked Li Weiguo if she would marry her in the future, Li Weiguo would say yes without hesitation, and he swears to the sky more than once.
Until one day, Li Weiguo suddenly stopped coming to Confucius Temple. Chen Ziyan waited for a long time and didn't wait until she learned that Li Weiguo got married with a girl six years older than him. Chen Ziyan cried, very sad, and cried blindly.
When he heard this, Li Weiguo's mood became very complicated. The chaotic memories in his mind gradually became clear. He knew that Chen Ziyan did not lie and that those things were true.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If I hadn't kept the agreement, you wouldn't have cried and blinded my eyes." Li Weiguo felt bad. After all, he was not keeping the agreement, which made Chen Ziyan cry and blinded my eyes. She has not married yet, delaying her youth.
At the same time, Li Weiguo was also moved by Chen Ziyan's persistent heart.
What does the person I love most hurt me the most? Being able to cry blind is the most favorable proof.
Chen Ziyan wiped her tears and said, "You can't blame you. You were only eight years old at that time. How could you change your decision? But it was a good thing for me to blindness. My father was going to marry me to the noble family. Later, those nobles and nobles heard that I was blind, so they didn't allow me to be my wife. My father was very fond of face and did not allow me to be a concubine, so I can still wait until now and wait until you can renew your relationship with Weiguo."
"Add..."
"What? Do you think I'm a blind man?"
"no!"
Li Weiguo smiled bitterly. Now that the two of them have already made their own words, he can only treat each other honestly.
So he said, "Zi Yan, I know and am very grateful for my feelings, but I have married Sister Shanxiang after all. In addition, you also know that Sister Shanxiang's great sacrifices for me, I will never abandon her."
After Li Weiguo said that, he sighed. He knew the consequences of the showdown. If Chen Ziyan couldn't accept it, he would definitely not help him anymore, and the matter of stopping Liru Bank would be ruined.
After waiting for a while, just when Li Weiguo closed his eyes and was about to give up this opportunity, Chen Ziyan suddenly said, "Sister Shanxiang is willing to sacrifice everything for you. Such a wife can't find her with a lantern. If Weiguo gives up easily, then I, Chen Ziyan, have misread you."
When Li Weiguo heard this, his eyes lit up and he thought there was something happening.
At this time, Chen Ziyan continued, "I know why you are willing to come to Jinling to accompany me to Confucius Temple!"
Li Weiguo was stunned and was about to explain, but Chen Ziyan raised her hand to stop her. She continued, "Whether you are using me or thinking about the happy relationship we had together before, I will do my best to help you."
When Li Weiguo heard Chen Ziyan say this, he felt embarrassed.
"Thank you, Zi Yan, as long as I can stop Liru Bank from being established, I, Li Weiguo, owe you a favor. No matter what your requirements you have in the future, if I can do it, I will definitely complete it for you." Li Weiguo said solemnly. At this moment, he already understood that Chen Ziyan in front of him had recovered her calmness. As the only daughter of the richest man, Chen Wansan, he is definitely a very smart character. If you can't hide the sweet words from her, you must have something real.
Sure enough, when Chen Ziyan heard Li Weiguo's promise, he asked happily: "Can you do it if I ask you to marry me?"
Li Weiguo smiled bitterly. He had guessed that this result would be, but he was no longer as resistant as before. Since he learned that Chen Ziyan had cried and blinded her eyes for him just now, he accepted Chen Ziyan. However, Li Weiguo did not want to be sorry to Fu Shanxiang, and he needed to obtain Fu Shanxiang's final consent.
Thinking of this, Li Weiguo smiled and said, "It is also my honor to be able to marry the number one beauty in Jinling, but I must ask Sister Shanxiang's consent. You know she has paid too much for me, and I can't be sorry for her."
Li Weiguo thought Chen Ziyan would be angry, but Chen Ziyan laughed and said happily: "Do you think the matter between us can be hidden from Bingxue's smart sister Shanxiang? In fact, Sister Shanxiang has known that our two families had been engaged for a long time. She even came to me specifically. We told a lot of things. Sister Shanxiang even said that she didn't mind letting me be a concubine for you, but because you are still young, you haven't told you that the matter is, otherwise why do you think this lady can hold on to you until today?"
Sure enough, things between women are too complicated, and they are hard to guess and can't figure it out.
Suddenly, when Li Weiguo knew so many hidden plots, he could only smile bitterly, his heart full of surprise. Whether it was Fu Shanxiang or Chen Ziyan, there were so many secrets hidden.
Alas, it’s really not easy to be a man!
"What's your expression?"
Chapter completed!