Zhou Ruhai brought so many people to propose marriage to the Pei family while the Pei family was holding a celebration banquet. It was obviously a premeditated plan.

Pei Chunqiu naturally knew that the purpose of the prefect doing this was to get the ancestral jade bi offered in the Pei family's ancestral hall. When he proposed marriage in the morning, he expected that Zhou Ruhai would have a backup plan, but he did not expect that it would come so quickly.

Spring Breeze Night Rain Tower is not like Shaolin Wudang, nor is it the four major families. They are just newly established sects of the martial arts world. They have just gained a foothold in the martial arts world and have no ability to compete with the government.

What's more, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. Ordinary sects have either obeyed the government or stayed away from them, but they would never turn against the government. Ordinary strife and killing a man is not a big deal. People in the jianghu live a life of making a living from the edge of a knife. But if they kill people in the government, even if they are an ordinary constable, they will fight against the state machine and will inevitably be ruthlessly suppressed by the court. Therefore, after Zhou Ruhai came to the hall, Pei Chunqiu's face turned very pale.

"I don't know if the adults are here, and the grass-roots people are in a hurry to welcome you. Please forgive me!" Pei Chunqiu squeezed out a smile, came to Zhou Ruhai, and leaned down to bow.

"Hey..." Zhou Ruhai reached out to support him, "I will be a family in the future, so why should I pay attention to these polite things? Come on, give me a gift."

With a command, more than a dozen soldiers carried eight boxes to the lobby, and opened the boxes one by one and presented them to everyone.

Suddenly, the room was filled with pearls and treasures. The first box was neatly packed with a row of gold ingots, the second box was a box of silver, the three and four boxes were filled with pearl agate, gold and silver jewelry, and the four boxes behind were silk and satin. This was the case, and the ordinary princess proposed marriage.

When they came to the banquet, most of them were gentry in the city. Some were envious and some were suspicious, but at this stall, they all bowed their hands to congratulate Pei Chunqiu.

"Hiss Pei, the prefect has such a big deal, I really want to congratulate you!"

What Zhou Ruhai wants is this effect. If their Zhou family marrys a daughter-in-law, they must do it according to the highest specifications, saying: "These are some pockets for Ruyi. Don't worry, as long as Ruyi marrys into our Zhou family, our family will treat it as their biological daughter and will never treat her unfairly."

After all this, Zhou Ruhai has given him enough face. If Pei Chunqiu is still not tactful, he will have to use other means.

Pei Chunqiu was not just harvesting, nor was he not collecting it, he said, "This... I am afraid that the gifts are too expensive. I am a little bitch-like, and I really don't dare to collect them."

Zhou Ruhai sniffed when he heard this, "It's noon today, this matter has been decided. Could it be that Brother Pei wants to go back on his word?"

Pei Chunqiu said that this was clearly your own idea, but I didn't agree, but he couldn't say such words in such an occasion.

Zhou Datong was wearing a red robe and walked out from behind Zhou Ruhai, "The son-in-law kowtowed to his father-in-law." As he said that, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in a row.

The person next to him also advised, "Brother Pei, just accept it."

Pei Chunqiu was extremely conflicted. One was his daughter raised by himself, and the other was the foundation of Chunfeng Yeyu Building. He knew very well who Zhou Datong was. If he agreed to this marriage, he would jump his daughter into the fire pit. If he didn't agree, it would inevitably lead to revenge from the prefect.

Zhou Ruhai's surface was as deep as water, "Why, I think our Datong is not worthy of you?"

Pei Chunqiu waved his hand and said, "No, no. This... this matter is a bit sudden, and I haven't had time to discuss it with Ruyi."

"Haha, since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents and the words of the matchmaker. Where is the turn of the children to take charge? I think you are clearly trying to vacate me."

"I dare not, I dare not!"

Zhou Ruhai said sternly, "Then accept it!"

Everyone fell into silence for a while.

At this time, Pei Ruyi stood up and shouted, "Dad, I won't marry! That Zhou Datong is not upright and does evil things. I don't know how many girls he has ever been to marry someone who is inferior to that pig and dog. I would rather die."

This sentence shocked everyone. Pei Ruyi was too brave. If she was talking behind her back, it would be fine. She would talk about her son in front of the prefect, and she would be ignorant of life and death. She couldn't help but sigh for the Pei family.

Sure enough, Zhou Ruhai's face became very gloomy. He was walking in the lobby, and everyone bowed their heads wherever they passed by.

"I, Zhou Ruhai, have been an official for four years, are honest and honest, and have strictly disciplined my son. I didn't expect that in your mouth, I became something worse than a pig or a dog. Pei Chunqiu, you have to raise this daughter, so brave."

Pei Chunqiu shouted, "Ruyi, don't apologize to Lord Zhou!"

Pei Ruyi looked stubborn and tears rolled in her eyes, "I don't!"

Zhou Ruhai said coldly, "Pei Chunqiu, Chunfeng Yeyulou has been doing well in the past few years. I heard that I have made a lot of money by smuggling imperial grain."

Pei Chunqiu was sweating coldly, "Mr. Zhou, what we do in Yeyulou is doing serious business and food trafficking is paid in truth."

Zhou Ruhai obviously came prepared. He took out an account book from his arms, threw it on the ground with a bang, "Pei Chunqiu, last autumn, the two granaries of Wuling Cang and Tonglecang replaced rice and grain for a total of 300,000 dan. These two granaries are used to regulate grain prices and prepare for waste and relief. You use inferior rice as good rice, and dispose of the grain in the two large warehouses and transport it to Jiangnan for sale. In the middle of this year, I bribed the Jiangbei County Magistrate to purchase grain at a low price, and then sold it to the court at a high price. These things are clearly recorded on it. Should you take out the accounts and compare them one by one?"

Pei Chunqiu had an angry look in his eyes. These two things were true, but Zhou Ruhai's master made a move and was instructed by the prefect.

After sitting down on two transactions, the Pei family made nearly 200,000 taels of silver, half of which was sent to the prefect's office. At this time, Zhou Ruhai shook the matter out, and now he realized that this was clearly a trap set by Zhou Ruhai to deal with the Pei family. It can be seen that Zhou Ruhai is also a scheming person.

However, he could not deny such a thing, nor could he say it was Zhou Ruhai's instruction, because without any evidence, Zhou Ruhai did not come forward. Even if he sued it, Zhou Ruhai could have pushed this matter to his master.

Everyone started to talk about it. The situation is very clear today. If Pei Chunqiu did not agree, he might have been erased from Fuling City. A person next to him said, "This is a crime of deceiving the king and chasing the house!"

Zhou Ruhai said, "You think about it, either marry your daughter to Datong, or go to the government to explain these two things clearly, or..." Zhou Ruhai paused, "I heard that your family has a good piece of ancient jade, which is the emperor's birthday soon. If you donate this jade, today's incident will be considered to have never happened."

Xiao Jinyan thought that Zhou Ruhai was really cunning. Zhou Ruhai asked them to destroy the jade bi before, but it was just a test. In fact, his real purpose was to get the jade bi and use the name of tribute to the emperor to take advantage of the emperor to seize it. He really had a trick.

Pei Chunqiu was in a very bad mood. He was a hero, but he was forced to this extent by Zhou Ruhai. He couldn't help laughing, "Zhou Ruhai, go be your dream of spring and autumn. This fast jade bi is the inherited item of my Pei family. Our Zhou family once swore in front of our ancestors that Yu is at home, Yu is at home, and Yu is dead. If you force each other so aggressively, even if our Pei family loses everything, they will fight to the end!"

"This is not OK, that is not OK. You make it difficult for me to do it?" Zhou Ruhai smiled, "I don't have to ask for your jade bi. This matter is easy to solve. As long as Ruyi betrothed to our Zhou family, our Zhou Pei family will be relatives since then, so naturally they will not want your ancestral belongings. Otherwise..."

Hearing a noise outside the door, countless officers and soldiers rushed over, surrounding the Pei family. "I must not avoid investigating the incidents of the Pei family's crimes over the years."

Zhou Ruhai forced him step by step, making Pei Chunqiu retreat without any further. Could it be that the Heaven was about to destroy the Pei family? Thinking of this, he was already in tears.

At this moment, Pei Ruyi, who had been silent all the time, suddenly shouted, "Slow down!"

Everyone turned their eyes to her. Pei Ruyi's eyes were filled with tears, and she came to Pei Chunqiu, kowtowed to him, and then said to Zhou Ruhai, "I'm married!"

Zhou Ruhai's anger was a little relieved and smiled slightly, "That's right. It was a very simple thing, but it had to be so complicated. Brother Pei, I'll put down the gift first."

Pei Chunqiu was crying and held Pei Ruyi's hand and said, "Ruyi, it's Daddy, I'm sorry for you!"

Although Pei Ruyi had a stingy personality, how could she not know the scene of the Zhou family at this time and couldn't help but burst into tears, "I was willing to do it."

Zhou Ruhai said, "Since that's the case, come here and kowtow to your future father-in-law."

Liao Dongdan, who was standing aside, couldn't see it and asked Zhao Langjiang, "You are not young heroes. Do you care about this kind of thing?"

Zhao Langjiang pointed at Xiao Jinyan and Li Qingcheng, "If they can manage such things, I will only be responsible for fighting."

Liao Dongdan said to Xiao Jinyan, "As long as you can stop her, I...I will marry you."

Xiao Jinyan shook his head repeatedly, "I can't eat your insect."

Liao Dongdan looked dissatisfied.

Xiao Jinyan said again, "But I can give it a try."

Pei Ruyi wiped her tears, walked to Zhou Ruhai, bowed slowly, "Ruyi gives..."

"etc……"

Everyone heard the sound and seemed to me, in the corner of the lobby, a young man stood up with a smile on his face, clapping his hands, "I'm so touched!"

The person who speaks is Xiao Jinyan.

He came to the middle of the lobby, looked around, and said loudly, "This is not a proposal for marriage, this is clearly a forced marriage!"

Zhou Ruhai had been paying attention to the Pei family before, and did not see Xiao Jinyan also on the court. He felt a little unhappy and asked with a cold face, "How come you have to be here?"

Xiao Jinyan ignored him and asked Li Qingcheng, "Brother Li, I heard that there is a relative in your family who is the prefect in Hangzhou. How much is the salary per month?"

Li Qingcheng was used to cooperating with him, so why didn’t he know his thoughts? He said, “The magistrate of Hangzhou has a monthly salary of only 30 taels of silver, plus the clean silver, as well as ice jing, charcoal jing, don’t jing, three festivals and two lives, etc., it’s only 500 taels a year.”

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "Yes, Hangzhou is a prosperous place in the world. A magistrate of Hangzhou receives salary from the court a year, only a few hundred taels." He pointed to the boxes all over the ground, "This bride price for proposing marriage is both gold and silver, and at least one hundred thousand taels. I also know that Lord Zhou is a government official, and his name is like a mirror. Even if he starts to be a magistrate from his mother's womb, he will not make this money."

As soon as these words were spoken, some people couldn't help laughing.

As an official, he has his own financial resources. Everyone knows this kind of thing, and no one can say anything, but Xiao Jinyan said it in public, that is another matter. After all, thinking about it with his heels, these silver cannot be Zhou Ruhai’s salary.

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "Mr. Zhou, this money is probably a little unknown. Could it be the ancestral inheritance of your family?"

Zhou Ruhai was born in a poor family and his ancestors were all farming families, so naturally he would not have any family property. Zhou Ruhai also considered this kind of thing, but as a parent official, even if he missed money, others would not dare to talk nonsense. Unexpectedly, he would meet a guy like Xiao Jinyan.

Zhou Ruhai had a headache.

He also knew that Xiao Jinyan was Dean Li's junior brother, with a deep background in his master and could not afford to provoke him. However, Japan is determined to win, so how could it be destroyed by the appearance of this boy? Thinking of this, he said coldly, "Why did it come? It seems that it's not your turn to worry about it, right?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Mr. Zhou is a bad word. As an official of the court, he should love the people as his son. He should not abuse his power and seek rent. He should put power in a cage..."

Zhou Ruhai shouted sternly, "Enough! Xiao Jinyan, I have tolerated you again and again for the sake of Dean Li. If you continue to talk nonsense here, believe it or not, I will put you in a cage?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "If the cage is made of pure gold, I can't think about it."

Bang!

Zhou Ruhai was full of anger. He slapped the table, stood up suddenly, took off his regular clothes, exposed his short collar, and said, "Before Zhou became an official, he was a man in the world. Since you were unreasonable, then we should use the methods in the world to solve this problem."

Xiao Jinyan was waiting for this result. Zhou Ruhai’s official identity was really not able to do anything to him, but since he proposed to solve it in public with rules in the world, it would be a battle.

Zhou Ruhai is a master of the Great Zhixuan Realm, and his martial arts should be better than Xiao Jinyan, but Xiao Jinyan is not without a chance.

"That's a little bit of advice."

The two of them stood still and were about to take action when they suddenly heard someone outside the door laughing, "How can you bother the prefect to do such a small matter? I am willing to serve you."

As soon as they finished speaking, two people walked in outside the door. It was Sun Qiangu, Yujian Villa and Tang Bujing, the Bashan Sword Sect. After the three escaped today, Sun Qiangu was furious and asked Tang Bujing to ask around for information. Later, he heard that someone saw the three of them heading to Chunfeng Yeyu Tower and rushed over, and happened to encounter this scene.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan and the other two complained secretly, saying that this guy is so lingering.

Sun Qiangu passed by everyone, came to Zhou Ruhai, and bowed, "Sun Qiangu, Yujian Villa, has met the prefect."

Zhou Ruhai had never seen Sun Qiangu, but Fuling was not far from Wanzhou, and he was half a man from the martial arts world. Naturally, he had heard of Xiao Jinyan and the other two making trouble in the sword villa. Sun Qiangu claimed his family and volunteered, so he was naturally happy to watch the changes. After all, he was a man in the officialdom, and it was a bit inconvenient to deal with Xiao Jinyan, but Sun Qiangu took action to avenge his son, which was justified, so he bowed and said, "Mr. Sun, I am deeply sorry for what happened in the village. I have given these three kids to you."

Sun Qiangu said coldly, "I came for this son."

Seeing Sun Qiangu arrive, Li Qingcheng and Zhao Langjiang have come to Xiao Jinyan and stand side by side with him. There will be another bloody battle tonight. If you are not careful in dealing with it, you may lose your life here.

Everyone present did not expect that there would be so many variables in a celebration banquet. Seeing that there was a fierce battle between the four people, they all gave in.

Sun Qiangu asked the three of them to escape many times before. Knowing that they were tricky, they didn't give them a chance this time. They went straight forward, unsheathed the mountain sword, and attacked the three of them with a purple air.

He did not crush them with his realm. He not only wanted to kill them, but also slowly torture them, making them worse than death and experiencing the pain of Sun Shaoming before his death.
To be continued...