Devil’s Advent

Chapter 357

The rented carriage is tied with a red string, and I dare not leave flowers, for fear of being ostentatious, but there is a red embroidery hanging on the curtain, which was made by the woman in the carriage.

It was He Chu who drove the car.

For the past few days, He Chu has always felt that he is inexplicable.

Unexplainable wind, unexplainable rain, unexplainable sky.

My sister who took care of me so hard at home,

The treasure in the eyes of my father and myself,

Just because of that kid's extremely abrupt and rude sentence,

Just take the initiative to send it to someone else's bed!

But you still can't get angry, because he knows his sister's stubbornness in her bones, she really dared to poke that hairpin into his neck.

have to,

cooked raw rice;

You just can't do anything yet,

how do you attack

Your niece and your sister posted it yourself,

It's like doing business,

You've put your money into it,

Are you still doing this business?

If you don’t do it, you’ve already lost your capital, and you can’t get anything back.

If you want to do it, you have to continue to spread the business.

I no longer expect to make money.

I don't even expect to get back my capital anymore.

Now what the He family and father are asking for,

Just one sentence:

deficit,

I also have to suffer clearly!

The old He's family is not a famous person in Nan'an County, but it is definitely not the kind of shabby family.

The father and father set up a pork stall together, and actually made a lot of money.

He Chu is big, handsome, and his family background is not too weak. The matchmaker has already come to kiss her. Those girls, marrying in, not to mention anything else, are already attractive enough!

so,

His old He family really couldn't afford to sell their daughter to help their son get married!

after that day,

The father and father closed the stall for a day, but it didn't open, so they drank wine together at the small table at home.

This Chinese cabbage looks good.

The fence is tight,

Why did he grow legs and ran out because of someone's words?

In the first half of the night, my father and I drank dull wine;

I can't figure it out!

In the second half of the night, the two drank more and became more sober, and began to discuss the remedy with each other.

Old He Tou said,

Recruit a son-in-law?

He Chu immediately waved his hand:

My sister refuses.

Old He Tou suddenly became wilted, not to mention what other people are arresting, if he really wants to recruit a son-in-law, Ren Yan, when the head arrester is patrolling the streets in Nan'an County, will not be able to straighten his back.

The man who inserted the door upside down was half a head short when something happened.

At that time a hundred years ago,

The son-in-law is actually treated like a prisoner.

By the order of the king,

The son-in-law must be among those recruited to go to the front line to guard the border.

Old Hetou can't,

He took out a small wooden box from under the bed and put it on the table.

Inside the wooden box is the property of the old He family.

He Chu watched his father open the box, looked at the jewelry and deeds, and the rows of silver ingots inside!

Old He Tou sighed,

road:

Since your old mother left, the biggest earning for your father and I in this life is actually earning a dowry for you and a dowry for Sisi.

Dowry and dowry have not been fixed since ancient times.

There are more dowries, which can give the son more room for choice and marry a good woman;

The dowry is too thick, and only when my daughter is married can she be tough and not angry!

This is the intention of being a father and a mother for their children.

Not buying or selling.

call………

He Chu breathed a sigh of relief,

Even if he is the eldest son in the family, he has been running a stall with his father for so long, and he doesn't know that his father has already managed so many family businesses.

Not to mention the silver jewelry, even those few land deeds outside the city, he didn't even know that his family still had land!

Old Hetou pointed to the box, as if he felt guilty towards his son, and said in a discussing tone:

Draw in half?

As the saying goes, whether brothers and sisters kiss each other depends entirely on whether the parents can keep a bowl of water.

But according to the atmosphere at the time, the water splashed by the married daughter, to put it bluntly, the family's property would eventually fall on the son.

He Chu shook his head.

Old He Tou's complexion darkened, and he was about to yell at the beast!

Who would have guessed,

He Chu directly held the wine bowl and turned it around,

road:

That Yan Butou's family is not from the local area, and he doesn't know how to be rich or poor. If his family is well-off, and his younger sister's dowry is less, he won't be able to hold his head up and talk to his parents-in-law;

For a big family, etiquette is the most important thing. To put it bluntly, it is also a habit of the family.

If his family background is mediocre, or even a half-shabby family, and his younger sister has less dowry, it’s not worth it, and she has to live with him in poverty, and she has to serve her in-laws, her husband, and her children in the future.

A-mei is at our house. Although she helps cut meat and do some things, she is never willing to let her do heavy work.

Give it all to sister!

Old He was stunned for a moment,

road:

Animals, you don't want any more?

He Chu reached out and patted his chest,

road:

The girl who wants to be with me at He Chu is not young or old. The money is gone. We just need to make more money. No matter how poor your son is, you won't be unable to marry a wife.

Old He Tou hesitated for a moment, thinking so too.

After all, my daughter is my close-fitting little padded jacket, no matter how tired I am every day, when I watch my daughter mending clothes for me under the oil lamp, I can think of her mother, as if all the fatigue of my body is gone.

He was reluctant to let his daughter be wronged, not at all.

at last,

Old He slapped the table,

shouted:

middle!

...

Compared with the various preparations of the old He family's like facing the enemy\

,"Yan Butou is just as if nothing happened.

people,

You've slept,

what?

Do you still want to eat dry wipes without taking any responsibility?

He Chu waited at the door of Yan Butou every morning and evening.

Remind,

Sorry to remind you,

I can't say it!

But just stare at you, stare at you, stare at you!

Yan Tutou has a thick skin, he always laughs,

Just when He Chu was about to take the butcher's knife and talk again,

Yan Tutou came over with a shy face,

What are you doing?

Borrow money from my uncle,

What are you borrowing money for?

Rent a car?

What are you renting a car for?

go home.

The old He family waited and waited, and the father and father waited so hard that their brows almost smoked, and finally they waited for a certain word from the uncle-to-be.

An ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws.

This is etiquette, and etiquette cannot be discarded!

It is true that the family is small, but the old He family is also particular about it.

Uncle has no money,

borrow!

A large carriage, decorated with carvings, with three horses, with a groom and a servant, old Hetou gave an order to kill a pig for nothing, rent it!

I have guarded the greasy shop all my life, in order to be able to straighten my back now, so that I can have enough confidence!

But Yan Butou still stopped him, saying that there was no need for such extravagance.

Old He Tou was dissatisfied,

What is waste?

Your Yan Xiaoliu's face is worthless, my old He's family still needs this face!

Old He Tou pointed directly at Yan Chutou's face and spit out:

The old man just wants my in-laws to meet. My old He family is certainly not a rich family, but if my daughter is bullied, my daughter will still have a mother's family who can take her back and continue to give birth to her!

When old He Tou said this, it was really like Mount Tai overwhelmed!

certainly,

If he knew which in-laws he wanted to make gestures with,

Will he be as full of energy as he is today?

Yan Butou was very shameless, and said directly, he used to have a silver salary, he should eat and drink, and the filial money collected from the shop is also drunk today, so there is really no balance. To live, the money is naturally taken care of by the daughter-in-law, but the family is not well-off, the old man please save the money for renting a big car first, and then he may have to come to play the autumn wind.

These words choked old He Tou half to death!

Straight girl thief,

I have never seen such a shameless son-in-law!

However, in the end,

The carriage became a pony carriage, the three horses became one horse, the servants disappeared, and the driver was replaced by He Chu.

The eldest uncle personally escorted his own sister to her husband's house,

actually,

It also meant to look at Yan Tutou's family situation,

The mother's family must send someone,

Go and inform, but don't bully my daughter!

Yan Butou sat in the carriage with his mouth open, eating the dried fruit and peeled peanuts delivered by his little lady from time to time.

The uncle who was driving the car turned his head from time to time, and seeing this scene, his heart felt a little sour.

road:

Sister, you've spoiled him so much!

Not to mention imitating my deceased old lady to be the Hedong lion, at least I have to imitate what scholars like to say by raising the chopping board and aligning the eyebrows, right?

Women are tough too.

Directly said:

My man, if I want to pamper him, I will pamper him, what's the matter!

It's delicious, if you have the ability, hurry up and find me a sister-in-law, and let her serve you like this!

This made Yan Butou so happy that he couldn't help leaning over his face, and kissed his daughter-in-law's flamboyant cheek.

Snapped!

A kiss came out,

With a sound, the uncle whipped the horse in front severely in a hurry!

In fact, my uncle has a sweetheart.

There were actually quite a few women who wanted to marry him, but he returned all the matchmakers.

The one he had his eyes on was the lady of the chief bookkeeper's family,

Whenever I go to send pork to the master's house,

She would wait there to see him,

He will also use excuses to stay a little longer to see her.

On weekdays, the eldest brother's body is full of pig smell, but around his waist is always a sachet embroidered by the young lady himself.

but something,

Can only be buried in the heart.

Well matched,

This day kills the right match!

He Chu once knelt in front of old He Tou, saying that he wanted to join the army, wanted to go to the battlefield to make a name for himself, and wanted to honor his ancestors.

If you want to be eligible to come back, marry her!

But old Hetou said:

If His Majesty has ordered some soldiers, if Dayan really arrives at that time, I will not stop you, I will even pawn my property and go to the blacksmith shop in the city to give myself a knife, and go with you!

But now, isn't it not yet this time? As an old man, this stall, this family, still has to be supported by you.

Yan Butou, who was sitting in the carriage, heard what his wife said about it,

laughed:

What is this?

He Chu was outraged for no reason,

I want to retort:

Is it possible to follow you and let the girl post herself?

But it happened to be his own sister who posted it instead, so I can't say that!

Really, so angry!

I can only whip the horse again!

Nan'an County is not far from Yanjing City, so you don't need to travel for several days and nights, because you set off at noon that day, so you found an inn to rest at night, and set off again the next morning. At noon, you arrived at Yanjing City .

Yan Butou took out the document that he had asked for from the county yamen master, and made up an excuse to go to work, so he quickly dealt with entering the city and was able to enter Beijing.

Beijing,

It's really big.

He Chu drove the carriage carefully, not daring to overtake or collide in the slightest.

Where is your home?

He Chu asked.

Yan Butou didn't rush to answer, but looked at the sky and said:

Have you ever heard of Beijing Quandelou Roast Duck?

He Chu nodded, he is famous!

Go, eat!

Yan Tutou decided to take good care of his brother-in-law, the friendship of the landlord.

Besides, a few years ago, this Quande building was still his own property.

Is it expensive?

He Chu asked.

Yan Butou was stunned for a moment, a duck in Quandelou was worth a month's expenses of an ordinary family.

Turning his head, he looked at his wife.

The woman is considerate, said:

Husband, my family wants to eat soup cakes. I heard that the soup cakes in the capital are different from ours.

A good woman knows how to maintain her husband's self-esteem.

But Yan Butou said to his uncle in a dazed manner:

Uncle.

What?

Borrow money.

... He Chu.

I'll pay you back this money. It's a real loan. I'll give it to you when my salary comes down next month. No matter what, I've finally come back to the capital. I have to treat my wife to a duck!

Is Quandelou's duck really so delicious?

How could Yan Butou, who had hyped up this duck, not know about it!

But this is a sense of ritual,

to Beijing,

Eat a Quandelou duck,

Only this ceremony can be completed.

A few years later,

Even after getting older,

Whether the duck is delicious or not, and what it tastes like, I don’t actually remember. I just remember that time when I entered the capital for the first time, I ate that duck, and who I ate it with.

He Chu looked at Yan Tutou, then at his younger sister,

nod vigorously,

road:

I'll treat!

Fart, I'll come, this is the rule, don't mess it up.

Yan Butou is serious about this matter.

People who grew up in Yanjing City are like this,

I can have no money,

But I can't do without my side!

The carriage arrived at the entrance of Quande Building, and the waiter from the own shop went to help resettle it, and the three of them entered the roast duck shop.

This is not the main store of Quande Building in Beijing, but a branch store. Furthermore, the original shopkeeper has long since quit and went to Shengle, so, here, no one recognizes that Yan Tutou is their former owner.

A first-class room, two ducks in front, enough ingredients, a pot of peach blossom stuffing!

Yan Butou ordered the dishes in a very grand manner.

expensive

That's fucking expensive!

The front duck is just a gimmick, and the peach blossom stuffing is also mixed with water.

the sins I have done before,

Now I can only fill in the hole myself.

for a while,

Yan Tutou regretted why he didn't behave himself in the first place.

into the box,

He Chu felt a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't rely on his brother-in-law like his sister.

On the contrary, my brother-in-law looked very skillful, directing the waiter in the shop to pour tea.

The tea has just been poured,

I haven't taken the cup yet.

My brother-in-law bowed his head and sniffed,

He actually knocked over the teacup directly,

scolded:

Who are you fooling!

The waiter immediately apologized and went to prepare new tea after wiping.

immediately,

Yan Butou said to his uncle:

Everyone here is like this. They always feel that they are superior. When they see people, they order food, haha, and they also serve tea. Virtue!

He Chu only cared about it in his heart, after this meal, he had to kill a few pigs for nothing.

Hearing what my brother-in-law said,

Immediately said:

This is in the capital, we still have to be careful.

It is said that the archway in the capital fell down and hit people. Among the ten people, five must be high-ranking officials.

Yan catches his head but shakes his head,

Sighed,

road:

I've been careful for so many years...

talking,

Yan Butou lowered his head and looked at the woman who was sitting next to him.

he smiled,

road:

Now, I don't want to be careful.

...

His Majesty's Luanjia appeared at the prince's mansion.

The prince's mansion is the residence of the princes. Back then, because the first emperor liked to seek immortals and ask questions, many temples were built in the palace. After the current Emperor Yan succeeded to the throne, the atmosphere changed. These temples were transformed into offices of the imperial court.

Therefore, the imperial palace of the Yan Kingdom is not as neat as the capital palaces of other countries, and it is not square.

It's not that no one wrote a letter to rebuild the palace, but they were all rejected by Emperor Yan.

Good news came frequently, and Jingnanhou's notebook was also sent up.

The post-war rewards are actually included, but how to operate them needs to be discussed by Li Jiulang and the others.

An unexpected turmoil was finally calmed down, and the pressure on Emperor Yan also decreased a lot.

In fact, for the Situ family, he originally only wanted to let them belong.

But the corruption of the savage affairs, coupled with the participation of the Chu people later, forced Dayan to dispatch troops, horses and money to fight this big battle.

These consumptions were not what Emperor Yan expected.

Compared with the dilapidated Sanjin land,

He actually wants to do more,

It's Fagan!

Qianguo is too rich, but he is weak. In the last Three Kingdoms War, although Chengguo had won most of the land that separated the three Jins, it didn't really hit Qianguo, it just made him lose face.

However,

Such a big country, such a rich country, you can't beat it to death all at once, let it slow down, wait for its hard work, and then it will be difficult to clean it up later.

The war against the savages greatly hindered Emperor Yan's original plan, and the battle to attack Gan could only be put on hold temporarily, and had to be put on hold.

And just last night, a message came from the secret spy department in Qianguo, and Wei Zhonghe personally sent it to the imperial case.

The officials of the Qian State are planning to confer titles on the ancestral family and the Zhong family as dukes of the state, and at the same time confer titles on a group of generals.

the most important is,

It is necessary to rehabilitate the assassination of the face-to-face.

This matter has not been announced yet, it is just a case.

But it can be seen from this that my neighbor has already cleared away the influence of those ministers in the court through the last war, especially that Mr. Han has just returned to his hometown, and he is going to be ordinary. The assassination case that came out really didn't give that Han Xianggong any face at all.

This also means that the influence of the scholar-bureaucrat class on the country is being weakened unprecedentedly, and the status of generals is constantly improving.

This news indicates that

The neighbor emperor,

It's no longer fighting hard,

Instead, he was sharpening his sword.

I borrowed my knife to remove his obstacles.

Because of this news, Emperor Yan is not in a very good mood today. He already has a premonition that when the country of Yan is ready in a few years, when he goes to cut Gan, the difficulty will definitely be much higher than the year before. .

Even the news of the great victory in the Three Jin Lands has been diluted a lot because of this incident.

At the same time, when the seventh prince was flying a kite at the prince's mansion at noon today, he accidentally fell into the pond and was shocked.

Emperor Yan, who was already a little bored, simply drove to the prince's mansion to see his youngest son.

Yan Huang is an emperor, but he is also a father.

It's just that, unlike other fathers in the world, other fathers give to their children at all costs;

As for him, the meaning of his descendants may be, one is to inherit the country, and the other is to satisfy his occasional needs for wanting to spoil his grandchildren.

He still has a lot of love for his youngest son.

Because the other children have grown up and are no longer cute.

The eunuchs and maids of the seventh prince's mansion knelt on the ground in panic,

But for this matter,

Yanhuang did not go to Dajia Zhulian,

Looking at his young son on the side of the bed, seeing that he didn't have any other discomforts, and he didn't seem to be getting a cold, so he was relieved.

By the bedside of the youngest son,

Fly that whistle kite,

It is a kite that emits a clear whistle after it is put into the sky.

The workmanship is exquisite, the design is ingenious, and it is really interesting to watch.

The Seventh Prince leaned in Emperor Yan's arms, a little apprehensive, as if he knew he had done something wrong.

Who gave you this kite? Yan Huang asked.

This kite is not an ordinary item, it looks like it was carefully crafted, and it is hard to buy in the market.

Returning to my father, it was the sixth brother who gave my son half a year ago. The sixth brother knows that my son likes to play with these things, so he often makes some toys for me.

Father, is Sixth Brother's illness cured? My son, my son wants to see Sixth Brother. My son misses Sixth Brother.

Hey, take a good rest and drink a bowl of ginger soup later. If your sixth brother recovers from his illness, he will come out.

Yes, father, my son must be obedient and drink ginger soup well.

The Seventh Prince said with a bitter face, obviously, he didn't like that taste.

Emperor Yan stayed beside the Seventh Prince for a while before leaving the room.

Wei Zhonghe waited at the door, but didn't go in, for fear of disturbing the family relationship of the Tian family.

Emperor Yan reached out and rubbed the center of his brows,

casually asked:

What has Cheng Jue been doing lately?

The sixth prince was dispatched to be a policeman in Nan'an County, and Emperor Yan personally relegated him. His every move naturally cannot escape the eyes and ears of the Secret Service.

Of course, Emperor Yan wouldn't go to see what he did every day, he had a lot of things to do, and he had a lot of sons, so he really couldn't care.

Sometimes when I think about it, I will ask Wei Zhonghe casually.

Returning to Your Majesty, His Highness Six has just accepted a woman.

Take a concubine? Hehe, his life is brisk, and he can't suffer anywhere.

Wei Zhonghe hesitated.

Not a concubine?

Returning to His Majesty, it seems, it doesn't seem to be.

It's clear.

Yes, Your Majesty, that woman's surname is He, she is not a prostitute, but a woman from a decent family.

What family?

It's a pork seller in Nan'an City.

He married the daughter of the butcher's family?

Yes, Your Majesty. Moreover, that family seems to be urging His Highness the Sixth Highness to take their daughter to meet their in-laws to discuss marriage.

relatives by marriage?

yes.

Ah.

Emperor Yan snorted.

after awhile,

Yan Huang let out another heh.

Your Majesty, it was the daughter of the butcher's family who took the initiative to make a promise to His Highness the Sixth Highness. The He family was originally unwilling. Now the rice is cooked, so the He family is in a hurry.

Wei Zhonghe still couldn't say the word upside down, but the meaning was very clear.

hear here,

A smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Yan's mouth,

It's not the same coldness as before.

This is the benefit of having a son,

You can hook up with other people's Chinese cabbage at will, anyway, there is no loss for your own pigs.

Even if the woman's family is a butcher.

No matter how talented the emperor is, he is still only one person after all. He can deliberately abandon many things, but how can he completely eradicate everything.

Emperor Yan asked:

Then where is it?

Returning to His Majesty, I found out that the He family has a clean family background and there is no problem.

Emperor Yan nodded.

He was forced to meet his in-laws, what about him?

Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Sixth Highness left Nan'an County yesterday to enter Beijing. Last night, the slave already reported to you.

obviously,

this matter,

Emperor Yan forgot.

Going to Beijing?

Yes, bring the woman and the eldest son of the He family.

Oh, he wants to bring his unmarried daughter-in-law to see me? He came here to tell me that Ji Chengjue is amazing, even if he is a headhunter, his daughter can ask him to be nice to him?

Or come to show me that he found me a butcher's family to be my in-laws, so that I can follow his glory in the future, so that I won't be short of meat in the future?

The corner of Wei Zhonghe's mouth twitched, and he tried hard to hold back his smile.

Emperor Yan sighed,

road:

What about others?

According to the news I received earlier, I entered Beijing at noon.

Have you handed over the sign?

Never.

When the prince enters the palace to ask for an audience, he needs to hand over the sign in advance.

Father and son are father and son, but father and son in the Tian family are even more monarchs and ministers.

Right now, only the prince has the right to see him at any time.

Never?

Wei Zhonghe took half a step back,

road:

Your Majesty, this servant has the courage to find out something.

explain.

His Royal Highness's sidekick is Eunuch Zhang. The day before yesterday, he sent someone to clean his private house outside the palace, and added things. He also brought the food he raised outside into the private house. He also bought slaves from Yaxing. servant.

This morning, Eunuch Zhang left the palace.

What does it mean,

I understand.

The sixth prince brought his daughter-in-law who had just passed through the door,

Did not intend to bring into the palace to see his emperor Lao Tzu,

Instead, I intend to let an old eunuch, and the old eunuch's food,

in a private house,

Go be his parents' family, come and fool the He family!

In Emperor Yan's eyes, anger was clearly revealed.

He is the Son of Heaven,

He is the emperor of Dayan,

As a result, today, I learned that I will be replaced by a eunuch to play my role!

How could he not be angry, how could he not care!

Asshole!

Wei Zhonghe immediately bent down.

The daughter of the He family took the initiative to commit herself to him, but he teased him like this, what kind of thing does he think he is!

Of course, it was impossible for the emperor to say that he was jealous of an eunuch.

turn around,

Yanhuang faces the pond ahead,

Because it is winter,

It was very desolate in the pond.

a long time,

Emperor Yan said:

Let this kid enter the palace.

...

He Chu ate a whole duck by himself. While eating, his heart was dripping with blood. What he thought in his mind was that if a pig was killed, it would be enough for the whole family to eat for a long time, but this one duck was only enough. Eat a meal by yourself, and you can't get enough!

but this smell,

It seems really delicious.

Yan Tutou, on the other hand, was very contented to serve his daughter-in-law with rolled noodles wrapped in duck dipping sauce. The woman also ate very sweetly and was very happy.

At this time,

There was a noise downstairs.

Yan Tutou leaned back,

Opened the box window,

Here you can see the main entrance.

It was found that several palace guards and an eunuch in blue eunuch uniform came riding over.

What's going on down here?

He Chu asked.

When he first came to the capital, this pig butcher always seemed overly cautious.

Yan Butou didn't answer,

just turn around,

Picking up the half pot of so-called Peach Blossom Brew that was left on the table,