Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Changsun Wuji understood that Cui Heling, the son of love, had his eye on the third son of his family, and was going to marry the eldest grandson's family.

He is very clear that the Qinghe Cui family is a famous family, a family of officials, and also a big family of the Guanlong family.If the Changsun family can marry the Qinghe Cui family, it will naturally be a strong alliance.

But Changsun Wuji suddenly became a little embarrassed, because before Cui Heling came, he heard from his eldest son that Wei Guogong Li Jing's adopted daughter Yu Nuannuan.Compared with the Cui family, he prefers the girl Yu Nuannuan from Duke Wei's mansion.

Without him,

It was because he fell in love with Li Jing's connections in the army and King Wei, and at the same time, he also fell in love with Yu Nuannuan, the golden phoenix that lays golden eggs.

Now that Cui Heling mentioned this in person, Changsun Wuji was in a dilemma, and he didn't know how to answer him.

824 Octopus and Bear's Paws Can't Have Both

Faced with Cui Heling's face-to-face marriage proposal, Changsun Wuji was immediately caught in a dilemma. If the Qinghe Cui family was compared to a bear's paw, the Duke of Wei's mansion would be a steaming and delicious fish.

It is precisely that you can't have both fish and bear's paw, Changsun Wuji naturally understands this truth.

After all, Cui Heling was promised, and it is better to marry Cui's family?

Or wait for Li Jing to return from the expedition, and go to the Duke of Wei's mansion in person, and find a way to persuade Li Jing to marry Yu Nuannuan and Golden Phoenix to his eldest grandson's mansion?

Changsun Wuji kept silent, secretly weighing the pros and cons of choosing one of the two.

He has three sons, the eldest and the second are either engaged or married, especially the eldest son, Sun Chong, who he is most satisfied with, and his brother-in-law Li Shimin even personally promised to recruit him as a son-in-law. This is a well-known fact in the court .Just wait for another two years, Changsun Chong will marry his cousin, Princess Changle Li Lizhi, and the cousins ​​will marry each other. This is the marriage between the Changsun family and the royal family.

To say that the eldest son, Sun Yumo, was able to marry the daughter of Qinghe Cui's family, for the eldest grandson Wuji, it was Lao Huai's comfort.

But isn't there a better choice now?

Although the marriage between the Changsun family and the Cui family was a strong alliance, compared to Li Jing, the Duke of Wei who was well-connected in the army, Changsun Wuji was more inclined to the Duke of Wei's mansion.

In particular, Yu Nuannuan is a golden phoenix. If she marries such a daughter-in-law, it will be even more powerful for the Changsun family.

People are cheap, and the eldest grandson Wuji is not exempt. Compared with Qinghe Cui's high-stakes marriage, his heart is more inclined to Weiguo's mansion that has not yet written a word.

"Lord Changsun?"

Cui Heling called softly, and seeing that the eldest grandson Wuji hadn't answered him for a long time, he couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Could it be that the third son of your family has a marriage contract?"

"Ah? No, no..."

Changsun Wuji waved his hands again and again. There is such a thing as a marriage contract, and there is no such thing as a non-existent one.After all, there is no impenetrable wall in this world.If he deliberately conceals it, it will attract Cui Heling's jealousy.

Suddenly, it occurred to him that the bastard youngest in his family hadn't returned to Chang'an yet, and had been staying with Tubo since he left Yangzhou, and he hadn't heard from him for a long time.

Got it!

Immediately, Changsun Wuji smiled wryly, and sighed: "Brother Heling, to be honest, that bastard of my family is not in Chang'an City now, but went to Tubo to travel. Hey, even if I promise you now, I'm afraid Don't worry about the child, it will hurt Ling Qianjin later."

"Hey, this is really weird!"

Inexplicable doubts floated on Cui Heling's face, and he asked inexplicably: "Since ancient times, marriages here have been ordered by parents and the words of matchmakers. Could it be that the eldest grandson still wants to listen to the young master's own arrangements?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head, pretended to look helpless, and sighed: "Brother Heling doesn't know something, alas, the family is unfortunate, there is such an unworthy son. The third child in my family doesn't know how to get it, maybe it is It doesn't fit with me, since I was a child, I have been against my father since I was a child. He frequently got into trouble and stabbed me, and caused me a lot of trouble. Anything that my father proposes, this bastard is appointed to oppose it. Brother Heling You should have heard something about this bastard in my family. Doing evil and bossing you around in Chang'an City is a complete disaster. If I promise you now, this kid will not agree to the appointment later. Instead of doing this, it is better to wait for him to return from Tubo , find a way to be persuasive. Brother He Ling, how do you think?"

Cui Heling naturally had heard about Changsun Yumo's misdeeds in Chang'an. The three sons in the Changsun's mansion really did some things that angered people and gods back then.

Now when I heard Changsun Wuji say this, I couldn't help feeling sorry for Changsun Wuji. I didn't expect Mr. Changsun to have such a sad history of blood and tears at home.Seeing Changsun Wuji sighing, he muttered to himself, this father is really a failure, how can it compare to his own promises in the Cui family?

But every family has its own difficulties, he then nodded to express his understanding, and then comforted his grandson Wuji, saying: "My lord, Mr. Ling is also a young man, who is not frivolous? What's more, our mansion Which of these children was not born with a golden spoon? They are destined to be very different from ordinary people. Then again, they also have the capital to act recklessly and recklessly, because they are the children of the Guanlong family. Your eldest grandson What do you think?"

Changsun Wuji heard that Cui Heling was no longer entangled in the matter of proposing marriage, but instead comforted himself, the stone in his heart slowly fell to the ground, pointed at Cui Heling and said with a smile: "Brother Heling's words are really maddening, yes Ah, with us as fathers, these bastards do have the capital to be arrogant. By the way, brother He Ling will leave Chang'an tomorrow and return to Qinghe, right?"

Cui Heling nodded, temporarily put aside the marriage proposal, and replied: "That's right, Cui has been away from Qinghe for a while, since everything is over here in Chang'an, I should go back home." .What's the matter? Does the eldest grandson have other explanations?"

"I can't talk about an explanation." Changsun Wuji was a little polite, and then he said to himself, "Brother Heling, now that Guo Ye has handed over the salt tax to the household department, the urgent need has been resolved. Then based on my behavior style towards him You know, next, he will definitely free up his hands to find a way to find the salt tax that was robbed halfway. Therefore, brother Heling had better wash away the millions of taels of salt tax as quickly as possible, and then It was divided into parts and the rain and dew all fell to other families."

Cui Heling understood what Changsun Wuji meant, and it was a reminder to himself not to forget to divide the spoils.

But he didn't resist this matter, because Yi Zhan had always belonged to the Eight Great Families, oh no, it should be the Seven Great Families now, and it has always been the foundation for the Seven Great Families to be able to unite.

Immediately, he nodded and said: "Lord Changsun, don't worry, when I return to Qinghe, I will start to arrange this matter. First wash the millions of taels of salt tax silver, and then distribute it to each family."

Changsun Wuji showed some satisfaction on his face, hummed, and said: "If I'm not wrong, with Guo Ye's careful thinking, he should have guessed that the person behind the robbery of his Yangzhou salt tax must be you." The Cui family. Therefore, your next actions must be kept secret, and don't fall into his tricks."

Cui Heling smiled disapprovingly, shook his head and said: "My lord Changsun was too worried, he was robbed in Qinghe County, and with the feud between us and him, it's not surprising that he could guess that it was my Cui family who did it. But This matter was done without anyone noticing it, without leaving a trace. As long as no evidence can be found, so what if he knows that our Cui family did it? Hehe, he will definitely not say anything about this matter like us. Could it be that he wants the court to know that he lost the Yangzhou salt tax? I see, this dumb man must suffer, smash his teeth and swallow it."

Seeing Cui Heling speak so lightly, Changsun Wuji frowned slightly, always feeling that Guo Ye's character of vengeance should not just give up.

Of course he was happy to see Guo Ye gritted his teeth and stomped his feet angrily because of the loss of the salt tax.But he was even more unwilling to see Guo Ye turn defeat into victory and become arrogant again.

"Okay, alright, sir, don't think about it too much, I think this kid surnamed Guo really made you sleep for a long time."

Cui Heling comforted his eldest grandson Wuji with a light smile, got up and said, "Don't worry, I will go back to Qinghe to sit in town tomorrow, and I will never let the boy surnamed Guo take advantage of it. This dumb guy, he has to eat if he doesn't eat, haha... "

As he said that, he bowed his hands and said: "My lord, Cui will leave tomorrow morning. While I still have time today, I will pay a visit to Mr. Fang's house. I won't come to say goodbye tomorrow, so I will leave first. Let’s meet again some other day.”

Hearing the words, Changsun Wuji also bowed his hands and summoned a servant to send Cui Heling out of the mansion.

After Cui Heling left, he remembered what the other party said, Guo Ye really let him lose his position, made him worry about gains and losses?

Thinking that he has been in the court for so many years, and that he has made great achievements under Li Shimin's command many times, but he has never been so passive as he is now, Changsun Wuji couldn't help being depressed again.

He turned around slowly and looked towards the south. Although he couldn't see Yangzhou, Guo Ye's treacherous face full of smirks suddenly appeared in his mind.

The last thing I want to see is this person, but the influence of this person clearly comes to my mind.

Changsun Wuji's complexion changed with anger, as if a cat's tail had been stepped on, he jumped up and cursed: "Damn Guo Ye, my eldest grandson Wuji has been standing up and down all these years, I don't believe I will lose to you This ignorant bastard!"

Chapter 825 Repayment on schedule with principal and interest

Time flies, and another half month has passed.

In the evening of this day, in front of the gate of Yangzhou Yinhao in Dazhongfang, Yangzhou City, it is a scene of heavy traffic, which is quite a bit of a bustling glamor.

Nearly a hundred mule carts were parked outside the gate of Yinhao, blocking the entire street extremely congested.

The one-month period has expired, and today is the day when Guo Ye returns the money to the Yangzhou bank with interest.

Guo Ye disguised himself and continued to use the identity of Wu Maocai, a businessman in central Sichuan. He and Cui Yigui, the owner of the Yangzhou Bank, stood by the door, watching the people on both sides unload mule carts and carry boxes of silver into the bank. .

For Guo Ye's return of the silver as scheduled, Cui Yigui couldn't help being kind, with a smile as bright as a summer flower on his face, he kept chatting with Guo Ye beside him...

After about a while, all the hundreds of big red boxes were carried into the backyard. The shopkeeper Hu who was in charge of counting the silver came to Cui Yigui, nodded and bowed and said, "Master, I have done the counting, and the total is 30 taels of silver with principal and interest. The text is not bad."

"Okay, okay!"

Cui Yigui waved his hand to signal the shopkeeper Hu to step back, and then he cupped his hands and praised Guo Ye: "Wu Dong's family, the borrowed money will be returned on schedule with the principal and interest, you are really trustworthy!"