I do research in ancient times

Upon hearing Lu Shiwen's name, Cui An frowned.

This matter was not publicized at the beginning, but as an in-law of the Lu family, Cui An probably knew something about it.

Tsk tsk, came to ask for marriage, but was caught on the spot and humiliated. Lu Shiwen's handling of this matter is really ugly.

Of course Cui An knew there was a way.

Lu Shiwen is Lu Shiji's follower, and he always obeys Lu Tao's orders. His marriage is not easy.

Before going to Ding'an City to ask for marriage, it was also out of Lu Tao's gesture. When he left, he brought many people with him, not all of them were the team of asking for marriage, and most of them had other calculations.

After all, during this period of time, the limelight of the frontier army and the Feng family was too strong.Even Cui An, who never cared about political affairs, could hear itchy ears. The Feng family built a shore cannon capable of hitting large ships, the Feng family built a saltworks around the sea at Bailukou, and the Feng family built the He Yue family's fleet in Xianyun City. Most of them were sunk, and the Feng family's name spread all over Nanjiang.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Kai, Feng Bosheng's eldest son, led another attack and took back Donglai City, which had been occupied by Hu Qi.Afterwards, the boy of the Feng family repelled Hu Qi's counterattack, took Donglai City as a base, and went south to pursue King Zuoguli who occupied the old capital in order to relieve the pressure of King Shouping.

It's a pity that the king of Shouping County didn't live up to his expectations, and was frightened by the barbarians. Before the reinforcements arrived, he suffered a stroke.

As soon as he fell, his sons refused to accept each other, not to mention internal strife, and everyone wanted to control the military power and become a legitimate "successor".

The old county king was still foaming on the couch, and Shouping City was completely messed up, and the two-sided attack that had been agreed with Feng Kai before was gone.

The original plan was for the Heijia Army to launch a strong attack in the north to attract firepower, and the Shouping Army would carry out counterattacks in the south, attacking from both sides, forcing the Hu people to shrink their troops from Nanzhao to Jiujing to relieve the pressure on Shouping City.

As a result, there was internal strife in Shouping City, and no one cared about the two-sided attack at all. The frontier army launched an attack according to the established plan, but it took a long time to get a response from Nanxiang. The pretended attack turned into a real attack.

Feng Kai led [-] Black Armored Army and fought hard with Hu Qi for three days and nights. Although he managed to take Changning Pass, he paid a heavy price and couldn't continue to help Shouping City in a short time.

After this battle, King Zuoguli, who was suppressed by strategy, simply let go of his hands and feet, and divided his troops to attack the southern front.

He now understood that fighting Feng Kai was not cost-effective at all, the [-] Heijia Army and the [-] Shouping Army were not in the same attack rank at all, and the persimmons still had to be picked.

As a result, Hu Qi suddenly stepped up his siege of Shouping City.The kings and grandchildren who were originally scattered in the sand completely lost their fighting spirit in front of the menacing Hu cavalry army. They only hated themselves for not being able to grow two more legs and escaped from Shouping City one step earlier than others.

Poor King Shouping, although half his life has been muddled and lazy, but at the end of his life, he still took on the courage that a descendant of the Sima family should have, and insisted on resisting Hu Qi and defending orthodoxy.It's just that it's not the life of a hero after all, and he fell on the sick bed before he was a teacher, watching his unworthy descendants spoil the good situation.

When Shouping City was broken, Emperor Shouping listened to the screams and screams outside, and tears of unwillingness flowed from the corners of his eyes.

At this moment, he was lying alone in the dilapidated palace, with no one close to him around him, and when he took his last breath, Emperor Shouping died with regret.

When Cui An received the news, he felt rather melancholy.

He had met Shouping County King before. He was an old man who could eat, drink and enjoy himself. He was completely different from Sima Liang, who was fake, and Sima Ye, who had a dark and violent face.

Although they only met once, Cui An felt inexplicably that King Shouping didn't hate him, who would have expected such a bleak end in the end.

No one expected the rise of the Feng family.The coolie who had been nesting in the border town suddenly turned around and became a wealthy family in one fell swoop, and even alarmed the Lu family of Nanjun who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Thinking of the scene when Lu Shiwen returned from Ding'an City in despair, Cui An couldn't help but sneer.

Pretend to be smart, self-righteous, pretentious, asking for trouble.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu is here."

Just as he was thinking, Chang Sui's voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

Cui An put away the sneer on his face, arranged his clothes casually, and went out to meet the "honored guest".

Strange, really strange.

Since his elder sister passed away, this was the first time that Lu Tao entered Cui An's courtyard, and he might go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

"Is something wrong, Mr. Lu?"

Cui Anpi cupped his hands with a smile on his face, as he had done his kindness as a landlord.

Although Lu Tao, an old boy, is in his forties, he always appears in front of people as an elegant and famous leftist, with a white feather fan and a gentle smile, which makes Cui An especially annoying.

At that time, my sister fell into the trap of this guy, but she didn't know that his fake face was hiding a cold heart and endless calculations.

Sometimes when he looked at Ah Zuo, he felt that the child looked more and more like his own father. Although he was smiling, he couldn't feel sincerity at all, and his every move seemed to be deliberately carved, with heavy traces.

"I have something important to discuss with Ah Heng."

Ah Heng is Cui An's baby name. The Lu and Cui families have been married for generations. Lu Tao and Cui An have known each other since childhood. Calling him by his baby name is a hint of closeness.

Cui An snorted, but didn't say anything, he just said that Chang Sui, who was serving in the house, had been sent out.

In the huge study room, there are only two uncles, Yu Lang.

Lu Tao smiled, but he didn't show off, and directly explained his purpose of coming.

"The situation in the world is chaotic now. Azuo has gone to Jiangbei. He has his own plans. As a father, I can't stop him."

"But Ah Ning (Cui Yingxue) and I are only one flesh and blood. Even if we risk our lives, we must keep him safe. It's just that the Lu family is a bit weaker after all. I want to help him with a family of wives. I don't know if Ah Heng is willing to do it. This envoy?"

Envoy?

Cui An raised his eyebrows.

He wasn't surprised by what Lu Tao said. The aristocratic family originally relied on marriage to strengthen their relationship. At this age, A Zuo has no intention of getting married.

It's just that the girl fell into the eyes of the old boy.

"Which one did you fancy for Ah Zuo?"

Hearing his question, Lu Tao shook the fan lightly in his hand.

"It's Ding'an City, Feng Family."

Cui An raised his eyes slightly, half examining and half sizing up, as if guessing some truth in Lu Tao's words.

After a long time, he said softly.

"The Feng family? The Feng family is not an aristocratic family."

"so what?"

Lu Tao laughed loudly.

"My Lu family is the number one family in the world, and it doesn't matter who I marry. Now it's no longer the age when the family is rampant, how can Ah Heng not see that this family lineage has reached the end of the mountain?"

Although the words were correct, when they came out of Lu Tao's mouth, it made people feel weird.

But Cui An did not forget that his nephew Lu Shiji "violated his father's order and went his own way" and joined the coalition of aristocratic families who "resisted tyranny". May become a real "first".

At that time, Lu Tao probably won't tolerate having a family restricting his world, and he will definitely eradicate the family lineage completely, and get rid of all the forces that may harm him.

This is what he said before, the Cui family will not be able to gain the glory when the Lu family becomes, and they will be implicated if they lose. It is a shame that the elder brother and the clansmen can't see through it.

He nodded, and didn't want to listen to Lu Tao's words anymore, so he went straight to the point.

"Before, Lu Shiwen begged for a girl from the Feng family, and now you want to use Azuo as a match, so why must the Feng family do it? Aren't you afraid of making people laugh?"

Hearing his questioning like this, Lu Tao was not angry at all.

He waved his fan leisurely and said calmly.

"How can Shiwen compare with Ah Zuo, it's okay if the Feng family should not get married."

"The son of the direct branch of my Lu family, the eldest daughter of the Sima family is also worthy, not to mention that Feng Bosheng has no direct daughter, and most of the marriages will fall on the side branch. What is he dissatisfied with?"

Cui An chuckled, feeling that it was really hard to understand Lu Tao's thick skin, as if as long as A Zuo revealed his name, the Feng family would be extremely honored to accept it, it's simply absurd!

The Feng family didn't want to get married, not only because they didn't like Lu Shiwen, but because they didn't want anything to do with the Lu family at all.

In the past, when the Lu family didn't rebel, they didn't think about it, but now that the Lu family has rebelled, the Feng family is wholeheartedly resisting Hu Jun in the south, so they may not be willing to step into this muddy water.

But I can only think about it in my heart, Lu Tao is a narrow-minded villain, and he will definitely hold grudges if he loses face.

"Since Feng Bosheng doesn't have a daughter-in-law, which branch of Feng's daughter do you want to marry? It's fine if you want me to be a pro-envoy, but first let me be clear. I don't have to do anything wrong with good intentions."

Cui An's attitude made Lu Tao very satisfied.He nodded, leaned forward and lowered his voice.

"It's Feng Bosheng's cousin, Fengwei of Xingqi. He has a prostitute daughter, whose age matches Ah Zuo's."

"Ah Heng knows it. We had some misunderstandings with the Feng family because of Shiwen. Ah Heng is Ah Zuo's uncle. If you can mediate first, we can handle this matter in the future."

Hearing what he said, Cui An knew it in his heart.

It turned out that he was not really asked to talk about marriage, but just to ease the relationship between the two families.

Based on his understanding of Lu Tao, A Zuo's marriage was just an excuse, the old boy was not sure about the Feng family's pulse, and wanted him to test it out.

If the Feng family really had a solid foundation, considering the current situation in the Central Plains, it would not be a loss if the marriage ended.

If the Feng family is bluffing, then there is no need to say the marriage proposal, just go back to Lu Shiwen's previous scandal.

Cui An didn't want to deal with this matter at first, but the atmosphere inside Qijiang City and Cui's family has become more and more bad recently, even his own brother has a vague plan to marry the Lu family again.

Lu and Cui's two families have been married for a long time, so getting married is not a big deal in the first place.But what people are looking for is not the young and prosperous A Zuo, but A Zuo's own father, who wants to send another daughter to the Lu family to be the mistress!

This incident almost exploded Cui An's lungs!

It's fine for others to calculate like this, but the one who said this turned out to be his and sister's own brother.The surname Lu himself hasn't said he wants to remarry yet, but as an older brother-in-law, he has to rush to give away his brother-in-law. Where does he put his sister? !

The more I think about it, the more depressed I become, and the more unpleasant it becomes to see the person in front of me.

It's just that Cui and Lu's two families are in the same spirit, and Cui An, no matter how angry he is in his heart, he can't spoil the overall situation, so he simply nodded in agreement in a fit of anger.

"Okay, I'll go."

Seeing Lu Tao smiling, Cui An felt even more depressed.

He squinted at the other party, half sneered, half sarcastically said.

"The air is so stuffy these days, the Qijiang city is full of smog, it's making everyone crazy, just go out and have a look."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Ah Heng." Lu Tao smiled gently.

"Don't worry, Ah Heng, I have prepared a fleet and entourage for my brother. This time, I will accompany Ah Heng to Yongxiguan. They are all the Jingwei in my mansion. I guarantee Ah Heng's trip will be safe."

Having said that, he seemingly thought of something inadvertently, and added with a smile.

"I heard that the original Yunfu Mountain Mozong is also in the border town, under the rule of the Feng family. Brother knows that Ah Heng loves the Gongshu Carpenter School. Both Mozong and the Gongshu Craftsman School specialize in skills. It would be good to visit if you have the opportunity."

Cui An nodded, indicating that he knew, and got up to send Lu Tao out.

He didn't know that this seemingly unwilling trip to the border town turned out to be an unforgettable experience in his life, and he personally revealed a big secret that had been hidden for many years.