Brother Donggong

After confirming the marriage, I was very busy, really too busy.Many things need to be taken care of.Cui Bicheng finally summoned his two mothers and mutes who were hiding in her mother's house and her in-law's house respectively.I heard that I was going to marry the lady of Yin Butang's family, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and the marriage was arranged since childhood. Mother He put three sticks of incense every day to thank the gods and Buddhas.

Early in the morning, Mother He finished her breakfast, and like a teapot, she stuck her waist and said loudly in the yard, "Hey, let me just say, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, a rich family like you, Even the hairs uprooted are thicker than our thighs. If it weren't for the young master's character, style, and appearance, the lady of Yin Butang's family would not be worthy of it. Hey, I said the young master, ah, it wasn't my mother He Speaking of you, if you had half the character of the young master, you wouldn't even be able to be called a daughter-in-law now. Last time, the shopkeeper Li from Xicheng Tea House asked me to marry you, and he said that the girl in their family is for you I admit it when I was young, I just want to marry you, look at you, your mouth looks like [-] to [-], you don’t want to live or die. Shopkeeper Li, their family has two tea bags, and a silk and satin shop. It’s just a girl like that, after the old couple leave, those properties belong to you and your wife, why can’t you think about it?”

Cui Bicheng was eating scallion pancakes baked by He Ma, rolled eggs and drinking noodle soup.Even if he stuffed his mouth full, he still has a way to retort, "Master Li? The guy who cheated my Fenghuang Dancong by begging for the price that day? He is very good at abacus, thinking of me now In trouble, he wants to find a cheap way to let me marry their daughter, and I will not be able to work for their family in the future? Do you really think I have nowhere to go? By the way, Mother He, you don’t have to leave food for me and my brother at noon. We have to go out today."

"Us?" I looked up while drinking the noodle soup, "What shall we do?"

"Yes, what are you doing?" Mother He also asked.

"Give the bride a dowry."

Cui Bicheng drank the last bit of noodle soup and wiped his mouth.

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"Although I have never been married, the bride's dowry should be done by her own family. It's not good for us to do it like this."

Even though I said that, I still went out with Cui Bicheng.

Cui Bicheng said unsteadily, "The Yin family is a wealthy family, but their ancestors were all officials and fought wars. Even if they have seen good things, they are only used by ordinary officials and eunuchs. It's no big deal. Let's go get some good things come out."

His legs and feet are inconvenient and he can't walk long distances, so we hired two people to carry him, wobbled around the most lively place in Yongjing, turned around and turned to Nancheng.There are a lot of people here in Nancheng, there are people who come and go from north to south, and most of them are engaged in romantic business, but the place where Cui Bicheng came is a small restaurant that sells wild vegetable wontons and home-brewed rice wine.

"Thank you, the masters have also worked hard, this is money, you go back."

Cui Bicheng gave the bearer money, walked down with his walking stick, turned his head and sat on the threshold, looking at me sideways, I was as tired as a dog, "Can you be more useless?"

"I've been unlucky for the past few days. I'm almost getting weak. I ate too much at Yin's house a few days ago. I walked back by myself and walked ten miles. Today is also the same. If I had known that I would hire A pair of people lifted it up."

As she was speaking, she squeaked, the wooden door opened, and a beautiful Jingchai sarong came out from inside, standing behind the stove, her voice was soft and soft, like glutinous rice balls.

"Master Cui is here, come in quickly."

She let us in and brought us a rattan box wrapped in coarse cloth.

As soon as I opened it, Akira's eyes almost went blind.

One side of the hijab used by the bride, the dragon and the phoenix of silk and gold thread are auspicious.I don't know how it was done, but when I moved the hijab, the silk floated like water, and it felt cool and heavy to the touch.

With admiration in his eyes, Cui Bicheng stretched out his hand to touch it, his fingers were still trembling, as if he was stroking a beauty whose skin was as smooth and delicate as cream.

The mellow woman smiled, "It seems that the slave family is lucky to live up to its fate. The eldest son seems to really like this hijab."

"Beautiful, beautiful! Lady Yun, one of the three masters of Kesi in Qiantang, is really amazing. This hijab can be matched with a fairy, not to mention a housekeeper. Thank you, I will take this hijab today, and I will take it later. Get someone to send you money."

"Okay." Lady Yun quickly put the silk hijab back carefully, wrapped it again, and handed it to Cui Bicheng, "My lord, it's already noon, let's go after eating at my slave's house. The stall went out to sell wontons, and he will be back in a while. Let him accompany you for a drink or two."

"No." Cui Bicheng let me hug the box with a smile, "I still need to get the jewelry, and I'll come over to drink this meal when I'm free. But I still want to ask, my cousin is married, and the two of you are coming over Would you like a drink?"

She quickly waved her hand, "No, no. The eldest son also knows our identity and temper as the head of the family. He doesn't want to associate with officials. It's hard to live a peaceful life for a few days, and don't want to cause any more trouble."

Cui Bicheng nodded with a smile, came to Xie again, and dragged me out.

Then, we went to a pharmacy, and the shriveled old accountant behind the counter didn't speak, but just took out a small wooden box, which was made of black velvet, with a pair of pearl earrings pinned to it.The beads as big as a finger cover are said to be dug out from a century-old Nanyang clam, and they are as fat as two potatoes.The earrings are set in different styles, the one on the left is a kite and the one on the right is a fish.

Although this pair of jewelry has just been inlaid, it has a kind of charm that seems to be handed down from generation to generation.

Cui Bicheng was very happy, and still let me hold this small box. He told the old man that the reward would be delivered later, and then left again.

Then we went to a rouge shop, a jade shop, and a porcelain shop.

I hold more and more things.

When Cui Bicheng arrived at the Dongzhuang tea shop, he asked a clerk to deliver these things home.

He said, "These will be sent to Yin's house tomorrow. This is considered as a dowry for the bride. When you get married, you will be accompanied by the bride. After two days, you will buy more rough goods and give it to Yin's house." bride price."

"Your calculations are really precise. I said, where did you get so much money? Keep the flowers for yourself, and when the chaos is over, you can still have the capital to do business."

Old Cui snorted, "How many times have I told you that our family is undefeated, and I have enough money at hand, really enough. Also, let's not talk about this today, don't you want to get married? I invite you to drink flower wine."

"You still have the heart to think about it? I won't go."

He grabbed me, "Come on, let's go, how are you going to live? Once you get married, you won't be able to get out. In a few months, once your daughter-in-law becomes pregnant, you will be even more unable to get out. Once the child falls to the ground, you have to take care of the confinement, there is no such thing as three or five years, and you will not be able to get out of that door."

I couldn't help but laugh when I heard it, "What you said is like going to jail."

"It's not much better than going to jail. Come on, I have bad legs and feet, so you have to help me."

I saw that he really wanted to drink flower wine, so I nodded and supported him, "Sure, I'll follow you."

"No, you have to be me following you. Hey, who is not the same as who."

After walking two steps, I thought for a while and said, "Old Cui, the palace also gave me a lot of money for my marriage. Find me a bigger yard. In the future, what will you do with that one of yours?" Mom is still dumb and lives with me. You have bad legs and feet, and Miss Yin is a doctor, so she has more staff and can take care of you."

He was delighted when he heard it, "I'm just a fool of you, feeling. Well, if your wife agrees, I'm not ashamed. Anyway, I'm alone, and I'm full, and the whole family is not hungry."

Just as I was talking, there happened to be a few bearers nestled in the doorway over there. I called them over and helped Old Cui into the sedan chair. Cui Bicheng said that the place was far away, so I wanted one too. The two of us stood one behind the other. Shun Weiwei arrived at a place, which is said to be a quite famous book apartment.I have never been to this place before, there are no men here, all women.

A wicker-like woman in a small blue dress came out reservedly from inside.

"Master Cui, I haven't been here for a long time."

"Hey, Xu Sanniang, don't say that." Cui Bicheng waved his hand, "I just passed by your door once, and what you said seems like I come here often."

If I hadn't seen her from this door, this woman named Xu Sanniang would have looked a lot like a widowed young lady from a rich family.

Xu Sanniang didn't refute Cui Bicheng, she turned her body slightly, "Please."

Generally speaking, Cui Bicheng is a pervert.

Although he swears to God, he just passed by occasionally, and he took care of the beautiful scenery of this place, and then invited me to drink flower wine, but as soon as he entered the door, he revealed his secret.This black man knows where there is a stone, where there is a small bridge over flowing water, and where there is a flower.

The last place we sat was an unusually secluded hut. Tea cups had been placed on the wooden table, surrounded by carved rosewood screens, and the fragrance of green lotus was permeated on it.

He smiled and said to the wicker-like Xu Sanniang, "Just get four dishes, three meat and one vegetable, and some Yongjia flower carvings."

As soon as the woman left, I took the teapot and poured water for Lao Cui, "I said, you really know all over the world, and you have so many confidante girls, is it so difficult to find someone you want to marry?"

Cui Bicheng dismissed me, "Come on, you are narrow-minded, and you will find someone to support you when you die. Oh, you are getting married, and you want to drag others into the fire pit?"

I was amused, "How can I. I'm thinking for you. The few money you have now can't support such a toss. Save it, and the court will stop tossing in the future. You need capital to do business."

Cui Bicheng was inexplicably happy, "I feel sorry for me? Come on, don't think about it, this business is mine. Xu Sanniang was originally a servant of the Jingchu Great Merchant, so I bought it, and she listened to me. Hey, in my life This life is Yinzi’s grandfather, money is his mother’s grandson, you don’t want it, it will come to you crying, but what you want, no matter what, you can’t get it.”

I was taken aback by what he said.

"is that really so difficult?"

"Yes, is it that difficult?" He also asked.

Xu Sanniang asked someone to bring out the food in a celadon bowl, one serving of eight-treasure duck, one steamed fish, one serving of Dongpo meat, one serving of green vegetables, a small crock of rice, and a jar of wine.

The glistening red wine is contained in a celadon wine cup, bright and bright, like blood.

Maybe it was because we were both tired from running during the day, and we started to bury our heads in our food as soon as the food came. No one said a word. After Cui Bicheng ate a bowl of rice, he picked up the wine cup and insisted on clinking a glass with me. The two wine cups in our hands As soon as I hit it, the wine in my glass spilled on his finger, but he didn't care, I wanted to wipe it for him, but he refused.He not only drank the wine in the glass, but also licked his fingers clean.

As soon as he let go of his wine glass, someone outside knocked on the door three times.

Cui Bicheng said, "Understood."

It was quiet outside the door.

He looked at me and smiled, "Let's go, let's see something exciting?"

I followed him and stood up, "Stupid."

"Whether you're playing tricks or not, you'll know when you arrive."

As he spoke, he casually turned the beast's mouth on a gluttonous cauldron beside him to the side, and with a bang, an opening was opened in the wall next to it, and only one person could enter sideways.Cui Bicheng pouted at me, I went in first, he followed me, and then the hole was closed on us.

The entrance is narrow, but when you come in, it's actually not bad.

There are stone walls on both sides of the road, and the road gets wider and wider, and there is a secret room yard in front, and there are some flowers and plants growing beside the stone wall, which looks strange and fragrant.

Cui Bicheng walked to the front and pointed out that there was a brass pipe in front.

He said to me, "Go and see."

I glanced at him, then went over to the brass pipe with the big mouth of a teacup, and looked inside. On the other side of the pipe was a room with a table of banquets.A bunch of people sat around the wine table, and they were all acquaintances.

The leader is my cheap third younger brother Yulan who should be studying at home with peace of mind.

Surrounding him are a group of children from the old clan, all of them are young and young, but behind them there is a big family with a splendid family.

Yulan drank too much, hugged the youngest son of Huanhou Jiang's family next to him, and said, "I'm not afraid! They removed my prince, but they couldn't change my bloodline. I'm still the current emperor's own flesh and blood. No matter what, Gou Xiaoren can't divorce him!"

I looked at Cui Bicheng, and there was a slight sneer on his lips, "If you can't get rid of his prince, you can't get rid of his blood of the emperor. This sentence is really true. But if there is no emperor's approval, he would not I wouldn’t say it so confidently. Even the son of the criminal Jiuzhong, the Third Highness Yu Lan, the emperor can forgive. This shows that the emperor’s thoughts are as deep as the sea, and no one can figure it out. At least we know that the prince may not be the only candidate. .Also...the emperor may not be willing to hand over the world to a prince who has a personality like fire, loves his brother but has the talent of heaven and earth, and controls all officials like a child's play. Such a person can turn his hands into clouds and his hands into rain. It's not in his heart, who knows what he will do to his ancestor's foundation?"

"Chengzi, this is my real wedding gift to you."

"Since you have chosen the path of abandoning the prince, then you have to think again about where to go, don't go all the way to the dark, and don't give your life, the life of your family, to someone who is too obsessed with you, But in the hands of those who rule the universe.

That's a dead end.No one can save you. "