[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 92 Alcoholic and Cowardly

Xue Pan came back safely from the battlefield, and he was also granted the title of Marquis. The aristocratic families in the capital who had been waiting and watching seemed to be shocked now. There are unmarried men and women of the right age who are eager to be able to climb into the upstart of the Xue family.What Xue Wang is thinking about now is the marriage of a pair of children. Not only is he not annoyed by these invitations, but he is enthusiastically pulling his son and daughter to flip through the posts, and go when they are suitable. It's a banquet, just invite them one by one.

"Son, how about this girl?" Wang Xue looked at it with joy, "This ass is very good to give birth to. Our Xue family has a weak blood, and you are the only one here. This girl is good, white and plump, At first glance, it is a blessing. Now our family is not inferior to our ancestors. Even if I go now, I will not be ashamed of the ancestors of the Xue family. It's just that you and Baochai's marriage, I can't let it go. You have finally come back from the battlefield, and you will be a civil servant safely in the future, but don't take the risk of fighting..."

Xue Pan has never thought of getting married since he crossed over. Whether it is modern times or today, what he despises the most is that he cheats women into marriage when he obviously doesn’t love women, not to mention that in this conservative era, a woman’s whole life is to be married. Son, he can't afford to be hard on women, he can't even give women what they can rely on, so why delay the life of a good girl? !He, Xue Pan, does not love women, but he is not a scum, he has to tie up innocent women for the rest of his life.

"Mom first betrothed my younger sister. When I was on the battlefield, a senior person calculated that it is not appropriate to marry early." Xue Pan made up random things, afraid that Mrs. Xue would think deeply, so he quickly interrupted, "This time, I will also help Baoqin to watch Look, if someone is suitable, discuss it with Tiao, and if it is right, look at it."

Xue Wangshi was still concerned about her son's marriage. She wanted to hug her grandson, and said: "Mom used to calculate the horoscope for you brothers and sisters, and never said that it is not suitable to marry early." Seeing the deep eyes of her son, she felt heavy in her heart. This son is obedient and filial It's just that his temper is as stubborn as his father's. At first, he thought that his temper would change drastically after falling out of his head, but it seems that his bones are still the same stubborn. He couldn't help it, so he sighed, "Forget it, let Baochai and Baoqin have a look first, okay?" It is common for men to wait for a few years. You are now Lord Hou, and it is not a matter of saying that you want to marry a wife. But you have been away for the past four years, and Baochai has wasted his spring year after year. Now you have to hurry I picked it, so does Baoqin, it's already sixteen, don't you dare to be like Baochai..."

Just after the first day of the new year, Xue Wang took the Xue family sisters and was invited to watch a play but actually went to see her son-in-law.Xue Pan was at home today, Li Qi followed Xue Pan back to Xue's house, and now lives in Xue Pan's courtyard, the servants don't know whether this person is a guest or a servant brought back by Xue Pan, they are uncertain for a while Thoughts, Li Qi's attitude towards Li Qi is also much more polite, and heavy work is not allowed to touch his hands.But Li Qi served Xue Pan at the border for nearly two years, and now at Xue's house, there are more than a dozen people serving Xue Pan in this yard alone. The division of labor is clear and Li Qi can't get involved. He is very gloomy and feels that he is useless.

Early this morning, Li Qi grabbed Yan Zi's job and stood at the door with hot water. Xue Pan had been fighting for four years, and he felt light. He used to make surprise raids in Ximan in the middle of the night. Now that he's back, his long-term habit is still for a while. It will be difficult to change back.

"Come in." Xue Pan put on his clothes.

Li Qi opened the door and came in, put the hot water basin away, and planned to wait for Xue Pan to wipe his face, Xue Pan looked at him, "Why is it you?" Seeing Li Qi's flustered eyes, he knew in his heart that the child was afraid that he would come back with nothing to do. "It's fine for a servant to do this kind of thing. I will arrange your own way."

Which Li Qi knelt down and said resolutely: "I don't want to go anywhere else, I just want to stay by my master's side, and I won't go anywhere for the rest of my life—"

"Master, who is this person?" Jia Huan stood at the door and listened to a few words before he couldn't take it anymore. How long has this strange face been in front of the master?Lifting his robe, Jia Huan's complexion was like jade, and a smile suddenly broke out on his cold face, his eyes were bent into crescent moons, with a bit of childishness, as if he had returned to the child he used to be.The voice was soft and warm, "I haven't seen Master for four years, and Huan'er came back early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings to Master when I was free."

Seeing Jia Huan coming, Xue Pan was overjoyed and relaxed a lot. Seeing that Li Qi was still kneeling, he said, "Get up first and talk later. Brother Huan, this is the little brother I brought back from the border. Call Li Qi. Li Qi is my apprentice, Jia Huan. Okay, you go down first."

"Yes, master." Li Qi's eyes swept over Jia Huan, and he didn't seem to retreat, but turned to leave with a bit of envy and jealousy in his eyes.This Jia Huan is really happy to be the master's great apprentice, but how can his broken body be worthy of standing beside the master like that brother Huan?I'm afraid it won't work in this life...

Xue Pan patted Jia Huan on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Look after everyone has left? Are you so curious?"

"Master looks gentle on weekdays, but he is indifferent to everyone in his heart. If I hadn't been stalking me, why would Master accept me as an apprentice? I just wonder what this Li Qi is capable of, which makes Master quite a headache." Jia Huan also inspected Fan Li Qi just now, this person is not a big threat to him.

Xue Pan didn't want to reveal Li Qi's incompleteness, so he said vaguely: "He is an orphan I brought back from Border Town. He is diligent and loyal, but he is too loyal. I originally wanted to transfer him to Wang Jia of Shenji Camp. After a while of training, I never thought that he only wanted to serve me as a servant, so he has lost his talent."

Jia Huan took the initiative to twist the handkerchief and handed it to Xue Pan, "Master wipes his face. Since you said that Li Qi is talented, he will figure it out sooner or later." In a word, Jia Huan didn't want to hang around Li Qi's, so he changed the subject and said, "Master, I don't want to take the imperial examination anymore. I've read only miscellaneous books in four years, and I'm too lazy to review them again. I can't read them." Move the book."

"It's fine if you decide. The imperial examination is just a way to become an official. Now that you have the fame of educating people, you already have the qualifications to be an official. Now that you add the merits of sailing, it's not easy to be a sixth-rank official in the court." No problem." Xue Pan brushed over, Yan Zi came in to set breakfast, and the two sat down to eat, Xue Pan hadn't seen Jia Huan for a long time, and thought to himself, he took the initiative to add porridge, "Look at you, you've lost a lot of weight, you're in good shape Are you still sick? How have you been at sea for the past four years? You look thin and weak, but you are actually very tough in your bones. You dare what others dare not. When you and Hongyi left, I knew that you two would come back safely... ..."

Jia Huan picked up what he saw and heard during the voyage. Xue Pan was very interesting. He knew the general situation on the sea in the [-]th century, but it was not as real as what Jia Huan saw with his own eyes. Noisy.After the meal, the two were talking in the study. Jia Huan told about the seeds he had found, and described the taste and appearance of the fruits. Xue Pan nodded in confirmation, and Jia Huan heaved a sigh of relief.

He took a wooden box from the drawer, "This is my personal Zhuangzi, first use it to cultivate new seeds, don't refuse, Zhuangzi didn't give it to you, it's just for you to use! How does the Jia family treat you?" Xue Pan Concern Road.

"Now I'm a popular person around the prince, and I have the master, the first-class Marquis, as the backer. It's too late for everyone in the Jia family to flatter me." Jia Huan's voice was sarcasm, with a faint taste, as if he didn't pay much attention to revenge on Jia. Now that he is busy with his own business, the people in the Jia family who bullied and looked down on him are timid and hospitable when facing him. This will only make Jia Huan feel funny, and he will keep such a person in his heart all day long. Torture yourself to find ways to revenge.

The master and apprentice talked all morning, and just after lunch time, Yan Zi said: "Master, the prince's carriage has arrived."

Since Xue Pan became a marquis, the rules of the people in the mansion have become stricter. Xue Qing is capable, and now the leader in the front yard and the back yard has been transferred to teach the mansion to be well-behaved. No one can pick out the slightest sign of bullying.

Since King Fu appointed the crown prince, who in the capital would miss the old crown prince?Just one year after his death, Emperor Pingkang was overjoyed, and the haze of the old prince dissipated early.Xue Pan got up first. Although he is Zhao Hongyi's master, Zhao Hongyi has a different identity now. He didn't have to go up to greet him before, but now he is doing so, which will inevitably attract people's tongues. in the eyes.

Zhao Hongyi saw that the master was still picking him up in the front yard on a very cold day, and he said bluntly: "Students are paying New Year's greetings to the master, why should the master wait at the door?"

"I'm afraid you will find excuses to find trouble after you become the prince!" Although Jia Huan's words were meant to be teasing, they did not test Zhao Hongyi a bit.

Zhao Hongyi ran over and beat Jia Huan on the head, and snorted, "Don't try to drive a wedge between me and master, master, don't worry, I will always be your little disciple." The meanings of each other's adolescence are different, and the two speak and act closer than brothers.

"You're so nasty when you talk, and you're still a young student!" Jia Huan glanced up and down at Zhao Hongyi's thick head and chest muscles, but the 15-year-old Zhao Hongyi was about the same size as him, 1.7 meters seven, but much bigger and stronger than him.

Zhao Hongyi gritted his teeth, then rolled his eyes, obviously thinking of a bad idea, he leaned up to Xue Pan, and said mysteriously: "Master, do you still remember, you went to Xining Weiqian Brother Huan said to wait for him to come back and tell you a secret, Huan Brother did you say it?"

Jia Huan didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed, his cheeks were red and beautiful, he stepped forward and covered Zhao Hongyi's mouth, and threatened: "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will also tell about Arthur .”

When Xue Pan listened to what the two said to each other, he also became gossipy. He was not here, so many secrets happened to the two apprentices! "The two have grown up, and they have hidden secrets in their hearts. Who is brother Huan Arthur?"

Zhao Hongyi disdained Jia Huan's threats, and instead of talking about Jia Huan's nonsense, he might as well say it himself. Zhao Hongyi said that he had no way to be picked on by others!The three of them walked to the backyard. Yan Zi had prepared the pots, and fruit wine was warmed on the table. Xue Pan used to be a poor drinker, and the wines in Xue's house were all fruit wine and peach blossom wine, which was similar to mild wine. In winter, it is bitterly cold, and only drinking it with a burning knife is enough. Xue Pan is not drunk now, but the servants in the mansion do not know that they still have these mild wines. Xue Pan will not change the wine again when he sees it. , Zhao Hongyi is underage.

"Arthur is the youngest son of the Emperor of England. His father overthrew William IV. This kid was a pirate at sea to save money for his father to rebel, but it fell into my hands. Hey, I looted the money on his pirate ship When it was empty, this kid threw himself into a snare and was tied up by the bed. How could we know that he was not a good bird. When we were about to set sail and come back to let him go, this kid got into my bed that night, thinking about my appearance, and made me twitch hard. After a meal, he threw it back to his pirate ship, and before he left, he still hugged my thigh and was reluctant to come back with me!" Zhao Hongyi made up nonsense without blushing.

Jia Huan rolled his eyes, and said, "You are thick-skinned too!" Taking a peek at the master, the master was not disgusted with this topic, so he wanted to speak carefully so he could test it out, "That Arthur is fair, thin and handsome How could he know that he was so blind that he fell in love with Zhao Hongyi? He went in that night and came out the next morning with no scars on his body. I don't know who took advantage of it. Anyway, when he was leaving You look even more reluctant!"

"Nonsense!" Zhao Hongyi commented.

From the moment the two of them talked about it, Xue Pan felt sour and incomprehensible. The little bastard he raised with his own hands was crooked, which was very inexplicable for Xue Pan, who regarded himself as an elder.So in order to cover up the turmoil in his heart, he said lightly, "Then explain clearly." Anyway, it's not like Zhao Hongyi is at a disadvantage when he hears this. Must kill!

Jia Huan was also curious, this night was considered an unsolved mystery.Because he had checked how men fell in love, Arthur felt refreshed this morning, and Zhao Hongyi also had quick legs and feet, and it didn't look like anything had happened.

Zhao Hongyi was rarely a little shy, but it only happened for a moment, "Actually, it's nothing. That guy Arthur came into my room because he was curious about my martial arts. Of course he also wanted to sneak attack me, but he was overwhelmed by me. Well, I haven't I did it with a man, and I was a little curious, so I stripped Arthur naked, kissed him, Arthur taught me, it was very comfortable, but I didn’t make it to the last step, I kind of dislike Arthur’s golden-haired ass.”

Xue Pan's face was bloodshot when he heard that, his little disciple was shameless and thick-skinned, not to mention breaking through the sky, his integrity was also eaten up, why should he worry? !Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Xue Pan felt that as a master, he still needed to be admonished, so he said seriously: "Don't do this kind of thing indiscriminately in the future, at least find someone you like---" Thinking that the other party is the kind who can With the identity of many boats openly and honestly, he had no choice but to swallow monogamy, and Zhao Hongyi was also curious about men and women, "You can't mess around just because of curiosity, do you know if you keep yourself clean?"

"Master, don't you hate men falling in love with men?" Zhao Hongyi pretended to be innocent.

Jia Huan's heart tightened, and he stared at Xue Pan carefully.

"If you're in love, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman." Xue Pan felt that his apprentice was still young, so he had better not gossip about it, so he changed the subject, "You're still young, so you don't dare to do too many things like this, or you will be known by the person you like in the future. Happy." Premature ejaculation is something that even a lover can't stand.His master has also worried enough!

Jia Huan's heart was relieved when he mentioned it, and Zhao Hongyi winked at Jia Huan happily. He ate the meal until it was getting dark in the afternoon. If it wasn't good, he kept pouring wine secretly for Xue Pan, Jia Huan didn't know what to think, and finally poured wine for the master after hesitantly.Xue Pan drank a lot of water and urinated a few times. He also understood that the two apprentices intended to get him drunk. In order not to go to the toilet a few times, Xue Pan had to pretend to be drunk.

Seeing the master lying on the table in a daze, Zhao Hongyi whistled secretly triumphantly, raised his eyebrows and said, "Look how good I am to you! Who is like you tearing down my desk all day long? That's fine, I'll withdraw. While the master is drunk, you have more courage, first..." He made an obscene expression.

With a straight face, Jia Huan ruthlessly pushed Zhao Hongyi out.He didn't think about it, the drunk master just wanted to confess his love.If Zhao Hongyi heard it, he would definitely sneer, Jiu Zhuang is cowardly, Jia Huan is so cowardly, it must be because he got himself drunk, you got the master drunk, what are you confessing, who knows if the master will remember it when he wakes up!Little did he know, what Jia Huan wanted was Xue Pan's inability to remember, his fingertips were trembling with fear...