Dongping Mansion, Mansion Office. Qinbei Pavilion
"Mr. Magistrate, when will the young lady go out?"
Dong Ping asked as he watched Cheng Wanli clasping his fists and saluting.
"Wan'er feels a little uncomfortable and won't go out today."
Cheng Wanli looked at Dong Ping and frowned.
"If you don't go out, aren't you going to burn incense? The nunnery is close to Liangshan, and the young general is about to protect it!"
Dong Ping looked at Cheng Wanli and said that he had coveted Cheng Wanli's daughter Cheng Wan'er for a long time, but Cheng Wan'er never looked kindly towards him.
But Dong Ping didn't care. Marriage was an important matter ordered by his parents and a matchmaker. Nowadays, the thieves in Liangshan are very powerful. Dongping Mansion is just east of Liangshan Bo. How can Cheng Wanli, a civil servant, deal with the thieves? Don’t you have to rely on yourself in the end? Since you have to rely on yourself, you have to show some sincerity.
"Eun Xiang, you know what I'm thinking. Miss Cheng has also reached the age of marriage. I'm not boasting. I'm familiar with all the three religions and nine streams. I can't play bamboo and tune strings. I can't do it in Shandong and Hebei." He has the title of a romantic two-gun general. He is worthy of being a young lady. If Enxiang is willing, why not accept the official position? From now on, we will be a family."
Dong Ping looked at Cheng Wanli and asked for marriage. He had been planning this for a long time. He was always embarrassed to say it before. After all, Cheng Wanli was a civil servant and had a connection with Tong Guan. He was just a local governor, so he knew that his status was different. , Cheng Wanli looked down upon him.
But now the situation is different. Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping Prefecture, is not stable. The strong rise of Liang Shanbo has put Dongping Prefecture in danger. At this time, Cheng Wanli can only rely on him if he wants to keep Dongping Prefecture, and he can use this as a threat. , if Cheng Wanli doesn't allow it, then there's no telling how many games Dongping Mansion will lose.
"Dong Dujian, I am a civil official and you are a military officer. It is just right for us to marry each other as my son-in-law. But at this time, the bandits are powerful and threaten our government. If I allow you, I am afraid that you will be laughed at. When the general kills the bandits, you will have made great contributions and become famous. , it’s not too late to discuss it again.”
Cheng Wanli looked at Dong Ping and hesitated slightly. He looked down upon Dong Ping very much. He was frivolous, lustful, cruel, arrogant and domineering. He was a complete villain. His daughter was well-behaved and gentle. If If you marry this villain, your whole life will be ruined.
"Eun-sang is right!"
Dong Ping was astute and couldn't detect Cheng Wanli's prevarication, but it was hard for him to expose it, so he could only retreat with fists clasped in displeasure.
"You go down first and pay attention to the city's defense to prevent thieves from entering the city to spy."
Seeing that Dong Ping was not speaking, Cheng Wanli waved his hand and asked him to leave.
"Toad wants to eat!"
After Dong Ping left, Cheng Wanli snorted coldly.
"Someone, send this letter to the Tongxiang Mansion in Tokyo!"
Cheng Wanli summoned his cronies. Dongping Mansion was no longer a good place, and he wanted to transfer him to a stable place through Tong Guan's relationship.
After doing all this, Cheng Wanli came to the back hall.
"Where's the lady?"
Cheng Wanli looked at the servant and asked.
"The lady is in the room."
replied the servant.
Cheng Wanli nodded and went to his daughter's room. He knocked on the door and went in. At a glance, he saw his daughter holding a pen and painting at the desk with a smile. Her eyes and eyebrows were full of fascination, as if she was lovesick. She didn't even notice that his father came in. .
"I'm drawing that rebel again!"
Cheng Wanli got closer and saw that his daughter's desk was full of portraits of Sun Lei. One by one, the table was covered. Cheng Wanli, furious, waved his hand to tear up the portraits.
"Father, no!"
Cheng Wan'er quickly threw herself on the table, using her body to protect the portraits of Sun Lei.
"He is a thief and the number one rebel in the world. His father is an official of the imperial court. You are here looking at the thief's portrait and thinking about spring. If anyone knows this, the Cheng family will be doomed!"
Cheng Wanli glared at his daughter angrily. His daughter was so outstanding. It was not good for her to like anyone. But she fell in love with a thief. It was a misfortune for the family. What if word got out about her?
"Father, he is not a thief. Those things are just rumors. I have been to Liangshan Town. He is a hero with ideals."
Cheng Wan'er quickly put away the portraits of Sun Lei and argued that normally she would not dare to talk back to her father, but Sun Lei was a different matter. The hero in her heart could not be slandered, and neither could her father.
"Hero? He occupies a mountain and becomes the king, collects protection fees to plunder people's wealth, kidnaps and extorts innocent people, and goes against the government. Do you call this kind of person a hero?"
Cheng Wanli was furious. His daughter was possessed by an evil spirit. She actually regarded an evil thief as a hero and contradicted him so boldly.
"Father, he killed all bad guys. Liangshan Town is more lively than our Dongping Mansion. The people there are all smiling. Liang Shanbo has said that protection fees are equivalent to paying taxes. After all, heroes also need to eat. Yes. Father, why don't you help the court collect taxes! You collect a lot more, but they only collect a little!"
Cheng Wan'er said dissatisfiedly, how could such a wise man like his father have a worldly outlook like ordinary people.
"you……"
Cheng Wanli originally thought that his daughter was just a fan of scriptures and willful, but now he saw that she was completely obsessed with things. He was trembling with anger and waved his palms to use his father's majesty to teach this deviant and obsessed daughter a lesson.
When Cheng Wan'er saw her father angry and waving her hand to hit her, she was so scared that she closed her eyes. However, she didn't wait for her father's slap to fall for a while before she opened her eyes. She saw her father looking at her with an angry face and his raised palm. Trembling.
"Father!"
Cheng Wan'er called out timidly.
"Hey, your mother died early, and I neglected to discipline you. Now you are deviant and spend all your time looking at the portrait of a thief. I will send you back to Tokyo and you will not be allowed to stay in Dongping Mansion anymore!"
Cheng Wanli put down his raised hand. He was just a daughter who had been in pain since she was a child. He was not willing to beat her. It was his fault that his daughter became like this because he failed to protect his wife. After his wife died of illness early, there was no one in charge of the house.
"Tokyo! Father, I won't go!"
Cheng Wan'er was shocked. If she went to Tokyo, she and her father would be thousands of miles apart, and they might not be able to see each other for a year. She didn't want to be separated from her father.
"Don't go? Huh! Your heart is full of that thief Sun Lei. If you continue to stay in Dongping Mansion, something will happen sooner or later! Dong Ping covets you again. It's better to leave as soon as possible. When he becomes a father, he will have a relationship with you in Tokyo. Find a good home for you, and you can live peacefully in Tokyo from now on!"
Cheng Wanli talked about his plan. On the one hand, he was worried that his daughter would be deceived by thieves, and on the other hand, he was worried about Dong Ping, a sinister person. In the end, he could only think of helping his daughter find a good home as soon as possible.
"Father!"
Cheng Wan'er felt sad after hearing this, and Lihua pulled Cheng Wanli's sleeves with rain. She didn't want to leave her father, let alone be thousands of miles away from him.
"Ok, deal!"
Although Cheng Wanli couldn't bear it, he still waved his sleeves, threw away his daughter, and left directly. Cheng Wan'er was left holding the stack of Sun Lei's portraits and crying.
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