Yan Yu had some serious business to do when he came out this time, and the time was quite tight. With the addition of Qin Zhuen, he spent the whole day doing nothing but sightseeing and looking for flowers and willows, which was very disturbing in Yan Yu's eyes.
So the next morning, before it was fully lit, Yan Yu kicked open the door of Qin Zhuen's room.
A loud "bang" sound startled Lord Qin and he sat up. The big soft bed, the unfamiliar guest room in the flower house, he looked at Yan Yu blankly, and then at his side. After a long time, he remembered that he thought the brothel in this small place was not of a "standard" last night, so he went to bed early. Sent the flower girl away.
"You said you're not staying in the capital, so why do you have to come out with me?" Yan Yu said as he lifted up his robe and sat on the embroidered pier opposite the bed.
"I have told you that I have some serious business to do here. This year, my hometown in Huaifeng is renovating the ancestral hall, and I will go back to worship my ancestors on behalf of my grandfather and mother. Time is very tight. But the way you are going, let alone the year before, February 2 will be here You may not be able to get back to the capital in time!”
However, Qin Zhuen didn't care. He stretched out casually and grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth: "Okay, don't worry about the lawsuit on your forehead. That's you. There is no one in the capital except the Queen Mother and the Emperor. My mother, who dares to talk to me like this?
"We grew up naked and have a close friendship. Of course you know my family. I am the only one inside and outside during the Chinese New Year. This time I go out with you just to relax. Of course I want to spend more time together.
"Besides, Huaifeng is not far from the capital. It only takes less than ten days to get there and back. I guarantee that I can get back to the capital before the Chinese New Year. Are you so anxious?"
"Hey, what do you know?" Yan Yu chased Qin Zhuen, who was looking for water in his slippers, "Originally, there was no need to worry, but before leaving, my mother called me aside and told me to take a detour on the way back. Go to Luozhou Mansion to see my third uncle. Aren’t you short on time for this trip?"
"Your third uncle?" Qin Zhuen paused while holding the tea bowl and looked at Yan Yu quite unexpectedly, "The old man's concubine? Uh... Mrs. Ding'an is indeed... virtuous, filial and friendly, and can be called a virtuous man. Wife."
"Pull him down!" Yan Yu rolled his eyes at him with disgust, "Don't ever praise others casually! Any good words coming out of your mouth will really sound weird.
"You should have heard about how my third uncle came to be. Including the things that happened when my grandfather was young, everyone with a little respect in the capital knows about it. It's not a secret."
"That's true." Qin Zhuen was not polite to Yan Yu either. Neither of them are outsiders, and the two families know each other's ideas well.
It should be said that Yan Yu's grandfather, Yan Gexing, the Marquis of Ding'an, was definitely a first-class handsome young man when he was young. He married Princess Hekang of Prince Qing's Mansion and later gave birth to two legitimate sons. The life of Marquis Yan can be regarded as Complete success.
However, this old Marquis was an infatuated person. When he was young, he had a childhood sweetheart named Tian, who was also a well-matched lady, and the two had even discussed getting married.
Unfortunately, Tian's father was convicted that year, and the family was sent to the North, and contact was lost since then.
Unexpectedly, six or seven years later, the case was uncovered again, and it was found out that he had been framed. So the Tian family returned to Beijing, their officials were reinstated, and their property was returned.
Na Tian, who has never been married, met Yan Laohou Ye again in Beijing. The two of them immediately rekindled their old relationship, and they couldn't put it out like an old house on fire.
The noble daughter of the royal family of Princess Hekang naturally had no eyes for her, and the couple almost turned against each other for this reason. The old Marquis even bought an outhouse, and the Tian family lived outside, and never set foot in Anhou Mansion again.
When things turned out like this, the Yan family became a joke in the entire capital. In the end, it was Princess Hekang who gave in because of women's morals, took Tian as her concubine, and built a house for her to live in without having to enter the house. This finally saved the face of Ding'anhou Mansion and Prince Qing Mansion.
Yan Yu's third uncle, Yan Wenkuan, was born from the Tian family.
However, the old aunt Tian's life was short-lived. Yan Yu and his third uncle returned to the West due to illness when they were 12 years old. The old Ding'an Marquis seemed to have lost half his life at that time. He cried heartbrokenly. Since then, he has spent a hundred times more thought on this third son.
Yan Wenkuan also strives for success. He has been very good at reading since he was a child. He became a disciple of the headmaster of Hengshan Academy. He passed the provincial examination and the imperial examination and won the Jinshi at the age of twenty. Later, he married a cousin of his mother's Tian family and took his wife to work outside Beijing for many years.
Unfortunately, Tian's cousin was also short-lived. She died after giving birth to her daughter Yan Tian, Yan Yu's first cousin.
Yan Yu's third uncle has had a hard time these years and has never remarried. He took his daughter to various posts and made outstanding achievements in politics for more than ten years. He was gradually promoted to the fourth rank of Luozhou governor.
These are the grievances of the previous two generations. Yan Yu's grandmother and Princess Kang had previously treated Tian's bastard as non-existent, out of sight and out of mind, no matter what the old marquis did to him. So when Mrs. Xiaotian passed away, she never said a word about "bringing Yan Tian back to the Marquis Mansion to raise her."
Everyone knows very well that Princess Hekang is angry and has been holding a grudge.
Therefore, although they are brothers, in fact Yan Yu's father Yan Wenshou and second uncle Yan Wenzhuang have never met this concubine at all, and they are very similar to each other.
In the past two years, Princess Hekang went to Hexi, and the old marquis passed on the title to the eldest Yan Wenshou, and he was happy to enjoy his old age. As the new head of the family, Yan Yu's father naturally had to be friendly to his brothers, so the two families slowly started moving together.
As for why Yan Yu's mother, Mrs. Marquis Ding'an, asked him to go find his third uncle again before the Chinese New Year... it was all because of his cousin Yan Tian, who had died since she was a child and had no one to teach her.
"Well, it's not a glorious thing to say. I thought it would be normal to take a detour to visit my third uncle in the middle of the trip. I didn't want to say more to you."
Hearing what Yan Yu said, Qin Zhuen became more energetic: "Oh? Did your cousin do something scandalous?"
"I haven't done anything scandalous. But I have accomplished a few... big things!"
"Big deal?" Qin Zhuen couldn't help but become more interested when he saw Yan Yu's constipated expression.
"Uh...you know that Qian Erlu who was beheaded by Jingzhong two months ago, right?".
"The 'White Immortal Case' that caused a sensation in Daqi?" Qin Zhuen thought about it, "It is said that Qian Erlu was originally just a common man. One day he said that he had opened his heavenly eyes and was enlightened by Guanyin. He could send gifts Zi Baosheng had great supernatural powers. He then traveled to more than a dozen prefectures and counties, traveling to various places to practice medicine. Women flocked to see him, and he earned countless amounts of money.
"But... I didn't know that it was later revealed to be a scam! Qian Erlu was a shameless thief who cheated money and sex.
The so-called 'sending children to ensure survival' is actually...hey, his own seed. I heard that the believers were stun with incense and then acted.
"This Qian Erlu is also a... well, 'capable' person. Although he cannot be said to be perfect, but he is almost the same. He has defrauded countless people and spread evil. There are dozens of victims who have been confessed by him. , I don’t know how many people can’t remember their names.
"This matter was mentioned to me by the Emperor when the Sanfa Department reported it to the prisoner. Hey, it seems that it was your third uncle who solved the case! It is said that the liar was caught as soon as he entered the territory of Luozhou. If it weren't for your third uncle's strict governance, vigilance and good judgment, the counties that were deceived might still be in the dark, and we don't know when this case will be revealed."
"Revealed?" Yan Yu glanced at Qin Zhuen with a very obscure look, "After this matter was revealed, it caused an uproar. How can those women who were harmed by Qian Erlu behave? As far as I heard, there have been more than ten People become monks, and some even hang themselves.”
"Qian Erlu has indeed committed evil." Qin Zhuen lowered his eyes and sighed, "The world is extremely harsh on women. The proud women of heaven dare not make a wrong move, let alone those common women? They have no power and power. No matter how stained it is, it will be even harder to be tolerated by the world..."
Seeing that Qin Zhu'en was in a low mood, Yan Yu knew that he was emotionally moved by the situation, thinking of his mother's hard times over the years. So he also sighed: "There is nothing we can do about it. If the case is not revealed, although the face of dozens of women will be temporarily saved, more women will be deceived. Fortunately, when we caught this Qian Erlu , the government acted quickly, but no one in Luozhou Prefecture was deceived."
"How about your third uncle's governance is upright and strict."
"It would be great if it was really my third uncle's credit!" Yan Yu suddenly became depressed.
Qin Zhuen looked at him in surprise.
"Alas," Yan Yu sighed, "this case was actually the work of the cousin I just mentioned!"
"Oh? Her?! A girl's family..."
"No, a girl's family is involved in such a scandalous case!" Yan Yu rubbed the bridge of his nose and felt a headache.
"Don't underestimate my cousin. A few years ago, my third uncle's yamen stopped hiring masters. All government litigation cases were handled by my cousin. My third uncle doted on her too much. She was allowed to do whatever she wanted.
"The Qian Erlu case this time is that the thief entered Luozhou territory and was targeted by my cousin as soon as he released his name as the 'Great Immortal in White Clothes'. Otherwise, the case would not have been uncovered so quickly."
"Seriously?" Qin Zhuen became even more interested, "I wonder how my cousin discovered the clues? How did she uncover the case?"
"This..." Yan Yu was troubled, and then sighed again, "My cousin lost her mother when she was young and lacks education. To put it nicely, she is not afraid of anything. To put it badly, she is arrogant. , I don’t believe in ghosts and gods. Naturally, I am particularly wary of such cases of defrauding people through ghosts and witchcraft. So as soon as Qian Erlu arrived in Luozhou and made a name for himself, Yan Tian... that is, my cousin became vigilant.
"As for how to catch him..." Yan Yu hesitated and said after a long while, "It's really not a glorious trick.
"Yan Tian found a... prostitute, pretending to be a peasant woman asking for a child, with a very pious face, and tried her best to flatter Qian Erlu. Because the prostitute was beautiful and wore gold and silver, Qian Erlu was against other people. The woman who came to ask for a child didn't care much, she just wanted to get the prostitute first.
"The next thing... Well, of course, the water will work out... Several kilograms of incense were found from Qian Erlu, and with the testimony of the prostitute, everyone got the stolen goods..."
"How can your cousin have such abilities?" Qin Zhu Enzhijie said in admiration.
However, Yan Yu misunderstood and couldn't help but blush: "Ahem, cough... no! A girl's family is involved with a prostitute, and is involved in such a scandalous case... Oh, my... Third uncle dotes on his daughter too much, so he just leaves her alone. It’s really shameful to say..."
"Hey, Yan Yu, what you said is wrong!" Before Yan Yu could finish reflecting on himself, Qin Zhuen interrupted him seriously, "People in the world are too harsh on women. Ordinary women are just right, they are just normal. Live your life in peace and order.
"But there is that strange woman with a treacherous mind and an eye for the world, but she clings to such nonsense secular rules and wastes her great talents. What's more, she is not tolerated by the world and is tainted by such mediocre fools. It's really abominable to ruin someone's life by destroying it..."
"Oh! Listening to what you said, I have become 'that kind of mediocre idiot'." Yan Yu smiled instead of getting angry, knowing in his heart that he had the opportunity because of what he had experienced at home and because of his mother, Princess Xiangning. This is a shocking statement. Therefore, she did not argue with him and continued, "Whether my eldest cousin is a 'big-hearted' or 'eyes on the world', she has been manipulated by my third uncle in recent years to be lawless and has a good reputation.
"A girl's family was given a nickname by the people of Luozhou Prefecture, called 'Hua Yan (Strict) Sentence'. My mother was so worried and angry about this that she couldn't even eat.
"You also know about our family. My mother gave birth to me and my eldest brother, but after all, there is also a nine-year-old concubine, Yan Xi. Then there is Yan Yi, the daughter of my second uncle's concubine." Yan Yu glanced at her words. Qin Zhuen glanced at him and said, "The most urgent thing is that this year has already reached the flowering period on the 14th, which is the time for marriage. If Yan Tian's reputation continues to flourish, Luozhou is not far from the capital. If it spreads to the capital again, it will not affect it. Marriage of other sisters?"
"'Flower Face Judge'?" Qin Zhuen's eyes lit up, "Being given this title means that my cousin is not only good at judging, but she is also very outstanding in appearance, so she can be compared with flowers."
This guy! Yan Yu rolled his eyes, "You have been talking to me for a long time, and you only remember this sentence? My second cousin Yan Yi has been fascinated by you. You must not provoke me again. This one! Stay away from our girls! Be careful that my grandfather will whip you!"
"Conscience of heaven and earth!" Qin Zhuen screamed as soon as he heard this, "I have never provoked your second cousin. Although I occasionally visit the flower house, I am not too bad. A girl from a good family has never been contaminated. , ladies from famous families even stayed away from him.
"That's when I went to the Hou Mansion to look for you, and I met your second cousin by chance. Who knows why she fell in love with me. Now I take a detour as soon as I see her."
"Hey! What you said! It seems like our family is chasing you. Look at your sloppy beard. You know, I am half a year older than you. Those who don't know think you are ten years older than me! My second uncle looks younger than you! Yan Yi doesn’t know what to think either, she’s really blinded by lard..."
"I think so." Qin Zhuen sincerely agreed. Then he rolled his eyes and suddenly had an idea.
"Hey, I'm talking about Second Young Master Yan." He said as the two brothers put their arms around Yan Yu's shoulders.
"Since you have something serious to do and you don't mind my indolence, how about we separate and go our separate ways? You hurry up and head north to your hometown in Huaifeng to worship your ancestors. I took Sanshou with me and headed west slowly and leisurely. We ended up in Luozhou Let’s meet at the mansion. I won’t hold you back, and you won’t urge me with your voice. What do you think?”
"This..." Yan Yu looked at Qin Zhuen and narrowed his eyes. Isn't this guy holding back some bad water?
