"oh?"
"So, this recruitment is an attempt by the Cai family to break the family marriage?"
"Exactly!"
There was a look of admiration on the Yaozi's face, he stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "As far as I know, this time the Cai family wants to marry that barbarian from the Lu family."
"Now with the fall of Prince Huai's Palace, the power in the entire Huainan has changed. The Cai family's backstage seems to have been liquidated by the court."
"Now, the Lu family has moved to the county governor's mansion and is thriving!"
"interesting!"
A smile appeared on Ning Fan's face, he looked at the Yaozi and said, "Let's go, take this young master to have a look!"
"Okay!"
"Master, come with me!"
Ning Fan nodded slightly and looked at the Yaozi: "What do you call me?"
"Hey, sir, little Zhang Decai, you can just call me Lao Zhang."
"good!"
The three of them walked all the way towards Wangjiang Tower in Lingzhou City. Pedestrians on the road rubbed shoulders with each other, including some richly dressed and elegant young men. They all seemed to be rushing in the same direction.
"Master!"
"These people are all here for the Cai family."
"hehe!"
Ning Fan smiled and said nothing. Lin Yong on the side seemed to have noticed something and stepped forward and asked: "Sir, do you know this Miss Cai?"
"There have been two encounters."
"Uncle Lin, remember, we are from the capital. My surname is Zhao and my given name is Zilong!"
"Zhao Zilong?"
Lin Yong had a look of doubt on his face, but he still nodded seriously.
…
"Everyone, our Cai family is recruiting relatives today. Anyone who can pass the civil and military competitions will be able to marry into my Cai family."
"The literary test comes first, the martial arts test comes after!"
“Round 1: Writing a poem!”
"My young lady has a world-famous appearance and outstanding grace, so I will compose a poem for my young lady based on this theme!"
Lin Yong looked at the wealthy figure on Wangjiang Tower and couldn't help frowning: "Sir, we were stopped at the first level!"
"A poem, you..."
"This is exactly what this... Young Master is good at."
There was a look of confidence on Ning Fan's face, and Lin Yong seemed to have suddenly thought of something: "Sir, if you like the girl from the Cai family, I will bring her back and make you a maidservant!"
"But you must not... marry into the Cai family!"
"Why?"
"Master..."
Lin Yong said with a bitter face: "After all...if I find out, I'm afraid our heads will fall to the ground together."
"As the saying goes, a man should marry when he is young, and a woman should marry when she is young. It is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker."
"Besides, our family is not an ordinary family. How can a young lady from a mere businessman's family be worthy of you?"
Hearing Lin Yong's words, Ning Fan didn't react at all, but Zhang Decai on the side sneered and said with a smile: "My father-in-law, the Cai family is not an ordinary merchant family!"
"It was also the home of officials. It moved here from Jiangnan a few years ago. How can it be easy to establish a foothold in Huainan and grow stronger day by day?"
"Besides, Sister Cai's door is not that easy to get into."
"You still want to take me in as your maid... Pfft!"
There was a look of disdain on Zhang Decai's face, and he couldn't help but sneer as he looked at the plainly dressed old man in front of him with yellow teeth.
"You little brat, are you looking for a beating?"
"Old man, with your stature, you still want to attack me?" Zhang Decai picked his nose and said calmly: "If Mr. Zhao hadn't been so generous, I would definitely show you what it means to respect the elderly and love the young..."
"Ouch!"
"ah!"
"Spare your life... Master, spare your life!"
After punching and kicking Lin Yong, he grinned: "Respect the old and love the young, do you still need you to teach me?"
"Hahaha!"
Ning Fan also smiled and looked at Wangjiang Tower and said: "It's about to start, don't make trouble."
"Miss Cai, I have a poem that I hope you will appreciate!"
"Come, come, let me serve you with pen and ink."
"Haha, dear friends, don't worry, I'm afraid I'm going to come out on top today."
There were figures standing under the attic, waving hair, writing poems, and Ning Fan's eyes fell on the attic. The rich-looking middle-aged man standing there must be the head of the Cai family.
Chase!
His father abandoned his official position to engage in business and moved his family from Jiangnan to Huainan. Now he has settled here and has established a large family property in just a few years.
"Master, do you really want to go up?"
"Um!"
Ning Fan nodded with a smile, and ran through the poems describing the beauty of women in his mind, and a poem appeared involuntarily, which he seemed to have recited for the empress.
"There are beauties in the south, peerless and independent."
"Look at the Qingren City, then look at the Qingren Country."
"I would rather not know a beautiful city or a beautiful country. A beautiful woman is hard to come by!"
Due to my limited cultural level, there are not many poems I can remember from my previous life, and there are even fewer poems that describe the beauty of women. It would be great if Li Bai was around.
"Master, can you really write poetry?"
"Um!"
Ning Fan nodded solemnly: "I only have a little understanding of it, but I can't get into the realm of elegance."
"Ahem!"
"It's not the kind of thing where you love beauties, stay drunk all night on the bed, play and sing, right?"
"roll!"
Ning Fan couldn't help but become angry. Why should he be responsible for the stupid things his predecessor had done?
Back then at Fengxiang Tower, at a cultural gathering, Ning Fan wrote a poem in front of a city full of talented people and beauties, and was ridiculed by the world for a long time.
At that time, he even asked someone to frame it and sent a copy to Emperor Yu, hoping to show off his literary talents. As you can imagine, the result was that he seemed to have been lying in bed for more than three months...
In the attic, Cai Wenji was wearing red makeup and sitting in front of the bronze mirror with a gloomy expression, wondering what she was thinking about.
"Miss, all the poems written by the talented people downstairs have been sent up."
"One of them is a young man named Zhao Zilong, and his writing is really good."
"Would you like to read it to you?"
A maid in a green skirt stood behind Cai Wenji, arranging her black hair and said.
"Who are you talking about?"
"Mr. Zhao, when I was looking up the poems just now, my servant took a look at it. The poem was really amazing, and the handwriting was strong and powerful. It was unique. Even the master who doesn't know calligraphy was praising it."
"The signature of that poem is Zhao Zilong!"
"I don't know which family the young master is from. It seems that there is no family named Zhao in Lingzhou!"
Xiaocui kept chattering, but she didn't see that the body of the young lady in front of her was trembling slightly, and she murmured to herself: "Zhao Zilong, is it him?"
"Miss?"
Xiaocui also noticed that something was wrong with her young lady, and seemed to suddenly think of something, and said in a low voice: "Miss, could it be that this Mr. Zhao is you..."
"Go and ask Uncle Qin to help me see if it's him!"
"yes!"
Xiaocui hurriedly walked out. Cai Wenji sat in front of the bronze mirror, biting her red lips, holding a handkerchief in her hand, rubbing it back and forth...
