Hao Yan didn't expect Xu Hao to refuse directly, leaving no room for anything, so he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and scolded at home.

The helpers have spoken out to persuade them, among which Yuan Kong said: "The son doesn't need to be angry, he has never said it in one breath, he has to turn three times and five times, and ask the matchmaker to do it at the expense of face and rhetoric, so that it can be achieved." Shicai thought about it carefully, after all, Lord Xu was a martial artist, and Lord Prefect was born in the imperial examination, so he had no friendship, and the two of them may not be harmonious when they meet. Besides, Lord Xu is a product of the dynasty, and the prefect heard that he disagreed, so he didn't dare to speak again, anyway, he replied to the son, and the favor was finished.

Since the son values it so much and is bent on getting a beautiful woman, then please do not hesitate to spend it, and our brothers will also work hard. It can't be done today, and tomorrow I will beg for it, the water drops through the stone, and I must find a way to make this matter, what do you think, son? ”

Hao Yan is also very helpless, who made his reputation bad? said: "You have always known my heart, those who follow me do not spare money, and those who oppose me do not give half a penny." Now I only have Miss Xu in my heart, her mother, I don't know why I have a heartbeat, I am so sad these days, I even dream of marrying Miss when I sleep at night, I swear not to be a person if I don't get her. If you can help me make a match, I am grateful, beauty is rare, and silver is just dung, and I will never hesitate. ”

Yuan Kong took the opportunity to smile and said, "Then please give me some carriage and horse fares first." ”

Hao Yan was aroused, and without saying a word, he ordered someone to take eighty taels of silver, and everyone got three or five taels, and Yuan Kong took twenty taels alone.

The helpers happily came out with money to do things, Yuan Kong has always been the most thoughtful among them, and now he faintly became the head of everyone, saying: "Don't be too happy first, if you want to make another big fortune, you have to listen to my opinion." ”

Everyone said: "This is natural, I heard Brother Yuan's dispatch." ”

Yuan Kong said: "It is also a happy event to get the silver today. They all went to the restaurant to eat and drink, and by the way, the big guys discussed how to behave. ”

At that moment, everyone surrounded him and went to a tavern he frequented and ordered wine and food. After three rounds of drinking, Yuan Kong said: "I thought about it carefully, for today's plan, I have to make two preparations, while carefully visiting the Xu family, if Miss Zhen is married to the Shu Palace, then there is no need to say anything." If there is no marriage, let's ask the son to beg Mu Wangfu to come forward. Or Master Hao personally proposed marriage, Xu Sanye should not refuse, after all, he is not his daughter. ”

"Brother Yuan!" Everyone habitually slapped their ass.

After discussing and going their separate ways, the next day Yuan Kong quietly walked to the vicinity of Xu's house alone, and it happened that the old man was sitting in front of the door that day, he stepped forward and arched his hand: "Brother, do you still recognize me?" ”

The old man couldn't remember it when he was older, so he got up and said, "I don't know where I'll live, and I'm a little kind." ”

Yuan Kong smiled: "You and I met in the county government a few days ago. Forgot? ”

The old man thought for a long time and said, "But the prince sitting on the stone lion? ”

"Exactly." Yuan Kong nodded.

The old man asked, "What is the reason why the prime minister is here?" ”

Yuan Kong said: "I was passing by and saw my brother unexpectedly, so I came to see you." ”

The old man was very happy. said, "Please sit down, I'll take the tea." ”

"No, you don't." Yuan Kong said: "Is there a restaurant nearby?" I was tired and hungry. ”

The old man said: "There is a restaurant on the pavilion by the small bridge in front, and I will be the host, please be the husband." ”

"How can it be!" Yuan Kong deliberately kept a straight face, "How can I let my brother break the bank." It's just that I'm not familiar with this place, so it's troublesome for my brother to accompany me.

The old man was even happier when he saw that he was going to have a treat. smiled: "Since Xianggong doesn't like to eat and drink alone, the little old man has to accompany him." ”

So the two talked and laughed and entered the hotel, drank and drank, the old man drank wine for an hour, and gradually became drunk, and suddenly said: "I am really confused, I ate the wine of the father-in-law, but I forgot to ask for advice, sin." ”

Yuan Kong said with a smile: "Yuan Kong in Shaoxing, live here." ”

After eating a few glasses of wine while talking, Yuan Kong saw that the old man named Xu Xin was drunk, so he asked, "Dare to ask how the third master of the Xu family is doing?" ”

Xu Xin said: "Our third master? In the past two days, I have been at home nothing more than admiring the flowers and the moon, and the landscape is just a Tao, I haven't seen him go out, and I haven't seen him meet guests. ”

Yuan Kong asked again: "But the day before yesterday, I heard that the prince of the Hao family invited the prefect to the mansion as a matchmaker and asked for a young lady in your mansion, is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, yes." Xu Xin nodded in a daze, "But he's late, my young lady has already made a promise." ”

Yuan Kong said in surprise: "I heard someone explain that he hadn't promised to marry before he came to Yunnan, why did he come to Kunming and quietly promised someone?" ”

Xu Xin said: "I don't know much, the day before yesterday, the prefect came, I said in my heart that Uncle Hou's family got married, and it was also a good thing for the family, who knew that the third master said that he had promised someone, and asked the sister-in-law of the inner house, saying that you still don't know?" In school, the third master saw that the son of the king of Shu was young and talented, and he already intended to marry, as the third master, how could the king of Shu refuse what he decided? ”

When Yuan Kong heard this, his heart was half cold, he reluctantly sat for a while, got up and paid for the wine.

Xu Xin said drunkenly: "I'm sorry today, I'll do it another day." ”

At the same time, the frustrated Cai Nai heard another version, he was sullen and wandered around the house, and everyone went to visit him, some people left him to talk, and some said a few words in front of the door.

Because Cao Nai called his aunt, uncle, brother, and sister when he saw people, and he was blindly humble, the Xu family saw that he was good-looking, elegant, and there was no one who didn't like it, and soon someone led him to take a bath.

Only then did Cao Nai know that if the Xu family had the conditions and loved cleanliness, they would have to take a bath almost every day, no wonder everyone was clean and tidy, and they had never smelled a peculiar smell.

So he took a bath carefully, for fear of being disgusted, and when he returned to the study, he saw that the lights had been lit and the food was on the table, and he sighed: "Alas! Maybe it was sent by Sister Miao, but it's a pity that I'm leaving. ”

I ate depressedly, found a twenty-year history, picked up the second half to read, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Early in the morning, Cao Nai got up and walked to the tea room, where Xian'er and Yuan's sister-in-law happened to be there, and fetched a basin of water for him, and Xiao'er said, "I went over to deliver food last night, I don't know where you went." ”

Cao Nai asked, "Who is my sister from?" ”

Xiao'er coaxed him and said, "I'll go alone." ”

Cao Nai's heart was useful, and said: "I went everywhere and took a bath, but it's a pity!" I will never go out of the study again. ”

Xiao'er covered her mouth and smiled, didn't want to talk more, turned around with the kettle and walked away. That night, Yuan's sister-in-law came to deliver food with a strange woman.

Cao Nai said strangely: "Who is this mother?" ”

Sister-in-law Yuan said: "It's Miss's nurse Mother Song." ”

Seeing that there were many candles on the table, Song's mother asked, "What is this?" ”

"Read a book." Cao Nai replied.

Song's mother said: "I've seen enough during the day, why do you still watch it at night?" Be careful if you hurt your eyes. ”

Cai Nai said: "I haven't read many books, and after my father died, I didn't have a chance, so I didn't want to miss it." ”

"It's rare, it's really a good boy." Mother Song, who came with a purpose, looked appreciative.

Cai Nai finally couldn't help it and asked, "Yesterday, the third master said that the young lady was married to the prince of Shu, and I don't know when the marriage will be completed?" ”

Mother Song and Sister-in-law Yuan looked at each other and smiled, and asked rhetorically, "Are you worried about Yu'er's marriage?" ”

"Well, it's a little bit." Cao Nai smiled wryly.

"Don't worry!" Mother Song laughed, "That's all fooling the prefect and the Hao family, tell you the truth, the son of the Hao family is a prodigal, how can I marry my young lady to him?" And although the Shu Wangfu is a prince, but my Xu family is not rare, rather than marrying the young lady to the palace of the concubines to compete for favor, the meaning of the old lady, especially the meaning of the third master, would rather marry the young lady to a good son, as long as filial piety and progress, it is best not to think of three wives and four concubines, how the family background is secondary. ”

Cao Nai's heart was suddenly ecstatic, and he said tremblingly: "Really? Miss didn't get married? ”

"Nope." Mother Song smiled, and suddenly said suspiciously: "What? You also like my young lady? ”

"No, no." Cao Nai hurriedly waved his hand, "Miss is a fairy in the sky, and she will never dare to covet it." ”

Mother Song smiled: "What fairy, you young people, always think that the young lady of the big family does not eat the fireworks in the world, but in fact, she is not eating, drinking, and sleeping, and the girl has a lot of troubles when she was a child." ”

Cao Nai's interest was aroused, and he wanted to ask about the details, and Sister-in-law Yuan saw this and said, "How can you talk nonsense about the girl's private affairs?" Alright, it's time for us to go. ”

Mother Song chuckled, "I know." ”

After that, for two days, not to mention that I didn't see Xu Xiangyue's figure, and I didn't even come out of Xiao'er, which made Cao Nai's heart sullen and bored for a while, so he wrote a poem.

Now that it's just a finger, it's been delayed at the Xu family for seven days, and it seems that it's unreasonable, Cao Nai sighed and said, "I should go." ”

was in a daze, when suddenly Sister-in-law Yuan walked in and said, "Hurry up and clean up, Mrs. will call you." ”

Cao Nai wondered in her heart, and as she walked to the main room, Yuan Shi, who was sitting on the chair, said: "Mrs. Hao's birthday is on the sixteenth, and I am going to give gifts tomorrow, you buy gifts for me according to the account, write a gift post, and send them over tomorrow morning." ”

Cao Nai didn't expect to be reused, so he hurriedly agreed to it, and Yuan ordered the steward to hand him the silver and bills.

When he hurried out, Yuan smiled and said, "Let's see how he does things, I hope he can do it safely."

Sister-in-law Yuan said: "He must be a careful and thoughtful person, even if he is not thorough, he is too young and has never been a subordinate." ”

Song's mother said: "I also don't look like ordinary children, with fine skin and tender meat, and like to read, to see if his etiquette is written by himself, that is, to prove whether he is a real reader." If you are a scholar, then being a scholar can be wronged. ”

"Now I can read and write more." Yuan said lightly, "But Xian'er is worthy of him, he is talented and beautiful, I hope he is not a fool, otherwise I will have to find a personal choice." (To be continued......)