Chapter 336 The Value of a Jar of Wine (Hahaha, I lied to you!)
Today's Zhao Guang can be regarded as one of the best among the second generation officials of the Han Dynasty.
Except for Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, even his eldest brother Zhao Tong is not as famous as him.
After hearing what he said, the person on the other side had to step aside, but still said: "If Zhao Langjun wants to drink, there is a jar of wine left by the late emperor when he ascended the throne to reward the ministers."
Zhao Guang stepped forward and stopped suddenly, turned around hesitantly, his throat moved, "Is this true?"
“Don’t dare to deceive each other.”
Zhao Guang looked at the visitor again and said, "Xu Zian, please tell me your intention first."
Xu You saw the relief in Zhao Guang's tone and said quickly, "Mr. Zhao, please rest assured. You are here not to provoke, but to ask Mr. Zhao to be a mediator."
“Then you have the guts to pick a fight.”
Zhao Guang was unafraid.
Xu You's face turned red all of a sudden, and he was greatly humiliated, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Zhao Langjun is now joining the army in the Prime Minister's Palace, how can he be compared to a mediocre person like me?"
Xu You, also known as Zian, his eldest son, named Xu Qin, died young.
But he has a great father named Xu Jing, who is a famous person in the world. When the late emperor ascended the throne, he was granted the title of Situ, ranking among the three princes. Even the prime minister was ranked second and had to bow to him.
But it is a pity that although Xu You has such a good family background, he is an unfortunate guy.
It's fine that I died before my eldest father. My eldest father had been a Situ for less than two years and he also died, leaving only Xu You who was less than a weak official.
Although Xu Jing and Xu Ci are both named Xu, the two families are not close relatives.
One is the Xu family in Runan and the other is the Xu family in Nanyang.
But at any rate, both of them took refuge in Jiaozhou together, and came to Shu together. They couldn't write two words in one sentence. Since both families trace their origins, they both have the same ancestor, and they came to Shu to take refuge together, so they Family is also close.
Since Xu Jing's death, Xu Ci has taken care of Xu You every day, so Xu You calls him brother Xu Xun.
Xu Xun is the elder man of the Xu family who went to the Guan family to propose marriage but failed, and later had one of his legs blackmailed by the two daughters of Guan and Zhang.
In Zhao Guang's eyes, Xu Xun was the one who wanted to corner his brother. Unfortunately, before he could swing his hoe, his leg was broken by two corners.
Since Xu You and Xu Xun are from the same Xu family, he will naturally not look down upon him.
"Zhao Langjun, my cousin Meng Lang offended the daughter of the Guan family before, and now I know that I was wrong."
Xu You said in a low voice, "My cousin heard that Zhao Langjun and the female young master of the Guan family are like sisters, so he wanted to ask Zhao Langjun to send a message to the female young master of the Guan family. If there is a chance, he will definitely apologize to the female young master of the Guan family in person. "
Xu Youyou finished these words, his face was already red enough to bleed.
At the same time, I cursed the thing called my brother in my heart. Damn it, if it weren’t for the sake of my uncle taking care of me, I would have killed you!
Just because of his slip of the tongue, not only did he lose his uncle's face, but he even used up the last bit of his dead father's face. It was really not a joke!
Although Zhao Guang sometimes acted foolishly, he was not the real one. Seeing Xu You like this, he felt a little emotional in his heart. Xu Jing was so famous all over the world that even the prime minister wanted to bow to him. He didn't expect that his descendants would end up like this. situation.
“Let’s go, let’s talk after we go in.”
Zhao Guang didn't want to push people too hard after all, so he gave Xu You a face, or in other words, gave a face to the dead Xu Jing.
After entering the private room and sitting down separately, Zhao Guang said, "Xu Zian, after all, you are also one of the founding fathers of the country, why are you here?"
After hearing this, Xu You showed bitterness on his face and shook his head, "It's hard to explain in words."
If it were normal, he would be offended if he offended the Guan family. Anyway, the tiger girl of the Guan family also broke one of his cousin's legs, so the matter was even.
When two families have a grudge, they will grudge each other, and at most they will not have any contact with each other.
But things are different now, because the Han Dynasty wants to develop cultural affairs. This is a matter that attracts everyone's attention. How many people are trying to get in?
At that time, my uncle was also one of the people in charge of the classics. It stands to reason that he would have a share in compiling and annotating the classics. But now that something like this suddenly happened, who knows what will happen?
Because the paper came from Nanxiang, the first name on the credit list is Feng Yong.
This matter was initiated by the Guan family, and the Zhang family was the first to respond.
Do you know why the Zhang family’s young lady would be cruel to her cousin?
I don’t know if the Zhang family also has any objections to the Xu family?
So after all this calculation, it is basically a certainty that my uncle will be implicated in this matter.
Don’t forget that there are still people who want to participate in this matter. If you squeeze others out, doesn’t it give yourself one more hope? Such a good excuse, no one would know how to use it.
It's just that Xu You couldn't explain these things clearly to Zhao Guang.
At the same time, he thought, if the great father was still there, why would he be in this situation? It's just that his uncle is the only person he can rely on now. If he doesn't help, what else can he do?
Everyone has their own difficulties in housework. After all, Xu You was one of Zhao Guang’s many friends, so he could naturally guess some of Xu You’s difficulties.
Even he himself, before he followed his brother to make a career, wasn't he often beaten to death by his own adults?
Zhao Guang let out a long sigh and said, "To this day, it seems that you still don't understand why Xu Xun was beaten. In view of the friendship between us in the past, I remind you, don't say that you are looking for my sister in this matter. Even looking for the Guan family brother is useless."
As soon as these words came out, Xu You looked at Zhao Guang in surprise, "Brother Zhao... what does this mean?"
Thinking about it, he asked tentatively with some disbelief, "Is it possible that there is some secret behind this?"
Zhao Guang sneered, "Where's the inside story? It's just that you can't understand it. Bring me some wine, and I'll change the subject. I'll accept it."
Speaking, he put his hands on the table and spread them out.
"good."
Although Zhao Guang didn't finish what he said, Xu You also got a piece of news from the side. I'm afraid the root cause of this matter is not the female young master of the Guan family.
So he clapped his hands happily, and saw a woman coming out from behind the screen in the private room, holding a jar of wine in her hand.
Although Zhao Guang's thoughts were focused on his Aunt Huang, when he took the wine from the woman's hand, he still couldn't help but look at her twice.
After the woman curled into the screen, Xu You said, "Brother Zhao, this is the daughter of my uncle's family, called Erniang. Although she is not a daughter of aristocratic family, a good family girl can still afford it."
“She had been engaged to someone since she was a child, but due to the war a few years ago, there was no one in her husband’s family before she could get married.”
"Um?"
Zhao Guang glanced at Xu You and felt a little strange, thinking, what do you mean by telling me this?
“Even though the second mother had never visited the house, she still observed the mourning period for the husband’s family for three years, so this lifelong matter was also delayed.”
Xu You coughed and said a little embarrassed.
Zhao Guang thought he understood what he meant, and he was about to snap up the case and scold this person angrily, but Xu You's next words held him down.
"I heard that all the girls around Feng Langjun are older people. I think she might like older ones. This second lady has a good temperament and is also good at serving others. If Feng Langjun doesn't give up, let her do it on weekdays. It’s okay to drink some water.”
"What are you talking about? Is my brother so... um... um?"
Zhao Guang's anger surged after hearing this. He was about to get angry, but suddenly thought of something, but he was speechless for the rest of the words.
Did the Xu family really not know or did they just happen to meet each other? I accidentally found the key to solving the problem.
Thinking about this, Zhao Guang hesitated again.
Although Xu You said this was about an older person, he could tell that the focus was actually on his previous engagement with someone else!
Zhao Guang naturally knew about Jincheng’s rumors about his brother.
It goes without saying about Sister Guan.
It just doesn’t make sense that my brother asked Li Mu to be the manager of the textile workshop!
And don’t mention it, since Li Mu took office, this textile workshop feels more organized than before.
So that Li Mu is also strange, actually helping his brother manage this stall with all his heart.
Is there anything fishy in this?
This led to Zhao Guang sometimes feeling that although most of Jincheng's rumors were false, they may not be true at all.
Now that he hears Xu You's words again, it seems that he also believes that his brother has this preference, right?
The more Zhao Guang thought about it, the more suspicious he became. Wouldn't his brother take this seriously?
It's just that this matter put him in a dilemma.
Refuse this thing intentionally. If your brother really likes this tune, wouldn't you be ruining your brother's good deeds?
Promise, what if you think wrong?
Zhao Guang thought for a while and suddenly had an idea. He looked at Xu You and said, "How can my brother like an ordinary woman? Unless that second lady has some special skills."
He doesn’t know whether his brother likes this tune, but he knows his other hobby, which is to find craftsmen to do weird things.
At the same time, he thought in his heart, even if his brother is not good at this, the Hanzhong workshop is very short of people now. As long as she has some special skills, I will have an excuse to send her to Hanzhong.
As long as she pleases her brother, even if she doesn't, it can be said that she is skilled. I think I can also take advantage of this opportunity to get away with it.
This way, I don’t have to be so embarrassed.
Thinking of this, Zhao Guang showed a smile on his face.
Unexpectedly, looking at his expression, Xu You thought that this special gift was really a good idea.
So Xu You couldn't help but think to himself, it turns out that the brother Zhao Erlangjun mentioned was really good at this!
But when he heard Zhao Guang's words, he was stunned again: It's just a gift for a girl. It's enough to be able to warm the bed. What special skills are needed?
“Er Niang is a pretty good girl, and she can barely read words…”
When Xu You just said this, he saw a look of disappointment on Zhao Guang's face and said dissatisfied, "I'm not boasting, there are all women who can be female celebrities in the workshop, even those who have read books, that's common, nothing special. ?”
This Feng Mingwen’s taste is really special!
Xu You broke out in sweat all of a sudden. He was about to succeed. If he fell at the last moment, no one would be willing to accept it. His mind was racing like lightning, and he said indiscriminately, "Second Mother" He is also good at planting and can grow good green vegetables.”
These words were meant to delay time. Xu You was still thinking about what other advantages the second lady had, but Zhao Guang's eyes lit up and he said, "Tell me carefully."
Um? This is…
Xu You was startled for a moment, then suddenly understood, secretly thinking that I was really stupid!
What did Feng Mingwen start from? Isn't it the Qu Yuan Plow and the Eight Oxen Plow? Erniang’s ability to grow green vegetables is just right for her liking!
“Erlang doesn’t know something. His mother-in-law is from a poor family, so she has been growing green vegetables to support the family since she was a child. Strangely enough, the green vegetables she grows always grow better than those grown by others..."
“Okay, it’s her!”
Zhao Guang made the decision immediately before Xu finished lobbying.
“Just her?”
Xu You was still thinking about how to beautify it, but he didn't expect that Zhao Guang had already decided it. He didn't react for a while, so he repeated what Zhao Guang said.
Zhao Guang nodded, "It's her."
“Okay, thank you Erlang.”
Xu You was overjoyed.
“Zishi, why are you looking at me like this?”
After the matter was explained, Xu You also took the woman away.
Even though she was to be sent to Hanzhong, she certainly could not be handed over directly to Zhao Guang. She still had to be taken back and prepared.
How to improve the quality without packaging?
At this time, only Zhao Guang and Wang Xun were left in the private room. Zhao Guang was holding the wine jar in his arms. When he saw Wang Xun staring at him blankly, he couldn't help but ask.
“Yiwen, if you do this, aren’t you afraid that your brother will beat you to death?”
Actually, what Wang Xun was thinking was that if his brother knew that Erlang had sold him for a jar of wine, it would probably not be as simple as beating him to death.
“Why did brother hit me?”
When Zhao Guang heard Wang Xun's words, he suddenly remembered the time in Juxian when he was chased and beaten by his brother all over the house, crying and howling. He felt extremely weak in his heart, but he refused to admit defeat.
"I am doing this for my brother's benefit. Hasn't he been looking for a craftsman? Doesn't that second mother have a good craftsmanship?"
“Ask her to grow vegetables for her brother to eat?”
Wang Xun ruthlessly exposed Zhao Guang's excuses.
"That's my brother's business. How can we guess it?"
Zhao Guang took Wang Xun in his arms and said, "Let's go, the Xu family is begging for brother like this now. There must be something wrong. We should go back and think carefully about how to report this matter to brother."
Xu You sent the girl back to his uncle's house and reported the matter to Xu Ci at the same time.
After listening to what Xu You said, Xu Ci asked with some surprise, "Then Zhao Erlang said this?"
"yes."
Xu You nodded.
"I didn't expect that there was a secret behind this matter?" Xu Ci frowned, "What could this be?"
"Nephew doesn't know either. It's because my nephew had a relationship with Zhao Erlang back then that he was willing to tell me. No matter how much he told me, he wouldn't tell me anything."
“It’s a huge favor to be able to say this.”
Xu Ci sighed and looked at Xu You with emotion in his eyes, "It's all thanks to you this time. It's my incompetent son who caused you to suffer such injustice."
"Uncle, please don't say such things. My nephew has been protected by his uncle in the past two years. The family does not speak the same language."
Xu You said quickly.
“It would be great if Dalang could be as sensible as you.”
Xu Ci sighed again, and then said bitterly, "I am older than you, but you can only cause trouble for the family!"
“How is brother doing these days?”
Speaking of Xu Xun, Xu You had to express his concern again.
"What else can I do? Even if his leg injury heals, I will lock him up and let him study hard behind closed doors. He will not be allowed to go out during these days."
Xu You couldn't comment on how Xu Ci dealt with Xu Xun.
“Uncle, is it necessary to send Erniang to Feng Mingwen?”
“Er Niang’s mother died early, and her three sisters and brothers all relied on the clan’s support to survive. Now that she can help the clan, it can be considered as her best effort for the clan.”
Xu Ci waved his hand carelessly, "Who doesn't know now that Feng Mingwen is holding a large amount of woolen cloth? As long as we can establish a relationship with him, it doesn't matter if we send two more out."
(End of this chapter)