Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 312 Family grievances

The matchmaker plays an extremely important role in marriage, so since ancient times, there has been a saying that the matchmaker is getting married. The matchmaker's visit is the first step in the six rituals of marriage, which is called Nacai, also called marriage proposal.

The matchmaker tentatively proposes the possibility of marriage on behalf of the client. If the suitor is rejected, the suitor will not lose face. After all, it is the matchmaker who is rejected, and both parties can pretend that nothing happened.

This is extremely important in the face-saving society, and the role of the matchmaker is reflected here, properly maintaining the face of the suitor.

The fact that Dean Liu came to propose marriage on behalf of the Fan family immediately spread throughout the Zhu family, causing an uproar within the Zhu family.

When Zhu Yuanfu delayed or declined the Liu family's three marriage proposals for various reasons, he agreed to the Fan family's marriage proposal, which would undoubtedly seriously deteriorate the relationship between the Zhu and Liu families. Zhu Yuanjun's first room was deeply worried.

After Zhu Yuanjun's eldest son Zhu Xiaozhen learned that the Fan family's matchmaker had come to the door, he immediately expressed his attitude and strongly opposed the marriage. He told his father who was in the capital.

In the afternoon, a boat came quickly and docked at Zhu's wharf. Zhu Xiaozhen got off the boat with a gloomy expression, and walked quickly to the mansion.

Zhu Xiaozhen was about 40 years old. According to the arrangement of his grandfather, among the three households of the Zhu family, the second eldest Zhu Yuanjun was in politics, the eldest Zhu Yuanfu guarded the fields, and the third eldest Zhu Yuanfeng was in business.

But many things did not follow the old master Zhu's arrangement. Zhu Yuanfu's son Zhu Xiaoyun was admitted as a Jinshi and became an official in politics.

And Zhu Xiaozhen should be in politics, but he didn't pass the Jinshi exam. In addition, Zhu Yuanjun felt that his qualifications were slightly inferior, so he assigned the only shadow official in the family to Zhu Xiaotan's brother Zhu Xiaotan, who is currently serving as the general judge of Yuezhou.

Having lost hope of becoming an official, Zhu Xiaozhen took charge of running a school in his hometown, training students of the Zhu family, and taking charge of the internal affairs of the Zhu family.

Zhu Xiaozhen had just returned from the Liu family, bringing back the anger of the Liu family, which made him feel very bad.

Zhu Xiaozhen came directly to see his uncle Zhu Yuanfu, and not long after, he walked into Zhu Yuanfu's study, where Zhu Yuanfu was sitting at the table admiring a strange stone he had just obtained.

"My nephew greets my uncle!"

Zhu Xiaozhen bowed to Zhu Yuanfu, and Zhu Yuanfu smiled and said: "Xiaozhen, my Taihu stone is called a unique cave, and the structure inside is amazing. Guess how much Ape paid for it?"

Zhu Xiaozhen had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "It should be worth a lot!"

"It's really worth a lot of money, but Ape bought it for only the usual money. This kind of good thing doesn't happen often."

Zhu Xiaozhen didn't have the heart to talk about the stone with his uncle, he said cautiously: "Nephew wants to talk about Apei with uncle, nephew just came back from Liu's house."

Zhu Yuanfu glanced at him quickly, and said lightly, "Say it!"

Zhu Xiaozhen hurriedly said: "My nephew talked about the marriage of the two families with Mr. Liu today, and I also hope to use a flexible method to resolve the deadlock, such as betrotting Yu'er to Liu Ran."

Zhu Yu is the daughter of Zhu Xiaozhen's brother Zhu Xiaoqin, one year younger than Zhu Pei, Zhu Yuanfu sneered in his heart, and said calmly, "And then?"

"Then Mr. Zhu resolutely refused to agree. He said that he had discussed this marriage with his uncle ten years ago. The uncle always delayed it for various reasons. Now he wants to give Ape to other people without giving any explanation to the Liu family. It is a huge insult to the Liu family, and the Liu family needs to re-evaluate the relationship between the two."

"Is it a huge insult to the Liu family if Pei'er does not marry the Liu family?"

Zhu Yuanfu sneered, "When will the relationship between the Zhu and Liu families be maintained by a 16-year-old lady?"

Zhu Xiaozhen quickly explained: "Uncle, maybe the Liu family feels that their dignity has been hurt. After all, the Liu family has been mentioning this marriage for ten years."

Zhu Yuanfu shook his head slowly, "You can't see the essence of the problem at all."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanfu stared at Zhu Xiaozhen sharply, "Why didn't Liu Zhuo come to me when he had an opinion, but needed you to come to explain? When did the Liu family become so arrogant? In the past, the Liu family came to visit Zhuo every three days. Home, what about now? It’s already May, and Liu Zhuo hasn’t visited once this year, don’t you think the Liu family doesn’t care about our Zhu family anymore?”

Zhu Xiaozhen lowered his head and said in a low voice: "My nephew thinks that the Liu family's dissatisfaction with Zhu Pei's matter caused the relationship between the Zhu and Liu families to regress!"

"You insist on thinking so?" Zhu Yuanfu looked at the nephew coldly.

"Yes!" Zhu Xiaozhen replied without hesitation.

Zhu Yuanfu shook his head, "Then you go!"

"It's about Pearl."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yuanfu interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I don't think you need to think too much about Peier's matter. This matter is naturally up to me. You should think about it carefully. The door opened, and the lock on the door was rusted."

Zhu Xiaozhen couldn't bear it any longer, stood up abruptly, "Uncle doesn't consider our feelings at all, and insists on going his own way, for fear that the Arhat Gate will not be opened, and the Golden Pond Gate will be closed."

After finishing speaking, he turned around with a livid face and walked away quickly. Zhu Yuanfu looked at his receding back and shook his head secretly. What kind of son is born, this is absolutely true!

Zhu's Mansion in Shengze Town covers an area of ​​about [-] mu. It is actually composed of three mansions. The three Zhu brothers and their descendants each occupy one house, just like the relationship between Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion in Dream of Red Mansions.

The three mansions are in the shape of "Pin". Zhu Yuanfu's house is on the upper part of the character, while Zhu Yuanjun and Zhu Yuanfeng are on the left and right of the lower part. They are called Shangfu, Zuofu and Youfu respectively. There are gates between the three mansions. Connected, the connecting door between the left mansion and the right door is called Arhat Gate, which has not been opened for almost ten years, and the big lock on it has rusted.

The relationship between Zhu Yuanjun and Zhu Yuanfeng was very cold. When the old lady was still there, they at least pretended to be relatively harmonious on the surface. After the old lady passed away, the two brothers stopped pretending, including the children and grandchildren of the two families.

The Jinchi Gate is the connecting door between Zhu Yuanfu's residence and the second Zhu Yuanjun's residence. It is currently open, and the children of the two residences often stay together.

So in a hurry, Zhu Xiaozhen said the ugly words about the closure of the Jinchi Gate, which was actually threatening Zhu Yuanfu. If Zhu Yuanfu refused to make concessions in this marriage, it would also lead to the split of the Zhu family.

Zhu Yuanfu paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and his heart was quite heavy. He didn't know whether what Zhu Xiaozhen said was his own meaning or his father's attitude, but he actually said such chilling words about the split of the Zhu family.

At this time, a pretty figure quietly appeared beside Zhu Yuanfu, "Grandfather, is the second uncle fighting again?"

It was Zhu Pei who came here. The second uncle had been arguing with her grandfather for a long time these two days, which made her quite uneasy. She didn't want to deteriorate the internal relationship of the Zhu family because of her own affairs.

Zhu Yuanfu patted his precious granddaughter's head lovingly. Although this granddaughter went to Kunzhou privately without telling him, which made him very angry, but when she came back, she took his arm and acted like a baby, and the anger in Zhu Yuanfu's heart disappeared without a trace. no trace.

"It has nothing to do with you. Sit down and Grandpa will tell you."

Zhu Pei obediently sat next to his grandfather, and Zhu Yuanfu sat down on his wide chair. He stared at the roof for a moment, and said slowly: "It's not a day's cold for three feet of ice, and it's not a day or two for your second grandfather to be dissatisfied with me." Yes, I have been protecting your third grandfather since I was a child. Every time he bullied your third grandfather, I would give him a severe reprimand. I expected him to understand brotherhood when he grows up, but unexpectedly, he is in a situation where brothers are not harmonious. The road is getting farther and farther."

"Why is this?" Jupe asked puzzled.

Zhu Yuanfu smiled wryly and said: "Your second grandfather was very clever since he was a child. He was called a child prodigy. He could read at the age of three, wrote poetry at the age of five, and wrote a good handwriting at the age of six. He was so loved by your great-grandfather that he couldn't even sleep at night." Arranging him by your side gradually developed your second grandfather's arrogant and conceited character, and it also caused him to have a sense of superiority since he was a child, and looked down on anyone.

This sense of superiority has been carved into his bones. He treats me a little better. After all, he is a brother of the same mother, but he despises your third grandfather. Your third grandfather is three years younger than him, and he was abused and kicked by him. It is commonplace.

And I resolutely protect your third grandfather, so he also has hatred for me in his heart. "

"Will the hatred I had when I was a child still exist now?"

"It's been 50 years, and logically there shouldn't be any more, but your great-grandfather did something wrong back then, which eventually led to an irreparable rift between us brothers."

"Grandpa, tell me, what's the matter?"

"It is my title of Duke of Wujiang County, which should have belonged to your second grandfather. Your great-grandfather strongly demanded that this title be given to your second grandfather, and the emperor agreed. I heard that even the decree was drawn up, but because the imperial concubine did not agree Agreed, asked the eldest son to be a knight, changed the emperor's mind, and finally the title fell on me."

"But this is what the imperial concubine meant. What does it have to do with Grandpa?"

"The noble concubine and I have been close brothers and sisters since we were young, but we have a bad relationship with your second grandfather. Your second grandfather always thought that I influenced the noble concubine and took away the title that should belong to him. It has passed, but I know that this incident has always been a thorn in his heart.

This time he attacked me for the Liu family's affairs, which actually hides decades of grievances. Of course, it has something to do with him marrying the eldest daughter of the Liu family. What's more, the Liu family also wants to use this matter to trample our Zhu family. underfoot. "

(End of this chapter)