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Chapter 265 The Chen family’s little troll

The seventh day of October.

time.

Sun Changhao, the newly appointed magistrate of Caizhou, arrived at Shilipu, north of Caizhou City, with his wife Wu, and more than [-] servants and guards.

According to the usual practice, when the chief official arrives for his appointment, Caizhou officials and assistants should greet him here.

But at this time, there were only one Kongmu officer, one head catcher and two teams of policemen waiting here.
Not a single serious official was seen.

Sun Changhao naturally guessed the reason why the clay figurine was still very angry. Chen Jingyan must have been angry after being robbed of his peach, and he probably wanted to use this to intimidate him.

However, after all, it was Sun Changhao who won the position of Caizhou Prefect. If he wanted to have a stable position as the prefect in the next two years, he would inevitably have to resolve matters with Chen Jingyan.
With a calculation in his mind, Sun Changhao ordered people to clear the way ahead to Caizhou City without changing his expression.

He doesn't care, but someone does
Ms. Wu, who was sitting in the small sedan at the back, looked at the shabby welcome scene through the sedan curtain, and then looked at her husband's disinterested expression. She couldn't help but cursed in a low voice in the sedan, "I'm already riding on you." You have shit on your head and you still don’t care~ Mud can’t hold up the wall.”

It's time.

When Sun Changhao and his entourage arrived at the north gate of Caizhou, Chen Jingyan finally did something right and led officials at all levels to greet them outside the city.

"Ah! Brother Delian, I haven't seen him for many years. My brother is even more charming than before!" After Sun Changhao got off the sedan, he strode up to Chen Jingyan, calling out his words in a very affectionate manner.

Chen Jingyan, who originally had a formulaic smile on his face, softened his expression a little, but his tone was a bit distant, "Your Majesty, Chen Jingyan, together with his colleagues from the government office, are here to greet the prefect. Your Excellency, you have worked hard all the way, so please go to the city and rest quickly."

After saying that, he raised his arm and led forward, signaling Sun Changhao to enter the city first.

Sun Changhao smiled heartily, took Chen Jingyan's arm, and walked side by side towards the door, "Brother, don't be like this. You and I are from the same country, why do you need to be so polite?"

early noon.

Sun Changhao met with officials at all levels in the government office. Even though he heard that Bureau Chief Ximen Gong was out of town on business and could not come to meet him in person, Sun Changhao was not angry. He just laughed and said: "Official affairs are important, official affairs are important."

He looks like a good old man.

After the meeting, before the reception banquet started, Sun Changhao took Chen Jingyan to the back hall. When they were the only two people left in the hall, he saw Sun Changhao suddenly bowing to Chen Jingyan.

Chen Jingyan was taken aback and hurried away, saying, "Master Sun, why are you doing this? You can't do it."

Regardless of their status in the past, at least Sun Changhao was Chen Jingyan's immediate boss now. The superior bowed deeply to his subordinates, which indeed seemed full of sincerity.

After Sun Changhao stood up, he smiled bitterly, then took out a letter and handed it over.

Chen Jingyan opened it and saw that it was a letter written by Wu Weiguang, the Minister of Punishment.

Although the letter did not say so directly, it implicitly expressed its apology to Chen Jingyan and secretly expressed his intention to transfer Chen Jingyan to Tokyo as a court official when his three-year term in Caizhou expires.

Chen Jingyan could understand this cryptic expression, but he would not believe it to be true.

Even promises written in black and white may not be accurate, let alone words that are clouded and blocked at both ends.

However, the other party's attitude slightly alleviated some of the resentment and dissatisfaction.

Seeing Chen Jingyan's face turn slightly, Sun Changhao cupped his hand again and said at the right time: "Brother Delian, what happened this time was due to various coincidences and was definitely not Wu Shangshu's original intention. I will discuss this matter with my brother in detail later. Now. , the Chen and Wu families are getting married soon, and we will be one family from now on. We still need Brother Delian and me to help with this matter in Caizhou."

Actually, the reason why Chen Jingyan didn't cause too much embarrassment today was because he was worried that Ayu and Wu Yifan were engaged.

The marriage between the two was well known in Yingchuan's hometown, and a letter of appointment had been issued. If it hadn't been for the many major events happening around him in the past year, the process of three letters and six appointments between the two families would have been completed long ago.

Two days ago, Chen Jingyan, who had just learned that his position as prefect had been stolen by the Wu family, was so angry that he actually considered canceling the engagement.

But after calming down, he worried that "repenting of the marriage" would be detrimental to his daughter's reputation. Furthermore, in Chen Jingyan's heart, Wu Yifan was indeed a "good match". After several considerations, he finally gave up the idea.

At this time, Sun Changhao's words touched Chen Jingyan's heart. The latter was silent for a while and sighed quietly.

Sighing, like a compromise.
Seeing this, Sun Changhao couldn't help but feel secretly happy, and hurriedly said: "Brother Delian, I haven't seen Marquis Lu An today, please introduce me to him!"

"Well, Marquis Lu An has been busy with the left-behind department and reorganizing the army recently. If I have time, I will bring you to see him."

Chen Jingyan covered up for Chen Chu. The latter obviously didn't have anything urgent to do today, but he would rather go out to the city with his wife, concubines, and the third wife of the Cai family than come to welcome Sun Changhao.

The Four Seasons Garden of the Official Residence.

The Wu family's servants were carrying boxes and cages of different sizes into the garden. Mrs. Wu led her maid and mother-in-law around the house at will.

In the past, although Sun Changhao's former right-hand Cao secretary Yuanwailang's position was a plum one, living in the capital was not easy. The family had always been squeezed into a house with two front and back entrances. Compared with today's spacious official residence, the latter is undoubtedly more comfortable. many.

Although Caizhou is not as prosperous as Tokyo, a small place also has its advantages.

For example, the city of Caizhou is not as hidden as Tokyo, and sometimes an inconspicuous figure is a fifth- or sixth-rank official.

When Wu came to Caizhou, she believed that no woman could be more noble than her, the prefect's wife.
While she was thinking about it, she suddenly saw a tall and handsome man walking quickly through the hanging flower door of the front house. As soon as Wu saw this man, a gentle smile suddenly bloomed on her cold and slightly mean face, and she shouted, "Fan'er! Fan'er, come here quickly."

As he spoke, he hurried forward to greet her, tears welling up in his eyes with excitement.

After taking a few steps closer, Wu stood on tiptoes and hugged Wu Yifan's forehead and kissed her again and again.

Even my aunt and nephew are a little too polite.

But the maids next to him were not surprised. They all knew that the mistress loved her nephew to the core, and even the two daughters she gave birth to were not as important as her cousin in Wu's heart.

Wu Yifan was also slightly emotional, his eyes were red, and he said admiringly: "Aunt, my nephew misses you very much."

These words made Wu burst into tears and laugh, but then her face changed and she said anxiously: "How come Fan'er's front teeth are half broken! Did he fall?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Wu Yifan immediately looked aggrieved and said, "Aunt, last month Ayu and I went out on the street and were beaten by a group of scoundrels."

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Suddenly, Wu's charming face was quickly shrouded in frost, and she was heard scolding: "Is Tan Ruyi blind? Seeing my family Fan'er suffer such a great injustice! Let's go and talk to her!"

Others did not know who Tan Ruyi was, but Wu Yifan knew that this was his future mother-in-law. Seeing his aunt calling his mother-in-law by her first name, Wu Yifan quickly advised her, "Aunt, this matter is none of my business."

"Why is it none of her business! My Wu family nephew came to Caizhou and suffered a loss, and he has nothing to do with Chen Jingyan and his wife! Don't be afraid when your aunt is here!"

Wu couldn't help but pull Wu Yifan and went to Xia Cuiyuan next door.

Xia Cuiyuan official residence.

At first, Mrs. Tan was a little happy about Mrs. Wu's arrival. After all, they were both from Yingchuan and had known each other since they were young.

"Sister, just now I was planning to visit later, but my sister came to my place first."

Compared with Tan's warm smile, Wu's response was much colder, "I don't dare to take it seriously. How dare I bother Mrs. Chen."

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Mrs. Tan couldn't help but hesitate, and couldn't help but beat her heart.

When she was young, Tan's father was an old scholar with no fame, but the Wu family and the Chen family were scholarly families that had been passed down for hundreds of years. When Tan married Chen Jingyan, many people felt that they were getting ahead of themselves.

The Wu family, who came from the Wu family, was famous for her talent and beauty even before she got married. Therefore, when facing the Wu family, Tan always subconsciously felt unconfident and fearful.

The reason why Mrs. Wu came to visit her without any scruples was that, firstly, she did look down upon Mrs. Tan, who was from a small family. Secondly, she felt that the girl from the Chen family was marrying her precious nephew just to gain access to her Wu family. of power.

So, he spoke quite directly, "Mrs. Chen, Fan'er came to Caizhou because he expected you and Chen Tongzhi, two elders. Don't you know that he was sent to break his front teeth last month?"

"Sister, we and I know this, but"

"Know? If you know, why don't you catch the perpetrator and bring him to justice?"

Wu is aggressive, but Tan is hard to explain. We can't truthfully say that those policemen are Lu Anhou's people. My husband can't turn against Lu Anhou just to help Wu Yifan vent his anger, can he?

Mrs. Tan could only look at Wu Yifan, hoping that the latter could explain to Mrs. Wu in private.

Although Wu Yifan hated those policemen, he could not ignore his future mother-in-law's request for help.

So Wu Yifan thought for a while and persuaded: "Aunt, the policeman listened to Chen Chu's wife Zhao's words and beat his nephew indiscriminately. It has nothing to do with aunt."

Wu Yifan didn't say anything, but saw Wu's face darken and scolded: "Shut up, who told you to speak!"

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Wu Yifan shrank his neck in fear, as if he was very afraid of his aunt who was hurting him so much that he didn't dare to say a word.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tan was suddenly disappointed with this handsome future son-in-law. Even an elder wouldn't be scolded like a quail, right?
I am your mother-in-law, and your aunt is trying to make trouble for Ayu, but you dare not even say a word of explanation. How can Ayu expect you to protect her when she gets married?
Nothing manly at all!
Mrs. Wu stopped Wu Yifan with a shout. She sat with frowning for a moment and suddenly asked, "Where's Ayu?"

"Ayu went to the newspaper office to help and won't be back until later." Mrs. Tan thought that Mr. Wu had put the matter aside for the time being for Ayu's sake, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu nodded and said, "Send someone to call her back. I have something to say to her."

"Uh okay."

late noon.

Chen Jinyu hurried home from the newspaper office, and she felt a little guilty when facing the elders of the Wu family.

However, Ayu is not unconfident and guilty like her mother, but because of the long-distanced relationship between her and her uncle.
"Ayu has met my aunt." Ayu did not follow Wu Yifan and call her aunt, but with the relationship between the Chen and Wu families, it was okay to call her aunt.

When Wu looked at Chen Jinyu carefully, she first noticed the emerald gold butterfly gold hairpin inlaid with rubies on the latter's head.

This hairpin is not only made of rare and expensive materials, but also extremely exquisite in workmanship. As Chen Jinyu lowered her head and raised her head, the lifelike butterfly whiskers on the hairpin trembled slightly.

Wu is a good judge of goods, and she can tell at a glance that this face is worth a lot of money. Even she has no jewelry that can compare with it. "It seems that Chen Tongzhi has gained a lot recently."

Wu said in a nonchalant manner.

Also, Chen Jingyan can earn huge dividends from Sihai Commercial Bank just by lying down. He is not a person who treats his family harshly.

With money, I am naturally willing to buy a headdress for my wife and daughter.

From the moment she entered, Mrs. Wu noticed that even Mrs. Tan's clothes were exquisite and luxurious. Remembering the shabby appearance of Mrs. Tan when she was in Yingchuan, Mrs. Wu became even more unhappy.
"Ayu, I heard that Fan'er was beaten last month because you encouraged him to go to the street to watch that martial artist parading in the street?"

A smile finally appeared on Wu's face, but what she said made Ayu's almond-shaped eyes widen in shock. When did I encourage him to take to the streets?He was the one who insisted on following me and my brother shamelessly!

Ayu couldn't help but glare at Wu Yifan, who quickly raised his hands and said to his aunt: "Aunt, it's not Ayu who instigated me, it's me."

"Did I ask you to speak?" Mrs. Wu turned around and glanced at Wu Yifan with a frown. The latter immediately shut up and only dared to look at Chen Jinyu with a small look, indicating that I had never told my aunt that you encouraged me to go to the street.

Mrs. Wu then turned to Chen Jinyu again, with a false smile appearing on her cold face, "Ayu, I'm the one telling you that what your daughter's family wants is three obediences and four virtues, and what they want is to serve your husband and parents-in-law. You have searched all over Yingchuan." Look at the aristocratic family, whose daughter is running around outside all day? It is right to embroider and make red in the boudoir."

At this point, Mrs. Wu turned to look at Mrs. Tan, and said in a joking tone: "Your mother was not good at being a female celebrity before she left the court, and she couldn't teach you well even if she wanted to. From now on, you can go to me during the day." Wherever you go, I'll let grandma teach you how to be famous. Just stop running around, lest others laugh at your mother for spoiling you."

"." Mrs. Tan glanced at Mrs. Wu and wanted to say something, but finally held back.

Wu said on the left, "Your mother can't teach you well" and on the right, "Lest others laugh at your mother for spoiling you." On the surface, she seemed to be saying "female red", but secretly she was accusing Ayu of being uneducated. Accused Mrs. Tan of failing to teach her Wu family a good daughter-in-law.
Tan did not refute due to lack of confidence, but Chen Jinyu did not tolerate this anger.
I saw Ayu slightly curtsy and said: "Don't bother me, aunt. My mother taught me very well. My mother made Ayu know what loyalty, bravery, benevolence and trustworthiness are, what etiquette, justice and shame are. These are enough. Now, I am still the daughter of the Chen family. If I want to spend more time with my mother, I won’t bother my aunt."

Wu frowned slightly, looked at Ayu and said, "What's wrong? Ayu thinks my tutor is not as good as yours?"

Ayu raised her eyes, smiled sweetly at Wu, and said, "Ayu doesn't dare to say that. But, Ayu heard that two months ago, the Wu family's grain store was in Yingzhou."

"Ayu!" Mrs. Tan was quite pleased that her daughter had spoken for her just now, but when she heard Ayu talking about this, she couldn't help but screamed in fright, trying to stop her daughter from continuing.

Unexpectedly, Ayu speeded up her speech, "The steward of the Wu family's grain store in Yingzhou colluded with officials to resell official grain and plunder the people. Later, the people of Lu Anhou stole the goods and killed the steward of the Wu family! My family education is inferior to that of others. I went to the Wu family, but I, the Chen family, cannot do such a secret deed that would be shameful to heaven and to the people!"

"presumptuous!"

Wu slapped it on the coffee table and stood up suddenly. The tea cups on the coffee table were shaken and jingled.

'snap~'

A cup lid spun a few times on the coffee table, then rolled to the ground with a crisp sound.

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and the atmosphere was so awkward that it made people click their toes.

Ayu, who transformed into a little troll, finished her output and returned to her well-behaved state with her head slightly lowered and her eyebrows lowered.

It seemed that those words that exposed people's wounds and revealed their past were not what she said.

Wu Yifan looked at his aunt who was trembling with anger, and then at Ayu who had a low eyebrow and was as panicked as a turtle in a watermelon field.
In the end, he decided to scold Ayu a few words to calm his aunt down.

"Ayu! How could you talk to your aunt like this? Apologize quickly, lest..."

It's a pity that Ayu didn't care about him at all, but when he saw Ayu changed his form again, he raised his head and opened his mouth and sprayed, "That's your aunt, not my aunt! Don't say that I am not your family now, or I have entered your family, you Don’t even think about taking care of me!”

"." Mrs. Tan, who was still sitting on the chair, stared blankly at her daughter. Even though she knew that Ayu had a rebellious heart hidden under her cute appearance, Mrs. Tan had never seen such a manic side of her daughter!

Suddenly, Mrs. Tan suddenly realized that Ayu wanted to deliberately mess up her marriage? ? ?
"you you."

Wu Yifan pointed at Chen Jinyu. He was stunned by her indiscriminate output and could not formulate decent words.

But Ayu puffed up her chest and scolded: "What am I? Wu Yifan, let me tell you again, don't underestimate the world's heroes in the future! In Caizhou City, Chen, who is about the same age as you, Yingjun once went deep into the region and went to the front line for interviews.
Xu Zhiyuan, who is about the same age as you, has also experienced the battlefield, and now manages a village in a decent way. Lu Anhou, who is about the same age as you, pacified Huaibei at a young age and saved hundreds of thousands of people from fire and water. Compared with Lu Anhou, you are simply an insult."

"Ayu!" Wu Yifan suddenly became furious because he didn't know which nerve was touched.

"Shut up! Wait until I finish scolding you before you speak again!"

Chen Jinyu didn't give him a chance to interrupt at all, and continued: "In addition to talking all day long, what else do you do to make comments about the world's heroes? Wu Yifan, you are just a mama's boy who has high ambitions but low power!"

Feeling good, Ayu used a vocabulary she learned from Chen Chu to bring a perfect end to today's verbal abuse.

Then he turned around and walked out of the flower hall.

A few people were left alone in the messy hall.
"Tan Ruyi! Look at the good daughter you taught!" The furious Wu turned her anger on Tan, "My family wants to break off the engagement!"

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The commotion today was so ugly, even if her daughter remarried to the Wu family, it would be difficult to settle down. Tan was naturally shaken, and after thinking about it, she calmly said: "There is nothing wrong with this matter, but to break off the engagement, we and Maozhi's parents need to Let’s talk about it, can Sister Wu be in charge?”

Mr. Tan was right. It was Wu Yifan's parents who hired him in the first place. Even if the engagement was broken off, they should be the ones to do it.

She didn't want to, but Wu said bitterly: "Of course I can do this!"

"No! I won't break off the engagement!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, someone raised objections.

Wu turned her head and saw that Wu Yifan was crying after being scolded by Ayu.
"Can you be a bit promising? Women waiting to marry into my Wu family are lined up from Yingchuan to Tokyo City! Cry so hard!" Wu, who felt extremely embarrassed, angrily yelled.

But Wu Yifan wiped away his tears and said, "Aunt, my nephew will not marry me except Ayu! I will not withdraw from this marriage!"

That night.

In the official residence of Four Seasons Garden, Mrs. Wu tossed and turned in anger.

When she got angry, the girl from the Chen family didn't know what was right and disobeyed her elders.

Secondly, he is angry at his precious egg, and he still refuses to let go of the Chen family's daughter.

Sun Changhao beside him had eaten a few more drinks during the reception banquet and was snoring loudly.

Feeling irritable, Wu hit her husband hard several times with her elbow.

"What's wrong? What's wrong, madam?"

Sun Changhao, who was awakened by the noise, asked hurriedly.

"I heard from Fan'er today that the lowly official who beat him was promoted to the government office and was named Kong Mu. He seems to be called Gou Sheng! He will be on duty tomorrow, so you first find a reason to put him in jail and correct him! I can't swallow this breath!"

Hearing these words from his wife in the middle of the night, Sun Changhao suddenly woke up from his sleep. He quickly lowered his voice and said: "Madam, no! Now that I have just taken office, I have not yet figured out the intricate relationships in the yamen, so how can I act rashly! I don't know who you are talking about. Who else is standing behind you?"

"You, the magistrate, are still afraid of a petty official? After all these years, you have been treated like a dog?"

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After being scolded, Sun Changhao could only suppress his dissatisfaction and tried to explain: "My husband is not afraid of a subordinate official, but now all the powerful positions in the government are in the hands of Tongshan people, and Lu Anhou is the head of Tongshan." , if you are not careful, your husband will be disgraced."

"Face? What kind of face do you have for a stinky and poor person! If my brother hadn't supported you step by step, you might still be working as an aide in Yingchuan to earn money!"

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"I'm just asking you, when can you help Fan'er get rid of this bad temper!"

"Madam, we really can't rush this matter."

Sun Changhao struggled to explain, but Wu finally lost patience, raised her foot and kicked Sun Changhao hard on the crotch, and cursed: "Get out! Climb to the study and sleep!"

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Sun Changhao was caught off guard and was kicked under the bed. He suppressed his anger and coaxed again: "Madam."

"Get out! Can't you hear me telling you to get out?"

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It's late at night, at the end of Haishi.

Sun Changhao was lying on the bed in the study, wrapped in a thin quilt that served as both a mattress and a quilt.

All the servants in the house were from the Wu family. Even when the master of the house was kicked out by his mistress, no one dared to give him a quilt.

This shows Wu’s status in the family
It was cold and cold in late autumn, and Sun Changhao couldn't sleep, and couldn't help but think of those days.

Just as Wu said, if it weren't for her brother's support, Sun Changhao would not be able to achieve the position of chief official of this palace.

However, he did not pay the price.

When he married Wu, the latter was no longer perfect.

After the marriage, Sun Changhao did not ask about Wu's past. He knew very well that this was a deal, otherwise the Wu family's daughter, who was quite famous at that time, would not be able to marry him.

After many years of marriage, he had vaguely heard that when Mrs. Wu was still in her boudoir, she had an affair with the servant at home.

It wasn't until the bead was darkened that the Wu family realized it later.

Afterwards, the boy was secretly beaten to death, and Wu gave birth to a son. In order to hide the baby boy from others, he sent the baby boy to his brother's house to be raised.

At first, Sun Changhao was still doubtful about this matter. It was not until later that he saw that Wu was caring and loving towards a certain nephew that Sun Changhao finally got the answer.

And that baby is his nominal nephew, Wu Yifan
　Six thousand word chapter haha

　　
　
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