Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan.

Chapter 266: Seeking a title, southeast affairs, and the thief’s army!

In Huixian Tower, after everyone had finished their banquet, no one was in a hurry to leave.

Wei Yuan was holding Mu Ge'er and talking to Wei Shuyi and others.

Since today is the Sheng family's family dinner, in addition to some of Minglan's good friends, not only Wang Ruofu came, but even Lin Qinshuang was present.

Of course, Mrs. Sheng cannot be missing.

If Sheng Hong knew Haizhou would come, he would never let Lin Qinshuang, a concubine, come no matter what.

"Mu Ge'er has become stronger. It was a bit difficult for me to hold him just now."

Zhang Guifen stood behind Wei Yuan and smiled at everyone.

Minglan pinched Mu Ge'er's nose while he was held in Wei Yuan's arms and said, "Little boys his age are usually very noisy."

"He's just like a piece of wood, staring blankly all day long. Wouldn't he be stupid if he called Mu Ge'er that?"

Wei Shuyi rolled his eyes at her and said, "How can a sister talk about her brother like this?"

Mu Ge'er didn't even look at Minglan, and muttered, "Sister is bad."

This year, Mu Ge'er is four years old.

Time flies, and a lot of things have happened to the Wei and Sheng families in the past four years.

"After a few years, Mu Ge'er should also start to learn to read, right? Will he pursue a career in literature or martial arts in the future?"

Wei Yuan asked suddenly, and the atmosphere around them suddenly became a little awkward.

Logically speaking, the Sheng family became rich thanks to education, and their descendants should also follow this path.

But Wei Yuan asked this question, obviously he had his own opinions.

Sheng Hong glanced at Wei Shuyi and motioned for her to give an answer.

After a pause, she smiled and said, "Mu Ge'er is still young, let's talk about it after he finishes his studies for a few years."

After hearing these words, Sheng Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he was afraid of was that Wei Yuan would ask Mu Ge'er to join the military.

"What does Mu Ge'er like to do?" Wei Yuan looked at Mu Ge'er with a smile.

Little Mu Ge'er had a big idea, "I want to learn martial arts from my uncle and kill the enemy in battle!"

Go into battle and kill the enemy?
When these words were spoken, the people around were a little surprised.

How could a child who is only four years old say such words?
Wei Yuan asked curiously: "Who taught you?"

Mu Ge'er shook his head and said nothing.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, when Mu Ge'er grows up a little, I will hire a teacher to teach him how to read first, and then I will teach him martial arts."

This sentence determined Mu Ge'er's future development prospects.

Sheng Hong looked embarrassed and glanced at Old Lady Sheng who was sitting on the chair.

The old lady smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with practicing martial arts. Maybe our Mu Ge'er can get a title in the future."

Title?

Sheng Hong seemed to suddenly understand, and his eyes lit up.

Yes, there are already seeds of reading in the family.

Sheng Changbai's result of being in the top ten of the first class is probably hard to be surpassed by anyone in the Sheng family.

In this case, we might as well pick another young man who is good at martial arts.

From now on, the Sheng family can be said to be both civil and military.

Moreover, with Wei Yuan around, why worry that Changlin won’t have any achievements in the future?

"It's better to follow Wu, it's better to follow Wu." Sheng Hong said quickly.

Wei Yuan looked at him with a little surprise, then he held Mu Ge'er and weighed him.

"Okay, let Mu Ge'er learn martial arts from now on. In the future, let Mu Ge'er and Zhuang Ge'er fight together to serve the country."

Mu Geer smiled happily, "Kill the enemy and serve the country!"

Everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard his childish voice.

As for what Wei Qiji will do in the future, it is actually a foregone conclusion.

What else can a daughter of a military family do if she doesn't join the army?
"Ming girl, you didn't invite Changzhi today?" Wei Yuan asked curiously.

Minglan said, "We did invite him, but later someone from the Yongyi Marquis's residence came and said that my cousin was so angry that he vomited blood. My brothers and sisters just discussed with grandmother and decided to go to the Marquis's residence the next day or the day after tomorrow to take a look."

The cousin she mentioned is the current Marquis Yongyi.

"Why did you suddenly vomit blood because of anger?" Wei Yuan asked again.

People who are unaware of the situation are also very curious about this.

Minglan sighed, "It is said that my cousin, Xu Changqing, made a serious mistake. When my uncle was teaching him a lesson, he actually talked back to me, so my uncle got so angry that he became ill."

Wei Yuan immediately understood the whole story.

Ever since Xu Changzhi became successful, he became the master of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion as a bastard's son, obviously aiming to inherit the title of Marquis.

Xu Changzhi was kind to Old Lady Sheng because he hoped that, at a critical moment, this married elder would be able to speak for him at home.

But ever since Xu Changzhi became rich, the eldest son Xu Changqing has been unhappy all day long. He either lingers in red-light districts or drinks with his bad friends.

After a few rounds of this, the boy's original wife, the legitimate daughter of the Yongping Earl, took the initiative to propose a divorce, which caused quite a joke for a while.

Later, because the Yongping Marquis' Mansion was brought down by Wei Yuan, the Marquis's daughter naturally did not dare to divorce, otherwise, her life after the divorce would definitely be unhappy.

"Really? Changzhi is handling this matter at home?" Wei Yuan asked again.

Minglan responded, "Brother Xu said he was dealing with it."

As for how to deal with it, no one knows.

Wei Yuan looked at Zhang Guifen and said, "Send someone to prepare some gifts. We will go to the Yongyi Marquis's mansion in the afternoon to take a look."

The latter nodded and glanced at the orb behind him.

Baozhu immediately understood and quickly retreated.

Zhang Guifen asked, "It's Changzhi's family affairs. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to go?"

At this time, Old Lady Sheng also looked at Wei Yuan, trying to figure out what his attitude was.

Logically speaking, this kind of family affairs should not be interfered by outsiders.

Ever since the relationship between Old Lady Sheng and the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion had eased, she had been very concerned about the affairs of the Mansion and naturally did not want the extremely powerful Wei Yuan to interfere.

But Wei Yuan had a vague feeling that with the help of this matter, Xu Changzhi might be able to inherit the title of Marquis naturally.

"Just follow me and you'll know." Wei Yuan smiled.

Old Madam Sheng suddenly said, "Changzhi is a good boy. If he inherits the title in the future, it will be a good thing for the Xu family."

"Just don't create a scandal like the one that happened to the Changxing Earl family."

More than ten years ago, old Uncle Changxing passed away.

The two sons of the Earl of Changxing were fighting for the title. One said there was a will, and the other said the will was fake.

The situation even reached Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zhao Zhen felt ashamed, so he just found a random excuse to abolish the title of Earl of Changxing.

The old lady said this because she was worried that the dispute between the legitimate and illegitimate children in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion would eventually come to the court and would be difficult to resolve.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, old lady. Isn't Minglan's uncle still alive? Who can predict what will happen in the future?"

Hearing this, Old Lady Sheng already knew his attitude.

He had to ask about the Xu family's affairs.

No matter what, Wei Yuan had no reason not to help Xu Changzhi.

Once he becomes the Marquis of Yongyi, the political prospects of a marquis will be promising and he will be able to help himself and the Wei family.

Besides, Xu Changzhi is his brother for life and death.

If something happened to the Wei family, the first person who would dare to intervene would definitely not be the Duke of Fuguo and his men, but Xu Changzhi.

After a while, everyone sat together and started chatting.

At this time, Lin Qinshuang, who was sitting in a corner, suddenly looked at Sheng Changfeng.

The latter noticed this and felt a little embarrassed.

Lin Qinshuang frowned suddenly.

Sheng Changfeng took a deep breath, looked at Wei Yuan who was teasing Mu Ge'er, and asked courageously:
"Uncle Wei, are you familiar with the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion?"

As the matter in the southeast was resolved, the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion completely gave up the idea of ​​marrying Minglan.

The consequence of those weapons sinking into the sea did bring some hatred to the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.

But the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion was definitely not jealous of Wei Yuan, but afraid of him.

Wei Yuan looked up at Sheng Changfeng curiously, "Why are you suddenly asking about the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion?"

Sheng Hong also frowned and asked, "Why are you asking about the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion?"

Sheng Changfeng said: "My son, my son just has some friendship with Liang Han, the eldest son of the Yongchang Earl's Mansion, so...so I just asked casually."

He was obviously frightened by Sheng Hong.

How could Sheng Hong not know that Lin Qinshuang was trying to arrange Sheng Molan's marriage to the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion?

Wei Yuan could probably guess that it was Lin Qinshuang who asked him to ask, "I'm not familiar with him, but I heard that the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion is quite rich."

Sheng Changfeng didn't know how to ask for a moment.

Lin Qinshuang shook her head. How could she give birth to such a stupid son?

"Lord Wei, I heard that the Liang family is looking for a marriage for Liang Han? I wonder what kind of family they are looking for?"

So, she asked in person.

Wang Ruofu, who was sitting next to the old lady, snorted coldly: "How can you have a say in this?"

Sheng Hong also glared at Lin Qinshuang fiercely. Without waiting for Wei Yuan to say anything, Wei Shuyi said with a gloomy face:

"Little brother, don't you have to go to the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion in the afternoon? Don't miss the time. If you are busy, go first. There is nothing to do here."

Zhang Guifen said, "Sir, I have a headache. Should we go back first?"

Wei Yuan nodded, touched Mu Ge'er's little face, stood up and bowed to Old Lady Sheng:

"In this case, I will leave for now."

Old Madam Sheng nodded and said, "Go ahead."

After Wei Yuan and his wife left, Hai Zhou and his sister also left.

When only the Sheng family was left, Old Lady Sheng slowly stood up, glanced at Lin Qinshuang, and sighed to herself:
"It's not good enough to be on the stage after all."

Wei Yuan finally got the chance to reunite with the Sheng family, and even had the leisure to sit down and chat for a while.

You should talk to Sheng Hong or Chang Bai based on their future.

Such a good party was disrupted by Lin Qinshuang's little plan.

Sheng Hong was not as calm as the old lady. He directly accused Lin Qinshuang in front of the younger generation of the Sheng family.

"Speak up!"

"The position of the Chief Clerk of the Palace Front Department has been vacant recently. Many people have set their sights on this position. I wanted to make peace with Brother Yuan."

Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Sheng suddenly coughed twice.

At this time, Sheng Hong realized that Wei Shuyi was still beside him, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

Wei Shuyi pretended not to hear.

The original clerk was promoted by Wei Yuan to the fifth rank Du Yuhou of the Palace Front Division because of his meritorious service in handling all the affairs of the Palace Front Division.

The position of Duli should be a seventh-rank official position or even a lower-rank official position. However, due to the importance of the Dianqiansi, this position was of the sixth rank.

Sheng Hong's current official position is still sixth rank. As long as he can reach an agreement with Wei Yuan, he will be promoted to a higher rank.

At this moment, outside Huixian Tower.

Zhang Guifen and Hai Chaoyun got on their respective carriages and left for the time being.

Wei Yuan and Hai Zhou walked for a while.

Hai Zhou said something, "That Guo Hao, is he Brother Wei's man?"

Wei Yuan nodded and asked, "What's wrong?"

Hai Zhou said, "One month ago, when the sea was closed, Guo Hao suddenly found my uncle and said that he wanted to share 10% of the shipping profits next year. The price was to let the navy escort my Hai family fleet."

"In the past six months, the Japanese pirates, who were almost extinct, have suddenly reappeared. Although they are just minor incidents along the coast, Guo Hao controls the elite navy of our Great Zhou, so this kind of thing should not happen again."

Wei Yuan frowned deeply, "Did Guo Hao really go to find your uncle Hai Qing?"

Hai Zhou pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Brother Wei, you don't know about this?"

The incident of Japanese pirates in the coastal areas in the past six months was something Wei Yuan instructed Guo Hao to do when he left the southeast.

If there were no more Japanese pirates in the southeast, the navy he had taken great pains to organize would probably be disbanded by the imperial court.

Or it may have an impact on the defense of the coastal areas.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates cannot be eliminated.

As for Guo Hao looking for Hai Qing, he really had no idea about it.

Zhang Rui had just arrived in the southeast not long ago. He couldn't make decisions or understand the affairs here.

"Then, from the profits given to me by the Hai family, 10% will be given to Guo Hao."

Wei Yuan made a decision that surprised Hai Zhou.

Hai Zhou was puzzled and asked, "If Guo Hao did this behind your back, why didn't you change the commander?"

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "It's just asking for money, it's not like I can't give it to you."

After saying this, he parted ways with Haizhou.

Before leaving, Hai Zhou said, "I heard that Guo Haohai is also planning to marry the daughter of Cai Xiang, the chief transport officer of Fujian Province."

Soon, when Wei Yuan returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Zhang Guifen was preparing to give a gift to Xu Changzhi's house.

Wei Yuan returned to the study with a gloomy look on his face.

Zhang Guifen clearly felt that there was something wrong with his expression.

After preparing the gifts, I went to the study to ask him when he would go to the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion.

Suddenly, I heard some smashing noises coming from the closed study room, accompanied by some cursing.

"Thieves and soldiers! How dare you do this!"

Zhang Guifen frowned slightly, then dismissed the guards guarding the study, and then came into the study, where she saw a mess and the four treasures of the study were thrown on the ground.

While she was picking up the things that Wei Yuan had smashed, she asked with concern, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly so angry?"

Wei Yuan took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down as much as possible.

If Guo Hao could even find the Hai family.

Then, did he also have close ties with some of the Southeast merchants?
When Wei Yuan thought of this, he became furious.
"He just wants money, I'll give it to him! I'll give him whatever he wants!"

"Give him everything in the southeast! Let's see if he can eat it!"

"Come here, prepare the horses, and go to the Imperial City Division!"

Zhang Guifen had a vague guess as to what was going on, but she didn't dare to say anything more.

After a stick of incense.

Wei Yuan came to the Imperial City to see Yan Da.
"Let Gu Qianfan train the border scouts as soon as possible."

"There is another matter that I need Brother Yan's help with."

Yan Da smiled and said, "Why should we be polite to each other? Just speak frankly."

Wei Yuan said: "Send out all the idle personnel in the Imperial City Department and spread a message among the people, saying that Xu Changqing, the legitimate son of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, is unfilial and has angered his father to the point of vomiting blood."

"As for why he was unfilial and why he was so angry that he vomited blood, Brother Yan will take care of it. I hope that in the next two or three years, when people in the capital talk about the unfilial behavior of the world, they will definitely think of Xu Changqing."

Xu Changqing? Yongyihou Mansion? Unfilial?
Yanda thought of many things and said with a smile, "Are you going to help Marquis Chang Zhimou?"

Wei Yuan nodded.

Because of his relationship, Xu Changzhi and Yan Da also have a good relationship.

Yan Da said: "Brother Changzhi is not an outsider, I have to help you!"

Wei Yuan asked Gu Qianfan to speed up the training of Daizhou scouts in order to establish the Yebushou organization as soon as possible, and then send some people to the southeast to closely monitor Guo Hao.

He now has the intention to take action against Guo Hao.

But how to move is a science.

Guo Hao knew too much about Wei Yuan.

He is also a general who has fought together with his brothers in Daizhou. What will the old men in Daizhou think if they touch him?
After Wei Yuan calmed down, he thought a lot.

First of all, Guo Hao still needs to be used, otherwise, there will be no one suitable to replace him in charge of the southeast.

Secondly, he just wants money now, and Wei Yuan is confident enough to give him a warning before his ambitions grow.

When returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Wei Yuan sat in the carriage, slowly closed his eyes, and murmured:

"Guo Hao, ah Guo Hao, we are brothers, so don't go too far."

Again, if he just wants money, Wei Yuan can give it to him.

Nothing else, no.
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After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Wei Yuan and Zhang Guifen went to Xu Changzhi's house.

At this time, Xu Changzhi had just settled his family affairs.

His eldest brother was put in solitary confinement by Marquis Yongyi.

As for Marquis Yongyi, he was lying on the bed to rest.

Xu Changzhi said that he wanted to settle the family down, but he just wanted to take this opportunity to seize the power of the housekeeper.

He was not surprised at all that Wei Yuan came.

"Nagashi."

"Brother Wei."

Outside the mansion of Marquis Yongyi, Wei Yuan and Xu Changzhi bowed to each other.

Afterwards, Xu Changzhi clasped his fists towards Zhang Guifen and said, "Greetings, sister-in-law."

Zhang Guifen smiled and said, "Brother Changzhi, you are too polite."

After the two entered the mansion, Wei Yuan first visited Marquis Yongyi.

Unexpectedly, when Marquis Yongyi and the lady of the marquis's mansion saw Wei Yuan coming, they both felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Who doesn't know that Wei Yuan and Xu Changzhi have a life-and-death friendship?
Wei Yuan came just as something happened in the Marquis' Mansion. What was he up to?

Wei Yuan and his wife simply paid a brief visit to Marquis Yongyi and then went to Xu Changzhi's courtyard.

Xu Changzhi's biological mother passed away a few years ago. Otherwise, with Xu Changzhi's current status, he would not have to wait until Xu Changqing made a mistake to seize the power of the housekeeper.

At this time, Marquis Yongyi was lying in front of the bed.

The lady of the Marquis's Mansion said with tears in her eyes:
"My Lord, Wei Yuan must be here to help that bastard take you away from me, your you. You have to make the decision for me and my mother!"

Listening to her crying, Marquis Yongyi simply closed his eyes.

I kept thinking back to what Wei Yuan had just said.

"Old Marquis, who can make your line of Xu family prosper forever? You should have an idea in your mind. Don't do anything wrong, otherwise, you will not be able to see your ancestors."

If someone else had said this to him, interfering in his family affairs, and using such sharp words, the Marquis Yongyi would have written a memorial to denounce him long ago.

But Wei Yuan, Marquis Yongyi, did not dare to do so.

(End of this chapter)