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Even though she knew that Xiao Shiji would never kill her mother, Long Xiangye was still intimidated by Xiao Shiji's aura, shrank suddenly into the green gauze cabinet, and said in a trembling voice, "Don't mess around!" It was sharp and piercing, as uncomfortable as someone pinching her neck from behind and cutting a chicken's neck with a blunt knife.

Xiao Shiji laughed, put down his hands, put his back behind his back, and said solemnly: "Mother, where are you thinking? Why did I mess around? Mother also knows that I am a person who is trying my best to climb up. Will you not care about your own reputation?"

"No... that's right, that's the reason..." Long Xiangye told herself that it must be the case, but looking at Xiao Shiji's appearance, no matter how you look at it, I feel that there is something wrong with him, which is very different from before, and I regret it Did he push him so hard that he lost his mind.

Ouch, how can this be done?

Long Xiangye was a little anxious again. Although the eldest son was not as obedient as the younger son, the family depended entirely on him.If there is really something wrong with him, even if Du Hengshuang is killed, it will be useless, and their Xiao family will definitely lose again.The youngest son is still young and hasn't grown up to stand alone, the eldest son must not have any accidents...

Long Xiangye somewhat regretted pushing Xiao Shiji too hard, the jade vase was still hurt after beating the mouse, she forgot to be afraid for a while, moved out of the green gauze cabinet, put on soft-soled silk embroidered shoes, and came to Xiao Shiji's side, Holding his hand, he said, "Brother Ji, are you okay? Don't scare mother..."

Brother Ji was called by Long Xiangye when Xiao Shiji was a child.After so many years, he heard this title again.But it was only now that he remembered that he was also her own son, Xiao Shiji had all kinds of feelings in his heart, and it was very unpleasant.

Xiao Shiji took a step back, took his hand out of Long Xiangye's, and said with a faint smile, "Mother, I'm fine, I'm fine." After finishing speaking, he raised his voice to the outside, "Find someone to go to the outer courtyard, and talk to him." Xiao Yi said. Now we can bring people in." Xiao Yi is the chief supervisor of the Xiao Family's Outer Court.

Long Xiangye was puzzled, and asked embarrassingly, "What's the matter? Who are you going to bring in?"

Xiao Shiji's expression had returned to normal, and the hesitation and sadness just now seemed to be the illusion of Long Xiangye.

Long Xiangye squinted at Xiao Shiji, wondering what the eldest son was thinking, and began to regret it.

It's all the fault of that Guan family, who worked hard.Crying like tears, that Aunt Jin was at the side again, making herself forget that this eldest son has always been a man of his own mind.Take him seriously, since he was six years old, he hasn't succeeded.

Long Xiangye repented, but Xiao Shiji calmly walked to the red sandalwood openwork lotus chair under the opposite south window.Shaking the robe on his body, he sat down leisurely.With a shallow smile, two dimples appeared on her cheeks, "Mother, do you know what I did last night?"

"Don't you have business?" Long Xiangye said absently, and went back to sit down in the green gauze cabinet.Uneasy, he stirred the bird's nest on the low table.

The bowl of bird's nest was already a bit cold, and a faint fishy smell lingered on the tip of the tongue.The taste has changed a lot.

Long Xiangye sighed and threw away the silver spoon, and shouted to the outside: "Come on, take this bird's nest down for me."

Mei Xiang walked in with her head down, put the stew pot and small bowl back into the food box, and looked at Long Xiangye worriedly.

Long Xiangye smiled and nodded, indicating that she was fine.

Mei Xiang bowed her knees to Xiao Shiji again, then went out backwards carrying the food box.

The room was very quiet, and the voice of Chief Manager Xiao Yi seemed to come from the courtyard outside.

Xiao Shiji knew that Xiao Yi had brought someone in, and his heart gradually calmed down. ——Since we have reached this point, we have no choice but to go on.In the future, he will often go out on business and not at home.If Du Hengshuang can't clean the house, he really doesn't know what will happen.In the past, he didn't want to speculate about his family members with malice, but now he found that his family members may regard him as a relative, but no one regards Du Hengshuang as a relative as him.

He shuddered at the thought of what happened yesterday.In front of him, Du Hengshuang can also suffer from physical pain.What if it is in a place where he can't see it in the future?

It's enough for him to be worried outside, and he doesn't want to have one more person in the family who is worried in the future.

Xiao Shiji heard the commotion in the room outside, and also heard the sound of Xiao Yi driving his servants to the yard outside, knowing that he was ready, he laughed, "Mother, I actually went out yesterday just for my mother. It's business. Well, it's just a cover."

"Really? Aren't you trying to make your mother happy?" Long Xiangye's voice was both surprised and happy.For the first time, the eldest son actually put her, a mother, above his wife!

Xiao Shiji laughed lightly, with a low and gentle voice, "Of course not, I went to several matchmakers yesterday for my mother's marriage, and entrusted four of the most famous matchmakers in the nearby Lifang to find suitable candidates for my mother. ——Mother , how can you say that your son is not filial? The son will not hesitate to find a father for himself, but also to fulfill his mother's wish and marry her off..."

Long Xiangye first heard "marriage", "matchmaker" and "marriage", subconsciously settled on her youngest daughter Xiao Yanran, and said with some disappointment: "Why are you in a hurry? Just look for it slowly and deliberately Running out at night, you are just newly married, what is going on if you leave your daughter-in-law..."

Xiao Shiji coughed lightly.

Xiao Yi who was outside heard it clearly, and winked at a doll-dressed matchmaker standing in front of the carved floor covering.

The matchmaker understood, and walked in as soon as she lifted the curtain, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Old lady, your son is so filial and touching! Tsk tsk, I can't bear the widow's observance, so I go around looking for a suitable one for my widowed mother." Candidates for marriage. This kind of filial piety, even His Majesty will reward you with a plaque!"

Hearing this, Long Xiangye felt as if he had been hit hard on his chest by a sledgehammer, staring at him immediately, and almost fainted.

One arm was propped on the bed board of the green gauze cupboard, the other hand was resting on the chest to gasp for breath. After a long time, she raised her head and said, "You crazy woman, what nonsense are you talking about? When did I say I was going to get married?" Said Staring at Xiao Shiji viciously, he said angrily, "You bastard!"

The matchmaker giggled. "Hey, I said old lady, don't be shy. I heard it outside just now. If you have regrets, you are really happy! ——In fact, remarrying is not a big deal. Now His Majesty encourages widows to remarry , old madam, why do you have to be hypocritical? Besides, you are not very old, and you are pampered, and you look like you are only in your thirties..."

Long Xiangye was furious.He patted the short ones beside him and said, "I was originally in my thirties!"

"Oh...hehe...hehe..." The matchmaker was a little embarrassed, "Not bad, not bad, it is just right for your age. I heard that you are a well-known person in this area, and the most important thing is to obey the three obediences and four virtues. .Let me tell you. There are really not many girls like you nowadays. I heard your son talk about your situation yesterday, and I immediately thought of a few good marriages, and I wanted to talk to you. "

Long Xiangye blushed, seeing that the matchmaker was serious, she hurriedly said, "Get out! I'm fine. I have sons and daughters, who will I marry! - I won't marry! A woman is fine Second husband. I am a chaste woman, I don’t want to marry!” Then he spat at Xiao Shiji, “You can do it! So that’s the idea! Consider marrying me out, and you will be the master of this family, right? Are you doing this right to your father? Are you doing it right to the ancestors of the Xiao family? I’m going to the ancestral hall to cry for the master..." As he spoke, his eyes were really red, and he wiped his tears with a handkerchief.Just go outside.

With a plop, Xiao Shiji knelt down in front of Long Xiangye.Just cleverly blocked her way.

"Mother, don't be sad. The son only now understands what mother is thinking. It is the son's fault. The son tried his best to be unfilial to the dead father, but he couldn't make mother sad. Mother, son knows that you often can't sleep at night, so you have to sleep in Picking Buddha beans in front of the lamp. Seeing me and my second brother as husband and wife, you will be angry. If you are sick, you refuse to see the doctor, and you want me and your second brother to take care of you on the floor of your room. In fact, it is because we don’t understand Your concern.——Son knows that being a widow is not easy. The rest of my mother’s life is still very long. Mother, you don’t have to say it, and your son will do it for you. This Zeng matchmaker is the most capable matchmaker in the world. I will definitely find a good family for my mother."

Long Xiangye stared at Xiao Shiji who was kneeling on the ground, as if meeting him for the first time. ——This son, why is he so cruel!It's not enough for her to observe festivals at home, he still wants to marry her off!

One woman does not matter two husbands...

But the matchmaker had already spotted this gap, and said with a smile: "Madam, listen to me, there are three good families here. Your son and I have visited them together and think they are very suitable for you."

Long Xiangye gave Xiao Shiji a hard look, turned his head away, angrily walked back to the Bisha cabinet and sat down, curious in his heart, said angrily: "Tell me, who are they?"

The matchmaker was greedy for Xiao Shiji and several other large rewards. She made up her mind to make this marriage, and rushed to say: "Old lady, don't blame your son. Come, listen to me." Talk about these people."

The matchmaker sat on the green gauze cupboard with her legs crossed, and sat face to face with Long Xiangye, and took out the first Geng Tie.

"This is the Li family in Shengyefang. The master of the Li family is about the same age as the old lady this year. They are both in their 30s. They have a lot of money and are engaged in a big business. They are also very talented. The former wife is gone, leaving only two Daughter. The old lady will give birth to a son again, and if she gets married and has two sons, she will secure another family fortune!"

Long Xiangye knew that these matchmakers were lame and wanted to tell a flower, so she was not moved, and said with drooping eyelids: "Master Li is so good, why can't he find a big girl with yellow flowers to fill in the house? Looking for my old lady?"

The matchmaker looked at Xiao Shiji, saw him nodding slightly, and said with satisfaction: "Well, I won't hide this from the old lady, there is something wrong with this master of the Li family."

I knew it.Long Xiangye sneered, a rich man in his 30s with good hands and feet is in his prime, and there are many girls in his 30s and [-]s vying to marry him, how could he give in to her, a widow in her [-]s or [-]s? !

"What's wrong?" Long Xiangye asked intentionally, wanting to embarrass Xiao Shiji.

The matchmaker sighed, "I don't speak dark words in front of the wise. The master of the Li family is good at everything, but there is one bad thing, that is, he has a widowed mother, who is over 60 now, and she is very powerful. The old man in front of him Lady, she was beaten to death by this widowed mother."

Long Xiangye shuddered in fright, stared at her eyes and said: "This kind of wicked woman killed someone, why didn't she be arrested and brought to the court?!"

"It is said that the daughter-in-law was unfilial and spilled the soup on her mother-in-law, so she was beaten to death with a stick by her mother-in-law. Tsk tsk. I also went to see it on the day of the coffin. The daughter-in-law was pierced all over her body with needles. It was too miserable. Everyone said that she was not beaten to death with a stick, but stabbed to death with a needle." That is to say, the mother-in-law Killed his wife with his hands.The daughter-in-law's natal family is not noisy.No one is in charge of her.

Such a family, the master of the Li family is a dutiful son, but no one is willing to marry Xuxian, including the sisters in the kiln who would rather continue to sell themselves than marry into the Li family from Liangliang.

The master of the Li family had no other choice, so he solicited candidates from this matchmaker at a high price.

Long Xiangye glared at Xiao Shiji again with hatred.Seeing that he was fine, he said angrily: "You want me to die, don't you?——You bastard!"

The matchmaker hurriedly said: "Old lady, you can't say that. The old lady of the Li family is not unreasonable. She just has a lot of rules. I heard that the old lady came from a scholarly family, so there is nothing wrong with rules and etiquette." Picky. You are the champion of three obediences and four virtues, and the marshal of women who command women. For a woman like you, the old lady of the Li family must be very beloved. Marrying the master of the Li family to fill the house, how good would it be for two people to love each other? Besides, the Li family has a lot of money, and they have already agreed to give a large betrothal gift, at least sixty levies.—Old lady, think about it. Sixty levies of betrothal gifts are enough to marry six young girls. The master of the Li family has no concubines around him, and the family is very harmonious." The matchmaker can turn a dead person into a living person with a single mouth, and of course conceals the hobby of the master of the Li family who likes to visit brothels.

Long Xiangye shook her head like a drum, "I won't marry, I won't marry. What kind of family is this? Such a ruthless mother-in-law, if she marries, she will die..." After speaking, she stared at Xiao Shiji and said: "This family also has a widowed mother. Why didn't the son marry the widowed mother? It's all because of your unfilial piety!"

Xiao Shiji said indifferently: "The old lady of the Li family is over [-] years old, according to the law, she is not among the candidates for remarriage."

Long Xiangye didn't believe that there really was such a law, and said suspiciously: "Don't fool me, why have I never heard of such a law? I only know the law that commends widows for keeping the chastity, but I have never heard of laws encouraging widows to remarry. statute."

Xiao Shiji said sternly: "How dare I talk nonsense about the important affairs of the court? Don't I want to be an official?" After speaking, he stood up, clasped his fists to the south, and said, "Your Majesty has just issued the "Edict of Ling Yousi Encouraging Common People to Engage in Timely Marriage" , there is a decree saying, "After the wife's funeral has reached the system, the order of living in the house has been removed, and a marriage agreement must be applied to make it easy to get along." Also, "Officials below the county magistrate, if they can get married in time, widows and widows Less, the number of quasi-hukou increases, so as to enter the examination; if you persuade a good party, lose your spouse, the quasi-hukou will be reduced and attached to the hall. ——Mother, listen, reducing the number of widows in this jurisdiction is related to the parents and officials of this place Political achievements! You also said that I am a person who is keen on climbing, and His Majesty has a will, how can I, a little sixth-rank official, not respond immediately?"

The matchmaker also grinned and quickly flattered her, "Exactly. Lord Xiao hired the widowed mother to show filial piety. To respond to His Majesty's will is to show loyalty. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve, but here Lord Xiao has everything. , It’s really rare, rare! ——Old madam, you just relax and give your son this filial piety!”

Long Xiangye just felt dizzy and dizzy, and suddenly collapsed in the green gauze cabinet, her face was full of grief and indignation, she was beating her chest and almost couldn't breathe, and she was about to pass away.

Seeing Long Xiangye like this, the matchmaker was also a little embarrassed, and said: "The old lady doesn't have to be so happy, she has to let the old lady of the Li family look at each other..."

Long Xiangye glared at the matchmaker and growled, "Get out! Get out of here! My house will never allow you to come in!"

The matchmaker curled her lips, flicked her handkerchief, and said with her hands on her hips: "Don't be so vicious, I've seen a lot of women like you who don't mean what they say. You really think that the master of the Li family can't find a place to fill the house, so he insists on sending him Just you? Didn’t I reserve it for you for the sake of my filial piety?——Do you know how many widowers I have in my hands, waiting to marry wives! The butcher Zhang of Shengyefang, too He is a dutiful son. There is an 80-year-old mother at home. He takes care of himself every day. Wouldn’t it be good if you want to marry him and serve your in-laws together? His Majesty has called him to play in the palace, and there is only one widowed mother who is almost seventy in his family. This plum piano master is also a dutiful son. He is over 40 and has never been married. You want to marry, but you will be the original spouse! How many women can be the original partner twice in a lifetime? You are lucky!"

Long Xiangye was suffocated, shrank her legs back, and asked angrily, "Why do you all have to be dutiful sons?"

The matchmaker said in surprise: "Isn't the old lady the most important filial son? Master Xiao is in favor of you!"

Long Xiangye couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "Enough!——I swore before the Buddha that I will be born as a member of the Xiao family and die as a ghost of the Xiao family. I will never leave the door of the Xiao family even after I die! , no way!"

Xiao Shiji stood up, walked a few steps towards the carved floor covering, and asked, "Mother, do you really want to be part of the Xiao family all your life?"

Long Xiangye nodded with tears in her eyes, "Of course, I won't marry another family."

Xiao Shiji nodded, "That's good." Then he called out again, "Second Uncle, come in."

Xiao Shiji's second uncle, Xiao Ruisheng, his father Xiao Xiangsheng's younger brother, laughed and walked into the inner room with splayed steps, and bowed to Long Xiangye in the green gauze cupboard, "Sister-in-law, it's been a long time It's gone, little brother, I've been thinking about it day and night."

Xiao Shiji pointed to Xiao Ruisheng and said, "My second uncle belongs to the Xiao family, so if my mother remarries to my second uncle, it's not considered a breach of the oath."

Daqi originally had the custom of "brother dies, younger brother marries his sister-in-law", and this situation is even more common among the aristocratic families with nine surnames Zhaomu.The folks generally call it "successive marriage", or "transfer marriage".

Xiao Ruisheng smiled and said: "Of course I can't ask for it. However, my original partner is still alive, so I can only wrong my sister-in-law to be the second wife." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

ps: Accepting step marriages and transferring houses are all folk customs that have always existed.The overhead background here is the end of Sui Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty. At that time, various strange customs were prevalent from top to bottom.Haha, those who like to spray unreasonable, please be my mother first, I am all reasonable, beneficial and restrained.The imperial decree encouraging widows to remarry was the real decree of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.Are you angry?Of course it's not over yet, there will be tomorrow.So, keep asking for the pink ticket.[-]D updated today.Going dizzy and falling asleep...