Chapter 434: I, Hu Ying, Greet You, Sir

Grand Duke Hu is an old man in his fifties, with a wrinkled face, a thin body, a goatee, a fox fur hat, and a brocaded leather robe, dressed like a rich man. At his age, he is considered to have lived a long life.

He read the letter in his hand, sighed and put it on the table, looking at the eldest son beside him: "Go find Sanniang."

His father's reaction was not beyond Hu Cheng's expectations at all, because this was a right choice that couldn't be more correct. He nodded, got up and went out to tell the servant to call the little sister.

After a while, a woman with an oval face, a tall figure, a curvy front and back, wearing a white robe with willow eyebrows and red phoenix eyes jumped in. Looking at her father and eldest brother who were sitting there silently drinking tea, she asked in confusion: " Dad, brother, why are you looking for me?"

Looking at his daughter who was confused, Taigong Hu said: "Sanniang, you are already eighteen this year. You were engaged to Zhu Biao, the third son of the Zhu family, when you were a child. What do you think of Zhu Biao?"

"Fortunately, we have been playing together since we were young, and we know each other well, and we are engaged. It's just that I told him that he will marry me when he defeats me. Why, he is not my opponent, come now Urged?"

Hu Cheng answered: "Sanniang, it's not the Zhu family who came to urge me, but someone else who loves me."

"Is there another lover?" Hu Sanniang frowned, her displeasure was written on her face: "Brother, what do you think of that lover? Let's not mention it for now. My Hu family and the Zhu family have a marriage contract for a long time. The Zhu family is strong. If If you break the engagement and harm the Zhu family, how will my family deal with it? If my family breaks the contract and breaks their promise, how will anyone be willing to interact with my family in the future?"

What he said was very sensible and considerate of the family. Hu Cheng clapped his hands happily: "Sanniang, if you think so, my father and I are really happy for you. My father and I have already thought of your worries. , and you will return to the beloved you have found for you. Have you ever heard what the king of Yanggu County said?"

"That traitor who everyone in the world would kill?"

"You can't say that." Hu Cheng began to excuse his brother-in-law: "My Hu family has many contacts with people in the Jianghu. Sanniang, you also know that those people are strong men who want to kill people. They usually don't say anything harmful to the world. But there must be innocent lives in his hands, and he is running around looking for people to eat and drink. Wang Yan is a person who can reach the heavens and has deep roots in Yanggu. How can he treat those strong people in Yanggu County? Most of his laborers are this kind of people. As time goes by, other strong people will not be popular, which will of course ruin his reputation.

Why did those strong men go? Don't you want to make a living under him? In addition to them, there are many warriors in the army and people with special skills who have come to seek refuge. Those who have not committed crimes or committed crimes should be collected, aren't they? He also took care of their families and helped them settle in Yanggu County.

If you want to call him a treacherous person, Wang Yan is definitely not that kind of person. You have never been to Yanggu County, so you don’t know what the weather is like there. I have visited before and found that Wang Yan has a good reputation in Yanggu County. The living conditions of the civilians there are much better than those here. Moreover, Wang Yan's reputation as a good person is not false. The orphans, widows, old and young are all given money and food relief, and he also supports poor students who concentrate on their studies. In the entire Yanggu County, there is not a single beggar begging, everyone has work to do. On these points alone, he is a good man with a conscience.

Speaking of martial arts, Wang Yan is famous for being good at martial arts. Didn't Hebei Yu Qilin, who was known as the most talented master in the world, also be defeated by Wang Yan? His subordinate named Wu Song was said to have been a drunkard and a rogue in the past, with only a bit of courage. What's the result now? Most of the strong men in Yanggu County were captured by him. Wu Song often told people that his martial arts came from Wang Yan's guidance. Also before the Shangyuan Festival, Wang Yan went to the palace to see the king. He fought with his bare hands against the 800,000 imperial guards selected from the imperial army and won easily. When it comes to one-on-one combat with enemies, Wang Yan deserves to be the best in the world.

Such a good man, Sanniang thinks he is not a husband? If Sanniang really enters his house, then our Hu family still need to be afraid of the Zhu family? The Zhu family will be afraid of us then. Moreover, the reputation of my Hu family will definitely increase to a higher level, and there may not be a few scholars in the family, Sanniang.

There was just one thing: Wang Yan already had a concubine. Originally, he planned to let Sanniang marry into the Wang family in a glamorous manner and become the head of the family, but Wang Yan actually asked Sanniang to be his concubine. Wang Yan is so powerful that we cannot afford to offend him. If you refuse, I'm afraid the Hu family will die..."

When hearing news that is harmful to themselves, some people become hysterical, while others want to rebel and try to restrain themselves. Hu Sanniang belongs to the latter group. She sounded okay at first, but then she stared at her father and eldest brother expressionlessly.

First, he praised the king for his words, which were rare in heaven and hard to find on earth. He also said that his power was so great that it could reach heaven, which was not comparable to that of the Hu family. Finally, he told her to be his concubine, and if she didn't obey, she would be exterminated, so he put pressure on her and forced her to submit.

"Since you have already discussed it, why are you asking me what to do? Is it useful if I say no?"

She couldn't run away, not from her. Because once she leaves, what Hu Cheng said must be reality. Not to mention a big shot like Wang Yan, if she ruined her marriage to the Zhu family and married into a small and powerful family, the consequences would be simple: her entire family and that of another family would be destroyed. This is something any family would do. ,Without exception. Because things like repenting of a marriage are just a big mouth slap and slap. If word spreads, the family's face will be lost. If you don't attack, others will look down on you and your actions will be hindered a lot, because you are weak and can be bullied.

In the same way, now that Wang Yan wants her to be his concubine, if she doesn't obey, she might run away privately. That is to slap the Wang family in the face and make the Wang family a laughing stock in other people's mouths. How can they go out to hang out in the future? How do the children of the family go out for a walk? Therefore, there is only one final outcome, and that is that Hujiazhuang will never exist again.

If she didn't want to bring disaster to her family, she had no choice but to obey. There was no room for willfulness, and she really had no choice.

Looking at his daughter who was in tears and gritted her teeth not to cry, Taigong Hu sighed: "Sanniang, I have wronged you..."

Seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, Hu Cheng quickly smiled and comforted the good girl who would sacrifice for the family: "Sanniang, you don't have to think too much. Brother didn't lie to you. Wang Yan is indeed a good man. You don't know, His concubine just wanders around in the big house and is very comfortable. From what I know about him, he is good at martial arts. , you can definitely practice martial arts as you like. With his guidance, your martial arts will be even better."

Hu Sanniang didn't like this good brother at all. She snorted, turned around and left.

Hu Cheng and his biological father looked at each other, and they both sighed.

Again, while they were telling Hu Sanniang, they were also convincing themselves that they should try their best to think about the good things and not think about the bad things. Because they have a low status and weak strength, they have no choice but to do anything bad...

Yanggu County is only two hundred miles away from Nahujiazhuang, and it only takes one day to deliver the news quickly. The Hu family responded simply and without any delay. After confirming the decision, they immediately sent someone to reply quickly. Therefore, when the official saw the reply, it was only three days before he returned home.

Wang Fusheng worried about his duties conscientiously: "My boss, the Hu family has responded. When will the second lady be brought over? What kind of gift will I give?"

Jin Lian was given to her by Zhang Dahu, so there was no such thing as a financial gift. Instead, Zhang Dahu added a lot of dowry to Jin Lian in order to lick the king's officials. But it's not possible to go to Hu Sanniang's place now. After all, she is the daughter of a serious landlord, and she is quite popular. Now, if you want someone to be a concubine without three books, six etiquettes, and eight carriages, you are already bullying someone, and you must not miss out on money and gifts.

"Take six carts of the things given by the officials, as well as the things we made ourselves. Find thirty nursing brothers to escort the carts and go over to pick up the daughter of the Hu family." The senior official muttered. Said: "In addition, if I send a car-load of gifts to the Zhu family, it can be regarded as a bride-stealing act. We can't bully others and show it by giving them a car-load of gifts. If they understand and accept the gift, then forget it. If not, Accepting it, he took my name to the Jeju government office and took care of the Zhu family."

Not giving gifts to the Zhu family is bullying them. Giving gifts to the Zhu family is also bullying them, even to the point of bullying. Anyway, we have done evil things, so we might as well be more evil. After all, they are all big enemies, and we are not afraid of getting bigger. Typical gangster logic, he liked it very much.

"Yes, Master. This time, the old servant will personally take Erlang. If the Zhu family doesn't know what's going on, they will be killed directly."

What Wang Fusheng said was very calm and gentle, and he didn't take the Zhu family's three thousand strong men seriously at all. Because three thousand people dare not move, it means there is nothing. Unless the people in Zhujiazhuang made up their mind to go to the mountains to weed the grass, and if they still wanted to be obedient citizens, they would not dare to touch those three thousand people. To move is to rebel and to exterminate the clan. If you say he is rebelling, he is rebelling.

Although it was wrong for Liangshan to massacre Zhujiazhuang, after all, there were still innocent pretenders, but it was indeed right to kill the direct and collateral members of the Zhu family. Landlords in this era don't need to look at any evidence. Killing nine out of ten will definitely be fine. It's like he, a high-ranking official, has been involved in a lot of lawsuits, but he just hid them well. If we really wanted to get to the bottom of it, we would be able to kill him twice. Of course, he did not harm ordinary people, but there must be innocent lives. There are always eggs in the nest, and it is inevitable that two unrelated ordinary people will be trampled to death in an invisible place.

It would be strange for the Zhu family to be so powerful and clean. And the weapons and armor of those three thousand strong men are unjustifiable.

The official waved his hand: "That's it, pay attention to your own safety, and go."

Wang Fusheng quickly handed over his hand, turned around and went out, shouted to Wu Song and Hu Yuan, started to hitch the carriage again, opened the warehouse to get things to load, but after a while, the convoy was ready and set off without saying a word. At the same time, people were also sent over to ventilate the Hu family first so that they could be prepared.

There were ten carriages in a row, and there were more than thirty guards, at least twice as many. Wang Fusheng was still very concerned about his own safety... Those people were all strong men who walked like a dragon and a tiger, and they followed the rules of the army when they walked. Wear uniform, good-looking and warm, standard winter clothes designed by Wang Daguan himself. Weapons, meals, and outdoor camping equipment were pulled by the extra carriage, and they trotted away with the carriage.

A high-ranking official is not afraid of what others say. After all, he is responsible for maintaining integrity and is responsible for training local braves. Strictly speaking, these nursing homes are all rural soldiers who work in farming during the farming season and undergo military training in their free time. They have legitimate reasons. It cannot be said that Mr. Wang has trained Xiang Yong well but there are still some flaws.

On the other hand, he is an imperial merchant, and the goods he trades are very valuable. He should train some country warriors to escort the carriages to avoid losses, and he should be rewarded. Moreover, there are four thousand forbidden troops stationed in Yanggu County, and they are also escorting the vehicles. After all, all the gangsters in the Song Dynasty are thinking about snatching his goods. If it is really robbed, the emperor Zhao Ji will suffer the greatest loss, which will be a direct loss. Therefore, most of the time his people go out with the Forbidden Army. They are very upright and safe...

Watching the group go away, the official nodded with satisfaction, turned back to the room, and teased the little one. The little thing can turn over, and is learning to crawl recently, babbling, and never quiet...

Whether it is the Hu family or the Zhu family, they are landlord families rooted in the local area after all, and the first thing to consider is the family. After all, they dare not show off their courage. Facing the larger and more powerful Wang family, they can only bear it, because they are really pigs and dogs at the mercy of others.

The Zhu family had already received the news that the Hu family had gone, and Zhu Biao was furious and furious, and the atmosphere in the Zhu family was also very intense. After all, the Zhu family has been standing for many years, and they have always bullied others, and no one has humiliated them like this. But they are not strong enough, even if they have 3,000 strong men, they dare not go up the mountain to become bandits.

In addition to the 4,000 imperial guards stationed in Yanggu County, there are more than 20,000 imperial guards stationed in the entire Jingdong Road, in addition to officials at all levels, all of which can be influenced by Wang Yan. They will not naively think that going up the mountain will be safe.

Don't think those people on Liangshan are quite powerful, that's because they didn't do anything. Another thing is that offending the court is different from offending Wang Yan. If you offend the court, the imperial guards may not have the combat effectiveness, but if you offend Wang Yan, the combat effectiveness will be off the charts. They understand this truth.

So no matter how unwilling they are, they can only do that. Faced with Wang Fusheng coming in person, ostensibly to give gifts but in fact to humiliate them, they have to bite their teeth and swallow this breath.

It went smoothly. The Hu family happily sent away their only daughter who was secretly crying, accompanied by an extremely rich dowry, as if she was getting married properly. Hu Cheng personally brought the family's guards to send the bride off, making it lively.

As for the Zhu family, they are just a bunch of small people, no need to say more...

The news that the big official took another concubine had naturally spread a long time ago. As expected, there was another big banquet, and the big official invited everyone in the village to have a big meal. This seems to have become a routine. Marrying Jinlian, having a baby, the baby's full moon, New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, sowing, autumn harvest, the official promotion, Wu Song and other important figures in the village getting married, the official paid for the whole village to eat and drink well, several meals a year.

Now the official has taken a concubine, and she will definitely have children in the future. The official has also said that it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl, and girls will be taught to read in the school, so this is another three meals. Men, women, old and young in Wangjiazhuang are all happy, and there is no time to have enough wine and meat.

Communicating the time when Hu Sanniang will come in, the women in the village are busy preparing wine and food for the evening in the morning, preparing to celebrate the day when Wang's second wife comes in.

So Wang Fusheng, Wu Song, Hu Cheng and his party, smelling the smell of wine and food, walked through the newly formed village streets and went uphill back to the Wang family mansion.

Wang Fusheng led Wu Song and others to the big official waiting at the door, and bowed and said: "Boss, the second lady has been brought back safely."

As the old housekeeper finished speaking, Wu Song and a group of guards in the back all bowed and bowed. The movements were uniform, and the officials behind them were shocked.

This is useless, but it is a rule, a rule of obedience, a rule of respect and inferiority.

The big official waved his hand with a smile: "Brothers, you have worked hard, get up, the hot water has been boiled early, brothers, wash up and warm up first, the wine and food are ready, brothers, eat and drink. The brothers from the Hu family who came to send the bride are the same, you just follow them, everything is arranged."

The Hu family guards in the back looked at each other, and tacitly imitated the way Wu Song and others just now, and thanked the big official together, with a sense of ceremony.

When everyone dispersed, Wang Fusheng waved his hand to Hu Cheng behind him, and waited for him to run forward and introduced him: "Boss, this is the second lady's elder brother, Hu Cheng."

"I am Hu Cheng, and I am honored to meet you, sir."

Wang Yan smiled and helped Hu Cheng, who bowed and saluted: "Now that your little girl from the Hu family has entered my Wang family, you are also my uncle, and we are all family, no need to be polite."

"Thank you, sir, I have only this one sister in my family, and I have loved her since I was a child. Now I am your concubine, but there is something wrong , I hope the great official will have mercy on me. "

"We just met, you and I are not familiar with each other yet, there is still a long time, you will understand in the future." Seeing his smiling face, Wang Yan patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Uncle, is it time to invite my second wife out?"

"Hey, the great official is a strange person, I forgot the business for a moment, and called my sister out now." After saying that, he hurried to the carriage and called twice. Without using the little maidservant who came with the dowry, he put down the horse stool himself and reached out to help Hu Sanniang who stuck her head out.

Hu Sanniang, dressed in red, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and looked at the great official who was smiling and looking at her indifferently with his hands behind his back not far away.

The great official smiled and raised his eyebrows at her, which was considered a greeting.

This Hu Sanniang deserves the title of the most beautiful woman in Liangshan, with jade-like skin, lotus appearance, and natural character. Her jade hands are slender, her eyes are charming, and she is charming enough to be picked. The dust on her face was gone, but even though her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled and her almond eyes were ruthless, she looked even more gentle.

Such a beauty, with a wretch like Wang Ying, was really a waste. I have to say that Song Jiang is really a piece of shit. He killed a whole family and still recognized her as his adopted sister, and then promised her to Wang Ying to abuse her. He is so bad.

However, Hu Sanniang is beautiful, but she is really three points worse than Jinlian and Shishi. However, Hu Sanniang has practiced martial arts for many years, and she is more heroic than the two girls. Although she is not as talented as Shishi, she is better than Jinlian, who has no culture and only has an empty skin. She is also a rare beauty in the world.

The first meeting felt good. Of course, even if she couldn't run away, she couldn't run away. Hu Sanniang slapped Hu Cheng's hand and didn't want to see him. She jumped off the carriage lightly, walked a few steps to the big official, and bowed: "My concubine Hu Ying, I meet... the official!"

The word "official" was almost said with her back teeth. She was not used to it. But since he was here, she had to call him. Of course, it was also a way to show her dissatisfaction by taking advantage of the discomfort. She didn't dare to be really disobedient.

It was just the little girl's temper. The big official didn't care. He responded, turned around and called the little maid over, and told her to take Hu Sanniang to wash and eat, and wait for him to drink, and then visit...

Thanks to (Fei Fei Fei Fei is here) big brother for rewarding 5,000 coins to continue to support.

Thanks to (No.1 Wuliang Tianzun) big brother for rewarding 500 coins to continue to support.

Thanks to the four big brothers (brokensword), (Xiaocheng Xiaoren), (Tang Songyuan), and (Taizixiu) for their continued support.

Daily thanks to the good brothers who voted for the monthly ticket,

Thanks to the brothers who voted for the recommendation,

Thanks to the big brothers who read the book silently.