MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 23

The master, Bo Jiang Hongqing, had been waiting outside the door, and could faintly hear the sound of disputes in the house, with a worried expression on his face. Seeing Yao Kun coming out, he hurriedly went up to meet him.

Yao Kun's remaining anger still persisted, and Jiang Hongqing followed behind him.

No one noticed inside and outside the house, but there was a person lying on the roof. When there was no more movement from below, the man quietly got up and disappeared.

After a while, someone knocked on the window of Longda's house twice. Xie Gang walked to the window as if nothing had happened, looked at the sky, "General, the sky is about to dawn."

"En." Long Da responded in the room.

Zong Zeqing also said: "You have waited like this all night, how is the prefect doing?" He opened the door as he said loudly.

There are two guards outside the gate, and not far away, there are also two servants who sometimes stand and sometimes walk around the house. Seeing Zong Zeqing open the door and beckon, the Yamen hurriedly went over to ask for any orders.

Zong Zeqing said: "It's already dawn, you go and ask the prefect how things are going, our general still has things to do."

The clerk hurriedly responded, and took the opportunity to ask what else the adults need, whether you want to have some breakfast first. While talking, he glanced into the room.

In the room, Long Da was sitting at the table, while Xie Gang was talking with Long Da with his back to the window. It doesn't look any different.

Zong Zeqing was really rude and ordered a lot of food. The two yamen servants retreated in response.

Zong Zeqing closed the door. Xie Gang left the window. Under the window, a figure quietly left.

When the two clerks passed by the side windows of the house, they took another look into the house, and everything was as usual.

Xie Gang sat down at the table, and softly reported the news reported by the spies to Long Da. At the end, he said: "Qian Pei is even more arrogant than we expected. Could it be that there is something hidden between the prefect and him?"

As he spoke, he looked at Zong Zeqing. At the beginning, Zong Zeqing went to explore the inner relationship of these rumors and gossip between officials and businessmen.

Yao Kun was recommended by his teacher Qian Pei when he was twenty-four years old, and was appreciated by Meng Yunshan, the prefect of Pingnan County at that time, and became the master of the prefect. Twenty years ago, Southern Qin and the Great Xiao started a war. Yao Kun obtained a lot of information through Qian Pei's relationship in Southern Qin, offered a lot of good strategies to the prefect Meng, and made two great achievements. A lot of limelight. After Meng Taishou was assassinated and died, Yao Kun caught the assassin and ruined Nanqin's last move, bringing the relationship between the two countries to the negotiation table, and was appointed as the prefect when he was in danger.

Before going to Zhonglan City, Long Da knew about Yao Kun's political achievements, behavior, and style of conduct, and they also found out about Yao Kun's local affairs when they first came. Knowing that the relationship between Yao Kun and Qian Pei is deep, but did not expect it to be so "deep".

Zong Zeqing frowned: "If there is any secret, it is the prefect, a third-rank official. His son has to be the county magistrate in Pingnan County, how dare he act like this? But I heard that Qian Shixin is also very dissatisfied with his father , the house is built with walls and divided into courtyards, each with its own entrance and exit. Thinking about it, when Qian Pei is old, he will be unscrupulous, let his temper pass, and ignore it. I heard that he was not like this when he was young. He has read a lot Poems and books, full of economics, but unfortunately have not been admitted to fame.

This person was arrogant and arrogant, and felt that his talents were underappreciated. At the age of twenty, he simply stopped taking the exam and traveled everywhere, even going to Southern Qin. Made a lot of friends along the way. It is rumored that in the Southern Qin Dynasty, he won the appreciation of several high-ranking officials and nobles with his talents and learning, and treated him courteously, presenting property and gifts to beauties. He taught there for several years and gained some prestige. Then I thought it was to save face, so I returned home in full clothes. He returned to Fu'an County, opened a school, and used his Nanqin contacts to do a lot of business in Pingnan County, and became the object of everyone's fawning. He also puts his heart into teaching, and quite a few of his students have achieved fame.

He is also a man of skill, he has acquainted with nobles in the Great Xiao and Southern Qin and even other places, and he was the most famous person in Pingnan County back then. It is precisely because of this that people become more arrogant and unscrupulous, and gradually disdain to hide their lustful and greedy face. The older they are, the more absurd they become. Nowadays, people who honor the reputation of Mingjie no longer associate with him. But Qian Pei's glory is only a matter of the past, now more than ten or twenty years have passed, and the prefect is in charge of Pingnan County, he dare not give half of face, he is a bit confused. "

Long Da didn't speak, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't see his thoughts. Both Zong Zeqing and Xie Gang were used to Long Da's behavior, which meant that he had listened to it, and felt that this matter was indeed a bit weird.

After a while, breakfast was delivered. Along with breakfast, there is also Yao Kun.

Yao Kun came over to have dinner with Long Da and talked about the current situation. He said that Qian Pei didn't want to take the initiative to withdraw the marriage, in order to avoid a big incident, he shouldn't spend too much time talking about Qian Pei, and he already asked Jiang Hongqing to tell An Zhifu that it would be better for An's family to come forward to withdraw the marriage.

An Zhifu had indeed heard what Jiang Hongqing said about it. As soon as he heard that he was asked to withdraw from the marriage, he immediately calculated various losses such as gift money, wedding expenses, etc., and then thought about the various future troubles that would annoy Qian Pei after the divorce, so he hesitated, so he said cautiously: "This , why don't you ask Master Qian to withdraw from the marriage, and I will accept it." If Qian Pei withdraws from the marriage, he would not be offended, would he?

Jiang Hongqing glared at him: "Do you think I'm discussing with you? This matter is not handled properly, and your family is in trouble, why don't you understand? Think about it, your eldest daughter is a witness in a meticulous case, and she wants to report The official came, but was locked at home and broke his leg. You said to the outside world that you were disciplining the daughter who escaped from marriage. Who knows if it is true. Is it to prevent her from escaping marriage or to prevent her from reporting the case of spying to the government? What is the relationship between your family and spying? Relationship? Besides, there are so many matchmakers in the city, which one do you not use? Why did you use Matchmaker Xu? Matchmaker Xu has been in contact with your family so many times, and you don't know anything about her? Your eldest daughter can identify Xu The matchmaker was a secret worker, but she was imprisoned and beaten, her wedding date was inexplicably brought forward, and Xu Matchmaker also committed suicide, think about it for yourself, can you argue clearly after this careful trial?"

An Zhifu opened his mouth wide in fright.

Jiang Hongqing lowered his voice and said again: "Master Ri'an is better to be cautious during this time. Your jade business depends on the South Qin Kingdom, and there are many connections here. If you can't get it right, you can't clean it up. You think about it carefully. Think, is that the truth?"

These words hit An Zhifu's weakness. An Zhifu swallowed his saliva, not daring to speak.

"Don't worry about petty money and small profits. Retire. Miss An left your An family to work with General Long. If you have troubles in the future, it has nothing to do with your An family. It has credit. That's the eldest girl who went out of your An family, isn't it? Is it not a good thing to get rid of the relationship and gain fame? I just said this because of my friendship with Master An." Jiang Hongqing saw An Zhifu's face and said: "Think about it, the rank of General Long But he is one level older than the prefect, and he came here with the emperor's order, so the prefect will not fight against him, he said he wanted to call your girl to work, but if you don't agree, does this mean you don't want your head?"

An Zhifu hurriedly said: "I didn't say no. The general has a crush on the little girl, it's too late to be happy. But how can I tell Master Qian about this marriage?"

"The prefect has made it clear to Mr. Qian. He knows what happened, and he also knows that the marriage can't be done. But let me tell you the truth, based on the prefect's friendship with him, the prefect hopes that he will come forward to retire. Close this matter. Master Qian wants to save face and says he needs to reconsider. I don’t want to hurry up and tell you that Master Qian’s status is different from yours. It is good for you that he is dragging his feet and refusing to withdraw from the marriage. You Think about it, many people in Pingnan County looked at Master Qian's face. He was engaged to two girls from your family. In the end, no matter what the reason was, he suddenly backed out. How would the outside world guess? What's wrong with the girl in my family. In the future, it will be difficult for the girl in your An family to discuss marriage again. "

An Zhifu's heart skipped a beat for this reason.

"Now that Mr. Qian is taking Joe, you have to seize the opportunity. It is said that the four girls in the family have disappeared, and the eldest girl has become a witness in a serious case. If this drags on, I am afraid that Mr. Qian will be delayed, so the marriage is withdrawn first. When the time is right in the future, Master Qian still has the heart to be in-laws with you, so we can discuss the matter later. This will save a way of life, what do you think?"

An Zhifu nodded repeatedly. Jiang Hongqing hit the iron while the iron was hot, summoned a clerk, and immediately prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote the divorce letter for An Zhifu. An Zhifu carefully read it several times, and felt that there was no problem, so he signed his name and pressed his fingerprint.

Jiang Hongqing took the registration certificate and An Zhifu again, the superiors had expelled An Ruochen from An's family, An Zhifu still hesitated, Jiang Hongqing urged a few words, An Zhifu was flustered, and quickly signed and pressed his fingerprints. Jiang Hongqing was satisfied, and asked An Zhifu to wait a while, and he took the paperwork to do, and then came to make arrangements.

An Zhifu waited in the room, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was at a disadvantage, but he also felt that what Jiang Hongqing said made sense. After thinking about it, he only hated An Ruochen, for beating her lightly, and causing him all these troubles for no reason. Offended the government, offended Qian Pei, lost money, and lost her daughter.

An Ruochen was arranged to rest in a side room. She originally sat and waited, but her body hurt and she was tired, so she couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep. When Long Da came over to take her away, what he saw was her frowning and her clothes curled up on the bed.

Before Long Da could speak, the clerk guarding An Ruochen stepped forward and patted An Ruochen a few times: "Wake up, General Long is here."

An Ruochen was in a daze and didn't move for a while. Yacha pushed her a few more times.

Long Da put his hands behind his back and watched with a straight face. Zong Zeqing feared that he would be impatient, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give An Ruochen a hand, and helped her up. "Miss An, wake up, should I go?"

An Ruochen was still running away in a dream just now, his mind was dazed, and he subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?"

Zong Zeqing said softly: "Ziyun Tower. I won't let you go back and be bullied again. Are you awake? Be careful and take your time."

Zong Zeqing helped An Ruochen stand firmly, and turned his head to tell Long Da that it was okay, don't worry, we can't go now. Before he opened his mouth, Long Da turned his head and went out without saying a word.

Zong Zeqing hurriedly supported An Ruochen to follow, he really disagreed with Long Dayu's sympathy for the fragrance and jade.

After walking for a while, An Ruochen woke up completely. She asked Zong Zeqing in a low voice: "General Zong, is the matter settled?"

"Of course. The marriage has also been retired, and the paperwork has been completed. The prefect has agreed with your family. There is no way for Qian Pei to trouble you again. From now on, you will replace General Long. Do things. You don't have to worry, although General Long is stricter, he is still kind to people..."

Before he finished speaking, An Ruochen exclaimed in surprise: "Thank you, General!" While speaking, he fell to his knees. "The general is so kind and virtuous, even if the women of the people risk their lives, they will repay it. The women of the people kowtow to the general."

Zong Zeqing was startled, very embarrassed, and reached out to help her up: "How can it be so serious..."

Wait, this kowtow is in the wrong direction. Zong Zeqing looked in this direction, and in front of An Ruochen saluting was Long Da with a serious face. He stood in front of An Ruochen with his hands behind his back, and received her gift.

Zong Zeqing retracted his hand. Also learn from Long Da's back hand. If it wasn't against him as a general, then he shouldn't be polite to help other generals.

"Get up." said the "other general".

"Yes." An Ruochen agreed, but fell on the ground and did not move for a long time.

"What?" asked the "other general".

An Ruochen had no choice but to answer, she raised her head in embarrassment, her face wrinkled into a ball, she blushed with shame and said in a low voice, "Rong Min girl take it easy."

Zong Zeqing was taken aback for a moment, then laughed. I bent over laughing.

Kneeling too hastily, kowtowed himself, and couldn't get up for a while?

so funny, so funny...uh...

An Ruochen looked at him sadly. Long Da stared at him seriously. Xie Gang stared at him contemptuously.

Zong Zeqing's smile froze on his face, and he choked back. He touched his nose and carefully lifted An Ruochen up. "Okay, okay, why are you so stupid? If you are happy, you should be more reserved. Don't get too excited. Have you forgotten that you are hurt?"

Long Da turned his head and walked away with a straight face.