MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 25

Several people discussed it, An Zhifu called all the houses over, and said that An Ruochen was called by the general to work in the army, and the marriage with Qian's house was temporarily suspended. He ordered the whole government to keep their mouths shut, and if they heard a single word of speculation about this matter, they would not be lightly forgiven.

An Ruoxi lowered her head, her face was pale, she wanted to ask her father if she and the Qian family would not discuss marriage anymore, but she didn't dare to speak.

On the contrary, Sifang Duan's family heard that An Ruochen had left with the general and immediately screamed: "Then where is my daughter? Gone? Let go of the marriage, let go! My Fang'er was coaxed away by An Ruochen because of this matter, who else did it if it wasn't her? Why let it go! She should marry into Qian's mansion, It would be good to be tortured and whipped by Mr. Qian every day. She should be worthy of me if she can't survive and die."

Hearing this crazy talk, An Zhifu became furious, and scolded An Ruochen for nothing, how could he drag Qian Pei into it. Wouldn't it annoy him even more if Qian Pei was taught to know that the people in his house spoke like this. "What nonsense! Shut up!"

But Duan refused, she continued to scream, threw herself at An Zhifu and shook his arm: "An Ruochen must not just go away like this! Master, master! You can't let her go! Bring her back quickly Let her tell where Fang'er is, let her marry Master Qian. Let Master Qian beat her every day, don't give her food, don't give her clothes, and reward her to servants..."

"Bastard!" An Zhifu slapped Duan's face to the ground. "Drag her back to her yard, and if she dares to speak nonsense again, I will slap her on the mouth."

Duan seemed to have been woken up, and cried out with a "wow". She fell on the ground, crying out of breath, even when the two women came to carry her away without any struggle, she just wailed and shouted: "Fang'er, my Fang'er..."

An Ruoxi trembled, her mind was full of Duan's words just now, she felt extremely horrified.

An Zhifu took his son An Ronggui to the Qian Mansion again to make amends. As a result, it was still blocked at the door this time. The reason was that Qian Pei was not around, so he went back to Fu'an County in the morning.

An Zhifu hurriedly abandoned the sedan chair and changed to a carriage, and went to Fu'an County again.

When we arrived at the Qian Mansion in Fu'an County, the concierge said that the master was unwell and had no visitors. An Zhifu was anxious and angry, but he couldn't attack. He was so heartbroken that he simply said that he would stay at an inn in the county, and that he would visit again when Master Qian got better later.

He didn't believe it anymore, he stayed here and showed his sincerity, how could Qian Pei really not see him all the time?

An Zhifu sent his servant to book a room. He was familiar with Fu'an County, and there was a good inn one street away.

Because it was not far from the inn, An Zhifu simply didn't take the carriage, and took his son away, deliberately showing it to the people in Qian's mansion, and they didn't go back to Zhonglan City, so they really stayed here for a while. Again.

Just after walking for a while, I saw a carriage driving over, decorated with brocade and weft, it looked like it was used by an official. An Zhifu and An Ronggui hurriedly retreated to the side of the road to make way for the carriage. Unexpectedly, the carriage stopped when it came close to them, and the curtain of the carriage was parted, revealing a familiar face——Qian Shixin, magistrate of Fu'an County.

"Master An." Qian Shixin was thirty-seven years old, well educated and polite. He has served as the county magistrate of Fu'an County for more than ten years. He is diligent in government and loves the people, and has a high reputation. Two completely different reputations from his father.

Once some common people were deceived by Qian Peizhi and went to Qian Shixin's office, and Qian Shixin really brought Qian Pei to court for trial. In the end, the commoner got compensation, and Qian Shixin separated from Qian Pei because he was annoyed by what he had done. A large house is divided into two halves by a wall, with a gate on the south and north. When father and son get together, they have to knock on the door.

An Zhifu met Qian Shixin several times, but he didn't say a few words each time.

First, the other party is an official, an honest official. There was a sense of official authority in his speech, although his tone was gentle, An Zhifu still felt pressured. He still prefers to get along with those who can drink wine and talk about money.

Secondly, Qian Shixin and Qian Pei are at odds, which is known to everyone. Many people did not dare to speak in front of Qian Shixin after suffering losses from Qian Pei, because Qian Pei would use various methods to deal with them after they were happy for a while. Although An Zhifu wanted to curry favor with Qian Shixin, he was afraid that he would offend Qian Pei if he made a wrong sentence, so he was a little alienated.

Seeing that Qian Shixin took the initiative to stop to greet him, An Zhifu hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I have met Mr. Qian."

Qian Shixin said: "When we came back from Zhonglan City, the prefect told me about it."

An Zhifu was a little embarrassed, so he nodded: "Yes, yes."

An Zhifu knew that Qian Shixin objected to the marriage between his daughter and Qian Pei. For this reason, Qian Shixin had a dispute with Qian Pei. But Qian Shixin couldn't take care of Qian Pei's affairs, so he had to put down his words, he would not attend the wedding, and he would not care about his father in the future. Qian Shixin never mentioned a single word about marriage with An Zhifu, nor did he regard him as a future relative. Now that it's mentioned, An Zhifu doesn't know what to say for a moment.

"It's not a bad thing." Qian Shixin said. "It's good to end it like this."

An Zhifu couldn't answer the words.

Qian Shixin asked again: "Master An is here to find my father?"

An Zhifu nodded "Yes".

"Have you seen it?"

An Zhifu was so embarrassed that he had nowhere to put on his old face, so he answered bravely: "It's not a coincidence, Mr. Qian is resting."

Qian Shixin looked at An Zhifu, then at An Ronggui, was silent for a while, and said: "My father is a bit old-fashioned, if he does something unseemly or inappropriate, Mr. An will come and tell me. This matter is not just a simple marriage arrangement, it is also related to important military affairs, and my father cannot be willful. If the military plane is delayed, the consequences will be dire, can Master An understand?"

An Zhifu hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes. The grassroots dare not delay the adults' business."

"That's good." Qian Shixin said: "If I go to persuade my father, I'm afraid I will provoke him to make trouble on purpose. Mr. An and my father have a lot of friendship, so Mr. Lao An will talk to him well. If so If it's wrong, come and tell me."

An Zhifu didn't know what else to say besides answering "yes, yes".

Qian Shixin took another look at An Ronggui: "Mr. An also understands?"

An Ronggui also quickly agreed.

Qian Shixin nodded to them, put down the curtain of the car, and ordered the coachman to drive back to the Yamen.

When the car was far away, An Zhifu and his son breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. This alarmed the most important adults in Pingnan County. Qian Pei should be sensible at his age, so he won't make trouble.

But An Zhifu didn't expect that Qian Pei's anger would last for several days. It was four days before he was willing to see their father and son.

These four days An Zhifu lived in torment, he went to the door every day and was stopped outside the door every day. I want to go back to Zhonglan City, but I have already told him that I will wait for it all the time, and dare not leave. This day they bit the bullet and came to visit again. After the concierge reported, someone finally led them into the mansion.

In An Zhifu's heart, he simply wants to recite Amitabha Buddha a hundred times.

Qian Pei smiled, met them kindly, and asked them if they had eaten? An Zhifu suddenly felt relieved. It seems that his anger has dissipated, and he can understand his difficulties, so he won't blame him too much. An Zhifu hastened to be polite, explaining that he was not strict in discipline and did not expect such a thing to happen. That day the prefect and Lord Bo had a conversation, and there was a general behind him. . He wanted to discuss it with Master Qian in advance, but he was trapped in the yamen, and he couldn't see Master Qian...

Qian Pei interrupted him before he finished speaking. Qian Pei said: "Don't talk about these troubles. The past is over. Let's drink some wine and eat some food, and talk about the daily life."

An Zhifu responded repeatedly.

Qian Pei ordered people to spread wine and food in the animal garden.

An Zhifu has been to Qian's Mansion many times and knows that Qian's Mansion is much bigger than his An's Mansion, but he has visited several courtyards and heard a few plays in Qian's Mansion, but he has never heard of the name "Beast Garden". He and An Ronggui followed Qian Pei to the animal park, and saw lush green trees and flowers, it was a beautiful place. But walking further in, I saw that there were two iron fences in the middle of the yard separating the yard into two sides, which was very strange.

The food and wine were placed beside the iron fence. An Zhifu took An Ronggui and sat down with Qian Pei. The servant poured wine for them all. Qian Pei asked An Zhifu not to be polite, and stretched out his chopsticks first, drank and ate, but stopped talking.

The atmosphere was very cold, An Zhifu and his son didn't dare to say much, they just sat there rigidly looking at Qian Pei, waiting for him to speak.

Qian Pei drank another glass of wine, and suddenly told the servant beside him, "Go get some rabbits."

The servant stepped back and quickly brought a cage with rabbits in it.

Qian Pei looked at the rabbit cage, got up and opened the door of the first iron fence, and then began to knock on the fence. After a while, there was a rustling sound in the bushes, and a tiger ran out.

An Zhifu was startled, and subconsciously shrank back.

Qian Pei laughed. He grabbed a rabbit, broke its neck with his bare hands with a "click", then walked unhurriedly to the second fence and threw the rabbit into it.

The tiger was very excited, jumped up and bit the rabbit, and ate it.

Qian Pei waited for the tiger to eat enough, and then threw in a rabbit. This time it was alive. Before the rabbit could react in a daze, it was held down by the tiger's paw. Although the rabbit struggled to run away, it was still bitten by the tiger and swallowed.

Qian Pei turned around and glanced at An's father and son, smiled slightly, and asked, "Nephew, do you want to try?"

An Ronggui took a look at An Zhifu and agreed.

Qian Pei pointed to the rabbit cage, and a servant grabbed a rabbit and handed it to An Ronggui. An Ronggui took it, and threw the rabbit into the fence like Qian Pei, but the rabbit was clever, turned around and ran as soon as it landed, and jumped out.

An Ronggui hurried to catch him, and he was caught. He also wanted to imitate Qian Pei's way of twisting the rabbit's neck, but he couldn't stop twisting it. In desperation, he threw the rabbit to the ground with all his strength. The rabbit was injured and could no longer run. An Ronggui was overjoyed and threw it into the tiger cage again.

Qian Pei laughed loudly at the side: "A rabbit is just a rabbit, even if it is a little clever, it doesn't matter. If you break your legs and break your neck, you can only be eaten by tigers in the end. My nephew is quick-witted and decisive, and he will have a lot to do in the future."

An Zhifu laughed along, feeling very nervous.

Qian Pei sat back at the table, washed his hands in the basin brought by the servants, looked at the tigers feasting on the fence, and suddenly asked: "Is there any news about Miss Si?"

"Yes, yes." An Zhifu answered quickly. "Someone has been sent to look for it."

Qian Pei smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the eldest girl is really a character. I really didn't see it before."

"It's because the little girl is ignorant, and I can't discipline her properly." An Zhifu kept apologizing: "It's because we are sorry for Mr. Qian..."

Qian Pei waved his hands and smiled, with a look of no blame, but said: "There is a saying that cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness."

The conversation turned quickly, and An Zhifu was a little confused.

"There is another saying that a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake." Qian Pei raised his hand and drank another glass of wine, and said with a sneer: "No matter how great the general's official position is, he is only temporarily guarding the city. Sooner or later, he has to leave. To put it mildly Yes, when there is a war, life and death are uncertain. Let’s bear with it for a while, it’s okay. You can book again after the marriage is retired, and you can come back when you leave.”

"Yes, yes." An Zhifu was puzzled. Hearing this, could it be that Qian Pei still didn't give up on this matter? Still waiting for his two daughters to come back?

Qian Pei went on to say: "Don't think it's so great for them to be officials. I just don't care about being an official. I'm too tired to panic. Otherwise, how could it be Yao Kun's turn to be the prefect."

These An Zhifu dare not answer. These words are too outrageous, and it's okay to hear the ears of the prefect.

"If Mr. An is on my side, I will naturally take care of Mr. An, just like getting those goods back. It is not difficult for me. But if Mr. An thinks that Yao Kun and Long Da can deceive me, Don't look at me any more..."

"No, no, no..." An Zhifu waved his hands in panic. "Master Qian and I are a family, this friendship is unmatched by others."

Qian Pei smiled and said: "It's good that Mr. An can think so. Since we are a family, Mr. An can do business with peace of mind to make money. With me taking care of business matters, Mr. An will definitely not suffer. I can't stand being bullied, and I can't tolerate others bullying my own family."

An Zhifu nodded in response, secretly startled, originally wanted to ask if there would be future troubles about picking up the goods, but now he couldn't ask a word. I was glad that I handled it well, after spending so much time, I finally saw Qian Pei untie the grievances, otherwise, if he really hated him, I am afraid that he will have a bad life in the future.

Qian Pei seemed to be satisfied with An Zhifu's attitude, and said with a smile: "Then again, their strategy is very good."

An Zhifu smiled dryly and didn't answer, he didn't understand what the plan was.

"Careful work." Qian Pei sneered, changed the subject, and said: "The eldest girl must know the whereabouts of the fourth girl. We stared at the eldest girl, and naturally found the fourth girl. Didn't they say that they want to rely on the eldest girl to lure the enemy?" Well, if the eldest girl and the fourth girl are gone, it must have been done carefully, so it has nothing to do with us."

An Zhifu was about to agree to nod, but he suddenly realized and froze.

Speaking of An Ruochen, after entering the Ziyun Building for a few days, he ate, slept, recuperated and read the files seriously, completely obeying General Long's instructions.

When Xie Gang came to visit her, he was quite surprised. In just three days, she actually read all the files and sorted them into categories.

An Ruochen divided into a group of people who she thought were of no use value, and those who were of use value but felt that Xu Matchmaker could not control them, and then divided into a group of people who she thought were of use value and might be used. man in control.

Xie Gang flipped through the pages and asked her how the last bunch of people were picked out.

"They all have weaknesses." An Ruochen said: "For example, this Li Xiuer, she is the second concubine of the owner of Jiang's clothing shop. There is only a widow mother in her family, and her health is not good. Not long after she entered the Jiang family, she The mother hired a little girl to take care of herself. I have met Boss Jiang. He is not a generous person who spends a lot of money. He just took a concubine. How much money will he give to the Li family? It is written here that Li Xiuer's father died when she was eight years old. How much money can he save? But the Li family lives in a new tile-roofed house, and they can hire a little girl to take care of them. The origin of the money is quite suspicious. .Li Xiuer is just a concubine, and there is an official family on top. If I want to take care of her natal family, I am afraid that I will be powerless. If I were Xu Matchmaker, I would talk about this marriage for her, so that she would no longer suffer from poverty, and I would take care of her. Good mother, she will be grateful to Dade. If she is disobedient and her mother has an accident, what can she do?"