Wu Bai asked tentatively, "Then do you know a little brother named Zu Li?"
Hearing Wu Bai ask the name, Xiao Zimo froze in his heart and did not answer immediately.
However, Zhao Chengnan first glanced at his cousin, and then said to Wu Bai: "Brother, have you heard something about my cousin, but you have to trust my cousin, I can guarantee that he The one he likes is definitely you, and he won't marry anyone else, don't believe me, you ask my cousin to swear to you?" Cousin, I can only help you with this.
"Yes, I swear, I will never marry someone else, I will only marry you." Xiao Zimo naturally seized this opportunity to express his position.
Wu Bai's face was full of black lines, didn't he just ask them about someone? Why did you suddenly take an oath?
.No, listening to what they said, could it be that the man named Zu Li has something to do with Xiao Zimo!
"Let's be honest, what is your relationship with Zu Li?" Wu Bai said with a serious smile.
Zhao Chengnan gave Xiao Zimo a helpless expression and stopped talking.
Xiao Zimo coughed twice and explained, "He is the one I mentioned to you before, the person my parents wanted me to marry, the little brother of the Minister of Rites."
"Oh, so it's him!" Wu Bai nodded.
Seeing that Wu Bai didn't look angry at all, Xiao Zimo worried that the other party would keep his anger in his heart, which would be bad for his health, so he comforted him: "Brother Bai, don't be like this, if you are angry, speak up and scold you. Me!"
"Or you can hit me." Xiao Zimo grabbed Wu Bai's hand and beat him on his chest.
.Wu Bai was about to be angry at him, took back his hand, and said angrily: "I'm really not angry, just like your cousin said, I believe you will only marry me, never someone else. "Besides, even if you want to marry, you won't be able to marry it. Zuli won't marry you at all. In the end, he married the general Yu Hongyi. Even if Zuli married a small official in the middle, but that person made it clear. Not you either!
Speaking of the little official, Wu Bai sympathized with the other party at the beginning, but he also sympathizes with the other party now, but the book he saw in the space did not describe much about the small official. It is described that the other party is on duty in the Hanlin Academy, the official position is not high, there is only one mother and father in the family, the others are not detailed, not even a name, which makes Wu Bai want to remind the other party in advance that he can't do it. .
In desperation, Wu Bai sighed.
."Brother, aren't you angry? Why are you sighing again?" Zhao Chengnan asked.
"I just think it's a pity that an innocent person will be killed in the future."
"What a pity? Brother, you tell me who is going to be killed, let's go and tell the other party." Zhao Chengnan replied.
"The problem is that I don't even know the other party's name or what it looks like, so it's a bit difficult to handle."
"It's not easy, brother, tell me what characteristics the other party has, and I'll keep it for you to find that person." Zhao Chengnan patted his chest and said to himself.
Xiao Zimo on the side also nodded in agreement.
"I only know that the other party should be on duty in the Hanlin Academy. There is only one mother and father in the family. The family background is innocent, and it is easy to be taken care of. He should be around twenty years old, and he should not be married, that's all.Wu Bai said everything he knew.
"With so much information, just the few people in the Hanlin Academy, don't worry, I will find it out soon." Zhao Chengnan's face is not a problem, it's simple!
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In the days that followed, Xiao Zimo often asked Wu Bai to go out to play.
On this day, the two of them agreed to go to the lake for a cruise.
The two were sitting on the boat, drinking tea and chatting. Recently, Wu Bai was very interested in the jades of Xiao Zimo's family, so at this moment he asked Xiao Zimo to give him some methods of identifying the quality of jade.
Just as he was talking, Wu Bai suddenly felt a sharp line of sight. He followed the line of sight and found a little brother looking at him angrily.
.Wu Bai was a little puzzled, and he didn't offend him. Suddenly he remembered something and asked Xiao Zimo, "Do you know the little brother on the opposite boat?"
Xiao Zimo turned his head and looked, he really wanted to say that he didn't know him. He didn't know a few little brothers in total, but he really knew this little brother because he had been to his house and was invited by his mother and father. He was a guest at home.
But where is it really a guest, not for the purpose of looking at him as a marriage object.
Seeing that Xiao Zimo didn't speak for a long time, Wu Bai teased: "So, do you really know each other?"
"Well, he is Zu Li, the little brother of the Minister of Rites, who I mentioned to you before." Xiao Zimo said helplessly.
"I said, why does he look like he is going to eat me, it's because of you!" Wu Bai laughed.
"Boatman, row to the right!" .Xiao Zimo gave an order to the boatman, and then said to Wu Bai, "Let's go to the right and have a look. The scenery there is also very good. Chengnan mentioned it to me before."
Seeing this, Wu Bai didn't expose him and acquiesced.
On the other hand, Zu Li on the other boat was in a hurry. He did not expect that Xiao Zimo would take other little brothers to swim in the lake while the two families were looking at each other. Drive him, and the other party also asked the ship to change direction.
So he also asked the boatman to change direction and follow behind the boat.
Su Li has been following the boat not far or near, he watched Xiao Zimo refill Wu Baiduan's tea, taking care of him is a considerate person, and his heart is even more blocked.
In the evening, after Xiao Zimo sent Wu Bai back to the inn, he returned to his home.
.As soon as he walked into the mansion, he heard the summons from his servants, saying that his master and Laojun were looking for him.
Helpless, he had to make a trip to his parents.
"What do you have to do with me?" Xiao Zimo asked directly.
"I heard that you went to the lake with a little brother today?" Xiao Zimo's mother and father said indifferently.
"How do you know? Did you bribe a little servant next to me again? Tell me, who did you bribe this time? I will transfer him directly to you to send him, so as not to wait until I find out by myself, and then everyone will face each other. It doesn't look good!" Xiao Zimo said ironically.
.When the husband of the Xiao family heard the words, they felt a stumbling block in their hearts. They wanted to bribe them, but the person who had bribed them before was discovered by their son. After a meal, it was sold, and now these little servants in the house have tightened their skins, and they can't buy it at all.
"It's not the servant in the house, it was the Su family who sent someone to tell us that our family is discussing marriage with the Su family, but you took a little brother to the lake, and the people of the Su family saw you. Tell me, what kind of words are you talking about!" Father Xiao looked like he hated iron.
"Hmph, I told you a long time ago that I won't marry the younger brother of the Su family, they will see it when they see it!" Xiao Zimo said sternly.
"Then who do you want to marry! The little brother who went to the lake with you today?" Xiao Zimo's mother and father said angrily.
.Xiao Zimo just hummed and stopped talking.
Although he didn't speak, the Xiao family still saw a hint of shyness on Xiao Zimo's face, which terrified the husband of the Xiao family. The two of them had never seen their son like this before. .
After Xiao Zimo left, the husband and wife discussed whether or not to marry the Su family. Anyway, the son now has someone he likes and is willing to marry him, so why don't they satisfy the son's idea? , they can also hug their grandsons as soon as possible, and no longer need to be jealous of the eldest grandsons of the second and third rooms.
They did what they thought of. The next day, they first sent someone to inquire about Wu Bai, who wanted to know who the younger brother of the other party was, and he was able to impress his wooden son.
.But unfortunately, the results they inquired were not satisfactory. The other party was just a countryman. This time he came to the capital with his second brother and his husband, because his second brother was going to take the autumn exam this year.
Not to mention whether his second brother can pass the examination this year, even if he can pass the examination, he will only be a minor official of the Hanlin Academy in the future, and he will not be a good match for his son at all.
Don't say that their Xiao family is just a merchant family, you must know that Xiao's father's younger brother is Xiao Guijun, who is now a strong family member, and there is a fifth prince under his knees. Their Xiao family is a serious royal family and state, and it is not an ordinary royal businessman. Comparable, if the fifth prince is fortunate to reach the top in the future, the glory of their family will be more than this, otherwise why would the bookkeeper of the Ministry of Rites be willing to talk to his family?
.Of course, what worries them even more is that this little brother Wu Bai has only been in Beijing for a long time, and he has easily confused their son Xiao Zimo. This has to make them fear the methods of this little brother Wu Bai. When the other party entered the mansion, then his son was caught by Wu Bai, and by then, I am afraid that the family will not have the status of the two of them to talk.
After some discussion, the two decided not to let Wu Bai enter the door.
So the husband and the two sent their servants to send a letter to Wu Bai, saying that they wanted to see him.
After Wu Bai received the letter, he also guessed what the other party was going to say to him, but he didn't worry about such a scene at all. It was trivial for him, so he went to the restaurant as promised in the letter the next day. .
Unexpectedly, he met Zhao Chengnan after passing the counter of the restaurant.
.Zhao Chengnan was also surprised to see him, and seeing Wu Bai's cousin who was not following him, felt a little strange, so he stopped him and asked, "Brother, why did you come to the restaurant alone, and the cousin didn't accompany you? "
Wu Bai didn't want to reveal to Zhao Chengnan that Xiao's husband wanted to see him, so he lied: "Your cousin booked a room upstairs, and I was going upstairs to see him! Why, you want to meet together. him?"
Zhao Chengnan thought of his cousin's black face, and instantly didn't want to see him. He quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I won't go, I'll go first if I have something to do."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Chengnan smeared oil on the soles of his feet and ran away from the door of the restaurant.
After he left the restaurant, he breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was about to go home, he suddenly felt that something was wrong?
what! I remembered! .My cousin usually goes directly to the inn to pick him up, how can he let him come to the restaurant by himself! So you just lied!
But why would you lie to yourself?
Did something happen to my brother?
No, I have to keep an eye on it, if something happens to my brother, my cousin will never let me go!
Yes, it is like that!
So Zhao Chengnan returned to the restaurant and asked the second shopkeeper where Wu Bai was. He quietly came out of the door and attached his ear to the door, wanting to hear what Wu Bai was doing. .