Perfect Encounter - Chapter 204

Eye, this is right, who panicked? It’s not that they are afraid of guilt.

Long Er ignored Long Da, he assigned tasks to the third brother first. To report to the Long family, let the shops and prefectures along the way arrange, as well as the management of the officials in the court, etc., there must be a Long family to come forward and do it in person. Long Da couldn’t leave, and he had to stay with Mrs. Zhang Luo, so the errands were left to Long San.

Long Sanyi felt very good, running errands was suitable for him, he had a hunch, sister-in-law would be difficult to deal with, he was young and senior, so it was best not to worry about these things.

Long Da and Long Er handed over the list of things that need to be processed to Long San, and explained to the third brother, which city to look for along the way, how to arrange money and silver matters, what are the requirements for etiquette, and what is the time limit. Which adult to look for in the capital, etiquette and etiquette will be handled by the iron manager Yu Yumao, and then how to deliver the letter from Long Dalong Er, what to say to the adults, and so on.

“Okay, okay, I know. Although I prefer the freedom of the world, but since I was a child, I have been walking around with my father and the adults, and I know how to deal with it.” Long San became impatient, and went through everything by himself, but it was not easy. Quite thoughtful. The two older brothers couldn’t say anything, and Long San left happily, saying that time was running out and he was on his way.

“That doesn’t have to be overnight.” Long Er shouted at the back of his third brother, but Long San didn’t turn his head back, and ran away as if to escape.

This prospect! Long Er was very dissatisfied with this younger brother. Turning his head, he looked at the elder brother who was nothing but a man, and was even more dissatisfied: “Although I promised that you would help persuade sister-in-law, you also have to have snacks yourself. Have you mentioned it to sister-in-law?”

“What?”

“Let her go back to Beijing with us. How did she tell you? She must be prepared to avoid this topic on purpose.”

“Of course I didn’t mention it. Didn’t I say it, I promised her, I can’t break my promise, if I tell her to go back to Beijing, she will be annoyed.” Long Da ignored his younger brother’s contemptuous eyes, and said with an upright and innocent expression. The tone said, “But she already knows that she is pregnant.”

“so what.”

“In such a situation, she will probably guess that we want her to return to Beijing to have a baby, and of course she also knows that my emperor is here to guard the border, so I won’t be able to go back in the short term. Now I’m waiting for you to discuss this matter with her , if you mention it, she will come to me and tell me that I will stand by your side at that time, and I will have a reason to persuade her together.”

Long Er doesn’t have much confidence in his eldest brother, but he has not forgotten that his eldest brother is afraid of guilt. He had to make sure that after he became the bad guy, the big brother wouldn’t hold him back. “When she really discusses with you, no matter begging or reprimanding, you must not allow her to stay.”

“Of course. As long as you mention it first, I can naturally say that it is the family’s idea, and the second brother in the family is in charge, and his concerns are very reasonable. I can’t refute it. There is no way.” He said with a serious face. This spineless words is really enough! Long Er couldn’t hold back, and gave his elder brother another look.

“I thought of a good way to persuade you today.” Long Er stopped for a while and looked at Long Da.

Long Da quickly cooperated and said: “Second brother is still smart, let’s talk and listen.”

Only then did Long Er go on to say: “There must be people and things she cares about in the capital, so that she can worry about and have things to do, so that she can live in peace. Brother, didn’t you tell me about the situation in the sister-in-law’s house? I think we can start there.”

Long Da’s eyes lit up, yes, why didn’t he expect that. “Her fourth sister is now alone in Anfu.”

In the days that followed, Long San left, Long Da was busy with official duties, and Long Er began to implement the plan. But he didn’t expect that An Ruochen was as busy as Long Da. He wanted to see him several times but never saw him. An Ruochen was either receiving visitors or going out to meet friends. What about the wives of various prefectures, farmers and merchants, and the county government office, she actually carefully asked about the previous minor crimes, treason cases, and the murder of their family, etc., to ensure that her friends and relatives would not be implicated. After being so busy, he was naturally tired when he came back to the mansion, and he slept in the dark. Nanny Lu and Chun Xiao have been by her side all the time, Long Er tried to win her over but did not find a chance. But Long Er was not in a hurry, he knew that An Ruochen didn’t hide from him on purpose, there was no need for that. He also went out, chatted with this one, chatted with that one, and visited Anfu.

After An Ruochen had finished dealing with all the old friendships around him, and happened to meet Long Er was also in Ziyun Tower, he went to find Long Er to talk about it. She apologized to Long Er, said that the greetings were not good enough these days, and explained the reasons for her busyness, hoping that Long Er would understand. During this time, she asked about Long San’s whereabouts.

Long Er waited for this opportunity. He said that Long San was preparing for An Ruochen’s return to Beijing. They described the expectations of the Dragon Mansion, the great gifts along the way, the ostentation expected to be held in the capital, the ten-mile red dress, the bright prospect of the emperor’s seal, and so on.

An Ruochen was quite moved when he heard it, and finally choked up a little: “I must have done a lot of good deeds in my previous life. In this life, I am accompanied by the general and treated like this by your Long family. I am ashamed to say that my blood relatives are all Never treated me so well.”

An Ruochen’s attitude was sincere, and Long Er believed that she was sincere. He hurriedly said: “My sister-in-law is also surnamed Long now, and she belongs to our Long family. These are what we should do for my sister-in-law.”

An Ruochen thanked him, but said: “I don’t know what’s good and what’s wrong, and I’m a bit willful. I made an agreement with the general. Wherever he is, I will be there.”

Knew it. Long Er had already prepared for this, and said: “Brother has a deep affection for sister-in-law. Everyone believes that sister-in-law is dead, but brother doesn’t give up. Our brothers are also touched. It’s just that he has a heavy responsibility. In order to find sister-in-law, he returned to Beijing He was quite disrespectful when he met the saint, and he has already attracted gossip, if someone catches him on the matter of guarding the border, I am afraid it will be bad for him.”

An Ruochen smiled: “Fortunately, I’m lucky. I helped the general solve some cases, and dealt with the rebels. It’s considered meritorious service. I don’t think anyone will think that I’m a woman who made mistakes.”

Long Er was choked back by Ruan Ruan, but he couldn’t refute. That’s right, the eldest sister-in-law is not an ordinary woman, but she has fought wits and bravery with the spy and made meritorious service for protecting the country. This was written both true and false in “The Legend of the General’s Wife”. Although no names were named, this book was widely circulated among the people, and everyone said it was a biography that praised the deeds of the sister-in-law. With such a high reputation among the people, the sister-in-law is naturally very confident, and she can’t be frightened by ordinary rules and etiquette.

Long Er pondered like this, and suddenly felt that this book was spread, but it could be done in one fell swoop, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as just leaving clues for the elder brother to find someone. He looked at An Ruochen again, not sure whether he was thinking too much or underestimated her earlier.

Long Er made up his mind and changed his strategy: “If sister-in-law is worried that brother won’t let sister-in-law go back to Beijing alone, I can persuade brother about this matter. After all, the situation on the front line is complicated, and it’s hard to say when war will start again. Well, even though the traitors and thieves have been arrested, they have been cultivating Zhonglan for many years, and they still have accomplices lurking and waiting for revenge. In their eyes, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are mortal enemies. Needless to say, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are not necessarily in the same situation. It’s safe. My eldest brother naturally knows this. Now not only my sister-in-law’s life is in danger, but also our Long family’s flesh and blood. In my sister-in-law’s belly, there is our Long family’s heir. If my elder brother doesn’t want my sister-in-law to return to Beijing to live a comfortable and comfortable life, He is too ignorant to give birth to a good child, I must argue with him and drag him to the ancestors to explain it himself.”

What Long Er said made sense, and gave An Ruochen enough face, and blamed Long Da for all the mistakes. All the reasons that should be persuaded to persuade An Ruochen were said to be persuaded to Long Da. , the steps have been laid out for An Ruochen, as long as she pushes the boat along the way and climbs down the steps, the matter will be successfully completed, and everyone will be happy and at ease.

Long Er looked at An Ruochen, waiting for her to answer.

An Ruochen was silent for a long time, and when Long Er thought she had to continue to persuade her, she said, “I used to want to leave Zhonglan very much. There is no life in this place, nor in An’s house. So I ran away from marriage and met the general. The general said a word to me, which I will always remember. That sentence touched my heart more than any other sentence. He said, in the future, you live a good life and live like you It’s as good as you want it to be.”

Long Er listened quietly.

“In fact, I don’t have a big wish. I’m just a daughter of a businessman, and I’m a little bold. I think things that are unfair and unfair, so I hope to change them, and I hope to live a comfortable life. This kind of peace of mind does not mean eating good food, wearing clothes, etc. What beautiful clothes, but the harmony of relatives, confidant of lovers, confidant of friends. When I fell into the river, I tried my last chance to shout to the general ‘I can swim’. I wanted to tell him not to worry, I will be fine. Later, I was ups and downs in the river, injured and struggling, seemingly lifeless, and I regretted that the last sentence I left him was this sentence. I don’t want to be separated, not because I can’t do without, but because I think, why should Leaving? Life and death are inherently impermanent, but in the days we can control, we have to leave by ourselves, why? Because the rules are so set? Because everyone else does it?”

Long Er opened his mouth, but couldn’t think of anything to refute her for a moment.

“If the general is not a general, but just an ordinary citizen, there may be accidents when he goes out to do business, farm, or hunt, but this is not as dangerous as killing the enemy before going into battle. I left him and returned to the capital, worrying about his safety every day. , frightened, wondering if there will be a military report that he was injured and killed one day. The journey is long, and when I receive the military report, will I not even be able to see him for the last time? It is indeed possible to live like this, but is it necessary? How do you live like this?”

Long Er was speechless.

“I know that the second uncle came to persuade me because he must have the general’s intentions. In fact, I should tell the general. After all, this is the general’s attitude. He said that if I can stay, I can stay. He If I say no, I naturally have to go with Second Uncle. But since he promised me and wanted to go back on it, I was a little angry to persuade me through Second Uncle’s mouth, so I don’t want to say these things to him. ”

Long Er was about to scratch his head, so are the couple fighting? No, no, his eldest brother didn’t know that his sister-in-law already had a grudge. Oh, isn’t this a bit scary, the eldest brother didn’t say a word, and his posture was so low, he was hated by the lady. It’s really hard to fathom a woman’s mind.

Long Er cleared his throat, and said: “Sister-in-law, don’t blame elder brother, elder sister-in-law has a body now, which is different from usual. Eldest sister-in-law will miss elder brother, why doesn’t elder brother miss elder sister-in-law? Think about it, elder brother has worked so hard , I will find you back in the end, and I cherish you so much that I lost it and found it again. Naturally, I am afraid that you will have another accident. He has a family and a servant in the capital, who takes good care of him, so he can feel at ease, and he will not be ashamed of his ancestors. Speaking of which, my sister-in-law entered Our Long family has not yet solemnly saluted in the house, nor have we offered tea to our parents-in-law and ancestral tablets, it really shouldn’t be.”

“When marching and fighting, there is always a return date. Since your elder brother and I are husband and wife, we should go back together. Only when we are together can we salute and serve tea together. This is the etiquette. Second uncle, do you think so?”

Long Er has dealt with many difficult people, but this is the first time he meets a woman who is so gentle, polite and eloquent. He thought about it, and it seemed that he really couldn’t go around in circles.

“Sister-in-law, the third brother has gone to make arrangements, and there are many things to take care of. There is also the other side of the capital. The elder brother has already submitted an order to seal the elder sister-in-law. The elder sister also knows that the elder brother is not an ordinary person. He is a second-rank general, and the elder sister-in-law is the general’s wife. I’m afraid it’s not so easy to be self-willed. The sister-in-law also understands that the elder brother said to let the sister-in-law return to Beijing, so the sister-in-law has to return to Beijing. Those words, but it took a lot of thought, let me persuade, it is also sympathetic to sister-in-law’s mood. My sister-in-law’s heart is like a mirror, you should understand.”

An Ruochen remained silent for a long time. Long Er didn’t speak, and waited patiently. He knew that An Ruochen had no way out when it came to this point, unless she planned to play with Long Da, that would be too inappropriate, not only annoying, but also disgraceful . He felt that An Ruochen was not such a foolish person, she could only agree to return to Beijing. It’s okay for him to be a bad guy.

An Ruochen sighed, and said, “Second uncle makes sense.”

Long Er nodded, as long as she knew.

“I’m a married woman, so what I can do is limited. If I don’t have the general’s support, if the general doesn’t back me up, I won’t be self-willed. Since I’m married to him, I should put his wishes first.”

Long Er heaved a sigh of relief and nodded again.

“So, I have to ask my second uncle to help me convince the general that it’s best for me to stay by his side.”

Long Er’s head froze half way through. What? What did she say? She actually asked him to help her convince her elder brother.

“Ah, I should convince the second uncle first, so that the second uncle thinks that he should stand on my side.”

Long Er was speechless, sister-in-law, have you always been this naughty?

“Then I’m going to start persuading you, Second Uncle, please listen carefully.”

Long Er didn’t really want to hear it, and only then did he realize that his sister-in-law looks like his elder brother!

“Second Uncle, that’s how things are. As the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, isn’t that the reason? Ah, I’m not asking questions, I’m just emphasizing my tone. It’s said that the elder sister-in-law is like a mother. Since I am married to the Long family, I should take care of the Long family and take care of it with all my heart. If your elder brother is by my side, I will naturally take care of him more, I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of my uncles. But when he is away, I have nothing to do, so I can Think more about the uncles? The two uncles have reached the age of marriage, so it’s time to get married?”

Long Er’s forehead twitched, feeling a headache. It’s over, I feel like I’ve been hit on a sore spot.

“Why is there no one in the family? Your eldest brother has no chance. But the uncles are talented, handsome, and the brothers of the second-rank general. Doesn’t anyone in the capital propose a kiss or something?”

Have! Not a lot! Long Er didn’t want to talk at all.

“As the eldest sister-in-law, I should take care of this matter for my uncles. If I go back to the capital, there will be many female relatives of powerful families who will make friends with me. I just use this to find choices for my uncles. I will definitely choose a good one.” .”

“Sister-in-law…” Long Er called out in a drawn-out tone.

An Ruochen blinked and looked at him innocently. Long Er settled down, he hasn’t lost yet, he still has moves.

“Sister-in-law is right, but when sister-in-law arrives in the capital, she may be too busy to take care of our brother’s marriage. It’s like this. I heard that sister-in-law has a younger sister who loves her dearly. She is the fourth eldest in the family. I visited my sister-in-law’s house. My sister-in-law and aunt are not kind, and her elder brother is treacherous. The life of the little sister is not easy. Whenever the sister-in-law returns to Beijing, she will always go back to Beijing. The little sister is lonely and helpless in the city, very pitiful. I am Thinking about it, how about sister-in-law taking her back with her, so that elder brother can rest assured, I have a good job, and sister-in-law has settled a worry, how about it?”

In other words, An Ruofang’s good life is the exchange condition for Long Er’s good life.

An Ruochen laughed: “Thank you Second Uncle, Second Uncle is really a caring person. In fact, I did have this idea. I went to see Fourth Sister. If she wants to leave An’s house, I will take her away. But she and I said, she doesn’t intend to leave. Her mother was killed by my father, so she can’t just leave.”

Long Er was taken aback, he hadn’t seen the four girls, but he heard that she was a weak and slender little beauty, how could she be as tough as a sister-in-law?

“She plans to study business and inherit the family business in the future. The blood debt is fair and the family needs to be repaid with money and family business.”

Long Er blinked and was even more surprised: “She is a daughter’s family.”

“So what? My daughter’s family can’t do business?” An Ruochen laughed again, “Second uncle is prejudiced. The daughter’s family is not as strong as the man, but the mind is not bad at all. What the man can do, the daughter’s family can do.” It can be done with a bit of hard work. While laughing at the ignorance of the daughter’s family, the man trapped them in the deep house to prevent them from seeing, how is this fair?”

Long Er disagreed, he kept his mouth shut, he couldn’t argue with his sister-in-law about this matter.

“I originally wanted to take my fourth sister with me and teach her something myself. When I returned to Beijing, I would also take her with me. My second uncle has a big business, and there must be a shopkeeper in charge at home. He should be able to give my fourth sister some guidance.”

Long Er’s forehead twitched again, his head ached.

“But my fourth sister doesn’t want to leave An’s house. She has her own ideas. She said that if she leaves, she won’t be able to control the affairs of An’s house. Without contacts and influence in the mansion, her wish will not come true. She went to the city My friend is willing to teach her as a helper to the restaurant owner, she thinks it is very good. She let me live my own life well, and she will live her well.”

An Ruochen looked at Long Er, and continued: “If Second Uncle helps me convince the general to agree that I will stay by his side, I won’t cause trouble for Second Uncle. Otherwise, I will have to go back and find me Fourth sister, tell her that I regret that I agreed to let her stay in Anjia, and I will take her to the capital. At that time, I will be busy arranging marriages for my uncles, and I will also be busy finding someone to teach my sister to do business. She learned a thing or two, and she had to ask her second uncle to give her a shop to practice her hands. Besides, since I am the eldest sister-in-law, I am also the head of the house, and I have to take care of the affairs of the Long family. Three Uncle can no longer go out to play in the rivers and lakes. Second uncle should also set a good example for his younger brother, and hurry up to marry a wife and have children to explain to the ancestors. You see, I have not entered the mansion yet, and I have already thought of many things to do. ”

Long Er: “…”

When Long Da came back that night, he heard that his second brother had been waiting for him, so he went to Long Er’s room. Long Er and Long Da talked like this.

After hearing this, Long Da sighed: “Let me just say, she’s smart.”

Long Er was not very angry: “Your own wife, go and persuade yourself. Of course I mean, it is best for her to stay with you. There are many things in the family that I need to take care of. I really don’t have time to deal with her. Nothing else. , if she is forced by you to go back to the capital, and she finds out some reasons to find you, or if she is depressed and quarrels at home all day long, then it will be difficult to handle.”

Long laughed loudly: “You are worried that you will be unhappy. Chenchen won’t.”

Long turned his head away and didn’t want to pay attention to him.

“Look, you were encouraged by her to stand on her side.”

“She gave you the steps.” Long Er snorted coldly, the two of them played tricks together, and there was no embarrassment in sandwiching his younger brother, “Anyway, you can figure it out yourself. I’ve said the thing, and if she doesn’t agree, I can’t help it. You can deal with it yourself. By the way, I forgot to tell you, she said she was annoying you. ”

Long Da was taken aback: “What did she say?”

Long Er laughed heartily, feeling that he finally got his revenge and brought back his eldest brother. “She won’t let me tell you.”

Long Da is gone. Long Er was so curious that he didn’t know how the sister-in-law would compete with the elder brother. But he didn’t even bother to stay and watch, he knew that the elder brother must compromise in the end. The matter has been finished, he has to pack up his things and leave quickly, and he should be able to catch up with the third brother’s footsteps, the plan has changed, everything should be postponed. The capital, the shop, wait for him, he will be back soon, I miss the ledger and the abacus so much.

Early the next morning, Long Er was going to say goodbye to his eldest brother and sister-in-law, but he saw his eldest brother picking flowers in the yard. Standing on tiptoe, Long Da stretched out his arms and folded the most colorful cluster on the tall branches. He already held several branches in his arms.

Long Er stopped, and quickly stood outside the courtyard wall to hide, so as not to embarrass his elder brother. It seems that the elder brother must be trying to please the elder sister-in-law. He still waited to go.

Long Er turned around and walked around, had breakfast, and then went to see his eldest brother and sister-in-law.

This time when he walked to the house, he saw Long Dazheng thrush An Ruochen outside the window. The thick hand that is used to holding a big knife is holding a slender pen, and the painting is finished with two “shua shua” strokes, which looks very proficient.

“It’s really well drawn.”

After finishing the painting, Long Da still has to boast about himself.

Long Er got goosebumps. Is this still his elder brother?

Long Er turned around and left again, so as not to embarrass his elder brother.

Back in the yard, Long Er found himself smiling, sincerely happy for his eldest brother. Sister-in-law is right, she should stay by brother’s side. Why separate? They should not be separated.

In the following days, when Long Er returned to the capital, he often received letters from An Ruochen. Although they didn’t meet many times and the time of acquaintance was very short, An Ruochen and the two brothers had no relationship at all. She asked about the situation of Longfu and carefully described her recent situation with Longda. How did they live in Zhonglan, how did they move to Tongcheng, who did she know and what did she do? Eat, can eat five people’s meal and so on. Although she has never entered the Dragon Mansion, she seems to be a member of the family. She knew that the peonies were blooming in the courtyard of Long’s house, and she was concerned about Mammy Yu’s back injury, and told Long San to be careful when going out, and asked Long Er to bring her the gadgets she wanted to play…

Long Er and Long San had to admit that they liked this sister-in-law.

Later, Maojun really started fighting on the front line. Dong Ling asked Hu Guo for troops to attack Da Xiao, and wanted to avenge the three thousand soldiers. Those Hui Wang’s remnants in Southern Qin took the opportunity to create chaos and cooperated to create troubles at the border. During the civil strife in Southern Qin Dynasty, Emperor Dezhao was too busy to take care of himself, so he couldn’t help Da Xiao. Long Da led the army to quell the chaos on the border while resisting Dongling’s invasion.

Later, there was another rumor that the general’s wife, An Ruochen, used herself as a bait to protect the safety of the villagers, lured the enemy into the battle with her big belly, bought time for the whole village to retreat, and saved the lives of the whole village people. Later, she gave birth in the village, but she suffered from dystocia. The whole village protected her and prayed for her. General Houlong arrived, and the general’s wife gave birth to a son, and the mother and child were safe.

Everyone in the Dragon Mansion was scared out of their wits when they heard about this incident, so Aunt Yu immediately packed up her things and went to visit Maojun. At this time, Long Er received a letter from Long Da’s family, saying that the war had subsided and the front line was stable, and he would take An Ruochen and his son back to Beijing after a while. The ceremony that was supposed to be done for An Ruochen at the beginning, now is the time to do it.

The letter concluded by saying that his son was named Long Qingsheng.

Looks like all is well and everyone is safe. Everyone in the Long Mansion was overjoyed, waiting for Long Da to take his wife home.

I only waited for this, but I didn’t expect to wait for another half a year.

When Long Qingsheng was almost one year old, Long Da finally brought An Ruochen back to Beijing.

Dressed in red for ten miles, all the ministers congratulated each other, the emperor personally appointed his wife… All the things Long Da wanted to do for An Ruochen at the beginning were all promised.

And “The Legend of the General’s Wife” has been circulated among the people and has become a best-selling book.