OBS Chapter 419 No results
Chapter 419 No results
Song Ruize had just returned to the East City Military Affairs Office when Chen Yong rushed back from outside after hearing the summons. He strode into where Song Ruize was working and asked, "Brother Ze, are you looking for me?"
Song Ruize put down the letter in his hand, pointed to the opposite side, and said, "Sit down and talk."
Jiang Qibin and the others lay at the door, listening to the conversation inside. Several people leaned against the wall to listen, but they could hear nothing.
Crash! The door opened and several people fell in.
Chen Yong stood in front of them, pinching his fingers, and his knuckles made a crackling sound.
"Brother Yong, please calm down. Let's talk it over nicely." Jiang Qibin immediately begged for mercy.
"You're such a wimp." Zhou Jinyuan said unhappily, "You expect a girl to like you?"
"Hey, to use Huiyin's words, you can't make personal attacks." Jiang Qibin patted his chest, "Brother, I'm also a handsome man. Who knows, there might be a girl who's blinded by my appearance and falls in love with me?"
"Come in everyone." Song Ruize shouted.
When they heard this, they immediately slipped in beside Chen Yong and stood in front of Song Ruize.
"Brother Ze, what are your instructions?"
"You find an official matchmaker and bring Chen Yong to propose marriage to see what the girl's parents think. If there are no major problems, you can start preparing for the wedding." Song Ruize said.
Several people were shocked.
Several pairs of eyes looked at Chen Yong in surprise: "Brother Yong, are you interested in that girl? Then why have you been so awkward these days? I feel sorry for her."
Chen Yong blushed, scratching his head and saying, "I'm not smart, I'm not good-looking, and she grew up in the capital. Her father is an official, and she's just a daughter of an official. How could I dare to marry someone so high up?"
"Nonsense! You're incredibly strong and have a massive build, so aren't you a hundred times better than a weak, bookworm? A young lady has taken a fancy to you, and you still don't trust her judgment?" Jiang Qibin said, "Okay, we'll take care of it. We'll start preparing now. As long as the couple's parents agree, we'll prepare the betrothal gifts right away."
"Chen Yong..." Song Ruize pushed two pieces of paper towards him. "This is my wedding gift to you."
"Banknotes? Come on, let's see how much. Our Brother Ze is always generous..." Jiang Qibin's eyes widened. "A house deed in the capital, and a hundred acres of fine farmland outside the capital..."
"Brother Ze, this is too much. My brothers have been living the good life with you, and we receive a lot of money every month. Even though we all work for the military department, our brothers in the East City Military Department are much richer than those in other cities, so there is no need to worry about them taking risks for money and harming the people. I have saved a lot of money now, and I can buy a house and land myself."
"The house that Brother Ze gave you is not far from where we live now. It's a big mansion, and it can be sold for five thousand taels of silver. And this fertile land, one hundred acres, also costs five hundred taels of silver." Jiang Qibin said.
"Brother Ze, this is too expensive. I can't accept it." Chen Yong refused even more forcefully when he heard it.
"You are all brothers who have been with me through thick and thin. Last time, you suffered because of me. You never complained, and I never comforted you. However, since we are brothers, we must share the joys and sorrows. I can't let you suffer while I enjoy everything alone, right? Don't worry, not only do you have it, they have it too. Since you are all here, I will give it to you in advance!"
As Song Ruize spoke, he took out several house deeds and land deeds.
"All the house deeds and land deeds are written in your name. If you are not satisfied with anything, tell me and I will replace it for you."
Everyone took the things handed over by Song Ruize and distributed them to the "owners" according to the names on them.
Song Ruize is equally good to every brother, and they all have similar houses and fertile land.
The brothers looked at the date on it and found that they had purchased it shortly after arriving in Beijing.
"I'm a little curious." Jiang Qibin's eyes were red as he chuckled, "We've been following you all day, so how could you have the time to do this? Did you get up in the middle of the night and do this?"
"Brother Ze, you're suddenly so sentimental, I can't handle it." Zhang Erzhu sobbed, "I'm going to write to my wife right now and ask her to bring the children to Beijing. We'll have a home there."
"Brother Ze, you understand the intentions of our brothers, and they understand your intentions as well. We won't thank you. Anyway, we will follow you for the rest of our lives, so don't even think about getting rid of us."
Several others nodded.
"Just go out if you have nothing to do." Song Ruize said awkwardly.
"Okay, let's get out of here." Jiang Qibin put the house and land deeds into his arms. "It doesn't matter whether I get married or not. What's important is that I have a house in Beijing. Isn't that better than a woman?"
As soon as they left, Jiang Qingnan came in with Zhang Zhen.
Song Ruize looked up when he heard the voice, recognized Zhang Zhen, and said indifferently, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Zhenxian bowed and said politely: "My master wants you to help investigate someone."
"Is there still a time when Lord Tang needs help from me?" Song Ruize raised his eyebrows, his eyes filled with sarcasm.
"It's related to our second young lady." Zhang Zhen dropped a heavy bomb.
Song Ruize looked at him sharply: "Who is it?"
"That man's name is Bai Qiu," Zhang Zhen said. "He's handsome, a musician, and he often frequents the flower boats on Love Lake. We've sent people to investigate, but this is all we can find."
"Why is your Lord Tang investigating him?" Song Ruize thought of the figure on the flower boat, and a look of vigilance flashed in his eyes. "Is he approaching Yinyin again?"
Zhang Zhen followed his previous instructions and told Song Ruize about Qin Huiyin's unexpected encounter at Nalan's house, and explained that he had met Bai Qiu there again. However, Bai Qiu said that he was just a musician who came to play at their house.
"I understand." Song Ruize said calmly, "Qingnan, show the guest away."
Jiang Qingnan made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Zhen.
Zhang Zhen cupped his hands: "Excuse me."
After Zhang Zhen left, Jiang Qingnan said, "We have investigated this person before, but the information we found was also very simple. Since he is from Huainan, let's send our brothers from the underground account to Huainan to investigate."
"If he's just an ordinary musician and Yinyin just met by chance, I'm not interested in who he is. But if he's still trying to get close to Yinyin, then I have to find out his background."
Jiang Qingnan understood that this meant sending people to Huainan to investigate and see if this person could be found.
"How will the Zhu family handle this? They're plotting against Sister Huiyin, wanting her to marry that disfigured young master. Their tactics are truly despicable."
"Aren't they looking to find a wife for that Mr. Zhu? With so many women in the capital, it wouldn't be easy to find wives for them." Song Ruize said calmly, "You take charge of the arrangements. Have the Zhu family finalize the marriage within half a month."