Qin Official

"Official official."

After leaving Li's main house, Li Xian immediately bowed to Hei Fu with fear and fear: "I didn't expect that the clan leader asked me to invite officials to the banquet for this reason..."

Hei Fu did not show any dissatisfaction and said with a smile: "I have always respected Doctor Li. Even if the marriage fails, we still have friendship, so it doesn't matter. Don't take it to heart."

"only."

But Li Xian was scolding him in his heart, scolding the leader of the Li clan for not being honest enough.

It turned out that a few days ago, after Li Xian returned home with the title, in addition to his wife and son being overjoyed, the Li clan leader also began to pay attention to him. For the first time, he called Li Xian to the main house and encouraged him face to face, saying that he was the most promising among the younger generations of the clan. Then he acted like an elder, gave him some advice, and told him to go to the county to be a military official if necessary. Pay attention to the place.

Although the Qin State does not allow large clans to live together, it is still difficult to cut off the ties between clans. Even if families are separated, small clans are still dotted around the big clan, and the clan chief's orders are often easier to implement than the village officials.

Then, the patriarch suddenly asked Li Xian about Hei Fu. He seemed to have a strong interest in Hei Fu, and even asked Li Xian to send a message for him, inviting Hei Fu to come to the house for a banquet.

"The official served as the chief of the pavilion for a year in my hometown and solved many cases for my hometown. So far, the thief Xiaoxiao does not dare to do evil when he hears the name of the official. The official has been very kind to my hometown, but I have never done anything wrong. I didn't even invite him to my home, which is really rude, so I'll take it as an apology this time."

Li Xian thought it was the clan leader who wanted to please Hei Fu, and without doubting his presence, he did as he was told.

First of all, Heifu saw it because of Li Xian's reputation, and secondly, the Li family was also the second largest family in Anlu County, second only to the Yun family in influence, and he also had some issues with the Yun family. The enemy of his enemy is his friend, so he readily agreed and went to Zhenshui Township for a banquet on December 28th.

Just looking at the appearance of the house, the Li family seems to be still prominent, but if you look closely, you can find that it has declined much more than in the past. Even the wealthy Zhang family that Heifu met in Humo Township, Wei, is better than them. Disciple Education and conversation are also far behind Zhang's.

There was nothing nutritious at the banquet. The leader of the Li family invited prominent figures in the township. Everyone surrounded Heifu like stars holding the moon, complimenting him for being young and promising, and for being a role model for the entire county...

Some people even said when toasting: "Liu Zuo should retreat and make way for the more talented people!"

Up to this point, the entire banquet was normal, but when Heifu got up to go to the toilet after eating and drinking, the Li clan leader winked at the stable official who had dealt with Heifu when he was handling the murder case.

The stable official immediately stood up and followed him. He waited outside the toilet. When Hei Fu came out, he suggested softly: "I heard that the official was not yet married, so the chief of the Li family asked me to help him. The chief of the Li family has a legitimate daughter, who is 20 years old. Fang Fifteen, beautiful in appearance, virtuous and polite, close to the age of the official, he may be a good match..."

When Hei Fu heard the word "Fake", he immediately woke up. He had been a matchmaker for Chen Ping. Of course he knew what it meant, so he silently listened to the stable official's words and said that he would think about it for a while. Then he replied to the leader of the Li clan.

Not surprisingly, after the banquet, Hei Fu personally helped the Li clan leader to leave the banquet and declined the marriage...

"It's just old age and rudeness."

The expression of the leader of the Li family did not change. The reason why he asked the village official to inform Hei Fu secretly was because if they could not reach an agreement, both parties would lose face. The two of them would just talk and laugh as if nothing had happened. Say goodbye.

Heifu rejected another marriage, and his heart was not disturbed, because this was the fourth marriage he had officially rejected since he came back...

This does not include those speculators who came to their door with their daughters and did not even enter the threshold of their home.

In Chaoyangli, as early as the year before last, when Hei Fu first became the director of the pavilion, there was a climax of "Fake". At that time, no one agreed to it. Now that Mr. Hei has become a government official, everyone in the house probably feels that it is too high to climb up to his family, so they don't dare to humiliate themselves.

But in Yunmeng Township, many people plan to give it a try. Xiang Shihu, Xiang Sanlao, and even Xiang Youyou all asked Hei Fu's aunt to be a matchmaker, hoping to marry their daughter, granddaughter, and even niece to Hei Fu.

For these marriages, Heifu refused them all properly without making the other party feel humiliated. However, he still couldn't bear the constant visits, so he agreed to come to Li's banquet to hide away. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't avoid them.

Li Xian was still scolding the clan leader: "The clan leader is getting more and more confused as he gets older. He actually makes his own decisions without consulting me in advance..."

If the Li family could really have a son-in-law like Hei Fu, it would be a good thing for the entire family. However, Li Xian had been following Hei Fu for two years and could sense that he was arrogant and arrogant. Ordinary county and rural women would probably be hard to look at. .

Li Xian's guess was correct. Although according to the common age of marriage in this era, the 20-year-old Heihu was indeed quite old, but he did not plan to marry a wife in a hurry.

Not finding the right partner is one reason, but there is another reason.

In the aristocratic etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period, men should wear crowns of twenty, and women should have hairpins of fifteen. But it is also stipulated that a man must marry at thirty and a woman must marry at twenty. Why is it so late? Why do you have to wait so long to become an adult?

The reason is simple. They are waiting for a marriage that can create the greatest benefit for the family.

Through Chen Ping's marriage, Heifu also accepted this theory.

"There is no need to dwell on the principles of nature and human relations; marriage is about profit!"

The marriages that have come to him in the past few days are of no benefit to Heifu himself and his family, but are profitable to the woman.

Heifu knows his potential and will not stop at being a government official, let alone a small county in Anlu. So he wanted to wait and wait in a wider area before looking for a suitable marriage. Of course, there was a bit of modern man's delusion in this.

"Maybe you can find the girl you like if you wait a little longer... Why are you so anxious!"

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Although the matter was not settled and he left early, it was already getting dark and the distance between the two villages was a bit far. It was impossible for Hei Fu to go home today, so Li Xian invited Hei Fu to his house for a hot soup to relieve his hangover later. He then personally escorted Hei Fu to the guest house.

"That's good. I went out today and brought some gifts to your wife and son."

Heifu returned to the carriage he bought for 20,000 yuan, and took out two bolts of silk cloth bought by Yunmengxiang, as well as two kilograms of brown sugar in a wooden box...

Li Xian was a little moved. Hei Fu did not show any disrespect to him just because he became a government official. He quickly led Hei Fu into the depths of "Leli" where they were.

Li Xian introduced: "Originally, there were all one family here. After the family separation, they also lived together. According to the relationship, those who are close to Li's mansion are the descendants of the close sect, and those who are far away are the distant sect's sibling."

The scale of Lili is not small. According to a rough estimate, at least sixty or seventy families can live in it. This shows that Lili's power is still quite large, but Heifu has no regrets about rejecting the marriage.

Li Xian also said: "This is actually nothing. The Yun family in the northern suburb of the county also lives together in one place, with more than a hundred families and seven to eight hundred people!"

Hei Fu nodded. This was the source of the strength of the local clan. Although Lord Shang's separation order formally broke up the clan and increased taxes. But in fact, they still changed their ways, hugging each other tightly, and both prospered and suffered losses.

These county tycoons often colluded with the county officials and used them as their backers. It seemed that it was not an easy task for him to kill the Yun family.

Li Xian is obviously an alienated side branch, living in the outermost part of the village. However, when walking on the road, everyone who meets him bows respectfully and greets him. It can be seen that Li Xian's situation has greatly improved.

Li Xian had a smile on his face, but he didn't take his fellow tribesmen seriously. Over the past twenty years, he had already had enough of human kindness.

"As the official said, there is no shortage of people who are icing on the cake in this world, but there is a shortage of people who help people when they are in need. Li Xian will not take these people who are seeking to win over others."

The implication is that Hei Fu is the one who "provides help in times of need."

Soon, they arrived at Li Xian's house, but they saw that the house was not big. The courtyard walls had just been repaired and looked very new. The wooden door that was originally full of cracks and gaps had just been painted with black paint.

Hei Fu burst out laughing. Isn't this what their family was like when he first became the pavilion chief?

Li Xian opened the door and invited Mr. Hei in. He saw that the yard was neatly tidied. On the left was a batch of newly purchased furniture that had not yet been arranged. On the right was a vegetable garden with sparse leek leaves. .

Walking further inside, Heifu's hall was cleaned as cleanly as the courtyard. The mats, low tables, and even the floor and walls were all spotless. It was obvious that Li Xian married a diligent wife.

"Wife, the official is here, why don't you bring Cang'er and Yuan out to greet him!"

Li Xian invited Mr. Hei to come in, apologizing that the house was too messy, and shouted loudly. Soon, a woman in her twenties walked out of the kitchen, bringing two children of five or six years old, and hurriedly came to the house. The black man bowed down.

Hei Fu took a step back and cupped his hands and said: "Please get up quickly. In the army, although I am a superior officer who benefits the king, but on weekdays, I also treat him as a brother. Sister-in-law, please get up quickly!"

Li Xian's wife was a little overwhelmed when she was called sister-in-law by this "noble person" whom her husband often mentioned. After she got up, Heihu squatted down, stuffed two small boxes of brown sugar into the hands of the two children, and said with a smile : "How old are you, and what are your names?"

"My name is Yuan, I am six years old..." The little girl blushed, a little shy, and hid behind her mother after speaking.

The little boy with only a bunch of hair on his head was not afraid of strangers at all. He looked at Hei Fu boldly and replied loudly: "My name is Li Cang, I am four years old!"

"Profit?"

Heifu was stunned for a moment. This name sounded so familiar. Could it be that Li Xian's son was actually a famous person in history?

After the children happily ran away chewing the brown sugar, Hei Fu suddenly remembered where he had seen this name.

"Li Cang, isn't he the owner of the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan!"

Heifu couldn't help laughing for a moment. Shuihudi and Mawangdui, two major archaeological discoveries in Hubei and Hunan, actually met in this way in this time and space?