Chapter 470 Dugu Family Banquet (Part 1)

Li Qing'an's killings in Xinfeng County were ultimately not spread to Chang'an. It was not a glorious thing for Li Heng to attack the immigrants on Henan Road. His purpose was not to expose Li Qing'an's cruelty. For Li Qing'an, he also did not want the people of Chang'an to know too much about these bloody things. He just wanted to shock the Guanzhong army and kill people to establish his authority.

Just under the tacit suppression of these two people, the Xinfeng County incident seemed like a gust of wind, which disappeared without a trace after it was blown.

But for Li Qing'an and Li Heng, they all knew that this incident was not over. It would not happen for no reason, nor would it end for no reason. This is more like a headless corpse case. If a problem is found, it may become a major case. If the problem is not found, it will disappear silently.

After Li Qing'an returned from Xinfeng County, he did not return to the military camp or to Qianniuwei's camp. Instead, he went to Dugu Mansion. Dugu Mansion had moved to Taipingfang. He had moved for more than half a month, but he had not visited him once. This was a bit unreasonable. After all, this was his father-in-law's house.

Just so happened that Dugu Mansion sent someone to send him a letter and asked him to go home for dinner tonight. Li Qingan changed into a long robe and gauze hat and went to Dugu Mansion.

Dugu Mansion, where he moved his new home, is located in the northwest corner of Taipingfang. This place was originally the old house of Dugu family. Twenty years ago, Dugu family moved to the new house of Wubenfang. The old house has been empty, with only a few old families who are responsible for the supervision and cleaning of the house. Twenty years later, Dugu family moved back to the old house again. Because the old house was well maintained, it was only a simple repair and it was ready to move in.

After nearly half a month of busyness and sorting, Dugu Mansion finally finished packing up and began to invite tribe members to dinner to celebrate moving back to their hometown. However, Mrs. Pei was very thoughtful in thinking about the problem. She knew that Li Qingan actually didn't like the excitement, so she specially bypassed the day of tribe members' gatherings and invited Li Qingan to dinner the next day.

The old house of Dugu Mansion covers an area of ​​about 50 acres. It is an old house that Dugu has lived in for a hundred years. It was originally even more open. However, in the eighth year of Kaiyuan, Dugu Mansion donated about 20 acres of land in the East Courtyard to the Chongguo Temple next door, which turned this super mansion into an ordinary mansion. Despite this, the 50 acres of land is enough to become one of the famous mansions in Chang'an.

Since Princess Zhao will temporarily live in Dugu Mansion after returning from Anxi, Qianniuwei, who is in charge of the security of Chang'an County, also specially stationed a battalion soldiers stationed in Yanshoufang in Taipingfang. There happened to be an abandoned military camp opposite Chongguo Temple. In the past few days, craftsmen began to repair the military camp.

In the evening, Li Qing'an's carriage slowly stopped in front of Dugu Mansion. Today's Dugu Mansion seemed very quiet, completely different from the last time. Li Qing'an got off the carriage and was already waiting for Mingzhu at the door to run up.

"Brother-in-law, I thought you weren't here!"

"Why don't you come? Do you think I'm as untrustworthy as last time?"

Li Qingan asked her and Pei Wan'er to go out for an autumn outing in Qujiangchi last time, but she couldn't go if she had anything to do, which made Mingzhu feel resentful. She remembered the last incident and said, "We were going to go out for an autumn outing ourselves. If you don't come, just say it early. As a result, we waited for you until noon, and we couldn't go there either. Brother-in-law, this is your wrong!"

Li Qingan laughed and said, "This is indeed my fault. I will punish you three drinks later and I will punish you."

"This is almost the same!"

Mingzhu smiled and her mood improved again. She pulled Li Qing'an's arm and walked into the mansion. "Brother-in-law, when will you say sister come back? I feel like I've been waiting for a thousand years."

Li Qingan really likes his sister-in-law. She feels very relaxed and free to be with her. He smiles and says, "You silly girl, you have never been to Thunder Ye. You should know how much time it takes to go on the road. She may have arrived in Ganzhou now!"

"I'm just impatient! Brother-in-law, do you think my little nephew looks like my sister?"

"Well! Generally, there are more sons as their mother."

Li Qingan scratched his head, and he suddenly discovered a serious problem. He actually forgot what his son looked like.

"What do you ask about this?"

"Hehe, if you look like your sister, just look like me! Don't you understand?"

Mingzhu's face was a little red, and she hurriedly dragged Li Qing'an into the living room, "Mom, brother-in-law is here!"

Today is a family dinner. There is only a large couch in the living room. There is a low table on the couch, which can sit for more than a dozen people. The table is filled with various delicious dishes, and the excellent wine is also placed in the ice bucket. When Li Qing'an came in, everyone else was there.

In addition to the Dugu and his wife, Mingyue's brother was also here. His name was Dugu Changfeng. He was just promoted to the position of Xu Prefecture. This time he went to Beijing to visit relatives. His wife and four-year-old son also came together.

In addition, his uncle Pei Min is also here. This time his two sons did not come, but his daughters Pei Yu and Pei Wan'er also came together.

Li Qing'an saw Pei Wan'er at first sight. A few days ago, Pei Min had implicitly conveyed the meaning of the Pei family's marriage to Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an also agreed to marry the Pei family, which was what he hoped. Of course, Pei Wan'er is very good-looking, with a gentle and gentle temperament, and he likes it very much.

But it was not enough for him to agree. More importantly, he had to agree with his wife, that is, Mingyue nodded so that Pei Wan'er could enter the house. Especially for aristocratic families, it was not as simple as taking concubines at the brothel in Lefang. Pei Wan'er would have a reputation when entering the house, which was also respect for the Pei family.

Pei Wan'er also knew something. Seeing Li Qing'an looking at her, she couldn't help but lower her head shyly. Mrs. Pei next to her also heard about it. The Pei family had officially informed them and their husbands of this matter, so it was Mrs. Pei who came to accompany her today, which was also the intention of Mrs. Pei.

As the daughter of the Pei family, the Pei family can marry Li Qing'an, and the Pei family certainly supports it, but on the other hand, she has to consider the interests of her husband's family. She knew that the Dugu family was not happy about this matter. This obviously diluted the interests of the Dugu family in the future. More importantly, Pei Wan'er married Li Qing'an. What should she do with her youngest daughter?

The conflict between the daughter of a noble family, Dugu's wife, and Mingzhu's mother. The conflict between these three characters made Mrs. Pei's heart full of contradictions and helplessness.

Everyone observed carefully. When Li Qing'an entered the door, his eyes first fell on Pei Wan'er. Pei Min was secretly happy. As long as Li Qing'an liked Pei Wan'er, the marriage would have fruitful results in the future. Dugu Haoran was a little unhappy. When the Pei family officially reported the marriage to the Dugu family, there was a lot of dissatisfaction in the Dugu family.

Of course, as a royal family and a century-old family, the Dugu family was not so stingy. As a prince, Li Qingan also had the right to marry other wives and concubines in addition to his wife. Of course, the Dugu family understood this.

Their dissatisfaction was not aimed at Li Qing'an, but at the Pei family. It was obvious that the Pei family was doing a bit domineering. This matter should have been explained to the Dugu family first, but the Pei family first claimed the result and directly reported the result to the Dugu family. This obviously had the intention of using power to suppress others, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Dugu family.

So, today Pei Min came to Dugu’s house to attend the banquet, and Dugu Haoran ignored his brother-in-law a little. Mrs. Pei felt the displeasure in her husband. She sighed secretly and quickly got up to introduce her son to Li Qing'an.

"Qilang, you have never seen it yet! This is Changfeng and Mingyue's eldest brother."

After Li Qingan looked at Pei Wan'er, his eyes fell on Dugu Changfeng. Dugu Changfeng was originally named Dugu Xu, but later changed his name to Changfeng. This name is very distinctive. Feng is a man and Huang is a woman. Dugu Changfeng means Dugu Changnan, but it is very subtle.

I saw Dugu Changfeng about 30 years old, with a long nose and a thin eye, with a clear outline on her face, very elegant, and a bit like Mingyue, both of them looked like their mother. Li Qingan fell in love with his brother-in-law at once.

Dugu Changfeng has been an official for a long time and is a wise man. Although Li Qing'an is his brother-in-law, he is not allowed to make airs and joke. Moreover, his uncle also talked to him yesterday last night that he might be transferred to the court. Li Qing'an's attitude is the key, that is, his brother-in-law will be a beacon in his career.

Without waiting for Li Qing'an to speak, Dugu Changfeng bowed and said, "Changfeng meets the general!"

Li Qingan quickly replied with a smile and said, "This is not a grand banquet in the court, but a family banquet. We should not be too polite. We are all our own family members, so let's be more casual."

His eyes fell on Dugu Changfeng's son again, and he smiled and said, "This is Xiaozhi! I heard Mingyue say that he is indeed a little handsome man."

Children are often lubricants for adult interaction. When it is a bit embarrassing, they will disappear when they ask a few words. For example, now, Li Qing'an is the brother-in-law and should be treated with his brother-in-law, but his status is very high. Even if it is a family banquet, this ceremony is difficult to meet. Moreover, if you treat it as your mother-in-law and mother-in-law, you will be unhappy and humble, and the other party may not be able to bear it. Therefore, transferring the topic to the child will naturally eliminate the embarrassment of etiquette.

Dugu Changfeng quickly pulled his son over and said with a smile: "Kowtow to uncle!"

His son was Duguzhi, who was very well-behaved and smart. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Xiaozhi kowtowed to his uncle, and I wish his uncle's official position to become bigger and bigger, even greater than his grandfather's official position."

The child's child's words caused laughter in the room. Li Qing'an liked it in his heart. He picked up the child, tugged his little face with his beard, and smiled and said, "For the first time we met, my uncle always wants to give you a gift, tell me! What do you want my uncle to give you?"

Dugu Haoran was also happy when he saw Li Qing'an and his grandson's tacit understanding. The discomfort he had just left behind, and he smiled and waved his hand and said, "Qilang, sit down quickly! Don't spoil the child."

Duguzhi scratched the back of his head and thought about what he wanted. He suddenly shouted: "Uncle, I want to have a knife!"

"Okay! Promising."

Li Qingan hugged him and sat down, and smiled and said, "If you want a knife, you are looking for the right person. Uncle has no other ones, and the most knife is. If you like it, my uncle will give you a pair of small bows and arrows."

Dugu Zhi clapped his hands with joy. Mrs. Pei hugged his grandson and said with a smile: "Qilang, this little guy has loved swords since he was a child. When he grabbed Zhou, he was surrounded by books, inkstones, etc., but he didn't even look down on him. He grabbed the small wooden sword hidden under the book by his grandfather."

Pei Min also stroked his beard and smiled: "Xiaozhi has a personality similar to his great-grandfather. He likes martial arts but not literary works. He probably will be a general in the future."

Li Qingan patted the child's face and smiled and said, "Like my uncle, I will ride a horse and carry a knife in the future."

Li Qing'an's seat was deliberately arranged by Mrs. Pei, which was very particular. Although he had a high status, family banquets usually talked about seniority rather than titles. So three elders sat in the middle against the wall, and at both ends of the long table, Li Qing'an sat on one side and Dugu Changfeng, and the three girls sat in the middle outside, and a Changfeng's wife, who sat on her husband, so Li Qing'an's left is Pei Min, Pei Wan'er on the right, and Mingzhu next to Pei Wan'er.

As soon as Li Qing'an sat down, Pei Min gave Wan'er a wink and asked her to pour wine for Li Qing'an. Wan'er was a little shy. She was about to go to get the wine pot, but Mingzhu was still obsessed with Li Qing'an's three glasses of wine. She stretched out her wrist and picked up the wine pot. She smiled at everyone and said, "My brother-in-law just said that last time we delayed our autumn outing, we would have to be a wine order. Then I will be the wine order and let my brother-in-law punish three glasses before talking."

Mingzhu had no cleverness in her heart, and she didn't know that Pei Wan'er had promised Li Qing'an, but her mother, Mrs. Pei knew it. Seeing that her daughter stole Pei Wan'er's limelight, Pei Wan'er stretched out and retracted, and she was a little embarrassed. She was about to stop her, but Li Qing'an smiled and said, "I agreed to the three girls last time, but she broke her promise, so she should be punished with three glasses, and each girl was punished with one glass, which was considered a gift."

Mingzhu smiled and said, "The guest comes first. You have to apologize to Wan'er for the first cup. But she has been thinking about going on an autumn outing with her brother-in-law."

Pei Wan'er's face suddenly turned red. This pearl was so embarrassing to her. Mingzhu filled Li Qing'an's wine glass. Li Qing'an picked up the wine glass and smiled at Pei Wan'er, "Last time, I asked the girl to wait for a long time, Li Qing'an guilty the girl."

"You're welcome to be a general!" Pei Wan'er's face turned red, her voice smaller than a mosquito.

“The second cup is below!”

When Mingzhu saw Li Qingan finish drinking, she poured him another glass of wine. At this time, Pei Yu, who had been silent, waved her hand and said, "I don't need it. I was a little uncomfortable that day and didn't want to go. The general didn't go, just as he helped me."

"What's wrong with you? You complained the most fiercely that day."

Mingzhu couldn't understand the mystery of this, so she angrily said, "Then the second and third cups are toast me! Anyway, I'm a villain, so I'll just take it to the end."

Mrs. Pei shook her head secretly. The only daughter in the table was probably unknown. She couldn't help but feel guilty for her daughter, and then said softly: "Mingzhu, let my brother-in-law have some food first! Drinking on an empty stomach makes you drunk easily."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "It's okay, I have promised Mingzhu to apologize to her, how can I break my promise?"

He asked Mingzhu to pour two glasses of wine for himself and drank it in one breath. Then he smiled at Mingzhu and said, "This time my brother-in-law didn't coax you!"

Seeing that Li Qing'an had given her enough face, Mingzhu couldn't help but smile and said, "Well! This is almost the same. If you talk to them, we little girls just drink and eat."
Chapter completed!