Chapter 562: Unexpected Opportunity

Cui Huan gave birth to five sons, the second son died young, and three of the other four sons were officials in other places, with only his youngest son Cui Yu following him. Cui Yu is only 18 years old this year and is studying in the Imperial Academy and preparing to participate in the imperial examination next year. Like all the children of famous families, Cui Yu is diligent and studious, and ranks among the top in the Imperial Academy. In addition, he is modest, upright and kind, and can be said to be both good at character and academic performance, and is deeply loved by his father. Cui Huan often tells people that among his four sons, only the youngest son resembles his youth when he was young.

It was such a promising young man who had a bright future that did something ridiculous. He fell in love with his classmate's sister and eloped with her.

The girl's surname is Yu, and she is the daughter of a small family in Chang'an. She is only fourteen years old this year. Although she is young, she betrothed to her cousin since she was a child. Luo Fu has a husband. The little girl is pretty and pretty. She often goes to the Imperial Academy to visit her brother. After a while, she gets familiar with her brother's classmate and friend Cui Yu. The two fell in love almost at the same time and are in love with her. However, Yu Youniang betrothed to her cousin since she was young. It is impossible to regret marriage. Moreover, her cousin has come to propose marriage. Yu Youniang is frightened and comes to ask her lover Cui Yu for help. The young man's love is like fire and defeats reason. In a hurry, Cui Yu elopes with Yu Youniang.

As soon as the two young men ran away, they brought endless troubles to their families. Yu Youniang's parents brought dozens of family members and relatives to the house to pick people. Fame is the most important thing for famous families. Although Cui Huan is of high status and power, his power cannot be overcome by the word "reason". He had to apologize and repeatedly promised to send the girl back intact.

But Cui Huan was really worried. Since the two of them were elopement, can the little mother still maintain her innocence? He arranged for his family to search everywhere. After two days, there was no trace of them. Cui Huan fell into deep anxiety.

Tongzhou Heyang County is a relatively remote county in northeastern Guanzhong. It is a small county with a small population and a small county. It is a small county that can circle the city by ordering a piece of incense. There is a small inn called Shunfeng Inn in the northwest of the county town. It is managed by an old couple. There are not many customers and it seems very deserted. In the past two days, a young couple lived in the inn. The man was generous and gave fifteen silver dollars at once. The small inn could not earn so much in a month. The couple who opened the inn were overjoyed. Although the young couple had a bit suspicious behavior, like a man and a woman who ran out of a wealthy family, they remained silent for the sake of the silver dollars.

The young couple naturally elopes Cui Yu and Yu Youniang. They were originally discussing escaping to Jiangnan, but Cui Yu was worried that Tongguan would have pictures and texts to arrest them, so they decided to stay in a remote county for a year and a half, and then quietly leave Guanzhong after the sensation has passed.

The two of them were so dazed by the fire of love. One was the legitimate son of the world's number one family. He knew that his father would not agree to marry a woman from a small family. Moreover, this woman had a marriage contract. The other was a small family, who knew that she could not reach the famous family of the Cui family, but she loved her lover very much and was unwilling to marry her cousin with an irritable personality. For love, she would rather pay the price of her life and travel to the ends of the world with her lover.

The two of them didn't go out and locked themselves in the inn room all day long. They had already performed the husband-and-wife ceremony, like glue and paint, and were extremely loving.

Although the two of them were hidden, they could not escape the eyes and ears of the Anxi Army Office of the Interior, which was known as the net of heaven and earth. On the third day of hiding in Heyang, they were discovered by spies at Heyang Station and immediately passed their whereabouts to Chang'an and to Li Qing'an.

For Li Qing'an, Cui Huan's youngest son's elopement was very timely. Although such a trivial matter was not enough to defeat Cui Huan, it could harmonize the relationship between Cui Huan and Cui Ping, which is the condition that Li Qing'an wanted to create for Cui Ping.

Just one hour after Li Qingan received the secret report from Heyang, Cui Ping brought a dozen followers to Heyang.

On the fourth day of staying in the inn, Cui Yu finally felt a little bored and panicked. At the same time, he also wanted to inquire about the situation in Chang'an. The best place to inquire about the situation was a wine shop and teahouse. Not far from the inn where he stayed, there was a wine shop, and Cui Yu came here alone.

He ordered a pot of wine and ordered a few dishes. After a glass of wine, homesickness surged in his heart. It had been six or seven days since his elopement. His initial fanaticism gradually calmed down. As he began to return to reason little by little, Cui Yu finally realized his absurdity. He regretted it a little. If he followed the original trajectory, he would be admitted to the Jinshi, become an official, and be promoted. Under the arrangement of his father, he would be promoted step by step. Perhaps he could eventually become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. This is very likely. Now, his future has been ruined by him.

Cui Yu was depressed and drank several glasses of wine. When he was about to pour the fifth glass of wine, his hand was held down, "Don't drink anymore, drinking will be useless."

Cui Yu turned around and saw that his clan brother Cui Ping was standing behind him. He was so shocked that he stood up suddenly. He suddenly realized that his whereabouts had been exposed, "You, why are you here?"

Cui Ping smiled, pulled him down and said, "Don't worry! I'm not here to catch you."

Cui Yu calmed down a little, sat down slowly, and asked in surprise: "How do you know I'm here?"

"I was once the Sima of the Hexi marching army and had a good relationship with the Chang'an Internal Affairs Office. They discovered your traces. Hu Peiyun informed me, so I naturally knew."

Cui Ping did not hide it from him, and he knew that he could not hide it from Cui Huan, so he simply said that Cui Yu didn't care about this. What should he do in the future? He sighed and said extremely depressedly: "I'm sorry to you, I really regret it. I only have fifty silver dollars on my body, and now there are thirty ones. Why do I live after going to Jiangnan? I can't pick my shoulders, my hands can't lift them, and I can't farm. I can't afford to be a businessman. My young mother said she could go to sing. When I heard that, I was crazy. The wife of the Cui family actually went to sing. My father vomited blood when he heard it."

"What are you going to do? Do you want to go back and apologize to your father and start over, or will I give you some money to help you escape to Jiangnan?"

"I, I......"

Cui Yu lowered his head and whispered: "I want to go back, but I'm afraid that my father will not forgive me, and I'm afraid that he will not accept my young mother."

"Yu Youniang is also a innocent family. It's not impossible for you to marry her. I think since you have made a mature meal, your father can only accept it."

"But, but the young mother is in a engagement, how could her father agree?"

This is what Cui Yu is most worried about. Yu Youniang has promised her cousin since she was a child. According to her, the other party was very tough and determined not to terminate the engagement. Moreover, their family still owed the other party a sum of money, and her father was unwilling to terminate the engagement. Cui Yu was very worried. He knew that his father would never negotiate with the other party for such a thing.

Cui Ping patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't worry, go back! I have already terminated Yu Youniang's engagement for you. As long as you want to persist in marrying her, I think your father should agree to you in the end."

"you...."

Cui Yu looked up and stared blankly at this clan brother who had always had a bad relationship with his family. At this critical moment, he actually helped him. Cui Yu was extremely moved and he felt like he wanted to cry.

"Let's go! Take your young mother and go back with me! I will explain it to him clearly on your father's side."

Cui Ping pulled up this down-and-out clan brother, took him onto the carriage, then went to the inn, picked up another poor and helpless little girl on the carriage, and let them be alone. He followed him on a horse, and the group quickly headed towards Chang'an.

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Cui Huan's mood has been extremely depressed these days. On the one hand, his son took someone to elope, which has caused a bad impact in the family. On the other hand, Pei Zunqing was aggressive and ordered the Censorate to impeach another cadre of the Cui family, Cui Ning, the prefect of Qizhou, to be charged with an affair with the Southern Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the Political Affairs Hall has filed a case and formed a Grand Third Department for trial. Cui Ning was also recalled to Beijing and suspended for trial.

Pei Zunqing's aggressive aura made Cui Huan unstoppable. More importantly, he felt that Li Qing'an seemed to be indulging in this matter. It seemed that Li Qing'an was deliberately hitting the Cui family, which made Cui Huan feel tremendous pressure.

There are two days left for the Cui family's clan sacrifice. This year's sacrificial sacrifice is organized by Cui Yu. Cui Ping ranks fourth in the list drafted by Cui Yu, second only to him, Cui Yu and Cui Yuan. If it were in the past, Cui Huan would definitely be very angry. I am afraid Cui Ping would not even have the qualification to sacrificial sacrifice, let alone rank fourth. But this time Cui Huan did not cross it out, and his mentality has changed a little. Now that the foreign enemy is strong, the Pei family is in serious danger of the Cui family. If there is another internal strife in the Cui family, the Cui family will face the most dangerous situation in a century.

At this moment, Cui Huan's personal grudge faded. Since Cui Ping was appointed as the minister of the family and Li Qing'an's confidant, this is the Cui family's powerful means to deal with foreign enemies. They should unite and be external, which is the guarantee of the prosperity of the family.

Cui Huan officially decided to allow Cui Ping to participate in the clan festival this year and to improve his family's status.

At this time, someone from outside the mansion suddenly came to report: Cui Ping asked for a meeting!

Cui Huan was stunned. He just thought of him, but he came. Did he see him or not? Cui Huan pondered for a moment, and finally said to the doorman: "Take him to the living room and say I'll come later!"

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Cui Huan changed his clothes and came to the living room calmly. Cui Ping was looking at the painting on the wall with his hands behind his back. He coughed, Cui Ping turned around and immediately stepped forward to give a deep bow, "Nephew, see my uncle!"

Cui Huan and Cui Ping have been facing each other coldly for many years, and Cui Ping has never bowed to him. Today he showed the etiquette of his younger generation, which made Cui Huan feel a little relieved. Cui Huan nodded and said, "You must be polite, please sit down!"
Chapter completed!