When Li Can heard this, he rolled his eyes and smiled: "Cousin Yu, if I remember correctly, you were the one who said you wanted to marry my brother yesterday?"
"Yesterday was the same as yesterday." Bai Peiyu opened her eyes wide: "I changed my mind again today, didn't I?"
"Cousin Yu, do you think getting married is just playing house?" Li Can covered his stomach and laughed: "If you want to change, just change it?"
Cousin Jade is really too childish.
"Can't you?" Bai Peiyu shook her arm: "Oh, cousin, just say it or not. Do you agree to it?"
"Sure, I promise you..." Li Can nodded, laughing so hard that his stomach hurt.
"Cousin, why are you laughing when people tell you serious things!" Bai Peiyu stamped her feet angrily: "I'm angry!"
"Then I won't laugh." Li Can held back his smile and looked at her seriously.
Bai Peiyu stared at her with her dark eyes.
Li Can couldn't help it and started laughing again, which made Bai Peiyu scream and get angry again.
"Okay, okay." Li Can patted her chubby little hands, remembering what happened yesterday, turned around and asked her: "Cousin, let me ask you something."
"Cousin, what do you mean?" Bai Peiyu tilted her head and looked at her.
"I said yesterday that my cousin believed in Buddhism, was that wrong?" Li Can looked at her: "Why do everyone look like that?"
It seems very difficult to describe.
When Bai Peiyu heard her ask this, the smile on her face disappeared immediately, her eyebrows wrinkled, and she said sadly: "Cousin, you asked correctly, this has nothing to do with you.
It’s the eldest sister, she… alas!”
She sighed gracefully.
"What's going on?" Li Can was puzzled.
There seems to be some great hidden secret in this.
Bai Peiyu shook her head, with a look of embarrassment on her face: "Mom said that I had discussed it with my eldest aunt. It's rare for my cousin to come here, so I can't ask my cousin to worry about it.
They warned me, but they didn’t ask me to tell them.”
"We are a family, what is there to say?" Li Can shook her hand and said, "Unless you don't want to get close to me and treat me like an outsider."
She heard that her cousin Bai Peizhu was worried about something.
Is it because of marriage?
She only knew that Bai Peizhu was engaged, and her husband was the son of the magistrate's family in Yangzhou City.
She didn't know much about the rest.
"How could that happen?" Bai Peiyu said hurriedly: "Cousin, don't misunderstand me, I'll just tell my cousin!"
"Speak quickly." Li Can looked at her seriously.
"Actually, the eldest sister was depressed and went to that nunnery to calm down." Bai Peiyu said, "My cousin knows that the eldest sister is engaged, right?"
"Yes." Li Can nodded, thinking that it was indeed related to the marriage.
"It's that bastard Liang Zuoxun." Bai Peiyu cursed angrily: "He's so useless."
"Liang Zuoxun is my cousin's fiancé?" Li Can asked.
"Yes." Bai Peiyu nodded: "This marriage was settled by my grandfather and Liang Zuoxun's grandfather.
At that time, Liang Zuoxun's grandfather was not yet dead. He and his grandfather had a close relationship, and the marriage was arranged when the eldest sister was very young.
In the past, the Liang family was still very good, but who knew that once Liang Zuoxun's grandfather died, the true face of the family would be revealed."
She had a simple temper, and she promised Li Can to tell him, so she told Li Can everything she knew, and she told everything about the past at once.
"What did they do?" Li Can couldn't help but ask.
"That's a bad thing for Liang Zuoxun, especially if it's not something." Bai Peiyu cursed before saying: "On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival the year before last, Liang Zuoxun's mother invited our family to a banquet and set up a stage to entertain them.
They were all movies that my grandmother and other adults loved to watch. I felt sleepy after watching them, so I pretended to change my clothes and asked my eldest sister to accompany me for a walk in his garden."
Changing clothes is an elegant way of saying it, but it is actually convenient.
"Then what?" Listening to her tone, Li Can knew what must have happened.
"Then, we saw Liang Zuoxun hugging a maid on the edge of a rockery. The two of them were so shameless!" Bai Peiyu was extremely angry and filled with righteous indignation: "They just hugged each other and gnawed without shame or impatience. It was so disgusting!
The maid also said that she wanted Liang Zuoxun to grant him his identity.
Liang Zuoxun promised to ask her to be his concubine when the eldest sister comes over!"
"What happened next? Didn't you call it quits?" Li Can frowned slightly.
It sounds like my cousin's fiancé is really not a good match.
"My cousin just pulled me to leave, how could I hold it back?" Bai Peiyu's voice became louder unconsciously: "I shouted loudly, and that damn Liang Zuoxun was startled and wanted to run away.
I asked the maids to stop them, and when they started making a noise, my grandmother and aunt, as well as Liang Zuoxun’s mother and aunt, all the adults were alarmed."
"What happened next?" Li Can was puzzled: "Why didn't you cancel the engagement?"
"Grandfather disagrees." Bai Peiyu said in frustration: "You don't know that grandfather is the most stubborn person.
He was right to the point, saying that breaking off the engagement was a breach of contract and he was sorry for his late friend.
Moreover, Liang Zuoxun's father is the magistrate of Yangzhou, and many of our family's businesses are located in Yangzhou city.
My uncle also said that this matter is very difficult.
Later, the Liang family came to apologize again, saying that they would discipline Liang Zuoxun well and that they would never let something like this happen again.
The eldest sister saw that her uncle and aunt were in trouble, so she took the initiative to say that she didn't care.
In fact, the Liang family is interested in our family being in business, and the eldest sister will bring a large dowry with her in the future."
Bai Peiyu pouted and said unhappily.
"Then, this marriage ends now?" Li Can blinked and asked.
"If he could change, eldest sister wouldn't be so angry." Bai Peiyu glared again and said, "Liang Zuoxun is just a dog that can't change and eats shit. If his family says anything, just listen to it.
Last year, their maid was pregnant and met my eldest sister at the market.
The maid even took the initiative to provoke me, saying that she was not pregnant with the legitimate son but the eldest son, which made my elder sister so angry that she became ill."
"Uncle, are you going to let the Liang family do this?" Li Can's brows almost furrowed.
"Is there anything I can do? My eldest uncle and my father are both filial, and my grandfather is not allowed to break off the engagement." Bai Peiyu sighed and said, "My eldest uncle actually led someone to find the Liang family.
The Liang family fed the maid with abortion pills, aborted the child, and then sold it out.
The eldest aunt also said that if the people do not fight with the officials, they will not be able to fight. After all, the whole family is here and there is still so much business to do.
After these things happened, Liang Zuoxun became more and more unscrupulous, hanging out all day long, and when he saw a pretty girl, he would go up and tease her, which is really shameless."
Li Can lowered his eyes and asked her thoughtfully: "What kind of support does the Yangzhou magistrate have?"
"Is Liang Zuoxun his father?" Bai Peiyu thought for a while and said, "We are rich in Yangzhou, and he can live a good life without any support. Anyway, his benefits are indispensable for every business.
However, Liang Zuoxun's mother and the wife of Shenzhou Zhizhou are full-blood sisters, and they are both daughters of Shenzhou Zhifu.
Shenzhou is richer than our Yangzhou, and the official rank of the prefect of Shenzhou is higher than that of the prefect of Yangzhou. From this point of view, it can be regarded as a backer."
When Li Can heard the words, he lowered his eyes and thought, but said nothing for a while.
Zhao Gong said that the officials in Shenzhou were colluding and they protected each other. From what Bai Peiyu said, the prefect of Yangzhou must be one of them.
The magistrate of Yangzhou became the son-in-law of the magistrate of Shenzhou. Looking at the son taught by the magistrate of Yangzhou, we can also know that the family tradition is not very good.
It must be unclean here.
"Cousin?" Bai Peiyu shook her arm: "Cousin, why are you ignoring me?"
Li Can came back to his senses and smiled at her: "It's nothing.
Don't worry about this marriage, I will help my cousin cancel it."
"Really?" Bai Peiyu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, cousin, you are the quasi-princess. I don't believe that the Liang family dares to disobey you once you give the order!"
My grandfather also has to obey my cousin’s orders.”
Li Can laughed when he heard this: "How can it be so simple?
If you use force to convince others, they will be dissatisfied with their mouths and hearts. If this continues, there will be backlash.
We must convince others with reason and virtue."
"Then what are we going to do?" Bai Peiyu scolded: "That Liang Zuoxun is a stinking scoundrel. You can't reason with him morally!
Cousin, you must help eldest sister."
"Yes." Li Can nodded: "I will find a way to do this. Don't worry, I will definitely be able to do it.
However, you have to promise me something first."
"Cousin, tell me." Bai Peiyu came closer and looked at her: "As long as I can help eldest sister, I can agree to anything."
"You don't have to do anything." Li Can saw her sincerity and couldn't help but smile: "Just don't let others know what you told me today.
We can't alert the enemy, do you understand?"
This matter must not be leaked. She will wait for Zhao Zhen to come back and discuss with him what to do next.
"I understand." Bai Peiyu nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, cousin, even if you don't tell me, I won't tell others.
Because neither mother nor eldest aunt will let me talk to you about this matter."