I Am This Type of Woman Chapter 40: City

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"Sister, what did you give Uncle Rong?" Ban Heng followed Ban Hua, "I saw something was wrong with his face."

"For scholars, the rarest thing must be books," Banhua said, "It's the manuscript of Zhongcheng Lun. Apart from some interesting things about marching and fighting, I can't read anything else. Everything is gone. Just put it to its proper use. Anyway, the original copy is still in our house."

The Ban family is a family of military generals. When they followed the founding emperor of the Jiang family to conquer the world, they got a lot of good things. It is said that the ancestor of the Ban family fought well in the army, but his luck was not very good. Every time everyone drew lots to divide good things, others always got gold, silver and jewelry, and the ancestor of the Ban family could only get some books, calligraphy and paintings that no one wanted. Perhaps due to financial frustration and official success, other general families who accompanied the founding emperor of the Jiang family to conquer the world gradually declined, leaving only the Ban family to maintain its former glory.

However, this glory will probably disappear, and the Ban family will eventually decline like other founding generals and become a mere mention in historical records.

"That's true. It's useless to stay at our house anyway. What if something happens..." Ban Heng coughed a few times, "It's better to give something to someone who likes it than to have it taken away by someone. ”

"Yes," Banhua clapped his hands lightly, "In ancient times, King You played with beacon fire and played on the princes to make his beloved concubine smile. Today I use the manuscript to make the beauty happy. It is also an elegant thing."

Ban Heng was stunned for a long time before sighing: "Sister, fortunately you were not born a man."

Banhua looked back at him in confusion.

"If you were a son-in-law, you would be a romantic man who showed mercy at all times," Ban Heng shook his head, "That's not good, that's not good."

Fortunately, Uncle Rong didn't hear his sister's words. If he had, it would have turned a good thing into a bad thing.

"Zhongcheng Lun" was written by the famous ministers of the previous dynasty after he returned to his hometown, together with famous people from all over the world. It contains the way to be a minister, the way to be a king, and the way to be a general. It is the way of countless knowledgeable people in the previous dynasty. A summary of the scholar’s ​​knowledge. It is said that after the fall of the previous dynasty, this book was also lost due to the war. If anyone can get a fragment of it, it will be sought after by countless people and loved like a treasure. Unexpectedly... this book is actually in Ban's house.

What did the ancestors of the Ban family do back then, and why did they accumulate so many precious books without saying a word?

Rong Xia washed her hands and carefully opened the book. After reading just one paragraph, she couldn't help but applaud and praise it. Every sentence is the essence, and every paragraph contains the philosophy of life. It is worthy of being said. The culmination of countless contributions from everyone makes people fascinated.

The way to be a minister, the way to be a king, the way to be a general...

Famous generals appear in almost every generation of the Ban family. Is it related to this book? However, when he found out that there were some scraps in the book, and even a little turtle drawn by a naughty child, "On Honesty", which was regarded as a masterpiece by countless readers, instantly became less mysterious.

What puzzled him the most was that Banhua gave him this book so easily, as if he had given him a stone or a flower. His attitude was so casual that he doubted his life. , is this really "On Honesty"?

There are fragments of this book in Rong Xia's home, so even though Ban's attitude makes people think that this is not the authentic book, he has to admit that it is true.

A collectible manuscript with an ugly little turtle drawn in the gap between the pages!

Rong Xia stayed in the house for a whole day, even eating in the study room, which made several guards and servants who were serving him very worried.

"Master Du, uncle, what's going on?" Seeing that the food brought in had hardly been touched, the boy looked to Du Jiu worriedly and said, "Today's food has not been used much."

Du Jiu remembered that before his uncle and Princess Fule parted ways, Princess Fule seemed to have given his uncle something. Could it be that the two of them were in love with each other, so they wrote poems to each other to express their feelings? But no one in the entire capital knows that Princess Fule is not good at poetry, so what can she write?

"My uncle has his own ideas, you don't have to worry," Du Jiu thought for a moment, "Don't worry."

Seeing what Du Jiu said, the boy suppressed the worry in his heart and left with the food in hand.

That night, the lamp in the study was lit for a long time. It was not until after the second watch that the people in the study blew out the candles.

Du Jiu stood under the tree, watching the study finally become dark again, then turned and returned to his room. My uncle doesn't like reading at night because he thinks reading at night is very harmful to the eyes and shows that he doesn't care about his body. But today he broke the precedent.

What did Princess Fule do to the uncle?

That night, the Yan family also had no intention of sleeping.

Mrs. Yan found that her youngest son had become completely depressed since he came back from Shijia Villa. If the younger son still had some vitality before, he is now like a piece of rotten wood without any vitality.

She tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep well at all, which made Yan Hui, who was sleeping with her, also suffer.

"Madam, what is on your mind that makes you so worried?" Yan Hui woke up after being tormented by Madam Yan again, and felt that he could no longer pretend to sleep, "If you have anything to do, please tell me. As the saying goes, one person is short-term and two people are long-term, but you don’t need to do this."

Mrs. Yan felt a little sorry when she saw that she had woken up her husband, but she was more worried about her child, so she expressed her worries.

"I didn't expect that this child would value a girl from the Ban family so much," Mrs. Yan felt bitter in her heart. "I thought that the girl from the Ban family had been divorced three times. Our family would ask someone to arrange the marriage, and the Ban family would agree. , which one..."

Which Ban family refused so simply, as if they had never thought about getting married to the Yan family.

Her child is handsome, well-read, and well-behaved. I don’t know how many people have been interested in getting married to her family, but the Ban family is so ignorant and makes her son so sad. It’s really...

"Madam, although the Ban family has no real power, Princess Ban has part of the royal blood in her body and has a noble status. Even if her engagement has been broken off countless times, there are countless sons and daughters who want to marry her. A good girl from a family is sought by hundreds of families, and Princess Ban Although the princess is not a good girl, she is a noble girl." Yan Hui thought clearly, "The Ban family is not willing to let the princess marry Zhong Zhen, that is because the two of them are not destined, so there is no need to force it."

"I don't want to force it, but you haven't seen Zhong Zhen's child..." Mrs. Yan's mouth was filled with bitterness, "I'm afraid that this child won't be able to get over this hurdle in his heart and will suffer a lot."

"How can a son of my Yan family lose his fighting spirit because of women?" Yan Hui said disapprovingly, "Why should a good son worry about not having a wife? This is not the case."

Seeing his attitude, Mrs. Yan was too lazy to say anything more to him. She turned her back to Yan Hui and treated him coldly and ignored him.

Yan Hui sighed helplessly: "Look at you, don't be anxious. Tomorrow is the court meeting. I'll go and check the water in the class again to clear the air." As a parent, you always want your children to be happy, not to mention that although the Ban family It's a little ridiculous, but it's not a bad marriage partner.

At least... better than the Shi family.

The sky had just turned white. Du Jiu stood at the gate and saw his uncle walking out in high spirits. He stepped forward and bowed his hand, "Uncle, the horses are ready."

"Yes." Rong Xia nodded to Du Jiu, adjusted his cloak, and walked out. Du Jiu noticed that his uncle seemed to be in a good mood, raised his eyebrows curiously, and hurriedly followed him.

All the doors in the Jinluan Palace were wide open, and the courtiers entered the palace from the side door. Each of them maintained a reserved smile, but there was no sign of any personal grudges. However, there seems to be a natural sense of distance between civil servants and generals, and they are clearly distinct from each other.

Ban Huai's identity is rather embarrassing. He inherited the title of military general, but the sinecure he received was a sinecure, which had nothing to do with military generals. Therefore, the circle he was in was different from that of civil officials and military generals. He was the third person in the court. Group, a small group of idle dandy nobles.

The civil servants have very complicated feelings about this small group. They look down on them a little, but they don't dare to offend them because they are related to the royal family and have thick skin. There is nothing they can do against this group of people.

"Marquis Jingting," Yan Hui found Ban Huai among the courtiers and took the initiative to talk to him, "How have you been lately?"

Ban Huai, who was talking to his colleagues about whose bonsai was quite wild and interesting, was stunned and glanced at Yan Hui in disbelief. Something big was about to happen. The dignified Prime Minister Yan Zuo actually took the initiative to chat with him. .

Several other dandy idlers saw this and moved a few steps aside. They did not want to talk too much to a serious minister like Yan Hui for fear of showing their cowardice.

Ban Huai's side suddenly became empty, and he raised his hand to Yan Hui: "Master Yan, what's wrong?"

Don't ask me if I'm okay, just tell me what your purpose is. I'm a dandy and don't understand the way you civil servants talk.

Yan Hui did not expect that the chatting atmosphere would become awkward just after he opened his mouth. He straightened his clothes uncomfortably: "I wonder if the Marquis will have free time after he goes to court. Yan invites the Marquis to have a cup of light tea."

Ban Huai:......

I always have a bad feeling.

"There's no need to drink tea," Ban Huai waved his hand upright, "If Mr. Yan has anything to say, just say it directly. Ban is not a person who pays attention to people, nor does he pay attention to those false etiquette."

No, you are not particular, I am.

Yan Hui was speechless. He didn’t want to say in front of others, my son is obsessed with your daughter, how on earth do you want to marry your daughter to my son? This is really not elegant. , so rude!

The two of them looked at each other, and Ban Huai seemed to see the struggle and persistence in the other's eyes, so the doubts in his heart deepened. How big of a deal would it take for Dang Zuo Xiang to say so many nice words to a dude like him?

Hey, it’s scary to think about it.

Rong Xia walked into the hall, glanced at everyone, and saw Yan Hui and Ban Huai standing in the corner.

When did Yan Hui and Ban Huai become friends?

He frowned slightly, suddenly thought of something, paused in his steps, and walked towards Ban Huai unconsciously.

"Master Hou," Rong Xia walked up to Ban Huai with a smile on her face and gave a junior salute, "Thank you, Master Hou, for the snack recipe you gave me. It's really delicious."

Ban Huai secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Rong Xia, a pleasant young man coming over. "Uncle Rong is so polite, it's just a small matter."

Rong Xia smiled, then bent down and saluted Yan Hui: "I have met Prime Minister Yan."

"Uncle Rong," Yan Hui returned the salute, turned to Ban Huai and said, "After the court is dismissed, I will discuss it slowly with the Marquis."

Ban Huai had a stiff smile on his face, but he was very resistant in his heart: No, I don’t want to talk to you!