Chen Muzhi, whose courtesy name was Shiheng, was appointed as the Shizhong. He was the general of the East. He was a third-rank military official. He was the head of the Shen family of Wuxing. This time he conspired with the prince to eliminate the Xu family of Yixing. He planned, mobilized and successfully implemented it.

In the past century, the aristocratic families of Chu have not been completely in a peaceful state of respect and mutual respect, and they have joined forces and attacked each other, and have launched fierce competition in the court, military, and even the three religions of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. However, on the one hand, given that the Northern Wei Dynasty was eyeing it, it could go south at any time, and the foundation of the country could not be shaken; on the other hand, the An royal family was sitting and watching the snipe and clam fighting for the benefit of fishermen. The major families are not fools, so they naturally will not really fight to the death. Therefore, this kind of struggle is still limited to a controllable range. Apart from installing their own people in various critical positions, dismissing their opponents and exiling them, there are few real bloody scenes.

The Yixing Incident was the first power struggle between top clans who used the army and went straight to extermination of the clan, which also kicked off this huge and vast bloody era!

Yuan Jie seemed a little surprised that Xu You was so calm. It was quite different from the usual rough barbarian warrior who was scheming and had no scheming. However, he sighed and said, "Chen, the grudges between the Xu family have been around for a long time. Now I can't argue clearly. Fortunately, Qilang, you are safe and sound, leaving a little blood for the Xu family. When you go to Qiantang, you will be well placed. Don't have any resentment. Maybe in a few years, the Lord will have a pardon, allowing you to return to Yixing and establish a clan again."

Xu You said in a humble and arrogant manner: "The crown prince is the crown prince, and my Xu family is a minister. All the power of life and death is in the hands of the king. As a minister, he dare not have any resentment. This time he goes to Qiantang, he will remember the teachings of Mr. Yuan, be at peace with himself, and follow the laws of escape."

"Okay, the child can teach you!"

Yuan Jie said this and also finished the previous relationship. Then he said straight to the point: "Qilang, this time from Yixing invites you to Jinling to talk to you about your marriage with A Yuan..."

"The rituals of the two surnames will be combined with the favor of the two surnames. The superiors serve the ancestral temple and the inferiors serve the future generations. Therefore, the gentleman values ​​it." Xu Youyi continued with a strict and stern speech: "Don't worry, although You are young and do not change things, and do not practice poetry and books, he also understands the principle of a gentleman paying attention to promises. Since the marriage with Sanniang was discussed by the elders, he will come to marry Sanniang on time on the seventh day of the third month next year."

A Yuan is Yuan Qingqi's small name, and Xu You knows it, so he wants to listen to how Yuan, who has always valued the most Confucian etiquette, would talk about resigning from marriage.

Yuan Jie really didn't expect Xu You, a wild martial artist, would quote the words in "The Book of Rites", and was very embarrassed for a moment. He didn't even know that the thick platform on his feet fell to the ground. He pondered for a while, but finally decided that this matter was not easy to delay. He looked a little embarrassed and said, "In theory, the Yuan and Xu families have passed the five rituals, and the in-laws rituals have been completed. It is in accordance with etiquette to marry A Yuan as a wife. But... Qilang, you also know the facts. The Jiangzuo family is engaged in a family marriage. Now that Xu is in a sudden disaster, he is a master who has abandoned his scholarship. With your status at this time, he will probably arouse discussions on the court and the government. After thinking about it over and over again, I think it would be a perfect solution to give in."

Xu You thought about how to deal with the next step. He had no feelings for Yuan Qingqi, whom he had never met, and the original Xu You was just lustful and envious. If you want to talk about feelings, it was definitely not much deeper, so whether to get married or not is not the main contradiction at the moment.

In other words, as long as you can get enough benefits from Yuan Jie, quitting the bride is a win-win result for everyone. But the problem is that marriage is not about setting up a stall to sell mutton skewers. You pay me and I give it to you, and then you say you have eaten rat meat and you want to return it. I said you are blackmailing, and it is so simple to bring it together. How to deal with it so that you don’t hurt your own face and make Yuan Jie not look down on himself too much. How to grasp the degree in the middle is very particular about the ability to deal with people.

Xu You suddenly burst into laughter, Yuan Jie's face darkened, and he felt unhappy when he looked at him, but he also relied on his demeanor and did not interrupt his laughter.

After laughing three times, Xu You stood up, looked directly at Yuan Jie proudly, and said, "Duke Yuan means to regret the marriage?"

Yuan Jie was a patriarch of a county and was from a high-ranking family. He was so majestic on weekdays that he didn't even dare to look at him. He was not so arrogant and snorted coldly: "The difference between family members is like a steep mountain and unattainable. It's not that I, Yuan, regretted marriage, but that you, Xu, was not careful in dealing with things and fell into such a field. What else can you say?"

"Since that's the case, then I'll say goodbye!"

Xu You bowed and turned around and wanted to leave. Yuan Jie was stunned for a moment and stood up from the couch, not caring about not having any shoes on his feet, and whispered: "Qilang, wait!"

Xu You turned his back to Yuan Jie, and there was a playful smile in his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. The reason why he dared to be so tough was because of the "House Marriage Law". To put it bluntly, the ancient marriage law was the ancient marriage law. Unlike the era when Xu You traveled through time, the ancient marriage law was very strict. The reason was naturally as mentioned in "The Book of Rites? Hunyi" that marriage is the first major event in heaven and earth, and it is not allowed to be played by.

According to the "House Marriage Law", if the woman only breaks the contract but does not allow others to marry, the government will punish the woman with a 60-pronged plan, and still maintains the original engagement; if the woman terminates the engagement and does not allow others, she will punish one hundred times; if the woman does not allow others and is already married, she will have to serve one and a half years of labor. But it is different to the man. If the man wants to terminate the engagement, he just needs to ask the government to give up the betrothal gift. Although giving up the betrothal gift is a punishment, at best it is only a little economic loss and no legal responsibility is required. This is also a patriarchal society, which is not very friendly to the woman, but at this time, he is desperate. All Xu You can catch is this bargaining chip, so be shameless, just shameless!

Yuan Jie loved his daughter and would never let her suffer the pain of being punished by a stick. Moreover, for women, the blame for a stick is not just a physical pain, but actually destroying his reputation. If the reputation is damaged, how can he remarry in the future? Especially for the noble family, reputation is the most important. At that time, for some reason, he agreed to marry Xu, which had already caused displeasure among the rest of the family. However, Xu was not successful and fell into the current predicament. Therefore, no matter what, Xu You had to make a personal promise to break off the engagement and write a letter of departure to completely end the matter.

Xu You turned around and said, "What else does Mr. Yuan have to give?"

Yuan Jie walked over and lost a thick platform shoe, one foot high and the other was low, looking a little lame, and his demeanor was lost. However, he didn't care, so he grabbed Xu You's hand, pulled him back to the armchair, and said, "You are just impatient, and you can talk about what can you do if you say a few words? Sit down first, there is still something to discuss about this matter!"

Xu You sat down, waited for Yuan Jie to walk back to his bed, picked up the thick platform shoes on the ground and put them on his feet, and then said, "I wonder how Mr. Yuan is going to discuss it?"

Yuan Jie put on his shoes, sat straight beside the couch, and said earnestly: "Qilang, according to the current situation, Shen may not be willing to give up. Your first priority is to hide your strength and try to keep yourself out of sight and numb Shen's heart. In this way, with the master secretly protecting him, he can still save his life. But if he marrys A Yuan, Shen will definitely become more and more afraid of you. Even if he is helpless for a while, he will not know what means he will use for a year or two, and you will be uneasy to live."

This is the truth, and Xu You actually made the same plan. It can be seen that Yuan Jie is very thoughtful and not an incompetent person. He knows that he is not easy to fool and is not enough to be threatened. He immediately changes his strategy, starts to present facts and reason.

"A gentleman values ​​promises, does what he does not do. Zengzi killed the pig, Guo Ji kept his promise, and his tail was born with a pillar. I have always admired Confucian etiquette. This time I have to practice it myself. In order to fulfill my promise, why not die?"

Yuan Jie thought, "A gentleman?" Confucius said: "If you are better than literature, you will be wild; if you are better than literature, you will be historical; if you are more literary, you are more gentleman. Your Xu family has believed in the Tao of Heaven for a hundred years. No one knows this in the Chu State, and you, Xu Qilang, are even more fond of martial arts. I'm afraid you haven't read many books, and you don't know where to hear these allusions, saying that admiring Confucian etiquette is really a blasphemy of the ignorance of the saints.

"The etiquette of famous teachings also has many flexibility. The Book of Changes says, "If you are poor, you will change; if you change, you will be smooth; if you are smooth, you will be long." It is not that you are dead end, so why say you are giving up your life?"

The situation is very strange, as if Xu You became a little guard of the famous sect who made a promise and did not fear death, while Yuan Jie became a philosopher who was calculating and bargaining. The identities of the two had a fundamental exchange, but there was no slight confusion.

The battle continues!
Chapter completed!