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The servant looked at Yuan Xi's back, and murmured: "You are also a son of a famous family. Look at the Yuan family, and then look at the one named Wei. I really hope that the master will not be confused and marry the young lady to the one named Wei... ..”
Because of Yuan Xi's thick skin, although he was not welcomed by Cai Yong, he was a frequent visitor to the house, so he didn't need to report most of the time.
Yuan Xi walked out of the living room very familiarly, and sure enough, he saw Wei Zhongdao chatting with Cai Yong and his daughter.
He held back the anger in his chest and coughed lightly.
Cai Yan had already seen him in the living room, but he didn't make any gestures. His cough immediately attracted the eyes of Cai Yong and Wei Zhongdao who were sitting with their backs to the door.
"It's you!" Cai Yong's complexion suddenly became ugly, and his old face was drawn long, "What are you doing here at noon?"
With a smile on Yuan Xi's face, he glanced at Wei Zhongdao, who was frowning slightly and didn't know what he was thinking, and replied: "I heard that someone from Cai Yilang's house came to propose a marriage, so I came to have a look."
"My daughter's marriage has nothing to do with you," Cai Yong said bluntly, "Zhongdao came all the way from Hedong to propose marriage, and I like him quite a lot, what do you do?"
This damn old man can't even say a polite word at this time, Yuan Xi cursed angrily in his heart, but he still had to be polite.
"Of course I can't do anything about it. It's just that I've been fond of Wenji for so many years, and I heard that she might be getting married. Let's see if it's okay?" Yuan Xi said with a playful smile, and looked at Cai Yan with a smile while talking.
Cai Yan frowned slightly, and glanced at her father with a pair of phoenix eyes, stood up, and said softly: "Father, Wen Ji is not feeling well, so go back to the inner hall first."
Cai Yong glared at Yuan Xi who was still smiling, and nodded solemnly.
After Cai Yan left, the atmosphere in the room seemed to stiffen a lot.
Yuan Xi and Cai Yong are old acquaintances.He found a seat and sat down, and said to the servant girl, "Cuilian, bring me a pot of hot tea, it's very cold in winter."
Cuilian covered her mouth with a chuckle, glanced at her master, and went down to make tea.
"Brother Zhongdao, long time no see." Yuan Xi greeted Wei Zhongdao with a smile.
Wei Zhongdao felt a little embarrassed now, because he and Yuan Xi were nodding friends before.They all played together.
Who in Luoyang today does not know that the second son of the Yuan family is chasing Cai Yan, and now he came to propose marriage without saying a word, his face somewhat disgraceful.
"Brother Xianyi, long time no see, how are you doing?"
"Hehe, it's good, but it's a little bit bad now." Yuan Xi didn't bother to be polite to him, so he was going to tear his face right away, and then talk to Cai Yong to solve Cai Yan's matter.
"Yuan Xianyi!" Cai Yong knew him very well, he knew what he was going to say after listening to him, and immediately stopped with a straight face, "Zhongdao came here from a thousand miles away, don't be rude!"
"I'm not being unreasonable, I just came here to get in touch with Brother Zhongdao." Yuan Xi stood up, pointed out the door, and asked with a smile: "Wei Zhongdao, let me ask you, what is your purpose for coming here this time? "
Wei Zhongdao was originally a refined person, but the Ni Bodhisattva was still a bit angry, not to mention that he was a son of a family, seeing Yuan Xi pressing every step of the way, he stood up immediately, first bowed with both hands, and then replied seriously: "This time I came here for sister Wenji's marriage. I, Wei Zhongdao, want to marry Wenji as my wife!"
Chapter 4 Persuading Cai Yong
"Well, Wei Zhongdao!" Yuan Xi slammed the coffee table beside him, and said angrily, "Who in Luoyang doesn't know that I, Yuan Xianyi, like Miss Cai's family, what do you mean by stabbing me? Could it be that I, the Yuan family, are easy to bully?"
Wei Zhongdao's face changed slightly, the reputation of the fourth generation and third father of the Yuan family is not just talk.
Taking a deep breath, Wei Zhongdao said neither humble nor overbearing: "Dare to ask brother Xianyi, you are not married, Wen Ji is not married, Youdao is a fair lady, a gentleman is good, what is wrong with me pursuing Wen Ji?"
"Haha." Yuan Xi laughed wildly, pointed at him and hummed: "Wei Zhongdao, are you really stupid or fake? You refute my face, and you think I will kindly make you feel better?"
Wei Zhongdao's face turned red, he never thought that the dignified Mr. Yuan's family would act like a scoundrel, in his mind, even if he and Yuan Xi were torn apart, the two would at least be polite to each other on the surface.
I didn't expect Yuan Xi to be so disregarding of demeanor and threaten him directly.
"Uncle Cai, do you see?"
Wei Zhongdao was deeply liked by Cai Yong, but the family did not quite agree with this marriage. The main reason was that he was afraid of offending the Yuan family, whose disciples and old officials were all over the world.
Hedong and Hebei are not too far away. If the Yuan family grasps the general situation in the future, this is obviously not what their family would like to see.
Wei Zhongdao naturally knew the depth of it, so even though his heart was burning with anger, he still didn't want to confront Yuan Xiqi head-on.
"Yuan Xianyi, what are you doing?" Cai Yong was also a little angry in his heart, and yelled at Yuan Xi: "Who is my Cai Yong's daughter marrying, let you tell me what to do?"
"Cai Yilang, don't be angry," Yuan Xi immediately put on a smile, and said with a smile: "I am also thinking about Wenji's happiness. You must know the physical condition of this Wei family boy. What happened in the past few years. Do you really want Wen Ji to be a widow at a young age?"
"Yuan Xianyi," Wei Zhongdao could no longer suppress the anger in his chest, trembling, pointed at him, and said in a trembling voice: "You are deceiving people too much, do you think I am afraid of you?"
Yuan Xi dismissed the decision and said in disdain: "Competition to what? I, Yuan Xi, lose to you, get out of here immediately!"
"You, you, I..." Wei Zhongdao's lips were blue, and he squeaked a few words, unable to speak.
Although Yuan Xi has an extremely rascal temper, he can be regarded as a man of intelligence and martial arts. Needless to say, he is talented. Being able to chase Cai Yan for so many years and not be hated by him already speaks for itself.
As for martial arts, it is rumored that Yuan Xi studied under Wang Yue, a master of swordsmanship.How dare he compare with a family member who is a three-legged cat kung fu?
"Hey," Cai Yong looked at Yuan Xi and said, "Yuan Xi, go back now, you and I are impossible, today I don't count you as unreasonable, I hope you don't have a next time."
This old stubborn, really will not die until the Yellow River.
Yuan Xi sat back down again, at this time the servant girl Cuilian came in with a pot of tea and a pair of teacups.
Filling him with tea, Yuan Xi picked it up and took a sip, then smiled at Cai Yong and said, "Cai Yilang, let me ask you, why do you intend to marry Wenji to Wei Zhongdao?"
"Of course it's for my little girl's happiness!" Cai Yong didn't care about his tone, and snorted, "If it's for gaining power, so what if I marry you?"
Yuan Xi smiled slightly, put down the tea, stood up again and took two steps forward, and said softly: "How about taking two steps to talk? After listening to me, if you still insist on doing this, I will leave immediately!"
Cai Yong glanced at Wei Zhongdao and nodded.
Taking Yuan Xi to the study room next door, Cai Yong sat down and stared at him without saying hello, "Speak, I hope that after you finish speaking, you can walk out of my Cai Mansion in peace."
Cai Yong had already experienced Yuan Xi's face, so naturally he would not be so angry at him every now and then.
Yuan Xi looked at the old man in front of him, sighed suddenly, and closed the door behind him.
"Cai Yilang, I know people well. I think you have heard it before. This Wei Zhongdao is seriously ill. He is already dying. Why did you push your daughter into the fire pit? Do you think I was talking nonsense just now? I dare It is concluded that he will not live more than two years."
Cai Yong didn't say a word, but still looked at him fixedly.
Yuan Xi shook his head, and continued: "If you marry Wen Ji at this time, how will you let her deal with Wei Zhongdao after Wei Zhongdao's death? After the death of a family member, the wife will bear the infamy of Kefu. , do you think she can live happily in Hedong?"
"Although I, Yuan Xi, am not talented, I have a firm heart for Wen Ji. Of course, you know what Wen Ji means to me. Just now you kept saying that it was for the happiness of your children. Now you are the one who can really give her happiness. Right now, why are you blocking it?"
"Yuan Xi, why do you say that you can give Yan'er happiness." Cai Yong said lightly: "The daughter of the Wang family has already been engaged to you. Don't you want my daughter to be your concubine? If you really think that way, it's not true. No, go and withdraw from the Wang family's marriage, and I will marry Yan'er to you immediately."
Yuan Xi was engaged to the daughter of Cai Yong's nemesis, Wang Yun's family, early on. This was the biggest conflict between the two that they could not talk about. Yuan Xi naturally knew this.
Yuan Xi thought for a while, and said, "How about both being wives?"
"Nonsense!" Cai Yong slammed the table and shouted, "There is only one wife, how could you change it just as you said?"
Yuan Xi didn't take it seriously, frowned and said, "The sky is about to change in Luoyang, doesn't it mean Uncle Cai doesn't know?"