Chapter 387: Blame

The people from the Wucheng Military Department looked at Wei Tingyu with some curiosity in their eyes.

Wei Tingyu realized the whole thing only after Jiang Yi officially took office.

He thought of the way his colleagues looked at him and could not stay in the yamen for even a quarter of an hour.

Wei Tingyu went back and said to Dou Mingdao: "One day, take some time to go to the Duke of Ying's mansion to visit Shougu. Song Yantang recently nominated someone who has no relationship with him to be the commander of South City. Why don't you go and ask him what's going on?"

Regardless of kinship or friendship, Song Mo should promote him.

Jiang Yi's matter suddenly made him realize that since he got married, he and Song Mo had never had a drink together or had a private conversation.

I have indeed neglected Song Mo these days.

Dou Ming was furious when he heard this, but thinking that they had just reconciled, he had to suppress his anger in his heart. The smile on his face was a little forced, and he said, "You think you can call me Shougu? Be careful not to let it slip in front of Song Yantang, otherwise everyone will be embarrassed. You also know that since I married you, Dou Zhao has never given me a good face. I go to her, why don't you go directly to Song Yantang. Don't you often say how good your relationship with Song Yantang was in the past? You can talk to him yourself, this little thing shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Wei Tingyu knows his own business.

Even when Song Mo treated him the best, helping him with business, giving him horses, and introducing friends to him, the more he knew about Song Mo, the more he feared him. In the end, he was already a little timid in front of Song Mo, fearing that he would be abandoned by Song Mo if he drank too much or said something wrong. So when the Duke of Ying's mansion was in trouble, he wanted to take the opportunity to distance himself from Song Mo, and that's why he said those words to his sister. Now Song Mo treated him coldly and distantly, how could he dare to get close to Song Mo?

But he couldn't say anything in front of Dou Ming, so he had to bite the bullet and treat Song Mo to a drink.

Song Mo felt uncomfortable when he heard that Wei Tingyu was coming to visit him, and he told Chen He, "Tell the people below that when Marquis Jining comes to our house in the future, just go to the small flower hall in the outer courtyard to serve tea. There is no need to go to all the trouble to find me or my wife." He added, "I have to write a note to the emperor today. Go and ask Marquis Jining if he has anything to do. If it's not urgent, help him. If it's urgent, tell him that I have something else to do and have him leave a message for you. I will consider it."

In the end, I would not see Marquis Jining anymore, nor would I do anything for him.

Chen He muttered in his heart.

This Marquis of Jining is really stupid. How dare he step into Yizhi Hall?

Chen He went to the flower hall.

Wei Tingyu wanted to ask Song Mo to promote him to a higher position. How could he tell such a thing to a servant?

He stammered for a long time, not even knowing what he said, and stood up and said goodbye in disappointment.

Chen He hurriedly passed on Song Mo's words.

Wei Tingyu went to the Duke of Jing's Mansion.

When Wei Tingzhen heard this, he was so angry that he jumped to his feet.

"Have you not figured it out yet? Song Yantang doesn't like you because of Dou Ming!" She complained, "I've told you a long time ago that Dou Ming is a troublemaker and I told you not to marry her, but you didn't listen. Now, the position of South City Commander that you got so easily is gone! If you don't listen to me, you'll suffer in the future, just wait and see..."

Wei Tingyu was very annoyed and said, "These are all things of the past. What's the point of you nagging about them over and over again? Can I still divorce Dou Ming?" At this point, he saw his sister's eyebrows twitch, and he was shocked. He hurriedly said, "Even if I divorce Dou Ming, can Song Yantang treat me as before? Maybe I will offend the Dou family and the Wang family, which will be even more troublesome!" He wanted to dispel his sister's idea.

Wei Tingzhen's eyes dimmed after hearing this. After a moment of silence, he said, "I want to ask your brother-in-law if he has any ideas about this matter."

Wei Tingyu didn't want to go back. He played with his nephew and niece while waiting for Zhang Yuanming to come back.

Zhang Yuanming didn't have any good ideas, so he said, "Why don't you go ask the Earl of Dongping? Isn't he Wang Dahe's father-in-law? That's also a relationship."

Wei Tingyu went to find Wang Qinghai again.

Since it was related to Wei Tingyu's future, Wang Qinghai naturally felt obliged to do so and personally accompanied Wei Tingyu to the Dongping Marquis' Mansion.

The result is predictable.

Wei Tingyu wandered around like this for more than half a month without any result, but this actually alarmed Hao Dayong, the former commander of Dongcheng.

Thanks to the fire at the Duke of Ying's Mansion, Hao Dayong was able to show his face in front of the Duke of Ying's Mansion's prince, and he also benefited from it. After the fire at the Duke of Ying's Mansion was closed, he was promoted to the deputy of the Wucheng Bingmasi. Because the Duke of Dongping was also the commander-in-chief of the Wucheng Bingmasi, he usually didn't care about the Wucheng Bingmasi. Because he and the Duke of Ying's Mansion's prince had this incense relationship, the Duke of Dongping handed the Wucheng Bingmasi's affairs to him to assist. Now he is the commander-in-chief of the Wucheng Bingmasi, with many people around him, and he is very proud. He racked his brains to think about how to take his relationship with Song Mo and the Duke of Dongping to the next level, so that he could get their recommendation and sit on the position of the commander-in-chief of the Wucheng Bingmasi.

He asked the people around him, "Does the Prince of the Duke of Ying have anything worth celebrating recently?"

The people around him thought for a moment and said, "The cousin of the wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke of Ying's mansion passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. Is this something worth celebrating?"

He slapped the man on the shoulder, almost knocking him to the ground: "You idiot, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? If this is not worth celebrating, what else is worth celebrating?"

Hao Dayong immediately prepared a gift of two hundred taels of silver and went to Huaishu Hutong.

Hearing that it was Song Mo's friend who came to congratulate him, the chief steward of Huaishu Hutong looked at him with a strange expression.

What kind of friends does Fourth Aunt have? Why do they come uninvited one or two of them?

He quickly called a steward to invite Hao Dayong to the flower hall to serve tea.

Hao Dayong saw several familiar faces from the Five Cities Army.

He greeted those people without restraint.

Dou Shishu couldn't help but feel a headache after hearing this. After thinking for a while, he ordered the chief steward: "Go and inform the prince - when someone comes, they are guests, but you have to let the prince know. Even if you don't return the gift, you should at least say thank you."

The chief steward left immediately.

Song Mo was accompanying Dou Shiying and listening to a group of people from the Hanlin Academy bragging. Hearing what was said, he smiled and explained a few things to Dou Shiying before going out to entertain the guests.

Dou Shiying grabbed Song Mo and said, "I'll go with you. Since they gave you face, we can't be too neglectful to others."

Song Mo had no choice but to touch his nose and followed Dou Shiying to greet Hao Dayong and others.

Hao Dayong and the others were all discerning people. Seeing that Song Moxu was personally entertaining them with the help of his father-in-law and was very respectful to Dou Shiying, they naturally knew where to flatter him. They flattered Dou Shiying eloquently and made him flee in panic. However, they felt indescribably relieved in their hearts and found Dou Shishu and said, "Just accept the gift money from the friends in Yantang and give me the list. I'll repay the favor."

Who is being flattered? It is Song Yantang who is being flattered!

If you go and repay the favor, those people will be able to have a connection with Song Yantang, won't they be overjoyed to welcome you?

Dou Shishu was about to say something, but when he saw Dou Shiying's expression, which showed that he had no idea what was going on, he swallowed it back.

He has a good son-in-law now, and he will take care of all these for him. Why should I worry about him?

"Okay!" He readily instructed the chief steward to copy a gift list for Dou Shiying later.

Dou Shiying said to Song Mo, "Don't worry, I'll take care of the gifts!"

Or maybe because Dou Shiying felt that he had control over his own life, he consciously or unconsciously chose to use money to make up for this shortcoming.

Song Mo sensed Dou Shiying's subtle state of mind and did not refuse. Instead, he smiled and said, "Shou Gu blamed me for accepting gifts two days ago. You can see that I didn't invite the person at all. It's a good thing for the Dou family. I can't just drive him away, right? It would be great if you could come forward."

Dou Shiying warned him, "Don't quarrel with Shougu. She is pregnant and has a strange temper. When her mother was pregnant with her, it was the coldest time of winter and she was about to give birth, but she kept asking for Chinese toon. Where could I get it for her?"

Suddenly recalling the past, he looked a little dazed.

Song Mo did not dare to let Dou Shiying dwell on the past, so he hurriedly said, "Father-in-law, Boyan is going to take the imperial examination soon. He has always been very close to our family, and we have several properties in Kyoto. Do you think we should clean up a house for him to study? If he passes the imperial examination, he will have to stay in Kyoto for three years, and he will need someone to take care of him. Wouldn't it be better if he has a place to stay?"

Dou Shiying likes Song Mo's use of the word "we".

He nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Let's go talk to Boyan and see what he means."

Song Mo pulled a maid and asked where Dou Qijun was.

The maid laughed and said, "The Fifth Young Master has been taken in by the ladies for questioning and he hasn't come out yet!"

Song Mo looked at Dou Shiying with a smile: "What do you think? Should we save him?"

Dou Shiying also became interested and said, "Of course we have to find a way to get Boyan out!" Then he said to the maid, "Just tell him that I have a friend coming over and ask the Fifth Young Master to come out and meet him."

The maid bowed and went to the inner courtyard quickly.

Dou Shiying and Song Mo smiled at each other, as if they were two like-minded people who had done something interesting together, and it felt like they had met a soulmate.

At this time, Dou Qijun and Dou Zhao were talking beside the pomegranate tree in the main yard.

"I've been so busy these days that I haven't thanked my fourth aunt and uncle for the Kuang family's affairs," he smiled apologetically, his brows full of excitement and joy of winning the first prize. "When I'm done with this, I'll pay you a visit and have a couple of drinks with my fourth uncle."

After the Kuang family found out who was targeting them, they felt that since their fleet had caught the eye of someone with ulterior motives, it was like a piece of fat meat. Even if this person didn't take a bite, another person would. So they finally decided to sell the fleet to Wang Ge at a low price.

Kuang Zhuoran decided to study hard to take the imperial examination.

Dou Zhao thought this was a good idea.

Merchants without official protection will never be able to escape the fate of being slaughtered.

When Kuang Zhuoran succeeds in his business, the Kuang family can also revive itself.