Volume 1 Teacher Chapter 14: Taking a Concubine (Part 2)
Taking a concubine is not the same as marrying a wife. Dai Jiliang originally did not want to make too much noise, but E Tao, the big mouth, made the matter a hot topic.
As a result, on the day of the official wedding, not only did all the officers of the third battalion come to congratulate him, but the officers of other battalions of the Guard Army also sent people to congratulate him. Dai Jiliang made a small fortune just from the gift money.
"Okay, as long as you get what I mean, brothers."
Since Dai Jiliang accepted red envelopes from several other colleagues without hesitation, his own subordinates would naturally not accept any more.
"Are you too rich to spend, or do you think that I, the battalion commander, love money like my life? Brothers work hard for a month to earn a few big bucks. I won't take this money no matter what you say."
"Then will you accept my gift money?"
Just as Dai Jiliang was arguing with his subordinates, a voice interrupted.
"Commander!"
"Boss Lu!"
All the officers stood up, some clasped their fists, some saluted, and the scene suddenly became a little chaotic.
"Commander, why are you here?"
Dai Jiliang immediately acted as if he was flattered. Although he also handed over an invitation , to be honest, he was just pretending to be like a subordinate. He didn't expect Lu Jianzhang to come in person. At most, he thought it would be nice to get a red envelope, but now it was indeed a surprise.
"But I am ill. Come on, come on, Chief, you must sit down."
Lu Jianzhang waved his hand, signaling the guards to take their seats. Seeing that everyone was seated, he took the seat of the guest of honor under the guidance of Dai Jiliang.
"Zhixiang, this is what you did wrong. Am I, Lu, so unkind?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who heard them changed their expressions. Since when did Butcher Lu start joking with his subordinates? This was truly unprecedented. Everyone looked at Dai Jiliang with increasingly eager eyes.
"Commander, what you said really humiliates Zhixiang. The commander is very busy, how dare I trouble you with such a small matter?"
Irony can be said in a positive way, and truth can be heard in a positive way. Dai Jiliang immediately looked very nervous and explained carefully.
"Okay, no need to explain. I know you are just worried about destroying my, Lu's, prestige."
To be honest, seeing Dai Jiliang taking a concubine so openly, Lu Jianzhang was completely relieved about him.
You have to know that these hypocritical guys in the Kuomintang, who all say they want to occupy the moral high ground, have committed countless thefts and prostitution in secret. The key to the problem is that one is scolded openly, while the other is secretly trying to gain a good reputation behind people's backs.
E Tao's unintentional action happened to be a blind cat catching a dead mouse, and it completely cleared Dai Jiliang's relationship with the Kuomintang.
“Here!”
Lu Jianzhang took out an official note and said, "This is my share."
Dai Jiliang took it and looked at it. Wow, it was exactly five hundred yuan in cash.
"Too much, this? Thank you, Commander!"
Dai Jiliang, wearing a groom's wedding suit, gave Lu Jianzhang an awkward military salute, which seemed to be due to excessive excitement, but was actually a deliberate act.
As they were talking, there was another noise outside the door. Dai Jiliang and Lu Jianzhang looked up and saw two people walking in hand in hand.
One was little Xu Xu Shuzheng, and the other was the Japanese deputy military attaché Honjo Shigeru.
"Senior!"
Dai Jiliang hurried over to meet him.
"How did it alarm you? Did the chief know about it? It's a sin, a sin. How could Zhixiang's little romance make the senior and the chief worried?"
"You, you!"
With Dai Jiliang's deliberate flattery, Xu Shuzheng had a pretty good impression of this junior fellow student. He pointed at the bright red wedding dress that Dai Jiliang was wearing.
"Such a happy event is still kept secret. Did you cause trouble by leading the troops? We have to catch them off guard!"
As he spoke, he also took out the gift list.
"I'm telling you, the chief and I don't have much money, so please accept this small gift."
"What's the point of being polite? Senior, I beg you to come. Come on, please take a seat!"
Dai Jiliang also knew that Duan Qirui was a man of integrity throughout his life, and that this little Xu was a person who only cared about spending and not making money. The gift was certainly meager, but he did not invite him, and it was a great honor for him to come, so why should he care about whether it was a gift or not.
"You should know this Honjo-senpai, he is also Lu Shi's senior."
Xu Shuzheng did not sit down immediately, but introduced Dai Jiliang instead.
"I heard from Senior Honjo that Zhixiang is getting married, so I'm coming over to join in the fun . Zhixiang won't mind, right?"
In fact, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Japan's ambitions towards China had not yet been fully exposed, so a considerable number of Chinese people still had a favorable impression of this powerful Eastern neighbor that was the first to realize constitutionalism. Therefore, Xu Shuzheng's move was just an unintentional one.
But it was this sentence that made Dai Jiliang's hair stand on end. He really regretted not slapping himself a few times. He was too arrogant. Now the Japanese were targeting him. How was he going to live in the future? Of course, Dai Jiliang didn't know that understanding the outstanding Chinese soldiers was a long-term intelligence operation for the Japanese.
It was precisely because he had acted too excessively in front of Manhain that he attracted Honjo Shigeru's attention. Of course, this attention was still a forward-looking observation.
"No, it's a great honor for us to have Senior Honjo come here."
Even though he felt a chill, Dai Jiliang was still lying with his eyes open. If the news got out that a Japanese deputy military attaché had come to participate in the Chinese concubine-taking ceremony, it would obviously be of great help to Dai Jiliang in his career.
"Come, come, please take a seat together."
As he spoke, Dai Jiliang suppressed his uneasiness and led the two to Lu Jianzhang's table. Although these people should all know each other, as the host Dai Jiliang still had to introduce them to each of them separately. This is also a little skill in interpersonal communication.
"Seniors, this is General Lu Jianzhang, the commander of the Guard Army and director of the Beijing Military and Political Law Enforcement Department."
Dai Jiliang was very skillful in his words. He knew that although Lu Jianzhang was a spy, deep down he still hoped to be a soldier, so he flattered him by calling him "general".
"Commander, there's no need to introduce Director Xu, right? He's the General's favorite general and the backbone of the Army Department. As for this one, he's a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the Empire of Japan, your humble senior, Deputy Military Attaché Honjo Shigeru."
The few people exchanged a few polite words and sat down. Lu Jianzhang was serious and modest because of his status, but Xu Shuzheng and Honjo Shigeru were chatting enthusiastically in Japanese.
Dai Jiliang saw it all and felt funny.
You must know that Lu Jianzhang finally died at the hands of this Xiao Xu. If this Lu Tu Bo could predict the future, would he still drink at the same table with this mortal enemy?
Just as I was thinking about it, another uninvited guest arrived. Jiang Zuobin, the classmate of Lu Shi who was entrusted by Sun and Huang to continue to serve as the Deputy Minister of the Army in the Beijing government, also came uninvited.
Dai Jiliang had no choice but to send this die-hard Kuomintang member to the main table.
However, a blessing in disguise, although Jiang Zuobin also graduated from the Army Academy and had less experience than Xu Shuzheng, his status was higher than the other, which made Xu Shuzheng very dissatisfied with him. The conversation between the two fell silent after a few words. Honjo Shigeru was also unwilling to pay attention to this nominal Deputy Minister of the Army, but Lu Jianzhang had a very pleasant conversation with him. Of course, it was not clear who was plotting against whom here.
Seeing that the time was almost up and most of the guests had arrived, the master of ceremonies, E Tao, gave the order and the banquet officially began.
Since this was just taking a concubine, there was no complicated ceremony. Of course, as the host, Dai Jiliang still had to toast each guest one by one.
There were more than ten tables of guests, relatives, friends, subordinates, and neighbors. After a round of drinking, Dai Jiliang looked a little drunk.
"Thank you very much, everyone!"
Dai Jiliang staggered around, pushed away the bridesmaid who was supporting him, and walked towards the house with unsteady steps amid the knowing laughter of the crowd.
Thanks to E Tao's idea, except for a few important tables that were placed in Zieg's yard, the others were lined up outside along the alley, so that no one dared to come and eavesdrop blatantly.
“Bang!”
Dai Jiliang closed the door with his backhand and opened his eyes suddenly. He no longer looked drunk at all.
Although she was taking a concubine, red candles were still lit in the room. The reflection of red candles was reflected on the newly pasted window paper, making the whole room look red.
However, the room was still relatively empty. Apart from a few cabinets with wedding characters on them and a table and four chairs, only the large ebony bed in the corner looked somewhat presentable.
The newly bought red silk quilt was neatly folded on the bed , and the Manchu girl named Xiu'er was sitting there upright, with a wedding silk covering her face, making it impossible to tell her expression at all.
Dai Jiliang locked the door and walked over slowly. The sound of his footsteps obviously made the girl a little flustered. She trembled, but then she endured it.
“It’s pretty.”
After pulling off the wedding silk, Dai Jiliang stared at the girl's face for a while, and finally praised her. Although her appearance could not compare with Li Yuan, nor with the girl's younger sister named Xier, but for a young lady of her twenties, what else could you ask for?
Dai Jiliang held the girl in his arms and quickly moved his magic hands up and down, bringing waves of bioelectricity.
"Master, don't!"
Although she was gasping for breath like a fish out of water, Xiu'er still managed to break free from Dai Jiliang's clutches.
"Master, as long as I give you a word, I'll play with Xiu's body however I like."
"Words? What words?"
Dai Jiliang was unwilling to let go of the delicious food in front of him. While removing the obstacles between them, he forced the girl's hand close to his source.
"Good Xiu'er, you see I'm so depressed, what can't I say later?"
Xiu'er had never encountered such a thing in her life. Her parents died early, and it was not until she was about to get married that E Tao's wife told her some of the secrets of the boudoir. She did not expect Dai Jiliang to be so direct, which made her feel shy and shocked.
"No, Master. Xiu'er only wants one word from you. Please be kind to Xiu's brother and sister in the future."
The girl suppressed the throbbing in her heart and spoke out the words completely, but her face was already so red that water seemed to come out of it.
“That’s no problem.”
This solemn request of the girl was extremely simple for Dai Jiliang. Needless to say, Dai Jiliang would not let his sister-in-law know about it. As for Xiu's brother, what about her?
"As long as my brother-in-law quits smoking, I will find him a job and a wife, so that the Sieg family can continue its legacy."
The girl naturally had no idea of the dirty thoughts in Dai Jiliang's heart. After getting Dai Jiliang's promise, she was so excited that her whole body was trembling. In addition, Dai Jiliang's teasing made her whole body hot, and she finally uttered the words that someone wanted to hear the most.
"Master, come and love Xiu."
"Baby, be good, hold on, I'm coming in."
Dai Jiliang laid the girl's body flat on the bed, spread her legs, and pressed the already slightly moist entrance with his solid weapon. He pushed hard, and after a not-too-high sound, the silver bottle broke, and petals fell. Tonight would be another sleepless night with a beautiful full moon.
