Jiapingguan Chronicle

"That's a good thing!" Jin Miaomiao sneered and said, "Master Shen, what you mean by accepting your fate is that you agree to marry Zhou Niang? Are you going to stop jumping up and down and shouting that you want to break off the engagement?"

"Yes!" Shen Zhonghe sighed, "The only thing on my grandfather's mind is this. As his grandson, I can't really let him leave with regrets, right?"

"That's a very light thing to say. Then everything you have done before, everything Zhou Niang and Hui Niang have paid, haven't they all been burned down?" Jin Miaomiao raised an eyebrow, "Are you willing? They also agree with you. Do?"

"The second mother has no choice, because the grandfather of the Zhou family is not in particularly good health. He is the same as my grandfather. They went to sea together, were injured together, and paid a high price to support their families. When we were young, , they don’t care about their own health at all, just to give their children and grandchildren a relatively comfortable and prosperous life, they work hard to go to sea and make money. When they get older, the injuries they have suffered and the root causes of diseases will disappear. They all came to the door." Shen Zhonghe spread his hands, "I have discussed with Erniang. In order to satisfy their wishes and let them leave without regrets, we temporarily agreed to get them married, but after they pass away, we will go Make peace. But I don’t know what happened, but they actually forced us to make an oath. If we get married, we will stay together for the rest of our lives. We cannot make peace. If we violate this oath, we will sink to the bottom of the sea forever. "

"This oath..." Shen Jiu blinked, "Is it very important?"

"Isn't this what people who live at sea all year round are most afraid of?" Shen Zhonghe sighed, "We were forced to have no other choice but to make vows and get married in the ancestral hall. We also thought about it at the time. I’m very sorry to Hui Niang that I couldn’t give her a title in the end.”

"Although it's a bit excessive, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that the old man has predicted your prediction. He knows that neither of you wants to get married. Now you are just pretending to make them happy. If you turn around, you may divorce, so I was just thinking of some way to tie you two together for a long time."

"You're right, this method is indeed good, but..." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, "I don't like it."

"It doesn't matter whether you like it or not. The elders are relieved, that's the most important thing, isn't it?" Shen Jiu leaned closer to Shen Cha, made a face at Shen Haolin who was looking over, and then looked at Xiang Shen Zhonghe said, "I have a question."

"Excuse me, young general." Shen Zhonghe made a gesture of invitation, "What do you want to ask?"

"I'm just curious. That Hui Niang rejected your marriage proposal many times, right?" Seeing Shen Zhonghe nod, Shen Jiu said, "Then why did she suddenly agree? She suddenly wants to marry you. ?”

"Agree? No, she never agreed." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, "She never agreed from the beginning to the end."

"Didn't you agree?" Shen Jiu looked at Shen Zhonghe with confusion, "But she has already married you and gave birth to a child for you, right?"

"Little general, you are wrong. She does not want to marry me as the first wife. She thinks that the second mother is the legitimate Mrs. Shen. She only wants to stay with me and does not want any status."

Shen Zhonghe's words shocked everyone in the tent, especially the girls led by Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao. They didn't quite understand what Hui Niang was thinking.

"Is she kidding?" Hongye looked surprised, "I had the opportunity to be the wife of my wife, but I firmly refused and willingly became your concubine. Mr. Shen, you didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time. Is it a problem? No matter what the background of a woman in this world, is she willing to do such a drama? Is she willing to make herself a concubine? Just because she loves you? Impossible! "

"Yes, absolutely impossible." Merlin nodded, "Although we are not old and have not as much experience as Lord Shen, we have indeed met many more people than Lord Shen. Even if we are from Jiaofang Division Women who come from brothels all look forward to the day when someone can look them in the face, respect them, marry them in, and become the head wife of the family. What's more, Hui Niang was born innocent, how could she be willing to be a concubine? unless……"

"She deliberately hides her true identity. She stays by your side anonymously, Mr. Shen, and is willing to be your concubine. All of this is just because what she is planning is far more important than being your wife. Wait until she does something Cheng, whether she is a concubine or your wife has nothing to do with her."

"I don't know." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, "I'm confused now. I don't know how to evaluate Hui Niang at all. I can't figure out where she came from and what her intentions are. But I You can know that I was plotted by her."

"It doesn't matter, we can all figure it out together." Jin Miaomiao touched his chin, "Master Shen, the general just had another question, and you haven't answered it yet!"

"Question?" Shen Zhonghe looked confused, "General, what other questions do you have?"

"When did Hui Niang start to get used to life on land?"

"Ah, this is not very clear."

"It's not very clear?" Jin Miaomiao was stunned, "Let me tell you, Mr. Shen, what do you know about her? Did you two never talk about each other's past before you became a family? "

"Past? No, I just like her and like the feeling of being with her. As I said just now, after they were rescued, they were sent to the village outside the military camp that was specially used for family members of soldiers to visit their relatives. Now, I don’t live in the military camp at all. When I’m on vacation, I occasionally visit her and give her something. Then, we just talk about our views on life and our vision for future life, which I don’t really want to touch. Touching on her past things, after all, her only family is gone, so why should I poke their scars, right?"

"Then when did her so-called family member pass away? When did Hui Niang be entrusted to you?"

"Oh, that was very early. It was the night after the battle. Although many people had been rescued by us, they had not survived their injuries. There were indeed many people who passed away in those days."

"I understand." Shen Cha thought for a while, "Are there any people there who are familiar with Hui Niang?" "No." Shen Zhonghe thought for a while, "It was just a chance meeting, and they were just companions along the way. However, almost all of Huiniang's big boats were badly damaged, and two of them were even sunk to the bottom of the sea. We couldn't salvage them no matter how hard we tried to salvage them. At that time, because her family's boat had the most escorts, it became the target of the most violent attacks by Japanese pirates. , so the casualties are also the heaviest." He paused at this point, "Speaking of this, I vaguely thought that during the fight, one of my men heard Huiniang's guard saying that he wanted to ensure the safety of the young lady. Something, but he didn’t hear clearly what it was.”

"It seems that these guards, as well as the people around Zeng Huiniang, are using their own lives to ensure her safety. But according to them, the ship is all they have. When the ship sank, everyone was gone, and only What's the use of the next young lady?" Jin Miaomiao spread her hands, "Looking at it, their original purpose was just to protect the young lady, right?"

"It's possible." Hongye touched his chin, looked at Shen Zhonghe, and said, "Those Japanese pirates you captured back then, did you ever tell me what things were on Hui Niang's ship?"

"Let me think about it, it's been a long time and I don't remember very clearly." Shen Zhonghe tapped his fingers on the table a few times, thought about it for about a cup of tea, and said, "It's strange, they said I looked around those ships, but there was no food on board that they wanted, and there were only strange rocks on them, which were very heavy, but very useless to them."

"Stones? Why are there stones?"

Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and Xue Ruitian exchanged glances. They felt that this was very problematic. A businessman who had been doing business on merchant ships all year round and had a home all over the world would put a large number of stones on his ship. Isn't there something wrong with that? The typical one is to deliberately attract the attention of pirates.

"They said they didn't know. In fact, they followed the entire fleet very far away. Because the draft of these ships was too deep, they had a wrong idea. Otherwise, with the draft of the other ships, they would I definitely won’t do it rashly.”

"Please enter the urn?" Shen Jiu blinked, looked at Shen Cha, and then at Shen Haolin, "You plotted against people on both sides at once? If this is true, it's quite impressive, isn't it?"

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin nodded, "This also shows that they are probably not serious business people."

"So, there is no guarantee whether she really lived on a boat for so many years before meeting Mr. Shen, as she said, or whether she later adapted to life on land, right?"

"Yes." Shen Cha sighed, feeling a little pity for Shen Zhonghe, "Actually, to put it bluntly, it doesn't matter whether the person who saved her was Master Shen or not, as long as he was a member of the Great Xia Navy good."

"It's possible!" Shen Zhonghe rubbed his forehead, "Maybe it's just to let her settle down on her own. It doesn't matter whether the person who makes her settle down is me." He smiled bitterly, "Originally I thought I was a hero saving the beauty, but I didn't expect that I was being targeted and plotted against. But what did she plot against me? What is there to do with me? I have always felt that her biggest wish is If she wants to leave that wandering life at sea, it doesn't matter even if she has some small calculations, as long as she can give her the stable life she wants. Unexpectedly..." He shook his head gently, "It's so terrible to be plotted against by the people around you. It’s funny.”

"Mr. Shen, you have to know that the situation over there is much better than ours. It's close to the sea and there's less chance of anything sneaking into it. So if you don't master these means, you're not as sensitive as us. That's for sure. Yes, there is nothing to be ashamed of. But after this, we will strongly recommend Liu Shuai to train you well in this aspect." Xue Ruitian raised his eyebrows, "This is Liu Shuai's negligence and has nothing to do with you. Don’t take it too seriously.”

"I want to say, how did you know that she had a problem? Are bystanders clear?"

"From the moment Hui Niang appeared to when she overturned the car and fell off the cliff, the whole process was full of loopholes. She was covered in pigtails. Catching any one of them would be a fatal blow to her."

"How to say?"

Jin Miaomiao chuckled, looking at Shen Zhonghe's expression of helplessness.

"Master Shen, let's not talk about anything else for the moment. The plan to steal and replace the pillars is not something that normal people would have thought of. When Er Niang told us about it, we all expressed great surprise, even if we are used to seeing Xijing City. The back-house methods of those high-ranking families have never seen such a shocking plan. This plan can make you get what you want, but it will ruin the reputations of you and Zhou Niang."

"What do you mean?"

"People who know the inside story know that it was because of opposition from your family that you had to make such a decision. They will sympathize with your experience and think that it is not easy for you to be with the person you like. But they don't know People with insider information, especially those in Xijing City, in their eyes, this is your stain, especially when the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Five Cities Military and Horse Department evaluate you at the end of the year, if someone deliberately exposes Regarding this matter, your future is uncertain."

"Liu Shuai can testify for me about the truth."

"Even if Liu Shuai testifies for you, it can only prove that you really have something to hide, but it cannot prove that your Hui Niang has no problem, right?"

"This..." Shen Zhonghe frowned and looked at Shen Cha, "Will it have any impact on me?"

"Of course, it must have an influence, and the influence is very big." Shen Cha sneered, "A lady of unknown origin, even a concubine, can make Yan Guan stay with you for a while. They are good at catching people's shadows. You There is a solid handle in their hands, do you think they will let you go with Yushitai's usual style?"

"In addition, Yushitai and we are not on good terms, so they will attack you even more fiercely, and even..." Xue Ruitian took up Shen Cha's words, "attacking Liu Shuai will make the situation of the entire Southern Border Army very serious. Do you think your current concealment is good for you and Liu Shuai?" He stared at Shen Zhonghe, "Master Shen, don't take any chances. Since we have determined that she has a problem, it must be us. It’s your own reasons. I believe that if she wasn’t dead, you wouldn’t be so practical, right? You would also investigate her and get to the bottom of things like us, right?”