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Chapter 546

"Big sister, big sister..."

Yan'er was running fast with her skirt in hand, her face was already flushed.

After crossing the threshold, she was almost tripped, but she still quickly ran to Zhang Wenjing's side.

"Checked it out?"

"Yeah, found it!"

"Say it."

"There are two pieces of news today..."

"According to the time."

Yan'er patted her heart, took a few breaths, and then continued.

"There is a cook in the west kitchen of the other courtyard. Her husband's family went to deliver wine to the guard camp yesterday... It was really Li Xia who killed Da Khan. The news spread to our Alang army, and Alang retreated. When we reached Luzhou, there was another news that Li Xia had defeated Hanzhong."

"Is it true? Are there any more?"

Yan'er met her elder sister's eyes, was taken aback for a moment, swallowed, shook her head, and said: "That's all, yes, when the news from Hanzhong came, the soldier was outside Alang's camp, listening to the news inside. shouted."

"How did you shout?"

Yan'er crossed his hands on his waist, imitating Zhang Rou's voice, and shouted loudly.

"Impossible! How could King Zong be forced to retreat by Li Xia?! Impossible! Impossible... Oh, the slaves are not good at learning."

"Any more?"

"At that time, Qilang was also in the army, and he said something to someone while drinking, and he said, 'He is unparalleled in the world'."

"Peerless."

Zhang Wenjing murmured, propping her chin with one hand, already in a daze.

She calmed down a little more, her eyes seemed to have seen very far, very far.

Yan'er sat down beside her, thumped his legs, and muttered: "Eldest sister, is he so powerful? How can he be so powerful?"

"Yes."

"Elder sister, there are some messy news, which should be useless again."

Zhang Wenjing said: "I told you everything, and all the news must be reported to me."

"Okay, Goro is going to the alley near the Shuangta Temple again today..."

Zhang Wenjing's eyes lit up.

The reason why she was able to inquire about the Twin Pagodas Temple was that she had bought off many people.

The concubines, maidservants, and entourages around the father and brother... money was poured out like running water, and their daily movements were deduced bit by bit.

Among the countless clues, she discovered that her father and Fifth Brother only went out together once.

So, she asked Feng'er to take advantage of the opportunity to go shopping and buy off all the vendors in the vicinity.

A booklet hidden behind the bookcase was taken out.

Zhang Wenjing began to record while listening to Yan'er.

"The alley that Goro entered lived in eight families. I don't know who Goro went to see. Well, the one who moved here within a year seems to be an old man who lived in more than a month ago. He didn't go out much before, but he came out today. I went shopping and bought a lot of things.

The owner of the cloth shop said that the old man ordered a lot of the best silk... The proprietress of the rice shop saw that the old man asked a hunter outside her shop if he had buckskins, and asked for a complete one, and seemed to say that swan geese were also acceptable...

But oh, there is also a musician living in that alley, I heard that he is very beautiful.Wu Lang may not necessarily go to see her, but the musician seldom goes out, and only asks the maidservant to buy it..."

"Wait." Zhang Wenjing stopped writing and asked, "Did they ask this old gentleman why he bought these things?"

"The owner of the cloth shop didn't ask."

"Where is Orion?"

"Feng'er has already gone to inquire about it." Yan'er said, "She told me to report to Eldest Sister..."

Zhang Wenjing was no longer listening.

She lowered her head, thinking in her eyes.

After that, a blush quietly appeared on her face.

"Big sister... big sister... what's wrong?"

"Chi Chi, the rascal, hugs Bu Maosi. The bandits come to Maosi, and when they come, I will plot... There are dead moose in the wild, covered with white grass. There is a woman with a spring, and a lucky man lures her..."

Zhang Wenjing muttered softly.

This is a dowry, that is, a dowry.

Zhang Wenjing seemed to feel the wind blowing on his face when he flew down from the sky with her on the high tower in Luyi...

That proud man has never bent his waist, but he has a tenderness that only she can understand.

He did everything he wanted, and then, he didn't forget to send someone... to propose marriage to her.

Propose marriage.

These two words hit her heart, and even Zhang Wenjing's fingertips felt a little numb...

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"It's a betrothal gift... It's a betrothal gift. The old man said, 'the buckskin should not be damaged in the slightest, it's for a betrothal gift'. It must have been sent by Li Xia!"

The little servant girl named Feng'er ran back to the military and civilian Wanhu mansion while silently recited the inquiring words.

She went through the side door, and hurriedly went to see her eldest sister...

At the gate, several horses neighed.

"The master is back!"

……

"Shut up!"

Zhang Rou got off the horse with a look of iron on her face.

Zhang Hongdao hurried out and said, "Father, the child has something to say."

"To the study."

Zhang Rou walked quickly.

Zhang Hongdao followed with strides, entered the study, peeped out the door, and closed the door himself.

"Father, after thinking about it, the child thinks..."

"Wang Wentong was subdued by Monan King." Zhang Rou suddenly interrupted.

"what?"

Zhang Rou grabbed Zhang Hongdao's collar and lifted the dazed son to the front.

"Wang Wentong, who has been helping Li Fen to rebel, has become a close adviser to King Monan!"

Zhang Hongdao was stunned there, completely dumbfounded.

"You idiot." Zhang Rou suppressed her anger, and said word by word: "Do you still remember how that little bastard Wang Xiao persuaded you to rebel?"

"This……"

Zhang Hongdao felt his scalp go numb.

Fear spread from the soles of his feet.

In this way, everything he did could not be hidden from King Monan.

Kill the Mongolian guard and give information to the Song people.

"Really...really...really..."

"Li Fen's every move is under the control of King Monan; Shi Tianze has been terrified; everything my Zhang family, especially you, has been shaken out by the Wang family and his son."

When Zhang Rou said this, anger burst out in his eyes, as if he wanted to slap Zhang Hongdao to death.

"Damn it, the one who was the first to be a hero confessed to King Monan first, you fool is still hiding it here!"

Zhang Hongdao was horrified.

He is not afraid of death.

But he knew very well that it was true that Kublai Khan relied heavily on the princes of the Han people, but he himself was the most skilled general in the world.No prince can compete with it.

At this moment, Zhang Hongdao seemed to see Kublai Khan's iron cavalry destroying Baozhou, slaughtering thousands of male members of the Zhang family, his family members, his wife and children were all dragged away in the flames, crying heartbreakingly...

"Monan King...Monan King..."

Zhang Rou let go of her hand and pushed her son away.

He sighed, unable not to feel awe.

"The king of Monan is magnanimous and wants the Zhang family to atone for their sins and cooperate with Shi Tianze in defeating Asuotai."

Zhang Hongdao only felt that he had narrowly escaped death.

He calmed down for a long time before wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"But, about Li Xia..."

"It's all known."

"Boy, go and kill Yang Shi."

Zhang Rou kicked Zhang Hongdao down heavily, and shouted: "Idiot! You still don't understand King Monan's great talent! What he wants is loyalty, what is loyalty? Be incomparably honest! Honest!"

He became more and more angry.

"Murder to silence, kill to silence! Thanks to you, you still only know how to kill and silence! What do you think your little tricks are of any use in front of King Monan?!
What does King Monan want?world!He is a king, do you know what a king is? !Everything belongs to him, and Yingjie bows to him! "

At this point in Zhang Rou's words, she finally stopped kicking Zhang Hongdao.

He closed his eyes, feeling extremely tired.

"Let Yang Shi go back and tell Li Xia... I can agree to this marriage, but I won't send my eldest sister to Hanzhong.

Before Monan King returned to Kaiping to proclaim his Khan, Li Xia had to raise his flag to announce to the world that he had surrendered to Monan King... no, he had surrendered to the Great Khan, or even the emperor.

As long as he agrees, the King of Monan will send troops to help him clean up the Song army in Sichuan and Shu; he will be named the King of Shu, pardon the Gao family of Dali, and make the Gao family and his eldest sister the Princess of Shu; Sichuan and Shu can be managed by him, even from generation to generation guard.

As long as he is willing to send troops to help Monan King fight for the throne, he will live with the country and be honored for generations. "

……

As Zhang Rou spoke, she took out a letter and placed it in front of Zhang Hongdao.

"Ask Yang Shi to deliver this letter to Li Xia."

"This is……"

"The sincerity of the Jinlianchuan shogunate is written by Master Yao of Xuezhai himself."

Looking at the letter, Zhang Hongdao finally gave in.

Yao Shu needed to come forward to persuade him, but Zhang Hongdao was far from qualified.

But after a long time, Zhang Hongdao still asked: "But what if Li Xia still refuses..."

"The King of Monan loves talent, and gave him a chance." Zhang Judao: "If such a condition is met, Li Xia still refuses to agree... I can only say that I don't see his sincerity in asking to marry my daughter."

Zhang Rou hoped that Li Xia would agree.

Such conditions are not common, this time it just happened to catch up.

But if Li Xia doesn't agree... then they don't need to spend another soldier to kill Li Xia.

There are too many traces left in the contacts between the Zhang family and Li Xia, all of which are real evidence.

The same evidence was presented, Monan King could forgive the Zhang family, but Song Ting could not forgive Li Xia... This is the gap between a hero and a coward.

Zhang Hongdao understood.

He had intended to send Zhang Wenjing to Li Xia's side, but now...

This is a chaotic world where the strong are respected. The strong have already opened their mouths. The strong disdain these secretive tricks, and just ask Li Xia: Should I submit to achieve happiness, or should I be smashed to pieces?

If Li Xia refused, how worthless would it be to die at Song Ting's hands?
"Baby... I want to say..." Zhang Hongdao asked: "If Li Xia doesn't agree, Eldest Sister will..."

Zhang Rou shook her head and closed her tired eyes.

Li Xia had no choice, and Zhang Rou had no choice either.

"Then... death is dead, what is there to be sad about?"

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That night, in Hanzhong City, Li Xia was still stuck in official duties, busy with water conservancy, farming, training troops, moving population, raising money and food, reviewing officials... in order to make life better for the people under his rule.

This process is slow.

A scholar who studies Confucianism comes from Lin'an, and it takes at least several years from trusting Li Xia, to starting to do things, to making achievements, and then to being of the same heart and mind with Li Xia;
For a barren farmer coming from Guanzhong, it will take at least several years from trekking through the long Shu Road, to starting to farm, to having a harvest, to having surplus food or spare energy to contribute.

And Li Xia needs hundreds of thousands, millions of such supporters.

He can only accumulate strength clumsily and slowly, and at the same time deal with all open and hidden arrows.

For his ambition, and all the people he wants to protect and treat well.

~~
In Bozhou, Zhang Wenjing kept her eyes open and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

She finally got up from the embroidered couch, looked up at the night outside the paper window.

"It's almost Qixi Festival."

She was thinking in her heart... just wondering if the marriage can be finalized before Qixi Festival?

Slightly ashamed, but also full of joy.

So she lit a lamp and studied ink.

Spread colored paper and write down.

"Crimson wax silver platform with embroidered curtains. A curtain of fragrant mist envelops gold. The world is happy in the flying banquet, and the heaven is begging for a good time."

"We're together, we're drunk. It's more suitable to marry each other. From now on, I will be Chang'e, so I can accompany Xianlang and marry osmanthus..."

(End of this chapter)