Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 240 Hidden danger

"Phew, it's really comfortable."

Shen Congxing was sitting in the hot spring, leaning against the wall of the pool, his brows stretched and his face full of enjoyment.

There are several hot spring pools in this villa, and the pool where a few people are sitting is the largest, which is tens of meters in size.

Yuan Wenshao also narrowed his eyes comfortably, and after hearing this, he quickly said: "Uncle Shen Guo, you can come here often if you like."

He was deeply afraid that Shen Congxing would be thinking about communicating with him again.

To be honest, he also liked this Zhuangzi very much and couldn't bear to part with him at all.

"Haha, Erlang is afraid that Uncle Shen Guo will miss you in his other courtyard." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"A gentleman never takes what others like, but Yuan Shao, you asked me to come here often. I won't be polite in the future." Shen Congxing said with a smile.

"This is all a trivial matter. I will ask someone to leave a courtyard with a hot spring later. Uncle Shen can come at any time."

Yuan Wenshao cast a grateful look at Gu Tingye. As expected of his brother-in-law, this assist was very good.

Shen Congxing took a fancy to this other courtyard. Although he refused, he did not give up.

When Gu Tingye said this, Shen Congxing could only say that he had given up.

This saved him a lot of trouble.

"Thank you, but I'm afraid I won't have time to come in a short time." Shen Congxing sighed.

Next, he will be busy with getting married, and Zhao Zongquan will have to fight for power with the Queen Mother. How can he, the uncle of the country, have free time to enjoy it.

"Haha, they say that without an official, you are light. I plan to live here for a while and then go back." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

When Shen Congxing heard this, he knew that Yuan Wenshao did not want to get involved in the power struggle between Zhao Zongquan and the Queen Mother, so he smiled and said: "You have a beautiful idea, but I'm afraid your comfortable days will not be long."

"Whoa~"

Yuan Wenshao sat up suddenly when he heard this and asked, "Does Uncle Shen Guo know anything?"

"Do you still remember that you told King Huan before that you wanted to control Hehuang to contain Xixia?" Shen Congxing said.

"I have said it before, but now the imperial court may not be able to mobilize troops, right?" Yuan Wenshao said.

"King Huan reported this matter to the officials. The officials took it very seriously and secretly sent people to investigate Hehuang's information. They brought back a piece of news a few days ago." Shen Congxing said.

"What news?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

Gu Tingye and Zheng Wu also looked at Shen Congxing, and it seemed that neither of them knew.

"The biggest force in Hehuang is Tubo. In recent years, Tubo has been vacillating between Zhou and Xixia. In addition, Tubo is relatively stable internally, and Zhou and Xixia are restraining each other. Therefore, the situation in Hehuang is relatively stable. However, according to the investigation by secret agents, The current leader of Tubo is in poor health, and the two most powerful princes have been secretly competing for the throne. Once the leader of Tubo dies, Tubo will inevitably fall into civil strife," Shen Congxing said.

"I heard that the leader of the Tubo Kingdom is very capable. He has been suppressing the Qiang people all these years. How could he let the two of them fight?" Gu Tingye said in surprise.

"Zhong Huai, Tubo is a tribal system, which is different from our Zhou Dynasty. There are two princes competing for the throne. Among them, the tribe of the eldest prince's mother's family is the largest tribe except the tribe controlled by the leader of Tubo. It has developed very much in recent years. Yes, the number of tribes controlled by the Lord of Tubo is no longer weak. The other third prince is the favorite son of the Lord of Tubo. The Lord of Tubo also wants to pass the position to him, but his mother's clan is only from a small tribe. Although The leader of the Tubo Kingdom favors him but the support behind him is not large."

"The leader of the Tubo Kingdom did not dare to choose the crown prince easily because he was worried that the eldest prince and the people behind him would launch a mutiny." Shen Congxing said.

Yuan Wenshao asked doubtfully: "What does this have to do with me?"

There are only signs of civil strife in Tubo now, and there is no fight. Moreover, Zhou Dynasty is not able to send troops to Hehuang.

"The spies discovered that the third prince of Tubo had a secret connection with Xixia. The officials suspected that Xixia wanted to help the third prince to cause chaos in Hehuang and take the opportunity to annex Hehuang. The leader of Tubo was seriously ill. As long as he died, Tubo would be in chaos, and the Qiang people would also We will not miss this good opportunity, and Hehuang will be in chaos by then. If Xixia takes the opportunity to send troops to Hehuang, it is very likely that Hehuang will be annexed."

"Bianjing is too far away from Hehuang, and the message transmission is too slow. The officials told me before that if they want to choose someone to go to Qinfeng Road, firstly, they can try to contact the Tubo prince, and secondly, they can also pay attention to Xixia's movements at any time. Stop Xixia from annexing Hehuang in time." Shen Congxing said.

"Uncle Shen Guo means that I am the candidate?" Yuan Wenshao asked in surprise.

Shen Congxing shook his head and said: "The government has not decided yet, but King Huan recommended you to the government, saying that the people sent should not only be proficient in the art of war, but also be decisive. Only in this way can the situation in Hehuang be controlled and no one should be allowed to leave. Xixia annexed Hehuang. The Hehuang strategy was originally proposed by you, and you are the most suitable candidate. The officials said that they should consider it, but they have not made a decision yet. "

"But the Queen Mother will definitely not agree to this." Yuan Wenshao shook his head.

If you want to prevent Xixia from annexing Hehuang, you must have a certain amount of troops.

Whether it is to mobilize troops from the northwest border or from the camp in the western suburbs, the Queen Mother must agree and stamp the jade seal before the imperial edict can take effect.

Let's not talk about the Queen Mother's opposition to the war. Let's talk about Zhao Zongquan's struggle for power with the Queen Mother. It is estimated that anything Zhao Zongquan proposes will be rejected by the Queen Mother.

"Yes, but there is no rush now. The situation in Hehuang will not change much in a short time." Shen Congxing said.

Yuan Wenshao naturally understood the meaning of Shen Congxing's words.

This means that when the officials seize the power from the Queen Mother, they will send him there.

But this is also a good thing for him. In the original drama, although the Queen Mother was forced to hand over her power, she was still unwilling to give up. In the end, she even made a palace coup, but it was unsuccessful.

If we stay in Bianjing, we don't know how much trouble we will have. It is naturally a good thing to leave Bianjing.

"Okay, let's go out to play today, let's not talk about these troublesome things. How about we hang out for a while and compete in martial arts?" Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Zhong Huai's words are very kind. I have heard Zhong Huai say that Yuan Shao's martial arts are excellent many times before. I have long wanted to fight you a few times." Shen Congxing said with a smile.

"Forget it, you can't even beat me, so how can you be his opponent." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Who said I can't beat you? Let's compare later." Shen Congxing pretended to be angry.

"Haha, just compare." Gu Tingye laughed.

"I heard that General Zheng is also very good at martial arts. Let's compete later."

Yuan Wenshao saw that Zheng Wu seldom spoke. As the master, he could not ignore him and took the initiative to stir up the topic.

"Hou Zhongyong praised me. My martial arts skills are mediocre, so I am no match for you." Zheng Wu said with a smile.

"By the way, Yuan Shao, I'm going to take a concubine in a few days. I'll set up a few tables at home, and you must come." Shen Congxing said.

Yuan Wenshao was stunned for a moment and quickly realized that the concubine Shen Congxing was talking about must be Xiaowuzhi.

From the corner of his eye, he saw that Zheng Wu's face turned ugly when he heard the news. He quickly laughed and said, "I'm sure. Okay, we're done. Let's go out and compete."

To be honest, Shen Congxing went too far. Generally, he would only take a concubine if he had a wife. When a concubine entered the house, she had to offer tea to the wife.

Before marrying a wife, the people in the house could only be considered as co-concubines and had no concubine status.

Of course, Shen Congxing is the successor, and his previous concubine status is still there.

But he was getting married soon, and he had to wait for his first wife to come in before taking a concubine. He just wanted to take a concubine before his first wife.

Moreover, if you take a concubine, you have to take a concubine. What kind of banquet is there? Normally, even if you take a concubine, you can only bring it in through the side door at most, and there will be no banquet or anything like that.

Even if Shen Congxing is grateful for the elder Zou family, he feels that he cannot marry the younger Zou family as his official wife and is indebted to the Zou family. If you want to hold a banquet, just invite a few people in private and say it in front of Zheng Wu.

The British Duke and the Zhongjing Houfu were family friends. Zheng Wu and the Zhang girl were childhood sweethearts and were originally engaged.

You stole someone's original daughter-in-law and became their uncle. Now you are still saying this in front of others, which is a bit too much.

Gu Tingye also noticed this and said: "Yes, yes, yes, I will become soft if you soak in it any longer. Let's compete in martial arts."

…    There is a martial arts arena in the other courtyard, with all kinds of weapons.

Yuan Wenshao and others got dressed, ate some snacks and came to the martial arts field.

"I've always heard that Uncle Shen Guo is good at martial arts, but I'm not so talented. Please give me some advice."

As soon as he arrived at the martial arts arena, Zheng Wu told Shen Congxing how to hold his fists.

"Okay, then I'll give you some pointers."

Shen Congxing saw that Zheng Wu was a little unhappy with him and said calmly.

"Ahem, fists and feet have no eyes, so let's use wooden weapons."

Yuan Wenshao said quickly when he saw that the two of them were going to the weapons rack to choose weapons.

Although Shen Congxing and Zheng Wu disliked each other, they did not completely lose their minds and did not refuse.

Yuan Wenshao quickly asked someone to find wooden weapons for the two of them to choose from.

The two of them each chose a long spear and started fighting without further ado.

As soon as they started fighting, the two of them fought fiercely, as if they had no intention of holding back.

"They won't use real fire, will they?" Gu Tingye said worriedly.

Although this wooden weapon is not as good as iron, it is made of the finest wood and is not bad in hardness. Otherwise, with the two people's martial arts skills, it would break in a few strokes.

Yuan Wenshao heard this and said angrily: "You invited Zheng Wu here even though you knew they were not going to deal with each other. Aren't you causing trouble for me?"

"Do you think I'm thinking that King Huan knew this and came to me and asked me to bring Zheng Wu with me and let the two of them get in touch to ease the relationship. After all, Zheng Wu is going to marry Xiao Shen soon. I can Is there any way?" Gu Tingye said depressedly.

He also knew that the two could not get together, but Zhao Ceying asked him to help, and he could not refuse.

"Then why don't you tell Uncle Shen Guo? He said in front of others that he wanted to treat the concubine. Isn't this intentional to cause trouble for others?" Yuan Wenshao said angrily.

"I said it, who knew he would actually say this." Gu Tingye said.

"I'm going to be killed by you." Yuan Wenshao said angrily: "If I had known, I wouldn't have helped you."

"Erlang, don't be angry. If something goes wrong later, we can stop each other and nothing will happen." Gu Tingye said.

"I hope so, otherwise we will both be in trouble." Yuan Wenshao said.

Although Shen Congxing is good at martial arts, Zheng Wu has a good family background and has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. His martial arts skills are much higher than Shen Congxing's.

After dozens of rounds of fighting between the two, Shen Congxing became a little exhausted.

Fortunately, Zheng Wu still had some sense. He seized the opportunity to fly away Shen Congxing's wooden spear, then took a few steps back and said, "Uncle Shen Guo, I accept the concession."

Although Shen Congxing looked a little ugly, he was not someone who couldn't afford to lose. He said, "I didn't give in. My skills are just inferior to others."

Yuan Wenshao and Gu Tingye breathed a sigh of relief, as long as both of them were fine.

The next few people competed with each other, and it didn't end until the female family members finished soaking in the hot springs and asked the servants to come to them for dinner.

……

"Phew, I finally sent them off."

Yuan Wenshao breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the carriage that Shen Congxing and his party were riding in left.

"Officer, has something happened?" Hualan asked.

Yuan Wenshao recounted what had happened and sighed: "The official family's chaotic behavior has left a lot of trouble."

Not to mention that Zhang almost died in childbirth when she married Shen Congxing.

Just between Zheng Wu and Shen Congxing, Yuan Wenshao saw bad signs.

Although both of them are relatively sensible, they would be in trouble if they were taken advantage of.

"We can't say much about this kind of thing, but I don't know what Gu Erlang said to Minglan. I see that the depression between Minglan's brows has dissipated a lot." Hua Lan said.

"Haha, Gu Tingye used to be a frequent visitor to Qin Lou Chu Pavilion. He is always good at making women happy. It shouldn't be too easy for him to make girls like Sixth Sister who are not experienced in the world." Yuan Wenshao curled his lips and said.

It is said that in the original drama, Minglan was not willing to marry Gu Tingye.

Later, it was because Gu Tingye plotted against the Sheng family, and she was moved by Gu Tingye's words.

In fact, Minglan didn't like Gu Tingye at that time.

It can only be said that Gu Tingye understood Minglan's thoughts and knew how to persuade Minglan.

"It seems that the official has also been to a brothel. Why haven't you learned some sweet words?" Hua Lan looked at Yuan Wenshao with a half-smile.

"Snapped!"

Yuan Wenshao slapped her directly on the butt and said angrily: "How dare you make fun of your officials, who are serving you according to their own rules."

"Guardian, you are going to die." Hua Lan said coquettishly with a blushing face.

It was cold now, he was wearing thick clothes, and Yuan Wenshao didn't use any force, so the slap didn't make much sense.

If Yuan Wenshao did this in private, it would only add some emotion. However, there was a maid behind them, which made her feel extremely embarrassed.

"Okay, it's cold outside, let's go inside quickly. I've asked people to prepare a lot of things. Let's have hot pot tonight." Yuan Wenshao said and whispered in Hua Lan's ear: "Let's go to the hot springs together tonight. "

Speaking of which, ancient times were not good at all. There were no vegetables in winter.

When winter comes, it’s either cabbage, radish or tofu and bean sprouts.

Yuan Wenshao had long been fed up with it. He had also tried to imitate some time travellers, setting up a greenhouse and growing some vegetables.

But he didn't understand this part at all, so he tried it but failed.

However, he learned from Sun Shuliang that this village had a hot spring before, which was specially used to grow vegetables next to the hot spring.

After he took over Zhuangzi, he arranged for people to plant some. Some of them had a fast growth cycle and were already edible.

Yuan Wenshao was very excited when he learned about it. He was worried that Shen Congxing and others would take notice of him, so he didn't even tell them.

He also specifically asked Sun Shuliang to prepare some hot pot for dinner.

"What are you talking about, officer!" Hua Lan's ears turned red when he heard this.

"Haha."

Yuan Wenshao looked at Hua Lan's appearance and found it very interesting. He laughed and carried her inside.

(End of this chapter)