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Chapter 41 Side Story: Heartless
Chapter 41 Side Story: Heartless
When Tang Jue decided to take Cui Huan home, he knew something was going to happen.
He has never been afraid of trouble. If he is afraid of trouble, he will not be able to compete for the top job.He is ambitious and wants to achieve great things, and Cui Huan is definitely the best wife to help him.
With such full confidence, he endured the ridicule of his brothers and the questioning of his father Tang Yan.
"You want to marry a prostitute?" Tang Yan frowned, confused and angry, "Can you afford this shame?"
"It's not a shame." Tang Jue answered his father, "Beautiful women are used to sleep with, and women from well-known families are used to build relationships. Cui Huan has the ability and will be a good wife for the children."
"What skills? Skills in bed?" He heard the sarcastic laughter of his third brother, Tang Zi.
"She has a life-saving grace for the child." Tang Jue said, "The child brought her back for the good of the Tang clan."
"You were kicked in the head by a donkey, do you want a prostitute to help?" Tang Jue heard his father raise his voice slightly. Tang Yan had always been a person who kept his emotions secret, so this was enough to show his displeasure, "Tangmen Are there no talents left?”
Tang Juedao: "There are never too many talents."
"The most she can do is be a concubine!" Tang Yan's tone was stern, leaving no room for negotiation.
"I will not be a concubine." Cui Huan finally said, "I will only be a wife." She held her head high.Everyone in this hall is a prominent figure in the world, and any one of them can kill ten or eight prostitutes like her with just a finger. Can't she see that her father is already angry?Tang Jue thought to himself, but Cui Huan didn't look timid at all.
"If Jue'er is not allowed to marry you, what will happen to you?" Tang Yan asked, "Behaving badly? Making a scene?"
Cui Huan said: "I will kill some of the real wives he marries."
Tang Jue heard Cui Huan say this in Qunfang Tower, and now he heard it again.Tang Jue heard roars of laughter, all coming from his brothers, the contenders to become the next leader.They might not really find it funny, but it was always right to laugh at him and embarrass him in front of his father.
He heard his sister-in-law ask: "How are you going to kill them? You are very good at martial arts. How can you kill every one you see?"
Cui Huan shook his head: "I don't know martial arts."
Hearing what she said, the sister-in-law even laughed so much that she held her stomach and looked very exaggerated.Cui Huan stepped forward and slapped her sister-in-law hard, causing everyone onlookers to scream in surprise.
The sister-in-law's surname is Guo, and her name is Guo Zi. She is the daughter of the leader of the Tianxing Sect. Although her martial arts skills are not excellent, she is not a weak woman either.When she saw Cui Huan waving her hand, she had quick eyes and quick hands. She grabbed her wrist with her right hand and cursed: "I told you to act bad!" Then she gave Cui Huan a hot slap on the face with her left palm, causing Cui Huan to stagger. .She was proud that she had offended her second brother in front of her husband and wanted to scold her again. Suddenly, her mouth softened. It turned out that Cui Huan took advantage of this fall and reached out to cover her mouth, stuffing something into her. In the mouth.At this moment, she was about to curse, but she choked on her accent, her throat tightened, and she actually swallowed the thing.
Guo Zi's martial arts skills were not high, and he was scornful of Cui Huan, so he was unexpectedly attacked by a sneak attack.Tangmen's poison is the most dangerous. Guo Zi was shocked, grabbed Cuihuan and asked, "What did you give me?!" She wanted to hit Cuihuan again, Tang Jue rushed to stop her, and her eldest brother Tang Mie also Pull the wife away.Guo Zi was shocked and angry. She grabbed Tang Mie and said anxiously: "She gave me poison! She gave me poison!"
Tang Mie hurriedly asked his wife, "How are you feeling now?" Guo Zi tilted his body, feeling dizzy, and said, "I feel dizzy and sweating..." Tang Mie was even more frightened, and shouted at Cui Huan and asked: " What did you give her?!" He turned to Tang Jue and asked, "What medicine did you give her? Tell me quickly!"
Tang Jue didn't know how to answer for a while, so he also asked Cui Huan: "What did you feed your sister-in-law?"
Cui Huan's mouth was still stained with blood, his face was calm, but he didn't answer.Tang Mie stretched out his hand to grab Cui Huan. This time he used his true martial arts to violently hurt someone.Tang Jue intervened and shouted: "Brother, this is my wife!" The two started fighting in the hall.
Tang Mie scolded: "She poisoned your sister-in-law!" The others had already gathered around. Some called for doctor, others were busy pouring water, and more people gathered around the aunt to take care of her. The scene became a mess.Guo Zi retreated to the corner of the hall, stretched out his hands and kept digging his throat to induce vomiting, but he only vomited a few mouthfuls of sour water. How could there be any pills?
Just listen to Tang Yan shouting in a deep voice: "What a mess this has become, why don't you stop!"
His voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone present to hear clearly. Only then did Tang Jue and Tang Mie stop.Tang Mie said: "Dad, this thief woman wants to harm your wife!".
Tang Yan looked at Cui Huan.
"It's just a piece of immortal scum." Cui Huan said slowly, "I've never heard of immortal scum eating dead people." She turned to Guo Zi and said, "I kill people like this, can you watch?"
Guo Zi's face turned red and white, and she gritted her teeth and became speechless.
Tang Yan smiled slightly, turned around and asked Tang Jue: "Where did you find this girl?"
"The child is about to report to his father." Tang Jue smiled.He had known that his father would like this wife.
After that, the marriage was decided.There were no wedding invitations, no wedding banquet, and no auspicious day was chosen. Tang Jue asked Cui Huan to serve tea in front of several elders, called Tang Yan "Dad", and the wedding was over.After all, this is not a dignified matter, and no one in the Tang family wants to make it public.
The only person who came to watch the ceremony was Tang Gu, who was 15 years old this year.But he didn't arrive on time. After Cui Huan called her father, he walked into the hall. Tang Yan noticed that his finger joints were scratched and there were blood stains on them.
"Making trouble on your brother's big day?" Tang Yan severely scolded Tang Gu in front of his elders, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Cousin Jia said that my second brother married a bitch. I taught him to be polite." Tang Gu said coldly, "When my sister-in-law enters the Tang Clan, she will have status. With status, she will have respect and inferiority. Tang Clan It’s a place with rules.”
Tang Jue gave Tang Gu a grateful look.Among all the brothers, only Tang Gu was the closest to him.
Tang Jia's jaw and seven bones were broken. It took him three months to recover from his injuries before he could get out of bed. After that, his speech was slurred.Tang Gu first carried him to the doctor, and then rushed back to attend the wedding.
After that, no one dared to call Cuihuan a "whore", at least in front of Tang Jue, his wife and Tang Gu.
On their wedding night, Cui Huan asked Tang Jue for something for the first time. "Help me find some books." Cui Huan said, "I don't read much and don't know much about literacy. You teach me how to read."
"You haven't read much and you're so busy. If I ask you to read more, why don't you go to heaven?" Tang Jue said with a smile.
"If I'm in heaven, you won't be on earth." Cui Huan said, "Go and discuss with dad and help me with an errand."
"What errand do you want?" Tang Gu was surprised, "Why don't you help me deal with the execution hall?"
Cui Huan frowned: "Not enough."
Tang Jue said: "The Tang Sect has never allowed women to take charge of affairs. Wifes with knowledge and connections always help their husbands behind their backs. It's not that my father won't agree if I don't help."
Cui Huan thought for a while and said, "Then wait."
Tang Jue knew what Cui Huan meant when he said "wait".On the wedding night, this wife was not charming at all. Instead, she talked about business matters. Thinking of how simple the wedding was, Tang Jue couldn't help but reached out and stroked her hair and said, "We are getting married today. I have wronged you."
Cui Huan shook her head and said, "Those are all empty and irrelevant." She stood up, undressed Tang Jue, and Tang Jue blew out the candle.
Early the next morning, Tang Jue went to thank Tang Gu.This brother is different from the other brothers. He was born in the fourth house, his mother died early, he has no one to help him, he doesn't like to show off, and he has no interest in taking charge.Tang Gu was only fifteen, and when he was young and vigorous, he spent all his extra energy on practicing martial arts. He practiced martial arts in the morning, practiced martial arts in the afternoon, and continued practicing martial arts at night with the lights on.When Tang Jue went to see him, he was practicing boxing and punched a set of Wind-Breaking Claws five or six times. Tang Jue watched him fight for more than an hour. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely before he drank the water. He handed him the sweat towel and said, "Don't be in a hurry to drink water. Take a breath before drinking."
"I know." The two brothers sat side by side on the stone. Tang Gu took a few breaths and asked, "Second brother, do you really like second sister-in-law?" He was always direct and never beat around the bush. After asking, he didn't wait for Tang Jue to answer and raised his head. He drank from the kettle.While drinking, he suddenly choked out a mouthful of water with a "pop" sound. He coughed several times and asked with a disgusted look on his face: "What was added to this water? It smells bad!"
"The Qi replenishing prescription I asked the doctor to prepare for you was very expensive, so you wasted it." Tang Jue said regretfully.
Tang Gu showed a disgusted expression: "Have you ever drank it? It's smelly and fishy!"
Tang Jue said: "If you don't like it, just add some sugar."
"No need!" Tang Gu drank a pot of potion and said, "Auntie doesn't like my sister-in-law. If you don't really like her, marrying her will be a disgrace to your elder brother."
"It's still unclear who will have the last laugh." Tang Jue said with a smile, "Didn't you see how she teased my sister-in-law that day?"
"I've been talking for a long time, but you haven't answered me yet." Tang Gu took out the caltrops from his pocket and shot it at the wooden stake. With a "grab" sound, it was just inches away from the center of the wooden stake.Among the Tang Sect's Kung Fu, Tang Gu was the worst at learning hidden weapons. Because shooting hidden weapons required flexibility and suppleness of the wrists, Tang Gu had practiced too many outer sect hard skills. A pair of iron palms could split bricks and break wood, which was not good for him. Practice concealed weapons.
Tang Jue also took out a money dart from his sleeve pocket and threw it, hitting the center of the wooden stake.
"As long as she can help me bring down my eldest brother, I like it. As for women, there are plenty of them." Tang Jue replied.
Cui Huan did not disappoint Tang Jue. She was able to manage all Tang Jue's official affairs clearly and clearly. She exposed all Tang Mie's mistakes one by one. In just two years, the second young master's laughing stock became the eldest young master's nightmare.
This year, Cui Huan waited for her opportunity.Jinyu Villa owed money and food for three years. The Tang Sect sent envoys to demand payment, but he was tied up on the mountain. The Tang Sect sent envoys to pursue the case again, but there was still no response.This was considered a rebellion, and Tang Yan became furious and ordered Tang Jue to lead his men to annihilate him.Jinyu Villa is located in Quelong Mountain in northern Guizhou. It is just a small sect with 400 people. However, the terrain of Quelong Mountain is dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The people in the villa are good at archery, so they can easily attack in an ambush.Tang Jue looked at the terrain map and was at a loss for what to do. He thought that he might have to recruit two to three thousand disciples to capture Quelong Mountain. This was no small plan, so he had to ask Cui Huan what he meant.
"If you want to rebel, why kidnap an envoy? The best thing to do is to send the head back to Tangmen for demonstration and intimidation. Jinyu Villa is only a small sect with 400 people, and it has not contacted the surrounding sects. There is no news beforehand. What's more, there was a drought in northern Guizhou last year. There may not be any food in reserve, so just rebel when you say it, how can this be reasonable? He must have been pushed into a hurry, and he was helpless for a moment, so he had to tie up the envoy. There are no casualties yet, if you want to lead people to attack the mountain, then you have to rebel." Cui Huan said.
Tang Jue thought about it over and over again and felt that what Cui Huan said was very reasonable, so he asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Cui Huan said: "If you lead the troops there, you will only scare them. Let me go."
Let a second young lady from the Tang clan who doesn't know martial arts go deep into the enemy camp?Tang Jue said: "If I'm going too, how can it be you? Besides, what if they take you hostage?"
"They can rest assured that I don't know martial arts." Cui Huan said, "I will bring a death potion with me. If they want to kidnap me, I will commit suicide. Then you can attack the mountain."
This is a dangerous plan, but if it succeeds, the troubles at Jinyu Villa can be solved without spending a single soldier, which is a great achievement.
Tang Jue refused.
"I will send another envoy to persuade him to surrender." Tang Jue said, "You are the second young lady, you cannot take such a risk."
"The envoys are useful. The envoys sent the second time have come back early. They are riding a tiger and are worried and scared. If they don't speak with weight, they won't believe it."
Tang Jue still felt it was dangerous and did not agree after all.
Early the next morning, Tang Jue discovered that Cui Huan had left without saying goodbye. He quickly sent someone to notify the nearby Jinyu Villa to gather at the foot of Quelong Mountain. He led the elite of the Tang clan and rushed to help.
When they arrived at Quelong Mountain, they saw Cui Huan tying up an old man and leading four released prisoners down the mountain.Tang Jue was overjoyed and hurriedly rode up to meet him, asking, "What's going on?"
Cuihuan said: "The villa has had bad harvests for several years and suffered from drought, so it really can't pay the money and food. The messenger said it to death. The old owner of the villa was confused in a moment of urgency. He arrested someone and didn't know how to deal with it. Now he's here to take the blame."
When the group returned to Tangmen, Tang Yan didn't expect that this thing would be lifted up and put down gently. He couldn't help but get carried away with his surprise, and laughed and said: "Since the envoy is rude, the old village owner is also confused, so let him go." Let’s go! I owe you money and food for these three years first, and I’ll pay you back later when you have more money.”
Cui Huan said, "Dad, this is inappropriate."
"Oh?" Tang Yan asked in surprise, "What?"
"By tying an envoy, you can default on money and food. Why don't other sects follow suit? How will the Tang Sect lead the Sichuan and Guizhou sects in the future?" Cuihuan said, "The old sect needs to be punished before it can imitate. As for money and food, it was not exempted before. , and we can’t default on this matter, we have to collect it.”
Tang Miezheng, who was on the side, was jealous of Tang Jue's achievements. When he saw Cui Huan correcting his father, he immediately shouted: "You killed the old manor owner. The other sects saw it and only said that we were unkind. Didn't you make the people below you cold?"
Tang Yan frowned and asked, "How do you plan to deal with it?"
Cui Huan said: "Replace money and food with labor. It is only appropriate to select disciples from the villa who are good at archery to go to Gansu and work with the skilled craftsmen there to develop and improve the Tang Sect's sleeve arrows. If they are made, they will be exempted from money and food for seven years. This is only appropriate." "
Tang Yan looked at Cui Huan, and after a long while he said: "Do as you say." After saying that, he closed his eyes and asked again, "You have made great contributions, what reward do you want?"
Cui Huan said: "My wife wants to be the deputy head of the execution hall."
As soon as these words came out, not only Tang Mie, but also all the brothers from the Tang clan started making a fuss and scolded Cui Huan for being fanciful.The third child, Tang Zi, also said: "Dad, if you let a woman take charge of things, you will be laughed at!"
Cui Huan said slowly: "There are many female leaders in Hengshan."
Tang Du scolded: "This is Sichuan! You want to be a nun in Hunan, but you are in the wrong place!"
Tang Yan waved his hands to stop his sons from continuing to make noise, then looked at Cui Huan and slowly shook his head.When everyone thought he rejected Cui Huan, he said again: "It's too fast. Let's start with Master Xingtang and assist Jue'er."
Tang Jue took Cui Huan's hand and said, "Daughter-in-law, I'd like to give you some advice on the affairs of the execution hall from now on." Although he smiled, he didn't know why, but he actually hoped that his father would not agree to Cui Huan's request.
Cui Huan said that no matter how many concubines Tang Jue took, she didn't ask. She did keep her promise, but there was one condition. No concubines other than her could have children.Tang Jue waited until Cui Huan was pregnant in the third year before taking a maid named Xiu Feng as his concubine. Firstly, it was because the position of being in charge was undecided and there were many things to worry about in the execution hall; Cui Huan's mood.
He was always a little afraid of this wife.
After Tang Jinyang was born, another big event happened in the Tang clan.The widow of Tang Dynasty fell in love with a famous prostitute when she went to the public office in Hengshan.The famous prostitutes in Hengshan brothels are extraordinary and difficult to get close to if they are not from aristocratic families. They are not in the same status as prostitutes like Cui Huan.However, this prostitute was also attracted by a direct descendant of the Peng family of the Beggar Clan. Both parties were hired at the same time, and they were jealous of each other and refused to give in. The prostitute was timid by nature and was afraid that she would offend the other by choosing one party, so she could only delay it.In anger, Tang's widow actually issued a writ of vengeance, demanding a life-or-death relationship with the direct lineage of the Peng family.
This is a shocking event. Although the Peng family is just a sect under the Beggar Clan, it is spread out and powerful. It is as powerful as Songshan. If the two families have been feuding for three generations, why should there be corpses everywhere?
Tang Yan was so furious that he suppressed his hatred and sent Tang Mi, who was on good terms with Tang's ministers, to persuade him.Tang Mioku's persuasion failed, and things were about to get into trouble. Cui Huan had just given birth to Tang Jinyang for two days, and she didn't even sit for the month of confinement, so she immediately led the troops to Hengshan day and night.
After she arrived in Hunan, she pretended to assist Tang Zi, first set up a trap to catch him, and then sent people to capture the prostitute. She recruited the direct descendants of the Peng family and asked them three times in front of them who the prostitute was.The prostitute was too frightened to answer, so she cut off the prostitute's head, sent someone to take the widow back to Tangmen, and went to Hengshan to plead guilty to the crime of reckless murder.
When the head of Hengshan learned the whole story, he did not pursue Cui Huan for murder. After all, they were both members of the Nine Families, so it would be troublesome to pursue the matter.She only asked Cui Huan to make a poisonous oath to never set foot in Hengshan Mountain for the rest of his life.
After that, Cui Huan became the deputy head of the execution hall. Everyone in the Tang family did not despise her, but only respected her. Tang Mie and Tang Wu regarded her as a more important enemy than Tang Jue.
Also in this year, Tang Jue took in his second concubine.Her name is Wen Yi, and as her name suggests, she is always gentle.The Wen family was one of the medicine merchants of the Tang Sect. Wen Yi was young and wanted to see more of the world, so he clamored to accompany his father to deliver medicine to the Tang Sect.Father Wen couldn't resist his daughter, so he took her into the Tang Sect while delivering medicine, and met Tang Jue.
They fell in love almost at first sight.She has the completely opposite qualities to Cui Huan. Cui Huan didn't know how to read until she arrived in Tang Dynasty, but Wen Yi has been reading poetry since childhood. Cui Huan is aggressive, but Wen Yi is always soft-spoken.Tang Jue claimed to be a romantic man, and worked hard on the flute. Wen Yi was good at playing the qin. The flute could not be tuned, but the qin could be tuned.
As for Cui Huan, if the gavel in the execution hall can be considered a musical instrument, she is a good player...
As the second young master of the Tang clan, only one word was enough to marry a rich man, but Tang Jue still treated her with utmost courtesy. He visited Wen Yi personally, talked to Wen Yi, recited poems, and even took Wen Yi to visit Sichuan. Famous mountains and beautiful waters, it wasn't until Wen Yi nodded shyly that he welcomed her into the Tang Sect.
After marrying Wen Yi, Tang Jue put all his energy into this concubine, reciting poems and singing harmony with her, playing the piano and drinking with her, and lived a happy life every day.As for the matter in the execution hall, Cui Huan can handle it alone. It doesn't matter whether he is there or not.
One day, Tang Jue was so drunk that he got up after midnight.As soon as he walked to the living room, he saw Tang Gu waiting for him.
"It's already past midnight," Tang Gu said, "I've never seen you get up so late before."
"Your sister-in-law has already taken care of everything, so you don't need me." Tang Juexiao asked, "Have you had breakfast? I asked Mrs. Wen to cook two plates of side dishes. She is very good at cooking."
"How long has it been since you last seen Jinyang?" Tang Gu asked.Tang Jue frowned: "Sister-in-law, do you want you to call me back?"
"My sister-in-law didn't ask me to come, I came on my own. Two days ago, she arranged for me to enter the Wei Hall." Tang Gu said, "That's the fifth brother's place."
Tang Jue nodded and said: "In the past, the sixth brother helped the eldest brother, the fourth brother helped the third brother, and the fifth brother didn't help anyone. She is the deputy boss now. She asked you to get close to the fifth brother and build a good relationship, too. Foresight.”
Tang Gu shook his head and said: "Sister-in-law wants me to find fault with fifth brother and help her rise to power."
Tang Jue was stunned.Tang Gu is very affectionate. Although he is the best among the brothers, he wants him to plot against his brothers...
"Sister-in-law said that they would make mistakes in front of me because they would not be wary of me." Tang Gu poured the tea and continued, "After the Hengshan incident, the third brother had no hope. My sister-in-law tried to win over the fourth brother, but the third brother turned to his eldest brother. .”
"Dad is still in his prime, it's too early to worry about this." Tang Jue said, "I see that your three brothers are no match for your sister-in-law."
"Second brother, go see Jinyang." Tang Gu said, "He can't even call him daddy anymore."
Tang Jue was silent.
He went to see his son that afternoon.Cui Huan went to the official office of the execution hall. The wet nurse gave the young master to Tang Jue. Tang Jue held her in her arms. Tang Jinyang called him daddy several times. Tang Jue was so happy that he held the child up. Unexpectedly, Tang Jinyang was so scared that he started to cry. I was in a hurry and couldn't coax her to behave, so I had to let the nanny take her back, feeling quite depressed.After a while, Cui Huan came back and was not surprised to see him. He only asked when he came.
"I came right after lunch." Tang Jue said, "The child is afraid of heights."
Cui Huan said, "How about we hug him and play with him for a few days?"
Tang Jue nodded.
Cui Huan asked again: "How long has it been since you went to Xiu Feng?"
Tang Jue asked: "What's wrong?"
Cui Huan said: "If you don't like someone, send her away while she's still young and develop a jealous wife. You'll just bring chaos to the family."
Tang Jue nodded and said, "I will arrange it."
Cui Huan added: "I go to the torture hall from time to time. Dad doesn't know you are lazy yet, so don't let big brother take advantage of it."
Tang Jue asked: "Do you have anything else to say?"
Cui Huan thought for a while and said, "No more."
"How about I stay here tonight?" Tang Jue said.
"Okay." Cui Huan nodded, neither happy nor disgusted, just like always.
That night, Tang Jue tossed and turned beside Cui Huan, unable to sleep. He got up and looked at the moonlight outside the window, feeling nothing but coldness.
"Can't sleep? Do you want to go to Mother Wen's place to sleep?"
He turned around and saw that Cui Huan was also awake.He stared at Cuihuan in the faint moonlight, and could not see his face clearly except for the cold moonlight clothes.
Cui Huan put on a robe and got out of bed, and she also put one on for him.It seems a little warmer, Tang Jue thought, when he saw Cui Huan holding the lamp, looking at him by the light, and asked: "What's on your mind?" A face that could only be considered attractive at best, and a thin figure... Tang Jue Jue realized that he cared so much about this woman and couldn't help but blurt out: "You married into the Tang Clan just to seize power?"
"You married me back? Isn't that why?" Cui Huan asked.
Tang Jue was speechless for a moment.
Cui Huan said calmly: "If you want to be in charge, I'll let you take charge. If you want to be in charge, I'll help you grab it. I'm not interested in your handsome character, and you're not interested in my beauty. We both have ideas. If you change your mind and don't want to be in charge, I'll tell you."
"What if I really don't want to be a kid anymore?" Tang Jue asked, "What should I do?"
Cui Huan said: "Let seventh brother be the one. Although he has a bad temper, he still listens to you."
Tang Jue said again: "If I don't want Lao Qi to be in charge, then I don't want to take care of things, so what?"
Cui Huan said: "There are always candidates you like in the Tang Sect, pick one."
"No." Tang Jue asked, "I just don't want you to take care of things, so what?"
"You're not a child anymore," Cui Huan said, "Don't be like Jin Yang, who gets upset if you can't learn calligraphy."
Tang Jue was stunned for a long time, then suddenly laughed.He finally understood the reason for his long-term depression.He just hopes that this woman will surrender to him and hopes that he can defeat her, but so what?There were many men who were not as good as her, but no one conquered this woman. She finally became his wife.As for whether he loves her or not, whether he is loved by her or not, he has already found Wen Yi. His gentle methods, romance and romance, can't he use them in the same way?Just like Cui Huan said, why should he be angry?
Cui Huan looked at him and laughed, "Puff", and also laughed.He has never seen Cui Huanxiao again since he came to Tangmen.He remembered the appearance of Cui Huan when he was still the smiling Cui Huan in Qunfang Tower. At that time, he knew nothing about this woman and still entrusted his life to her hands.
The next day, Tang Juemao got up, washed himself, and went to the execution hall to work.In the afternoon, Tang Jue took Tang Jinyang back to Wen Yi's room. Wen Yi liked children very much and took good care of him. He also taught him how to read and recite poems, but Tang Jinyang was slow to learn because of his dull aptitude.Sometimes when Tang Jue came back and saw him, he couldn't help but mutter a few words. The child was scolded and cried, so Wen Yi had to keep coaxing him.A month later, Tang Jinyang said he missed his mother, so Tang Jue sent him back to Cuihuan.
That night, Wen Yi suddenly hugged Tang Jue and whispered in his ear: "I want a child."
Tang Jue was suddenly startled.
"We agreed not to have children." Tang Jue said, "You can't have children."
Wen Yi bit his lip and said nothing more.
If it were Xiu Feng, just these words would be enough to drive her out, but he loved this woman after all. The only difference was her status as wife and concubine, and the only difference was her child.
In this way, day after day, three years passed.In the past few years, the Tang Sect's battle for direct succession has been finalized. Tang Gu has become the deputy head of the Wei Hall. Although the two military and defensive halls are still controlled by the older generation, it is only a matter of time before Tang Gu takes over the Wei Hall.Cui Huan was promoted to the head of the Gongtang Hall.As for the other brothers, the fifth brother was transferred to guard the border, and the third brother was still out of power. Only the eldest brother in charge of the accounting room was left. Tang Jue was already sure. He was just waiting for Cuihuan to confirm the news. After this incident, the next person of the Tang Sect He is in charge.
One day, Wen Yi looked pale and vomited after having breakfast. Tang Jue said he wanted to see a doctor, but Wen Yi quickly refused.Tang Jue originally wanted to stay with her, but Wen Yi said no and urged him to go to the execution hall for work.
That afternoon, after he finished his business and was worried about Wen Yi, he went back an hour early, only to see his family's doctor walking out of the room. Wen Yi couldn't help but give instructions, and the doctor nodded and bowed.Tang Jue became suspicious and pretended not to know. He went into the room and asked Wen Yi, "Are you feeling better? Do you want to find a doctor for you?"
Wen Yi pretended to smile and said, "I asked Doctor Li to take a look, and he said it was fine."
Tang Jue frowned, an ominous premonition rising from the bottom of his heart.
"You must be happy, right?"
Wen Yi turned pale and fell to the ground: "Don't let sister know about this..."
Tang Jue sat at the table and pressed his forehead tightly. How could Cui Huan not know about this?She was obviously very careful, Wen Yi must have deceived her and got pregnant.
"This child cannot be kept," Tang Jue said, "You will die."
"That's your son!" Wen Yi cried, "I just want to have a son with you, or a daughter! Just one, one is enough!"
Tang Jue's heart moved. Why didn't he want to have more sons?But he knew that hiding Cui Huan would only be more detrimental.
"I begged your sister to see if she would keep the child."
Wen Yi was shocked and said, "Sister will kill our mother and son!"
Tang Jue smiled bitterly: "You don't understand your sister. If you hide it from her, you will die even more."
Wen Yi said: "Then I'll go with you! I'll beg my sister! This child won't fight with his son!"
If you want to keep the child, begging for mercy is absolutely useless. Tang Jue knew that, so he didn't take Wen Yi with him.Although he loved this woman deeply, she was too clumsy, and those chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs were just useless words in front of Cui Huan.
It's just that I have never been so nervous talking to my wife in my life.
Cui Huan frowned.Tang Jue tried to see something in her eyes, but Cui Huan didn't show surprise or anger, but seemed to be reproachful.
"Why is it so easy to be deceived? Or have you planned it too?" Cui Huan asked.
"I lied to you, how can I keep this child? It's not up to you to live or die." Tang Jue said, "We have agreed on this matter, and I will listen to you."
"What if I say I can't keep him?" Cui Huan asked, "You don't want this child anymore?"
"I feel sorry for you. Mother Wen will fight to the death with me. I promise, this child will not compete with Jinyang." Tang Jue said, "Mother Wen doesn't understand scheming, she can't beat you."
"The Tang Sect does not pass down the virtuous to the direct descendants. Jinyang is five years old, and you can see that this child... is a fool."
Tang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if he's more like you or more like me."
"Since I'm a fool, I must stay closer to you and farther away from me." Cui Huan fell into deep thought, and after a while, he said, "I have thought about killing the son to leave the mother, and I have also thought about killing the mother to leave the son, but neither is good. You I really like Mother Wen, but I can’t bear to kill my son. Mother Wen is filled with hatred, so it’s hard for her to be sincere to you. If it had been earlier, I would have killed both of them, but these days, I don’t want to have another child. If he is better than Jinyang is more like you, he will be a smart boy, and maybe he can inherit your mantle. But you know why I don't let my concubine have children."
Tang Jue knew that once he had a child, his heart would be unstable. Every mother wanted her child to be well. Even if his biological brothers fought so fiercely, how many of his half-brothers could be as close as Tang Gu was to him?Chaos started at home, which meant he would be distracted. Cui Huan didn't want to focus on this.
"Keep it," Cui Huan said, "It's a matter of fighting over Jin Yang. If Wen Niang is safe and sound, and the child is smart, and asks him to leave a way for Jin Yang to survive when he grows up, that will be enough."
At this point, Tang Jue's heart finally fell.
Then, Cui Huan said again: "To be honest, the accounting room managed by my eldest brother is indeed not clean."
Tang Jue said "Oh?" and asked, "Can you get the account book?"
Cui Huan shook his head and said: "This is not easy. I bribed several of his men and wanted to make a handwritten copy. As long as I found the fake accounts and verified them with the merchants, I could kill him. But he did not leak anything. I don’t know where the ledger is.”
Tang Jue said: "You have checked this, there must be a way."
Cui Huan said: "Wait for a few more days to see the news."
Tang Jue smiled, there was so much good news today that he couldn't bear it. Wen Niang was pregnant, Cui Huan didn't pursue it, and the position of being in charge was almost in his pocket.
He returned to the room and told Wen Yi about Cui Huan's decision. Wen Yi was so happy that he wanted to fly and quickly said he wanted to thank his sister.Tang Jue smiled and said, "Thank you for what, for not killing me?"
Wen Yi's expression changed and he asked, "Sister, won't you change your mind?"
Tang Jue held her in his arms and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about that. Cui Huan doesn't want to give birth to a second child."
A wife who is smart and capable and can solve everything, a concubine who is beautiful and considerate, who is in love with her, and the head of the Nine Families. Any one of these is enough for a person to boast about for a lifetime. Who else in the world can have both? Lucky than yourself?
Tang Jue was simply grateful to the Yebang assassin who plotted against him in Fuzhou, and wanted to build an immortal tablet for him.Of course, he must also thank the mastermind behind the assassination, although he probably guessed that it was either the eldest brother or the third brother.
Life is like this, what more can I ask for?
From then on, Wen Yi would go to Cui Huan to pay his respects every few days. Firstly, it was to show that he had no second thoughts, and secondly, it was to get closer to her. After all, after having a child, he had to be careful about this sister at all times.
Cui Huan always greeted her with a lukewarm attitude, not even bothering to ask her for help. She usually just taught her to be careful about raising the fetus and had nothing else to say.
One day, Wen Yi went to Cui Huan's room to say hello as usual, but Cui Huan was not there. After waiting for a while, she saw an open book on the table, which was a handwritten account book.She was a merchant, and she could tell there was something wrong at a glance. She checked carefully and found that several losses had been covered up by clever tricks.She knew that her husband was fighting fiercely with his eldest brother, and this account could kill him.
When she heard the footsteps, she quickly turned the account back to the original page. When she saw Cui Huan come in, she said hello.Cui Huan asked her to leave with a few words of lukewarm concern.
At night, Tang Jue looked happy. When Wen Yi asked what he was happy about, Tang Jue smiled and said, "Brother, I'm done." He added, "You don't have to go to Cui Huan to say hello tomorrow, she's going out."
"Where to go?" Wen Yi asked.
"Why do you care about this?" Tang Jue hugged Wen Yi and said with a smile, "When the child is born, we will cultivate him well and he may be the next person in charge."
Wen Yi smiled a little reluctantly.
Early the next morning, a carriage drove out of Tangmen's Thirteenth Entrance Courtyard.As soon as the carriage left Guan County, more than [-] fast horses caught up with it.
Seeing that there were pursuers, the carriage ran even faster, but the carriage was not as fast as the horses after all, and it was surrounded by horses before it could escape for a moment.The more than twenty horses were circling around the carriage, in broad daylight, and everyone on them was wearing a mask.The groom shouted: "This is the Tang Clan's carriage. How could a horse thief dare to rob the Tang Clan's carriage? Aren't they afraid of being wiped out?!"
One of them whistled, and without saying hello, the three horses and three men rushed towards the carriage with their swords drawn.The groom shouted: "Are you desperate for your life? This is the Tang Sect's car!" Just after he finished speaking, the robber slashed with his knife and chopped the groom to the ground.The three people jumped up from their horses and landed in front of the carriage. One of them got in, and the carriage suddenly shook violently. After a while, there was no more movement.
The remaining two people looked at each other, and the leader of the bandits was also surprised. He nodded, and the two of them got in.This time it was the same as before, the carriage shook violently, but there were a few more screams from men, and after a while, two corpses were thrown out.
At this time, the horse bandits knew that there was a master hidden in the car. The leader blew another whistle, and the remaining twenty horses circled the carriage. Two people on the left and right sides charged, and stabbed the car window with their knives. If people can't dodge, there will be more transparent holes.
The four of them pulled out their knives, but there was no blood on them. When they were surprised, they reached out a hand from the car window, grabbed one of the robbers, and pulled him from his horse to the car window.The man was tall, and his limbs were stuck outside the window and he couldn't move. He just kept shaking and dancing. The carriage shook a few more times. The man screamed, rolled his eyes, and slowly fell. There was a deep fist mark in the pit of his heart. .
The leader of the horse bandit changed his expression. He already knew who was in the car. Only one of the Tang clan brothers had such skill.
A young man walked out of the car, with a strong back and strong muscles, but who was he if he wasn't Tang Gu?
"Brother, stop covering up!" Tang Gu said, "I have the account book you want! Do you want to kill your brother and then seize the account book?"
"I don't know what you are talking about!" said the masked man in the lead, "Killing people and taking wealth, it's that simple!" He pulled out the knife, showing that he was going to act recklessly.
"The second sister-in-law said that if you want the account books, I will give them back to you!" Tang Gu said, taking out a thick stack of account books from his arms and throwing them in front of the horse bandit.The leader of the horse bandits got off his horse, picked up the account book and looked at it. After turning a few pages, he threw the account book to the ground and roared: "This is false!"
Tang Gu said: "It was originally a fake! My sister-in-law never got the real account book, and I couldn't sue you in front of my father, so I made this fake one to confuse the real one! You thought that your sister-in-law had a copy and wanted to check the accounts, but you were afraid that something would happen. , intercepted midway!"
Now that the matter has come to this, Tang Mie no longer hides it, pulls off his mask and says, "So that's it! So what? Without a ledger, what can you do to me?"
Tang Gu said: "I'm going to tell daddy and ask him to check your account!"
Tang Mie said: "Then you must be able to go back! Are you good at martial arts, better than these twenty or so people?"
While he was talking, dust and sand suddenly flew up in the direction of Guanxian County, and about a hundred cavalry guards came straight towards them. The leader was none other than Tang Jue.Just listen to him shout loudly: "Dad, are you okay?!"
"Dad?" Tang Mie was stunned and looked at the carriage.
A person walked out of the carriage, it was Tang Yan.
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Tang Jue looked solemn. Just a few days ago, he was the luckiest man in the world.
"I tried her, but if she doesn't change her mind, it will just be a waste of time for dad and seventh brother."
Cui Huan said, with neither resentment nor anger on her face. After all, she had won a great victory.
"She still has my son in her belly!" Tang Jue lowered his head, "She is my favorite woman!"
"If this wasn't a trap set by me, I would be the one who died." Cui Huan said, "I have already said that when I become a mother, I want to fight more for my son."
Tang Jue wanted to say that she would never dare to do it again, but he knew that this excuse was stupid.
"You handle it, there's no need to kill her," Cui Huan said.
Tang Jue was surprised. He didn't expect Cui Huan to be so magnanimous.
"Only you, me, and seventh brother know about this matter. As long as we say that Wen Niang conspired with us, my eldest brother can't figure out the details. No one knows what she did."
"In the future, you will be the head of the Tang Sect, and I will be the head's wife. Without you and without me, we would not be where we are today, and we will continue to do so in the future."
"You are my husband, and I cannot let my husband kill the woman he loves most."
"I have only one condition."
Tang Jue hurriedly asked: "What are the conditions?"
"We will be busy with more things in the future, so don't let her come to say hello and waste time." Cui Huan said, "Everyone should do their own thing, isn't it good?"
Tang Jue laughed and walked quickly to Wen Niang's room.
It has passed, and luck is still on his side. Maybe there is no love between him and Cui Huan, but it does not mean that they cannot rely on each other.
It doesn't matter whether Cui Huan relied on his identity to reach the pinnacle of power, or whether he relied on Cui Huan's ability to become the head of the Tang Sect. They were parasitic on each other, feeding on each other, and no one could live without the other.
Tang Jue came outside Wen Niang's house, but the lights were not on.He suddenly felt strong uneasiness and quickly rushed to the room and pushed open the door.
He saw Wen Yi falling to the ground, with a stream of black blood flowing out from between her legs. He shouted for help, lit a lamp, helped Wen Yi up, and asked crying, "What's going on? What's going on?" "
He saw the medicine bottle in Wen Yi's hand, picked it up and smelled it. It was "no grass can grow", one of the most powerful death medicines.
She ate the whole can.
He hugged Wen Yi tightly and cried, "Why are you doing this?!"
Wen Yi opened her eyes and said weakly: "I heard... that my sister was okay... I knew... I was finished..." She touched Tang Jue's cheek, "I'm really... so scared... I'm afraid... … My sister wants to have a baby again, will she… go back on her word… will she… kill my child? I’m really scared… so scared…”
Tang Jue didn't defend himself. What was the point of defending Cui Huan at this moment?After all, Wen Yi doesn't understand Cuihuan. How many people in this world can understand Cuihuan?
"I don't want... to let my child die... in your hands... like this... you... will... be... sad for the rest of your life... so I have to..."
Her eyes were out of focus, and she wanted to say something more, but she couldn't.Tang Jue held her hand, waiting for the body in his arms to gradually become cold, and the blood spread to his feet.
The lights suddenly went out.
After Wen Yi's death, Cuihuan immediately announced Wen Yi's crime and said that Tang Jue executed Wen Yi himself.
Since she can no longer be saved, let her death be more valuable and let people in the Tang family know how fair and ruthless the methods of Tang Jue and his wife are.
Tang Jue watched Wen Yi being buried with his unborn child, with no tears in his eyes.
Cui Huan accompanies him.
When the last handful of soil was covered, Cui Huan held his hand.
"Let's have another one. They won't both be idiots."
Tang Jue nodded and left side by side with Cui Huan.
A few years later, Tang Yan became seriously ill and called Tang Jue to his bedside to make him the leader.
Tang Jue shook his head and said to his father: "Father, if you want the Tang Clan to be peaceful and prosperous in the next few decades, make me the head of the Tang Clan. I can ensure the peace of the Tang Clan. But if you want the Tang Clan to be peaceful, Competing with the heroes, and commanding the world in Kunlun, you should let Cui Huan take charge."
Tang Yan's eyes shone with light and he asked, "Can she... be able to?"
"If she can't do it, no one in the Tang Sect can do it."
"She has a foreign surname and a low background. I'm afraid my uncles and brothers won't accept her."
"Just leave this matter to Hai'er and Cui Huan to worry about."
Tang Jue looked at Tang Yan, and the father and son looked at each other and smiled.
(End of this chapter)
When Tang Jue decided to take Cui Huan home, he knew something was going to happen.
He has never been afraid of trouble. If he is afraid of trouble, he will not be able to compete for the top job.He is ambitious and wants to achieve great things, and Cui Huan is definitely the best wife to help him.
With such full confidence, he endured the ridicule of his brothers and the questioning of his father Tang Yan.
"You want to marry a prostitute?" Tang Yan frowned, confused and angry, "Can you afford this shame?"
"It's not a shame." Tang Jue answered his father, "Beautiful women are used to sleep with, and women from well-known families are used to build relationships. Cui Huan has the ability and will be a good wife for the children."
"What skills? Skills in bed?" He heard the sarcastic laughter of his third brother, Tang Zi.
"She has a life-saving grace for the child." Tang Jue said, "The child brought her back for the good of the Tang clan."
"You were kicked in the head by a donkey, do you want a prostitute to help?" Tang Jue heard his father raise his voice slightly. Tang Yan had always been a person who kept his emotions secret, so this was enough to show his displeasure, "Tangmen Are there no talents left?”
Tang Juedao: "There are never too many talents."
"The most she can do is be a concubine!" Tang Yan's tone was stern, leaving no room for negotiation.
"I will not be a concubine." Cui Huan finally said, "I will only be a wife." She held her head high.Everyone in this hall is a prominent figure in the world, and any one of them can kill ten or eight prostitutes like her with just a finger. Can't she see that her father is already angry?Tang Jue thought to himself, but Cui Huan didn't look timid at all.
"If Jue'er is not allowed to marry you, what will happen to you?" Tang Yan asked, "Behaving badly? Making a scene?"
Cui Huan said: "I will kill some of the real wives he marries."
Tang Jue heard Cui Huan say this in Qunfang Tower, and now he heard it again.Tang Jue heard roars of laughter, all coming from his brothers, the contenders to become the next leader.They might not really find it funny, but it was always right to laugh at him and embarrass him in front of his father.
He heard his sister-in-law ask: "How are you going to kill them? You are very good at martial arts. How can you kill every one you see?"
Cui Huan shook his head: "I don't know martial arts."
Hearing what she said, the sister-in-law even laughed so much that she held her stomach and looked very exaggerated.Cui Huan stepped forward and slapped her sister-in-law hard, causing everyone onlookers to scream in surprise.
The sister-in-law's surname is Guo, and her name is Guo Zi. She is the daughter of the leader of the Tianxing Sect. Although her martial arts skills are not excellent, she is not a weak woman either.When she saw Cui Huan waving her hand, she had quick eyes and quick hands. She grabbed her wrist with her right hand and cursed: "I told you to act bad!" Then she gave Cui Huan a hot slap on the face with her left palm, causing Cui Huan to stagger. .She was proud that she had offended her second brother in front of her husband and wanted to scold her again. Suddenly, her mouth softened. It turned out that Cui Huan took advantage of this fall and reached out to cover her mouth, stuffing something into her. In the mouth.At this moment, she was about to curse, but she choked on her accent, her throat tightened, and she actually swallowed the thing.
Guo Zi's martial arts skills were not high, and he was scornful of Cui Huan, so he was unexpectedly attacked by a sneak attack.Tangmen's poison is the most dangerous. Guo Zi was shocked, grabbed Cuihuan and asked, "What did you give me?!" She wanted to hit Cuihuan again, Tang Jue rushed to stop her, and her eldest brother Tang Mie also Pull the wife away.Guo Zi was shocked and angry. She grabbed Tang Mie and said anxiously: "She gave me poison! She gave me poison!"
Tang Mie hurriedly asked his wife, "How are you feeling now?" Guo Zi tilted his body, feeling dizzy, and said, "I feel dizzy and sweating..." Tang Mie was even more frightened, and shouted at Cui Huan and asked: " What did you give her?!" He turned to Tang Jue and asked, "What medicine did you give her? Tell me quickly!"
Tang Jue didn't know how to answer for a while, so he also asked Cui Huan: "What did you feed your sister-in-law?"
Cui Huan's mouth was still stained with blood, his face was calm, but he didn't answer.Tang Mie stretched out his hand to grab Cui Huan. This time he used his true martial arts to violently hurt someone.Tang Jue intervened and shouted: "Brother, this is my wife!" The two started fighting in the hall.
Tang Mie scolded: "She poisoned your sister-in-law!" The others had already gathered around. Some called for doctor, others were busy pouring water, and more people gathered around the aunt to take care of her. The scene became a mess.Guo Zi retreated to the corner of the hall, stretched out his hands and kept digging his throat to induce vomiting, but he only vomited a few mouthfuls of sour water. How could there be any pills?
Just listen to Tang Yan shouting in a deep voice: "What a mess this has become, why don't you stop!"
His voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone present to hear clearly. Only then did Tang Jue and Tang Mie stop.Tang Mie said: "Dad, this thief woman wants to harm your wife!".
Tang Yan looked at Cui Huan.
"It's just a piece of immortal scum." Cui Huan said slowly, "I've never heard of immortal scum eating dead people." She turned to Guo Zi and said, "I kill people like this, can you watch?"
Guo Zi's face turned red and white, and she gritted her teeth and became speechless.
Tang Yan smiled slightly, turned around and asked Tang Jue: "Where did you find this girl?"
"The child is about to report to his father." Tang Jue smiled.He had known that his father would like this wife.
After that, the marriage was decided.There were no wedding invitations, no wedding banquet, and no auspicious day was chosen. Tang Jue asked Cui Huan to serve tea in front of several elders, called Tang Yan "Dad", and the wedding was over.After all, this is not a dignified matter, and no one in the Tang family wants to make it public.
The only person who came to watch the ceremony was Tang Gu, who was 15 years old this year.But he didn't arrive on time. After Cui Huan called her father, he walked into the hall. Tang Yan noticed that his finger joints were scratched and there were blood stains on them.
"Making trouble on your brother's big day?" Tang Yan severely scolded Tang Gu in front of his elders, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Cousin Jia said that my second brother married a bitch. I taught him to be polite." Tang Gu said coldly, "When my sister-in-law enters the Tang Clan, she will have status. With status, she will have respect and inferiority. Tang Clan It’s a place with rules.”
Tang Jue gave Tang Gu a grateful look.Among all the brothers, only Tang Gu was the closest to him.
Tang Jia's jaw and seven bones were broken. It took him three months to recover from his injuries before he could get out of bed. After that, his speech was slurred.Tang Gu first carried him to the doctor, and then rushed back to attend the wedding.
After that, no one dared to call Cuihuan a "whore", at least in front of Tang Jue, his wife and Tang Gu.
On their wedding night, Cui Huan asked Tang Jue for something for the first time. "Help me find some books." Cui Huan said, "I don't read much and don't know much about literacy. You teach me how to read."
"You haven't read much and you're so busy. If I ask you to read more, why don't you go to heaven?" Tang Jue said with a smile.
"If I'm in heaven, you won't be on earth." Cui Huan said, "Go and discuss with dad and help me with an errand."
"What errand do you want?" Tang Gu was surprised, "Why don't you help me deal with the execution hall?"
Cui Huan frowned: "Not enough."
Tang Jue said: "The Tang Sect has never allowed women to take charge of affairs. Wifes with knowledge and connections always help their husbands behind their backs. It's not that my father won't agree if I don't help."
Cui Huan thought for a while and said, "Then wait."
Tang Jue knew what Cui Huan meant when he said "wait".On the wedding night, this wife was not charming at all. Instead, she talked about business matters. Thinking of how simple the wedding was, Tang Jue couldn't help but reached out and stroked her hair and said, "We are getting married today. I have wronged you."
Cui Huan shook her head and said, "Those are all empty and irrelevant." She stood up, undressed Tang Jue, and Tang Jue blew out the candle.
Early the next morning, Tang Jue went to thank Tang Gu.This brother is different from the other brothers. He was born in the fourth house, his mother died early, he has no one to help him, he doesn't like to show off, and he has no interest in taking charge.Tang Gu was only fifteen, and when he was young and vigorous, he spent all his extra energy on practicing martial arts. He practiced martial arts in the morning, practiced martial arts in the afternoon, and continued practicing martial arts at night with the lights on.When Tang Jue went to see him, he was practicing boxing and punched a set of Wind-Breaking Claws five or six times. Tang Jue watched him fight for more than an hour. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely before he drank the water. He handed him the sweat towel and said, "Don't be in a hurry to drink water. Take a breath before drinking."
"I know." The two brothers sat side by side on the stone. Tang Gu took a few breaths and asked, "Second brother, do you really like second sister-in-law?" He was always direct and never beat around the bush. After asking, he didn't wait for Tang Jue to answer and raised his head. He drank from the kettle.While drinking, he suddenly choked out a mouthful of water with a "pop" sound. He coughed several times and asked with a disgusted look on his face: "What was added to this water? It smells bad!"
"The Qi replenishing prescription I asked the doctor to prepare for you was very expensive, so you wasted it." Tang Jue said regretfully.
Tang Gu showed a disgusted expression: "Have you ever drank it? It's smelly and fishy!"
Tang Jue said: "If you don't like it, just add some sugar."
"No need!" Tang Gu drank a pot of potion and said, "Auntie doesn't like my sister-in-law. If you don't really like her, marrying her will be a disgrace to your elder brother."
"It's still unclear who will have the last laugh." Tang Jue said with a smile, "Didn't you see how she teased my sister-in-law that day?"
"I've been talking for a long time, but you haven't answered me yet." Tang Gu took out the caltrops from his pocket and shot it at the wooden stake. With a "grab" sound, it was just inches away from the center of the wooden stake.Among the Tang Sect's Kung Fu, Tang Gu was the worst at learning hidden weapons. Because shooting hidden weapons required flexibility and suppleness of the wrists, Tang Gu had practiced too many outer sect hard skills. A pair of iron palms could split bricks and break wood, which was not good for him. Practice concealed weapons.
Tang Jue also took out a money dart from his sleeve pocket and threw it, hitting the center of the wooden stake.
"As long as she can help me bring down my eldest brother, I like it. As for women, there are plenty of them." Tang Jue replied.
Cui Huan did not disappoint Tang Jue. She was able to manage all Tang Jue's official affairs clearly and clearly. She exposed all Tang Mie's mistakes one by one. In just two years, the second young master's laughing stock became the eldest young master's nightmare.
This year, Cui Huan waited for her opportunity.Jinyu Villa owed money and food for three years. The Tang Sect sent envoys to demand payment, but he was tied up on the mountain. The Tang Sect sent envoys to pursue the case again, but there was still no response.This was considered a rebellion, and Tang Yan became furious and ordered Tang Jue to lead his men to annihilate him.Jinyu Villa is located in Quelong Mountain in northern Guizhou. It is just a small sect with 400 people. However, the terrain of Quelong Mountain is dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The people in the villa are good at archery, so they can easily attack in an ambush.Tang Jue looked at the terrain map and was at a loss for what to do. He thought that he might have to recruit two to three thousand disciples to capture Quelong Mountain. This was no small plan, so he had to ask Cui Huan what he meant.
"If you want to rebel, why kidnap an envoy? The best thing to do is to send the head back to Tangmen for demonstration and intimidation. Jinyu Villa is only a small sect with 400 people, and it has not contacted the surrounding sects. There is no news beforehand. What's more, there was a drought in northern Guizhou last year. There may not be any food in reserve, so just rebel when you say it, how can this be reasonable? He must have been pushed into a hurry, and he was helpless for a moment, so he had to tie up the envoy. There are no casualties yet, if you want to lead people to attack the mountain, then you have to rebel." Cui Huan said.
Tang Jue thought about it over and over again and felt that what Cui Huan said was very reasonable, so he asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Cui Huan said: "If you lead the troops there, you will only scare them. Let me go."
Let a second young lady from the Tang clan who doesn't know martial arts go deep into the enemy camp?Tang Jue said: "If I'm going too, how can it be you? Besides, what if they take you hostage?"
"They can rest assured that I don't know martial arts." Cui Huan said, "I will bring a death potion with me. If they want to kidnap me, I will commit suicide. Then you can attack the mountain."
This is a dangerous plan, but if it succeeds, the troubles at Jinyu Villa can be solved without spending a single soldier, which is a great achievement.
Tang Jue refused.
"I will send another envoy to persuade him to surrender." Tang Jue said, "You are the second young lady, you cannot take such a risk."
"The envoys are useful. The envoys sent the second time have come back early. They are riding a tiger and are worried and scared. If they don't speak with weight, they won't believe it."
Tang Jue still felt it was dangerous and did not agree after all.
Early the next morning, Tang Jue discovered that Cui Huan had left without saying goodbye. He quickly sent someone to notify the nearby Jinyu Villa to gather at the foot of Quelong Mountain. He led the elite of the Tang clan and rushed to help.
When they arrived at Quelong Mountain, they saw Cui Huan tying up an old man and leading four released prisoners down the mountain.Tang Jue was overjoyed and hurriedly rode up to meet him, asking, "What's going on?"
Cuihuan said: "The villa has had bad harvests for several years and suffered from drought, so it really can't pay the money and food. The messenger said it to death. The old owner of the villa was confused in a moment of urgency. He arrested someone and didn't know how to deal with it. Now he's here to take the blame."
When the group returned to Tangmen, Tang Yan didn't expect that this thing would be lifted up and put down gently. He couldn't help but get carried away with his surprise, and laughed and said: "Since the envoy is rude, the old village owner is also confused, so let him go." Let’s go! I owe you money and food for these three years first, and I’ll pay you back later when you have more money.”
Cui Huan said, "Dad, this is inappropriate."
"Oh?" Tang Yan asked in surprise, "What?"
"By tying an envoy, you can default on money and food. Why don't other sects follow suit? How will the Tang Sect lead the Sichuan and Guizhou sects in the future?" Cuihuan said, "The old sect needs to be punished before it can imitate. As for money and food, it was not exempted before. , and we can’t default on this matter, we have to collect it.”
Tang Miezheng, who was on the side, was jealous of Tang Jue's achievements. When he saw Cui Huan correcting his father, he immediately shouted: "You killed the old manor owner. The other sects saw it and only said that we were unkind. Didn't you make the people below you cold?"
Tang Yan frowned and asked, "How do you plan to deal with it?"
Cui Huan said: "Replace money and food with labor. It is only appropriate to select disciples from the villa who are good at archery to go to Gansu and work with the skilled craftsmen there to develop and improve the Tang Sect's sleeve arrows. If they are made, they will be exempted from money and food for seven years. This is only appropriate." "
Tang Yan looked at Cui Huan, and after a long while he said: "Do as you say." After saying that, he closed his eyes and asked again, "You have made great contributions, what reward do you want?"
Cui Huan said: "My wife wants to be the deputy head of the execution hall."
As soon as these words came out, not only Tang Mie, but also all the brothers from the Tang clan started making a fuss and scolded Cui Huan for being fanciful.The third child, Tang Zi, also said: "Dad, if you let a woman take charge of things, you will be laughed at!"
Cui Huan said slowly: "There are many female leaders in Hengshan."
Tang Du scolded: "This is Sichuan! You want to be a nun in Hunan, but you are in the wrong place!"
Tang Yan waved his hands to stop his sons from continuing to make noise, then looked at Cui Huan and slowly shook his head.When everyone thought he rejected Cui Huan, he said again: "It's too fast. Let's start with Master Xingtang and assist Jue'er."
Tang Jue took Cui Huan's hand and said, "Daughter-in-law, I'd like to give you some advice on the affairs of the execution hall from now on." Although he smiled, he didn't know why, but he actually hoped that his father would not agree to Cui Huan's request.
Cui Huan said that no matter how many concubines Tang Jue took, she didn't ask. She did keep her promise, but there was one condition. No concubines other than her could have children.Tang Jue waited until Cui Huan was pregnant in the third year before taking a maid named Xiu Feng as his concubine. Firstly, it was because the position of being in charge was undecided and there were many things to worry about in the execution hall; Cui Huan's mood.
He was always a little afraid of this wife.
After Tang Jinyang was born, another big event happened in the Tang clan.The widow of Tang Dynasty fell in love with a famous prostitute when she went to the public office in Hengshan.The famous prostitutes in Hengshan brothels are extraordinary and difficult to get close to if they are not from aristocratic families. They are not in the same status as prostitutes like Cui Huan.However, this prostitute was also attracted by a direct descendant of the Peng family of the Beggar Clan. Both parties were hired at the same time, and they were jealous of each other and refused to give in. The prostitute was timid by nature and was afraid that she would offend the other by choosing one party, so she could only delay it.In anger, Tang's widow actually issued a writ of vengeance, demanding a life-or-death relationship with the direct lineage of the Peng family.
This is a shocking event. Although the Peng family is just a sect under the Beggar Clan, it is spread out and powerful. It is as powerful as Songshan. If the two families have been feuding for three generations, why should there be corpses everywhere?
Tang Yan was so furious that he suppressed his hatred and sent Tang Mi, who was on good terms with Tang's ministers, to persuade him.Tang Mioku's persuasion failed, and things were about to get into trouble. Cui Huan had just given birth to Tang Jinyang for two days, and she didn't even sit for the month of confinement, so she immediately led the troops to Hengshan day and night.
After she arrived in Hunan, she pretended to assist Tang Zi, first set up a trap to catch him, and then sent people to capture the prostitute. She recruited the direct descendants of the Peng family and asked them three times in front of them who the prostitute was.The prostitute was too frightened to answer, so she cut off the prostitute's head, sent someone to take the widow back to Tangmen, and went to Hengshan to plead guilty to the crime of reckless murder.
When the head of Hengshan learned the whole story, he did not pursue Cui Huan for murder. After all, they were both members of the Nine Families, so it would be troublesome to pursue the matter.She only asked Cui Huan to make a poisonous oath to never set foot in Hengshan Mountain for the rest of his life.
After that, Cui Huan became the deputy head of the execution hall. Everyone in the Tang family did not despise her, but only respected her. Tang Mie and Tang Wu regarded her as a more important enemy than Tang Jue.
Also in this year, Tang Jue took in his second concubine.Her name is Wen Yi, and as her name suggests, she is always gentle.The Wen family was one of the medicine merchants of the Tang Sect. Wen Yi was young and wanted to see more of the world, so he clamored to accompany his father to deliver medicine to the Tang Sect.Father Wen couldn't resist his daughter, so he took her into the Tang Sect while delivering medicine, and met Tang Jue.
They fell in love almost at first sight.She has the completely opposite qualities to Cui Huan. Cui Huan didn't know how to read until she arrived in Tang Dynasty, but Wen Yi has been reading poetry since childhood. Cui Huan is aggressive, but Wen Yi is always soft-spoken.Tang Jue claimed to be a romantic man, and worked hard on the flute. Wen Yi was good at playing the qin. The flute could not be tuned, but the qin could be tuned.
As for Cui Huan, if the gavel in the execution hall can be considered a musical instrument, she is a good player...
As the second young master of the Tang clan, only one word was enough to marry a rich man, but Tang Jue still treated her with utmost courtesy. He visited Wen Yi personally, talked to Wen Yi, recited poems, and even took Wen Yi to visit Sichuan. Famous mountains and beautiful waters, it wasn't until Wen Yi nodded shyly that he welcomed her into the Tang Sect.
After marrying Wen Yi, Tang Jue put all his energy into this concubine, reciting poems and singing harmony with her, playing the piano and drinking with her, and lived a happy life every day.As for the matter in the execution hall, Cui Huan can handle it alone. It doesn't matter whether he is there or not.
One day, Tang Jue was so drunk that he got up after midnight.As soon as he walked to the living room, he saw Tang Gu waiting for him.
"It's already past midnight," Tang Gu said, "I've never seen you get up so late before."
"Your sister-in-law has already taken care of everything, so you don't need me." Tang Juexiao asked, "Have you had breakfast? I asked Mrs. Wen to cook two plates of side dishes. She is very good at cooking."
"How long has it been since you last seen Jinyang?" Tang Gu asked.Tang Jue frowned: "Sister-in-law, do you want you to call me back?"
"My sister-in-law didn't ask me to come, I came on my own. Two days ago, she arranged for me to enter the Wei Hall." Tang Gu said, "That's the fifth brother's place."
Tang Jue nodded and said: "In the past, the sixth brother helped the eldest brother, the fourth brother helped the third brother, and the fifth brother didn't help anyone. She is the deputy boss now. She asked you to get close to the fifth brother and build a good relationship, too. Foresight.”
Tang Gu shook his head and said: "Sister-in-law wants me to find fault with fifth brother and help her rise to power."
Tang Jue was stunned.Tang Gu is very affectionate. Although he is the best among the brothers, he wants him to plot against his brothers...
"Sister-in-law said that they would make mistakes in front of me because they would not be wary of me." Tang Gu poured the tea and continued, "After the Hengshan incident, the third brother had no hope. My sister-in-law tried to win over the fourth brother, but the third brother turned to his eldest brother. .”
"Dad is still in his prime, it's too early to worry about this." Tang Jue said, "I see that your three brothers are no match for your sister-in-law."
"Second brother, go see Jinyang." Tang Gu said, "He can't even call him daddy anymore."
Tang Jue was silent.
He went to see his son that afternoon.Cui Huan went to the official office of the execution hall. The wet nurse gave the young master to Tang Jue. Tang Jue held her in her arms. Tang Jinyang called him daddy several times. Tang Jue was so happy that he held the child up. Unexpectedly, Tang Jinyang was so scared that he started to cry. I was in a hurry and couldn't coax her to behave, so I had to let the nanny take her back, feeling quite depressed.After a while, Cui Huan came back and was not surprised to see him. He only asked when he came.
"I came right after lunch." Tang Jue said, "The child is afraid of heights."
Cui Huan said, "How about we hug him and play with him for a few days?"
Tang Jue nodded.
Cui Huan asked again: "How long has it been since you went to Xiu Feng?"
Tang Jue asked: "What's wrong?"
Cui Huan said: "If you don't like someone, send her away while she's still young and develop a jealous wife. You'll just bring chaos to the family."
Tang Jue nodded and said, "I will arrange it."
Cui Huan added: "I go to the torture hall from time to time. Dad doesn't know you are lazy yet, so don't let big brother take advantage of it."
Tang Jue asked: "Do you have anything else to say?"
Cui Huan thought for a while and said, "No more."
"How about I stay here tonight?" Tang Jue said.
"Okay." Cui Huan nodded, neither happy nor disgusted, just like always.
That night, Tang Jue tossed and turned beside Cui Huan, unable to sleep. He got up and looked at the moonlight outside the window, feeling nothing but coldness.
"Can't sleep? Do you want to go to Mother Wen's place to sleep?"
He turned around and saw that Cui Huan was also awake.He stared at Cuihuan in the faint moonlight, and could not see his face clearly except for the cold moonlight clothes.
Cui Huan put on a robe and got out of bed, and she also put one on for him.It seems a little warmer, Tang Jue thought, when he saw Cui Huan holding the lamp, looking at him by the light, and asked: "What's on your mind?" A face that could only be considered attractive at best, and a thin figure... Tang Jue Jue realized that he cared so much about this woman and couldn't help but blurt out: "You married into the Tang Clan just to seize power?"
"You married me back? Isn't that why?" Cui Huan asked.
Tang Jue was speechless for a moment.
Cui Huan said calmly: "If you want to be in charge, I'll let you take charge. If you want to be in charge, I'll help you grab it. I'm not interested in your handsome character, and you're not interested in my beauty. We both have ideas. If you change your mind and don't want to be in charge, I'll tell you."
"What if I really don't want to be a kid anymore?" Tang Jue asked, "What should I do?"
Cui Huan said: "Let seventh brother be the one. Although he has a bad temper, he still listens to you."
Tang Jue said again: "If I don't want Lao Qi to be in charge, then I don't want to take care of things, so what?"
Cui Huan said: "There are always candidates you like in the Tang Sect, pick one."
"No." Tang Jue asked, "I just don't want you to take care of things, so what?"
"You're not a child anymore," Cui Huan said, "Don't be like Jin Yang, who gets upset if you can't learn calligraphy."
Tang Jue was stunned for a long time, then suddenly laughed.He finally understood the reason for his long-term depression.He just hopes that this woman will surrender to him and hopes that he can defeat her, but so what?There were many men who were not as good as her, but no one conquered this woman. She finally became his wife.As for whether he loves her or not, whether he is loved by her or not, he has already found Wen Yi. His gentle methods, romance and romance, can't he use them in the same way?Just like Cui Huan said, why should he be angry?
Cui Huan looked at him and laughed, "Puff", and also laughed.He has never seen Cui Huanxiao again since he came to Tangmen.He remembered the appearance of Cui Huan when he was still the smiling Cui Huan in Qunfang Tower. At that time, he knew nothing about this woman and still entrusted his life to her hands.
The next day, Tang Juemao got up, washed himself, and went to the execution hall to work.In the afternoon, Tang Jue took Tang Jinyang back to Wen Yi's room. Wen Yi liked children very much and took good care of him. He also taught him how to read and recite poems, but Tang Jinyang was slow to learn because of his dull aptitude.Sometimes when Tang Jue came back and saw him, he couldn't help but mutter a few words. The child was scolded and cried, so Wen Yi had to keep coaxing him.A month later, Tang Jinyang said he missed his mother, so Tang Jue sent him back to Cuihuan.
That night, Wen Yi suddenly hugged Tang Jue and whispered in his ear: "I want a child."
Tang Jue was suddenly startled.
"We agreed not to have children." Tang Jue said, "You can't have children."
Wen Yi bit his lip and said nothing more.
If it were Xiu Feng, just these words would be enough to drive her out, but he loved this woman after all. The only difference was her status as wife and concubine, and the only difference was her child.
In this way, day after day, three years passed.In the past few years, the Tang Sect's battle for direct succession has been finalized. Tang Gu has become the deputy head of the Wei Hall. Although the two military and defensive halls are still controlled by the older generation, it is only a matter of time before Tang Gu takes over the Wei Hall.Cui Huan was promoted to the head of the Gongtang Hall.As for the other brothers, the fifth brother was transferred to guard the border, and the third brother was still out of power. Only the eldest brother in charge of the accounting room was left. Tang Jue was already sure. He was just waiting for Cuihuan to confirm the news. After this incident, the next person of the Tang Sect He is in charge.
One day, Wen Yi looked pale and vomited after having breakfast. Tang Jue said he wanted to see a doctor, but Wen Yi quickly refused.Tang Jue originally wanted to stay with her, but Wen Yi said no and urged him to go to the execution hall for work.
That afternoon, after he finished his business and was worried about Wen Yi, he went back an hour early, only to see his family's doctor walking out of the room. Wen Yi couldn't help but give instructions, and the doctor nodded and bowed.Tang Jue became suspicious and pretended not to know. He went into the room and asked Wen Yi, "Are you feeling better? Do you want to find a doctor for you?"
Wen Yi pretended to smile and said, "I asked Doctor Li to take a look, and he said it was fine."
Tang Jue frowned, an ominous premonition rising from the bottom of his heart.
"You must be happy, right?"
Wen Yi turned pale and fell to the ground: "Don't let sister know about this..."
Tang Jue sat at the table and pressed his forehead tightly. How could Cui Huan not know about this?She was obviously very careful, Wen Yi must have deceived her and got pregnant.
"This child cannot be kept," Tang Jue said, "You will die."
"That's your son!" Wen Yi cried, "I just want to have a son with you, or a daughter! Just one, one is enough!"
Tang Jue's heart moved. Why didn't he want to have more sons?But he knew that hiding Cui Huan would only be more detrimental.
"I begged your sister to see if she would keep the child."
Wen Yi was shocked and said, "Sister will kill our mother and son!"
Tang Jue smiled bitterly: "You don't understand your sister. If you hide it from her, you will die even more."
Wen Yi said: "Then I'll go with you! I'll beg my sister! This child won't fight with his son!"
If you want to keep the child, begging for mercy is absolutely useless. Tang Jue knew that, so he didn't take Wen Yi with him.Although he loved this woman deeply, she was too clumsy, and those chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs were just useless words in front of Cui Huan.
It's just that I have never been so nervous talking to my wife in my life.
Cui Huan frowned.Tang Jue tried to see something in her eyes, but Cui Huan didn't show surprise or anger, but seemed to be reproachful.
"Why is it so easy to be deceived? Or have you planned it too?" Cui Huan asked.
"I lied to you, how can I keep this child? It's not up to you to live or die." Tang Jue said, "We have agreed on this matter, and I will listen to you."
"What if I say I can't keep him?" Cui Huan asked, "You don't want this child anymore?"
"I feel sorry for you. Mother Wen will fight to the death with me. I promise, this child will not compete with Jinyang." Tang Jue said, "Mother Wen doesn't understand scheming, she can't beat you."
"The Tang Sect does not pass down the virtuous to the direct descendants. Jinyang is five years old, and you can see that this child... is a fool."
Tang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if he's more like you or more like me."
"Since I'm a fool, I must stay closer to you and farther away from me." Cui Huan fell into deep thought, and after a while, he said, "I have thought about killing the son to leave the mother, and I have also thought about killing the mother to leave the son, but neither is good. You I really like Mother Wen, but I can’t bear to kill my son. Mother Wen is filled with hatred, so it’s hard for her to be sincere to you. If it had been earlier, I would have killed both of them, but these days, I don’t want to have another child. If he is better than Jinyang is more like you, he will be a smart boy, and maybe he can inherit your mantle. But you know why I don't let my concubine have children."
Tang Jue knew that once he had a child, his heart would be unstable. Every mother wanted her child to be well. Even if his biological brothers fought so fiercely, how many of his half-brothers could be as close as Tang Gu was to him?Chaos started at home, which meant he would be distracted. Cui Huan didn't want to focus on this.
"Keep it," Cui Huan said, "It's a matter of fighting over Jin Yang. If Wen Niang is safe and sound, and the child is smart, and asks him to leave a way for Jin Yang to survive when he grows up, that will be enough."
At this point, Tang Jue's heart finally fell.
Then, Cui Huan said again: "To be honest, the accounting room managed by my eldest brother is indeed not clean."
Tang Jue said "Oh?" and asked, "Can you get the account book?"
Cui Huan shook his head and said: "This is not easy. I bribed several of his men and wanted to make a handwritten copy. As long as I found the fake accounts and verified them with the merchants, I could kill him. But he did not leak anything. I don’t know where the ledger is.”
Tang Jue said: "You have checked this, there must be a way."
Cui Huan said: "Wait for a few more days to see the news."
Tang Jue smiled, there was so much good news today that he couldn't bear it. Wen Niang was pregnant, Cui Huan didn't pursue it, and the position of being in charge was almost in his pocket.
He returned to the room and told Wen Yi about Cui Huan's decision. Wen Yi was so happy that he wanted to fly and quickly said he wanted to thank his sister.Tang Jue smiled and said, "Thank you for what, for not killing me?"
Wen Yi's expression changed and he asked, "Sister, won't you change your mind?"
Tang Jue held her in his arms and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about that. Cui Huan doesn't want to give birth to a second child."
A wife who is smart and capable and can solve everything, a concubine who is beautiful and considerate, who is in love with her, and the head of the Nine Families. Any one of these is enough for a person to boast about for a lifetime. Who else in the world can have both? Lucky than yourself?
Tang Jue was simply grateful to the Yebang assassin who plotted against him in Fuzhou, and wanted to build an immortal tablet for him.Of course, he must also thank the mastermind behind the assassination, although he probably guessed that it was either the eldest brother or the third brother.
Life is like this, what more can I ask for?
From then on, Wen Yi would go to Cui Huan to pay his respects every few days. Firstly, it was to show that he had no second thoughts, and secondly, it was to get closer to her. After all, after having a child, he had to be careful about this sister at all times.
Cui Huan always greeted her with a lukewarm attitude, not even bothering to ask her for help. She usually just taught her to be careful about raising the fetus and had nothing else to say.
One day, Wen Yi went to Cui Huan's room to say hello as usual, but Cui Huan was not there. After waiting for a while, she saw an open book on the table, which was a handwritten account book.She was a merchant, and she could tell there was something wrong at a glance. She checked carefully and found that several losses had been covered up by clever tricks.She knew that her husband was fighting fiercely with his eldest brother, and this account could kill him.
When she heard the footsteps, she quickly turned the account back to the original page. When she saw Cui Huan come in, she said hello.Cui Huan asked her to leave with a few words of lukewarm concern.
At night, Tang Jue looked happy. When Wen Yi asked what he was happy about, Tang Jue smiled and said, "Brother, I'm done." He added, "You don't have to go to Cui Huan to say hello tomorrow, she's going out."
"Where to go?" Wen Yi asked.
"Why do you care about this?" Tang Jue hugged Wen Yi and said with a smile, "When the child is born, we will cultivate him well and he may be the next person in charge."
Wen Yi smiled a little reluctantly.
Early the next morning, a carriage drove out of Tangmen's Thirteenth Entrance Courtyard.As soon as the carriage left Guan County, more than [-] fast horses caught up with it.
Seeing that there were pursuers, the carriage ran even faster, but the carriage was not as fast as the horses after all, and it was surrounded by horses before it could escape for a moment.The more than twenty horses were circling around the carriage, in broad daylight, and everyone on them was wearing a mask.The groom shouted: "This is the Tang Clan's carriage. How could a horse thief dare to rob the Tang Clan's carriage? Aren't they afraid of being wiped out?!"
One of them whistled, and without saying hello, the three horses and three men rushed towards the carriage with their swords drawn.The groom shouted: "Are you desperate for your life? This is the Tang Sect's car!" Just after he finished speaking, the robber slashed with his knife and chopped the groom to the ground.The three people jumped up from their horses and landed in front of the carriage. One of them got in, and the carriage suddenly shook violently. After a while, there was no more movement.
The remaining two people looked at each other, and the leader of the bandits was also surprised. He nodded, and the two of them got in.This time it was the same as before, the carriage shook violently, but there were a few more screams from men, and after a while, two corpses were thrown out.
At this time, the horse bandits knew that there was a master hidden in the car. The leader blew another whistle, and the remaining twenty horses circled the carriage. Two people on the left and right sides charged, and stabbed the car window with their knives. If people can't dodge, there will be more transparent holes.
The four of them pulled out their knives, but there was no blood on them. When they were surprised, they reached out a hand from the car window, grabbed one of the robbers, and pulled him from his horse to the car window.The man was tall, and his limbs were stuck outside the window and he couldn't move. He just kept shaking and dancing. The carriage shook a few more times. The man screamed, rolled his eyes, and slowly fell. There was a deep fist mark in the pit of his heart. .
The leader of the horse bandit changed his expression. He already knew who was in the car. Only one of the Tang clan brothers had such skill.
A young man walked out of the car, with a strong back and strong muscles, but who was he if he wasn't Tang Gu?
"Brother, stop covering up!" Tang Gu said, "I have the account book you want! Do you want to kill your brother and then seize the account book?"
"I don't know what you are talking about!" said the masked man in the lead, "Killing people and taking wealth, it's that simple!" He pulled out the knife, showing that he was going to act recklessly.
"The second sister-in-law said that if you want the account books, I will give them back to you!" Tang Gu said, taking out a thick stack of account books from his arms and throwing them in front of the horse bandit.The leader of the horse bandits got off his horse, picked up the account book and looked at it. After turning a few pages, he threw the account book to the ground and roared: "This is false!"
Tang Gu said: "It was originally a fake! My sister-in-law never got the real account book, and I couldn't sue you in front of my father, so I made this fake one to confuse the real one! You thought that your sister-in-law had a copy and wanted to check the accounts, but you were afraid that something would happen. , intercepted midway!"
Now that the matter has come to this, Tang Mie no longer hides it, pulls off his mask and says, "So that's it! So what? Without a ledger, what can you do to me?"
Tang Gu said: "I'm going to tell daddy and ask him to check your account!"
Tang Mie said: "Then you must be able to go back! Are you good at martial arts, better than these twenty or so people?"
While he was talking, dust and sand suddenly flew up in the direction of Guanxian County, and about a hundred cavalry guards came straight towards them. The leader was none other than Tang Jue.Just listen to him shout loudly: "Dad, are you okay?!"
"Dad?" Tang Mie was stunned and looked at the carriage.
A person walked out of the carriage, it was Tang Yan.
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Tang Jue looked solemn. Just a few days ago, he was the luckiest man in the world.
"I tried her, but if she doesn't change her mind, it will just be a waste of time for dad and seventh brother."
Cui Huan said, with neither resentment nor anger on her face. After all, she had won a great victory.
"She still has my son in her belly!" Tang Jue lowered his head, "She is my favorite woman!"
"If this wasn't a trap set by me, I would be the one who died." Cui Huan said, "I have already said that when I become a mother, I want to fight more for my son."
Tang Jue wanted to say that she would never dare to do it again, but he knew that this excuse was stupid.
"You handle it, there's no need to kill her," Cui Huan said.
Tang Jue was surprised. He didn't expect Cui Huan to be so magnanimous.
"Only you, me, and seventh brother know about this matter. As long as we say that Wen Niang conspired with us, my eldest brother can't figure out the details. No one knows what she did."
"In the future, you will be the head of the Tang Sect, and I will be the head's wife. Without you and without me, we would not be where we are today, and we will continue to do so in the future."
"You are my husband, and I cannot let my husband kill the woman he loves most."
"I have only one condition."
Tang Jue hurriedly asked: "What are the conditions?"
"We will be busy with more things in the future, so don't let her come to say hello and waste time." Cui Huan said, "Everyone should do their own thing, isn't it good?"
Tang Jue laughed and walked quickly to Wen Niang's room.
It has passed, and luck is still on his side. Maybe there is no love between him and Cui Huan, but it does not mean that they cannot rely on each other.
It doesn't matter whether Cui Huan relied on his identity to reach the pinnacle of power, or whether he relied on Cui Huan's ability to become the head of the Tang Sect. They were parasitic on each other, feeding on each other, and no one could live without the other.
Tang Jue came outside Wen Niang's house, but the lights were not on.He suddenly felt strong uneasiness and quickly rushed to the room and pushed open the door.
He saw Wen Yi falling to the ground, with a stream of black blood flowing out from between her legs. He shouted for help, lit a lamp, helped Wen Yi up, and asked crying, "What's going on? What's going on?" "
He saw the medicine bottle in Wen Yi's hand, picked it up and smelled it. It was "no grass can grow", one of the most powerful death medicines.
She ate the whole can.
He hugged Wen Yi tightly and cried, "Why are you doing this?!"
Wen Yi opened her eyes and said weakly: "I heard... that my sister was okay... I knew... I was finished..." She touched Tang Jue's cheek, "I'm really... so scared... I'm afraid... … My sister wants to have a baby again, will she… go back on her word… will she… kill my child? I’m really scared… so scared…”
Tang Jue didn't defend himself. What was the point of defending Cui Huan at this moment?After all, Wen Yi doesn't understand Cuihuan. How many people in this world can understand Cuihuan?
"I don't want... to let my child die... in your hands... like this... you... will... be... sad for the rest of your life... so I have to..."
Her eyes were out of focus, and she wanted to say something more, but she couldn't.Tang Jue held her hand, waiting for the body in his arms to gradually become cold, and the blood spread to his feet.
The lights suddenly went out.
After Wen Yi's death, Cuihuan immediately announced Wen Yi's crime and said that Tang Jue executed Wen Yi himself.
Since she can no longer be saved, let her death be more valuable and let people in the Tang family know how fair and ruthless the methods of Tang Jue and his wife are.
Tang Jue watched Wen Yi being buried with his unborn child, with no tears in his eyes.
Cui Huan accompanies him.
When the last handful of soil was covered, Cui Huan held his hand.
"Let's have another one. They won't both be idiots."
Tang Jue nodded and left side by side with Cui Huan.
A few years later, Tang Yan became seriously ill and called Tang Jue to his bedside to make him the leader.
Tang Jue shook his head and said to his father: "Father, if you want the Tang Clan to be peaceful and prosperous in the next few decades, make me the head of the Tang Clan. I can ensure the peace of the Tang Clan. But if you want the Tang Clan to be peaceful, Competing with the heroes, and commanding the world in Kunlun, you should let Cui Huan take charge."
Tang Yan's eyes shone with light and he asked, "Can she... be able to?"
"If she can't do it, no one in the Tang Sect can do it."
"She has a foreign surname and a low background. I'm afraid my uncles and brothers won't accept her."
"Just leave this matter to Hai'er and Cui Huan to worry about."
Tang Jue looked at Tang Yan, and the father and son looked at each other and smiled.
(End of this chapter)
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