Jinghong Tower

Chapter 319 Zhou Cangyue’s Troubles (two chapters in one)

Wu Ji didn't know the real reason why He Zhi and his wife adopted He Shuting as their adopted daughter, and he didn't know the relationship between He Shuting and He Ran.

In Wu Ji's eyes, He Shuting is innocent and strong, a good girl worthy of love and care.

As the eldest son of Wu Dongming, Wu Ji was very busy. Although he often came to Xijing, he only stayed for a short time every time. But this time, Wu Ji lived in Xijing for half a month, until Wu Dongming wrote to question him. Then he reluctantly decided to leave.

Since he is leaving, it is appropriate to go to the He Mansion to bid farewell to Mrs. He.

Wu Ji went to He Mansion with gifts. He had dinner at He Mansion, but unfortunately he did not see He Shuting.

Wu Ji left the He Mansion with regrets. He Zhi sent him to the gate and returned to the back house. He was about to go to the study, but was stopped by Mrs. He.

"Come and see, this is a gift from the eldest son."

The gifts brought by Wu Ji were neatly placed there, filling the entire Eight Immortals table.

He Zhi looked at it and didn't think there was anything special.

Supplements and clothing materials, these are the most common gifts for people like them when they go about their daily lives.

"What's wrong?" He Zhi looked at his old wife in confusion.

Mrs. He pointed to the clothing materials: "Don't you think the clothing materials the eldest son sent this time are too bright?"

He Zhi looked at it. Peach pink, apricot yellow, and fruit green seemed a bit bright. His wife stopped wearing these colors twenty years ago.

"Is this for Shuting?" The only one in the family who can wear these clothes is his goddaughter who he just recognized.

He Zhi suddenly realized, no wonder everything looked wrong when he saw Wu Ji today, as if he was out of his mind.

The couple looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Wu Ji is delighted with He Shuting!
"Do you think the eldest son knows Shuting's identity?" He Zhi asked.

Mrs. He shook her head slowly: "If Shuting did not lie, then the eldest son should not know about it. Shuting said she only told us."

He Zhi was pacing back and forth in the room and suddenly stopped: "Should I tell the Lord about this?"

Mrs. He glared at him: "No, I don't agree. He Shuting is in our hands and she is our trump card. If the lord knows her identity, do you think she can stay in Xijing?"

He Zhi was startled. He knew Wu Dongming's temper. Now that He Ran was more powerful and Wu Dongming was less powerful, Wu Dongming wished he could cut his heart open and show it to He Ran, letting He Ran know that he had no second thoughts.

If he knew that He Shuting was here, Wu Dongming would definitely send He Shuting to the capital to further gain He Ran's trust.

"But the eldest son" He Zhi didn't dare to think about what he would do if Wu Ji came to propose marriage.

After being married for decades, Mrs. He knew what he wanted to say as soon as He Zhi's lips moved.

"Just propose marriage, parents' orders, matchmaker's words, as long as the master and his wife agree to the marriage, what's wrong with us?

The lord has not left Yulin for two years since he was seriously injured last time. Now everything outside depends on the eldest son.

Although the second young master is brave, he is too young after all.

In my opinion, within two years, the lord will hand over the military power to the eldest son.

Have you ever thought about it, if the eldest son becomes the king one day, Shuting will be the princess.

Our sons are our uncles, do you still have to worry about their future? "

He Zhi hesitated for a while before saying, "But He Ran, what would she think?"

Mrs. He sneered: "I don't know what Ran He thinks.

However, no matter how powerful He Ran is, she is still just a woman.

The power in her hands will have to be handed over sooner or later.

to whom?
Not her husband, her brother?

She didn't mention her husband, but she only had one brother.

You have also asked people to check that He Ran treats her brother very well. The reason why he did not bring him to the capital is to train him secretly. If you don’t believe it, just wait and see. Once her brother reaches the age of sixteen or seventeen, He Ran will Ran will definitely entrust him with important tasks.

King Zhao has already moved into the palace, and I heard that there are people in both the government and the public calling for King Zhao to ascend the throne.

He Ran wanted to delay, but how long could he delay? It was only a matter of time.

Once King Zhao ascends the throne, He Ran will rely on her own people even more than now.

In the past, the Wu family only had a cooperative relationship with her, but if Shuting became the princess, then the Wu family would become a powerful helper for her to consolidate her power.

You say, can she not be friends with her or win over her?
One is a biological brother and the other is a biological brother-in-law. Who else in the world is closer than them? "

Seeing He Zhi's eyes getting bigger and bigger, Mrs. He was a little proud: "No matter when a woman reaches a certain age or how high her status is, she cannot live without her natal family.

He Ran and the Zhending He family are already estranged. She has not supported the children of the Zhending He family now, and it will be even less likely in the future.

Therefore, apart from her biological brother, the only family she can rely on in the future is He Shuting's husband's family. "

Regarding He Ran, He Zhi also discussed with Wu Dongming. They agreed that even if King Zhao ascends the throne one day, he will not have real power. The power will still be in the hands of He Ran. What King Zhao has is just an empty name. .

He Ran would not hand over all power to the emperor like He Jinghong did, let alone go far away.

Before that, He Zhi had always believed that He Ran would put the emperor in the palace as a decoration and then make himself a regent.

Or, He Ran is only a few years older than King Zhao. She can marry King Zhao. Once she gives birth to a son, King Zhao can abdicate. The young emperor ascends the throne and He Ran continues to be in power.

Of course, the second scenario is also what everyone wants to see most.

The throne still belongs to the Zhou family, and a regent empress dowager is far more acceptable than a female regent.

He Zhi never thought that He Ran would hand over the power.

Leave it to your mother's family?
He Zhi looked at Mrs. He in surprise: "Why do you think so? He Ran is not yet twenty years old, and it's not like she can't have children. Can't she hand over the power to her son? Why should she give it to her mother's family?"

In fact, He Zhi felt that He Ran would probably not even hand over power to her son. Unless she was old and couldn't do it anymore, otherwise the power would be in her own hands.

So He Zhi felt that Mrs. He's idea was nonsense.

Mrs. He snorted coldly: "You men don't understand women's affairs!"

He Zhi suddenly remembered the support Mrs. He had provided to her mother's family over the years, and he felt a little stuck in his heart: "You can't judge He Ran by the way you live in the house. He Ran is not an ordinary woman like you."

He Zhi wanted to go to the study, but after walking a few steps, he came back and said to Mrs. He: "Watch Shuting and don't let her come into contact with the eldest son."

He did want to use He Shuting, but he didn't want He Shuting to marry Wu Ji.

There is no long-term friendship in the world, there are only interests. Once there are no common interests between He Ran and Wu Dongming, they will turn against each other sooner or later.

The two of them are at odds with each other and will never stop fighting.

Wasn't this the day he recognized He Shuting as his goddaughter?

If Wu Dongming wins, then the He family will be the most trusted retainers of the Wu family.

But if He Ran wins, then they still have He Shuting in their hands.

For the sake of He Shuting, He Ran would not kill all the He family.

And all the He family has to pay is to raise He Shuting for a few more years, and it's not like the He family can't afford it.

But He Zhi didn't expect that Wu Ji would fall in love with He Shuting, and he didn't expect that Mrs. He would have so many ideas.

He Zhi felt depressed. He was relieved when he heard that Wu Ji had left Xijing the next day.

Maybe Wu Ji was just on a whim and it would fade away after a while.

What made He Zhi irritated was that from that day on, Mrs. He kept telling him the truth all day long. Maybe she talked too much, but He Zhi actually felt that what Mrs. He said made some sense.

He Ran didn't know these things at this time. She was replying to Zhou Cangyue.

Zhou Cangyue told her in the letter that he had just captured a county town, and it was not considered a victory. Before the Huwei Army started fighting, the city gate opened, and what came out was not the magistrate and the county magistrate, but a few government officials.

After asking, I found out that the county magistrate and the county magistrate had fled with their families a few days ago, and even the big households in the county had also fled.

When these people escaped, they did so quietly at night. The people in the city did not know, nor did they know that the Tiger Army was about to attack.

If they had known, they would have run away long ago.

Zhou Cangyue told He Ran that he was hurt!

He obviously didn't burn, kill or plunder, but why did those people become so angry when talking about them?
This letter from Zhou Cangyue reminded He Ran of something she once heard.

An old lady told her that the Tiger Army passed by their village and stole all the chickens in their village.

He Ran wrote back to Zhou Cangyue: "You ordered not to burn, kill or loot, but how is it implemented? There are so many people in the Huwei Army, can you guarantee that everyone is strictly abiding by discipline?

Someone must have violated it. Have you severely punished those who violated it?

Have any of the people in your team been beheaded for violating military discipline?
How many have been cut?

Was anyone beaten to death?
there's a few?
Are the people who were beheaded or beaten to death by you a member of the Beggar Clan?

Don't say that none of the beggar brothers made mistakes, I don't believe it! "

After Zhou Cangyue received the letter, he looked at the plain language on the page, especially the last three words "I don't believe it."

Who says he hasn't had his head chopped off for violating military discipline? Of course he has, and not just one, but many.

Zhou Cangyue touched his head and saw that He Ran was right. None of those beheaded by him for violating military discipline were from the Beggar Clan.

Although the Huwei Army is mainly composed of brothers from the Beggar Clan, it has fought many battles, and there will be prisoners in every battle. This year, wars were going on all over the country, and the soldiers all understand that being a prisoner is actually a different army and continuing to fight.

Otherwise, whether it is a random army or a powerful army, why do they beat more people the more they attack? It’s not all like this.

None of the people he beheaded were from the Beggar Clan, they were all these captured soldiers.

He Ran said that she did not believe that none of the brothers in the Beggar Clan violated military discipline.

Zhou Cangyue thought about it, but he didn’t.

He called over White Dog, Red Bean and Soybean.

"Have any of the brothers in our gang violated military discipline? I mean, did they burn, kill, and loot the common people? Tell the truth."

Three of you, look at me and I look at you.

Bai Gou said: "Yes, yes, but they are punished according to the rules of the gang. For example, Wang Damao was punished by Boss Han himself last time, and one of his hands was disabled."

Zhou Cangyue frowned: "Who is Wang Damao? Why did Boss Han punish him? What did he commit?"

Bai Gou said: "Wang Damao is Boss Han's subordinate. The last time he was in Xinglong Town, he spared a girl. When Boss Han found out, he punished Wang Damao in accordance with the gang rules and disabled his right hand."

Zhou Cangyue: "Why didn't anyone tell me about such a big thing?"

Bai Gou: "I only found out not long ago. This is a matter in Boss Han's Xiangtang, and only their own people know about it. If I hadn't seen Wang Damao missing a hand that day, I wouldn't have known about it. Woolen cloth."

Zhou Cangyue looked at Hongdou and Huangdou again: "What about you, have you ever heard of things like Wang Damao?"

Having grown up together since childhood, Hongdou and Huangdou saw that Zhou Cangyue was suppressing his anger. They did not dare to hide anything and told some things they knew.

It was similar to what happened to Wang Damao. They both broke gang rules and were punished by their boss.

These are all embarrassing things. After all the bosses have dealt with them, they are embarrassed to talk about it. Usually, it will only come out after some time has passed and the matter has been overturned.

Those who were punished by the gang were those who had committed relatively serious crimes, such as Wang Damao, who spared a beautiful girl, ran to a rich man's house to grab things, and pushed his wife to death, etc.

The more Zhou Cangyue listened, the angrier he became, but these were just part of it.

After all, all the bosses feel that family scandals should not be publicized. The only ones that can really reach the ears of Bai Gou and others are the ones that make a big fuss and cannot hide it even if they want to.

As for those who stole and grabbed things, these were trivial matters, not even punishable by gang rules.

Zhou Cangyue was so angry that he didn't sleep all night. The next day, he ordered people to bring Wang Damao and the guy who killed his wife to death.

These two have lost one hand and cannot fight, but they are still in the Beggar Clan.

In the past, they were just the younger brothers in the beggar gang, but after being gilded on the battlefield, they are no longer the younger brothers.

Zhou Cangyue has always followed the principle of resettling his brothers who retired from the army due to injuries.

The Beggar Gang has a home all over the world. Most of these brothers no longer have their own families. When they retire from the army, they are taken over by the local Beggar Gang branch and start their old business again.

However, although they are disabled, no one dares to bully them, and their status in the gang will be improved as a result. Many disabled brothers returned to the beggar gang and became small leaders, with a group of little beggars under them.

What made Zhou Cangyue angry was that Wang Damao and the guy who threw his wife to death actually enjoyed the treatment of wounded soldiers after returning to the Beggar Clan.

Bai Gou personally took the people, and when he went to Xinglong Town to find Wang Damao, he almost couldn't take the people away.

More than 20 of Wang Damao's subordinates clamored that they were the Huwei Army. Anyone who dared to take away Wang Damao would have the Huwei Army come and ransack their homes.

白狗
Bai Gou finally brought Wang Damao back, but he scolded his mother as soon as he entered the door. He told Zhou Cangyue: "Guess what, the girl he raped has drowned in the river!
The boy even went to the girl's house and made a scene, asking for one of his hands. He also wanted her to marry another daughter to him. The girl ran away overnight and hasn't come back yet. "