Jinghong Tower

Chapter 399 The old house is on fire

He Ran fed Xiao Ba, read the newspaper, drank tea, and ate snacks. Wherever she went, Zong Qi's eyes followed her.

But he said nothing, just sat there, looking at you coldly.

The King of Soldiers is the King of Soldiers. Even if he becomes a businessman in this life, his intimidating aura remains unchanged.

He Ran finally couldn't help it and asked, "You must be very busy now, how come you have the time to come to see me?"

As if he was waiting for her to speak, He Ran clearly felt that Zong Qi was relieved.

Are you worried that she won't ask?
Fault!

Sure enough, Zong Qi, who was handed the microphone, finally spoke.

"You are familiar with the shopkeeper Lu of Jinghong Tower. Do you know if she is engaged?"

Brother He Ran, it would be fine if you didn't speak, but when you open your mouth you are like a thunderbolt.

"What about engagement? What about no engagement?"

I won’t tell you, to make you anxious—this is the malice from my own sister.

Zong Qi's eyes swept gently across He Ran's face. He Ran shuddered. It was too horrible. This was actually the look in her brother's eyes.

"If she is not engaged, then I will pursue her."

Zong Qi spoke calmly, as if he was saying something that was a matter of course.

He Ran widened her eyes in astonishment. Her brother, is this a delusion?
"Brother, do you know what you are talking about?"

Zong Qi: "I know. Don't you think that Shopkeeper Lu is a good match for me?"

He Ran: "Why are you suddenly interested in girls? There were girls chasing you before, but you were indifferent to them all."

Zong Qi's eyes became gentler: "I just haven't met her before."

He Ran: "Love at first sight?"

Zong Qi: "Every time I see her, I feel happy. When I don't see her, I miss her all the time. Maybe this is what you call love at first sight."

He Ran laughed: "Okay, then go after her. If you have the ability, marry Lu Chang to be my sister-in-law. Lu Chang is a lovely and good girl. Of course, if Lu Chang refuses to marry you, you can marry her."

Zong Qi smiled without saying anything, stood up and bowed to He Ran: "Thank you for your good words."

He Ran smiled again, and suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Han's eldest sister-in-law's daughter is very cute, do you know her name?"

Zong Qi said: "Of course I know, her name is Yingfeng, and her nickname is Congcong."

He Ran asked: "Do you know which Cong it is?"

"Isn't it the one with two people in it?" Zong Qi said casually.

He Ran smiled. As expected of brother and sister, they thought the same thing when they first heard the name.

"No, her "Cong" is your "Zong" with a "Yu" radical added to it."

Zong Qi was startled, frowned slightly, and thought: "Maybe it's just a coincidence, this word Cong also has a good meaning."

He Ran said, "I hope it's just a coincidence, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble. That Han Dasao is different from Miss Han. Miss Han's joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all written on her face. She is afraid that others can't see that she likes you."

Zong Qi's face was gloomy. He had known Han Yuzhu's feelings for a long time. Even if Lu Chang had not appeared, he would have thought of a way to make Han Yuzhu give up the idea. Now that Lu Chang was around, Zong Qi felt that this was God's will.

As for Zhu Yanmin, before this, Zong Qi had never thought about it, let alone noticed it.

But he believed in Any Ran.

Whether in modern times or in ancient times, He Ran has never been a person who likes to make random guesses.

As long as she said it, she would be at least 70% sure.

Zong Qi said: "Okay, I understand."

He thought for a moment and then asked, "What does Madam Zhongyi like?"

He Ran laughed again. The fate hasn't even been decided yet, and already you're planning on trying to please someone's grandmother?
"Just don't be so smart as to give her some rare chrysanthemum. As for other things, she likes them on a plate."

Zong Qi wrote them down one by one, and He Ran asked with a smile: "Why don't you ask me about Lu Chang's preferences?"

Zong Qi: "I know what she likes."

If you like someone, you will pay attention to everything about her, even a small detail, and remember it all in your heart.

He Ran was heartbroken because her brother was going to be given to someone else.

"Brother, do you know what I like?"

Zong Qi pointed to the easel in the corner and then to the weapons rack outside.

He Ran chuckled dryly. She liked painting and practicing martial arts. Her hobbies had not changed in three lifetimes.

"I also like drinking." He Ran said.

Zong Qi: "You didn't like it before."

He Ran was dazed for a moment. At that time, she had just traveled through time and was walking alone in this world. Feeling lonely and bored, she drank a few glasses of wine. Gradually, she became a drunkard.

Zong Qi said goodbye and left. Since Lu Chang was not engaged, he had to take action.

Oh, he is so busy!
After Zong Qi left, He Ran sat for a while, her mind wandering. If her brother and Lu Chang became a couple, wouldn't she have to follow her brother and call Li Jinxiu her grandmother?

She suffered a loss and was demoted two generations.

Her brother's old house caught fire, but she was the one who suffered the loss.

At this time, the northwest was covered with dark clouds.

The fall of Xi'an City made Luo Yun feel uneasy. He didn't want to waste any more time. Not counting the troops brought by Wu Ji, Luo Yun's own army had only more than 10,000 people.

But all of these more than 10,000 people are good brothers who have followed him through thick and thin.

Luo Yun didn't want them to follow him and die in vain.

And what Wu Ji is doing now is to seek death.

He was still looking for He Shuting, and even suspected that He Shuting was trapped in Xianyang City. Wu Ji sent more than a hundred people to sneak into Xianyang City to find He Shuting's whereabouts.

But within a few days, those people's heads were hung in front of the city gate.

All of these people are experienced scouts and secret guards with superb martial arts.

But they gave up their young lives for a woman with a bad record.

Luo Yun tried to persuade Wu Ji, but Wu Ji was determined to find He Shuting.

Luo Yun felt that the Princess of Chang'an must be a fox spirit, otherwise how could she make Wu Ji, who had not been close to a woman for more than 20 years, act like a possessed man?
The old house caught fire and the fire got bigger and bigger. There was no way to save it.

Luo Yun didn't know that even though he was Wu Ji's confidant, Wu Ji still didn't tell him the truth.

He Shuting is pregnant, and the person Wu Ji is looking for is not only his wife, but also his son.

This unborn son may be the last hope of the old Wu family. The Ran army has occupied Yulin, Xi'an, Xianyang, and a large area of ​​Weinan.

Sooner or later he would meet the Ran army again, and his pride would not allow him to surrender to the Ran army.

My father must have been disappointed with him before he died, so he sent Wuju away early. In his father's opinion, Wuju was stronger than him, so he wanted to preserve Wuju's bloodline.

Whenever Wu Ji thought about this, he would feel sad.

Obviously, he is the son his father values ​​the most.

To this day, people in the world will not think that his father was forced to death by the people. They will only say that his father died for him to atone for his sins.

As a son, your reputation has been ruined at this point.

Luo Yun didn't know that Wu Ji had already made up his mind to die at this time.

He had only one wish, which was to find He Shuting and send someone to take her to a safe place to wait for the birth of his son.

Therefore, even if more people died, Wu Ji still wanted to find He Shuting.

Wu Ji didn't know that He Shuting, with the help of He Jiang, was already on her way to Longxi.

In Longxi, there lived Meng Zhong, Wu Dongming's most respected general. Meng Zhong's second wife, He, was He Jiang's cousin. Meng Zhong's eldest son, born to his first wife, had a bad relationship with He, so he simply ran away from home and took hundreds of people with him to the desert. They encountered a sandstorm on the way and no one survived.

Just a few months ago, Meng Zhong was seriously injured in a battle with horse bandits and is now paralyzed in bed. The military power has been handed over to Meng Zhong's younger brother Meng Cheng.

The retreat route that He Jiang found for He Shuting was Longxi.

Along the way, neither He Jiang nor He Shuting revealed their identities. The road was long and arduous. They encountered horse thieves on the way. He Jiang was injured, and even He Shuting sprained her ankle while trying to avoid them.

But one afternoon, bathed in the scorching sunshine, they finally arrived in Longxi.

Wu Ji knew nothing about all this.

Seeing more and more heads hanging outside Xianyang City, Luo Yun could no longer help himself and said to Wu Ji, "Longnan General Xiao Wenyuan is the Second Young Master's father-in-law. The Second Young Master has most likely gone to Longnan. Your Majesty, why don't I go to Longnan and persuade the Second Young Master and General Xiao to rush to Qianzhou to help."

The corner of Wu Ji's eye twitched. The Xiao girl and Wu Ju were only engaged, not formally married. Now that the Wu family was in decline, Xiao Wenyuan had always been a man of change, so whether he could take Wu Ju in was another matter.

As for sending troops, Wu Ji didn't think Xiao Wenyuan would come to help him.

Xiao Wenyuan is a shrewd and calculating man, and even his father finds it difficult to control him. In order to make Xiao Wenyuan loyal to him, his father arranges for Wu Ju to marry Xiao's daughter.

But by now, the Xiao family might have already thought about canceling the engagement.

As for Luo Yun, Wu Ji did not think that Luo Yun could not see the situation clearly, but Luo Yun still wanted to go to Longnan. His purpose was certainly not to ask Xiao Wenyuan to send troops. I am afraid that Luo Yun just wanted to surrender to Xiao Wenyuan.

When Wu Ji looked at Luo Yun again, there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes.

Luo Yun secretly worried for himself, as his thoughts were seen through by King Chang'an.

Luo Yun could only act as if nothing had happened, but he didn't know that in Wu Ji's eyes, this was a mockery.

Wu Ji was depressed, and even Luo Yun looked down on him.

Wu Ji decided to wait and see what happened. He wanted to see what Luo Yun was going to do.

His injuries have not yet healed, so he cannot lead troops into battle yet. The task of finding He Shuting can only be left to his subordinates.

In the middle of the night, Wu Ji was awakened from his dream by his personal guards: "My Lord, it's bad. General Gao has taken his men away."

Wu Ji was startled: "He took people away? Where did he go?"

Until this moment, Wu Ji didn't believe that Luo Yun would directly break up with him.

Even if Luo Yun had second thoughts, he would at most do it quietly and privately. He and Luo Yun were childhood friends and brothers, and it would be unfair for Luo Yun to do something so extreme.

But Luo Yun really left. He took his 10,000 troops with him and left Qianzhou City at night without even saying goodbye.

"Where are Luo Yun's family?" Wu Ji asked.

Luo Yun's wife and children are in Qianzhou, and Wu Ji doesn't believe that Luo Yun will take them away.

The personal soldiers went to investigate and soon got the news.

Luo Yun did not take his wife and children with him, but he had secretly sent them away a few days ago. As for where they were sent, no one knew.

Luo Yun has been stationed in Qianzhou for several years. In Qianzhou, he almost has the power to cover the sky with one hand. Although Wu Ji is a prince and has a large number of soldiers and horses, it is still easy for Luo Yun to hide the truth from Wu Ji.

Wu Ji just felt dizzy. Luo Yun was not acting on impulse. He had planned it long ago.

Wu Ji is self-aware. He knows his current situation and he also knows that someone will definitely betray him.

But why is this person Luo Yun?
They grew up together and now rely on each other. Why would Luo Yun betray him?

When Wu Ji was in great pain, He Shuting had already met Xiao He.

He Shuting didn't expect that little He was actually such a stunning beauty.

Not only that, He Shuting's intuition told her that Xiao He and Meng Cheng were having an affair.

Her husband is paralyzed in bed, her stepson died in a foreign land, and her sister-in-law got involved with her powerful brother-in-law.

However, for a beauty like Xiao He, let alone Meng Cheng, even ten Meng Chengs would become her slaves.

Although they are brothers from the same mother, Meng Cheng and Meng Zhong are completely different. Since Meng Zhong is valued by Wu Dongming, it can be imagined that this person is calm, steady and has a good character.

Meng Cheng, however, was a drunkard and a womanizer. When he first met He Shuting, even though he knew she was the Princess of Chang'an, he still looked her up and down with lustful eyes. When he met He Shuting's gaze, he had no guilt at all and said to her with a grin, "Princess, why don't you live in my house? There's a vacant yard in my house. I'll have someone clean it up for you, and you can move in today."

He Jiang was so angry. This bastard, does he know what he is talking about?
He was so bold that he actually dared to let the Princess of Chang'an live in his small courtyard. What did that mean? Wasn't she no different from his concubines?
After finally getting rid of Meng Cheng, He Jiang said to Xiao He: "Why did you choose such a bastard?"

Little He sneered, "He is the only brother of the old immortal. If we don't push him out now, how can the old immortal's subordinates let it go? It's also my fault. I don't even have a biological child."

Xiao He understood better than anyone that even if she was devoted to Meng Cheng now, the 100,000 troops in Longxi had nothing to do with her.

Who made her have no son?

"Brother, you have seen my current situation. Alas, brother, I agree to everything you say. All I want is wealth and glory for the rest of my life. Also, I don't want to face that beast Meng Cheng anymore."

Although Xiao He used her beauty to please men, she was still too embarrassed to talk about what Meng Cheng had done to her.

That was an insult. Meng Cheng not only didn't treat her as a sister-in-law, he also didn't treat her as a human being.

She is not even as good as the girls in the brothel.

He Shuting watched coldly, and only spoke at this moment: "You want to kill Meng Cheng?"

Xiao He was silent for a moment.

Do you want to kill Meng Cheng?

She hadn't thought about it, she didn't dare to think about it.

Seeing her hesitation, He Shuting sneered: "So you are also indecisive."

Xiao He suddenly looked at her, and her originally blurred eyes had now become clear.

"If you kill Meng Cheng and keep me prosperous for the rest of my life, I will hand over all my 100,000 troops to you."

She was a weak woman and could not command the soldiers in the army. She could not even protect these 100,000-strong army. She might as well borrow someone else's talents to offer to others in exchange for what she wanted.