Song Dynasty

Chapter 352 Decision (Part [-])

Hearing these two screams, An Niang hurriedly looked inside, and when she saw this, her face turned pale with shock.

I saw that Kong Lin had pulled out the hairpin from her head and aimed it at her chest.

Her hair was loose, and her face was determined: "Brother, General Liu, don't force me, Kong Lin wants to stay and wait for Brother Wang to come home."

"Sister, listen to me..."

Kong Xian took a step forward in panic.

Kong Lin yelled: "Don't come here!" As soon as she exerted force in her hands, red blood spread from her chest.

"No no no, don't!" Kong Xian was finally frightened by her: "Okay, okay, I promise not to leave, please, sister, don't seek short-sightedness!"

Liu Fu also nodded: "Okay, since Young General Kong won't leave, Liu will stay and die with the second young lady of the young general at the worst. What is there to be afraid of?"

An Niang, who was outside the house, was moved when she heard it, and she called out: "No, everyone should not die, but guard this Anlu. My sister is right, we have to wait for Brother Wang to come back. My sister, put the hairpin down, it really hurts." Without you, Brother Wang doesn't want to see this scene either."

Then he walked in.

Seeing her, Kong Lin lowered her hand weakly: "Sister."

An Niang hugged her, and said softly: "Sister, you have lived in the mansion for more than half a year, the reason why Brother Wang has been unwilling to explain the matter to you is not because of me, in fact, he also has his own reasons. Difficulties."

At this time, Liu Fu said in a deep voice: "Mrs. An, there is a question at the end that I don't know whether to ask or not. Ordinarily, as subordinates, I should not interfere with the military envoy's housework. Please forgive me."

An Niang: "General Liu, please speak."

Liu Fu: "Ma'am, everyone knows your status in the military mansion, and everyone has already regarded you as the mistress of everyone. However, Wang Junshi was the one who was hired by three matchmakers and six to marry my second lady. I promised it with my own mouth. Now I keep the second young lady in the mansion and ignore it, what is the reason? A man, a promise is a thousand gold, how can he break his promise and get rich? Our rear soldiers will not accept this."

What he said put the thoughts of the members of the Kong family army on the bright side, and he wanted to ask An Niang for an explanation.

Immediately, not only Kong Xian, but also Kong Lin, who was crying in Anniang's arms, stopped sobbing and looked up at her: "Sister, I really don't want to argue with you, I really want to ask what is the big brother's intentions?" ?”

An Niang sighed: "Yes, Brother Wang is already so old, and it's time to get married. This matter can't be delayed any longer, otherwise the morale of the army and the people will be unstable. Sister, you have a good heart, and my sister knows it too. But This matter is not a dispute, nor is it a matter of who is right or wrong. On the surface, Brother Wang looks like a tough man, but in fact he is very soft-hearted."

"That's right, Brother Wang and I have lived and died together, so there's no need to say much about the friendship; and here, sister, the elder brother has also made a promise. He agreed to one, what about the other?"

"Yeah, what should I do, what should I do?" Kong Lin murmured, her face turning pale.

"You and I are both infatuated with elder brother, and he will not marry."

Kong Lin nodded: "Yes, my sister is right."

An Niang sighed again: "Brother has been reluctant to get married, in fact, there is another more important reason."

Kong Xian asked, "Why?"

An Niang: "General Kong, may I ask what is the current official position of Brother Wang?"

Kong Xian looked puzzled: "Shenwu's deputy army is in command, Jinghu North Road and Xiangyang North Road are recruiting envoys, Zhongshi Dafu, what's wrong?"

An Niang: "Brother Wang is now in charge of the military affairs of Jingchu. He is already the largest festival town in the world. He is only one step away from being the Minister of Jiedu. Moreover, the Sizhou Army was created by the elder brother. How can the court look at it? With such an army that does not obey orders, it will inevitably be constrained and restricted. This is Li Heng and Li Cheng's plot to Anlu, and I am afraid that it is the order of the Zhao family."

"Yes, I guess so." Kong Xian nodded repeatedly.

An Niang: "According to the imperial court's system, if a general at the level of the elder brother is in command of the army, he needs to send his family members to the capital to take them as hostages. When the time comes, will I go to the capital or you, my sister? And, once There is something going on here, what will happen to the family members who stay in the capital, everyone knows it in their hearts, and Brother Wang also understands it in his heart. This is also the reason why he has been reluctant to get married. He really can't bear to see me and my sister you Something really happened!"

"To put it bluntly, Daosi is still soft-hearted. If it is replaced by another hero, it is just a woman, so just send it to the capital. If the wife has something to do, the big deal is to continue. Brother Wang's love, can't you see it, sister? ?”

Hearing what An Niang said, everyone was stunned.

Both Liu Fu and Kong Xian murmured: "So it is, so it is."

For Kong Xian, it was impossible to send the girl to the capital no matter what.Now that Li Heng is being suppressed by the Sizhou army, it shows that the imperial court has begun to weaken Wang Shen's power.Wouldn't it be very dangerous for Kong Lin to go to the capital in the future?
Compared with the safety of my sister, the status of this lady is not so important.

Liu Fu nodded and said: "Wang Junshi is indeed a man, I am convinced."

Kong Xian was also moved: "Yes, I am convinced. The kindness of the military envoy is in my heart." He had already figured it out just now, if he were Wang Shen, he would probably marry Kong Lin in order to protect himself.Anyway, she was just a hostage, and she was sent to the capital to give an explanation to the imperial court.As for her life and death in the future, I don't care, anyway, girls don't have much weight in Wang Shen's mind.If it's important, I'll just marry An Niang in the future.

However, in order to protect his sister, Wang Shen was willing to put himself in an embarrassing situation and endure the resentment of the Kong family.This kind of mind is really admirable.

Liu Fu said angrily: "The military envoy is really, with the strength of our Sizhou army, who is the enemy. At worst, let the second lady and Anfu be the first wives. Yes, the Wangjun envoy simply becomes the king, and Mrs. An is the wife. In the end, the second lady will become a concubine, wouldn't it be better to have the best of both worlds?"

He was originally a bandit, and he didn't have the slightest loyalty to the so-called Great Song Dynasty in his heart.

However, this was just saying, and no one paid any attention to it, so he was just talking nonsense.

After a while, Kong Lin suddenly raised her head and looked at An Niang: "Sister, I have something to ask, please promise me, sister."

An Niang: "Sister, tell me."

"Let me be this lady, let elder brother marry me!" Kong Lin's pretty face was flushed, she was shy but determined at the same time: "I am willing to go to the capital to be a hostage."

"How...how is this possible?" Everyone exclaimed.

"I'm going, don't stop me." Kong Lin clenched her little fists, sweet and sad at the same time, thinking to herself: If there is something really important to go to the capital, even if I die, my eldest brother will remember me for the rest of his life.So... that's enough.

An Niang's eyes were red, she hugged Kong Lin, and said, "Sister, you are my real sister. No, no, you don't have to go, none of us can go to the capital as hostages, we all have to stay with Big Brother Together, our family cannot be separated. Don't worry, Daosi should handle this matter properly. I am very touched by your love for eldest brother, and I will let eldest brother marry you. "

"Sister, what are you doing?"

An Niang: "I will be with my eldest brother too. As for the issue of status, it doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter."

Kong Lin burst into tears.

Hearing that An Niang was willing to give up the position of eldest wife, Kong Xian bowed deeply and said with a sob: "Madam Gao Yi, Kong Xian has to die for his life."

An Niang felt sad in her heart: Brother, in order to keep the army behind and Anlu, I can't marry you.However, I will not leave you, the family must be together and never be separated.Let's talk about everything when you come back... Brother, where are you now?

At this moment, there was a sudden loud commotion outside, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.

An Niang turned her head to look, but saw the officials waiting outside swarming in, all shouting: "Ma'am, something serious happened, something serious happened?"

An Niang shouted: "What happened, don't make a mess?"

Someone shouted: "I just received an urgent report from the spies, Hu Yantong and Li Heng led the former army to set off."

"Going out?" An Niang was taken aback.

"Yes, yes, it's time to start, the former army will not attack us, Anlu."

"God bless, Anlu can be regarded as saved."

"Lai Huyantong is a despicable villain, but after all, he has been greatly favored by the military envoy, and he refuses to cut his knife at his former colleagues."

"This man has a bit of conscience."

"Okay, okay, it's good for Anlu to hold on."

There was a tinge of joy in the tone of the crowd, as if they were sending away a plague god.

An Niang's expression changed suddenly, and she shouted coldly: "What is this? Hu Yantong dragged thousands of people away like this, and it's still an invincible elite iron army trained by the military envoy. Is it worth being happy? If the military envoy comes back, I will How should we explain to him? Now that the situation has become so bad, even if the old thief Li Heng doesn't come to attack the city, can we hold it if other enemies come?"

Everyone fell silent, with shame on their faces.

An Niang: "By the way, where did the old thief Hu Yantong and Li Heng lead their troops, can you find out?"

A general judge from De'an Prefecture surnamed Niu stepped forward: "Ma'am, I heard from Ma Lai that the former army king is heading towards Yunmeng County, presumably to join Li Chengjun."

"Oops, Yunmeng is going to be lost, and Deputy Lu is in trouble." As the veteran with the most military experience among them, Liu Fu couldn't help but gasped.

Yes, the reason why Hu Yantong didn't attack Anlu City is probably because he felt ashamed in his heart, ashamed to face his former colleagues.But this time he led troops to Yunmeng County, even if he did nothing.Seeing that the former army had already surrendered to Li Heng, it was hard to guarantee that the forward army led by Lu Can would not be in a panic.At that time, how could they resist Li Cheng's attack?

Moreover, the reason why Li Heng could not order Huyantong to attack Anlu was because Huyantong had the military power in his hands. As a civil servant, he didn't have a single soldier in his hands, so naturally he couldn't do anything.But in Yunmeng, Li Cheng's army is powerful, and it is difficult to guarantee that the Li family army will not merge and annex the former army.

At that time, when the two armies join together, Lu Can will be unable to resist.

At that time, when Li Cheng took down Yunmeng and opened the passage, Anlu would really be unable to keep it.

Li Tianwang will not be soft-hearted.

(End of this chapter)