Jinghong Building

Chapter 319 Zhou Cangyue’s Troubles (Two Chapters Integration)

Wu Ji didn't know the real reason why He Zhi and his wife took 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, and is a good girl worthy of love.

As Wu Dongming's eldest son, Wu Ji was very busy. Although he often came to Xijing, he only stayed for a short time each time. But this time, Wu Ji lived in Xijing for half a month until Wu Dongming wrote to question him. He decided to set off reluctantly.

Since we are leaving, it is also appropriate to go to He's mansion to say goodbye to Mrs. He.

Wu Ji went to He Mansion with gifts. He had dinner in He Mansion, but unfortunately he didn't see He Shuting.

Wu Ji left He's mansion with regret. 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 Wu Ji brought were neatly placed there, filling the entire Eight Immortals table.

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

Tonics and clothing are the most common gifts for people like them when they walk around in daily life.

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

Mrs. He pointed to the fabrics: "Don't you think the fabrics given by the eldest son this time are too bright?"

He Zhi looked at it and found that the peach powder, apricot yellow, and fruit green seemed to be a little brighter. His wife did not wear this color twenty years ago.

"Is this for Shuting?" The only one who can wear these clothes at home is his goddaughter whom he just recognized.

He Zhi suddenly realized that no wonder that Wu Ji looked at him today, as if he was absent-minded.

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

Wu Ji is happy with He Shuting!

"Do you think the eldest son knows Shuting's identity?" He Zhi asked.

Mrs. He slowly shook her head: "If Shuting didn't lie, then the eldest son wouldn't know. Shuting said she only told us."

He Zhi paced back and forth in the room and suddenly stopped: "Do I want to tell my lord about this?"

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

He Zhi was stunned. He knew Wu Dongming's temper. Now He Ran is powerful and Wu Dongming is weak. Wu Dongming wished he could dissect his heart to He Ran to let He Ran know that he has no second intentions.

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

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

As a couple for decades, when He Zhi's lips moved, Mrs. He knew what he wanted to say.

"If you propose marriage, just propose marriage. The parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, as long as the lord and wife agree to this marriage, what's wrong with us?

Since the last time I was seriously injured, the lord has not left Yulin for two years. 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 in the future, Shuting will be the princess.

Our sons are the national uncles, do you still have to worry about their future? ”

He Zhinne said after a while, "But He Ran, what would she think?"

Mrs. He sneered: “I don’t know what He Ran thinks.

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

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

To whom?

Not her husband, her brother?

My husband won’t mention it, but she only has one brother.

You have also asked someone to check that He Ran treats her brother very well. The reason why she didn't take her brother to the capital was to train her secretly. If you don't believe it, wait and see. Once her brother grows to sixteen or seventeen years old, He Ran will definitely entrust him with important responsibilities.

King Zhao has already moved into the palace. I heard that there are people in the court and the country calling for King Zhao to ascend the throne.

He Ran wants to delay, but how long can he delay it? It’s a matter of time sooner or later.

Once King Zhao ascended the throne, He Ran would rely more on her own people than she is now.

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

You said, how can she not get along well with her?

One is the younger brother and the other is the younger brother-in-law. Who in the world is more intimate than them? ”

Seeing that He Zhi's eyes widened wider, Mrs. He was a little proud: "No matter when a woman reaches or no matter how high her status is, she cannot have no family.

He Ran and the Zhending He family have already divorced. She has not yet supported the Zhending He family's children, and it will be even more impossible in the future.

So the only family she can rely on in the future is He Shuting's husband's family besides her younger brother. ”

Regarding He Ran, He Zhi also talked with Wu Dongming about him. They agreed that even if King Zhao ascended the throne one day, he would not have real power, and the power would still be in the hands of He Ran. What King Zhao had was just an empty name. .

He Ran would not hand over all the power to the emperor like He Jinghong, nor would he go far away.

Before this, He Zhi always believed that He Ran would put the emperor in the palace as a decoration and then give herself the regent.

Or, He Ran is no older than King Zhao. She can marry King Zhao. Once she gives birth to a son, King Zhao can give up the throne. The young emperor ascends the throne and He Ran continues to take power.

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

The throne still belongs to the Zhou family. A regent's 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 less than 20 years old, and she is not unable to give birth. Can't she give power to her son? Why do you have to give it to her family?"

In fact, He Zhi felt that He Ran might not even give power to his son. Unless she is old and can no longer do it, she will be held in her hands.

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

Mrs. He snorted coldly: "You men don't understand the matter of women!"

He Zhi suddenly remembered Mrs. He's supplement to her parents over the years, and he felt a little upset: "You can't measure He Ran in the future. He Ran is not an ordinary woman like you."

He Zhi wanted to go to the study room, but after walking a few steps, he came back and said to Mrs. He, "Look at Shuting and don't let her 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, only benefits. Once there is no common interests between He Ran and Wu Dongming, they will turn against each other sooner or later.

Their rebellion is to persevere.

He recognized He Shuting as his goddaughter, wasn’t it the day he was guarding against?

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

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

For He Shuting's sake, He Ran would not kill the He family.

What the He family has to pay is just to raise He Shuting for a few more years, and the He family is not unable to support 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. The next day he heard that Wu Ji had left Xijing, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe Wu Ji was just on a whim and would fade away after a few days.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

But what made He Zhi irritated was that from this day on, Mrs. He blew the wind beside him all day long. Maybe she said too much, and He Zhi actually felt that Mrs. He was saying something reasonable.

He Ran didn't know these things at this time, and 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 battle. Before the Huwei Army could start fighting, the city gate was opened. It was not the magistrate and the county magistrate who came out, but several yamen runners.

After asking, I found out that the magistrate and the county magistrate had escaped with their families a few days ago, and even the big families in the county town ran away.

These people ran away at night, quietly. The people in the city didn't know, nor did they know that the Huwei Army was about to come.

If they knew, they would have run away long ago.

Zhou Cangyue told He Ran that he was hurt!

He obviously did not burn, kill, kill, and loot, but why did those people still feel scared when they mentioned them?

Zhou Cangyue's letter reminded He Ran of something she had heard.

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

He Ran replied to Zhou Cangyue: "You ordered that you should not burn, kill, and loot, but how was the execution? There are so many people in the Huwei Army, can you ensure that everyone is strictly abide by discipline?

There must be someone who violated it. Have you severely punished the person who violated it?

Are there any people in your team beheaded for violating military discipline?

How many were cut?

Anyone who was beaten to the point of dying?

How many are there?

Is it the Beggars' Sect the one who beheaded by you or beaten to the point of dying?

Not to mention that there are not a single brother of the Beggars’ Gang who made any mistakes, I don’t believe it! ”

After receiving the letter, Zhou Cangyue looked at the plain language in the paper, especially the last three words "I don't believe it."

Who said that he had never cut his head for violating military discipline? Of course, he had cut more than one, and there were many.

Zhou Cangyue touched his head, and He Ran was right. None of the those who were beheaded by him for violating military discipline were from the Beggars' Sect.

Although the Huwei Army is mainly composed of brothers from the Beggars' Gang, it has fought many wars, and there will be prisoners in every war. This year, all the wars were fighting everywhere, and those who served in the army understood that being a prisoner is actually a different army to continue fighting.

Otherwise, whether it is the Ran army or the Huwei army, why do you hit more and more people? Not all this happened yet.

None of the people who were beheaded by him were from the Beggars' Sect, they were all such prisoners.

He Ran said she did not believe that there were no one in the Beggars' Gang brothers who violated military discipline.

Zhou Cangyue thought about it and it wasn't.

He called the white dog, red beans and soybeans all over.

"Are there any brothers in our gang who violated military discipline? I mean the kind of people who burn, kill, loot the people. Are there any? Tell the truth."

The three of you look at me, I look at you.

Baigou said, "Yes, yes, but they are punished according to the rules of the gang. For example, Wang Damao, the last time Boss Han was punished by himself, and he was deprived of one hand."

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

Baigou said, "Wang Damao is the subordinate of Boss Han. Last time he was in Xinglong Town, he made a vow to a girl. After Boss Han knew about it, he punished Wang Damao according to the gang rules and destroyed his right hand."

Zhou Cangyue: "Why no one told me about such a big thing?"

Baigou: "I only knew about it not long ago. This is the matter in the Han Daxiang Hall, and only their own people know 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: "Where are you, have you ever heard of things like Wang Damao?"

Growing up together since childhood, Hongdou and Huangdou saw that Zhou Cangyue was suppressing his anger. The two dared not hide it and told them something they knew.

The matter with Wang Damao is similar. They are both violated gang rules and were dealt with by their own boss.

It’s all shameful. After all, I’m embarrassed to say that it’s usually only after a few days, this matter will be revealed after it’s over.

Those who were punished by the gang were all serious crimes, such as Wang Damao, who was a sacrificial girl, and who ran to the rich family's house to grab things, pushed her mother down and killed her, etc.

Zhou Cangyue became more and more angry the more he listened to it, but these were just part of it.

After all, everyone thinks that family scandals should not be made public. Those that can really be heard by Baigou and others are those that are quite troubling and cannot be hidden even if they want to.

As for stealing things, these are trivial matters, and they are not even as punished with gang rules.

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

These two were useless and could not fight, but they were still in the Beggars' Sect.

In the past, they were just little brothers in the Beggars' Sect, but after they were gilded from the battlefield, they were no longer little brothers.

For brothers who have retired due to injuries, Zhou Cangyue has always been based on the principle of relocating wherever they retire.

The Beggars' Gang is home everywhere, and most of these brothers have no home. They retreated from the army and were taken over by the local Beggars' Gang branch to start their own 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 become small leaders when they return to the Beggars' Sect, and a group of small beggars are below.

What made Zhou Cangyue angry was that Wang Damao and the guy who fell to death died of his mother were actually enjoying the treatment of injured soldiers after returning to the Beggars' Sect.

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

Wang Damao's more than 20 younger brothers clamored that they were Hu Wei's army. Whoever dared to take Wang Damao away would ask Hu Wei's army to search the house.

White Dog

Bai Gou finally brought Wang Damao back, and cursed as soon as he entered the door. He told Zhou Cangyue: "Guess what, the girl he was so embarrassed about has jumped into the river and died!

The boy even ran to the girl's house and made a big fuss, asking him to compensate him with one hand, and he also asked someone to marry his other daughter. The girl ran away overnight and has not come back now. ”