Jinghong Building

Although he was covered with silk and jade, He Shuting's temperament had not changed. She was still beautiful and gentle, but she had lost her youth and added a little softness.

She snuggled in Wu Ji's arms, and at this moment, even the air around her became lingering.

Thinking of his mother whispering a "bitter" just now, Wu Ji felt guilty and hugged the jade man in his arms tighter.

Mrs. Wu took a short rest and recovered, so she came to find trouble for He Shuting again.

Today she had to take He Shuting away and could not let this woman stay with her son.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Wu Ji made her feel strange. Her son would never talk to her like this before. She saw the rebuke in her son's eyes. Yes, her son was rebuking her!

Mrs. Wu wished she could tear He Shuting to pieces!

When she came over again, what she saw was Wu Ji carefully holding He Shuting onto the chair, as if she was holding a treasure.

"Bitch!" Mrs. Wu said angrily, "Come on, take this bitch!"

Wu Ji stood in front of He Shuting and kicked the two Wu maids who rushed up. His eyes were red and he glared at Mrs. Wu: "Mom, if you want to take Shuting away, then kill me first!"

Mrs. Wu was furious, pulled out her sword from a Wu maid, and then hit her.

Wu Ji stepped forward and the sword stabbed Wu Ji on the shoulder.

He Shuting let out a scream and pounced on him. Wu Ji endured the pain, reached out to caress her hair, and said softly, "Be good, don't be afraid, I'm fine."

Mrs. Wu's body shook, her sword-holding hand drooped softly, and she fell down toward the sky.

Mrs. Wu suffered a stroke.

He Shuting served in confusion on the front of the sickbed. Two days later, Mrs. Wu's condition finally stabilized. Seeing He Shuting, Mrs. Wu's lips trembled, and it took a while to make a sound: "Go, go!"

Wu Ji looked at the haggard He Shuting and felt very distressed. Her mother was becoming more and more unreasonable. Thanks to Shuting's care in the past two days, she gradually got better. Unexpectedly, as soon as she could speak, she spoke ill of Shuting again.

Wu Ji ordered the maid and the mother to serve him well, so he took He Shuting away.

It was said that Mrs. He came here accidentally. Just a few days ago, Wu Ji had just learned good news that He Shuting was pregnant.

This is his and Shuting's flesh and blood, their first child. Wu Ji was very happy and wished he could pick the stars in the sky and give them to He Shuting.

Mrs. He insisted on taking He Shuting away and slaughtering him to He Ran at this time. Wu Ji tried his best to protect her even though he was trying his best.

The spies sent out came back, and He Dali's army was currently stationed in Yuncheng.

Yuncheng is five or six hundred miles away from Xianyang.

He Shuting frowned slightly, "He Dali is called the general of the personal guard. My eldest sister didn't take him with me even when I went south, but now I'm asking me to come to Yuncheng. It seems that my eldest sister has a lot of plans."

Wu Ji once fought with the Ran Army. He had drunk and fought wars with He Dali, and was very familiar with He Dali.

"In addition to He Dali, He Ran also mobilized Fu Yansheng. Compared with Fu Yansheng, He Dali is not afraid."

Of course He Shuting knew Fu Yansheng.

She lived in Jinyang for two years. At that time, the opponent of the Ran army was the Jin army, and Fu Yansheng was the commander of the Jin army.

She sighed, "It's still my elder sister who has a solution. Even a general like Fu Yansheng has surrendered to her. Brother Ji, I know my elder sister. She attaches great importance to her own things. My mother sent two thousand taels from Jinghonglou back then. The silver letter she gave was still in the capital, but because she was in the capital and could not tell her in advance. She was furious and sent my mother, uncle and two uncles to prison. My mother was also because This incident was expelled from the house, and life and death were uncertain."

Before he finished speaking, He Shuting was already crying like rain.

This is the first time Wu Ji heard about this. It’s just 2,000 taels of silver. Not to mention He Ran now, He Ran would not take it seriously. After all, He Ran had been a young man. He inherited Jinghonglou in his hand.

Two thousand taels are probably just one of the Jinghong Tower’s daily flowing water.

But He Ran refused to give in and sent a bunch of relatives to prison.

It’s okay for stepmother and step uncle, but there is also Mr. He Er and Mr. He San, who is He Ran’s biological uncle!

"He Ran, too ruthless. However, since ancient times, all those who have accomplished great things have been cruel and ruthless. He Ran is extremely cruel, but she is not bad to the people. Now that Jin is living and working in peace and contentment, there are few people who have seen Jin. The fleeing people."

In the past few years, a large number of people fled to Xi'an and Xianyang in Jin and Henan. In the past two or three years, there are indeed no refugees who speak the accents of these two places on the streets of Xi'an.

He Shuting heard the appreciation from Wu Ji's tone, and couldn't help but feel a sense of jealousy.

Wu Ji once told her that Wu Dongming had always wanted to marry He Ran and add another layer of protection on the basis of the alliance.

Lu Zhen flashed in He Shuting's mind, the young man who was too lazy to even give her a direct eye.

Lu Zhen has been engaged to He Ran. He Ran has been in the process of death for so many years, but He Ran has not yet married him.

Why?

He Shuting's voice was soft: "My elder sister has everything now. Looking north of the Yangtze River, all except the Northwest Road are all from my elder sister."

Wu Ji was stunned. Yes, now, except for the territory occupied by the Wu clan, all other places will be returned to He Ran.

"I thought her focus now is in the south."

He Shuting said, "Southern? Of course, there are small courts of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Han Kingdom, those barbarians, and Zhou Cangyue. There are so many hard-to-bite hard bones, and it's not even ten or twenty years old, I'm afraid I can't finish it."

Wu Ji heard the meaning of her words. Looking around, there were strong enemies in the south, but there was only the Wu family in the north.

"You mean, He Ran retreated when he was in trouble and wanted to unify the north?"

He Shuting smiled bitterly: "Brother Ji, is there actually something wrong with Jinghonglou? My elder sister will send troops here, don't you think?"

Wu Ji nodded: "That's true. Even without the Jinghonglou incident, He Ran would still be dispatched troops to condemn generals. It might not be a real fight, but it was mainly a shock. For example, my father, wouldn't he be afraid?"

He Shuting held his hand: "Brother Ji, my father is old and weak, my second brother has not yet grown up, my mother is sick again, and our child is."

He Shuting pressed Wu Ji's hand on his still flat belly: "Brother Ji, the Wu family is in turmoil now. Our family and those clans that depend on Wu, you can rely on. Brother Ji, you are the one who stands tall and upright. The great hero will definitely protect me and my children, the entire Wu family, and thousands of households in the northwest."

Wu Ji was stunned. Although he turned against his father, he never thought of replacing his father. From childhood to adulthood, his father was the **** of war in his heart.

But now, he suddenly realized something, his father is old!

Since my father was injured that year, his health has not recovered. In the past few years, let alone war, even with normal training, my father could only sit on a chair and watch from afar.

My father is no longer the majestic general, he is just a sick old man now. As for the second brother Wu Ju, he was reckless and impulsive, and was very happy to achieve success, and it was difficult to take on a great responsibility.

Wu Ji's hand wandered on He Shuting's lower abdomen, where his child was.

"You are right. I am the only one who can carry the banner of Wu now."

He Shuting sighed again: "Sister is so lucky. I still remember when she just returned home, she didn't even have a decent dress. The only jewelry was given to her by the servants at home. Before she was adopted by the princess of the town, she Her adoptive parents sold her to the opera troupe. She learned to sing songs, learned to make somersaults, and if she couldn't learn, she would go hungry. But Brother Ji, now my elder sister not only went to the capital, but she also moved into the palace. She must have A lot of beautiful clothes and precious jewelry.”

Wu Ji was filled with mixed feelings. He Shuting had told Wu Ji before that He Ran was in the opera troupe before she was recognized by the He family, which she admitted in person.

Wu Ji was very surprised at that time. He thought He Ran had been with He Jinghong since he was a child, but he didn't expect that she had been in the opera troupe.

You should know that in the eyes of the world, women from opera troupes are equal to brothels.

He Ran has never mentioned this experience, and the world only knows that she is from the He family.

At this moment, when Wu Ji heard these words again, he was filled with mixed feelings.

He had never seen He Ran when he first returned to the He family, but he had seen He Ran when he had not yet risen.

He Ran was only fourteen or fifteen years old at that time, and knocked on the Wu family's door with a head.

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

"When He Ran came to Yulin to meet my father, he didn't have a soldier."

He Shuting said, "Really? I thought my elder sister was evenly matched when she formed an alliance with her father-in-law, but I didn't know that my elder sister actually started her business with the Wu family."

He Ran started his family with the Wu family?

Wu Ji wanted to correct it, but he felt that what He Shuting said made sense. He Ran did not have anything at that time.

However, she had a good brain, and later took advantage of the conflict between King Jin and Cai to grab a group of military supplies, and jumped up, which was shocking.

But at the beginning, He Ran did rely on the Wu family, so He Shuting was not wrong with saying this.

He Shuting put her face on Wu Ji's chest, and her voice was as light as a dream: "Brother Ji, I will always accompany you, accompany you out of Xi'an, accompany you to the capital, Brother Ji, I have not been to the capital yet, listen It is said that the capital is full of flowers and the palace is brilliant. Brother Ji, can you take me to the capital in your lifetime? I also want to have a long experience."

Wu Ji had been to the capital. He met He Ran in the palace. The imperial palace in the capital was indeed brilliant. He Ran stood beside King Zhao and accepted his worship.

At that time, King Zhao was like a puppet, his expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, while He Ran beside him had a smile like a flower.

A thousand pride suddenly rose in Wu Ji's chest. Whether it is the capital or the palace, it is actually that way.

King Zhao could go because He Ran said that he was the descendant of the crown prince first.

He Ran could go because the emperor ran away, and He Ran came to the capital before the heroes.

At that time, if another force had entered the capital first, then now, wouldn’t the people in the palace not King Zhao?

From another perspective, He Ran, who was born in the opera troupe and the King Zhao whom he picked up from somewhere can go to Beijing and live in the palace, so why can't he?

When he was born, the Wu family had been guarding Yulin for two generations. Officials in the entire northwest had to act according to the look of Wu.

He is the eldest son and was born to inherit his ancestors and guard the northwest.

And He Ran, the He family was born in a clan like Wu, not to mention that she grew up in the opera troupe. Although she was later accepted as a disciple by He Jinghong, He Jinghong had long died except Jinghonglou gave her nothing.

But if He Ran is able to go to the capital like this, why can't he?

"Brother Ji, the eldest sister is just a female slut. She actually doesn't know anything, but she's lucky. She first met He Jinghong, and then met her father-in-law. But Brother Ji, you have what she has, you are the same as your father-in-law. I was just too loyal and thought that I had formed an alliance, so I didn’t fight with my elder sister. In fact, if you had fought, the current situation would have been reversed long ago. The ones in the capital were father-in-law and you. "

Wu Ji's heart was like a galloping horse. Yes, it wasn't impossible, he just never tried.

"Good Shuting, please let me think about it."

A few days later, He Dali received news that Wu Ji claimed to be the King of Chang'an and unified the Wu family army, including Yulin, into the Chang'an army.

He Dali was stunned. He pulled the army to Wu Ji's doorstep, but Wu Ji became king at this time?

Is this not afraid of danger?

He Ran sent He Dali and Fu Yansheng over, and the main purpose was to deter him.

After all, she was an ally for many years. As long as she had not completely broken up, He Ran didn't want to really fight. This is why she wrote that letter to Wu Dongming.

As long as Wu Dongming handed over the culprit, he would pay some money appropriately and agree to a few conditions, He Ran would withdraw his troops, and the two families could live together peacefully for at least a few more years.

After all, He Ran had just ended the battle in the south, and both soldiers and civilians had to rest. He did not want to start a major war within at least one year.

Besides, there is still a bigger opponent than Wu Dongming, that is, the small court of Later Zhou.

If the small court of Later Zhou remains unchanged for a day, the whole people cannot be united.

But now Wu Ji's performance is not only not like he wants to hand over the culprit, but also the intention of competing with Ran's army.

He Dali immediately asked He Ran for instructions and rushed to the capital for eight hundred miles.

He Ran received an urgent letter from He Dali and said a few loud noises. It seemed that this battle had to be fought.

He Ran asked her to go to the Ministry of Revenue to call Meng Qing over. Meng Qing's performance in the Ministry of Revenue is remarkable. Lao Guanghuai is very satisfied with her. Now there are many things left to Meng Qing to do.

He Ran asked Meng Qing: "How long can we collect 200,000 grains and grass?"

Meng Qing smiled: "At the latest ten days, the previous one can be sent out within three days."

He Ran was overjoyed: "You guys were prepared?"

Meng Qing said, "My Lord, I plan ahead. Now, if our Ministry of Revenue cannot take out more than 100,000 grains and grass at any time, we will not be able to sleep."

Nowadays, raising money does not mean you can buy food with money.

Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue can take out more than 100,000 yuan in food and grass at any time, and it is indeed a precaution.

But He Ran didn't expect that before she ordered He Dali to start a war, Wu Ji had already left the city to declare war on He Dali. (End of this chapter)