The day after tomorrow, Mu Chunmian brought Lai Dayong to Mingpeitang to ask for an audience.
Wei Changying deliberately used the shelf to let them dry for a long time before allowing them in.
When the two of them entered the door, Guard Chief Ying glanced at him and saw that Mu Chunmian was dusty and seemed to have no time to go to Jiyuan to freshen up, so he directly arrested Lai Dayong. Look at Lai Dayong again - this is the first time that Wei Changying has seen this well-known private salt dealer. Looking through the gap in the screen, he is just like the rumors. He is tall and strong, with dark skin and a double line on his face. The scar, which is an inch long and half an inch wide, crawls on the cheekbone like a centipede, looking hideous and terrifying.
No one would believe him even if he said he was not a bandit. He was dressed like a businessman who values amiability and making money. It looked awkward no matter how he looked at him.
It's just that although Lai Dayong looks very tough, he is smiling and trying to please... What Wei Changying notices is that his flattery doesn't seem to be directed at him, but rather towards him. I went to sleep under the wood in spring.
Thinking of Cao Ya's name for Lai Dayong, Wei Changying found it very interesting: This Lai Dayong seems to be about thirty years old, combined with Ji Gu's age...
She didn't say anything, and let Xia Shoumu Chunmian and Lai Dayong bow respectfully, but they didn't hear the shouts and just stood there in embarrassment.
One cup of tea, two cups of tea... Wei Changying took the time to drink the third cup of tea slowly. He also changed the snacks at hand several times. Mu Chunmian and Lai Dayong, who had been maintaining the salute posture below, both had scratches on their foreheads. sweat.
I just peeked up, but I saw behind the thin silk screen specially set up because of Lai Dayong, the foreign man. I could tell from the outline that the elegant lady with a hairpin and skirt seemed to be lowering her head, looking at the man lying on the edge of her skirt. The tabby cat asked with a low smile: "Why did it come here? Shigure doesn't like it either?"
A little maid in pink clothes said cautiously: "To tell you what to do, Madam, I have been carrying the little flower with me. It's just that the little flower likes to run around... The last time I saw it crawling among the flowers, I wanted to carry it away, but I was almost killed. It scratched its paw!"
"Is it because I gave it a piece of pickled fish last time to make it miss that bite?" Wei Changying laughed and stretched out his hand towards the tabby cat. The cat jumped onto her lap obediently and quickly, stretched out its head and She rubbed her palms again and again, making a soft cry.
"Xiaohua just likes the young lady..."
The master and the servants were chatting and laughing, as if there were no two people like Mu Chunmian and Lai Dayong in the hall.
Seeing this situation, Mu Chunmian bit her lip, but still held it back.
But Lai Dayong had been a tough bandit for a long time and had a violent temper. He had endured it for a long time. At this moment, he could no longer hold back. He suddenly straightened up and said loudly: "I... I was very reckless when I visited Mr. Shen the next day. I went here specially today." Come and apologize to the young madam! If the young madam is angry, I will kill you as soon as possible! What does the young madam mean by leaving me alone like this?"
This guy's sudden incident happened so Wei Changying knew that Shen Zangfeng wanted to join the Mengshan Gang and didn't want to make things too serious, so he took this opportunity to hand over the tabby cat named Xiaohua to Shi Yu and take him out, saying slowly : "What Gang Leader Lai said is strange. I am a woman, and this is the first time I have met the Gang Leader. But what kind of grudges do I have with the Gang Leader? Why do I need to take it out on the Gang Leader?"
"I recommended my sister..." Halfway through Lai Dayong's words, through the gap in the screen, Wei Changying could clearly see Mu Chunmian turning his head and giving him a fierce look, which immediately silenced the ruthless gangster. He made a sound, muttered a few words, and then said, "Anyway, I was wrong."
Guard Chief Ying said: "Even if Gang Leader Lai makes a mistake, what does it have to do with me?"
"...I have offended the young lady."
"I have never met the gang leader. How did the gang leader offend me?"
After pushing this topic back and forth for a long time, Lai Dayong was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, secretly saying that he was tired of talking to these pampered ladies. He simply closed his eyes and said: "The things I mentioned a few days ago were done by the next person and have nothing to do with my sworn sister. Young Madam..."
"Sister-in-law? Who is your sister?" Wei Changying interrupted him, "Could it be the Lord of the Wooden Fortress?"
Unexpectedly, Lai Dayong actually nodded seriously: "My biological parents have passed away long ago. I was rescued by my adoptive father in the mountains, and this is how I formed the bond of father and son. Chun Mian is my adopted sister."
Behind the screen, Wei Changying frowned slightly, thinking that Shen Zangfeng didn't ask in detail the day before yesterday. Or did he not ask or did he ask but didn't tell himself? Lai Dayong had been asking Ji Gu to send messages before, saying that the Mengshan Gang had a close relationship with Caojiabao, but now it seemed that he himself had a close relationship with Ji Gu.
Ji Gu was originally an outsider. Not only did he gain a foothold in the Cao Family Fort, he even occupied the magpie's nest and allowed his daughter and granddaughter to occupy the positions of the fort master and the young fort master. Both Shen Zangfeng and Wei Changying guessed that he had extraordinary skills and excellent medical skills. Now they know that Ji Gu is not bad at luck... He saved someone in the mountains, and he actually became the leader of the first gang in Mengshan.
With such strong support, why worry about not being able to control Caojiabao, which is just a place where refugees live
Thinking of this, Wei Changying had a thought in his mind and said, "So you are Mr. Ji's adopted son? What a surprise."
Next, Lai Dayong and Mu Chunmian waited for a while, but they didn't see her say anything. They both felt that they were riding a tiger and couldn't get off. Mu Chunmian came out to explain: "Young madam, my brother was provoked by others a few days ago, so he asked Mr. Shen about taking a concubine. In fact, But there is another reason, I must not hide this matter from the young lady..."
Wei Changying slowly took a sip of tea, and then said calmly: "The reason? No matter what the reason is, it is all business, but what does it have to do with me, a female prostitute in the backyard? You should go to my husband for these words. It's true, if you tell me, it's no better than playing the piano to a cow."
Mu Chunmian smiled apologetically and said: "Young madam, you don't know that this matter is half public and half private... The young lady is stupid and doesn't know what to say? In short, this person who came to write to my brother out of the blue, although he is unknown, , but there seems to be an expert behind the scenes. However, my brother refused to defect to them, so I never knew who the person behind the scenes was. However, according to my father's speculation, he must be one of the six clans in the sea... Especially the person who recruited my brother was clever in his tactics. He was defeated by him, but he was shown mercy time and time again, and he was forced to do nothing..."
Wei Changying was startled and thought about it: "Who are you talking about? Is he also a gang in Mengshan?" She was curious... Didn't she hear before that the Mengshan Gang is the number one gang in Mengshan? Why did he lose to someone so many times? Moreover, Valve... Could it be that any of the six factions covet the Mengshan Gang? What is this for...
Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Mu Chunmian say: "That person's name is Mo Binwei..."
"Mo Binwei!" Not only Wei Changying whispered, but Zhu Xian and Zhu Xuan also looked at each other in astonishment, saying in unison: "How could it be him?"
Although Zhu Xian and Zhu Xuan did not know that the real hero of the Fengzhou victory was actually Mo Binwei, they also knew that this man was a fugitive from Fengzhou and had alarmed Wei Huan. The two maids thought in their minds: That man actually escaped. Did you become a bandit after entering Mengshan Mountain? It's strange that our Wei family failed to find him after several arrests.
However, Wei Changying knew that Mo Binwei was the talent that Mrs. Song had chosen for her brother Wei Changfeng, but the timing was really unlucky. Marquis Jingcheng took the lead in leading the Fengzhou victory to Datianting, so he was rewarded. The imperial edict made it a fait accompli that Song Han and Song Duan were the heroes. Ruiyu Hall was in decline at the time, and Wei Huan didn't think Mo Binwei was worth the risk he would take to clear his name... What happened next was that the two siblings As a result of the assassination outside Fengzhou City, Wei Xinyong, who happened to be on his way to Chaoyun County and passed through Fengzhou specifically to meet with Wei Huan for a detailed meeting, took the opportunity and forced Wei Chief Ying Daidi to go to the valley to meet him, but instead It was to lure the tiger away from the mountain and take advantage of the fact that the Wei family was searching for Wei Changying all over the world and the house arrest of Mo Binwei was relaxed, so he sent his henchmen to trick Mo Binwei away...
Wei Changying has always felt very sorry for this matter - after all, Mo Binwei's talents displayed during the great victory in Fengzhou were indeed worth winning over.
Moreover, the Wei family still lacks such generals.
Especially after hearing Shen Zangfeng's speculation that the world was about to be in chaos, the guard chief Ying Shen was saddened by the loss of this person to his younger brother - although the Wei family had private soldiers and secret guards, there was not a capable enough general to take charge. It is said that it is easy to get a thousand armies, but it is hard to find a general... Guard Chief Ying was really worried about his mother's family.
But now was not the time to worry, she returned to business—
There has been no news since Mo Binwei was taken away by Wei Xinyong. Until last year, Wei Xinyong was adopted from Zhibentang to Ruiyu Hall. After going to the imperial capital, he met with Wei Changying. At that time, the uncle and nephew were busy bickering, and Wei Changying didn't even bother to ask about Mo Binwei. .
But I didn't expect to hear him from Mu Chunmian!
Wei Changying felt something was wrong and asked in a deep voice: "How is this person doing now? Tell me in detail!"
Although her exclamation just now was low, and the shocked voices of Zhu Xian and Zhu Xuan were not loud, there was silence in the hall now. Mu Chunmian and Lai Dayong could hear clearly, and they were quite surprised that Mo Mo, who had not yet spread his fame, Bin Wei was actually known to a lady like Wei Changying. After calming down, Mu Chunmian said: "This person came from Nanmeng Mountain. He has not given a name, but because of the cautious appearance of the troops under his rule, we privately call them Mo Jiajun. He walked along the Mengshan Mountain trail. To the north, all the bandits inside were conquered by him. Without telling the young lady, the Mengshan Gang was originally known as the largest gang in Mengshan, but now this Mo Family Army... The little woman said before that this Mo Binwei is not famous, but It’s only temporary. It won’t be long before this person’s reputation will be known to the world!”
Mu Chunmian smiled bitterly and said, "If this were not the case, my brother would be involved in a serious case, and my father would not dare to ask him to show up rashly..."
Co-author Mengshan Gang took the initiative to defect to Shen Zangfeng, or was it because he was forced by Mo Binwei
Wei Changying frowned, thinking that when his husband mentioned that these people would apologize before, he didn't say it in such detail... But then he thought about it, and Wei Changying remembered that this was the first time Lai Dayong came to the door and proposed to marry Mu Chunmian. Shen Zangfeng took her as a concubine, but Shen Zangfeng rejected her and sent them away.
Later, Lai Dayong waited for two days but did not see Shen Zangfeng change his mind, so he had to give in. But Shen Zangfeng didn't see him this time - it seems that this guy had just patronized recommending his sister as a concubine, but he forgot to talk about serious matters. He thought he would be able to talk when he asked to see him again, but Shen Zangfeng was annoyed that he kept saying he wanted to defect when he asked to see him the first time. When they met, he added more conditions and wanted to put people in his backyard, so he simply didn't see him the second time and just sent Shen away. Jia and Shen Dong came and went to take charge of the recruitment.
And the reason why the two brothers and sisters are talking so much at this moment is probably to implicitly express that they still have many secrets to tell...
But just for Mo Binwei, Wei Changying put aside the matter of showing off for the time being - Mo Binwei is a general in his own right, and he has a close relationship with Wei Xinyong!
According to Wei Changying's understanding of Wei Xinyong, there is a high probability that the person Mu Chunmian said was behind Mo Binwei is Wei Xinyong!
I don’t know if it was because Wei Xinyong was doing them one after another outside Fengzhou City. Even if my grandmother gave me some advice, it took a few years for them to react one after another and get used to it. As long as Wei Xinyong is involved in anything, Wei Changying will almost instinctively be careful!
Although her literary talent is so-so, she still has a rough understanding of the world's geography due to centuries of influence in the Wei family's writing style. She knew that Mengshan Mountain was divided into North and South Mengshan Mountain by the Daqin Pass located within the boundaries of Qinzhou Prefecture. Although it is said to be north-south, in fact, the entire main line of Mengshan Mountain runs diagonally, from southeast to northwest to northwest. This section of Beimeng Mountain stretches across northern Qinzhou, Lanzhou, Guanzhou and then into Xiliang.
The remaining route to Xiliang is the section of Shuangcui Mountain where Diecui Mountain is located.
As for Nanmeng Mountain, it goes all the way from the south to the southeast of Qinzhou Prefecture, passing through Yunzhou, Huzhou, Qingzhou, and ending in Lingnan.
Chaoyun County is located in Qingzhou.
Wei Changying vaguely remembered that the state capital of Chaoyun County was not far from Mengshan Mountain.
Mu Chunmian said that Mo Binwei was sweeping Mengshan from south to north—what did Wei Xinyong want to do? !
Although the Mengshan Gang is known as the largest gang in Mengshan, its scope of influence is only in Guanzhou. Guanzhou is already a neighboring state to Xiliang!
Wei Changying was thinking a lot and said: "I know this Mo Binwei, he is a general. Since you have guessed that he must have the support of the elite behind him, why didn't you surrender to him nearby? Do you want to come to Xiliang all the time?"
Before Mu Chunmian could answer, Lai Dayong gritted his teeth and said, "Because that guy is not a good person! I trust the Shen family more than him and the person behind him!" (To be continued)