Zhu Lei finally got rid of Ji Yiren, and even ignored the appointment with his colleagues, he ran directly to Jiang's house.
After receiving the news, Mrs. He left everything behind and hurried back. Looking at the peace inside and outside her home, she asked in surprise: "Why are you calling me back in such a hurry?"
"Master, you must help me!" Zhu Lei was really scared. Based on his familiarity with Jiang Zheng and his wife, it was not necessary to give a big gift during the New Year, but this time, he knelt down in front of Mr. He with a "plop". He wailed, "Disciple, I went to attend an appointment with my colleagues today. Unexpectedly, I was stopped by Miss Ji halfway..."
When he said this, Mr. He was startled: "Miss Ji?! Isn't she under the control of Mr. Ji? She is not even allowed to come to our Mingpei Hall?"
"How did the disciple know?" Zhu Lei said with a sad face, "The disciple managed to escape with great difficulty! No, I don't even dare to go to my colleagues. I came to you first... You have to say something in front of the madam for the disciple. , Disciple has never wanted to provoke Miss Ji. But... But Miss Ji won’t let go of Disciple, what should I do? Can Disciple never come back? "
Mr. He had a headache and said: "Keep your voice down! Don't think that our family has a separate house and can talk casually! Don't think about it, the partition wall has ears. If you hear something, run out and spread the word. Just don't do it, Miss Ji's Isn’t it your fault that my reputation has been ruined?”
Zhu Lei was about to cry but had no tears, thinking why he was so unlucky? If I had known he would never come back!
At this moment, he said: "Then should I return to the army?"
"Don't you look guilty if you leave now?" Mr. He sighed, "Just stay at home first. I'll go see the madam and talk to her. If the madam tells you to leave, then you can leave."
He scolded him again, "I asked you to get married earlier, but you just didn't listen! Do you know what will happen now?"
... When Wei Changying heard that Mrs. He was asking for an audience, he rushed her in and asked with a smile: "Isn't Auntie looking at the accounts?"
Mr. He forced a smile and said, "I have some personal matters that I would like to discuss with Madam alone."
Lianju and others beside them quickly looked at Wei Changying. When they saw Wei Changying nodding, they all retreated and closed the door.
Only then did He tell the story of how Zhu Lei met Ji Yiren on the road and was entangled by her. Wei Changying felt sick after hearing this - this adopted daughter... Why does this adopted daughter not have the slightest reserve of a girl's family? ? !
She came to her to argue about who to marry. This was what mother and daughter said behind closed doors. No matter how shameless, no one would know. You still carry the air when you leave the house!
He actually went to the man in person to force him to marry... Any man who dares to do this these days, unless his family status is much higher than that of the woman, will definitely be charged with molestation and sent to prison or lynched, right? !
Even Shen Shuming's careless nephew, who liked Princess Qingxin, didn't go to the palace to ask Princess Qingxin to follow him... He also discussed with his uncle and aunt first to ask the Lord!
After drinking two sips of tea to calm down his shock, Wei Changying calmed down and said: "I trust Zhu Lei's character. Last time I also saw that he did not have any intentions for Yi Ren. Auntie, don't worry about this. I'll ask Ji What’s going on at home?”
Mr. He breathed a sigh of relief and resigned with a lot of gratitude.
And then Ji Chunmian, who was invited over, heard that his daughter actually ran away from her father's custody, and ran to the street to stop Zhu Lei... Ji Chunmian's face turned from red to blue, and from green to green, and it took a while before he could speak: " I don’t know either, I’ll go back and take a look.”
...Ji Chunmian's return only resulted in him coming back two days later and offering to resign from his job as a helper in Mingpei Hall with Wei Zhangying.
According to the agreement she made when she took over, the days have actually passed.
Moreover, Wei Changying heard from her tone that after resigning, he wanted to go back and keep an eye on his daughter in person, so it was not easy to stop him. I gave him a generous thank you gift as a reward for Ji Chunmian's hard work over the past six months.
With Ji Chunmian personally watching over her, it turned out that Ji Yiren didn't even find a chance to go out, let alone look for Zhu Lei.
It was not until Zhu Lei returned to the army that Ji Yi was allowed to go to Mingpeitang.
When she saw Wei Changying, she felt extremely wronged and said bitterly: "None of my biological mothers and stepmothers are good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Chunmian gave him a cold glance and silenced him.
Wei Changying was not angry, but said with a smile: "When you grow up, you will know whether we are doing it for your good or bad."
Ji Yiren didn't dare to anger his mother, so he turned his head to one side in protest.
... Shen Shuxie happened to be nearby during this scene. He didn't know the cause and effect, and he didn't know that Wei Changying didn't take it seriously. He ran to his father to complain very angrily.
So in the evening Shen Zangfeng asked his wife: "I heard that this sweetheart talked back to you today?"
"The child is having a temper. How come you know such a little thing?" Wei Changying asked curiously.
"Xie'er feels sorry for you. She came to tell me specifically and asked me to teach Yi Ren a lesson for you." Shen Zangfeng also felt dumbfounded. "I casually asked him how to teach him a lesson, but he kept giving me the family law. Rise.”
Wei Changying laughed and scolded: "He is so attentive, he was there at that time! Why didn't I see him come out to stand up for me?"
"I also asked, he said, because he felt he couldn't beat Yiren - last time his kite got stuck in a tree, and he wanted to find someone to build a ladder to get it, but when Yiren saw it as he passed by, he took off his shoes and squirted. After a few moments, he climbed up, picked up the kite and threw it down. After a while, he picked up the fan that was thrown on the flowers and went to play with Yan'er..." Shen Zangfeng said with a smile, "This kid..."
"Bullying the weak is afraid of the strong!" Guard Chief Ying chuckled, "I'm going to give him a good lesson tomorrow!"
But when he got up the next day, Wei Changying did not bother to scold his second son because the couple were woken up before dawn.
Through the window, the voice of the servant who came to report the news trembled slightly: "The Rong people raided Xuanshui City, and now Xuanshui City has been destroyed!"
Shen Zangfeng sat up immediately and finished dressing in just a few breaths. He only said to Wei Changying who climbed up hastily: "You continue to sleep, and you can calm down in the backyard after dawn." Then he hurried to the front. .
He said that, but where could Wei Changying sleep
Then he called in the maid to change his clothes and freshen up, and asked someone to bring him a map: "The name Xuanshui City sounds familiar. Where is it?"
The maids in front of her were all literate, and they helped her search together. They quickly found it - on the map, in the northwest of Xiliang, in the middle of the terrain representing the mountains, was a small Guancheng.
This is one of the Xiliangguan cities. Its terrain is as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Diecuiguan.
The reason why it is not as strategically important as Diecui Pass is because it is not like Diecui Pass. Once it is broken, there will be no place to rely on. Xuanshui City is built in a long and narrow mountain stream. Behind it, there are three checkpoints: Chishui City, Baishui City and Dushui City. Then there is the vast heart of Xiliang.
Outside Xuanshui City, it was Qiu Di's territory.
After Mushuer was executed, Qiudi split into two tribes, Wugumeng and Ayitahu. A few years ago, Wugoumeng defeated and annexed the Ayitahu tribe.
However, the complete annexation was not possible. A small group of Ayitahu tribe members were unwilling to join Wugumeng and fled away with Ayitahu's grandson Zhelu.
Although Wugumeng barely unified Qiudi, his own vitality was seriously damaged. So he can't actually control the grassland that nominally belongs to him.
The area outside Xuanshui City was one of the places that he couldn't control and had temporarily left behind.
But even though he was left here, he wasn't worried.
Because the outside of Xuanshui City is extremely flat and the soil is not fertile, it has no use except for grazing. There was no terrain to rely on, so the Wei people temporarily occupied it, not to mention it was of little use. Once the Di people became stronger, it would not be difficult to take it back.
Sure enough, he had left this place behind, and Shen Zangfeng had no intention of taking it back - the Shen family's eyes were on the Central Plains, and the Shen family was not interested in this barren land on the border.
All in all, Xuanshui City should have been the place least likely to be chosen as an attack point in Xiliang.
Because after destroying Xuanshui City, the following three cities will definitely be more vigilant... Without passing through these three cities, it is impossible to enter the heart of Xiliang and cannot touch the foundation of the Xiliang army.
In fact, the four cities of Xuanshui have never been conquered, which shows how stable this place is.
But now not only has Xuanshui City been defeated, the attackers are even Rong people!
Even the maid, who was least familiar with military strategy, looked a little ugly at the moment: something went wrong and she must be a monster. The Rong people appeared on the territory of the Di people and attacked Xiliang... and also chose the most difficult route to attack. What on earth is this?
Wei Changying looked at the map and suddenly thought of his missing nephew Shen Shuming: "Is it related to Shu Ming? But Shu Ming was sent to Xiliang by his father earlier, and the place where he was stationed was not in Xuanshui City! His child What military secrets can I know?"
It's not that she underestimates Shen Shuming, it's just that Shen Shuming was a playboy before the Shen family encountered big changes, and then he was an ignorant big boy. Generally speaking, if such a person really falls into the hands of the army, he will be recruited even if he is not even half-way punished.
It's just Shen Shuming... Will it be useful if he recruits him
What does he know at all
I am afraid that Shen Shuguang, who is now being groomed as the next clan leader, knows more family secrets than he does!
Could it be that the Rong people wanted to use Shen Shuming as a hostage to force Chishui and other three cities to surrender
Wei Changying felt that although her husband loved Shen Shuming, Shen Zangfeng would never do such a thing, bowing to a foreign race for the sake of one person.
He has always been a qualified clan leader and never puts his personal preferences above the family!
However, she was confused, but Shen Zangfeng knew immediately why the Rong people wanted to attack Xiliang from here.
In the front yard, after gathering everyone, he looked around and said slowly: "It seems that Shu Ming disappeared because he fell into the hands of the Rong people - I remember that the guards of the three cities of Chishui, Baishui and Dushui were all under the command of my eldest brother." Ji Jiwei’s origin!”
The generals who gathered in a hurry were shocked!
"But when we were in the imperial capital, that colleague of Zhao Wuxin who raised horses for the big house?!" Shen Liankun asked subconsciously.
...Those are the confidants Shen Zangli has accumulated over the years in Xiliang. Although they are loyal to the Shen family, they are even more loyal to Shen Zangli!
In a sense, they were to Shen Zangli just like the Xiliang army was to the Shen family. In name, the Xiliang Army was the army of the Wei Dynasty, but it was the Shen family that really obeyed orders. If the orders of the king of Wei conflict with the Shen family, they must obey the latter; the same is true for the "Jijiwei". They are nominally subordinates of the Shen family. In fact, Shen Zangli's orders are only important to them. It is above all else!
Just like after the death of Zhao Wuxin's only son, he was carried back to the Taifu Mansion by war horses. Zhao Wuxin didn't even shed a tear, but his first thought was to rush to the main house in exchange for Shen Zangli's eldest daughter Shen Zangli. Shu Jing strives for a chance to break out!
She is so protective of Shen Zangli's daughter, let alone Shen Zangli's only son? !
Thinking that in order to allow the guards of the four cities of Xuanshui to watch each other and not hold each other back, they specially selected four "Jithorn Guards" who were close to each other to guard, but now...
Shen Youjia said urgently: "General, please lead your troops to Dushui City to check the situation immediately!" (To be continued)