Shen Shujing is nineteen years old this year, while Mo Binwei is already over one year old.
In addition, the war was in chaos, so after the Shen family agreed to propose marriage, at the end of May, Wen Yaozi's confidant Liu Rong led a troop of troops to come to Xiliang on behalf of Mo Binwei to pick up the bride.
The reason why it was Liu Rong who came over instead of Mo Binwei himself was not entirely because Wen Yaozi was worried that the Shen family would use the opportunity of welcoming him in person to harm Mo Binwei. It was also because Mo Binwei was now the most valiant general in the Wen Yaozi tribe and could not spare any time.
At this time, there was still a stalemate at Diecuiguan, and Shen Lianshi rushed over to help. It was left to Shen Zangji, who was in charge of Xiliang City, to receive Liu Rong and his party.
But that day, not long after Shen Zangji welcomed Liu Rong and his entourage into the front hall, he sent someone to the back to ask for Wei Changying.
The person who came to deliver the message was a confidant of Shen Zangji, not an ordinary servant. Ordinary guests could be served by him. His face was solemn: "General Liu said that the Rong people have defeated Donghu, Xu Zongwen has been defeated, and Yanzhou is in danger!"
Wei Changying was shocked!
"Didn't the Rong people come to Xiliang?"
The servant shook his head: "When I heard these few words, I was sent out of the house first. Now that the fifth master has no idea, I asked my wife to go to the front hall to talk."
Brothers Shen Zangji and Shen Liankun were indulged by their parents since childhood. After years of hard work, they still find it difficult to stand alone. When Wei Changying rushed to the front hall, he saw him wiping sweat with his sleeves in front of Liu Rong. Although Liu Rong did not show contempt, his expression was more or less smiling.
Wei Changying couldn't help but feel secretly annoyed that his brother-in-law was not living up to expectations - even if the whole of Donghu fell, it would be the Liu family that would suffer first. Xiliang is safe so far, why are you panicking
After the ceremony was completed, Wei Changying, as the host and Shen Cangji's sister-in-law, was invited to the upper seat. Liu Rong was then invited to return to the seat. Shen Cangji went to the lower seat to accompany him, and then asked: "I just heard what my servant said, General Liu came with urgent military information? It’s just that my second brother and my husband are not in the city now, so I’m afraid that even if I’m a female, it’s all in vain.”
The Rong people defeated Donghu and threatened Yanzhou. The next step must be to take the imperial capital again!
The first person standing in the way of the troops marching to the Central Plains was Donghu, followed by Xu Zongwen. According to Liu Rong's words, these two families had been defeated. The little defensive strength of Gyeonggi is simply not enough. Further south, that is Wen Yaozi's territory.
Liu Rong came here to marry Mo Binwei this time. The marriage had not been discussed yet, but he talked about military affairs first. He obviously planned to ask the Xiliang Army to send troops to the Central Plains to help resist the Rong people.
Guard Chief Ying couldn't make the decision on this kind of thing. Even if she could make the decision, she wouldn't agree immediately. Therefore, he was afraid that Liu Rong would say something righteous that would make it difficult for him to step down, so he left some room for him as soon as he came up.
Liu Rongke said politely: "Originally, I didn't dare to disturb Mrs. Wei, but now that the matter is serious and closely related to your family, Brother Miye thought that we must invite Mrs. Wei to come and talk about it again, so..."
Mi Ye is the Chinese character for Shen Zangji. Wei Changying asked casually: "Why does it have anything to do with my family?" She was no stranger to using alarmism to seize the initiative in negotiations.
"This time the Rong people are planning to attack the east and attack the west. They first designed to deceive the eldest son of your family into going to the vast desert and take him as a hostage. Then they mobilized a large army from Donghu and led the eldest son of your family to Xuanshui City day and night to make a surprise attack. The eldest son of your family was taken as a hostage, and they were beaten all the way to the gate of Dushui City. Then they used the kinship of your family to confront each other outside Diecui Pass." Liu Rong started from the beginning.
"Just since Lord Shen personally arrived at Diecui Pass, the Rong army has quietly withdrawn to Donghu! It was in such an unprepared situation that the Liu family was defeated. And Xu Zongwen was killed by Su Yu, the fifth son of the Su family. Wu's plan was led into an ambush by the Rong soldiers under Su Yuwu's command, and he died among the rebels! The Fifth Young Master Su himself was hunted down by the Rong soldiers for hundreds of miles, and his life and death are unknown to this day!"
"Xu Zongwen's men have elected his grandson Xu Qin as their young master and are currently defending Yanzhou. However, although Yanzhou has a high city and deep trenches, there are too few defenders. If there is no accident, Yanzhou may have been..."
When he said this, he said, "The Rong people spread the news after Xu Zongwen's death, saying that this battle was not for robbery. It was to avenge the relatives of the great Khan of the Rong people!"
After a pause, Liu Rong saw Wei Chief Ying's eyebrows gradually frowning, Liu Rong said with a faint smile, "The in-laws of the Rongren Great Khan are said to be named Mo Ye, but in fact, Mo Ye's father named him Shen. Shu Mo... is a descendant of your noble family."
Only then did Wei Changying understand why Shen Zangji was so panicked when he came in.
Mo Ye is not dead? ! And he also revealed his life experience!
Wei Changying had many doubts in his heart. Shen Xuan personally issued the order to kill Sun Sun, and the person was also sent by Shen Xuan.
According to the father-in-law's character, he would either not move his mind or send this person. Since he had such an intention, he even sent the person... How could he miss
You must know that Shen Xuan has been sending people to keep an eye on Mo Ye and his son during these years in Qiu Di!
With the guidance of internal agents, the people sent at that time also reported the news of success, and later the Ayitahu tribe was completely defeated by the Wugumeng tribe... Moye, Princess Mansha and their eldest son, the whole family of three has no news.
Now he is not only alive, but he is even married to the Great Khan of the Rong people? !
Now the Rong people still use this reason to invade the Central Plains
Wei Changying's face was as heavy as water!
She took a deep breath, composed herself and said, "Shen Shumo? This is strange. As the wife of the head of the Shen family, I dare not say that all the Shen family members know each other. But the people in the nearby branch don't know. I really don’t know anyone like Shen Shumo. It’s ridiculous for someone to appear out of nowhere and blame the Shen family.”
This kind of thing is no longer a matter of Shen Li's private virtue, but something that will be angered by the world - although anyone with a brain will know after thinking about it, the reason why the Great Khan of the Rong people wanted to marry an illegitimate child from the Di people, All to find a high-sounding reason to invade the Central Plains. But the Rong people are everywhere, how can the people who were harmed not hold grudges against the Shen family
The Shen family has been working hard for many years and has aspirations for the world. How can such public anger be caused
So Wei Changying immediately decided that Mo Ye could not be recognized as a descendant of the Shen family no matter what!
But since Liu Rong told the whole story, of course he was confident. At this moment, he smiled and said: "What Mrs. Wei said is reasonable. But maybe the old lord of your family and Marquis Zhongxian passed away too suddenly, and he didn't have time to tell anyone." reason?"
Zhongxianhou is Shen Zangli's posthumous title.
Guard Chief Ying's heart sank, but he persisted: "Oh? What does General Liu mean? Could it be that Mo Ye actually has evidence to prove that he is a descendant of my Shen family? How ridiculous!"
Liu Rong said: "He has a wolf tooth, which was carved by the Zhongxian Marquis himself. This is one of the reasons. The other is that the eldest son of your family left the imperial capital privately and went to the Gobi Desert for an appointment. I would like to ask the eldest son of your family now. He is also ten or seventeen years old, and he is definitely not easy to coax from a three-year-old. If he didn’t know there was such a brother, how could he go to meet him alone because of a letter from the other party? "
"Shen Shuming, this idiot!" Wei Changying scolded his nephew in his heart - if Shen Shuming hadn't been coaxed over, she wouldn't have recognized any of the physical evidence that Mo Ye produced! Call them all fake!
Even if it's not a fake... Previously, the Rong people attacked the imperial capital, the Shen family abandoned the city and fled, martyring themselves to sacrifice, and the huge Taifu Mansion was burned to ashes by the Rong people. Shen Zangli died in that battle, even to the point where his body was completely gone.
Before setting fire to Taifu's house, the Rong people snatched a few things belonging to Shen Zangli, and then made a wolf tooth for "Shen Shumo" in the same way. They wanted to frame Shen Zangli for having an illegitimate son? ! What a joke! Besides, Wei Changying has met Mo Ye. Thank God, he doesn't look like Shen Zangli's son at all. Most of him has the appearance of his mother, the Di princess Xin Yi.
But Shen Shuming went to the appointment and fell into the hands of the Rong people. Mo Ye's identity was basically proven!
Just like Liu Rong said, Shen Shuming is not at an age where he can be coaxed away with a piece of candy. He suddenly disappeared in the imperial capital. Uncle Shen Lianshi and aunt Shen Zangning were both horrified, and they even had a big fight with Huo Zhaoyu over this.
In order to find him out, Huo Zhaoyu, Shen Lianshi, and Shen Zangning were suspicious of each other, and almost searched the entire capital, but could not find any traces!
If Shen Shuming hadn't cooperated with him, and with the large number of people Shen Lianshi asked him to bring with him whenever he came in and out, how could he have disappeared without saying a word
If Shen Zangli didn't have an illegitimate son named Shen Shumo, and Shen Shuming had heard about it, why would he leave all his entourage and go to the appointment without greeting his uncle or aunt
Wei Changying thought for a while and then said with a stern face: "Shu Ming, this child, has always been a bit naughty. He is the eldest grandson of the eldest brother and the only heir of the eldest brother, so we inevitably have a tighter control over him. I think it is for this reason, On the contrary, it made him feel uncomfortable, and he actually became interested in traveling alone! When the news came that he fell into the hands of the Rong people last time, we also felt that we had restrained him too tightly, which resulted in this! "
Slowing down his tone, "General Liu also knows that although Shu Ming is seventeen years old, he has always been favored and has not experienced anything. The family has changed greatly in the past two years, and the child was a little unable to turn around for a while. It's getting more and more ridiculous! I thought, it must be that he went out without knowing the importance of it, and he happened to be captured by the spies, but they took advantage of it and made up such ridiculous rumors! I can only push the matter towards Shen Shuming who is ignorant.
Liu Rong smiled and said, "What exactly happened? King Yong thought that there was no need to find out the reason now, but he made a concerted effort to expel the Hulu first. What did Mrs. Wei think?"
Wei Changying did not answer his words, but asked first: "Who is this King Yong?"
"That's my lord." Liu Rong smiled, "My lord's ancestral home is Yong County, so when he became king, he also chose the word 'Yong' as his nickname."
Wen Yaozi obviously wanted to take advantage of the Moye incident to not only force the Shen family to send troops to fight against the enemy, but also to destroy the Shen family's reputation!
Wei Changying thought quickly, how to deal with the current situation? (To be continued)