When Lu Shengping's words were brought to the imperial capital, Huo Zhaoyu and others were all furious. However, after discussing it, they did not dare to risk their lives. If they dared to fight for their own lives, they couldn't be intimidated by a woman, right
The problem is that Wei Changying directly mentioned Yunxia Huo, and it was obvious that she dared not obey her, and in her rage, she would attack the entire Huo family at all costs. Even if Shen Zangfeng dies, the Shen family will definitely be worse than before, and it is not impossible to say that it will fall apart. But to remove the Yunxia Huo family from the famous family in the world, it is really not impossible if there is a reason!
For this reason, Huo Zhaoyu could only suppress his anger and promised Lu Shengping to immediately send people to recover Shen Zangfeng. At the same time, he expressed his willingness to hand over the person who came up with this bad idea - one of his clan brothers named Huo Hao.
Just for the sake of the reputation of the Huo family, of course it cannot be said that when the coach fought bloody battles on the front line and held off the soldiers despite the severe epidemic, he took the coach's family members and threatened him to die... So he gave a random reason and asked not to die by a thousand cuts. So shameless...
Lu Shengping asked Wei Chief Ying for instructions, but Wei Chief Ying refused. In front of the envoy Lu Shengping sent to Chicheng, he sneered and said: "You can do shameless things but refuse to admit it! How can there be such a good thing in this world?" ! Tell Lu Shengping, as I said before, this Huo Hao will be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts, even if he is cut into pieces by a thousand cuts! "
Huo Zhaoyu was forced to have no choice but to ask Gu Xinian after much deliberation, and rushed to Chicheng to see Chief Wei Ying to intercede.
It's just that Wei Changying regarded Gu Xinian as Huo Zhaoyu's accomplice and didn't bother to see him. He just asked Huang to go out and send Gu Xinian away: "My queen will always remember your kindness in saving me back then! But now it involves me, Shen." A family rises and falls, and the queen dare not abandon her husband for personal reasons. Please ask Mr. Gu to go back, otherwise, our queen will have to give you her life!"
Speaking of this, Gu Xinian had nothing to say in reply. He kept saying that he didn't dare, left to bow and left in anger.
Huo Zhaoyu was pushed to the extreme, and he actually thought of a way out - he first announced that his clan brother Huo Hao was missing, and sent people to search for him with great fanfare. Then, a few days later, in a remote place, it was natural to find the clan brother who had been kidnapped by the "thief" and cut into pieces with a thousand knives!
"Huo Zhaoyu is really resourceful!" Huang personally brought a bowl of steaming goat's milk to Wei Changying and sneered, "This not only fulfills your request, the Queen, but also preserves the dignity of the Huo family. He I figured it out too!”
Lianju said from the side: "It can be seen that he is still afraid of the queen. The queen said that he would be cut to death with a thousand cuts, but he dare not disobey!"
"Don't you dare to disobey?" Wei Changying sneered, "I think he is being smart!"
Lianju asked in surprise: "Why did the queen say that?" She was thinking, could it be that although Huo Zhaoyu's move made Wei Changying get away with it, it made Wei Changying angry because of it? However, Huo Hao is a member of the noble family after all. Even if the Huo family is not as good as the Shen family, they still want face. Huo Zhaoyu had already tolerated the humiliation very much by giving in to this step.
Even if Shen Zangfeng was here, he would probably pass this request.
Wei Changying glanced at her and said: "I'm talking about cutting into pieces the person who used our mother and son to coerce our husband. This Huo Hao is just a scapegoat introduced by Huo Zhaoyu! He was chopped into pieces, He’s not the same person before, no matter how painful or dishonorable his death is, it’s just perfunctory!”
Lianju exclaimed, "It's not him? Who is that?! How could you take the blame for that person?"
"What a fool. The one who can make Huo Hao bear the punishment of being cut to pieces is not Huo Zhaoyu." Huang sighed, but said to the guard chief Ying, "But before, General Lu only said that there were people in the imperial capital who did this. , but they didn’t say who it was... Now that the clan leader doesn’t know what’s going on, you should just pretend to be confused. Huo Zhaoyu has already taken out the clan brothers and convinced you that the imperial army under his command is not very good. However, now he is colluding with Wen Yaozi... If General Lu was not sure of suppressing him, why would he deliberately hide him when reporting to you? "
"I also know this truth." Wei Changying put his hand on his chest, exhaled slowly, and said with a cold light in his eyes, "It's just that my husband has entered the vast desert now. I don't know if Lu Shengping's people can catch up with him... It's not a good thing for Huo Zhaoyu to be soft on me at this time! In fact, whether it is him or me, the so-called use of severe epidemics to control the other party is just talk at this time! Let's put it bluntly, in fact, we are both guilty. I can’t afford it. Even if you really risk it, how many people can you pass on in this freezing cold weather?”
Huang was stunned for a moment, and then her face became serious: "You mean... they will...?"
"Stabilize me first, and then kill us!" Wei Changying sneered, "Otherwise, why would I call Lu Shengping and all the soldiers who sealed the road earlier to come to Wanzhou, but let him release dozens of horses to go north? And go to the south? The north one is to find a place to bury the people who were infected; the south one is to Fengzhou to report the news..."
At this point, her face darkened and she said, "For those who are not going to Fengzhou, I only ask them to report that they are safe. I have relied on my parents' family enough over the years, and I really don't dare to worry about my grandfather and grandmother anymore. Fortunately, now My father and Changfeng are in charge of the family, and my grandparents have stopped taking the initiative to interfere with things in order to gain experience, so I thought they could keep it a secret."
Madam Huang quickly reminded: "Then you must hide it from Madam! Although Madam is still in her prime, her mind is relatively simple, so she may not be able to hide it from the old lady!"
Mrs. Song is actually at the middle level among famous ladies. Generally speaking, she meets the requirements of a qualified lady. Unfortunately, Mrs. Song is far more shrewd and careful than ordinary people. Mrs. Song has never been able to hide anything from her mother-in-law - unless Mrs. Song is willing to pretend to be confused.
On the other hand, Wei Changfeng's wife, Min, although not from a high family background, is very reliable in that she does not express her emotions or anger.
"The letter will not be sent directly to Ruiyu Hall, but will be handed over to Zhu Shi." That year, Zhu Shi followed Ji Qubing to Fengzhou to treat Wei Zhenghong. Ying wrote a letter asking her to stay in Fengzhou to accompany her.
As the niece of the He family and someone who had served Wei Changying, Mrs. Song personally pointed her out to a young and handsome steward of the outer courtyard, and the couple was happy. They had been rewarded as stewards of a pawn shop a few years ago and no longer lived in Ruiyu Hall. However, because of their past friendship and the relationship between their children, they could often enter Ruiyu Hall to report things.
Let Zhu Shi pass it on. She won't peek or do anything, and she can hide it from the eyes of the people in Ruiyu Hall.
Mrs. Huang then breathed a sigh of relief: "The fifth young lady in the family is very stable. I don't think she will worry the old lord and the old lady in the family." Wei Huan and Mrs. Song are really old, and with this I have let go of all my life's worries, and now apart from entertaining my grandchildren, I am just waiting for the day to come.
In this case, there is no telling when... So until the Wei family's life or death, no one dares to bother them with things.
Although the Shen family is facing a crisis now, it is the Shen family after all - calling Wei Huan and Mrs. Song to work hard for the Shen family is unreasonable and also destroys the Shen family's face.
Therefore, Mrs. Huang strongly agreed that Wei Changying sent people to Ruiyu Hall to report that he was safe, and asked his father, younger brother, and sister-in-law to help him hide the truth from his grandparents and mother. Wei Changying did not send people to find out. , if people like Huo Zhaoyu take advantage of something, and something happens to Wei Huan and Mrs. Song, it’s too late to cry!
"Then are we going to evacuate to Xiliang now?" Huang thought for a while and asked.
Wei Changying looked out the window lonelyly and said, "Let's wait a few more days for news about my husband. If we really can't catch him, we... let's talk about it then." She showed hesitation, this hesitation , there is another murderous intention!
Shortly after the Lantern Festival, there was still no trace of Shen Zangfeng and his party.
It was as if he had completely disappeared into the desert.
As expected, Wen Yaozi couldn't hold himself back, and used the excuse that the Rong people were approaching Yanzhou. Although they were frightened by the death of the Wei army before, and even though they had blessings and amulets from their high priest, they took Ji Qubing and thought that The horse can avoid the epidemic, but still dare not enter Yanzhou City.
But there is not much way to go south by detour from Yanzhou City... The most terrifying thing is that spring is about to begin at this time. Who knows whether the Rong people will carry out another epidemic sweep
With the above reasons, all parties agreed that Yong's army would cross the capital and march north to meet the enemy. We should take advantage of the cold weather and freezing conditions to prevent fleas and other things from coming out, and inflict heavy damage on the Rong people as much as possible.
Under the threat of a severe epidemic, both the common people who had been starving for many years and the nobles who had swept away the troubles all burst out with great enthusiasm and unity.
Guard Chief Ying, who was in Chicheng, listened to the news coming from the imperial capital and saw how the common people worked together to help Yong's army... He felt confused in his heart.
At this time, she no longer had the mind to think about any big plans in the world. As long as Shen Zangfeng was safe, all the remnants of the army were dead, and even the Shen family in Xiliang was gone, she accepted it.
But there was still no news about Shen Zangfeng. The vast snowy Gobi Desert and the white-haired wind blowing grassland had never known how many people and livestock were swallowed up.
If we think about the worst, Shen Zangfeng is gone, then she, Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie don't even know where the place of worship is.
As Yong's army marched northward and there was no news from Shen Zangfeng one after another, Wei Changying could no longer hide the gloom in his heart in front of his juniors.
Even Shen Shuxie, the most innocent and naughty person, did not dare to make trouble with her. Every time he greeted her, he was careful not to mention his father... Privately, Mrs. Huang had already given instructions that no one was allowed to mention her father in front of Wei Changying. Words like "Shen Zangfeng, North, Epidemic".
In order not to put more pressure on Wei Changying, who was already exhausted mentally and physically, but still insisted on taking charge of the overall situation.
"Some people say that people have to endure hardship to some extent in this life. I always thought this was wrong. I have never suffered hardship since I was a child." One day Wei Changying thought, "When I was in my parents' family, the elders loved me like treasures." "After I left the court, my parents-in-law, my sister-in-law, and my uncle were not difficult to get along with, and my husband treated me like a pearl... Even if there is some rift between my sister-in-law, it is only a minor matter. Is it true that I am the one who enjoys the happiness first and the sorrow lasts?"
She thought of her eldest sister-in-law, Shen Zangzhu, who was widowed in her youth, with beautiful features, elegant manners and airy bearing. But if you look closely at her eyes, they are like stagnant water. Even though they may sparkle slightly when looking at Shen Shuxi, they are ultimately gloomy and deserted.
She also thought of the Queen Mother Cai whom Duanmu Xinmiao wanted to keep. Maybe it was because she had a son that she often had a smile on her face... At least that was how it was in front of others, but her hair had turned pale before she was thirty. And the despair deep in the pupils...
"Am I going to follow in their footsteps?" Guard Chief Ying thought sadly.
She didn't know if she had the courage or the ability to endure the situation after Shen Zangfeng left and protect their children.
"I used to look forward to having a daughter. After my husband left last year, I found out that I was not pregnant, and I felt very regretful. Now that I think about it, it is actually a good thing. Guang'er and Xie'er, I no longer have the confidence to protect them, let alone How about adding another one?”
Thinking like this, tears fell unconsciously.
She thought she knew how important her husband was to her, but when she was about to accept this fact, she realized that Shen Zangfeng was far more important than she thought.
But it's too late to say anything now.
Wei Changying slowly wiped away her tears and said to Lianju, "Go and invite General Lu." In her life, before leaving the cabinet, she spent her time on martial arts and having fun, and after leaving the cabinet, she spent her time on the back house and her children. Even the husband didn't put much thought into it because of the lack of gatherings and the husband's loyalty.
Regarding world affairs and the struggle for power in the front yard, it is no exaggeration to say that he is an amateur.
If she were alone, she wouldn't bother to think too much. She would either get sad and follow Shen Zangfeng, or go back to Ruiyu Hall and learn from Shen Zangzhu for the rest of her life.
But for Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie, she must stand up.
"Who doesn't learn from the beginning? Is there anyone who is born knowing everything? Grandma has always said that I am very smart. It may not be too late for me to start learning from now on." She thought like this to give herself some courage - but Lianju walked out Not far from the yard, he ran in holding up his skirt like crazy, with tears streaming down his face, and shouted in tears: "There is news about the Valve Master!"
"Clang!"
Wei Changying stood up suddenly! The table in front of me and all the bits and pieces on it fell off the bed!
"It's... what news?!" (To be continued)