At that time, Sheng Sleeping Crane was taking a nap. Hearing this, he stopped writing and looked at him, and said: "Ah Xi, if I always know how to fight and kill, I may not be suitable for me."
There was not much blame in his expression, and his tone was not even very gentle, but Gongsun Xi's expression changed drastically. He immediately knelt down on one knee and lowered his head to apologize: "Zhudong has gone too far! Please punish me, leader!"
"Since King Dinghai who dominated the Seven Seas was swept away by General Zhou, although the bandits in the sea have not been extinct, they have no unified rules. Like the Gongsun family, like the Han family and the Pan family before them, they all have their own affairs. "Sheng Suihe didn't cry out, or even look at him. He turned back to the unfinished copybook in front of him. He continued to write ink and said lightly, "So when the rules followed by each other conflict, who's sword is stronger? , no one is wrong. "
"Then it's a bandit."
"Righteousness, honor, right and wrong... don't care about the pursuit of justice, they just take advantage of it!"
"Take the Gongsun family that we are all familiar with. I think they have been planning to go ashore since Gongsun was the master of the sea. But because their conscience found out that they and their ancestors were doing too much evil, they thought of the golden basin. Wash your legs?”
"It's not because they have a long-term vision and see that the imperial court's power is not exhausted. This is because the emperor's slackness in political affairs has caused the clan and relatives to fight for power, and there is no emperor's heir. As a result, people outside the palace are panicked, and those in power are concerned about their own interests. Apart from that, they had no time to care about the scabies that plagued the pirates, which was why they were so carefree all those years!"
"As for the emperor's seventeenth year of execution, next year will be the thirty-second year of Xuanjing."
"The news of the emperor's poor health has not yet spread among the Sui Group, but the problem of the crown prince has reached a point where it can no longer be postponed!" "
"For example, the two most fiercely fighting factions in the Ming Dynasty, King Gaomi and his relative Meng, no matter who wins, the family will definitely dominate!"
"Isn't it easy for someone who wins such a court battle? It was just a matter of intrigue before. Once you have your back, how can you not notice Ruru in the north and pirates in the south?"
"Ruru makes a living as a nomad, and the grassland is vast. It may not be possible to annihilate them overnight; those pirates in the south are gathering on the island, as carefree as a small country in the world. However, Tortoiseshell Island is already a rare good land, and the island is There are mountains, rivers, and a natural harbor, but even so, we still need to rely on shore purchases to ensure that the people have enough food and clothing!"
"Not to mention that the imperial navy is not very vulnerable, but I beg the people sent to suppress the bandits not to be so stupid. I sent a piece of paper to the east, watched the ships in various ports, and strictly inspected their regular locations. If necessary, cut off the supply of the islands; then place a heavy bounty on the bandit leader; announce that those who have committed minor crimes can use the heads of those who have committed serious crimes in exchange for a lighter sentence and preferential treatment for their families. The period when the bandits will be in trouble is just around the corner!"
"There is a small group of bandits in Suiran who do not want to repent and rely on the island's production to resist. However, how many people can the small island support?" "
"By then, I'm afraid that even the larger merchant ships won't be able to make up their minds, and they will at most be able to extort some small fishing boats that go out to sea to fish!"
"The reason why the Gongsun family wants to stay ashore is because they have seen such a future in advance and hope to escape!"
"I and I grew up on Tortoiseshell Island. Although we are not willing to join the bandits, we are still influenced by the habits of many bandits." Sheng Suihe finished writing and put the gilt tortoiseshell pen on the crystal pen mountain. He washed his legs from the silver basin filled with clear water next to him, "But now that Ru Ming has arrived at Anzai, changed his identity as Qing Hong, and is determined to pursue the right path, it is time to change his thoughts and actions!"
"Otherwise, when we were on Tortoiseshell Island, those who were unwilling to join the gang either because of timidity or conscience would have died."
"I thought it would be okay for Ruming to do the same thing on the shore and on the sea, right?"
"If this is not the case, what are Gongsun and his like doing as pirates in the East China Sea?!"
"Wouldn't it be majestic to just kill everyone on the sea?"
After drying his legs on the snow-red brocade pallet set up on a rosewood frame, Sheng Sleeping Crane finally turned his head and looked at Gongsun Xi who was lying on the ground. At that time, Gongsun Xi was almost lying on the ground, sweating profusely and said: "Being of the east knows his fault!"
"Get up!" Sheng Suihe snorted coldly, "Sheng Lanci is not a fool. He had discussed with him to let him enter the Sheng family under the guise of his wife's wife, so that he could give him his good daughter. Prepare a hindrance, lest the daughter be helpless and bullied after the couple comes! Even if it turns out that he will have biological flesh and blood again, even if it is a male heir, at that age, it will be too early for her to be a sister. !”
"To put it bluntly, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and misfortunes and blessings for people. Although Sheng Lanci and his wife are both in good health, they are still in their forties. If they don't see their little son grow up, they will have to do it now. Are you going to send him away and let their charming son and daughter live together?"
"Can they rest assured?"
"What's more, when he came to the Sheng family, even though he had negotiated with Sheng Lan to resign and go to see his eldest brother, the whole responsibility for the glory of Tortoiseshell Island rested on his shoulders - Tortoiseshell Island has been respectful to the Sheng family in recent years. Please take a look at the road to the shore and pass by Shengjia!"
"If the Sheng family has evil intentions because of Mrs. Feng's pregnancy again and ruins the future of Tortoiseshell Island, let's see if his eldest brother is very docile and kind!"
"Even if the Sheng family is afraid of Tortoiseshell Island, his status as Ming is not that of a concubine born from the outside family. If there is a legitimate son, he will not be able to receive the majority of the family property. He originally agreed to come to the Sheng family. Lord, please don't Tu Sheng Lanci's fleet of soldiers was excessive, but not the Sheng family's property. During the many years when Tortoiseshell Island was plundering the surrounding areas, wasn't the amount of money Gongsun's family accumulated from the East a small amount?"
"Sui Ran does not reject Gongsun's bloodline, but after the recruitment, Gongsun will not be able to make his own situation better, so he must be willing to use it to pave the way for him, so that a rising tide lifts all boats!" "
"Even if Sheng Lanci doesn't want his flesh and blood to be divided up by him, at most he will come to discuss with him secretly, and he will never directly fall out with Tortoiseshell Island over the rejection of those things - the Gongsun family has been a bandit for four generations. Isn't that so good? Destroyed!"
"Even if it means that his children will not be retaliated against in the future, he will not dare to take that risk!"
"To take a step back, if the Sheng family really tolerates us, how can it be difficult for me and him to leave
He sneered, "How difficult is it to escape from Han Pan's ambush with injuries?"
When Gongsun Xi heard this, he cautiously said: "Don't you know the leader's opinion? Zhudong is not worried that Sheng Lanci will fall out with you because of the family property. He is just afraid that after he has his own flesh and blood, he will not be the scholar he originally agreed to be. I won’t give you my car anymore!”
"Isn't that impossible!" Sheng Suihe shook his head and said, "How old is the child? To put it bluntly, he is old enough to be his father! Sheng Lanci has been in office for more than twenty years, even if He has good legs and wrists, and he has maintained the connections he had when he was in the Hanlin Academy to the Ming Dynasty, but youdaoburenrenzhichaliang, after so many years in the East, must have become indifferent."
"Those favors are not available to him now. When the child Mrs. Feng is pregnant with is born, she will not know whether it is a boy or a girl. Even if it is a boy, when it is old enough to be used, there is no telling how much of those favors will be left! "
"Instead of wasting money like that, it's better to give it to him now, so that he can be with the child in the future!"
He concluded, "So Sheng Lanci and his wife begged their private landlord to discuss with him and support him in becoming an official as agreed, but asked him to promise not to share any of the family property in the future. They asked him to be generous to the end and seriously regard him as Sheng Lanci's bloodline. Look, divide things according to the ways of a concubine. In short, they will definitely not enmity with him because of this!"
In fact, Sheng Lanci and his wife were more generous than he thought - when the flowing water banquet arrived in the morning the next month, Sheng Suihe, who had been helping to greet the guests all day, returned to Xiezhu Pavilion, took a bath and changed clothes, and saw Xi Quan waiting outside. , said with a smile: "My wife has something to discuss with the eldest son, and I would like to ask the eldest son to come and take advantage of the spring platform!"
Because if there is a running water feast for seven days and seven nights, the banquet will be held in the morning as usual.
Most of the people who come to have a drink in the morning are not serious people, so the host doesn't need to worry about it, just call the two stewards to say hello.
At that time, Sheng Suihe agreed to come to the east and went to the outer room to change his clothes. When he and Xiquan were walking to Chengchun Terrace, they suddenly heard the sound of orchestral music coming from the front hall, as well as the noise of guessing and drinking.
Xiquan glanced at Sheng Suihe's expression and saw that he was calm and composed. It was obvious that he had not been stimulated by the excitement at all. He was not worried about meeting Sheng Lanci and his wife at this moment. She secretly admired him: "Although the eldest young master It is true that our wife is her own child, and her magnanimity is really not bad! Zai Dongdong knows that because the wife has been childless for many years, the master just took him back. If Mrs. Ming is happy, the house celebrates it so grandly, so beautiful. Gu Zai and his wife summoned the eldest son, and even his confidant who had served the lady for many years was a little solemn, but the eldest son was still calm and unhurried. Whether he can solve the problem or not will be unusual!"
She mistakenly fell in love with Sheng Suihe, and when she was about to arrive at Chengchun Terrace, she couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't worry, eldest son, the expression on my wife's face indicates that there is nothing wrong with her!"
Sheng Suihe smiled at her: "Duoxie Yugu, my parents call him, how can it be a bad thing?"
Xiquan secretly praised the accuracy of his answer, thinking that if the child Feng was pregnant with was not a male heir, it would be great if he could be as talented, beautiful, and graceful as the eldest son.
Just as they were thinking about it, they had already arrived in front of the hall. When the little maid at the door saw them, she said: "Just now, the master and his wife said that the eldest son has arrived, just go in directly."
Hearing this, Xiquan asked Sheng Suihe: "Go in by yourself. The master and his wife should be inside."
There was indeed Sheng Lanci and his wife in the room at that time. When they saw Sheng Suihe coming in, they both looked happy and said, "I'll have a flowing table tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work!"
Sheng Suihe smiled: "I'm just having some social activities here, but they're not worth mentioning."
"It's okay to call me over then." After all, Feng is almost forty years old. Even if she has given birth to a Sheng Weiqiao, it is very dangerous at that age whether she is pregnant or not. Sheng Lanci is afraid The wife was too mentally exhausted, so she just said something polite and went straight to the point, saying, "It's just my mother's happy event. There are some people's hearts outside. I should have called me over yesterday to make it clear. However, I also know that, Yesterday, my mother vomited in Xiaobi Building. She drank medicine when she came back and after socializing for a while, she was tired of greeting guests. When I get up tomorrow morning, it’s because of the flowing water mat that I can’t get away, so I won’t be able to call me that time. coming."
Just hearing him use the title "my mother", Sheng Suihe knew what he was talking about when he came to ask for help.
Sure enough, Sheng Lan said, "Although we are not related by blood, since we are already known as father and son, if my parents approve of it, how about we treat each other as if we are full blood from now on?"
Mrs. Feng said softly from the side: "No matter how many brothers and sisters we have in the future, the family property will be divided equally, and it doesn't matter who is the male or female. I don't want to misunderstand him. He is determined not to stabilize me - his natal sister's I don’t know what happened. The Feng family has been rich for more than one or two generations. He and his sister were both raised in the countryside. She married into Xuan Yu’s family. Although his brother-in-law lived a life of debauchery, he was treated badly in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. He has a wife! But his sister has always been unhappy. So he never thinks that there is any benefit in having more money. With his and my father's wealth, even if the wealth is shared among dozens of children, he just wants to be willing to live a good confinement period. , enough to bless several generations."
"If there is such a person who can spend money, it would be useless to give him gold and silver."
"So do they really hope that I will deny his estrangement without asking? As he said to everyone last month, there has been no news about him for more than ten years since he gave birth to his sweet girl. Is it possible to make mistakes again? I have long given up any hope of getting the flesh and blood, and it has only been two years since I entered the family. Not to mention that Lian Jie Yuan has brought glory to the Sheng family, he is also happy again, and he doesn't believe it if he has benefited from me."
Sheng Suihe smiled and said: "Then my parents were afraid that he would be in an embarrassing situation, so they came to his rescue specially."
Seeing that he still referred to him as "father and mother", Sheng Lanci and his wife were very satisfied and said with a smile: "Who would dream of having a son like me? It seems that they have taken advantage of my biological parents."
Sheng Suihe's long eyelashes drooped slightly, covering up the gloom and anger that appeared in his eyes when he heard the words "biological parents". When he raised his head, he smiled without any grudge: "Mom is pregnant, so it's not appropriate to worry about it. Since the matter has been said, Come on, if my parents don’t have any other instructions, why should he just leave first?”
"It's very important." Feng Hanzhen said to him, hesitating for a while, and then said a little embarrassedly, "I know, if they can tell the Feng family about my matter, it is very clear to the Yu family. After all, they may not agree. Even if I agree now, it’s hard to say whether there will be trouble in the future. After all, it’s safe not to say anything. Unfortunately, his natal sister misunderstood me for a day or two... Yesterday, there were many people talking, and she also I don’t have a chance to say anything to him. But based on his misunderstanding of her, I’m afraid she might make things difficult for me recently.”
"He didn't let me go around her, but the Xuanyu family is, after all, a well-established family in Nanfeng County, and the Sheng family's foundation is shallower than theirs. Maybe his parents, brothers and sister-in-law were persuaded by her. "
"In that mansion, I guess they won't be able to do anything."
With Xuan Yu and her natal family members like the Feng family, Feng was helpless. After all, if those relatives had bad intentions against her, she would be very cruel to cut off contact with her.
However, neither the Feng family nor the Feng family sincerely wanted to cause trouble for the Feng family and her daughter.
She really wanted to go to her heart and soul to blame Feng and her daughter for being nice - even though Feng didn't want that kind of favor at all - but she really couldn't do it for Feng to fall out with them because of this.
At that time, Sheng Suihe could be persuaded, "When I go to Chang'an and obtain fame, they should finally stop. I can't help it. He is a young girl in his mother's family. Although he is favored, his parents, brother, sister-in-law, and eldest sister Because of this, they always treat him as a child and often take matters into their own hands over him, alas!"
Sheng Suihe smiled and said: "Mom, don't worry, he didn't plan to go out recently. If he goes out, he probably won't leave for Chang'an!"