When the letter from the Ministry of Rites arrived at the border, it did not receive immediate attention: Shen Jian, who was in charge of the correspondence between the Marquis of Zhenbei, now called Governor Shen, went out of the city with Marquis of Zhenbei to the border area. Rong has recently assembled a large number of troops.
Zhenbeihou stood beside the boundary stone, frowning and looking into the distance.
Shen Jian and Shen Yi were not far away, whispering to each other.
Shen Jian asked, "Do you think they will attack?"
Shen Yi nodded and said: "It looks like there are two hundred thousand people, and there is a lot of luggage. The soldiers are all wearing armor, not idle soldiers."
Shen Jian frowned, and said in a very low voice: "But what my sister said... it should be three years later, and there are more than half a million."
Shen Yi also had a serious expression: "It's best in three years, we are not ready at all! Although I have two thousand soldiers, but the weapons are ordinary, and the horses are only five or six hundred..."
Shen Jian also nodded and said: "I prepared stone materials for her, but there was no construction at all..."
Shen Yi said with some concern: "Did she attract attention..."
Shen Jian denied: "No, logically, she is living in the temple now. The capital's eyes are all on the third brother or the eldest sister. Even if someone goes to the temple and waits, they will never think that she has left. You still Don't you know? She has always been good at disguising..." Deceiving everyone.
Shen Yi was still worried: "Then this journey..."
Shen Jian shook his head again, and said in a low voice: "They are pretending to be refugees, and it is a disaster year. There are refugees and beggars all over the place, and bandits are rampant. If they are not out of line, no one will notice..."
Shen Yi looked outside: "Will they launch? Is my sister here to help us fight against the enemy?"
Shen Jian shook his head again: "It's not like, my sister is always cautious, she won't tell us such a big thing."
Shen Yi nodded slowly: "If you believe her, they will retreat."
This time, Shen Jian didn't believe it: "The army is so close to the border, why did they retreat?"
Shen Yi took a long breath: "I don't know, anyway, we are not ready this time, so we can only think in a better direction."
Shen Jian smiled wryly: "I hope our wishes will come true..."
The Marquis of Zhenbei in front turned around and said, "Come here!"
The two walked over, and Zhenbeihou pointed to the frontier and said, "Our soldiers are on patrol day and night. If there is something to do, light up the smoke."
Shen Yi and Shen Jian both said yes. Zhenbei Hou stayed at the border for another two days before returning to Yancheng accompanied by Shen Yi and Shen Jian.
Zhenbei Hou read the letter from the Ministry of Rites.
Thinking of the situation at the border, Marquis Zhenbei's brows were knotted again: Who cares about such things at this time!
He has been stationed at the border for many years and is far away from the capital. In addition, he does not want the emperor to think that he is setting eyes and ears in the capital, so there are very few people passing news. He thought that he had a large army in his hands, and his main responsibility was to defend the frontier, and he should not be responsible for the rest.
Yang and Pingyuanhou's wife, Li, mentioned their marriage verbally, but they didn't tell him at first. After the two families sent matchmakers to each other and walked around each other, they wrote to him to inform him. Zhenbeihou and Pingyuanhou were both generals in the past, and they both fought on the battlefield, so they were somewhat sympathetic. Marquis Pingyuan let go of the military power, and Marquis Zhenyuan also understood that the two people followed different paths, so they didn't have much contact with each other afterwards. But who knows that the two younger generations have a very good friendship. First, the two daughters have frequent contacts with the second daughter of Marquis Pingyuan, and then the sons also play chess and travel together, just like good friends. Zhenbeihou felt that it was okay for the two families to be in-laws, so he did not oppose Yang's decision.
The Marquis of Zhenbei didn't know what happened in the capital. He only vaguely heard that the fourth princess was interested in the eldest son Zhang, but then the eldest son Zhang left the capital. . Just when he was feeling confused, the letter from the Ministry of Rites arrived. Is this because the emperor expressed his disapproval when he heard about the marriage between his family and Pingyuanhou's mansion? But why did the emperor intervene in this matter? On the border, the Bei Rong lined up with heavy troops, and I didn't see him ask any more questions!
Zhenbeihou called Shen Yi and Shen Jian over, and wanted to ask their opinions.
Speaking of which, Zhenbeihou was very disappointed with Shen Yi! He originally placed high hopes on this eldest son, hoping that he would stay by his side when he came, and learn from him the skills of leading soldiers and fighting, so that he could help him in the future. But as soon as Shen Yi arrived, he said that he should get familiar with military affairs. Instead of asking his father for advice, he plunged into the lower-level soldiers, visiting the checkpoints of the barracks, the reclamation and recuperation places, and talking with many soldiers. He often didn't see each other for two or three months. one side. A year later, he actually selected soldiers himself, saying that he wanted to set up his own guard, and then took several hundred of his men to the wilderness, camped outside the city, and did not live in Yancheng at all. Zhenbeihou felt that it was due to his impetuous mood, and he couldn't follow him to learn the essentials of running the army.
He also severely reprimanded Shen Yi several times, no matter what he said, Shen Yi just listened with a sullen face, and in the end he said one sentence: He must have his own guard.
Zhenbeihou was helpless, a bit regretful that he didn't let this child come to his side earlier, and brought him up at the border when he was ten years old, maybe it would be more obedient than waiting for him to grow up.
His regret was made up for after Shen Jian arrived.
Tugu Khan is getting stronger and stronger, and sooner or later the Northern Rong will go to war with the Southern Dynasties. Zhenbeihou also heard that Shen Jian and the third prince are very close, so he asked the second son to come quickly. But when Shen Jian arrived, the Marquis of Zhenbei felt sorry for him again—Shen Jian arrived at the border without even having a child. Shen Jian wanted to travel around the mountains and rivers, but the Marquis of Zhenbei did not stop him. But Shen Jian only wandered around for more than a month, and then he took it easy and asked to enter the Chinese army camp. Starting from minor chores, he systematically learned the management of food, grass and weapons, the rules of deploying troops, the dispatching of soldiers, etc. Now he has become the right-hand man of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and most of the important military orders issued by him usually come from this second child.
However, Marquis Zhenbei was a little dissatisfied: Shen Jian is obviously a talented man in charge of the army, and he doesn't have the assertiveness and pride of being a general... In this way, to become a commander in chief of an army, you still need to have the strength of the boss...
Zhenbeihou sighed: How can there be the best of both worlds? I hope that in the future, their brothers will be of the same mind and complement each other.
In the Chinese army's tent, Marquis Zhenyuan handed the letter from the Ministry of Rites to Shen Yi and Shen Jian. The two brothers exchanged glances, and sneers flashed across their faces. Their understanding of the situation in the capital is far more detailed than Zhenbei Hou. Zhang Ding beside Shen Jian was given by Zhang Yunming, and it turned out to be Zhang Yunzheng's servant. Pingyuanhou's mansion kept Zhang Yunzheng such a big secret, and the people who gave Zhang Yunzheng were all selected by Pingyuanhou. Now they are by Shen Jian's side, which naturally represent the power of Pingyuanhou. Zhang Ding got many news about the capital city from the secret line of Pingyuan Hou's mansion, and told Shen Jian verbally, and Shen Jian found another opportunity to tell Shen Yi.
Of course the two brothers knew what happened to the emperor's assassination of Marquis Pingyuan, and they also knew that the person who escorted Shen Wen to the border was the nephew of Marquis Pingyuan's mansion. The craftsmen brought by Shen Jian were bought with money from the Pingyuanhou Mansion, and the future food will be supported by the Pingyuanhou Mansion. The two families are already related to life and death, but they can't tell their father about this arrangement now.
What the emperor did was obviously to drive a wedge between the two families. Marriage in this era pays attention to the orders of the parents, as long as there is an approval from the children, the love in advance will not be tolerated in the world. The emperor naturally didn't know that Shen Zhuo liked Zhang Yunjin in his heart, how could he break it apart
Shen Yi winked at Shen Jian, and Shen Jian said, "Father, this matter is very inappropriate."
Zhenbeihou asked: "Why?"
Shen Jian said in a low voice: "Father, in recent years, the imperial court has repeatedly reduced military supplies, and the supply of food and grass has been completely stopped. It is because of the disaster year, is it not because the emperor does not like father?"
Zhenbeihou sighed slightly: "I also understand the reason. At the beginning, my father once..." Not long after the current emperor ascended the throne, the old Zhenbeihou died on the battlefield. Zhenbeihou was always suspicious, thinking that his father chose to die. to protect the family.
Shen Yi sneered and said, "How does father know that this is not the emperor's temptation?"
Zhenbeihou's face darkened.
Shen Jian whispered again: "I also think the emperor is testing my father, and I want to see if my father agrees, so that we can see whether our family wants the protection of the royal family. If my father agrees..." Shen Jian lowered his voice even more : "Will the emperor become more suspicious?"
Shen Yi snorted and said: "The fifth princess has already become a monk, how can she return to vulgarity with a single sentence?"
Shen Jian nodded: "That's right, it's a face-saving talk, father can't take it seriously..."
The two brothers tried their best to break the crooked building with each other, and Zhenbeihou finally said: "Then thank you in reply, saying that your third brother is not worthy of the Royal Princess." Originally, he didn't want Shen Zhuo to marry him. How is the princess? What is there to explore
Shen Jian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write it. In the past, the memorials requesting the court to increase military supplies all fell into disarray, and there was no response. Now that there is this opportunity, should father urgently report the military situation on the border to the court? Want some more military supplies?"
Marquis Zhenbei smiled wryly: "You're a smart boy, yes, I looked at Tugu Khan, so why does he mean to fight? Our army's supplies are gradually running short, so we need to make a serious statement."
Shen Yi asked: "What about the third brother's marriage?"
Marquis Zhenyuan sighed: "I can only suspend the discussion for now, and wait for a while."
So Shen Jian wrote a reply letter to the Ministry of Rites for Marquis of Zhenbei, first eloquently speaking in a large space at this time that Tugu Khan and Chen Bing had more than 200,000 troops on the border, and his intentions were very bad! It looks like it is about to attack at any time! Then I described in detail the drought in the past few years, the shortage of food and grass on the border, and the soldiers' lack of interest in guarding the border. I also wrote that I hope the court will immediately allocate funds to send food to the border to strengthen border defense! At the end, in a few words, he said that the dog was reckless and did not dare to match the princess well. Where is this reply to the Ministry of Rites? Obviously, he regarded the Ministry of Rites as a messenger, expecting the Ministry of Rites to deliver the letter directly to the emperor. Zhenbei Hou looked at it and thought it was very true, so he agreed, signed his name and stamped it.
"Scaremongering!" The emperor threw the letter on the desk, "He doesn't want the fifth princess, and he doesn't want to tear up the face of Ping Yuanhou! Use these things to bargain with me! Do I want to listen to him? After giving him these military supplies, he Just let his son marry the fifth princess? How unreasonable! You don’t know what’s good or bad!”
But that being said, after reading this letter, the emperor was really worried about the situation on the border. He asked his own people, and he also said that there was an army of Bei Rong gathering at the border. The emperor originally thought that if the Marquis of Zhenbei refused to marry, he would find a wrong person and sentence the third son Shen to exile or something, but now, there is nothing he can do.
Now years of drought, there is no way to supply food and grass at the border. Zhenbei Hou is relying on his own strength to guard the border. But if he loses, it will be troublesome. Even if he is undefeated, if there is a war over there, if he sends people to the capital to settle the debts owed by the imperial court over the years and make public the plight he is in, he will definitely respond to the third prince's outcry during this time. Even if the crown prince controls the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War in an all-round way, under the public opinion, people's hearts will lean towards the third prince...
The emperor was a little irritable: he didn't like the prince becoming big, but he also didn't like the third prince who was indifferent to him. It's best for two people to compete with each other, but neither can win. If the Marquis of Zhenbei really gets into trouble, the third prince's chances of winning will be greater, and the emperor doesn't want to see this.
After thinking about it, the emperor frowned with a depressed expression.
Eunuch Sun patted the emperor's back lightly, and said in a low voice, "In this way, at least those two families won't get married."
The emperor sneered: "They just want to wait for me to forget about it. Huh, I want to see how long they can wait! Let people watch, if they continue to marry, I will give you a marriage! Don't think that I really dare not Cure them!"
Eunuch Sun agreed in a low voice, but he knew in his heart that the emperor's words were just angry words. To put it this way, it is just a message to tell the two families not to continue discussing marriage, and not to give the emperor face. And if the two families do not get married, the emperor's goal will be achieved.
Shen Jian also copied a copy of the letter to the Ministry of Rites and gave it to Zhang Ding, and said to him: "It is better to demolish a thousand temples than break up a single marriage. Let me tell you, my third brother and Miss Zhang Liu have already discussed marriage." , You have a lot of good words, but you can’t say that there are any changes on our side.”
Zhang Ding nodded again and again: "Of course, of course."
Therefore, Marquis Pingyuan not only saw the letter, but also got a report from Zhang Ding: Marquis Zhenbei did not want to withdraw the engagement.
Knowing this, Ping Yuanhou took the emperor's threat very lightly: his eldest son was making weapons, and his second son went to the border. The power of the prince in the court is getting weaker, and the power of the third prince is getting stronger. In order to marry the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, the third prince was in his twenties and still insisted on not getting married. In the future, once the third prince ascends to the throne, the position of the Zhenbeihou Mansion... the future is bright!
But Mrs. Li felt uncomfortable: If this marriage fails, will the emperor want his daughter to enter the palace? In fact, she really worried too much. Talking about letting Zhang Yunjin enter the palace is just Shen Wen's tactic, the emperor is gradually losing interest in women now, every time he has sex, his heart beats uncomfortably, his body is sweating profusely, and then he will have headaches and dizziness for two or three days. The diarrhea doesn't stop. The imperial physician finally advised the emperor to recharge his batteries—another word for abstinence.
Seeing Li's frown, Marquis Pingyuan couldn't tell the truth, but could only persuade him: "Jin'er has only reached Ji soon, so you can wait."
Mrs. Li sighed deeply: "Why are you waiting again? Dalang's marriage has been postponed. The child will wait until he is twenty-two. Now Jin'er's..." She almost cried.
Marquis Pingyuan took Li's hand: "Your grandchildren have their own blessings, so don't worry about them."
Mrs. Li remembered that Shen Zhuo came to help the guards when Pingyuanhou was assassinated, and didn't want to change his family immediately, so as not to chill the hearts of the juniors, so he could only nod.
The marriage discussion stopped halfway, and I had to explain everything to my daughter, so Mrs. Li called Zhang Yunjin the next day.
When Zhang Yunjin came, Mrs. Li's youngest son was showing his fists and kicks to Mrs. Li in the room, hitting the ground with each blow, saying, "Mom! Look, how did I fight?! It's amazing!"
Mrs. Li forced a smile: "It's amazing, Xiao Lang's body is getting stronger and stronger."
Zhang Yunjin smiled and covered her mouth with her sleeve: "How can you say that you are good?" She seemed in a good mood, Li Shi secretly sighed, and said to Zhang Yunzhao: "You go to the garden to play, I will talk to your sister."
Just as Zhang Yunzhao was about to leave, he said, "I haven't seen little brother Shen for a long time, when can I go and see him?" Showing off my martial arts to him.
Mrs. Li hesitated, and said to Zhang Yunzhao: "Wait a minute, everyone is very busy recently."
Zhang Yunzhao pouted: "Just ask someone to take me to his house to play, what's the matter?"
Li said: "Go and tell your father, if he agrees, he will send someone to take you there." He will not agree! But you won't blame me. Zhang Yunzhao didn't know the details, nodded with a smile, saluted and ran away, naturally he was rejected by his father.
Zhang Yunjin sat next to Mrs. Li, and asked a little embarrassedly: "What is your mother looking for?" The marriage between the two families had been discussed for most of the time, and she thought that Mrs. Li asked her to come to ask questions about the marriage or dowry.
Mrs. Li signaled everyone around to leave the door, and then whispered to Zhang Yunzheng: "I just got the letter, the emperor doesn't want us to marry the Shen family... I want to point the fifth princess to the third son Shen..."
The smile on Zhang Yunjin's face disappeared immediately, and he looked at Li Shi in horror.
Mrs. Li hurriedly comforted: "Don't be afraid, your father said, this is the emperor... Er... I can't understand our two families... There shouldn't be anything else..."
Zhang Yunjin stammered and asked: "Then... the fifth princess..."
Mrs. Li forgot about that, and hurriedly said: "The marriage hasn't been formally granted yet, it's just a test, and the Shen family naturally declined."
Zhang Yunjin breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Then his family... will there be something wrong?"
Mrs. Li understood that she was asking about the Third Young Master Shen, and said in a low voice: "It shouldn't be, your father said that the letter from the Marquis of Zhenbei has written about the difficulties at the border. Now that the border is unstable, the emperor will not punish the Shen family." .”
Tears welled up in Zhang Yunjin's eyes at this moment, and suddenly he understood the sadness that people often say that good things come to naught, and the blooming flowers on the sleeves in front of him became blurred spots of light.
Mrs. Li sighed: "Your father said, wait a minute."
Zhang Yunjin could barely speak, but knowing that she had to express her opinion at this time, she reluctantly said: "My daughter listens to my father." It meant that she also wanted to wait.
Li sighed again: "I'm just afraid that I'll delay you."
Zhang Yunjin choked with sobs: "My daughter is willing to guard her parents and not marry."
Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "You can't say that. As soon as you were born, I prepared a dowry for you. You are my only daughter, and you must marry in a splendid manner..."
Zhang Yunjin cried and threw herself into Li's arms: "Mother, I really don't want to marry anymore! I don't want to marry anymore!" Since the emperor disagreed, even if Shen Zhuo refused to marry, the two families of Zhang and Shen would not be able to get married in the future!
Mrs. Li patted Zhang Yunjin's back and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, your father said wait, but you haven't said it yet..."
But Zhang Yunjin couldn't listen. She cried a lot, and was helped back to her boudoir with her swollen eyes. That night, she didn't want to eat or drink, and the next day she felt weak and was bedridden.
Mrs. Li was terrified, and tried to comfort Zhang Yunjin for a long time. Seeing that she was still dull and lazy to speak, she hurriedly went to Pingyuanhou.
Upon hearing this, Marquis Pingyuan smiled wryly and said, "It seems that she has taken a fancy to that brat."
Mrs. Li sighed: "I can't blame her, we've already discussed marriage. She agreed at the beginning, so she naturally took it to heart. Now it can't happen, she can't think about it."
Ping Yuanhou turned the jade ball and thought for a while, then said: "You invite Miss Shen over there to talk to her."
In Zhenbeihou's mansion, Yang's family is also angry after receiving Zhenbeihou's letter. She got up after Madam Qian, and she only talked to the old lady if she had anything to say, and there was no one around her.
"Mother, why does the emperor meddle in this business? Don't let the ministers get married?"
Ever since the old lady knew that Shen Jian and the others had something to do, she often kept her mouth shut. Asked by Shen Zhuo to tell Shen Wen to go to the temple, and looking at Shen Wen's delicate and innocent demeanor, he feels that the children in this house are not simple, and they don't know how to make troubles, so they just hide it from their parents.
The old lady sighed: "He is afraid."
Yang asked puzzledly: "He is the emperor, what are you afraid of?"
The old lady said in a low voice: "We have soldiers in our house, and they have money in their house. If we get together..."
Yang Shi suddenly nodded and said, "Oh, he is afraid that we will rebel. But doesn't he know about Lord Hou's temperament? He is the most loyal, how could he have objections?"
The old lady would completely agree with Yang's words before, but now she really thinks that the emperor is right - if the two governments join hands, it will be incredible. And now it seems that they should have united, otherwise Shen Wen wouldn't go to the temple. A girl who goes to a temple must never go anywhere. For Shen Wen to go for such a long time, it must be a long journey. If you want to leave the temple, where will the money come from? Naturally, Shen Zhuo, who proposed this suggestion, took care of it. Shen Zhuo is the future son-in-law of the wealthy Pingyuan Hou Mansion, isn't the source of the money obvious
Although the old lady's guess was not entirely correct, she was completely correct in her conclusion that the juniors in the two mansions had colluded.
The old lady felt a little guilty towards the emperor in her heart, and sighed again: "Of course, Lord Hou will not turn against..." But his children have a different heart! But this was also forced by the prince, otherwise who wouldn't want to live in a well-behaved manner? The old lady had always favored the children, and felt that it was natural for the children to want to protect the family. Anyway, inaction is death, let them work hard, and replace the third prince as the prince, isn't it considered rebellion
Yang said angrily: "I think the prince is playing tricks! Maybe he wants to marry Zhang's daughter!"
Regarding Yang's random speculation, the old lady couldn't say anything, so she could only sigh again: "In any case, the friendship between the two families must not be broken. Didn't Hou Ye say to wait first? Then we will wait first."
Someone outside said: "A letter from Pingyuanhou's Mansion."
Yang quickly said, "Send it in."
One of Yang's maids brought the letter paper, Yang opened it, read it and handed it to the old lady, saying: "I invite Xiang'er to play tomorrow."
Although the old lady was a little dissatisfied with Mrs. Yang for reading the letter first and not handing it to the elder, she seldom complained now, so she nodded and said, "It seems that the other side wants her to enlighten Miss Zhang, so that someone can give it to the elder. Xiang'er, let's go."
Yang frowned: "If the emperor messes up like this, Sanlang won't be able to send it off."
The old lady said: "Let Lao Guan take it off, Xiang'er should be fine." A person who usually rides a horse and dances a gun.
Shen Zhuo knew that the emperor did not want the two families to get married, so he was not too surprised. The emperor's fear is really understandable. He didn't feel too uncomfortable. According to Shen Wen's estimation, in three or four years, the world will be in chaos. At that time, those who fought wars fought, and those who used tricks made tricks. After that, getting married should be more practical.
When Shen Xiang came to look for him in the study angrily, he was still a little surprised: "What's the matter with you?"
Shen Xiang stared at him and said, "I'm going to see Zhang's younger sister, why don't you go find me?"
Shen Zhuo blinked, finally understood, and said with a smile, "Here is what I want." After speaking, he found "The Art of War" from the bookshelf, handed it to Shen Xiang, and said, "Give this to her." Well, I have long said that our family of generals should study military books... "
Shen Xiang looked at Shen Zhuo's relaxed expression, and asked angrily: "You don't care that much?!"
Shen Zhuo was puzzled: "Why don't you care?"
Shen Xiang was in a hurry: "The marriage is not over!"
Shen Zhuo smiled: "Oh..." Thinking of not being able to say more to this straightforward younger sister, he could only say: "Father... It's not impossible... Anyway, in my heart, this marriage has already been decided."
Only then did Shen Xiang accept the book, snorted, and left.
When Shen Xiang arrived at the Marquis of Pingyuan, he went to see Mrs. Li first. With a sad face, Mrs. Li whispered to Shen Xiang, "Miss Six has been ill for a few days."
Shen Xiang was shocked: "What disease is it?"
Li sighed: "Go and see her, and persuade her." She asked someone to take Shen Xiang to see Zhang Yunjin, but she didn't go with her, lest the two juniors would not be able to talk about themselves.
Shen Xiang brought Chunlu to Zhang Yunjin's yard, and saw the maidservant was very solemn, not even whispering, the whole yard was so quiet that the sound of fallen leaves could be heard. It was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, which made people feel even more desolate.
Shen Xiang hurriedly walked into the room, and the maid in the room came over and said in a low voice: "Our young lady is not in good health and can't get out of bed, please forgive me, Miss Shen."
Shen Xiang said it was okay, the maid opened the curtain, Shen Xiang entered the inner room, and Chun Lu stayed outside.
When Zhang Yunjin saw Shen Xiang coming in, he leaned on his elbows and wanted to lean. Shen Xiang hurried over to the bed, put a pillow behind her, and then sat on the edge of the bed.
Shen Xiang saw that Zhang Yunjin's face was yellow and thin, his cheekbones were protruding, and his eyes were dark circles. Thinking of Shen Zhuo's unconcerned look just now in the mansion, Shen Xiang burst into tears and pulled Zhang Yunjin's hand. hand said, "Why are you torturing yourself so much?"
Zhang Yunjin also cried: "Sister, we girls... have a hard life..."
Shen Xiang thought of the girls around him, all these years his marriage was hanging on in a daze, the fifth princess became a monk, Shen Wen and Su Wanniang went to the temple, now Zhang Yunjin's illness has become like this, and she is crying even more, crying While taking out the book from his bosom and handing it to Zhang Yunjin, he said, "This is what my third brother picked for you, that guy..." Shen Xiang didn't dare to say that he didn't look sad at all, and then said, "There isn't a single man nice one!"
Zhang Yunjin took the book while weeping, wiped away his tears and saw that it was "Sun Tzu's Art of War", he was stunned. Shen Xiang said: "Do you remember the first time you went to our house? In that pavilion?"
Zhang Yunjin's tears flowed down again, but there was a smile on his face: "I remember." At that time, Shen Zhuo played tricks and mentioned "Sun Tzu's Art of War". It seems that Shen Zhuo also remembered.
Shen Xiang snorted and said, "My third brother is not sick! He said that in his heart the marriage has already been decided."
Zhang Yunjin's tears suddenly disappeared, and he opened his eyes round—it turned out that he was so sad because he had no faith. He said "it's fixed", that is, it will not change. It seemed that he was so sad because of his weak heart!
Shen Xiang looked at Zhang Yunjin: "Look at you for making yourself like this, thank you!"
Zhang Yunjin burst out laughing, but then cried again, and then laughed again, making Shen Xiang cry and laugh with her for a while, before Zhang Yunjin calmed down. She struggled to sit up and said, "Let them come in and change my clothes. You sit outside for a while, and I will come out to greet you."
Shen Xiang pushed Zhang Yunjin back onto the pillow: "Why are you being so polite? I finally came here to talk to you for a while. I'll tell you about my third brother. Among the three brothers, I hate him the most. He, he has fought and quarreled with me since he was a child, but he often bullied his younger siblings, you must avenge us in the future, it is best to make him kneel on the washboard often or something... "
Zhang Yunjin covered his mouth and kept laughing, blood came back to his withered face.
Shen Xiang persuaded Zhang Yunjin to be good, but when he returned home, he looked unhappy. The emperor did not want the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion to get married with the Marquis of Pingyuan's Mansion, obviously because he was afraid that the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion would become stronger, so what the third prince said about marrying him at the beginning must be all empty talk. But it was said outside that he was interested in Miss Shen, if he proposed marriage, wouldn't he be slapping him in the face? Shen Xiang felt that she couldn't be so disrespectful to her friends, not to mention... For a while, Shen Xiang wanted to be like Zhang Yunjin to make herself depressed, but she was strong by nature, and always held the last belief: she was like her father and brother, going to the border So what if you don't marry for the rest of your life? Relying on this support, she practiced martial arts desperately to prevent herself from slipping into sorrow.
So soon, Shen Xiang changed his mind, thinking that Shen Wen and Su Wanniang had been in the temple for more than a month, so he should go and have a look. Shen Xiang decided to tell Yang Shi to prepare something for Shen Wen and the others. Send it over.
She didn't know that Shen Wen, who she was thinking about at this time, definitely didn't want her to visit.
Shen Wen's current riding skills can easily steer a donkey or mule to trot in the wild, but if there are refugees around or near a town, Zhang Yunzheng will not let her come out at night. Only in the countryside where there were not many people around, Zhang Yunzheng would run with her for half an hour, and then the two of them slowly walked the animals back to the camp.
Zhang Yunzheng kept thinking about the scene he saw, he couldn't hold it back anymore, and after making sure there was no one around, he asked Shen Wen, "You... that... um..."
Shen Wen waited for a long time, not knowing what Zhang Yunzheng wanted to say, so he asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Zhang Yunzheng coughed, and asked: "After you avenge yourself, will you leave... um... become a fairy?"
Shen Wen burst out laughing: "What did you say?!"
Zhang Yunzheng didn't laugh, "That's right, you said you were... so what... came back for revenge, if you fulfill your wish, will you... ascend?"
Shen Wen chuckled: "I'm not a practitioner, how can I ascend?"
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "Then you will...continue...um...to be a human being?"
Shen Wen glared at Zhang Yunzheng fiercely: "What is being a human?! I am a human! My soul has entered my body, am I not human? Can't you see me?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said stubbornly: "I didn't say you are not human now, I was asking you, will you still be human after revenge?!"
Shen Wen became angry: "You are not human anymore!"
Zhang Yunzheng explained in a rare way: "I mean, you won't leave, right?"
Shen Wen understood, and pursed his lips: "Didn't you say that I will become a ghost again?"
Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly changed his words: "Um, I mean you won't leave your house, right?"
Shen Wen gave him a blank look: "Where will I go?...Of course, unless..." I'm married...
Zhang Yunzheng cleared his throat: "You are so young, don't think about those things yet!"
Shen Wen was also so ashamed that she immediately turned her face away, and said, "What am I thinking about?! Tell me!"
Zhang Yunzheng swallowed, and hastily changed the subject: "When you were over there... um... how were you doing?" Then, he felt that he was asking nonsense, and almost slapped himself.
It was the first time Shen Wen was able to talk about his experiences to others, and he didn't feel that Zhang Yunzheng had offended him. He said, "Actually, if I didn't focus on revenge, I wouldn't say it's bad. I can go wherever I want..."
Zhang Yunzheng was a little curious: "Do you need money?"
Shen Wen smiled: "No need. Besides, our family is dead, and no one has burned money..."
Zhang Yunzheng felt nervous and stammered, "I...why didn't I stay?"
Shen Wen thought about it seriously, and said, "Because you did your best, you don't feel guilty."
Zhang Yunzheng imagined: "But I didn't take revenge, I probably wanted to stay."
Shen Wen thought about it and said: "Death is not the end, but another form of life. Over there, everyone thinks differently from here."
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "What do they think?"
Shen Wen shook his head slowly and said, "I don't want to know."
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "Why?"
Shen Wen turned to look at him: "Because I have too much resentment and guilt, I don't want to know other thoughts. I'm afraid that if I know, I will feel that what happened in that life is not so important."
Zhang Yunzheng was silent for a moment, then said: "You are so timid! I would like to know, if it really seems unimportant, then there must be something more important."
Shen Wen was in a trance for a moment: Did I really miss something... But then said: "Look, so you didn't stay. But I don't regret that I came back at all! Fortunately, I didn't touch those thoughts."
Zhang Yunzheng immediately said: "Of course, it's better to come back, otherwise we won't be able to see each other? Now that we know each other, will we always know each other in the future?"
Shen Wen said with emotion: "Really, if we know each other now, we will also know each other on the other side in the future. From now on to eternity, we have the fate of knowing each other..."
Zhang Yunzheng said with satisfaction: "That's about the same. You are very lucky to have known me after waiting for thousands of years. It's a great blessing, don't forget it!"
Shen Wen looked at Zhang Yunzheng: "Did you stay with Ji Wenzhao for too long? Have you also learned his arrogance?"
Zhang Yunzheng raised his chin: "What is learning? Remember, you have to treat me as a friend here or on the other side! Don't need money over there, and you will turn your face and deny anyone!"
Shen Wen giggled, and said coquettishly: "What are you talking about! Talking about me like a liar who only recognizes money, am I that kind of person?"
Although Zhang Yunzheng scolded Shen Wen for being a little liar countless times in the past, at this moment, Zhang Yunzheng just muttered: "It's okay..." Hastily withdrew the troops, and returned to the camp with Shen Wen, both of them were in a good mood.