Although the "seriously ill" Mr. Zhang didn't know the crown prince's hatred for him, he fully understood Zhang Yunzheng's suffering at the beginning: he couldn't leave the mansion during the day, so he could only sneak out of the mansion for a walk at night.
Naturally, he would not let go of the opportunity to meet Shen Wen with Zhang Yunzheng. Although Shen Wen became very serious, he always told Zhang Yunzheng about the structure of a lot of weapons, which was very boring.
That night, Shen Wen talked again and again: "This is the largest bed crossbow. This is the handle for pulling the string. Here is a pulley and an iron chain..."
Zhang Yunming yawned, Shen Wen looked up at him, Zhang Yunming said: "You have already drawn more than 20 kinds of crossbows, big, medium and small, why haven't you finished yet?"
Now Shen Wen was short of breath and stuttered when he saw Zhang Yunzheng, so apart from explaining, he seldom said anything to Zhang Yunzheng, and kept his eyes away from him. But Zhang Yunming was fine. Hearing his question, she immediately answered: "Because, in... successful cases, 80% of the brigades are crossbowmen." What she originally wanted to say was that in the fifteenth century, the British army participated in In the battles in China, sometimes 85% of the army was longbowmen, and it was often said that the arrows were raining down, but some people recorded that the arrows of the British army were thicker than the rain, and they could not be stopped at all.
Zhang Yunming woke up: "You also want 80% of the border soldiers to be strong crossbowmen?! How many crossbows and crossbow bolts do you need?!"
Shen Wen shook his head and said: "The number of soldiers at the border cannot be 80%, but in the future, you and your father will send reinforcements. In a hurry, the number may be no more than 20,000 to 30,000. The Beirong army you will encounter when you go north should be 150,000 to 60,000. So more than 80% of your soldiers should be crossbowmen."
Zhang Yunming looked at Shen Wen in a daze: "Thank you very much, let us have 20,000 to 30,000 to 150,000."
Shen Wen said: "Don't worry, there won't be so many people who really come to your front."
In order not to appear timid, Zhang Yunming couldn't say anything more. Zhang Yunzheng began to calculate: "Take one as five, shoot one person to death... count as ten arrows..."
Shen Wen said: "Don't just count it as your own, you have to prepare it for the border! At least two million arrows and 20,000 crossbows will be needed. At that time, they will be hidden in the village near Yancheng, and let my elder brother and the others go and grab them." .”
Zhang Yunming unfolded his fan, frowned and slapped it twice: "Then there are really millions of crossbow arrows, tens of thousands of crossbow arrows, what a big workshop this is, I haven't told dad yet!"
Shen Wen was angry: "I said a long time ago that I was going to make weapons, why didn't you tell your father?!"
Zhang Yunming said: "You want so much, it's a rebellion. This is not the same as robbing food. It is food sent to Beirong. It is only natural to rob it. But making such a large number of weapons privately is disloyal, and there is nowhere." Reasonable. What if my father disagrees? I heard what my father said, but I didn't fully believe you."
Shen Wen said solemnly: "If he doesn't agree, you have to build it for me! I asked you to buy food to make these weapons! It's not for you to make money to play!"
Zhang Yunzheng's neck was straight: "Hey, who are you teaching?! Who played?! A child can't use his own mind to speculate on others, let alone a little stupid pig!"
Shen Wen stomped her feet: "I don't care! You make it for me! Nothing less!" She acted coquettishly in a hurry, and frowned her thin eyebrows.
Zhang Yunzheng sneered: "Really? If you cry hard, maybe I will agree."
Shen Wen looked at Zhang Yunzheng angrily: "This is not a joke! Do you know?! Our biggest threat is not the prince, but Beirong! Five hundred thousand troops! What is unloyalty? When the family is destroyed, it will be loyal? He doesn't believe it, Don't you already believe it?!"
Zhang Yunzheng pretended to yawn: "Okay, okay, I'll just make it for you, how stingy! Don't even cry!"
Hearing what Zhang Yunzheng said, Shen Wen was suddenly relieved, and looked at Zhang Yunzheng with some embarrassment, Zhang Yunzheng was looking at her with half-closed eyes: "You remember, you owe another debt."
Shen Wen blushed a little, and said in embarrassment: "Are you still asking me to pay it back? I... I said it earlier... I can't afford it."
Zhang Yunzheng snapped: "You're pretty straight-forward!"
Zhang Yunming said with a smile: "If you can't afford it, don't pay it back! Our family doesn't lack anything."
Shen Wen breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that it was getting late, he smiled and said, "That's good! Bows and crossbows are almost the same, I'll finish drawing some more with firecrackers and gunpowder. I... I'll go first." Waiting for their answer, he opened the door and went out.
Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes, Zhang Yunming was a little worried: "What are you going to tell Dad? Millions of arrows, tens of thousands of bows and crossbows, such a big matter, you need Dad's consent."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "I saw those things in the eyes of the sky. It was not a dream. These weapons must be made. Whether Dad agrees or not, I will go to the craftsmen, and then take people to the mountains in the south. If necessary If so, you can use food to recruit people to help."
Zhang Yunming thought about it, and felt that Zhang Yunzheng's idea was quite good. It is a serious crime to privately manufacture weapons, and no one would take such a big risk until the last step. If Zhang Yunzheng went to make it, in case it was leaked, he was just a distant nephew in identity, which gave Pingyuanhou some leeway. But even so, Zhang Yunming was worried about letting Zhang Yunzheng go by himself. This younger brother is too impatient, how could he not have his own protection? He looked at Zhang Yunzheng with contempt: "Listen, do you think you are a green onion? Do you think alone? No matter what you do, you have to let me agree! Do you understand? I have to lead you to the south, don't forget that I am Brother!"
Zhang Yunzheng said while tidying up the blueprints: "You only had two more years of food, what's the big deal? Want to fight?!"
Zhang Yunming was glad that Zhang Yunzheng obviously didn't think of his worries, and immediately rolled up his sleeves: "I'm thinking about it too!"
Zhang Yunzheng smiled: "I won't listen to the wall tomorrow!"
Zhang Yunming now only comes to see Shen Wen once every ten days, and he only spends three days and two days listening to the prince's aides to relieve his boredom. Hearing that Zhang Yunzheng will not participate in his main social activities, he immediately becomes friendly: "How can we not go? That is What fun."
Zhang Yunzheng said, "What's fun? Other than the snoring, it's just... boring!"
Zhang Yunming said: "Why is it boring? There are so many crickets chirping! Sometimes there is the sound of cats chasing mice, you must not have heard it! I will remind you tomorrow night."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Who didn't hear it?! Who wants you to remind? What's so good about that? You're so idle..."
That being said, on the second night, Zhang Yunzheng accompanied Zhang Yunming to the residence of a chief aide of the prince. They climbed to the top of the courtyard wall and looked from a height, and found that some halls were still lit. The two smiled at each other: It seems that there is no need to hear people snoring today. Zhang Yunzheng took the lead and ran towards the place where the light was on. When they got to the house, they were even happier: the servants were standing outside the small courtyard, and someone was really talking about something.
In the hall, there was a mess of cups and plates on a table, and the three people were all open-minded, all of whom seemed to be drinking.
One said vaguely: "... tomorrow, it will start... I really don't know..."
The other also shook his head: "I'm not sure..."
The third person patted the table: "What is not sure, His Highness means to do so!"
One person sighed: "He doesn't look good recently, in fact, he should take good care of himself..."
"What does this have to do with his complexion?"
"You don't understand, the color reflects luck. People have good luck and bad luck. When they are lucky, they have a clear mind and make wise decisions. When they are unlucky, they will be in trouble. Do whatever you want. At this time, you should keep your own place and wait and see what happens..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Ordinary people may be like this, but that is Your Highness! What are you doing? You have to fight to win!"
"You are still young, why do you have to fight to win? If you can win by fighting, just fight hard! What else do you need to judge the situation? What do you need to know how to advance and retreat? Look, there is a word retreat! I will tell you To put it bluntly, if you don’t have it in your life, don’t fight for anything, fight hard and die early, the more you get, the faster you die... "
"According to what you said, let's not do anything, why did you find Changxi Yinmen..."
"Shut up!" All three people stopped suddenly, and after listening carefully, one person said: "You don't want to die, can you say such things casually?"
The man waved his hand: "It's over, everyone will know sooner or later."
"Hasn't this happened before?! This matter is very vicious, and you must not let the wind leak! Let Ping Yuanhou notice it."
"Okay, okay, I mean, according to what you said, let's stop making plans and just sit there and wait for the pie to fall from the sky."
"Oh, I'm really in trouble now, I always feel that His Highness is very unlucky..."
"You don't want to live?!"
"This is just to sympathize with His Highness, but to feel that His Highness is a little hard to do things..."
"What's the difficulty? It's just that we can't do anything! We can't kill what should be killed. You see, in the past, we couldn't kill the Shen family. Now, the Zhang family, we have no one in it!"
"Actually, killing people is not an option."
"Besides killing, what else can I do? I can't convince them, so I can save it for myself?"
"Anyway, keep doing this..."
"In any case, there is no way out for you and me. It's not like you don't know His Highness's methods... Now we can only make a difference in the future if we assist His Highness to ascend the throne."
"Of course! Come on! Have another drink..."
The three of them drank a few more cups, without talking about anything else, Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng left.
Because those people mentioned "the Zhang family, no one", what "Changxi Yinmen" can't be noticed by Ping Yuanhou, plus "it will start tomorrow", once they return to the mansion, they will ask Marquis Pingyuan didn't sleep, but people said that Master Hou usually didn't sleep until the eldest son came back, and now he was still in the meeting hall, and the two of them went to see Marquis Pingyuan immediately.
After entering the door, I saw that Master Song was also present, both of them were smiling, and seemed to be in a good mood.
Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng came in to salute, Ping Yuanhou said: "Can't you two hang around in the mansion? Do you have to go out like this every day?"
Zhang Yunming said: "Father, it's a good thing we went out to hear these words just now..." After repeating the conversation they heard, Zhang Yunming asked: "What's the matter with this Changxi Yinmen? Say you can't notice it?"
Marquis Pingyuan frowned when he heard this name, and when he heard him ask, he glanced at Zhang Yunming with some hesitation, his face extremely ugly. Zhang Yunming was puzzled, and looked at Mr. Song again. Mr. Song was also hesitant. Zhang Yunzheng became impatient: "What can't you say?!"
Marquis Pingyuan nodded to Master Song, and Master Song chose words and said: "This... It is said in the Jianghu that Changxi Yinmen is good at aphrodisiacs, and cleans up bad people's reputation. Yinmen is not the silver of silver... "
Zhang Yunming laughed: "Isn't it just a bunch of aphrodisiacs? What's the matter..." He stopped, and his face flushed suddenly when he thought of his father looking at him just now: "They didn't want to..." He was proud by nature and humble on the surface, but In my heart, no one looked down on me, how could I have been so belittled before? Suddenly, the veins burst out!
Master Song hurriedly said, "Don't think about it! Maybe it's not..."
But Zhang Yunzheng said ignorantly: "I think so, otherwise they would say that this matter is sinister? Why can't father be aware of it? Whoever said it, the prince will not stop, she told us to listen to the wall. And, Among the few things she summed up at that time, the first one was to use aphrodisiacs..." Before finishing speaking, Zhang Yunming punched him: "I'll let you talk nonsense!"
Zhang Yunzheng dodged and shouted: "Why are you beating me?! It's not that I want to drug you!" Zhang Yunming became even more anxious, and greeted him with fists and fists. The two fought hard in front of Pingyuanhou and Master Song. open hand. Marquis Pingyuan waved his hand: "Go out and fight! Go out and fight!" The two hit the yard, Zhang Yunming attacked with all his strength, Zhang Yunzheng's martial arts was better than him, now that he understands, he should defend more and counterattack less, but that's it, the two of them still The beating caused hair to fall loose, and Zhang Yunming gave a pissed bitterly until he was out of breath, turned around and left.
Zhang Yunzheng pursed his lips and shouted: "Have you prepared a meal for me! Bring it here quickly..." and went back to the yard.
In the room, Marquis Pingyuan looked even worse. Master Song said in a low voice, "Don't be angry, general. Didn't they talk about 'tomorrow'? Let's see what happens after dawn. If it is related to the general , then that Changxi sect..." It was found for Mr. Zhang, but he didn't dare to continue.
Zhang Yunming's pride is nothing but the self-esteem of a noble son from a good family, while Ping Yuanhou's pride is born from so much flesh and blood. Marquis Pingyuan had already won the respect of soldiers in the army with his ruthlessness on the battlefield when he was young. Now if someone wants to treat his child like this, wouldn't he be taken seriously? What's more, Master Song can see that Ping Yuanhou's warmth and humanity are mostly placed on his wife and children. He is very proud of his eldest son. He has thanked Mr. Song for his good enlightenment many times. He said that Mr. Zhang is brave and resourceful. ? If you want to be so rude to Zhang Yunming...
A muscle bulged at the corner of Marquis Pingyuan's mouth, and he said in a deep voice, "Go to sleep, come here in the morning."
Master Song immediately bowed and resigned: it is a habit developed in the army that he completely obeys Pingyuanhou.
Master Song slept very restlessly, and hurriedly washed at dawn. When he arrived at the meeting hall, Marquis Pingyuan was already sitting behind the big table. After he saluted, Marquis Pingyuan signaled him to sit down with him and let someone serve breakfast.
They had just finished eating when a person hurried to the door and asked: "Master Hou, someone has come to report something ahead, and it's not yet the time for the director. Will you see me, Master Hou?"
Marquis Pingyuan and Master Song looked at each other, and Master Song felt a twitch in his heart when he saw the fierceness in Marquis Pingyuan's eyes.
Ping Yuanhou said: "Remove the breakfast and let him come."
After people came to clean up, a person hurried into the house to salute, and said in a low voice: "Just now, several people reported to the door. As soon as the door opened this morning, more than ten shops of my wife were robbed by hooligans, and the clerks were beaten. Our people dare not The goods were damaged by random hands. The three villages outside the city were set on fire last night, burning down a manager's house and several warehouses. Our people did not move without the order of Lord Marquis. We only put out the fire. Fortunately, not much food was lost."
Marquis Pingyuan said coldly to the man: "Command me down, every shop, if someone comes to rob, give the money in public! The more you give, the better, until those people take the money and leave. What's the matter with Madam's shop today?" , there is no need to report level by level, you can come to see me directly."
The man immediately complied and left.
Marquis Pingyuan called in another young man and said, "Go and tell Madam, I'll take care of this, so she doesn't have to worry about it." The young man took the order and left.
Song Master just said: "It seems..."
Another person came running outside the door, Ping Yuanhou signaled to let the servant in the door, a young man panted and said: "Madam's Xiangyun Jewelry Store has just been robbed, the supervisor at the door said, come and tell the Hou Ye directly. .”
Ping Yuanhou nodded and waved him down. Before he had time to speak to Mr. Song, another person came: "Shunfu Building just now... someone rushed in... All the clothes were thrown on the ground, and they were all destroyed."
Then another person came: "Someone in Juxian Hall said that someone was eaten to death, and they are carrying the corpse in front of the shop."
"Many people smashed and robbed Luoxiaxuan Restaurant and Huanyin Pavilion. Our people repelled those people..."
Ping Yuanhou immediately said: "Go and pass on my order again, don't fight! Let them rob! Only give money."
After that, it was all bad news: "Jiangnan Qiaozhifenzhai was rushed in and dumped everything on the ground."
"The wine cellar of Jiuxianju was smashed."
"...I reported to the government, but the yamen servants didn't show up until the rice store was robbed..."
…
Marquis Pingyuan nodded, and a servant girl said, "Ma'am asked Master Hou if he had breakfast? Don't miss breakfast because you are busy."
Marquis Pingyuan smiled: "Go and tell Madam, I only started to work after I ate. I want to have braised venetian roasted pork for lunch."
The maid answered and went back.
It was almost noon when all kinds of reports stopped, and the area around the hall was finally quiet.
Master Song said, "It's really a prince."
Ping Yuanhou nodded: "Of course, if the emperor spreads out so much, it's better to raid the house."
Master Song nodded and said, "Indeed, you won't die if you beat a snake, but you will be harmed instead. The emperor knows that instead of offending Lord Hou, it's better to convict the prince and convict the house. But why does the emperor allow the prince to be so rampant?"
Ping Yuanhou turned the jade ball and sneered again: "The prince wants to teach me a lesson and let me see how good he is. And the emperor wants me to teach the prince a lesson so that he can see how good I am."
Master Song said anxiously: "The emperor means that once the prince ascends the throne..." Pingyuanhou must be removed. This is killing two birds with one stone: it not only educates the prince, but also paves the way for Pingyuanhou's future demise.
The sneer on the corner of Pingyuanhou's mouth almost turned into a sneer, "It doesn't matter if he ascends the throne or not? Didn't you hear? Speaking of murder, they mentioned the Zhang family...he wants to kill himself for money now." He walked to At the door, he said to the outside: "Go and see if the eldest son and the second son are awake, let them come over."
Master Song frowned and thought, and said in a low voice: "General, I believe that man's words more and more now. It seems that in the future..." The Pingyuanhou Mansion was indeed destroyed.
The jade ball in Pingyuanhou's hand started to spin again, and he snorted, "I said, I will not subvert the country, but if anyone wants to touch my family, let him try!"
Zhang Yunming came in with a sullen face and sleepy Zhang Yunzheng. After paying his respects, Zhang Yunzheng looked at the table: "Isn't it time for lunch? I haven't eaten since I woke up this morning."
Zhang Yunming said angrily: "Eat, eat! You know how to eat! Really and..."
Zhang Yunzheng shouted: "Hey, hey! Don't attack me! I didn't get myself into such a bad relationship!"
Just as Zhang Yunming raised his hand, Marquis Ping Yuan scolded: "That's it!"
The two brothers pouted, Ping Yuanhou looked at the two outstanding sons with love in his eyes, but then an almost cruel hardness filled his heart. He asked, "What is the next step for that person who is hiding in the Zhenbeihou Mansion?"
Zhang Yunming said: "She designed many crossbows and arrows, and said it was time to make weapons."
Zhang Yunzheng took the opportunity to say: "I'm going to the south, looking for someone, and I will supervise the construction, because I drew those pictures..."
Zhang Yunming pulled Zhang Yunzheng: "It's us, let's build it, probably..." He carefully looked at Pingyuanhou's face: "We need tens of thousands of crossbows and millions of arrows."
Master Song took a deep breath, and also looked at Ping Yuanhou.
The jade ball in Pingyuanhou's hand stopped ringing. After a long time, he let out a long breath and said, "Who is that person? Why is his life so good?"
Zhang Yunming also breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Yunzheng was a little puzzled, Zhang Yunming stretched out his thumb to him. Zhang Yunzheng understood: It turned out that Marquis Pingyuan might still be hesitant to do this kind of extermination rashly, but last night he heard that the other party was going to use such a dirty trick on Zhang Yunming, and when they came today they heard about their mother's business Being smashed, Ping Yuanhou was pushed to death, he could only fight back with all his strength.
Marquis Pingyuan's expression was still very cold, and he asked Zhang Yunming, "When are you going to leave the mansion?"
Zhang Yunming thought for a while, "It's probably enough to find all the people who need to make weapons... Oh, the other day my sister said that she was going to the Zhenbeihou Mansion to attend Miss Shen's wedding ceremony. She said that I would accompany her, and I agreed. That's it, let's leave the house that day."
Ping Yuanhou nodded: "Think clearly about the people you need, tell Mr. Song, and let him allocate them for you." He signaled them to back down.
Zhang Yunming nodded, Zhang Yunzheng blinked, "Oh, as soon as you leave the house...they will..."
Zhang Yunming pulled Zhang Yunzheng and left, Zhang Yunzheng turned his head and said to Ping Yuanhou: "Father, whoever attacks my brother will die! We can't take advantage of them!" Zhang Yunming blushed, patted Zhang Yunzheng and said: "Who told you to talk? "
Ping Yuanhou also frowned: "How old are you? Little brat, do you need to get involved in this kind of thing?! Go and eat your meal!"
When they were far away, Master Song said in a low voice, "General, if you can't bear it, you can make big plans. Don't act rashly!"
The corner of Pingyuanhou's mouth twitched: "How can you act rashly? You have to plan before you move, and if you don't move, it's enough. If you move... hum..." Pingyuanhou turned the jade ball clatteringly, and Master Song could feel Pingyuanhou's body. The oozing chill, in the summer, chills the back.
Zhang Yunzheng broke free from Zhang Yunming's pull angrily, and said, "Why are you so thin-skinned? Shouldn't you tell Dad what to do?"
Zhang Yunming smiled sullenly, and said, "Do you need to talk about this?"
Zhang Yunzheng frowned and said, "Are you fussing?"
Zhang Yunming stared at Zhang Yunzheng's clear eyes and said: "This matter is too dirty, don't worry about it!"
Just as Zhang Yunzheng was about to protest, Zhang Yunming insisted very seriously: "Don't argue with me, or I'll tell dad about you!"
Zhang Yunzheng stopped arguing, but murmured: "What's the matter with me? Really! Do I need such a ghost? I don't care about your business, what about that mother's business?"
Zhang Yunming squinted at him: "I don't want you to meddle in my affairs, but you still want to meddle in mother's affairs? Be careful not to be beaten to death by your father!"
Zhang Yunzheng was dissatisfied and said: "What did Dad do? I heard that Dad asked people to give money? In front of everyone, give it hard, what is this?"
Zhang Yunming laughed, Zhang Yunzheng said dissatisfied: "What do you mean?"
Zhang Yunming looked at Zhang Yunzheng: "What do you think?"
Zhang Yunzheng frowned: "Father doesn't want to make trouble?"
Zhang Yunming was persuasive: "Do you think you are that kind of person? Do you think I am that kind of person?"
Zhang Yunzheng shook his head: "I'm definitely not, and neither are you."
Zhang Yunming asked in a low voice: "We are his sons, so do you think Dad is that kind of person?"
Zhang Yunzheng asked angrily: "Then tell me, what does Dad want to do?!"
Zhang Yunming said: "I won't tell you! Come on! Let's fight!" So...
From then on, in the capital, every time Li's business was smashed and made troubles, the yamen servants didn't care, and the guys didn't resist any more. The shopkeepers had to make up their faces and give money, and some businesses were closed because of this. Those who vandalized and looted were very happy, and they could make a living from it. Naturally, they would not notice that there were often people who followed them quietly to see where they lived, who they met, and who they talked to...
Hearing the reaction of the Marquis of Pingyuan, the prince felt elated, and relieved some of the depression caused by Mr. Zhang's diving.
The fourth prince listened dejectedly to Ding Nei's attendant coming to gossip about these various events every now and then, such as the eldest son Zhang of the Marquis of Changle who dived into the water and was rescued by the fifth princess, and the fourth princess was carried into the lake by Mr. Jia; To the emperor; Marquis Changle came to ask for marriage, but nothing happened; someone in the capital smashed up Mrs. Marquis Pingyuan’s shop, and everything was fine afterwards...
The fourth prince felt that he was watching the fire from the other side, but he couldn't join in. He always remembered the last time when Zhang Yunzheng beat Huo Luo violently, and firmly believed that the person behind the scenes would not arrange such an incident for no reason, so no matter how the fourth princess tossed about, he always felt that her marriage would eventually be related to Huo Luo. Perhaps it was because of his vigilance that he paid special attention to the news that Beirong Tugu Khan had completely defeated the powerful enemy he had fought against for many years in a decisive battle, and finally unified northern Xinjiang. The fourth prince seemed to have seen the torrent of fate, faintly flashing from the sky, but it was already rushing towards this side.
Maybe it is because whoever thinks about it will meet someone, one day the fourth prince was walking back to his courtyard, and unexpectedly met the fourth princess. The fourth prince needed to exercise his legs and feet. Although he had to pretend to be lame, he still insisted on walking. When he met the fourth princess, he had only Ding Nei by his side, and the fourth princess drove in a car with a dozen or so palace attendants.
Two people came towards each other inside the palace wall, the fourth prince stepped aside and waited for the fourth princess to pass by.
The fourth princess remembered that when she was hunting in winter, the fourth prince helped Miss Shen Er of Zhenbei Hou to speak, she was angry, stopped the car for a while, and said to the fourth prince from behind the curtain: "Brother Si Huang's legs are limping even worse. gone."
Hearing this sarcasm, the fourth prince couldn't bear it, and said, "Fourth prince, the Marquis of Changle is your uncle's house, so he won't treat you slowly..." Before he finished speaking, the fourth princess spat hard One mouthful: "Cripple, what is it?! How can you speak up?! Get out of here!" Signaling the car to drive away.
The fourth prince sighed. When he spoke, he was worried that his momentary soft-heartedness would ruin that person's plan. Now it seems that he may have helped that person. He realized now that what that person was calculating was not things, but people's hearts. Huo Luo's temperament, and the fourth princess's temperament, destined them to follow the track set by that person.
In fact, he overestimated Shen Wen. What Shen Wen did at the beginning was to prevent He Fan's disaster for the fifth princess. If Huo Luo wanted the fourth princess by name, even if the fourth princess was arguing not to marry, there was absolutely no reason to marry the fifth princess. She didn't expect the fourth princess to take a fancy to Mr. Zhang's messy things.
Shen Wen lay on the bed and sighed, Su Wanniang asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you recently? People say that you sigh, and you'll be weak for three days. You can't always sigh like this."
Knowing that there was no one around, Shen Wen whispered, "Did you hear those people say that Mrs. Pingyuanhou's business was smashed?"
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "I heard that, isn't this too bullying? You can't cut someone's money so blatantly."
Shen Wen sighed again, and Su Wanniang asked, "Do you want to give them some advice?"
Shen Wen shook his head: "They wouldn't listen to me even if I got out. Mr. Zhang, Marquis Ping Yuan, and that... guy, maybe they are low-key, but they are all very proud people, and they will never be humiliated like this. I'm afraid that this matter will make a big fuss..." When she met last time, she asked Zhang Yunming insincerely, Zhang Yunming didn't answer at all, Zhang Yunzheng looked like he really didn't know.
Su Wanniang also said in a low voice: "Isn't it okay to make a big fuss? This way the prince will have one more enemy."
Shen Wen shook his head: "The time hasn't come yet, I don't want Ping Yuanhou to come out."
Su Wanniang said: "You really don't want to, but the crown prince provoked him."
Shen Wen said dejectedly: "It's messed up, it's all messed up. If something happens to him, we will lose a very big help."
Su Wanniang comforted: "Don't always think of things as bad, who is Ping Yuanhou? He should know the depth, even if he fights back, he will definitely leave a way for himself."
Shen Wen had no choice but to nod, took Su Wanniang's arm and said: "Sister Wanniang, you are so kind..." Su Wanniang now heard Shen Wen acting like a baby, and thought of Shen Wen's scheming, she felt very funny, and pushed Shen Wen: "What's the matter?" ? I didn’t see you go out for a few days less! I couldn’t sleep well.”
Shen Wen said in a low voice: "I have finished drawing all the weapons, and I won't go out too much in the future." She thought with some joy that Zhang Yunzheng had promised to make weapons, and Ping Yuanhou and the prince had such a falling out, Ping Yuanhou would definitely Will you support Zhang Yunzheng in making weapons? If these weapons are implemented, she will have completed another thing on her mind. But then, I felt that I should draw something more, otherwise how could I ask Zhang Yunzheng to help draw the final picture? The two started working together in the maze and drew hundreds of pictures. If they stopped drawing together, she would feel a little uncomfortable... No, how could it be uncomfortable
Shen Wen asked Su Wanniang: "You haven't seen your brother-in-law for so long, do you want to?"
Su Wanniang pinched Shen Wen vigorously with her hands: "You have grown up and have no rules, right?!"
Shen Wen repeatedly begged for forgiveness: "Don't say it, don't say it..." She sighed in her heart that Su Wanniang was still a real person, and she didn't notice the emotions expressed in her question at all.
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Zhang Yunming didn't want his younger brother to get involved in dirty things, but when he got into a quagmire, he had to drag in someone he didn't like——Shen Zhuo. He couldn't openly send a letter to ask Shen Zhuo, so he asked Zhang Yunzheng to go to Guanyi Pavilion to block Shen Zhuo during the day.
Guanyi Pavilion has now closed most of its storefront, only a few tables have been set up, and a long-winded guy is serving as a waiter, and no longer serves snacks and other food, only tea, so that people can have something to drink when they come to play chess.
Baoguan feels so lucky! Fortunately, he had listened to the fourth prince's words and asked his mother to sell the jewelry and buy food! Food is expensive now, and he has food at home, so he doesn't panic. Most of the guys did not earn enough money to buy food. Those who returned to their hometowns returned to their hometowns, and those who sold their bodies sold their bodies. Only the long-winded guy stayed because Baoguan took care of his meals.
When Zhang Yunzheng arrived, the store was extremely deserted: everyone was busy with food, who would have time for superstructure construction
Zhang Yunzheng sat down, not even a single person approached him to play chess. After waiting for a long time, the fourth prince came limping.
When the fourth prince saw Zhang Yunzheng, Zhang Yunzheng could swear that the eyes of the fourth prince lit up like cats, making Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly say after saluting: "Well, I didn't come to look for you!"
The fourth prince immediately became depressed, the light in his eyes dimmed, and he sat listlessly by the window, staring blankly outside.
Zhang Yunzheng couldn't bear it, and leaned over to sit beside him and asked, "Do you want to play chess?"
The fourth prince glanced at Zhang Yunzheng, and said resolutely, "I don't want to!"
Zhang Yunzheng asked in surprise, "Then why are you here?"
In fact, I just don’t want to play chess with you! The fourth prince said angrily, "Come and drink tea! The tea here is delicious."
Zhang Yunzheng shook his head: "How come? It's as light as water."
The long-winded guy who came over continued to say: "How come?! It looks green! Do you not understand tea? This kind of tea cannot be strong in color, then it is not true. Let me tell you about the classification of several kinds of tea. …”
Zhang Yunzheng covered his ears: "Don't listen!"
The fourth prince smiled, he really liked getting along with Zhang Yunzheng, it was very relaxed. The long-winded man walked away, Shen Zhuo came in with his hands behind his back, saw Zhang Yunzheng and the fourth prince, and came over to salute, Zhang Yunzheng had been waiting for a long time, already a little impatient, got up and took Shen Zhuo's hand, and patted Shen Zhuo's arm Said: "I have to go, see you someday." Pushing his hand, he put a note into Shen Zhuo's hand.
Seeing his movements, the fourth prince felt weird, and deduced that he must have given something to Shen Zhuo, and Shen Zhuo's hand was always in his sleeve afterwards, which further confirmed his deduction. The fourth prince really wanted to say to Shen Zhuo: "Tell me something, I won't tell others." But he also knew that it would be ridiculous if he did so.
Shen Zhuo smiled and said a few words to the fourth prince, but the fourth prince felt that he was being perfunctory and didn't ask him to play chess. Sure enough, Shen Zhuo left after sitting for a quarter of an hour.
The fourth prince felt even more lonely, but then he became excited again: Shen Zhuo contacted that Mr. Zhang of Pingyuan Hou, and something will happen later, right? The fourth prince began to look forward to it again.
That night, Shen Zhuo followed the instructions in the note and arrived at a street near Pingyuan Hou's Mansion, where a person came out of the shadows to greet him, and Shen Zhuo recognized that it was Zhang Jiayuan's Second Young Master Zhang who had given him the note during the day. . Zhang Yunzheng led Shen Zhuo over the wall of an inconspicuous courtyard, and made signs with the guards in the courtyard all the way, and finally led Shen Zhuo to a living room.
Shen Zhuo entered the house and went to the bright place, and said with emotion: "Your house is really well guarded!"
Zhang Yunming smiled and said to Zhang Yunzheng: "You go out!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "The outside of the mansion is full of people staring at our mansion, I have to take him out in a while."
Zhang Yunming insisted: "Then just give us a stick of incense, and you just come back."
Zhang Yunzheng reluctantly left, Shen Zhuo asked with a smile: "What's going on? Are you going to hide it from him?"
Zhang Yunming nodded and said, "Yes, this is dirty, please help me."
Shen Zhuo looked at the sky: "Why is it me again?! Didn't you disgust me enough last time?"
Zhang Yunming raised his legs: "The prince wants to humiliate me, he humiliates our family, he humiliates me..."
Shen Zhuo clenched his fist and said, "Speak up! I'll help you!"
Zhang Yunming put down his legs, his smile disappeared, and he whispered the arrangement to Shen Zhuo. Shen Zhuo nodded slowly, and sighed, "Your father seems to be really angry."
Zhang Yunming's eyes were sharp: "Aren't I not angry? I jumped into the water, and he still pushes me like this, so I'm so talkative? Then I should be punished?"
Seeing Mr. Zhang's rare and sinister appearance, Shen Zhuo hurriedly said, "Of course he is angry, he dared to have such thoughts, he is really blind!"
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Shen Xiang, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, gave a very grand ceremony for her marriage.
There are more women than men in Zhenbei Hou Mansion. The old lady, Yang family, Liu family, Yan family and Shen Wen are already a bunch of female relatives. The five princesses in Shen Xiang's best friend palace naturally come to watch the ceremony, and the third prince also Just come with me. Mrs. Li, Mrs. Pingyuan Hou, came here with Miss Zhang Liu and five or six Zhang sisters. Due to falling into the water and typhoid fever, Mr. Zhang, who had not been out of the house for a long time, and his cousin Zhang Ergong led the guards of Pingyuan Hou's mansion all the way. Escort them to the house. In addition, some relatives of middle and lower-level military officers in the capital also came to watch the ceremony, and the Zhenbei Hou Mansion was very lively.