After the ceremony in the palace, the newlyweds went to the post house representing the future husband's family.
According to the rules, when the husband and wife enter the bridal chamber, Huo Luo uncovers the hijab, the two drink a cup of wine, etc., and then the groom goes to the wedding banquet to toast, and after the banquet, he changes clothes and takes a bath to enter the bridal chamber.
Huo Luo entered the room with the fourth princess supported by the court lady, and the fourth princess sat on the bed. Huo Luo held the scale in his hand, and when he was about to lift the hijab, he took a deep breath: The anger and depression of the past two years will be exhausted. It's over! His hand gripping the scale beam trembled slightly. He was going to beat up the fourth princess violently, but he reminded himself, don't hit the face. This unusually beautiful face made his blood spurt, and he would never be able to have any desires for others after returning home! If he makes this princess docile, then he doesn't care about having the most beautiful princess on the grassland, and he can take it out to show off...
Huo Luo lifted the hijab at once... With a "pop", the scale beam fell to the ground. Huo Luo's anger became hot in an instant, he gritted his teeth so he didn't step forward and tear this woman alive! Although this woman also has a mole on her face, she is far less noble and beautiful than the woman by the lake! There is such a deep scar on one side of the face!
Although he had heard about the fact that the fourth princess was disfigured, ever since he saw Su Wanniang's stunning side face, he had wishful thinking that even if there was a scar on Su Wanniang's other face, it wouldn't be so ugly! Where would it be like this ugly woman...
The desire for revenge that Huo Luo had been obsessed with for so long, when he thought it was about to end satisfactorily, multiplied in his heart, and made him even more angry and embarrassed: the Southern Dynasty actually gave him a fake princess! The cunning Han people dare to change people! In fact, it was natural to think about it, the princess looked at her so contemptuously at that time, so naturally she would not be willing to marry her!
The fourth princess raised her eyes to look at Huo Luo when she removed the hijab, and saw Huo Luo's ferocious face, murderous intent in his eyes, and screamed in fright: "Get out! Get out!"
Most of the ladies in the room were the maids in the palace, and there was only one interpreter beside Huo Luo. A grandmother said to the fourth princess: "Princess, I haven't had a cup of wine yet..."
The fourth princess cried and said: "Let him get out! I don't want to drink any wine! Let him not enter this door!"
The translator pulled Huo Luo down and said these few words to him. Huo Luo's face twisted and he stared fiercely at the fourth princess. The fourth princess felt the hairs all over her body stand on end, and shouted loudly: "Get out! Get out! I don't want to see you!"
Huo Luo didn't wait for the translation, turned around and walked out of the room.
Seeing that Huo Luo had really left, the fourth princess let out a sigh of relief and began to cry. A grandmother persuaded: "Princess, he is your husband..."
The fourth princess shook her head vigorously: "No! I don't want him to be my husband!" crying loudly.
As soon as Huo Luo came out of the bridal chamber, he asked all the eunuchs brought by the fourth princess to come over, and looked at them one by one, and naturally there was no one who beat him at the beginning. For a moment, he also suspected that it was a fake princess who ordered people to beat him by the lake. So he went to the guest room again and asked someone to translate the dowry list of the fourth princess for him. Although Huo Luo was born in northern Xinjiang, he was also the son of Khan. He grew up wearing gold and silver. When he heard about the dowry, he knew that there were not many valuable things. It was only normal to die. How could this be a real princess? ! Tugu Khan gave much more than this to marry a daughter! At this time, he remembered that when he first came here, he heard that an emperor's princess had become a monk. It seemed that that princess was the one he should marry! He was so angry that he was going crazy: the noble prince of Beirong came all the way and married a fake princess! And fool him with such a cheap dowry! Who did the emperor of the Southern Dynasty think he was? ! He started killing people when he was a teenager. In the previous battle, he killed more than 20 opponents by himself! How dare Nan Chao insult him like this! If he didn't take revenge, he would be in vain!
Although Huo Luo hates it to the extreme, he knows that he is in the capital. Although there are 2,000 people, there are at least 10,000 people guarding the palace. He can't take revenge at this time, so he can only go back and come back later to settle accounts together. !
That night, Huo Luo got very drunk at the banquet, and the Southern Dynasty officials who came to congratulate him all came to laugh at him in his eyes. After the banquet, he stopped going to the bridal chamber and stayed drunk in the guest room for the night.
Shen Wen thought that Huo Luo might beat her up when he saw the fourth princess, so he ran to the inn on the night of the bridal chamber. She didn't dare to tell Shen Zhuo what she was doing. This place was full of soldiers from the Northern Army, and it was the night of the bridal chamber. The place and time were not for women in a boudoir. But Shen Wen wanted to take a look, if Huo Luo made a move, she could use her consciousness to reduce Huo Luo's strength, so as not to beat the fourth princess hard. But she waited until midnight, but did not see Huo Luo coming to the bridal chamber. She guessed that as soon as Huo Luo found out that the fourth princess was not from the lake, he might not want to talk to the fourth princess. After all, the fourth princess did not hurt him, so he was considered an innocuous stranger. She was about to leave when she heard that the four princesses in the house sent for Huo Luo's interpreter. She had something important to say. Shen Wen wanted to wait and hear what the fourth princess had to say.
The fourth princess wished that Huo Luo would not come to the bridal chamber. As soon as she saw Huo Luo's appearance, she felt that this person was scary from the bottom of her heart. She used to only regard Huo Luo as a barbarian, at most she looked down upon him, but now she loathes him extremely, and absolutely cannot stand his touch!
She knew that Huo Luo didn't understand Chinese and had to rely on the translator for everything, so she wanted to tell the translator what she wanted to convey.
Not long after, Huo Luo's interpreter came, and the fourth princess asked the maids next to her to leave, and said to the interpreter alone: "Go and tell Huo Luo that I don't want to be his princess." You're welcome.
The translator was just a middleman, so she just listened at this moment, and the fourth princess continued: "My elder brother, the prince, intends to ally with the Beirong... um... he doesn't like the Shen family army, and wants... to help the Beirong eradicate the Shen family army."
The interpreter's eyes widened, seeing that he didn't believe him, the fourth princess said, "My elder brother..." She hesitated, and didn't say "half the country". Neng once again emphasized: "When it comes to war, we should cooperate with Beirong Li."
The translator said: "I will pass these words on to His Royal Highness Huo Luo."
The fourth princess breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Anyway, don't let him come to me! In the future, when the Shen family's army is finished, I will come back!"
There was no response from the interpreter, and he bowed and left.
Seeing that the interpreter had left, Shen Wen ran back to Hou's mansion as if floating.
Su Wanniang was waiting for her in the dark, Shen Wen was so angry that Su Wanniang said in a low voice: "The fourth princess actually sent a message for the prince to deal with the Shen family army together!"
Su Wanniang gritted her teeth and said: "It's really a traitor who forgets his ancestors and betrayed his family. In order to get rid of the Shen family army, he can do anything shameless."
Shen Wen said while taking off his clothes: "I don't want to listen to the wall! It's quite appropriate for them to work together!"
When Su Wanniang heard that Shen Wen couldn't go out, she relaxed, and whispered: "I don't want you to go out either. I don't sleep at night, so I can't do needlework during the day, and my eyes hurt." She heard that the fourth prince went to guard the imperial tomb. , thinking that the imperial mausoleum is located at the foot of a mountain, and it must be cold in winter, and the fourth prince's legs would definitely hurt if he lived there, so he began to sew some knee pads and thick socks in private.
Shen Wen said to Su Wanniang: "You don't have to rush to do it, we have a few months to go before we can bring it to brother-in-law. Don't make your eyes bad, brother-in-law will feel bad..."
Su Wanniang blushed and pinched Shen Wen's arm: "What nonsense are you talking about?! I'm also making clothes for you! You little heartless!" The two fell asleep in a low noise.
At the posthouse over there, Huo Luo sneered after hearing what the translator said: The prince wants to join hands with himself to destroy the Shen family army. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but this princess is a fake! She just came to deliver a message! What else did you say that you don't want to be a princess? He came back after killing the Shen family army. He obviously didn't want to get married! A fake princess looks down on her so much, she is really blind! From that night until returning home, Huo Luo didn't go to the fourth princess's place again.
On the day of returning home, Huo Luo and the four princesses went back to the palace to meet the emperor. The emperor completely let go of this marriage and handed it over to the prince to handle it all. He used to only worry that Huo Luo would not like the fourth princess, but now seeing that the fourth princess was healthy and healthy, he thought that the fourth princess could control Huo Luo in Beirong, so naturally he had nothing to worry about.
After returning to the door, Huoma will set off for Beirong immediately.
The prince's staff asked Huo Luo why he was in such a hurry, but Huo Luo was too lazy to talk, so he asked the translator to say that this is the rule of Bei Rong. Since the fourth princess married Bei Rong, she must follow the customs of Bei Rong.
The people of the Southern Dynasties had a lot of contempt for Beirong, and they didn't even learn the language there, let alone the customs and etiquette? Hearing what Huo Luo said, he couldn't refute it, so he had to report the truth to the prince.
The prince was also surprised that Huo Luo was leaving so soon, he vaguely felt that maybe Huo Luo was not satisfied with the fourth princess. The fourth princess's face was disfigured, and she was not a virgin yet. Fortunately, the two of them cannot speak the same language, and the four princesses' irritable character will not really hurt anyone. The people around the fourth princess didn't say anything, so it can be seen that there is nothing too important. Since Huo Luo was about to leave, there was no way to stop him here. After the crown prince reported to the emperor, the emperor had no interest in keeping him, so the crown prince had no choice but to arrange for Huo Luo to see him off.
On the eve of Huo Luo's departure, the prince's staff came to see him, and they first talked with Huo Luo with some happy words. Seeing Huo Luo's complexion, he thought that Huo Luo was unhappy because the prince had promised to send food and had not delivered it. Asked the translator to ask the idlers to leave, and then told Huo Luo's translator in a low voice: The food delivered last time was robbed by bandits, but this time, the prince prepared another grain to add makeup to the four princesses. Beijing, someone along the road should give it to you, a total of 300,000 catties, plus many iron objects, it is a big gift.
Huo Luo didn't show a happy expression at all: this is the crown prince's compensation to him! It can be seen that the prince is wrong!
When Huo Luo left, the team was bigger than when he came, but this time Huo Luo didn't show off his momentum: what's there to be proud of being fooled by a fake princess
When they arrived at the city gate, the prince took a group of civil officials to see him off, Huo Luo took the translator, and the two sides exchanged credentials. Huo Luo allowed the translator to talk about peace between the two countries, good neighborliness and friendship, forever and ever. He had already decided in his heart that one day he would come back and wash the capital with blood. Let these hypocritical and incompetent Han people take a good look at them. They look down on them and deceive them at will How powerful the people are!
After exchanging greetings, the prince expressed that he wanted to say a few words to the fourth princess, and Huo Luo accompanied him to the carriage of the fourth princess.
Facing the exquisitely embroidered car curtain, the crown prince felt a lump in his throat, and tried his best to say: "Sister, I'm going to Beirong now, take care of yourself."
The fourth princess was very bitter. She really wanted to lift the curtain and cry and make a scene. She told the translator what she had to say. What else do you need her to do in Beirong? She said to the prince through the curtain: "Brother prince, can I not go to Beirong?"
The prince remembered that the fourth princess went back on her word before the wedding, and thought that the fourth princess had made a temper tantrum again, so it's not too late to say it now? He said seriously, "My sister should be sensible."
The fourth princess was crying in the car, and the prince said: "You remember what my brother said, when my brother fulfills his wish..." The prince saw that the Beirong people around him were all staring at him, and he couldn't say anything, "Bring you back". Said: "I will definitely repay you well."
The fourth princess cried, and the prince said: "I often write letters to this palace, and this palace will also contact you often." Then he led people out of the Beirong queue.
Huo Luo rode on his horse and left the city gate with Bei Rong's convoy.
Bei Rong and his party chose the coastal path, because of the impact of the ocean, the drought was not so severe, but even so, there were refugees everywhere along the way. Huo Luo ordered his men to go north all day, and sometimes buy or grab some water when passing through towns.
Not long after leaving Beijing, grain carts were occasionally delivered. In the end, the convoy had nearly 200 carriages, fully loaded with the dowry of the fourth princess, 300,000 catties of grain and several carts of ironware from the crown prince.
Such a convoy full of goods has never been robbed. The soldiers of the Northern Army are all brave, with strong bows on their backs and long knives hanging on their waists. They ride on tall horses. The common people and young people all look away. Who dares to approach
Huo Luo carefully observed the terrain along the way, always thinking about how to move south in the future. The fourth princess naturally didn't understand what he was thinking, and cried all the way, in a bad mood. Huo Luo didn't come to visit her any more, so she thought that Huo Luo was afraid of her, and resumed her usual habit of beating and scolding the servants around her, spreading her unhappiness on others.
Every time she made a fuss here, Huo Luo felt that she was showing embarrassment to him. Huo Luo is in Beirong, how can any woman dare to fight fiercely in front of him? Those who dared to look directly at him had their eyes gouged out. The fake princess of Nanchao dared to make such a clamor, it was the rhythm of courting death.
A group of them walked for two months, eating and sleeping in the open, and walked into the mountainous area with overlapping mountains. Along the way, Han soldiers appeared, and they arrived at the defensive position of the Shen family army.
Huo Luo brought food and camped in the wild without wanting to attract attention. The Marquis of Zhenbei was also deeply hostile to Beirong. Huo Luo passed through the border several times, but never let Huo Luo enter Yancheng. This time, they only checked the credentials and other documents outside the city, and instructed Huo Luo and his party to pass around the city without any obstruction, so they were allowed to go.
Huo Luo raised his head immediately, looked at the towering walls of Yancheng and the soldiers on it, and thought to himself that this fortress would probably take a lot of work, and wondered if the prince's statement that the inside should be combined with the outside was true or not. The crown prince sent food, it seems that there is some sincerity...
After walking for a few more days, they reached the border. Because there were a large number of carriages, Huo Luo chose a pass with smooth road conditions. This border gate is a city gate built between two cliffs, usually guarded by three to five hundred soldiers.
Huo Luo's journey went smoothly, without encountering any provocation or obstruction. He thought that if there was any accident at the border, it would be enough to order the soldiers to rush through the gate. Over there is the territory of Beirong, fifty miles away, there is Beibei army stationed. He didn't want to appear timid, so he didn't let anyone notify the Beirong army in advance.
When the convoy approached the pass, Huo Luo warned his soldiers in Beirong dialect to be vigilant and prepare to ride over at any time.
Everyone on their side holds weapons and is imposing. The convoy comes hustling, and the scattered passing business travelers on both sides of the mountain road dodge one after another.
Before reaching the pass, suddenly there was a sound of gong, and the door was closed. On the city of the pass and on the cliffs on both sides, dense soldiers suddenly appeared.
Huo Luo took a rough look and estimated that there were 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, more than ten times his own strength. He couldn't help but suddenly became angry, and secretly cursed these untrustworthy Han people for laying so many troops here, obviously to plot against him!
The translator came to the front of the team and asked loudly: "This is the ceremonial ceremony for the prince of Beirong to marry the fourth princess. Who dares to stop it?!"
A man dressed as a general rode a horse, and with a smile on his face, he led a group of people out of the shadow of the cliff and approached the convoy.
Huo Luo immediately recognized that the leader was one of the few Han youths who watched him from the window the last time he went to the capital. Holding the handle of the knife in his hand, he really wanted to slash across the knife, and cut off the head with the sneering smile on his face!
When he arrived in front of Huoruo, the general said with a smile, "The last general is Shen Jian, the second son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and he is here to congratulate Prince Huoruo on his wedding with the princess of our dynasty."
The translator asked: "Since you are here to congratulate, why are swords facing each other?"
Shen Jian still smiled, and said with apologetic tone: "The crown prince sent someone to our army, saying that your prince entered our territory with the intention of smuggling grain. Now my dynasty is in a drought and the management of grain is very strict. It is not allowed to be bought or sold out of the country, and it is not allowed to pass through the customs. If anyone robs more than 100 catties of grain, he can be sentenced to death on the spot, so as to set an example to others, and the wicked will not be allowed to do evil."
The translator translated these words to Huo Luo, and Huo Luo was so angry that his face became grim—the prince actually played this trick? ! While giving him food, he asked the border guards to rob him back! This is using him as a porter! If the prince was in front of him, he really wanted to kill him with a knife!
Huo Luo asked the translator to tell Shen Jian: "These grains are your dowry to the fourth princess!"
Shen Jian snorted, and said, "In that case, please show the princess's dowry list, our army will check the vehicle, and the switch will be switched on after the list is correct."
The crown prince sent food to Huo Luo, how could it fall on paper? Huo Luo said to the interpreter: "Let that princess speak to him!"
The translator went to look for the fourth princess, and the fourth princess came forward with a veil. Shen Jian gave a salute and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, the fourth princess..."
The fourth princess was already upset, and when Shen Jian said congratulations, she said with all her might, "What congratulations! You are so brave! How dare you rob this princess' guard of honor, do you want to rebel?!"
Shen Jian still smiled: "The last general dare not! It's just that the emperor has a strict order not to let the grain pass through, and the last general is only following the order."
The fourth princess shouted: "That's my princess's dowry!"
Shen Jian straightened his body: "The general guarantees his life. After the duel, the princess's dowry will not be lost."
The fourth princess scolded: "How much is your life worth?! This is the food my prince elder brother gave me, it wasn't written on the list..."
Shen Jian stopped looking at the fourth princess, waved his hands back and said, "Check! Take the car to check, if there are any grain and iron utensils on the dowry list, they will all be impounded!" Although he smiled, his tone was tough.
The sergeant behind him responded, and a group of ten ran towards the convoy.
Huo Luo shouted loudly, drew out his knife, urged his horse forward, and slashed at Shen Jian. He is the second prince of Tugu Khan, even if he killed this guard, the Han soldiers would not dare to kill him rashly! If he is dead, the two countries will inevitably go to war. Who would dare to attack him
As he passed the knife, he heard a trembling metal sound from Shen Jian's side, and a white light came towards Huo Luo's big knife. In the sword flower, the long sword avoids the edge of the blade, and cuts down on Huo Luo's arm along the blade! If Huo Luo didn't withdraw the saber, his arm would be lost. He had no choice but to withdraw the saber hastily, and Shen Jian's long sword went back into its sheath with a bang.
The two confronted each other only for a moment, after the weapon was retracted, Huo Luo's lips were tightly closed, but Shen Jian was still smiling. A Beirong soldier was about to stop the Han sergeant, only to hear a shout from the cliff, and more than a dozen bowstrings rang out. The arrow feathers were nailed to the ground next to the fiery horse.
Shen Jian tilted his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I really don't intend to disturb Prince Huo Luo's wedding journey, I just want to obey the imperial court's orders for the sake of the general. Please forgive me, Prince and Princess Wanwang!"
The fourth princess said angrily: "I want to tell the elder brother of the prince! Tell my father!" After speaking, she turned around and was helped back to her phoenix chariot angrily.
Huo Luo secretly cursed: Fake princess! Useless fake princess! It turns out that the weak trust in the prince after receiving the food has been wiped out, and I can't wait to kill all these Han people, from the emperor to the common people!
After a while, the sergeant came to report: "Except for the carriage carrying people, all the carriages have been inspected. The grain and iron carts have been marked."
Shen Jian nodded and said: "Drive those vehicles to Yancheng!" The soldiers yelled, pulled the horses and vehicles out of Huo Luo's convoy, turned around, and left the pass.
Huo Luo's face was ashen, Shen Jian smiled, shook the rein and said: "Let me appreciate the prince's wedding carriage." After speaking, he rode his horse into the soldiers' horses of Beirong, and took the first remaining carriage At the beginning, look closely at the cars one by one, going from front to back.
Shen Jian was alone, and there were no soldiers around him. Several times, several Beirong knights wanted to draw out their weapons, but seeing the arrows and crossbows on the surrounding mountains, they dared not move. With a smile on his face, Shen Jian's upper body swayed rhythmically following the ups and downs of the horse, looking very relaxed.
When they arrived at the more than ten gorgeous vehicles, a civil official who followed the fourth princess to Beirong stepped forward and saluted Shen Zhuo, saying, "Mr. Shen, it is a serious crime to prevent the princess from driving without permission!"
Shen Jian smiled coldly, and said: "I'm just acting on duty. If there is grain on the dowry list, I will let it go. But now those grain and iron utensils are not on the list, how can I let you transport them away? "
This matter could not be brought out to the public, and the four princesses' officials and followers could not argue with it. They watched as Shen Jian swaggered through the convoy to make sure that none of the carriages were food carts before returning to the ranks of sergeants. Smiling, he raised his head and shouted to Guan Guan, "Let go!"
The closed door was opened creakingly. Seeing Shen Jian inspecting his convoy in such a pretentious manner, Huo Luo was deeply humiliated. He stared at Shen Jian viciously, cursed in Beirong dialect, and the interpreter shouted: "The second prince told you to wait on."
Shen Jian smiled and bowed on the horse: "No matter when the prince comes, I will be here waiting for you!"
Huo Luo led the team across the pass, and the wheels rumbled past.
The fourth princess saw Shen Jian still smiling in the flying dust from the car, and was trembling with anger from Shen Jian's arrogance for a moment, and began to feel the prince's hatred: Shen's family relies on military power, so it is above the royal family! Brother Prince is right, Shen Jiajun must be removed!
The horse team had just left the border for only a dozen li, when Huo Luo ordered people to stop the horses. The fourth princess made up her mind to call the translator over and tell him the prince's promise about "half the country", when she heard crying outside, she was about to ask what was the matter when her car curtain was pulled down. Before she could see who it was, Huo Luo dragged her out of the car by her hair...
Huo Luo felt that since the so-called fourth princess was a fake princess used by the Southern Dynasty to deceive him, she was almost like a slave woman. He remembered how the eunuch beat him half to death, and from then on, he couldn't breathe every time he was overworked. Originally, I wanted to marry that beautiful princess this time and punish her, but I was cheated! …
He didn't leave any leeway when he struck, and beat the fourth princess until the fourth princess cried and cried. The fourth princess struggled like crazy. During the fight, she touched the dagger between Huo Luo's boots. When Huo Luo slapped his hand, he snatched the dagger away.
This woman is still here to assassinate herself! Huo Luo then used the dagger to scratch the fourth princess's clothes, but the wedding dress was exquisitely embroidered, so he couldn't stop cutting it for a while, so he tore it fiercely with the knife, and the blade sometimes scratched the fourth princess's body, leaving bloodstains.
The fourth princess screamed in fright when she felt the cold blade. Huo Luo became extremely excited when she heard the sound. This fake princess is not a virgin! Although the grassland doesn't pay attention to these things, he knows that the Han people attach great importance to this, and this is to belittle him on purpose! Once again he hated the meanness of the Han people.
He punched and kicked again, this time, almost beat the fourth princess to death, until the fourth princess broke one arm and broke several ribs, her face was completely changed, and she passed out.
Those who came with the four princesses, the men were killed on the spot and buried on the spot, and the women became the rewards of the Beirong soldiers.
This massacre and wantonness continued until the sun set, and Huo Luo simply asked people to set up a tent to continue the carnival. After Huo Luo had beaten the fourth princess enough, he handed her over to the Bei Rong soldiers...
In the early hours of the morning, the fourth princess who was lying on the ground woke up for a moment in the cold, and she was a little confused about what happened. How did she get here? How can it hurt so much? ... In a daze, she seemed to see Shen Jian's indifferent smile in the dust again... The tears of the fourth princess slipped from the corners of her eyes. She wanted to crawl towards the south, but where could she move? I could only shout in my heart: Help!
How could she want to get rid of Shen Jiajun? She hoped that Shen Jiajun would kill Huo Luo! She really regretted agreeing to her brother, just look at Huo Luo, how can jackals get along with him? She understood now, but it was too late. The other party is not only cruel, but also cunning, and the chances of her being able to return alive are slim... The fourth princess was sobbing, and other women around her were also crying softly, and some Beibei soldiers got up... Louder crying...
The next day, the women were tied up and thrown into the car. Amidst the sound of horses' hooves, they knew that they were getting farther away from the border, and they all mourned unbearably, convulsed from crying, and some cursed the fourth princess loudly. The fourth princess didn't hear it. She suffered severe wounds during the bumps and passed out early.
Huo Luo went all the way back to Beirong Capital, and met Tugu Khan alone. All the ministers were puzzled—the newlyweds came back, shouldn't they both pay respects to Tugu Khan? Someone smiled and asked where is the bride? Huo Luo said coldly that the princess was seriously ill and unable to move. Everyone thought that the Han people in the Southern Dynasties had always been delicate and soft, and it was natural to get sick, so they didn't ask much.
When Huo Luo got along with Tugu Khan alone, Huo Luo asked people to drag the fourth princess in, who was only breathless, and told Tugu Khan that Nanchao dared to change a fake princess for him, openly deceiving him. Beirong! If it was said at the beginning that she was a court lady or something, it would be okay to say that Khan also recognizes a adopted son here, and the two parties are equal. But he is a majestic Beirong prince, but he married a woman of unknown origin who wanted to assassinate him even though she was not a virgin!
Huo Luo then told Tugu Khan that the prince of the Southern Dynasty sent grain and ironware along the way. Just as Tugu Khan was a little happy, Huo Luo told him that the grain and ironware were sunk by the second son of Zhenbei Hou at the border. Jian led the heavy troops back, and dared to feel that he was only a food transporter for the Shen family army!
Tugu Khan's anger at the loss of food even surpassed his indignation at Huo Luo marrying a fake princess: food is precious, no matter how much it is, robbing food is an unforgivable crime in Beirong!
Tugu Khan felt that Nanchao dared to be so openly provocative, so he could go to war. I have moved to northern Xinjiang for the past ten years, when the army is strong and the horse is strong, so if I don't fight, I won't fight. He was going to start mobilizing supplies and put Nan Zheng on the agenda.
As for the fourth princess, Tugu Khan said that she would keep her as a criminal evidence, and don't let her die now, so that the fourth princess can recover from her injuries. But because the broken arm was not fixed for a long time, the bones grew together indiscriminately, and one hand was bent and disabled. And the ribs were also knotted, so she could only bend over from then on.
Huo Luo locked the fourth princess and other court ladies near his residence, so that his soldiers could requisition them at any time. Neither the fourth princess nor the other women could speak the language of Beirong. In order to prevent them from playing tricks, the people Huo Luo sent to guard them did not speak Chinese. Huo Luo is a beast.
In order to comfort Huo Luo, Khan soon married two Beirong women as side concubines for him.
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Shen Jian robbed the grain, went back to Yancheng openly, and reported to Zhenbeihou that he had been instructed by the prince's subordinates, and knew that Prince Huo Luo was carrying grain from the mainland to the outside world during his wedding trip, so he was immediately stopped by soldiers .
The Marquis of Zhenbei thought it was very strange. He couldn't figure out why the prince came forward to help. He thought that the prince had a heart of patriotism. After getting the news, he couldn't sit back and watch Beirong succeed, so he specially conveyed it to the border guards.
Zhenbeihou quickly wrote a letter to the emperor, thanking the prince for his assistance. But he was the commander-in-chief of an army after all, and he kept silent about whether he should return the looted food to the court: now that there is a shortage of food, there is no need to send out what is in his hands. It's easy to lose what's been transported here and there, so let's just leave it here as military rations!
As for the fourth princess, Zhenbeihou thought that since the prince had passed the news, it must have nothing to do with the fourth princess. No matter what Huo Luo said, he shouldn't blame his wife for his failed smuggling. And Shen Jian, who knew the inside story, was scolded by the fourth princess at the border that day, thinking that the fourth princess wanted to help Huo Luo, and the two were considered accomplices.
Don't say that Shen Jian didn't think of Huo Luo's cruelty, even Shen Wen didn't think of it. Although she knew that Huo Luo had bloodbathed the capital, killed countless people, and trampled many women in his previous life, but she heard the fourth princess's bridal chamber that night, and decided that the two parties had reached an agreement. I don't care about the fate of the four princesses and their party anymore, so that no one in the Southern Dynasty knew about the murder in Beirong.
Shen Xiang has just passed her sixteenth birthday, and her fourteenth birthday is not far away. She should prepare for her upcoming trip to the border.
She first arranged for Shen Zhuo to meet alone in the Library Pavilion, and said to Shen Zhuo: "I will go to the border after my fourteenth birthday."
Shen Zhuo was dissatisfied: "Why do you go? I want to go too!"
Shen Wen said: "You are the third son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and people are staring at you wherever you go. I can't go with you. Besides, I need you to stay here, and you have to come to many contacts with the Marquis of Pingyuan. Do."
Shen Zhuo looked at Shen Wen: "What reason do you have to go? You are a young girl, let alone go to the border."
Shen Wen said: "Go and tell the old lady, let her suggest that I go to the temple to pray for the drought when I am fourteen years old. In this way, I can earn a good reputation and marry a good family in the future..."
Shen Zhuo opened his mouth halfway: "How can you make up a reason by opening your mouth? Do you still have the truth?!"
Shen Wen was unhappy, pouted and said: "Going to the border is the truth, I told you and you actually said I lied, then I won't tell you anything next time!"
Shen Zhuo immediately said: "Don't, don't! Well, it's your clever idea, isn't it? What do you want me to do?"
Shen Wen said: "Oh, you are going to meet Xu Chundao by chance, first of all thank him for telling you the news that the crown prince sent food to Huo Luo."
Shen Zhuo laughed, and said to Shen Wen: "What a coincidence, Laoguan is back. He said that the elder brother and the second brother had received our message and arranged for soldiers to practice around the border during that time. When we arrived, we surrounded the convoy and robbed the food. After that, I told my father. My father was a little angry, and asked why the eldest and second brothers didn't report it in advance. The second brother said that he didn't know the truth when he heard the news, so he didn't want to confuse everyone. Everyone knows. I just wanted to go and see, but I didn’t expect that Huo Luo really brought food. My father believed it, and even took this matter down, saying that he ordered it, and wrote a letter to the emperor.” Shen Wen was at that time Asking Laoguan to send something to Bianguan is actually to bring a message.
Shen Wen pursed his lips and smiled: "The emperor should check it out?"
Shen Zhuo said in a low voice: "Do you know why the fourth prince went to guard the imperial mausoleum? It was rumored in the market that the granary of the fourth prince's family was robbed, and the rations of the whole family were gone. The Jiang family sued everywhere, but no one cared. The Jiang family took a fan from Mr. Zhang and handed it to the Pingyuanhou Mansion, and the Pingyuanhou Mansion sent people to deliver food... "
Shen Wen suddenly said: "Oh, the prince got such food! It's so convenient! It must be the fourth prince fanning the Jiang family. He is saying that he has friendship with Zhang Yunming. Of course, the Pingyuan Houfu will help."
Shen Zhuo smirked: "You think, we all know, how can the emperor not know? Let's see how the prince will perform to the emperor. Do you think the emperor will be disappointed with the prince?"
Shen Wen said uncertainly: "I think even if he is disappointed, the emperor will not do anything to the prince."
Shen Zhuo sighed and said: "That's right, the third prince is not paying attention to court affairs now, and the fourth prince is not in the capital. Who else can there be except the prince for generals? Have you heard? The prince suggested that the emperor reduce the number of officials. The emperor Now that it’s ready, let’s not talk about it, and the household department will take the lead in implementing it! This is cutting out dissidents! In the future, the prince’s power will be even greater.”
Shen Wen sneered: "We have to make use of this matter anyway. When you see Xu Chundao, tell him that no matter who the prince wants to reduce or exempt, you must stop the prince from cutting the postmen! Without the postmen, there will be no one to convey the news." Man, if something happens on the border in the future, he will not be able to ask for help in time, please look at the country's plans, if the prince has this idea, he must do his best to stop it!"
Shen Zhuo's face became serious: "If we pass it like this, if he is from the prince's side, the prince will really reduce the postman! This is self-injury to the country's audio-visual, you can think clearly!"