"Why?" Shen Xihe asked.
Geng Liangcheng was Shen Yun'an's martial arts teacher. Shen Xihe vaguely remembered that when she was young, the Turks wanted to take advantage of the eunuchs' rebellion in the court to occupy the northwest. Whenever Shen Yueshan was about to lead his troops to fight, he would leave her and her brother in Geng's house.
Geng Liangcheng and Mrs. Geng took great care of them, just like their parents, except that they were a little more respectful.
"Because of Geng Zhongji." Shen Yueshan said.
Geng Zhongji? Shen Xihe felt strange for a moment, but she soon realized that this was the only child of Geng Liangcheng and his wife.
Geng Zhongji was actually several years older than Shen Yun'an, but he was lost during the war and was found five years ago. At that time, he was a rogue and a thief. After being found by Geng Liangcheng, he became even worse.
He bullied people in the market, accepted bribes on the streets, and indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Geng Liangcheng beat and scolded him cruelly, and even threw him into the military camp to train him, but Geng Zhongji never changed. He knew clearly that Geng Liangcheng and his wife would not beat him to death. He had thick skin and was not hurt by the beating. After the beating, he continued to behave himself.
Later she went to her uncle's house and didn't know what happened. When she came back, Geng Zhongji had been executed by her father.
When she came back that year, she also asked about it, but everyone was very secretive and didn't want to talk to her much. She didn't have a good impression of Geng Zhongji, so she didn't ask any further questions.
"Why did he die?" Shen Xihe asked again.
So much so that Geng Liangcheng was about to rebel because of him.
"He committed a serious crime and the victim brought it to me. When I interrogated him, he confessed everything and became even more fearless..." Shen Yueshan said briefly.
Shen Xihe did not ask in detail, as Shen Yueshan was obviously unwilling to tell her the details.
"After I came back that year, I heard about Geng Zhongji and went to visit Uncle Geng and Second Aunt. They treated me as always." Geng Liangcheng was the second in the family, and Shen Xihe called his wife Second Aunt.
Shen Yueshan is the only son. The Shen family actually has few descendants. Shen Xihe's grandfather once had three brothers, but they all died in the war and left no children. His grandfather had four children, and only his father survived. The previous emperor's recklessness and inaction in those years led to the northwest being in constant war. How many northwestern military families died in the war
"We haven't mentioned this matter in these years, and they treated me and you siblings like a stranger..." Shen Yueshan's eyes flashed with bitterness, "Now that I think about it, how can I have no grudges? It's reasonable to have grudges, but not having grudges is the deepest hidden thing."
"How much does Uncle Geng know, and how much has he told Your Majesty?" Shen Xihe was more concerned about this.
Geng Liangcheng enjoyed Shen Yueshan's trust so much that nothing in the northwest had been hidden from him over the years, and Shen Yueshan was completely open with him.
"Fortunately, my father has no ambitions." Shen Yueshan glanced at Xiao Huayong who started to serve the soup. "He is not afraid of his knowledge being known by Your Majesty. At most, he will tell Your Majesty about the prosperity of the northwest in recent years and the wealth of our Shen family."
As for the military strength in the northwest and the strength of the Shen family army, it would be better if His Majesty knew these, so that he would not dare to act rashly.
As for more matters concerning the defense of the Northwest, Geng Liangcheng was not a fool. Even if he was very selfish, he would not sacrifice so many innocent people in the Northwest. He also knew that if he told everything to His Majesty, he would lose his usefulness.