Chapter 228: Plan for Entering Se Castle
Hearing the word 'plan', Zhao Yu couldn't help but hang his calm heart. He was curious about what plan Shen Mengting would choose?
"Which plan do you want to implement?" Qian Hao manipulated the horse and asked the question directly.
His personality is completely different from Zhao Yu, and he will ask as soon as he has any questions in his heart.
Shen Mengting raised her head, she lifted the reins of the horse slightly, and the bump of the horse immediately twisted her body, "I don't know." But there's one thing I'm going to do for sure. That's ......" As if she had made up her mind, she exhaled directly to the front, "I must go to Kiyose Castle myself......!" Then give that document to the king!"
When Shen Mengting's words were finished, a wave of silence swept the team again. After a long time, Shen Jun still thought of something, and suddenly asked.
"Well! I have a question for you!" he raised his arm, as if he was answering the coach in class, "Are you familiar with the king of Seise Castle?"
Shen Mengting didn't answer immediately, but turned her head and smiled behind her. However, the rest of the team looked desperate to find out.
Shen Jun's question doesn't seem to be tight, but it's actually very, very important. Because if they really want to go to Kiyose Castle, the royal family there is a threshold that cannot be bypassed.
"It should be very familiar!" It was Jiang Jingwen who answered the question, and the girl blinked innocently, "Remember that Sister Mengting should know the king inside!"
As soon as Jiang Jingwen's words fell, Shen Jun and Qian Hao came and exclaimed 'ah'.
"What? Do you know the king in there?"
"To what extent?"
"I don't know about this!, but I've heard before that the little king and Sister Mengting have been playmates since childhood!"
"Ahh......h Is that really the case?" Shen Jun's hands kept shaking, and he kept looking at Qian Hao to show how surprised he was at what he heard.
Qian Hao also looked incredulous. But, after a few seconds of deep thought, he seemed to understand something, "Actually...... If you want to talk about this, I think it should be normal. ”
"Hmm, Qian Hao, how do you say that?" Shen Jun continued to open his mouth wide in surprise.
"Who do you think, whose daughter is she?" Qian Hao's eyelids were slowly lowering, "She is the legendary swordsman of our Saran Kingdom, the daughter of Shen Haiteng! So it's no surprise that their family has ties to the royal family!"
"Ah, I know that, too! But if you also know the king, and it's the kind of playmate you've known since then, isn't that a bit ......?"
Shen Jun's words made Shen Mengting feel a little uncomfortable, and she shook one shoulder slightly, as if protesting against her words.
"Nothing strange! After all, her father's position in Saran was on the table. ”
"Hey!Qian Hao, why do you say this as if I rely on my father for everything?" Shen Mengting turned her head dissatisfied, her eyebrows bulging like hills.
Seeing this, Qian Hao shrank his neck embarrassedly, "I'm just ...... I don't have the kind of person who says that you must rely on your father, I just ...... It's just in ...... Oops...... "For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Okay, Sister Mengting! I don't want you to hide them. After all, both of them are our trusted teammates!"
Since Jiang Jingwen has said so, Shen Mengting thinks that this is indeed the case. So, she also calmly overlooked. After a long sigh, she slowly raised her head again at forty-five degrees.
"Actually, I never intended to hide anything from them. Things have developed like this, and I will share with you anything in the future!"
"......Ahh Do you have a peculiar friendship with that king?" Shen Jun's body seemed to be slowly leaning forward, and he was about to bring his front body close to the horse's back.
"Isn't this nonsense? You didn't listen to them just now!" Qian Hao was a little relieved at the moment, "And as I said just now, her father has a considerable status in the city. ”
"I also know this! Every swordsman in Saran knows the name of 'Shen Haiteng'!"
With Shen Jun's words, Zhao Yu himself also recalled his own experience. Indeed, he once talked to his friends about the person 'Shen Haiteng'. Therefore, the sentence 'Every swordsman in Saran knows Shen Haiteng's great name' is not something that is said casually.
"You just know it! Since you have fame and status, it is not empty talk to have anything to do with the royal family. Another point, I have heard before, the old king in the past was very important to Shen Haiteng, and often took him as a model. ”
The old king in Qian Hao's mouth naturally refers to the deceased 'Wei Zheng' king of their Saran Kingdom. The old king was quite virtuous and had a good reputation among the people of the Saran Kingdom. Unfortunately, he died many years ago, and for this purpose he was returned to his successor, his son Wei Tianwen, leaving four regents and ministers.
The current little king of the Saran Kingdom is named Wei Tianwen, and perhaps in the eyes of many people, he is a milky hairy child. This is also the reason why the Saran dynasty has not been very stable in recent days.
Listening to Qian Hao's words, Shen Jun also had questions, "Oh?
Qian Hao unconsciously squinted at Shen Jun, "Of course, and it's not like I'm talking nonsense! In the past, their Shen family was a prestige family in Salan. If it weren't for the sensitive military, the Shen family would definitely be more prosperous. "The mouth is moving uncontrollably. But it was only in the fraction of a second that Qian Hao realized that he had too many words. So, he quickly coughed slightly, "Ahem...... Oh, I'm going a little too far!"
"It doesn't matter!Qian Hao! Now there are only a few of us here, if you have anything to say, just say it!" Shen Mengting's words came from the front, but she didn't look back this time.
Qian Hao also changed the topic with interest, "In the past, the old king really valued extremely tough military people like Shen Haiteng and Yang Jiening, who treated other countries! But later, when the old king died, the hardliners began to be suppressed!"
When Shen Mengting heard this, her eyes chiseled into the corners of her eyes. She knew that Qian Hao's remarks were wrong. Because as early as when the old king was still alive, he had already bowed to some compromisers. He not only took away part of the military power of Shen Mengting's father and Uncle Yang Jiening, but also set up many obstacles for them.
And after the death of the old king, the scene was even more unbalanced! The little king Wei Tianwen couldn't control those regent at all, so that Shen Mengting's father and Uncle Yang Jiening suffered a lot of grievances.
Shen Mengting sighed heavily for this, but she didn't plan to correct Qian Hao's thoughts. It doesn't matter whether it was the suppression of the hardliners during the old king's reign or the younger king's reign. Now, Shen Mengting must reverse the momentum of national compromise so that she can resist the invasion of the Sauron Empire.
"I've heard that before, too!" Shen Jun finally straightened his body. He also kept shaking his body by the way, if it weren't for the reins of the horse in his hand, it seemed that he would fall off the horse in the next moment, "I am talking about the ministers who are currently in Seise City, most of them are compromisers who bow to the Sauron Empire. They don't pay attention to the little king who has not long succeeded to the throne at all, so the court in Qingse City is very unstable now!"
"Yo! Shen Jun, you know everything now! Just now, you obviously didn't understand anything, and you just looked like you were going to ask me!" Qian Hao couldn't help but taunt him.
"I've lived in Gunma for many years, and many things are not as clear as you, a wanderer. Still, I heard some of the townspeople talking. You know something, some townspeople just like to talk about national affairs after dinner!"
"Shen Jun is also right! There are many weak compromisers in Qingse City now! And these compromisers are bound to be obstacles to our desire to stop the invasion of other countries!" Shen Mengting, who was at the forefront, interjected, her tone full of firmness.
"Ahh
"Yes, it's an obstacle! So we still have a lot of difficulties to solve after entering the city!"
"Alas, the road ahead is really full of thorns!" Shen Jun couldn't help but grumble.
"Of course, what? Shen Jun! Do you regret it now?"
Shen Jun instantly 'clicked' when he heard this, "Ah! I never regret it!"
"It's good that there are no regrets!In short, what is in front of us is really a road that is both dangerous and full of thorns!" Shen Mengting looked ahead. Even if you can only see the back of her head, you can feel a huge sense of loss from it.
Similarly, her words also caused the team to fall into a quagmire for a long time, and everyone began to fall silent again.
Qian Hao thinks that this is not good, and the sense of dislocation over time will make people lose confidence. Therefore, he chose to raise the current atmosphere.
"Oh, what's going on with everyone! They all feel so lost! Aren't they all fighting spirits just now?" Along with his words was his incessant clapping.
"Qian Hao, how can we have high morale!" Shen Mengting turned her head with her eyelids drooping.
"Even if you don't have a fighting spirit, you don't have a lost soul like now!" Qian Hao shook his body suddenly, "Oh! Tell me! Wasn't it just talking about your friendship with the little king? Why did you suddenly jump to the political power in Qingse City!"
"Didn't you jump to that topic first?" Shen Jun shook his head angrily.
"Huh?" Qian Hao blinked dryly, "I jumped to that topic?"
"It doesn't matter who jumped! I'm just trying to let you know how difficult the situation is. Only if you know that the situation is difficult, then you will not relax!" Shen Mengting kept her head back most of the time, but because she had to look at the road ahead, she would occasionally choose to face the front.
"All right, all right, now that we've got it, don't put any more salt in our faith!"
"Cut! It's not clear what you're like now!"
Qian Hao twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, "Oops! Let's straighten the topic!" He avoided Shen Mengting's eyes, "Didn't you talk about your friendship with the little king?
"What experience can I have with the king, it's just a friendship between the king and the minister!"
"Heh! I used to say that I was a playmate who has been a strong friend since I was a child!"
"I have indeed been strong with the little king since childhood! We did play together when we were children, and I will not deny this! However, when he became the king, I knew that I had a relationship with him as a monarch and a minister, and could not be mixed with anything else!"
"Wow! You're really the kind of person with a brain full of imperialism!"
"Wait! I'm going to ask a question again!" Shen Jun pulled the reins of his horse, and the horse he was riding galloped forward a few steps quickly, "I haven't talked about it yet! Why can you and the little king be strong playmates since childhood?"
"Oh, Shen Jun, where are your ears, didn't I make everything clear just now?" Qian Hao heard the accusation.
"How can you make it clear! Originally, it was a good statement, but in the end, you had to bow to the old king and the compromisers, and then suppress Shen Haiteng's words!"
"......Hungry! This ......" Qian Hao was a little speechless.
"Actually, what Qian Hao means is that Sister Mengting's father and the old king know each other, and their Shen family has a considerable status in Qingse City, so the old king will naturally send his son, that is, the current little king, to marry Sister Mengting, the heir of the Shen family!"
"That's what it means!" Qian Hao instantly raised his right hand, and suddenly patted it on his left palm, "Oh! Look how smart other girls are! You'll know what I mean in a moment! Just like two families who play very well, parents will consciously let their children touch each other! That's it!"
"Oh?" Shen Jun shrank into his mouth, "But there is a problem with this! Shen Haiteng is not the only one who has status in Qingse City, and there are other princes and ministers, why haven't they heard that their heirs have a relationship with the little king?"
Qian Hao couldn't help but smack his tongue when he heard this, "How do you know that they don't have a relationship? You don't live in Qingse City? The relationship between the princes and ministers of the family may be more complicated than you can imagine!"
"But ......"
"Okay, please stop talking about the topic of 'what does I have to do with the king', it doesn't make any sense!" Shen Mengting interjected, and her tone was quite tough.
The boss's words can naturally silence the interested subordinates. It's just that Shen Jun still has doubts about some things.
"Wait! I still have something to ask!"
"Oh! Why do you have so many questions! Don't you see that she has already spoken? I tell you not to ask too many questions about her private affairs!" Qian Hao said in a fake sentence, but in fact, he really wanted to know more about Shen Mengting's private affairs.
"It doesn't matter, if it's about business, you can just ask!"
Since Shen Mengting said so, Shen Jun also asked questions unceremoniously.
"What is your status in Seise City now?We all know that your father naturally has a very distinguished status, but what about you as a daughter?" Shen Jun looked straight at Shen Mengting in front of him, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to pry on your privacy just now. But...... I really want to know something urgently. After all, you should also understand this matter, it is related to the safety of our lives after entering the city!"
Shen Jun's meaning is very clear, if Shen Mengting's status is not high, then there is no way to protect them. In this case, it is understandable what they will encounter in Kiyose City, which is now full of compromise factions.
"Alas!" Shen Mengting sighed, "Shen Jun......! I guess I'm going to disappoint you! I don't have any status in Kiyose Castle!"
Shen Mengting didn't lie, maybe she could rely on her father's residual power to do things that ordinary people couldn't do. But when it comes to real status, their Shen family has almost lost it.
After the death of his father, the compromisers often attacked Shen Mengting's family. When my father was there, those people knew a little restraint. But after their father left, they no longer had any scruples.
Shen Mengting could feel the feeling of abandonment. In fact, when my father was alive, he was extremely sensitive to the so-called protection of his family, and he did not want to be poured into the dirty water of 'helping relatives'. Yet, the compromisers did just that.
Shen Mengting was very sad about this, but she was powerless to change anything.
Fortunately, the old subordinates who used to work under their father still have some respect and friendship for their father, which directly leads to Shen Mengting being able to live in Qingse City, and she can also find a good position in the army.
However, she knows that everything in the future needs to be fought for by herself. His father's prestige faded over time, and his friendship with the little king would be abandoned by the compromisers. Shen Mengting knew that maybe one day, the little king would bow to the compromisers and alienate Shen Mengting like the old king did to his father.
Therefore, Shen Mengting must lose the father's halo on her head and make a respectable prestige by herself. In that way, she can carry out some of her own political ideas!
"Sister Mengting, what are you thinking?"
Just as he was thinking deeply, Jiang Jingwen's voice also came. Shen Mengting quickly came back to her senses, accompanied by the sound of a long inhalation.
"Sister Mengting, you ......"
"What's wrong? Jingwen!" Shen Mengting tilted her head slightly.
"You were so terrible just now, what were you thinking, and you were thinking so much?" Jiang Jingwen's tone was slightly uneasy.