Chapter 18: A Marriage Contract from Heaven
"I said, why do you two come to my house in the middle of the night without sleeping? Surprise me, and say, what are you doing so late? Lu Zhan said lazily with a sigh.
I saw Lu Zhan's third uncle Lu Qian slowly walking into the room, out of the need for secrecy, there was no one in this room. Lu Zhan saw the solemn expressions of these three people, and hurriedly put on his clothes and simply tidied up his long flowing hair.
Lu Qian was the first to speak: "The information provided by the Tang family is very important, and the families of Yingchuan have sent your friends Xu Hao and Gongsun Xiu to discuss countermeasures. Third Uncle, I have already talked to them preliminarily, and the rest of you young people can talk to each other. With that, Lu Qian left the room.
"Brother Lu, Brother Gongsun and I came to discuss important matters with the Lu family. The elders of each family have different attitudes, but the Yingchuan family and the Hanoi family have been allies for many years, and they were, and still are. Especially with the Lu family and my Xu family, our two families have been watching and helping each other for so many years. Xu Hao said with a tone of trust between friends, his eyes and conversation were full of firmness.
"What Brother Xu said is that this time the Lu family fought against the Jin Kingdom and Nanyan, although the Xu family did not send troops to help, but among the soldiers of the Lu family, many of the Xu family's guests went to offer advice." Gongsun Xiu touched his hair and said.
"Those two brothers came tonight to tell me these things? Won't it be the same when we talk about these things tomorrow? Lu Zhan said in a playful tone.
"I came here tonight because our Yingchuan family got a piece of news that maybe even the Tang family didn't know." Gongsun Xiu smiled mysteriously and said to the landing exhibition.
"Oh? What information did Brother Gongsun bring here? Lu Zhan asked Gongsun Xiu with some expectation.
"Jing Wen, the famous general of the Chu State, has disappeared in recent days, and Jing Wen in front of everyone is just a shadow or a stand-in." Gongsun Xiu gently shook the folding fan to make a military strategist style who planned in the tent.
"Is that Jingwen from the Battle of Suizhou? He is also a national surname, Jing, but he fought for the Chu State. What's so suspicious about his disappearance? ”
As soon as Gongsun Xiu wanted to speak, he was pushed aside by Xu Hao, and he spoke first: "Brother Lu, you are to the point." Jing Wennai is a famous general of the Chu State, and he is also a veteran general who gallops on the battlefield. There was no sign of movement of Jingwen's descendants, so it did not attract attention at first, but a month ago, the elite troops stationed in Danyang were dispatched under the pretext of clearing the bandits. ”
Xu Hao didn't continue to talk about this, and gave Lu Zhan a meaningful smile.
Lu Zhan continued Xu Hao's words and said: "It means that Jingwen took the Danyang elite soldiers of the Chu State and didn't know what happened? And based on the situation, it is very likely that this elite soldier will join the chaos in the capital. ”
"I'll just say that Brother Lu's wisdom is by no means an ordinary person, so when we set our sights on the Qin State in the west and the Jin State in the north, our defense in the south has been relaxed. The days that the Tang family said are approaching. That's why I can't wait to come to discuss it so late. ”
It has reached the time of the end of the ugly end and the beginning of the Yin, and the room of Tang Liyi, the head of the Tang family in this capital, is still brightly lit, and Tang Liyi's desk reads: Everything is going according to the lord's plan, and the Yingchuan family has been fooled.
If the Yingchuan family or Lu Zhan saw this letter, they would be so surprised that they couldn't even close their mouths, and the movements of the Chu State were also revealed by the Tang family pretending to be inadvertent. Such a deployment is to better implement the plan that the Tang family has planned for many years, and people have to admire Tang Liyi's meticulous plan, and step by step is in accordance with Tang Liyi's plan.
When he saw that the news of the Yingchuan family's plan reached Tang Liyi's hands, Tang Liyi was ready to sleep, and the maids serving on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief and could rest.
When Tang Liyi's maid blew out the candles, everything in the capital began to really quiet. The summer night sky is extraordinarily quiet at this moment.
The stars in the sky were gradually obscured by the sun, and a red sun gradually rose from the east. The silent street began to grow noisy.
Lu Zhan, who slept late at night, didn't wake up until noon, and Lu Zhan, who had just gone to the table to have lunch, saw a subordinate come forward and say that Lu Qian shouted that he had something to do in the past. Lu Zhan sighed secretly, when will you call me over, the dishes are all on the table. Alas, after all, it's my third uncle who still won't eat it first.
Lu Zhan walked to Lu Qian's room and saluted Lu Qian, and then stood respectfully in place, looking at Lu Qian who was sitting on a chair drinking tea.
"Nephew, I have a great thing to tell you today, and it was inconvenient for outsiders to talk about it last night. Nephew, you might as well guess what happy event I'm going to tell you, third uncle. ”
Lu Zhan looked at the smiling Lu Qian, and he really couldn't think of anything that could make Lu Qian happy in such a crisis situation, so he had to honestly say that he didn't know.
"Your Majesty, in order to commend the loyalty of the Lu family, specially gave you a marriage to marry a princess to our Lu family."
"Third uncle, it won't be that I'm going to marry the princess, right?"
"Exactly, shouldn't you smile when such a good thing as marrying a princess falls on you?" Lu Qian smiled and looked at Lu Zhan, who was staying in place, and said.
Lu Zhan was at a loss when he heard the news, he was going to marry a princess to himself? What I want is free and sweet love, and this kind of arranged marriage may not know what kind of person the princess who marries is it, whether it is beautiful or ugly, good or evil.
"Third uncle, can I not marry His Majesty's princess?" Lu Zhan asked cautiously.
When Lu Qian heard Lu Zhan say such a sentence, his face changed instantly, and he said in a stern tone: "Ridiculous, it's ridiculous." If you dare to refuse such a big thing as marrying a princess, it is difficult for others to ask for a princess. Don't you know what will happen if you lose the face of your heavenly family? ”
"Of course my nephew knows, but ......"
"If you don't like the princess in the future, it's a big deal to snub her. You can still marry a concubine when you become a concubine, I think your maid Xiaoye is good, you can marry the princess and then take it as a concubine. Lu Qian painstakingly persuaded Lu Zhan.
Lu Zhan heard the words of his third uncle Lu Qian, but he felt a lot of emotion, in such a feudal society, even the princess is a victim of politics. Third Uncle Lu Qian's words should be regarded as scumbag quotations now.
Seeing that he was afraid that he would not succeed in pushing down this marriage, Lu Zhan had another plan in his heart. Movies and TV series are all played like this, first pretend to agree and then find a way to cancel the marriage contract, Lu Zhan has seen a lot of techniques and routines in this regard.