Zhou Heng shook his head, approached Zhang Fuling, and whispered:

"It has been ten days since the Holy Decree came down to when we were ready, and the son-in-law and nephew of the prince have not returned, and no one has even sent a message to them, and there has been no movement from the Wen family."

Zhang Fuling looked surprised, usually the Wen family doesn't jump, this Wen Shangshu has long been unable to hold back, this time the emperor appropriated funds, the Xu family fell, and something happened in Beishan, there was no Wen Shangshu figure, so abnormal made Zhang Fuling feel weird.

"Shouldn't it?"

Looking at Zhang Fuling's surprised appearance, Zhou Heng almost laughed, now that the prince has no real power, the people who support him are also quiet, Wen Shangshu is escaping the world, and it has something to do with these.

"I don't know why, but it's good to let Brother Liu get married smoothly."

Zhang Fuling nodded, Zhou Heng was reasonable, it is useless to say anything else now, as long as the wedding goes smoothly, it is better than anything.

After all, it was impossible for them to live in King Ning's Mansion, just for the sake of the fame of this Xianghe County Lord.

He didn't dwell on this issue, but talked to Zhou Heng about Tongzhou, and when the two were talking in a low voice, a carriage stopped in front of the door, and Zhou Heng looked stunned.

As soon as Zhang Fuling saw this expression, he quickly turned his head to look over, and not long after the carriage stopped, a figure walked down, followed by someone carrying the box.

The person who came was none other than the third prince, who saw Zhou Heng smiling and walking over quickly.

"Uncle Zhou and Master Zhang are here, it seems that I came a little late."

Zhou Heng hurriedly stepped forward, greeted the two of them and invited them to enter, they couldn't chat in front of the door, the three of them entered King Ning's mansion and walked straight to the flower hall at the back.

Ning Yuanhou, Lu Pingbei, and General Cang were already sitting inside.

When everyone saw Zhou Heng and them coming in, they kept greeting each other, without any intention of seeing outside, Zhou Heng said a few words of greeting and invited the third prince to take a seat.

The third prince pulled Zhou Heng, did not stick to any position, and directly found a remote corner to sit down, obviously this is something to say, Zhang Fuling did not follow, and went to sit with Ning Yuanhou and Lu Pingbei.

Seeing that no one came over, the third prince excitedly handed over a small box, put it directly under Zhou Heng's palm and said:

"You take this, I know what you are doing in Tongzhou, supporting Liu Renli to build roads, you need money everywhere, although there is not a lot, this is also my heart."

Zhou Heng was stunned, obviously this box was full of silver tickets, Zhou Heng blinked and was a little confused, the three princes, who had always been cautious, were looking for themselves to show favor in front of everyone, which seemed to be a little inconsistent with his character.

However, the wealth was not revealed, Zhou Heng hurriedly opened his fingers to block the box, and raised his eyes to look at the third prince.

"The third prince, this is ......"

The third prince smiled, the temperament of the whole person has changed a lot, it is rare to see him without a city government, showing his true feelings, what's wrong today?

Zhou Heng paused suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his eyes looked at the third prince and gradually moved down, and then he raised his head again, the third prince's eyes lit up and nodded, and said in a low voice.

"It's really different to have surgery, I didn't know that being a man was so hearty."

Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief, if this was the reason, this silver ticket would still be available.

"It's been a month, it seems that the third prince is recovering well, and in two or three months, I hope there will be happy events!"

The third prince nodded, "I can feel it, it's different now, haha It's all thanks to you, so don't have a burden, take these, I also said hello to my father, he heard and praised me, this is more important than anything else." ”

The two of them laughed suddenly, Zhou Heng didn't want to express his position, what did this thing say, if he said too much, he would stand in line and say less and it would seem to refuse, anyway, it was all wrong, it was better not to say it at all.

"Don't say much about gratitude, Zhou Heng is here for the people of Tongzhou, grateful for the generosity of the three princes, I'll go to the front to see if the team is coming back."

The third prince waved his hand, not caring at all, and Zhou Heng walked out of the flower hall directly.

Under the corridor, find a place where there is no one, look left and right to see no one, and quickly open the box, which is a folded stack of silver tickets.

It's not very thick when it is pulled out, and it looks like it's only eight out of ten, but this silver ticket is not the same as what I've seen before, and the face of the ticket is full of colorful pictures and texts, and there are watermarks on it.

Zhou Heng raised the silver ticket, took a closer look at the bottom of the box, and saw that there was nothing left, so he stuffed the box into his sleeve first.

Only then did I pick up the silver ticket, thinking to myself, 10,000 taels is not a lot, although it can't set off wind and waves when invested in road construction, it is definitely the same as pure profit.

Just as he was about to fold it, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, Zhou Heng trembled, and hurriedly held the silver ticket in his arms.

When I turned around, I saw that it was Su Xiaoxiao, not to mention how angry I was, this girl was born with a grudge against him, she walked without a sound, and she always came out scary.

"Why are you here?"

"Look at you sneaky, what kind of bad thing is this secretly doing?"

Zhou Heng snorted, shook the silver ticket in his hand towards Su Xiaoxiao, raised his chin, and had a calm face on his face.

"What bad thing did I do, just now the third prince gave me a box, saying that he had already told His Majesty that he wanted to donate some silver taels to Tongzhou to build roads."

Su Xiaoxiao had doubts on her face, and asked sideways:

"How much?"

Zhou Heng cleared his throat, shook his head and said:

"I just watched, 10,000 taels! Why does Miss Su Wu also want to donate some? ”

Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, hugged her arms and snorted.

"Are you trying to be greedy for ink?"

Zhou Heng was stunned, frowned slightly and looked at Su Xiaoxiao, this girl is open-mouthed, and she dares to say anything at will.

"Say what?"

Su Xiaoxiao flashed, and in front of Zhou Heng's eyes, the stack of silver tickets had fallen into her palm, and she shook it and said:

"Each of these is 10,000 taels, you told me a total of 10,000 taels, isn't this greedy ink?"

Zhou Heng's eyes widened, and he took a closer look, just now he just felt that this silver ticket was a little colorful, and he really didn't look at the face value carefully, after all, the largest face value is one thousand taels, and I have never seen such ten thousand taels.

"It's really 10,000 taels, I've never seen such a large denomination, no wonder I think it's strange, it's a little strange to look so colorful, hurry up and give me a closer look."

Su Xiaoxiao snorted, slapped the silver ticket on Zhou Heng's chest, pouted and said:

"Don't worry, no one is greedy for your money, the welcoming team is back, don't you go?"

Zhou Heng hurriedly hid the silver ticket close to his body, patted his body and said with a smile:

"You go first, I'll call the guests to come along."

Su Xiaoxiao nodded and turned to leave, Zhou Heng was still in a hurry at the moment, obediently shot is 100,000 taels, these three princes are really rich.

However, it is not strange to think about it, his mother is now the imperial concubine, his grandfather is still a feudal official, and his uncles are all important people, so it is worth spending all the money to get a good name, and it seems that he will want to give back later.

Zhou Heng thought, his pace did not slow down, he hurriedly went to the flower hall to call everyone, and went directly to the front to watch the ceremony, what was surprising was that Zhang Zhongtang actually came.

After the ceremony, the bride was sent into the cave room, Liu Renli came out to participate in the banquet, Zhang Zhongtang left in a hurry after congratulating him, and did not stay to eat and drink.

Liu Renli didn't have many friends in the capital, and most of the guests who came were looking at the faces of King Ning, Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo, so there were a lot of people.

Everyone knew that Liu Renli's health was not very good when he first recovered from a serious illness, so he was not forced to drink, and after a little greeting, he was forced back to the backyard by Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo greeted the guests in front, and at this moment, Qu Ziping at the door ran in quickly, and saw that Zhou Heng did not step forward, but with a nervous look on his face.

As soon as Zhou Heng saw it, he knew that something was happening, so he hurriedly walked over, and Qu Ziping said in a low voice:

"The sister-in-law and nephew of the prince have returned, and they have already come in at the front door."

Zhou Heng was stunned, he had long thought that the Wen family couldn't be honest, and this Wen family was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but this side had already been ceremonial, and the wedding banquet was halfway through, what did they mean when they came back?

Zhu Yunmo also came over at this moment, after all, Zhou Heng's face was not good, and he knew that something was going on at a glance.

Qu Ziping hurriedly said it again to Zhu Yunmo, and Zhu Yunmo snorted.

"What's so embarrassing about this, let people guard the hall well, if they come over, let Fang Hua solve it, this is organized by the palace, it can't hinder our business, if you dare to go wild here, she will be embarrassed."

Zhou Heng nodded, there is no better way at the moment, although the Wen clan has no fate, but after all, he lives in King Ning's Mansion, so he can't go out and drive people away, right?

"It's okay, Qu Ziping will arrange it, and the prince will call Fang Hua and let him keep an eye on him, there are many people in the palace, and he will change his name to the right place."

After speaking, several people moved, and the guests over there also looked over, Zhou Heng hurriedly walked to the main table, the three princes and Ning Yuanhou were all sitting here, the three princes did not have a shelf, and they were extremely low-key today, which made the people sitting quite recognized.

He looked sideways at Zhou Heng and asked in a loud voice.

"But what's the matter?"

Zhou Heng squeezed out a slightly far-fetched smile and clenched his fists towards everyone.

"It's all Zhou's poor greeting, disturbing you Yaxing, someone just came to deliver a message, saying that the sister-in-law of the prince came back with her nephew."

Ning Yuan waited for them to be stunned, this was unexpected, after all, the Wen family had been out of the house for more than a month, and coming back at this time was really a bit of a coincidence, and it had to make people think about it.

The third prince smiled and waved his hand indifferently.

"Don't care so much, sit down and have a good drink with us, come back early to help Zhang Luo's marriage, come back later to avoid suspicion, she picks this time to come back, if she still comes forward, it's her who is ashamed, come and drink with this king."

When Zhou Heng heard the words of the third prince, he was instantly relieved, and sat down with a smile and picked up the wine cup.

"Okay, then Zhou will give you a glass of wine, although Brother Liu is not my brother-in-law, he is also a very fanciful person for me, you can come, it really moves me, Zhou will do it first!"

Holding the wine, Zhou Heng drank it all, this is an improved version of peach blossom drunkenness, although the degree is not low, but the taste is really much better, in addition to the aroma of wine, there is also a faint aroma of bamboo leaves, Zhou Heng named it Zhuye Qing, no one else thinks so, the third prince can't put down this wine.

Everyone also smiled and drank a glass of wine, and suddenly the scene became lively again, but Zhu Yunmo did not come back.

At this moment, a figure came in from the back door of the hall, dressed in red, which was conspicuous, and most people except the groom avoided this red color at the wedding banquet, but he did the opposite.

As soon as he saw the person, Zhou Heng hurriedly put down the wine cup.

Seeing Zhou Heng's movements, everyone at the main table turned their heads to look over.

It was not someone else, the upright Zhu Xiaochang, with a sunny smile unique to a young man on his face, walked to the main table with a small servant, and bowed his hand before speaking.

"Xiaochang first accompanied a crime, has been studying in Changping behind closed doors, and only learned about my aunt's marriage when I came back today, so I hurried over to apologize to you."

As he spoke, he turned around and took the wine pot from the tray of the little servant, and walked in front of the third prince, who had a smile on his face and blocked the wine cup.

"This king has eaten more than a dozen bamboo leaves today, the degree of this wine is too high, I can't eat anymore, it's naturally good that you can study behind closed doors, here is your second uncle and Uncle Zhou to take care of, don't worry."

Although the third prince said it with a smile, the meaning of the refusal could not be shaken, Zhu Xiaochang seemed to have known this result for a long time, and he was not angry at all.

"What Uncle Sanhuang said is, then I won't pour wine for you, I will wish you a lamp alone, thank you for coming, and I also wish all uncles and grandfathers good health."

Saying that, he picked up the wine cup and drank it all, and these people sitting there either looked at Zhou Heng and the third prince, or lowered their eyes directly, as if they didn't see Zhu Xiaochang's movements.

What the three princes said just now is reasonable, it can be said that they can come back early and late, and it doesn't matter so much that they need to greet each other, as long as they don't interfere with each other, it's already the best, so what do you want to get when you come out to meet?

Want to get to know everyone?

Or do they show their faces in front of these people, don't they know that it will backfire?

Zhou Heng squinted, as if thinking of something, and suddenly stood up.

didn't talk to everyone, searched for Fang Hua's figure, this wedding banquet was prepared by the palace, naturally there were many palace maids and eunuchs, and even the back kitchen was sent by the imperial dining room to make food.

A little eunuch saw that Zhou Heng was looking for someone and hurried over.

"Uncle Zhou, what do you need here?"

Zhou Heng saw that he was a eunuch, and hurriedly said:

"Have you seen Fang Hua and Shizi?"

The little eunuch raised his eyes, thought for a moment, and pointed in the direction of the north gate and said:

"About a quarter of an hour ago, Xiao Fang's father-in-law followed the prince out of here, and it seemed that he was walking towards the backyard, where exactly did the slave and maid go, or the slave and maid would scatter people down to see?"

Zhou Heng shook his head, Wen's mother and son deliberately chose to come back at this time, Zhou Heng never understood the reason, if he didn't know at all, it was just a coincidence, and he didn't believe it when he killed Zhou Heng, how could the Wen family not know if he didn't know?

After coming back, she didn't make any noise and didn't come over to pour cold water on it, she just asked Zhu Xiaochang to come over and get to know everyone, this arrangement was in line with Wen Shangshu's character, but that Wen was not like this, after all, she always felt that she was the master of Ning Wangfu.

Zhu Yunmo and Fang Hua have been gone for so long and haven't come back, this is definitely a problem, although they don't know what they planned, Zhou Heng doesn't want Zhu Yunmo to have an accident the most.

Zhou Heng stood up and bowed slightly towards the third prince.

"Forgive me, Zhou still has to take a look to rest assured."

The third prince nodded, naturally understood Zhou Heng's intentions, and waved his hand towards Zhou Heng.

"You go, if you don't come back, this king won't leave for the time being."

With these words, Zhou Heng was quite relieved, called a few little eunuchs, as well as Xiu'er and Su Xiaoxiao, and followed him towards the back door.

Zhu Xiaochang turned sideways slightly, as if he wanted to follow, and the third prince's face turned cold for a moment.

"Xiaochang, you are still here to serve the Third Emperor Uncle, can you help when you go, or can you kill your relatives in righteousness?"