Twisted to Nanjing City, the four of them were touched by the scene, grief-stricken, for fear of meeting acquaintances, so they went straight to the three alleys outside the Xi'an Gate to go to Shen Qi.

Back then, Wu Xiang was deceived by Huang Bingwen and was penniless, Tang Jing and Wu Xiang both wanted to use the Shen family's financial resources to open a money bank, Tang Jing went to visit Shen Lao in the name of rescuing Shen Qi, and Wu Xiang's son boasted like a flower.

The old man never thought that this Wu Gongzi, who was retired from the Shen Mansion, would not be inconspicuous, and when he was in trouble, he lived in the hut of Qixia Temple, hung the beams and stabbed the stocks, wrote two magnificent books, and prepared to participate in the autumn of the coming year.

Shen Lao read Wu Xiang with a small hand, and wrote that no one in Jinling City could compare, and he believed that this Wu Xiang was lucky, did not see Guijiao, and did not lose the true character of a gentleman, and would be able to become a great weapon in the future, so he agreed to the marriage of his old daughter Shen Yueying and Wu Xiang again.

Even if Wu Xiang was framed and convicted again, Shen Lao's relatives took his beloved daughter Shen Yueying to visit the prison, and Miss Yueying promised Wu Xiang that she was willing to wait for him for the rest of his life......

After Wu Xiang was released from prison, Shen Lao was going to hold a happy event for his daughter, and the date had already been chosen, but Wu Xiang considered that he was in Nanjing City and had no place to stand, and he didn't want to marry Miss Shen's daughter to the hut in Qixia Temple, so he made an excuse and followed Yang Gongzi to the capital.

Yang Gongzi regarded this suave Wu Xiang as a genius in the south of the Yangtze River and introduced it to his fox friends and dog friends, Wu Gongzi had also seen the world, and soon coaxed the princes and ministers to go around, and they were like fish in water in the capital......

Wu Lian gave the small courtyard outside the Xibian Gate to her brother, Wu Xiang wanted to marry Shen Yueying to the capital, chose a good day and an auspicious day, and went down to the south of the Yangtze River to marry the newcomer.

Before the old man took his breath, he told his son Shen Qi and told him not to forget the lessons of his ancestor Shen Wansan, and Shen Qi also had the experience of being betrayed by Huang Bingwen, the criminal officer in charge of the East Factory, and tearfully promised the old father that he would never dare to make friends with the government again.

Shen Qi originally looked down on Wu Xiang, what kind of goods Wu Xiang was, he knew very well in his heart, and learned that Wu Xiang had nothing to do in the capital all day, and he was uninhibited with a group of powerful sons, and he no longer dared to send his sister to the fire pit.

Although Wu Xiang failed to make a fortune in the capital, and he did not gain any fame, he was also merry and happy, just like that, the marriage with the Shen family dragged on for two or three years.

Wu Xiang was not in a hurry or impatient, but he made Shen Qi anxious, ran to Tangfu, and found Wu Xiang's brother-in-law, Zhu Hui, who was the general banner of Jinyi Wei at the time, many times, and asked what to do about this marriage, Zhu Hui had no way to take this uncle, Tang Jing knew about it, and he had some ill intentions and tried his best to persuade Shen Qi to withdraw from the marriage.

Helplessly, Miss Yueying didn't marry Wu Gongzi, so the gods had no tricks to do.

Now, Wu Xiang fell into trouble again and defected to the Shen family, and when he saw Shen Qi, he pushed Tang Jing to the front, pretended to be innocent, called Shen Qi his brother, blushed, and never spoke again.

Shen Qi was grateful to Tang Jing and Zhu Hui and received them warmly, Tang Jing and his wife hoped to see their two daughters and son Tang Qing at the Shen family, but they were disappointed and didn't ask any more.

Because Tang Jing and his wife were afraid of being embarrassed, Shen Qi arranged for the four of them to live in the courtyard rented by Huang Bingwen back then.

After settling down, Shen Qi came to visit Tang Jing and his wife and told the story of the burning of Cuihua Tower:

When Tangfu was copied and Tang Jing and his wife were arrested, Shen Qi learned that the eunuchs of Dongchang had captured Tang Qiong and Tang Yao and sent them to Cuihualou......

Where was Liu Bao willing to believe it, leaving Shen Qi to scold outside the door, a masked boy in black suddenly came out of the crack in the ground and cut off Liu Bao's head with a knife, which almost scared Shen Qi stupid at that time.

At this time, the fire in the Cuihua Building was everywhere, a group of men and women were naked, and they fled out like ghosts and wolves, Shen Qi hurriedly went to the room where the Tang sisters were held to look, only to see more than a dozen dead bodies at the door, all of them had no heads, and then they knew that the sisters had been rescued......

Tang Jing and his wife originally wanted to avenge their grievances, but Shen Qi told them: He had also helped the Tang family to avenge their grievances, but helplessly, because everyone knew that the Japanese invaders burned Cuihualou and rescued the Tang sisters, and confirmed Tang Jing's crime of colluding with the Japanese invaders......

Zhu Hui immediately guessed that it was Zhang Gou'er who saved people, and believed that the Tang sisters would not be in trouble, but they didn't know where they were now.

Tang Jing and his wife listened to what Shen Qi said, and their hanging hearts suddenly let go, and they thanked Shen Qi for their kindness.

In the evening, Shen Qi personally brought them good wine and good food, and accompanied them to eat, during the banquet, Wu Xiang and Zhu Hui were silent and did not drink, Tang Jing accompanied Shen Qi to drink a few glasses.

Mrs. He mentioned Miss Yueying and wanted to help Wu Xiang say a few words, but when Shen Qi heard it, she immediately looked forward to him left and right, and didn't answer this conversation.

After eating, Tang Jing took out a few tiger skins and leopard skins, and had to give them to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi saw that they were down like this, and insisted on not accepting it.

Tang Jing got angry and said: "Shen Daguan, this is a little bit of our heart, if Shen Daguan looks down on us, please say it directly, if it is because he looks down on us, then good!" We will leave your Shen family immediately. ”

Shen Qi gave Tang Jing a look and replied sincerely: "What Tang Daguan said, let me Shen be ashamed, our two families are gentlemen's friends, one side is in trouble, the other party rescues, needless to say, these rare things you brought, how dare Shen take people's love, please Tang Daguan don't make it difficult for me." ”

Tang Jing sighed, his eyes were full of tears, and he said in a whimpering voice: "Don't hide it from Shen Daguan, we originally planned to go to Fuzhou to ask Pang Shangpeng, I heard that he is now the governor of Fujian, and I want to ask a huge number of people to help and avenge our Tang family, but the sky has no eyes!" ”

Mrs. He flashed tears in her eyes, and then said: "The Tang family is a loyal martyr, and the ancestor Xinguo is nearly seventy years old, and he still went out on the expedition for his grandfather, and built more than 60 cities along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese invaders. In the ancestral hall of Haozhou, my hometown, there is a personal inscription of the great grandfather: the thousand-year-old immortal minister's mansion, and the ancestral hall of the eternal evergreen letter. My father-in-law has been plundered by the Japanese for many years, and has been tortured, and we have not shared the sky with the Japanese Invaders, but we have not thought about it, and now we have been convicted of colluding with the Japanese Invaders! Let us, the unscrupulous descendants, when we get to the underworld, how to face the ancestors of the Xiangwu Dongou King......" As he spoke, he cried bitterly.

Zhu Hui and Wu Xiang comforted Mrs. He, and Tang Jing listened to Mrs. He's words, and thought so, and wiped away tears.

Shen Qi followed and persuaded: "Tang Daguan, the road to heaven is endless, the ancestors of your Tang family are the founding of the country, the ancestors of our Shen family were convicted of building the Jinling city wall for the great grandfather, the Shen family in the Wuzhong area, all the troops were sent to Yunnan, until my great-grandparents, only to be granted, the Shen family is back in Nanjing City, back then it was also poor, after three generations, now although there is a small family wealth, the descendants still can not become officials, children and daughters can not marry with meritorious people, in fact, it is no different from the untouchables, Tang Daguan does not dislike it, how about doing business with our Shen family in the future? ”

When Tang Jing heard this, he was so excited that his heart was pounding, and he immediately got close to Shen Qi again, and replied: "It's really fate!" The ancestor Xinguo has five sons, the eldest son Tang Ding is the former military governor, I think back then, it was also in Yunnan to the border, our line is the descendants of Tang Ding, and he also came back from Yunnan. ”

When the words got to the point, Wu Xiang couldn't help but be a little anxious when he heard Tang Jing's answer, so he gave Shen Qi a bow, and replied respectfully for Tang Jing: "Thank you brother for your kindness, then it's settled." ”

Shen Qi glanced at Wu Xiang, and suddenly felt disgusted, thinking: If you want to say that you are not that material in business, you can't even pass the show test until now, you know two words, and you can't write a serious book well, you only have the ability to waste money, not to mention what capital do you have now?

Wu Xiang saw Shen Qi's thoughts, smiled slightly, and said: "Brother, don't worry too much about us, now my brother-in-law and I are a chivalrous man, this Brother Tang, sister-in-law Tang, and my brother-in-law Zhu Hui of Jinyi Wei Zongqi, but I rescued my brother-in-law, and we don't have the ability to make money, so I will hand over the escort to my brother-in-law and my brother-in-law Zhu Hui." ”

Shen Qi looked at Wu Xiang's dry wood-like body and bones, and said in his heart: What about a chivalrous warrior, like a wooden box, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, pursed his mouth, and asked: "Wu Gongzi, I heard that you wrote the "Golden Bottle Plum" that has been circulated all over the country?" ”

Wu Xiang didn't feel ashamed at all, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Oh, my eldest brother, alas, you really wronged me!" What kind of person is this who is spreading falsehood, and it has to rely on my Wu Xiang's head. As he spoke, he shook his head and pretended to be resentful.

"It's very well written, I read it." Shen Qi said quietly.

Wu Xiang hurriedly explained: "I, Wu, am a native of Huizhou Mansion, I grew up in Jinling since I was a child, and the signature of the book was written by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, Lanling is on the bank of the Yishui River in Shandong, I haven't even been to that place, I am really wronged!" However, brother, "Journey to the West" is my brother-in-law, I am in the hut of Qixia Mountain, idle and playing. As he spoke, he smiled smugly.

Shen Qi didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he smiled, didn't pay any attention to Wu Xiang, and said to Tang Jing, who was still sobbing in a low voice: "Tang Daguan, you think about it, and when you think about it, let's discuss it again." ”

Wu Xiang did not give up, and continued to chase Shen Qi to explain: "My brother doesn't know, the reason why the book "Journey to the West" is entrusted with the name of Wu Chengen, is actually the kindness of Xiaosheng Shen Lao, and I am grateful to Lord Taishan for ignoring the past suspicions, and he is as heavy as a mountain to me, so the word 'Chengen' is taken, although it is a legend of Zhiwei, but it expresses my admiration for the Buddha. ”

Shen Qi thought to himself, you kid is really dead! Back then, when you were caught and brought to the Shangyuan County Ya, you have to admit that this book was written by you, if it weren't for Lord Hai Rui who didn't want to be in prison and forgave you, I'm afraid you would have been beheaded! Now there are still many people who say that this "Journey to the West" is an anti-book, although our Shen family no longer makes friends with the government, but we don't want to be enemies of the government, and I am afraid that in the future, I will never meet a blue sky lord like Lord Hai......

After talking idle for a long time, and before mentioning the marriage with Miss Shen Yueying, Wu Xiang was secretly anxious and touched Tang Jing with his elbow.

Tang Jing picked up the pile of tiger skins and leopard skins, and immediately stuffed them into Shen Qi's arms, and hurriedly gave Shen Qi a hand, and said: "Please listen carefully to Shen Daguan, now, our situation is very clear to the big officials, this Jinyi Wei General Banner Zhu Hui is my own son, Zhu Hui is Wu Gongzi's brother-in-law, Wu Gongzi is my nephew, in this world, Wu Gongzi is now our relatives, as Wu Gongzi's elders, I beg Shen Daguan to beg Shen Daguan to be shabby, accept this dowry, Please arrange a happy event for Wu Gongzi and Miss Yueying. ”

As soon as Tang Jing said this, Shen Qi didn't accept it, nor did he accept it, and he was stunned for a moment.

Wu Xiang scolded in his heart, Tang Jing, you are shameless, you will take advantage of me when you get the opportunity, when will you become my elder?

Zhu Hui also worried about this eldest brother, came over to give Shen Qi a deep salute, and said: "Shen Daguan, I know, we are all the same, there is no way out except for business, my brother has already changed his mind, in the future, we will all follow the Elder Moon Sky and travel all over the world. ”

Mrs. He wiped away her tears and said, "The woman is not ...... in the middle."

Of course, Shen Qi knew that his sister had not changed her mind about this Wu Xiang, and before Mrs. He finished speaking, she immediately got off the donkey, smiled and put away the tiger skins and leopard skins, and replied: "Then choose a good day and an auspicious day, hurry up." ”

Wu Xiang took the opportunity to hurriedly give Shen Qi a salute, and said solemnly: "Please let the eldest brother be worshiped by his sister-in-law, the eldest brother is the father, in the future, I Wu Xiang will obey the orders of the eldest brother, and please ask the eldest brother to teach his sister-in-law more in the future." As he spoke, he lay on the ground and kowtowed to Shen Qi three times.

Shen Qi hurriedly helped Wu Xiang up and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Wu Xiang didn't have any plans, he originally planned to contact Wu Xuezheng through Tang Jing, and after getting Wu Xuezheng's money, he married Miss Shen and would stay in the Shen Mansion in the future.

Hearing Shen Qi's question, Wu Xiang immediately remembered what Zhu Hui had just said, and replied casually: "I will follow the Elder of the Moon Sky and travel all over the world. ”

Shen Qi patted Wu Xiang's shoulder and praised: "Good brother-in-law! If it weren't for the great cause of the Jinling City family, I would also like to follow the Elder Moon Sky to travel all over the world, and the sea is wide and the sky is high for birds to fly. Now the Elder of the Moon Sky and the female dependents of the Thousand Buddha Nunnery in Qixia Mountain are all trapped in Japan, and their situation is very difficult now, you can find a way to bring them all back, I have a good place to go......"

Everyone knew that Elder Yuekong and the others were trapped in Japan, where Lin Wenjing, Guo Guoqiang, Chen Shen, and even King Xianru of Shishan Honganji Temple would not sit idly by and ignore them, hearing Shen Qi say that their situation was very difficult, Zhu Hui was stunned for a moment, and asked, "May I ask Shen Daguan, do you have any news of them?" ”

Shen Qi nodded and replied: "Well, when Chen Yuanhua was arrested at that time, he was with the Matsuura Nobumori of the Hirado Domain of Japan, Chen Yuanhua was escorted to Jingshi West City to ask for beheading, Matsuura Nobumori was beheaded outside Nanjing, a few days ago, Matsuura Nobuchang came to Nanjing to pay tribute to his younger brother, and he came to me, I listened to him. ”

"May I ask Shen Daguan, where is the good place you said?" Tang Jing asked.

"Yuegang, Zhangzhou, Fujian."

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