Chapter 53: The Marriage Contract
Everything was ready, Zhao Junren and Jiang Yun borrowed two healthy horses from Lu Xun and ran to Yinan overnight. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info At the same time, Wu County's search for Jiang Yun also came to an end.
After the main force of the Japanese invaders abandoned Wu County, after changing routes, they broke through Donghai County in an instant, plundered, boarded a ship and went to sea in a grand manner, and left the realm of the Celestial Empire. When everyone's eyes were on Donghai County, a small group of Japanese robbers suddenly reappeared in Shanghai County, squeezing the ravaged people again, and left safely.
Xu Huanting, the "general of Wu Liu" who received the news, immediately ordered to stop the search for Jiang Yun and return to Jinling City as a whole. This person is no longer saved, General Xu Xiao will not waste time to do a meaningless thing, she walks quite simply.
It's just that Wu County has always had a trace of illusion, and after Xu Huanting left, Li Zhushu, who temporarily replaced the county, ordered the inspection of more than 1,000 Luo Jun to patrol and guard, and all of them were sent out after being dispersed. In desperation, Master Li had to give up the search.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the competition between King Wu and the princelings has also had results, including several county towns including Wu County, the county order appointed by the prince was sent back in the blink of an eye, and the entire Jiangnan was once again completely controlled by the Wu Wangfu of Jinling, but at the same time, Cao Rui, the county commander of Wu County, also escaped a catastrophe, and the imperial court did not hold him accountable, and ordered him to serve in the Hanlin Academy, which King Wu had no objection to.
When the Emperor of Wu sent a new county order to the imperial court, His Majesty the Emperor signaled the officials to make a decision, and the prince acquiesced to this, and the personnel appointment was smoothly issued. A tacit political deal was secretly completed perfectly.
As for Jiang Yun, the life and death of a small person did not set off a ripple in the court, and out of his contribution to guarding Wu County, the court posthumously awarded him a seventh-rank official position, and this turmoil was completely over.
On the surface, King Wu was the biggest winner, and it should have been a time for the spring breeze to regain control of the Jiangnan Domain, but after calming down, he couldn't help but have a headache and faintly regretted it.
The invasion of the Japanese invaders, such as the entry of locusts, the devastation, the reconstruction of several counties, the military funds of several prefectures, and the pensions of the dead soldiers were all a large amount of expenditure, and the king of Wu was already greatly injured economically. Such a huge price is only to remove a few nails, and the gains outweigh the losses. There was originally a more gentle way to deal with this matter, but who knew that in a hurry, such an ending occurred.
Tracing back to the source of the incident, it was the one named Jiang Yun who brought out the clue of the Dongchu people during the autopsy. Intellectually speaking, King Wu still admires Jiang Yun, whether it is the initial help to solve the case, or the subsequent adherence to Wu County, this person's ability is undoubted, he is a manufacturable material, but from the heart, the whole thing is also involved in him, how can King Wu not be angry with him?
This guy is a scourge! In one sentence, it led to the invasion of the Japanese invaders, led to the destruction of tens of millions of families and families, and caused him to be clumsy and tired of running for his life now, which is really damned!
This kind of thinking is unfair, but only by thinking like this can King Wu feel better in his heart.
Especially looking at Ji Luo in front of her, one of her favorite daughters, this hatred became more and more obvious!
Ji Luo has changed, the once optimistic and cheerful girl, his pistachios, after returning from Wu County, seem to have been drained of all his vitality. For more than a month, she didn't go out of the room once, just sat at the window with a blank face, quietly looking at the sky, not knowing what she was thinking.
At first, King Wu thought that she had hit her head, maybe she had fallen into some disease, and specially recruited several imperial doctors from the capital to diagnose and say that Ji Luo's body was fine, and he began to feel that something was wrong.
King Wu hurriedly sent people to Wu County to investigate, and the report that came back made him furious. Jiang Yun, this dog thing, didn't know when, hooked up with his baby daughter! Fortunately, he died simply, otherwise King Wu really had the heart to cut him with a thousand knives to calm this hatred.
For Ji Luo, he was reluctant to blame, and some were just reluctant and distressed. I had a few words of relief, but I didn't know how to speak. Although the daughter's behavior was strange, she couldn't find the slightest fault.
Ji Luo eats and drinks normally, and his work and rest are normal, but he doesn't go out of the door, and he doesn't step out of the second door, but so what? Everyone's ladies will not go out at will and show their heads. As for being indifferent to everything, this is a personal mentality, and no one can say anything.
King Wu was troubled, and at this moment the door was gently opened, and Xiaolu walked in slowly with dinner, put the plate on the table, and bowed to King Wu, and then said, "Miss, it's time to eat." ”
"Hmm." Ji Luo retracted his gaze, responded lightly, got up and picked up a small bowl and took two bites of rice at random, turned around again, and sat back by the window.
The fawn sighed slightly, and after tidying up the dishes and chopsticks, he took them out of the house.
Wu Wang's thick eyebrows tightened, looked at his daughter, and said softly: "Luo'er, it's not good to stay in the house all the time, let's go out for a walk with my father, let's go to the night market, okay?" ”
"Hmm." still responded lightly, but Ji Luo didn't move, and had no intention of getting up at all.
"Didn't you often say that you wanted to go to Qin Huai's painting boat?" King Wu sighed: "Father was not allowed in the past, but today Father will accompany you, okay?" ”
"Hmm."
"Child, if you want to be sad, you might as well cry, you are like this, Dad is really worried."
"Hmm."
"Luo'er!" King Wu blushed his old face, suddenly walked up to Ji Luo, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and roared angrily: "You listen to Dad! Jiang Yun is dead! It's dead! No one alive, no corpse dead, it's been a month, and it's impossible for him to come back. ”
A touch of pain flashed in his eyes that were as silent as stagnant water, but in an instant he returned to normal, and Ji Luo still responded lightly. "Hmm."
The room fell silent again, only King Wu's heavy panting was left, and after a long time, King Wu spoke again: "The five armies are all in charge of the Governor's Mansion, and the Duke of Wei Guogong personally came to the door today, and proposed to his father for the matter of inheriting the heir, and my father wants to ask you what you mean." ”
"Hmm."
"You promised?"
"Hmm."
"Luo'er." King Wu said in a deep voice: "Xi'er, Jin'er and your marriage, it's all up to you, Dad will refer to you, and will never make decisions for you, this is what your mother promised her before she died!" Dad admitted that the marriage with the Duke of Wei was very important to Daddy, and the same was true for the marriage with the Shen Mansion, the first family in Jiangnan. So Dad took the lead for Xi'er before, she fell in love with Shen Mo, and Dad was happy from the bottom of his heart, which is a beautiful thing that kills two birds with one stone. You and Xu Chengsi are the same, you think about this marriage carefully, once you agree, there is no possibility of repentance! ”
"Hmm."
"You've really decided?"
"Hmm."
"Good!" King Wu nodded and said: "In this case, my father will reply to Wei Guogong and set the marriage, and my father will first go to the court and inform your imperial grandfather, and a year later, my father will marry you in style." ”
"Hmm."
Looking at Ji Luo, who was pale and had no emotional fluctuations, King Wu could see that she was definitely not distracted by what she said. This thing is a bit unkind, full of the smell of taking advantage of people's danger. But this is not nonsense, at least not for King Wu, for his deceased wife, he finally has an explanation.
It is better to say that he is deceiving himself, as he himself said, the marriage with the Duke of Wei is indeed very important.
Now that the marriage has been decided, I hope that this joy can rush to King Wu's mansion, so that my daughter can come out as soon as possible and return to normal.
King Wu stood in the room for a while, and when he saw that Ji Luo never meant to speak, he shook his head helplessly, looked at her deeply, opened the door, and walked out slowly.
After King Wu left, the deer outside the house walked in and made the thin mattress on the bed. "Miss, rest early."
"Hmm."
After the fawn withdrew, the house returned to calm.
Ji Luo gently leaned on the back of the chair, cocked Erlang's legs, folded his hands on his legs, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, showing a palpitating smile, a drop of crystal slowly fell from his cheeks, and a whisper sounded in the room.
"Xianggong... In one year, I'm going to get married. You'll definitely be back, right? Let Daddy get busy, and when he prepares for the wedding, you will come back and marry me, okay? Giggle. ”