Chapter 166: Wu Shan's Reply (II)
I saw that after Wu Shan and the three of them came out, they immediately let the Jinyi guards in the hall disperse, and at the same time, the shopkeeper and the guys in the inn were all taken away by the Jinyi guards, and there were also people guarding the gate, and only Zhou Chong, Wu Shan, Wu Shi and Ma Liang were left in the entire inn hall.
After all the people in the hall withdrew, I saw that Wu Shan and the three of them suddenly knelt down to Zhou Zhong together and said: "My subordinates are participating in Gongzi, Your Majesty has an order, and we will obey Gongzi's dispatch from today onwards!" ”
"Ugh!" Zhou Zhong was also shocked when he saw that all three of Wu Shan knelt down, he never thought that these three majestic Jinyi guard officers in front of people would suddenly kneel to him, and also said what Emperor Zhengde's order, so that they would obey their own dispatch from now on, this news was simply too surprising.
"You...... Get up quickly, and have something to say! Zhou Chong was also a little at a loss at this time, and he really didn't know which one of the three of Wu Shan was reciting?
However, Wu Shan is also very shrewd, knowing that Zhou Zhong will definitely doubt the motives of the three of them, and at that moment he stretched out his hand and took out a letter from his arms and said: "Childe, please see, here is the secret decree written by His Majesty to the villain, which is clearly written and let us obey your dispatch in everything!" ”
Zhou Zhong was also surprised when he saw the letter in Wu Shan's hand, but he didn't expect that in addition to the marriage decree brought by Wang Lun, Ma Baihu and the others also had a secret decree. When Zhou Zhong reached out to take the secret decree of this epistle style and opened the letter inside, he couldn't help frowning, because the words on the letter were really not very good, and it could even be called ugly. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so ugly even written.
The content of the epistle is not very long. Zhou Zhong quickly finished reading it. In general, there are only two things said in the whole letter, the first thing is to praise Wu Shan, and promote Wu Shan from the position of a hundred households to a thousand households in Jinyi Wei, and at the same time lead the two teams of Ma Baihu and Wu Baihu. The second thing is the task of Wu Shan and others, and the letter did not say much about this matter, but just ordered them to obey Zhou Chong's arrangements in a very general way, and at the same time be responsible for protecting Zhou Chong's safety.
After reading the contents of the letter, Zhou Zhong was even more confused. He couldn't figure it out before, why would Emperor Zhengde suddenly give him a marriage? As a result, it is good now, in addition to giving marriage, he also sent a team of brocade guards to protect himself, this kind of treatment may not even be available to those scholars in the court, but Emperor Zhengde is so concerned about himself as a small smuggler, which is really unreasonable.
Wu ...... Wu Qianhu, do you know why His Majesty sent you to obey my dispatch? Although Zhou Chongzhi would not have an answer to the question he asked, he still had the idea of what to expect, maybe Wu Shan would know something that he didn't know.
However, Wu Shan obviously disappointed Zhou Chong, and when he saw that he didn't want to think about it, he replied with a wry smile: "Enlightened son." The villain didn't know why His Majesty Dao would give such an order, but as the Son of Heaven's own army. Our Jinyi Wei naturally has to obey His Majesty's orders, so it doesn't matter if Gongzi sends him in the future, we will definitely help Gongzi do our best to complete it! ”
Hearing Wu Shan's assurance, Zhou Chong's heart suddenly moved at this time, and put aside the reason why Emperor Zhengde sent Wu Shan and them to follow him for the time being, with these brocade guards, it is equivalent to having one more talisman for himself, and now he is worried about Xie Di serving as the governor of Zhejiang will be embarrassed by himself, and now with the talisman of Jinyi Wei, plus he was married by Emperor Zhengde before, presumably even if Xie Di is bold, I am afraid that he will not dare to provoke himself easily.
Thinking of this, Zhou Chong was finally a little happy, but then he was a little worried, as the so-called uselessness is not realized, Emperor Zhengde suddenly gave him a marriage and sent someone to protect him, and even Wang Lun was released and reinstated to his official position, which made Zhou Chong have a very uneasy feeling, as if he fell into a huge fishing net, but he didn't know how to get out.
But now is not the time to think about this matter, since Wu Shan and the others were ordered to follow him, and Zhou Zhong couldn't refuse, he had no choice but to nod and say: "Okay, since you are the emperor's order, it is impossible for me to disobey the order, you will follow me in the future!" ”
Seeing that Zhou Chong agreed to follow them, this made Wu Shan and the three of them very surprised, before coming, Emperor Zhengde had already told them that they must treat Zhou Chong with respect, and they must not do anything offensive, so if Zhou Chong really lost his temper and did not let them follow, then Wu Shan and the three of them may have to find another way to get close to Zhou Chong, but now that Zhou Chong agrees, this will save them a lot of trouble.
At this time, Zhou Zhong suddenly remembered one more thing, and asked Wu Shan at the moment: "Wu Baihu, the theft in my house before should have nothing to do with you, right?" ”
Hearing Zhou Zhong ask about this matter, Wu Shan's face was also a little sneering, but he still replied very honestly: "Childe doesn't have to be polite to me, although you just call me Wu Shan like before, as for the theft, it was actually Liu Jin who sent Jinyi Wei to look for Childe, but they found out that I was in the Zhou Mansion, so they asked me to do me a favor......
Wu Shan said, and told the reason why Liu Jin sent Jinyiwei to look for Zhou Chong, as well as the fact that Shi Guang and others went to Zhou's mansion to search for manuscripts, but he hid the fact that he took away the box containing the embroidered spring knife. Zhou Chong didn't expect that the theft in his home was a disaster caused by Journey to the West, if he was at home at the time, I am afraid that he would have to be tied up by Shi Guang's brocade clothes and go to the capital.
"Huh?" Zhou Zhong suddenly remembered one more thing, and glanced at Wu Shan with some suspicion at the moment, and finally asked, "Wu Shan, in addition to the manuscripts, there was also a box with a few things in it, have you seen that box?" ”
Hearing that Zhou Zhong hadn't forgotten the contents of the box, Wu Shan couldn't help but smile bitterly, but after thinking about it, he replied honestly: "Don't hide it from Zhou Gongzi, that box is indeed what I took it, as for the reason for taking the box, this villain really can't tell me!" ”
Zhou Chong was shocked when he heard this, the things in that box were related to the identity of his cheap dad Zhou Hai, and Zhou Hai was probably the Wang Hai on the waist card of the Jinyi Guard, so it seems that the reason why he received such a great favor from Emperor Zhengde was probably related to Zhou Hai's previous Jinyi Guard.
Although Zhou Zhong wanted to know the reason why Wu Shan took the box, but seeing the other party's resolute look, he definitely couldn't ask anything, so he was also very wise not to ask, but began to ask about the other party's plans, but Wu Shan and the three of them had already discussed before, as long as Zhou Chong went, they would follow him, that is to say, if Zhou Chong returned to Shuangyu Port in the future, these brocade guards would also go back together to be his attendants.
In fact, it is also a very majestic thing to think about having a group of Jinyi guards as followers, especially when Zhou Chong is still facing a real power figure like Xie Di, the role of these Jinyi guards is not only to protect, but can even become a bargaining chip in Zhou Chong's hands, not only do they not have to pay attention to the Xie family, but they can even counter the army and bite off a piece of meat from the Xie family.
The decree of marriage has been announced, and now not only Wang Lun is urging Zhou Chong to get married, but the officials in the entire Songjiang officialdom are also busy with Zhou Chong's wedding, and even in the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Chong and Wang Lun met with Xu Guan and these officials, and everyone communicated the specific steps of marriage. In fact, it is not so much communication, but Zhou Zhong listens to the other party's arrangement with his ears, and he has no say at all.
However, before the wedding, Zhou Zhong had to go back to Shuangyu Port again, and such a major event as marriage naturally could not be missing the relatives of both parties, but Aunt Wang and they were all in Shuangyu Port, so they had to be taken back, and there was one more important thing, that is, Zhou Zheng went to see Xie Lingyun, hoping to get her understanding.
When Zhou Chong returned to Shuangyu Port by boat, he wanted to go to Xie Lingyun to explain as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that Bang'er and they had already received the news of His Majesty's marriage, so they had been waiting for him at the port for a long time.
Aunt Wang and Bang'er stood on Wang Jinxuan's side from the beginning, although Bang'er had a good relationship with Xie Lingyun before, but because of this incident, she also had a little disgust for Xie Lingyun, but unfortunately because Zhou Chong felt that she couldn't live up to Xie Lingyun, so they couldn't help it, I thought that this time Wang Lun came back, the marriage contract between Zhou Chong and Wang Jinxuan would definitely be dissolved, but I didn't expect that the legendary son of heaven actually made a holy decree to give marriage, which immediately changed the situation, and they no longer had to worry about the marriage contract between Zhou Zhong and Wang Jinxuan.
It is precisely because of this that Aunt Wang and Bang'er were also very happy to see Zhou Chong this time, especially when they heard from Zhou Chong that Wang Jinxuan was willing to marry into the Zhou family regardless of their previous suspicions, which made the mother and daughter smile, after all, in their opinion, whether it is reasonable or good-looking, Wang Jinxuan is more suitable than Xie Lingyun to be Zhou Chong's wife.
In addition, when Aunt Wang and her sisters knew that the wedding was scheduled for the sixth day of the next month, although they felt a little hasty, it was also in line with their wishes, after all, the earlier they got married, they could make the raw rice into mature rice as soon as possible, so as not to have any accidents after a long time. Therefore, Aunt Wang and the others immediately began to pack their bags and prepare for Zhou's return to Songjiang for the wedding.
While Aunt Wang and the others were busy packing up their things, Zhou Chong finally had the opportunity to sneak out of the Chamber of Commerce, and then asked people to prepare a boat to go to Nangang, where the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce was located, to meet Xie Lingyun, but Zhou Chong also felt extremely weak at this time, and he didn't know what choice Xie Lingyun would make in this matter? (To be continued......)