Wuji County, Zhongshan, in Zhenfu.

The atmosphere in the inner hall was gloomy, and the main mother, Zhang, knelt on the main seat, and the back that had not been bent for several years looked particularly rickety, and the face that had remained strong for many years looked extremely old today.

The eldest son Zhen Yan and the second son Zhen Yao are also sitting in the lower position at the moment, both of them have lost the spirit of the past, and their bodies are much more depressed, quietly looking at each other, and their hearts can't help but feel a little sour.

For the sake of survival and the prosperity of the Zhen Mansion in the future, this time, the Zhen family can be said to be desperate, putting all the treasures and all the chips on the Yuan family, not asking for anything else, only asking Yuan Shang to take this opportunity to capture Zhang Yan alive, break the misfortune, and return Zhongshan Wuji County to a peaceful and peaceful place. It backfired.

Yuan Shang designed the military horse to ambush Zhang Yan that night, although he was busy all night, the entire Zhen family almost didn't sleep all night.

Almost every hour, the Zhen family will send a few people out of the county office, outside the city, Changting and other places to inquire about the real situation, in order to get accurate news as soon as possible.

The Zhen family doesn't ask for anything else, only Yuan Shangsheng to capture or kill Zhang Yan, both, life or death, cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that news from the front line came back to Wuji from Dongxian.

Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses defeated the Montenegrin army in Dongxian, but Yuan Shang himself was seriously wounded, and the thief Zhang Yan fled on horseback.

This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, hitting everyone in the Zhen family in the chest fiercely, making them embarrassed and almost unable to breathe.

Unexpectedly let Zhang Yan "run away!?"

Such a result may not be of much importance to the Yuan family, but it has plunged the Zhen family into a place of no return.

The hall was silent for a long time, Zhang's slightly gray eyebrows moved slightly, she sighed, and said with a gloomy expression: "My Zhen family fully supports Yuan Sangongzi to promote this plan, just to stabilize Zhongshan, get rid of the Yan thief, but the henchman, I don't want to backfire, or let the Yan thief escape, this thief is fierce and vicious, and he is decisive in killing people, and he has more than 100,000 hardcover under his command..." ”

Listening to Zhang's words, the faces of the second son of the Zhen family were gloomy.

When he was young, he saw Zhen Yao shaking his head and smiling, and said: "The child spent money to find out the news, this time to encircle and suppress the Yan thief, in addition to the soldiers and horses of Wuji County under the command of the third prince, there are also Liyang Jiang Yiqu, Handcheng Zhao Ji, Lu Weihuang The three-way elite soldiers fought together, and there were wise and resourceful people who designed to ambush them, which should have been foolproof, but at the last moment, they killed a white horse and the remnants of the righteous servants against the official army, and they were stunned..." ”

Zhen Yan's face turned pale, and he said bitterly: "Now that Zhang Yan is leaving, he will have to take revenge in the future, the Yuan family has elite soldiers in his hands, and he is not afraid, but even if our Zhen family has a huge fortune, it is just a businessman's household, how can it be juxtaposed with it?" I'm afraid that from now on, the whole house will not have a day of peace, and at some point it will be taken by the swallow thief, and the household will be wiped out."

Zhang laughed self-deprecatingly, burst into tears, and said: "Thousands of calculations, but it is a white horse righteous servant, so that there is a fate today for the mother to be old, and it is not a pity to be killed by the swallow thief, but, it's just that the two of you and a group of sisters are still young, if so, they will be cut off from the door, cut off their children and grandchildren, and what face will you have to see your father who died early, ... What a wickedness, what a wickedness! ”

At this point, I saw Zhang's old tears in tears.

The soft voice of "Mother Brother" slowly came in from the hall, but it was Zhen Yu who walked to the entrance of the hall at some point and saw the scene in front of him. …,

"Daughter, you", how did you get here? Seeing Zhen Mi suddenly appear, Zhang hurriedly wiped her tears and raised her hand to signal her to come over.

Zhen Yulian moved lightly, came to Zhang's side and knelt down, tremblingly touched the white hair that suddenly appeared on her mother's temples overnight, her heart tightened, and said, "Mother, it's just to let Zhang Yan escape, and it's not a big deal, why are you bothering?" What should I do if I am worried? ”

Zhang's doting gaze did not leave his beloved daughter for a moment, and said kindly: "Girl, although you are smart, you are not deeply involved in the world, I don't know the ruthlessness of Zhang Yan's methods, let him go today, there will be endless troubles, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Zhen Fu to have a peaceful day in this life" Let's go, now it's too late for anything, you need to make arrangements early, Yu'er, you go to pack your bags immediately, set off with your second brother and sister on a certain day, and go to Guanzhong Mianchi to take refuge, for your mother three years ago in the name of the Zhang family bought a piece of land there, enough for you to use in this life, After you arrive in Guanzhong, remember that the world is difficult, and you must not expose your identity at will in the future, you must be careful, do not seek to be surrendered, only seek prosperity and peace......"

didn't wait for Zhang's to finish, he saw Zhen Yu shaking his head vigorously, and said, "Mother, if my daughter doesn't leave, my brother won't leave, and my sisters don't have to go." ”

Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "Girl! What are you talking about? Hugh be willful! Don't leave at this time, and Zhang Yan will find an opportunity to come to the door in the future, but he can't leave if he wants to! ”

Zhen Yu pursed his thin lips, suddenly revealed a miserable smile, and said, "Mother, how old is my daughter this year?" ”

Zhang didn't think that Zhen Yu would jump, so he actually came to this place, and couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "Seventeen,···,"

"Seventeen?" Zhen Zhong looked at the snow scene outside the hall dimly, and said to himself: "Every day I play in the ice and swim in the lake, and unconsciously, I have come to this time.

Zhang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "Daughter, what do you want?" ”

Zhen Yu turned his head quietly and said: "Mother, my daughter has lost her father since she was a child, and she has the grace of you and her two brothers to live in the world for 17 years, and she has been thinking about revenge. ”

Zhang's long-term business experience and flexible head have a little bit of a daughter today, and he immediately knew the meaning, and said: "What do you mean" to be related to the Yuan family? ”

"Yes, if you can get the blessing of the Yuan family and move the Zhen Mansion to Yicheng, even if there are really 100,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 warriors under the command of the Yan Thief, there is no way to kill the Zhen Mansion."

After listening to Zhen Yao's words, he saw Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao glance at each other, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

"Flyable"

Zhang's tone was hesitant, and he looked at his beloved girl in a daze for a long time before he said: "But, that third son of Yuan, do you like him in your heart?" ”

Listening to Zhang's words, Zhen Yu couldn't help lowering his eyelids, and through a warm stream of melting in his heart, tears slowly slipped down his eyes silently.

"Mother, my daughter will only meet him once, how can I talk about the word "liking"? It's just that now, apart from this method, is there any other way for our Zhen Mansion to go? ”

Zhang shivered, carefully wiped the tears from her face, and said: "Girl, you are also stupid, if you don't want to marry against your will, the mother will not force you, besides, my Zhen family is just a businessman, and it is not easy to climb the Yuan Gate, so why should you take it lightly?" ”

Zhen Yan's face was gloomy when he heard this, and he nodded: "Yes, and that Yuan Shang is not a good stubble, he is not a person who covets beauty, and he doesn't eat oil and salt, just like he didn't help but throw it into the ice hole for his sister last time"...,

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhang glaring at him viciously, and then swallowed his words.

Zhen Yu held Zhang's hand, shook his head gently, and said, "Mother, although my brother can rest assured, although my sister is shallow, she will definitely find a way to make Yuan Gongzi fall in love with me." ”

Wuji County Ya, backyard.

Yuan Shang's face, body, and feet were wrapped in white cloth, holding a cane in his hand, sitting on a stone bench, and Feng Jizheng was playing chess that had just been made by a craftsman.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was also a chess game in the world, but it was completely different from the chess of later generations, it was a simple chess method that set up six books, with a grate as a chopstick, and ivory as a gong.

Yuan Shang and Feng Ji had played a few times, and they were a little bored, so he asked Feng Ji to make this improved version by his memory, so as to pass the time when he was bored.

"Smack!"

Yuan Shang lifted the horse heavily, steadily captured the old handsome of Fengji, and said with a smile: "General! You lose, pay for it. ”

Feng Ji's eyes widened for a moment, then he raised his sleeve and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said weakly: "The county lord's subordinates are merciful, the subordinates have just come into contact with this way, and the study is not deep, and I hope that the county lord will not be too coercive, aren't we just playing, why bother to admit it like that..."

"Jianlai, I just ate what my old pawn ate, but I was very happy, why did I become cowardly when it came time to pay for it? Hurry up and pay the money, let's set up another plate. ”

"My lord, my subordinates are shy today, and it's not easy to kill them again."

"Hu, didn't the Zhen family just send someone to send you two big cars a few days ago? It's just a few days of hard work that has cost you nothing? What about liars! Take the money and take the money! ”

"My lord, how did you know that the Zhen family and his subordinates gave gifts?"

"Joke! I am in charge of the Yuan family in Wuji County! What else is going on in my territory that I don't know? Quick, put the pieces on the table! How much did the Zhen family send you, quickly count it, let's just count it......"

The two were playing chess and gambling, but they saw someone coming over, respectfully saluted Yuan Shang, and said: "County Zun, there are people outside the county, claiming to be the fourth lady of Zhen Mansion, who is an old friend of the adult, I heard that the adult was injured in the thief, and the special family order came to visit the county honor, I don't know if the adult wants to see it?" ”

Yuan Shang was holding the chess pieces in his hand, and when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Which fourth lady?" Who is it? ”

Feng Ji coughed and said with a dry smile: "It's the one you threw in the ice hole last time." ”

"She?" Yuan Shang trembled when he heard this, and said, "Shouldn't she be here to settle the accounts of the Autumn Queen?" I didn't offend her again. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, sir? The Zhen family is now tied to the adult's boat, but it is under your command, and now you are injured on the expedition, the Zhen family comes to visit and condole, it is also human nature, how can the adult think about the bad? It is not known that she may have brought gifts with her when she came this time. ”

Yuan Shang was stunned slightly, then nodded and smiled: "I see, very good, very good, the Zhen family is worthy of being a Zhongshan giant, it really knows the rules very well, and it is worthy of praise and encouragement, one day I have to think about sending a pair of pennants to their family!" Please bring the gift in and talk to the county. ”

Feng Ji was sweating profusely, and the chess pieces in his hand almost burst out, and said: "My lord, it's not a gift, it's Miss Zhen, please Miss Zhen talk to you." ”

"Oh, yes, I asked Miss Zhen to bring a gift to talk to the county."

Fengji: ""! …… ）