Chapter 49: Fifty Taels

"No, I'm just a little peasant girl, how dare I look down on you? You're a prince! Xiao Qiongzhi didn't admit it.

Zheng Bang reminded her in due course: "The territory of the Southern Liang Kingdom only has five cities. ”

"Big hero, it seems that you know our Nanliang Kingdom very well. However, you must not know that we could have had twenty cities, but my father gave up fifteen cities in order to marry my mother, so that only five cities remained. Liang Kun seemed to have met an old acquaintance in his hometown, and all of a sudden, he became excited again.

According to this, Liang Kun's father should be a master who doesn't love the country and loves beauty, no wonder he gave birth to an unobtrusive son like Liang Kun.

It's kind of interesting.

Xiao Qiongzhi hurriedly asked curiously, "His Royal Highness Prince Kun, what is going on here?" Tell me about it! ”

Liang Kun was probably inspired by Xiao Qiongzhi's change from "little stump" to "Prince Zheng".

His eyes lit up and he said with great interest, "That's what happened. Originally, according to the rules, the territory of the princes and kings could only be passed on to the heirs. But when my grandfather Liang Wang was a child, my grandfather gave him a finger for marriage, and it happened to be a pair of twins, so I had two queen grandmothers, called Da Liang Hou and Xiao Liang Hou. ”

"What's even more coincidental is that after the two queen grandmothers married my grandfather, they happened to be pregnant at about the same time, and when they gave birth, they also happened to give birth to a son at the same time in the same month and on the same day."

"In order to make it easier for the two sons to call each other, my grandfather made the son born after the Great Liang greater than the Little Lianghou, that is, my father and the king, as the elder brother, and called the eldest prince; Let Xiao Liang's son - that is, my second uncle be my younger brother, called the little prince. ”

"He also announced in public that he would divide the territory of Liang into two, half for my father and half for my second uncle."

"Then your second uncle, is it the father of Master Qin Feng?" When Xiao Qiongzhi heard this, he was inspired and asked.

"Yes, little princess Zhi'er, you are so smart, you guessed it!" Liang Kun looked at her approvingly.

Xiao Qiongzhi is silent.

She is not really a child, such an obvious logical relationship, is it easy to reason.

"His Royal Highness Prince Kun, what happened later?" At this time, Liu Wuxiu suddenly interjected and asked.

Her eyes were bright, obviously moved by these royal secrets that Liang Kun said, full of surprises.

Liang Kun was very proud and continued to tell the story: "When my father turned ten years old, my grandfather celebrated the birthday of my father and my second uncle. My grandfather, Xuanyuan, and my mother were also present. ”

"When he found out that my father and my second uncle liked my mother very much, he teased them, saying that if anyone was willing to give up half of his territory to another, he would give my mother to whomever he wanted."

"Before my father could speak, my second uncle immediately said that he was willing. I also want my grandfather and all the people present to testify and ask my grandfather to fulfill his promise. My grandfather was embarrassed to admit that he was teasing him, so he had to promise to marry my mother to him in public. ”

"However, my second uncle is very close to my father, and every year when he sends festivals to my grandfather's family and congratulates my elders on their birthdays, he asks my father to accompany him, which is not good at all, he likes to bully my mother, and when he carries my grandfather and grandmother, he makes my mother sad."

"My father felt sorry for my mother, so he had to comfort her quietly from time to time. Finally, once, my grandfather and my second uncle saw it at the same time. They were very angry and misunderstood that my father was a disciple of Deng, and told my grandfather about it. ”

"My grandfather had no choice but to decide to cancel the marriage contract between my second uncle and my mother, and according to the agreement between my father and my second uncle, return the territory that my second uncle gave up, and in addition, let my father give up half of his territory to my second uncle."

"My second uncle has no opinion, but the queen mother's grandmother who gave birth to my second uncle is very bad, crying in front of my grandfather, saying that my father robbed her daughter-in-law and was bullying her and my second uncle, and I have to ask my grandfather to agree, so that my father will not only give up another half of the territory, but also give up the remaining half of the territory."

"In this way, our Southern Liang Kingdom only has the territory of five cities."

"Ahh According to this, His Royal Highness Prince Kun, your second uncle is really unkind. Liu Wuxiu listened carefully and was very embarrassed.

This made Zhou Yuandong, who had been silent, a big headache.

He was afraid that Liang Kun would talk endlessly again, so he couldn't finish talking to Liu Wuxiu about it, so he hurriedly reminded: "His Royal Highness Prince Kun, it's almost time now, we have to set off for the county seat as soon as possible, otherwise, we won't be able to go to the city at all time." ”

"Then you guys go first, I still want to say a few more words to the big hero and the little princess." Liang Kun waved at him and refused to leave.

But if it's really just a matter of "saying a few more words", the patriarch is embarrassed to leave first, after all, Liang Kun is a guest of his family, and before, he said that he would go together.

I'm afraid, I'm afraid, behind his "say a few more words", there are many "say a few more words".

The patriarch pondered for a moment, and quietly glanced at Zheng Bang and Xiao Qiongzhi.

The two of them understood immediately.

"His Royal Highness Prince Kun, when we meet in Pingshui, it is not appropriate to talk deeply, I have already said what you should say, there is nothing more to say, you better get on the road as soon as possible!" Zheng Bang directly rejected Liang Kun.

"His Royal Highness Prince Kun, don't say more. Now our Chu country is an eventful time, on the road, I heard that it is not very peaceful, there is only one guard by your side, it is easy to fall into outnumbered, it is better to go on the road with the patriarch as soon as possible, it is safer. Xiao Qiongzhi was tactful persuasion.

After hearing this, Liang Kun scratched his head, leaned in front of Xiao Qiongzhi, and whispered a little awkwardly: "I originally brought twenty guards out, but it was because I encountered robbers on the road that there was only one Qiu New Year's Day left. ”

"The big hero is good at kung fu, he treats you as his little princess, what you say, he will definitely listen, it's better for you to help me persuade the big hero and escort me to the county seat, I am willing to pay you ten taels of silver as a reward."

Hehe, no wonder since Zheng Bang appeared, he has been trying to curry favor with Zheng Bang, it turns out that the real purpose is this!

This kid seems to be a bit big, but it's actually a good person.

Xiao Qiongzhi was short of money, thought about it, walked to Zheng Bang, who had been standing in front of Qiu Yuandan and was wary of him, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, Liang Kun told me that he was willing to take out ten taels of silver and hire you to escort him to the county seat, what do you think about this?" ”

"I want to protect you, unless he is willing to take you and go to the county seat together, otherwise, let alone ten taels of silver, no matter how much silver, I won't go." Zheng Bang said without hesitation.

Xiao Qiongzhi immediately had a bottom in his heart.

She thought about it again, and whispered to Liang Kun: "One price, fifty taels of silver, if you think it's okay, my uncle will take me and escort you to the county seat, no, forget it." ”

"It's too expensive! Otherwise, I'll add you twice as much as ten taels, twenty taels, how about it? Liang Kun put on a flattering gesture and smiled.

He really has the potential to be a profiteer.

However, Xiao Qiongzhi didn't have the patience to bargain with him slowly.

She immediately put on a small face: "His Royal Highness Prince Kun, let me tell you the truth, you are too ostentatious and easy to get into trouble, my uncle said that no matter how much silver you give, he is not willing to escort you, or because I have never been to the county seat, I told him that I wanted to take this opportunity to go and see together, and he agreed." ”

"Since you think that your own life is not worth even fifty taels of silver, and you like to bargain for it, then choose another high-minded one."

After speaking, she directly turned around and pulled Zheng Bang and walked towards the courtyard.