Chapter 26: The Hostage and the Godson

"I see." It's already March, and in addition to filial piety, Ming Peitang officially changed into colored utensils, and began to wear colored clothes from top to bottom.

Although it is said that the cool wind in the west is still steep at the moment, but I am used to seeing Jian Su in the past two years, and after such a change, there is a feeling that it is already full of purple and red.

However, after Shen Zangfeng changed out of his filial piety clothes, he was now only wearing an undecorated and embroidered stone blue brocade robe, and his outfit was simple.

He frowned slightly, looked at the letter in his hand, and said, "Wen Yanzi's side took Wei Xinyong as a hostage, and Xu Zongwen secretly sent all his parents and children to the imperial capital, and the others also paid blood relatives as hostages...... It's strange that Huo Zhaoyu dares to bet that they will keep their promise! ”

There were three seats lined up not far away, and Shen Yushi, who was at the head, responded: "Those who have achieved great things are not informal, except for Wen Yanzi's side, there may not be no other people who do not miss their flesh and blood." Huo Zhaoyu has always had a reputation for stability, how could he take such a risk? What's more, even if all these people keep their promises, even if the land of Gyeonggi is still surrounded by enemies, does Huo Zhaoyu still want to succeed? If he is a subordinate, the Su family will treat him well. ”

"Light?" After Shen Jishi said his opinion, it should have been Shen Yongkun who expressed his opinion with Shangguan Shiyi - because something "happened" in the Mengshan Jade Mine, Shen Zangji left yesterday, accompanied by his wife, and he was not here at the moment - but neither of them thought of or thought of what to say for the time being, so Shen Zangfeng looked at his eldest son.

Eight-year-old Shen Shuguang is much taller than last year, and his outfit is much more solemn than Shen Zangfeng.

Wearing a bean-green brocade robe made by his mother Wei Changying, the placket, cuffs, and corners of the robe are embroidered with beautiful patterns, and the belt that matches this dress is also extremely skillful. There is a red gold engraved pearl ring on the chest, falling beautiful jade, wearing jade, and the whole body is extravagant.

The exquisite dress and dress set off him with a little bit of the momentum of the eldest son, but the sweet children's voice at this age inevitably gives people a sense of childishness.

So he often used to add "majesty" to himself with a wooden face and not squinting: "Back to his father's words, the child thought that since it was not one party that handed over the hostages to Huo Zhaoyu, there were several parties, and their territories were adjacent to each other. So if only one or two parties don't care about their hostages, Huo Zhaoyu's side can use this to instigate and contain them. ”

These words were tantamount to refuting Shen Yongshi's words, but instead of being unhappy, Shen Yongshi smiled and said, "Guang'er is good, I can see it so quickly." ”

Shen Shuguang said with a small face: "Uncle Xie, nephew, praise." "But in my heart, I secretly slandered: Second uncle, you colluded with your father to deliberately misinterpret these letters and documents to test me, not once or twice, and now after my father finishes the letter, as long as you immediately say your opinion. I just have to think the opposite of what you say, eight times out of ten. Nine can't be wrong!

Shen Yongshi didn't know that he guessed that he would deliberately say that he would test him wrongly, so he easily judged whether it was right or wrong, and was very satisfied with his nephew's performance.

But at the moment, the business is important, and he and his younger brother habitually test a nephew, and then start to officially talk about the right thing: "The most important of these hostages is Wei Xinyong, as Guang'er said, although these parties have joined forces against the Su family this time, they actually have their own ghosts. It's hard to say that you can't do anything about tearing up the agreement despite the hostages. Among all the hostages, only Wen Yanzi only sent Wei Xinyong as a hostage, and one was not his parents and the other was not his blood relative. But he is Huo Zhaoyu's most trusted hostage, with him in his hands, even if others want to abandon the hostage, Wen Yanzi will desperately block it. I'm afraid it's also because of him that the combination of inside and outside that led to the defeat of the Su family this time was able to succeed. ”

"Wen Yanzi started from the end of the slightest, even if he didn't say that he relied on Wei Xinyong's behind-the-scenes guidance to get to where he is today, but if he left Wei Xinyong, he would definitely be hit hard." Shen Zangfeng said lightly, "It is said that he would rather hand over all his parents and wives than hand over Wei Xinyong as a hostage." So I'm afraid it was Wei Xinyong himself who proposed to be a hostage and persuaded him. ”

"The third brother is saying that Wei Xinyong went to the imperial capital as a hostage, and it was his move again?" Shen Yushi frowned and said.

To be honest, he didn't think much of Wei Xinyong the year before last, but since last year, he has become more and more annoyed with this Wei family's child. Mainly because of a few air fights, although the Shen family did not suffer any losses, they really did not take advantage. The point is that whether it is Wen Yanzi or Wei Xinyong's own power, it is not easy to compare with the Shen family.

In Shen Yongshi's eyes, this Wei Xinyong has changed from an ambitious and talented son of the Valve Reading to a wise and close demon existence.

In addition, Shen Zangfeng briefly mentioned a few words, this person is good at keeping a back hand, and he likes to keep a secret hand the most, so that Shen Yongcheng can hear Wei Xinyong's three words, no matter what he does, even if he drinks a cup of tea and plays a game of chess, he will think twice about whether there is any secret in it?

At this moment, he thought that Shangguan Eleven had spoken: "No matter what the purpose of Wei Xinyong is in the imperial capital, Huo Zhaoyu will definitely take precautions. Since everyone thinks that Huo Zhaoyu is stable, not to mention that he is doing this now, even if he relies on hostages to stop the enemies around him, the emptiness of Gyeonggi is not a long-term solution after all. And he used to work under the Su family, which was also quite courteous, so I think how Wei Xinyong persuaded him to deal with the Su family is debatable. ”

"Huo Zhaoyu's betrayal of the Su family has no obvious interest for him, but will fall into an even more dangerous situation." Shen Yongshi said, "So I think, could this be a personal vendetta?" ”

Shen Zangfeng bowed: "I think so too." "It's not a good thing, unless there is a grudge, otherwise Huo Zhaoyu doesn't need to offend the Su family to death - you must know that Su Xiuming and Su Xiuwei are not dead now, even if they are all dead, let's say that the Su family still has Su Ruoqian and Su Yuwu, even if the Su family's main sect is all dead, there are more people surnamed Su in Qingzhou.

Even if they secretly rejoiced that Huo Zhaoyu gave them a chance to take charge of the Su family, they would definitely not be soft when they avenged Su Xiuming and them.

Yunxia Huo is not the opponent of the Su family.

Huo Zhaoyu would actually give the Su family such a ruthless ...... Not to mention that Su Xiuming couldn't think of it, the Shen family, it is estimated that the rest of the Huo family couldn't think of it.

Therefore: "If it is a personal vendetta, it must be of the same kind, otherwise Huo Zhaoyu's personality will most likely endure or secretly retaliate." It will definitely not be so intense, and he will not be afraid to form a mortal enmity with the Su family. ”

"If you want to say that you don't share the sky, in addition to the hatred of taking your wife, that is, the hatred of killing your father." Shen Yongkun heard that he finally had the opportunity to interject now, and hurriedly said, "But Huo Zhaoyu's wife is the eldest princess of Anji, and this eldest princess was known for being pungent before her Royal Highness descended, and she was notoriously difficult to mess with!" And I heard that after she followed Huo Zhaoyu to the imperial capital, because the two had to live separately from filial piety, and the imperial capital did not have a neat mansion, she took her young son into the palace to live with Princess Qingxin, right? Could it be that the Qingzhou military rape. When the chaotic girl was in turmoil, she was able to wander into the palace? ”

"Ahem!" Shen Yongshi didn't stop him, and told him to finish everything he wanted to say - after coughing at this moment, he glared at Shen Yongkun and looked at Shen Shuguang, who looked a little dazed.

Only then did Shen Yongkun react, what he said about the "hatred of taking his wife" and "rape. Troubled Girl", it is not suitable to talk about it in front of the little nephew. I can't help but be embarrassed.

However, as Shen Shuguang's father, Shen Zangfeng looked calm, he felt that since he took his son to listen to the proceedings, this kind of thing that Shen Shuguang would definitely know in the future, it didn't hurt to know a little bit about it, as long as he didn't focus on similar places.

Therefore, Shen Zangfeng ignored his younger brother's embarrassment, and said lightly: "Although there are Qingzhou Army guards in the palace, Su Xiuming was still very polite to Huo Zhaoyu until the assassination, and the Qingzhou Army is expected to be rude to Princess Anji. And the eldest princess Anji is very shrewd, so she may not suffer such a big loss. Of course, there are no absolutes in the world, and this kind of speculation will be put aside. ”

He added, "If it's the revenge of killing my father, it's easy to explain." The Huo family and the Su family had no grudges before, and if they wanted to end this kind of big feud, it would only be in the trap of the East Gate back then. When it was in danger, maybe the Su family took the Huo family as a shield or something like that......"

"I think it's more likely to kill my father." Shen Yushi pondered for a moment and said.

"I think so." Shen Yongkun continued.

Shangguan Shiyi nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Shen Zangfeng asked his son again: "Guang'er?" ”

Shen Shuguang said: "The same is true for children. ”

"Why?" Shen Zangfeng asked.

"In the conversation between the father and the uncles, the child heard a meaning, that is, what Huo Zhaoyu did to the Su family this time, although the Su family's years of hard work were ruined, but it failed to destroy the foundation of the Su family. In the future, the Su family will have the possibility of making a comeback and taking revenge on this revenge. Shen Shuguang thought for a moment and said slowly, "And the second uncle and father both agree that Huo Zhaoyu has a calm temperament and is not an impulsive person." Then what can make him go out and ignore the future of the family should be the enmity of his relatives, not the humiliation of his wife. After all, humiliation is nothing compared to bereavement. ”

Is humiliation nothing compared to bereavement?

The hatred of killing the father and the hatred of taking the wife have always been parallel enemies!

Not to mention if a wife is insulted...... This kind of thing is something that men can't endure, right?

The elder was stunned for a moment...... In the end, Shen Zangfeng reacted quickly, praised his son quietly, and sent him to the small study next door to do his homework. Then he explained to Shen Jishi and others: "He didn't think he understood the meaning of what the sixth brother said, but I said that the Qingzhou Army should not be rude to Princess Anji, so he thought he had an explanation." The so-called hatred of taking a wife is just like being neglected by a subordinate...... Compared with the hatred of killing his father that he could understand, he naturally felt that the former didn't matter. ”

"......" Shen Jishi and the others were speechless.

Shen Jishi, as an uncle who treats his nephew as his life, was speechless, and his heart of protecting his shortness flared up again: "Then how does he know that the humiliation is being neglected by his subordinates?" Didn't someone snub him? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The second brother thinks too much, do you think that Guang'er has grown up in front of our eyes for the past two years, will he still be treated badly? Shen Zangfeng glanced at him a little speechlessly, "Let's continue to get down to businessβ€”no matter what personal vendetta Huo Zhaoyu is for, he cheated the Su family like this." But even if he holds a hostage now, it is extremely bad, but Wei Xinyong is also in the imperial capital, this person has always been deep in the city, I am more concerned about what he will do? ”