Chapter 294: Strange
Shangguan Ru, who had just passed his seventeenth birthday, failed to become the young master of Jinpeng Castle, but wanted to marry a wife and become a chess piece in Shibao.
The grievances between Shangguan Ru and Meng Mingshi, the residents of Biyucheng basically saw it, and many people still remember the battle between Kunshe and Qiu Society back then, so they were very optimistic about this marriage, and there were many discussions about it.
"You say that there are two people like this, who is in the main and who is outside?"
"I also need to ask, who won the Kunqiu war back then, and who will be the master of the house in the future. ”
Everyone tacitly laughed, and there were even rumors that Meng Wugongzi was going to enter the Stone Castle, but this rumor was quickly denied, and the Meng family decided to vacate the entire Bodhi Garden and let the newlyweds live, in the future, this is their home, outsiders, even the people of the Meng family, can not go in casually to enjoy the four-color lotus.
Shangguan Ru showed his face in the Four Truths Garan a while ago, and many people suddenly realized at this time that the tenth prince had not been down the mountain for three years, and his first public appearance was to stay with the daughter-in-law of the Meng family, and it was obvious that the woman of the Meng family was taking the opportunity to observe the future daughter-in-law.
The marriage between Shibao and Meng must have been going on in secret for a long time.
The two families have always had the tradition of marrying each other, Dubu Wang's wife and several daughters-in-law are from the Meng family, and several of his sisters and daughters are also married to people from the Meng family.
Everyone is more concerned about the reaction of the two parties, and the so-called inside information will quickly spread throughout the north and south cities.
Shangguan Ru didn't seem to be alarmed there, there was almost no news from the stone castle, and the slaves who came down the mountain were also at a loss when they were asked, "It's good, Miss doesn't cry or make trouble, and she is preparing a dowry with her wife." ”
Many people have come to the conclusion that the former Shizi has really become Miss Ru, but this cannot be attributed to Mrs. Meng's strict discipline, but should praise the power of time, "Women, it's all like this, she was naughty when she was a child, and she was dignified when she grew up, and she was also a woman after all." Alas, it's a pity, such a delicate and beautiful woman is cheap Meng Wu. ”
Even by the standards of Nancheng, Meng Wu seemed too extravagant and not a good husband.
Meng Mingshi was either overly grieved by Shangguan Yushi's death, or he exhausted what little true affection he had in her, in short, he reappeared less than half a year after the death of Yu Gongzi, and he was even more reckless than before.
The Meng family shut down several of their own brothels for this reason, and sent Lao Cheng's servants to guard the fifth prince, but he still couldn't stop him, climbing over the wall, digging holes, and changing his appearance, Meng Wu's ingenuity was all used on how to get out of the mansion and run into the southern city to spend heaven and wine.
Contrary to Shangguan Fei, who was afraid of Nancheng to death, Meng Mingshi would rather rot in the mud of Nancheng than lie on the comfortable soft bed in Beicheng.
In the end, except for his grandmother, who felt most sorry for him, his parents had given up saving this unsuccessful son and let him do whatever he wanted, as long as he didn't die at the hands of prostitutes and swordsmen, and didn't disgrace the Meng family.
It is rumored that the old lady of the Meng family does not like Miss Ru in the stone castle very much, and the reason why she agreed to this marriage is because of Meng Yuzun's hard persuasion on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is to try to pull her grandson back to the right path for the last time.
Isn't the only person Meng Mingshi afraid of is the former Ten Sons? Then let that tomboy clean him up.
One can imagine how fierce Meng Mingshi's opposition was.
For a few days, the residents of Biyu City walked into the tea shop and the first thing they asked was, "What tricks did Meng Wu come up with again?"
Meng Mingshi tried to hang himself, throw himself into the river, and wipe his neck with a knife in front of his grandmother, but none of them worked, the rope of hanging was too thin, the ice in the river was too thick, and his drunken body was as weak as a child, and the knife was on his neck, and he couldn't move after a while.
Then he tried to escape again, except for the high mountains in the north, he ran in all directions, and the farthest one escaped more than thirty miles, exhausted and collapsed, lying on the side of the road unable to move, and was sent back to the north city by passers-by.
Pedestrians were rewarded with hundreds of taels of silver, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and when the news came out, countless idlers stared at the fifth prince for the Meng family every day, hoping to have the opportunity to "save" him once.
Meng Mingshi, who was exhausted from tossing, finally gave in, and it is said that after he gave up the struggle, he once said to his grandmother with great grief: "Grandma, you just wait to collect my body, she will kill me on the wedding night." ”
The grandparents hugged their heads and cried.
Hearing this news, Gu Shenwei was more surprised than others, because he had witnessed Meng Yuzun and Shangguan Fei fighting each other, and thought that the two families would have a rift because of this, but he didn't expect to get closer.
The military advisor Fang Wen didn't know the inside story, but he still saw through the true meaning of this marriage at a glance, "At this moment, the Meng family agrees to the marriage, which is willing to be tied up with Jinpeng Castle, and King Dubu has no worries about money from now on." ”
Fang Wen sighed, his tone was full of envy, through these days of contact, he had already discovered that the Dragon King was actually a poor man, "Dragon King, as a military advisor, I have to remind you, don't meddle in this matter." ”
"Why should I meddle in this?"
The Dragon King looked very annoyed, Fang Wen was a little confused, in his impression, the Dragon King had always been moody, so he said blankly: "Uh, I think the Dragon King is a little ...... likes to meddle in things, Jinpeng Fort needs Meng's family, and Daxue Mountain also needs it, we can't win Meng Yuzun's support, but at least don't offend him too much. ”
Gu Shenwei also discovered his gaffe, and said in a soothing voice: "I understand that there is no need to meddle in this matter, the Meng family and the Shangguan family will eventually come together." ”
Fang Wen nodded and didn't mention this matter again, in his opinion, negotiating peace was the most important thing at the moment, and the Dragon King was a smart person, and he would never stupidly make low-level mistakes.
Gu Shen thought so for himself, but at night he couldn't sleep, he always felt that there was something wrong with this marriage, he once wanted to tell Fang Wenis what happened in the Bodhi Garden Palace, and let the military advisor judge it, but in the end it was decided not to say it, the military advisor was busy negotiating peace, and he didn't have the energy to take care of other trivial matters.
Including Fang Wen, almost everyone felt that the marriage was a plan that Dubu King had already arranged, but Gu Shenwei vaguely saw Mrs. Meng's figure.
There must be something strange in it, Gu Shenwei felt more and more that he should know the inside story, and even thought of the best person to find out the news.
Shangguan Hong was insignificant in the stone castle, and he was neglected to such an extent that when the second young lord Shangguan Tian died in the Shule Kingdom, and he fled back to Biyu City, he was not even punished in any way.
As the illegitimate son of King Dubu, he has been living in the inner mansion and is under the surveillance of Lady Meng, who in turn can spy on Lady Meng.
Gu Shenwei decided to dig something out of his mouth.
After Xu Xiaoyi returned to Biyu City, he quickly established a secret intelligence collection team, and there were always people in Nancheng who were willing to take risks for the sake of money to do things for the enemies of Jinpeng Castle, although it was still far from covering the whole city, but it was useful.
Therefore, as early as a few days ago, Gu Shenwei already knew Shangguan Hong's whereabouts.
After years of testing, Shangguan Hong finally gained a little trust from Mrs. Meng, and ran errands and did some small things for him.
On this afternoon, Shangguan Hong came to Nancheng to collect a sum of silver, and by the way went to the house of a familiar prostitute, he knew what the teacher Zhang Ji would say, "I can't bear the pain of the moment, why build a century-old foundation?" But Shangguan Hong really endured enough, only needed an hour of relaxation, and he could go back to the stone castle for half a month longer.
In the Shule Kingdom, Shangguan Hong was once forced to reveal an important secret to Huan Nu, which made him very afraid of meeting the Dragon King again, but Mrs. Meng's confession could not be shirked, and he really missed that hypocritical bitch.
Therefore, when the prostitute left the room under the pretext of a small relief, but came back with a dragon king with a sword at his waist, Shangguan Hong was not completely surprised, although his face turned white, and the wine in his mouth became sour, but his voice was always calm, "Dragon...... Dragon King, let's have a drink together. ”
Gu Shenwei shook his head, "I don't drink." ”
"Yes, yes, I have an impression. Shangguan Hong hoped that he could fight against Huan Nu, but for some reason, his heart became more and more empty, and he didn't know where to put his hands, "Zhang Ji, Mr. Zhang also said that he wanted to see you." ”
"Tell Mr. Zhang that I am always waiting. ”
"Okay, I'll tell him, you ...... Sit down and grab a bite to eat. ”
Gu Shenwei sat down, but didn't move the things on the table, this is a dilapidated brothel, it can't be compared with Liuren Alley, the dishes are very ordinary, "I came to you to ask something." ”
"Dragon King, excuse me. Shangguan Hong's tone involuntarily became more and more humble.
"Shangguan Ru's marriage to Meng Mingshi was Mrs. Meng's idea, right?"
Shangguan Hong pretended to think about it, but under the pressure of the dragon king's cold gaze, he quickly gave up pretending and told what he knew.
"Yes, it was Mrs. Meng's idea. That day, the ninth young master returned to the castle and sued Meng Yuzun, saying that he almost died in his hands, and Meng Yuzun knew martial arts, and was also interested in the dragon king's martial arts secrets. The Dragon King knows all these things. Mrs. Meng was very angry and said that she wanted to settle accounts with Lao Meng, but somehow, the result of settling accounts turned out to be to marry Miss Ru to Meng Mingshi. ”
Shangguan Hong said "I don't know", but Gu Shenwei knew very well that he knew, so he didn't open his mouth and waited for him to continue.
"Later, I heard, I just heard that Meng Yuzun spent a lot of money to settle this matter, and reached an agreement with his wife to snatch the secret book from the Dragon King. And then...... Then it was the idea of the Nine Young Masters, he said, marry your sister, Dragon King, you will definitely intervene, and then design to capture ...... alive"
Shangguan Hong peeked at the Dragon King, not knowing if what he said was right.
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