Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 87 2.64 Who dares to ask for such a "relative"?
Volume Two

2.64 Who dares to ask for such a "relative"?
Slowly flipping through the two-page "last letter", which took half a cup of tea, Wang Shuying read it several times. Until tears slid down her cheeks and fell on the letter paper, wetting it and forming water spots. Weakly, he let the two letters slip to the ground and sat numbly on the edge of the bed, completely losing his usual energy.

"Shuying, actually Mr. Xue is doing this too." Zhou Yang couldn't bear to persuade him. The reason why he showed this letter to the beautiful woman in front of him was because he felt that it was not good to hide this kind of thing. After all, the fundamental reason why she committed herself was Just out of worry about this, which was just worry in the first place, neither of them expected that Xue Tu would be so straightforward.

"For the Xue family." Wang Shuying said angrily, "Just as he chose to marry me in the first place, it was to marry with the Wang family, and to be close to the Rongguo Mansion through my connection with my sister. Now, in order to prevent the Wang family from intervening, naturally You can also get rid of me, a superfluous person."

"You have also seen the content here. In fact, Mr. Xue didn't really want to do anything, but the Wang family went too far." Zhou Yang had no choice but to continue speaking, acting as a "soul mentor", "He was tricked by Wang Zisheng again." He lost his life because of his calculations, and it is not unacceptable to be prepared for the Wang family, but there are just some things."

"He only remembered to save the Xue family, but he didn't consider that to the Wang family, am I just 'water thrown away by the married daughter'?" She breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Shuying obviously recovered a lot, "I'm at home. The one we have the best relationship with has always been the eldest brother. Ever since his mysterious death, is it possible that I still can’t see the qualities of the second and third brothers?”

"I've been hearing you mention that the boss of the Wang family died for no apparent reason. What's going on?" Zhou Yang could only change the subject, "I only heard that the girl from the Wang family who was betrothed by Lian's second brother was the daughter of Wang Ziteng's late brother. , I really don’t know the situation of this prince’s eldest son.”

"Speaking of which, my eldest brother is the heir to the head of the family." Wang Shuying said with a sigh, "When I was young, my eldest brother and I were the closest, and my sister preferred the second brother. When my father begged the Jia family, he was actually sent to the army. The eldest brother, he is also very ambitious. Following the eldest brother Jing of Ningguo Mansion, he quickly rose to the position of Qianhu.

Originally, we all thought that he could finally lead the Wang family out of the original predicament, because as long as he could take a step forward and casually release a general position, he could completely open up the situation for the Wang family. At that time, the Jia family was also very optimistic about him. He was arranged to follow the Pingbei Army of the Beijing Palace to attack the Tatars. "

"Then the battle was defeated?" Zhou Yang frowned, not seeing any problem in this. Whether it was the Jia Mansion or the Beijing Prince's Mansion, arranging for a thousand households to be promoted based on merit, logically speaking, it is not a big deal. .

"I still remember this great victory," Wang Shuying said quietly. "I was very lucky during the sweep of the North. I happened to encounter a nomadic migration of a tribe with the so-called 'Golden Family' bloodline of the Tatars, and I was beheaded. They captured a huge amount of [-] yuan, killed more than ten Tatar generals above the rank of captain, and even captured alive a Tatar prince and his family.

However, this battle was good for everyone, except that the Wang family suffered heavy losses, because the eldest brother was killed in the battle. However, according to the information given by the Beijing Palace, he did not actually participate in the battle at all, and only followed the army in the final attack. The war was over before the troops even encountered the Tatars. However, he was hit by two powerful arrows in the chest and died on the spot! "

"This—" Zhou Yang knew that something was wrong even though he had never been on an ancient battlefield. It was as nonsense as the "suicide with eight bullets in the back" of the US Emperor in reality, "Maybe it was Liu Ya."

"There are nearly 700 people in a Thousand Household, but only one of the soldiers around him, Bai Hu, has suffered casualties. Others said there was no fighting." Wang Shuying was already in tears. "But he, a Thousand Household, got separated from his subordinates with his soldiers. , only three of nearly a hundred soldiers were killed, and only two of the closest soldiers, Xiaoqi, were missing."

"After that, Wang Ziteng took over the position of head of the family, and then followed your eldest brother's route again, so that he is still only a thousand households?" Zhou Yang would have doubted this kind of thing, "According to the 'ultimate result' "Profit is the biggest suspect'" reasoning convention, "Second Brother"

"After that, the second brother and the third brother competed for position, even ignoring that their father fell ill because of the death of the eldest brother." Wang Shuying said with a sarcastic expression, "It was just because the third brother was too far behind. In the end, after his father passed away, the clan elders unanimously agreed that the two My elder brother succeeded to the throne, and my third elder brother left the capital in anger and returned to Jinling, and the two of them have not seen each other since."

"It seems that all four of you families know about this?" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood Xue Tu's worries, "If this happens, even I won't be able to trust your two brothers."

"What about me?" Wang Shuying couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself on the bed and cried. "I gave birth to a pair of children for his Xue family. I was usually the director and housekeeper and never asked about his socializing outside. Before the assassination, the whole Who in Jinling doesn't say that I am a good wife? Even if he never comes back to me after I have Baochai, I have never thought of anything else. Not to mention anything else, just in this Jinling city, in the courtyards of everyone, who is not How dirty and smelly are they? How many slaves does the wife of the house have? Of his more than ten aunts, I have never scolded any of them for no reason, and I have never shortchanged anyone’s food and clothing expenses. I have to take care of myself at dawn and dusk, and I will do whatever I can to avoid it."

"This -" Zhou Yang was a little embarrassed. In fact, he didn't understand this kind of family feud at all. Among other things, the "more than a dozen" aunts were all naked. There were only two younger generations in the Xue family, Xue Pan and Xue Baochai, and they were all direct children. , it would be strange if there was no problem, "Xue Gong is the head of the Xue family after all, when he thinks about it."

"It wasn't until he went behind my back and made arrangements with Zhang Dehui for days that I became worried and took the girl to the garden to find you. It turned out that I was frightened by my own speculation, so I gave up my face and just asked for it just in case. ." Wang Shuying cried and said, "But what happens next? The more I know, the more I confirm my original guess. That's why I sent myself to serve you regardless of my face. I didn't expect it to happen today."

"Okay, okay!" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly, helped her up, hugged her, and comforted her softly, "It's all over. Look, I'll show you this letter directly. Even Zhang Dehui knows that this matter can't be done, no. Is it because you are a qualified matron? Thank you for telling me these bad things about the Wang family. I will have to be more careful in the future."

No wonder in the original book, even if the Xue family was in decline and Mrs. Xue took the whole family to Beijing, she directly took refuge in Jia's mansion, but she had no substantive contacts with her natal family and her second brother, and even made the third brother, Prince Sheng, disappear. How dare you ask for the opportunity to show your face to such a "relative"!

"Zi Yang, the only one I can rely on now is you." Wang Shuying raised her head resentfully, looked at Zhou Yang and said, "Now that Bao Ya has a lot of filial piety, naturally she can't marry into the Zhou family. If you can't help it, , just come to me, a poor person, and you must not let Bao Yatou lose face."

"Who do you think I am?" Zhou Yang gave her a slap in the face silently, but found that because he didn't use much force, he only hit the beautiful woman in his arms until she had a look of wetness on her face, and she wished she could turn it on him. , I can only quickly open my mouth to make amends, "Okay, I will naturally not let down my sister Bao in the future, and I will not forget you as a good sister, okay?"

"What sister and sister!" Wang Shuying was so ashamed by his inconsequential address that she lost all the pink breath just now, and even raised her fists to start "justifiable defense", "I don't expect you to treat me well, as long as you can take good care of Bao Girl, don’t forget Pan’er, even if I don’t care about any face, I am willing to let you do it!”

"Well, Xue Pan?" Zhou Yang's heart moved, thinking of this "education" method of doting on his son, and then considering Mrs. Wang who also "taken care of" Jia Baoyu without any bottom line, and the "heir of the Wang family" who had no control at all. (Wang Ren) "Cultivation "methods", it seems that these are "from the same origin", "Don't worry, I will not forget it.

Although Brother Wenlong's character is too straightforward, if we only arrange some titles or status, that is not a problem. There is also good news to tell you. Next year will be the Seventy Thousand Years of the Supreme Emperor. As a rule, it will be added Enke, I shouldn't have to wait until the year after next to get married. I should be able to be promoted to an official by the end of next year. "

"Seriously?" Wang Shuying's eyes brightened, and she swept away her depressed aura. "I remember Mr. Chen mentioned that he was willing to help. I just need you to speak again."

"It's no problem for one of my men to try out the title of Hundred Households and hold the post of General Flag." Zhou Yang said with a smile, not to mention this era, even in modern society, the problem of "empty pay" is also frequently prohibited, " As long as I can still go up, I will take him with me. Although I have no real power, as long as I have status, I will wait for Brother Wenlong to get married and start a business."

"The third generation of the Xue family can be said to be the descendants of officials, completely separated from their current identity as merchants." Wang Shuying understood immediately, "Ziyang, thank you for taking care of the Xue family. In the future..."

"Don't think so far." Zhou Yang interrupted her with a smile, "I'm not helping in vain, I'm just talking about what I'm talking about now-hey, that's not what I'm talking about, sister Bao is still behind, don't let her see Come on, why don't you come over tonight"

(End of this chapter)