Chapter 116 Reasons for Breaking Off the Engagement
Seeing that he was extremely frightened, Xiao Jinyi quickly hugged him in his arms and patted his back to comfort him.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Nothing will happen. Let's set off now. According to Da Gan's decree, nothing will happen to Brother Shen in the short term."
Shen Shixu slowly calmed down under his comfort, and when he regained his senses, he realized that something was wrong.
Shen Zexi had never had anything to do with that family since he broke off the engagement, so why was Shen Zexi the first person to suspect after the woman died this time?
Moreover, they had no contact with that family for a long time, so why would that family suddenly come to them?
Shen Shixu now has a lot of questions in his mind, and these questions can only be answered by meeting Shen's father and mother.
Before entering the palace, Bai He instructed Mo Yu to arrange horses and dry food, and he should be waiting outside the palace now.
"My Lord and Master, the horses, food, and bags are all ready. They are outside the palace now. We can set off immediately."
Xiao Yuanqi knew the situation was urgent, so he told the two of them, "Go quickly, be careful on the road, and leave the affairs of the capital to me."
Shen Shixu nodded gratefully at him and ran out of the palace quickly with Xiao Jinyi. Mo Yu was waiting outside the door with two horses. When he saw them coming out, he quickly handed the two bundles hanging on his body to the two people.
"The clothes, water, dry food, and banknotes are all in the bag. You two go first, and we will catch up soon!"
Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi climbed onto their horses, and without saying anything more, they raised the whips high and whipped the horses. The horses raised their hooves, neighed, and then ran out with a clatter.
Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi ran out of the capital before the two of them spoke, and it was Xiao Jinyi who took the initiative to speak.
"Ah Xu, tell me what happened with Brother Shen's breaking off of the engagement? Did you guys still have any contact with that family afterwards?"
Shen Shixu told him about what happened back then while riding, "My eldest brother's marriage was actually arranged by my grandfather when he was still alive. Otherwise, given the attitude of my parents towards us, they would not have arranged a marriage for us if we didn't like it.
My grandfather once saved the old man of the Wu family, and afterwards our two families kept in touch. Once when the two old men were drinking, the old man of the Wu family mentioned his life-saving grace and said that he must repay him.
I wanted to arrange a marriage for you, but my parents were already married at that time, so they decided to arrange the marriage for the third generation, which is my and my eldest brother's generation.
My parents only found out about this after my eldest brother was born. Although they didn't really support it, it was decided by my grandfather after all, and they just wanted my eldest brother and the girl from the Wu family to develop a good relationship.
My eldest brother knew from a young age that he had a wife who had not yet married into the family, so he always kept himself clean. He was surrounded by men from childhood to adulthood and never had a maidservant at his disposal.
He is not like other rich young masters who are young but have a lot of concubines in the house.
Because of the engagement, our family and the Wu family have been in frequent contact. My eldest brother has also met Miss Wu, and the two of them get along quite well.
I thought the two of them would be able to get married smoothly, but who would have thought that after the engagement had already been given and they were about to get married, an accident happened. ”
Shen Shixu still gets angry when he thinks about it now. That happened four years ago, and he was only fourteen years old.
"Four years ago, I remember when I heard that my brother was getting married, I took a leave from the academy and came back home to help.
Our whole family was happily waiting for the bride to arrive three days later, but the Wu family was unwilling to marry the girl.
My parents were very anxious at that time. The betrothal gifts had been given, the date had been set, and the wedding was about to take place, but the other party changed their minds.
Moreover, at that time, the entire Minglu City knew that my Shen family was going to have a wedding, but the bride didn't want to get married at the last minute. If this were to get out, I don't know how my family would be framed!
So my parents went to their house and found out that the Wu family had married into a rich family and were unwilling to marry into our family.
But he couldn't bear to give up the betrothal gift from my family, so he broke off the engagement on the eve of the wedding.
My mother was so angry that she fell ill. My father wanted to seek justice, but the other party had become the prefect, so how could we afford to offend him?
So I don't want to dwell on this matter, I just want them to return the betrothal gifts. That's half of my Shen family's foundation and I can't just give it away for nothing.
But the Wu family didn't want to pay it back at all. I was young and hot-headed at the time, so I hired a bunch of people to beat drums and gongs to spread the word throughout Minglu City that the Wu family was a marriage fraud. I concealed all the shameless things the Wu family had done and told them about how they had gotten close to the prefect.
Their reputation was ruined immediately. Whenever the Wu family members went out, they were scolded by the people. They returned the betrothal gifts within two days.
It was also at that time that I made a vow to make a name for myself.
This time, my brother was called back by my parents because the Wu family suddenly made trouble again, saying that my brother had taken their Wu family's heirloom.
Isn't this pure nonsense? Even when we had a good relationship at the beginning, I had never seen the Wu family's heirloom, not to mention that we broke up later and never had any contact with each other again, and I had no idea what their heirlooms were.
But the people from the Wu family seemed to have a lot of credibility in their words, and they even repeated the trick I had used on them before, using my reputation to force my parents to return the so-called heirloom.
My parents didn't want to disturb me, so they called my brother back to confront him face to face.
This is what I found out from Xiao Shitou's frowning the night before yesterday, otherwise they were planning to hide it from me. ”
When Xiao Jinyi heard that the Wu family used Shen Shixu's reputation to force the Shen family, he silently took note of it in his heart.
After Shen Shixu finished saying this, he began to worry about Shen Zexi's personal safety. It was okay to be locked up, as long as he rushed over, he would naturally be able to rescue Shen Zexi. But if someone wants to do something and not let Shen Zexi live until he returns, then it will be a big problem.
Shen Shixu's worries were not impossible. The people of the Wu family knew very well that they had offended the Shen family. If it were in the past, they would not be afraid, because everyone was just a merchant.
But they also heard that Shen Shixu, the youngest son of the Shen family, was the top scorer in high school. If Shen Shixu becomes successful in the future, they will have no chance of survival.
The people in Minglu City didn't know that Shen Shixu was the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. The Shen family didn't tell anyone, for fear that someone would come to try to gain connections and bribe them, and harm their son. So they only said that the child was the top scorer in the imperial examination, and kept the rest a secret.
The prefect of Minglu City knew Shen Shixu's official position from his colleagues, so when Shen Zexi was wrongly accused and caught red-handed, he was simply thrown into prison without being tortured or interrogated.
He also told the Shen family to call Shen Shixu back as soon as possible.
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