It’s not that he really loves Shen Haoran that much.
The main thing is...Shen Pinglong can sit on the position of the head of the Shen family, not because of his great ability, but because in addition to being a direct descendant, more importantly, he has a wife with a good family background.
Shen Haoran is his only legitimate son.
In other words, if his wife found out that her only son was dead, she would definitely go crazy.
really.
When he came back with Shen Haoran's body, Mrs. Shen almost cried to death.
Later, when she learned that when Shen Haoran was arrested, Shen Pinglong was sleeping with a woman in Huaxiang, and that they had been sleeping together for half a month, which delayed the rescue of her son and caused her son to die in the cell, she almost killed Shen Pinglong.
Finally, Mrs. Shen took her son's body back to her parents' home.
Chen Pinglong lost the support of his wife's family, and his clan members were dissatisfied with him and wanted to push him down from the position of clan leader. He was attacked from both sides, so he had a very difficult time during the days he came back. In order to maintain his position as clan leader, he could only find a way to reach a big deal with the rumored Duke Yang of Qi.
But he didn't expect that the three families of King Shen and Su would be so despicable. They worked together to give him false information, causing him to rush to the other side of the city gate, and making him miss the first opportunity to meet Duke Yang of Qi.
What made him even more uncomfortable was...
Shen Yingnan unexpectedly appeared here as well.
When Shen Pinglong thought about the fact that the old guys in the clan intended to let Shen Yingnan replace him, he couldn't control his anger. He felt that Shen Yingnan was here to compete with him for the position of head of the family.
"Of course I'm here to see Duke Yang of Qi."
Facing Shen Pinglong's unhappy inquiry, Shen Yingnan just answered calmly, as if he was facing a stranger instead of his father.
After he finished speaking, he started walking towards the inn.
Seeing this, Shen Pinglong stepped forward and grabbed Shen Yingnan's hand, his face stern: "Don't come to mess with me. Since you are already an official, then do your job well and go back quickly."
Shen Yingnan pulled his hand away, stepped back, took out a handkerchief and wiped his wrist that had just been grabbed.
This action made Shen Pinglong's expression freeze.
"you……"
"Father, although not many people know about the flower disease you contracted with the flower girls, I do know about it. So, please don't touch me, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but... shout it out to others."
“You…” Shen Pinglong raised his hands in anger.
Shen Yingnan took another step back and dropped the handkerchief he had used to wipe his wrist to the ground. His words and actions showed his dislike for him, but his voice remained calm: "Father, if you are not afraid of being found out, then go ahead and beat me. I will definitely shout louder so that Duke Yang of Qi in the inn can hear."
"You, you rebellious son!"
Shen Pinglong was so angry that his face turned red. He finally withdrew his hand and turned to walk towards the door of the inn.
But just arrived at the door.
The guard at the gate stopped him.
"Who?"
"I am the head of the Shen family, Shen Pinglong. I am here to see Duke Yang of Qi. Please go and inform him." Shen Pinglong said to the guards. Because he was just angry, his tone was not very good.
"Sorry, our master doesn't see outsiders."
The guard refused outright.
Shen Pinglong frowned and wanted to say something.
Shen Yingnan, dressed in official robes, also came to the door. He bowed slightly and said, "Please inform the government that the prefecture's chief minister, Shen Yingnan, has come to pay his respects to Duke Yang of Qi."
"Hold on."
After a while.
The guard who went to report came out: "Sir Shen, our master wants to see you."
"Wait a moment."
Seeing that Shen Yingnan was about to go in, Shen Pinglong hurriedly called him: “Yingnan, I will go in with you.”
After that, he wanted to follow Shen Yingnan.
Shen Yingnan didn't even turn his head.
The guards naturally couldn't let him in.
So Shen Pinglong was stopped by the guards at the door. He was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick, and he angrily cursed the evil son.
"Hey, who is this?"
At this moment, a sudden laugh sounded behind Shen Pinglong.
I saw a fairly handsome young man, waving a folding fan and walking slowly with his servant.
He saw Shen Pinglong, his eyes full of smiles: "It turns out to be Uncle Shen, why is Uncle Shen here? Oh! It turns out that you can't get in."
Wang Xuan is the grandson of Wang Mingren.
Because of his father's incompetence, Wang Xuan was taken in and trained by Wang Mingren at an early age and is the next head of the Wang family.
When Shen Pinglong saw Wang Xuan, his face darkened slightly.
But he was the elder after all, so it was difficult for him to say anything to Wang Xuan. However, seeing the servants behind him carrying things, he couldn't help but smile and said, "So it's my nephew Wang. Are you going to see Duke Yang of Qi? Perfect, uncle will go in with you."
Wang Xuan waved his folding fan and said with a smile, "Uncle Shen, this is probably against the rules. Duke Yang of Qi is not someone that anyone can see. He's the Duke of the State. If I bring Uncle Shen in and make Duke Yang of Qi unhappy, wouldn't that be detrimental to our Wang family? It's not worth it, it's not worth it!"
Wang Xuan shook his head.
When Shen Pinglong heard the word ‘not worthwhile’, he knew what he meant. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: “The piece of land in the western suburbs that you mentioned last time, I’ll give it to you, as long as you take me in.”
Just a piece of land.
As long as I can meet Duke Yang of Qi and cooperate with him, all ten pieces of land will be worth it.
"Okay, then Uncle Shen, write me an IOU first."
Wang Xuan smiled and took out a piece of paper, on which was written the promise of giving the land away.
When Shen Pinglong saw it, his face turned black.
It was obvious at a glance that Wang Xuan must have seen the drama between the father and son just now, so he came here prepared.
Shen Pinglong finally pressed his fingerprints.
Wang Xuan held the IOU in his hand, smiled, and gestured for invitation: "Uncle Shen, please come forward."
This time the guards were indeed not stopped.
After entering the inn, Shen Pinglong wanted to go upstairs.
Then he discovered... there were guards guarding the stairs, and a guard at every corner. At first glance, the entire hall and the stairs were guarded like an iron barrel.
The most important thing is.
Just as Shen Pinglong was about to go upstairs, he was stopped again.
Seeing Wang Xuan going up unimpeded, Shen Pinglong hurriedly called out to him: "Nephew Wang..."
Wang Xuan turned around.
Looking at Shen Pinglong who was blocked at the stairs, Wang Xuan unfolded his folding fan and said with a smile: "Uncle Shen, you have already come in. Our deal has been concluded. As for going upstairs, my nephew really has no way to stop you. Please do as you please."
After saying that, Wang Xuan walked up the stairs slowly, fanning himself.
Shen Pinglong almost fainted from anger.
Enter a door and there is a piece of land.
That damn brat Wang Xuan must have done it on purpose...
And upstairs.
A window was slightly open, and the people inside had a clear view of everything that was happening downstairs...
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