Chapter 379 Zhao Hede 40
"...I didn't expect you to be this crazy. I really should thank you for not killing me back then."
"Nonsense! I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid. What good would it have done me to kill you then? It's much easier now. Even though I've endured for a few years, I've just been eating, drinking, and having fun every day. It's much easier than having a heart full of holes like yours."
Zhang Zhen admitted that she had lost her guard.
"Ahhhh, I'm tired because of you. Who dares to ask you to use your brain? Look at the way you think, it's really funny to hear it!"
"Just tell me if it's simpler and more effective than your method."
"...As the art of war says, when facing an enemy, you must avoid their sharp edge and attack their weak spot. Your crude and barbaric methods will only lead to mutual destruction!"
"Look, you also agree that this method of mine can bring ruin and destruction to the Zhang family."
"Ahhhh, this rotten wood is not worth plotting with!"
"You're anxious."
Seeing Zhang Zhen, who always held his own in front of her, actually fall, Hede was surprised and curious. She was very happy to watch the show and silently cheered in her heart:
Tear, tear louder.
But seeing Zhang Zhen's hands shaking and veins bulging as she pointed at Zhang Mi was really pitiful. Then he thought about how diligently she had worked over the years.
First, he pretended to be shaken by the two letters from Zhang Chai. Then, after becoming estranged from Zhang Zhen, he secretly contacted Chunyu Chang by taking advantage of the fact that he had a hall to himself, in order to instigate the frustrated Chunyu Chang to rebel.
This was not difficult, but the difficult part was that she had to act as an obedient puppet for six years before Zhang Chai let down his guard and collected enough evidence.
Then the most crucial step was to induce Chunyu Chang to bury puppets, letters, and account books in Wang Gen's mansion.
This is not very difficult. After all, the Wang family and the Zhang family have different intentions in this matter. Neither of them wants to leave too many traces, and they are also wary of each other, so they leave it to Chunyu Chang and Zhang Zhen, who seem to be very reliable and obedient.
Zhang Zhen laughed at that time, and then said something like "This matter is of great importance. We must be careful to prevent ourselves from becoming pawns." "If we fail, they can't abandon us. The worst that can happen is that both of us will perish."
Chunyu Chang was fooled, and he thought that he had worked for the queen for many years, so even if he failed this time, he would have a way out. So he was even more afraid that the Wang and Zhang families would kill him to silence him after the incident. Not only did he bury those things in Wang Gen's house, he also secretly told his wife.
Well, now I have even lost my capital.
As for Wang Ping, Wang Rong and others who came later, they were pushed down by the crowd. They had lost their vigilance over the years and the mansion was like a sieve. It was just that no one would harm these Wang family members with special identities in the past.
Thinking of this, He De was filled with compassion and began to advise:
"Well, why bother arguing anymore? You've all suffered a lot in the past, but thankfully you're all smart kids. You didn't believe the lies those men told you, and you didn't succumb to your fate. You fought like hell to get to me. Now you have a bright future ahead of you."
They still had to listen to Zhao Hede's words, not to mention...
"Yes, the road ahead will be smooth sailing. I won't have to be a lady anymore, kneeling at men's feet all day begging for charity."
Zhang Zhen's smile remained gentle, even though she was no longer the same person she once was, no longer having to pretend or suppress her true nature. But after wearing a mask for so many years, it wasn't easy to take it off. Fortunately, there was still time, and after all, she had saved two lives for herself and Zhang Mi when they were young.
"That sounds like a human thing to say. In consideration of what you said, when I leave the palace and go to the frontier, if I find a skull as round and plump as that with a handsome face, I will definitely not forget to give you one."
"...You think everyone has the same perverted habits as you... No, you want to go to the frontier? The battlefield is not a place for you to go crazy. What can a weak woman like you do?"
Zhang Mi chuckled and said nothing. She was born in a military camp. The woman who gave birth to her simply rinsed her in a puddle of dirty water and carried her with her as she marched with the troops.
She grew up drinking mare's milk and played with the bones of the Huns or wild beasts. All the women who followed the army died, but the naughty kid like her always managed to grit her teeth and follow.
When she was five years old, she overheard her father going to offer meat to his boss. She turned around and told the woman, but was tied up by the woman and sent to Zhang Chai to beg for mercy. So she pounced on the woman from behind in front of Zhang Chai and poked a sharpened finger bone into the woman's throat.
Before the age of six, Zhang Mi was not a human being.
When he was six years old, the wealthy Zhang Chai returned to Huaiyang and married the daughter of the wealthy Shang family, Zhuo. He had one child after another, and took one concubine after another, who also had another child.
She had been locked up in the small attic, yet she managed to survive.
Zhang Mi now felt proud when she thought about the surprised look of the Zhuo girl and the disgusted expression of Zhang Chai. Even if they felt that she was a stain on the Zhang family, these beasts in human skin still imitated the nobles' behavior and were determined to torture her to death.
What a joke! Even the flesh-cutting wind from the northwest couldn't cut her into pieces, but Huaiyang, this rich place, actually wants to kill her with heat. Hahahaha.
They thought that giving themselves, the legitimate daughter, the title of a concubine's daughter would force them to call brothers and sisters who were younger than them, and that they would withhold good things from them from time to time, impose mild corporal punishment, and whisper in soft and subtle words to make them mad to death.
Zhang Mi felt that the newly married women of the Zhang family were even more docile than the ponies used in battle.
Except Zhang Zhen.
Ever since that day when she saw Zhang Zhen push the fat pig that Zhuo had raised with so much difficulty into the pond and drown it, she felt that this man was someone she could get along with. Well... when the time comes, she and the Zhang family will perish together, and she can barely be buried with this man.
But now, the Zhang family has fallen, but neither of them died.
Zhang Mi didn't know what else she could do. All she had in her mind were 108 innovations in the death penalty that couldn't be described in words.
"I'm not planning on going to the battlefield. I'm going to have some fun with some collaborating traitors."
The woman's mean face was revealed clearly, as cruel as an Asura's. If others saw it, they would definitely say that she had ruined her beautiful face.
Zhang Zhen looked at the Queen, who nodded. "As I promised before, now that the situation has been resolved, I must naturally fulfill my promise to you. Your Majesty intends to revive the Embroidered Clothes and has been eager to recruit talented individuals. Zhang Mi's personality makes her a perfect fit."
"As for you, I have a guess as well, but I don't like making choices for others, so I'm asking you, what are you planning to do in the future?"
Zhang Zhen was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled. "Let's go into business. I don't know if I can achieve the same success as Widow Qing in this life, but I will strive to catch up with my ancestors."
Compared to Zhang Mi's, her story was much more clichéd, and the hatred wasn't as deep-rooted. It was simply the same patriarchal mentality that exists everywhere in the world. If she hadn't been unable to escape Zhang Mi when she entered the palace, she might have given up long ago.
After all, in this world, Zhang Mi was the only one who knew her secret, and this woman was a mentally ill lunatic, so she had used so many methods but failed to kill her.
Later... later they actually maintained such a strange relationship, supporting and betraying each other as they grew up.
Zhang Mi had exposed her disguise countless times, causing her to be insulted by her mother and almost kill herself several times when she went mad; but she would take the initiative to help her when she secretly took revenge on those people, and she always kept silent about her drowning of that inhumane fat pig.
He had plotted countless times to make her make mistakes in front of her father, causing her to be often beaten, with new wounds piling up on top of old ones; but under the pressure of her mother, he concealed the fact for Zhang Mi that she had strangled the steward to death with her own hands when she went mad.
Two beasts that rotted in the mud finally have a day to live as upright human beings.
"Chun Yuchang took so much from you, do you still have money left?"
Zhang Zhen came back to his senses and replied calmly, "It's just a small fortune, not comparable to Princess Dangli's insightful views and unique vision."
Now even Zhao Hede was amazed at the other party's ability to make money.
After all, the research of the two nephews and nieces of the Zhao family required a huge amount of money. At that time, they made their first fortune by relying on the business of the Zhang sisters started by Zhao Hede and Chunyu Chang.
Ahem, of course there’s no need to let the sisters know about this.
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